Ashburton Courier: July 29, 2021

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30 Ashburton Courier, July 29, 2021
Ashlee aiming for spot at
Commonwealth Games
Basketballer Ashlee Strawbridge is shooting for aspot this
weekend to represent New Zealand at the 2022
Commonwealth Games.
PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS
Watters Cup final time
Celtic and Southern go headto­head
this weekendinthe
Lusetti Seeds Watters Cup
senior rugby final at the
showgrounds oval in
Ashburton.
Thefinalists in the district
competition came from semifinal
play when Southernbeat
Rakaia 21­19; andCeltic beat
Methven20­13 at Celtic.
Thefinal,which will be
officiated by referee Glenn
Peddie,starts at2.15pm.
Thecurtain­raiser will
featureColts teamsCeltic
playingMethven Combined,
on the oval from 12.30pm.
TherefereeisHamish
Grant.
On Friday nightinthe
Methven, mighty musterers
from the mountains will take
on the Methven Senior Brugby
team in theannual Rakaia
Gorge Musterers vs Methven
Rugby Clubcharity match.
Themusterers teaminpast
Southern and Rakaia battle it out in the Lusetti Seeds Watters
Cup senior rugby semi­final last weekend at Hinds. PHOTO GRAHAM SHAW
had been made up from
players working up the Rakaia
Gorge but in recent years
players had beengathered
from Rakaia and Ashburton
gorges,both sides of the
MidCanterbury basketballer Ashlee
Strawbridge is aimingfor amuch­sort
after spot representingNew Zealand
at theCommonwealth Games in
Birmingham, England next year.
Therising basketballstarisata
Tall Fernscamp in Auckland this
weekend to compete in 3x3
basketballevent, which will help
form therepresentative team
selection.
Theevent starts tomorrow and runs
untilSunday.
Strawbridge gotthe unexpected
call­up to play on Monday night and
took in an impromptu training
session this week withthe Ashburton
College senior boys team before
flying north.
She has also been invited to play in
an exhibition fundraiser invitational
team againstthe boys in Ashburton
on August 14.
Prior to the call­up Strawbridge, a
NewZealand age­group
representative and also former
Ashburton College baller who is on
break from college basketball in the
United States, had been doing alot of
running, cardio and gym work
between helping with sessionsof
Girls Got Game basketball
programme in Ashburton.
Rakaia River andalongthe
Foothills to Mt Somers.
It will be playedat the
Methven showgrounds
tomorrow night(July 30). Kick
off at 7pm.
DRAWS
HOCKEY
Div 1 Women Monday 2 Aug 6.00 pm
Tinwald v Wakanui (C Hastie, M Marshall)
7.30 pm Methven vHampstead (J Gray, S
Read)
Div 1 Men Tuesday 3 Aug 6.00 pm
Wakanui Black vWakanui White (C Watson, S
Muir)
7.30 pm Allenton vTinwald (S Mealings, B
Gray)
Kwik Sticks Wednesday 4Aug 3.45 pm
Allenton vTinwald Engineering Solutions (B
Greer, SGeeson)4.55 pm Wakanui Black v
Collegians/Rakaia (E Shapland, LEllis) 6.05
pm Wakanui Blue vMethven White Wakanui
Div 2Men Allenton Div 2Men
7.15 pm Methven Black vTinwald Bonnington
Painting (Hampstead Lowcliffe Div 2
Men, Tinwald Div 2Men)
SSL Girls Div 1Championship Nga Puna
Wai 5.05 pm Lincoln High School 1st XI v
Ashburton College 1st XI (Umpires supplied)
SMALL STICKS DUTY CLUB: Allenton
(Olympic Theme &BBQ) Kiwi Sticks (Yr 5)
Wednesday 4Aug 4.00 pm Methven vTinwald
The Tool Shed -MtHutt (Coaches) Friday 6
Aug 3.45 pm Allenton/Hampstead vWakanui
-Turf a(SFrench, TEllis) Tinwald Foothills
(BYE)
Kiwi Sticks (Yr 6) 4.30 pm Methven v
Tinwald Smith & Sons - Turf a (HKidd, R
Pearce) Tinwald Foothills vRakaia Blue -Turf
b(KMcDonnell, RKidd) 5.15 pm Wakanui
Blue v Allenton - Turf a [K McDonnell, R
