Western News: December 10, 2019
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WESTERN NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 15<br />
Young volleyballers thrive<br />
on beach and court<br />
• By Jacob Page<br />
BURNSIDE HIGH School<br />
junior girls volleyballers<br />
dominated on both the sand<br />
and the court last week.<br />
Not only did their indoor<br />
volleyball team win backto-back<br />
South Island titles<br />
but Rosa Vesty and Taylah<br />
Holdem took out the beach<br />
title as well.<br />
The duo will head to Auckland<br />
in February to represent<br />
their school at the nationals,<br />
where they finished fifth last<br />
year.<br />
Teacher in charge of volleyball<br />
Sam Ryburn said they had<br />
a good chance of medalling<br />
this year.<br />
“Last year they made the<br />
quarter-finals and lost to the<br />
eventual winners so if they<br />
can improve on that they<br />
should go close.”<br />
He said both Rosa and<br />
Taylah were key parts in the<br />
indoor success having been<br />
named co-most valuable players<br />
at the South Island championships<br />
at Pioneer Stadium.<br />
Burnside took down Cashmere<br />
High School 25-22, 25-9<br />
SPORT<br />
TALENT: Burnside High School junior volleyball team won<br />
the South Island title for the second year in a row.<br />
in the final.<br />
Both teams had to overcame<br />
an early loss in crossover pool<br />
play to make the final.<br />
Burnside suffered a loss<br />
to Christchurch Girls’ High<br />
School, while Cashmere High<br />
went down to Richmond’s<br />
Waimea College.<br />
Ryburn said the team refocused<br />
well after the loss and<br />
was able to bounce-back.<br />
“They came at us and really<br />
pushed us but sometimes you<br />
need a loss like that in a tournament<br />
just to get you on the<br />
right track again.”<br />
He said it was great the team<br />
could win back-to-back Canterbury<br />
and South Island titles<br />
BRIGHT FUTURES: Rosa<br />
Vesty, left, and Taylah<br />
Holdem capped a stellar<br />
week by claiming the<br />
South Island junior beach<br />
volleyball title at the<br />
Pioneer Stadium Pit. <br />
which was a first for the school.<br />
“We have a lot of depth in<br />
volleyball at the school and a<br />
supportive environment which<br />
helps bring success at both a<br />
junior and senior level over a<br />
number of years,” he said.<br />
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