Ashburton College’s side that took on the Willows Cricket Club at Loburn on Sunday. Photo supplied.Ashburton College’s first XI cricket side made its annual trip to Loburn on Sunday to take on a side from The Willows Cricket Club.

The result didn’t end up going the Ashburton side’s way, but for the team it wasn’t as much about the win, as it was the experience.

Playing against the Willows Cricket Club was a formal experience and the day was always full of cricket traditions, with the aim of encouraging players in secondary school first XIs to play with and against experienced cricketers, many of whom were past first-class cricketers.

Few teams managed to beat the Willows, but despite the result teams went away happy – the day was about the players having the opportunity to experience some of cricket’s traditions, and it was a great opportunity for spectators to watch a quality game of cricket in a country atmosphere.

Part of the tradition was offering the Willows the opportunity to bat first, which the side accepted against Ashburton College, and posted 213/4 after batting through the 50 overs.

Liam Sullivan took 1/44, Angus Jemmett took 1/34 and Tom Middleton took 1/15 for Ashburton College.

In reply Ashburton College also batted through the 50 overs for a total of 101, with Jemmett top scoring with 26 and Devon Flannery adding 22.

The Ashburton College team that played in the Willows game was James Forbes, Tom Middleton (C), Harry McMillan, Isaac Bazley, Angus Jemmett, Liam Sullivan, Ben Middleton, Devon Flannery, Jonty Small, Will Copland and Aiden Bennett.

© The Ashburton Guardian - 16 November 2018

Silver Ferns shooter Angela Mitchell (left) with Emma Silva.Photo supplied.Learning the finer points of shooting from former Silver Ferns shooter Angela Mitchell (left) on Sunday, was Emma Silva.

Mitchell was one of the guests at a session aimed at upskilling coaches, organised by Mid Canterbury Netball’s new coach developer Claire Tappin.

Sunday’s sessions at the EA Networks Centre included a planning session, a shooting session with Mitchell, and question time with current Canterbury Tactix player Kate Lloyd.

Tappin is now planning a December workshop for coaches which would include a session with former Mid Canterbury coach Andrea Cousins, who was now a premier grade coach in Christchurch and the assistant coach of the Mainland Beko Netball League side.

© The Ashburton Guardian - 14 November 2018

Mikayla Begg. Photo supplied.Former Ashburton College student Mikayla Begg is among Bachelor of Design students at Ara putting the finishing touches on their third and final year projects.

The final year students are showing off their work to potential employers at a RIPE exhibition that will run at Ara’s Christchurch campus until November 22.

Begg is studying applied visual art and her work for the exhibition is titled Collections from my World 2018.

Having studied drawing, printmaking, woodcut, ceramics and screen printing over her first two years at Ara, she settled on screen printing and textiles for her final year work.

From a packed visual diary of ideas and research, inspired by the natural world, she has turned flowers, natural dyes and rust into whimsical textile-based, multimedia works for RIPE.

“In the third year we are more independent and find something that we are really interested in to develop from.

“We all bounce ideas off each other and the tutors help us to fine-tune them.”

The RIPE exhibition is the culmination of a year’s worth of work by all the students involved, resulting in drawing, prints, sculptures, posters, publications, films and animations representing the visual communication, photography, applied visual art and motion design specialisations.

© The Ashburton Guardian - 14 November 2018