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Cricket
This summer sport season Kristin fielded three teams from Years 7 to 13. All three teams finished the season in fine style, building on some hard work at training and improved skill development and execution. The Year 7 & 8 team, having had Mr Haslam coach them throughout the term, defeated both Murrays Bay Intermediate and Northcross Intermediate sides in their Zone Day tournament. Both wins were the result of some excellent bowling and fielding. In the run chase, the boys showed no end of skill and determination to chase down the scores posted. This augurs well for the future of Kristin Cricket. The Colts Cricket team defeated Auckland Grammar School in their last match, the highlight being an unbeaten 86 by Year 9 student Kyle Windust. This side has worked hard as well and improved considerably through the season. Their fielding and game sense improved markedly under the expert guidance of coaches Juan and Simon . Congratulations to the following players for the best individual performances:
Top run-scorers: Kyle Windust 151 and Krrish Hira Patel 140 Top wicket-taker: Aaron Miles 15 Best bowling: 5/17 The 1st XI defeated Avondale College in their final match of the season to place 5th in the Auckland Secondary Schools 1B competition. This was a significant result given the Kristin team had lost to Avondale earlier in the season. Ollie Birch top-scored with the bat making 61 not out his highest score of the season. The batting highlights were owned by Luke Watson, who scored two centuries and averaged 59 with the bat. His top score was 118 not out. Alex Godward totalled 334 runs across 12 matches with a batting average of 37; he top-scored with 82 not out. Bowling, Alex took 14 wickets with his right arm spin bowling. Christian Roadley and Lachlan Wallace each claimed 13 wickets with their right-arm medium-pace bowling. They were a constant threat with the ball all season and along with Ollie Birch, a left-arm medium-pace bowler, the bowling stocks are in good shape looking to the future.
Simon Mesritz S P O RT S M A N A G E R â C R I C K E T
Tennis The 2021 Tennis season was another successful one culminating in a 3rd-place at the NZ Secondary Schools Championship finals. The Kristin mixed team of Finn Burridge, Jamie King, Ella OâMalley and Lucy Xu played their hearts out to defeat Saint Kentigern for the Bronze medal. They were a whisker away from the Silver medal having tied their match with Macleans College 3 games apiece. They lost by the narrowest margins on countback. In the Auckland Secondary Schools Champion of Champions tournament, Finn Burridge lost a cliffhanger in the Intermediate boys singles semi-final, going down 9-11. He combined with Jamie King to win the Intermediate boys doubles final over the Kingâs College pairing. This was a fitting way for the boys to end their Tennis season for the school. Kristin had eight teams competing this past summer term in both Auckland and Harbour schoolsâ competitions. Each team had a parent manager who looked after the team on match days and ensured all results were submitted. We are of course truly grateful for all our Tennis managers and their support for the Tennis programme here at Kristin.
The Premier boys team playing in the Auckland Schools A2 league had an unbeaten season and took out the title defeating Kingâs College in their final match. Our Premier girls team qualified for the tier one competition. In a tough grade, our girls finished the season on a winning note defeating Epsom Girls Grammar School 7â2. We say goodbye to our Year 13 players this year. Lucy, Ella and Claire have been committed tennis players in their time here and we wish them well as they finish at Kristin later this year. In the Senior boysâ B grade, our team were placed 2nd in the Auckland Schools league and our Junior girls team won their grade, having had an unbeaten season. The Tennis programme also ran an introductory course for beginners. This was well attended by students from both the Middle and Senior schools.
Amanda Stuart S P O RT S M A N A G E R â T E N N I S
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