Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Legacy data from College WebSite
New appointments
Congratulations to the following who have been confirmed as new coaches:
Mr Wish - Boys 1st 15 Rugby.
Miss Park - Girls Senior A Netball Team.
Mr Wish has played over 20 years of county rugby in England.
Kuranui College Sports management is excited with the new announcements and wish the new coaches every success.
Thanks
To Mrs Lynda Strange for her hard work for the Senior A Netball team over the years. However, she won’t be lost! Mrs Strange will be coaching the Juniors where her daughter Sophie will be playing.
To Mr Robbie Walters for all the hours devoted to coaching our 1st 15 and your commitment to Kuranui College Rugby. I am sure you will still be seen and heard this season!
Athletics
2009 Kuranui College Athletic Champions
Congratulations to the following students:
Under 14 Boys - Keanu Collins
Under 14 Girls - Natasha Mills
Under 15 Boys - Heta Phillips
Under 15 Girls - Annika Coveney
Under 16 Boys - Jason Van Zanten
Under 16 Girls Champion - Francessa Silver
16+ Boys - Wiremu Newth & Brendan Walker
16+ Girls - Renee Braggins
Intercollegiate Athletics
Held at Rathkeale College this year, we had 43 athletes representing Kuranui College. It was great to see our athletes supporting and cheering for one another and the behaviour was immaculate.
Thank you to our staff who officiated the discus event and the parents for their support.
Congratulations to the following on their results and who will now be representing Wairarapa at the Regional Athletic Championships in Wellington:
Jade Paki - 3rd - Jnr Girls Discus
Annika Coveney - 2nd - Int Girls 800m
Lexie White - 3rd - Jnr Girls 300m
Sean Polden - 3rd - Jnr Boys 300m
Francesca Silver - 3rd - Int Girls 300m
Trevor Dury - 1st - Int Boys High Jump
Renee Braggins - 2nd - Snr Girls 400m
Natasha Campbell - 3rd - Jnr Girls 1500m
Malin Hiseluis - 3rd - Jnr Girls 1500m
Natasha Mills - 3rd - Jnr Girls 100m
Jason Van Zanten - 3rd - Int Boys 100m
Te Ata Phillips - 1st - Snrs Girls Javelin
Keanu Collins - 1st - Jnr Boys High Jump
Jess Hollis - 1st - Jnr Girls Javelin
Aislinn Norman - 2nd - Jnr 300m
Relay Results:
Snr Girls 1st
Snr Boys 2nd
Int Boys 3rd
Golf
Kuranui College Golf Championship Winners
Jason van Zanten - best gross Score of 77.
Tommi Lloyd - best net score of 64.
Good luck to the following who will represent Kuranui College at the Wellington Champs on Monday 23rd March.
Jayden Mills, Jason van Zanten, Owen Lloyd, William Pepper, Joe Hands, Aaron van Zanten, Tommi Lloyd and Rueben Crook.
Eventing
Francesca Silver has been selected for the Wellington/Wairarapa Eventing Area Team which will compete in the National NZ Pony Club Horse Trial Championships in Auckland on the 16-18th of April. This has been her aim since early 2008 and she had some stiff competition against her.
Francesca has won two of the three trials to select the team, was the highest scoring Junior rider (under 17), and is the youngest in the team. She also won the trophy for the highest Junior dressage points.
Eammon Pearless was also selected for the DC Team (under 17).
This means that two of the six riders (3 seniors and 3 juniors) representing Wellington/Wairarapa are Kuranui College students, which is an even more significant achievement as they are the only Wairarapa riders in the team - the rest are from Wellington. Well done to you both!
Swimming
Kuranui College Swimming Champions
Under 14 Boys - Anthony Prince
Under 15 Boys - Sam Pepper
Under 16 Boys - Keith Finlayson
16+ Boys - Matt Crawford
Under 14 Girls - Katrina Simmonds
Under 15 Girls - Grace Hammond
Under 16 Girls - Beth Roberts
16+ Girls - Meg Roberts.
Congratulation to Grace Hammond, Sam Pepper and Katrina Simmonds on breaking records.
A huge thank you to all our parent and staff helpers on both our Athletics and Swimming days. Your support is very much appreciated.
23rd March: Golf Championships in Wellington.
Kuranui College entered 2 Boys Golf Teams in the College Sport Wellington Golf Championships at the Royal Wellington Golf Club on Tuesday.
The ‘A Team’ of Owen Lloyd, Jayden Mills, William Pepper, Jason van Zanten came 3rd overall in the Premier Section based on gross scores, and winners of the National Provident Fund Trophy for the Team Award based on Boys best 3 of 4 nett Scores.
The ‘B Team of Rueben Crook, Joe Hands, Tommi Lloyd and Aaron van Zanten came 2nd = in the Nett Team Scores and Tommi Lloyd won the best Individual Nett Score.
The Team was managed by Mr Donald Yee and assisted by Mr Neil Lloyd.
Coming Events
14th May: Inter-collegiate Cross Country
30th July: Sports Exchange vs Onslow College (Home Games)
31st August - 4th September: NZSSS Tournament dates
If you play sport, you should check the Sports Notice Board daily, Outside the Sports office. The Sports Notice Board is up dated regularly with draws and cancellations.
Our Winter Sports Teams sign-ups has already began, if you have not yet registered, please see me at my office.
We still require coaches/managers for the Boys Under 55kg Rugby Team, our 2 Junior Netball Teams and Girls Junior Soccer Team, if you can help us in any way please contact me on (06) 30 49 116 x728. For these teams it is mainly guidance on Game days and we can coach them on other days.
Canoe Polo
Kuranui College entered 2 teams this year and finished in the top half of the table, well done and many thanks to Nicola Stok-Nixon for organising the teams on game day and to Mr Rapson for his support during the games
Intercollegiate Swimming Records
Congratulations to Grace Hammond for winning the Under 15 Girls Freestyle in record time of 30.14s and Katrina Simmonds winning the Under 14 Girls 100m Freestyle in 1.03.28s.
