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Sports Newsletter
Whangarei Girls’ High School Inside this issue
Athletics .................... 1
Surfing ....................... 1
Triathlon ................... 1
Team Selections ....... 2
Cricket ....................... 2
Tennis ....................... 2
Eagles Golf ................ 2
Mountain Biking ....... 2
Lawn Bowls ............... 2
Equestrian................. 2
Adventure Racing ..... 2
Futsal ........................ 2
Sailing ........................ 3
Volleyball .................. 3
Rowing ...................... 3
Maadi Cup ................ 3
Waka Ama ................ 3
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May 2015
NSSSA ATHLETIC CHAMPS RESULTS TRACK EVENTS
Open G 2000m S/Chase Amanda Still - 1st
SG 800m Amanda Still 1st
SG 400m Amanda Still 1st
SG 200m Kelsey Jellick 1st
SG 100m Kelsey Jellick 1st
Intermediate
IG 3000m Madi Doar 1st
Courtney Crum 2nd
IG 1500m Courtney Crum 3rd
IG 800m Jess Pilmer 1st
Madi Doar 2nd
IG 400m Portia Olney-Kemp 1st
IG 200m Maddy Gordon 3rd
IG 100m Jess Pilmer 3rd
Junior
JG 1500m Mia Gordon 1st
JG 800m Mia Gordon 2nd
JG 300m Samantha Bailey 2nd
Mia Gordon 3rd
JG Hurdles Aimee-Leigh Scott REC 1st
FIELD EVENTS
SG Shot Leiana Cameron -Tana 1st
SG Javelin Leiana Cameron-Tana 1st
IG Hammer Natalie Stolz 1st
IG LongJump Maddy Gordon 1st
IG High Jump Claire Fuller 1st
Portia Olney-Kemp 2nd
IG Tri Jump Maddy Gordon 2nd
IG Discus Natalie Stolz 1st
JG Hammer Aimee-Leigh Scott REC 1st
JG LongJump Katie Doar 3rd
JG Discus Aimee-Leigh Scott 1st
JG Javelin Aimee-Leigh Scott 2nd
NSSSA TRIATHLON Individual and Teams Triathlon was
held at Marsden Cove on the 5th
March on a fast and technical course.
Great turn out from WGHS with Portia
Olney-Kemp coming 1st in the U16 In-
dividuals and Inez Wilson-Harding 2nd
in the U19’s.
WGHS U14 team, Aimee Martin,
Michelle Crawford and Natasha Hew-
son was placed 1st. Also the WGHS
U16 team, Hayley Donovan, Macey
Polwart and Madi Doar, placed 1st. The
WGHS U19 team, Katie Nilson, Kate
McLeod and Taylor Campbell came in
at 3rd place. Thank you to Karen Do-
novan and Vicky Meyer for their or-
ganising skills.
Claire Fuller—1st Int High Jump
at NSSSA Athletics
Aimee-Leigh Scott
NISS ATHLETIC CHAMPS
RESULTS A few of our athletes represented
Northland at the North Island Sec-
ondary Schools Champs and came
out with some outstanding results.
SG S/chase—Amanda Still 9th
SG 200m—Kelsey Jellick 5th
SG 100m—Kelsey Jellick 5th
IG Hammer—Natalie Stolz 8th
IG High Jump—Claire Fuller 4th
JG Hammer—Aimee-Leigh Scott 1st
JG Hurdles—Aimee-Leigh Scott 3rd
JG Discus—Aimee-Leigh Scott 5th
NSSSA SURFING On March
6th WGHS students attended the
NSSSA Surfing Champs at Sandy
Bay in two to three foot onshore
conditions that were challenging.
U14’s winner was Grace Pevats,
U16’s winner was Billie Scott and
U18’s winner was Emily Brunker.
The rest of the team placed either
second or third. It was a great day
for Grace and Billie as Grace is
now currently No 1 in NZ for U14
division and Billie is placed 10th in
the U17 division.
