SENIOR ASSEMBLY TERM 2 2013
Good morning students and staff.
We have much to celebrate this morning and we will begin
with diving where we can announce our 2013 College Diving
Champions.
The Intermediate Champion is Amber Schnauer. At the
Auckland Champs, Amber also placed 3rd in the individuals
and 2nd in the team event. The College Senior Diving
Champion is Claudia Loos. At the Auckland champs, Claudia
placed 3rd in the Senior Individual Girls, and 2nd with
Amelia Hall in the Senior Team event. Amelia finished as
runner-up to Claudia in the College Champs. With the help
of some good performances in Year 7 & 8, the St
Cuthbert’s team placed 2nd overall at the Auckland
Secondary Schools Champs.
To orienteering, which continues to produce impressive
results. At the Auckland Secondary School Championship,
Kayla Fairbairn placed 2nd in the Senior Girls on the
Championship course (remembering that she is still a
Y11), and at the North Island SS champs, she placed 2nd in
the Senior Girls sprint and 3rd in the Long Distance
event. In team events, Kayla teamed up with Kate Salmon
and Ella Walmsley to win the Senior Girls at the Auckland
champs, and they also placed 3rd in the Senior Girls relay
at the North Island champs. Kayla and Kate were also
selected into the Auckland Secondary School senior team.
Ella and Rebecca Calderon (in only her first full team of
racing) were selected into the Intermediate team, and
Rebecca also won the Auckland Championship Intermediate
Girls over the Standard course. Well done to the
orienteerers!
Brooke Hamilton has been a high-achieving golfer for some
years now, and that has continued this year. Brooke
competed in the Auckland Secondary Schools Stroke Play
Championships at the North Shore Golf Club. Brooke played
really well finishing tied equal 1st on a score of 76, but
on count-back was finally placed in 2nd equal. Brooke has
also won the Kaimai Women’s Classic, shooting just 3 over
par over 36 holes.
Turning to Equestrian, and congratulations to Steph
Fankhauser who placed 2nd in the pre-novice Section D at
the Kihikihi International horse trial riding Midnight
Cappuccino.
In Gymnastics, congratulations go to Isobel Ryan who has
had a great term. Isobel won the gold medal in the Step 7
grade at the ARGOS gymsport Artistic competition, which
is a competition for gymnasts from across the northern
half of the North Island. Isobel has also placed 1st
overall in the Level 5 Artistic event at the Auckland
Secondary Schools competition, winning the beam and the
floor exercises.
Cross-country running has had a fantastic term, and none
more so than Audrey Gregan. Unfortunayely, Audrey is away
in Germany preparing for the World Youth Track & Field
Champs. Audrey was a member of the winning senior 3person team at Auckland Champs, at which her team members
were Charlotte Jackson and Alex Beggs. Sophie Rees
placed 2nd in the Intermediate Girls at Central Zone and
6th at Auckland Champs. In the intermediate team event at
Auckland Champs, Sophie was joined by Tessa Wylie and
Gabriele Hawkins (absent today) to win the 3 person
Intermediate event. And the 6 person event was also won
by St Cuthbert’s, the team being these 3 plus Rose
Fitzgerald, Kayla Fairbairn and Kate Ivory. Tessa,
Gabriele and Kate then travelled to Christchurch where
they won the National title for the Junior 3 person
event, and were joined by Devon Lowyim, Samantha Moriarty
and Rose Fitzgerald to place 2nd in the 6 person event.
Well done to all of our fantastic cross country runners.
Our Premier Water Polo team competed strongly in the
Auckland Secondary Schools competition in Term 1. The
team ended up placing in 3rd place. The team was Antonia
Young, Tate Renata, Meg Gosnell, May Allen, Annie
Strachan, Bella Crossan, Rosa Clark, Kelsey Snelgar,
Cecilia La Cava, Tara O’Connor, Charlotte Valentine
(absent), Laura Storey and Eve Dixon.
Turning to swimming now. At the Auckland Secondary
Schools Aquathon (which is a run-swim-run event), Ruby
George placed 3rd in the Junior Girls Individual grade.
Ruby also competed at the Auckland Secondary School’s
Champion of Champions, where St Cuthbert’s achieved some
great results. Ruby teamed up with Emily Borich, Antonia
Young and Tara O’Connor to place 2nd in the Girls 13 &
under 200m Breaststroke relay. Emily and Antonia teamed
up with Sarah Hamilton and Emily Grant to place 2nd in the
Girls 13 & Under 200m Medlet relay. Georgia Zacest placed
1st in the Girls 14-15 50m Freestyle. Georgia teamed up
with Georgia Marris (absent), Jessica Retter and Olivia
Marris to place 3rd in the Open Girls 200m Butterfly
relay, Mary Tate placed 2nd in the Girls 14-15 50m
Breaststroke.
And well done to the following senior teams who are
currently placing 1st or 2nd in their respective grades:
Currently in 1st place in their grade:
In netball:
Senior 8; Year 10 Team 6
And In hockey: 2nd XI; U15 Team 3
The Basketball Soul team (our top Open team); U17 team
And placing in 2nd place:
In netball:
Senior 4; Senior 9; Senior 11; Year 9 Team
1
In hockey: 1st XI, 4th XI
In Football: Junior A
And the Table Tennis team
We will finally acknowledge some of our students who have
been selected in representative teams recently.
Football – Holly Luxton and Tayla Curry have been
selected for the National Training Centre squad.
The following have all made Regional selection teams:
Franklin area team DC section (14-16 year old) – Georgina
Llewellyn, competing at National Champs in Hawkes Bay.
The following players have been selected for Auckland
netball teams, and will be playing in a week-long
tournament in the July school holidays
Nina-Tai Roberts (absent) –
Year 9 Team 1
Annie Strachan Under 17 Team 3
Tinei Nua (absent) Under 17 Team 3
Jessica Retter Under 17 Team 3
Victoria Lowe
Under 17 Team 3
Shantelle Peters
Under 19 Team 2
And moving on to National Selections:
Kayaking – Rochelle Austin (absent in Kahanui) has been
selected to represent New Zealand at the World Kayak
Marathon Champs in Denmark in September, paddling in the
U18 K2 race.
Water Polo – Antonia Young and Tate Renata were selected
to play for New Zealand U15 water polo at the World Youth
Games in Canberra in July.
Touch: Tahlia Strachan – New Zealand U15
Hockey – Old Girls Elizabeth Thompson and current Black
Stick Julia King have both been selected to play in the
2013 Junior Women’s World Cup hockey team.