Secondary Schools 7’s Boys Rugby Tournament
The boy’s played excellent rugby to make it to final by convincingly beating Chanel College Black 20-5 and eventually lost to Wairarapa College. Matt Crawford was one of our Outstanding players named on the day.
Feed back from the organisers were: ‘Kuranui were well behaved and did your school proud’.
The Sports Office has in stock mouth guards =$2-50 each, Maroon Shorts for all Sports =$20-00, Kuranui Sports socks =$13-00, Netball Skirt =$30-00, Netball Top =$42-00.
We are now taken orders for 1st 15 Boys Rugby dress shirts, the price is $35-00 and must be pre-paid when ordering and orders must be in by 8th May.
8th May 2009
Netball - Well done to the Senior A Netball Team on retaining their spot in the Premier 1 Division where they defeated the experienced Carterton Masters team in their final promotion-relegation series. The Senior A Team had an excellent win over Wairarapa College in a hard fought match 38-34 last week and the early training sessions from Player/Coach Miss Park are paying dividends.
Grading games are in progress for our other netball teams - good luck.
Please check the draws on the Sports Notice board as your team may be down to be on duty or to umpire. Teams who do not fulfil their reffing or duty requirements have to play short of players the next week so please make sure you do your share.
Girls Soccer- A big thank you to Mr Tony Moule for coaching our Senior A and Junior soccer teams. Our Junior team had an excellent 12-1 win over Wairarapa College Noname. Our Senior team also had a 6-0 win over Makoura and a draw 1-1 against St Matthews College 1.
Boys Soccer- Coached once again by Mr Phil Gates and assisted by ex-student Mr Tu Hayes the boys put in a big team effort to beat Rathkeale College 3rd XI 3-0.
Golf- Kuranui College welcomes retired Professional coach Mr Jim Morgan to our ranks. Mr Morgan has professionally coached successfully in both Wellington and Auckland and we welcome him aboard.
Coaching days are on alternate Fridays 3.15pm -4.30pm and is divided in to two groups, beginners and handicapped players, see Mr Yee if you are interested.
Sports Notice Board- If you play sport, you must check the notice board daily, as it will includes up to date new sports and draws. If you are not sure of Cancellations and postponements on the week days check the sports draw at the end of the day or check with your captain.
26th June
Boys Rugby
Kuranui 1st XV won 31-24 against Wairarapa College 2nd XV.
In their 2nd match they played Chanel College for the ‘Howie Brothers Challenge Trophy’ and lost 11-0 in a very close and hard fought match.
Kuranui Maroon won against Wairarapa College Blue in the Junior Grade and lost to Rathkeale 31-5.
Kuranui Blue lost to Wairarapa College Blue 29-12.
Last Saturday both Junior teams had convincing wins over two Rathkeale teams.
Girls Rugby
The team lost their games vs. Freyberg and FAHS on 7th June.
Girls Basketball
The teams have reached the playoffs part of the season and both the Junior and Senior teams have good chances of making their respective finals while the Intermediate team has improved steadily all season.
Boys Hockey
1st XI drew with JNL Wheezers and won 10-0 against Chanel College 1st XI.
The 2nd XI won 5-0 over Rathkeale Renegades and 5-0 also against Rathkeale Rams. They remain unbeaten after 6 games with 37 goals scored and only 2 against.
Girls Hockey
Our 1st XI has retained their place in the Wellington Prem 2 competition beating Queen Margaret College 3-2.
Girls Soccer
1st XI won 2-1 vs. Makoura and then lost 2-0 to St Matthews College. In their 3rd game they beat Solway College 2-0, and are in 3rd position on the points table. The Girls 2nd XI have unfortunately had a lot of games cancelled due to poor weather.
Boys Soccer
Kuranui lost 4-2 to Wai Coll Shredders.
Netball
Kuranui A won 36 -31vs SMS A 31 and lost 53-38 to Celtic. The team finished the first round 4th on the table. Their first game in the new round resulted in a 46-37 win over Fagans.
Kuranui Blue lost 21-18 to SMS Jnr A.
Kuranui Red won 13 -2 vs. SMS Jnr C and lost to Wai Coll Snr Res 28-14.
Kuranui Jnr A won24-18 vs. Kuranui Blue, lost to Nga Iwi 22-16 and lost to
Greytown Red 33-28.
Kuranui Jnr B lost to SMS Sapphires 26-11.
Kuranui Jnr C lost to Greytown Black 19-17 and won 14-2 over SMS Jnr C.
Playing Uniform
It has been brought to my attention that incorrect playing shorts/skirts and socks are worn during games. The correct items can all be purchased from the sports office. It is essential that all players are in full, tidy uniform in every sport and at every game.
College Van
Please ensure that safety belts are worn at all times to and from your games.
Please change in to clean gear after the game before entering the van. All players must make sure that the van is clean and tidy after use.
If the van arrives back late in the evening and is not clean, the captain will be called in to delegate players to clean the van at interval.
Congratulations to… Owen Lloyd, Jason van Zanten and Jayden Mills who were part of a team from Featherston Golf Club who drew recently with the Manor Park Club in the final of the Watt Cup – a junior golf competition. Well done boys!
3rd July
Girls Basketball
The season has ended with finals played on Wednesday night. Kuranui had two teams in the finals – the Seniors and Juniors. Both finals were great games of basketball with fantastic support from Kuranui followers. And to add to the excitement, NZ Breakers point guard Paul Henare was there to present prizes and sign autographs. The Junior team won their grade with a 47-31 win over St Matthews.
