North Canterbury News: October 03, 2019

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2019 MainPower NorthCanterbury Sports Awards Finalists TheNorth Canterbury Sport&RecreationTrust is pleased to announcefinalists forthe 2019 MainPower North CanterburySports Awards. These finalists were selected from 66 high calibrenominationscovering an incredible 32 different sporting codes,fromgrass-rootstointernational representatives. CATEGORY and SUPREMEAWARD winners willbeannounced at the awards dinner on Friday 1st November at the Ohoka Sport& Events Centre. Tickets areavailable nowfromthe North CanterburySport &Recreation Trust. Ph: 03 975 5560. Email: roliver@sportstrust.org.nz The 2019 finalists are... Pictured LtoR: RangioraCroquet Club,EsraMcGoldrick, KimCotton,Omihi School Farm Race Sportsman (sponsoredbyNFPreen Fencing) Kazuma Kabori -Golf. Winningthe 2019 NZ PGA at Pegasus against afield of seasoned professionals capped agreat year for Kazuma, which included wins and topplacings at tournaments across NZ and Australia. JacobVincent - Rugby. Astandoutperformer in the successful Glenmark-Cheviot Div 1rugbyteam, Jacob also claimed the North CanterburySenior RugbyPlayerofthe Year Award. Fraser Sheat-Cricket. OurJunior Sportsman from 2018 continued to perform through last summer’s season and has recently secured acontract with Canterbury Cricketfor the upcoming domestic provincial season. Sportswoman (sponsored by R. Grant Electrical) Debs Bean -Boxing. In just her second year of boxing Debs wonboth the North and South Island Champs in her division and qualified for the NZ Champs in October. Thesingle mother of three is on a7-fight winning streak she hopes to extend. GraceBrooker - Rugby. Gracemade a strong impressionondebut forthe Black Fernsoff the bench against Australia this year, and wasakey member of the Canterbury team thatwon the FarahPalmer Cup in 2018. StephTweed -Dog Trials. Thefirst woman in over 100 years to win aNZDogTrials event. Steph, from Waikari, wonthe StraightHunt section of both the North Islandand NZ Kazuma Kabori Champs with dogGrit, after finishing third at the SouthIsland Champs in theZigZag Hunt with dog Lou. Junior Sportsman (sponsored byRangioraNew World) Luke Hopkinson-Wrestling. Judged as one of the country’s most promising young wrestlersin2018, Luke has gone on to win at the National Wrestling Champs and the NZ Secondary School Champs. Luke wasalso selectedfor the NZ Junior Wrestling Team that travelled to the US earlier this year. GusKelliher -Swimming. Breaking the long-standing NZ 50m Butterfly record at the Australian StateTeamsChamps put the gloss on astrong showing against Aussie’s best swimmers, which included bronzemedals in 100m and 200m backstroke. Fletcher Newell -Rugby. Strong performancesfor Canterbury at the 2018 Jock Hobbs National U19 tournamentsaw Fletcher selectedfor the NZ side to contest theU20WorldChamps. Rhys Mariu -Cricket. At just 17 Rhys was one of the youngest members of the NZ U19 Cricket team which played5ODIs againstits Australian counterparts in July,and wasthe only playerfromeither team to scoreacenturyinthe series. Junior Sportswoman (sponsored by Active Health) Esra McGoldrick-Basketball. After returning from a scholarship in theUS, Esrawas selectedfor the National Women’s Team for the 2019 Asia Cupand William Jones Cup, and wasakey figureinthe triumphantNorth Canterbury Basketball’s Premier Women’s team this season. MaceyFraser - Futsal &Football. Selectiontothe NZ Futsal Fernswas greatrewardfor Macey’sefforts in the Canterbury and Rangiora High SchoolFutsal teams which both won national titles thisyear. Maceywasalsoakey member of NZ U17 team which came thirdattheFIFAU17 WorldCup. Gabrielle Rennie-Football. Alwaysathreatonattack Gabi wasasenior