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HOT OFF THE PRESS - XC SKIING

Biathlon athlete Campbell Wright has been selected to represent the New Zealand Team for the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games. The 17-year-old MAC student is the first athlete to be selected for the team, which will run from January 9th to 22nd. Wright will compete in both the 7.5km sprint distance and the 12.5km individual distance at the Games. Go Campbell!

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Fergus Read and Ben McNabb who have been selected for the Otago U17 Cricket team. 

ENTRIES DUE

6 November -  Otago Primary Schools athletic championships (Dunedin)

ATHLETICS

Aspiring Athletes Club nights begin this coming Thursday 17 October. Please note the change of venue and time. 

Where: 3 Parks track beside the Wanaka Recreation Centre

When: 4.30 - 5.45pm

All previous athletes and new athletes are invited to the registration and information session this week. Activities will follow. 

Any parents who are keen to be involved in coaching or helping are invited to express their interest.

CRICKET

Senior boys cricket training is being held on Wednesdays after school at 3.30pm at the sports field. New players are welcome. 

For more info see Mr Stuart in the P.E. office.

NATIONAL MTB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The national MTB championships were held in Dunedin during the holidays. Nineteen MAC students attended this three day event and tested their skills in the enduro, downhill and cross country races. Mount Aspiring College placed 5th overall out of 108 schools from NZ and came away with national titles for some of our riders:

• Kalani Muirhead took out two titles in two days by winning the female U17 downhill to go with the enduro win on day one. The U16 winner from last year and current South Island champion dominated her competition in the challenging conditions.

• Amy Benson also showed great skill and experience during her three races. She placed first in the U13 girls enduro, 2nd in the downhill and 2nd in the cross country race and was the overall winner in her age group.

• Luke Hancock placed 3rd in the U15 boys Enduro race.

Thanks to team manager Clair Kok and all the parents for their support and congratulations to all the riders and place getters! Great effort! See the rest of the photos below. 

NZ GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2019 NZ Gymnastics Championships were held in Auckland in the first week of the holidays with three MAC students returning with national titles!

Huge congratulations to:

• Bella Soper who competed in the step seven overs (14 years and above) and placed 1st on beam, 2nd on floor and 3rd in vault.
  
  

• Deia Carson-Wolfe who placed 2nd in the double mini trampoline event in the 15/16 age group and 3rd in the trampoline 15/16 age group. 

• Jessica Penney who placed 1st in synchronised trampoline with her partner in the 11/12 age group.

• Elizabeth Pell competed against close to 30 other girls from around NZ in the 11/12 years age group achieving a 6th and 7th place in her trampoline disciplines. 

CENTRAL OTAGO VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

The Year 10 girls volleyball team played in the Central Otago Volleyball tournament in Queenstown at the end of last term. The MAC team won one of their four games in the top division having to compete against some strong experienced teams. They are now looking forward to the Otago Junior Volleyball tournament in Dunedin next month. Thanks to coach Jason Dickson for his time training the girls. 

FOOTBALL

MAC students Caspin Orbell, George Holland, Arlo Hanning and Ben Davies, players of the Central Otago U12 football team, competed in the U12 South Island championship in Blenheim during the holidays. The Central Otago team went on to win the 'Gavin Roberts U12 South Island tournament’ which is the first time in the 46 year history of the tournament. Fantastic achievement!

YUNCA JUNIOR TOUR OF SOUTHLAND

Click here to read all about the Yunca Junior Tour of Southland which took place over the school holidays. Congratulations to all of those who participated! 

STAFF V COMMITTEES UPDATE

Wednesday 16th October marked the first round of the staff versus committee sports competition. 

Staff drew first blood with a 9 - 4 win at lunchtime in the netball. Cheers to all the staff and students who turned up to play and support . Check out a few snaps from the game below: 

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