CRICKET

- Bailey McDonald who was selected in the NZ Maori schools cricket team last week – (present silver fern)

- Lovepreet Padda, 100no vs St Johns for the 1stXI (90 balls, 14 fours and 2 sixes) (present century bat)

- 2NDXI A loss, unfortunately, in our semi-final. We could only field 10 players. Lewis Pettiford top scored with 40, Tom Goodisson scored 36 and Mr Hanham scored a sublime 6 not out. Shea Bentley was the best bowler with 2 for 26.

- 1st XI won the Gillette Cup

Last Thursday in Palmerston North the boys were superb in beating PNBHS in the Gillette Cup regional final at Fitzherbert Park. For the first time since 2013 and only the second time in the history of the competition, started in 1990, we are heading to Christchurch in December for the playoffs for the top 6 schools in NZ!

(medals to present)

Jack Hammond

Sam Ferguson

Harry Mowat (Captain)

Bailey McDonald

Hunter Lowe

Max Devonshire

Lovepreet Padda

Finn Calder

Sam Moore

Brandon Roberts

Fred Mowat

Tom Klingender

Sam Cassidy

TOUCH

Junior A touch team

Thursday 14/3. We won 3 – 1 against Wairoa. A slow start but managed to pull away with win in second half.

Thursday 21/3– We won against Napier Boys 9 – 0. A great team performance from the boys. Jonty Lowe and Kingshouse Tupuola communicating well and showing good leadership on the field.

SWIMMING

Cole Searle - NZ Division 2 Championships recently held in Dunedin gaining a Silver medal for the 100 IM ,14 yr boys catagory.

He achieved personal best times in all entries finishing in the top 4 and 5 for 50 fly, 50 breaststroke, 50 backstroke and 50 freestyle.

SURF LIFESAVING

SLSNZ 2019 Nationals Results

Boys who entered: Grayson Hesketh

Corban Watson

Reece Akuhata

Adam Akuhata

Llewellyn Ward-Leikis

Lars Benson

Jonty Ebbett-Watt

Daniel Brown

Hamish Mackie

Medals in:

U16 Men. Beach Relay Gold (Grayson Hesketh/Llewellyn WardLeikis/Corban Watson plus one other boy from a different school)

U19 Men Long Course Canoe Gold (Jonty Ebbett-Watt, Lars Benson plus 2 other boys from different schools)

MOUNTAIN BIKING:

Taylor Topphad a great week racing his downhill bike in Rotorua against very tough competition in the U17’s category. His final results were:

- 13th in the downhill race of the National MTB Championship in Rotorua.

- 9th out of 95 riders in the Crankworx Air Downhill race

- 10th out of 40 riders in the Crankworx Downhill race

Matt Quinneycompeted at Crankworx too. His results were:

45thout of 95 riders in the Crankworx Air Downhill race

- During the Crankworx Downhill, Matt was looking very good during practice navigating the rugged Crankworx downhill track, but unfortunately a crash during his race run in the infamous ‘larches’ section of the track meant a mandatory stop for 10 minutes while he was cleared for concussion.

SAILING:

The Lindisfarne sailing team did extremely well at the Hawkes Bay Secondary School Sailing Regatta placing 2nd overall

ORIENTEERING:

HBSS OY Sprint Champs - Braeden, Ronan and Cormac competed in the HBSS Sprint champs with the following results: Senior Boys - Braeden- 2nd, Ronan 3rd. Intermediate Boys - Cormac 2nd.

Article added: Monday 11 November 2019