Week 3

Read by Harry Mowat

TENNIS

Hunter Every competed in the northern region tournament tier for U14 boys singles and was runner up in the final.

River Apatu and Hunter played in doubles semi in same tournament.

ORIENTEERING

NISS Champs Results:(present medals and certificates)

Sprint Course:

Ronan- 2nd Senior Boys

Braeden- 13th Senior Boys

Cormac- 5th Int Boys

Hugo - 5th year 7/8 Boys

Long Course:

Ronan-1st Senior Boys

Braeden- 6th Senior Boys

Cormac-6th Int Boys

Hugo-1st Year 7/8 Boys

Relay: Braeden, Cormac and Ronan competed in the Senior boys relay and placed 3rd. Great result as Cormac had to run up a grade.

RUGBY

The following boys have been selected into the 40 man squad for HB U18

· Ben Thomassen

· Sam Horsefield

· Ben Gibbs

· Kurtis Arlidge

· Jordy Douglas

· Zinzan Ropitini

· George Charteris

· George Twigley

· Charlie Dodds

· Pierre Sokotaua

· Reece Akuhata

RATHKEALE EXCHANGE

1stXI hockey 3-3 draw

1stXI football 3-1 loss

1stXI rugby 52-5 win

Hockey Colts 8-3 loss

Football junior A 2-1 loss

U15 rugby 54-7 win

SHOOTING

· The ''A'' squad of Harry Lowry, George Hamilton, Harry Smith, Bryn Thompson & Sam Lowry saw Harry Lowry, George & Bryn shoot possibles in Single Rise with Harry Smith & Sam Lowry shooting 19/20.

· The ''B'' squad of Sam Barnes, Haeora King, James Cairns, Jonty Gresham & George Helmore also saw Haeora & Jonty shoot possibles with Sam & James shooting 17/20 & George 15/20.

· The ''C'' squad of William Apatu, Alex Lawson, Eti King, Monty Rosewarne & Kees Tomlinson saw Alex & Eti shoot 18/20 with William, Monty & Kees shooting 17/20. 

· Points Score saw Harry Lowry drop one second barrel for 59/60, Harry Smith two second barrels for 58, Bryn 57, Sam 56 & George 54. The best of the ''B'' squad saw George shoot 55/60, Jonty 54, Sam 53 & Haeora 52. The best of the ''C'' squad saw William shoot 53/60.

· Single Barrel saw Harry Lowry shoot 20/20, Harry Smith & Bryn 19, George 18 & Sam Lowry 17. The ''B'' squad saw Haeora & George Helmore shoot 15/20, James & Jonty 14 & Sam Barnes 13. The ''C'' squad saw Alex shoot 18/20, Monty 17, William & Eti 15 & Kees 14/20.

· The shoot-offs saw Harry Lowry & Bryn shot for shot to determine the Single Rise title with Bryn winning this contest, however Harry finished up shooting at 23 metres in determining placings for the Points Score with Karamu's Cameron Spargo before taking 3rd place and he won the Single Barrel outright with the only possible.

· Harry, as stand-in captain, put in a tremendous display of shooting and composure to finish on 99/100 & HOA for the shoot, he also took out the ''Sam & Angus Donald Memorial Trophy'' for Best Shooter. This prestigious trophy has been presented by David Donald & his wife who tragically lost 2 of their sons in a road accident several years ago with Ben Thomassen winning this trophy on it's inception last year.

· The ''A'' squad saw individual scores of Harry Lowry 99/100, Harry Smith & Bryn 96 & George Hamilton & Sam Lowry 92 for a total of 475/500, a great result & 1st in the Teams Event ahead of Palmerston Boys on 455, Napier Boys 435 & Karamu, also suffering the loss of a boy to a rugby injury, on 434. The ''B'' squad shot 415 Jonty 88/100, Haeora 87& George Helmore 85, the ''C'' squad 390 with William 85/100 & Monty 83.

FOOTBALL

· 1stXI – win 7-0 against THS

· 2ndXI – draw 1-1 against HNHS

· 3rdXI – loss 1-9

· Junior B –

ADVENTURE RACING

Toi Ohomai Hawke's Bay Secondary Schools Tough Guy and Gal

6km: Charlie Roil - 1st, Sam Bartram - 2nd, Tom Goodisson - 3rd, Jonty Roil - 8th, George Esson - 9th, Beau Marshall - 31st. Overall Toughest School Male Team - Charlie Roil, Sam Bartram, Tom Goodisson.

Article added: Thursday 14 November 2019