The seniors had a very tight game with Wairarapa College, losing 47-41. Congratulations to all players on a great season of basketball. Congratulations to Te Ata and Waimarama Phillips on being selected in the All Star 5 team for the Senior Grade. Special congratulations to Sinead Namana who was selected as a member of the Junior All Star 5 squad AND named the Junior League’s Most Valuable Player. Well done Sinead!
Boys Rugby
Kuranui 1st XV lost 22-27 to Makoura College in the dying seconds of the game. Colts Rugby Well done guys on your 71-5 win over Chanel College;it was great to see the discipline shown by our boys and Mr Shepherd acting as the 4th official on the sideline!!
Girls Rugby
The team played the curtain raiser to the Parliamentarians vs. East Coast Wrinklies game which resulted in a loss to the Barbarians 10-41.
Hockey
Boys 1st XI had a 3-1 win over Red Star in the Mens’ competition.
Boys 2nd XI had a convincing 8-0 win over 2nd placed Wairarapa College Juniors.
Girls Hockey drew 2-2 with Onslow College in freezing conditions at Fraser Park, a pleasing result for coach Shayne Graves as they were beaten 4-1 in their previous encounter.
Boys Soccer
A great performance from the guys last Saturday, Jason Van Zanten played his second game for us and made a big difference, but everyone played very well, lots of effort, and, great tenacity. Jared Prince and Jason Van Zanten got the goals. Makoura are top of the league, and before today, hadn't lost a game in two and a half years......
Netball
Kuranui A had an exciting 35-27 win over St Matthews in the Premier One grade. The Junior A team upset the leading team in their grade with a good win.
Sports Fees
A polite reminder that sports fees are now overdue. Your prompt attention to this would be appreciated.
31st July
Onslow Exchange… It was great to see some fine weather for our exchange with Onslow on Thursday. All games were played with enthusiasm and sportsmanship, resulting in a very even contest. A big thank-you to our outside referees Mrs Fleur Jane for hockey and Mr Tu Hayes for soccer.
Results:
Boys Hockey won 2-0. Girls Hockey lost 2-1, 1st XV Rugby lost 19-7, Senior A Netball won 28-19, Girls Basketball won 55-47, Girls Soccer lost 1-0 and Boys Soccer lost.
Other Recent Results:
1st XV Rugby had a good 30-5 win over Rathkeale 2nd XV.
Kuranui Colts lost to Chanel and our Juniors had a win over Rathkeale Whites.
Rugby U55kg - An excellent team effort saw our boys have a good 87-7 win over Chanel.
Girls Rugby played Fielding Ag on Sunday. Kuranui were short of players and the opposition had 2 teams ready to play us so Kuranui played their A team 1st half and B team 2nd half. The Feilding team and coaches showed great sportsmanship and loaned us players as well!
Kuranui lost 44-32, Kayley Blake-Dean scored a brilliant try and Anika Coveney was player of the match.
Netball Senior A has an exciting win over Pioneer. Kuranui is now 3rd on the table.
Boys Hockey - 1st XI won 8-0 over JNL.
The Junior team also had 8-0 win over Rathkeale Rams and a 4-1 win over Rathkeale Renagades.
Girls 1st XI Hockey - played Upper Hutt College and won 4-1.
Girls Soccer - The Juniors won 3-0 over Makoura.
Boys Soccer - Kuranui played Chanel with out our 3 top line players. Kuranui won 2-0 with goalie Shaun Goggin named player of the day.
28th August
Rugby… The 1st XV lost to Chanel College in their semi-final match.
Girls Rugby won their match against Tararua College 34-29, with Meg Roberts scoring the winning try!
Kuranui Colts won their semi-final match against Makoura College. They then played Rathkeale 3rd XV in the finals and lost 34-25 in a fast and entertaining match.
Kuranui Juniors made it all the way to the final, which they lost by a very narrow margin
Rugby U55kg - Congratulations on winning their grade and thanks to the parents who transported the players during the season. Well done boys!
Netball -The Senior A team is playing against Gladstone for a place in the final tonight at 7:30pm at the Genesis Recreation Centre. Supporters will be warmly welcomed! The winner of this game will go through to the final against Celtic on Monday 7 September. Go Kuranui!
The Junior A and Red teams have made it through to the Plate finals of their respective grades. These games will be played on Saturday at 1pm at the Colombo Road courts.
Boys Hockey- 1st XI Boys won 4-0 against Hurrigreens and 12-1 against Wairarapa College 2nd XI. They remain unbeaten in the competition.
The Junior Boys won 3-1 against Renegades and 1-0 against Rathkeale Rams and are now through to the finals.
Girls Hockey- Lost 0-2 to Sacred Heart College and lost 0-1 to the Tawa, the top team in the grade. Well done girls for a great effort.
Junior Girls Soccer- Lost 3-2 to Makoura.
Boys Soccer- Kuranui drew 3-3 against Flan Clan. We played Flan Clan again in a semi-final and lost 0-1.
Boys Basketball - Kuranui 59 vs. Waicol Spartans 28. Game 2 - Kuranui played Rathkeale Rockets and won 43-24, with Caleb Barnett’s razzle dazzle making him player of the match! Game 3 - Lost to Waicol Magic, the top team.
Many thanks to Gareth Rapson for being the team’s official referee. Your contribution is very much appreciated.
11th September
The Senior A Netball team has had a number of successes recently. At the Lower North Island Secondary Schools Tournament held in Gisborne, the team achieved its best placing finishing 3rd in the B Grade. As the icing on the cake, two players, Waimarama and Te Ata Phillips were selected in the tournament team.
Many thanks to the Pelorus Trust, Prime Community Trust, Greytown District Trustlands, Featherston and Greytown Community Supermarkets, Pain and Kershaw, Juken New Zealand Ltd, the Featherston Lioness Club and Pinehaven Orchards for their donations which made the whole trip possible!
