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7/9/2016
Federation Cup and 10 Trophies Like the Rankin Cup the girls Federation Cup hockey in Auckland produced ample excitement. A Jessie Anderson goal in extra time gave Christchurch's Villa Maria College their first national secondary schools title. Villa Maria beat Auckland's St Cuthbert's College 2-1 in the final in on Saturday, with Anderson's winner coming in the second period of golden goal extra time, when the drop off rule reduced each team to seven players.
Earlier, Maddie Wotton gave Villa Maria a 1-0 lead in the first half, before St Cuthbert's equalised. The win also gave Villa Maria the Pat Barwick Shield, which St Cuthbert's won off Villa Maria in their third and fourth playoff match a year ago. Villa Maria only lost one game all season and beat St Margaret's College in the Christchurch schools premier league final this season. Villa Maria scored 29 goals in the Federation Cup. Maddie Wotton with 10 goals was Villa Maria's top goal scorer in the tournament. There were 32 teams competing and 112 matches played. Villa Maria Results
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Winter Tournament Week girls’ hockey tournaments. Eleven schools won hockey silverware in Winter Tournament Week, these trophies and winners were: Federation Cup: Villa Maria College Marie Fry Trophy: Hamilton Girls’ High School Chica Gilmer Trophy: Baradene College Jenny Hair Cup: Samuel Marsden College Audrey Timlin Memorial: Waimea College Eveline Hankers Memorial: Mahurangi College Kate Trolove Cup: Orewa College Jenny McDonald Cup: Cromwell College Mary Clinton Cup: Taupo-nui-a-tia College Rosemary O’Brien Cup: Feilding High School Chris Arthur Cup: Rangi Ruru Girls Second XI Looking for USA Scholarships? Check out USA CONNECT CLICK HERE Looking for $40000 University of Waikato Study Scholarships CLICK HERE Looking for Sport Exchange Opportunities to Australia CLICK HERE  "We kept on trying hard. We never gave up. I was 70/30 confident I could score, but you never know," Reuben Andrews recalls of the moments prior to his last-play penalty corner goal to level the Rankin Cup final between St. Paul's Collegiate and Wairarapa College on Saturday.
Andrews had to score to extend the match and duly delivered in an eventual St. Paul's victory. December 14, 2012, Whitehall School closes its gates. The primary school 40 minutes south-east of Cambridge has a roll of 17 students. Andrews is a former pupil and recalls hockey was the only choice of sport. "I started playing in Year 5 in five-a-side games. We weren't big enough to have a rugby team," he laughs. Andrews made quick progress. At St. Peter's Cambridge he played representatively at the Hatch and Collier U13 tournament and there was a clamour for his college services. "The coach of the rep side was a teacher at St Paul's so he convinced me to come to St Paul’s. It was an easy decision really because a lot of my mates were going there," Andrews recalls. Andrews debuted for the First XI in Year 9, but success was initially hard to come by. Hamilton Boys' High School was the powerhouse hockey school in the Waikato, winning the Rankin Cup in 2013 and 2014. "For a while there was a perception if you were any good at hockey you had to go to Hamilton Boys.’ They had exceptional sides, all the big names in New Zealand Secondary School hockey. We lacked belief, but once we gained experience and started to get more competitive things changed. Our coaches Craig Hardman and Matt Rees-Gibbs have been amazing," Andrews says. In 2015 St Paul's beat Hamilton to claim the Waikato Secondary Schools title for the first time in several seasons and finished fourth at the Rankin Cup. Andrews scored 56 goals in 32 games during the year and was selected for the Junior Black Sticks. St. Paul's won the Pitu Shield, Midlands intercity competition and Matt Allen trophy en route to the Rankin Cup. Reaching the quarter final was a breeze, but the quarter-final against Wellington College required more than good fortune to be won. Andrews explained what happened. "Wellington College was a really tough game. With about five minutes to go we scored a goal which shouldn't have been allowed. I watched the