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20 Wednesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Southbridge show mettle<br />
in draw with Broadfield<br />
• By Jacob Page<br />
SOUTHBRIDGE finally showed<br />
what they were made of to start<br />
the all-important third round<br />
of <strong>Selwyn</strong> premier netball with<br />
a 57-all draw against Broadfield<br />
on Saturday.<br />
With the third round deciding<br />
the semi-finalists in five weeks,<br />
Southbridge produced their<br />
best performance of the season<br />
to prove they could be top-four<br />
contenders after they pushed last<br />
year’s finalists all the way.<br />
In other results, Greenpark B<br />
started swiftly and never looked<br />
back in a 57-49 win over<br />
Lincoln A and defending<br />
champions, Greenpark A swept<br />
aside newly promoted Prebbleton<br />
A 72-37.<br />
Southbridge A coach Sarah<br />
Ormandy said her side played<br />
well enough to win having led<br />
by two goals late in the fourth<br />
quarter but she says a draw<br />
would do.<br />
“We were in the lead right to<br />
the end but a draw is good, certainly<br />
better than losing by one.<br />
“I felt we definitely had it over<br />
them for the first half.<br />
“We had minimal turnover and<br />
we got turnovers off their ball.<br />
“Our timing was good and the<br />
shots were going in.<br />
“I knew this performance was<br />
there,” she said.<br />
Broadfield coach Yvonne<br />
Crichton-Hill said working on<br />
some defensive combinations<br />
and battling through<br />
injuries were a priority.<br />
She said her team was<br />
outplayed for much of<br />
the first three quarters<br />
but she was happy how<br />
her team battled back<br />
to earn two competition<br />
points.<br />
Greenpark B player/<br />
coach Mechelle Barltrop<br />
said she couldn’t<br />
have been happier with the outcome<br />
of her team’s game against<br />
Lincoln but the start needs some<br />
improving.<br />
“We were 5-0 down early and<br />
I thought here we go again but<br />
we went back to basics and the<br />
shooting circle really stepped up<br />
and we put it together.’’<br />
The result reversed the loss<br />
Greenpark B suffered to Lincoln<br />
in round two.<br />
“To prevent them a bonus<br />
point could be quite important<br />
so winning by more than seven<br />
goals was great for us.<br />
“We didn’t panic, we aren’t<br />
a fast team and when we try to<br />
Yvonne<br />
Crichton-Hill<br />
SPORT<br />
play fast, we throw the ball away.<br />
“Lincoln have a tall defensive<br />
unit so we had to use our composure.”<br />
Defending champions<br />
Greenpark A continued<br />
to roll with a comfortable<br />
win over Prebbleton in<br />
spite of missing five starters.<br />
Coach Zaylie Sullivan<br />
said in spite of the comfortable<br />
result, she knew<br />
Southbridge this Saturday<br />
would be a tougher challenge.<br />
“That’s a game which could be<br />
tricky,” Sullivan said.<br />
“We’ll need to be on our game<br />
and hopefully we can get a few<br />
players back.”<br />
This Saturday’s games see<br />
Lincoln play Prebbleton, Southbridge<br />
battle Greenpark A and<br />
Broadfield and Greenpark A<br />
square-off.<br />
Results – Broadfield A 57,<br />
Southbridge A 57; Greenpark B<br />
57, Lincoln A 49, Greenpark A<br />
72, Prebbleton A 37.<br />
Points – Greenpark A 5,<br />
Greenpark B 5, Southbridge A<br />
2, Broadfield A 2, Lincoln A 0,<br />
Prebbleton A 0.<br />
DELIVERY: Lincoln High School halfback Macauley Hamlin<br />
clears the ball from a scrum during his team’ s 54-12 loss to<br />
high-flying Nelson College, at Lincoln High School, on Saturday.<br />
PHOTO: ANGELA JONES PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Table-toppers inflict<br />
heavy defeat on Lincoln<br />
LINCOLN COMBINED are<br />
clinging to eighth spot in the UC<br />
Championships following a 54-12<br />
defeat to table-toppers Nelson<br />
College, on Saturday.<br />
The result means Lincoln will<br />
need to scratch out at least a<br />
bonus point against Christchurch<br />
Boys’ High School this Saturday<br />
to stay in the top eight.<br />
The large Nelson College pack<br />
forced Lincoln to think about<br />
playing running rugby on a day<br />
that dawned sunny in spite of a<br />
heavy overnight downpour.<br />
Nelson College scored two<br />
quick tries as Lincoln’s season<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
theme of slow starts continued.<br />
However, Lincoln’s fitness<br />
seemed to keep them in the game<br />
as they only trailed 21-7 at the<br />
break.<br />
The half-time team talk seemed<br />
to do wonders for Nelson College<br />
who were in a rampant mood<br />
in the second half, scoring tries<br />
from all parts of the field as they<br />
strengthened their grip on top<br />
sport on the ladder.<br />
Lincoln need to hope that<br />
St Thomas of Canterbury<br />
College can beat Marlborough<br />
Boys’ College, to help secure<br />
eighth.<br />
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