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The South Eastern Times : January 24th 2017
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SPORT 17 SPORT 17 RT 17 Junior track star THE name J. Barker has been pa 17 Junior Junior track star THE name J. Barker has been part and parcel of harness racing in the Limestone Coast for decades. Firstly it was Jim Barker as a driver and now as a trainer who has been involved with a countless number of local winners over the years. Now it is his grand daughter Jackie Barker who is quickly making a name for herself as a junior driver. The Hamilton based young- ster drove a winning double at the Greenwald Paceway on Friday night and either of her drives could have been the drive of the night. Smart thinking early in the race by Barker enabled her to win the 2017 Glencoe Cup with Big Bruce, to give Glencoe trainer Barry Finnis his third home town cup in the past four years. From back in the field, Barker took Big Bruce ($2.70$3.70) to sit outside the leader Adams Express with two laps to run and, with the race run at a dawdling pace, that move proved pivotal at the end. When Adams Express compounded in the final lap, it was left to the favourite Angel Of The City ($2.20-$1.90) to issue the challenge, but her run ended on the home turn. It was nevertheless a big effort by Angel Of The City as the tempo increased dramatically over the final 800 metres to such an extent the last half was run in a quick 57.3 seconds. With Big Bruce going on to win by 10 metres to the cheers of the pro-Glencoe crowd, Barker’s drive did not go unnoticed by Peter Medhurst, part owner of the four year old gelding. “I must congratulate Jackie Barker on a marvellous drive,” Medhurst told the crowd at the cup presentation. That was the second leg of a race-to-race double for Barry Finnis after Beach Side scored a soft win on debut in the maiden pace. With reasonable speed up front, the race was made for a run on pacer and it was obvious 500 metres from home that Beach Side had plenty to offer even though mid field at the time. Jayson Finnis threaded his way between tiring horses and Beach Side ($3.50-$3.10 fav.) dashed away in the straight to win untouched and beat fellow first starters Corporal Bill and Rigaleto Spirit. STEADY GLOVEWORK: Furner/ Beachport batsman Lewis Walker watched the ball into the gloves of Rendelsham wicket keeper Dwayne Gray on Saturday. Pictures: J.L. “FRED” SMITH FOUND WANTING: Furner/ Beachport batsman Tim Merrett had his middle stump uprooted by his cousin and Rendelsham opponent Josh Gordon at the Rendelsham Cricket Ground on Saturday. Black Hats too strong for Burr From back page Skipper Hamish Nitschke did all the heavy scoring at the top of the order. Opening the innings with Mason, Nitschke put on 12 of the first 15 runs until he was bowled by Wright. Unlike Mount Burr, all the Black Hats batsmen were able to reach double figures. Mason (25), Sam Willis (18) and Pat Lawlor (15) all got starts but Mount Burr still looked a chance when the scorebooks read 4/84. However, Cooper Hamilton (36 not out) and Mitchell Nitschke (40 not out) almost doubled the score with an unbeaten stand of 75 for the fifth wicket. They reached the target on the last ball of the 38th over. OUR TRIBUTE: Management and staff of The Border Watch and The South Eastern Times recently gathered at the Mount Gambier Hotel to acknowledge the 40 years of valued service to the newspaper group by retiring sports sub-editor Stan Brooker (second from left).Among those to wish him well were general manager Dennis Jackson, editor Jason Wallace and board chairman Graham Greenwood. Kuiper completed a good double as he took the Mount Burr bowling honours with 2/12. Kingston 3/166 defeated Tantanoola 10/158 WITH a brilliant and undefeated century, Kingston opening batsman Callum Paige was the stand-out player in his team’s seven wicket win at home over Tantanoola on Saturday. After wicket-keeping for 38.3 over as the visitors racked up a competitive tally of 158, Paige kept on the pads and went out to open the innings. Paige was obviously in a hurry as the Tantanoola innings was overtaken in a mere 24 overs. The run rate was a quick-fire sevenruns-per-over with Kingston cruising to victory with seven wickets in hand and 96 balls remaining to be bowled. Seaside skipper Craig Watson gave good support for Paige and was 35 not out at the close. The three other Kingston players were dismissed for single figures. The only multiple wicket-taker for Tantanoola was Marc Roberts with 2/48. TALENTED TRIO: Retiring The Border Watch Newspaper Group sports sub-editor Stan Brooker was flanked by sub-editors Luke Duff (left) and John Scanlon at his recent retirement dinner at the Mount Gambier Hotel. www.thesoutheasterntimes.com.au The day had begun with Tantanoola skipper Zac Walker winning the toss and electing to bat. With 18, he was one of seven Pictures: J.L. “FRED” SMITH Tantanoola batsmen to get a start. Josh Peters led the way with 47 while the others to get into double figures were Marc Roberts (18), Mal Sneddon (11), W. Wiseman (17), Hamish Ferguson (20) and A. Roberts (11). Watson used nine bowlers including himself and Garry Shuttleworth was the pick with figures of 3/28 and one catch. Footballers 3/70 defeated Colts 10/70 THE meeting of the co-tenants of Norm Facey Oval in Millicent went to script with no change to the undefeated status of Footballers and the winless status of the Colts. The Colts won the toss and opted to bat and were soon in trouble. Luke Ferguson lost his stumps to the bowling of Brady Gibbs when there were only three runs on the board. Indeed, Gibbs was almost unplayable and had the figures of 4/1 before he had completed his fourth over. Wickets fell regularly until Angus Watts came in at number seven and remained 30 not out. The plight of the Colts would probably have been worse if Footballers skipper Ben Gordon had thrown the ball to his strike bowler John Facey. Gordon kept Facey in reserve throughout the innings as he used eight other bowlers. Veteran Ian Ferguson claimed two scalps as did long-time team mate Bronte Grosser. He had bowled on just one other occasion this season. In his sole and uncompleted over on Saturday, he conceded one run and then took the ninth and then the final wicket to wrap up the innings. Some would say that Grosser would be on a hat-trick when he next bowls while some cricket devotees say a true hat-trick has to be completed in the one game. In reply, Footballers reached the low target for the loss of just three wickets. The only batsman to reach double figures was Sam Kent with 17. Colts conceded a large number of sundries including 20 wides and 10 byes. The South Eastern Times, Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 17 699521
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