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Wednesday <strong>April</strong> <strong>25</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Sumner head into Anzac<br />

Day match undefeated<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

SUMNER HEAD into today’s<br />

match against Burnside<br />

undefeated after continuing their<br />

good run of form in the Hawkins<br />

Metro Premier Cup by beating<br />

Sydenham on Saturday.<br />

Their 35-20 win over<br />

Sydenham was the first time<br />

Sumner have defeated the ‘bus<br />

drivers’ since moving to the<br />

metro premier grade in 2010.<br />

The Sumner wave came<br />

out rolling and dominated<br />

possession in the first half,<br />

which coach Martin Dodgson<br />

was quick to attribute to<br />

the team’s attacking coach,<br />

Gareth D’Almeida.<br />

“He came up with a wicked<br />

game plan,” said Dodgson.<br />

While Sumner may have<br />

their attack sorted, the club is<br />

understood to be on the hunt<br />

for a new meteorologist, after<br />

making a weather prediction<br />

that would have given Jim<br />

Hickey nightmares.<br />

“It was absolute genius<br />

planning on my behalf,” joked<br />

Dodgson.<br />

“I said to Dylan [Nel] ‘win<br />

the toss and take the howling<br />

gale because it’s going to rain at<br />

half-time’. And just before kick<br />

off, it’s not a breath of wind and<br />

boiling hot. He looked at me<br />

and said he’s never listening to<br />

me again.” In the unpredicted<br />

TRANSITION: Hayden O’Donnell made a successful switch<br />

from halfback to fill in Sumner’s gap at first-five.<br />

PHOTO: ROZELLE MAY<br />

dry conditions, Sumner piled<br />

on three first half tries courtesy<br />

of Hayden O’Donnell, Nel<br />

and William Saukuru to lead<br />

21-8 at the break. The home<br />

side also started the second<br />

40min relentlessly with second<br />

half tries to Nel and Filimoni<br />

Waqainabete.<br />

However, Sydenham kept<br />

coming back late in the game<br />

to reduce the gap with two late<br />

tries.<br />

Sumner successfully addressed<br />

their first-five injury dilemma<br />

by playing back-up halfback<br />

O’Donnell as first receiver.<br />

“He’s played their a little bit<br />

in the past . . . he’s just a really<br />

chilled out guy and he actually<br />

went really, really well,” said<br />

Dodgson.<br />

The team may have also<br />

escaped a scare after centre<br />

Wesley Mauafu left Saturday’s<br />

game early due to a dislocated<br />

shoulder.<br />

The injury often comes with a<br />

12-16 week recovery. However,<br />

Mauafu appears to have struck a<br />

lucky break.<br />

“The physio did all the<br />

strength tests on him afterwards<br />

and said ‘his shoulder is as good<br />

as new because it popped back in<br />

really cleanly’,” said Dodgson.<br />

It’s hoped he could even be in<br />

contention for Sumner’s clash<br />

with Burnside at St Leonards<br />

Park today.<br />

A busy eight days of rugby<br />

will be concluded at St Leonards<br />

when Sumner host fellow<br />

table-toppers and competition<br />

favourites Lincoln University on<br />

Saturday.<br />

BAY HARBOUR<br />

PAGE 15<br />

Juniors dominate doubles<br />

at Tennis Canty champs<br />

WINNING PAIR: Isaac Boomer<br />

and Jack Hansen-Ratter after<br />

their title-winning performance<br />

at Tennis Canterbury’s junior<br />

championships.<br />

SPORTS<br />

SUMMER TENNIS Club<br />

juniors were among the winners<br />

at Tennis Canterbury’s junior<br />

championships at Wilding Park<br />

last week.<br />

The all Sumner duo of Isaac<br />

Boomer and Jack Hansen-<br />

Ratter dominated the 10 and<br />

under boys doubles competition,<br />

dropping just three games<br />

in their three matches. They<br />

had victories of 4-1, 4-0 in the<br />

quarter-final, and 4-0, 4-1 in<br />

the semi-final to progress to<br />

the final where they met Anzac<br />

Robinson Hawkins and Jimmy<br />

Rumble.<br />

Isaac and Jack brushed aside<br />

their competition in the final to<br />

win 4-1, 4-0.<br />

In the 11 and under boys<br />

doubles, Sumner’s Archie Whithear<br />

teamed up with Bishopdale’s<br />

James Kirk to win the title.<br />

They progressed to the final<br />

comfortably before defeating<br />

the Queenstown pairing of Dan<br />

Milburn and Noa Milburn 1-4,<br />

4-2, 12-10.<br />

TEAM UP: Archie Whithear<br />

teamed up with James Kirk<br />

to win the 11 and under boys<br />

doubles title.<br />

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noun<br />

elegance and sophistication.<br />

synonyms: flair, grace, poise,<br />

polish, suaveness, urbanity, chic,<br />

finesse, taste, class, comfort,<br />

luxury, affluence, wealth,<br />

opulence, lavishness.<br />

MAGAZINE<br />

STYLE.KIWI

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