Two of Canowindra’s former “sons” have been in the news in the past week following success and despair in the sporting arena.
Liam Gough, who now lives in Orange has returned from the School Sport Australia 15 Years and Under Boys’ Cricket Championships with new skills and a gold medal.
Gough is the son of former Canowindra residents Narissa and Gerry Gough.
Gerry was a teacher at St Edwards’ School in the 1990s.
Gough was part of the NSW All Schools team which won the final on Friday against Victoria.
The James Sheahan Catholic High School student played an important role in the final, taking 2-37 off his 10 overs with the ball.
The 14-year-old was involved in the game’s first wicket when he took the throw from the boundary to run Victoria’s opener out.
Gough then bowled the next over where he claimed the next scalp caught behind.
Victoria was removed for 188 and NSW reached the winning total with two wickets in hand.
Gough said it was an exciting final and it was even better to win when NSW was hosting the championships in Campbelltown.
GRANT OUT
A SEASON that yielded so much for Rhyan Grant early on has ended in disappointment with the former Canowindra youth and current Sydney FC player suffering an ankle ligament injury that could keep him out of the game for six months.
“I snapped three ligaments in my left ankle and I had to have surgery where they inserted screws into my ankle,” Grant said.
“I’ve got my leg in a cast, I got that on Friday and once that comes off it will go into a boot but I will have to be in the cast for eight weeks. Basically I’ll be out for six months. I’ll be pushing hard to be
back for the first round next season.”
It couldn’t have come at a worse time for Grant as his team are pushing for a place in the A-League grand final and he had an opportunity to push for a place in the starting side.
Steve Corica, the veteran player who Grant has been replacing towards the end of each match during the season, tore a hamstring against Melbourne Victory a fortnight ago meaning that the 2009 Bathurst Junior Sportsperson of the Year would have been a candidate to replace him in the first team.
“It was a bit of a downer because I was starting to get some game time but you can’t choose when these things happen,” he said.
“It’s even worse because Steve Corica also got injured so I could have had a starting spot.”
Corica also announced his retirement from the game earlier in the year and that gives Grant a big opportunity to become a regular starter in the 2010-11 season, but he admits that it will be tougher now.
“It will be a bit tougher because I won’t have much of an off season but we will have to see how I go. There will be a couple of spots up for grabs and I still hope I can cement one of them,” he said.
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