A round up of what some WGHS students were up to on the sporting scene over the school holidays.

At the beginning of the holidays we had 4 students - Briar Johnston, Shelby Johnston, Sarah Jamison and Jess Lake head to Wellington for the NZ Secondary Schools Athletics Champs. Congratulations to Briar who placed 7th in the under 19 100m in a time of 12.84s

Mikayla Bryant has had a busy holidays, competing in the Australian Trapshooting Nationals in NSW, as well as being selected in the Junior NZ team.

Two of our senior A netballers were named in the Te Wai Pounamu Maori under 19 team for 2020. Congratulations and goodluck Laura Dunshea and Nelle Loper.

Our 2020 Sports Captain Mackenzie Phillips is having another great tennis season. Over the break she won the singles and doubles in the North Otago Open as well as attending the  National Champs in Auckland, finished in the top 20 under 18’s. 

At the South Island Rowing Champs, Sahara Geary, part of the ORC Women's intermediate coxed four, picked up a silver medal. The school rowing season has just started and we have 7 students who are training hard to compete in their first season for WGHS.

The 2019 North Otago Sports Awards Finalists have been named, with the awards night being held on 16th March. Two of our nominees have been selected as finalists, Taneisha Fifita in the 'Junior Sportswoman of the Year' category and Holly Beazer in the 'Official in Sport' category. Good luck to both of you.