Western News: June 25, 2019

16 Tuesday June 25 2019
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ST BEDES
Boarding
at St Bedes College
St Bede’s is a Catholic College for boys
founded by the Society of Mary in 1911 and
it is also the only Catholic boarding school
for boys in the South Island.
Catholic, Marist and Bedean principles
and values form the basis of a holistic
education at the College. We aim not to
make the College great but to ensure every
boy has the opportunity to be great, and
we endeavour to develop young men of
Catholic hearts and minds through the
experiences the boys have in their time here
at the College.
St Bede’s is a College for all…a place where
gospel values are practised to help form
principled men; a learning environment
where everyone achieves; a place that
teachers want to come to because of the
strength of the community; a place also,
where boys can embrace spiritual, sporting,
cultural and community activities, which all
combined shape boys into men. That’s the
priority and that is in our DNA.
Boarding at St Bede’s College is a tradition
that goes back to the 1920s. Our rich
history and tradition provides an excellent
foundation to embrace the challenges of
the modern era and prepare our boys to be
Catholic leaders wherever life takes them.
Today’s boarders enjoy life away from
home at the only single-sex Catholic
boarding school in the South Island.
Like many other organisations in
Christchurch, our campus has been broken
and tested. The demolition of the Chapel
seriously challenged us. It was the single
most important building at St Bede’s
College, and had symbolised the heart and
soul of the College ever since the third
Rector, Father Gilbert, converted it from the
gymnasium in 1929.
Makeshift holy places in the last eight
years, including the present facility, are a
poor imitation and far from ideal. But we
knew it was important to have this sacred
space – a place where we gather in good
times and in bad.
The time has now come to build a new
Chapel, which will be opened in September
this year.
After the hard years, there is real excitement
and anticipation about the prospect of the
rebuild which will significantly transform
the campus. As well as the Chapel, we
recently opened a new Food Technology
and Visual Art block and have extended the
Gymnasium. The Performing Arts Centre
will also be opened later this year.
Reunion for volleyballers and coach
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They will be joined on
the trip by their former
Burnside High School
coach Sam Ryburn – who
is also the under-23 coach.
All four were part of at
least one of the Burnside
High senior girls teams
which won back-to-back
national secondary school
titles in 2015 and 2016.
Pio and Mikaera have
been playing for the Shirley
club in recent times, while
Manderson and Fahey are
currently on volleyball
scholarships at division
one colleges in the United
States.
“Going to division
one is a major step up
– everyone’s bigger and
everyone’s faster. I was
lucky enough to get to
play all of last year and it’s
tough, but very cool,” said
Manderson.
The New Zealand team
will be hoping to secure
a top three finish at the
Asian championship,
which would book them a
spot in the under-23 world
championships. For Fahey,
who has just transferred to
North Carolina A&T State
University, the decision to
come home in preparation
for the tournament was
easy.
“I kind of came back
to play for him [Ryburn].
I was in the States, but I
knew he was coaching so I
wanted to try and make his
team,” said Fahey.
They will face No 3 seed
Vietnam in their group, as
well as Turkmenistan.
“Their ball control of
some of the teams in Asia
is insane. They get so many,
many more reps than we
do, it’s really hard to kill
a ball against them, their
defence is insane,” said
Manderson.
None of the girls
played volleyball before
attending Burnside High
School.
The school has developed
a successful programme
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in recent years, turning
out a number of players
who have gone on to play
for New Zealand and
been offered US college
scholarships.
When asked what the key
to the school’s success has
been Manderson, Fahey,
Pio and Mikaera all gave
the same answer – coach
Ryburn.
“He chased me around
trying to get me to join the
team for years . . . I was
playing rugby, but he was
persistent with convincing
me to play volleyball,”
Fahey said.
The team will start
their Asian championship
campaign against hosts
Vietnam on July 13.
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