Local Canterbury Junior in NZ Lacrosse U15 Team

We are pleased annouce that one of our junior players, Taylor Konowe, will be representing Canterbury and the South Island in the NZ U15 Lacrosse team next month. The team is travelling to Adelaide to compete in the Australian Lacrosse Association National U15 Championships to be run in the first week of the school holidays at Lacrosse South Australia Headquarters - Barratt Reserve. We wish Taylor luck and hope the team comes back with some good results.  Taylor is originally from Virgina in the USA but has been in Christchurch for the past 5 years.

Baxter Success at Youth Olympics

Canterbury Judo Area Association was thrilled with Haley Baxter’s achievements at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. A member of the Kaikoura club Baxter took out a silver medal fighting in the under 63 category in her team of eight mixed Judokas from around the world.

 

Junior 28kg champ Justin Evans in action

South Island Judo Championships Results.

Cowles Stadium was the arena for combat on the weekend as 226 entries from around the country competed at the South Island Judo Championships.

The men’s open division saw a big upset as Jason Koster was beaten by Eiji Nachi of Auckland. Nachi showed talent and flexibility to decisively beat the more fancied Koster who is heading to the Senior World Judo Champs later this year.

Lacking match fitness, Hitoei Takegahara struggled through the senior U66kg men’s division eventually winning over newcomer Alex Caird.

In other men’s results Andrew Butterfield swept past NZ coach Graeme Spinks to win the middleweight on points while in the 90kg class Jonathon Broman who recently placed 5th at the Oceania Tournament in Canberra had a narrow win over Neil Calder from Auckland.

In the cadet division Joss Traub was a clear winner against Kaikoura’s Jackson Baxter while Ella Spinks dominated the senior girls open division winning all her fights and now looks like a real chance for a NZ title in November.

For a full list of results click here

For photos from the event click here

For Further Information contact:

Mark Nugent (President Canterbury Judo Area Association)

027 3933157

Details of New Westminster Park Indoor sport and recreation centre taking shape

Netballers, martial arts combatants, fitness fans will all benefit from a new multi-purpose indoor sport and recreation facility on Westminster Park, which took a step forward today following publication of detailed feasibility analysis indicating demand for such a centre.

Eddie Cropley is chief executive of Westminster Sports Incorporated, the 2,400+ member multi-code sports club that is progressing the plans and last year was granted a lease on the former Christchurch City Council works department land adjoining Westminster Park for the proposed facility. Click here for more