1st in the Points Race for Alex Rowlinson at the Skoda National Schools Road Champs 2023
In the Points Race Alex Rawlinson took 1st Place. She finished with 21 points, after winning 3 of the 5 sprints, and getting 2nd on the other 2, with 2nd place finishing with 11 points.
On her road race on Sunday, she was proud of how she raced, riding aggressively and attacking plenty of times off the front, however it didn’t really come together for her, and she ended up coming 6th. So, to take the win on Monday after a pretty disappointing result on Sunday, considering all the work she did to make something of the race, and as a Year 12 racing in U20s is really cool.
Amazing stuff Alex and a massive congratulations.
Chloe Boyt Synchro results at the Artistic Swimming NZ Championships
Congratulations Chloe Boyt on your outstanding results at the Artistic Swimming NZ Championships held in Auckland over the holidays. The event hosted athletes from NZ, Australia, New Caledonia and Taiwan.
Chloe received the following results:
- 1stJunior Technical team
- 1stOpen Acrobatic team
- 1stSenior Free team
- 1stJunior Free Duet
- Grace Junior Duet trophy for the highest scoring junior duet across all categories
- Sheppard trophy for the highest scoring international team (NZ Aquaferns)
In addition to her success at Nationals, in the holidays Chloe also passed step one of the NZ Aquafern duet selection. Chloe will continue the selection process in October and November, with the top 2 selected athletes becoming the NZ Aquafern duet, on the road to representing NZ at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
Edie Jackson’s Swimming Achievements over the holidays
At the end of the Term, Edie Jackson competed in Swimming BOP Champs and received 3 medals, Gold, Silver and Bronze in the U17 women’s category. (Largest category)
Then went straight into a 5 day Trans-Tasman tournament comp in Auckland for NZ U19 UWH vs the Australian U19 UWH teams. Edie’s team “Pink Ferns” won gold in the round- robin tournament.
That next day she went straight into NZ SLS National Pool Rescue Championship held at the AUT Millennium pool in Auckland. She placed in the top 10 for all her 7 individual races in the U17 women’s category. Competing with 48 NZ and Australian competitors in her age division, Edie is only 15. She also received a National Gold medal and a National Bronze medal for her relay races in the open category (over 19s). She was selected to swim in a team with NZ Black Fin, Natalie Peet, to gain those top placings.
4 days later she competed in the National Club Champs for NZUWH, A division. Her young team placed 5th/12 top teams in the premier and elite player grade, from around NZ.
Edie has also made the Mid Northern U18 team for regional UWH and will be competing in the regional U18 Tournament in Wellington next weekend.
National School Mountain Biking Championship 2023 – Blenheim
Congratulations Abby Miller for coming 4th in Under 16 Downhill at the National School Championships in Blenheim. She had a crash in the enduro and didn’t finish, the medic sent her to A&E with a suspected broken arm – luckily it wasn’t broken.
Congratulations Zandru De Bruin for coming 18th in the XC and 40th in the Enduro.
McDonalds Community Football Referee of the Month for September
A big congratulations to Delamare Langdon who is the McDonalds Community Referee of the Month for September!
Delamare plays football, however he referees games before and after his games most weeks. Delamare has been described as an eager individual who wants to learn and take any opportunity he can when it comes to refereeing as it is a passion of his.
“Delamare has an entertaining personality and sometimes dances when running the line to keep the enjoyment of the game. While Delamare is still young and learning, he is proud to wear the referee strip and takes care of flags and other equipment.”
