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SPORT<br />
28 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Goodwin for senior footballers<br />
Mid Canterbury United’s senior<br />
team scoredits secondwin of<br />
the season with agood<br />
performanceagainst<br />
Universitiesat<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Domain on Saturday.<br />
The 31victory lifts theteam<br />
off the bottom and uptosixth<br />
place in the eight team<br />
Canterbury Championship<br />
League.<br />
The hometeamgot off to the<br />
best possible start on Saturday<br />
with agoalafterjust two<br />
minutes.<br />
Niall Young fired alooping<br />
shot from outside the box and<br />
over the goalkeeper.<br />
The leadwas doubled10<br />
minutes later with agoodfinish<br />
fromJamie Smitheram.<br />
Luke Martinsmacked the ball<br />
against crossbar in afrenetic<br />
first 20 minutes and then fired a<br />
powerful shot pastthe keeper<br />
to give thehomeside a<br />
deserved 30 first halflead.<br />
The second half was amore<br />
even affair, withboth sides<br />
having chances.<br />
The only goal came the way<br />
of Universities througha<br />
penalty.<br />
The Universities keeper<br />
producedacouple of good<br />
savesfromLukeMartin and<br />
thepostkeptout another shot.<br />
Mid Canterbury United plays<br />
fifth placedStAlbans Shirley<br />
at St AlbansParkin<br />
ChristchurchonSaturday.<br />
The CCL reserves side was<br />
beaten 40 by Universitiesin<br />
the 12.30pm game played on<br />
Saturdayat<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Domain.<br />
Mid Canterbury United striker Luke Martin (red and blue) bursts through the Universities defence.<br />
PHOTO: DOUG BOVETT.<br />
Newarch and young riders area at skills park<br />
Getting the new entrance arch in the ground are (from left) James<br />
Reid, Doug Smith and Jo Bucknall from AG Serve, and mountain<br />
bike club member Graham Russell.<br />
New challenges have been set<br />
for younger mountain bikers at<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Skills Park and<br />
an impressivemetal arch has<br />
beenerectedat the start of the<br />
popularloop track.<br />
Mountain Bike <strong>Ashburton</strong> has<br />
used fundingof$6500 from<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> council to setup<br />
new, low level bridges and<br />
jumps specifically aimed at<br />
thoseunder 10.<br />
Accompanying signs offer<br />
advice on how best to tackle the<br />
obstaclesand howtojump, ride<br />
and do wheelies.<br />
Thefunding has also helped<br />
with the purchaseofmulchand<br />
landscaping, andwith the<br />
commissioningofan<br />
impressive new archthat<br />
directsriderstothe start of the<br />
mountain bike loop track.<br />
Thearch is dedicated to all of<br />
the volunteers whohave<br />
supportedthe growth of the<br />
skills parkand bike tracks in<br />
recent years.<br />
It has been constructed by<br />
localbusinessAgServe and has<br />
creatively reused someofthe<br />
old gardening tools of Mountain<br />
Bike<strong>Ashburton</strong> stalwartand<br />
landscape gardener Dell<br />
James Reid and Graham Russell from Mountain Bike <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
work on the new junior bridges.<br />
Phillips.<br />
Mountain Bike <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
presidentJames Reid, who has<br />
been handson with building<br />
the new bridgesand jumps,<br />
said the club was gratefulfor<br />
the council funding.<br />
The skills park was proving<br />
verypopularwith allages and<br />
to haveanareasuitable for<br />
younger riders to have fun and<br />
to test themselves was great for<br />
the future of localmountain<br />
biking.<br />
Thenew junior area featured<br />
wider, low level challenges,and<br />
there was space alongsidefor<br />
parents to assist if necessary.<br />
Stay fit &earn $$$<br />
at the same time<br />
Spend a couple of hours<br />
