Selwyn Times: February 26, 2020

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Wednesday February 26 2020
Mixed touch success for Lincoln High School
LINCOLN HIGH School won
the Canterbury secondary
schools’ mixed touch title on
Saturday at Belfast’s Sheldon
Park.
It is their sixth tournament and
they beat St Andrew’s College in
the final 3-1 after leading 2-0 at
halftime.
The team went undefeated
across four games, cruising
through pool-play with a 7-1
win over Rolleston College,
who eventually finished
third, a 10-3 triumph over St
Andrew’s College and a 5-3
SPORT
win over Rangiora High School.
Sophie Hawkins was the team’s
top scorer with five while Ben
Hooper added three.
Hooper and George
Gualter were named the boys
most valuable players for the
team while Ellie Walker was
named the girls most valuable
player.
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SELWYN TIMES
WINNERS:
Lincoln
High
School’s
victorious
mixed
touch
team.
Ellesmere second in Browning Shield
• By Jacob Page
ELLESMERE HAS finished
runners-up to Mid-Canterbury
at the Browning Shield
tournament at Wilding Park
over the weekend.
Mid-Canterbury won the
symbol of Canterbury Country
senior tennis supremacy for the
sixth consecutive year, going
unbeaten against all competition
which also included Malvern
and North Canterbury.
Ellesmere last won the Browning
Shield in the 2012/2013 season
and pushed Mid-Canterbury
all the way in the opening
fixture on Saturday before losing
13 matches to 11.
Ellesmere went on to beat Malvern
13-5 and North Canterbury
13-11.
Ellesmere held their own
against the defending champions
in the men’s and women’s singles
as well as the men’s and women’s
doubles but they lost five of six
mixed doubles matches which
effectively cost them the tie and
the Browning Shield.
Ellesmere won five of six men’s
singles against Malvern to set-up
their victory.
They also won all three
women’s doubles encounters.
They then won four of the six
mixed doubles to edge a spirited
North Canterbury challenge in
their final encounter.
Ellesmere team captain Steven
Baird said it was disappointing
to lose after coming so close but
he believed second was a fair
outcome.
POISE: Jonathon Nowley plays a
backhand against Mid-Canterbury.
“To win the Browning Shield,
it has to be a team effort, you
can’t spend time looking at one
result and thinking about what
might have been.”
He said Brendon Jones
produced some strong
performances on day one, while
Julian Main stepped up on day
two.
Dave Withell won all three of
his matches against North Canterbury
to help secure second.
Baird said Letitia Jackson
fought hard at the top of the
women’s seedings all weekend.
Regular club competition
returns on Saturday.
TOUCH: Julian Main goes for a lob
shot.
STRETCH: Mel Williams tries
to get the ball on her strings.
SERVE: Nicole Fitchett starts
the next point.
CONTROL: Brendon Jones concentrates on
the line of the ball.
CONCENTRATION: Heidi
Blackburn looks to produce a
winner.
PHOTOS: KAREN CASEY
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