Cricket

We are very proud of a special group of young men who put together the performance of the season today against Nelson College on Horton Park. Batting first, the top order got us off to a strong start with Cooper and Tim, followed by some good contributions through the middle and lower order to get us to a good total. 247 was always going to be a tough chase but the game was soon over as our bowlers ripped through led, by Griffin Carter with devastating figures of 6 for 7 off seven overs. A 195 run victory meaning we progress to the next stage of the Gillette Cup, the CD regional final which has been postponed to November in Palmerston North.

The lads have had a great season and have done an amazing job. They have taken ownership of this team selecting teams, running trainings doing previews and reviews of games and basically running the team.  Well done to the player leadership group for getting on board with this strategy.

That's the end of the season for us. We will put in the mahi over the winter with the goal being NZ Gillette Finals.

Thanks for a great season. Thanks to the parents for their support, Marl Cricket, Phil d'Auvergne and Mike Croad for their help and anyone else who assisted getting the boys to such a great level of performance. Until next season......

Finn McKenzie

Congratulations to Finn McKenzie who won the SISS Triathlon held in Oamaru, in March.

Awesome work Finn

Athletics

Congratulations to James Hansen, Elijah O'Donnell and Alex Hansen, who competed at the Tasman Athletics on the 26th-27th February.

James Hansen - Won - Tasman Champs for the 15+age group and set a new U18 Tasman Record in the 100m (11.43s)

Elijah O'Donnell - Won - Tasman Champs for the 13 boys age group.

Alex Hansen - 2nd - Tasman Champs for the 13 boys age group.

Dom Henry

Dom Henry has just returned from the 50m Outdoor Smallbore Nationals in Trentham, where he:

- Finished 4th in the Open Men’s Championship

- Won the C-grade aggregate

- Won the Biathlon event (run-shoot-run-shoot-run)

- Was selected for the 2022 NZ Open Slazenger team, competing against Australia

- Was selected for the 2022 NZ Junior Men’s team, also competing against Australia

Congratulations Dom, fantastic results!!

National Championships - Cycling 

Congratulations to Finn McKenzie and Cameron Anderson on their podium finish.  Finn won the U17 Boys national title at the Cycling New Zealand National Championships at the Crocodile Mountain Bike Park in Christchurch. 

Cameron completed an impressive finish, taking second place with a tight race against Finn, particularly in the first two laps.

Tennis

Well done to our MBC Tennis Team who competed at the SISS Tennis Championship in Christchurch over the weekend. With a tough first day they came away with a great win on the second day against Ashburton College beating them 5-1!! Super cool these boys still got to go away with so many sporting competitions being cancelled.

Well done boys and a big thank you to Mr Bell for taking them!!

Maadi 2022

The senior MBC Rowing boys have just returned from a great week at Maadi Cup which attracted 1306 competitors from 95 schools around the country. MBC took a squad of 13 rowers and 1 coxswain to Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel, they qualified for 7 A finals and brought home a fantastic medal haul:

U18 Single Skulls – Ashley-James Fitzgerald (Silver)

U18 Novice Double - Luke Martella and Thomas Pitts (Silver)

U18 Novice Quad - Luke Martella, Thomas Pitts, Tom Wilken, Oliver Watts and Walter Wickham (Cox) (Bronze)

Huge thanks go out to the coaches and volunteers for all their support.

On the back of these results and their season, we are very proud that some of the boys secured a NZ Rowing Trial: Hugh Straker and Zac Jenkins for the U18 North South Regatta and Ashley-James Fitzgerald for the U19 Squad, along with recent old boy Dylan Burton.

New Zealand Schools Triathlon Championships

Ryan Marfell (Year 12) age 16, won the under-19 New Zealand Schools Triathlon Championships. The championships were held in New Plymouth on 27 March  as part of the Tri Taranaki Festival.  Around 400 athletes from across New Zealand took part.

Finn McKenzie Year 11 came fourth in his under-16 individuals race.

Strong wind added to the difficulty on the swim and uphill leg of the bike section, Ryan finished 14 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor.

Junior Footballers- Put through their paces during our pre-season!

It has been great this year to work with such a strong number of dedicated Year 9 and 10 students who will form the wider squad for Junior football exchanges and tournament this year. With covid peppering the previous two seasons for these young men, we are really pleased with the reliance they have shown and their response to our kōrero around the importance of switching on their football brain and having a positive mental attitude.