Sports | Hākinakina

As term three draws to a close our winter sports codes are finishing up competitions and it is time to look towards summer sports.

We have plenty on offer for summer and I would encourage parents to get their children involved in a summer sport whether it is through the school or at club level in the wider Geraldine Community. There are some exciting opportunities out there such as the touch rugby initiative being launched by Geraldine Rugby Club.

SPORTS UNIFORM AMNESTY.

A GOOD NUMBER OF UNIFORMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED BUT PLEASE IF YOU STILL HAVE TRACKSUIT JACKETS, BASKETBALL UNIFORMS CAN YOU RETURN THEM ASAP.

Sports Updates

Basketball

Our two teams in the Southern Cup Basketball tournament held during winter tournament week in Timaru performed well considering it was such a big step up for them.

Although both teams took some heavy losses the scores did not really reflect the games, we had plenty of ball time but were not able to finish off with baskets as well as our opposition teams. This tournament was a valuable learning experience for the boys involved.

Particular mention should be made of our B team who were all year 9 & 10 boys who were named the best Sportsmanship team at the event and received a $200 voucher from Bayleys Real Estate for their efforts.

Thank you to Ross Ashley, Chris Watkins and Susan Patterson who all helped coach or manage the teams.

Southern Cup Basketball B team.

Zespri Aims Games

Addison Campball & Tyla Patterson had a great trip to the Aims games. It’s a huge event with a real focus on nurturing the love of sports, making new friends and challenging themselves. The swimming competition had 400 athletes, making it the biggest national swimming event for year 7 & 8. There was some amazing talent there.

Both the girls picked up some great PB’s. Looking at the school records Addison broke the following for year 8 girls:

100 back 1:27.32

100 breast 1:34.90

50 breast 41.96

Netball

We had a successful netball prizegiving. Congratulations to the following prize winners:

Geraldine High School Hearts

Most Valuable Player: Adele Stack

Most Improved Player: Elliot Tucker

Players player: Adele Stack

Geraldine High School Diamonds

Most Valuable Player: Paris McRae

Most Improved Player: Justina Courage

Players player: Pippa McKeown

Geraldine High School Stars

Most Valuable Player: Molly Newcombe

Most Improved Player: Rubie Meehan

Players player: Amalie Tozer

Geraldine High School Aces

Most Valuable Player: Molly Henson

Most Improved Player: Ruby Ellis

Players player: Archie Gollan

Geraldine High School Junior Development

Most Valuable Player: Anya Johnson

Most Improved Player: Eden Carter

Players player: Eden Carter

Geraldine High School Junior A:

Most Valuable Player: Hayley Pidgeon

Most Improved Player: Jess Sims

Players player: Portia McRae

Geraldine High School Development

Most Valuable Player: Kendra Patmore

Sportsmanship: Briar Cunningham

Players player: Jazz Watson

Geraldine High School Senior Reserve

Most Valuable Player: Shelby Henson

Sportsmanship: Pieta Houston

Players player: Shilah-May Bradshaw

Geraldine High School Senior A

Most Valuable Player: Olivia Chapman

Sportsmanship: Grace Davies-Parnham

Players player: Lindsay McKay

McKeown Cup - Olivia Chapman

Rugby

During Winter Tournament week we had a team travel to Alexandra for the U15 Rural Livestock Rugby tournament.

The boys played some excellent games and these were their results:-

Won 1

Drew 1

Lost 3

v Verdon 26-35

v James Hargest 10-40

v St Peters 26-26

v Greymouth 19-12

v St Peters 28-33

Thank you to the staff and parents who were involved with this team.

Our U18 girls rugby team were also away during tournament week in Westport where they ended up 3rd in their pool and 5th overall. Great effort girls.

Hockey

Lily Jones was in action for Roncalli Hockey team during winter tournament week in Timaru.

Roncalli played 7 games across five days. We won three, lost three and drew one. Lily was the top goal scorer for Roncalli.

They finished 6th out of 11.

Soccer

On Monday 4 September our First 11 soccer team had a friendly game against Timaru Boys High School second 11. GHS were the first to score and this gave the team a boost in confidence however TBHS proved to be the better team and went on to win 6-2. It was great to see both teams in action and we are looking forward to 2024 and more action from our First 11 team.

Special mention should also be made of Teagan Marett who was part of the Mountainview Girls Soccer team who went to Blenheim during winter tournament week. The team ended up 8th out of 16 teams.

Mountain Biking

We had three students take part in the Aoraki Mountain biking champs recently. The event was held in Herbert Forest and Lewis Pace, Zech Reardon and Lance Brodina all took part.

The boys were in the Enduro race. Lewis was 9th and Zech was 11th in the U17 Boys race.

Lance came in first in the Y7&8 Boys Enduro race. Well done boys on a top effort.

Summer sports are just around the corner so please remind your child to watch out for sports information in the notices.

Any questions regarding any of the above information please email sports@geraldinehs.school.nz