Sports Newsletter

Whangarei Girls’ High School Inside this issue

Athletics .................... 1

Surfing ....................... 1

Triathlon ................... 1

Team Selections ....... 2

Cricket ....................... 2

Tennis ....................... 2

Eagles Golf ................ 2

Mountain Biking ....... 2

Lawn Bowls ............... 2

Equestrian................. 2

Adventure Racing ..... 2

Futsal ........................ 2

Sailing ........................ 3

Volleyball .................. 3

Rowing ...................... 3

Maadi Cup ................ 3

Waka Ama ................ 3

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May 2015

NSSSA ATHLETIC CHAMPS RESULTS TRACK EVENTS

Open G 2000m S/Chase Amanda Still - 1st

SG 800m Amanda Still 1st

SG 400m Amanda Still 1st

SG 200m Kelsey Jellick 1st

SG 100m Kelsey Jellick 1st

Intermediate

IG 3000m Madi Doar 1st

Courtney Crum 2nd

IG 1500m Courtney Crum 3rd

IG 800m Jess Pilmer 1st

Madi Doar 2nd

IG 400m Portia Olney-Kemp 1st

IG 200m Maddy Gordon 3rd

IG 100m Jess Pilmer 3rd

Junior

JG 1500m Mia Gordon 1st

JG 800m Mia Gordon 2nd

JG 300m Samantha Bailey 2nd

Mia Gordon 3rd

JG Hurdles Aimee-Leigh Scott REC 1st

FIELD EVENTS

SG Shot Leiana Cameron -Tana 1st

SG Javelin Leiana Cameron-Tana 1st

IG Hammer Natalie Stolz 1st

IG LongJump Maddy Gordon 1st

IG High Jump Claire Fuller 1st

Portia Olney-Kemp 2nd

IG Tri Jump Maddy Gordon 2nd

IG Discus Natalie Stolz 1st

JG Hammer Aimee-Leigh Scott REC 1st

JG LongJump Katie Doar 3rd

JG Discus Aimee-Leigh Scott 1st

JG Javelin Aimee-Leigh Scott 2nd

NSSSA TRIATHLON Individual and Teams Triathlon was

held at Marsden Cove on the 5th

March on a fast and technical course.

Great turn out from WGHS with Portia

Olney-Kemp coming 1st in the U16 In-

dividuals and Inez Wilson-Harding 2nd

in the U19’s.

WGHS U14 team, Aimee Martin,

Michelle Crawford and Natasha Hew-

son was placed 1st. Also the WGHS

U16 team, Hayley Donovan, Macey

Polwart and Madi Doar, placed 1st. The

WGHS U19 team, Katie Nilson, Kate

McLeod and Taylor Campbell came in

at 3rd place. Thank you to Karen Do-

novan and Vicky Meyer for their or-

ganising skills.

Claire Fuller—1st Int High Jump

at NSSSA Athletics

Aimee-Leigh Scott

NISS ATHLETIC CHAMPS

RESULTS A few of our athletes represented

Northland at the North Island Sec-

ondary Schools Champs and came

out with some outstanding results.

SG S/chase—Amanda Still 9th

SG 200m—Kelsey Jellick 5th

SG 100m—Kelsey Jellick 5th

IG Hammer—Natalie Stolz 8th

IG High Jump—Claire Fuller 4th

JG Hammer—Aimee-Leigh Scott 1st

JG Hurdles—Aimee-Leigh Scott 3rd

JG Discus—Aimee-Leigh Scott 5th

NSSSA SURFING On March

6th WGHS students attended the

NSSSA Surfing Champs at Sandy

Bay in two to three foot onshore

conditions that were challenging.

U14’s winner was Grace Pevats,

U16’s winner was Billie Scott and

U18’s winner was Emily Brunker.

The rest of the team placed either

second or third. It was a great day

for Grace and Billie as Grace is

now currently No 1 in NZ for U14

division and Billie is placed 10th in

the U17 division.