On Monday night in the Wairarapa Premier 1 netball final, the team pushed the winners, Celtic, all the way in a thrilling fast paced game which could have gone either way right up until the final whistle. The final score of 50-48 to Celtic was a credit to the fight and determination of the Kuranui team.
At the end of the season Te Ata and Waimarama were named in the Wairarapa Secondary Schools Squad and four players, Jade Gould, Waimarama Phillips, Lauren Crimp and Chantelle Gleeson were named in talent squads for further training. Congratulations girls on a great season!
Kuranui Blue Netball - Congratulations to our Kuranui Blue Netball team on winning the Plate Final against Wai Coll B3 22-9. This was a comprehensive win by the team who played some great netball to finish the season on a high.
Girls Hockey - The team started its tournament with two comprehensive wins. The 3rd game of pool play resulted in a loss. Finishing in 2nd place in the pool meant the team had made the top 8, which was the main aim of tournament.
A game against Tawa was played to decide if we would be playing for 5th/6th or 7th/8th. Although Tawa are at the top of the table in our Wellington league, the team played out to a 0-0 draw at full time then lost on penalty strokes in extra time; a great effort by the Kuranui team.
It was fair to say that a full week of very competitive hockey took its toll in our last game against Feilding on Friday with the team going down 0-3 to end up in a creditable 8th from 16 teams. A big thanks to the team management and parents who supported the team throughout the tournament.
Boys 1st XI Hockey - The team finished a creditable 5th in the Olympic Stick hockey tournament held in Carterton last week. Special mention must go to Mr Paul Redwood (Coach) and Mrs Clare Crawford (Manager) for their contribution.
Good luck to the boys next week for the semi-finals to be played against Tuataras.
Boys Junior Hockey - This team remained undefeated all season and played Wairarapa College Juniors in the final. It was catch up hockey for the team in the first half. They managed to keep in the game with Brody Lambert scoring 1 goal and Mapu Wihone scoring two, resulting in a score of 3-3 at half time.
With brilliant team work and accurate passing in the second half we managed to get two runaway goals; one each to Trevor Durry and Jordan Yee resulting in a final score of 5-3. Captain Jared Denbee led by example. WELL DONE TEAM! Many thanks to our parent supporters who turned up each week to cheer the team on.
Upcoming Summer Sports include… Canoe Polo, Tennis, Cricket, Bowls, Golf, Archery, Softball, Boys’ Netball. Check the Sports notice board daily for up-dates.
Sports Uniforms still to be returned are: Boy’s 2nd XI Hockey, Blue Netball Team, Boys Soccer, Boy’s Rugby, and Senior A Netball. Please place uniforms in a bag labelled with the team name and return to the sports office.
Sports Awards Date is Thursday 5th November @ 1.30pm. Please mark this on your calendar now!
Sports Fees- Ensure your Sports fees are up date - if you are unsure of what you owe, please contact the office. You will not be considered for Sports Awards if you have overdue sports fees.
25th September
Boys 1st XI Hockey - The semi-final against the Tuataras had a nail biting finish. With the scores locked at 2-2, and with extra time played the game went into penalty strokes. Unfortunately the result didn’t go our way. Many thanks go to coach Mr Paul Redwood, Mr Martin Amos the teams referee and Mrs Clare Crawford the Manager/Mother of the team. Clare, we thank you and Kevin for your wonderful support of Kuranui College sport over many years. You will both be missed!
Girls Hockey- Finished the season on a high with a 3-1 win over Samuel Marsden Collegiate, finishing 5th in the Wellington P2 competition. Big thanks to Shayne Graves (coach), Mrs Fiona Pitt (manager) and to Murray and Fleur Jane for refereeing the games.
Basketball- Well done boys on your 3rd placing. Big thanks to Jason Hutchings for your expertise coaching the boys and to Mr Gareth Rapson (The Legend) who was the team’s referee.
Summer Sports- Keep your eyes on the NEW Sports Notice board for the up-coming Term 4 Sports which will include: Boys and Girls cricket, croquet, bowls, volleyball and tennis.
26th November
Volleyball - Our team of Aleisha Graves, Kayley Blake-Dean, Lexie Fleming and our star overseas players Paula Alfaro, Emi Mitani and Yurika Tojo are making other teams take notice! Half time talks by Mrs Claire Graves, the team coach/manager and driver are doing wonders.
Wairarapa Secondary Schools Sports Awards - Congratulations to our “Motocross King”, Callum Moore, on winning the Wairarapa Secondary Schools Emerging Sport award, to our finalists Te Ata Phillips and Sarah Linton and our nominees Waimarama Phillips and Katrina Simmonds. We were all treated to a lovely dinner at the awards at Rathkeale College followed by an excellent motivating speech from Monty Beetham.
Croquet - Well done to our Croquet team of Rowan Pemberton, Tom McAvoy, Keith Finlayson, Arjun Pathmanathan, Taylor Hilston and Jamie Campbell for bringing back the ‘Croquet Trophy’ from the match played against Rathkeale College recently.
Sporting Participation - There is also the good news that I can report that we have increased Kuranui College Sports participation level from 49% last year to 55% this year. Well done to all who have represented us.
Sports Prizegiving - Thank-you to Marty Berry for being our guest speaker at our recent Sports Prize giving and congratulations to our Major Award Winners:
Junior Sportsman of the Year - Jordan Yee
Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Xanita Flutey
Outstanding Sporting Achievement in Junior Sport - Katrina Simmonds
Outstanding Sportswoman and General Excellence in Sport - Te Ata Phillips
Outstanding Sportsman and General Excellence in Sport - Aidan Crimp
Outstanding Sporting Achievement in Senior Sport - Sarah Linton
As this is my last Sports Report for the year, many thanks again go to our coaches, managers and referees who supported Kuranui sport this year and also to my Sports Leaders, Matt Crawford and Meg Roberts.
