The Star: September 21, 2017

42 Thursday September 21 2017
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Sport
• By Andrew King
CHRISTCHURCH’S Fiona Crombie won
gold in her category at the ITU world
triathlon championships in Rotterdam,
Netherlands.
Crombie competed in the 35-39 age
group on Sunday and cruised to victory
by more than 2min over United States
athlete Kirsten Sass, completing the
gruelling race in a time of 2hr 10min
14sec. Sass is a four-time world triathlon
champion and three-time duathlon world
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Crombie takes out triathlon gold in Netherlands
champion in the 35-39 age group.
Crombie completed the 1500m swim
in 20min 26sec, 40km cycle in
1hr 7min and 10km run in 36min
48sec.
Fellow Christchurch athlete
Samantha Owles competed in the
same age group and came 12th
with a time of 2hr 17min 14sec.
She posted on her Facebook page that she
was happy with how she had competed.
In the junior women’s section, Ari Graham
was 14th with a time of 1hr 3min
37sec in her first international outing.
The junior women had a 750m
swim, 19km cycle, and 5km run.
The event was held from last
Thursday to Sunday.
TRIATHLETES: Fiona Crombie
(left) took out gold in her
category at the ITU world triathlon
championships, while Ari Graham
(right) competed in the junior section.
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Boyd back with Blackjacks
team after becoming mum
• By Andrew King
MANDY BOYD will return to the
Blackjacks for the Trans-Tasman series
after taking time off to look after her
newborn daughter.
The 2014 Commonwealth Games
bronze medallist withdrew from the
2016-17 squad to have her first child,
Maycie.
Boyd, 22, who bowls for Burnside,
will be joined in the series against
Australia by clubmate Tayla Bruce, and
Katelyn Inch, 22, of the Oxford club.
The series will be a rehearsal for the 2018
Commonwealth Games which will also
be played on the Gold Coast.
Another Burnside bowler, Cait Bassett,
has been selected in the New Zealand
development team, which will also
compete at the Trans-Tasman series.
Boyd said it was great to be back
playing the sport she loves at such a high
level.
“I have been focusing on being a
mum for the past seven months, which
has been awesome. But I am glad to
have another opportunity to compete
for my country and try to make that
Commonwealth Games team for 2018,”
she said.
Boyd’s partner Lance Pascoe and their
daughter will be on the Gold Coast to
support her.
“Maycie will definitely be dressed up in
black and white,” Boyd said.
Bruce said although she has been
selected in the Blackjacks a number of
times, getting the call is still special.
“I love getting that call. Being able to
represent my country in a sport I love is
amazing,” she said.
“I also get to play with one of my best
friends, Mandy Boyd, so that will be
really cool. I just met her daughter . . . she
is so cute.”
A para-sport team will also compete
with Burnside’s Bruce Wakefield selected
to play in the B6/7/8 triples competition.
•Additional reporting NZ Herald
Blackjacks
Men: Shannon McIlroy, Ali Forsyth
(both Nelson), Mike Kernaghan
(Dunedin), Paul Girdler (Dunedin), Tony
Grantham (North Harbour)
TALENTED: Tayla
Bruce (left) and
Mandy Boyd have
been selected in
the New Zealand
women’s bowls
team along with
Katelyn Inch
(below).
Women: Mandy Boyd, Katelyn Inch,
Tayla Bruce (Christchurch), Jo Edwards,
Val Smith (Nelson)
Development men: Rory Soden (North
Harbour), Bradley Down (Wellington),
Taylor Horn, Aiden Takarua, Seamus
Curtin (Auckland)
Development women: Cait Bassett
(Christchurch), Natasha Russell, Nicole
Toomey (Wellington), Paris Baker (North
Harbour), Ashleigh Jeffcoat (Waikato),
Kimberley Hemingway (Wellington)
Para-Sport teams
B6/7/8 triples: Mark Noble, Barry
Winks, Bruce Wakefield
B2/3 pair: David Stallard, Peter Blick
(director)
• Sue Curran, Ann Muir (director)