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26/6/2017

Photos of the week for 26 June

Below are some selected Photos of the Week highlighting some of the secondary school sporting events, news stories and achievements from the past week in NZ secondary school sport.
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1. Two brothers, playing different codes at different schools, are both heading down the same promising path. Star Toa, 16, and Lepa, 18, play rugby league and rugby union respectively and are both making waves in their chosen sports. Star, a student at St Paul's College in Ponsonby, is a rising league prodigy, having signed with the NRL's Newcastle Knights. Last year, he was named Auckland Rugby League's first 13 fullback of the year and made the New Zealand under-16 side. Lepa, currently at Tamaki College in Glen Innes, plays rugby union and has helped steer the school's first 15 back into Auckland's premier 1A competition. Photo credit: Sam Hewat and read more at: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/sport/93767386/auckland-brothers-take-different-paths-to-reach-same-goal

2. Taekwon-Do prodigy Frances Lloyd has been chosen to represent New Zealand in Dublin, Ireland in October at the 2017 ITF World Championships. The 2015 Junior Female Black Belt World Champion and 2016 Junior Female Black Belt World Cup Champion will be defending her title. In 2016, the 17-year-old competed at the ITF Taekwon-Do World Cup in Budapest where she took gold, silver and best-overall medals. The Tauranga Girls' College Year 12 student has been training for a decade with her weekly training consisting of 12-16 hours training per week. Photo credit Tracey Hardy and read more at http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/156929-world-taekwando-champ-to-defend-title.html

3. Wellington East Girls’ College’s Tiana Metuarau celebrating the Central Pulse’s 59-52 playoff win over the Northern Mystics in Wellington on Sunday afternoon. Tiana and the Pulse meet the Southern Steel in the ANZ Premiership final on Wednesday. Photo credit: Above Ground Level. For more great photos like this visit: http://www.abovegroundlevel.co.nz/

4. Earlier this month Hawke's Bay under-15 rep Amelia Swann was the sole Hawke’s Bay player in the New Zealand under-14 team which won their division with an unbeaten run in nine games at the 618-team Nunawading Spectres Tournament in Melbourne, an event promoted as the Australian club championships. Amelia is Year 9 at Napier Girls’ High School. Photo credit Paul Taylor and read more here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=11880784

5. Members of Mount Albert Grammar School’s First XV celebrating in their Auckland 1A First XV rugby win over Aorere College on Saturday. Defending national champions MAGS won 19-15 on BG Williams Field, to move up the points table to ninth of 12 teams with a game in hand to most teams. Photo by Dave Lintott Photography. For more great photos like this visit: http://davelintott.photoshelter.com/gallery-list

6. Mikayla Gray of Columba College was recently named in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Football Team to travel to Singapore later in the year. Photo credit: Columba College Sport at https://www.facebook.com/columbacollege.school.nz/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

7. The Tangaroa College First XV celebrates their rugby win over Otahuhu College in the Auckland 1B competition on Saturday. Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/TangaroaCollegeRugby/

12/6/2017

Photos of the week for 12 June

Below are some selected Photos of the Week highlighting some of the secondary school sporting events, news stories and achievements from the past week in NZ secondary school sport.

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1. Trident High School’s Phoenix Paniora in action at volleyball’s Interprovincial National Championships played in Wellington over Queen’s Birthday Weekend. Some 52 teams battled it out in the U17, U20 and Senior divisions, with Phoneix’s Bay of Plenty women’s U20 teams winning both gold and silver and Phoenix named as the Player of the Tournament. Over the weekend just gone the Year 12 student was selected in the full New Zealand Senior Women’s Volleyball side to play in the Asian Championship in August next month! Photo credit: Julie Maree Photography via Volleyball NZ at https://www.facebook.com/volleyballnz/

2. Meg Jones (left) and Taylor Jakeman of St Peter’s School are part of the NZ U23 Lacrosse team heading to Korea this week for the Asia Pacific Lacrosse Tournament. The tournament runs from 16 to 24 June and NZ will be playing Australian, Korean and Japanese teams. Photo credit and read more at: https://www.stpeters.school.nz/news/287/St-Peter-s-Students-off-to-Korea-for-Asia-Pacific-Lacrosse-Tournament

3. Mount Albert Grammar School’s Premier 1 and 2 Netball teams each dominated their divisions to win the Senior North Harbour Secondary Schools Tournament on Tuesday, 30 May. Both teams won all their games, and both faced Westlake Girls’ High School in their finals. The top team won 30-17 and the Premier 2 team came from behind to win 24-22. Photo credit and read more at https://www.mags.school.nz/mags-wins-north-harbour-netball-tournament/

4. The victorious Waikato U19 Women’s basketball team last week after clinching the National U19 title in a thriller. The team, featuring several current and recent secondary school players including tournament MVP Charlisse Leger-Walker (#5), pipped Canterbury 65-64 in the final with the last play of the game. Canterbury led 33-30 at halftime and 63-60 with under two minutes to play. Canterbury beat Auckland 94-89 in the U19 men’s final. Photo credit: Dave Lintott Photography.

