Budding sports stars converge on Roxburgh

Beth Kirkpatrick (17), of Roxburgh Area School, throws a boule during a petanque game.

About 180 pupils from area schools around the South have been in Roxburgh for the past couple of days for the annual southern regional area schools tournament.

The Catlins Area School duo Alex Napier (13) and Braydee Osborne (14) serve in a table tennis doubles match during the Southern Area Schools Tournament hosted by Roxburgh Area School yesterday. PHOTOS: JARED MORGAN

The pupils have played many different games, from the traditional sports such as rugby and netball to newer games such as petanque, while ki o rahi will take place today.

The pupils come from the area schools of Lawrence, Maniototo, Roxburgh, Catlins, Twizel and Waiau. The tournament finishes tomorrow.

Waiau Area School pupils Deija-Lee Crawford (14) and doubles partner Madisyn Gibbs in action during a table tennis match against the Catlins Area School.

From the games played a southern area schools team would be picked. The team would play in the national area schools sports tournament in Dunedin in July.

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