Hākinakina Happenings
Last week was the culmination of summer sport with the annual Years 9-13 summer tournament week. This was the first time in three years we have had a full roster of sports involved in tournament week and what an outstanding week for sport at Rangi Ruru. Below is a summary of results from the week that was!
Athletics
Seven students headed to Invercargill to attend the SISS Athletics events and achieved some outstanding results including:
- Gold in U16 4 x 400m relay & silver in the U16 4 x 100m relay
- Top three finishes to:
- Alyssa Buchan placing 2nd in U16 800m
- Ava Rattray placing 3rd in U16 100m
- Una Kinajil-Reding earning SI titles in Para 100m Sprint, Shotput
- Meg Edwards earning SI titles in U16 300m Hurdles, Javelin, Triple Jump
Dragon Boating
Huge mihi to our Dragon Boating Squad who competed at the SISS Championships, taking out 1st place in 20s, 200m and 500m races and placing 2nd place in 20s and 1km. The team also brought home the trophy for the Top Performing School in the 500m race, and the trophy for the Overall South Island Champion School.
The squad have put in enormous mahi to achieve their goals - it is no easy feat to have 20 paddlers working in unison to propel a dragon boat through the water!
Equestrian
Sadly the polo tournament was cancelled last week due to weather, however three of our riders Tabitha White, Honor Forbes and Gretal Meares took part in a SUPA polo training day. Sixteen riders competed in the Canterbury SS Dressage on Wednesday this week. Sixteen riders competed in the Canterbury Secondary schools dressage competition on Wednesday with some great results:
- Rangi Ruru Navy 3rd
- Rangi Ruru Gold 4yh
- Mikey Wildermoth - Top Rider Overall
A full list of results will be published at a later date.
Futsal
It was the first time a Rangi Ruru team has entered the NZSS Futsal Championships held in Wellington. An awesome experience for the team with close games in every match, and lots of learnings. The team placed 18th overall.
Golf
Two of our golfers had a great day at the Canterbury Secondary Schools Champs. Eva Yin and Vanessa Lim (both Year 9) competed in 18 hole rounds at the Templeton Golf course with Eva placing 3rd in Gross, shooting 81 (+8) and Vanessa placing 4th in Gross, shooting 84. Outstanding mahi from our young golfers.
Mountain Biking
The Rangi Ruru mountain bike team of Ruby Hewitt, Vesper Woodfield and Juliet Freeman had a fantastic week of racing at the South Island Secondary Schools Champs in Queenstown. The weather did everything it could to try scuttle the organisers plans, causing lots of last-minute changes to event timing for the Cross Country, Downhill and Enduro events at Coronet Peak in Queenstown.
Across the three disciplines the racing was fast and exciting with some incredible skills on display. The Rangi Ruru team did themselves proud with some amazing results:
- Cross Country: Vesper Woodfield U15 – 1st; Juliet Freeman U17 – 1st
- Downhill: Vesper Woodfield U15 – 1st; Juliet Freeman U17 – 1st; Ruby Hewitt U20 – 2nd
- Enduro: Vesper Woodfield U15 – 2nd; Juliet Freeman U17 – 1st; Ruby Hewitt U20 – 2nd
- Overall (for riders competing in all three disciplines): Vesper Woodfield U15 – 1st & Juliet Freeman U17 – 1st
Multisport
The NZSS Triathlon Championships were held in Wanaka late last week.
Charlotte Chiles won the NZ U16 individual title, winning by a 1 minute margin over the next competitor; and then won gold in the U16 Aquathon the next day. An outstanding achievement!
Charlotte then joined with Finella Guttman to earn silver in the NZSS Sprint Senior Team Relay. In the U14 Individual Triathlon category, Kate Sharpe finished 3rd.
Rowing
Outstanding achievements by the whole squad at the NZSS Regatta over the past week culminated in Rangi Ruru earning the trophy for the top school and top sweep school in NZ for the third year in a row.
The team also made history achieving 1st and 2nd place in the U18 8+ - something that has never been done before. And they did it in style – both crews smashing the event record.
Over the whole regatta, the squad achieved: 7 x golds, 2 x silver, 2 x bronze, 3 x 4ths
Congratulations to the NZ U19 trialists – Phoebe Wallis, Alice Wallis, Nicole Vance, Georgie Bethel, Frankie Richard, Annabel Wynn-Williams; SI Trialists – Milly Gallagher, Sophie Cusiel, Alice Ferguson, Jess Hickling, Sophie Payne, Lucy Vance.
Tennis
The Premier Tennis team headed to Hamilton to contest Tennis NZ NZSS Tennis Cup. Our players had some great matches, showing awesome tenacity and team spirit on and off the court, finishing 7th overall. Congratulations to Alice Hunter, Honor Barry & Molly McKenzie for their efforts.
Touch
Super Touch Tahi team competed at the SISS Championships over the first weekend of tournament week. Over the two day competition, the team played some awesome touch with a 5-1 win over St Margaret's, and a 1-3 loss to St Hilda's Collegiate who went on to win the SI title.
The team placed 4th overall and were the top Christchurch girls team.
Volleyball
A big term of volleyball ended with the SI Satellite tournament for our A team, where they had some challenging games but finished with a high and a win over Rolleston College to place 11th.
Waterpolo
On the back of a strong local competition, our team headed into the SISS as favourites. Conceding only 11 goals and scoring 61, the team won the final 9-2 over SMC.
Congratulations to Aggie Weston for being named MVP and Zoe Crisp for MV Goalie. The team head into the NZSS Championships next week in Christchurch.
