North Canterbury News: May 12, 2022

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Junior hockey season starts in Rangiora
HOCKEY
Thewinterseason of juniorhockey
kickedoff lastweekend withgames
playedatMainPower Hockey Turf and
DudleyParkMulti­Sport Turfon
Saturday morning.
This year theRangioraHockey Clubis
fielding 14 junior teamsacrossthe Mini
Sticks (Years 3/4),Kiwi Sticks (Years5/6)
andKwik Sticks (Years7/8) competitions.
Platinum hockey also started last
weekend forYear 9+ players with a
roundoffriendlypre­competitiongames.
RangioraHockeyClubagainhas two
boys and twogirls teamsinthesegrades.
Inthe senior gradesCovidstruck a
number of players in theRangioraCBK
Division 1women's team,causing their
game against University Hunstobe
deferred.
TheDivision2Men's Gold teamhad a
comfortable winagainst ayoungMarist
side, whilethe RangioraHurunuiHares
hadtheirclosestgameofthe seasonbut
prevailed overCarlton Redcliffsto
maintain their unbeaten record forthe
season so far.
RangioraOddfellows gotitsfirst points
of theseason in Div3Men's gradewith a
draw againstAvon.
Rangiora'sMighty MidWeek Men had
fewanswers to avery slick HSOB/
BurnsideteaminMWO Division 1
competition.
Meanwhile RangioraKorimako
(Division3women)and theRangiora
Allsorts (MWOmen Division2)alsolost.
Results:
Championship women: Rangiora
Korimako2lost to Carlton RedcliffsRed
4.
MWOWomen's Division 1: Rangiora
HurunuiHares4beat Carlton Redcliffs
White 3.
SSLPremiershipmen:Rangiora Gold 5
beat Marist 1.
SSLChampionship men: Rangiora
Oddfellows3drewwithAvon Blue3.
MWOmenDivision 1: Rangiora Mighty
Midweek Men 2lost to HSOB/Burnside8.
MWOmenDivision 2: Rangiora Allsorts 2
lost to AvonGold 4.
Junior Grades:
(Canterburyisnot posting anyscore
results for these grades)
Kwik Sticks Boys:Rangiora Rampage
playedMedbury Blue;RangioraRogues
played MedburyGrey.
Kwik Sticks Girls: Rangiora Rainbows
playedRangiora Raiders, RangioraRoad
Runners played RangioraRubys played.
Kiwi Sticks Boys:RangioraRangers
playedMedbury Red, Rangiora Raptors
Taking control ... Arlette Newman of Rangiora Rebels stretches to bring the ball under
control in aKiwi Sticks encounter with Harewood Gators.
PHOTO: TONYKEAN
played Harewood Heroes.
Kiwi SticksGirls: RangioraRabbits
played HSOB/BurnsideOpals,Rangiora
Rebels playedHarewoodGators,
RangioraRhinosplayed StAC White.
MiniSticksBoys: Rangiora Roadsters
played StAC.MiniSticks
Girls: Rangiora Rockets playedStAC,
Rangiora Rockstarsplayed Harewood
Allstars.
National tournament
BASKETBALL
The rapidly­growing North Canterbury
Basketball Association is gearing up to
host its first­ever national tournament
next month at Rangiora’s top­class new
stadium.
The Aon Under 19 Nationals will
bring together New Zealand's top junior
basketball talent to represent their
region and play for the men's and
women's championship titles. North
Canterbury Basketball Association
(women's) is excited to be hosting 22
teams from acrossthe countryduring
the tournament at MainPower Stadium
over QueensBirthday Weekend,June 4
to 7, in acollaboration with Active
Refrigeration and Visit Waimakariri.
The $28 million MainPower Stadium
opened in August and last month helda
successful South Island Primary
Tournament which had basketball
teams invited from across the Mainland.
Matt Cunninghame, North Canterbury
Basketball's community operationscoordinator,said
the impressivestadiums
four full­sized courts with courtside
seating gets spectators up close and
personal with the play.
