New Milton Advertiser 16th Oct 2020

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Cricket

Ref Gary set for emotional return in cup final match

Bashley’s Currie awarded rookie contract extension

LOCAL referee Gary Parsons is anticipating an emotional return when he takes charge of his first game since being diagnosed with cancer. Gary, who lives in Hordle, will be in the middle for the Russell-Cotes Cup final between Lymington Town and Sholing on Tuesday, writes Neil Perrett. He was appointed by the Hampshire Football Associa- tion in February, three months before discovering he had cancer of the bowel and lymph nodes. Gary had his fourth course of chemotherapy on Monday and fully expects to shake off the after-effects in time to officiate the big match at Sholing’s Universal Stadium. He is a level one referee and is also qualified to take charge of games in the EFL, National League and Premier League 2. Gary has temporarily put his refereeing career on hold while he undergoes treatment and is also signed off from his job as a transport manager for NMS which is based in Caird Avenue, New Milton. Among the crowd at Sholing will be Gary’s wife Louisa, sons Gary Junior, 16, and 13-year-old Finn together with his father Gary Senior and several members of the local refereeing fraternity. Gary told the A&T: “I’ll be ready but I know it will be an emotional evening. It’s brilliant to be given this opportunity with the help of the Hampshire FA.

HAMPSHIRE Cricket has announced that promising youngster Scott Currie has signed a rookie contract extension. Poole-raised all-rounder Currie, who plays for Bashley Cricket Club, put pen-to- paper on the new deal which will keep him in the county fold until at least the end of 2021. Currie made his Hampshire debut in the club’s 2020 Vitality Blast campaign, while also going on to feature in the inaugural Bob Willis Trophy, where he claimed three wickets on his debut against Kent. He also became the latest Hampshire youth player to go on to represent England’s under-19 side last winter, having impressed as part of the triumphant Hampshire Second XI Championship side in 2019. The news came with the announcement that two other prospects, Ajeet Dale and Tom Scriven, have also signed extensions.

Scott Currie

Hampshire of cricket, Giles White, said: “Scott, Ajeet and Tom are three really exciting prospects for the future and they’ve all shown their potential this summer. “This extension of their rookie contracts will aid their development, allowing them to continue their hard work over the next 12 months.” director

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“I’m still not sure whether I will get back to refereeing at the same level. I don’t know whether my body will allow it or if I’ll be fit enough. “I was appointed in February before lockdown. The Hampshire FA have been in contact to ask how I am and have fitted in the game with my good week. “It’s going to be great to have the chance to do a game and to enjoy it at a time when we don’t know what the future holds.” Gary, who also manages Hordle Spurs U16s, last took charge of a game in March when he was in the middle for Dover’s 1-1 draw with Chester- field in the National League.

Referee Gary Parsons with wife Louisa and sons Gary Junior and Finn at the London Stadium

Explaining his diagnoses came about, Gary said: “I’ve been giving blood for 10 years and, the last time I went, they wouldn’t take it because they said my levels were wrong. “As I’d never had a problem before, I went to see my doctor and he ran an MOT on me. Nothing drastic showed up but, to put my mind at rest, he suggested a camera because my iron levels were down. “I had a colonoscopy in May and it showed a stage four how

tumour in my right bowel. Further tests showed it was cancerous. “They operated to remove the right side of my bowel along with my appendix and the lymph nodes. They managed to join it back up so I don’t need a bag. “More tests were carried out and it turned out I had cancer in the lymph nodes as well, which is why I’m having chemotherapy. “I had my fourth course on Monday and, fingers crossed, I

am having the last course just after Christmas. “It was a huge shock for me and the family. Everybody kept telling me I didn’t tick any of the boxes, I was a fit and active guy and everything would be okay. “As if Covid wasn’t enough to make you realise how things can change. My life is on hold. I’m not working, there is no football and it’s a waiting game.” To donate to Bowel Cancer UK go to bit.ly/3nV4oAG

Tennis

Sailing Durlston sailors have wind back in their sails

RLymYC appoint new youth coach

Hale Gardens serves up annual champs Mixed doubles winners Jan Courtney and Thomas Lean

DURLSTON Court Prep School sailors turned up good results at the South and South West Regional Junior Championships at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. In the Tera competition, Max Tait, sailing with Royal Lymington Yacht Club’s Sam Pontifract, dealt exceptionally well with the challenging weather conditions to finish first. On Saturday, current and former Durlston pupils took on children three years older in the U16 Feva competition. Max came 19th out of 39 Fevas, Harry West and Daniel Vaughan came 22nd, and Sean Jardine and ex-Durlstonian Rebecca Vaughan came 35th. For full results go to bit.ly/ 373bwoC

