WATER POLO This has been a highly successful season for the senior water polo team, who claimed the Canterbury Schools’ regional title for the first time in over 10 years. They then went on to win the South Island Championships for the first time in 15 years. In the Canterbury Schools’ tournament, the team scored 85 goals and conceded only 13 throughout the competition. The final was played against Christchurch Boys’ High School. The game was tied at 2/all after the first quarter, then College played a very good second quarter, to lead 6–3 at half-time. They maintained the lead to eventually win 12–9. After this win, the team went into the South Island Championships with confidence. In pool play, they had wins over Shirley Boys’ High School, Burnside High School, John McGlashan College and Southland Boys’ High School. The team then had a semi-final win over St Bede’s College 15–4 and, in an excellent controlled final, defeated Otago Boys’ High School 14–6 to take the title. At the end of the tournament, three College players, Andrew Campbell, Louis Clark and Bilant Tomozi, were named in the tournament team, and Andrew Campbell was the tournament MVP. TRIATHLON The Canterbury schools’ triathlon championships were held at Scarborough Beach in Sumner. Three College students entered the individual competition, which consisted of a 350m swim, 9km bike ride and 3km run. In the U14 grade, Kyle Houston had a superb race to finish second, with Sam Idiens coming fourth. Sebastien Fergusson was seventh in the individual event in the U16 grade.
These three students then travelled to the New Zealand schools’ triathlon event in Wanganui. Despite having a small team, College finished third overall, with four podium finishes. In the U13 grade, Sam Idiens had a superb two days, winning both the individual triathlon and the aquathlon events to claim two national titles. In the U14 grade, Kyle Houston came second in the individual triathlon and third in the aquathlon. In other recent events, Kyle came third in the junior section of the South Island Schools’ Triathlon Championships in Oamaru. GOLF The College golf team has had a couple of matches this term. In the
annual Otago Boys’ High School exchange, the team played over three rounds and two courses, with a 7–3 loss after a couple of matches were decided on the 18th hole. Thomas McClean won both his singles matches. Other matches were decided late in the round, and Zach May and Fergus Williamson narrowly missed wins. The Canterbury Schools’ Stroke Play Golf Championships were held at Russley Golf Course in early March. In superb conditions, the College team of Zach May, Thomas McClean and Zach Gimblett finished fifth overall. In the individual competition, Zach May was the best College golfer, coming 10th after shooting an 81 for his round.
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