Junior Volleyball

Congratulations to the three junior Volleyball teams who recently travelled to Christchurch for the Junior South Island Champs!

A special shout-out to our Junior A girls team, who finished 5th in Division 1, and to Fleur Wellmeyer, who was named in the Tournament team. Our Boys' team achieved 3rd place in Division 2 (19th overall), and our Junior B Girls' placed 10th in Division 1.

We also celebrate Ivy Trench and Georgia Shone, who took Gold at the South Island Secondary Schools Year 9 Beach Volleyball tournament.

Additionally, congratulations to Seraphina Barker, who was named to the Tournament team at the Tasman Champs earlier this term.

A heartfelt thank you to all the coaches and managers who supported our Volleyball teams this season. We especially appreciate the efforts of Cris Phelan, Pat Shone, Arin Phelan, Justine Robertson, Tara Hope and Mika Sandford, who travelled with our tournament teams. Your dedication and support have been invaluable!

Cycling

A big congratulations to our cyclists who participated in the Tasman Secondary Schools Road Cycling event! Eddie Swain took 1st place in the U19 Boys division, while Lucas Ippolito finished 1st in the U15 Boys division. Hamish Thompson also earned a podium finish, securing 3rd place in the U15 Boys division. Well done to all!

Ki o Rahi

We had a junior mixed team entered in the Tasman Secondary Schools Ki-o-rahi tournament, they played some tough games, narrowly missing out on a place in the semi-final. A big thank you to Mr Leathley for his support and dedication to our athletes throughout the tournament.

Junior Cricket

Two boys cricket teams took part in the Tasman Secondary Schools Cricket Festival earlier in the term; well done to everyone on some fantastic games and a big thanks to those amazing parents that supported the teams for the day!

Junior Beach Volleyball

We have a huge contingent taking part in the Tasman Champs Junior Beach Volleyball tournament at Tahunanui. Good luck to all.

Baseball

Best of luck to Quinn Heiford who is currently playing in the New Zealand Under 18 Baseball team at the World Cup Qualifiers in Australia.

Touch

Well done to Tessa Honey and Destiny Sproul who were named in the New Zealand Youth Touch squads. Final team selections will be made in January 2025 for the youth series where they will pick women’s, men’s and mixed teams for each age group.

NZSS Touch

Our Senior Mixed Touch team are travelling to Rotorua to play in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Touch tournament. We wish you all the best. Harrison Carmichael, Lachlan Greenaway, Tessa Honey, Harry Horncastle, Brooke Hutchinson, Riley McCuish-Hocking, Cam McLean, Johnny Nicholls, Finn Price, Zach Redpath, Grace Shirley, Zac Shirley, Destiny Sproul, William Stillwell, Sienna Todd. Thank you to Mr Shirley, Angela Stark, Lucas Bartlett, Karen Stilwell and Luke Shirley for all your help with the team.

NZSS Athletics

Best of luck to our athletes travelling to Timaru to compete at the NZ Secondary Schools Athletics event – Bella Cain-Townley, Mia Cain-Townley, Hazel Hunt, Ava Lausen, Noah Lausen.

NZSS Beach Volleyball

Early next year we will have 2 teams travelling to Mount Maunganui to take part in the NZ Secondary Schools Beach Volleyball tournament – good luck to Ashlee Shone & Holly Shone and Hailey Muller & Maddy Seymour as they take on this exciting challenge! We’re cheering you on!

Mountain Biking

The 2024 Secondary Schools Mountain Bike Nationals were held in Christchurch on 7 – 10 October. There was a fantastic and unified Nelson presence in the village, with all the local schools cheering each other on. The enduro course was tricky, the cross country was gruelling, and the downhill course was straight out terrifying.

An awesome crew of 12 students represented Waimea College and did a great job coming 34th out of 160 schools competing.

A really composed effort from Harley Heyward who came 3rd Overall in U15 Boys.

Shout out to ripper Fletcher Matthews who made a very mature decision to sideline himself after a head knock a couple of weeks earlier.

Huge thanks to the amazing team of parents who marshalled, nursed, doctored, catered, and did a lot of bike repairs.

The Mountain Biking Team included the following students: Torin Barlow, Bruno Browne, Sam Bryant, Brooklyn Collins, Dylan Collins, Josh Graney, Harley Heyward, Jude Malham, Lucas Malham, Fletcher Matthews, Lachie Raymond, and Jack Scott.