ATHLETICS

Three school records were broken at our own athletics held in early March: 

Jess Hendren - U15 Girls High Jump 1.66m

Tyler Gamble - Senior Boys 100m 11.28sec

Xanthe Jane - U15 Girls 400m 1.03.16mins

Secondary School Athletics - Canterbury Championships

There were some great results from students who attended the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Athletic Championships on Saturday 20th February. This included Jess Hendren breaking a record held since 1990, as well as some personal bests achieved. Well done everyone.

Brock Harlum - Boys Discus Throw 1kg, U14 - 7th - 25.73m

Kaitlin Feather - Girls Long jump U19 - 3rd - 4.99m

Lily Keating - Girls 200m U16 - 5th - 28.17

Tyler Gamble - Boys 100m Run U19 - 6th - 11.42

Jess Hendren - Girls Long Jump U16 - 2nd - 5.10

Kaitlin Feather - Girls 100m Hurdles U19 - 1st - 15.17

Lily Keating - Girls 100m U16 - 8th - 14.08

Jonasa Bradburg - Boys Javelin Throw 600gm U14 - 5th - 23.27

Jess Hendren - Girls High Jump U16 - 1st - 1.75m

NEW RECORD (held by Bernice Mene 1.72m since1990).

South Island Secondary Schools' Athletics

Congratulations to our 5 Students who qualified for South Island Secondary Schools' Athletics, held at Nga Puna Wai in wet & windy conditions on Saturday 10 April.

Tyler Gamble, Xanthe Jane, Jess Hendren, Kaitlin Feather, and Jonasa Bradburg.

Superb effort by Jess & Kaitlin finishing on the podium:

Kaitlin Feather - 100m Hurdles 1st - 16.12sec

Jess Hendren - Long Jump U16 - 2nd - 5.09m

Jess Hendren - High Jump U16 - 1st - 1.63m

Xanthe Jane - 800m - 4th

Tyler Gamble 100m U19 - 6th

Xanthe Jane - 400m U15- 6th

Kaitlin Feather - Long Jump U19 - 6th

Jonasa Bradburg - Javelin U14 - 10th

CANOE POLO

Our two teams made both their finals in the Term One competition.

Our B Team went on to win the Novice grade going undefeated through the season. They had a 5-3 win against Avonside in the final with Alex Johnson scoring four long range goals whilst Adam Wake capsized in the process of scoring the fifth. All players performed well throughout the season. Metin Van der Velden, Isaac Wilkinson, Harry Johnstone and Holly Grundy were the other players in the final that afternoon. 

Our A Team lost their final 4-3 against a Combined School’s team, losing in an extra time golden goal situation. Logan Connor, Sam Grigg and Matthew Knowles were our goal scorers and Harry Johnstone saved numerous shots in goal. Aimee Planner, Holly and Alex made up the rest of the team. All played well and the team beat every other school during the season, with the exception of the Combined team.

The students from both teams are a great bunch of people and fully deserved the successes they- achieved this season..

Russell Henson  

DRAGON BOATING

This term we had 37 students training twice a week on the Kaiapoi River, for 5 weeks leading up to Canterbury Secondary Schools' Championships in early March where we had three teams compete (2 girls teams and 1 mixed team). A selected team continued to train for a further 2 weeks before attending the South Island Secondary Schools' Championships where they came second to Marian College in all three events. A massive thank you to Mrs Hanson for her wonderful support both at training and on regatta day and to coaches Rick Smith and Marie Childs. Students looking to join dragon boating in Term 1 2022 should see the sports' office in Term 4 this year.

EQUESTRIAN

We had 4 teams (16 riders) take part in the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Show Jumping at McLeans Island Equestrian Centre in very hot blustery conditions in early March.

RHS Green 3rd (Harriet, Grace, Yasmine, Hannah)

RHS Black 5th (Taylah, Jessica, Charley, Ella)

Show hunter 80- 90 cm congratulations to Grace Gormack 1st place and Lucy Edwards 3rd

A big thank you to Ms Newell for your wonder efforts looking after our riders on the day! Sadly we say goodbye to Ms Newell at the end of this term.