What a breathtaking list of results, reflecting a huge cross section of sporting representation.
A huge thanks to all the staff, coaches and managers who supported our teams over the term.
And that is a wrap for summer sport!
School Cross Country – Wednesday, May 3rd
The School Cross Country will take place on Wednesday, May 3 in Hagley Park. First race begins at 1:30pm.
In addition to the Championship run, new this year is a Fun Colour Run for all year levels. This will be the final race of the event.
Please note – the Championship Run is compulsory for Yrs 7-10 and optional for seniors.
See the attached information for more details.
Yr 7/8 Update
The students have
been busy this term enhancing their skills in a variety of summer codes with
expert coaches. They have all participated with enthusiasm and eagerness to
learn, and I have noticed significant improvement already!
Well done to Arden Leeds, Isla Walters, Stella Toon and Lucy Peoples who competed in the CAIMS Swimming event held in Ashburton on Tuesday, March 28 – a big congratulations to Arden Leeds (Year 8) who came 3rd in the 100m backstroke, 2nd in the 50m breaststroke and 2nd in the 50m backstroke. Also, a big congratulations to Lucy Peoples (Year 7) who came 1st in the 25m breaststroke and 1st in the 50m breaststroke, and another big congratulations to Isla Walters (Year 8) who came 1st place in the 25m breaststroke. All students did incredibly well.
With term break just around the corner, we are beginning our preparation for Term 2 sport. This is the term we enter the Primary Sport Canterbury CAIMS weekly winter competition, which is played at various venues in and around Christchurch. This will see all students get involved in a weekly interschool competition in either hockey, netball, badminton or football (which starts in Week 4 of term 2).
All students will need to choose one Tuesday sport option to participate in each week. Here is the winter sport sign up link: Winter Sign up Link (registrations close on May 12). In the first two weeks of term two, we will run some “have a go” sessions where all the students will have the chance to participate in all four Tuesday sport options. In week 3 we will run training/trials in preparation for first day of competition on Tuesday, May 23.
We have coaches confirmed for netball, football, basketball, water polo and hockey and with a possible option for badminton. It is likely that trainings will be before or after school and more information will be sent out once teams are named.
Term 2 events being offered are:
- School Cross Country – Term 2, Wednesday, May 3
- Canterbury AIMS Gymnastics Artistic – Term 2, Wednesday, June 14, Olympia Gym
- STAC Exchange- Term 2, Wednesday, June 14, St Andrews College
- Canterbury AIMS Cross Country – Term 2, Wednesday, June 21, Halswell Quarry
- Craighead Exchange – Term 2, Thursday, June 22, Craighead, Timaru
- Canterbury AIMS Gymnastics Rhythmic – Term 2, Tuesday, June 27, Olympia Gym
Alongside our compulsory Tuesday sports programme, we offer a wide range of other sports that students can participate in. These include: water polo, horse riding, basketball, cycling, running group, MetaFit, Stretch Me, golf, ski and snowboarding.
The Gators Interschool Basketball League is a 12-week competition run over terms two and three on a Friday after school. More information will be sent to our registered basketball players before the season commences.
Water polo is a competition run at Jelly Park every Friday during Terms 2 and 3 and more information will be sent to our registered water polo players before the season commences.
Should you wish to assist, or be involved, in any way with Year 7/8 sport such as coaching, managing, and/or transport, please contact me as any help is always appreciated.
Students will continue to wear PE uniform every Tuesday in preparation for Tuesday Sport.
Nicole Sinclair
Head of 7&8 Sport
Winter Sport
Sign ups continue for winter sport. Wednesday sport starts the second week of Term 2, with sign ups closing on Thursday, April 27.
Voice of the Rangatahi Survey – School Sport NZ
School Sport remains as important today as it has in the past. It provides tens of thousands of students each year with the opportunity to strive for their goals, create new and lasting friendships, and create memories that will last a lifetime.
However, there are challenges to keep our young people, our rangatahi, engaged in sport and we must listen and take action if we are to ensure that the next generation has access to these same benefits and opportunities that sport can bring.
Encourage your daughter to tell School Sport NZ about their school sport experience and go into win a $50 prezzy card. Closes April 11, 2023. Click here.
Support the Canterbury Rams & Mainland Pouākai this season
We have a special offer from our friends at the Canterbury Rams & Mainland Pouākai for a 10% discount on all tickets for the upcoming basketball season. Simply click on the Ticketek link below and you will be directed to an exclusive ticket link to receive 10% off on all tickets. The Rams & Pouākai teams are very active throughout the community offering free coaching to schools via the Rams In-Schools & Pouākai Girls Got Game, it would be great to get out and support this local sporting body.
Please also see the links below with information regarding the upcoming Rams & Pouākai Senior April Holiday Camps. These camps are a great to prepare for upcoming basketball season with coaching from Rams & Pouākai Coaches & Players.
Rams & Pouākai Season Membership & Individual Tickets (10% Discount)
Pouākai Senior Camps (Girls) - Camps - Mainland Pouākai (pouakai.basketball)
Sports Staff Overview:
Ms Mandy Anderson Director of Sport
Mrs Melissa Brooks Assistant Director of Sport
Mrs Nicole Sinclair Sports Coordinator – Head of Yr 7/8 Sport
Miss Trisha Hopcroft Sports Coordinator
Mrs Anna Kennedy Sports Coordinator - Netball
Mrs Sally Goldsmith Equestrian Manager
Ms Olivia Ling Rowing Manager
Mr Ross Kennedy Strength & Conditioning Coach
Ms Paula Rule Mental Skills Coach
Mrs Lesley Joyce Fitness Centre Manager