Mr Donald Yee
Kuranui College Sports Co-ordinator
Congratulations to the following who have been confirmed as new coaches:
Mr Wish - Boys 1st 15 Rugby.
Miss Park - Girls Senior A Netball Team.
Mr Wish has played over 20 years of county rugby in England.
Kuranui College Sports management is excited with the new announcements and wish the new coaches every success.
Thanks
To Mrs Lynda Strange for her hard work for the Senior A Netball team over the years. However, she won’t be lost! Mrs Strange will be coaching the Juniors where her daughter Sophie will be playing.
To Mr Robbie Walters for all the hours devoted to coaching our 1st 15 and your commitment to Kuranui College Rugby. I am sure you will still be seen and heard this season!
Athletics
2009 Kuranui College Athletic Champions
Congratulations to the following students:
Under 14 Boys - Keanu Collins
Under 14 Girls - Natasha Mills
Under 15 Boys - Heta Phillips
Under 15 Girls - Annika Coveney
Under 16 Boys - Jason Van Zanten
Under 16 Girls Champion - Francessa Silver
16+ Boys - Wiremu Newth & Brendan Walker
16+ Girls - Renee Braggins
Intercollegiate Athletics
Held at Rathkeale College this year, we had 43 athletes representing Kuranui College. It was great to see our athletes supporting and cheering for one another and the behaviour was immaculate.
Thank you to our staff who officiated the discus event and the parents for their support.
Congratulations to the following on their results and who will now be representing Wairarapa at the Regional Athletic Championships in Wellington:
Jade Paki - 3rd - Jnr Girls Discus
Annika Coveney - 2nd - Int Girls 800m
Lexie White - 3rd - Jnr Girls 300m
Sean Polden - 3rd - Jnr Boys 300m
Francesca Silver - 3rd - Int Girls 300m
Trevor Dury - 1st - Int Boys High Jump
Renee Braggins - 2nd - Snr Girls 400m
Natasha Campbell - 3rd - Jnr Girls 1500m
Malin Hiseluis - 3rd - Jnr Girls 1500m
Natasha Mills - 3rd - Jnr Girls 100m
Jason Van Zanten - 3rd - Int Boys 100m
Te Ata Phillips - 1st - Snrs Girls Javelin
Keanu Collins - 1st - Jnr Boys High Jump
Jess Hollis - 1st - Jnr Girls Javelin
Aislinn Norman - 2nd - Jnr 300m
Relay Results:
Snr Girls 1st
Snr Boys 2nd
Int Boys 3rd
Golf
Kuranui College Golf Championship Winners
Jason van Zanten - best gross Score of 77.
Tommi Lloyd - best net score of 64.
Good luck to the following who will represent Kuranui College at the Wellington Champs on Monday 23rd March.
Jayden Mills, Jason van Zanten, Owen Lloyd, William Pepper, Joe Hands, Aaron van Zanten, Tommi Lloyd and Rueben Crook.
Eventing
Francesca Silver has been selected for the Wellington/Wairarapa Eventing Area Team which will compete in the National NZ Pony Club Horse Trial Championships in Auckland on the 16-18th of April. This has been her aim since early 2008 and she had some stiff competition against her.
Francesca has won two of the three trials to select the team, was the highest scoring Junior rider (under 17), and is the youngest in the team. She also won the trophy for the highest Junior dressage points.
Eammon Pearless was also selected for the DC Team (under 17).
This means that two of the six riders (3 seniors and 3 juniors) representing Wellington/Wairarapa are Kuranui College students, which is an even more significant achievement as they are the only Wairarapa riders in the team - the rest are from Wellington. Well done to you both!
Swimming
Kuranui College Swimming Champions
Under 14 Boys - Anthony Prince
Under 15 Boys - Sam Pepper
Under 16 Boys - Keith Finlayson
16+ Boys - Matt Crawford
Under 14 Girls - Katrina Simmonds
Under 15 Girls - Grace Hammond
Under 16 Girls - Beth Roberts
16+ Girls - Meg Roberts.
Congratulation to Grace Hammond, Sam Pepper and Katrina Simmonds on breaking records.
A huge thank you to all our parent and staff helpers on both our Athletics and Swimming days. Your support is very much appreciated.
23rd March: Golf Championships in Wellington.
Kuranui College entered 2 Boys Golf Teams in the College Sport Wellington Golf Championships at the Royal Wellington Golf Club on Tuesday.
The ‘A Team’ of Owen Lloyd, Jayden Mills, William Pepper, Jason van Zanten came 3rd overall in the Premier Section based on gross scores, and winners of the National Provident Fund Trophy for the Team Award based on Boys best 3 of 4 nett Scores.
The ‘B Team of Rueben Crook, Joe Hands, Tommi Lloyd and Aaron van Zanten came 2nd = in the Nett Team Scores and Tommi Lloyd won the best Individual Nett Score.
The Team was managed by Mr Donald Yee and assisted by Mr Neil Lloyd.
Coming Events
14th May: Inter-collegiate Cross Country
30th July: Sports Exchange vs Onslow College (Home Games)
31st August - 4th September: NZSSS Tournament dates
If you play sport, you should check the Sports Notice Board daily, Outside the Sports office. The Sports Notice Board is up dated regularly with draws and cancellations.
Our Winter Sports Teams sign-ups has already began, if you have not yet registered, please see me at my office.
We still require coaches/managers for the Boys Under 55kg Rugby Team, our 2 Junior Netball Teams and Girls Junior Soccer Team, if you can help us in any way please contact me on (06) 30 49 116 x728. For these teams it is mainly guidance on Game days and we can coach them on other days.
Canoe Polo
Kuranui College entered 2 teams this year and finished in the top half of the table, well done and many thanks to Nicola Stok-Nixon for organising the teams on game day and to Mr Rapson for his support during the games
Intercollegiate Swimming Records
Congratulations to Grace Hammond for winning the Under 15 Girls Freestyle in record time of 30.14s and Katrina Simmonds winning the Under 14 Girls 100m Freestyle in 1.03.28s.
