Selwyn_Times: September 06, 2023

Selwyn Times Wednesday September 6 2023
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SPORT
Lincoln High wins football tourny
• From page 35
FOOTBALL
Lincoln High’s girls first XI
conceded just two goals on
their way to taking out the
Gary Sowden Tournament in
Blenheim last week.
The young team beat Nelson
College for Girls 1-0 to claim the
title, and was able to avenge their
Connetics premier quarter final
loss with a 2-1 over Avonside
Girls’ High in the semi-final.
Lincoln’s unbeaten run saw
the team record 23 goals from
six matches at an average of just
under four goals a game.
Year 12 striker Denva Perrott
scored an impressive 14 of her
team’s goals, and as a result
LINE UP: Darfield’s under-15 rugby side finished in ninth place at the Rural Livestock tournament
in Alexandra.
claimed the golden boot award
for the tournament. Claudia Edy
took home the most valuable
player award for Lincoln.
GOAL:
Rolleston
College’s
girls first XI
featured in
the Gary
Sowden
Tournament
in Blenheim
alongside
Lincoln High.
A narrow 5-2 loss against
Nelson College for Girls saw
Rolleston settle for a 15th place
finish at the same tournament.
Maddie Powell was awarded
most valuable player for her side.
Lincoln’s boys side had a
promising start to the Jim
Wishart Tournament in Nelson,
but were unable to continue their
momentum into the playoffs.
Following their 5-0 loss to
Papanui High, Lincoln managed
a seventh place finish with a 3-1
over St Bernard’s College.
After recording a 2-2 draw
against Garin College, Rolleston
notched their first win of the
Nelson tournament by defeating
Nayland College 7-2 in the ninth
quarter final.
However, the team were unable
to repeat the result in the playoff
for 15th, going down 4-1 against
Nayland to finish 16th.
RUGBY (U15)
For the first time in the school’s
history, Rolleston College secured
the South Island secondary
schools Rural Livestock under-15
rugby tournament in Alexandra
last week.
A try to Taika Reihana in the
dying minutes of the final saw
Rolleston beat St Kevin’s College
24-17 to claim the title after an
unbeaten run throughout the
tournament.
Mason Cole, Drew Scotland,
Taika Reihana and Sam
Wheal were all named in
the tournament team after
impressing for Rolleston.
Lincoln finished in sixth place
after going down 26-10 to South
Otago in the section B final of
division 1. They recorded three
wins across the tournament.
After recording 48 points in
pool play, Darfield finished in
ninth place with a comfortable
54-21 win over St Andrew’s
College.
South Otago took out the
award for best all round team at
the three-day tournament.
EXPERIENCE: Lincoln High’s
boys first XI claimed seventh
spot at the Jim Wishart
Tournament in Nelson.
PHOTO GALLERY
Rolleston and
Lincoln at the
South Island
secondary
school Rural
Livestock
U-15 rugby
tournament