Runs galore Runs galore February 25, 2021 By Pam Fraser Sport It was runs galore at Sefton Domain, as the home side defeated Oxford Rangiora, and retained their place at the top of the table. Oxford Rangiora batted first and put a great score on the board, 267/6. Opener Calvin Scott got the ball rolling with 54, along with 46 from Lachie Stove, and 44 from David Fulton. But it was Luke Waghorn smashing 90 from 47 balls that pushed the total up setting the ... Open in the Appor continue >> Read More >>
Big weekend for softball Big weekend for softball February 25, 2021 By Pam Fraser Sport The weekend brought double headers on Saturday and Sunday for both the Kaiapoi Kings and Queens in the Premier softball competition. The Kings were able to win two of their four games. On Saturday, at home on their new Norman Kirk Park pitches, they went down to Papanui 0-5 in the first match, but they pulled off a tight 1-0 win over the PCU Devils in their second. Hunter Simpson got home on a wild ... Open in the Appor continue >> Read More >>
Pegasus parkrun #233 run report Pegasus parkrun #233 run report February 24, 2021 By Pam Fraser Sport From our foreign correspondent (Mark Williamson, UK): A coolish 15 degrees was forecast with a light breeze for the start of our favourite Saturday morning pastime today and a promise of sun by lunchtime. It’s always bright at parkrun, whatever the weather, as a warm batch of humanity, a posse of parkmates comes together for the best possible start to a weekend. We did, however, set off in the mist and ended up with blue ... Open in the Appor continue >> Read More >>
Quadrathon Champion Quadrathon Champion February 22, 2021 By Pam Fraser Sport This week saw the Canterbury junior athletes competing in a quadrathon event, where athletes compete for points across four events. North Canterbury’s Xanthe Jane won the 14 girls event. Other top 10 results included Mya Phillips 4th in the 14 girls, Aaron Reavill 7th in the 14 boys, Sophie Paterson 8th in the 11 girls, and Alexander Jonathan was also 8th in the 10 boys event. The senior Canterbury Athletics Championships were also held over the ... Open in the Appor continue >> Read More >>
Rangiora High unlucky in Gillette Cup Rangiora High unlucky in Gillette Cup February 18, 2021 By Pam Fraser Sport On day one of their Gillette Cup local qualifying matches, Rangiora High School had a solid win over Lincoln High. Lincoln managed 170/10 from 30 of the 40 allocated overs. Kobe Stackhouse was their best batsman scoring 83. But it was Daniel Smith’s tight bowling and 3/12 that helped keep Lincoln’s score down and wickets falling at regular intervals. Rangiora High then reached the target in the 39th over, only five wickets down, in ... Open in the Appor continue >> Read More >>