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Jonty Dodd, winner of the Year 11-13 division.
 
Photo by John McPhail

Carving up on the slopes

John McPhail —

On Sunday, 6 August, the Snowsports team competed in the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Slopestyle competition. This competition was at Mt Hutt and the course was made up of a down box, five metre rail and two jumps. The snowboard team did very well, with all students claiming top five placings in their respective divisions.

Year 9-10 division

Jasper Dodd – 2nd

Year 11-13 division

Jonty Dodd – 1st

Ollie Mann – 2nd

Harison Staples – 3rd

Dom Morgan 5th

In the Ski competition, Finn Parkyn finished 5th, with Jake O’Sullivan and Quinn O’Sullivan both finishing in the top 10. 

On Thursday, 10 August, the Snowsports team competed in the Canterbury Ski and Snowboard race champs at Mt Hutt. The students completed two runs on a dual giant slalom course with the combined time of the runs giving them an overall time.

The Snowboard team of Jonty Dodd, Ollie Mann and Dom Morgan all placed in the top five, so once again gave the Snowboard team 1st place overall. Jonty placed 2nd, Ollie 4th and Dom 5th. Special mention also goes to Jasper Dodd who placed 5th in his first race competition.

The Skiers also performed well in a very competitive field, with three of our boys placing in the top 25. Connor Carroll finished 16th, Toby Thwaites 22nd and Bede Giera 24th. Their combined times resulted in the ski team placing 5th overall.