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Sports Faculty

Mrs Clare Kissick —

A weekly update from the Sports Office...

South Island Swimming Championships

Congratulation to Ezra Dalley who competed in the South Island Swimming Championships in Blenheim during the first weekend of the holiday.

Ezra swam really well in his 10 races in the Under 14 Men’s event.

He was placed second in the 100 Individual Medley and 50 metres Backstroke. Ezra was placed third in the 100 metres Breaststroke and 50 metres Fly.

Sailing

Congratulations to Harry Corston who has been invited to participate by Yachting New Zealand in a regatta in Tokyo. This regatta is between 31 July and 8 August, we wish Harry all the very best of luck for this exciting opportunity.

Hockey

Congratulations to Scott Muir who was selected for the Canterbury Hockey Association Under 18 represented team who won the Under 18 National Championships.

Rupert Naughton and Joe Morrison were selected in the West Coast Under 18 team and finished 5th at the Under 18 Nationals.

George Baker and Charlie Morrison have been selected in the Under 15A representative team and Rhys Balchin and Josh Dutton in the Under 15B team who are yet to play in their National Tournament.

Basketball Friday Night

Basketball starts again this Friday night. Please make sure your son has the correct school singlet and P E shorts to play in and also that there is an adult sitting on the bench with all teams at all games.

As the contractors have now moved inside to the gym this is unavailable to play there this week so all games that were set down to play at St Bede's College are now being played at the Celebration Centre which is over by Cowles Stadium. The entrance to the stadium is off Dolamore Street which runs off Bickerton Street.

New Zealand National Cross Country Championships

Best wishes to Andres Hernandez and Connor High who are representing Canterbury at the National Cross Country Championships on Sunday.  The event is being held at the Auckland Domain and they will both be competing in the U18 race on Sunday morning.  Good luck Andres and Connor!

Marlborough Boys’ College Exchange

This year we are hosting Marlborough Boys’ College who will arrive on Monday, 7 August and play their games on the Tuesday, 8 August.

The team that will be taking part are, Basketball Senior A, and Junior A (team to be selected), Football 17A, Junior 1st XI, 1st XI, Rugby Under 15 and 14 A teams and Squash team. Marlborough Boys’ College will require billeting on Monday, 7 August please get your son to bring back his billeting form.

Rowing

St Bede's College Rowing Club are having a “Have A Go Day” on Thursday, 3 August in the quad at the College during lunchtime, every student is encouraged to have a GO. Following on from this all students can have a GO on the water on Saturday, 6 August at Stewart’s Gully. The St Bede's College Rowing Club are having a two layered approach to fees this year, one fee for serious rowers and another fee who just want to have fun and row. More information will be available at the “Have a Go Days”. The Club is also in the process of appointing a head coach for this coming season and an announcement will be made at the start of next term.

Team of the week

1st XV put up a very good fight against Christchurch Boys’ High School on Monday night after school. They took it to the boys in the first half with everyone standing up they were leading 21 to 12 just before half time and were unluckily when Boys High scored on half time. The final score was 21 to 40 but it was a well fought game and good to see all players really fired up to play the game.

Rugby

U15A Rugby Tournament Team Fundraising Event - CASINO NIGHT – 12 August.  Details can be found in the separate article.