We are nearing the end of summer sports, with many of our students preparing for winter sports.

We have had some excellent results across our summer teams and displays of sportsmanship. Thank you to those students and parents who have been turning up for duty, volunteered to umpire or referee, coaching our students and supporting on the sideline each week. We appreciate your positive support for both our Queen’s teams and the opposition. Please keep an eye out for uniform returns over the coming weeks in the notices and ensure your child returns their uniform washed and tidy for the next student to use.

If your child has registered as a competitive player for the upcoming winter season, they are required to attend all trials for their registered sports. If they are unavailable for trials, please speak with the Teacher in Charge as soon as possible. If your child does not turn up to trials and they have not communicated this with the Teacher in Charge, they run the risk of missing out on a spot in their desired team due to the large volume of students registered to play sports this year.

If students have registered as social players for winter sports, they are not required to attend trials. More information as to how teams will be created will be made available over the coming weeks.

If your child has done exceptionally well in their sports recently, please contact Tessa at sport@queens.school.nz. We are always looking to celebrate our students, whether they are competing, umpiring, refereeing or coaching, we want to hear from you!

Parent Coaches

Thank you to the parents who have put their hands up to assist with teams over the winter period. If Tessa has not already, she will be getting in touch with you next week to confirm your availability. 

We are still actively looking for a Senior A and Senior B basketball coach, as well as a hockey coach for the winter season. 

The rowing crew are looking for an assistant coach for next season.

If you are interested in helping with these teams, or know someone who has the skills and may be interested, please contact Tessa at sport@queens.school.nz.

Student Coach, Umpire and Referee Workshop

The Otago Secondary School Sport Association is running a student sport workshop on Wednesday the 3rd of April at the Edgar Centre. The workshop is aimed at developing upcoming coaches, umpires and referees who are interested in learning more about the facilitation of sports. Netball South, Otago Volleyball and Southern Football are just a few of the facilitators of the workshop and is a great opportunity for students to upskill themselves ahead of the winter season.

Students who are interested in attending this workshop must be willing to coach, umpire or referee for the upcoming winter season, or term four summer sports, either with Queen’s or in the wider school community. If your child has registered their interest, a permission slip will be sent home next week with more details, including a permission slip which must be signed and returned before your child can attend. Students have been sent a draft copy of the schedule for the day, please check with your child if you wish to see the agenda.

Sporting Achievements

Andrew Finn Cup

Kotomiyo Cowell (pictured with Paul Tyson at the Caledonian Ground) was awarded the Andrew Finn Cup/Scholarship for her Outstanding Achievement in Children's Athletics at the Otago Children's Athletics Champs at the Caledonian on Sunday. She is a very worthy recipient of this award.

Athletics

Otago Secondary School Championships Results

We had some excellent results over the weekend, with a large number of Queen’s students competing across several events. Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed, with a special mention to the following students:

Eve Kelleher - 1st U14 3000m and 1500m

Ora Winklemann - 1st U14 800m, 2nd 3000m

Kotomiyo Cowell - 1st U15 3000m, 2nd 1500m and 200m Hurdles

Seddah McGregor - 1st U15 200m Hurdles and High Jump, 2nd 800m, 3rd 80m Hurdles

Mila Tarasiewicz - 3rd U16 Long Jump and 400m

Brooke Wilson - 1st U14 Long Jump, 2nd 80m Hurdles

Martha Lipross - 1st U14 80m Hurdles

Bella Smith - 1st U14 Triple Jump, 3rd Shot Put

Aurora Wills - 1st U15 Long Jump, 2nd Shot Put

Sylvia Haig, Bella Poulter, Hannah Scott and Chelsea Winder - 100m finalists

U14 winning relay team - Bella Poulter, Sylvia Haig, Brooke Wilson, Bella Smith

U15 winning relay team - Kotomiyo Cowell, Hannah Scott, Aurora Wills, Seddah McGregor

A big thank you to all of the whanau and Queen’s High School fans that supported our athletes.

Otago Athletics Club Championships Results

Outside of school athletics, we also had some fantastic results at club athletics as well. Congratulations to the following athletes who obtained great results!

Ora Winklemann: 1st 1500m, 1st 800m, 2nd 400m

Sylvie Haig: 2nd 100m, 1st 200m, 1st 400m

Kotomiyo Cowell: 3rd 200m, 2nd 400m, 2nd 800m, 2nd 1500m, 3rd 80m Hurdles, 3rd Long Jump

Seddah McGregor: 1st 100m, 1st 200m, 1st 80m Hurdles, 2nd Shot Put, 1st Discus, 2nd High Jump, 1st Long Jump, 1st Race Walk

Brooke Wilson: 3rd 200m, 2nd 80m Hurdles, 1st Long Jump

Martha Lipross: 1st 80m Hurdles

Charlotte Summers: 3rd 400m, 3rd 800m, 2nd 80m hurdles, 1st Shot Put, 3rd Discus, 3rd High Jump, 2nd Long Jump

Basketball

Elise Carline has an U18 New Zealand basketball trial in Auckland from the 3rd to the 5th of May. If she makes this team, she will travel to China to represent New Zealand. Elise has also recently made the Under 20 Otago Basketball team.

A huge congratulations to Elise and her achievements in basketball.

Futsal

Congratulations to Yui on her call up to the Southern United Women’s Futsal squad last weekend. Yui travelled to Wellington to compete in the second round of the Futsal National league series. Well done on your efforts Yui.

