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Sports Report as at 18/2/10

Athletics Day 

Athletics Day last Thursday saw high spirited house rivalry. Bodkin backed up their overall house title win last year by taking the honors for Athletics Day this year.

House points were as follows;

1st Place – Bodkin, 2051 points

2nd Place – Treacy, 1910 points

3rd Place – Nolan, 1763 points

4th Place – Lynch, 1488 points

All boys are to be congratulated for their high level of participation and enthusiasm displayed throughout the day.

There were some outstanding individual performances with a large number of boys bettering qualifying standards for the Auckland Championships. Jonah Sofele smashed the Intermediate Discus record which was held for thirteen years by ex All Black Bradley Mika. Jonah threw an impressive 49.20m bettering the previous mark by five metres. Ben Paltridge was the stand out performer of the day winning five events. This included equaling the Triple Jump record of 13.46m.

 Congratulations to the following boys for gaining a top three overall placing’ in their respective grades.

Senior

First Place - Ben Paltridge – 1st 100m, 1st 200m, 1st 400m, 1st Long Jump, 1st Triple Jump

Second Place – Josh Cocker-Valu – 1st Discus,  2nd 100m, 2nd 200m

Third Equal – Jaxon Bonnici, Joel Taylor

Intermediate

First Place – Tawhiao Rogers – 2nd 400m, 2nd Long Jump,  2nd 100m, 2nd 200m

Second Equal – Vince Aso – 1st 100m, 1st 200m; Jonah Sofele – 1st Discus, 1st Shot Put, Jack Wilson – 1st 400m, 1st 800m

Junior

First Place – Lisati Milo-Harris – 1st Long Jump, 1st 300m

Second Place – Luke Brown – 1st 200m, 3rd 100m, 3rd Long Jump

Third Place – Austin Malietoa-Brown – 2nd Discus, 3rd Shot Put

Year 7 & 8

First Place – Christian Curtis – 1st High Jump, 1st Long Jump, 3rd 100m

Second Place – River Mario – 1st 100m, 1st 200m

Third Place – Nigel Tausie – 2nd Long Jump, 2nd 100m

1st XI score comprehensive win against Mount Albert Grammar 

The First XI scored a comprehensive 105 run win against Mount Albert Grammar in the weekend.

Batting first St Peter’s compiled 209 all out. Opener, Harry Hanham laid the foundation with 55. He found excellent support from Nathanial Bearman who scored a hard hit 53 off 61 balls.

The First’s backed a solid batting display with a superb effort in the field. Three run outs from direct hits and an excellent out-field catch from Robbie Compston helped ensure St Peter’s were always on top. The five bowlers used all bowled tightly. The pick of the bowlers was Joshua Brajkovic who picked up 2 wickets for just 21 runs off eight overs.

The previous week the side secured a hard fought win against Avondale. Sean Solia, Harry Hanham and Timothy Neighbours were the main contributors to the 225 runs scored. Cameron Insull and Robbie Compston led the bowling effort. The First XI won the match by 42 runs.

The side play Auckland Grammar at St Peter’s on Saturday.

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Sports Report as at 5 Feb 2010

Athletics Day

Thursday 11 February @ Mt Smart Stadium.

Please note the following:

• The whole school will be bussed to Mount Smart
• At the end of the day the boys can either get a bus back to school or go straight home.  Buses back to school will return by 3.15pm.
• The HCD buses will depart from the stadium.

What to bring

• Food and drink to last the whole day
• Sunscreen and Hat
•  Running Shoes. Running shoes are compulsory for the 200, 400, 800 and 1500m
• Wear House colours

 Further details are posted on the sports noticeboard.

New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships 

Late last year the St Peter’s Athletics team competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships in Timaru. There were a number of notable performances.

Jaxon Bonnici was the youngest competitor to make the Senior 400m final where he finished 6th. Jaxon ran a personal best in the semi final of 51.23. This is a school record.

Ben Paltridge made the long jump and 200m finals where he finished 7th and 5th respectively.

Ben and Jaxon then teamed up with Jess Verstegen and Josh Cocker-Valu to claim a bronze medal in the senior 4 x 100m relay.

Christian Brothers Tournament  

The 1st XI competed in the Annual Christian Brothers Tournament in Brisbane over the holidays. Captained by Matt Considine the team had an excellent week finishing 3rd overall. The team won three of their five games and tied one.

On Day 1 they beat St Patricks Strathfield by two wickets. Josh Brajkovic took 3 – 45 while Braydon Scally top scored with 40 runs.  The next game against Gregory Terrace ended in an enthralling tie with both sides scoring 173. Tim Neighbours top scored with 56 while Nathaniel Bearman made a well compiled 48.

On Day 3 the First XI knocked over the hosts and eventual championship winners Nudgee College by an emphatic nine wickets.  Nudgee could only manage 98.  Harry Hanham starred with the ball taking 5 wickets for 9 run. The Firsts lost only one wicket in chasing down the runs.  MattConsidine scored 48 not out.  Day 4 saw a narrow loss to St Lauries. 

The side finished the week on a high with a convincing six wicket win over St Pius Chatswood’s on the final day.  Nathanial Bearman produced another excellent innings with 66 not out and was ably supported by Angus Craig who scored 44.

Harry Hanhan was rewarded for his excellent week by gaining selection for the tournament team.  The side is hoping to continue there good form through to the 1A Championship.

Rowing

The rower’s hard work over the holidays is paying dividends.  They achieved some outstanding results at the Cambridge Town Cup held at Lake Karapiro last weekend.  The following results were all achieved in ‘A’ grade finals.

Under 17’s

Single Scull – First Place – Stephen Jones. Third Place - Campbell Rhodes

Coxed Quad - Third Place - Joseph Nihotte, Stephen Jones, Campbell Rhodes, Sam Wojcick, Cox:  Matt Griffin

Under 16’s

Double Scull - Third Place - Beaudene Widdison, Rory Small

Under 15’s

Coxed Quad – Third Place - Rick Wester, Jack Wilson, Poa-Carlos Talataina, Dion Downey, Cox: Mitchell Molloy

Touch

Late last year our 1st XIV touch team achieved success at the National Touch Tournament held in Palmerston North . The team placed third in the country. To achieve this they won 6 out of there eight games. Outstanding performances included a 5 – 4 win over Kelston Boys and a 6 – 5 win against Hato Paora.

A number of the team has been selected for representative teams. These include;

Auckland U15’s – Vince Aso

Auckland U17’s - DJ Solomona, Matthew Johnson, Patrick Fa’apoi  and Tivoli Guthrie

Counties U17’s - Robert Sanele.

Tivoli Guthrie performances have been recognized on a number of fronts.  He was selected in the tournament team at the Nationals, and Auckland U17’s . He was also selected in the New Zealand open men’s training squad. Congratulations.

1st Team Captains 

Congratulations to the following boys who have been selected as captains of our premier summer sports.

1st XI Cricket – Matt Considine

Rowing – Keegan Dolan-Robson

1st XIV Touch – Tivoli Guthrie

1st IX Softball – Stuart Reynolds