Selwyn Times: August 14, 2019

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Wednesday August 14 2019
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Top teams eye up semis
TALENTED:
The Selwyn
United Red and
White Stripes
futsal team
finished 11th
at the Futsal
Club World
Championships
in Florida.
PHOTO:
SELWYN
UNITED
Young Sewlyn futsal side
show potential on world stage
• By Jacob Page
THE SELWYN United Red
and White Stripes finished
11th in the under-13 age-group
at the Futsal Club World
Championships in Florida.
The team won their opening
pool game but were beaten in
their next three games before
finishing the tournament with
a confidence-boosting 6-0 win
over Ethiopian club side Jinka.
Coach Ben Lapslie said he felt
the team could have finished
higher but conceding goals at the
wrong time cost them when it
mattered most.
“I said to the boys before our
last game that we needed to
make a statement and prove that
we belong with the best teams
here,” he said.
“We played well in patches
up until then but we put it all
together against Jinka, which
was good to see.
“That’s tournament football, if
you don’t turn up one day, then
you put yourself behind and
that’s what happened to us after
our first win.
“I felt like we could compete
with any team there but we made
some errors, which cost us a
higher place finish.”
Lapslie said the team have
had a busy six months after they
won the Australasian qualifying
tournament on the Gold Coast
in January.
“The boys will now take a term
off futsal just to refresh and we’ll
see where they go from here.”
Lapslie, who is also a national
futsal player, said he enjoyed
coaching on the big stage.
• By Jacob Page
THE THREE most consistent
teams in the Selwyn premier
netball competition showed
why they will likely be in the
semi-finals next month after
convincing wins on Saturday at
the Lincoln Event Centre.
Defending champions,
Greenpark A, last year’s beaten
finalists Broadfield A and
Greenpark B all earned valuable
competition points in week two.
Greenpark A beat Southbridge
A 65-49, Greenpark B took down
newly-promoted Prebbleton A
56-44 and Broadfield A got back
to winning ways with a 64-45
win over
Lincoln A.
Greenpark
A player/coach
Zaylie Sullivan
said she was
nervous
before their
game against
Yvonne
Crichton-Hill
a muchimproved
Southbridge
A team, but they put in a
composed performance.
“It was goal-for-goal for the
first quarter, but we put in a
strong second quarter,” she said.
“We looked after the ball that
we turned over and built a good
lead. It was pleasing because we
have girls coming back from
injury so it was a good result.”
Greenpark A are getting ready
to face Broadfield A on Saturday.
Broadfield A bounced
back from their draw
against Southbridge with a
commanding win against
Lincoln A.
Coach Yvonne Crichton-Hill
said it was a much more settled
effort from her team as they
build up to the finals. “We were
intense and focused across all
four quarters and through the
court. We got turnover ball and
converted it. I was pleased with
how the team picked themselves
up and improved.”
Crichton-Hill praised defender
Kayla Williams and injured
goal-keep Georgie Bolton, who
both had strong games.
Lincoln A coach Dawn Dalley
said with eight squad members,
her team looked a little flat and
they will need to address this
ahead of their next game.
Greenpark B player/coach
COMPETITOR:
Broadfield A’s
Georgie Bolton
was impressive
in her team’s
19-goal win
over Lincoln A
on Saturday.
PHOTO: KAREN
CASEY ​
Mechelle Barltrop said it was
a case of job done against
Prebbleton. “The margin should
have been more but we certainly
threw away a lot of ball and
generally we played poorly once
we got a big lead and got a little
complacent.”
A win against Southbridge A
will all but confirm Greenpark
B’s semi-final spot with three
weeks to go.
Results: Greenpark B 56,
Prebbleton A 44, Greenpark
A 65, Southbridge A 49,
Broadfield A 64, Lincoln A 45.
Points: Greenpark A 8,
Greenpark B 8, Broadfield A
6, Southbridge A 2, Lincoln A
0, Prebbleton A 0.
Draw: Greenpark B v
Southbridge A, Broadfield A
v Greenpark A, Lincoln A v
Prebbleton A.
Tai Tapu whizz-kids take out ODT quiz
• By Claire Booker
TAI TAPU School pupils took
out the year 5 and 6 section of
the Otago Daily Times Extra!
Canterbury current events quiz
at Cobham Intermediate.
Young quizzers from across
Canterbury were tested on
topics, including who am I,
what am I, New Zealand places,
around the world mapping and
famous faces.
The Tai Tapu School team won
their section with 82 points out
of a possible 100.
Closely following in second
SCHOOLS
was Fendalton Open-Air School,
only two points behind the
champions with 80 points.
Prebbleton School secured
third, with a score of 79.
Tai Tapu champions Ethan
Garrett-Burke, 9, Edward Bull,
10, and Caleb O’Leary, 10, were
pleasantly pleased with their
win.
Edward said he “didn’t like the
faces” questions, but the team
enjoyed the challenges.
The North Loburn School
team won the year 7 and 8 quiz
with 89 points.
William Hassall, 12, Charley
Ward, 13, and Harry Witt, 12,
said they were happy to win the
quiz, but “it wasn’t planned.”
“The newspaper was the
hardest part,” Charley said.
The teams had to find answers
to questions from an Otago
Daily Times newspaper, which
caught them off guard.
Two Hillview Christian School
teams took second and third
with 88 and 87 points.
Extra! editor Tricia Rowe was
pleased the event went smoothly.
“The year 7 and 8 group were
really lively, which made the
quiz go fast,” she said.
“The lead-up to the event has
been stressful, with balancing
writing papers and writing the
quizzes, but I’ve got a really good
team.”
The quiz was run by the
Otago Daily Times through
Extra! – its monthly Newspapers
in Education publication for
primary, intermediate and
junior secondary school pupils.
BRAINS: Tai Tapu School year
5 and 6 pupils Ethan Garrett-
Burke, 9, Edward Bull, 10, and
Caleb O’Leary, 10, know their
current events.
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