Sports round up - May 2025

Late 2024*

* Please note the use of 2024 year groups.

New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Touch Championship

After winning the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Touch Championship, the St Andrew’s Mixed touch team travelled to Rotorua to take part in the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Touch Championship, among 43 top teams from around the country. The team had eight games over the weekend, playing well to make it to the final for the second year in a row. They came away with a silver medal and second ranking in New Zealand after a 7–11 loss to Mahurangi College in the final but can be proud of all their performances through the tournament. The team thanked the departing Year 13 students who were part of the team for several years: Macklan Robertson, Samuel Mustchin, Tom Turner, Rafferty Powell, Ophelia Powell, Holly Maraki, Milla Downing and Addison Williams.

New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Athletics National Track and Field and Road Race Championships

A team of 14 athletes from St Andrew's competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Athletics National Track and Field and Road Race Championships in Timaru in early December. Almost every member of the team achieved at least one final and personal best performance. The best individual results were produced by Oliver Jackways (Y11) and Orla Motley (Y12) with each picking up a bronze medal in the Junior Boys’ 400m and Senior Girls’ hammer respectively. The Junior Mixed 4×400 relay team won silver within .01 of a second. The same team members had also placed second the previous year.

Results:

• Sophie Lampe (Y10), Abigail Scott-Douglas, Oliver Jackways and Kupa Rule (all Y11): second Junior Mixed 4×400 relay;

• Oliver Jackways (Y11): third Junior Boys’ 400m 3rd (personal best 50:87); ninth high jump;

• Orla Motley (Y12): third Senior Girls hammer, sixth javelin;

• Kupa Rule (Y11): sixth Junior Boys 800, 14th 1500m;

• Abigail Scott-Douglas (Y11): ninth 4km road race, sixth 2km steeplechase;

• Jody McCarthy-Dempsey (Y12): fourth Senior Girls high jump, seventh 100m hurdles, eighth long jump;

• Molly Michael (Y9), Sophie Paterson (Y10), Amelia Cody (Y10), Leah King (Y9): sixth Junior Girls 4×100m relay;

• Molly Michael (Y9): fourth Junior Girls’ 2km walk;

• Melenaite Havea (Y11): eighth Senior Girls shot put, ninth discus;

• Leah King (Y9): 11th high jump (personal best in high jump and 100m and long jump;

• Elliot Graves (Y13): 6km road race –18th;

• Cohnor Walsh (Y11): one of the youngest in the Senior Boys 1500m and 3000m and performed with merit;

• Sophie Paterson (Y10): competed in 300m hurdles, long jump, triple jump;

• Amelia Cody (Y10): competed in 300m hurdles, long jump, 80m hurdles;

• Ava Gardiner (Y12): competed in 200m.

National Condor Rugby Sevens Tournament

The Senior Girls’ rugby sevens team were eighth out of 20 teams at the National Condor Rugby Sevens Tournament, following their second place in the Canterbury Regional Competition. The team was defeated in the quarter-final against Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. However, despite playing with only nine players for a significant portion of the game, scored two tries. In the final game, the girls fought valiantly with just seven players, ending in a nail-biting 28–26 loss against Feilding High School. The eighth place national ranking is an improvement from last year’s 10th place and is a testament to the team’s dedication and skill.

Athletics

Years 4–8 Athletic Sports Day

There was great competition at the Years 4–8 Athletic Sports Day, with several new records set by Alessandria Greer (Y5 Girls’ long jump), Lila Scott (Y6 Girls’ discus), Joshua Smith (Y7 Boys’ discus), Ethan Waines (Y8 Boys’ discus), Sophie Jacobs (Y6 Girls’ shot put), Thomas Franks (Y4 Boys’ shot put) and Samuel Hoshek (Y8 Boys’ shot put).

Year group champions were:

• Year 4: Jack Marsh (Boys) Francesca Greer (Girls);

• Year 5: Samuel Carline (Boys) Alessandria Greer (Girls);

• Year 6: Harrison Julius (Boys) Sophie Jacobs (Girls);

• Year 7: Joshua Smith (Boys) Isabelle Greer (Girls);

• Year 8: Ethan Waines (Boys) Tayla Ford (Girls).

