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Unfortunately Trinity scored the couple of
tries but the boys defended brilliantly on their
line, the biggest and the smallest players all
hitting the Trinity students hard. After the
break Cranbrook let in another try and we
were unable to convert the awesome pressure
into points until the last few minutes when
Peter Kaissis crossed the line.
By Finn Parker
13C
Lost 48 – 10
An early try to Jake Van Der Byl in answer
to Trinity’s first points showed promise for
the rest of the game. The game remained
reasonably evenly matched with another
Cranbrook try, this time to winger Ben
Ritchie, in response to Trinity’s scoring efforts.
Unfortunately despite the determined tackling
by Anthony Stammel and Charlie Wood
amongst others, Trinity were able to run away
with the game in the later stages.
13D
Lost 15 – 0
The 13Ds started strongly, keen to reverse
their form from last week. They tackled
strongly and were contenders in the game
from the outset. Stephen Neophytou was
dominant throughout, using his size and
determination to give Cranbrook some
advantage. Konrad Kluck made some strong
runs but was unable to find space and Tom
Beckhurst made some great tackles. The
boys kept the opposition to just one try for
most of the game and should be proud of the
improvement they have made since last week.
Tennis
Round 4
1sts & 2nds
Coming up against arguably the best team
in the competition, it was never going to be
an easy weekend. Unfortunately, it was the
toughest encountered yet by the Cranbrook
firsts and seconds.
In the firsts, no set was won. However, this is
not a reflection of the effort that the boys put
into every point they played. The standout
player came in the seconds through Jack
Mowbray. He was the only victorious player
in the team and easily won his singles 6-2.
Unfortunately the same can’t be said about the
doubles, as Jack and Alex Lowe came close
in the first set, losing it 7-5, but losing the
second, 6-2.
It is only very early in the season and so,
Cranbrook tennis still has a long time to grow
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its skill. As long as the boys have tried their
hardest and continue to do so, there is nothing
to worry about, because the wins will come
themselves.
Nathan Chalik, 1sts A1 & Captain Yr11C
3rds & 4ths
Round 4 of the winter tennis season was met
with fierce competition on both sides. Having
travelled out to Trinity for the matches, the
4ths ended up winning tightly 27-21, while
in an astonishing turn of events the 3rds
achieved a draw 29-29, a rare feat in tennis.
Doubles results were strong across the board,
with all partnerships managing to secure
a win. The singles, however, were far more
varied; one outright victory 6-1 courtesy of
Max Busch whilst Oscar Howard narrowly
went down in a tiebreaker 7-4, with the end
result of the match leading to final score of 29
games all.
The 4ths’ win was headed by Sam Adler and
Monty McPherson, winning 6-3 in their
doubles as well as obtaining vitally needed
games in their singles. On the other side, Luke
Ditchfield and myself were lucky enough to
win all matches, singles and doubles, with
Luke taking out the prestigious 6-0 singles
game. Strong doubles victories brought the
4ths to an overall win.
Lewin Cary
10A/B
Cranbrook 10s have played Trinity before
many times and they have always proved to
be a tough opposition and, once again, they
displayed this ability this weekend. Beginning
with some tough doubles, the 10As faced a
tough opposition, and fought hard for each
and every point. However, we saw Matt
Chard and Sam Atkinson prevail and with
a devastating game from Sam, leaving his
opponent with a dismal 6-0, and with Matt
Chard playing his consistent and powerful
groundstrokes to wear his opponent away into
dust with a 7-5 win. On the other hand, the
10Bs started with powerful doubles games,
cleaning away their opponents, however sadly
they were beaten back in the singles but for
Darren Choi’s quick and clean game ending
on a 6-3. And while this weekend was not
encouraging, it is simply a sign that we need to
observe some of our teammates and follow the
example set by them.
10C
This weekend was another great set of games
for the 10Cs at Dangar against Trinity. Our
match play showed how we’ve been improving
throughout the start of the season despite
our limited number of matches. Laurence
Nettleton and Ben Yang’s doubles went quite
well, even though they didn’t win as their final
score was 5-7 after a long battle. Laurence
Nettleton unfortunately lost with a score of
0-6, not that it wasn’t an exciting set to watch.
Ben Yang came out with 1-6, but his serves
have improved tremendously with a greater
accuracy.
The C2 Trinity player didn’t turn up at first,
so Jack Rex started with his singles with
an unfortunate score of 0-6, he had great
technique but the Trinity player just hit
every ball back! Once the C2 player turned
up Christopher Cunio was able to complete
his singles with a score of 2-6, and finally
the doubles of C1 and C2 (Jack Rex and
Christopher Cunio) finished with a loss of 1-6.
Our overall score was 9-37, despite the losses,
the team overall showed an improvement in
technique and were definitely enthusiastic.
Many of the matches involved deuces so they
were actually closer than you think. We look
forward for another great set of matches next
week!
Christopher Cunio
9A
Coming up against an undefeated side, we
knew round 4 against Trinity would test us.
On wet courts and with the sun reflecting off
the water, we fought hard but unfortunately
went down 1 set to 5, 19 games to 35. Alex
Gall and Eddie Lewis fought very hard in their
doubles but unluckily went down 4-6. Braden
Liu and Daniel Siu dug deep but also lost 4-6.
Alex was up against a very strong opponent
and lost 0-6. Eddie had a very close match
with many crowd pleasers but unluckily lost
4-6. Braden Liu was troubled by his opponent’s
calls, yet fought hard and lost 2-6. Daniel Siu
also fought very hard against a consistent
hitter, and out skilled him to win 7-5.
9B
The 9Bs unfortunately went down 0 sets
to 6. Tom Riepler had a tough match but
unluckily went down 4-6. Josh and Jasper
also unfortunately went down. Their Trinity
opponents were strong. The team has learned
a lot from the experience.
Thanks to Mr Knight for managing and
supporting us.
Eddie Lewis Captain 9AB
8A/B
A super performance for Cranbrook School
on the weekend against Trinity.
Starting off with the As, Ricky Gonzalez and I
faced a tough doubles side.
Ricky gave everything he got but we just came
up short with a tough loss 5-7.