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NSSSA LAWN BOWLS - On Friday 20th March Eden Colli-
er and Stephanie Hay competed in the Northland Secondary
Schools girls pairs section. What a great team they made
and a fantastic result coming in at 1st place. Well done
CRICKET - WGHS 1st XI Cricket Team consisting of Kennedy
Boswell-Smith, Brooke and Paige Golightly, Hayley Green, Jade
Litchfield, Olivia Lobb, Eva Pearson, Caitlin Phillips, Jessica
Pilmer, Tia Saunders and Maria Wright– travelled to Hamilton
for the Northern Regions Secondary Schools Play-off Tourna-
ment. It was a very tight final but great team camaraderie saw
us in the final. WGHS had beaten Tauranga Girls & Hillcrest
High earlier then came up to play against Hamilton Diocese in
the final. With great bowling and fielding skills from WGHS,
they managed to win the final narrowly and to go through to
the Nationals in December. Congratulations on an excellent
result.
EAGLES GOLF The WGHS team placed 2nd to Rodney Col-
lege and Dargaville High School. Taylor Wyatt-Logan and Sok-
taera Sean tied for top female stableford points, both scoring
38. Fantastic result. Photo below shows Soktaerodh Sean,
Taylor Wyatt-Logan, Shanice Croft-Kemp and Soktaera Sean.
TEAM SELECTIONS - Our sports teams have been selected and are
ready to go for another year. Unfortunately not all of our students
were selected in the teams they were trailing for due to limited
team numbers. With a huge number of students wanting to play
sport there are always those that miss out on their preferred team.
While missing out is always disappointing it is also a learning point
as to how we respond to this. It is recommended to ask why you
missed out as it could give you an idea on how you can improve.
There is a very good quote from a top sports person—“If you’re
trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks, I’ve had them, many of
them, but obstacles should not stop you achieving. Work out a way
to overcome them and you will achieve.
WHANGAREI ADVENTURE RACING TEAM Sarah Adam, Taylor Campbell, Courtney Crum, Madi Doar,
Grace Elliot, MacKenzie Johnson, Geneva Overwater, Macey
Polwart and Tia Saunders are the WGHS team who
competed together with WBHS team in the 8hr & 12hr rac-
es at Waihi Beach in the Coromandel in March. The teams
did a range of activities including cycling through the Karan-
gahake Gorge, rope swing, train tunnels, coastal trails, raft-
ing and rifle shooting. Our 12 hour teams placed 4th & 6th
with our 8 hour teams placing 3rd & 5th. Lots of fun and
hard work together with great results. A huge thank you to
the amazing parent support of Steve & Frances Hill, Neil
McInnes and Chris Campbell.
NSSSA FUTSAL - Well done to our Futsal girls. U19 WGHS
Gold in 1st place with WGHS Blue team coming up in 3rd
place.U16 WGHS Gold in 2nd place with WGHS Blue team in 4th
place. U14 WGHS were 5th . Great competition all round.
NZSS FUTSAL - Was held in Wellington, it was WGHS first time
and they were unsure what to expect. In the pool play we came
in 3rd position and ended 8th in the finals. This was a fantastic
achievement and the girls should be very proud. Each of the girls
performed exceptionally well, particularly Briar Mortensen as
Captain and Natalie Dey as joint golden boot. FUTSAL TEAM -
Nicole Stratford, Jorja Dempster, Natalie Dey, Cara Doggett,
Georgia Harrold, Zoee Hoy, Alex Kelly, Abbie & Rachel Maher,
Briar Mortensen and Taylor Wyatt- Logan.
NSSSA MOUNTAIN BIKING - This event took place at
the Parahaka Mountain Bike Park in Whareora in March.
Mackenzie Johnson took out 1st place for the Cross Country
and 3rd place for the Downhill section resulting in 1st place
overall. Well done Mackenzie. Julia Carter-Bell did extremely
well also placing 1st in the Downhill section.
NSSSA EQUESTRIAN COMBINED TRAINING
EVENT- This event was held at the Kaikohe Show-
grounds at the beginning of April with WGHS competing
extremely well. Mihi Shepherd 1st in the Intro Dressage
(individual) and Devon Finlayson 3rd in the Pre-Training
Dressage (individual) and Dana Hawkins 3rd in the Pre-
Novice Overall (individual). These girls showed great or-
ganisational skills. The day would not have been a success
if not for the parents who drove the girls up and helped
out throughout the day.
