Sports News Term 4, Week 6

As our sporting year starts to wind down, our SMC girls continue to be recognised for an outstanding year of success.  At the recent Zonta awards, the following girls and teams were recognised.

Category Two - the award for contribution by a young woman in a position of administrator, umpire, referee, coach or tutor:

Highly Commended - Millie Spear

Category Five - The award for the most outstanding team of young sportswomen:

Highly Commended - Hockey 1st XI & Rowing, U18 Coxed Eight

Winner - Volleyball A

Category Six - The award for the best all-round young sportswoman who has achieved in more than one sporting code:

Winner - Lulu Inglis

Athletics

What a fantastic day it was at Ngā Puna Wai on Tuesday, 11 November, for the Year 5–8 Independent Schools Zones Competition. Our Year 5 and 6 girls represented SMC with pride, determination, and great sportsmanship throughout the day.

The morning brought cool, windy conditions that made things tough for our distance runners, but many still managed to achieve impressive placings. As the weather warmed up, so did our results—our girls performed brilliantly across the field events and sprints.

By the afternoon, the sun was shining, spirits were high, and the success continued, with both our Year 5 and Year 6 relay teams qualifying for the Canterbury Competition on Wednesday, 26 November. Congratulations to all our competitors for their outstanding effort and teamwork!

A huge thank you to Zion Armstrong, who came along last Friday and on the day, to help the girls with their relay techniques.

Congratulations to the following girls who have qualified to represent SMC at the Canterbury Primary Schools Athletics Competition on Wednesday, 26th November
 

Year 5 Relay: Stella Lee, Rosa Smallman, Kaia Armstrong, Tina Wang

Year 6 Relay: Isla Foley, Isla Hughes, Evie Blakely, and Millie East

Year 7 Relay: Charlotte Robertson, Jessie Scott, Amelia O’Connell, Amelia Middelberg

Year 8 Relay:  Belle Greer, Alexis Robertson, Sophia Foley, Jody Ye

Individual Events:
Sophia Foley - Year 8 - 60m

Belle Greer -  Year 8 - 1500m, Long Jump, 100m

Charlotte Robertson -  Year 8 - 1500m, 100m 

Amelia O’Connell - Year 7 - Shot Put, Discus, Long Jump

Jessica Scott - Year 7 - Long Jump, 60m

Isla Hughes –  Year 6 - Long Jump, 80m Sprints

Isla Foley –  Year 6 - High Jump, 800m, 80m Sprints

Darcy Gillman –  Year 6 - Discus

Rosa Smallman – Year 5 - Discus, 800m

A special mention to our third-place achievers: Stella Lee (High Jump, 60m) and Evie Blakely (High Jump, 800m).

Well done girls, what a fantastic effort from everyone involved!

Korfball

Our Junior A Korfball team were in action at the Mixx South Island Secondary Schools Junior Tournament at Ngā Puna Wai during the first weekend of November. The team is made up of six SMC girls along with a group of boys from CBHS.

The tournament began with three impressive wins on Saturday, including a tightly fought battle against CGHS — a team that had narrowly beaten them just a week earlier.

On Sunday, the team headed into their quarterfinal full of confidence. Their determination and teamwork shone through once again, earning them a well-deserved win and a place in the semifinals. Rising to the challenge, they advanced to face the tournament favourites, Cashmere, in the final.

After a fast start from Cashmere, our team had to dig deep to catch up — and they did! What followed was a thrilling, back-and-forth match that kept spectators on the edge of their seats. When the final whistle blew, the team finished just a couple of goals short, but they had played their hearts out and given Cashmere their toughest game of the tournament.

A massive thank you to Tayla and Charlie for their expert coaching and support over the weekend.

Korfball takes a short break this week for Canterbury Anniversary Day, but will be back next Friday for the final round of games for the year.

Touch

Congratulations to the following players who have been named in Canterbury Touch representative teams:

U12 Black - Isla Hughes

U14 Red - Isobella Blakely

U14 Black - Eve Burnside, Alexis Robertson

The teams will be playing in Christchurch on 20–21 December at the Te Waipounamu Touch Tournament.

Best of luck to our girls — we’re so proud of you!

Volleyball

Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, our 9A and 9B teams competed in the Canterbury Junior Volleyball Championships. This tournament is open to all Year 9 and 10 volleyballers, but with our Year 10s away at camp, our Year 9 girls stepped up to the challenge and did an outstanding job!

It was three great days of volleyball, with the girls facing some very strong competition in a very loud Pioneer Stadium. This event gave our developing players the chance to experience tournament play and get plenty of game time, which always leads to rapid improvement, and that’s exactly what we saw.

Both teams recorded their first wins against older teams, which brought plenty of excitement to the stadium. The feedback from players, coaches, and supporters was overwhelmingly positive.  Everyone noticed how much the girls had improved from their first game and how much fun they had along the way.

A massive thank you to coaches Seb and Tom for all their work with these teams. The 9A team will continue on to one more tournament in two weeks’ time, and we wish them the best of luck!

Thank you also to all the parents and supporters who came along — it was fantastic to have such a big, enthusiastic crew on the sideline.

Looking Ahead:
Looking ahead, next week, our Junior A team heads to Invercargill to compete in the South Island Junior Tournament. They wrapped up their Monday night competition this week, finishing second in Division 1 and earning themselves a valuable Division 1 Wild Card spot for Invercargill.

Good luck, girls — we can’t wait to see how you go!

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