Volleyball

Our Senior A volleyball team has been competing this week in the Christchurch Satellite Tournament. The team has seen some incredible results, winning three out of their four pool games over Tuesday and Wednesday. Overall, the team finished 3rd.

We are incredibly proud of these players and their commitment to their training and games. A huge thank you to Whaea Cherie, Ernie Mather, and coach Madi Mather for taking the team away to compete. Thank you to the Year 13s who competed in their final volleyball tournament for Queen’s, we hope you have enjoyed the past three years in the senior team and wish you all the best in your next chapter with volleyball.

A special thank you to Mosgiel New World for supplying kai to fuel the girls, and to Night n Day Dunedin for the gear bags!

We also had our Senior A, Senior B and Senior Tahi teams compete in the Otago Senior Secondary Schools Championships last weekend. It was an eventful two days with lots of drama and excitement! Congratulations to these students who participated.

Winter Sports Information

Basketball

Our basketball trials will be held in the Queen’s gymnasium on the following dates:

Trial #1 - Wednesday 27th March

4.00pm-5.00pm Juniors

5.00pm-6.00pm Seniors

Trial #2 - Thursday 4th of April

3.00pm-4.00pm Juniors

Seniors TBC, numbers dependent

Football

Football trials this year will be at Tonga Park on the following dates:

Trial #1

26th of March, 3.00pm-4.15pm

Trial #2

3rd of April, 3.00pm-4.15pm

We have over 50 students who have registered to play for the winter season. If your child is wishing to play competitively this year, they will be required to attend trials or risk missing out on their desired team.

Netball

The following dates and times have been confirmed for the 2024 Netball season. All competitive players must attend trials to be considered for a competitive team.

Senior Trials - Queen's Gym

Trial #1: Thursday 4th April, 3.00pm-5.30pm

Trial #2 (call-back): Sunday 7th April, 5.30-7.30pm

Senior Squad training: 9th April, 3.00pm-5.00pm

Junior Trials - All Junior trials are at the Edgar Centre

Trial #1 Monday 8th April

Year 9s - 3.30pm–5.30pm

Year 10s - 5.30pm-7.30pm

Trial #2 Tuesday 9th April

Year 9 - 3.30pm–5.30pm

Year 10 - 5.30pm-7.30pm

If you have any questions, please contact Tessa at sport@queens.school.nz

Netball Parent Meeting

Queen’s will be hosting a parent evening on Thursday the 4 April to give parents the opportunity to meet the coaches for the 2024 season. Senior A head coach and Netball South Coach Educator Lana Morrison, will be hosting the evening, with support from Netball South and the Queen’s Director of Sport, Tessa Nicol. The parent evening will give parents, caregivers and students the opportunity to hear first-hand information about the upcoming season, expectations and a chance to ask questions at the end. We warmly invite all parents of both competitive and social players to attend this meeting to gain further understanding of the netball season ahead. There is an expectation that all junior and senior competitive players attend this meeting.

The parent evening will be directly after the senior netball trials in the school hall. We are hoping to adopt similar evenings with other sports in the future.

Southern Steel Training

Join the Steel for a day of fun skills and game sessions on Sunday 7 April.
Years 1 - 6: 10am - 11:30am
Years 7 - 10: 12pm - 1:30pm
Edgar Centre, Dunedin
Cost: $20pp

Link for registration: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/287078

Netball Development Opportunities

Y9/10: Dunedin Netball is running two development days for our Year 9 and 10 players. These days will be Sunday May 26 and Sunday June 16. These will be open for all players in these year groups with the programme delivering in areas of skill development, components of sports science, NetballSmart and game play.

Sunday May 26: 9am – 1pm. Edgar Centre
Sunday June 16: 9am – 3pm. Edgar Centre
Cost - $70 Per person
Entries for this programme will close on the 19th of May.
Please use this link to register for the Year 9 and 10 Development Days: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/285123

U16 and U18: Dunedin Netball is running a one-off development day which will be held on Sunday the 5th of May. This will be open to all players in this age group, the day will involve fitness and gameplay, as well as athlete wellbeing sessions. This programme is a great opportunity to develop game knowledge and skills and is also a great lead into the representative trials and season.

Sunday May 5: 9am – 3pm
Cost - $35 Per person
Entries for this programme will close on Wednesday the 1 May.
Please use this link to register for the U16 and U18 Development Day: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/285119

Representative trials for U16 and U18 will be on Sunday 12 May, these trials will be open for U16 players and invite only for U18.

East Otago Basketball Tournament

East Otago are running their first Basketball Tournament at the Events Center, this Monday on Otago Anniversary and would appreciate your support to spread the word in your community.

REGISTER HERE:

All players must register to play: One Day Basketball Tournament (Otago Anniversary) (google.com)

DETAILS:

• Monday 25th March (Otago Anniversary Day)

• Open to all ages/skill levels 5-18 years old

• At least three games per player

LOCATION & TIMES:

• East Otago Events Centre

• 203 Main Road, Waikouaiti

• 9.30am - 5pm

COST:

• $15 per person OR

• $35 per whānau

TEAMS:

We will create fair teams and match skill levels to ensure a fun, competitive environment. If your child/ren would like a friend in their team, please let us know in the registration.

TOURNAMENT DRAW:

A full draw will be released on Sunday 24th March, with game times and team players named (the draw will be emailed to the email address provided on the registration form).

For full details, check out our Facebook or Instagram pages @FullCourtFamily.

We are excited to bring this opportunity to your community and create a positive space for whānau to make memories together and enjoy their day off.