North Canterbury News: April 15, 2021

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24 North Canterbury News, April 15, 2021
Awesome foursome
Champions ... The Woodend Bowling Club’s women’sfours
team of Joan Macfarlane(left),Mary O’Brien, PaulineBarr and
skip JennyAnderson wonthe 2021Bowls Canterbury
championofchampions women’s fours final at Belfast last
weekend.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
The Woodend Bowling Club
has enjoyed moresuccesson
the greens of Canterbury.
The club’swomen’s fours
team of skip Jenny Anderson,
Pauline Barr,Mary O’Brien
and Joan Macfarlanehave
takenout the 2021Bowls
Canterbury championof
champions final.
The team defeated the
defending champions Bowls
Papanuiinthe final at the
Belfast greenatthe weekend
by 22­9.
Woodend has previously
won the event in 2019 and
2012.
For the secondtime,
Woodend has qualified for
the national champion of
champion women’s fours
finals, which will be held at
Pukekohe in July.
Croquet brings schools together
CROQUET
OuruhiaSchool was the winner of
the third annual NorthCanterbury
primaryschool’sGolf Croquet
competition held in Rangioralast
Saturday.
Organised by HowardPettigrew in
conjunction with the Rangiora
CroquetClub, the tournament
involved eight teamsofyear seven
and eight pupilsfrom North Loburn,
Loburn,Ashley and Ouruhia schools,
who all played six games each before
the winner was found.
Ashley teacher John Lynskey, says
the tournament was so popular, 18
pupils initially showed an interest to
make up the eight slots available.
“Few of these kidshad much idea
about the game,but avideo clip
helped them understand it alittle
more.
‘‘We have progressedthe game at
school with aplaying ladder. You
don’t need to be the most athletic to
participate and it is good team
builder”.
North LoburnpupilsMaddie
Jones and HarryKendrick are very
enthusiastic about the game.
‘‘It is acool game, demands good
skills and is alot of fun,’’ says
Maddie.
Harry likes the competitivenessof
the game and to be able to play
against his school mates.
Results:
Ouruhia (Noah Crocker and Tane
Spivey) 1. NorthLoburn(John Lundy
and Micah Thompson) 2. Ouruhia
(Matt Corey &Riley Sullivan) 3.
Shooting for the hoop. .. Annabelle
Birchier, from North Loburn School
lines up ashot while her team mates
watch on.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Makayla and Ivy awinning combination
Mandeville’s Makayla Krahagen,
aged 10, has had avery successful
time at all of the North Canterbury
A&P Shows and beyond.
Riding the Brechin Family's
Eastdale Imogen, or Ivy as she is
known, Makayla won the supreme
champion pony awards at Cheviot,
Hawarden, Malvern, Oxfordand
Mackenzie Highland A&P shows.
At the Oxford A&PShow the
combination was also awarded the
supremechampionanimal exhibit.
Winningthe Supreme Champion
Pony at each of the AutumnShows
was ahuge thrill, particularly as its
only the secondyear Makaylahas
been riding. Her hard workand
dedicationhas shown in their
achievements.
Makaylamet Ivy at ridinglesson
at Swannanoa­basedBrecland Park
Equestrian, owned and run by Paul,
Jo and Jessica Brechin. She fell in
love with Ivy, and they havetrained
hard and formed avery special
partnership.
Makayla’sdreams of winning the
firstyear ridden pony and rider
titles were shatteredwhen the New
Zealand Horse of the Year Show in
Hastingsws cancelled last mont,as
she now moves into the open ring.
The pair has qualified for next
year’s Horse of the Year Show.
Special bond ... Makayla and Ivy at
the Cheviot A&PShow. PHOTO:SUPPLIED
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