Ashburton Courier: September 26, 2019

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Page 14, Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 26 September 2019 Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 32 26 September 2019 Message From ThePrincipal College Tours As this newsletter is published in today’s edition Iwill be in Japan with atour group of College students of Japanese, as they embark on their sixteen day tour. This is usually abiennial event and today weare arriving at our sister school, Tokorozawa Kita High School, where we will be hosted by families and visiting the school. For many ofthe students and myself this may well be the highlight of the trip because, as we know, the family experience gives you asample of real life inany country. My thanks to Hiromi Horsley,Teacher of Japanese,and also to the parents forthe huge level of organisation and fundraising thathas made this trip possible. We also, this student holiday break, have our students of Classics in Greeceand Italy wherethey aresharing the adventurewith students from Hillmorton High School, as acombined tour. This isthe second biennial event for this combined group and it puts areal-world context into their learning subjects. Mythanks gototeaching staff members Greta Hampton and Michael Clarkfor accompanying this trip,and again forthe massive amount offundraising this group has undertaken over the last twoyears. Additionally, wehave agroup in Germany, where they will grow their understanding of the country and their fluency with the language. This trip is being led by teaching staff member TomKitchen, which will be an interesting experiencefor him, as he waspreviously partofthistour party when taking partasastudentatAshburtonCollege. None of these trips would be possible without our ongoing parental and communitysupport so we areincrediblyfortunate. Enrolment Interviews My thanks to the255 families who booked in with their Year 8child foran enrolmentinterview last week.These fifteen minuteinterviewsenableus to have accurate data forenrolment,supplementedbymaterial supplied by the contributing schools and also by our Year 9pastoral team who visit and speak with the teachers of our future students to gather their recommendations. It is very worthwhile gathering this information, and we look forward to enrolling any further students who have not yet completed the process. End-of-Year Reports Students in Years 11-13 will receive their end of year reports this week. Thereason forissuing them at thistimeistoallowstudents time to rectify anygaps or concerns over this final vacation. When we return for Term 4there is, infact, only three weeks of school left before the NCEA exams begin. Therefore, it is really important that studentsmake the most of the next fiveweekstoensurethat theyachieve their goals forthe year. Appreciation My thanks, particularly to our College staff, for ahuge term. Now that internal assessment has been finished they can have some well-earned respite time over the student holiday break, before the final push for exams. Regards Ross Preece, Principal Events College Hosted Award-Winning Illustrator andBookDesigner Earlier this month the AshburtonCollege Libraryhosted DonovanBixley, an award-winning illustratorand book designer. Aspartof‘Writers in Schools’, Read NZ Te PouMuramurasponsored Donovantospend aday in our library. College student artists and writers were able to select from arange of sessions/workshops offered by Donovan (pictured left), through which he shared stories from his experience as an Illustrator and Author. He was engaging, entertaining and witty. Feedback from the students was that they found the sessions to be very interesting,with his stories delivered with passion and knowledge. Some of the students’quotes were: • ‘The art session was really fun and helpful. Itwas quite interactive and everyonehad the opportunitytoshare their ideas if they wantedto’. • ‘He wasveryinterested in whatwehad questions about and whatwesaid. He encouraged us alot to just go for something. Hewas very kind and funnyand Iknowthat mostly everyone will have learnt something’. • ‘Ienjoyedhearing his pointofview, tips about writing and just hearing his story. It was quite cool to meet and learn from afull-time illustrator and author working in New Zealand’. Events StudentExecutive Hold Successful Quizco Maisie Looij,ofthe StudentExecutiveCommittee,advises thatonFriday13 September the Collegiate North Rugby Club was alight with the sound of pens furiously scribblinganswers down on to pieces of paper. The Ashburton College Quizco had officially come to town and teams full of people of all ages had gathered in the hall to compete inaheated competition that would see abountiful amount of winners receive various prizes. The night was a raging success, complete with random bars of chocolate being handed out to participants who fitted into varying categories. Pondering the next set of questions aremembers of the