Athletics 2009

Athletic Sports Day 2009

The ‘Girls of the White and Blue' became girls of the Blue, Green, Gold and Red on Tuesday, March 10^th, when they took part in the school's annual Athletic Sports Day. The weather was good at Marewa Park, with a cool start turning into a warm, sunny Hawke's Bay day.

Gold House laid down their challenge to the other houses right from the start. Their well choreographed march across the Park impressed the judges and won them early house points for colour, participation and volume!

Participation in the track and field events that followed was fantastic! Competition was fierce and, across the board, our athletes broke long standing school records. This year's record breakers were:

Yr 9 100m Cassidy Delamere 13.30s
Yr 10 800m Holly Edmonds 2min36:85s
Yr 10 3000m Annie Creagh 11min35:01s
Yr 11 Discus Josie Stockill 22.96m
Yr 12&13 High Jump Emma Sutherland 1.63m
Senior Javelin Laura Jensen 33.50m

Light relief at the end of the day was provided by the Bus/Hostel/Day 4 x 100m relay and the Yr 13 vs Staff 12 x 100m relay! The Day students won their race, with the Hostel coming in second, their runners welcomed home with a rousing rendition of the Hostel song. A tremendous performance from the Staff team, including Mr Wallace's courageous recovery from an impressive fall at the baton handover, saw the Staff win the final event of the day!

Overall, Gold House won the competition with 772 points, Blue House were 2^nd with 759 points, Red House came in 3^rd with 586 and Green House gained 550 points. The individual athletics champions for 2009 are as follows:

Yr 9

1st Sophie Rose 26 pts

2nd Claire Reynolds 13 pts

Joint 3rd Brooke Tristram 12 pts

Kelly Morris-Eyton 12 pts

Yr 10

1st Holly Edmonds 26 pts

2^nd Sian Floden 24 pts

3^rd Annie Creagh 17 pts

Yr 11

1st Jessica Middleton 21 pts

2nd Josie Stockill 19 pts (1st in 4 events and 2nd in another, but all field so only first 3 events counted)