CPSSA Athletics

On Wednesday 27 November, a group 21 Preparatory School students competed at the Canterbury Primary Athletics event held at Ngā Puna Wai, demonstrating great spirit. Those to achieve a top three placing were:

• Joshua Smith: third Y7 Boys 1500;

• Isabelle Greer: first Y7 Girls 1500m, second 100m; second long jump;

• Isabelle Greer, Bobbi Wilson, Millicent Brown, Sarah-Charlotte McKay: third Y7 Girls 4×100m relay;

• Samuel Hoshek: third Y8 Boys shot put;

• Alice Glover: third Y8 Girls 60m;

• Tayla Ford, Isla Marshall, Lucy Bailey, Alice Glover: first Year 8 Girls 4×100m relay.

Basketball

Ava Jones, Roma Tuimaunei (both Y11) and Maniah Taefu (Y10) represented New Zealand at the FIBA U15 Oceania Cup in Canberra, Australia. All three made it through to their respective finals, being defeated by Australia to finish in second place. Ava Jones was named in the FIBA All Star Five.

Three St Andrew’s basketball teams competed at the Basketball New Zealand 3×3 Junior Cup, where the Junior Girls’ Blue team won the title in convincing fashion. The Junior Boys’ Blue team won six games and lost three to finish fifth. Oliver Kirk (Y10) received the title for Best Scorer. The Junior Girls’ White team – consisting of Y9 akōnga – came third equal. Sophie Schouten (Y9) was the tournament’s third-leading scorer.

Vincent Gardiner (Y9) represented Canterbury at the South Island U14 representative basketball tournament.

Cheerleading

At her first international competition, Iselle Bromhead (Y3), with her Mini Level 1 cheer team, competed at the Australasian Majors in Brisbane winning first place in their division against four Australian teams.

Cricket

Following the Christchurch Junior Cricket Association (CJCA) cricket festival at Hagley Park, Joshua Stewart and Hayden Brown (both Y8) were selected to play for a CJCA representative team in the Year 8 Blenheim festival in January 2025, and Thomas Hopping (Y7) was selected to play for a CJCA representative team, at the Year 7 festival in Ashburton in 2025.

Flag Football

William Ballin, Toby Park, and Adam Beaman (all Y11) were selected to represent Canterbury at the Flag Football Youth Nationals.

Kartsport

Louis Smith (Y9) won the Kartsport Canterbury 83-lap endurance race.

Marathon

At the Queenstown Marathon 10km event, Sam Wilton (Y10) was ninth in the 15–19 age group and his brother Oliver Wilton (Y9) was tenth in the 10–14 age group.

Multisport

Luca Rose, Joshua Morrow and Toby Wilson (all Y11) were second in the Male Team event at the OxMan Multisport event, comprising of a 2km run, 46km road bike, 14.5km run, and a 10km kayak.

Polo

Wilde Brabazon-Fleming (Y9) was the scoreboard keeper at the United States versus New Zealand youth polo tournament ‘A Day at the Polo’ organised by Ronald McDonald House.

Swimming

At Cromwell’s Spring Carnival swimming meet Kelicia Rui En Purcell (Y7) raced in 11 events, finishing with eight first placings, a second, and one third place. She also won Highest Points in her 11–12 age group, and additionally was the top female point scorer, receiving a cash prize and trophy for the year.

Tennis

Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Tennis Championships

A group of nine Year 9 and 10 tennis players played in the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Tennis Championships at Wilding Park. Billie Feaver-Banks and Mia McHarg (both Y9) were third and fourth respectively in the Year 9 Division 1 competition. In Year 9 Division 2, Molly Michael finished runner-up. In the Year 10 Girls’ competition, Marija Filipovic (Y10) won the singles title convincingly and partnered with Molly Brophy (Y10) to win the doubles title decisively. In the Boys’ competition George Kotepong (Y9) was runner-up in the Year 9 Singles final, before stepping up an age group and pairing with Jack Wheeler (Y10) in the Year 10 Boys’ Division 1 doubles, losing in the semi-final to the eventual title holders.

South Island Invitational Tennis Championships

Three St Andrew’s Preparatory School students were invited to compete at the South Island Invitational Tennis Championships with Sabine Waghorn (Y8) finishing runner-up, Kaia Hartstonge (Y8) sixth, and Elina Wang (Y7) finishing eighth overall. Sabine Waghorn and Kaia Hartstonge were semi-finalists in the Girls’ doubles.