Secondary Schools 7’s Boys Rugby Tournament
The boy’s played excellent rugby to make it to final by convincingly beating Chanel College Black 20-5 and eventually lost to Wairarapa College. Matt Crawford was one of our Outstanding players named on the day.
Feed back from the organisers were: ‘Kuranui were well behaved and did your school proud’.
The Sports Office has in stock mouth guards =$2-50 each, Maroon Shorts for all Sports =$20-00, Kuranui Sports socks =$13-00, Netball Skirt =$30-00, Netball Top =$42-00.
We are now taken orders for 1st 15 Boys Rugby dress shirts, the price is $35-00 and must be pre-paid when ordering and orders must be in by 8th May.
8th May 2009
Netball - Well done to the Senior A Netball Team on retaining their spot in the Premier 1 Division where they defeated the experienced Carterton Masters team in their final promotion-relegation series. The Senior A Team had an excellent win over Wairarapa College in a hard fought match 38-34 last week and the early training sessions from Player/Coach Miss Park are paying dividends.
Grading games are in progress for our other netball teams - good luck.
Please check the draws on the Sports Notice board as your team may be down to be on duty or to umpire. Teams who do not fulfil their reffing or duty requirements have to play short of players the next week so please make sure you do your share.
Girls Soccer- A big thank you to Mr Tony Moule for coaching our Senior A and Junior soccer teams. Our Junior team had an excellent 12-1 win over Wairarapa College Noname. Our Senior team also had a 6-0 win over Makoura and a draw 1-1 against St Matthews College 1.
Boys Soccer- Coached once again by Mr Phil Gates and assisted by ex-student Mr Tu Hayes the boys put in a big team effort to beat Rathkeale College 3rd XI 3-0.
Golf- Kuranui College welcomes retired Professional coach Mr Jim Morgan to our ranks. Mr Morgan has professionally coached successfully in both Wellington and Auckland and we welcome him aboard.
Coaching days are on alternate Fridays 3.15pm -4.30pm and is divided in to two groups, beginners and handicapped players, see Mr Yee if you are interested.
Sports Notice Board- If you play sport, you must check the notice board daily, as it will includes up to date new sports and draws. If you are not sure of Cancellations and postponements on the week days check the sports draw at the end of the day or check with your captain.
26th June
Boys Rugby
Kuranui 1st XV won 31-24 against Wairarapa College 2nd XV.
In their 2nd match they played Chanel College for the ‘Howie Brothers Challenge Trophy’ and lost 11-0 in a very close and hard fought match.
Kuranui Maroon won against Wairarapa College Blue in the Junior Grade and lost to Rathkeale 31-5.
Kuranui Blue lost to Wairarapa College Blue 29-12.
Last Saturday both Junior teams had convincing wins over two Rathkeale teams.
Girls Rugby
The team lost their games vs. Freyberg and FAHS on 7th June.
Girls Basketball
The teams have reached the playoffs part of the season and both the Junior and Senior teams have good chances of making their respective finals while the Intermediate team has improved steadily all season.
Boys Hockey
1st XI drew with JNL Wheezers and won 10-0 against Chanel College 1st XI.
The 2nd XI won 5-0 over Rathkeale Renegades and 5-0 also against Rathkeale Rams. They remain unbeaten after 6 games with 37 goals scored and only 2 against.
Girls Hockey
Our 1st XI has retained their place in the Wellington Prem 2 competition beating Queen Margaret College 3-2.
Girls Soccer
1st XI won 2-1 vs. Makoura and then lost 2-0 to St Matthews College. In their 3rd game they beat Solway College 2-0, and are in 3rd position on the points table. The Girls 2nd XI have unfortunately had a lot of games cancelled due to poor weather.
Boys Soccer
Kuranui lost 4-2 to Wai Coll Shredders.
Netball
Kuranui A won 36 -31vs SMS A 31 and lost 53-38 to Celtic. The team finished the first round 4th on the table. Their first game in the new round resulted in a 46-37 win over Fagans.
Kuranui Blue lost 21-18 to SMS Jnr A.
Kuranui Red won 13 -2 vs. SMS Jnr C and lost to Wai Coll Snr Res 28-14.
Kuranui Jnr A won24-18 vs. Kuranui Blue, lost to Nga Iwi 22-16 and lost to
Greytown Red 33-28.
Kuranui Jnr B lost to SMS Sapphires 26-11.
Kuranui Jnr C lost to Greytown Black 19-17 and won 14-2 over SMS Jnr C.
Playing Uniform
It has been brought to my attention that incorrect playing shorts/skirts and socks are worn during games. The correct items can all be purchased from the sports office. It is essential that all players are in full, tidy uniform in every sport and at every game.
College Van
Please ensure that safety belts are worn at all times to and from your games.
Please change in to clean gear after the game before entering the van. All players must make sure that the van is clean and tidy after use.
If the van arrives back late in the evening and is not clean, the captain will be called in to delegate players to clean the van at interval.
Congratulations to… Owen Lloyd, Jason van Zanten and Jayden Mills who were part of a team from Featherston Golf Club who drew recently with the Manor Park Club in the final of the Watt Cup – a junior golf competition. Well done boys!
3rd July
Girls Basketball
The season has ended with finals played on Wednesday night. Kuranui had two teams in the finals – the Seniors and Juniors. Both finals were great games of basketball with fantastic support from Kuranui followers. And to add to the excitement, NZ Breakers point guard Paul Henare was there to present prizes and sign autographs. The Junior team won their grade with a 47-31 win over St Matthews.
