NZSS Summer Tournament Week from Monday 22 – Friday 26 March.
National Volleyball Championships
Our Senior Girls Volleyball Team gave an awesome performance at Nationals in Palmerston North. Determination and focus were key as they faced strong servers and hitters from all round the country. After pool play and cross over they finished strongly with a win after 5 sets putting them 9th in their division.
3 x 3 Basketball Championships
What an exciting time we had at the 3 x 3 Basketball Champs! To start the week off all three of our Aquinas College teams (Senior Boys, Senior Girls and Junior Girls) had a clean sweeps – three out of three wins each, with every team finishing pool play 1st or 2nd in their pools. After a monumental effort against schools far bigger and more experienced than ours, the teams finished with the final placings:
Senior Boys – 8th Open Senior Boys | Senior Girls – 3rd Open Senior Girls | Junior Girls- 2nd Open Junior Girls
Maadi Cup 2021
This year’s national secondary school’s Maadi Cup Rowing Competition is being held on Lake Karapiro, where a record 2,458 athletes from 120 schools are taking to the water this week! On Sunday, the opening ceremony was a fantastic spectacle, and our athletes all agreed the atmosphere was electric! Congratulations Aquinas College rower Charlize Tutbury who, following this weeks Maadi Cup, has been selected to trial for the North Island U18 team which competes against the South Island at Lake Karapiro in the term holidays!
Final Maadi (NZ Secondary School Nationals) placings:
Scott Clark 13th U17 single
Noah Kellet & Harrison McGregor 2nd Silver Novice U18 double sculls
Charlize Tutbury & Mia Finlayson 4th U17 pair 12th U18 pair
Scott Clark & Anton Bernard 10th U17 pair
Noah Kellett, Scott Clark, Anton Bernard, Harrison McGregor & Aine Taylor (cox) 12th U17 coxed four.
North Island Placings:
Mia and Charlize, senior U17 girls’ pair NISS silver medal
Noah and Harrison awarded the NISS silver medal
NI School Mountain Bike Champs.
Congratulations to siblings Eliana and Cole Hulsebosch on their success at this week’s North Island School Mountain Bike Championships. Cole captured both Bronze and Silver Medals in the 2021 U13 Boys Enduro race. Eliana won the Gold in the U15 Girls Enduro and claimed the Overall Female Gold Medal! An excellent effort in a challenging field of students from all over the North Island.
Gillette Cup Cricket
At Jansen Park, Hamilton, the Northern Districts Secondary School’s Gillette Cup Cricket finals tournament, saw the top eight cricket teams from the region (north of Taupo – excluding Auckland) playing in the 50 over competition.
The first three games were challenging for our team with a loss by eight wickets to Tauranga Boys College, 179 runs to St Paul’s and 165 runs to St John’s. However, the boys won their final game against Whangarei Boys High by seven wickets. Captain Spencer Wills (84 not out) and Jordan Smith (60) produced a superb 142-run partnership to secure the win. A special mention to Cypress Purden-Winters, who reached his 75th appearance for the Aquinas College 1st XI in the game against Whangarei Boys. He only needs one more game for the 1st XI to become the team’s most capped player.
NZSS Open Water Swim
Five Aquinas Students competed in the NZ Secondary School Open Water Swim at the Blue Lake in Rotorua. The following students all completed the 3.5km Round the Lake race:
Nathan Holmberg finished 4th and Aidan Bollee finished 8th in the 12-13 year old males
Kate Dekker finished 9th and Zoe Wilkinson finished 12th in the 14-15 year old female division.
And Ivy Barret-Hodgson completed the 500m swim and was the 9th female finisher.
North Island Secondary Schools Waterpolo
Our Senior Girls Waterpolo team have been playing Division 1 Water Polo in Wellington at North Island Secondary Schools. They had a very tough pool to contend with and had close losses to Baradene (6-9) and St Cuthberts B (7-8) along with a big loss against the strong Auckland Dio team (3-26). Cross over games have resulted in big wins against Wellington East Girls (22-1) and Hutt Valley High (23-3). The final game was a tough fought battle ultimately ending with our defeat. But the girls have another chance coming up in the holidays with the National Water Polo Championships. Huge thanks to Coach Gabe Orchard and assistant Tristan Edwards and manager Julie Simpson.
Taekwondo TUNZ North Island Invitational Champs
Josh and Jaz Oficial competed in the Taekwondo TUNZ North Island Invitational Championships in New Plymouth last Saturday. Together they won Gold in the Pairs poomsae (forms).
Josh also won a Gold medal in sparring and Jaz received a Bronze medal. Photos: 1,2,3 Josh & Jaz competing in pairs. Photos 4, Josh in red armour; Photos 5,6 Jaz in blue armour. Both worked hard for this and the family were happy to share their out-of-school achievements. The students whole team won the overall champions title in sparring and poomsae competitions. Well done Jaz and Josh!
2021 AON NZ Swimming Championships
Congratulations to Thomas and Zoe Wilkinson for their qualification to race at the 2021 AON NZ Swimming Championships. This is a combined 17-18 Age Group Category and OPENS Age Category. The event is dual up as the Tokyo Olympic Trial Events. It’s been an exciting week watching NZ best and top swimmers breaking NZ Records and their respective Regional records.
Congratulations to Thomas for medal wins in 2 butterfly events for his age group 17-18 category.
Results FINALS Round 17-18 Male Age Group Category
Thomas Wilkinson
- 1.200 Butterfly 1st Gold
- 2.100 Butterfly 3rd Bronze
- 3.200 Individual Medley – 4th
- 4.400 Individual Medley – 4th
Results – OPENS Male Category
Thomas Wilkinson
- 1.200 Butterfly – 11th Heats, 6th Finals
- 2.100 Butterfly – 15th Heats, 14th Finals
- 3.200 Individual Medley – 26th Heats, 12th Finals
- 4.400 Individual Medley – 8th Heats, 7th Finals
- 5.50 Butterfly – 30th Heats
Results – OPENS Female Category
Zoe Wilkinson
- 1.400 Individual Medley – 12th Heats, 13th Finals
- 2.200 Backstroke – 30th Heats
Holly Fausett – 4th Junior Girls 70m Hurdles
Hamish Murray – 3rd Junior Boys 800m
NZSS Athletics Championships
The North Island Secondary School Athletics Championships were held at Porritt Stadium in Hamilton from 10 – 11 April 2021. Six Aquinas College Students qualified for this event:
Kaitlyn Black, Holly Fausett, Ollie McFarlane, Hamish Murray, Callum Murray and Max Stringer. All students performed phenomenally against the tough competition of the best from all North Island Schools.
Holly Fausett – 4th Junior Girls 70m Hurdles
Hamish Murray – 3rd Junior Boys 800m
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