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Ashburton College’s Fotu Hala goes on the charge during his side’s win over Cashmere at the EA Networks Centre yesterday. Photo Matt MarkhamAshburton College’s senior boys’ basketball team started the Schick Southern Cup basketball tournament with a win at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre yesterday morning.
The home side took on Cashmere High School in the opening game of the tournament, which formed part of the national secondary schools’ tournament week, and won 76-62 with Sam Pearce top scoring with 18 and Quinn Ritchie adding 16.
The side recovered well after a slow start where they trailed 11-2 early on and 23-17 at quarter time, going on to completely dominate in the second quarter, restricting Cashmere to a single basket and leading 39-25 at halftime.
Cashmere started the third quarter strong, but there was no panic from the Ashburton College boys and their zone press caused problems for Cashmere as the lead extended to 67–42.
Cashmere finished strongly, but the margin was too much.
Ashburton College coach Brian Kerr said his side was caught off guard with Cashmere applying a full court man to man press early on and didn’t adapt well, but a timeout helped settled nerves.
“They were fast and pretty clinical as a whole. The zone press again worked really well for the most and it was a good first up display,” Kerr said.
Ashburton College headed into the tournament – for non-qualifiers for nationals – as firm favourites to take the title out and last night they were due to take on Logan Park in their second game.
Today they were set to play Kavanagh at 10.15am in their next game, and Hagley tonight in the 7pm game.
The school’s senior girls’ team was in Invercargill at the zone four premiership and they finished day one with a 76-60 win over Avonside Girls, and a 76-71 loss to James Hargest.
Also in Invercargill, at the Linwood Tournament, Ashburton College’s boys’ football first XI took on Tairei yesterday afternoon in their final match of the tournament and went down 4-1, to finish 10th out of 21 teams.
Earlier in the day they picked up a 3-1 win against Dunedin’s Logan Park High School, with Nick Eden continuing his stellar tournament scoring all three of his side’s goals.
In Dunedin at the final day of the South Island Secondary Schools’ Netball Championships, Ashburton College started with a loss to Dunstan High School yesterday morning 43-36, putting them into a play-off for 15th spot yesterday afternoon against Cashmere High School. They won that 34-21.
In the tournament’s C grade, Mount Hutt College played off for third spot against Amuri yesterday afternoon, after losing their semi-final to Waimate High School 31-20.
In Timaru at the Audrey Timlin hockey tournament, Ashburton College’s girls’ first XI finally recorded a win on Wednesday night, beating James Hargest 3-2.
Goals to Tayla Love, Kate Donald and Kate O’Reilly gave Ashburton College a 3-2 lead at halftime, and they managed to keep a rough second half scoreless to secure the win which put them in fifth place in their pool.
That put them into a round robin with the bottom three teams, and last night they were due to take on Otago Girls’ High School, before playing James Hargest again today.
Back in Ashburton, at the Chris Arthur hockey tournament for girls’ second XIs, finals action was set to hit the Ashburton hockey turf today. The final was set down for 12.30pm.
Ashburton College’s Keno De Leon faces off against Burnside High’s Jayon Thomas during the South Island Schools’ Chess Championship yesterday. Photo supplied.Droves of young chess players descended on the Ashburton Intermediate School hall for the South Island Schools’ Championship yesterday.
The air was thick with concentration as 64 competitors from Dunedin, Christchurch, Ashburton and beyond faced off in five rounds.
The event was organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation, and saw trophies handed out for the top primary, intermediate and secondary competitors.
Ashburton Chess Club’s Ken Pow said it was around the eighth time Ashburton Intermediate had hosted the championship.
The standard of play was high, as all competitors had already qualified for the national championships, he said.
By Katie Todd © The Ashburton Guardian - 5 September 2018
Photo Erin TaskerEmma Smith prepares to take aim during the inaugural Phoenix Junior and Schools Team Championship at the Phoenix and Coronation clubs’ West Street range on Saturday.
The competition was taken out by the Ashburton College 1 team of Lanelle McArthur, Smith and Shania Harrison-Lee with a score of 877.043, and a team from North Canterbury (Alex Boyd, Angus McIlraith and Billyjo Wells) was second with a score of 849.026.
A Target Shooting Mid Canterbury team – Ben Thomas, Sam Smith and Charlotte McKenzie – finished third with 847.024.
© The Ashburton Guardian - 5 September 2018
There were mixed results for Mid Canterbury’s secondary school sports teams around the country yesterday as the national secondary schools’ tournament week kicked off.
Down in the deep south in Invercargill, a Nick Eden hat-trick helped the Ashburton College boys’ first XI football team get off to a perfect start at their Linwood Tournament.
They took on Verdon College and won 6-0, with Eden scoring three goals, Ben Holland scoring two, and Keegan Gentle adding the other.
But in their second game they took on Massey and things didn’t go so well.
They lost 4-0 and coach Mike Pearce said they were simply outplayed on the day by a stronger team.
In Timaru at the Johnson Cup hockey tournament, Ashburton College’s boys’ first XI took on Cashmere yesterday morning and went down 2-0.
But it was a close match, with Cashmere only scoring their second goal with a couple of minutes left on the clock.
Team manager Jason Vannini said Cashmere simply had more possession and his side’s goalie saved a number of shots.
“We had a few on target, but not enough territory in the game,” Vannini said.
In Invercargill at the Audrey Timlin Memorial Tournament, the Ashburton College girls’ hockey first XI were a bit slow to wake up in their first outing against Lincoln High School and were down two goals by half time.
They came out stronger in the second half though and Jenna Turnbull finished off a good team goal, but unfortunately the clock ran out before they could get any more, going down 2-1.
In Queenstown, at the Rural Livestock Junior Rugby Tournament, the Ashburton College Under-15 team suffered a narrow loss in their opening game, beaten by Gore High School 22-17, before taking on Wakatipu late yesterday afternoon.
By Erin Tasker © The Ashburton Guardian - 8 September 2018