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NSSSA LAWN BOWLS - On Friday 20th March Eden Colli-

er and Stephanie Hay competed in the Northland Secondary

Schools girls pairs section. What a great team they made

and a fantastic result coming in at 1st place. Well done

CRICKET - WGHS 1st XI Cricket Team consisting of Kennedy

Boswell-Smith, Brooke and Paige Golightly, Hayley Green, Jade

Litchfield, Olivia Lobb, Eva Pearson, Caitlin Phillips, Jessica

Pilmer, Tia Saunders and Maria Wright– travelled to Hamilton

for the Northern Regions Secondary Schools Play-off Tourna-

ment. It was a very tight final but great team camaraderie saw

us in the final. WGHS had beaten Tauranga Girls & Hillcrest

High earlier then came up to play against Hamilton Diocese in

the final. With great bowling and fielding skills from WGHS,

they managed to win the final narrowly and to go through to

the Nationals in December. Congratulations on an excellent

result.

EAGLES GOLF The WGHS team placed 2nd to Rodney Col-

lege and Dargaville High School. Taylor Wyatt-Logan and Sok-

taera Sean tied for top female stableford points, both scoring

38. Fantastic result. Photo below shows Soktaerodh Sean,

Taylor Wyatt-Logan, Shanice Croft-Kemp and Soktaera Sean.

TEAM SELECTIONS - Our sports teams have been selected and are

ready to go for another year. Unfortunately not all of our students

were selected in the teams they were trailing for due to limited

team numbers. With a huge number of students wanting to play

sport there are always those that miss out on their preferred team.

While missing out is always disappointing it is also a learning point

as to how we respond to this. It is recommended to ask why you

missed out as it could give you an idea on how you can improve.

There is a very good quote from a top sports person—“If you’re

trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks, I’ve had them, many of

them, but obstacles should not stop you achieving. Work out a way

to overcome them and you will achieve.

WHANGAREI ADVENTURE RACING TEAM Sarah Adam, Taylor Campbell, Courtney Crum, Madi Doar,

Grace Elliot, MacKenzie Johnson, Geneva Overwater, Macey

Polwart and Tia Saunders are the WGHS team who

competed together with WBHS team in the 8hr & 12hr rac-

es at Waihi Beach in the Coromandel in March. The teams

did a range of activities including cycling through the Karan-

gahake Gorge, rope swing, train tunnels, coastal trails, raft-

ing and rifle shooting. Our 12 hour teams placed 4th & 6th

with our 8 hour teams placing 3rd & 5th. Lots of fun and

hard work together with great results. A huge thank you to

the amazing parent support of Steve & Frances Hill, Neil

McInnes and Chris Campbell.

NSSSA FUTSAL - Well done to our Futsal girls. U19 WGHS

Gold in 1st place with WGHS Blue team coming up in 3rd

place.U16 WGHS Gold in 2nd place with WGHS Blue team in 4th

place. U14 WGHS were 5th . Great competition all round.

NZSS FUTSAL - Was held in Wellington, it was WGHS first time

and they were unsure what to expect. In the pool play we came

in 3rd position and ended 8th in the finals. This was a fantastic

achievement and the girls should be very proud. Each of the girls

performed exceptionally well, particularly Briar Mortensen as

Captain and Natalie Dey as joint golden boot. FUTSAL TEAM -

Nicole Stratford, Jorja Dempster, Natalie Dey, Cara Doggett,

Georgia Harrold, Zoee Hoy, Alex Kelly, Abbie & Rachel Maher,

Briar Mortensen and Taylor Wyatt- Logan.

NSSSA MOUNTAIN BIKING - This event took place at

the Parahaka Mountain Bike Park in Whareora in March.

Mackenzie Johnson took out 1st place for the Cross Country

and 3rd place for the Downhill section resulting in 1st place

overall. Well done Mackenzie. Julia Carter-Bell did extremely

well also placing 1st in the Downhill section.

NSSSA EQUESTRIAN COMBINED TRAINING

EVENT- This event was held at the Kaikohe Show-

grounds at the beginning of April with WGHS competing

extremely well. Mihi Shepherd 1st in the Intro Dressage

(individual) and Devon Finlayson 3rd in the Pre-Training

Dressage (individual) and Dana Hawkins 3rd in the Pre-

Novice Overall (individual). These girls showed great or-

ganisational skills. The day would not have been a success

if not for the parents who drove the girls up and helped

out throughout the day.

