The 135th Waitaki inter-school was played in cool damp conditions in Timaru on Wednesday the 29 August. Timaru emerged as clear cut winners 9-4 in the overall exchange.

The 1st XV match was a scrappy, dour affair in difficult, slippery conditions dominated by the defence of both sides and a high error rate. Waitaki, through a sound tactical kicking display, dominated territory and possession for long periods. They also had an edge on Timaru at scrum-time. They were perhaps guilty at times of not playing to their strengths close to the line and backline handling mistakes were costly for them. For Timaru Boys’, their lineout and driving play was a strength and they were largely the more enterprising side, although guilty at times of moving the ball wide against a compressed defence without first committing the defenders. First half tries to Taniela Wacokecoke and George Brown were enough to see the home side to a 12-0 victory and round off a pleasing finish to the year.

The 2nd XV enjoyed a 19-10 victory over Waitaki after a tough season. A good all-round performance providing their season highlight. The Colts side dominated in an easy 69-5 win. George Small scored a hat-trick and along with Ryan Allan and James Wacokecoke was the best of the Timaru side.

The 1st XI Football side controlled their match and ran out comfortable 4-0 victors. Ben Sewell used his pace to good effect in a creative performance and was one of the home side’s goal scorers along with Logan Hope, Taylor Donaldson and Tyler Cunningham. The junior match was a hard fought affair with Timaru narrow 2-1 winners. Josh Goodwin, Pero Forman and Caleb Rollo were the stand out performers.

The Senior Basketball side drew out to a clear-cut 86-60 win over their Waitaki counterparts. James Watt with 31 and Jack Crossan with 23 points led the scoring for Timaru while Alvin Sutedja again led a committed defensive effort.

In the Junior Basketball game, a strong Waitaki side were decisive 69-49 winners. Ethan Seyb was the best of the local side.

In Hockey, a late Jack Thomson goal was the difference in a 4-3 win for TBHS in the 2nds match. Lucas Wood with a double and Hayden Kennedy were the other scorers for Timaru. With Rankin Cup looming, TBHS took the opportunity to give a number of wider squad and 2nd XI members a game.

The Badminton was an evenly fought contest with the result hinging on the last two singles matches both of which were narrow victories to Waitaki which saw them win the rubber 4-2.

Waitaki also took the honours in the Squash with a 2-1 win with Stephen Garner recording the only win for TBHS in the battle of the top ranked players.

The Shooting results saw honours shared, with Timaru taking out the Trap-shooting 417-413 and Waitaki the Smallbore 365-341.

The Chess team rounded out the victories for TBHS with a narrow 9-7 win and Matthew Lang recording wins in all four of his matches.