Members of the public are welcometo
come along to the U19 Nationals and
watch the best teenage basketballtalent
in the country battle it out.
‘‘Expect high energy,lots of hops and
some attitude on the court it's going to be
crazy good,’’ Cunninghame said.
The programme will be released later
this month once all team rosters and the
draw have been completed.Entry is free
to MainPower Stadium on Coldstream
Road, Rangiora, and the on­site cafe will
be open.
‘‘We can't wait to see and hear you
cheer ateam of your choice,’’
Cunninghame said. Basketball in North
Canterbury has boomed in recent years.
Last month NCBA had arecord five
teams qualify for Basketball New
Zealand national championships —
under 15 boys and girls, under 17 boys
and girls, and under 19 women.
SPORT RESULTS
Rangiora Bridge Club
Cherry Pairs: North/South:Nita
Sheasby/Andrea Dempsey1,Heather
Waldron/Sarah Waldron 2, SueMcIlroy/
Fern McRae 3. East/West: Joyce Gray/
Gaynor Hurford 1, Veronica Hall/
Noreen Thompson 2, Margaret
Pickering/JanicePickering 3.
Rata Pairs:N/S: Andrew Findlay/Dave
Tocker 1, Irene Carson/Adrienne Paine
2,Dawn Simpson/Sue McIlroy3.E/W:
Gaynor Hurford/Shirley Symns 1,
Colleen Adam/Moody Shokry 2, David
Rainey/David McRae 3.
Junior Night:Denis/Milne Michael
D’Olviera, Fons Sanders/Ellis Sanders
equal 1, Trish Warnes/Diane Graham,
Murray Davis/Sharyn Davis equal 3.
Premier Pairs: N/S: Sarah Waldron/
Shirley Symns 1, Dave Tocker/Sue
Mcilroy 2, Barry Smart LyndaCameron
3. E/W: GaynorHurford/Dawn Simpson
1, Craig Shannahan/David McRae 2,
Jenny Hassall/Robin Hassall 3.
AmberleyGolf Club
May 7: RHornblow 69, AGenet 70, N
Granger71, SHartley 72, KNaish 72, G
Smith 72, RWilshire 72.
Ladies: JYates 71, JMorgan 73, SPratt
75, BPettigrew75.
Excel Design Longest Putt: RHornblow.
RangioraGolf Club
Stableford Tournament:Men: John
Evans 21,Peter Van Hout 20, c/b Dennis
Brook 20c/b, RalphSinclair 20,Richard
Luisetti 19 c/b,Stephen Bell c/b,
Howard Thomas 19, David Klopper 18
c/b.
WomenDiv 1: LindaO'Rawe18 c/b, Pat
Barwick 18 c/b, Sarah Rutherford 18 c/b,
Jan Johnstone 18 ,Claire Ballantyne 17,
Sharon Gibb 16 c/b, Dale Maisey 16.
Women Div 2: Carol VanHout 22,Diane
Sinclair21,Jenny Bartley19c/b, Janet
Maguire19,Angela Williams 18 c/b,
Jeanette Ward 18,Jill Taylor.
Women Div 3: Diane Gebbie 21,Wendy
Hollyer 20, Margaret McPherson 19,
Nann Berry 18 c/b, Anne Smith 18 c/b,
Eleanor Lightfoot c/b,Jan Moffatt.
Twos: BatBarwick, AngelaWilliams.
WaimakaririGorgeWomen’s Club
Captain vs Secretary Match Play :18
Holes: LSteele (Captains team) beat K
Bush(Secretaryteam); JBlatch beat M
Robertson;LScott lost to KBattersby;
MTeAwa losttoMehrtens; KRedwood
lost to SKing; SFarrar beat H
Chamberlain; NWeavers beatNViney;
IBeets beat BThompson; SMardon
beatRPilbrow;LAnderson losttoL
Patton.
Nine holes: CMcDonald lost JSmith; J
Stewart lost to RBenny.
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