TENNIS - Phoebe Collis and Pippa Saunders attended the

NSSSA Tennis Single Open in March and played very well.

Phoebe had an excellent game getting beaten narrowly 4/3 4/3.

There were over 60 students competing from Kerikeri to Rod-

ney districts.

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NISS ROWING REGATTA At the beginning of March WGHS students competed in the

NISS Rowing Regatta with outstanding results. Shannon Cox

and Tyler Nicholas earned a Silver medal in the U18 light-

weight double sculls in very testing conditions. These results

put them through to the Maadi Cup.

MAADI CUP RESULTS Shannon and Tyler was placed 5th in the “A” final of the U18

Lightweight Sculls at the NZ Maddi Cup National Rowing

Champs. Coaches comments—”So proud of them, they are

great girls and did their school proud.”

NSSSA VOLLEYBALL FINALS—Senior A and

Senior B The WGHS Senior A team (Zane Heta, Justice Hetaraka,

Jasmine Milton, Manaia Puklowski, Teina Rihari, Kaea

Robinson, Kelena Roughan, Leihana Shelford-Tito and

Sara Taylor) had a long and nail biting game in the final

against Tikipunga High School. The game lasted 2 1/2

hours and WGHS were down 2 sets then had a great

come back taking out first place scoring 3-2. Tikipunga

has not lost this final in 10 years. Senior B team had 2

wins and 1 loss, placing 5th. Great day for everyone

VOLLEYBALL ACHIEVEMENTS Teina Rihari has been selected in the NZ Jnr Women's

indoor volleyball team. She is travelling to Thailand in

July to the Oceania Champs. Teina is also the 1st non-

travelling reserve for the NZ U19s Development squad

who travel to America later in the year.

Jasmine Milton has been selected in the NZ U19s Devel-

opment squad for Beach Volleyball and will travel to

America in July to compete in a range of American

State and International beach tournaments.

Kelena Roughan has been selected in the NZ U17 beach

volleyball team and will travel to Vanuatu at the begin-

ning of January 2016. Kelena has also been selected in

the NZ U17s Development team for indoor volleyball

and will attend the Australian state champs in Sept

2015.

Uma Robinson has been selected in the NZ U17 beach

volleyball team and will travel to Vanuatu at the begin-

ning of Jan 2016. Uma has also been selected as a non-

travelling reserve in the NZ U17s Development team

for indoor volleyball team that will attend the Australi-

an State Champs in Sept 2015.

WAKA AMA Zane Heta won a bronze medal in the W1 (one person Wa-

ka) U16 division and Te Arawa Tumai was placed 4th. They

are the top 3rd & 4th in NZ for this division. Kalaia Heta

competed against 31 girls in the W1 U19 division and fin-

ished 7th in the semi’s. The W6 (6 person Waka) U16 girls

qualified 2nd fastest in the 250m championship division

finals and 4th fastest in the 500m championship finals.

Final Results - The J16 Team placed 3rd in the 250m champ

final. The bronze medallists are Nikita Henare, Eden Collier,

Te Arawa Tumai, Brylee Chapman, Kaitlyn Watson and Zane

Heta. They also placed 4th in the 500m Champ final which

that team included Kiara Simon. The J19 Team placed 6th in

the 250m champ semi and 7th in the 500m plate final.

Team members are Kalaia Heta, Ayla Hau-Northcroft, Marie

Hadfield, Shontel Cook, Hinemoa Hau-Hadfield and Trieste

Mei.

SAILING - Nicola and Penelope Wilson have competed

in a number of sailing races this year. Nicola raced in the

P-Class Nationals in Takapuna in January where she was

rated 28th in NZ. In the beginning of March the NZ Inter-

schools Regatta was held in the Bay of Islands, Nicola

came 3rd, Penelope came 11th. They both raced in the

Onerahi Yacht Club Champs, Nicola came 4th and Penel-

ope 1st equal. In the Northland P-Class Champs, on the

weekend of Cyclone Pam, conditions were very windy

and choppy but this did not stop Nicola coming in a fan-

tastic 1st place. Penelope Wilson also participated in the

Starling Nationals at the beginning of April, in very tough

conditions, coming in 28th in the Silver Fleet section.

Good on you girls, keep up the good work.

Penelope is sailboat

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