5. Try time Westlake Boys’ High School beat rivals Rosmini College 28-13 on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of the North Harbour First XV rugby competition ladder. After seven rounds, Westlake are on 34 points, with second placed Rangitoto College on 29 and third placed Rosmini College on 26. Photo credit WBHS Sport via North Harbour Rugby Photos at: https://www.facebook.com/Harbourrugbyphotos/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

6. There seems to a female football boom happening out Wyndham way at the moment, and Menzies College pupil Summer Smith is a key part of it. Smith captains the school's ever-improving first XI team and is a Southland age-group representative. She has been identified by Southland Football as a talented player who will continue in their representative programme, not only this year, but well into the future. When attending various tournaments Smith has captured plenty of attention from opposition players through her ability. Photo credit and read more at the Southland Times at: http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/93588946/captain-summer-smith-is-leading-menzies-colleges-rise-in-the-football-ranks

5/6/2017

Photos of the week for 5 June

1. Muddied and tired – Otago Boys’ High School runners at the conclusion of last Thursday’s Otago Secondary School Cross-Country Championships. On a bleak day, there were 161 starters across eight grades. Mount Aspiring College’s Janus Staufenberg won the senior boys race, while Drew Cairney, of King’s High School, won the boys under-16 race. George Bates, of King’s, won the under-15 race and Josh Hou, of John McGlashan College, won the under-14 race. Sammy Burke, of Mount Aspiring College, won the senior girls race and Eila Chirnside, of Kavanagh College, won the girls under-16 race. The girl’s under-15 race was won by Rebekah Hill, of Otago Girls’ High School, and Zoe Smith, of Mount Aspiring College, won the under-14 girls race. Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/pg/osssa.org.nz/photos/?tab=album&album_id=789155727925182

2. Timaru Boys' High School footballer Cam Anderson's scoring feats are starting to become a regular occurrence. The 17-year-old produced another footballing masterclass with four goals in Timaru Boys' 5-2 victory over Pleasant Point, in a game they led throughout. It was his third four goal haul in two weeks as he led Boys' High to a second successive South Canterbury Football men's division one league win. The fleet-footed striker has also banged in four against Timaru City A in the League and Thistle B in the South Canterbury Cup during the last fortnight. The haul takes his tally to 11 and has him well clear of the chasing pack in the race for the golden boot, he's only one away from matching last season's effort of 12 by Meadowbank's Matt Haywood. Photo credit: Tetsuro Mitomo / Fairfax NZ and read more at http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/93062750/Timaru-Boys-striker-Cam-Anderson-works-his-magic-against-Pleasant-Point?cid=app-android

3. The Kamo High School Year 9/10 boys hockey team at last week’s Northland junior tournament. Kamo High School sent two teams to the tournament, the boys team winning and the girls runners-up. Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/kamohighsports

4. International kickboxing glory is in sight for one south Auckland teenager. Two and a half years ago Israel Meredith was overweight, a big fan of junk food, and dreaded going to the gym. In a final resort to lose weight, he stepped foot in the doors of Manurewa's SMAC Gym, which specialises in Muay Thai kickboxing. Israel hasn't looked back since. The 15-year-old is now 20 kilograms lighter and readying himself for the IFMA Youth World Championships in Thailand in August. Photo and story credit Emily Ford. Read more at: http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/93190161/auckland-teenager-combats-weight-through-muay-thai-kickboxing

5. They left it late, but Rotorua Boys' High School First XV clinched the Chiefs Cup with a 29-27 victory over Hamilton Boys' High School on Saturday. With the final play of the game, Stuart Leach scored a try that tied the scores at 27-all. First-five Quin Collard slotted the conversion to end the game. Coach Ruki Tipuna said his side was 12 points down with just seven minutes to play, and were up against a daunting Hamilton Boys' High School team. "They were big and they were strong and they used it well. They had a conservative game plan, but they carried strongly and we sat back on our heels and almost let them come to us," said Tipuna. But I think we looked sharper with the ball in terms of the ability to create opportunities, but it's pretty tough if you are sitting on your heels all the time with big boys running at you." Read more here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11869513

6. Bay of Plenty Juniors, Seniors and Intermediate students from around the region scaled great heights at Rocktopia, Mount Maunganui, in the Secondary Schools Climbing, Bouldering and Clip and Climb Competition last week. Each category put the students to the test: Clip and Climb was a mix of agility and speed, while Climbing required students to follow a set 'problem' up the walls of Rocktopia in order to gain points. Meanwhile Bouldering (without a lead) saw the students unleash their inner monkeys as they not only tried to scale the walls without touching the ground but also raced against the clock. Individually, Conrad Booker (John Paul College) and Irralee Hair (Otumoetai College) were Senior Boys and Girls winners, while Western Heights High School won the Senior Teams Trophy. Photo credit and read more at: http://www.sportbop.co.nz/news--results/bop-secondary-schools-climbing-competition--results/

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