College Sport Media: The National Secondary Schools Water Polo finals were held at Kilbirnie Pool in Wellington yesterday afternoon. The favourites in both the male and female competitions prevailed. Sacred Heart College and Diocesan School for Girls completed the triple crown of secondary school water polo by winning the Auckland, North Island and National titles in the same year. In the Boys playoff for third and fourth, Rangitoto College beat Saint Kentigern College 8-5. In the Girls, Kristin School beat Rangitoto College 8-6 in the third versus fourth playoff. Western…
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Knee down, courage up – Ben Gardner
College Sport Media: In June 2016, Ben Gardner returned home from school with a badly swollen knee. No strenuous physical activity or unusual symptoms had signalled this aliment could occur, but it was serious. “I went to the doctor straight away and was diagnosed with Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee or OCD. Don’t ask me how to spell that, but basically the cartilage underneath my knee cap was separating,” the Year 12 student at Sacred Heart College, Auckland recalls. A knee brace was attached and the prospects of resuming water polo were bleak. “My rehabilitation took…
Read MoreWater polo prodigy gets competitive edge from her All Black father
East & Bays Courier: The daughter of a former All Black is making a name for herself, being named as the youngest member of the New Zealand women’s water polo team. Morgan McDowall, 15, daughter of Steve McDowall, has been selected to represent New Zealand at the upcoming intercontinental water polo championships, to be held in Auckland on April 2 to April 8. The Diocesan School for Girls student has only been playing the sport for three years, but her physical talent and competitive nature were “impossible to ignore” when the national side…
Read MoreNZSS water polo teams announced for Canberra tests
New Zealand Water Polo has announced the following Auckland players have been selected for the New Zealand Schoolgirls & Schoolboys teams to compete against Australia in the annual Trans-Tasman Test Series from 18 – 21 December in Canberra, Australia. SCHOOLGIRLS Shinae Carrington, Diocesan School Bernadette Doyle, St Cuthbert’s College Ella Harford, St Cuthbert’s College Kaitlin Howarth, Rangitoto College Bridget Layburn, Westlake Girls High School Gabriella McDonald, Saint Kentigern College Tai Nimo, St Cuthbert’s College Caitlin Mary Parker Allen, St Cuthbert’s College Ellie Tomoana, St Cuthbert’s College Non-Traveling Reserves Clodagh…
Read MoreNZSS Water Polo Squads Named for Trans-Tasman Tests
New Zealand Water Polo has announced the trialists for the 2017 New Zealand Secondary Schools Teams. Thirteen players will be selected in each team to travel to Canberra, Australia, from 16-21 December 16-21 to play in the 2017 Trans-Tasman Test Series from 18-20 December. New Zealand is the defending champion in both series, winning in Auckland last year. The New Zealand Schoolboys and New Zealand Schoolgirls have competed in an annual three-test series against Australia since 1982. The New Zealand Schoolboys have won the series ten times, and the New Zealand Schoolgirls…
Read MoreAmerican Olympic medalist visits King’s to host water polo clinic
U.S.A. water polo Olympic gold medalist Maggie Steffens met with 15 secondary school students for an evening clinic last night, held at the King’s College. As an American water polo player, Maggie won a gold medal with the United States in the 2012 Summer Olympics and captained the United States team to another victory in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Students from Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, St Cuthbert’s College and Saint Kentigern College joined five King’s students for a group session with Maggie, lasting 90 minutes in the pool.…
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Boys Girls All highlighted players are considered New to School under the College Sport Auckland Bylaws: Yellow = eligible to play Red = ineligible to play until transfer process is complete Blue = ineligible to play for the first half of the season (Bylaw 5.11)
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Download the College Sport Auckland app and subscribe to ‘Water Polo Senior’ to receive the latest updates. Click here for step-by-step instructions. Table Duty: If your team is on the left team, you will be on table duty after your game. If your team is on the right in the third game at the pool, you will be on table duty for the first game at that pool. This should be reflected in the weekly “Table Duties” document. To see if there are games before/after yours, you can use the weekly “Venue…
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