Selwyn Times: March 21, 2018

16 Wednesday March 21 2018
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SPORTS
Weedons
bowler Fraser
Austin (right) and
batsmen Will
Hamilton look
to see if Todd
Inness managed
to get a glove
to the freshly
edged ball.
SELWYN TIMES
Bowler James
Richards toiled
away in his side’s
loss to Cheviot.
PHOTOS: KAREN
CASEY
Leeston-Southbridge,
DEFENDING champions Sefton
and competition young guns
Cheviot will compete for country
cricket’s one-day crown after
dominant semi-final displays on
Saturday.
Top-qualifiers the Sefton Seals
romped to a seven-wicket win
over Leeston-Southbridge in
the country premier one-day
competition semi-final, while the
Cheviot Magpies soared to a 130-
run victory over Weedons.
At Sefton Domain, the home
side dominated from the moment
the challengers chose to bat.
Sharp catches by Brent Fleming
and Lance Taylor saw Leeston-
Southbridge immediately on the
back foot at 2/2.
The combined side battled hard
but the relentless Sefton attack,
led by Canterbury representative
seamer, Fraser Sheat, saw them
bundled out for 99 runs in just
42.1 overs.
Sefton opener Matt Laffey
attacked the chase, making 69
off 88 balls, in spite of losing two
early partners to an impressive
Dougal Munro.
Harley James continued his
good batting form with another
undefeated effort to guide Sefton
home and book a place in the
final.
In the other championship
semi-final at Weedons Domain,
Cheviot batsmen Will Hamilton
and Jack Harris bludgeoned
the home side’s attack to post a
commanding 244 first innings
total.
Hamilton batted serenely for
his 90 off 93 balls, while Harris
smashed six sixes and six fours in
his whirlwind 78 off 46 balls.
The Weedons run chase never
got going after paceman Harrison
Cox knocked off the top three
batsmen.
Simon Wilson watched wickets
fall around him and was stranded
on 51 not out as Weedons were all
out for 114 runs in the 29 th over.
In the plate semi-finals, Lincoln
beat Darfield-South Malvern by
three wickets in a low-scoring
encounter at Darfield Domain,
while Oxford-Rangiora beat
Southbrook by 63 runs.
Scoreboard:
•Leeston/Southbridge 99
(D Munro 27, C Beatson 22; F
Sheat 4/9, A Laffey 3/33)
lost to Sefton 101/3 (M Laffey
$2.00
ADMISSION
16 th ANNUAL
ART EXHIBITION 2018
Sat 24th & Sun 25th March, 10am-4pm | Rolleston Community Centre
Art with heart
Selwyn artists, some of whom have never exhibited
before, will have their work showcased at a two-day
exhibition in Rolleston this weekend.
The 16th annual Arts Heart exhibition is a celebration
of local artists, both young and old, and gives them
the opportunity to not only display their art forms,
but also sell them.
Arts Heart chairwoman Rails Mackey says
approximately 50 artists will be displaying everything
from sculpture, fine arts and photography to pottery,
mosaic, sewing and graphic art will all feature during
the exhibition which will be held at the Rolleston
Community Centre on Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th
March from 10am to 4pm. Entry to the exhibition is
$2 per person.
The exhibition is open to Selwyn artists and includes
pieces from well known names such as Mike Glover,
Henry Turner, Lyn and Gray Leonard, John Bromley,
Jennifer Stebbings, Ross Mackey and up and coming
new artists.
“It’s all about supporting our local artists and giving
them the opportunity to show their talents. We have
had queries from many different artists who have
never exhibited before so there will be all forms
of art featuring a wide variety of mediums.”
Arts Heart is an initiative of the Selwyn
Arts Council that encourages, promotes
and develops, arts and artists in the
Central Selwyn region. It holds regular
art workshops for all ages and all
levels of expertise. To find out more,
visit www.artsheart.org.
www.artsheart.org