Mt Aspiring snow finale
Mt Aspiring College finished the ski season by holding its school championships at the Cardrona Resort.
There was some outstanding skiing by Eleanor Adams and Mikey Austin to take the girls ski trophy, and Henry Schikker to take the boys ski trophy. The girls snowboard trophy went to Corrah Phillips and the boys snowboard trophy to Fraser Dowling. This wound up an exceptional season for the school in which it gained top placings at several local, South Island and national events.
Mt Aspiring finished second at the New Zealand schools Nordic and biathlon championships, with outstanding skiing from Olivia Thompson (first in the 10km biathlon and first in the classic W16), Katarina Maluschnig (third in the classic W16, third in the skate W16), Alex Thompson (first in the biathlon sprint, third in the classic W16) and Ella Maluschnig (first in the classic W12 and first in the skate W12).
The college ski and snowboard team again showed its talent at the South Island schools ski and snowboard championships, with the mixed ski team of Mikey Austin, Alex Winsloe, Henry Schikker and Max Schikker placing second, the snowboard girls team of Charlotte Jolly, Fran Stapper, Bronnie Ormandy and Corrah Phillips claiming first place and the snowboard boys team of Fraser Dowling, Joss McAlpine, Tim Herbert and Lachlan Woods also winning its competition.
The Catlins Area School
Summer sports are getting into gear in the sunny Catlins with recent coaching visits in touch and cricket being enjoyed by a wide range of pupils.
Quentin Gare has recently been named in the Otago Country cricket squad, while White Fern Sara McGlashan spent an afternoon alongside Claire Taylor from Otago Cricket coaching year 7-10 girls.
Otago Touch development officer Grant Milne has also visited to pass on touch skills to an enthusiastic group of players of all ages as well as several staff.
The school's Get-to-Go Challenge team finished fourth in the recent event in and around Dunedin. The team competed brilliantly in the mountain biking and kayaking but did not go so well in the orienteering.
John McGlashan shooting
The John McGlashan trapshooting squad recently attended the Bodkin Shield. It is a three-day open event, comprising 130-plus shooters, mainly very experienced men, many of whom have represented New Zealand.
On the first day at Moa Creek, Grant Ramsay claimed overall first place after a shootoff involving six shooters. He shot more than 100 targets over the day and missed just one.
On day two, Garth Sanders performed equally as well. He was the only shooter over the day to get 60 out of 60.
Six shooters qualified for the shootoff and Garth finished second, one place ahead of his father. Hugh Lindsay and Clint McAughtrie joined the above two and ensured the team performed with credit. The boys also competed in the Taieri Shield event in which Grant Ramsay had another very successful day and the five-man team brought back the shield, adding it to the Scott Shield they won in Nightcaps.
Columba events
A large turnout for the annual meeting of the Columba College sports council emphasises the support the school community has for this successful school initiative.
Kelvin Carruthers was unanimously elected for a further term as chairman and the council welcomed four new members.
Goals, expectations and challenges have already been set for the coming year.
The sports council recently hosted a function for the 49 school pupils who coach and referee junior sports teams at Columba College. It is pleasing to see so many girls prepared to give up their own time to assist the growing of sport at the school.
The Columba College skiers performed well at the South Island ski and snowboard championships at Cardrona. They placed third in the girls ski team category. The team members were Jodie Llewellyn, Bailey Saville, Charlotte Hall (all year 9) and Kim Schultz (year 10). In the gravity cross, Jodie Llewellyn was fourth but clocked the second-fastest time in the individual time trial. Bailey Saville was fifth, Charlotte Hall 11th and Kim Schultz 15th.
Queen's sport
The Queen's High School junior B team finished the netball season as winner of its grade.
Pupil coach Sarah Taylor did an exceptional job developing this team over the season. The junior A basketball team also won the year 10 B competition. This was a great result considering most of the team are year 9s.
Summer sports are well under way. The touch teams have been lucky to have had some expert coaching from Otago under-13 coach Brett Haugh. This training has been showing in the senior teams' performances so far. Two junior cricket teams took part in the "Bash 6s" tournament at the Edgar Centre recently. The girls enjoyed this tournament and are now training for the 8s competition next term.
The annual swimming sports were held in late September at Moana Pool. Pupils swam in competitive races and house novelty events. Gabrielle Scott won the senior championship for the second year and Jess White won the junior championship.
Kavanagh roundup
Kavanagh College recently held its sports awards night, with double international Suzie Bates as guest speaker. Suzie gave the pupils an understanding of the different challenges she faced and how she has managed to balance the sporting, social and educational aspects of her life.
Kavanagh awarded Blues for the first time in shooting to Jacinta and Graham Grant.
Shauna Pali won the McLaughlan Trophy for the highest level of contribution to sport. Zoe McBride (year 11) received the Bishop Len Boyle Trophy for the senior sportsperson of the year.
Lawn bowlers Patrick Cobson, Liam Pollock and James Bishop were able to make it all the way into the final of their division before being struck down by injury and illness to trip at the last post, losing 5-4 to a very classy Otago Boys' High School team.
Three touch teams are playing in the secondary schools competition with mixed results, with each team having a win and a loss.
The First Xl cricket team played its first game of the season recently and in a rusty beginning, lost to Albion by 80 runs. The performance of note came from Joe Weatherall, who took three wickets and contributed 34 runs with the bat.
