Congratulations to Jordan Coleman (Rugby League) and Christina Fifita (Rugby) who have both been awarded the CSF Scholarship in their respective sports.

The Canterbury Sports Foundation is committed to providing financial assistance for emerging talented athletes within Canterbury.

The recipients of this award need to have shown potential and require assistance to develop in their sport further. The scholarship assists with the costs of additional coaching and development. 

Christina's chosen sport is rugby, and recent achievements include playing with the Forward Foundation Team in the UC Cup mid week girls' competition, selection for the Canterbury Secondary School Girls' Rugby Team (winners of the 2017 competition) and selection for the South Island Secondary School team in 2017. Christina trialled for the NZ U17/18 7's team in 2017. Last week Christina competed in the National Tag Footie Competition for the Canterbury open women's team. They came 4th out of 7 teams. She maintained this sporting commitment while producing great academic results during the course of the year.

Jordan's chosen sport is Rugby League, and his 2017 achievements included playing in the Hornby panthers Under 16's and Under 18's, both of which won their grand final. He was awarded Player of the Year in his Under 16 team, and was selected for the Canterbury Under 17 representative squad, and the Scorpions Under 17 squad. Jordan has also been selected for the 2018 National 18's Talent Development programme. Jordan also has achieved all of this while maintaining great academic results at school.

Both of these outstanding athletes will use their scholarships to support their personal development as players, attending tournaments and further developing their fitness and conditioning under professional supervision.

We congratulate these two outstanding students on their outstanding achievements built as they are on our school values of Commitment, Achievement, Resilience, and Respect.