team, and it was clear from the start we were out played. We were up against a very capable team, which was too much for two of our inexperienced players, and College lost 6–0. The next game was against St Andrew’s combined. This was a much more evenly spread game with both teams scoring. Unfortunately, the combined team snuck in a late goal to take the 1–2 win. Most Valuable Player for College for the A grade was Edward Davidson. The last team to play was the B team. Again, this was another new team playing up a grade and this young talented team played very well together. The boys won their
schools’ team was named to play Australia. Edward and Winston were selected in this team and will be joined by a rider from St Margaret’s College and two riders from Hamilton Boys’ High School. Rowing The College rowing club had a busy summer holiday with a number of training camps and regattas. College crews attended both the Otago and Canterbury club championships, which provided some great racing for a large number of crews. At the Canterbury club championships, College gained titles in the U19 eight, U17 eight, club coxed eight and open octuple scull, with seven other top three finishes. In the premier club eights, the top College crew finished 2nd, only four seconds behind a senior men’s crew. At the South Island championships, the U15 octuple claimed gold, while there were six other top three placings, including a 2nd and 3rd in the premier men’s eights, which was shortened to a 1km race. College had 31 crews competing at the South Island secondary schools’ regatta, and in the two and a half days of racing College finished with four South Island titles, a number of top three placings and 12 other crews in A finals.
The U15 octuple scull came 1st, 13 seconds ahead of 2nd place St Andrew’s College. In this event College crews also finished 5th and 7th, and the U15 quad scull was 3rd in their A final. The U17 crews had a great regatta, claiming two titles. In the U17 coxed four final, College won a very close race, with the first four boats finishing within two seconds of each other. In the A final of the eights, the College U17 number 1 crew won the title in a time of 6:12, with 2nd place going to the College U17 number 2 crew. In U18 finals, the College U18 novice eight crew finished 2nd behind Cashmere High School. The top U18 College rowers claimed medals in both the fours and eights finals. In the coxed fours, College finished 3rd behind StAC and Christchurch Boys’ High School. In the last race of the weekend, four College eights lined up in the final of the U18 eights. The College number 1 crew – Archie Batchelor, Thomas McEwan, Tom Tothill, Johnny Lee, Liam Alexander, Guy Chaffey, Dominic Edmond, Louie Bethell and Henry Mossman – took an early lead after a fast start and held on to win the race in 6:05 from a fast finishing CBHS crew, which
first game against Rangi Ruru Girls’ School 1–0, but lost to a
Christchurch combined school team 0–1. They went on to win their final match against Medbury 1–0 to finish second in their pool. Most Valuable Player for College for the B grade was Hayden Goodwin. Winston Hutchinson and Edward Davidson were selected for the U21 South Island Polo Colts team to play North Island Central Districts in February. Edward scored two goals for the South Island team to help the team to a 6–3 win. Further recognition came for these two polo players when the New Zealand
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