Canterbury Year 7–8 Tennis Championships

Two teams of four (a Girls’ and a Mixed team) competed at the Canterbury Year 7–8 Tennis Championships. Both teams successfully won their pools undefeated and met in the final. The Girls’ team of Elly McHarg (Y7), Sabine Waghorn, Kaia Hartstonge and Scarlett Dunbar (all Y8) beat the Mixed team of Frank McHarg, Elina Wang (both Y7), Hudson Blyde and Rico Cantwell (both Y8), by one game to take out first place.

Touch

The Year 10 A Boys’ touch team won the inaugural Secondary Schools’ Canterbury Touch Festival, with four convincing wins.

The following players were selected for Canterbury representative teams:

• U18 Canterbury Boys Red: Nikao Panapa, Fynn Harris (both Y12);

• U16 Canterbury Girls Red: Rosie Gaffaney (Y10);

• U16 Canterbury Boys Red: Otis Wheeler (Y11);

• U16 Canterbury Boys Black: Oliver Kirk, Zachary Hoshek, Tuari Manuel (all Y10);

• U14 Canterbury Red: Vincent Gardiner (Y9);

• U14 Canterbury Black Junior: Marshall Coles (Y9).

Triathlon

Sophie Lampe (Y10) won the U16 Girls’ race (300m swim, 13km bike, 3km run) at the Tri New Zealand Junior Series for the second year in a row.

At the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Triathlon Championships, Sophie Lampe (Y10) was first the Youth Female U16 category, and Cohnor Walsh (Y11) was first in the Youth Male U16 category, securing second place in the Pak’n’Save Triathlon Festival.

VEX Robotics

At the VEX IQ Nationals, in a competition called Rapid Relay, St Andrew’s was represented by two Preparatory School teams, with the Year 7 team finishing 34th overall in the main competition and 33rd in the skills testing. The Year 8 team finished 21st overall and 22nd in the skills testing, placing them as the top Canterbury team and second in the South Island.

Volleyball

Mia Montgomery (Y12) was named in the New Zealand Junior Women’s Volleyball Development Squad for 2025.

Catherine Cook (Y12) and Molly-Belle Morrow (Y13) competed in the New Zealand Women’s Volleyball Club Nationals with their Shirley Volleyball Club Silverbacks team winning gold against the Auckland Thunder in Division 1.

Three St Andrew’s College teams competed in the Canterbury Junior Volleyball Championships, with the Junior Girls’ A team putting in an outstanding performance to secure third place in Division 1, with Rosie Gaffaney and Charli McFarlane (both Y10) earning spots in the tournament team. The Junior Girls’ B team finished fourth in Division 2, and the Junior Boys’ A team finished eighth in Division 1, earning themselves a place in Division 1 at the South Island tournament.

At the South Island Junior Volleyball Championships, the Junior Girls’ A team carried on their good form to earn a spot in the top eight of Division 1 – finishing seventh overall. The Junior Girls’ B team finished tenth in Division 3, and the Junior Boys’ A team qualified for Division 1, gaining invaluable experience against some tough competition.

2025

Athletics

Around 30 St Andrew’s athletes competed at the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Athletics finals, achieving many top results. Highlights included meet records being set by Orla Motley (Y13) in the U19 Girls’ Hammer, and Melenaite Havea (Y12) in the U19 Girls’ Discus – breaking her older sister Tapenisa Havea’s (OC 2021) record. Top three placegetters were:

• Orla Motley (Y13): 1st Girls’ U19 javelin, Girls’ U19 hammer (new record);

• Melenaite Havea (Y12): 1st Girls’ U19 shot put, discus (new record);

• Maiyah Martin (Y9): 1st Girls’ U14 shot put, discus, 80m hurdles;

• Jody McCarthy-Dempsey (Y13): 1st Girls’ U19 high jump, long jump, 100m hurdles;

• Sophie Lampe (Y11): 1st Girls’ U16 3000m, 1500m;

• Caleb Collins-Polata (Y12): 1st Boys’ U19 discus;

• Abigail Scot-Douglas (Y12): 1st Girls’ Open 2000m steeplechase;

• Tayla Ford (Y9): 1st Girls’ U14 3000m, 2nd 1500m;

• Sophie Paterson (Y11): 1st Girls’ U16 triple jump; 3rd long jump, 200m hurdles;

• Oliver Jackways (Y12): 1st Boys’ U16 400m, 2nd 200m, high jump;

• Kupa Rule (Y12): 1st Boys’ U16 800m;

