Ashburton Courier: September 23, 2021

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Ashburton Courier, September 23, 2021
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Trusler­Clark in Canterbury U19s
TONI.WILLIAMS
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
MadisonTrusler­Clark has
beennamed inthe Canterbury
U19female rugbyteams line
up.
The talentedlooseforward
is in theCanterbury Red
team;one of twoteamsinthe
newlycreatedage group
namedbytheCanterbury
RugbyUnion.The otherteam
is CanterburyBlack.
Trusler­Clark,who plays
weekendrugbyfor High
SchoolOld Boys,isaYear12
studentatAshburtonCollege.
She alsoplaysrugbyfor a
combinedAshburton College/
MountHuttCollege/
Ashburton Christian School
team.
Canterbury Rugby Football
Unioncoach,and female
development manager,Liz
Worthington said Trusler­
Clarkshowedleadership
promiseand was awelcome
addition to the U19s agegroup
created by Canterburyrugby.
Madison has played rugby
forColligatesince shewas
fouryearsold,joined the girls
high schoolteam makingthe
1stXVfor AshburtonCollege
in Year 9, and thisyear played
rugbyfor High SchoolOld
Boys in Christchurch, Ms
Worthington said.
‘‘Madison has so farblown
us away with herskill set and
hunger to learn. Sheisvery
Madison Trusler­Clark(inset), and charging with the ball during play for her High School Old Boys
Club inthe Christchurch weekend competition.
PHOTOS CRFU
dedicated to the sportand has
astrongmindsetwithher eyes
setonwhatthe futuremay
hold,’’she said.
Underthe newU19sage
groupmorefemaleplayers
willbeabletoexperiencethe
high­performance
environmentand have
opportunities to playfor
Canterbury orinthe Farah
PalmerCup in the future and
beyond.
Selectorschose 45 players
forthetwo teams which will
playafixture of threegames
acrosstwo weeks.
Theywillplayagainst teams
suchasOtago, Southland,
Hanan Shield,and a
Barbarianssidemade up ofa
mixtureofprovincialunions,
among them many promising
players from Mid Canterbury.
Ms Worthington said there
had been arealdepth
developingwithinthe female
gameso‘‘whenitpresented
itself, we took theopportunity
to getasmany of them
involved in thisprogramme.’’
“Ontop of lookingatclub
andschool, we heldatrial...
it’s areally exciting
opportunityfor them to pull
on theCanterbury jerseyand
connect with what it meansto
play for Canterbury,”she said.
Thegames,whichstart from
this weekend inMethven,will
be played understrictLevel 2
restrictions, with the hope
spectatorsmaybeaddedif
therewasadroptoLevel1.
Interprovincial croquet results
RESULTS
RUN AND WALK
ASHBURTON
The Runand Walk AshburtonClub
RoadChampionshipslastSaturday
startedfrom Ashford Avenue,inthe
Ashburton Business Estate and
took on a2km loop course.
The event was asealed handicap
and saw someclose timesamong
the categories.
Walkers 6km:Women: 1st place
Alison Conway 42:10; 2nd equal
Stacey Hooper and Judith Crozier
44:22; 3rd placeand winner on
handicap Lori Rusbatch 46:45;
Chrissie Stratford 47:40; Lynda
Bayne 50:44; KarenHodgson
54:07; Nicky Mac Kenzie 55:03.
Men: 1stPlace Dave Strong
42:33; PaulSeverins42:37; Peter
Larkin 46:14; Kelvin Leach47:34;
Robert Moffitt 50:23; Colin Phillips
54:29; David Wilkinson 70:10.
Runners: Vet Women 6km:1st
place Gabby Simpson 29:32; 2nd
place and winneronhandicap Tam
Grant 29:47.
SeniorMen 10km: 1st Place and
winner on handicap Shaun Clark
40:50.Veteran Men 8km:1st Place
and winner on handicap Jeremy
Hayes 34:29; 2nd PlaceIan
Broadbelt 38:37; 3rdPlace Eamon
Hooper47:16.
Men 65 and over 6km:1st Place
and winner on handicap Gary
Whiting31:30; 2nd Place Kenny
Johnston36:21.