Pearce) Wakanui Black vCollegians/Rakaia -
Turf bMethven Div 2Women, Hampstead/
Tinwald Div 2Women)
Div 2 Women 6.15 pm Methven v
Hampstead/Tinwald (Wakanui Div 1Women,
Hamsptead Div 1Women) 7.30 pm Wakanui
Black vWakanui Purple (Wakanui White Div 1
Men, Tinwald Div 1Women)
SSL Boys Div 1Marist Park @StBedes
College 7.10 pm Cashmere High School 1st XI
vAshburton College 1st XI (Umpires supplied)
SMALL STICKS DUTY CLUB: Allenton
(Olympic Theme &BBQ) Saturday 7August
Mini Sticks 10.00 am Methven Black v
Tinwald Skip-2-It -Turf a(Coaches) Methven
White v Wakanui Blue - Turf b (Coaches)
Wakanui Black vAllenton Mini Magic -Turf c
(Coaches) Allenton Golds vTinwald Mayfield
Transport (Coaches)
Snr Men (Canterbury Div 1Men Champs)
Mainpower Waimakariri Turf 4.15 pm Mid
Canterbury v Avon Robbies Riccarton
(Umpires supplied)
Div 2 Men Sunday 8 August5.00 pm
Tinwald Black vWakanui (Tinwald Div 1Men,
Methven Div 1Women) 6.30 pm Allenton v
Tinwald Orange (Wakanui Black Div 1Men,
Allenton Div 1 Men) Hampstead Lowcliffe
(BYE)
RUGBY
Friday 30th July
Methven SBs vRakaia Gorge (Annual
Gorge Game) Methven #3 7.00pm
Jeremy Robinson
Saturday 31st July 2021
Seniors –Watters Cup Final
Southern vCeltic Showgrounds Oval 2:15
pm Glenn Peddie –AR1 Kalifa Faalogo –AR2
Hamish Grant -Subs1 Simon Bennett –Subs2
Nathan Forbes –Time Mike Southby
COLTS Combined
Celtic vMethvenCombined Showgrounds
Oval 12:30 pm Hamish Grant –AR1 Geoff
Barr – AR2 Gary Clement – Subs Mike
Southby
1st XV Miles Toyota Cup
Nelson v Mid Canterbury Combined,
Nelson1, 12:00 pm
Under 18 Combined
TBHS vAlps, Timaru Boys High1, 2:00pm
Under 16 –NORUGBY
Under 14.5
MCRU Final
Plains v Methven Showgrounds 2
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12:45pm Tololima Senetenari
Playoffs:
MC Alps vLeeston Tinwald 111:30am
Greg Jopson
Under 13
Collegiate v Celtic White Coll1 12pm
Moon Tuilaepa qq
Rakaia vMethven Rakaia1 12pm Liz Bell
Southern BYE
Under 11.5
Celtic Green v Southern, Ashburton
Showgrounds 3A 12:00 pm
Collegiate /Rakaia vCeltic White, Collegiate2,
12:45pm
Methven Red v Allenton, Methven1A,
12:00pm
Methven White vMethven Black, Methven1B,
12:00pm
Tinwald v Hampstead, Tinwald3, 12:30
pm
Under 10
Celtic v Southern, Ashburton Showgrounds,
12:00 pm
Hampstead vTinwald, Hamp1A, 1:00pm
Methven v Collegiate, Methven2A,
12:00pm
Rakaia vAllenton, Rakaia4, 12:00pm
Under 9
Celtic White v Southern, Ashburton
Showgrounds 2A, 11:45am
Methven vTinwald Metvhen2B, 12:00pm
Methven/Mt Somers v Allenton, Methven4,
12:00pm
Rakaia v Hampstead, Rakaia 2A,
12:15pm
Celtic Green BYE
Under 8
Celtic v Southern White, Ashburton
Showgrounds 2B, 11:45am
Collegiate v Southern B, Collegiate2,
11:45am
Methven v Methven/Mt Somers, Methven5,
12:00pm
Allenton Gold v Rakaia, Rakaia 2B,
12:15pm
Tinwald v Allenton Maroon, Tinw4,
12:45pm
Under 7
Celtic Green v Southern R, Ashburton
Showgrounds 3A, 1;00pm
Celtic White vSouthern Blue, Ashburton
Showgrounds 3B, 1:00pm
Collegiate v Southern W, Collegiate3,
12:30pm
Hampstead v Allenton, Hamp1A,
12:15pm
Tinwald BvMethven, Tinwald4, 12:00pm
Tinwald O v Rakaia , Tinwald 2A,
12:45pm
Mt Somers BYE
Under 6
Rakaia White vAllentonGold, Rakaia 3B,
12:15pm
Rakaia Black vAllenton Maroon, Rakaia
3A, 12:15pm
Celtic Green v Southern S, Ashburton
Showgrounds Oval East 12:45pm
Celtic White vSouthern Red, Ashburton
Showgrounds Oval East, 12:00pm
Collegiate v Methven Black, Colleg3,
1:15pm
Hampstead v Methven White, Hamp1,
12:15pm
Tinwald Black vSouthern White, Tinwald
2A, 12:00pm
Tinwald Orange vMtSomers, Tinwald2B,
12:45pm
Tinwald Blue v Southern B, Tinwl2B,
12:00pm
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