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• By Jaime Cunningham<br />
SHIRLEY BOYS’ High School<br />
are the national secondary<br />
schools’ futsal champions after<br />
three tightly-contested playoffs<br />
in Wellington last week.<br />
They beat St Patrick’s College<br />
Silverstream 1-0 to win the title<br />
for the first time, having never finished<br />
in the top eight in the past.<br />
Shirley were unbeaten in pool<br />
play, and met Rotorua Boys’ in<br />
the quarter finals. The game<br />
finished 2-2, meaning penalties<br />
would decide who progressed to<br />
the semi-finals. Shirley ended up<br />
winning 5-3.<br />
Just three hours later, they<br />
were facing St Patrick’s Wellington<br />
in another penalty shootout<br />
– this time for a spot in the<br />
national final. The team went on<br />
to win 4-2 in the shoot-out after<br />
both teams scored two goals<br />
apiece in regular play.<br />
Goalkeeper Seb Wong won<br />
the golden gloves award for<br />
the tournament for his efforts<br />
throughout the two shoot-outs<br />
and tense final.<br />
Shirley Boys’ teacher in charge<br />
of futsal De vere Silcock said the<br />
team had been training up to<br />
three times a week and had six<br />
year 13 students who had played<br />
together since they were year 9.<br />
“Shirley futsal has been around<br />
for a while now, and the previous<br />
best place was ninth a few years<br />
CHAMPIONS:<br />
Shirley Boys’<br />
High School<br />
won the senior<br />
boys’ national<br />
futsal title for<br />
the first time<br />
in the school’s<br />
history in<br />
Wellington<br />
last week.<br />
Shirley the champs<br />
after close playoffs<br />
back,” Silcock said.<br />
Coach Mark Zimmerman is a<br />
former student at the school, and<br />
has coached the team for the past<br />
three years.<br />
Shirley travelled to the nationals<br />
shortly after they lost to<br />
Lincoln High School in the Canterbury<br />
secondary schools final<br />
earlier this month. They also finished<br />
second in the Christchurch<br />
weekly competition.<br />
At the national tournament, St<br />
Thomas’ of Canterbury College<br />
and Lincoln High School also<br />
made the quarter finals but<br />
lost in close games against St<br />
Patrick’s College Wellington and<br />
Hutt International Boys’ School<br />
respectively.<br />
Foundation breaks<br />
down barriers to<br />
playing rugby<br />
A SENSE OF connection and<br />
belonging inspired passionate<br />
rugby administrator Brent<br />
Goldsmid to help form the<br />
Canterbury Community Rugby<br />
Foundation.<br />
Goldsmid, who has played,<br />
coached, volunteered and<br />
administrated rugby for more<br />
than 40 years, said<br />
the choice between<br />
playing rugby or<br />
not due to financial<br />
pressures has become<br />
a real concern for<br />
him. He established<br />
the foundation<br />
to ensure more<br />
Cantabrians can play<br />
the game.<br />
“With a cost of<br />
living and travel on<br />
the increase, it’s all<br />
too often becoming<br />
a barrier to being involved in<br />
sport,” he said.<br />
“But I believe there’s<br />
plenty of people out there like<br />
me that have had a wonderful<br />
rugby experience and enjoy<br />
life-long friendships because of<br />
the game are willing and able to<br />
give back but aren’t sure how to<br />
do so.”<br />
The foundation accepts<br />
donations and bequeaths<br />
Brent Goldsmid<br />
Thursday <strong>April</strong> 6 <strong>2023</strong><br />
which it distributes directly to<br />
grassroots rugby.<br />
“The money could be used for<br />
subs, boots, travel, anything that<br />
enables people of all ages to be<br />
involved in rugby.<br />
“Our focus is 100 per cent<br />
on community rugby and<br />
participation.”<br />
Goldsmid said<br />
there are some<br />
aspects of rugby the<br />
foundation won’t<br />
fund.<br />
“Canterbury Rugby<br />
does a really good<br />
job at managing<br />
and funding the<br />
pathways side of<br />
rugby as well as the<br />
semi-professional<br />
side like NPC.<br />
“So we wouldn’t<br />
consider things like<br />
that. That’s their space. Ours is<br />
very much about participation<br />
and helping to remove any of<br />
those barriers.”<br />
Goldsmid is on the<br />
foundation’s board with Natasha<br />
Wong, Julie Patterson, Giuliana<br />
Petronelli and Peter Jensen.<br />
•To find out more about<br />
the foundation or donate,<br />
visit https://tinyurl.com/<br />
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