Ashburton Courier: May 06, 2021

SPORT
26 Ashburton Courier, May 6, 2021
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DRAWS
Nathan Hawke sweeps down and under the Ashburton River rail
bridge on his way to completing 14 laps in the solo category.
Bikersclockup9586km
Some 227 riders completed
1042lapsand adistance of
9586km at Sunday’s six­hour
mountainbikeracein
Ashburton.
Run by Mountain Bike
Ashburtonand heldonthe loop
track between Melrose Road
andthe State Highway One
bridge, the epic bike challenge
featured 22 solo ridersand 60
teams.
Timaru teenager James Corry
was thewinner of thesolo event
andalso claimed the second
fastestoverall time. He
completed16lapsofthe near
10km circuit in the allocated
time.
Aboys’ team from Ashburton
Collegewon the Years 9­13
category and was thefourth
fastest overall and ateam from
Ashburton Intermediatewas
the winner of theYears7­8
category.
Event co­ordinator Tab
Armoursaid feedback on the
race had been positive.
Thetrack, including anew
section,had stood up well to all
the action.
‘‘Weweredownabit in the
schools andfamily categories
this year, but overall we were
very happywithentries.’’
Shesaid half the entries had
featuredriders from the
Ashburton district.
Profits made from the event
willonce again be used by the
club fortrack enhancements.
HOCKEY
Mid Canterbury Hockey draw for May
10-16 -
Div 1Women Monday 10 May: 6.00 pm
Wakanui vTinwald (K McIntyre, MMarshall).
7.30 pm Hampstead vMethven (C Hastie,
Skip Muir).
Div 1 Men Tuesday 11 May: 6.00 pm
Tinwald vAllenton (C Watson, tbc). 7.30 pm
Wakanui White vWakanui Black (C Watson,
tbc).
Kwik Sticks Wednesday 12 May: 3.45 pm
Wakanui Blue v Allenton (B Greer, tbc).
4.55pm Methven White vWakanui Black (G
Oates, tbc). 6.05 pm Tinwald Bonnington
Painting vMethven Black (L Ellis, Wakanui
Div 1Women). 7.15 pm Tinwald Engineering
Solutions v Collegians/Rakaia (Hampstead
Div 1Women, Tinwald Div 1Women).
SSL Girls Grading Pool 1: Nga Puna Wai
25.00 pm Ashburton College 1st XI vKaiapoi
High School 1st XI (Umpires supplied).
Small sticks duty club: Methven
Kiwi Sticks (Yr 5) Friday 14 May: 3.45 pm
Tinwald Foothills vTinwald The Tool Shed
(Turf A) HKidd, TEllis &RKidd. Methven v
Allenton/Hampstead (Turf B) JEllis, JMuir.
Wakanui (Bye) Kiwi Sticks (Yr 6): 4.30 pm
Rakaia Blue vAllenton (Turf A) KMcDonnell,
J Ellis. Tinwald Foothills v Wakanui Black
(Turf B) HKidd, SGreeson. 5.15 pm Wakanui
Blue vMethven (Turf A) JMuir, SGreeson.
Tinwald Smith &Sons vCollegians/Rakaia
(Turf B) KMcDonnell, DLaw.
Div 2Women: 6.15 pm Wakanui Purple v
Wakanui Black (E Shapland, tbc). 7.30 pm
Hampstead/Tinwald vMethven (tbc, tbc).
SSL Boys Div 1Friendly: Draw unknown
(Umpires supplied).
Small sticks duty club: Methven
Saturday 15 May: Mini Sticks 10.00 am
Methven Black v Wakanui Black (Turf A)
Coaches.
Allenton Golds vMethven White (Turf B)
Coaches. Tinwald Foothills vTinwald Skip-
2-It (Turf C) Coaches. Allenton Mini Magic v
Wakanui Blue (Turf D) Coaches.
Fun Sticks: 11.00 am Draws made on the
day (Coaches).
Snr Men (Canterbury Div 1 Men
Champs): Nga Puna Wai 2 2.45 pm Mid
Canterbury vMarist Mulisha (Umpires supplied).
Div 2 Men Sunday 16 May: 5.00 pm
Tinwald v Wakanui (tbc, tbc) 6.30 pm
Hampstead Lowcliffe v Allenton (tbc, tbc).
Friday 7th May 2021
RUGBY
The Mid Canterbury Rugby draw for the
coming week:
Friday May 7: Under 13, Methven v
Celtic, Methven, 7 pm, Jeremy Robinson.
Under 11.5, Methven WvAllenton, Methven,
5.45pm. Geoff Barr.
Saturday May 8:
Seniors – Combined Competition Division
1 - Pool A: Hampstead v Darfield,
Hamp1. 2:45 pm Sam O'Reilly -AR1 Nathan
Forbes -AR2 Jim Henderson.
Rakaia vSouthbridge, Rakaia 1, 2:45 pm
Carl Johnson -AR1 Gary Clement –AR2 Liz
Bell
Pool B: Southern v Prebbleton, Mayfield1,
2:45pm Glenn Peddle -AR1 Simon
Bennett –AR2 Simon Kennedy.
