Informer Edition 2 April 2013 - St Paul's Collegiate School

Paul’s girls joined 25 other Netballers from around the country, competing to be selected in
the New Zealand Maori team. They both made the final trial (i.e. possible vs probable and
were successful for their selection for the team.
Grace and Pare will compete in the Trans-Tasman Secondary Schools’ Netball Tournament,
a competition that is based in New Zealand and Australia on alternate years and will this year
be held in Rotorua from the 27 th – 30 th May.
These talented St Paul’s Netballers will compete against the New Zealand Secondary
Schools’ side, Australia Secondary Schools’ Netball team, the Indigenous Australia side,
Bukit Jatil Sports School Malaysia and the Samoan and Fijian Secondary School sides.
We are extremely proud of Grace and Pare’s success in this elite level of Secondary School
Netball. Basically, their selection places them in the top 25 of Netballers in their age group
across the country.
MEDALS AT THE WAIKATO/BOP SCHOOLS’ TEAM TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP
St Paul’s had four teams each consisting of three members entered in this event which was
held at Lake Karapiro in sweltering conditions on Thursday, 21 st February.
In the U19 age group, the race consisted of a 750 metre swim, a 20 kilometre cycle and a 4.8
kilometre run. We were represented by James Atherton, Jonathan Ring and Toby Way in
the boys team which placed 6 th . The girls team consisting of Georgia Burke, Deanna Morse
and Meg Morbey made an excellent start in the swim and continued with strong
performances in the bike and run legs to finish 3 rd .
In the U16 age group, competitors had a 500 metre swim, a 16 kilometre bike and a 4.2
kilometre run. Our boys team consisting of Hamish Black, Adam McCarthy and Jack Davies
competed intensely to gain 2 nd place. Our girls team consisting of Bethany Langton, Loren
Morse and Meg Skilton competed strongly throughout the event and placed 4 th .
There were 54 teams from the Waikato and Bay of Plenty competing in this event. All of our
students are to be congratulated on pushing themselves to the limit to achieve the best
possible result for their team.
THE TIHOI TO HAMILTON MULTI-SPORT CHALLENGE
On Saturday, 13 th April, four vans packed with largely boarding students, travelled down to
Tihoi to take part in the Tihoi to St Paul’s Multi-sport event. This was an event that covered a
distance of 161 kilometres. It consisted of five stages that involved many different legs such
as running, road cycling, mountain biking, rowing and kayaking. Everybody had an early
start, waking up at 4.15am on the Sunday morning with the race starting at 5.00am. In the
race, all the legs had to have two members participating from each boarding house, and the
rest of the teams travelled in the vans to the transitions. This was generally a long trip
because each leg lasted between 1.15 and 2 hours. There were lots of safety precautions
taken as each road cycle leg had a support car and everyone was made to take first aid kits
and plenty of water.
The first stage was a 3km run as a whole team and then a 33km road cycle, with Williams
House finishing first in the cycle, but Sargood House taking the lead in the mountain bike.
The next stage was a 17km mountain bike and a 12km run, with Sargood holding the lead
due to an outstanding mountain bike leg. The third stage was another 17km mountain bike,
13.5km road cycle and an 11.5km run, which saw Harington drop behind, as they got lost.
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