The Star: April 13, 2023

The Star Thursday April 13 2023
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Unbeaten United, Technical
aim to extend winning runs
• By Jaime Cunningham
FOOTBALL
Christchurch United and
Cashmere Technical lead
the Southern League points
table after three rounds of the
competition.
Last season’s National League
qualifiers are the only teams to
win all three games as the 10-
team competition heads into the
fourth round this weekend.
Christchurch United will
take on Selwyn United at Foster
Park on Friday. Selwyn United
bounced back from a heavy loss
against Dunedin City Royals to
beat FC Twenty 11 1-0 on Good
Friday.
Selwyn had two goals ruled
out for offside in the match
against the Southern League
newcomers.
Christchurch will be after two
consistent halves tomorrow night
after their dominant start against
Dunedin last weekend. Leading
4-1 at halftime, Christchurch
were unable to make the most
of Dunedin being a player down
due to a red card. It wasn’t until
the 82nd minute when Sam
Philip found the net for a second
goal in the match to make it 5-1.
FC Twenty 11 and Nomads
will be after their first wins of the
season when they meet at Tulett
Park on Saturday.
Nomads got off to a strong
start against Cashmere last week,
with Caleb Johnson scoring
in the third minute before
Cashmere levelled the game
four minutes later. Although
it was close at halftime, with
Cashmere leading 3-2, Nomads
wasted chances in the first half
and couldn’t gain back control of
the match until a goal by Jacob
Southern League
•Selwyn United v
Christchurch United at Foster
Park on Friday 7pm.
•Dunedin City Royals v
Ferrymead Bays at Logan Park
(Dunedin) on Saturday noon.
•Green Island v Nelson
Suburbs at Sunnyvale Park
(Dunedin) on Saturday
12.30pm.
•Nomads v FC Twenty 11 at
Tulett Park on Saturday 2.45pm.
•Coastal Spirit v Cashmere
Technical at Linfield Park on
Sunday noon.
Women’s South Island
Qualifying League
•Nelson Suburbs v Coastal
Spirit at Saxton Oval (Nelson)
on Saturday noon.
•Cashmere Technical v FC
Nomads at Garrick Memorial
Park on Saturday 2.45pm.
•Halswell-Christchurch v
UNBEATEN: Christchurch United’s Aaron O’Driscoll heads the ball during their game
against Dunedin City Royals on Friday.
PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY
Killick in the 85th-minute. But
it was too late, with Cashmere
winning 7-3, led by a Garbhan
Coughlan hat-trick.
On Sunday Cashmere play
Coastal Spirit. Coastal managed
their first win of the campaign
against Green Island last week. It
was a scoreless second half, with
Liam Cotter netting the only
goal of the match for Coastal in
the 38th-minute.
Ferrymead Bays will be
looking to extend their unbeaten
start to the season when they
face Dunedin City Royals
in Dunedin on Saturday.
Ferrymead Bays played out a
draw against Nelson on Good
Selwyn United at Halswell
Domain on Saturday 2.45pm.
•University of Canterbury –
bye.
Canterbury Premier
League women
•Avon v Carlton Redcliffs at
Nunweek Park on Saturday at
noon.
•Marist v Southern at Marist
Park on Saturday at 3pm.
•Harewood v Hornby at
Nga Puna Wai on Saturday at
4.30pm.
•HSOB Burnside – bye.
Canterbury Premier
League men
•Harewood v Hornby at Nga
Puna Wai on Saturday 1.30pm.
•Marist v Southern at Marist
Park on Saturday 1.30pm.
•Avon v Carlton Redcliffs
at Nunweek Park on Saturday
1.30pm.
•HSOB Burnside v University
at Nga Puna Wai on Saturday
Friday.
Coey Turipa will be a key
player for Ferrymead Bays
on Saturday after saving two
penalties against Nelson.
However, the team will need to
convert their chances against a
strong Dunedin side. Ferrymead
Bays were unable to score against
Nelson until the 83rd minute,
although they had plenty of
opportunities.
After two rounds of the
women’s South Island
Qualifying League, Nelson
Suburbs sits at the top of the
table with two wins in as many
games.
Coastal Spirit kicked off their
Weekend match-ups
3pm.
Canterbury Rugby
League premier
•Hornby Panthers v Riccarton
Knights at Leslie Park on
Saturday 2.45pm.
•Linwood Keas v Halswell
Hornets at Nga Puna Wai on
Saturday 2.45pm.
•Northern Bulldogs v Eastern
Eagles at Murphy Park on
Saturday 2.45pm.
Points:
•Southern League: Cashmere
Technical 9, Christchurch
United 9, Ferrymead Bays 7,
Dunedin City Royals 6, Selwyn
United 6, Green Island 3,
Coastal Spirit 3, Nelson Suburbs
1, Nomads 0, FC Twenty 11 0.
•Canterbury Rugby League
premier men’s: Linwood Keas
4, Hornby Panthers 4, Halswell
Hornets 2, Northern Bulldogs
2, Eastern Eagles 0, Riccarton
Knights 0.
season with a 3-0 win over
University of Canterbury after
they had a bye in the first round.
Up 2-0 at halftime with goals to
Melanie Cameron and Lauren
Dabner, Coastal’s third was an
own goal by UC captain Jasmine
Ball.
Coastal, along with Cashmere
Technical, are the only
Christchurch teams yet to lose a
game, although both have played
just once due to having byes
already.
The newly-merged Halswell-
Christchurch side are still
searching for their first win
following a draw against
University of Canterbury and
their 4-0 loss against FC Nomads
last Friday.
They take on a struggling
Selwyn United at Halswell
Domain on Saturday. Selwyn
United suffered their second
loss in successive games against
Nelson last week.
Coastal Spirit will have a
challenging task ahead of them
on Saturday when they play
Nelson at Saxton Oval, while
FC Nomads host Cashmere
Technical at Garrick Memorial
Park.
HOCKEY
The Canterbury Premier
League will return on Saturday
with plenty of squad and
coaching changes.
The women’s and men’s
competitions will play two
round-robins starting this
weekend, with Carlton Redcliffs
set to defend the Hinemoa Cup
and Marist looking to retain the
Presidents Shield following their
dominance last season.
Canterbury Hockey
competition and events manager
Sam Grimshaw said the men’s
league may be one of the most
competitive he’s seen in recent
years.
“The Black Sticks programme
was previously centralised
(all players had to move to
Auckland) but they have
decentralised, so all Canterbury
Hockey Association Black Sticks
have moved back and are playing
in Christchurch,” Grimshaw
said.
New Zealand representatives,
such as Joey Morrison (Marist),
David Brydon (HSOB Burnside),
George Enersen (Carlton
Redcliffs) and Simon Yorston
(Hornby), will all be playing in
the men’s competition.
The men’s league also sees
a large number of coaching
changes, with last season’s
assistant coaches at Carlton and
Marist stepping up to the head
coaching roles. Former Black
Sticks captain John Radovonivch
will take over from Matt Walcott
as Avon’s head coach.
In the women’s competition,
Marist will be looking to
continue their pre-season form
into the regular season following
their Porritt Cup win. Former
Black Stick and Canterbury
Cat, Kate Trolove, is the only
coaching change to the seven
women’s teams, leading HSOB
Burnside this season.
Harewood (below) are set to
defend the finals trophy after
they won three consecutive
play-off games in a week last
year to take out the women’s
competition.
All games will be played
at Nunweek Park, Nga Puna
Wai, and Marist Park on
Saturday.