The seniors had a very tight game with Wairarapa College, losing 47-41. Congratulations to all players on a great season of basketball. Congratulations to Te Ata and Waimarama Phillips on being selected in the All Star 5 team for the Senior Grade. Special congratulations to Sinead Namana who was selected as a member of the Junior All Star 5 squad AND named the Junior League’s Most Valuable Player. Well done Sinead!
Boys Rugby
Kuranui 1st XV lost 22-27 to Makoura College in the dying seconds of the game. Colts Rugby Well done guys on your 71-5 win over Chanel College;it was great to see the discipline shown by our boys and Mr Shepherd acting as the 4th official on the sideline!!
Girls Rugby
The team played the curtain raiser to the Parliamentarians vs. East Coast Wrinklies game which resulted in a loss to the Barbarians 10-41.
Hockey
Boys 1st XI had a 3-1 win over Red Star in the Mens’ competition.
Boys 2nd XI had a convincing 8-0 win over 2nd placed Wairarapa College Juniors.
Girls Hockey drew 2-2 with Onslow College in freezing conditions at Fraser Park, a pleasing result for coach Shayne Graves as they were beaten 4-1 in their previous encounter.
Boys Soccer
A great performance from the guys last Saturday, Jason Van Zanten played his second game for us and made a big difference, but everyone played very well, lots of effort, and, great tenacity. Jared Prince and Jason Van Zanten got the goals. Makoura are top of the league, and before today, hadn't lost a game in two and a half years......
Netball
Kuranui A had an exciting 35-27 win over St Matthews in the Premier One grade. The Junior A team upset the leading team in their grade with a good win.
Sports Fees
A polite reminder that sports fees are now overdue. Your prompt attention to this would be appreciated.
31st July
Onslow Exchange… It was great to see some fine weather for our exchange with Onslow on Thursday. All games were played with enthusiasm and sportsmanship, resulting in a very even contest. A big thank-you to our outside referees Mrs Fleur Jane for hockey and Mr Tu Hayes for soccer.
Results:
Boys Hockey won 2-0. Girls Hockey lost 2-1, 1st XV Rugby lost 19-7, Senior A Netball won 28-19, Girls Basketball won 55-47, Girls Soccer lost 1-0 and Boys Soccer lost.
Other Recent Results:
1st XV Rugby had a good 30-5 win over Rathkeale 2nd XV.
Kuranui Colts lost to Chanel and our Juniors had a win over Rathkeale Whites.
Rugby U55kg - An excellent team effort saw our boys have a good 87-7 win over Chanel.
Girls Rugby played Fielding Ag on Sunday. Kuranui were short of players and the opposition had 2 teams ready to play us so Kuranui played their A team 1st half and B team 2nd half. The Feilding team and coaches showed great sportsmanship and loaned us players as well!
Kuranui lost 44-32, Kayley Blake-Dean scored a brilliant try and Anika Coveney was player of the match.
Netball Senior A has an exciting win over Pioneer. Kuranui is now 3rd on the table.
Boys Hockey - 1st XI won 8-0 over JNL.
The Junior team also had 8-0 win over Rathkeale Rams and a 4-1 win over Rathkeale Renagades.
Girls 1st XI Hockey - played Upper Hutt College and won 4-1.
Girls Soccer - The Juniors won 3-0 over Makoura.
Boys Soccer - Kuranui played Chanel with out our 3 top line players. Kuranui won 2-0 with goalie Shaun Goggin named player of the day.
28th August
Rugby… The 1st XV lost to Chanel College in their semi-final match.
Girls Rugby won their match against Tararua College 34-29, with Meg Roberts scoring the winning try!
Kuranui Colts won their semi-final match against Makoura College. They then played Rathkeale 3rd XV in the finals and lost 34-25 in a fast and entertaining match.
Kuranui Juniors made it all the way to the final, which they lost by a very narrow margin
Rugby U55kg - Congratulations on winning their grade and thanks to the parents who transported the players during the season. Well done boys!
Netball -The Senior A team is playing against Gladstone for a place in the final tonight at 7:30pm at the Genesis Recreation Centre. Supporters will be warmly welcomed! The winner of this game will go through to the final against Celtic on Monday 7 September. Go Kuranui!
The Junior A and Red teams have made it through to the Plate finals of their respective grades. These games will be played on Saturday at 1pm at the Colombo Road courts.
Boys Hockey- 1st XI Boys won 4-0 against Hurrigreens and 12-1 against Wairarapa College 2nd XI. They remain unbeaten in the competition.
The Junior Boys won 3-1 against Renegades and 1-0 against Rathkeale Rams and are now through to the finals.
Girls Hockey- Lost 0-2 to Sacred Heart College and lost 0-1 to the Tawa, the top team in the grade. Well done girls for a great effort.
Junior Girls Soccer- Lost 3-2 to Makoura.
Boys Soccer- Kuranui drew 3-3 against Flan Clan. We played Flan Clan again in a semi-final and lost 0-1.
Boys Basketball - Kuranui 59 vs. Waicol Spartans 28. Game 2 - Kuranui played Rathkeale Rockets and won 43-24, with Caleb Barnett’s razzle dazzle making him player of the match! Game 3 - Lost to Waicol Magic, the top team.
Many thanks to Gareth Rapson for being the team’s official referee. Your contribution is very much appreciated.
11th September
The Senior A Netball team has had a number of successes recently. At the Lower North Island Secondary Schools Tournament held in Gisborne, the team achieved its best placing finishing 3rd in the B Grade. As the icing on the cake, two players, Waimarama and Te Ata Phillips were selected in the tournament team.
Many thanks to the Pelorus Trust, Prime Community Trust, Greytown District Trustlands, Featherston and Greytown Community Supermarkets, Pain and Kershaw, Juken New Zealand Ltd, the Featherston Lioness Club and Pinehaven Orchards for their donations which made the whole trip possible!
