Selwyn Times: August 28, 2019

22 Wednesday August 28 2019
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RETURN: The Ellesmere Colts regained the Munro Shield
with a 15-5 win over North Canterbury.
Dominant Ellesmere take
back the Munro Shield
• Jacob Page
THE ELLESMERE colts have
regained the Munro Shield
after a 15-5 win over North
Canterbury at Loburn on
Saturday.
Team manager Dave Beatty
said they were keen to throw
the ball around and create
opportunities while playing on
a dry track for the first time in
the four-week campaign.
“I’m not sure what the stats
were, but we must have had
70 per cent of the ball and we
certainly wanted to make the
most of the conditions.”
Beatty said the platform was
laid with their dominance at
set-piece time.
“We certainly had the better
of the scrums and lineouts. It’s
GARDENING
ALTHOUGH HINTS of spring
are occurring regularly, late frosts
can still occur and cold winds are
often a feature of September.
Even though it may feel
warmer, soil temperatures rise at
a slower rate than air temperatures.
It’s time for final preparation of
your vege garden before planting
starts in earnest in October. If
the soil is still wet, delay digging
as there is no advantage working
with very wet soil.
Plant out veges that can withstand
late cold conditions while
still maturing in the warmer
a cliché but it helped us play the
way we wanted to.
“The boys wanted to show
what we could do and, as the
confidence grew, they threw
50/50 passes and that certainly
contributed to us feeling like we
left a few points out there.”
Beatty praised the looseforwards,
saying both the
starters and reserves who
came on late in the game made
strong contributions. He also
gave credit to second-five Sam
Schmack for his defensive effort.
•Lincoln Combined also
won the UC Championship
bowl final 29-27 against Shirley
Boys’ High School. The result
at Lincoln High meant the
team finished ninth in the
competition.
summer month’s including; beetroot,
cabbage, cauliflower, carrots,
lettuces, onions, peas radish,
silver-beet and spinach.
Winter flowing annuals such
as primulas are now coming to
the end of their flowering. You
can plant out some of the more
robust summer flowering annuals
in September like alyssum,
calendula, cornflower, nemesia,
snapdragons, strawflowers and
sweetpeas.
In many areas, roses have burst
into new growth at the first indication
of warmer weather. Early
season is the best time for roses,
Rolleston gymnasts land titles
• By Jacob Page
SEVERAL gymnasts from the
Affinity Academy in Rolleston
will represent Canterbury after
taking out regional titles.
Step five team member
Lily McLeod, as well as step
five individuals Paige Martin
(right) and Emma Ford, will
represent Canterbury in the
artistic gymnastics section at
the national championships in
Auckland in October.
Maddie Phipps and Lauren
Voice-Powell will be part of the
step eight Canterbury team at
the national champs.
Cade McKnight (level four
team) and Finlay Jones (level
seven) will be part of the men’s
artistic gymnastics Canterbury
team.
The women will compete in
the vault, bar, beam and floor,
while the men will compete in
the floor, vault, pommel horse,
high bar, parallel bars and rings.
SPORT
Phipps finished third overall
in step eight at the Canterbury
• By Jacob Page
RYLEY GRIFFITHS’ world
archery youth championships bid
came to an end in the first round
last week.
The 13-year-old from Rolleston
was the youngest New Zealander
to ever compete at the event
which was held in Spain. In the
under-17 cadet grade, Griffiths
shot 601 out of 720 to be ranked
SELWYN TIMES
senior championships this
month, while McLeod was
second in step five and Emma
Ford was third in the same
category.
Mackenzie Whittington
and Chloe Garrod both
won titles at the Canterbury
regional championships at
the Christchurch School of
Gymnastics. Whittington
took out the elite category,
while Garrod won the iron
category.
Talia Keen was second and
Holly Manders was sixth overall
in the elite category. Libby
Thomas was third overall in the
gold category.
Ashley Bacon finished sixth
overall in the silver category and
Lola Rendle was sixth in the
bronze category.
Xander Delahunty won the
men’s artistic gymnastics bronze
category, while Riley Flewellen
finished second.
Teen bows out of world champs
bushes are usually clean of fungal
diseases and flowers will soon be
abundant. Mulch now with fresh
compost then apply rose and
flower fertiliser in early October.
Bulbs are blooming and adding
fragrance and colour to the
garden. Newer plantings can be
left in the ground to naturalise in
permanent positions so don’t lift
them.
Winter flowering trees and
shrubs will be nearing the end of
their flowering period so it’s time
for remedial pruning before the
new seasons growth begins.
Prune to establish a natural
form and shape of your trees and
shrubs. With smaller gardens,
you may wish to prune to maintain
trees at a smaller size.
Apply a copper fungicide as
a preventer to summer fungal
diseases on berry fruit including
raspberries, boysenberries, blackcurrants
and gooseberries,
As the soil temperatures rise,
this is an ideal time to sow a new
lawn, or renovate an existing
lawn. Check the drainage and improve
any permanently wet areas
before sowing. Leave fertilising
your lawn until late September/
early October.
92nd. His run in the main draw
ended with a 1-7 loss to 19thranked
Salunkhe Parth, of India.
Ryley’s coach Petra Baker, from
the Archery Coaching Institute of
NZ, which is based out of Aimtru
Archery in Mandeville, joined
him on the line in Madrid as the
New Zealand team coach.
Ryley’s training will start again
immediately at 70m once he
returns home.
Spring is in the air but beware of late frosts
COLOUR: Bulbs should be
blooming in late August/early
September.
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