Over seven hundred students attended the Auckland Athletics Championships at Trust Stadium, Waitakere in the final week of term 1. Students competed throughout the day in the one hundred and nine track and field events from the 2000m walk to the 4 x 400m relays. A full list of results can be found here
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Archery Matchplay Championship
One hundred and six students took part in the Archery Match Play Championships held at the Auckland Archery Club on 2nd April. This event concluded school archery for term 1. The medal matches were fantastic with some high-level shooting with several archers now heading to Australia to represent NZ in the Trans-Tasman Archery Competition. Special thanks to Jeanette Franklyn and her team for making this event happen plus the weekly archery league for schools during term 1. Twenty-seven schools were involved in the weekly league with just under two hundred students…
Read MoreDragon Boating, Orienteering and Rock Climbing Events
Dragon Boating Dragon boating returned to Lake Pupuke after a three-year absence with six crews competing in both mixed and girls sections. In the Girls section Epsom Girls Grammar won with St Cuthbert’s College 2nd and St Mary’s 3rd. Results can be found here Orienteering The Auckland Schools Sprint Orienteering Finals were held Sunday at Long Bay College in the morning and AUT North Akoranga Campus in the afternoon. A list of results can be found here Rock Climbing One hundred and forty participants competed in the first of…
Read MoreTennis Championships Decided
It was a busy week for secondary school tennis players with the Champ of Champs Tournament and the A1 and A2 finals being played at the Scarbro Tennis Centre. One hundred and twenty individuals and fifty-three doubles teams took part in the Champ of Champs Tennis Tournament over two days with students competing in junior, intermediate, and senior doubles and singles matches. The Senior Boys singles title was won by Chan Min from Rangitoto College and Renee Zhang from Kings College winning the Senior Girls title for the second year…
Read MoreWind Foiling makes its Debut at Fleet Racing Regatta
64 boats from 24 schools competed in the 71st Auckland Fleet Racing Regatta at the Wakatere Boating Club, Narrow Neck Beach on Friday 16 September. Conditions were icy cold, but superb for fast-paced racing, and the crews did not disappoint. Nine classes were represented, with Wind Foiling (IQ Foil) making its debut at the regatta. Aimee Bright, Whangaparoa College was the inaugural IQ Foil champion with Charlie Solly, Glendowie College and Stella Bilger, Baradene College of the Sacred Heart coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Takapuna Grammar School won the…
Read MorePremier Basketball Finals
Premier Girls teams were Westlake Girls & Mt Albert Grammar, in the semifinals Westlake had a very convincing win against their opponents and Mt Albert Grammar had a close game with Baradene College, with Westlake Girls undefeated for the season this was going to be a tough match for Mt Albert Grammar, the game started slowly with both team relatively close in points after the 1st quarter, Westlake then settled into their game mode and kept the pressure on Mt Albert to take the match 87-54. Congratulations Westlake Girls for…
Read MoreSenior A Basketball Finals
Senior A Girls teams were Takapuna Grammar and Northcote College, both of these teams had convincing wins in their semi finals and this match up was looking like a good one to watch. At the end of the 3rd quarter Takapuna had the lead and they were able to maintain this lead until the end of the match. Takapuna won 78-61. Both teams are now eligible for playoffs in 2023 for the Premier grade – Good luck to both teams. Senior A Boys were St Peters College & Avondale College,…
Read MoreOpen Basketball Finals
Open Girls teams were Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu & Takapuna Grammar, both teams had good wins in their respective semifinals, at the halfway point the scored was tied until Takapuna had a convincing 2nd halfway and taking the match by 46-24. Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu is now eligible for playoffs in 2023 for the Senior A grade – Good luck to both teams. Open Boys teams were Selwyn College & Kelston Boys High, in the semifinals Selwyn College had a one-point win against Orewa College and…
Read MoreU17 Basketball Finals
U17 Girls teams were Otahuhu vs One Tree Hill College, both teams had exciting semifinals with Otahuhu winning their match by one point and One Tree Hill by 7 points against Elim Christian School. The final was a great match up with One Tree Hill finally pulling ahead in the 4th quarter and winning by 6 points with the score 41-35. U17 Boys teams were Westlake Boys & Auckland Grammar, again both teams had good wins against their opponents in the semifinals, making the final looking like a good matchup. …
Read MoreJunior Basketball Finals
On Thursday 25th August the Basketball finals for all grades was hosted at the Eventfinda Stadium, North Harbour. This is the first time since 2019 have been able to hold the College Sport Auckland Basketball Championship. At this event we have 5 grades represented by 16 different schools competing for 5 titles. The day started with the Junior Boys and Girls grade. Junior Girls teams were Carmel College & Mt Albert Grammar, going into this match, Carmel had a very close win in the semi finals against Long Bay and…
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