FUTSAL

Girls' Futsal Nationals

Coming off the back of winning the last national tournament in 2019, the girls trained hard over summer, expertly coached by Pam Fraser, in preparation for the NZSS Futsal Championships at ASB Sports Centre in Wellington on 22/23 March.

The team had a convincing win in their first game against Horowhenua College, scoring 8-0. They weren’t so lucky for their second and final pool game, losing 2-1 to Rototuna High School, the team who would go on to come second in the tournament. Unfortunately, day one then ended with a game against the team who would go on to win the tournament, Wellington East. It was another disappointing loss for the team, managing to net 1 goal and concede 3.

The girls did not let their losses dampen their spirits, however, and showed up for day two looking for a top 16 placing. The first game did not go their way, with a 3-0 loss to Baradene College, but they finished the tournament on a high - where some fancy footwork and clever combinations saw them win 4-1 against Palmerston North Girls’ High School. Every player proved herself to be a fantastic ambassador for Rangiora High School, and humble sportswoman throughout the tournament.

Finishing 13th out of 24 teams, the girls went home with their heads held high and a fire in their bellies to rebuild the team in preparation for the 2022 season. We say a sad goodbye to two Year 13 players, Maddy George and Rahera Peita-Kingi, and wish them all the best for life after high school.

Thanks to Pam Fraser and Elise Brambley for supporting the girls on this trip.

Boys' Futsal Nationals

The Rangiora High School Senior Boys' Futsal Team made their debut at the New Zealand National Secondary Championships held in Wellington March 23 - 26.

Throughout the tournament the team encountered some very strong opposition and learnt a great deal about the finer points of this challenging sport. Although results didn’t go our way, I can say with some assurance that our boys succeeded in representing the values of our school.

We look forward to the 2022 season and another opportunity to participate in this event.

Thank you to Mario Williams and Keith Anderson for supporting the boys on this trip.

GOLF

Early in March Loock Odendaal, Logan Benson and Theo Van Dorp took out first place at the Canterbury Secondary Schools Golf Championship in the "Stableford Competition" played at Bottle Lake Golf Club. Well done boys!

MOUNTAIN BIKING

MTB SingleTracks Secondary Schools' Canterbury Championship

Brilliant results from the MTB SingleTracks Canterbury Secondary Schools' Championships held at Crocodile Mountain Bike Park, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch

Mitchell Turner 1st U14 Boys

Luka Hadler 1st U15 Boys

Harper McDonald 2nd U15 Girls

Cohan Glintmeyer 1st U17 Boys

Jacob Turner 1st Open Boys

Caleb Whalley 6th, Ethan Clark 9th, Soren Bellamy 10th, Finn Smith (sport grade) 5th, Michael Planner 10th & our other riders also had good rides.

Rangiora High School also took out the overall Boys' Trophy.

Full results can be viewed here: https://racesingletracks.files.wordpress.com/.../2021...

MTB South Island Secondary Schools' Championships

The competition was held at Mt Hutt 12-14 March with some outstanding results from our team of riders. This was a huge event with over 350 secondary school riders from all other the South Island taking part over 3 days.

1st Overall - U20 Boys - Mitchell Turner

1st Overall - U17 Boys - Harry Hurst

2nd Overall - U14 Boys - Mitchell Turner

XCO

U14 Boys - 1st Mitchell Turner

U15 Boys - 2nd Luka Hadler

U15 Girls - 4th Harper McDonald

U17 Boys - 3rd Cohan Glintmeyer

U17 Boys - 4th Harry Hurst

U20 - 1st Mitchell Turner

Liam Murphy, Leith Marshall & Soren Bellamy also had good rides

Downhill:

U14 Boys - 1st Mitchell Turner

U20 - 1st Jacob Turner

Harry Hurst, Liam Murphy & Caleb Whalley all finished in the top half of their age group.

Enduro:

U17 - 4th Harry Hurst

Pleasing rides also came from Mitchell Turner, Bradley Bone, Caleb Whalley, Will Hassall, Liam Murphy, Jacob Turner, Leith Marshall, Soren Bellamy

Well done everyone, great effort and great results.

