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For the second successive year, Darae Chung from Chilton St James School in Lower Hutt won the Supreme Girls Sports Award at the College Sport Wellington SPOTYS. The awards were held online in November 2021. Chung, who is finishing year 12, will head overseas next year. Read more HERE
Producing a spectacular moment to win a championship with the last play of the game is everyone’s dream in sport. Last week at the National Under 19 Club Football championships in Napier that desire became a reality for Petone’s Olivia Gibbs. With her side tied 0-0 against Nelson, Gibbs was fouled 30 yards out from goal. What followed was a spectacular right to left strike that flew beyond the wall, past the keeper, and into the roof of the net. “You know when you hit it, it feels right, It feels good. When it went in, I couldn’t believe it. It was just pure excitement and relief. It was crazy, I’m still getting over it,” Gibbs said. Read more HERE
Winning North Wellington AFC U19 football captain Riley Manuel (St Pat's Town) said "We were pretty nervous, but tried to focus on what we could control. We are really grateful it went ahead,” he said. A gruelling format requires the finalists to get through five pool matches lasting an hour in addition to a quarter and semi-final. North Wellington didn’t concede a goal until the semi-final against one of the pre-tournament favourites Mirimar Rangers where they required extra time to prevail 3-2. In the final against Wellington Olympic control was lost as early as the fourth minute when wing Sam Rioga was toppled in the box and George Walker coolly converted a penalty. Misery compounded 25-minutes later when Walker scored again collecting a piercing right-foot pass by Theo Jones on the edge of the area and gracefully turning by a hapless defender leaving the keeper stranded. Read more HERE
Queen Margaret College (QMC) has had the team on paper to deliver a maiden Sharp Trophy Wellington girls basketball championship for a handful of seasons. In 2018 and 2019 they were beaten in the final by Hutt Valley High School and last year they were top four finishers. On Friday night at the ASB centre the Presbyterians finally broke the glass ceiling, narrowly defeating Sacred Heart College 75-72 in the decider. Captain Lilly Taulelei stressed two prior defeats to Sacred Heart earlier in the season were vital in the triumph. “We lost to them twice in the regular season, which really attests to what a great side they are. The game was really close. The biggest lead for any side was ten points which is nothing in basketball. It felt so great to play such a competitive game after lockdown. Read more HERE
She is known by her middle name, and Manukura’s captain took centre stage for her rugby First XV last week when they completed an unbeaten season by beating St Mary’s College, Wellington, in the Hurricanes region final.bManukura defeated St Mary’s 19-12 in a hard-fought final in Palmerston North and Elinor-Plum King was in the thick of the action as captain, openside flanker and turnover terrier, as well as her team’s leading lineout jumper. Elinor is her first name and Plum her middle name, hence Elinor-Plum on teamsheets. “Growing up, and still today, people always call me Plum, so that has stuck,” she told College Sport Media last week after the Hurricanes final. Elinor-Plum is one of two players in the current Manukura team who are in this year’s Manawatu Cyclones Women’s NPC rugby squad, alongside Holly-Rae Mete-Renata. Read more HERE
“We could see it coming. We never got too far ahead of ourselves but we had such a good season last year expectations were high,” Thomas Walters of the St John’s College, Hamilton First XI revealed when asked about prospects for 2021. With nine Year 13’s returning, St John’s achieved something they hadn’t done since 2002 - win the Waikato Secondary Schools Premier Division football title. St John’s topped the first round of the competition, outpacing eight teams and were then front runners in the second round top four series. A 3-1 victory over perennial winners Hamilton Boys’ High School secured the title. Read more HERE
For the second successive year, Darae Chung from Chilton St James School in Lower Hutt won the Supreme Girls Sports Award at the College Sport Wellington SPOTYS. The awards were held online in November 2021. Chung, who is finishing year 12, will head overseas next year. Read more HERE
Producing a spectacular moment to win a championship with the last play of the game is everyone’s dream in sport. Last week at the National Under 19 Club Football championships in Napier that desire became a reality for Petone’s Olivia Gibbs. With her side tied 0-0 against Nelson, Gibbs was fouled 30 yards out from goal. What followed was a spectacular right to left strike that flew beyond the wall, past the keeper, and into the roof of the net. “You know when you hit it, it feels right, It feels good. When it went in, I couldn’t believe it. It was just pure excitement and relief. It was crazy, I’m still getting over it,” Gibbs said. Read more HERE
Winning North Wellington AFC U19 football captain Riley Manuel (St Pat's Town) said "We were pretty nervous, but tried to focus on what we could control. We are really grateful it went ahead,” he said. A gruelling format requires the finalists to get through five pool matches lasting an hour in addition to a quarter and semi-final. North Wellington didn’t concede a goal until the semi-final against one of the pre-tournament favourites Mirimar Rangers where they required extra time to prevail 3-2. In the final against Wellington Olympic control was lost as early as the fourth minute when wing Sam Rioga was toppled in the box and George Walker coolly converted a penalty. Misery compounded 25-minutes later when Walker scored again collecting a piercing right-foot pass by Theo Jones on the edge of the area and gracefully turning by a hapless defender leaving the keeper stranded. Read more HERE
