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Friday August 22, 2014
When to retire?
Softball Marlborough Softball’s muster day for the 2014-15 season is coming up. The event is being held on Sunday, September 20 at 11am at A&P Park.
Half-marathon Hamish Hargest was the winner of the Woodbourne HalfMarathon last weekend in a time of one hour, 18 minutes and 38 seconds. Annabelle Latz was the first woman home, in one hour, 25 minutes and 53 seconds. About 330 runners competed across the grades.
Conrad Smith, Ma’a Nonu and Tony Woodcock are also in their 30s. None are the players they once were, as their games decline or change, but are they still the best in their positions? There is no hard-and-fast rule relating to when a player should retire. A lot of them say “you just know when to give up” but we never see that. It can go either way. Ryan Giggs spent 23 years, more than half his life, playing in the Manchester United midfield. He started as a flying left winger, and finished as a central midfielder.
He was still as fit at the end as he was at the start, although all of his pace was gone. Martin Crowe decided to make a cricketing comeback in 2011, but it was ended after three balls when he got hurt. These players are too good to let go – they just need to be handled properly. Maybe Sam Cane should be playing with McCaw to compensate for his drop in pace. Maybe Carter needs to be coming off the bench so he stays fresh. We have the depth to get them fit and firing for next year.
Cornelius happy with effort
Karting Kartsport Marlborough has their next open day on Sunday, September 7. If anyone is interested in trying it visit the Kartsport Marlborough website for more information.
Football The Marlborough Mariners development side lie fourth on the table with two rounds of their season to go. They play Nelson College in Nelson this weekend.
Shooting Marlborough’s Bradley Palatchie was the top shooter as the South Island junior team beat their North Island counterparts last weekend. The match was part of the Target Shooting New Zealand Inter-Island Match, held at Clubs of Marlborough. While the South Island Juniors won their match, our open, veterans and women’s teams were all beaten.
By Adam Poulopoulos The coach of the Marlborough Boys’ College First XV (pictured) is proud of his players despite their narrow Press Cup semi-final loss last weekend. MBC was beaten 25-23 by Nelson College in Nelson, bringing an end to their defence of the trophy. Leading 13-8 at half-time, MBC was put under severe pressure. Trailing 25-13, they mounted a comeback, only to fall just short. MBC coach Gray Cornelius said he was proud of the team’s fighting qualities.
“They were pretty disappointed and gutted to fall over, but they did well to battle back. “Our goal was always to make the top four, and we nearly made the top two.” The gap between MBC and Nelson has been small throughout the season. Nelson won both their meetings by a combined three points, after a last-minute try gave them a 17-16 round-robin win in Blenheim earlier in the season. MBC had a tough run with injuries too. Captain Zac Harrison-Jones broke his leg,
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while fellow senior players Braden Stewart, Cody Weir and Curtis Pedersen Line also missed a large part of the season. “Last year we hardly had any injuries. It’s just the way it goes,” Cornelius said. Several MBC players are now in the frame for the Marlborough under-16 and under-18 sides, including the injured quartet, first-five TC Campbell and hooker Sekope Lopeti. Nelson College plays Christchurch Boys’ High School in the Press Cup final this weekend.
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Fenemor off to Hamilton By Adam Poulopoulos Indoor bowler Janet Fenemor will represent Marlborough at the National Champion of Champions tournament next month. Fenemor will play singles at the event, to be held in Hamilton on September 13. Competitors play four games each, and require at least two wins and a draw to progress to the knockout rounds of the tournament. Playing for Rapaura Indoor Bowls Club, Fenemor earned the right to play in Hamilton by winning the Marlborough title. She last represented Marlborough at the tournament in 2011, held in Lower Hutt, and said she was aware of the magnitude of the task she was facing. “Very few people manage to get to nationals, and with the knockout rounds it doesn’t offer you many chances.” Earlier this month, Fenemor was part of the Marlborough side beaten 45-3 by the touring North Island team. While the team was thrashed, Fenemor was the shining light. She drew her singles match with 20-year-old Waikato star Teri Anderson, arguably the best women’s player in the country. Marlborough Indoor Bowls publicity officer Eric Percy said if Fenemor played like she did against Anderson, she would do well in Hamilton.
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The All Blacks’ draw against the Wallabies in that torrid Sydney test match has inevitably brought the boo-boys back out. One of the main threads to come out following the test, and in the last couple of years as a whole, relates to the age of the All Blacks team. Are they getting too old? When does the lure of experience give way to the hands of time? It makes it more complicated we are heading into a World Cup year. Captain Richie McCaw is 33, and has 128 caps to his name. Dan Carter is 32, and injured.
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