StudentExecutive (pictured right, anti-clockwise from front right): Mollie Gibson (Head Girl), Kate McIlroy (Secretary), William Wallis (Head Boy) and Mitchell Farr (Head of StudentWelfareCommittee). (Pictured left, leftand right): Fred Belfordand Jacklyn Afukeep the participants’sugar levels up as they manage the food supplies. Overall Winners The overall winners were a team composed of the Principal, a Chemistry Teacher, aStudent, and a very brightman! (Pictured below, lefttoright): Ross Preece(Principal), PeterLee (Chemistry Teacher),Ocean Waitokia (student) and Kieran (Irish)Gray(intelligentman!) made winning look easy as they racked up atotal of 121 points over the tenrounds,five points more than the second placed team, Hungry Hippos. Fundraising andRecipients The Student Executive Committee, who worked hard tomake the night asuccess, also racked up avictory for themselves, making approximately $1200. As well, they were able to add the night to the list of achievements forthe year. Well done to everyone who participatedand we hopeyou all had agreat time! Themoneyraised will go to the YMCA YouthResiliencyprogramme. Appreciation to Sponsors Ashburton College and the Student Executive extends very sincere appreciation to the sponsors of the event. Your community-minded contributions added to the success of the night. Thank you to: RuralCo, Gabites Ltd, EANetworks Centre, Claire Bubb, New World Ashburton, Whitcoulls Ashburton, Spray Marks Ashburton, Mitre10Mega Ashburton, Millwood Nurseries. Congratulations Final WinterTournamentWeek Results As advised in last week’s newsletter we are now including results and information from the remaining two New Zealand Secondary Schools’ WinterTournamentweek teams. Girls’ 1st XI Hockey –5th Placing This team emerged with very good results from the Jenny McDonald Cup, Tier 4Hockey Tournament held in Cromwell, from 02-06 September, with sixteen contesting teams. The team and management (pictured above, back row, left toright): Hannah Young (Manager), Sarah Wilson, Montana Cannan, Anna Gray, Chloe Buchanan, Zoe Aschen, Hannah O'Reilly, Brie Rudolph, Grace Quinn, TC Trusler-Clark, KarenMcIntyre(Coach). (Front row left to right): Emma Lill, Leah Doig, Emily Armstrong, Tegan McIntyre (Captain),Maddy Wilson, Jessie Pitney. Congratulations Pool GameResults andDescriptions ManagerHannah Young givesusanoutlineofthe individual games. Game 1-Against South Canterbury Rural (5-0 win to College): The AshColl girls had agreat start tothe first game of the tournament, with Emily Armstrong and Sarah Wilson both scoring goals. Inthe second quarter Sarah Wilson scored the third goal with great support from Madison Trusler-Clark. Madison carried the ball beautifully into the circle, beating anumber ofplayers before passing the ball to Sarah onthe post who slotted inthe goal. Sarah then went on to scorethe fourth goal of the game. Inthe third and fourth quarters the girls were alittle tired, and lost their goal-scoring momentum. However, Maddy Wilson scored the fifth andfinal goal forthe game off astraightshot in the penaltycorner. Game 2-AgainstGoreHighSchool (2-0 win to College): This opposition wasanunknown quantity, but the AshColl team came out firing onceagain and managed to put their first goal past Gore High School in first five minutes of the first quarter. This wasagood team goal,with Emily Armstrong's stick the last to touch the ball as it went in the goal. Gore High School settled into the game inthe second and third quarter, playing very defensively,makingitveryhardfor AshColl to score. However, mid-way through the third quarter AshColl scored their second goal, by Maddy Wilson with another one of her fabulous straight shot hits off apenaltycorner. AshCollremainedonattack forthe majorityofthe game,against Gore High School’s defencewhich wasverystrong and congested. TheAshCollmidline of Emma Lill,Hannah O’Reilly,Tegan McIntyre and Montana Cannan did agreat job at holding their wide-field structureand trying different ways to attack the circle. Game 3-Against Dunstan High School (2-1 loss for College): This was atournament make orbreak game. IfAshburton College won ordrew the game they would finish topoftheir pool and progress to the topfour playoffs. Aloss meant second-placedinthe pool and play-off in the 5th to 8th positions. Hannah said the game ended up being like abattlefield, with Dunstan High School managing to scoreagoal in the first quarter. However, AshColl didn't drop their heads,continuing to fightall game to get agoal back. During the third quarter Jessie Pitney had agreat run down the field into the circle and managed to slotone past the goalie,toeventhe score. In the fourth quarter AshColl was put on defence. Dunstan really wanted the win and unfortunately for College was awarded a‘fluke’penalty corner where AshColl conceded asecondgoal. AshburtonCollege continued to fighthardinthe remaining five minutes of the game but unfortunately they could not get agoal back. Itwas