All the latest news and results from the Sports Department.

Cricket
Well done to our Girls 1st XI who won the TSS T20 Girls Tournament.

Congratulations also to our Boys 1st XI  cricket team who travelled to Christchurch earlier this year to play a very strong and experienced Willows team. The team had a great day out, just falling short of the 184 runs needed to secure the win. Player of the day was Bryn Thurlow with his 7 wickets for only 26 runs which also put him on the Willows Honours Board. Well done, Bryn.

Orienteering
Cassie Cameron, Joseph Cameron and Eddie Swain took part in the NZ Orienteering Champs here in Nelson/Tasman over Easter.

Eddie came away with a 1st place in the Team Relay and a 7th in the Individual Long Course. Cassie finished 2nd in the Individual Long and 4th in the Individual Middle events and Joseph finished 11th in the Individual Middle.

Well done to Ms Orbell and Mr Dunn who also took part.

Volleyball
Congratulations to Lilly Zwart who was recently named in the NZ Junior Volleyball Ferns Team. Also well done to Seb Lams and Eddie Swain who won the inaugural Volleyball Tasman Senior Secondary Schools Beach Champs.

Squash
Jack Gibb – Well done to Jack who went away to the AON NZ Junior Open Squash Nationals with a 7th place finish.

Swimming
Congratulations to the swimmers who competed at the National Age Group Championships in Wellington. William Seymour won the U15 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly events and Samantha Wilson won the U16 100m Butterfly.

Netball

We had 6 teams play in the annual Geraldine Hodgson Tournament in April. What a great way to start the season.

We have 14 teams registered to play with all games starting at either the Saxton Courts or the Saxton Stadium. Their season begins 14  May. The draw and results can be found each week at http://www.nelsonnetball.co.nz/

Well done to Isabella Thurlow and Destiny Sproul who took part in the Aotearoa Maori Netball Nationals in Palmerston North.

Basketball Teams
We have 15 basketball entered into various winter leagues at Saxton Stadium. These teams tip-off 25 May.

Congratulations to Maia Jones who was selected in the U17 Women’s National Team to travel to Jordan at the end of June. Maia was also named in the Mainland Pouakai team to play in the National Basketball League.

Well done to those students that represented Nelson in various regional events over the school holidays and qualified for the National Tournament later this year.

Rugby
The Waimea Combined 1st XV have begun their 2022 campaign. This is the elite First XV competition for the top half of the South Island and was formerly known as the UC Cup competition. This team is made up of players from Waimea College, Garin College, Nayland College, Murchison Area School and Tapawera Area School.

This year we also have an U15 and U17 Rugby team, playing as Waimea College and they played their first game this weekend.

The Girls 1st XI is also a combined team with players from Waimea College and Garin College playing. Their first game is not until Wednesday 1 June at 5pm.

Draws and results can be found at: https://www.tasmanrugby.co.nz/news/draws-and-results

School Cross Country
The school cross country was held on Tuesday 10 May down at Saxton Fields. 
Results:
Year 9 Girls – Bella Cain-Townley, Boys – Cody McPherson
Year 10 Girls – Mia Cain-Townley, Boys – Johnny Nicholls
Senior Girls/Boys – Amelia Clark. Bryn Thurlow was the fastest senior boy.
Special Ed – Anna Wellend and William MacDonald. Also a huge thank you to the Year 10 Leaders and Special Ed captains who ran with the Special Ed students.

Uniform Return
All outstanding uniforms from Term One are now due to be returned to the Sports Office. It is difficult to get teams into uniforms if we have not had all uniforms returned.