Informer Edition 2 April 2013 - St Paul's Collegiate School
Informer Edition 2 April 2013 - St Paul's Collegiate School
Informer Edition 2 April 2013 - St Paul's Collegiate School
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Joel Kosoof was recently presented with his 1st XI Cricket Cap for playing a full season for<br />
the 1st XI and keeping wicket to a very high standard. The true test of a wicket-keeper is<br />
when you don’t notice him – catches are clean and efficient, footwork is good and<br />
encouragement of his fielders is there for the full 50 overs, day after day. This sums Joel up<br />
and was embodied in the brilliant catch he took to dismiss NZ U19 player, Tim Seifert in the<br />
Gillette Cup match against <strong>St</strong> Peter’s. Joel has been an unsung hero for the 1st XI this<br />
season and thoroughly deserves his 1st XI Cap.<br />
Connor Egan (Year 10) was placed<br />
fourth in the Under 16 division of the<br />
New Zealand Secondary <strong>School</strong>s’ Open<br />
Water Championships held at Pegasus<br />
Lake in Christchurch. Connor missed a<br />
Bronze medal by just a second and was<br />
the first 14 years old in the race. An<br />
impressive performance by such a<br />
young swimmer over a demanding 1km<br />
distance. Connor followed this<br />
performance with a win in the ITU<br />
World Triathlon Swim/Run event on 6th<br />
<strong>April</strong>, consisting of a 750m swim in the<br />
Auckland Harbour and a 3km run. An<br />
open age event, Connor beat 50 older<br />
competitors.<br />
In cycling, Loren Morse and Logan Spaans (Year 11) have enjoyed considerable recent<br />
success. In the Rev cycle festival, over the 100km course, which took in the challenging<br />
French pass, through to Matamata and via the Scotsman Valley back to Hamilton, Loren<br />
came fourth in the Girls’ U20 and Logan 27th in the Boys’ U20 division.<br />
While on 8th March, in the Hamilton City Cycling Club Champs Road Race, Logan was<br />
placed third and Loren won her age group and in the WBOP time trial over 15km distance.<br />
The next day, Logan gained a Bronze medal for third and Loren missed a placing. While in<br />
the WBOP Road Race Championship over 40 km, it was Loren that gained a Bronze medal.<br />
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In the New Zealand Secondary <strong>School</strong>s’ Golf Croquet Championship held in Palmerston<br />
North on 23 rd /24 th March, Hemi McLaren-Mellars and Sam Treloar teamed up and were<br />
placed first in section play, winning eight of their nine<br />
games, providing consistent form, demonstrating<br />
focus, team work and determination. In the semifinals,<br />
they narrowly lost to Inglewood High <strong>School</strong> (5-<br />
6) in a match that could have gone either way. In the<br />
playoff for third/fourth, they comfortably defeated<br />
Rathkeale College 7-2 to gain a commendable Bronze<br />
medal finish.<br />
Josh Blame (Year 10), competing against much older<br />
and experienced competition, finished a creditable<br />
seventh, fifth and sixth at the Taumarunui, Apiti and<br />
Paihiatua competitions respectively, leading up to the<br />
Golden Shears World Premier Shearing and Woolhandling<br />
Championship in Masterton early in March.<br />
In the Golden Shears, Josh competed in the junior<br />
shearing category against 58 competitors, of whom 16<br />
were from overseas. After two eliminations, Josh<br />
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The <strong>Informer</strong><br />
<strong>St</strong> Paul’s <strong>Collegiate</strong> <strong>School</strong>
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