And that folks, is a wrap on Term 1 sport 2025! I am so impressed by the spirit and mahi of all our students, whether they achieved their goal of running the entire cross country course without stopping on Wednesday or standing on the podium in tournament week.

For some of our summer sports it doesn’t stop there! The athletics squad head to Nelson this weekend for South Island Secondary Schools, our Senior A Water Polo team head to Hamilton over Easter for Div 2 NZWP Championships and our ANZAC Hockey Squad head to Auckland to compete in the ANZAC Tournament. We wish them all the very best.

Summer Tournament Week Round Up

Congratulations to all those who represented our kura in various sporting endeavours during the annual Summer Tournament Week held last week.

A summary of the results is below.

Cricket: Gillette Regional Qualifying Tournament - 4th

Futsal: NZSS Junior Championships – 10th

             NZSS Senior Championships – 24th

Golf: Vanessa Lim 1st and Eva Yin 4th at the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Golf Championship 

Multisport: NZSS Triathlon & Aquathon Championships - Charlotte Chiles – 2nd in both U19 (female) Triathlon and Aquathon

Tennis: National Secondary School Tennis Cup - 6th

Touch: SISS Touch Championships - 5th Equal

Volleyball: Div 1 Satellite Tournament – 2nd

Water Polo: SISS Champs – 3rd and Most Valuable Goalie - Zoe Crisp with Tamsin Ruru-Dons & Zoe Crisp named in the tournament team

Track & Field

Rangi Ruru dug deep through some grim weather to absolutely smash it at Canterbury Secondary School Athletics Championships.

• U14 - Harriet Murray 1st High Jump, Zoe Hurring 3rd Triple Jump

• U15 - Madi Edmond 1st Discus, Annabelle Grant 1st Open Walk & Fleur Kingsbury 2nd High Jump

• U16 - Tilly O'Sullivan 1st 400m & 2nd 800m, Hannah Harper 2nd Shotput, Toia Sheed 3rd 3000m

• U19 - Alyssa Buchan 2nd 1500m, Eliza McDonnell 2nd Triple Jump & 3rd High Jump, Zara McDonnell 2nd High Jump.

• Relay U19 1st 4 x 100m Ava Rattray, Blaise France, Tilly O'Sullivan & Hannah Harper

• Relay Open 1st  4 x 400m Blaise France, Tilly O'Sullivan, Alyssa Buchan & Kate Sharpe 

Swimming

We had a team of 10 students representing Rangi Ruru at Canterbury Secondary Schools' Swimming on Wednesday achieving the following results:

• Girls Open 200m Free Relay - 3rd Aimee Drennan, Jessica Drury, Emily Carr, Indy Leeds

• 12-13 Years - Maddie Ericson 50m Breaststroke 3rd

• 14 Years - Indy Leeds 1st 100m Freestyle, Aubrey Doney 3rd 50m Backstroke

• 15 Years - Aimee Drennan 1st & Grace Brooking 3rd 50m Freestyle

• 16-18 Years - Emily Carr 2nd 100m Freestyle, Sofia Harris 3rd 50m Breaststroke, Jessica Drury 3rd 50m Butterfly. 

• Open - Indy Leeds 3rd 200m Freestyle, Emily Carr 3rd 200m IM, Sofia Harris 3rd = 100m Breaststroke

Rowing Round Up

Last night the rowing programme celebrated their season along with the news of the safe arrival of Olivia & Adam Ling's twin girls Harriet & Charlotte. Once again Rangi Ruru were named New Zealand’s top girls rowing school. The Maadi Regatta (NZSS) saw all our 16-crews make it through to a final and we came away with three gold, four silver and two bronze medals.  Our very own Charlie Ward was also awarded top coxswain of the regatta.

Adventure Racing

Four of our brave Year 9s raced in the 6-hour Geraldine Adventure Race last weekend – Lulu Pringle, Mia Tucker, Harriet Rueppell & Maddie Crozier – finishing in 5 hours and 40 minutes. Talk about resilience!

Abroad with Sport over Easter

Wishing members of the South Island U15 Girls Cricket team - Lucy Williams, Beau Clouston and Lulu Pringle all the best as they head to play in a tournament in Dubai, along with Amelie Harrop who competes as a member of the NZ U13 team at the Australian Age Springboard & Platform Diving Championships in the Gold Coast. 

Gwen Harrop

Director of Sport

Years 7 & 8

Over the past few weeks, our Years 7 & 8 students have enjoyed exploring their winter sport options. Sign-ups for these sports went live last week and will close on Friday, 4 April. A reminder that it is compulsory for all Years 7 & 8 students to choose one Tuesday sport period activity, while additional sports outside of this period are optional. If any students need assistance with registering, please encourage them to reach out to me.

At the start of Term 2, we will finalise teams for the CAIMS Winter Weekly Competition, led by Primary Sport Canterbury. From Week 4, Term 2, students will travel offsite for their games:
🏐 Netball & Football – Hagley Park
🏑 Hockey – Nunweek Park
🏸 Badminton – Zhu Badminton Centre

Students will be released from Period 4 at 12:45 pm to eat lunch before meeting on the blue courts for transport via bus or school vans. Games start at 1:30 pm, with students expected back at school by 2:30 pm. Parents are welcome to come and watch, take their daughter home after the game, or provide permission for independent travel home from either the venue or school. More details and permission forms will be sent out soon.

CAIMS Swimming Success 

A huge congratulations to our Years 7 & 8 students who qualified for CAIMS Swimming and achieved some outstanding results:
🥇 Mixed 6x25 Freestyle Relay – Amelie Harrop, Sophia Austin, Aria Lu, Indi Osmers, Amelia Greig, Frankie Eradus
🥉 25m Freestyle (Year 7) – Amelie Harrop
🥉 50m Breaststroke (Year 8) – Aria Lu
🥉 25m Backstroke (Year 8) – Indi Osmers
🥈 25m Breaststroke (Year 7) – Amelie Harrop

Lastly, I hope everyone has a fantastic term break, and I look forward to an exciting winter season ahead!

Nicole Sinclair

Head of Years 7 & 8 Sport