every Thursday delivering the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong> and Realty in<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> urban area.<br />
Enjoy the fresh air, stay fit and<br />
reap the health benefits!<br />
Phone Mary todayon308 7664<br />
to get startedoremail<br />
mary.summerfield@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
2292702<br />
SPORTS RESULTS<br />
ASHBURTON GOLF CLUB<br />
9HOLERS<br />
Putting was the focus of our game on<br />
<strong>August</strong> 6, play sponsored by Flowers<br />
@the Gate by Tone'e H. First place, with<br />
<strong>13</strong> putts was Stewart Bennett, followedby<br />
Gordon Clinton and Eric Weir with 14<br />
putts. There were four players who scored<br />
15 putts: Tonee Hurley, Peter Woods,<br />
Dick Hansen and Val Ferrier.<br />
Smith &Church golf balls go to Wendy<br />
Smith (for agobbler) and Tonee Hurley<br />
who scored atwo.<br />
Our sponsor this week will be Sega<br />
Golf and we will play round five of the<br />
Marion Marshall Trophy, aiming for the<br />
best nett scores. On<strong>August</strong> 20 we'll play<br />
a stroke round sponsored by Netherby<br />
Pharmacy.<br />
MID CANTERBURY<br />
SOCIAL WHEELERS<br />
Winter training ride No 7: Home first<br />
Don Morrison 26m 07s, 2nd Don Sutton<br />
26m 07s, 3rd Marsel Smithers 26m 07s,<br />
4th Shona McGrath 26m 08s, 5th Ross<br />
Templeton 26m 09s, 6th Kyle Gray 26m<br />
09s, 7th Lucy Kirwan 29m 57s, 8th Kerry<br />
Clough 30m 39s, 9th John Uden 26m 20s,<br />
10th Colin Teahan 30m 01s, 11th Steven<br />
Hands 22m 50s f/t, 12thTony Ward 22m<br />
50s 2f/t, <strong>13</strong>th Michael Gallagher 23m 27s<br />
4f/t, 14th Kevin Opele 22m 58s 3f/t, 15th,<br />
Debbie Skinner 31m 02s, 16th. Ross<br />
Proctor 31m 03s, 17th, Janette Hooper<br />
31m 03s, 18th Brian Ellis 30m 24s, 19th<br />
Rob Hooper 23m 34s 5f/t, 20th Gerrard<br />
Morrison 23m 35s 6f/t, 21st Larry Neal<br />
23m 35s, 7f/t, 22nd Nick Grijns 25m 06s,<br />
23rd Richard Kirwan 25m 16s, 24th Liz<br />
Wylie 30m 40s, 25th Marty Cuttle 25m<br />
41s, 26th Matt Marshall 26m 23s, 27th<br />
Doug Coley 26m 25s, 28th Zoe Nicholls<br />
32m 15s, 29th Anton Nicholls 32m 15s,<br />
30th Alan Johns 34m 10s, 31st Andy<br />
Skinner 37m 57s, 32nd Jelle Hendriksen<br />
mechanical.<br />
TINWALD CYCLING<br />
Tinwald Cycling U17 Development,<br />
Open Handicap, 8km: 1st Charlotte Neal<br />
17m 49s, 2nd Logan McKnight 17m 50s,<br />
3rd Amwolf Artz 14m 05s F/T, 4th Ryan<br />
Gallagher 14m 05s 2f/t, 5th Konrad Artz<br />
18m 07s, 6th Zoe Nicholls 15m 56s 4f/t,<br />
7th Oli Nicholls 14m 40s 3f/t, 8th Tineke<br />
Artz 19m 55s.<br />
Grade Placings: A, Amwolf Artz, Ryan<br />
Gallagher, Oli Nicholls. B, Konrad Artz,<br />
Zoe Nicholls. C, Charlotte Neal, Logan<br />
McKnight, Tineke Artz.<br />
Teams Relay,1.2km: Amwolf Artz,<br />
Ryan Gallagher, Tineke Artz, Logan<br />
McKnight time 9m 08s, 2nd Oli Nicholls,<br />
KonradArtz, Zoe Nicholls, Charlotte Neal,<br />
9m 12s.<br />
Teams Time Trial, 1.2km: 1st Logan<br />
McKnight, Tineke Artz, Ryan Gallagher,<br />
Amwolf Artz 2min 15sec, 2nd Charlotte<br />
Neal, Zoe Nicholls, Konrad Artz, Oli<br />
Nicholls 2min 20sec.<br />
IN BRIEF<br />
SENIOR BFINAL<br />
Methven willtake on Celtic in the<br />
finalofthe Senior Bcup this<br />
weekend.<br />
Thegamewill be hosted by<br />
Methven, who dispatchedMt<br />
Somers 36-10 in semi-finals last<br />
weekend; Celtic justheld off<br />
Allenton 28-24.<br />
SPARTANS<br />
The MidCanterbury CombinedFirst<br />
XV takes on competition leader St<br />
AndrewathomeonSaturday and is<br />
hoping forsomegoodsideline<br />
support.<br />
Theside lost 54-12 to Timaru<br />
BoysHigh School lastweekend,<br />
afterplaying with 14 men for 60<br />
minutes but coaching stafftook<br />
somepositives from the game.<br />
They have lost Ben Middletonfor<br />
the restofthe seasonafterhe<br />
sufferedabroken hand but blooded<br />
two new playerstothe squad,<br />
promoted fromthe under16team<br />
for the day.<br />
Player of the day was David<br />
Satui.
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