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Football
LINWOOD TROPHY
The 2018 edi on of the Linwood Trophy was held at the ILT Turf in Invercargill.
With the tournament being on home soil, we felt that we had our best chance yet
of building on the successes of previous years. We were of the belief that we could de nitely make top four and if other results went our way, we could even li the trophy, something that Southland Boys’ hasn’t done for over 20 years. Our biggest threat, on paper, was Massey High School from Auckland who were very much an unknown quan ty, and obviously weren’t travelling the length of the country to make up numbers.
Our pool consisted of John McGlashan College, Taieri College, Cromwell College and Gore High School. We played our toughest opposi on, John McGlashan, rst which was an evenly matched game, meaning that both teams came out with a point each.
The second day saw Southland Boys’ play against Taieri and Cromwell. A hat-trick from Calem Castle and an outstanding defensive e ort from Angus Wya , Jeremy Cole, Antonio Dos-Santos and Carl Rodmell saw the team only concede one goal and score ten, winning 5-1 and 5-0 respec vely.
The last group game for Southland Boys’ was up against College League opponents Gore and a win by four goals was required to top the group. A slow rst half le the score 1-0 at half me, but an excep onal performance in the second half meant three goals were scored in the last ten minutes to get the required win by four goals to nil.
As a result of topping the group, Southland Boys’ were matched with local rivals
James Hargest College in a quarter nal. We had lost to this team 2 weeks before tournament. Southland Boys’ started extremely well, scoring early on in the
rst half and repelling any Hargest a ack. The second half was very much the same, scoring early into the half saw Southland double their lead and a third goal sealed the deal, a one sided game that the squad was very proud of. Side-line support was instrumental in the win.
Progression into the semi- nals on day four followed, where Southland Boys’ played Papanui but a tough opposi on defeated Southland Boys’ 3-1 leaving the team to play for 3rd/4th in the a ernoon xture. A ght game, and an outstanding performance from the Southland Boys’ goalkeeper Ryan Calder, just weren’t enough as a late goal from Mount Aspiring College put the game into a penalty shootout, which was lost resul ng in a fourth place nish. Harry Milligan received our MVP for the tournament, through his consistent play in all matches.
13’s in this year’s squad for their con nued e orts and commitment towards Southland Boys’ High football, not only in this tournament, but over the last four years, in some cases for the 1st XI.
Golf
SOUTHLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Southland Secondary Schools’ Golf championships were held in Winton, 2018. Thank you to Dean Harvey for his assistance. Results were as follows:
1st Oliver Piggo 3rd Zac Fowle
Hockey
Hockey at SBHS in 2018 was a year of
new experiences. Player numbers saw
more growth and junior players stepped
up into roles that required maturity and responsibility beyond their years. Each SBHS team has had their own successes this year. In the Year 7/8 area, numbers grew and success came in the junior high compe on and their interschool xtures. In order to balance numbers in 2018, four Year 8 players represented the school in the year 9 – 13 compe on as 2nd XI players. With coaching from Miss Kiri Hogan, they experienced hockey at the next level. The mighty 3rd XI returned to Monday nights and wowed the crowds with their unique brand of hockey and were very unlucky
not to be the second SBHS team in the 2018 IHA semi- nals. The IHA secondary School grade was won by the SBHS 1st XI defea ng a spirited JHC 1st XI 5 – 3 in the nal.
SBHS 1ST XI
The premier hockey team in the school started its 2108 campaign early in February with new recruits required to ll vacant spots le by depar ng 2017 players.
2018 was to be a big year for the team
as they would not only represent their school but also their province in the 2018 AON Rankin cup playo s at tournament week in September – a feat that had
never been done before. The campaign
hit a hurdle when Bradley Corbe found employment and le school, meaning a new captain would need to be named. Team management thought that naming Benji and Blair as co – captains, although a big ask, would be the most prudent decision for the team looking to the future. Bradley’s departure also proved an issue for the team as he was the “li le general” who controlled the pace of play. It took a while, but Benji Culhane lled this role and did so with a
maturity beyond his years. The mantra for the team this year was consistency and control, as these were a ributes required in September for the task of surviving the Rankin Cup. Monday nights proved to be ideal for the team as the new subs bench had huge game me and were able to learn the inner workings of the team. All of this came to frui on with the tradi onal Interschool matches against Otago boys’ High, Waitaki Boys’ High and King’s High School. In all 3 matches, everyone taking part had to contribute and step up in
one way or another and the ba les were controlled and consistent. No greater test than the King’s High Interschool, which saw the team let 5 goals through at half me and only 2 in the second half. This result would later be put in perspec ve when King’s High nished 6th in the Rankin cup.
Inter-schools
A er success in the IHA secondary Schools trophy over JHC 1st XI the team was really star ng to work well and most players knew their role. Tournament week in September would see the return of players who had once again commi ed part of the season to the school’s 1st XV and these players ed right into the jobs they knew they had to do.
Tournament Week (Rankin Cup 2018 in Tauranga) – Blair McKenzie and Benji Culhane
The 16 1st XI players, 2 management
sta and a handful of parents ew out to Tauranga to start a journey that no other Southland Secondary School had done before. This was to compete in the top er Schoolboy hockey tournament, the 2018 Rankin Cup. Before them lay the best 32 teams in schoolboy hockey and a chance to be ranked higher than any Southland School had ever been. The war was about to begin.
The goal was realis c, to be consistent and compe ve leading to surviving relega on ( nishing 25th or 26th) meaning a return to the 2019 Rankin Cup with a rela vely unchanged team. A er a weekend in Tauranga the lads realised they were not
in Invercargill anymore and things were
to be no di erent when they entered the eld of play on Day One against 4th seed King’s College (Auckland). Early goals saw the team immediately on the back foot,
but control and some horrendous weather saw the score line kept to a respectable, although not great 6 – 0. Lessons needed to be learned and fast.
Day 2 saw the team take on private school St. Pauls’ Collegiate, a well-trained out t with a large coaching sta including a former Blacks ck. Defence was to be our best form of a ack and the lads held out the 12th seed for 29 minutes of the rst half, leading to some major discussions being heard from their now panicked coaching sta . Again defence held strong in the second half and with only 4 minutes le , they scored again a result of 2 – 0. Not too bad. This showed us that we could foot it in a new world.
A special men on goes out to the ten Year
SOUTHLAND BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHLANDIAN NOT FOR SCHOOL BUT FOR LIFE WE ARE LEARNING
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