Over the school holiday break ...

Year 9 and 10 Junior South Island Netball

Congratulations to both our Year 9 and 10 Netball teams who competed in the Junior South Island Netball Championships during the first week of the Term 2 break. Both teams had strong starts and finished Day 1 with three wins.

Heading into the top 16 on Day 2 meant tougher matches.  Both teams won the first two games and then on to the quarterfinals where each team played Christchurch Girls' High School.  

The Year 9s comfortably won 32-16 and went onto the semifinal against Cashmere High School.  Again, an easy win 44-26 which led the way to the main final against St Andrew's College (STAC). This was a tough final, STAC applied tight defensive pressure on our attack which caused crucial turnovers during the first half.  Our team worked hard to get ball back and to stay in touch, however STAC were too good, taking the win. The Year 10s lost their quarterfinal by two goals and then went on to lose against Villa Maria College on the last day. Their last game, for 7th place, against Marion, saw the team re-connect and work hard as a unit to ensure they came away with the win 37-36.  

A massive effort from both sides.  They were outstanding in their attitudes and fair play. The Year 10s were awarded with certificates for the sportsmanship over the tournament which is nominated by the Umpires. Well done to everyone.

Gymnastics

During the school holidays Sam Williamson and Charlotte Watkins travelled to Tauranga as part of the Otago Artistic Gymnastics Team to compete at the NZ Gymnastics Championships. Charlotte qualified for Day 2 in all four apparatus finals and won silver medals for Step 7 Bar and Vault which was a great achievement amongst tough competition. Sam placed 8th on Floor and achieved proficiency in Step 6 with an overall total of 52.1.

Representative Tournaments and Selections

Netball

Congratulations to the following U14 Netballers recently named in the: 

Dunedin A Team: Pippa Williams, Charlee Farquhar, Camryn Tutty, Rosie Gaffaney and Anahera Koni. 

Dunedin B Team: Bella McEntyre and Charlotte Mavor.

Basketball

Laura Ring was named in the Otago Women's Basketball - Southern Hoiho Development Squad.

Molly Gaffaney - competed at the the U17 Basketball Nationals finishing 5th.

Rosie Gaffaney, Camryn Tutty, Caitlyn Ring and Neve Black competed at the U15 Basketball Nationals finishing 12th.

Hockey

The following students played in the U18 Hockey Nationals over the break:

Billie Crowe, Jess Wilden, Ava Beens, Charlotte McKenzie, Chloe Deerness, Georgia Roy, Demi McAlwee. They had an outstanding tournament finishing 5th.

Swimming

Charlotte Aburn, Lily McGrath and Malaika Ogbuehi participated in the NZSS Swimming Championships in Wellington in the weekend recording the following results:

Charlotte Aburn (Age Group 15 yrs). Personal best in 100m freestyle, edging closer to the 1 minute mark with an incredible time of 1.00.20. She placed 4th in 200m free, 5th in 400m free with another great PB, and 8th in 50m free. Charlotte placed in the top 10 for 4 out of her 5 races.

Malaika Ogbuehi (Age Group 17- 18 yrs). Malaika had an amazing meet, with personal bests in all of her races. This was the first time Malaika has gone under 1 minute in the 100m freestyle, with 59.91 seconds. She placed 7th for 200m free, and took half a second off her times for both 50m free and 50m fly, and 3 seconds off her 200m free.

Lily McGrath (Age Group 13 yrs). Lily placed 2nd in 100m Medley, 3rd in 200m backstroke, 3rd in 200m freestyle with a seven second personal best. Lily recorded personal bests in 7 out of her 9 races, placing 5th twice, and top 10 in all but one event.  

Cross Country

Good luck to Zara Geddes who is competing in the Club NZ Cross Country Championships this week.

Touch

Holly Rowcroft has been called into the NZ u16 Touch team

Rugby
Hannah Lithgow was named in the playing 23 for the Otago Spirit Rugby team that played on Saturday.

Rachael Parker
Director of Sport