Stuff: A sense of expectation will greet Auckland’s Diocesan School for Girls when they travel to Lake Karapiro for the 2017 Maadi Cup rowing regatta next week. Dio’s under 18 girls eight are the defending national champions and if their recent form is anything to go by, all eyes will be fixed on them as the team to beat. They returned from the North Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro last weekend with their third consecutive North Island gold, cementing their place as one of the country’s best. For head rowing coach Rachel…
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Saint Kentigern College student claims top awards at Oceania Football Championships
Stuff: Charles Spragg could become a household name in New Zealand football. The 17-year-old Meadowbank resident recently returned from the U17 Oceania Football Confederation Championship in Tahiti where his New Zealand side picked up the top prize and qualification to the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup in India. Spragg was a standout player, finishing as the tournament’s leading goal scorer with seven, and picking up the golden ball as the tournament’s most valuable player. Despite his obvious talent, Spragg, who attends Saint Kentigern College and plays club football for Western Springs,…
Read MoreSt Mary’s sisters both selected for New Zealand U16 basketball team
Stuff: Auckland siblings Jazzmyne and Zaaliyah Kailahi-Fulu do just about everything together, and now playing basketball for New Zealand can be added to the list. Both were selected for representative U16 sides which will tour Australia later this year. Jazzmyne, 14, will lineup for the New Zealand U16 Girls team at the Australian Junior Championships in Perth, while Zaaliyah, 13, will compete with the New Zealand U16 Select team in the Medibank Classic in Melbourne. The two sisters, who both attend St Mary’s College in Ponsonby, have been playing basketball for just five years.…
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NZ Herald: Meet Libby Murphy. You could say the 12-year-old student is a living example of the age-old adage a healthy body makes a healthy mind. A school age-group high jump champion at ACG Strathallan near Karaka in south Auckland, she also plays netball, tennis, represents the school at swimming and was last year named Strathallan’s junior allrounder of the year. Libby also sings – taking lessons at school – and is preparing to play the lead role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, her school’s musical to be…
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