Student Sport

Athletics Champs

Congratulations to ...

Charo Heijnen: 8th in the Senior Girls 1500m

Ingrid Stripling:

100m Junior Girls – 3rd with a PB of 12.98

200m Junior Girls – 5th, time 27.14 4 x 100m Junior

Girls Relay – 1st, 51.01

BMX

The Rotorua Supercross BMX track welcomed hundreds of BMX riders during the school holidays for the 2023 Oceania Championships. The event was open to all age groups, ranging from 5 to 50 plus, and drew elite riders from Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations to Y11 student Hannah Mason who put up a great fight in the 16-year-old female category and ultimately finished in 3rd place, rounding out her summer season on a high note.

BOPSS Triathlon Champs

This event was held in Port Ohope in February. Congratulations to Sophie Garrett who came 1st place in the U16 girls and Louis Cairns who placed 4th in the U16 boys.

Mountain Biking

Well done to our Ōtūmoetai College students who competed at this event during the school holidays. Podium results were:-

Isaac Allan – 3rd U17 Cross Country

Dylan Beca – 2nd U14 Cross Country

Hamish Boyt, Isaac Allan and William Dunn –3rd U20 Boys Cross Country Relay

NZSS Canoe Slalom

Paige Martley, Year 11, recently competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Canoe Slalom Championships which took place at the Tekapo Whitewater Course in Central Otago. She placed 3rd overall in the C1 teams event with Vincent Bloor and Isabella Bloor from Te Kura. Well done Paige!

Equestrian

Netball

Congratulations to Paige Peters (Y12), who as a representative of the Waiariki Under 17 Māori netball team, placed 3rd at the Aotearoa Māori Nationals (AMNOHL) played in New Plymouth over Easter weekend. Well done and we look forward to hearing of your continued successes!

Congratulations to Lucy Penellum who recently represented Ōtūmoetai College at St Peters in Cambridge. Lucy came 2nd in both of her 1.05m show jumping classes - a fabulous achievement.

NZSS Triathlon & Aquathon Champs

Well done to Sophie Garrett who competed in this event in Lake Wānaka. She placed 10th in the U16 Female Aquathon event with a time of 18:28 and 14th in the U16 Female Triathlon with a time of 50:47.

NZSS Satellite Futsal Champs

At their first ever tournament, the Junior Boys put on an impressive display, winning two out of their five games and showing great potential for the future with their young team. Similarly, the Junior Girls also fielded a young team and put on some strong performances, culminating in a draw against Mount Maunganui in the final moments of their last game. This tournament served as an important building block for the team’s future growth.

The Senior Boys had a successful tournament, finishing in fourth place out of eight teams. They have shown significant improvement over the course of the term and were able to secure some crucial victories. The international students on the team were also instrumental to their success.

The Senior Girls competed in the Wellington Nationals and earned an impressive 11th place out of 25 teams. They won their pool, tying for first place, and were the only team to beat the eventual tournament winners in pool play. Although they missed out on a higher placing due to goal difference, their young team has a bright future ahead of them.

Sailing – Central North Island Teams Regatta

The combined Ōtūmoetai/Katikati Colleges’ 420 sailing team came home from the Central North Island regatta in Taupo with 2nd place in the Silver Fleet. Miya Prescott, Camen Green and Mitchell Butts, joined three Katikati College sailors to form the team of six, who raced against multiple other schools across three days. Amazing results!

Volleyball

After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, it was great for our students to be able to compete at the NZSS Volleyball Nationals in Palmerston North.

Senior Girls A

There were 88 girls teams, which eventually divided into six divisions. The Senior A team began in the top 32 teams and advanced to the top 8, but lost to Christchurch Girls in the quarter-finals. They then won against Tauranga Girls and Whakatane to finish 5th and become the top BOP team.

Senior A and B Boys

The Senior B team achieved great success at the Nationals, making Division 3 and finishing as the 2nd best B team in the country, with a victory over Bethlehem College A. Meanwhile, the A team won 2 out of 3 pool play games but was relegated to division 2. However, they went on to win all other games and secure victory in division 2, ending the week with 8 wins and 1 loss.