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Karting
Marcus Armstrong (Year 9) took part in
the KF World Championships in Paris.
Orienteering
At the Canterbury Schools’
Orienteering Competition in Opawa,
Aytron Shadbolt (Year 8) won the
Years 7–8 boys, Yonni Kepes (Year 9)
placed third in the junior boys category
and Isaac Egan (Year 9) came second
in the intermediate boys event. In the
long distance event at Kairaki Beach,
Lachlan Wells (Year 9) came second
and Yonni Kepes third in the junior
boys, and Dougal Shepherd (Year 9)
was third in the intermediate boys
event.
Sixteen students from StAC (in two
teams of eight) competed in the Get to
Go Challenge for Years 9 and 10 at the
end of Term 3. The StAC mixed team
placed third out of 24 teams, while the
all-boys team placed fourteenth.
Rugby
The First XV beat St Bede’s 22–13,
the first time the team has beaten
St Bede’s since 2001. The Second
XV also won their third division final
against St Bede’s 44–14, to take their
first title in seven years. The U15B
team also won its grade.
Skiing and Snowboarding
Eliza Grigg (Year 13) recorded the
fasted overall time and was the first
girl home in the Canterbury Skiing and
Snowboarding Championships. George
Boanas (Year 11) and Carlos Garcia
Knight (Year 13) finished second in
their respective events.
Carlos finished off an excellent
season as Snowsports New Zealand’s
Snowboarder of the Year. Carlos
placed seventh (Slopestyle) and
twelfth (Half Pipe) at the Junior World
Championships in Italy, after finishing
overall first and Under 18 winner in
the New Zealand Junior Nationals.
Sport Canterbury Winter Sports
Awards
A number of StAC students were
awarded excellence badges for their
chosen sports at the School Sport
Canterbury Winter Sports Awards:
Badminton (Michael Chim, Peter Yu,
Chris Zhu); Duathlon (Ray McKenzie);
Hockey (Edward Batt, Matt Cummins,
Lawrence Darling, Macky Fisher,
Andre Fremaux, Alastair Harvey, Sam
Lane, Finnian Loader, William Mace-
Cochrane, Joshua Mariu, Joshua
Morrison, Jacob Pearce, Jack Piggott,
Zin South, Wil Undy, Joseph Yoon);
Skiing (Eliza Grigg, George Boanas,
Jimmy Field); Snowboarding: (Carlos
Garcia Knight, Michael Campbell,
Ruby Murray).
Surf Lifesaving
Zoe Merrick (Year 13), who is a
member of the Taylor’s Mistake Surf
Lifesaving Club, competed in the
World Surf Lifesaving Championships
in Montpellier, in the Open Women’s
IRB boating category. She won silvers
in Open Team Rescue, Women’s Team
Rescue and Women’s Single Rescue,
and a bronze in Women’s Mass Rescue.
Zoe’s team placed first overall, making
Zoe a member of the World Champion
team for 2014.
Surfing
Rory Edmonds (Year 13) represented
Canterbury at the National Secondary
Schools’ Championship in Taranaki
where he made it through to the
semi-finals.
Trampolining
Kirsty Shields (Year 9) and Lizzie
Stevenson (Year 10) competed at the
National Trampolining Championships
in Auckland where Kirsty won silver in
all three of her events for the age 13–14
category. Lizzie competed in the Senior
Women’s Open division and won bronze,
silver and gold medals. Lizzie was
also named first overall in the senior
women’s category.
Lizzie was named Junior Sportwoman
of the Year at the North Canterbury
Sports Awards, and received a
MainPower Youth Sports Scholarship.
Jakarta Klebert (Year 5) won two silver
medals for syncro and individual and
had a fifth place in double mini at the
Trampoline Nationals.
Trap Shooting
Jimmy Field (Year 11), Mason Gardener
(Year 11), John Rassie (Year 12), Robert
Thomson (Year 12) and Sam Oxley
(Year 12) placed first equal in the
Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Trap
Shooting Competition. Sam was
awarded the Best Shooter prize.
Three StAC students were among the overall winners of this year’s Zonta
Awards. Caitlin Dore (Year 13) won most outstanding achievement by a
student with a disability; Cameron Bailey (Year 13) won best all-rounder
(male); and Charlotte Elley (Year 13) won best all-rounder (female).
Lizzie Stevenson (Year 10) received a highly commended for trampolining;
Ari Graham (Year 11) received highly commended for best all-rounder
(female); and the mixed tennis team (Michal Matson, Lily Bray, Lawrence
Darling, Nic Jenkins, Holly Matson and Shawn Nicholls) received a highly
commended for most outstanding team.
Zonta Sports Awards
Oisin Roberts (Year 10)
Carlos Garcia Knight (Year 13) in action on
the slopes.
Caitlin Dore (Year 13)
Charlotte Elley (Year 13)
Cameron Bailey (Year 13)