Sports round up – August 2024

Adventure Racing

The St Andrew’s College Adventure Race team, Elliot Graves (Y13), Adam MacFarlane, Madison Wallace (both Y12), Joshua Morrow, Toby Wilson, Abigail Scott-Douglas (all Y11), Sophie Lampe (Y10), and a student from Christchurch Girls’ High School, finished in the top five placings in the Hillary Challenge Qualifier and will now take part in the gruelling five-day national final held in October at the Hillary Outdoor Centre in Tongariro National Park.

In the South Island Secondary Schools’ Adventure Race in Kaikoura, the StAC Prickly Thistles team comprising Adam MacFarlane (Y12), Joshua Morrow, Toby Wilson and Abigail Scott-Douglas (all Y11) was second in the 12-hour Senior Mixed Race. This was a massive effort as some of the team members had never done a 12-hour race before.

Lucy Moore (Y11) won the Girls’ team event, competing with her friend, and was second overall in the school competition, at the three-hour Kaikoura Adventure race.

Athletics

Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Athletics

Around 30 St Andrew’s College students competed at Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletics finals. Highlights were:

• Kupa Rule, Oliver Jackways and Samuel Cook (all Y11): first U15 Boys 800m;

• Oliver Jackways (Y11): first U15 Boys 400m, third high jump;

• Jock Sidey (Y11): first U16 Boys javelin, second 100m, and fourth 200m;

• Melenaite Havea (Y11): first U16 Girls shot put and discus;

• Abigail Scott-Douglas (Y11): first U16 Girls steeplechase, third U15 Girls 1500m;

• Sophie Lampe (Y10) first U15 Girls 1500m;

• Cohnor Walsh (Y11): first U16 Boys 3000m, second 1500m;

• Orla Motley (Y12): first U19 hammer throw;

• Vincent Gardiner, Kai Sloane (both Y9), Hugo Millar-Bell (Y10), Marshall Coles (Y9): first U14 Boys 4×100m relay;

• St Andrew’s athletes achieved a further six second placings and eight third placings.

South Island Athletics Championships

St Andrew’s athletes carried their good form into the South Island Athletics Championships, where they won four titles, five second placings, and four third placings. Placegetters were:

• Miah Taylor (Y13): first Senior Girls pole vault;

• Orla Motley (Y12): first Senior Girls hammer throw, third javelin;

• Melenaite Havea (Y11): first U16 Girls shot put, second discus;

• Sophie Lampe (Y10): first U15 Girls 3000m, second 1500m;

• Hannah Hughes (Y13): second Senior Girls 3000m;

• Oliver Jackways (Y11): second U15 Boys 400m;

• Jock Sidey (Y11): second U16 Boys javelin;

• Beau Robertson (Y11): second U16 Boys long jump;

• Kupa Rule (Y11): second U15 Boys 800m;

• Abigail Scott-Douglas (Y11): third U16 Girls 1500m;

• Amelia Cody (Y10): third U16 Girls 200m hurdles;

• Kupa Rule, Oliver Jackways, Samuel Cook (all Y11) and Hugo Millar Bell (Y10): third U16 Boys 4×400m relay;

• Molly Michael (Y9): third Girls Open Walk.

Badminton

At the Otago U15/19 Badminton Tournament, Fanxi (Elsa) Meng (Y9) won the U15 Singles, U15 Doubles with Cherry Zhang, and was equal winner of U15 Mixed.

Basketball

Ophelia Powell (Y13) travelled with the New Zealand U17 Women’s select team to the Elite is Earned Tournament in California, USA.

Ophelia Powell, Rafferty Powell, Marcus Isitt (all Y13) and Jai Curtis (Y10) competed in the HoopNation Junior Showcase in Whanganui. Ophelia and Rafferty were members of the 17U team which won the title.

The following students represented North Canterbury and Canterbury at the U16 and U18 National Qualifying Tournaments:

• U16 Boys: Roma Tuimaunei (Y11);

• U16 Girls: Ava Jones (Y11), Maniah Taefu, Lucy Cliff, Makenzie Disher (all Y10);

• U18 Girls: Rafferty Powell, Niamh Chamberlain (both Y13) finished first in their respective brackets.

Samuel Hoshek (Year 8) was selected for the North Canterbury Representative A basketball team.

The Preparatory School organised the ISSA Basketball Tournament with

schools from the ISSA, fielding teams in four divisions – Year 5–6 Boys, Year 5–6 Girls, Year 7–8 Girls, and Year 7–8 Boys. All four St Andrew’s College teams went through the tournament undefeated despite some tough games, qualifying for the Canterbury Primary Schools Basketball Tournament in Term 3.