TENNIS - Phoebe Collis and Pippa Saunders attended the
NSSSA Tennis Single Open in March and played very well.
Phoebe had an excellent game getting beaten narrowly 4/3 4/3.
There were over 60 students competing from Kerikeri to Rod-
ney districts.
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NISS ROWING REGATTA At the beginning of March WGHS students competed in the
NISS Rowing Regatta with outstanding results. Shannon Cox
and Tyler Nicholas earned a Silver medal in the U18 light-
weight double sculls in very testing conditions. These results
put them through to the Maadi Cup.
MAADI CUP RESULTS Shannon and Tyler was placed 5th in the “A” final of the U18
Lightweight Sculls at the NZ Maddi Cup National Rowing
Champs. Coaches comments—”So proud of them, they are
great girls and did their school proud.”
NSSSA VOLLEYBALL FINALS—Senior A and
Senior B The WGHS Senior A team (Zane Heta, Justice Hetaraka,
Jasmine Milton, Manaia Puklowski, Teina Rihari, Kaea
Robinson, Kelena Roughan, Leihana Shelford-Tito and
Sara Taylor) had a long and nail biting game in the final
against Tikipunga High School. The game lasted 2 1/2
hours and WGHS were down 2 sets then had a great
come back taking out first place scoring 3-2. Tikipunga
has not lost this final in 10 years. Senior B team had 2
wins and 1 loss, placing 5th. Great day for everyone
VOLLEYBALL ACHIEVEMENTS Teina Rihari has been selected in the NZ Jnr Women's
indoor volleyball team. She is travelling to Thailand in
July to the Oceania Champs. Teina is also the 1st non-
travelling reserve for the NZ U19s Development squad
who travel to America later in the year.
Jasmine Milton has been selected in the NZ U19s Devel-
opment squad for Beach Volleyball and will travel to
America in July to compete in a range of American
State and International beach tournaments.
Kelena Roughan has been selected in the NZ U17 beach
volleyball team and will travel to Vanuatu at the begin-
ning of January 2016. Kelena has also been selected in
the NZ U17s Development team for indoor volleyball
and will attend the Australian state champs in Sept
2015.
Uma Robinson has been selected in the NZ U17 beach
volleyball team and will travel to Vanuatu at the begin-
ning of Jan 2016. Uma has also been selected as a non-
travelling reserve in the NZ U17s Development team
for indoor volleyball team that will attend the Australi-
an State Champs in Sept 2015.
WAKA AMA Zane Heta won a bronze medal in the W1 (one person Wa-
ka) U16 division and Te Arawa Tumai was placed 4th. They
are the top 3rd & 4th in NZ for this division. Kalaia Heta
competed against 31 girls in the W1 U19 division and fin-
ished 7th in the semi’s. The W6 (6 person Waka) U16 girls
qualified 2nd fastest in the 250m championship division
finals and 4th fastest in the 500m championship finals.
Final Results - The J16 Team placed 3rd in the 250m champ
final. The bronze medallists are Nikita Henare, Eden Collier,
Te Arawa Tumai, Brylee Chapman, Kaitlyn Watson and Zane
Heta. They also placed 4th in the 500m Champ final which
that team included Kiara Simon. The J19 Team placed 6th in
the 250m champ semi and 7th in the 500m plate final.
Team members are Kalaia Heta, Ayla Hau-Northcroft, Marie
Hadfield, Shontel Cook, Hinemoa Hau-Hadfield and Trieste
Mei.
SAILING - Nicola and Penelope Wilson have competed
in a number of sailing races this year. Nicola raced in the
P-Class Nationals in Takapuna in January where she was
rated 28th in NZ. In the beginning of March the NZ Inter-
schools Regatta was held in the Bay of Islands, Nicola
came 3rd, Penelope came 11th. They both raced in the
Onerahi Yacht Club Champs, Nicola came 4th and Penel-
ope 1st equal. In the Northland P-Class Champs, on the
weekend of Cyclone Pam, conditions were very windy
and choppy but this did not stop Nicola coming in a fan-
tastic 1st place. Penelope Wilson also participated in the
Starling Nationals at the beginning of April, in very tough
conditions, coming in 28th in the Silver Fleet section.
Good on you girls, keep up the good work.
Penelope is sailboat
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