Selwyn Times: November 27, 2019
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24 Wednesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
West Melton continue strong<br />
start to the tennis season<br />
• By Jacob Page<br />
WEST MELTON’S positive<br />
start to the Canterbury Country<br />
tennis season continued with a<br />
15-5 win over Kirwee-Springston<br />
to start round two, at Kirwee, on<br />
Saturday.<br />
They dominated the contest<br />
winning 11 of the 16 matches.<br />
West Melton’s victory came on<br />
the back of taking the Ian Jones<br />
Trophy for winning round one of<br />
the competition.<br />
In the other two fixtures,<br />
Rolleston-Killinchy and Tai Tapu<br />
were locked at eight wins each<br />
with Tai Tapu winning by three<br />
games, at Rolleston.<br />
Prebbleton-Lincoln easily<br />
accounted for Fernside 16-0, at<br />
Fernside.<br />
West Melton 16-year-old and<br />
No 1 Luke Tanner remained unbeaten<br />
in singles so far this year.<br />
It was Tai Tapu’s women who<br />
pulled them back into their<br />
contest with Rolleston-Killinchy<br />
with Pieta Aitken and Jo Christie<br />
both unbeaten after the Rolleston-Killinchy<br />
men had won three<br />
of the four singles games.<br />
Week two will see Tai Tapu<br />
host Prebbleton-Lincoln, Kirwee-<br />
Springston welcome Fernside to<br />
Kirwee and Rolleston-Killinchy<br />
travel to West Melton.<br />
The competition is likely to run<br />
through to March.<br />
There will be a weekend break<br />
when senior representatives<br />
compete for the Browning Shield<br />
at Wilding Park on February 22<br />
and 23.<br />
The competition sees teams<br />
from Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury,<br />
North Canterbury and Malvern<br />
compete for the coveted piece of<br />
silverware.<br />
The shield was won by Mid<br />
Canterbury last year.<br />
Ellesmere Tennis president<br />
Jason McKenzie said it was important<br />
for the game in the area<br />
that both Saturday tennis and the<br />
representative fixtures remained<br />
in place despite occasional lack of<br />
playing numbers.<br />
“The standard of the Browning<br />
Shield is still very high and<br />
Canterbury Tennis have been accommodating<br />
in freeing up their<br />
schedule to allow our top players<br />
to compete in it.”<br />
Mr McKenzie said it was<br />
important the pathway for upand-coming<br />
Country players was<br />
maintained through Saturday<br />
tennis.<br />
The Ellesmere junior tennis<br />
team beat North Canterbury by<br />
winning three of the four age<br />
grades.<br />
Ellesmere won the 10s eight sets<br />
to six, the 14s 152 games to 120 and<br />
the 16s 10 matches to six.<br />
North Canterbury won the 12s<br />
nine matches to seven.<br />
SPORT<br />
ALL POWER: Tom Miller,<br />
Tai Tapu, launches a<br />
backhand during his<br />
team’s countback win<br />
over Rolleston-Killinchy.<br />
PHOTOS: KAREN CASEY<br />
Pieta Aitken, Tai Tapu, looks for<br />
a nifty shot over the net.<br />
Ben Smith, Rolleston-Killinchy,<br />
attacks the net against Tai<br />
Tapu.<br />
Olivia Wrathall, Tai Tapu, drives<br />
a shot down the line.<br />
Emma Jackson, Rolleston-<br />
Killinchy, loads up on the<br />
forehand.<br />
Ben Michael, Rolleston-<br />
Killinchy, shows his forehand.<br />
Nathan<br />
McKenzie,<br />
Rolleston-<br />
Killinchy, waits<br />
for a backhand.
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