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Hockey Champions
 
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South Island Hockey Champions

SBHS —

Congratulations to our 1st XI Hockey Team who won the South Island Championship Boys Hockey Tournament.

Shirley Boys 1XI Hockey team completed in the South Island Championship Boys Hockey Tournament held in Dunedin, from 31 August to 4 September.

The team played fantastic hockey all week and dominated all of the six teams they played in the tournament.

  • vs Lincoln High School - 8-1
  • vs TokoLAS - 9-0
  • vs Taieri College - 5-0
  • vs St Kevins College - 9-0
  • vs Roncali College - 5-1 
  • vs Cromwell College (final) - 6-1

A big thank you to the coaches and the parents who travelled to Dunedin and supported the team all week. 

This tournament saw eight members of the team either play their 50th or 100th game for Shirley.

1XI Hockey

100 games

  • Max Hill-Cattermole
  • Luca Jugovac
  • Joseph Collins
  • Louis Harvey

50 games

  • Luke Tappin
  • Connor Robertson
  • Danie Beukes
  • Shahid Ali

There are three Year 13 players (Oliver Lewis, Hamish Church and Jackson Kelly) in the team who played their last hockey tournament for Shirley at this tournament. Between them they have played 311 caps for Shirley. We wish these Shirley Men the best for the future.

Oliver Lewis, Hamish Church and Jackson Kelly