College Sport Media Photos of the Week for 22 August

Below are some selected Photos of the Week, highlighting some of the terrific secondary school sporting events and achievements over the past seven days


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1. Mount Albert Grammar School’s First XI Girls Football team made it three in a row when they won the APC Knockout Cup last Wednesday, beating Saint Kentigern College 5-0. The team also won the trophy in 2014 and 2015. In July this year they won the Auckland League for the eighth year in a row when they beat Long Bay College 2-0. The girls are now preparing to defend their New Zealand title at the National Tournament in September. They have won the NZSS championship for the past three years. Photo Credit: http://www.mags.school.nz/

2. Cambridge High School defended its NZSS Lacrosse title, beating Epsom Girls' Grammer School 7-3 in the final. Eight teams from Waikato and Auckland contested the lacrosse finals held at Cambridge High School on Saturday and Sunday. Mt Albert Grammar School defeated Hillcrest High School 10-7 to settle third and fourth place. St Peter’s Cambridge finished fifth, Sacred Heart Girls (Hamilton) finished sixth, Avondale College seventh and Westlake Girls’ High School eighth. Photo credit Lawrence Gullery and Waikato Times article link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/83397357/cambridge-high-school-wins-national-secondary-schools-lacrosse-title

3. The Stratford High School 1st XV, officially known as Central,  won the Taranaki secondary school Premier A competition on Saturday with a strong 31-18 victory over Hawera High School 1st XV. Played at Yarrow Stadium on a very balmy and still afternoon, the game was neck and neck with the scores at 19-18 with 10 minutes to play. Central scored twice within that time to secure the title in front of a very healthy crowd.  The side was unbeaten in 2016 with one draw and finished the regular season on the top of the table. Tomorrow they play St Peter's School in the Chiefs region Co-ed Cup final, winner to play in Top 4 in Palmerston North on 2-4 September. Photo credit: Stratford High School:  https://www.facebook.com/shstaranaki/photos/a.908519505919043.1073741844.373401459430853/908526342585026/?type=3&theater

4. Christ's College and Villa Maria College (pictured) won the SPL Canterbury Secondary Schools Hockey Championship Boys and Girls finals on Friday night. Christ’s College beat Burnside High School 3-1 in the Boys Final, with CBHS beating St Andrew’s 2-1 to finish third. Villa Maria College defeated St Margaret’s 1-0 to win the Girls Final, with Rangi Ruru beating CGHS 1-0 in the playoff for third and fourth. Christchurch schools are expected to be amongst the contenders in next week’s NZSS Rankin Cup/India Shield Boys and Federation Cup/Marie Fry Cup tournaments. Photo credit: Canterbury Hockey Association. For more photos visit: https://www.facebook.com/Canterbury-Hockey-Association-175526459178853/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1171353336262822

5. William Colenso College brother and sister duo Faiva Faiva and Telesia Faiva are believed to be the only brother-and-sister combo from the same secondary school selected in Hawke's Bay representative rugby teams this season. Fifteen-year-old year 11 student Faiva has been named in the Hawke's Bay under-16 team and 17-year-old year 12 student Telesia has made the Hawke's Bay secondary schoolgirls team who open their campaign with a match against Taranaki in Ashhurst on August 27. Photo credit: Warren Buckland and follow the Hawke’s Bay article link at: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11694749

6. Palmerston North Girls’ High School’s Mya Rasmussen has broken yet another New Zealand age group record – this time as a 16-year-old. At the Wellington short course meet at the Kilbirnie Aquatic Centre recently, Mya beat the existing record for the 200m individual medley in a time of 4:39.95, which was held by Helen Norfolk of Canterbury since February 1998 Rasmussen personally won eight gold, four silver and one bronze, a total of 13 medals from 13 swims, as well as her New Zealand record in the final session. She also broke four Manawatu records, all of which she already held and she is setting the bar ever higher for those to follow. Photo and article link at the Manawatu Standard at: http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/83237822/mya-rasmussen-on-fire-at-wellington-swim-meet-breaking-more-records

7. Westlake Boys’ High School Jack Heighton raised the North Harbour First XV trophy aloft last week after his side beat Massey High School 34-3 to win the competition. Westlake now plays Auckland 1A champions Mount Albert Grammar School in the Blues region final this coming Saturday. The winner of that match has a seat at the National Top 4 tournament a week later. Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/westlakeboys/
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