MethvenvCeltic, Methv1, 2:15 pm Kalilfa
Faaglogo -AR1 Ant McGirr –AR2 Geoff Barr
Senior B: Methven v Celtic, Methv1,
12:30 pm Ant McGirr. Mt Somers vAllenton,
MtSom1, 2:30pm Greg Jopson. Southern v
Collegiate Comb, Mayfield1, 1:00pm Simon
Kennedy.
Senior Women: Kaiapoi vCeltic, Kaiapoi1,
2:45pm.
Colts Combined:Methven Comb vCeltic,
Methven2, 12:30pm Geoff Barr. Hampstead/
Southern v Darfield, Mayfield2,1:00pm
Simon Bennett.
1st XV UC Championship: Mid Canterbury
Combined v MBC, Ashburton Coll1,
12:00 pm Nathan Forbes -AR1 Mike Southby
-AR2 Paul Arnold.
Under 18 Combined: Hurunui vMCRU
Alps, Culverden2, 1:00pm.
Under 16 Combined: MC Alps v MC
Plains, Metvh3, 1:15 pm, Jeremy Robinson.
Under 14.5 Combined: Methven vDarfield
High School, Methven3, 12pm Brenton
Connell. MC Alps vMCPlains, Mayfield3,
1:30 pm Moon Tuilaepa (TBC).
Under 13 –Each game is 30 minutes:
Rakaia Combined? vHampstead/Southern/
Tinwald, Rakaia 1, 12:45pm, Liz Bell. Hampstead/Southern/Tinwald
vCollegiate, 1:20pm
Rakaia1 (Club Referee). Rakaia Combined v
Collegiate 1:55pm Rakaia 1Liz Bell.
Under 11.5: Collegiate/Rakaia vTinwald,
Rakaia 2A, 1.15pm (Club Referee). Methven
BvCeltic W, Methven 2A, 11.15am (Club
Referee).Methven RvCeltic G, Methven 2B,
11.15am (Club Referee). Southern vHampstead,
Mayfield 3A,12.30pm. (Club Referee).
Under 10: Hampstead vAllenton, Hampstead
1A, 1.30pm. Methven vCeltic, Methven
4, 1.30pm. Rakaia v Tinwald, Rakaia 4,
1.15pm. Southern vCollegiate, Mayfield 4,
12.30pm.
Under 9: Methven vCeltic G, Methven 4,
12.30pm. Methven/Mt Somers v Celtic W,
Methven 5, 12.30pm. Rakaia v Tinwald,
Rakaia 4, 12.15pm. Southern v Allenton,
Mayfield 4, 1.30pm. Hampstead vCeltic W,
Hamp1B, 1:30pm.
Under 8: Methven vCeltic, Methven 5,
1.30pm. Methven/Mt Somers vAllenton G,
Methven 5, 11.30am. Rakaia v Tinwald,
Rakaia 2B, 1.15pm. Southern BvCollegiate,
Mayfield 4, 11.30am. Southern WvAllenton
M, Mayfield 3A, 12.30pm.
Under 7: Methven vCeltic W, Methven4,
11.30am. Mt Somers vAllenton, Mt Somers
2, 1.30pm. Rakaia vTinwald B, Rakaia 1A,
12.00pm. Southern BvHampstead, Mayfield
1A, 12pm. Southern RvCollegiate, Mayfield
1B, 12pm. Southern WvTinwald O, Mayfield
2A, 12pm. Bye Celtic G.
Under 6: Methven BvCeltic G, Methven
3A, 11.15am. Methven W v Celtic W,
Methven 3B, 11.15am. Mt Somers vAllenton
G, Mt Somers 2, 12.30pm. Rakaia B v
Tinwald B, Rakaia 2A, 12.30pm. Rakaia Wv
Tinwald O, Rakaia 2B, 12.30pm. Southern B
v Tinwald Black, Mayfield 3A, 11.30am.
Southern R v Collegiate, Mayfield 3B,
11.30am. Southern SvAllenton M, Mayfield
1B, 11.15pm. Southern W v Hampstead,
Mayfield 1A, 11.15am.
GOLF
Ashburton Golf Club
Saturday 8May
The first round of the Watson Cup
matchplay will take place with an earlier start
time (draw below). For those not in the
matchplay an alternative game will be played.
Starting Times: Morning Reportat
7.40am for an 8.00am start and afternoon
report at 11.15am for a11.45am start (11.30
for matchplay). Nine hole golfers from
12.45pm.
Matchplay draw:
Number 1Tee: 11.30 GHastie &L
McGee vs SLee &SMcCloy 11.38 RCarlson
&CLovelock vs PClark &RLambert 11.45
JRamsay &RMcKernan vs KSmith &BJury
11.52 IRive &DRobertson vs JOverend &
TKingsbury 12.00 PMay &KClucas vs D
Fisher &RPawsey 12.08 B&ISnowball vs
D&RHampton12.15 RBell &RChatterton
vs TBlacklow &HNiles 12.22 PGreer &B
Fauth vs DStoddart &JBird
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