MGC students competing in the Summer Sports Week, held throughout New Zealand from 24 March to the 1 April.

We are incredibly proud of all of our athletes who represented MGC in the various competitions listed below. Their hard work, perseverance, commitment to their team and sportspersonship are inspiring. 

Thank you to all the coaches, managers, sponsors and organisers for your support of our MGC students.

SISS Athletics

The South Island Secondary Schools' Championships for 2023 was held in Invercargill. 

Neve McKenzie placed 1st in the U15 3000m and 1500m.  Isla Tilbury place 2nd in the U15 400m and 800m

Participants were Ryleigh Gale, Hannah Harper, Neve McKenzie, Isla Tilbury.

SISS Mountain Biking

Congratulations to Maddy Sinclair (Year 12) and Neve McKenzie (Year 10) who competed at the South Island Secondary Schools Tournament with some outstanding results in challenging conditions.

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SISS Touch

The MGC Gold Touch team, travelled to Christchurch to compete in the SISS Touch tournament. The girls played some hard teams like Rangi Ruru Girls’ and St Hilda’s (who eventually went on to win the tournament). With only a few trainings before the tournament, the girls managed to come away with 3rd place. An outstanding performance from the team and we are proud of the efforts they contributed.

Participants were Olivia Brown, Bree Flynn, McKenzie Haronga, Hannah Harper, Delyth James-Sitters, Luca McMillan,Sophia Nicholas, Paige O'Brien, Greer Sampson, Jordan Sampson, Shani Tilbury, Isabella Tupouto'a, Tilly Tupouto'a

By Delyth James-Sitters (Year 13)

SISS Volleyball - B Team

MGC B Team placed 3rd Division 2 in the SISS Volleyball tournament.

Participants were Zoe Baker, Amelie James, Holly Large, Janet Luka, Miranda Rae, Measina Raeli, Emily Searle, Opal Thongbo, Enxin Zhang

SISS Water Polo

Our team of fierce juniors Poppy Clark, Elizabeth Douthett, Mia Lindfield, Hayley McCormick, Carys McNabb, Gabby Miller, India Nathan, Chloe Sell, Libby Senior, Koko Wong made their way down to Christchurch to compete at the SISS Tournament over the Summer Sports Week. While the brave young team only came away with 1 win - against STAC - They were great examples to their peers at the weekend - both in and out of the pool. 

Thanks to Paul Sell for coaching, Vicky for managing and organising the girls, and Emma for assisting her and doing the stats.

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NZSS Futsal

Last week the MGC Futsal team participated in the NZSS Futsal tournament in Wellington. We started out with two good wins on the first day.  The second day we came up against some really tough teams.  We drew against Hamilton Girls 3-3 and the next two games were extremely tough.  We lost both of them but played quite well.  

By the last day we were all exhausted, but still very keen.  We won our first game 2-3 against Hillcrest High School which put us into the playoffs for 13th and  14th place.  Unfortunately we lost our last game against Wellington Girls.  Overall we came 14th out of 30 teams which we were pretty happy with. 

Participants were Sophie Campbell, Giana Chen, Jaimie Elrick, Leni Manson, Jemimah O'Donnell, Katie Pugh, Ruby Quinn, Maddison Rowe, Lauren Sloan

By Jaimie Elrick (Year 11)

NZSS Rowing - Maadi Cup 

The country's largest sporting event with over 2000 rowers took place during Summer Sports Week at Lake Karapiro. Congratulations to all our teams and competitors, a total of nine A Finals is an incredible achievement. There was one gold for the U16 Four and one bronze for the U16 Eight. 

Congratulations to the MGC students that participated at Maadi Cup they were Ana Bailey, Ella Barnes, Jessica Bennett, Elizabeth Bowron, Izzy Brick, Abby Craig, Katie Fenwick, Emma Flanagan, Hazel Glover, Brooke Harper, Georgette Herkt, Amelia Hood, Ebony Howes, Anna Hurren, Trinity Locke, Georgia Marfell, Grace McKendry, Lilly McMillan, Olive Paterson, Bella Rayner, Sophia Saggers, Lily Smith, Grace Straker, Lexi Timpson, Tessa Unwin, Mila van Rensburg, Iris Vavasour, Molly Wilkes.

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NZSS Triathlon/Duathlon

Neve McKenzie (Year 10) placed 3rd in the U16 Girls NZSS Triathlon in Wanaka in very chilly conditions that saw the officials delay the start due to the cold temperatures. During the transition from the swim to the bike, Neve's wetsuit zip locked in position, and she was unable to remove the wetsuit and lost valuable time until a marshall was able to assist. Neve proved amazing resilience and chased down the pack on the bike and run, to finish in 3rd place. An outstanding result given the circumstance. Well done.

NZSS Volleyball - A Team

The MGC A team placed 4th in Division 4.

Participants were Pipi Bell, Imogen Brophy, Maggie Dodson, Anel Moli, Lhea Morcilla, Iris Nott, Maddison Perrow, Birgitta Prescott, Maia Watene

Fantastic results and congratulations to everyone.