atough game forthe girls, withsomeharshcalls made on both teams,but Dunstan adapted and took advantage of them. Cross-Over Play Game 4-Against CromwellCollege (2-0 win to AshColl): At tournament in 2016 Ashburton College lost to Cromwell College in the final, sothe team knew this would be atough game. Hannah said they took on board everything thatCoachKaren McIntyre hadtalked with them about over the week and they played anexcellent game of hockey, completely marking Cromwell College out of the game, and giving them very few attacking opportunities. Chloe Buchanan, Brie Rudolph, Grace Quinn and Anna Gray all had a fantastic game in the defensive line. The whole team held their structure and passed the ball around the fieldbeautifully,with anumber of very close opportunities to scoregoals in fieldplay. Thetwo goals thatAshburtonCollege scored were off penaltycorners.One in the first quarter-scoredbyHannah O’Reilly -and the other in the fourth quarterbyMaddy Wilson. FinalsPlay-Offfor 5th or 6th Placing Game 5-Against Taieri College (1-0 win): In this final game of the tournament, AshColl started the game calm, well-structured and playing their owngame. Although the first quarterremainedscoreless,AshColl had the upper hand, andthe first and only goal of the game wasscoredbyEmily Armstrong in the second quarter. The AshColl team had this game well under control, giving Taieri very few attacking chances and AshColl had a number of near misses. Montana Cannan and Tegan McIntyre both had an outstanding game. They used skill, and thought strategically about keeping possession of the ball. AshColl’s Most Valuable Player for the Tournament –Tegan McIntyre Tegan led the team consistently well in every game. Not only did she play outstanding hockey all week,she also represented Ashburton College well and showedexcellentleadership both on and off the field. ZoeAschen also had abrilliant tournament, and wasthe only goalie at the tournamentnot afraid to come out of the goal and charge attacking players in one-on-one situations, saving some blinders of goals throughout the week. Special mention goes to: Tegan McIntyre, Emily Armstrong, Chloe Buchanan and Zoe Aschen. As Year 13 students this was their last tournamentplaying hockey forAshburtonCollege. Abig thank youisgiven to all four fortheir love of the game,desiretolearn and improve and, more recently, their senior leadership within the team. Hannahsaid thatall will be dearly missed on and off the turf! Coming Events September 27 Final dayofTerm 3 28-13 Oct StudentHolidayBreak 14 Oct StartofTerm 4
Ashburton’s The Courier, Thursday 26 September 2019, Page 15 Ashburton College Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment News Issue 32 26 September 2019 Congratulations Senior Boys’Basketball –15th Placing TheBoys’ College ABasketball team competed in the Schick AA Secondary School Zone 4Nationals, held in Nelson from 04-07 September, within a field of twenty two teams. The team’s three wins and five losses reaped a final placing of 15th. Coach BrianKerr outlines their games – Game 1- vShirleyBoys’High School,loss 81–44: Theboyswerecertainly up for this challenge and played well in general. However they struggled to find the net even though they gave themselves plenty of opportunities. Fotu Hala scored 16 points, but his time on court was limited due to early foul trouble. Game 2-vMarlborough Boys’High School,win 100–74: In this game the players employed a1-2-1-1 press which proved very effective increating turnovers and allowing College to get theirrunning game going. The boys were excellentacross the board. SamPearce had agreat game top-scoring with 24 points,with RileySaadding afurther 21. Game 3-vWaimea College, loss 102–88: This was aterrific game where the team threw everything at astrong Waimea team, with College leading half-way through the third quarter. At this stage Waimea looked like they mightpull away comfortably,asthey gotupto14pointsahead. However, College didn’t go away and with acouple of minutes to go had dragged the score back to within 6points which panicked Waimea into calling a time out. Again, fouls were problematic and Waimea took out ahighquality encounter, which saw big games by Fotu Hala, Sam Pearce and MitchRuffell. Game 4-vJames Hargest, win 57–44: This was agame College should have dominated. However some tired bodies, and an inspired defensive effort byJames Hargest, made it alot tighter than necessary, with College battlingthrough foranuninspiring win. Game 5-vStBede’s College, for aclose 84–81 loss: St Bede’s had dealt College a28pointhiding in the Thomson Trophyearlier in the year,but the boys went out on amission. Again, utilising the press, they put St Bede’s under alot of pressure, withthe game going down to the wire and again it wasa50/50 call thatprovedcostly. Fotu Hala had an opportunitytoeven the game through aset move and the shot wasstraight, but just hit the back partofthe rim. St Bede’s were definitely relieved at the