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As well as event coverage, College Sport Media profiles the next generation of athletes and sport teams and tells the story of scucessful young people. For more from 2015-18 visit our Index of Articles page in the tab above or in the menu link if on a mobile device.
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As well as event coverage, College Sport Media profiles the next generation of athletes and sport teams and tells the story of scucessful young people. For more from 2015-18 visit our Index of Articles page in the tab above or in the menu link if on a mobile device.
CSM is backed by a registered charitable trust, College Sport New Zealand (CSNZ). We are always open to new financial partners or assistance (with benefits to you working with CSNZ), with new reciprocal partners in the media industry or with sports organisations and schools, and with new contributors.
For the above, or if you have a story you'd like to share of an individual or a team doing well or inspiring others please email editor@collegesportmedia.com for more.
Congratulations to…
Above: The St Hilda's team. PHOTO: NZC
The St Hilda's Collegiate and Wellington College First XI cricket teams for being crowned girls and boys national champions at Lincoln University in their two respective tournaments in the first week of December. St Hilda's have won the title for the second time in three years after their 2016 triumph, while Wellington College last won the Gillette Cup in 2001. |
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College Sport Media Featured team: The New Zealand Junior Surfing Team The NZ Junior Surfing Team has used the most recent National Scholastic Surfing Championships as the textbook preparation for the World Junior Championship taking place next week. The 12-surfer team competes at the 2018 VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship being held at Huntington Beach, California from the 27th October through until the 4th November. Nine surfers in the NZ Team were competing in Gisborne at the Scholastic Championships with three of those surfers taking home titles – Caleb Cutmore, Brie Bennett and Kora Cooper all of Raglan. The scholastic event mirrors that of the World Junior Championship with a focus on the team aspect and also the long duration of the event, surfers having to pace themselves over five days of competition. For the past two years the team has finished tenth overall and they will be aiming to push into the top eight to gain qualification for the Aloha Cup. USA won the 2017 event. Next week’s championship is the largest junior surfing event in the world playing host to over 350 surfers from 44 nations. 2018 marks the first year that all divisions are gender equal at the event with three surfers in each of the four divisions contested. The 2018 New Zealand Junior Surfing Team is: Under 18 Boys Division Caleb Cutmore (Hamilton) Conor McLennan (Christchurch) Shane Kraus (Piha) Under 18 Girls Division Kea Smith (Mount Maunganui) Saffi Vette (Gisborne) Tiana – Breeze de Mooij (Mount Maunganui) Under 16 Boys Division Kora Cooper (Raglan) Myka Black (Christchurch) Tom Robinson (Whangarei) Under 16 Girls Division Ariana Shewry (Oakura) Brie Bennett (Raglan) Estella Hungerford (Christchurch) |
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Saffi Vette. Image courtesy of Cory / NZ Surfing Magazine