Rewarding year
Dominic Simons, a 13-year-old pupil of Our Lady Of Assumption School, Hoon Hay, can look back on a most successful sporting year. During the winter he captained the Canterbury 13th grade soccer team at the South Island tournament in Nelson. Last month he won the 100 m title at the Canterbury primary schools’ athletics championships, and last week he took nine wickets for 46 runs while playing for a Canterbury Invitation XI in a primary schools cricket match against South Canterburys. Furthermore, Simons, who will be going to St Bede’s College next year, was also a finalist in the 50m freestyle at the Canterbury primary schools’ swimming championship. It might be some time before Dominic has time to try his hand at the sport at which his grandfather, the late Eric Simons, excelled. Eric Simons was Canterbury’s top billiards player during the 1950 s and 19605, and was a New Zealand titleholder in the sport.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19881209.2.152
Bibliographic details
Press, 9 December 1988, Page 31
Word Count
157Rewarding year Press, 9 December 1988, Page 31
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in