POLO TOURNAMENT

Polo Tournament – 28 March

The polo team had another successful term with eight students attending regular training sessions at Waireka Polo Farm, including four students who played for the first time this year. Toby Orr also took part in additional training sessions at Blue Springs Polo School. All the students have made huge improvements in their polo riding, game tactics and stick and ball skills, which has been awesome to see.

A number of our students competed in the South Island SUPA Interschools tournaments on Sunday 28th February and Sunday 28th March. At the first tournament, our Rangiora team of Rebecca Barnett, Jess Orr, Annika Ettema and Ella O'Connor played really well, conceding in only one of their games and narrowly missing out on the Christchurch Combined team. At the second tournament, Annika was unable to play and Maggie took her place at her first ever tournament, doing a great job, having only had a handful of lessons. The girls played fantastically, scoring seven goals and conceding none across their three games, comfortably winning the D grade and impressing many onlookers who commented on their impressive teamwork, riding and ball skills. Our team captain Rebecca Barnett was awarded Most Valuable Player for the grade - well done Becca!

Toby played in the A grade as part of a Combined Christchurch team at both tournaments, which was a big step up for him. He acquitted himself very well, with his team beating Medbury but narrowly missing out to Christ’s College and St Andrew’s College, . He improved greatly from the first tournament to the second tournament, and we look forward to seeing him play in his final schools' tournament in November.

Secondary School Open Water Swimming Championships

Well done Ryan Beardsmore and Mason Jenkins who competed at Akaroa in the 2021 Makos Zonal Secondary Schools' Open Water Swimming Championships. Ryan placed first in the Year 9 age group and Mason 4th in the Year 13 age group.

Swimming – Secondary Schools' Canterbury Championships

Congratulations to the 12 students who competed in the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships at Jellie Park Pool on the 31st of March. There was some excellent racing and lots of records broken. The top placings for RHS were:

Cassie Taylor - 1st 50m Butterfly Girls 16-18yr

Mason Jenkins - 2nd 50m Butterfly Boys 16-18yr

Jorja Stott - 2nd 50m Freestyle Girls 13-14yr

Thomas Summerfield - 5th 50m Freestyle - Boys 14yr

Kieran Thornton - 5th 50m Backstroke Boys 15yr

Several other swimmers also finished in the top 10 or achieved PB's.

We’d like to wish Noemie good luck as she travels to Wellington in the first week of the holidays to compete at the National Age Group Swimming.

TENNIS

Maddison and Tayla Smart won the Year 11 Doubles title at the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Tennis Championships, held over two days in February at Wilding Park, Christchurch. Well done girls.

Three teams were entered in the Wednesday Interschool Tennis competition. Our teams played at Wilding Park each week and performed extremely well. The premier girls had some hard games but they played well against some highly ranked players. The junior girls’ team won their grade convincingly and the junior boys’ team were first equal in their round robin competition. Thanks to the parents for their support and encouragement.

We look forward to competing again in Term 4.

TOUCH

Super Touch

The Super Touch Mixed team played in the SISS Touch Tournament in the Mixed Grade. They made the final against a fine Rolleston College team and were just beaten 6-5 to gain 2nd place. A fine effort with some new players just added to the team. Well done to all and thanks to the coaches, parents and supporters. We will be sending a team to Nationals in December and trials will be held in September to select the team that will attend.

Junior Touch

We had our Junior Boys' and Girls' team play in the SSC competition in Term 1. They played really well in Division 2 and the boys came 3rd while the girls came 4th. Well done. Thanks to the teachers who helped with these teams.

VOLLEYBALL

This season we had 4 teams entered in the Senior Schools' Sport Canterbury competitions.

Our Senior A Girls were in the Premier Grade and started out 18th out of 23 teams and ended the season 8th which qualified them for the Premier A Grade at the Canterbury Championships where they came 8th overall. In the SSC Competition they actually came 3rd overall as the grade was played in a ladder system, so well done girls. 

The girls attended the South Island Secondary Schools'  Tournament, Canterbury Champs and Satellite Tournament where they came 3rd, 9th and 4th respectively.

The team is working hard throughout the Winter playing in the Christchurch Club competition as the team that will be selected for next season will be attending NZSS Nationals in Palmerston North in 2022.  Thanks to Chris Phillips, Stella Porter and Julia Malcolm for supporting the team this season.

