Senior Sports Prizegiving

Juliet Dunlop-Fraser — November 2nd, 2016

We recently held our Senior Sports Prizegiving to acknowledge the 1st teams in all codes and award the members with certificates of achievement, to present the College Champions their trophies in the school-wide sports and to acknowledge the regional and national representatives.

The night was opened by Principal Neil Harray who spoke of the pride that the school and community took in our sporting success and how we more often than not ‘punched above our weight’ in terms of our size and location in our sporting achievements. This sentiment was well-received by the attentive audience. Steve Graveson then took the stage to present this year’s NZ Representative Inductees to our "Wall of Fame".

The guest speaker this year was Mark Grayling, former pupil of Katikati College and current New Zealand coach of the Olympic Wrestling Team. His very amusing speech was well received as he spoke of his time growing up in Katikati, getting beaten at everything by his older brother Claude and his discovery of wrestling. He talked about his travels as a wrestler and also his experiences at Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Rio Olympics after he transitioned into coaching. The main point he got across was to love life and live it to the full, grab every opportunity as you never know what you can achieve.

(A full list of results can be found on Katikati College Moodle under the Sports tab, along with the photos from the night.)

Results

School Champions

Athletics

Senior Boys’ Champion - Uliti Uilou
Senior Girls’ Champion - Libby Bradley
Intermediate Boys’ Champion - Jake Hannah
Intermediate Girls’ Champion - Roelien Du Plessis
Junior Boys’ Champion - Tesimoni Uilou
Junior Girls’ Champion - Sally Carter

Records Broken

Roelien du Plessis 800m 2:27.27, 1500m 5:27.82
Uliti Uilou - Triple Jump 12.10m, Shot Put 12.43m

Cross Country

Senior Boys’ Champion - Joseph Scarrow
Senior Girls’ Champion - Libby Bradley
Intermediate Boys’ Champion - Tanner Hayes
Intermediate Girls’ Champion - Roelien Du Plessis
Junior Boys’ Champion - Brodie Stacey
Junior Girls’ Champion - Dakota Eade

Squash

Senior Boys’ Champion - Owen Whalley
Senior Girls’ Champion - Ashleigh Templeton

Swimming

Senior Boys’ Champion - Nathan Davies
Senior Girls’ Champion - Libby Bradley
Intermediate Boys’ Champion - Simon Van Timmeren
Intermediate Girls’ Champion - Tessa Bradley
Junior Boys’ Champion - Cory Macdonald
Junior Girls’ Champion - Sally Carter

Records Broken

Libby Bradley 133.3m Free 1:27.47, 66.6m Free, 66.6m 39.18, Backstroke 47.89, 66.6m Breaststroke 52.21, 133.3IM 1:39.72 and WAIKATO CHAMPIONSHIPS - 50mFree RECORD 27.32
Nathan Davies 133.3m Breastroke 2:03.47, 66.6m Breaststroke 51.57
Cory Macdonald 133.3m Breastroke 2:34.18, 66.6m Breaststroke 1:07.97
Simon Van Timmeren 66.6 Backstroke 52.37
Troy Collins 66.6m Butterfly 52.70

Tennis