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Cross Country<br />
Junior School pupils did very well in<br />
the Hills Cluster Cross Country held<br />
on the 28th August.<br />
Year 6 Girls<br />
1st place Meg Sycamore<br />
3rd place Isabella Johansson<br />
Year 6 Boys<br />
3rd place Drew Schievink<br />
The following pupils have also<br />
qualified for the Otago Cross Country<br />
Championships on 14 th September:<br />
Tessa Campbell and Maia Joseph,<br />
Year 5.<br />
Equestrian<br />
Left to right: Drew Schievink, Meg Sycamore and Isabella<br />
Johansson<br />
Well done to Hannah Johnston in Year 12 on her selection to attend a clinic with international<br />
Equestrian coach, Jeremy Steinburg, who is the USA Olympic Youth Coach.<br />
Netball Season 2012<br />
Another successful netball season has come to an end. <strong>Columba</strong> had fifteen teams in the Secondary<br />
School competition – four senior competitive teams, three senior social teams, three Year Ten teams<br />
and five Year Nine teams. The <strong>Columba</strong> Senior A netball team competed in the top club grade in<br />
Dunedin. The Senior B netball team won the top Secondary school grade, beating off a spirited St<br />
Hilda’s 10A team in the final. The team was coached by Mrs Lauren Piebenga and led very capably<br />
by Jessie Chapman. Most of the team will return for 2013.<br />
The <strong>Columba</strong> 9A netball team won the Premier B grade (second top Secondary school grade), beating<br />
OGHS Year 10A team in the final. The 9A netball team put in a very gutsy performance given that<br />
they had been away at the Year 9 Ski Camp all week in the lead-up to the final. The 9A team also<br />
received the trophy for the top Year 9 netball team in Dunedin.<br />
Other notable performances for the netball season include: <strong>Columba</strong> Senior Blue winning the Senior<br />
Two grade, <strong>Columba</strong> Senior Green placed 3 rd in the Senior Four grade, <strong>Columba</strong> 10B placed 3rd in<br />
the Intermediate Two grade, <strong>Columba</strong> 9B placed 3rd in the Junior One grade, <strong>Columba</strong> White and<br />
<strong>Columba</strong> 9D placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Junior Four grade.<br />
<strong>Columba</strong> <strong>College</strong> netball is in a very strong position with 14 girls (Years 9 to 13) being named in<br />
Dunedin Netball Centre representative teams, the Senior A netball team winning the Senior Section of<br />
the Otago Secondary Schools’ Netball Championships, 10A coming third and 9A being placed 2nd.<br />
The 9A and 10A netball teams competed at the South Island Secondary School Development Netball<br />
Tournament in the July school holidays. Both teams learnt a huge amount from the tournament and<br />
came away from the games, much better teams as a result. Congratulations to Maddy Spence who<br />
was named one of the ten Year 10 girls in the South Island identified as Talented Players.<br />
Well done also to Bridget Thayer, Year 13 who was named in the “Tournament Team” at the recent<br />
South Island Secondary Schools’ Netball Championships held last week in Dunedin.<br />
We have had very good coaching for each of our netball teams this year and this has paid off with the<br />
girls improving their strategies and overall technique. I look forward to another rewarding and<br />
successful netball season next year. Thank you to the parents, families, friends and supporters who<br />
have all helped the netball teams to enjoy the season and be successful this year.<br />
Christie Sinclair<br />
Teacher in charge of Netball
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