Girls 10-14 years4km: 1st place
CarinaLupse 23:08; 2nd equal
Stacey Hayes and BillyDrake
32:02. Boys 10-14 years 2km:1st
Place Jack Hooper 11:18. Boys
U10years 2km:1st Place Gus
Simpson11:13; 2ndPlace Jamie
Hooper 13:23.
Thank you to timekeepersViv
Strong, SteveSkilling,Debra
Curtain and Toresa Hooper, and
Ian Broadbelt for layingout the
course.
The Interprovincial
Association Croquet
championships pitting South
Canterbury against Canterbury
was played at Waireka last
Sunday.
In the end Canterbury took
the spoils on the day winning
376 to 333.
The South Canterbury team
was made up of: Annette Blain,
Carolyn Fordyce, Logan
McCorkindale, Raylene
Phillips, Gail Benseman
(Waireka), Tony King, Trish
Dollan, Lexia Fox, (Waimate),
Barbara Field, Ann Sunbeam
(Allenton), Kevin McGlinchy,
Brian Maxwell, Graeme
Simpson, Gary Merrick
(Aorangi), Jenny Mcnab,
Debbin Brunton (Awamoa
Gardens), Helen Cooke,
Maurice Young, Trish Quinn,
(Ashbury) and Helena Edy
(Methven). And representing
Canterbury were: Josh Winter,
James Duggen, Myles Duggan,
Gay Jones, OwenEvans,
(Cashmere), JonoHart,
Marguaritte Rodgers; (St
James Park), BruceMcLay,
Steve Costigan, Cheryl
Hopley,GeraldineMurphy,
(United), NevilleTurner,
Carol Kidd,Lyn Turner,
(Rangiora), Ian Campbell,
Betty Eathorne, (Barrington
Park), Leo van Oosten(St
Martins), Tim Slack, Holmes
Park), Vilna Gough­Jones
(Fendalton Park);
The three round
competition saw South
Canterburywin the first round
112 to 111, before Canterbury
made acomeback in the
secondround winning 130 to
95.
The third round saw
Canterburytake the spoils
with a135 to 126 finish.
Final tally: Canterbury376,
South Canterbury 333.
Round 3play results:
AnnetteBlain/LexiaFox 8v
Josh Winter/James Duggan 21;
Tony King/Gary Merrick 14 v
Marguaritte Rodgers/Gay
Jones 15;
BarbaraField/Raylene
Phillips 5vsMylesDuggan/
Bruce McLay 18;
Trish Dollan/Helen Cooke
13 vJono Hart/Neville Turner
19;
KevenMcGlinchy/Maurice
Young10vSteve Costigan/
Cheryl Hopley 10;
BrianMaxwell/Gail
Benseman 12 vLeo van
Oosten/Tim Slack10; Carolyn
Fordyce/AnnSunbeam 11 v
Owen Evans/Vilna Gough­
Jones5;Logan McCorkindale/
Debbie Brunton 21 v
GeraldineMurphy/Helene
McNab20;
Graeme Simpson/Trish
Quinn15vIan Campbell/Betty
Eathorne4;
JennyMcnab/HelenaHey 12
vCarolKidd/LynTurner 13.
SouthCanterbury total 126
vs Canterbury 135.
Winner on the day
Canterbury376; South
Canterbury333.
GOLF
Ashburton GolfClub Club
Championship Top16Knockouts:
Senior winners were,Jeff Hewitt,
Terry Kingsbury, Dave Morrison,
Adrian Hopwood, Hamish Niles,
BlairFranklin PeterWalkerand
OwenMiller.
Intermediate winners wereBlair
Snowball, Bruce Day,Steve
McCloy, Ron Carlson,Dave Fisher,
SebastianMcMillian,Sean Strange
and Brent MacGregor.
Junior Awinners were MattTait,
Perry Hunt,Paul Clark,Ken Clucas,
David Hampton, Al Jopson, Terry
Molloy and James McFarlane.
Junior Bwinners were Phil Kerr,
Chris Scott,GeorgeBrown, Antony
White andBrian Fauth.
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