CHRISTCHURCH BOUND: The Huntley School 1st XI. Back Row: William Hocquard, Shaun O'Leary, Ben Orr, Ben Loudon, Angus Wallace, James Craig. Front Row: Brooklyn Greer-Atkins, Adam Lennox, Harry Godfrey (Captain), Curtis Heaphy, Logan Love. Absent: Joel Clarke. Coach: Mark Godfrey. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
CHRISTCHURCH BOUND: The Huntley School 1st XI. Back Row: William Hocquard, Shaun O'Leary, Ben Orr, Ben Loudon, Angus Wallace, James Craig. Front Row: Brooklyn Greer-Atkins, Adam Lennox, Harry Godfrey (Captain), Curtis Heaphy, Logan Love. Absent: Joel Clarke. Coach: Mark Godfrey. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
The Huntley School 1st X1 will head to the national finals of the Active Post Cricket Cup with an unbeaten record this season.
The Marton-based primary school that caters for Year 3 to Year 8 students will represent the Central Region at the national finals at the cricket high performancecentre at Lincoln University in Christchurch over three days, starting November 23.
Huntley headmaster Sam Edwards said the 1st X1 won both the semifinal and final of the Central region competition in Palmerston North on Tuesday.
"We beat Taranaki in the semifinal and then our old rivals Hereworth School [Hawke's Bay] in the final.
"The boys played really well and in fact are unbeaten this season, including a comprehensive win over a Year 9 team from Wanganui Collegiate this year," Edwards said.
The winners of six regional finals - Auckland, Northern Districts, Central, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago - meet in the three-day national Twenty20 tournament with the victors claiming the Active Post Cup.
