John McGlashan College pupil Cameron Burrow (15) gained three placings in the South Island championships recently.
Cameron was first in the surf ski race, second in the ironman, which involves boarding, swimming and surf skiing, and third in the board relay.
King's High School pupil Logan Garforth is also proving to be a talented surf life-saver. Recently, he competed in the Otago championships and was so dominant that he earned the title of under-16 champion at the age of only 14.
Logan was placed first in the beach relay, paddle board relay, paddle board and taplin (swim, surf, ski and board), second in the surf ski canoe relay and third in the paddle board rescue.
His efforts earned him a New Zealand Life-saving Scholarship to attend the national regional championships in Mount Manganui.
There he competed against 105 other athletes and managed to make three finals, each consisting of only seven competitors.
Logan was fourth in the paddle knee board and in paddle board rescue, and sixth in the paddle board, swim, surf, ski.
St Hilda's tennis
The St Hilda's Collegiate School tennis team had a resounding win over Columba College recently to claim the Otago secondary schools title.
The team, led by Libby Scott, won all four singles matches. Scott defeated Sian English 6-2, 6-3.
Georgia Hume, playing at No 2, started strongly against Hanna English to take the first set 6-0. Hume came back from 1-5 down in the second set to close it out 7-5.
Jessie Stevenson proved too strong for Samara Dalziel, with a 6-0, 6-0 win, while Lucy Kitchin beat Bridget Thayer 6-3, 6-2.
Scott combined with Hume to win the top doubles match, seeing off Sian and Hanna English 6-3, 6-1.
The second doubles saw Stevenson and her partner Kate Ellison beat Dalziel and Thayer 6-4, 7-5.
Water skiing
Recently, 28 skiers from eight secondary schools in the Otago region competed in a one-day slalom skiing event on a sunny Sunday at Perkins Pond.
The wide ability range of skiers was catered for by the two divisions in the event.
Novice and championship divisions were in three age groups that each completed two rounds of competition during the day.
Results were.- Teams: Mt Aspiring College 1, Otago Boys' High School 2, St Hilda's Collegiate School 3. Championship: U16 girls, Philippa Dingle (St Hilda's); U16 boys, Chris Maunsell (Otago Boys'). Novice: U13 boys, Sam Perkins (Blue Mountain College) and Nico Schikker (Mt Aspiring); U16 boys, Max Schikker (Mt Aspiring); U18 boys, Henry Schikker (Mt Aspiring); U13 girls, Zoe Hancox (Blue Mountain); U16 girls, Amelia Shaw (South Otago High School).
Bailey Sutherland and Philippa Dingle, both year 10 pupils at St Hilda's, qualified in the girls 16 and under division, and year 12 Otago Boys' pupil Christopher Maunsell qualified in the boys 16 and under division.
Dunstan sport
The Dunstan A softball team beat Gore High School in qualifying matches for a spot in the South Island schools division one championships to be held later this term.
Six teams from Dunstan High School, Cromwell College, Mt Aspiring College and Roxburgh Area School converged on Cromwell for the South Island tennis qualifying tournament.
After round robin pool play, Dunstan played the final against the Mt Aspiring A team.
Dunstan's Nathan Garry won the No 1 boys singles and teamed with Cody Benck to win the boys doubles.
Harriet White pushed her opponent to just lose, 6-5.
Despite these efforts, Mt Aspiring College won the tie 4-2.
Mt Aspiring champions
Jessica and Holly Bailey have returned from the Australian secondary schools slalom kayaking championships.
Jessica won the 15-year girls K1 slalom and down-river sprint titles, while Holly is the 13-year girls down-river sprint champion.
Jessica has since been invited to join the New Zealand junior team for the junior pre-world championships in the United States in July.
Cromwell College
Josh Kahukura set a new course record at the Omakau Golf Course with a round of 65.
Jacinda Morton has been invited to compete in the world karate championships in Japan in April, and she is attending an elite training camp the week before the competition.
Kavanagh rowingKavanagh College rowers achieved their goals at the national championships held at Lake Ruataniwha recently.
Zoe McBride made it through to the semifinals in the lightweight singles, competing against world championship medallists Lucy Strack and Louise Ayling.
Competing with the top 16 in New Zealand in this open event is some achievement for Zoe, considering she only started rowing 18 months ago.
In the women's club doubles, Zoe and Kavanagh colleague Hannah Duggan gained a fifth placing.
In the premier lightweight doubles they were placed fourth - a great result for two young rowers competing in this Olympic event.
The youngest competitor at the national regatta was Kavanagh College's Jack O'Leary, who featured in a memorable men's novice doubles with partner Bryce Abernethy, missing gold by just 0.07sec from a massive Avon Crew 10 years their senior.
Jack also competed with credit in the premier lightweight sculls.
Outstanding bowling
Noah Graham, playing for the Bayfield High School First XI against the King's High School Second XI recently, had the remarkable bowling analysis of eight overs, five maidens, seven wickets, four runs.
Noah's first two balls in the opening over of the King's innings each went for a single but for the rest of his bowling spell, not a run was scored off the bat.
The only other runs he conceded were a no ball in his third over and a wide in his fourth.
Bowling at a slow-medium pace, Noah swung the ball in the air and cut it off the pitch. His line and length were both extremely accurate.
Ironically, his worst ball, a low full toss, was hit straight to Brennan Carne, his new-ball partner.
Noah's other wickets were four bowled, one lbw and one caught by the wicket keeper.
Chasing Bayfield's score of 108, the King's were 16 for seven at the end of Noah's fine spell of bowling.
The last King's pair restored a little respectability to the score, taking the total to 57 before the final wicket fell, giving Bayfield the win by 51 runs.
Calendar
Today: AWD swimming, Moana Pool; summer orienteering series continues, Chingford Park.
March 11-12: Otago athletics, Caledonian Ground.
March 11: Intercollegiate golf, Taieri.
March 11-13: South Island tennis, Nelson.
March 12-13: South Island rowing, Lake Ruataniwha.
• These articles are compiled by the Otago Secondary Schools Sports Assn Inc (OSSSA) which is proudly sponsored by Perpetual.
Contacts: Des Smith, Otago regional sports director, PO Box 6303, Dunedin. Ph 470-1337, Fax 470-1786 Email: des@osssa.org.nz Website: www.osssa.org.nz
