Winter sport is well underway now and we have had teams competing in Cross Country, Rugby, Netball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Cycling and new to the mix Chess.

It’s been a busy term and it has been great to see our students succeeding and consistently demonstrating excellent sportsmanship on and off the field of play.

If you want to know more about sports at Geraldine High School check out our Facebook page, Geraldine High School Sport where we post results, notices and photos.

Sports Updates

Fees and Uniforms

Just a gentle reminder that fees for sporting events need to be paid and uniforms need to be returned asap.

Athletics

Ethan H competed in the Oceania Athletics in Fiji in the U 18 100m. He came third in his heat. He was also part of the 4x100m relay team who were third. Top effort Ethan and we look forward to your next challenge in the athletics world.

Cross-Country

We have had a number of Cross-Country events this term, including our own school cross-country and we are achieving some outstanding results in this sport.

Aoraki

A small team attended this event with the top result coming from Billy N. who was first in Year 9 Boys.

South Island Cross-Country

We had 18 students sign up for this. A great team! They achieved some excellent results once again.

The top results were Billy N. 2nd, Isaac J. 2nd, our U16 Boys team 2nd and top 20 finishes for nearly the whole team!!! A big thank you to Maria Earl for helping out on the day.

Canterbury Cross-Country Champs & National Secondary Schools

Billy N. was on fire again at this event where he was third in Y9 boys. At National SS, Billy came in 13th with a time of 10mins 22sec for 3km!!!

SCPSSA Cross-Country

Once again we had a good team of students attend this event at Waihi School. Top results were Isaac J. 1st Y7 boys, Justina C. 1st Y8 girls, Y8 Girls team 1st, Charlotte W. 2nd AWD. Thanks to Mr Boon for taking the students to this event.

Cycling

Aoraki event

Kyra M. and Lance B. attended the Aoraki Cycling Champs. They both performed well coming in 2nd in the time trial and the scratch event.

Swimming

Aoraki event

We had five swimmers attend the Aoraki Swim Champs in Ashburton. Some great results from the team: Vardan S., Ella M., Thomas An., Ethan W. and Jaeger S. The team won the Mixed Open Relay.

Basketball

Lots happening with Basketball as our students continue in the Friday night competition and a number of students have made South Canterbury rep teams.

Aoraki Open

We had 4 teams attend Aoraki Open Basketball in Ashburton. Our Senior Boys A team were 5th and this was a great chance for our Senior Basketball teams to experience the next level of competition.

Aoraki Junior Basketball

We have had our Y9 & 10 Boys and Girls attend Aoraki Junior Basketball events recently. The boys were 5th. The girls were 2nd and unlucky not to grab the top spot.

Football

Our First XI football team had a game against Mt Hutt College and our team won this clash 5-0.

Quad Sports Exchanges

We have had Junior (Darfield), Middle (Leeston) and Senior (Methven) quads this term. Three sports were involved: Rugby, Netball and Football.

Some great sporting moments across all of the quads however it was Senior Quad that GHS performed the best at. We won Senior Quad. The last time we had the trophy was 2017, with Football and Netball winning all their games and Rugby winning two out of three matches.

Thanks to all staff, parents and supporters who were involved.

Chess

Aoraki event

The inaugural Aoraki Chess Champs were held in Oamaru at Waitaki Boys this term. We had a good team of boys attend and William Kaufman came third.

GHS Sports Committee

This group are getting into gear now and looking towards next term to hold the first of their fundraisers for the year. The first fundraiser is going to be a hypnotist and the committee is looking at the end of August for this event. If you would like more information or to join the committee get in touch with Dion Willocks.

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