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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 />
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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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