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Winter Sports Update

Jose Zandbergen —

CYCLING NEW ZEALAND - SOUTHERN TOUR
Congratulations to Jaxson Whyte on winning all four stages at the Southern Tour held in Blenheim on 1st & 2nd September. Jaxson competed in the boys under 15 time trial, criterium, hill climb and road race. The Criterium stage was a National title, he also won various other awards for king of the mountain, sprint ace and overall tour leader. Well done Jaxson another successful event.


GOLF

We like to acknowledge Year 10 student Alex Kelliher who competed at the New Zealand Under 15 Champs finishing 6th place over all and was the 1st South Islander. Well done Alex.


TABLE TENNIS

The Aoraki Secondary School's table tennis championships were held on Friday 14 September at the Barry Butler Table Tennis Stadium Timaru.Roncalli was represented with 3 boys and 1 girls team. Sixteen boys teams contested the Aoraki title, with the Roncalli Blue team finishing 2nd overall, team of Jamie Fitzgerald and Jack Thomson. The girls team of Alice Gibson and Karen Beshara placed 2nd out of 7 teams.Other results -Roncalli Black 8th - Mathis Kleffner and Paul Pornsawanwong; Roncalli Gold 10th - Lleyton Phillips, Jarrod Phillips and Conor Boult.

A huge thank you to Fiona Boult for supervising the teams throughout the day, this was very much appreciated.


UP AND COMING EVENTS

Cycling  

Good luck to Jaxson Whyte for the upcoming cycling events he is competing in during the holidays.

  • National School Road Championships in Christchurch, 29 September - 1 October, Under 15 Boys Road Race and Points Race.
  • South Island School Track Championships, 9 - 10 October in Invercargill, Under 15 Boys 515m Scratch Race and 2km point a lap, 1500m scratch and 3km points race.


 Table Tennis

Good Luck to Jamie Fitzgerald competing at the New Zealand Open Individual Table Tennis Championships in Tauranga 8-13 October. Jamie is representing South Canterbury in the under 18 grade.


Under 18 Girls Rugby  

Congratulations and Good luck to Roncalli students Sarah Waldron, Ruby Sugrue, Hayley Tinkler and Anna Gregan who are representing the Aoraki Girls Under 18 Rugby team competing in the Girls Under 18 South Island Rugby Tournament at Waihora near Christchurch.


Roncalli had 9 sports teams representing the College during Winter Tournament Week.

Congratulations to all our teams, on their results winter tournament week.
A shout out to our staff Mr Jones (Rugby), Mrs Betts (Boys Hockey), Mr Hinton (Girls Football) and to all the amazing coaches, managers and support crew. We are so lucky to have awesome parents and community members supporting our students to have these opportunities.

  • Senior Premier Girls Basketball - Team Southern Secondary Schools Cup: Ashburton

  • Junior A Girls Basketball Team - SI Zone 4 Girls: Timaru

  • Junior B Girls Basketball Team - SI Zone 4 Girls: Timaru

  • Girls 1st XI Football Team - Lotto Sportswear Tournament: Dunedin

  • Boys 1st XI Football Team - Linwood Tournament: Invercargill

  • Girls 1st XI Hockey Team - Jenny McDonald Cup: Gore

  • Boys 1st XI Hockey Team - Coaches Cup: Greymouth

  • Senior A Netball Team - SISS Netball Tournament: Dunedin

  • Under 15 Boys Rugby Team - Rural Livestock Co Educational Secondary Schools U15 Tournament: Queenstown