Secondary pupils on move for sport

Reece Watson (left), of Ashburton College, safely delivers the ball away from his team's half with Dane Keyes-Kumeroa, of Feilding High School, in tow during the Johnson Cup in Cromwell yesterday. PHOTO: JONO EDWARDS

Liam Flynn (16), of Cromwell College, kicks the ball ahead of Josh Haywood (14), of St Peter's College, at Logan Park yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Sophie Martin, of Western Heights High School (left), and Kate Hopcroft, of Southland Girls' High School, chase the ball at the McMillan Hockey Centre yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Dunstan High-Timaru Boys' High player Cornelius Jacques (left) and King's High School's Liam Kinraid compete for the puck at the Dunedin Ice Stadium yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Logan Park's Jesse McKersey steadies for a shot on goal against Waitaki Boys' keeper Hayden Creedy at Centennial Park in Oamaru. PHOTO: HAMISH MACLEAN

It is the one week of the year when secondary school pupils can legitimately be allowed out of class.

School tournament week, during which pupils travel far and wide to all corners of New Zealand to play sport, began around the country yesterday.

Otago gets its share with hockey tournaments being played in Dunedin, Cromwell and Oamaru.

Dunedin's Logan Park in Dunedin is hosting a football tournament while the South Island schools ice hockey tournament is being played at Dunedin Ice Stadium.

The South Island curling championships were contested at the stadium over the weekend.

Kavanagh College won the girls grade with Maniototo Area School second.

Maniototo won the boys grade with Otago Boys' High School second.

The national school curling championships will be played in Auckland at the end of the month.

Tomorrow, the Edgar Centre will play host to the first day of the zone four basketball championships which run through to the weekend.

More than 20 hockey tournaments are being played around the country.

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