Calendar
October 14: South Island mountain biking, Invercargill
October 25: Term 4 begins; weekly touch resumes, Oval
• These articles are compiled by the Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc (OSSSA), which is proudly sponsored by Perpetual. Contacts: Des Smith, Otago Regional Sports Director, PO Box 6303, Dunedin. Ph 470-1337 Email:des@osssa.org.nz Website:www.osssa.org.nz
There was some outstanding skiing by Eleanor Adams and Mikey Austin to take the girls ski trophy, and Henry Schikker to take the boys ski trophy. The girls snowboard trophy went to Corrah Phillips and the boys snowboard trophy to Fraser Dowling. This wound up an exceptional season for the school in which it gained top placings at several local, South Island and national events.
Mt Aspiring finished second at the New Zealand schools Nordic and biathlon championships, with outstanding skiing from Olivia Thompson (first in the 10km biathlon and first in the classic W16), Katarina Maluschnig (third in the classic W16, third in the skate W16), Alex Thompson (first in the biathlon sprint, third in the classic W16) and Ella Maluschnig (first in the classic W12 and first in the skate W12).
The college ski and snowboard team again showed its talent at the South Island schools ski and snowboard championships, with the mixed ski team of Mikey Austin, Alex Winsloe, Henry Schikker and Max Schikker placing second, the snowboard girls team of Charlotte Jolly, Fran Stapper, Bronnie Ormandy and Corrah Phillips claiming first place and the snowboard boys team of Fraser Dowling, Joss McAlpine, Tim Herbert and Lachlan Woods also winning its competition.
The Catlins Area School
Summer sports are getting into gear in the sunny Catlins with recent coaching visits in touch and cricket being enjoyed by a wide range of pupils.
Quentin Gare has recently been named in the Otago Country cricket squad, while White Fern Sara McGlashan spent an afternoon alongside Claire Taylor from Otago Cricket coaching year 7-10 girls.
Otago Touch development officer Grant Milne has also visited to pass on touch skills to an enthusiastic group of players of all ages as well as several staff.
The school's Get-to-Go Challenge team finished fourth in the recent event in and around Dunedin. The team competed brilliantly in the mountain biking and kayaking but did not go so well in the orienteering.
John McGlashan shooting
The John McGlashan trapshooting squad recently attended the Bodkin Shield. It is a three-day open event, comprising 130-plus shooters, mainly very experienced men, many of whom have represented New Zealand.
On the first day at Moa Creek, Grant Ramsay claimed overall first place after a shootoff involving six shooters. He shot more than 100 targets over the day and missed just one.
On day two, Garth Sanders performed equally as well. He was the only shooter over the day to get 60 out of 60.
Six shooters qualified for the shootoff and Garth finished second, one place ahead of his father. Hugh Lindsay and Clint McAughtrie joined the above two and ensured the team performed with credit. The boys also competed in the Taieri Shield event in which Grant Ramsay had another very successful day and the five-man team brought back the shield, adding it to the Scott Shield they won in Nightcaps.
Columba events
A large turnout for the annual meeting of the Columba College sports council emphasises the support the school community has for this successful school initiative.
Kelvin Carruthers was unanimously elected for a further term as chairman and the council welcomed four new members.
Goals, expectations and challenges have already been set for the coming year.
The sports council recently hosted a function for the 49 school pupils who coach and referee junior sports teams at Columba College. It is pleasing to see so many girls prepared to give up their own time to assist the growing of sport at the school.
The Columba College skiers performed well at the South Island ski and snowboard championships at Cardrona. They placed third in the girls ski team category. The team members were Jodie Llewellyn, Bailey Saville, Charlotte Hall (all year 9) and Kim Schultz (year 10). In the gravity cross, Jodie Llewellyn was fourth but clocked the second-fastest time in the individual time trial. Bailey Saville was fifth, Charlotte Hall 11th and Kim Schultz 15th.
Queen's sport
The Queen's High School junior B team finished the netball season as winner of its grade.
Pupil coach Sarah Taylor did an exceptional job developing this team over the season. The junior A basketball team also won the year 10 B competition. This was a great result considering most of the team are year 9s.
Summer sports are well under way. The touch teams have been lucky to have had some expert coaching from Otago under-13 coach Brett Haugh. This training has been showing in the senior teams' performances so far. Two junior cricket teams took part in the "Bash 6s" tournament at the Edgar Centre recently. The girls enjoyed this tournament and are now training for the 8s competition next term.
The annual swimming sports were held in late September at Moana Pool. Pupils swam in competitive races and house novelty events. Gabrielle Scott won the senior championship for the second year and Jess White won the junior championship.
Kavanagh roundup
Kavanagh College recently held its sports awards night, with double international Suzie Bates as guest speaker. Suzie gave the pupils an understanding of the different challenges she faced and how she has managed to balance the sporting, social and educational aspects of her life.
Kavanagh awarded Blues for the first time in shooting to Jacinta and Graham Grant.
Shauna Pali won the McLaughlan Trophy for the highest level of contribution to sport. Zoe McBride (year 11) received the Bishop Len Boyle Trophy for the senior sportsperson of the year.
Lawn bowlers Patrick Cobson, Liam Pollock and James Bishop were able to make it all the way into the final of their division before being struck down by injury and illness to trip at the last post, losing 5-4 to a very classy Otago Boys' High School team.
Three touch teams are playing in the secondary schools competition with mixed results, with each team having a win and a loss.
The First Xl cricket team played its first game of the season recently and in a rusty beginning, lost to Albion by 80 runs. The performance of note came from Joe Weatherall, who took three wickets and contributed 34 runs with the bat.
Calendar
October 14: South Island mountain biking, Invercargill
October 25: Term 4 begins; weekly touch resumes, Oval
• These articles are compiled by the Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc (OSSSA), which is proudly sponsored by Perpetual. Contacts: Des Smith, Otago Regional Sports Director, PO Box 6303, Dunedin. Ph 470-1337 Email:des@osssa.org.nz Website:www.osssa.org.nz