• Emma McKellow (Y9): 2nd Girls’ U14 high jump, long jump;

• Marshall Coles (Y10): 3rd Boys’ U14 100m, 200m;

• Sam Payton (Y9): 3rd Boys’ U14 triple jump;

• Louis Cooper (Y9): 3rd Boys’ U14 javelin;

• Leah King (Y10): 3rd Girls’ high jump;

• Amelia Cody (Y11): 3rd Girls’ 80m hurdles;

• Roma Tuimaunei (Y12): 2nd Boys’ U16 shot put;

• Relay Team Results: U14 Girls – 2nd; U16 Boys – 2nd; Open Boys 4x400M – 3rd.

Basketball

The following players were selected for representative teams:

• U20 Waikato Country Boys: Bronson Curtis (Y13);

• U20 Canterbury Boys: Logan Righton (Y13);

• U20 North Canterbury Boys: Rylan Cliff (Y13);

• U18 Canterbury Girls: Ava Jones, Nadia De Thierry, Eva Jeffries, Alanna Brook (all Y12), Rosie Gaffaney, Hannah Radford and Lucy Cliff (Y11),

• U18 North Canterbury Girls: Sophia Bourke (Y11);

• U18 Canterbury Boys: Roma Tuimaunei (Y12), Oliver Kirk, Sol Calvert and Jai Curtis (all Y11);

• U18 Mainland Boys: Cooper Wilkins, Thomas McIntosh (both Y12);

• U16 Canterbury Girls: Maniah Taefu, Zara Kleindyk (both Y11), Hayley Stowell, Sophie Schouten and Holly Radford (all Y10), Maiyah Martin (Y9);

• U16 Canterbury Boys: Connor McIntosh, Kai Sloane, Jack Wilkins (all Y10);

• U16 North Canterbury Boys: Lucas Bourke (Y10);

• U16 Mainland Boys: Jack Cook, Hunter Morrow, Samuel Hoshek (all Y10).

Rosie Gaffaney, Maniah Taefu, Ava Jones (all Y11), Nadia De Thierry and Eva Jeffries (both Y12) were selected to attend Basketball New Zealand camps in April.

Canoe Polo

Liam Randall (Y13) and Luca Rose (Y12) were selected to represent New Zealand in the U18 Men’s B team competing at the Oceania Championships in Australia in April.

Coast to Coast

Three teams of St Andrew’s College students participated in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast, all first-time entrants. Adam MacFarlane (Y13) and Cohnor Walsh (Y12) were third in the Open Men’s two-day two-person team; Toby Wilson, Luca Rose and Joshua Morrow (all Y12) were the fourth placed schoolboys; and Head Prefect, Kate Simcock, and her father, Jeremy, were 22nd in the Family Mixed team category.

Cricket

Spencer Hair and Otis Wheeler (both Y12) were selected for the Canterbury U17 Men’s cricket team.

Daisy Thake (Y12) was selected for the Canterbury U17 Women’s cricket team.

The beautiful Willows Cricket Club was the venue for the annual social game between the Boys’ 1st XI and the Willows club team, which included some Old Collegians, and staff members, Mike (Scrump) Johnston (OC 1974, College Custodian and 1st XI coach), and Matt Parr (Director of Boarding, Head of Middle School, and cricket coach). The 1st XI set 207 for 9 which the Willows team reached with one wicket to spare.

CPSSA Triathlon

At the Canterbury Primary Schools' (CPSSA) Triathlon, Joshua Smith (Y8) was first in the Year 8 Open Category, finishing 1.51 minutes ahead of second place.

Equestrian

Georgia Lewis (Y12) represented the second-placed Canterbury team in the Mounted Games at the NZPCA Championship (U25) in January and was third the South Island in the Individual title.

Football

Noah Cole (Y13) was selected to play for New Zealand in the U19 New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Football Tour in Australia over the April term break.

Futsal

Noah Cole (Y13) was part of the Canterbury Dragons team which won the U17 national league title. He was also selected for the Men’s Senior Canterbury Dragons futsal squad; was captain of the South team in matches against the U19 North team and the New Zealand Māori team; from which he was one of only two South Island players to be selected for the New Zealand U19 Secondary School team.

The Junior Girls’ futsal team won the Mainland Football Futsal 2025 Regional Championship after a clean sweep in pool play, and 4–1 victory over Lincoln High School in the final. Both the Junior A and Senior Boys’ A teams claimed third place in their respective categories at the tournament.

