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The Girls 1st XI hockey celebrate an Amazing Successful Season

Back Row (left to right): Lee-Ann Wilcock (GK Coach) Shar Illingworth, Davina Jones, Molly Illingworth, Rhonda Davies, Mariana Winiana, Paige Jones, Anna Schollum, Jane Wilcock, Kaleigh Morris, Charlotte Pitt, Gill Kearins (Coach)

Front Row (Left to Right): Zoe Illingworth, Tonya Botherway, Alex Neumann (C) Shona Illingworth. Absent: Rebecca Twhigg

The girls 1st XI hockey team have had the best season on record for the school. They started strongly in the first grading rounds at North Harbour in the 1A competition. Here they took on teams such as Rangitoto 1XI and drew 1-1. In the initial rounds they lost just one game to Orewa College 1XI. This saw the girls safely through into the Super city Tier 2 competition which involves competing against teams in the wider Auckland region. Here again they continued to dominate by beating Carmel College 1XI three times running, Botany Downs 1XI 4-1 and Baradene 1XI 6-2. They fought their way through very convincingly to the final against Baradene when, after a delayed game due to weather conditions, the girls fought a hard battle but unfortunately lost 5-4 on the night. However the girls do still finish top of the league by 4 clear points but unfortunately didn’t gain the championship title. The girls have all worked extremely hard throughout the season and have certainly put in the hard yards both on and off the field to strive to improve and reach this level of competition.

Prior to their final, the girls went to the Eveline Hankers Memorial National Tournament in Stratford. The girls showed immense team spirit and drive to win consistently throughout the week.  They dominated their pool play to go through top, then took out the quarter final against Trident 6-0, the semi-final against Mount Maunganui 9-0 and then they took out the final 7-0 against Pakuranga College. This meant they scored an extremely impressive 43 goals in 6 games, conceding just one goal. Winning this tournament means they are promoted to the next tier for the following season.   

Thank you again to our very generous sponsors the Greenwood family, Schollum family and comduc company for their donations that have helped the girls throughout the season and ensured that they have had immaculate gear to perform in, be proud of and to keep them warm.

Thanks to all of the parents and extended family members who have supported the team throughout the season through contributing to fund-raising for tournament, transport and being there at the matches at Harbour turf and in Taranaki.