Farrer's Ryan Hodson selected in CHS rugby union side following state championships

The backrower was the only North West player selected in the side following the carnival at Kiama and will now play against teams representing the other school systems.

Coach Jason Walker thought they were a bit unlucky not to get a couple more in the side after a very competitive showing.

They finished equal seventh after the final day-and-a-half was abandoned with the persistent heavy rain making the fields unplayable.

"We were very impressed, the boys played very well," manager Clayton Pursche said.

"We just got a bit unlucky some times."

After starting their campaign with a 12-nil win over Riverina, they then went down to Sydney West and Central Coast.

Pursche said they were the smallest side in just about every game they played but never gave up.

The most exciting part is that probably half of the side will be able to play next year, or in the case of five-eighth Charlie Henderson the next two years.

"There's some really exciting signs for the future," Pursche said.

"Hopefully we can build on that for next year."

One of the biggest issues is their lack of time together. A lot of the other regions have trial games.

Pursche said they spoke with the coaches from the Western region about possibly having a trial next year.

"They play three or four games in a couple of days and you can see that improvement every game," he said.

Breakaway Johnathan Evans (Coonabarabran High) was named their player of the carnival.

The zone also had basketball and soccer teams away.

The secondary boys soccer side finished ninth out of the 12 teams. After losing their first two pool games - 4-0 to South Coast and 3-1 to the CHS Invitational side - they went on to beat Riverina 1-0, Western 2-0 and West Darling 2-0 in the play-off stage.

Farrer's Lachlan Wesierski was adjudged the team's mvp while Cooper Heagney (Armidale Secondary College) was named as a shadow for the CHS teams.

The secondary basketball girls had a tough championships, placing 10^th of 10 but had some competitive games.

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