Congratulations to all players for their achievements throughout the season and a huge well done to those who received top honours within their team!

This season Columba College had 18 Otago representative players across four different age grades. They compete at the Te Waipounamu Tournament with four other provinces across the South Island (Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury and Southland).

Unfortunately, due to the current nature of our environment, the Junior Nationals were cancelled earlier, however, all under U18 and U16 players have been invited to trial for their respective NZ age group squads at the regional trial held in early June. We wish you all the best! Columba is incredibly proud of your efforts during a very uncertain and disrupted season.

U12:
Harlow La Hood (Captain)
Honor Blaikie
Daisy Cooper

Due to a Sport NZ directive surrounding fun and inclusion, this age group was playing for participation and improvement in replace of competition. However, this team were undefeated in six games, drawing twice with their Cantabrian rivals and finishing at the top of the table.

U14:
Delilah Brown
Lula Joseph
Lila Rhodes
Coached by ex-students Naomi Ireland and Olivia Fowler

Beaten by Marlborough in the final 7-6 to claim 2nd place overall out of five teams. Teams played incredibly well throughout the two-day tournament, gaining heaps of improvements and claiming big wins over Canterbury and Southland. 

U16:
Madison Flutey (Captain)
Charli Sinclair
Milla Cashmore
Asha Murphy
Peyton Wafer
Molly McClure
Pip Eason
Bella Adams
Sophie Davis
Coached by our Director of Sport - Miss Turnbull

Winning the final with a scoreline of 11-4 against Canterbury to gain 1st place overall although even sweeter than the gold medal was seeing this team dominate Canterbury U18 in pool play 8-3.  

U18:
Riley Piebenga (Captain)
Lucy Cowie
Neve Graamans
Mia Stout
Coached by ex-student Meg Sycamore

Beaten by Canterbury 7-6 in an extra-time drop-off, this team had a much-improved performance from their pool game, going down 6-2 to narrowly claim 2nd place in a thriller final.

Each team names three awards for the prizegiving each year and we are proud to announce there were a number of Columba names popping up to receive these honours.