An update for this week

 Athletics

A huge congratulation to Nick Moulai who won the National Under 17, 3,000m race at the New Zealand Secondary School Nationals in Auckland.  Nick was outstanding breaking the New Zealand record by 15 seconds and the St Bede's College record by 30 seconds which was amazing.

Nick then backed this up with a 2nd place in the 1500 metres the next day but coming into the home straight there was a bit of jostling going on and Nick was disqualified from the race which was disappointing given Nick’s size.

Tom Gill won gold in the Senior Boys' 110m Hurdles and also finished 3rd in the Senior Boys’ 300 metres hurdles - congratulations.  

Tom Moulai also won gold in the Senior Boys’ 800 metres which was another great effort.

A big thank you to John Gamblin and Robin Pettit for taking these boys to the Nationals.

CRICKET

Prize-giving

Congratulation to all the award winners that were presented last Friday night,  The Prize-giving was a great way to finish the season.

Cricket Prize giving 2016

Cricket 1st XI         

• Cricketer of the Year (Andrew Nixon Memorial Cup): Harry Fitzpatrick
• Best Batsman 1st XI (Grey Cup): Liam Campbell
• Best Bowler 1st XI (St Bede’s Cup): Harry Fitzpatrick 
• Best Fielder 1st XI  (Connie Weir Cup): Connor Sullivan
• Spirt of Cricket: Liam Campbell

Cricket Under 15      

• Best Cricketer U15 (St Albans Cricket Club Cup): Matthew Boyle

Cricket Year 9 

• Year 9 Cricket Merit Award (Wayne Baldwin Trophy): Matthew Boyle

2nd XI  

Best Batsman: Lachie Pentecost
Best Bowler: William Ecroyd-Caddick
Spirt of Cricket Award: Andrew Kennett

3rd XI

Best Batsman: Thomas Whittaker
Best Bowler: Jacob Walker
Spirit of Cricket Award: Jaden Jones-Doherty

Youth XI       

Best Batsman: Angus Elley
Best Bowler: Dean Seckold
Spirit of Cricket Award: Karl Mulholland

Colts 

Best Batsman: Felix Bennie-Steele
Best Bowler: Matt Munro
Spirit of Cricket Award: Joe Morrison

Year 10        

Best Batsman: Jake Rochford
Best Bowler: Lucas Dutton
Spirit of Cricket Award: Shaun Rooney

Year 9A        

Best Batsman: Matthew Boyle
Best Bowler: James McSweeney
Spirit of Cricket Award: James McSweeney

Year 9 Red  

Best Batsman: Jamie Elley
Best Bowler: Sam Woodward
Spirit of Cricket Award: Nick O’Connor

Year 9 Black

Best Batsman: Silas Hayman
Best Bowler: Oliver Plunkett
Spirit of Cricket Award: Jack Ryan

Well done to the following players who have taken a 5 wicket bag or scored 100 runs in this half of the season.

• Harry Fitzpatrick: 5 for 32 against Shirley Boys’ High School 1st XI
  
• Luke Glen: 5 for 22 against St Andrews College 3rd XI
  
• Walter Brown: 5 for 19 against Shirley Boys’ High School
  
• William Ecroyd-Caddick: 5 for 24 against CBHS
  
• Jacob Walker: 5 for 6 runs against Middleton Grange High School
  
• Matthew Bond: 3 off 4 runs – Hat Trick against Middleton Grange High School
  
• James McSweeney: 5 for 19 against Burnside High School NZCT cup game
  

The following have scored 100 or more runs with the bat:

• James McSweeney: 100 retired against Burnside High School
  
• Matthew Boyle: 100 runs against St Thomas'
  
• Bailey Watson: 113 retired against St Thomas'
  

Rowing

Our Rowers attended the Otago Champs last weekend and only managed to row on Saturday morning as the Regatta was called off due to strong winds on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

Taekwondo:

Congratulations to Jacob Moylan who has recently been graded as Black Belt after an intensive four hour examination.    Jacob is currently the National and New Zealand open title holder for both Black Tab and Black Belt in the open weight division for his age group.  A great achievement for Jacob.

AFL

Congratulations to Sam Anderson, Kynan Stowers-Smith and Finn Moffat who were part of the Canterbury Cobra AFL team that played in the AFLNZ NPC in Wellington.

A Big Thanks You

Thank you to all the parents who have helped with sport this year at the College especially all those that sit on Sports Clubs you contribution is invaluable.

I am not sure how we would manage sport here at the College without your help which is truly appreciated by myself and all at the College.

Have a lovely Christmas and enjoy a nice restful time with those lovely sons of yours.

Thank you very, very, much

Clare