Tournament Week Wrap-ups

GIRLS HOCKEY

St Kevin's College Girls 1st XI attended the Jenny McDonald Cup in Invercargill last week and experienced all seasons, weatherwise!  Seven games were played over the week, a tough ask.  The team played well, stepping up to battle for some tough games.  The success of the St Margarets game came down to penalty strokes at the end with players keeping their cool and winning.  A very nerve-wracking way to finish a tough game.  Our final game was against St Peters College, Gore, with a good old fashioned Southland game of fast, open hockey.  Unfortunately we lost but ended up 6th in the tournament.  Most pleasing was the positive development of the players hockey and the confidence shown by the younger team members.  Our final night was the traditional dress up, thanks to the Salvation Army, and dinner in town.  Great outfits and the Lonestar didn't know what hit it!  Thanks to Jude Chandler, Debbie Robinson and manager Leanne Kingan for making the tournament possible for us.

BOYS SOCCER

This year we drew a difficult pool, with St Bedes, Christ’s College and Kings College, but with one of the stronger teams St Kevin’s has fielded we still felt we had the ability to push these teams. We came up against Kings first who would eventually come 2^nd, and had a hard-fought 2-0 defeat in a close match up. Filled with some new found confidence we went up against Christ’s College, a daunting task and after conceding early continued to battle away, eventually falling short in a 3-2 loss. St Bedes proved to be a strong side and we came away with a disappointing 3-0 loss. Edgewater would prove to be a must win match and locked in a 1-1 deadlock for most of the match a late goal from Michael Hannigan would prove the difference. We progressed through to the 9-12 playoff, with Christ’s, James Hargest and Rangiora. We managed a last gasp 1-1 drew with Rangiora which put us on track for a top 10 finish, but a couple of disappointing results put us in 12^th place. All round it was a very enjoyable tournament for all and although the results were not what we were fully capable of, for a school with only 2 soccer teams, we definitely punched above our weight. 

NETBALL

The Senior A girls went to the South Island Secondary Schools tournament in Dunedin.  After a disappointing start the girls finished the tournament strongly with four wins and a 21st placing.  The Senior A tournament team are Charlotte King, Bethany Robertson, Brittany More, Merekite Wahitapu, Georgia Hansen, Hannah Mihaere, Anna Edzes, Georgina Wallis, Olivia Macaulay and Tiana Mihaere.