SPORT Volleyball
Volleyball has continued to grow as a sport at College and is behind only cricket and tennis in terms of the number of boys participating. Last year College entered a junior team in the Canterbury school championships for the first time and competed well. In Term 1, the same team, now in Year 11, welcomed a couple of additional players and competed in three senior tournaments over the term. The first was the South Island schools, which was a real learning curve, and despite playing some good volleyball the team only managed a couple of wins. In the Canterbury secondary school senior championships, playing in division 2, the team played seven
games over three days. In round robin play, the team lost close matches to St Andrew’s College, Shirley Boys’ High School and Riccarton High School, before winning 3–0 against Cashmere High School. They then played Cashmere again in the first play-off match to determine who would make the semi- finals. College won this match and then played top seed Riccarton B. In a great game of volleyball, the team lost the first set, then went on to win the next three to make the final against StAC – a team they had lost to twice in previous matches. In the final, College won the first set 25–23, StAC took the second 26–24. It was a very competitive match, with both sides playing well. College won the
third set 28–26 and held on to take the 4th and winning set by 25–21 to claim the school’s first regional volleyball title. During tournament week the senior team played in a Christchurch satellite tournament, which saw them play six games over two days. They had wins over Dunstan High School, Rangiora New Life, Cashmere, Riccarton and Hornby High School, with only one loss to St Thomas of Canterbury College. Both College and St Thomas finished top, with one loss each, but St Thomas were awarded 1st place due to countback on sets. Nevertheless, a very creditable 2nd for the College team finished a great term of volleyball. The tournament
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