Botany Downs Secondary College have claimed the NZSS Senior Baseball title for the second year in a row. Their semi-final against Glendowie College ended in a nail-biting tie-breaker after a 9-9 draw, then they took on Auckland Grammar School in the final. A very close game, but BDSC managed to claim an 8-4 win to be named back-to-back Champions. Tuku Repia from BDSC also took a clean sweep of the individual awards to be named Best Pitcher, Best Batter, and overall MVP for the Tournament.
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Diocesan School for Girls win back-to-back Maadi titles
AucklandNOW: Auckland’s Diocesan School for Girls has picked up back-to-back Maadi titles, becoming the first North Island female crew in 27 years to do so. Dio claimed the Levin 75th Jubilee Cup – awarded to the winners of the under-18 eight 2000 metre race – at Lake Karapiro on Saturday, securing the title by three quarters of a boat length. They were behind for most of the race before they kicked at the 500m mark and surged ahead of Hamilton’s St Paul’s Collegiate and Christchurchs’ St Margaret’s College. Dio head of rowing Rachel Williams said…
Read MoreTakapuna Grammar cricketers return to the top competition for 2018
North Shore Times: Cuts to the Auckland secondary school cricket competition this season forced four first XIs out of the premier grade, but one Shore school has won their way back to the top tier and another could join them. Takapuna Grammar School and Rangitoto College were among the schools that dropped out of the premier competition, down to 1A, after changes to the structure of the schools’ competition. So it was some consolation for the two teams to find themselves in the 1A limited overs final on April 1,…
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College Sport Media: “We choked in the final against Westlake Boys’, thrown off by the pressure of the crowd we lost each set closely. Going home with the silver medal was very hard to take and it took a long time to bounce back.” Claire Hunter frankly admits of Manurewa High School’s 2016 National Secondary Schools volleyball final defeat. The manager of the senior team was much happier on Friday as Henry Ap’e led Manurewa to National glory, a title the best part of four years in the making. Click…
Read MoreRosmini College claim secondary school cricket title
North Shore Times: A nail-biting finale to the secondary school premier boys cricket final has seen a new named added to the RH Marryatt Cup. Rosmini College defeated Saint Kentigern College by two wickets in the limited overs final at Eden Park on April 1. Winning the toss, Rosmini sent Saint Kents into bat. St Kents were all out for 159 in 49.2 overs, with captain Fergus Ellis top scoring with 26. Click here to read more…
Read MoreHockey sticks do job for dragon boaters
NZ Herald: Using hockey sticks instead of paddles is not your conventional way to train for a dragon boating competition. But that was the case for the St Dominic’s College paddlers, who only had four sessions on the water before they raced towards the podium in the recent College Sport Auckland Dragon Boat Championships. Teacher Robynne Andrews said the newly formed team trained sitting on chairs in the school’s hall using hockey sticks to imitate paddling. The Auckland Dragon Boat Association stepped in to supply the team with oars for…
Read MoreOverend back on his feet
College Sport Media: Dominic Overend is a creature of habit. The Auckland Grammar School sprinter has specific routines he follows before and during major races. “The week before a big race I always have a pie and eat a packet of skittles. The night before I enjoy steak and shave my sideburns. I wear no socks when I compete like Usain Bolt. I don’t know why I do this, but I always have and it seems to work.” Overend explains. At last December’s National Secondary Schools Championships in Auckland the…
Read MoreWestlake rowing coach wants to give back to the school
The Waikato Independent: Half a second. Half a second was all that stood between Jordan Stanley and winning the Maadi Cup in 2009. Eight years on he is determined to give back to the school which provided him so many fond memories, and to try again at a piece of Maadi Cup glory. The difference this time is Stanley is the coach. A former Westlake student, Stanley has coached the senior Westlake Maadi squad for the past two years alongside his father Mike. Jordan Stanley is trying again for Maadi glory, this time…
Read MoreSaved By The Dell – Matthew Dell On Shot Stopping
College Sport Media: Sacred Heart College boast the most successful boys’ water polo program in New Zealand. The Senior A team has won the National title three times in the last seven years and are the defending Auckland Champions. The winning attitude is contagious according to Matthew Dell who pays tribute to the water polo academy at the college. “We have sports institutes for select codes and water polo is one of them. I trialled in year six and was lucky enough to get in. We train three times a…
Read MoreSacred Heart College first XI invited to world tournament in Prague
Stuff: Sacred Heart’s top football team will test themselves against the world’s best in the Czech Republic this year. The first XI team will depart on May 15 to contest the International School Sport Federation’s World Schools Championships in Prague. They’re the first New Zealand team to ever compete in the tournament and will take on the best high school sides from football-powerhouse nations like Germany, Brazil, France, and Belgium. Lead by current New Zealand U17 coach Danny Hay, the Sacred Heart boys will match up against 23 other school teams with the hope of…
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