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$7.90 incl. GST 10 Wednesday October 16 2019 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Our People SELWYN TIMES Bevan Sisson Multi-tasking coach shows no sign Lincoln resident Bevan Sisson has had an unconventional but highly successful rugby coaching journey. The current Canterbury B and Burnside premier coach talks to Jacob Page I hear you are a Cantabrian who found his way to North Harbour? I went up to North Harbour when I was 17 or 18 and played rugby for East Coast Bays, I met my wife (Vanessa) through there as she played for North Harbour. I was a hooker and played division one up there, made some trial teams but that was my level and we were there for 10 years. We came back to Christchurch on a six-month trial about 18 years ago. How was your childhood? I grew up down here and went to Shirley Boys’ High School. Back then, things were a bit different, I got out of there at 15, school wasn’t my thing. I only passed one subject – English. I never went to the other exams. I’d realised I probably wasn’t going to pass (school cert) VERSATILE: Bevan Sisson has done more coaching than he expected in 2019 after taking roles with the Crusader Knights, Burnside and Canterbury B. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN so I’d better get a job. I actually got a job before the end of that year. I didn’t tell Mum so I’d get dressed up in my school gear walk to the end of the road, get changed and then I worked for a guy who was a monumental mason as a labourer. At the end of the day he’d drop me off at the end of the street and I’d get change back into my school gear and come home. How did the chance to go north come about? I got offered a job truck driving and I ended up playing rugby as part of that. North Harbour had Slade McFarland (former New Zealand Maori hooker) who would beat me into the rep teams. I was going to come home after a couple of years because I hadn’t made it in the North Harbour set up but I had a friend who wanted me to stay and he offered me a job at an emporium business which was great because I was sick of truck driving by that point. When did you hang up the boots and start to look at coaching? It was only when I looked at it when we came back in the early 2000s, I was in my mid-30s and we didn’t know anyone so I opened up the phone book where we were living in Avonhead and looked for the closest rugby club which happened to be Burnside. I played one year for them and it was just to meet some guys and the team ended up winning. The next year I was pretty broken physically and the senior B team needed a coach so I thought I’d help out and I did that for a couple of years and I realised it was a lot of fun and I kept doing it a few years. One year we made a semi-final and that’s when I started to get a lot of satisfaction out of it. growing with you June 2018 | 100% Plants For winter wow Cool Choices For Colour & Contrast From swamp to sea views The journey begins with sarah the Gardener Snap it up Enter our annual Birdlife Photo Competition to win great prizes! clear the air Why groWing indoor PLAnTs is so good for you give it a grow from gArLic To chinese ArTichokes, We hAve your groWing TiPs covered the latest releases into the rose world + rose care through winter The magazine for gardeners who like to get their hands dirty SUBSCRIBE FROM $43. 50* *6 issues/6 months SUBSCRIPTIONS FREEPHONE 0800 77 77 10 WWW.GARDENER.KIWI Indulge in... Our gorgeous range of.. sandwiches, paninis, bagels, scones, slices, muffins, quiches, sausage rolls & pies, coffee and more! CATERING AVAILABLE! Gorgeous Food specialist bakery OPEN SATURDAY 7am - 1.30pm 66-68 Springs Rd Ph: 344 6044 Email: gorgeousfood@xtra.co.nz Open Monday-Friday 6am-3.30pm www.gorgeousfood.co.nz WHAT’S GROWING AT ALLWOOD... Flowering Cherry Trees Coming into flower now Large Grade Japanese Maples Great discounts Weeping Silver Pear Trees Tough trees for exposed sites Keep up to date through our Facebook page and at www.allwood.co.nz GREAT SPECIALS GREAT TIME TO PLANT! NEW SITE now at 913 SHANDS ROAD T: 03 349 9240 now at 913 SHANDS ROAD Just south of the Selwyn Road / Shands Road intersection www.allwood.co.nz
SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Wednesday October 16 2019 11 of kicking back Tell me about the move to Lincoln University? It was 2015 and we had been living out there a while and it was time for a change. It just made sense at the time. Talk me through the progression there? I was coaching the colts team and it was a great crop of guys. That first year we had Jordie Barrett, Ene Enari, Brett Cameron, George Straton, Salisi Riasi, Caleb Makene, Josh McKay, a real who’s who of Canterbury players who have embrace it and when you’d see really pushed on now. the joy when teams would beat Cullen Grace is one of the us, I thought it was great too. best products I’ve seen, he came Their advantage is they train straight out of school into our there, they have the facilities Div 1 team and played every that make it feel like a very game so he is one to watch. professional environment. We won colts titles in 2015 and After that I’d had a guts full of 2016 and then in 2017 I took over coaching but I had a good mate at the senior team with Ben Blair Burnside in Graeme Turner who and we won that in 2017 and got me back into the club with 2018 the team did a four-peat the senior team which was a good of senior titles and at the end of fit for me at the time. the year, a lot of the guys, I had a I have a very supportive wife connection with were moving on who’s always backed my desire so I thought it was a good time to to coach so this year between the step away. Crusaders Knights, Burnside and What is it like to coach a team Canterbury B, I’ve done more that’s expected to win each coaching than I thought I would. week? When you do get spare time, I enjoyed it, I said to the guys what do you do? not to shy away from it but I like to do a bit of fishing and PLAYING DAYS: Bevan Sisson (with ball) who captained the East Coast Bays division 1 side in 1996. we have a few friends with baches that give us a chance to get away. As a guy in my early 50s I’m reasonably realistic about where I can go with my coaching. There’s a liking for former players at the moment and that makes sense because they know the environment but I love new challenges and seeing players get everything out of the talent they have. There’s a heaps of guys running around playing NPC that I’ve had a hand in coaching or being around at some point and that’s immensely satisfying. I don’t have any plans on slowing down and I’ll be back on the sidelines next year all going well. Plan to rid Arthur’s Pass of native plant pests A PLANNED community event aims to rid rivers of pest plants and protect native species in Arthur’s Pass. The Protecting Our Rivers annual event was thought up by Colleen Philip of ECO Canterbury in support of the work done by the Arthur’s Pass Wildlife Trust. The idea is to bring together as many people and groups as possible to remove lupins, gorse, broom and sedge. The weeds make the environment uninhabitable for many native plants. Volunteers from ECO Canterbury, Environment Canterbury, North Canterbury Forest & Bird, Conservation Volunteers NZ, Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch and the Department of Conservation will take part. It is hoped that by the end of the season the volunteers will have covered a total of 250ha. Environment Canterbury community partnerships coordinator Alison Bower will be among the volunteers. Said Ms Bower: “Communitybased organisations like the Arthur’s Pass Wildlife Trust and the dedication of the volunteers that co-ordinate them, make an incredibly generous contribution to the war on weeds in our region. Without them, our iconic landscapes would look very different,” she said. Ms Bower said the timing of the working bee will mean that the volunteers catch the lupins in their early stage of flowering which is better than the flowers already being developed and seeding. It is hoped that lupins can be eradicated from the area completely. •The event will run from November 9 until November 12 in Arthur’s Pass. Working bees will be held on each day from 9.30am-noon and 2.30-5pm. Register at info@ sustainablechristchurch.org. nz. Planning to renovate or build? Opens Friday! (Free Parking) DON'T MISS THIS! BUY ($6) TICKETS ONLINE NOW! c a n t e r b u r y h o m e s h o w . c o . n z FRIDAY 18 - SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 1 0 A M T O 5 P M | H O R N C A S T L E A R E N A HOME IMPROVEMENT IDEAS! 100's OF RENOVATING & BUILDING PRODUCTS! GREAT DEALS WITH SHOW SPECIALS!
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