A group of Senior students took part in the BBNZ U18 Nationals, including Logan Righton (Y12) and Niamh Chamberlain, Ophelia Powell, and Rafferty Powell (all Y13) who led Canterbury to a bronze medal. Ophelia Powell was selected in the All-Star 5 at the tournament.

Beach Sprint

Coby Goode (Year 13) won the U19 single title at the 2024 Rowing New Zealand Beach Sprint National Championships. Coby also won silver in the U19 Double with Charles Beale from Christ’s College.

Canoe Polo

Six students represented St Andrew’s in the Canoe Polo South Island Championships, with the Senior team unbeaten to become South Island champions, thanks to an extraordinary goal in extra time by Ethan Griffin (Y12). Luke Cleugh (Y10) was part of a Junior Christchurch combined team which also won a South Island title.

St Andrew’s Senior and Junior canoe polo both made it to the hotly contested semi-finals of the Canterbury Schools’ competition, with the Senior team winning a tight game against Cashmere High School A to be crowned Canterbury champions, and the Junior team beating Cashmere High School B to take third place.

Cheerleading

Iselle Bromhead (Y3) competed with her cheerleading team, Allstar Pride Kittenz, in Wellington winning their division (Mini Level 1) and being named Level 1 grand champions. Iselle’s team also won the highest tumbling score out of the whole event, including the older teams.

Cricket

Daisy Thake (Y11) was selected for the Canterbury U17 indoor cricket team.

Cross Country

Six St Andrew’s runners competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships. With over 100 athletes in each race, the best individual result came from Sophie Lampe (Y10) finishing 11th in the Junior Girls’ race, with Abigail Scott-Douglas (Y11) 41st. Elliot Graves (Y13) finished 46th in a strong Senior Boys’ field, and Hannah Hughes (Y13) 60th in the Senior Girls’ event. In the provincial relay events, Kupa Rule (Y11) anchored the team to a silver medal in the Junior Boys’ event. Abigail Scott-Douglas’s team finished fifth in the Junior Girls’ race.

At the South Island Secondary Schools’ Cross Country event. Sophie Lampe (Y10) won the U16 Girls’ race with Abigail Scott-Douglas (Y11) in seventh place. Elliot Graves (Y13) was fourth in the Senior Boys’ event.

At the Canterbury Secondary Schools Cross County Championships, Sophie Lampe (Y10) won the Junior Girls’ event, and the U16 Boys’ team of Kupa Rule (Y11 – fourth), Samuel Cook (Y11 – fifth), Hugo Lewis (Y10 – 14th) and Samuel Hardy (Y10 – 19th) finished as the top team. Others to make top 10 placings were Abigail Scott-Douglas (Y11) seventh Junior Girls and Elliot Graves (Y13) sixth Senior Boys.

Preparatory School Cross Country

The Preparatory School Cross Country was held in fine conditions on Wednesday 22 May. Students practised at home, with their teachers, and during Physical Education lessons, and gave their best on the day. Top three placegetters in each age group were:

• Year 4 Girls: Geneva Walker, Francesca Greer, Iaera Abrahamson;

• Year 4 Boys: Frederick Irwin, Alfred Keir, Jack Smallman;

• Year 5 Girls: Alessandria Greer, Pippa Bailey, Rosie Turnbull;

• Year 5 Boys: Ming Macarthy, Xander Swettenham, Samuel Carline;

• Year 6 Girls: Indi Haydon-Uren, Madeline Brooks, Chloe Wang;

• Year 6 Boys: Harrison Julius, Luke Russell, Bozan Wang;

• Year 7 Girls: Isabelle Greer, Mila Rule, Imogen Brooks;

• Year 7 Boys: Joshua Smith, Diesel Mackie, Kobe Ford;

• Year 8 Girls; Tayla Ford, Sabine Waghorn, Freya Manuel;

• Year 8 Boys: Riley Pringle, Hayden Brown, Levi Currie.

Independent Zones Cross Country (ISSA)

A group of 44 students from the Preparatory School competed at the Independent Zones Cross Country (ISSA). Those to finish in the top six and qualify for the Canterbury Primary Schools Cross Country were:

• Year 5 Girls: Alessandria Greer second;

• Year 5 Boys: Ming Macarthy fifth;

• Year 6 Boys: Luke Russell fifth;

• Year 7 Girls: Isabelle Greer second, Mila Rue fourth, Imogen Brooks fifth;

• Year 7 Boys: Diesel Mackie third, Kobe Ford fourth;

• Year 8 Girls: Tayla Ford third, Sabine Waghorn fourth, Alice Glover sixth.

