Welcome back to Term 2 – and winter sport!

It has been a challenging and somewhat extended trialling process for winter sport teams this year.…but we are nearly there! Netball, hockey, rugby and basketball are now all underway, with remaining sports kicking into competition next week. Thanks to everyone for their patience as covid and unwellness altered the timeline for the staging of trials.

Each week, draws and arrangements will be posted on The Hub – accessible here: https://hub.rangiruru.school.nz/

It has definitely been a busy start to the term with the school cross country, along with the Canterbury Secondary School Swimming and Road Race Championships events in the first two weeks. So great to see events returning to secondary school sport and fabulous to see our students getting out there and enjoying their involvement across all levels! Read on for the results of these events and some remarkable achievements by our sporting wahine over the past month.

Rangi Ruru School Cross Country

It was a perfect afternoon for a cross country race and school spirit was evident for all to see. The shortened Clan Fun Run attracted a large number of runners, all earning a point for their clan. Well done to everyone who competed or participated for clan points. The final results are available here:

2022 CROSS COUNTRY SUMMARY RESULTS

Photo album from the Cross Country is available here!

Canterbury Secondary School Swimming Championships

Congratulations to our team of swimmers who competed at the Canterbury Secondary School Swimming Champs in the first week of term.

A massive 13 podium finishes from our swimmers and a shout out to the parents who helped with the officiating duties – thank you for giving your time to support the event and our team.

We are looking forward to sending a Rangi Ruru team to the SISS in Dunedin in June.

12 and 13yrs

Emily Carr 1st 100m Free

Sofia Harris 2nd 50m Free

Tallulah Nelson 2nd 50m Back

Jessica Drury 5th 50m Breast

Sofia, Emily, Tallulah & Jessica 3rd 200m Free Relay

14yrs

Kate Manderson 1st 50m Back

Ella Harris 1st 50m Breast

Anita White 3rd 50m Fly

Addie Voight 4th 50m Free

Evelyn Price, Anita, Ella, Addie 2nd 200m Free Relay

15yrs

Grace Haydon 3rd 50m Back

Gaby Smith 4th 50m Breast

16 to 18yrs

Florence Nelson 1st 50m Fly

Georgia Dann 2nd 50m Free

Abbey Moody 4th 50m Back

Florence, Abbey, Georgia, Aggie Weston 1st 200m Free Relay

Open

Florence Nelson 1st 100m Fly

Grace Haydon 5th 100m Back

Georgia Dann 12th 100m Br

Canterbury Secondary School Road Race Championships

On the back of the school cross country, a large group of runners took up the opportunity to represent the school at the Canterbury Secondary School Road Race held this week.

Well done to everyone who took part on what was a cold afternoon at Hagley Park!

Year 9

Zara McDonnell – 10th

Eliza McDonnell – 12th

Zania Roberts – 20th

Vesper Woodfield – 27th

Annabelle Britt – 29th

Violette Dacre – 31st

Junior

Charlotte Chiles – 2nd

Sophie Maxwell – 12th

Juliet Freeman – 13th

Ava Rattray – 14th

Sophie Orchard – 17th

Honor Barry – 21st

Mieka Engelbrecht – 31st

Senior

Bex Skinner – 9th

Finella Guttman – 10th

Beth Heywood – 13th

Zara Frost – 17th

Celebrating Our Sporting Wahine

Adventure Racing - The Rangi Ruru Adventure Race team of Juliet Freeman, Vesper Woodfield, Sophie Sara and Sophie Maxwell competed in the South Island Secondary Schools Adventure Race Champs (SISSARC), which was hosted alongside the Kaikōura Adventure Race on Sunday April 24. The junior team has only been working together since late March, meeting for team bike rides and Rogaine events and it is a testament to the teams’ tenacity and their ability to work together that they were able to come away with a second place overall in the 6 hour Intermediate Category. An impressive result - congratulations team on this amazing achievement! The team will now turn their focus to the Get 2 Go Regional Challenge later in the year. 

Juliet Freeman represented the Plains Peninsula Orienteering Club (PAPO) at the National Orienteering Championships held in Nelson, over Easter. Juliet had an amazing weekend running in the W16 age group with a 3rd in the Middle Distance, a 4th in the Long Distance and a 6th in the Sprint. 

In Rhythmic Gymnastics , Annabel Walker (Yr 11) was the Canterbury Champion in Level 9 late last term and placed 1st in the Cantebrury Secondary Schools competition. Scarlett Girvan, also Yr 11, also competed in the same event, placing 1st in Level 8. Great work from our gymnasts!

The National Age Group (Long Course) Swimming Champs was a successful week for both Grace Haydon (Yr 11) and Florence Nelson (Yr 12). Florence achieved a bronze medal in the 16 year girls' 100 butterfly, 4th in the 200 fly and 6th in the 50 fly. Grace placed 4th in the 15 year girls 50 back and 5th in the 200 back, plus a bronze medal with the Wharenui girls in the U15 medley relay. Outstanding work team!

A shout out to the Senior A water polo team on their successful campaign at the NZSS Premier Water Polo Championships held in Wellington during the break. The team performed outstandingly at this event, finishing in 5th place with some tight games against the top schools in the country. Great work team!

New Zealand Representatives 

Silver Ferns beckon for an incredible number of students who have achieved NZ honours/selections during the break.

Congratulations to:

NZ Athletics – Oceania Champs: Abbey Moody, Kiera Hall

NZ Athletics – World U20 Championships: Kiera Hall

NZ Kayaking – Asia Pacific Sprint Regatta: Isla Joyce

NZ U19 Rowing - World Junior Championships Georgie Bethell, Holly Lill, Nicole Vance, Alice Wallis, Phoebe Wallis, Annabel Wynn-Williams

NZ Swimming – ParaWorld Swimming Champs: Gaby Smith (check out the 1News item on Gaby’s achievements here!)