Successful summer for Mt Aspiring
Successful summer for Mt Aspiring
Mount Aspiring College Mount Aspiring athletes have had a busy and successful summer. Here is a summary of some of the highlights. -
Secondary Sport
Pint-sized Kasib punches above weight
Pint-sized Kasib punches above weight
Kasib Murdoch likes the rough and physical types of sport.
Top performances by students
Top performances by students
Logan Park High School Year 12 student Tayla Ward has returned from competing for the New Zealand women's luge team at the World Cup in Austria, Germany and Italy during December and January.
Chance to try different sport
Chance to try different sport
Junior tournament week provided an excellent opportunity for sports enthusiasts, or those with aspirations of being such, to try something different.
Seeking redemption at Paraguay 2016
Seeking redemption at Paraguay 2016
Jahnas Barbarich-Stevenson (15) came within a second of being a taekwondo world champion - she still does not know what happened in that final second.
Bayfield's top achievers honoured
Bayfield's top achievers honoured
Top sporting achievers were recognised at Bayfield High School's sports and cultural prizegiving.
Future clear after it 'clicked into place'
Future clear after it 'clicked into place'
Isobel Ryan's eyes are firmly set on the New Zealand open championships next year.
Fine second for St Hilda's First XI
Fine second for St Hilda's First XI
The first XI hockey team was a fine second at the elite Federation Cup in Dunedin, losing 1-0 to Wairarapa College in the final, while the second XI finished ninth at the Jenny McDonald tournament in Ashburton.
Nine NZ reps in wide array of sports
Nine NZ reps in wide array of sports
McGlashan is proud to have nine New Zealand representatives in a wide array of sports.
Breaststroker eyes 2020 Tokyo Games
Breaststroker eyes 2020 Tokyo Games
It is not generally the done thing for a young New Zealand athlete to look up to a South African.
Taieri College registers a first
Taieri College registers a first
The Taieri College year 9 netball team produced a first for the region over the school holidays.
'Young, white Sugar Ray Robinson' aiming high
'Young, white Sugar Ray Robinson' aiming high
Described by his coach as a young, white Sugar Ray Robinson, Alex Hanan is taking the New Zealand boxing scene by storm.
Talented twins juggling sports and loving it
Talented twins juggling sports and loving it
Georgia and Kate Heffernan have a bright future ahead of them in their sports.
Final match of the day sees Dunstan win interschool
Final match of the day sees Dunstan win interschool
The annual sports exchange with Central Southland College has been completed for another year.
Tournament successes for Kavanagh College
Tournament successes for Kavanagh College
Kavanagh has experienced great success in two recent tournaments.
Competitiveness key to her success
Competitiveness key to her success
Competitiveness - it shows in whatever Waitaki Girls' High School pupil Rebecca Dellaway does.
Taieri to fore in co-ed tournament
Taieri to fore in co-ed tournament
Taieri College recently took part in the annual Dunedin co-ed winter sports tournament.
School sport: Co-ed day kudos to Kavanagh
School sport: Co-ed day kudos to Kavanagh
It was Kavanagh College's day.
Wright, Young win mountain biking
Wright, Young win mountain biking
Eighty-five pupils competed in the school mountain biking championships on Wanaka's Deans Bank track.
Athletics: Coach encourages young throwers
Athletics: Coach encourages young throwers
It was inevitable. As soon as Bradley Tarleton was coached by Raylene Bates for the shot put, it was certain he would soon be throwing the hammer as well.