Gymnastics

Andre Hall (Y9) was selected into the National Development gymnastics squad.

ISSA Swimming

Eleven Preparatory School students achieved top three placings, and four students, Elliotte-Rose Kesseler, Kelicia Rui En Purcell), Zi Yuan (Leo) Shi and Jacob Wang (all Y8) achieved a first place at the ISSA Swimming Championships.

Jetsport

The following students made the top four at the Smooth-Air Products New Zealand Jetsport Nationals:

• Diesel Mackie (Y8): first Junior Ski Lites 10–12 Years;

• William Parsonage (Y9): first Junior Ski Lites 13–15 Years;

• Danica Minson (Y10): fourth Junior Ski Lites 13–15 Years;

• Thomas Parsonage (Y12): second Amateur Ski Lites Open;

• Jake Wilson (Y12): first Ski Lites, Ski GP,New Zealand#1 Plate, Ski Overall.

Karting

Louis Smith (Y10) was second in the KartSport Canterbury Club Championships.

Polo

Wilde Brabazon-Fleming (Y10) playing alongside his teammates from Christ’s College, represented the A Grade South Island in a polo match against the Central Districts Hawke’s Bay travelling team, with a 4–4 draw.

Sofia Sneddon (Y8) scored seven of nine goals for her combined Christchurch team which won B Grade Division at the final South Island SUPA Polo Tournament.

Preparatory School Swimming Sports

Year 5–8 students participated in the annual Preparatory School Swimming Championships at Jellie Park. Zi Yuan (Leo) Shi (Y8) and Liam Botha (Y4) set new Boys’ backstroke records in their respective age groups. The House competition saw MacGibbon taking first place, followed by Erwin, then Rutherford and Thompson. Age group champions were:

• Year 5: Georgia Blyde (Girls) and Youzhen (Max) Chen (Boys);

• Year 6 Arizona Wallace (Girls) and Ming MacCarthy (Boys);

• Year 7: ChloeAnn Botha (Girls) and Bozan Wang (Boys);

• Year 8: Kelicia Rui En Purcell (Girls)and Zi Yuan (Leo) Shi (Boys).

Speed Skating

Anthony Kutovoy (Y13) competed in a short-track speed skating Junior World Cup 3 event in Quebec, where he placed in the top 20 internationally and has been long-listed for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Sprint Kayaking

Oliver Macdonald (Y11) was selected to compete in the 2025 Asia Pacific Sprint Cup for the New Zealand U16 team in Japan in May.

Surf Lifesaving

Oliver Macdonald (Y11) was a multiple medallist at both the 2025 Canterbury and South Island Surf Lifesaving competitions. At the Surf Lifesaving Nationals he won a national silver medal in the surf ski team relay event.

Swimming

Kelicia Rui En Purcell (Y8) raced in nine events at the 2025 South Island Long Course Swimming Championships, winning gold in the Girls’ 12–14 years 200m butterfly and mystery medley race, silver in the 400m individual medley, and bronze in the 100m butterfly. She also set three South Island Long Course records for 12 Years Girls. At the 2025 Makos Junior Swimming Festival, Kelicia was second in the 100m butterfly and 200m breaststroke, and third in the 50m butterfly.

Representing the Canterbury Los Angeles Olympics 2028 Target Squad, Rylee McBride (Y13) won gold in the 16/17 Years Women category in the 50m backstroke (new Canterbury record) and 100m backstroke, and silver in 50m butterfly, at the Swimming Auckland Long Course Age Group and Open Championships.

At the 2025 Apollo Projects Division II Swimming Championships, Millicent MacIntyre (Y10) won a first, second and two thirds, and Kiera-Leigh Watt (Y9) won four thirds.

Tennis

Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Intermediate and Senior Tennis Championships

St Andrew’s tennis players performed well at the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Intermediate and Senior Championships, with Marija Filipovic (Y11) winning the Year 11 Girls’ singles title; Lila Waghorn (Y12) and Marija Filipovic winning the Senior Girls’ doubles; Ricky Kotepong (Y13) runner-up in the Senior Boys’ singles; Ruby McPhail (Y13) runner-up in the Senior Girls’ singles; Lila Waghorn (Y12) third in the Senior Girls’ singles; Oliver Jackways (Y12) runner-up in Boys’ Division 2; and Ricky Kotepong and Jack Wheeler (Y11) winning their semifinal, but their final was cancelled due to bad weather.

