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Taylor Hall is a standout at last week’s meet (file photo).
Easter Saturday and Sunday saw most of the country’s top 12- and 13-year-old athletes competing on the Manawatū Community Athletic Track, as the city hosted the Athletics New Zealand 12- and13 years Interprovincial Teams Event. They certainly did not disappoint with the stadium listing of the best performances on the track for 12- and 13-year-olds needing to be almost completely rewritten after the completion of the competition with 26 new records being established. All competitors were required to compete in both track and field events, with points being accumulated by their performances. At the end of the two days, Canterbury proved to be the top scoring team with Auckland second and Wellington third.
The second half was an intense battle, with both teams scoring early, and at one stage Manawatū led 4-2 with five minutes to play. Counties Manukau fought back to level the scores 4-all, so with the scores tied at the end of regulation time, the game proceeded to a drop off. Teams were reduced to four players and the game was restarted for another 2 minutes. During this time no-one could score, so each side was reduced to three players and the golden point rule instigated. Counties Manukau attacked hard first, nearly scoring on a sprint to the wing, however Manawatū’s Madison Hadfield made a try saving dive to make the touch.