Our winter sports are well underway and it is great to see the amount of participation, improvement and enjoyment within KHS Sport.

Wednesday Sport will continue into Term 3, with the same sports and existing teams. All sport starting the first week back, with the exception of Small bore and Archery, starting week 2. 

Cross Country 

On Thursday 6th June we had a small group of runners competing in the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Cross Country Champs held at Ascot Park. They all ran so well and finished with great results. 

Well done to:

Jacob Claridge, yr 13 - Para 2km - 1st out of 17 runners

Isaac Lyon,  yr 9 - 3 km  - 8th out of 39 runners

Rebecca Ross, yr 9 - 3 km - 14th out of 43 runners 

Cross Country Nationals 

On 15th and 16th of June the Secondary Schools' Nationals were held at Ascot Park in Christchurch.

Sophie Jolly, yr 10 & Isaac Lyon, yr 9 represented our school in the 3km race in their age grade on Saturday and represented Canterbury in the teams' relay races on Sunday morning.

It was great to have the national event held here this year, giving our students the opportunity to complete and experience a secondary schools' national event and to run with some of NZ’s best cross country runners! Well done to you both, we hope you enjoyed the experience and you did so well with the large number of runners in each age group.

Sport Coaches 

Thank you to the students that have helped out with the primary schools' Friday winter sports competition, which our local schools have been very thankful for. You have all done a great job and we have received some really nice feedback, which is always great to hear.

This year our local primary schools were lucky enough to have a massive group of 22 student sport coaches.

Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu – National Volunteer Week in Aotearoa

Last week was Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu – National Volunteer Week in Aotearoa! It was a time to recognise and celebrate volunteers. 

With this in mind, we would like to acknowledge the staff, parents, community coaches and students that support us, and give our students the opportunity each week to take part in the sport of their choice. They give their valuable time and energy to make sport possible and also don't forget the life skills and lessons that sport creates. You are all part of these experiences for our students. 

We would like to thank them for being the contact people that has made it so easy to communicate with, we thank you for your time and effort in coaching a team, or for getting our teams to where they need to be with transport and communicating with students and parents. All of these things are so important to grow the opportunities and it's these people that we rely on to help make this possible.

A massive thank you to all our volunteers for the difference they make and the impact they have on our young people.

Sporting Achievements

Congratulations to the following students who have gained success in their respective sports:

Jordy Keating - Canterbury Korfball Team -  competed in the Australian Club Nationals in Adelaide, Australia 

Cody Siegenthaler & James Harrison - NZ Korfball U21 Team - competing in the World Championships in Turkey 6-13th July

Rico Pradhan - NZ Football U19 Team - competing in the Oceania World Cup Qualifiers in Samoa 5th-18th July 

Jacoby Golding- Pac-Men NZ U14 Baseball Team - competing in the International World Series in Southern California, USA 21-26th June. 

Aliyah Newton - Basketball NZ U20 National Champions - Canterbury Team 

Basketball NZ TUPU Women's National Tournament - Canterbury Wildcats 4th Place. 

Taylah Tohill, Cord'e Kennelly & Reggie Entese - won Gold at the South Island Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament on 1st June.

HOLIDAY TOURNAMENTS 

South Island School Road Champs, 6th-7th July Christchurch

Brodie Chapman has been representing our school in the weekly school cycling event held at Halswell Quarry and during the holidays he will be representing our school in the South Island Road Championships which are being held in Christchurch this year. 

SISS Junior Netball Tournament, 8th-11th July - Nga Puna Wai, Christchurch

KHS Yr 9 A -Lily Adam, Emily Ahomiro, Zoe Davey, Hazel Herriott, Ruby Johnson, Sienna Kiesanowski, Jordan Mayes, Paige McGregor, Savarna Nutbrown, Madison Taylor. 

KHS Yr 10A -  Chloe Eustace, Leila Ferreira, Ashleigh Gaskell, Sophie Jolly, Sophie Keates, Kaliah Lucas, Indie Reid, Mickey Roberts, Georgia Suliafu, Amelia Wilson

Basketball Nationals U16 Girls, 16th-19th July Auckland 

North Canterbury Basketball Team KHS Representatives- Chloe Eustace, Ellie Shaw 

Basketball Nationals U18 Tournament, 10th - 13th July Wellington 

North Canterbury Basketball Team KHS Representatives- Hannah Toli, Anika Shaw, Maddi Gascoyne

Netball Nationals U18 Tournament, 15th -18th July Dunedin

North Canterbury Netball Team KHS Representatives - Aliyah Newton, Ruby Maclaine, Eden Tane, Eva Parry, Brooke Keates.

It's great to celebrate our students' achievements outside of school as we have some very talented students. Please let us know in the sports office of your achievements.