video afterwards and the ball was lifted into the circle and hit the body of one of our players. It should have been called a dangerous ball, but the referee said play on and we got a goal. We were lucky. I felt for Wellington College." In the semi-finals Rangitoto College was afforded no mercy and were dispatched 5-2. By contrast St. Paul's stared the final in shaky fashion. What was said at halftime? "It wasn't the greatest first half. We struggled to get our game plan into action. Our coaches were really calm at the break. They told us to be patient and do the things we had been doing all year and the result would look after itself," Andrews reflects. St. Paul's pushed ahead 2-1 with Andrew's scoring twice. Wairarapa responded to reclaim the lead 3-2. "It was an amazing game of hockey. Wairarapa were such a great side. They kept on pushing. We had to hold our nerve. The boys get on so well and that was such a big part of this success," Andrews says. Andrews scored a leading 15 goals at the Rankin Cup to finish the season with 66 goals in 29 games. He played 144 games for St. Paul's Collegiate First XI and scored 138 goals. "It's been an incredible season. I will most likely remain in the Midlands program which is strong and study business at Waikato University. I might seek a scholarship elsewhere because hockey in New Zealand is not very lucrative, but I would love to go to the Olympics one day. I love the game," Andrews enthuses. Andrews’s parents run a farm and butchery in Cambridge. In the summer Andrews plays First XI cricket and enjoys golf. He plans to study in 2017. Looking for USA Scholarships? Check out USA CONNECT CLICK HERE Looking for $40000 University of Waikato Study Scholarships CLICK HERE Looking for Sport Exchange Opportunities to Australia CLICK HERE  St. Paul's Collegiate have won the Rankin Cup for the first time following an extraordinary 4-3 extra-time victory over Wairarapa College.
As a sporting contest this match was as good as it gets. With 15 seconds left St. Paul's trailed 3-2 and won a penalty corner. On the fulltime siren captain Reuben Andrews blasted the ball into the goal to extend the match an extra five minutes. Two and half minutes into the first additional period, St. Paul's hurried up field from a Wairarapa turnover and Maks Wyndham-Smith blasted an angled drive into the goal to complete an improbable comeback. Andrews illustrated his quality from the outset with two weaving runs that forced Wairarapa into retreat. Wairarapa opened the scoring after nine minutes when Hugo Wakeling ventured into the circle and linked with an unmarked Wills Taylor to tap in. Wairarapa was unlucky not to double their advantage in the 18th minute. Wakeling belted the ball towards goal, but it hit his own teammate Ethan Butcher as it was sailing in. Wairarapa's defensive pressure was excellent and St. Paul's appeared rattled. Two of the three penalty corners St Paul's did earn were dispatched into the surrounding hills. In the final five minutes of the first-half Michael Brewster fired narrowly wide and Frank Dickson rattled the post as Wairarapa finished strongly. St. Paul's returned from the interval with better energy and focus. Arthur Rasmussen won a penalty corner and Andrew's forced goal keeper Jake Woolford to concede another corner when he sandwiched ball between his pads. Andrew's unleashed a thunderbolt with take two and St. Paul's had restored parity. In the 49th minute Andrew's smashed the ball into Alex Hare from another penalty corner to earn a penalty stroke. Andrew's converted by rolling the ball underneath the outstretched right glove of Woolford. Wairarapa rallied and in the 63rd minute Brewster levelled from a penalty corner which rebounded off goal-keeper Lane Tims's pads. Dramatically Rasmussen had been removed from the defensive wall after jumping early. Wairarapa was now firmly on top and seized the lead in the 67th minute with a stunning goal. Wyndham-Smith surged forward for St. Paul's, but surrendered possession to Elliot Hoare. Hoare dashed inside the circle and distributed to Taylor who beat a diving keeper for a second time. St. Paul's pressed again and Andrews delivered when it most counted. He ended the tournament