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Tinwald girls<br />
nab trophy in<br />
final seconds<br />
An unlikely shotinthe final 20 seconds<br />
earned the Tinwalddivision twowomen’s<br />
team abig South CanterburyHockey trophy<br />
at the weekend.<br />
Theside of Year911 girls from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College andMtHutt College has trekked to<br />
Timaru every Sunday andtook thetrophy<br />
with a32 win over Roncalli College’s First<br />
XI.<br />
CoachJen Muir saidTinwald hadbeen<br />
behind mostofthe game after an early goal<br />
by JessiePitney but the scores werelocked<br />
22 with timealmostup.<br />
Tinwald hadbeen defending its goal when<br />
theymanaged to snaffle possessionand<br />
Laura Walshmade abreakdown the right<br />
side.Pitney,the rightstriker,was waiting in<br />
the circle and playedareverse shot that sent<br />
the ball into the back of thegoal.<br />
Shewas immediately mobbedbyher teammates<br />
andMuir,who cocoaches with<br />
husband Skip,held their breath whilethe<br />
match went intoumpires’ time. Luckily,that<br />
was brief.<br />
Muir saiditwas afantastic finish to the<br />
season,consideringthey almost didn’t enter<br />
whenCovid19 upset early season<br />
preparations.<br />
Roncallihad been hotonattack as the<br />
finalwounddown.Tinwald had levelled the<br />
scores afteragoal from Walsh and some<br />
great workfrom goalie Caitlin Muir kept<br />
theminwith achance.<br />
Jen said the group was amix of talented<br />
and new players and theyhad gelled<br />
throughoutthe season, underthe captaincy<br />
of Piper Hood.<br />
She saidthe players hadconfidencein<br />
eachother’s ability to do their job on the<br />
pitchsowhen Walsh took thefast break, she<br />
had support.<br />
Pitney’s shothad aone in 10 chance of<br />
succeeding, and it did.<br />
Muir said the teamcame home with three<br />
cupsfrom the competition after being topon<br />
points after roundrobinplay.<br />
She saidthey grateful to the parents and<br />
supporters whohelped throughout the<br />
season and whomadethe triptoTimarufor<br />
the final.<br />
The second division grade includes<br />
Wakanui(whowon the plate final) and<br />
school teams fromaround South Canterbury.<br />
It wasagood weekend for other Mid<br />
Canterbury seniorhockeysides, the<br />
Wakanuiwomen beat Cambridge 52 to win<br />
the top women’s grade final, while the<br />
Wakanuimen lost 41 to Temuka intheir<br />
divisionone final.<br />
Covid worries<br />
stop salmon run<br />
Thisyear’s edition of theRakaia Salmon Run<br />
has become another covid casualty.<br />
The event’sorganising committee said the<br />
uncertainty of running an eventundercovid<br />
restrictions, rules andprotocols wastoo much<br />
for its small volunteer group.<br />
The decisiontocancel the event, sponsored<br />
by JacksonHolmes, came with<br />
disappointment andsadness. The event was to<br />
havebeen held on October17,now theday of<br />
the general election.<br />
Spokesperson JoBurrowssaid there had<br />
beenalot of deliberationand discussion<br />
about continuing,given the preparation and<br />
promotion already done.<br />
Astatement by the committeesaid: ‘‘It was<br />
decided thatthe health and safety, and also<br />
welfare ofour competitors, volunteers,<br />
marshalls and general community was more<br />
important than the risks involved,asmany of<br />
ourmarshalls and volunteers areelderly and<br />
are in the deemed riskcategory.<br />
‘‘Asyou will be aware the coviduncertainty<br />
atthistime has also brought with it alot more<br />
rules andprotocols to abide by, andsofor our<br />
small volunteer committee itwas too large a<br />
responsibility to run asuccessful and stress<br />
free event.’’ Theevent will be back in 2021.<br />
The winning Tinwald division two hockey team and their trophy haul from the <strong>2020</strong> season.<br />
MID<br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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