Maree Reynolds — Dec 9, 2018

Kaiapoi High School celebrated our second Sports Awards Evening in early November in the KHS Auditorium.

We would like to congratulate the following students on their success in 2018:

Hall Of Fame

This award is for students who have achieved any one of the following:

Layla Bailey McDowell:  Softball - U17 Emerging White Sox Team

Sophie Vos:  Futsal - 3rd Place National Women’s League 

Helen Matthews:  Basketball - U17 World Cup Basketball Team

Luke Hopkinson:  Wrestling - NZSS Wrestling Champs 1st Place

Brianna Stalker:  Harness Eventing - NZ Champs 3rd Place

Tayla Messervy:  Aerobics - 2017 NZ Aerobics Champs 1st Place

Jessica Garlick:  Powerlifting - National Deadlift Record of 150kg

Owen French:  Karate - 1st Place NZ U14 Development Squad

Koby Cameron:  Surfing - 1st Place National Surf Champs Canterbury Team

Luke Price:  Cycling - Selected for NZ Cycling Team for Junior Goulburn Tour Australia.

Team of the Year:  Touch Rugby Snr Girls

Sportsman of the Year:   Lewis MacDonald

Sportswoman of the Year:  Helen Matthews

Junior Sportsman of the Year:  Luke Hopkinson

Junior Sportswoman of the Year:  Megan Green


Jock MacTaggart Shield - For Contribution to Sport at Kaiapoi High School

Jock MacTaggart was a long serving member of staff here at KHS and was heavily involved in Canterbury and New Zealand Secondary School Athletics for many years.

Jill Cassidy is the deserving winner of the Jock MacTaggart Shield for 2018.  Jill has been contributing to KHS sport for over 30 years at KHS as a coach, manager, or supervisor of many sports and has attended a huge number of tournaments as team manager.