ROYAL Lymington Yacht Club has announced British Sailing’s former coach of the year Hugh Styles as their new head coach for the junior and youth fleets. Lymington-based Hugh has 25 years’ experience in coaching, mentoring and programme management. He has coached at the highest levels including the Olympics with British Sailing’s foiling Nacra 17 and Laser Radial classes. He also served on the RYA youth racing committee, and he was the head GB coach to the Youth Sailing World Championships. In 2019, he was voted British Sailing coach of the year. RLymYC junior captain, Sarah Richards, said: “We are very excited by this appointment. The Royal Lymington Yacht Club is very fortunate to be able to call on Hugh’s experience to inspire our sailors at the club. Hugh will start his role during October and will be working with the different

HALE Gardens Lawn Tennis Club recently held its annual club championships in unusual circumstances due to the need for Covid-safe restrictions. The measures had little impact, and the majority of the games were highly competitive. The Ladies’ Singles Championship was won by Lucy Morgan who beat Amy Josey in a tense three-setter with many long rallies. The game could have gone either way, but Lucy eventually won 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Jan Courtney and Carol Minnion teamed up to win the Ladies’ Doubles Championship, beating Jill Jeffery and Veronica Leicester 6-1, 6-2 with a score that failed to reflect the competitive nature of the match. The men’s doubles final was a spectacular display of hard-hitting volleys and groundstrokes with father-and- son duo John and Thomas Lean beating Jay Tarrant and Matt Bartlett in the third set 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. The mixed doubles was another very entertaining game

which went to three sets, with Jan Courtney and Thomas Lean eventually beating Caz Deacon and Rob West 6-7, 6-3, 6-0. Thomas Lean could not play the men’s singles final after beating Jay Tarrant in a thrilling semi-final due to his involvement in the men’s and mixed doubles. There were only so many games the talented Thomas could play in one day. The final against Luke Rivoire will be played at a later date. Other results included the over-60s mixed doubles where husband-and-wife team Carol and Nick Minnion beat Doris Gethings and Keith Bates 6-4, 6-3. The over-60s ladies and men’s events were run as a box league with Nick Minnion and Hisham Rashed topping the leader board in the men’s, and Pam Bullen and Doris Gethings in the women’s. The over-60s singles between Stanley Dencher and Keith Bates has yet to be played. The club extends its thanks to head coach James Lilley for organising the event.

Hugh Styles

fleets to build development programmes and to support our existing team of fantastic coaches.” The club hosts a Wednesday junior sailing programme, which is available to non- members and is supported by the Yacht Havens Group. More experienced youth and junior sailors compete in the Optimist, Tera, Feva, Aero, Laser, 29er and 420 fleets. For membership enquiries contact Maria on 01590 672677 or maria@rlymyc.org.uk

Durlston Court’s Daniel Vaughan and Harry West

Youth football

Five-star NewMilton Town seal spot in league cup second round Hampshire Girls Youth League Cup First Round New Milton Town U15s 5 Eastleigh Whites U15s 0

Golf

Winner Burn on fire NEW FOREST Golf Club’s Laurie Burn won the Des Harvey Trophy in style after carding a superb net 64 off his handicap of 6 to finish ahead of the field.

Rugby

NEW MILTON Town Ladies U15s cruised through to the second round of the Hampshire League Cup with a 5-0 win over Eastleigh White. The Linnets stormed into an early lead thanks to Laila Sedgwick’s close-range shot after a short corner routine. Grace Ridgley doubled the scoreline moments later with a right-footed strike from the edge of the box that found the bottom corner. Freya Jennings’ lethal finish ensured the Hampshire County League One side went in at half- time with a 3-0 advantage over their third-tier visitors. Although New Milton goalkeeper Izzy White made two good saves in the second Hampshire Girls Youth League Cup First Round Mudeford Phoenix U13s 2 Winchester City U13s 5 MUDEFORD Phoenix scored first, but their league cup run came to an end at the first hurdle after a 5-2 defeat to Winchester City. Phoenix rode an early Winchester storm to score first when Lockyer gathered the ball on the edge of the area before slotting an excellent shot into the top right-hand corner. Both teams played fast attacking football, with Phoenix maintaining their lead until the

E&R come out on top in 10-a-side tournament

Hot on his heels was Barry Nicholas who finished one stroke behind with 65. The next three placings were taken by Steve Waterman (67), Mervyn Harding (68) and Robin Swanston (68).

period, there was little danger of the hosts letting Eastleigh back into it. Ellie Carmichael’s low 25- yard shot made it 4-0 before Jennings completed the scoring after a solo run in the penalty area.

New Milton; I. White, M. Culwick, S. Hammond, K. MacKinnon, L. Sedgwick, I. Brooks, E. Carmichael, S. Ferrett, M. Vass, G. Ridgley, F. Jennings, T. Gulliford, M. Orchard, K, Charalambous, G. Davy.