On Monday night in the Wairarapa Premier 1 netball final, the team pushed the winners, Celtic, all the way in a thrilling fast paced game which could have gone either way right up until the final whistle. The final score of 50-48 to Celtic was a credit to the fight and determination of the Kuranui team.
At the end of the season Te Ata and Waimarama were named in the Wairarapa Secondary Schools Squad and four players, Jade Gould, Waimarama Phillips, Lauren Crimp and Chantelle Gleeson were named in talent squads for further training. Congratulations girls on a great season!
Kuranui Blue Netball - Congratulations to our Kuranui Blue Netball team on winning the Plate Final against Wai Coll B3 22-9. This was a comprehensive win by the team who played some great netball to finish the season on a high.
Girls Hockey - The team started its tournament with two comprehensive wins. The 3rd game of pool play resulted in a loss. Finishing in 2nd place in the pool meant the team had made the top 8, which was the main aim of tournament.
A game against Tawa was played to decide if we would be playing for 5th/6th or 7th/8th. Although Tawa are at the top of the table in our Wellington league, the team played out to a 0-0 draw at full time then lost on penalty strokes in extra time; a great effort by the Kuranui team.
It was fair to say that a full week of very competitive hockey took its toll in our last game against Feilding on Friday with the team going down 0-3 to end up in a creditable 8th from 16 teams. A big thanks to the team management and parents who supported the team throughout the tournament.
Boys 1st XI Hockey - The team finished a creditable 5th in the Olympic Stick hockey tournament held in Carterton last week. Special mention must go to Mr Paul Redwood (Coach) and Mrs Clare Crawford (Manager) for their contribution.
Good luck to the boys next week for the semi-finals to be played against Tuataras.
Boys Junior Hockey - This team remained undefeated all season and played Wairarapa College Juniors in the final. It was catch up hockey for the team in the first half. They managed to keep in the game with Brody Lambert scoring 1 goal and Mapu Wihone scoring two, resulting in a score of 3-3 at half time.
With brilliant team work and accurate passing in the second half we managed to get two runaway goals; one each to Trevor Durry and Jordan Yee resulting in a final score of 5-3. Captain Jared Denbee led by example. WELL DONE TEAM! Many thanks to our parent supporters who turned up each week to cheer the team on.
Upcoming Summer Sports include… Canoe Polo, Tennis, Cricket, Bowls, Golf, Archery, Softball, Boys’ Netball. Check the Sports notice board daily for up-dates.
Sports Uniforms still to be returned are: Boy’s 2nd XI Hockey, Blue Netball Team, Boys Soccer, Boy’s Rugby, and Senior A Netball. Please place uniforms in a bag labelled with the team name and return to the sports office.
Sports Awards Date is Thursday 5th November @ 1.30pm. Please mark this on your calendar now!
Sports Fees- Ensure your Sports fees are up date - if you are unsure of what you owe, please contact the office. You will not be considered for Sports Awards if you have overdue sports fees.
25th September
Boys 1st XI Hockey - The semi-final against the Tuataras had a nail biting finish. With the scores locked at 2-2, and with extra time played the game went into penalty strokes. Unfortunately the result didn’t go our way. Many thanks go to coach Mr Paul Redwood, Mr Martin Amos the teams referee and Mrs Clare Crawford the Manager/Mother of the team. Clare, we thank you and Kevin for your wonderful support of Kuranui College sport over many years. You will both be missed!
Girls Hockey- Finished the season on a high with a 3-1 win over Samuel Marsden Collegiate, finishing 5th in the Wellington P2 competition. Big thanks to Shayne Graves (coach), Mrs Fiona Pitt (manager) and to Murray and Fleur Jane for refereeing the games.
Basketball- Well done boys on your 3rd placing. Big thanks to Jason Hutchings for your expertise coaching the boys and to Mr Gareth Rapson (The Legend) who was the team’s referee.
Summer Sports- Keep your eyes on the NEW Sports Notice board for the up-coming Term 4 Sports which will include: Boys and Girls cricket, croquet, bowls, volleyball and tennis.
26th November
Volleyball - Our team of Aleisha Graves, Kayley Blake-Dean, Lexie Fleming and our star overseas players Paula Alfaro, Emi Mitani and Yurika Tojo are making other teams take notice! Half time talks by Mrs Claire Graves, the team coach/manager and driver are doing wonders.
Wairarapa Secondary Schools Sports Awards - Congratulations to our “Motocross King”, Callum Moore, on winning the Wairarapa Secondary Schools Emerging Sport award, to our finalists Te Ata Phillips and Sarah Linton and our nominees Waimarama Phillips and Katrina Simmonds. We were all treated to a lovely dinner at the awards at Rathkeale College followed by an excellent motivating speech from Monty Beetham.
Croquet - Well done to our Croquet team of Rowan Pemberton, Tom McAvoy, Keith Finlayson, Arjun Pathmanathan, Taylor Hilston and Jamie Campbell for bringing back the ‘Croquet Trophy’ from the match played against Rathkeale College recently.
Sporting Participation - There is also the good news that I can report that we have increased Kuranui College Sports participation level from 49% last year to 55% this year. Well done to all who have represented us.
Sports Prizegiving - Thank-you to Marty Berry for being our guest speaker at our recent Sports Prize giving and congratulations to our Major Award Winners:
Junior Sportsman of the Year - Jordan Yee
Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Xanita Flutey
Outstanding Sporting Achievement in Junior Sport - Katrina Simmonds
Outstanding Sportswoman and General Excellence in Sport - Te Ata Phillips
Outstanding Sportsman and General Excellence in Sport - Aidan Crimp
Outstanding Sporting Achievement in Senior Sport - Sarah Linton
As this is my last Sports Report for the year, many thanks again go to our coaches, managers and referees who supported Kuranui sport this year and also to my Sports Leaders, Matt Crawford and Meg Roberts.
Mr Donald Yee
Kuranui College Sports Co-ordinator
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