Southern View: August 20, 2019

10 Tuesday August 20 2019
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Losses a
wake-up
call for
Cashmere HS
• By Jacob Page
THE CASHMERE High School
basketball team are banking
on an unfamiliar loss or two
helping them in the long-term.
The team travelled to Auckland
last week for their annual
four-game trip, fresh off losing
a Canterbury secondary school
game for the first time in two
years to Middleton Grange.
The 11-strong squad had
three wins and a loss beating
St Kentigern College 107-105 in
overtime, Westlake Boys 87-84
and Rangitoto College 71-61.
Unlike last year, where they
went unbeaten, they did suffer a
79-70 loss to Rosmini College.
Coach Paul Conner said he
wanted to expose the entire
squad to the faster, more physical
style of Auckland secondary
school basketball.
“Often we end up winning all
these games, so hopefully we’ll
be able to learn from the loss.”
The two-time defending South
island Secondary School champions
will go for a three-peat
once their Canterbury commitments
are completed, hopefully
in three weeks if they make the
final.
“I feel like we are in a good
place heading into a very busy
part of our season, Conner said.
Tom Schwarz: 200 and counting
• By Jacob Page
CASHMERE Technical football
captain Tom Schwarz is the first
player in the club to reach 200
first team games.
Looking back on it he can
thank his wife Rose, for being a
contributor to the milestone.
The 29-year-old, who is originally
from the
small English
town of Winsford,
between
Liverpool and
Manchester,
originally
wanted to see
Tom
Schwarz
the other side
of the world for
two years when
he landed in Dunedin in 2010.
However, he met his now wife,
Rose, who was from Christchurch
and after two years with
Dunedin club Caversham, he
transferred to Cashmere Technical.
His twin brother, Dan, also
plays for the club.
“I’d never been on a plane
before I came to New Zealand,”
he said. “I was 20, I just wanted
to see the world on a two-year
visa and go home but obviously
things changed.”
The centre back earned the
milestone during a 4-1 win over
Mosgiel AFC in the Southern
Football League.
“I’m proud to be the captain of
SILVERWARE: Schwarz with the Chatham Cup after Cashmere Technical won it for the second
straight time in 2014.
PHOTO: ENZO GIORDANI ​
such a great club,” he said. “It’s
not just on the field, but also off
the field and what we are able to
achieve.”
Schwarz said he had scored 68
goals for the club, many as the
chief penalty taker.
“I don’t think it’s difficult to
take a penalty in the sense that
you just have to pick a spot and
stick with it he said.
“Often before the game,
I’ll talk about it with my wife
because I think if I’ve told her I
can’t change my mind during a
game.”
Schwarz is fast approaching
150 games for the Canterbury
Dragons, as well and he said
while he would like to add a
third Chatham Cup title to his
2013 and 2014 success, he said a
national title with Canterbury
has also become a priority.
“I feel like we are always there
or thereabouts with the Dragons
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so to win one would be good.”
A carpenter by trade, Schwarz
said he had no plans to retire any
time soon but also said it would
be dependent on future family
plans.
He said it was a proud moment
to apparently be the first to 200
games, but with 20-year-old
striker Lyle Matthyson notching
up 100 games as well, he believes
his record may not stand too
long.
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