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Selwyn Times Wednesday July 14 2021 28 SPORT Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Focus on building players’ confidence • From page 27 “Rugby was one of our very first initiatives to get up off the ground (in 2012),” said Surie, who was supported by school and teammates. “We wanted to make sure other girls had the same opportunities to feel the enjoyment we did.” Results are clearly not the bottom line as Surie reflects on the impact of a former player Lucy Cahill, a foundation ambassador. “Lucy played for the foundation, loved it so much and got the Villa (Maria) team up and running. That’s exactly what we want to see,” she said. There’s something else Surie is rapt to witness as she explains: “We have a girl who started with the team in year 9, this is her last year. “When she turned up at the first game she was totally shy and not so keen to go on the field, now she’s one of the leaders in the team. To see her grow over the years … to see the confidence makes all those volunteer hours worth it to see something like that. “She wants to stick around with the foundation once she leaves school to come back and coach.” Surie said the competition had progressed since the foundation debuted almost a decade ago. “It’s certainly evolved in a sense of being supported by the community. It’s really cool to see businesses come on board, and sponsors. Canterbury Rugby has put a lot of resources into the competition as well. Canterbury Rugby Football Union’s female development officer Liz Worthington said increased sponsorship has enabled the organisation to direct more resources to the 10-team girls competition. The figures are commercially sensitive though Mills said 20 per cent is directed to the 1st XV competition and 65 per cent in total to women’s rugby through the FPC squad. “Some of that money helps get more people on the grass, there’s a lot of schools and teams to get around,” Worthington said. The CRFU funds seven FPC players to visit schools and run sessions on building culture or tactical and technical expertise. “The competition still has a long way to go,” Worthington admitted. “Obviously there’s a big difference between schoolgirl and schoolboy rugby, the level it’s currently played at. It would be nice to see the girls improve and grow into a better space.” While leading boys’ teams have had former All Blacks on their coaching staff – Reuben Thorne Jacqui Restieaux TACKLED: Lincoln: Rolleston College Combined player Celine Russell is tackled during the clash with Marian College: Wahine Toa. PHOTO; GEOFF SLOAN led Christ’s College last year – Villa Maria 1st XV’s coaching set-up is very much old school: parents Richard Arnott and Pete Cahill do it very much for the love of the game. Villa Maria used to combine with Hornby High School and Forward Foundation but Cahill’s daughter Lucy helped form the college’s own team. “Over the last two years we’ve been fortunate where we’ve really grown the sport and we’re able to field a full team,” said team manager and Villa Maria’s sports director, Jacqui Restieaux. “The beauty of our team is the majority of the girls have actually never played before. They’d never thrown a rugby ball before, they turned up to the first training, they’ve learnt the basic skills and are now playing some really good rugby.” Villa Maria have a squad of 29 and the players not required on game day instead bolster the ranks of other teams in the competition, a sporting, collaborative approach. “The other girls go and play for Hornby or whoever else needs extra players. That way at least they’re still playing and getting a game,” Restieaux said. Arnott has had a long association with Lincoln University and he has also coached women’s teams. “He’s come in with the philosophy of wanting to just teach the basics. In the past we’ve found girls don’t know how to tackle and they don’t know how to fall to the ground. They would train, play their first game, they’d get a knock and they wouldn’t want to play anymore,” Restieaux said. “We’ve focused on teaching them those basic skills so when they are on the field they’re feeling confident.” She said a key to the side’s success and regeneration was it spanned years 9 to 13. • Turn to page 30 Cropping Farmers no WHeaT ConTraCT!!? We have other seed crop options for sowing this Spring. PROMPT DELIVERY EX HARVEST TO CLEANING PLANT Contact us today for details of the following • Asian Brassicas (Both OP & Hybrid) • Radish (Daikon & Round Red) • Chrysanthemum • Garden Peas (Processing & Garden varieties) We have both large and small areas available of most species. These are all good yielding cultivars, well known to us. We have increased area this year so we are looking for new growers in addition to our present portfolio. 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