Western News: September 10, 2019

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WINNERS: CGHS beat Dunedin’s St Hilda’s Collegiate to win the South
Island Secondary Schools netball tournament final for the first time in
51 years on Thursday.
CGHS win netball title, Villa Maria third
• By Claire Booker
CHRISTCHURCH Girls’ High
have won the South Island
Secondary Schools netball
competition for the first time in
51 years.
CGHS beat Dunedin’s St
Hilda’s Collegiate 29-27 in a
nail-biting final which went into
extra time at Saxton Stadium in
Nelson on Thursday.
Both teams now head to the
nationals next month.
CGHS stayed either level or
in front throughout the A grade
final.
It was 9-9 after the first quarter
and 12-12 at half-time until
CGHS nudged ahead by two
goals after the third quarter.
At full-time, the teams were
level again 26-26. In overtime,
it see-sawed again as both sides
fought hard for the two-goal
advantage needed to take the
title.
South Island Secondary
Schools Netball Association
chairwoman Maggie Lloyd
SPORT
described the game as
“fabulous.”
“There was outstanding
defence all throughout the court.
The crowd swung from wanting
one team to win to another team
to win,” she said.
Lloyd said CGHS goal shoot,
Olivia McIntyre was “amazing”.
CGHS co-captains Charlotte
Knight and Shana Ali were
named the talented players of the
tournament.
Lloyd said the reason for the
low scoring final was because
St Hilda’s played a patient game
and looked to control the ball.
The standard had improved
compared to previous years, she
said.
CGHS went into the
tournament ranked third, two
places ahead of St Hilda’s.
CGHS beat Ashburton College
34-21 in the semi-final, and
St Hilda’s knocked reigning
champions Villa Maria College
out of the running in the other
semi.
Villa beat Ashburton 39-30 for
third, while St Margaret’s beat St
Andrew’s College for fifth spot,
36-34.
CGHS, St Hilda’s, Villa
Maria, Ashburton College
and St Margaret’s qualified for
the New Zealand Secondary
Schools tournament in Nelson in
October.
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