Canterbury and CAIMS Cross Country

A group of 10 Preparatory School students qualified to compete at the Canterbury and CAIMS Cross Country. Those to finish in the top 10 were:

• Isabelle Greer: second Year 7 Girls;

• Tayla Ford: fifth Year 8 Girls;

• Diesel Mackie: seventh Year 7 Boys;

• Kobe Ford: ninth Year 7 Boys;

• Mila Rule: tenth Year 7 Girls.

Enduro Racing

Shey Doerner-Corson (Y11) was second in the South Island Enduro Championships.

Equestrian

Lily Ellis (Y12) was first Instant Jump Off – 95cm and second Show Hunter – 80–90cm at the Canterbury Interschools’ Show Jumping Championships.

Georgia Lewis (Y11) was selected to represent New Zealand at the Asia and Pacific Cup for Show Jumping. She travelled to Fuzhou, China as part of the team of four 15–17 year-olds. Despite torrential rain, the New Zealand team performed exceptionally to take out second place on borrowed horses. Individually, Georgia came third, the top international, non-local rider, just behind two Chinese riders.

Grass Cart

Josh Silcock (Y13) was second in the 0–205cc Four Stroke Class, with his brother Harri Silcock (OC 2019) winning the championship at the New Zealand Grass Kart Championships.

Hockey

The following students were selected for representative hockey:

• Canterbury U18A: Benjamin Harford, Henrietta Nation (both Y13);

• Canterbury U18B: Annabelle Barker, Lila Waghorn (both Y11), Edward Connolly, Liam Hall, Lucas Munt, Connor Sharp, Sophia Voice (all Y12), and Jackson Hodgkinson (Y13);

• Canterbury Development: Thomas Gough, Katherine Simcock (both Y12), Lewis Tavendale, and Olivia Ratcliffe (both Y11).

Ice Hockey

Ming Macarthy (Y5) was selected for the U15 Canterbury Ice Hockey representative squad 2024.

Karate

At the Otago Southland Karate Championships, Gemma Thomas (Y11) won gold in the Female Kata 13–15 years Premier, and Female Kata Open. At the Canterbury Westland Karate Championships, Gemma won gold in the Female Kata 14/15 years Premier event and at the South Island Schools event she won gold in the Female Kata U16 event.

Kartsport

Iris Li (Y3) won the third-place trophy in the Cadet Rok class while competing over four days at the 39th annual Central New Zealand Sunbelt Kartsport Championships.

Louis Smith (Y9) was seventh at the New Zealand Schools KartSport national championships.

Netball

The following students were selected to play in Christchurch Netball Centre representative teams in the South Island King’s Birthday Tournament:

• U16 Red Team: Hannah Papali’i Taimalelagi Malietoa and Saige Maraki (both Y11);

• U16 Black Team: Makenzie Disher, Hannah Radford, Emma Bailey (all Y10).

Rally Driving

At the 2024 Lone Star Rally of Canterbury, a round of the South Island Mainland Series Championship, Josh Silcock (Y13) competing in his first ever rally, finished third in the 1300 class and James McIver (Y13) finished fifth in the 1600 class.

Refereeing

Alexander Black (Y12) refereed at the U14 and U15 Christchurch International Football and was appointed to referee the U15 final.

Road Race

Of the nine St Andrew’s students competing at the Canterbury Schools’ Road Race Championships, top performers were Sophie Lampe (Y10) who was a convincing winner of the U16 Girls’ race, Kupa Rule (Y11) fourth in the U16 Boys’ race and Hannah Hughes (Y13) fifth in the Senior Girls’ event.

Rogaine

Jackson Morrow (Y8) was first in the Mixed Open category of the four-hour Wicked Rogaine in Teviotdale.

Rowing

Charlie Butterfield (Y13) was selected into the Men’s U19 eight and Jack Pitts (Y13) as a travelling reserve for Rowing New Zealand’s team to compete at the U19 World Championship Regatta in St Catharines, Canada.

Coby Goode (Y13) was selected for the 2024 New Zealand rowing team to attend the 2024 World Coastal Beach Sprint Finals in Genoa, Italy in September. The team includes some big names and current Olympic Athletes such as Emma Twigg and Jackie Kiddle.

