Nor'West News: March 09, 2023

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Thursday March 9 2023
CGHS, Riccarton claim titles
at volleyball championships
• By Jaime Cunningham
CHRISTCHURCH Girls’
and Riccarton high schools
both took out division 1 titles
at the mainland volleyball
championships over the
weekend.
CGHS won the girls’ division
1 grade for the first time in a
four-set final against rivals St
Margaret’s College (25-18, 25-23,
23-25, 27-25) on Sunday, while
last year’s champions Burnside
High finished third.
CGHS coach Mark Norton
said his team had an unsettled
build-up to the tournament after
losing three key players who
graduated last year.
“However, this has demanded
that we focus hard and train
with intensity when we are in the
volleyball gym.
“[Sunday’s] final was extremely
close, but everyone in the team
played well in their own role
and we were very well led by
captain Angela Reupena.”
Norton said the team are
beginning to understand what
is required to play at a high
level and, as a result, have made
considerable progress this year.
In the boys’ top division,
Riccarton High beat Waimea
College 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-23)
to win their first mainland title
since 2016.
Riccarton dropped just two
sets throughout the tournament.
They won all their matches on
Friday and were particularly
dominant on Saturday, winning
all four matches in three sets.
Burnside’s senior A boys’ side
came back from losing their
first two sets in the third-place
play-off to win the match 3-2
(12-25, 22-25, 25-12, 25-18, 16-14)
against King’s High School from
Dunedin.
Last year’s division 1 winners
Cashmere High struggled to gain
momentum after losing their first
two matches. They only managed
to finish eighth after losing their
seventh-place play-off against
Christ’s College.
Seventy-seven teams from
across the South Island played
at Pioneer Stadium, Wharenui
Stadium, Cowles Stadium, the
Selwyn Sports Centre and at
CGHS on Friday and Saturday.
They will now switch their
focus to the Canterbury senior
secondary school championships
WINNERS: Christchurch
Girls’ High’s senior A team
won the division 1 title at
the mainland volleyball
championships for the first
time in the school’s history.
from March 17-19, which, along
with Monday night games, will
determine each team’s seeding
for the New Zealand secondary
school championships on March
27-31.
Mainland volleyball
championships table
•Division 1 girls
1. CGHS
2. St. Margaret’s College
3. Burnside High School
4. Nelson College for Girls
5. St Andrew’s College
6. Nayland College
7. Lincoln High School
8. Cashmere High School
9. Otago Girls’ High
10. Columba College
11. Waimea College
12. Riccarton High
•Division 1 boys’:
1. Riccarton High School
2. Waimea College
3. Burnside High School
4. King’s High School
5. Shirley Boys’ High
6. Nelson College
7. Christ’s College
8. Cashmere High School
9. John McGlashan
College
10. Nayland College
11. Te Kura Kaupapa
Māori O Te Whānau Tahi
12. Middleton Grange
•More sport, page 12
TITLE: Riccarton High won
the boys’ top grade for the
first time since 2016.
Dan Rosewarne
Labour list MP
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