as the leading goal-scorer with 15 goals. Cruelly Wairarapa lost the Rankin final by a single goal to Hamilton BHS in 2014 and was beaten in extra-time in this seasons Wellington final. In the playoff for third Rangitoto College beat St. Andrew's College 3-1. Palmerston North Boys' High School won the India Shield for the first team since 1980 trouncing Hastings Boys' High School 7-0 in the final. Palmerston North won six out of seven games this week, but missed out on the Rankin Cup on goal difference in pool play. St. Paul's Collegiate - Rankin Cup Run Pool Play: St. Bede's College, 14-2 Pool Play: Lindisfarne College, 12-2 Pool Play: Christ's College, 5-4 R16: Tauranga Boys' College, 4-0 Quarter Final: Wellington College, 2-1 Semi-Final: Rangitoto College, 5-2 Final: Wairarapa College, 4-3 Looking for USA Scholarships? Check out USA CONNECT Looking for $40000 University of Waikato Study Scholarships CLICK HERE Looking for Sport Exchange Opportunities to Australia CLICK HERE  St. Paul's Collegiate eliminated Wellington College with a tense 2-1 win. A controversial goal to Richard Bloor with about five minutes remaining was the telling difference. Arthur Rasmussen retrieved a long ball and accelerated into the circle. His shot was saved by Wellington keeper Sam Dearsly, but the rebound hit an unmarked Bloor in the upper chest region and settled onto his stick with an open goal ahead. Quite why the goal was allowed is a mystery given the ball is not typically allowed to touch any part of the body?
Earlier Dearsly had pulled off three spectacular saves to keep Wellington level. Maks Waydham-Smith had a thumping reverse-stick drive punched away. Rasmussen was denied by a diving Dearsly with no other defenders in sight and Reuben Andrews had a penalty corner shot blocked. Andrews was a pivotal figure for St. Paul's. The captain was a steady presence on defence in the back third of the pitch and his piercing passes engineered several promising attacks. Fittingly he opened the scoring after about 20 minutes from a penalty corner. Kailin Dayal was busy for Wellington College, but they created few chances to score in the first-half. Early in the second-half Dearsly was forced to smother another Rasmussen assault on goal. Wellington's Devanand Bhikha started to find space on the flanks and a 30-metre surge earned a penalty corner. Marco Brown scored and it was 1-1. Wellington captain Tim Schulpen and St Paul's Garrick Du Toit were outstanding for their respective teams. St. Paul's had more circle entries and the better record prior, but the match might be better remembered for the head of Bloor. An extra time goal by Captain Matt Cummins propelled St. Andrew's College into the semi-finals at the expense of Whangarei Boys’ High School. On the siren in regulation, St. Andrew's keeper Balthazar Ruscose was forced to parry away a Whangarei penalty stroke headed towards goal. The nine on nine period in extra time was a stalemate, but the deadlock was finally broken when each side was reduced to seven players. Cummins muscled into the Whangarei circle and unleashed a reverse-stick shot. The ball was partially checked by a Whangarei defender, but had enough velocity to dribble into the vacant goal. Cummins was the first to strike for St. Andrew's after five minutes, but Whangarei equalised in the second-half when Luke Trigg deflected in a penalty corner. Whangarei keeper William Stainton made a number of outstanding saves to keep his side in it. Midway through the second-half there was a series of three kick saves in less than 30 seconds. Zac Litchfield and Hamish McKechnie were always threatening for Whangarei, Joseph Yoon was particularly was resolute in defence for St. Andrew's. In the other quarter-finals Rangitoto College beat King's High School 2-0 and Wairarapa College eliminated Christchurch Boys' High School 2-0. In tomorrow's semi-finals, Rangitoto College tackles St Paul's Collegiate and St. Andrew's College faces Wairarapa College. Looking for USA Scholarships? Check out USA CONNECT Looking for $40000 University of Waikato Study Scholarships CLICK HERE Looking for Sport Exchange Opportunities to Australia CLICK HERE |
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