member of the NZ teamthatmade historyby finishing 3rdatthe U17 Women’s Football WorldCup. Gabby has sincebeen selectedfor the NZ U19 team and the Football FernsTraining camp ahead of the WorldCup. HelenMatthews-Basketball. Abusy year sawHelen selected to attend theSteve AdamsInvitational Camp while playing forthe Canterbury Wildcats,NCBA Premier Women’s team and CanterburyU19 team, topped off with selection to the NZ U18 3-on-3 TournamentAsia Qualifier. Sports Team (sponsored by TheSport Shop) GlenmarkCheviotDiv 1RugbyTeam. An undefeatedseason sawthis team declared jointwinners of the Combined Country Div1competition after drawing with Southerninanover-time thriller,and winners of the North CanterburyDiv 1competition. Rangiora High School Girls Futsal Team. Strong performances through the tournamentand alast second goal sawthe team win the National Secondary SchoolsSenior Futsal Championships forthe firsttime. Olivia Cottam &Lauren Sim -Rowing. Afterbeing partof 8s and 4s crewsthatmade Afinalsatthe Rowing National Championships,Olivia and Lauren teamed up to win the final of the Women’s Club Coxless Pair. Sports Coach (sponsored by Pegasus Golf &Sports Club) Liam Connelly -Basketball. This year Liam took on the co-coaching role forthe Waitaha (Canterbury) U19 boys team, helping both A&Bteams qualify forthe National U19 Championships,where they finished 3rd and 10th respectively. MatthewCunningham - Basketball. Coach of the NCBA U20 team which won theCanterburyclub competition in 2019, Matt isalsoheadcoachfor the highlysuccessful NCBA Hoops & StarsAcademies. SamWatkins-Basketball. This year Samhas takenon coachingroles with the Waitaha U15 girls(3rdatNationals) and RangioraHigh School Senior Ateam which finished 6th at the South Island Champs, qualifying them forthe NZ SecondarySchool Nationals in October. Masters Sportsperson (sponsoredbyRangiora VetCentre) Julia Spark-Triathlon. Competing in events around the world Julia has had memorable results at the Grape Ride (1st overall female),ChallengeWanakaHalf Ironman (1st in age group), and AntarcticaMarathon(2nd in age group). Sara Schist -Crossfit. Selection to the NZ Crossfitteam for the Masters League Games came afterSarafinished 2nd at the National semifinals and in the toptwo in her division and age group in Canterburyinthe Australasian Masters League Open. Leigh Routhan -Bodybuilding. Afterjust 2years in thesport of bodybuilding Leigh placed2nd in his age group at the Asia Pacific and Otago Championships recently. Sports Official (sponsoredbyAll Insure) TomMosely-Hockey. Afamiliar faceinCanterburyHockey Premier and Div 1fixtures this year, Tomumpired at the recent Rankin Cup&India ShieldSecondarySchool tournamentfor the 10thyear running. Kim Cotton -Cricket. This year Kim wasnamed Umpireofthe Year by the NZ Cricket Umpires &Scorers Association afterstanding in several matchesaspartofthe Women’s World T20 competition and the ICCWomen’s T20 WorldCup Qualifying tournament. Rangiora HighSchool FutsalTeam Athlete withaDisability (sponsoredbyMcAlpinesMitre10) Kyle Harpur -Athletics. Kyle representedNZinShot Putand Mini Javelin at the Special Olympics WorldSummer games in AbuDhabi this year,winning bronzeand silver medals. HavenDrinnan-Swimming. Following gold medals at the last Special Olympics,Havencompeted in the regional Tier 1event in Blenheim recently,returningwith goldmedals in her specialist Freestyle &Breaststroke events. CarlyRobb -Swimming. At the regional Ribbon Dayevent in Blenheim Carlywon gold in Assisted Swim and Freestyle events. She has also performed well in the pool at NZ Special Olympics and plays Netball at Hagley Park everyweek through winter. Sports Event (sponsored by Waimakariri DistrictCouncil) NCBA South Island PrimarySchool Tournament2019. Bringing in 43 teams and over 450 Year 5-8 players,the SIPT is one of NorthCanterbury’slargest sporting events. It provides local school players arareopportunitytoplayagainst teams from across the South Island. 