Selwyn_Times: June 14, 2023

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Wednesday June 14 2023 Selwyn Times
SPORT 25
Promoted Lincoln start
top eight campaign
Selwyn face another
premiership
rugby powerhouse
Selwyn Schools’ lock Sam Draper fights to win a lineout
during their 45-17 loss to defending Miles Toyota
Premiership leaders Nelson College on Saturday. Selwyn
face another big challenge when they take on second
placed Christchurch Boys’ High this afternoon. The
match, due to be played at Rolleston College at 3.15pm,
will be Selwyn’s first home game since their 11-8 loss to
Christ’s College on May 20. Selwyn are currently eighth
in the premiership standings with six points.
PHOTO: GRAEME TILTMAN
LINCOLN HIGH are set to
start their premiership football
campaign with a Challenge
Shield match against St Thomas’
of Canterbury College tonight.
Although not usually a
celebrated result, Lincoln’s 1-1
draw against St Andrew’s College
saw the team gain promotion
to the top eight grade on points
differential last week.
St Thomas are yet to lose a
match or the shield this season
and finished top of pool B, while
Lincoln qualified fourth from
pool A.
In Brief
EX-SELWYN DEFENDER
NAMED IN ALL WHITES
Former Selwyn United defender
Finn Surman has been called
into the All Whites squad to face
Sweden on Saturday following
his performance at the FIFA
under-20 World Cup. He was
the only uncapped player named
in the 23-man squad to also
take on Qatar on Tuesday. The
19-year-old captained the Junior
All Whites at the World Cup
in Argentina, where they were
knocked out by the United States
in the round of 16 on May 30.
Going into their final round
robin match, Lincoln had to either
win or draw to progress due
to their positive goal differential,
which was significantly better
than St Andrew’s.
Lincoln were able to score first,
with Cam Cotton netting the
first goal of the match to put his
side up for majority of the game.
St Andrew’s scored an equalizer
in the second half, but
Lincoln fought hard on defence
to prevent St Andrew’s from
finding the back of the net
again, propelling Lincoln into
WAIHORA KNOCKED
OUT OF U85KG CUP
Waihora have been
knocked out of the
under-85kg National
Club Cup South Island
competition after they
were beaten 37-7 to High
School Old Boys. Despite a
better second half, Waihora
could not come back from a
20-0 halftime deficit last week.
HSOB will take on Southern
or Kaikorai in the third round
of the national knockout
tournament.
the premiership. Both Lincoln
and St Andrew’s were on seven
points with two wins, a draw and
three losses following the game,
but Lincoln’s goal differential
saw the underdogs progress to
the Connetics school premiership
for the first time in three
years.
They will play six more round
robin games in the premiership
before the finals take place in
August.
Lincoln v St Thomas starts
at 6.05pm at the United Sports
Centre in Russley.
SOUTH ISLAND TITLE
FOR INDOOR BOWLER
Springston bowler Neville
Lancaster and his team claimed
the South Island indoor
bowls fours title, upsetting
Timaru Town and Country
9-6 in the final. Lancaster and
Ashburton’s Jock O’Connor,
Nic Andrew and Kelvin
O’Connor won all four of their
matches at the tournament
in Timaru. Lancaster said he
has played bowls “on and off”
for the last 50 years at various
Canterbury clubs.
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