William Tavendale (Y13) was selected for the South Island U18 rowing team.

Rugby

The Senior rugby teams had a great tour of Auckland in the Term 1 holiday break, hearing from inspirational ex-All Black, Keven Mealamu, attending ANZAC Day services, and competing well in their various competitions. The U18 team had a loss to King’s College and win against a well-drilled Takapuna Grammar side. The Quad team finished third in the Presbyterian Quadrangular tournament, after losing to eventual winners, Saint Kentigern College, and beating Lindisfarne College. William Voice (Y13) was the St Andrew’s Player of the Tournament.

The Preparatory School U13 rugby team won the Pleasant Point Rugby Tens Tournament after two wins and a draw in pool play, and an exciting final against Celtics from Ashburton, who they had earlier drawn with. The Celtics pulled ahead in the second half; however, a great comeback saw St Andrew’s draw the match level 25–25 at full-time and score the first try in extra time to win the tournament on golden point.

Metua Cranwell (Y11) was selected for the New Zealand U18 Māori Rugby Camp for 2024.

Squash

At the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Squash Tournament, the St Andrew’s A team of Rory Forsythe, Jacob Bunting and Bodie Oxenham (all Y12) finished third after losing to eventual winners St Bede’s College in their semi-final. A team comprising Jacob Bunting, Bodie Oxenham, George Reynolds and Oliver Gilbert (both Y9), played in the South Island Schools’ Teams Championships where they were seeded second in Grade B. With the top three teams, including St Andrew’s, each recording a two win and two loss record, it came down to matches and games won, which saw our team placed third in Grade B and finishing with an overall ranking of seventh in the South Island.

Swimming

In the 16-Year Woman category at the New Zealand Swimming National Age Group Championships Rylee McBride (Y12) won a national title and claimed a new Canterbury record in the 50m backstroke, won silver in the 50m butterfly and 100m backstroke, was fifth in the 100m butterfly, and sixth in the 50m freestyle.

A team of 26 swimmers from St Andrew’s competed at the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships. In the individual events, the team achieved 14 top three placings, plus five top three placings in the relays:

• Rylee McBride (Y12): first 16–18 Year Old 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke;

• Sophia Molnar (Y13): second 16–18 Year Old 100m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke;

• Luca Graham (Y12) second 16–18 Year Old 50m backstroke;

• Ryan Marsh (Y13): second 16–18 Year Old 50m butterfly;

• Joe Mundy (Y13): third 16–18 Year Old 50m freestyle;

• Joshua Exon (Y11): second 15 Year Old 50m breaststroke;

• Cohnor Walsh (Y11): second 15 Year Old 50m freestyle;

• Iona Garrett (Y11): second 14 Year Old 50m butterfly;

• Roma Tuimaunei (Y11) second 14 Year Old 50m freestyle;

• Yiduo (Gordon) Hu (Y9): second 12–13 Year Old 50m Freestyle;

• Millicent MacIntyre (Y9): third 12–13 Year Old 50m freestyle;

• Anthony Song (Y9): third 12–13 Year Old 100m freestyle.

• Elliot Graves, Joe Mundy, Jaden Hu, Ryan Marsh (all Y13): second Boys’ 16–18 200m freestyle relay;

• Catherine Shao (Y9), Iona Garrett (Y11), Sophia Molnar (Y13), Rylee McBride (Y12): third Girls’ Open 200m medley relay;

• Catherine Shao (Y9), Iona Garrett (Y11), Sophia Molnar (Y13), Rylee McBride (Y12): third Girls’ Open 200m freestyle relay;

• Luca Graham (Y12), Joe Mundy, Ryan Marsh, Jaden Hu (all Y13): third Boys’ Open 200m medley relay;

• Joshua Exon (Y11), Joe Mundy, Jaden Hu, Ryan Marsh (all Y13): third Boys’ Open 200m freestyle relay.

At the South Island Junior Swimming Championships, Catherine Qian (Y9) was first in all her individual events and first in the relay, with her relay team breaking a Canterbury/West Coast record by two seconds. Kelicia Rui En Purcell (Y7) competed in 13 events, placing fourth or higher in every event with four first places, four seconds, and two thirds.

Iona Garrett (Y11) competed in the U14 Woman category at the Division 2 Apollo Projects National Swimming Championships, gaining personal bests in five of her six events, finishing fifth in the 400m individual medley, sixth in the 100m butterfly, and seventh in the 50m butterfly.