Bramshott seniors in full swing WITH restrictions finally lifting, Bramshott Hill Golf Club Senior Section hosted a busy golfing calendar in last month. 2, Bill Merrett, 34 points; 3, Ray Dunkason, 31 points. Division 3: 1, Gerard Murphy, 36 points; 2, John Bailey, 35 points; 3, Terry Wiseman, 33 points.

ELLINGHAM & Ringwood RFC took part in a 10-a-side rugby tournament Tottonians RFC. Although the final table results were unconfirmed,

both E&R sides entered were believed to have topped their groups. The teams consisted of mixed genders with ages ranging from teens to players in their 60s.

A fiercely competitive Stable- ford Qualifier competition saw Stuart Bulbrooke finish atop of the Division 1 competition with 37 points. Other winners includ- ed Henry Porter and Gerard Murphy with 35 and 36 points respectively. Division 1: 1, Stuart Bulbrooke, 37 points; 2, Ian Blandford, 35 points; 3, Brian Lewis, 34 points. Division 2: 1, Henry Porter, 35 points;

Later in the month, 39 senior golfers competed in a medal non-qualifying match. Division 1: 1, John Brooks, 79 gross / 67 nett; 2, Trelford Douglas, 83 gross / 68 nett; 3, Johnny Hooper, 85 gross / 69 nett. Division 2: 1, Henry Porter, 85 gross / 64 nett; 2, David Kella- way, 90 gross / 66 nett; 3, Barry Walker, 90 gross / 69 nett. Division 3: 1, Gerard Murphy, 90 gross / 63 nett; 2, Jeffrey Andrews, 96 gross / 68 nett; 3, John Bailey, 97 gross / 69 nett. Medal Qualifier: 1, Val Stead, 67; 2, Jackie Marston, 72; 3, Pam Wilson, 74. (8/10) Senior Section. Par Competition: 1, Peter Bell, 6 up; 2=, Barry Perrett / Rob Lever, 4 up. Charity Plate Third Round: Leo Pearson leads 118.

Winchester clip Phoenix wings Phoenix assistant coach, Ryan Puttick, said: “I was very pleased with the girls’ performance today, they worked hard throughout, but a stronger team beat them on the day.”

∙ BRIDGE RESULTS ∙ BRIDGE RESULTS ∙

40th minute when Winchester scored a scrappy goal. With the last kick of the half, Winchester scored again to take a 2-1 lead. The second half started with both teams attacking relentlessly. Winchester added to their tally when they scored off a corner. With 10 minutes remaining Phoenix pulled one back when Rafferty won the ball following a strong challenge before hitting an unstoppable shot. With the match nearing its conclusion, Winchester scored off another well-taken corner before they capped the win with a late counter-attack goal.

Highcliffe Duplicate Bridge Club (Greystones)

Lymington Bridge Club (7/10): 1, Paul Londesborough and Andrew Bingley, 65.28; 2, Yvonne Moores and Philippa Bateman, 62.50; 3, Heather Tarbard and Christine Thomas, 53.47. (8/10) N/S: 1, Paul Londesborough and Julian Patten, 67.27; 2, Andrew Boyd and Sam Campbell, 63.64; 3, John Taylor and Andrew Bingley, 59.32. E/W: 1, Mr and Mrs Robot, 62.27; 2, Graham Foster and Yvonne Moores, 58.41; 3, Bernie Marsh and Frank Price, 57.27.

(7/10) Stepbridge Pairs: 1, Terry and Christine Edwards, 62.14; 2, John Lee and Moya Abbott, 59.92; 3, Arthur Whittaker and Colin Christmas, 55.40. (12/10) BBO team results. Match 1. Cheetahs 17VPs: (Pat Carruthers, Gerald Moore, Pam Appleby, and Mike Thacker) vs Hogs 3 VPs: (Keith Kensley, Anne Ponting, Mike Caruana, and Jo Phillips).

Walhampton Golf Club results (1/10) Senior Section. Stableford: 1, Mac MacDonald, 46 points; 2, Rob Lever, 41 points; 3, Bernie Harrnett, 40 points. The Lockdown Knockout: 1, Keith Moody.

Mudeford Phoenix FC is on the lookout for players to join their new U7 team. For more information text Frank Hunt on 07957 439091. Mudeford Phoenix: Hopkins, Mills, Davidson, Hooper, Lewis, Jones, Powell, Adlem, Barrass, Rafferty, Lockyer, Oakley, Etherton, Maybe.

(5/10) Ladies Section. Nine-Hole Com- petition: 1, Winfred Geddes, 34; 2, Sharon Bridges, 41; 3, Jackie Lynch, 47. Ladies

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