2019 NorthCanterburySwimClub Ribbon Meet. Attracting almost 300 swimmers and their supporters from all Canterbury Swimming Clubs,thistwo-day eventprovides valuable competition experiencefor swimmersand officials. Omihi School Farm Race. In just its second yearthe Omihi School Farm Raceattracted273 runners,walkers and mountainbikers from 7to90years old,including toplevel international athletesand first timers. The event is amajor fund raiser forthissmallschool, raising over $12,000. Club of the Year (InjuryPreventionWaimakariri) RangioraGolf Club. The110 year old RangioraGolf Club continues to provide forits 411 members and the wider community. With astrong committee and volunteerbase the club is introducing new initiatives forplayers young and old to carry its success into the future. RangioraCroquet Club. Promoting Croquet asasportfor all ages has been one of the key focuses of the RCCoverthe past year. Withitsnew facilityonRiver Road theclubhas been able to increase membership from 9to46, with manyofthe new members having never playedthe sportbefore. NorthCanterbury SwimClub. Ourlocal swim club continues to grow and is bringing through increasing numbers of swimmers from its juniorprogrammes into teamstocompete at regional and national meets,supportedbyexcellentcoaches and officials. GlenmarkCheviotRFC. Fielding aColts team to playinthe Canterbury Countrycompetition this year helped boost the success of this club across the board-success which included winning both the Combined and NC Div 1titles and claiming the Club of the Year awardattheNC RugbyAwards. ServicetoSport (sponsored by BNZ, Harcourts RangioraFour SeasonsRealty&Hurunui District Council) John Hamilton -Cricket. Amember of the OhokaCricket Club forover40years,Johnhas spent the last 30 of these in roles for the club committee,including President, and forCanterbury CountryCricket as boardmember,coach and selector. John also prepares the cricket pitchesatMandeville Sports Club and sponsors manyteams and sports through his local business. Mike Smart-BMX. Despitebeing with the North Canterbury BMX Club foronly ashort time,Mike’sinput has been pivotal in the developmentofthe club’s new track in Rangiora with the aim of making it afantastic facilityto benefit the whole community. Gordon Wong -Basketball. Chairmanof NCBA is just the latest of many rolesGordon has undertaken forthe bettermentofthe sport across the region. While still coaching and managing teams -and mentoring others in these roles too-his mainaim is to continue to raise the profile of the sportand theopportunities it givestoour players both young and old. Official Media Partner of the 2019 MainPower NC Sports Awards
2019 MainPower Youth Sports Scholarship Finalists MainPower is pleased to supportyouth sporting achievementinNorth Canterbury Theaim of the MainPower Youth Sports Scholarships is to assist local sporting talenttoperform to their utmost ability. TheScholarships support high achieving young sports people from within Waimakariri, Hurunui and Kaikouradistricts to achieveattainable goals and to build afoundation thatwill encourage astrong cultureofsportingsuccessand excellenceacross the North Canterbury region. Through apartnership between MainPower and the North CanterburySport & Recreation Trust,scholarships totalling$30,000 will be awarded to these outstanding young North Canterbury sports people at the 18th annual MainPower North CanterburySports Awards on Friday1st November,with these funds going towardstheir continued developmentintheir chosen sport for