July 2011 ISSUE 4 - Columba College

Otago Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships
In the senior girls‘ race, over 4km, Laura Carruthers was placed 3 rd (15min 55sec).
Sian English, Year 11 won the Under 16 girls‘ race in 11min 58sec.
Hanna English, Year 9 won the Under 14 girls‘ race in 12min 05sec.
Charlotte Cahill, Year 10 won the Under 15 girls‘ race in 12min 12sec with Grace Carruthers, Year 10
taking 3 rd place (12min 37sec). Columba won the Under 15 teams‘ race. In the team were: Charlotte
Cahill, Grace Carruthers and Olivia Wilson.
Charlotte Cahill Grace
Carruthers
Otago/Southland Cross Country Championships
Hanna English Sian English Olivia Wilson
The Otago/Southland Cross Country was held in Milton on Wednesday, 25th May.
Senior Team
2nd Laura Carruthers, Sophie Napper, Laura Bridger, Sian English
Junior Team
2nd Charlotte Cahill, Analise Cowie, Georgia Nichol, Grace Carruthers
Laura Carruthers had the 2nd fastest time for senior girls (0:06:53) and Charlotte Cahill had the 2nd
fastest time for junior girls (0:07:31).
Cycling
Columba College is very lucky to have been selected to be involved in the Otago Secondary Schools‘
Cycling Initiative. We are now receiving cycling clinics run by Suzy Pryde, who has represented New
Zealand at both the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, and her partner Chris Drake, also a
representative cyclist. Suzy and Chris are providing wind trainer sessions for the girls during the
week, along with supervised bunch rides on Sundays. The aim of the programme is to improve
students‘ knowledge and ability in all areas of road cycling with the goal of developing a cycling team
for the school. We have already begun our first sessions and are excited by this unique opportunity.
To assist with our cycling programme, it would be helpful to have a few spare road bikes available to
loan to those girls who are new to the sport and have not yet invested in their own road bike. If any
parents have a used road bike that they are no longer using which they would like to donate to the
College or sell at a low cost, could you please contact Julie McMahon via the School Office.
Diving
Drew Schievink, Year 5 has been selected for the New
Zealand Schools‘ Diving Team to compete in Melbourne in
July/August at the Australian Springboard Diving
Championships. During the school holidays he will travel to
Auckland for training prior to leaving for Melbourne.
Drew who qualified for the NZ team at the North Harbour
Championships and who has been competing for three years
will compete in the 1m springboard event and the 5m
platform in Melbourne.
At the New Zealand Autumn Diving Championships in
Wellington, Drew gained the following results:
Drew Schievink, Year 5