24 <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2023</strong>
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Young softballer set to take a swing at World Cup qualifiers • By Jaime Cunningham ROLLESTON College student Caitlin Henderson has made the Junior White Sox squad to play in the under-18 women’s World Cup Oceania qualifiers in November. The year 12 student is one of three Canterbury representatives, along with Kaiyah Ratu and McKenzie Bailey-McDowell, selected in the 15-strong squad. The top two teams from the qualifying games will advance to the WBSC World Cup group stage tournament next year before the World Cup finals in 2025. Henderson, 16, was selected in a wider Junior White Sox squad who travelled to Kansas City, Missouri, in June for the Top Gun tournament. She was also part of the Canterbury under-17 team who won the national championships in January. Junior White Sox head coach Kiri Shaw said they have been preparing for the qualifier games in Pago Pago, American Samoa, for about two years. “Success in this tournament is massively important for our programme and for the future of talented young female softballers in New Zealand,” she said. “We gained valuable insights into our players’ performance against a level of softball rarely encountered in New Zealand (at the Kansas tournament). This exposure has equipped the Junior White Sox players with the experience and confidence needed to excel on the international stage.” Shaw, who is a former White Sox captain and Olympian, will coach the team with newly appointed assistant Carley Ratu. The qualifiers will be played from November 5-7. JUNIOR WHITE SOX SQUAD Clover Alapaki, Innika Hapuku-Lambert, Waimarie Tawera, Ellazay Utanga- Fletcher (Auckland), McKenzie Bailey-McDowell, Caitlin Henderson, Kaiyah Ratu (Canterbury), Iris Feng (Counties Manukau), Maysen Kurene-Iwikau, Mesha Shaw-Wallace, Aayla Toman, Rylee Watt (Hutt Valley), Charlotte Graham (North Harbour) Siobhan Bolger, Maiarangi Waipara (Wellington). BIG HIT: Caitlin Henderson has been named in the Junior White Sox squad for the World Cup Oceania qualifiers. PHOTO: AIMEE RUSSELL SPORT 25 Lincoln coaches appointed • By Jaime Cunningham LINCOLN HAVE announced their division 1 coaching team seven months out from the start of the season. Bevan Sisson (right) and Jody Smith will return to Lincoln’s coaching ranks after leading the Lincoln-Rolleston combined side last season. They will be joined by Tim Nuthall who has been promoted from the successful combined country title winning Bales colts team. It comes as Darfield, Southbridge, Rolleston and Hornby are on the hunt for people to fill coaching positions in their senior sides. The clubs are taking applications for coaches and managers for their division 1 and 2 sides, as well as other grades. Rolleston are also advertising for a management team to take charge of the club’s first colts side in eight years. •The vacant coaching positions can be viewed at www.facebook.com/ EllesmereRugbySubUnion CENTRAL CANTERBURY FARMS WANTED We currently have qualified cash buyers, separate individuals and groups, looking for the following properties in the <strong>Selwyn</strong> District. If you are thinking of selling, please call us in the strictest confidence. We have buyers looking for: • Up to 100ha with irrigation and a good house • A small dairy farm up to 120ha • Up to 80ha bareland close to Burnham, preferably with irrigation, but would consider dryland • 750 to 900-cow dairy farm, must have a rotary shed, would consider the purchase of all stock, plant and machinery and take on existing staff if that was an option • High Country, possibly a foothills property, but would prefer a larger Station Please phone for a confidential discussion Ben Turner 027 530 1400 Craig Blackburn 027 489 7225 WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008
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