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Roncalli Exchange - Ryan Nelsen Shield
 

St Thomas Wins Ryan Nelsen Shield

Michelle Tull —

Xavier Ngaata holds the Ryan Nelsen Shield.

On Tuesday 21 June, St Thomas of Canterbury College travelled to Timaru to compete in the annual exchange against Roncalli College for the Ryan Nelsen Shield.  Teams involved were: 1st XI Football, Junior Football, 1st V Basketball, Year 9 Basketball, Under 15 Rugby, Senior Debating and Junior Debating.

1st XI Football
Result: Win 6-1
Coach: Mr Richard Washington
Team: Yoshia Nishikage, Lachie Doyle, Sean Bawden, Ethan Apeldoorn, Tom Stewart, Mika Rabuka, Martin Lopez, Treye Butler, Michael White, Aashish Rai, Sean Newsome, Takayuki Shimizu, Jayden Hamilton, Joe Devine.
 

Junior Football
Result: Win 5-2
Coach: Mr Shane Reddy
Team: Dylan Bargh, Will Andrews, Cameron Brewitt, Caleb Stewart, Risias Mutonhori, Max Smail, Jake Charlton, Isaiah Ong, Scott Harrison, Levani Rova, Oliver Reid, Omar Ali, Jackson Clark, Luke Mangels.


1st V Basketball
Result: Loss 72-75
Coach: Mr Nev Brooker
Team: Xavier Ngaata, Ben Ruffles, Harry Apes, Richmond Patea-Seve, Juan O’Sullivan, Izaac Beever, Tane Wallace, Jalen Tangiiti-Turner, Sam Irving, Mahonri Tauiliili-Pau, Jacob Sue, Te Aotahi Rice-Edwards, Strathern Harrison.

Year 9 Basketball
Result: Win 34-27
Coach: Mr Brad Milne
Team: Trent Sinclair, Christian McCoy, Arnil Pasaylo, Kieran Charlton, Nick Dravitzki, Shaeden Sewell, Max Smail, Jake Charlton, Liam Pratt, Max Hill, Mykah Lumb.

Under 15 Rugby
Result: Win 53-36
Coach: Mr Kieran Coll & Mr Dean Smith
Team: Epati Tolovaa-Hohaia, Liam Hattrill, Jack Taylor, Damien Vincent-Campbell, Reece Merrett, Jacob Collins-Craig, Johvaan Renata, Zhavier Woollett, Jayden Ruki, Josh McVicar, Caius Faatili, Isileli Pulu, Nathan Chapman, Ollie Wilkinson, Ted Coleman, Tim Hudson, Jeremy August, Luke Baker-Garters, Conor Jordan, Sulimoni Samisoni-Maka, Andre Oreta, Korbin Moar.

Senior Debating
Result: Draw
Coach: Mrs Margaret Guerin
Team: Ben O'Connell, Tim Marshall, Hamish Simpson.
 

Junior Debating
Result: Loss (by 1 point)
Coach: Mrs Margaret Guerin
Team: Cormac Gallagher, Daniel Fogarty, William Abela.


Ryan Nelsen Shield Winners

2005 Roncalli College
2006 Not Played
2007 Roncalli College
2008 St Thomas of Canterbury College
2009 Roncalli College
2010 Roncalli College
2011 St Thomas of Canterbury College
2012 Not Played
2013 St Thomas of Canterbury College
2014 St Thomas of Canterbury College
2015 St Thomas of Canterbury College
2016 St Thomas of Canterbury College