endofthe game. Fotu Hala was massive with 30 points (4 –3pointers), Sam Pearce was everywhere with 18 points and Mitch Ruffell shot some big shots hitting 15 points,all of which were 3pointers. Game 6-vChristchurch Boys’ High School, and another close loss, 79–76: For the second time on the same day, College missed out by 3 points,inwhatwas another tough encounterinwhich the boys were again excellent. We had opportunities to win, however Fotu fouling out halfway through the 4th quarterhad an effect. Despitethis setback, the team nearly pulled off the win. Again therewas an opportunityatplaytotake the lead, at down by one pointatthe time. However Boys’High managed to pick off the in-bound pass and took the win. This was another terrific game which went down to the wire Fotu Hala scored 22 points, SamPearce 19 points and Pasi Hala 12 points. Game 7-vStThomas of Canterbury College, loss 88–65: On this occasion, atired-looking team took the courtbut they playedreallywellup until half-waythrough the thirdquarterand then literally ranout of steam, to allowStThomastorun out as comfortable winners. Game 8-vTimaruBoys’ High School,win 88–73: Afteranearly 10 point lead to AshColl in the first quarter, Timaru pulled their way back to even through some highly accurate 3point shooting. The score remained tight until the start ofthe fourth quarter, with College holding a4point lead at the half-time break. AshColl then dominated the fourth quarter, pushing to the win. SamPearce top-scored with 27 points,including four 3pointers; KalenTait 17 points,with two3pointers; and Fotu Hala and RileySa, both 13 points. Injuries Forthis tournamentthe team missed out on the services of Quinn Ritchie, due to aknee injury sustained three weeks earlier. There was ahope that he would playlaterinthe tournament. However, afterhaving some time on the court, Quinn decided not to risk further injury, which wasaverymature decision from ayoung head who desperately wantedtoplay. Will Joyce wasanother playerwho had really improved over the season and had shown whathewas capable of. Unfortunately he’d picked up aniggle at the team’s last training run and,after acouple of games,the injuryflared up and ruled himout of the rest of the tournament. Members’Strengths Fotu Hala showedhow muchofaninfluential playerhewas.When he stayed on court, we performed really well but he unfortunately did find himself in foul trouble, often due tothe aggressive way he plays. Onsome occasions he seemed alittle unluckywhen he picked up‘soft’fouls which, coach Brian Kerrsaid,was areal shame. But,still agood tournament forFotu. SamPearce really stepped up at this tournamentand just worked so hard. He wasdefensively astuteand wasexcellentonthe fast break,aconsistent scorer and forhis coach, College’s playerofthe tournament. Riley Sa, aYear 10 player, also had areally good tournament. Sometimes showing his offensive skills, itwas his defensive work that really stood out. He worked well in combination with the Hala brothers to makeaneffective back-courtunit. Healso got givenresponsibilitytocarry the ball,which he did really well. Pasi Hala had the unenviable task of being in the mix against bigger opponents but battled well and never gave up. Hehad areally good tournamentasabit of an unsung hero. Kalen Tait and Thomas Patterson shared the starting five duties in the absence ofQuinn, and both were excellent. They are two totally different players who‘got the job done’, with both boys putting their hearts and souls into the job at hand. MitchRuffell had agood tournament. Rugged and totally a‘no frills’player, Mitch showed offhis shooting skills, especially from the arc. He had some good returns offensively and wasareal battler on the defensiveend. Liam Sullivan would run all day, has agood work ethic,and wasaggressive and great onthe loose ball. Confidence offensively is developing and he stepped up in acouple of the close games as well. JacobSwan picked up aplace vacated earlier in the season, initially in the Wednesday night competition games and, as aresult, was offered aspot at the tournament and jumped at it. Hehad some wonderful moments. especially on the defensive boards; boxed out well and took the few opportunities he had on offence. Summary Brian said they had areally good team unit, with that bond increasing at tournament time. The boys should be proud ofhow they played because, with abit more good fortune, the 15th place finish could have been much higher. Importantly,they playedhardfor each other. Appreciation Theteam loses three from this squad,being Fotu,Quinn and Sam and they will be missed, and have been appreciated for what they have contributed to the team. On the plus side,the team is fortunate to have agood core of players with tournamentexperiencetotake into next years’squad. The team (pictured above, back row, left toright): Liam Sullivan, Riley Sa, Fotu Hala, Jacob Swan, Pasi Hala. (Front row, left to right): Will Joyce, Mitch Ruffell, Quinn Ritchie, Thomas