Queen Margaret College (QMC) has had the team on paper to deliver a maiden Sharp Trophy Wellington girls basketball championship for a handful of seasons. In 2018 and 2019 they were beaten in the final by Hutt Valley High School and last year they were top four finishers. On Friday night at the ASB centre the Presbyterians finally broke the glass ceiling, narrowly defeating Sacred Heart College 75-72 in the decider. Captain Lilly Taulelei stressed two prior defeats to Sacred Heart earlier in the season were vital in the triumph. “We lost to them twice in the regular season, which really attests to what a great side they are. The game was really close. The biggest lead for any side was ten points which is nothing in basketball. It felt so great to play such a competitive game after lockdown. Read more HERE
She is known by her middle name, and Manukura’s captain took centre stage for her rugby First XV last week when they completed an unbeaten season by beating St Mary’s College, Wellington, in the Hurricanes region final.bManukura defeated St Mary’s 19-12 in a hard-fought final in Palmerston North and Elinor-Plum King was in the thick of the action as captain, openside flanker and turnover terrier, as well as her team’s leading lineout jumper. Elinor is her first name and Plum her middle name, hence Elinor-Plum on teamsheets. “Growing up, and still today, people always call me Plum, so that has stuck,” she told College Sport Media last week after the Hurricanes final. Elinor-Plum is one of two players in the current Manukura team who are in this year’s Manawatu Cyclones Women’s NPC rugby squad, alongside Holly-Rae Mete-Renata. Read more HERE
“We could see it coming. We never got too far ahead of ourselves but we had such a good season last year expectations were high,” Thomas Walters of the St John’s College, Hamilton First XI revealed when asked about prospects for 2021. With nine Year 13’s returning, St John’s achieved something they hadn’t done since 2002 - win the Waikato Secondary Schools Premier Division football title. St John’s topped the first round of the competition, outpacing eight teams and were then front runners in the second round top four series. A 3-1 victory over perennial winners Hamilton Boys’ High School secured the title. Read more HERE
Secondary School Sport – October/November 2021 updates:
College Sport Media thanks the One Foundation for its grant to assist us in covering secondary school sport in New Zealand throughout 2021 - we have interviewed and profiled some 50 more athletes and schools this year.
Since 2015, the College Sport New Zealand Charitable Trust, through this website, College Sport Media, has covered New Zealand secondary school sport through profiling young sportspeople and teams and event coverage. Visit our Index of Articles page for our archives or search the 'Articles' tab in the menu bar here.
Unfortunately, 2021 has been another hugely disruptive year on the secondary school sporting front - particularly in the wider Auckland region.
With 2021 Winter Tournament Week cancelled, along with other events scheduled for October such at the NZSS Netball and Basketball tournaments, it was hoped by many that National summer sports events were going to go ahead. College Sport Media had trips to Taranaki and Manawatu all lined up for the NZSS Track & Field Championships and cricket tournaments respectively, and livestreams all ready to tune in to for other events such as the NZSS Touch and Rugby [Condors] 7s tournaments. All these have been cancelled.
Nevertheless, If you have a sports news story, a team or individual profile or an event you want to promote to the wider audience anytime and anywhere in New Zealand, please get in touch with us on editor@collegesportmedia.co.nz -
We have an ongoing and positive relationship with College Sport Wellington, assisting CSW and the schools it administers in promoting their secondary school sports athletes and teams. So also check out our ongoing profiles and stories there at https://collegesport.org.nz/
To keep up with all current news and key secondary sports information visit the School Sport New Zealand website here: http://www.nzsssc.org.nz/
Kia kaha!
The team at College Sport Media.
College Sport Media thanks the One Foundation for its grant to assist us in covering secondary school sport in New Zealand throughout 2021 - we have interviewed and profiled some 50 more athletes and schools this year.
Since 2015, the College Sport New Zealand Charitable Trust, through this website, College Sport Media, has covered New Zealand secondary school sport through profiling young sportspeople and teams and event coverage. Visit our Index of Articles page for our archives or search the 'Articles' tab in the menu bar here.
Unfortunately, 2021 has been another hugely disruptive year on the secondary school sporting front - particularly in the wider Auckland region.
With 2021 Winter Tournament Week cancelled, along with other events scheduled for October such at the NZSS Netball and Basketball tournaments, it was hoped by many that National summer sports events were going to go ahead. College Sport Media had trips to Taranaki and Manawatu all lined up for the NZSS Track & Field Championships and cricket tournaments respectively, and livestreams all ready to tune in to for other events such as the NZSS Touch and Rugby [Condors] 7s tournaments. All these have been cancelled.
Nevertheless, If you have a sports news story, a team or individual profile or an event you want to promote to the wider audience anytime and anywhere in New Zealand, please get in touch with us on editor@collegesportmedia.co.nz -
We have an ongoing and positive relationship with College Sport Wellington, assisting CSW and the schools it administers in promoting their secondary school sports athletes and teams. So also check out our ongoing profiles and stories there at https://collegesport.org.nz/
To keep up with all current news and key secondary sports information visit the School Sport New Zealand website here: http://www.nzsssc.org.nz/
Kia kaha!
The team at College Sport Media.