Our Senior B girls are a very strong team and will be vying for spots in the Senior A in Term 4. They came 3= in their division. They attended the SI Tournament and came 15th overall. Thanks to Paris Karaka and Ilana Moir for coaching this season.

Senior Green girls had a great season as well, coming 2nd = and enjoyed their season with some new players joining. They attended the SI Tournament and learnt a lot from this experience coming 18th overall. Thanks to Millie Jeffcott-Moore, Chan Mason-Cope and Charlotte Demler for looking after the team this season.

Senior Gold girls had lots of fun and had some really close games and a very exciting win. Every game they were learning so much and their coaches Ella Couch, Abbie Walls and Julia Leatham were outstanding with their support, dedication and excitement. Thanks to Alison Cleary who supported this team.

Some of our Senior Girls also took our junior students for skills, drills and games on Mondays which was a huge success and we had over 50 students each week keen to learn the game of volleyball. Thanks girls you were amazing and we look forward to doing it again in Term 1 next year.

Trials for volleyball in Term 4 will be held near the end of Term 3, please keep an eye on the school notices for information. Those who do not make a team, we will hold the skills, drills and games sessions again.

Thanks to all the coaches, managers, referees, students, teachers and parents who helped with volleyball this season.

Student Volunteer Army

Any students who volunteer with coaching, refereeing, helping out in your community can apply to the Student Volunteer Army and log their hours and they are then awarded badges for this work. Please go to this link for information. https://service.sva.org.nz/

Code of Behaviour

Please read the below School Sport Canterbury code of behaviour for all players, coaches, managers, parents, spectators and officials. Any bad sportsmanlike behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in that person/s being removed from the game and future games

It is important that students understand that participation and inclusion in RaHS extra-curricular activities and teams could be impacted by their performance and attendance in the classroom.

SCHOOL SPORT CANTERBURY (SSC) CODES OF BEHAVIOUR

This code does not set out to provide a detailed prescription, but rather the broad principles of acceptable

behaviour in secondary school sport in Canterbury.

Breaches of this or any other code could lead to disciplinary action by: the offender’s school, SSC under its

complaint procedure, or Regional Sports Organisations.

PLAYER CODE OF BEHAVIOUR

1. Play for enjoyment

2. Play hard but fair

3. Play to the laws of the game.

4. Be committed to your team. Attend all practices and matches.

5. Never argue with officials. Control your temper at all times.

6. Work equally hard for yourself and your team.

7. Be a good sport. Applaud all good play whether by your team or your opponent.

8. Remember the goals of the game are to have fun, improve your skills and feel good.

9. Use appropriate and acceptable language.

10. Thank the opposition and officials at the end of the game.

11. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural

background or religion.

COACH CODE OF BEHAVIOUR

1. Positively reinforce the actions of players.

2. Lead by example.

3. Be honest with yourself and players.

4. Create an enjoyable environment in which to play the game.

5. Develop team respect for officials

6. Give all players the opportunity to participate in the game.

7. Insist on fair play and discipline.

8. Be reasonable on the demand on players’ time, energy and enthusiasm.

9. Encourage sportsmanship.

10. Use appropriate and acceptable language.

SPECTATOR/PARENT CODE OF BEHAVIOUR

1. Applaud the performance of both teams.

2. Be positive with the officials.

3. Acknowledge the efforts of the officials.

4. Let the players play their game, not your game.

5. Praise efforts, not results.

6. Set an example for the players.

7. Use appropriate and acceptable language.

SUPPORTERS CODE OF BEHAVIOUR

1. Encourage all participants to play within the rules of the game.

2. Display self-control on the side line.

3. Show appreciation to coaches and officials who facilitate the game.

4. Remember young people play sport for their satisfaction not yours.

OFFICIALS CODE OF BEHAVIOUR

1. Control the game in a fair and positive manner.

2. Be consistent and objective in your rulings.

3. Modify your approach to suit the level of player skill.

4. Help players learn the rules by explaining decisions where appropriate.

5. Do what you can to make sure that everyone enjoys the game.

6. Encourage fair play and not tolerate foul play of any kind.

7. Be a positive role model.