NZSS Football Linwood Cup Champions!

Share your successes with us

Here at Papanui we love to showcase what our students are doing outside of school in sport within our community.

Have you competed in a Sports Competition lately? Send your story and results (with pictures if possible) to Sarah (lms@papanui.school.nz) in the Sports Office.

WINTER TOURNAMENT WEEK - (2ND - 6TH SEPTEMBER)

Wow what a week our eight Papanui High School teams had during Winter Tournament Week. There was some great competition and we could not be more proud of our students for not only the results that they produced but also the values and fair play that they displayed. I am sure that every player who competed this week has made some fabulous memories that they will remember for many years to come.

The final placings were-

Boys’ Football - 1st Place and 2024 Winners of the Linwood Cup (Invercargill). Congratulations to Anthony Thurlow who was named as Papanui High Schools MVP for the tournament.

Girls’ Football - 2nd Place and runners up at the Gary Sowden Tournament (Blenheim).

Boys’ Hockey - 3rd Place at the Coaches Cup (Oamaru).

Girls’ Hockey - 5th Place (top Christchurch School) at the Jenny MacDonald Cup (Ashburton).

Snr A Girls’ Netball - 5th Place (only Christchurch team to make Top 8) B Grade at the SISS Netball Tournament (Christchurch).

Boys’ Basketball - Finished strong with two back to back wins, 13th Place at the Southern Cup (Ashburton).

Climbing (Combined Team) - 1st Place Girls’ Division & 2nd Place overall at the SISS Climbing Champs (Christchurch).

Badminton Team - We had a grand total of 7 Medal Winners at the Canterbury Secondary Schools’  Badminton Champs (Christchurch).

Well done to all our teams!  A very big thank you to all our staff, coaches and managers who took the teams away.  Your time, effort and dedication to your teams is truly appreciated.

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Special Olympics Basketball Tournament.

Everyone involved "Dared to Excel". There were plenty of smiles to be seen and lots of positive encouragement among teams. The Special Olympics Oath is - "Let me win. But if I cannot win; Let me be brave in the attempt".

Kia toa ahau. Ki te kore ahau e toa, Kia māia ahakoa a hinga.

We had so many brave athletes on court achieving all sorts of different goals.

Our results;

In division 1 we were placed first. Adi Pathak MVP

In division 2 we were placed third. Alex Skinner MVP

In division 3 we were placed first equal. Jack Dowling MVP

STUDENT SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to

Mischa Myers (10Prd) who has been offered a position in the Wellington Phoenix Football Club Under 18 Academy. Mischa is also part of the New Zealand Football Ferns development programme, and has also been selected for the Canterbury United Pride National Youth Squad to play in the National League.

Tylah Matthias (11Wld) who has been selected for the Canterbury Boxing Team who will compete at the National Championships from the 2nd-5th October in Christchurch.

Well done to Piper Nuku (11Srt) who has been invited to attend the Mainland Advanced Netball Camp.  From this camp 15 players will be selected to attend the National Development Camp.