WIS Sports
MOUNTAIN BIKING NATIONALS
We had two WIS students compete in their 1st National Schools Event in the first week of the holidays.
The event was hosted by MTB Otago and attracted over 400 riders from 110 different schools nationwide, with riders facing the demanding test of riding Signal Hill, then made more challenging with wet, slippery muddy conditions for the Downhill races.
Lucas Malham a Yr7, competed well in all 3 events; stage 5 Enduro, Downhill and Cross Country races. He finished an impressive 5th overall in the U13 Boys.
Finn Botica a Yr7, competed well in the Enduro and was to do the Downhill too - until a hard crash on stage 5 put him out for the rest of the weekend.
Both boys and their families learnt a lot about these kinds of events and were really well supported by the wider Nelson supporters and riders.
WELL DONE BOYS!
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CROSS COUNTRY SOUTH ISLANDS
On a beautiful chilly morning in Hanmer we had 13 of our top WIS Cross Country runners take part in the South Island Schools Cross Country champs on the last Thursday of last term.
The course had everything, bridges, steps, ups and downs. It was a hard but fun course.
All runners did really well with a few outstanding results from Mia Cain-Townley who finished an impressive 2nd for the Yr7 girls, Johnny Nicholls finishing 6th for the Yr7 boys.
Mia also took part in the relay team that finished 3rd.
Results
Mia Cain-Townley 2nd/44(yr7), Johnny Nicholls 6th/36(yr7), Lucas Malham 25th/36(yr7), Giselle Rynvos 15th/38(yr8), Grace Shirley 18th/38(yr8), Grace Cliffe 22/38(yr8), Amelia Clark 28th/36(yr8), Tessa Honey 29th/38(yr8), Shaylee Manson 32nd/38(yr8), Bojana Winslow 33rd/38(yr8), Noah Lausen 27th/40(yr8), Kent Furness 32nd/40(yr8), David Macintosh 36th/40(yr8).
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CRICKET
On Wednesday last term we had our WIS Boys and Girls NZ Cup cricket teams play Bohally.
The boys bowled Bohally out for 84 and chased it down in 9 overs for the win, using only 3 batsman. It was an impressive batting display from Carl Quinn who scored 62 runs not out.
The girls batted first and got 135 runs which then set Bohally a challenging task, our WIS girls bowled Bohally out for 27 to take the win.
Both teams are now heading down to play a tournament in Christchurch in a few weeks.
Well done and Good luck to you.
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BASKETBALL
In the last week of the holidays we had nine WIS students (Hayden Jones, Thompson Wright, Micaiah Sampson, Cooper Adams, Toby Maxwell, Johnny Nicholls, Mele Shultze Steinen, Alexis Dodd, Imogen Prendeville) make the Nelson U13 Rep Basketball teams that traveled to Ashburton to compete in the South Island Tournament. The Boys A team came 3rd beating Otago in their 3rd/4th play off.
Good work Guys!
Well done to those that got their entries in for the 3x3 Basketball for Term 4.
Nelson Basketball are offering a few options for Term 4, there is a U13 Academy, this has limited spaces so if you are interested then get in quick, also Kiwi Hoops is back running for the term.
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TOUCH
Friday night Touch starts this Friday 18th October down at Tahuna playing fields.
The Boys Yr7/8 & Girls Yr7/8 grades play at 5.30 pm every week the only thing that changes are the fields you play on, the mixed teams play at 6pm every week just the change of fields each week.
Make sure for the first week of touch that you get down there early and go and collect your team ball that you will need to bring each week and a whistle for your nominated ref.
We had a really good turn out of WIS students at the Nelson U14 & U12 rep trials on Sunday.
They will be playing in a tournament in Nelson on the 16th & 17th November if you could not make it and would like to play contact Jemma Taikato at Jemma.Taikato@waimeaint.school.nz
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VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball is starting next Wednesday, all teams should be handed into Ms Weir by now if you haven't do so tomorrow.
It is looking good with 12 teams entered so far.
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HOCKEY
This has been sent through from Nelson Hockey, for all those that have registered in the past week you will need to read this information.
If you registered for any of the following NHA Term 4 Programmes this past weekend, I'd really appreciate it if you can do it again following the links below:
Term 4 Junior Program
Term 4 Y5-8 FF Competition
Term 4 Social Senior Hockey Competition
Thank you very much,
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please don’t hesitate in contact Nelson Hockey Association for any extra information you may need.
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