College sport: Girl shines in Waikato boys' cricket

By DAVE WORSLEY

A girl was the standout player of round two of the boys' first XI Waikato cricket as St Peter's School, Cambridge High and St Paul's Collegiate remain unbeaten.

Rhiana Vincent, sister of Cambridge High star player Keith Vincent and daughter of coach Alan, took centre stage with final figures of 3 for 36 and had a hat-trick ball in her opening spell as her side had an 85-run victory over St John's College.

Vincent is looking good White Ferns material, following in the footsteps of current White Ferns opening bowler Louise Milliken, who used to play for Morrinsville College in the same competition.

Cambridge, batting first, finished with 267 for 5. St John's were reduced to 3 for 5 off four overs and eventually finished at 182 for 8.

St Peter's won the toss and elected to bat on a wet surface against Morrinsville and were soon in trouble at 14 for 4 in the fourth over, but recovered to end their innings at 200 for 9.

Morrinsville stuttered in the run chase and were all out for 140.

St Paul's are showing plenty of depth this year and although playing in a first XI grade are using what is in in effect a second XI as their first XI still play in Hamilton club cricket.

Fraser High are the new boys in the first division, scoring 125 for 8 and falling short by 125 runs.

Hamilton Boys, fielding a relatively inexperienced team, found the going too tough against Hillcrest, who scored a solid 215. Hamilton were then bowled out for just 61.

The match between Matamata College and Te Awamutu College was abandoned due to bad weather.

Awards

Rotorua Boys have gained two of the big prizes at the ASB Bay of Plenty Sports Awards.

The school's first XV, helped by success in the World Youth Rugby Cup and national secondary schools' championship, was named secondary school team of the year.

And Year 12 golfer Jae An won the secondary schools' sportsman title.

The sportswoman award went to Tauranga Girls showjumper Lucy Olphert. Te Puke's Sam McNally won the best allrounder for his prowess in orienteering, hockey and cricket.

Coach of the year went to Lance Stowe at Tauranga Boys for rowing and Rob Leslie, from the same school, won the service to sport award for his dedication to hockey and cricket.

Rowing

The Head of Harbour Regatta battled ahead at Lake Pupuke in Takapuna despite wintry conditions at first.

Twenty-nine schools entered the weekend regatta, accounting for some 690 rowers in 42 events.

In the girls' under-19 eight, Auckland Diocesan had the race under control from the start, and headed off the crew from Waikato Diocesan by a margin of just under a boat-length. King's College were third.

Racing was close and spectacular in the boys' under-19 eight. St Kentigern were clear winners by a boat-length, with King's College in second by half a boat-length ahead of Takapuna Grammar. On points, Westlake Girls were clear winners (41) ahead of Waikato Diocesan (26) and Auckland Diocesan (22).

St Kentigern were clear winners in the boys points score with 47, second was Auckland Grammar on 24 with Westlake third on 20.

THIS WEEK

Saturday: Cricket, first XI, various venues; rowing, Te Awamutu schools regatta.

Monday: Aquathon, Long Bay Reserve, from 11am.

Tuesday: Kilikiti, Auckland secondary schools senior tournament, Domain from 9am; swimming, North Harbour zone 1 finals, Millennium Pool.