On Wednesday 2 December, 18 Christ The King students competed in the Canterbury Primary Schools Athletics Championship held at Ngā Puna Wai.

There were 191 schools competing and over 1800 athletes in attendance.

After many weeks of training all students competed with pride and supported each other energetically.

Special mention goes to the following students:

• Finn Corcoran 1st Discus
• Hannah Antaran 2nd Discus
• Year 6 Girls Relay 2nd Zoe O’Neill, Nova Jong-Smit, Madison Sillifant, Sophie Cleave
• Year 8 Girls Relay 2nd, Jessica Luff, Connie Fitzgearld, Ruby Ward, Helena Scanlan
• Lily Dunne 3rd 1000m
• Sophie Snell 3rd 60m and 3rd Long Jump
• Top Ten (Official results yet to be published)
• Ava Doyle 1000m
• Madison Sillifant High Jump and Long Jump
• Charlie Smith Discus
• Sophie Cleave 60m
• Connie Fitzgerald Discus
• Jessica Luff 1200m
• Helena Scanlan Long Jump

A massive thanks must go to Carmen Cunningham for all the hours spent on shotput and discus training, it was evident that the training contributed to the successes. Also thanks to Kieran Ford for his help with long distance training, Catherine Abbott with her training of the sprint and relay teams and Monica Whitham for her help with the long jump.

Thanks to Justine Coltman for keeping our teams looking great in their sport uniforms.

Thanks to Beth, Lorraine, Shaun, Steve, Peter and Nigel for their help on the day.

Ryan McInnes