the next 12 months. Tickets to the awards areavailable fromthe North Canterbury Sport&Recreation Trust.Ph: 03 975 5560 oremail roliver@sportstrust.org.nz Kazuma Kabori (17) -Golf •1st -2019 NZPGA Championship •1st -2018 Victoria Junior Amateur Championships •2nd -2019 NZ Strokeplay •2nd -2019 Australasian Boy’sChampionships •1st -2019 South Island Strokeplay •NZRepresentativeatIMG Junior Worlds,Mexico International, 2018 Jack Newton International Championship Blair Currie (18)-Football •NZ Football U17 women’s team 2018 -3rd at FIFA 2018 U17 WorldCup -2019 HalbergAwardsfinalists -2019 winners of NZ Football Team of the Year •Selected to SetonHall University(NJ)team -Div1NCAA •Mainland Football Senior Women’s GK of theYear 2018 Olivia Sloan (17) - Archery •Member of ArcheryNZWomen’s team U17 and Open •33rdfrom 83 at 2019 Youth World Championships •NZteamat ArcheryWorld Championships in the Netherlands •Currently holds 7xNZrecords • 2019 ArcheryNZNationals -1st Cadet Recurve and 1st MatchPlay -3rd Senior Division Matchplay Helen Matthews (17) -Basketball •Member of NZU18 3-on-3 team for AsiaCup •Member of CanterburyWildcats Women’s Basketball team •Member ofCanterburyU19 team and selectedfor Tournamentteam at U19 Nationals •Selected to Steven Adams Camp forNZ’sbest Secondary School Players •Member of Mainland Eagles Academy GeorgePrain (19) -Rugby •CanterburyUnder 19 team • Lincoln UniversityPremier Colts • NZSecondary Schools RugbyTeam • 50Caps forRangioraHigh School 1st XV • CanterburyCountry&North CanterburyRepresentative Gabrielle Rennie (18) - Football •NZFootball U17 women’s team 2018 -3rd at FIFA2018 U17 World Cup -2019 HalbergAwardsfinalists -2019 winners of NZ Football Team of the Year •Selectedfor NZ Football Fernstraining camp •PartofNZU20Team thatqualified for2020 WorldCup RebeccaJones (18) -Archery •7th in Individual MatchPlayat2018 YouthOlympicGames •4th in Teams MatchPlayat2018 Youth Olympic Games •NZIndoor Nationals 2019 -1st in Target,2nd in MatchPlay •NZOutdoor Nationals -1st in Clout,3rdinTarget •Nominatedfor Halberg“Emerging Talent”Award 2019 Jacob Turner (16) -Mountainbiking •1st -U17 at 2019 Oceania XCOChampionships •3rd -U17 at 2019 NZ National MTBChampionships •2018 South Island Schools Championships -1st overall -1st Enduro, 1st Downhill,2nd Cross Country •1st at Cyclocross Nationals • 2ndatSouth Island Mountainbike Championships Angus Kelliher(17) - Swimming •Member of NZ team at 2018 Australian State Championships -set new NZ 50m Butterfly record -3rd in 100m &200m Backstroke -4th in 100m &200m Butterfly •Selectedfor NZ team at 2019 Australian StateChampionships •Multiple Golds at NZ AgeGroupChampionships •MemberofNZGold SwimmingSquad MaceyFraser(17)-Football&Futsal •NZFootball U17 women’s team 2018 -3rd at FIFA2018 U17 WorldCup •NZNational Women’s Futsal Team forTourtoChina •NZSecondarySchools U19 Football team •CanterburyUnited Pride Women’s Football and Futsal teams -Both national champions in 2018. •Led RHS Futsal team to National SecondarySchools Title This year 14 applications were received forthe MainPower Youth Sports Scholarships. All applicants were extremely well qualified andasusual some difficult decisionsweremadebythe judges to selectjust tenfinalists from this talentedgroup,and the topthree from these ten. Unfortunately,the following three young sports men and women did not receiveascholarship this year,but we congratulate them on their successes and encourage them to keep achieving greatresults over the coming year so we see them in our finals list in the future... Kate Campbell - Rifle Shooting; Luke Hopkinson - Wrestling; Star Richens - Iceskating 2019 Judges : Julie Seymour,Pat Barwick,Lorraine McLeod &Athol Earl
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