Holmes and Stevens feature in ultimate frisbee

FRIENDSHIP THROUGH SPORT: Renee Holmes (left) with a member of the German club side Munich Chickadees after their ultimate frisbee match in Munich this week. Holmes featured in the New Zealand Under-20 Girls (Kahu) team’s 13-12 win. Picture supplied

GISBORNE girls Renee Holmes and Raven Stevens featured in the New Zealand Under-20 Girls (Kahu) ultimate frisbee team’s victory over a top German club side in Munich this week.

They beat Munich Chickadees 13-12 after trailing for most of the match.

The New Zealand team are in Europe preparing for the World Flying Disc Federation’s World Junior Ultimate Championships, which take place in Wroclaw,Poland, from Saturday.

In the Munich game, the German side were ahead 7-5 at halftime.

First team to 13 wins the game, and New Zealand showed great spirit coming from 12-10 down to get back to 12-12, forcing “universe point”, where the scorer of the next point wins the game.

New Zealand were able to gain possession of the disc after the Germans failed to successfully execute a big play in a bid to take the match.

New Zealand showed great patience in walking the disc back up the field and scoring the point needed to win.

The Kahu coaches were pleased with the result and the spirit shown by the players against high-quality opposition in 30-degree heat.