Patterson, SamPearce,Kalen Tait,Brian Kerr(Coach). (Absent from photo): Nigel (Skip) Joyce (Manager), Andrew Shepherd (Manager and AssistantCoach). ImpressiveMedal-Winning KarateResults The Canterbury Cup and South Island School Karate Championships were held on Saturday 14September. Jacqui Windhorst from the JION I.K.D.A. (International Karate Dojo Ashburton) said that the Canterbury Cup and South Island School Championships were both originally planned for the Saturdayand Sundaybut,due to smaller than expecteddivision entries the events were put into Saturday, making foralong dayfor competitors. InjuryImpacts Due toinjury, Kyle Cabangun unfortunately had to withdraw from three divisions which were held later inthe day, but his earlier results were very positive, as can be seen below. Max Nicol also had to withdraw from his final school Kumite division, due to illness. Coach/Manager of the team is Sensei Thorsten Windhorst. Results South Island SecondarySchools’Championship 2019 MaxNicol 1st Male KATA Intermediate Unable to competeinKumite,due to illness Kaimana Acidera 2nd Male KATA Intermediate 2nd Male KUMITE 58kg+ Madison Soal 2nd Female KATA Intermediate 2nd Female Under 14 KUMITE 45kg+ Kyle Cabangun Unable to competeinKata orKumite due to injury CanterburyCup 2019 Kyle Cabangun (pictured right): in the Open Kata. 1st Male 14-17years KATA Premier 2nd Male Open KATA UnabletocompeteinKumite Division MaxNicol 3rd Male 14-16 DevelopmentKumite 2nd Male 14-17 DevelopmentKATA Kaimana Acidera 2nd Male 12-13 Intermediate KATA 1st Male 12-13 Intermediate KUMITE Madison Soal 1st Female 12-13 Intermediate KATA 1st Female 12-15 Intermediate KUMITE Theteam (pictured left, left to right): MaxNicol, Kaimana Acidera, Kyle Cabangun, Madison Soal. 2019 Aoraki Mountain Biking Championships AshColl had four riders in this event, in Oamaru, onSunday 15September. Afterrain postponement on the Saturday, riders were keen to get started. Overall the College team performed very well, gaining three second and one fourth placing. Theteam lookedverysmartintheir new MTBridingtops,kindly sponsored by AshburtonCollege BoardofTrustees Chair JeremySavage. The riders are most appreciativeofthis generosityand forbeing able to ride in gear clearly representing AshburtonCollege. (Pictured right, lefttoright): Riley Blundell,Mya Johnston, Brad Blundell,Mitchell Leath. Coach and Manager of the team are Jess Bennett and Jocelyn Johnston. Individual Results: RileyBlundell Under 15 Boys 2ndplaced Enduroand Cross Country Mitchell Leath Under 15 Boys 11th placed Cross Country MyaJohnston Under 17 Girls 3rdplaced Enduro Target Shooters’Fifth ConsecutiveTeam Win AshburtonCollege’s Target Shooters have continued to performat asignificantly high level, with AshburtonCollege winning the New Zealand‘Triple S’ Teams’Event forthe fifth consecutiveyear which is an outstanding outcome,highlighting real dedication and skill. Behind College in second and thirdplaces were Cambridge and Dannevirke High Schools. The Winning College Team consisted of Shania Harrison-Lee, JacobKilworth, CharlotteMcKenzie and Emma Smith. (Pictured right, lefttoright): Charlotte McKenzie, Emma Smith, Shania Harrison-Lee. (Pictured below): Jacob Kilworth showing his personal best on a double target (98.5+, 96.5). Brad Blundell Under 17 Boys 4th placed Enduro (pictured left) 2nd placed Cross Country (Pictured above,leftand right): CharlotteMcKenzie and Shania Harrison-Lee in action. Notable Results Year 12 national shooter,Shania Harrison-Lee said thatespecially notable in the results was Emma Smith who placed 1st in AGrade on atotal of 493.24; and Year 9student Charlotte McKenzie who placed first in DGrade on a total of 477.19. Jacob Kilworth was also well-placed, inDGrade, scoring 466.13 points to place 5th from the ninety shooters in DGrade. This is the first year competing forboth Charlotteand Jacob. Theshooters in this competition competeoverfour rounds. College Top-Scorers in this round were - Shania Harrison-Lee (199.16) and Emma Smith (198.10). Shania was the only competitor in the Masters Class but, ascan be seen below, her levels of success remained extraordinarily high. Defending Champion Success for Shania Harrison-Lee NZTShas announced that defending champion, Shania Harrison-Lee, has retained her Triple SCrown. After losing the lead in Round 2, Shania only dropped one more point inthe last two rounds to clinch the Triple STitle, with her combined scoreof494.33. This was aclosely fought battle with College team mate, Emma Smith coming in second, only one pointbehind,on493.24. The second AshburtonCollege team also placed respectably– • SamSmith 10th in CGrade, from thirty three shooters, on 473.09. Finishing in the TopQuarter of DGrade,from the field of 90 competitors, were - • Jack McIntosh 6th placed, on463.13. • Brontson Cudmore 18th placed,on454.10. • SarahduToit 20th placed,on453.10. • Jack Jones 24th placed,on452.05.
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