Luca Graham (Y12) was third in the Men’s 50m Backstroke 15–16 years at the 2024 Swim Canterbury West Coast Short Course Championships.

Siblings Chloe (Y6) and Jacob Wang (Y7) competed at the Timaru Invitational Swimming Meet, recording new personal bests, and winning their respective age group categories.

Kelicia Rui En Purcell (Y7) competed at the Otago Short Course Championships in Dunedin, finishing with 10 podium placings and four personal bests in the Girls’ 11 Years category. She won five gold medals, four silvers, and one bronze.

Triathlon

Sophie Lampe (Y10) was awarded the Junior Athlete of the Year by the Canterbury Triathlon Club.

Volleyball

Molly-Belle Morrow (Y13) was selected for the Junior New Zealand Women’s Development Team to compete in the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships in Adelaide.

Molly-Belle Morrow (Y13), Catherine Cook and Mia Montgomery (both Y12) were selected for the U19 Canterbury Interprovincial volleyball team which made history to become the first Canterbury women’s team to win the U19 national title at the Interprovincial Volleyball Championships. Molly and Mia were also selected in the tournament team.

Water Ski

Genevieve and Katrina Wallis (both Y10) were part of the New Zealand U14 water ski team that competed in the Oz Kiwi Challenge in February. Both girls then competed at the Canterbury Regional Championships at Lake Hood in mid-March, with Katrina winning the category overall and Genevieve finishing second. At the New Zealand Water Ski National Championships in late March, the girls represented Canterbury in the U14 category. Katrina won a gold in slalom, making her a New Zealand champion of this discipline, along with a silver and bronze in her other disciplines. Genevieve won two bronze and a fourth placing. Katrina also received a Women’s Silver Star Series placing at the nationals prizegiving. These awards recognise the best skiers in their age groups across the whole season. Katrina won third place and Genevieve came fourth.

Holiday Tournaments

The St Andrew’s College Boys’ U15 hockey, Junior netball, and trap shooting teams had great success at their respective national, South Island, and North Island competitions over the Term 2 holidays, with all sports achieving top three finishes.

Hockey

Tanner Cup – New Zealand Under 15 Boys’ Hockey

The St Andrew’s Boys’ U15 hockey team delivered outstanding performances during the annual Tanner Cup Tournament at St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton, with 16 of the best hockey schools in New Zealand taking part. During pool play, the team beat both last year’s finalists, Whangarei Boys’ High School and New Plymouth Boys’ High School, 4–1 and 3–0 respectively. A 5–1 win over Tauranga Boys’ College saw St Andrew’s qualify for the quarter-finals top of their pool, which they won 3–2 against John McGlashan College. In the semi-final, eventual competition winners, King’s College from Auckland proved too strong, beating St Andrew’s 5–2. This put the team into a playoff for third and fourth against New Plymouth Boys’ High School. The St Andrew’s boys dug deep and demonstrated excellent commitment and skill to win the match 6–1, taking third place.

Netball

The St Andrew’s junior netball teams competed well at the South Island Secondary Schools Junior Netball Tournament, with the Year 9 team finishing a highly creditable second, and the Year 10 team in ninth place. The Year 9 team’s accurate shooting, excellent defence, and mid-court turnovers, saw them unbeaten during three days’ of pool play. They won their semi-final against Christchurch Girls’ High School, then met a strong St Margaret’s College side in the final. Although fighting hard, they went down 22–27, taking second place. The Year 10 team had mixed results during pool play, with four wins and two losses. Their two wins on playoff day included a 24–17 victory over Craighead Diocesan School to claim ninth place.

Trap Shooting

The St Andrew’s trap shooting team of Ethan Higgs (Y12), Kurt Lilly (Y11), Mitchell Twentyman (Y12), Logan Gardner (Y13), Konnor Chamberlain (Y12) and Marcus Ferguson (Y11) competed in two shoots over the holidays. The first was the Hamilton Boys’ High School Invitational Shoot, where they finished second, after being narrowly pipped on a countback by Palmerston Boys’ High School. At the North Island Secondary Schools’ Trap Shooting Championship, the Skeet team of Kurt Lilly and Ethan Higgs finished second, one point behind the eventual winners. In the DTL events, Kurt Lilly did exceptionally well, placing first equal in the Points, Single Barrel, and Overall Champion event. Kurt hit 113 out of a possible 115 targets which over the course of all the events, is a remarkable effort. He also placed first equal in the individual Skeet event, rounding off a great day.