17 December Pride move into final December 17, 2020 By Pam Fraser Sport There were three North Canterbury girls in action for the Canterbury United Pride at English Park in the weekend. Gabi Rennie and Tahlia Herman-Watt started the match, with Freya Witham-Lodge coming on as a substitute. Midweek NZ Football had docked the Auckland side 9 points for an administrative error, meaning the Pride were already through to the final, but the result against the Northern Lights would decide who their opponent would be. Lose and they would face Northern again this weekend, win and they would face Capital. It was a free-flowing match with opportunities for both teams, and whilst Northern kept possession and there was lots of movement, they couldn’t find a chink in the Pride defensive armour and it was still nil all at halftime. The second half proved similar until the Pride were gifted a corner, that appeared to headed across the line by the home team. They made the most of it, when Northern failed to clear the ball and Lily Bray blasted it home from closed range. They then put the result beyond doubt when Nicola Dominikovich played in Annalie Longo, who finished calmly for 2-0. The Pride will face Capital in this weekend’s final. It was a double header weekend at English Park, with the Dragon’s taking on perennial favourites Auckland City. City dominated the possession and the Dragons had to work hard for every scrap of ball they could get, but the City side could not break the Dragons defense. Much to the delight of the crowd, Jacob Richards finished a cross from Eddie Wilkinson, for a one nil win to the Dragons. Related Articles Captivating Canterbury Futsalers Reach Final The Canterbury United Futsal Pride were in Wellington from the 14th-16th February, defending their National SuperLeague Futsal title. This year, the squad of 14 consisted of four current Waimak United players; Sophie Williams, Madi Silcock, Macey Fraser, and Lily Fisher, along with 3 former North Canterbury players; Tahlia Herman-Watt, Hannah Hegarty, and Rebecca Lake, and the non-travelling reserve, Freya Lodge-Whitham was also a Waimak United player. An incredible feat for the district, which is ... Finals series goes to the wire Despite finishing the regular season 15 points behind their final’s opponents, PCU Angels, the Kaiapoi Queens Premier Women’s softball team, went into the three match playoff series over the weekend, believing they could strip the Angels of a third straight title. Despite going behind by three runs in the first match, the Queens played their way back, into what became an edge of seat game, eventually taking the win in the 9th innings 6-5. The ... Rangiora New Life through to final There were two North Canterbury schools in the semifinals of Thompson Trophy Division Two secondary school basketball competition this week. Rangiora New Life School faced Cathedral College and came away with a 98-84 win to take their place in the final. Unfortunately, Kaiapoi High School couldn’t make it an all North Canterbury final, as they were defeated by Rolleston College 99-112. It was a tough day at the office for the North Canterbury basketball teams ... T20 Semifinalists decided The last of the semifinalists for the Canterbury Country T20 competition have been found, and three North Canterbury teams will compete for places in the final. Cheviot had already made it into the top two in Pool One, and will face Ohoka, who defeated Weedons in the weekend. Weedons, batting first, reached 118/9 off their 20 overs. Devon Nightingale was the top scorer with 38, and Kyle Brown was the best of the Ohoka bowlers ... Pride get three-peat The Canterbury United Pride achieved back to back to back wins of the National Women’s Football League, and North Canterbury was well represented by Waimak United players Freya Lodge-Whitham, and Annie Foote, along with former players Gabi Rennie and Tahlia Herman-Watt. The Pride faced Capital in the final, after front runners Auckland were docked points for an administrative error, which left the Pride who had only lost to Auckland, favourites to win the final. If ... Repeat Final The semifinals of the North Canterbury Division One competition went pretty much as predicted. In the Trophy semi’s Glenmark Cheviot defeated Oxford 29-11 and Kaiapoi defeated Saracens 33-18. This sets up a repeat of last year's final between the two top performers across the season, Glenmark Cheviot and Kaiapoi, up at Omihi. Glenmark Cheviot came out on top a year ago, so Kaiapoi will be looking for revenge. The Plate semis also went according to ...