South Island Secondary Schools’ Tennis Championships

After two convincing wins, the Girls’ team of Lily McHarg, Ruby McPhail (both Y13), Lila Waghorn (Y12), Billie Feaver-Banks (Y10) and Zoe Kelso (Y9), were South Island runners-up after losing a close final against

St Margaret’s College, in a countback 7–6. The Boys’ team of Ricky Kotepong (Y13), Jack Wheeler (Y11), George Kotepong (Y10), Tom Dawson and Haolin (Harley) Xiong (both Y9) lost their semi-final to eventual winners, Ashburton College, finishing third in the Boys’ championship.

At the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Sport Premier Tennis competition both the Senior Boys’ and Girls’ tennis teams secured Canterbury titles. The girls achieved a 3–1 victory against St Margaret's College A, while the boys won 2–1, with the final match not included in the score, as it extended beyond the two-hour time limit. The A2 Girls' team was third overall.

Touch

The following students were selected for Canterbury touch teams which competed at national tournaments – Fynn Harris (Y13) was in the Canterbury U18 Men’s team which finished third; Otis Wheeler (Y12) was in the Canterbury Men’s U16 team which placed second; Ava Gardiner (Y13) was in the Canterbury U18 Women’s touch team which placed sixth; Rosie Gaffaney (Y11) was in the Canterbury Women’s U16 team.

Triathlon

Sophie Lampe (Y11) has been selected to race for New Zealand at the Triathlon World Championships in Australia this October, competing in the 16–19 Sprint Triathlon. Sophie also won the U16 Girls’ competition at the Challenge Wānaka triathlon.

At the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Triathlon, Sophie Lampe (Y11) won the U16 Girls’ title and Cohnor Walsh (Y12) was third in the U18 Boys’ category. At the South Island Secondary Schools’ Triathlon and Duathlon Championships Sophie won the U16 Girls’ race and Cohnor was third in the U19 Boys’ race.

Umpiring

Alexander Black (Y13) was appointed to umpire at the U19 and U17 national softball tournaments at which he passed his New Zealand Umpires Badge and was appointed to the final as Plate Umpire. He also umpired at the South Island U15 Open Club Championships and was appointed to the Men’s Open Championships in March, the pinnacle men’s event on the softball calendar.

VEX Robotics

Three of the 11 teams to take part in the VEX Robotics Kiwibots Nationals were from St Andrew’s, with around 300 students competing over two years. Two of the St Andrew’s teams, ‘Fish’ – comprising Aki Hansen, Edison Pang and Oliver Cooper (all Y13), and ‘404 Competition Not Found’ – comprising Hannah Withers, George Bissland, Alex Manson and Luke Manson (all Y12), made it to the top 32 teams for the playoffs. ‘Fish’ went through to the quarter-finals, where they were beaten 26–24.

Volleyball

Two boys’ and two girls’ teams from St Andrew’s competed in the South Island Secondary Schools’ Mainland Volleyball Championships. The Senior A Girls, competing in Division 1, had a strong tournament finishing in fifth place overall, with their only losses to the eventual first and second placed teams. The Senior A Boys finished 11th in their Division 1 competition; the Senior B Girls were seventh in Division 3 and the Senior B Boys’ team gained valuable experience in Division 4.

At the Canterbury Senior Volleyball Championships, the Senior A Girls’ team were crowned Canterbury Champions, coming back from two sets down in both the semi-final against Christchurch Girls’ High School, and final against St Margaret’s College to win both in five sets. Catherine Cook (Y13) and Hannah Papali'i Taimalelagi Malietoa (Y12) were named to the tournament team, and captain Mia Montgomery (Y13) was named Tournament MVP. The Senior A Boys’ team finished fourth overall, after being defeated by eventual winners, Riccarton High School, in the semi-final. Jett Timbrell (Y12) and Jairo Senio (Y11) were named in the tournament team.

Water Skiing

Genevieve Wallis (Y11) was a member of the New Zealand U17 team at the Aussie/Kiwi Challenge-Oceania Junior Water Ski Championships. While Australia took a clean sweep of the teams’ events, Genevieve individually won bronze medals in the U17 Girls’ overall and Girls’ jump, was fourth in Girls’ tricks, and fifth in Girls’ slalom.