Success for Southland schools at summer tournaments
There were many notable achievements for Southland schools during last week’s NZ Secondary Schools Summer tournament week.
Josh Burnett, from Southland Boys' High School, kicked off the week by winning the U20 title at the NZSS Mountain Biking Champs.
Southland Boys' High School softball team.
Southland Boys' followed up that success by winning the NZ Div 2 Softball Champs in Ashburton and gained a fourth at the SI Touch Champs, which was enough to qualify for the NZ Champs in December.
Central Southland College gained a third placing which guarantees qualification for the NZ Champs as well.
Central Southland College mixed touch team.
Southland Girls' High School also had a successful week with Shakira Mirfin winning Maadi Cup rowing gold in the U16 Girls single sculls, as well as a silver in the U17 age group, a huge achievement considering the highly competitive standard at Maadi Cup.
Wakatipu High School gained two Maadi Cup medals, silver in the U15 Double Sculls and a bronze in the U15 Coxed Quad.
Kennedy Taylor, from Southland Girls', also won a New Zealand title in the U13 girls NZ triathlon.
Lachlan Baird, from Verdon College, performed well at the NZ Triathlon Champs placing 2nd in the U16 age group.
The week finished with many Southland schools being represented at the SI Athletics Champs in Timaru over the weekend.
Southland athletes gained 12 titles.
Those athletes being Teagan Ashley from Aparima College in the U16 Hammer, Quin Hartley in the U14 High Jump and Long Jump, Lilli McGreal, from Fiordland College, in the U15 Hammer, Sam Colyer, from Southland Boys', in the U16 Long and Triple Jump - breaking an Otago/Southland record in triple jump, Anna Skerret, from Southland Girls', in the U16 Long Jump, Shot Put and 4 x 100m relay, Jessica Senior, from Southland Girls', in the senior girls discus and javelin, and Levi Collins, from Wakatipu, winning the U16 hurdles .
All in all, good success achieved by our schools at the various events attended over the week.
- report and photos provided by Southland Secondary School Sports
