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SOUTHLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WAIMUMU
“The track in the bush was really muddy, but it was fun. I was exhausted when I nished and my legs felt like jelly!” Tyler Pool
“The hills this year were really di cult. I sprinted at the nish and was breathing hard! ” Liam Sawler
“The hills were a struggle and going through the bog I almost lost a shoe, but I nished in second place- which was an awesome feeling!” Patrick Howes
11 year old boys
Jacob Boniface Jaymin Cli ord
Will Cairns
Jacob Mussen-Clark Nick Cowie
12 year old boys
James McLeay
Cody Stevens
Oliver Piggo Mytchell Carmichael Alexander Burns Jacob Niania
13 year old boys
Patrick Howes Tyler Pool Dylan Hawkes Hamish Smith Liam Sawler
– 1st
– 37th – 62nd – 64th – 68th
– 1st – 2nd – 3rd – 8th – 14th – 15th
– 2nd – 7th – 13th – 15th – 17th
Basketball
1ST V BASKETBALL
This year the 1st V had one of its most successful seasons in recent memory, losing just one Senior A Grade game early on in the season. We eventually went on to win the whole compe on for the rst me in four years, with Soul Tipu, Jayson Colle and Luka Williams all being named in the All-star ve for the compe on and Luka also taking out the league MVP.
Fresh o our 104-48 blowout of James Hargest in the nal, the team headed into Tournament week with good spirits, as we knew what we were capable of doing as a team.
Tournament week was made up of 24 teams throughout the South Island where the top 6 would be going to the na onal compe on held in the North Island. The boys competed hard throughout the week and were unlucky with a couple of results. However, wins against Papanui, St Thomas, and Marlborough were enough to put us in a posi on to play o for 9th/10th placing, which would be Southland Boys’ High Schools’ rst placing inside the top 10 ever.
However, an unlucky game against Christchurch Boys’ High School, that could have gone either way, unfortunately relegated us to playing o for 11th/12th against St Bede’s in the last game of the tournament. It wasn’t just the last game
of the tournament but the last game for Soul, Luka, Jayson and myself, which gave the team extra mo va on to try and win it. However, a late fourth quarter run by St