28 July Nervy finish for win July 28, 2020 By Pam Fraser Sport The Waimak Premier women’s football team held on to their joint second place in the league, with a 3-2 win over Halswell. They got out to a 3-0 lead, through two goals from Charlotte Roche, and one from Jayda Stewart. Halswell got one back before the halftime break, and then it was a nervy finish as they put a second in the net, but the Waimak girls were able to hold on. The CWC women’s reserve team had a top of the table clash with Cashmere Technical, but the two sides could not be separated, finishing with a 1-1 draw. In the men’s CCL match, Burwood dominated the match, on a heavy pitch at Clare Park. They took a three goal advantage, with Waimak only able to pick up a consolation goal to Floyd Duffy in the dying minutes. The CCL reserves were also defeated by Burwood 2-4. In the Canterbury United development leagues, the 15 boys defeated Christchurch United 3-2, the 14’s lost 1-5, and in another close match, the 13’s ran out winners 4-3, also over Christchurch United. The 18 girls defeated Papanui Redwood 3-1, and the 14 girls had a strong win 5-1 over Coastal Spirit. In the midweek Premier secondary school’s competitions, the Rangiora High School boys team was beaten 0-4 by Christ College, and the girls lost to Christchurch Girls High School 1-4. Related Articles Frosty start gives way to freezing finish Football was the first of the big winter codes to get underway this weekend. The Waimak United competition junior grades kicked off on a beautiful but frosty winters morning, and it was obvious they were all excited to get their seasons started. In the Canterbury United Youth Development Leagues, the Waimak 15th grade had a 0-3 loss to Selwyn. The 14th grade overan their opponents, Halswell, 9-1, and the 13th grade had a 3-0 win ... Pegasus parkrun Report #208 It had to happen! Just when I was getting a roll on, with two consecutive First in Age finishes, a sub30 runner had to come along and take my mini-crown. Good work Keith Tilley, you set yourself a new PB doing it too! 91 parkrunners and parkwalkers, 12 on the Volunteer Roster, what a fantastic turnout and what a fantastic morning!! The First Timers briefing was delivered to Paul Asher, Nikki Taylor, Danelle Asher, Steve ... Excellent end to club season North Canterbury junior athletes were making their way on to the podium again this weekend, at the final meeting of the Canterbury athletics club season. The Canterbury Children’s Athletics championships were held at Nga Puna Wai, and several of our local athletes were in hot form. Recently crowned National U18 high jump champion, Jess Hendren, backed up that title with the Canterbury junior 14 girls title. She also finished 4th in the long jump, and 5th ... Finals series goes to the wire Despite finishing the regular season 15 points behind their final’s opponents, PCU Angels, the Kaiapoi Queens Premier Women’s softball team, went into the three match playoff series over the weekend, believing they could strip the Angels of a third straight title. Despite going behind by three runs in the first match, the Queens played their way back, into what became an edge of seat game, eventually taking the win in the 9th innings 6-5. The ... Shakedown Cross Country Canterbury Athletics held their first cross country event since lockdown, the Shakedown Cross Country, at Ascot Park. The North Canterbury Athletics club had six runners competing, and they all achieved top 10 finishes. The youngest was Alice Barnes, competing in the U14 girls 3.5km event, where she finished 4th. The best finish went to Jo Ramsay, who won the W40 5km event. John Marshall also picked up a podium finish, with second in the ... Impressive haul for North Canterbury youth at Colgate Games The North Canterbury Athletics Club had a team of 21 athletes competing at the South Island Colgate games from the 16th-19th January. The new home of Canterbury athletics, Nga Puna Wai, hosted the 2020 games, which attracted close to 1000 under 14 athletes, from across the South Island, along with a few North Island participants, and a team of Queensland development athletes. The under 10’s were competing for ribbons and pennants in non-graded divisions, ...