On Wednesday 17th November, our junior volleyball team headed to Timaru for the Aoraki Championships.

We were going to take two teams but, due to Level 2 restrictions, could only take seven players and two coaches.

Games started at 9.00am with 2 rounds in pool play leading to the semi-finals. The team won their section beating Ashburton B and Timaru Girls’ HS A to qualify for the semi-finals where they beat Craighead Diocesan 25-5, 25-3. It was a great performance!

In the final they took the first set off Ashburton A but unfortunately lost the decider 15-10. It was a very creditable performance by the team and, as many are still Year 9. Hopefully they can bring home the trophy next year.

Congratulations girls on a great tournament and thanks very much to our coaches, Mrs Paodi, Vaiuku Tuipulotu-Katoa and Zahara Shah who have put a lot of work into upskilling the players so that they are able to compete at this level.