Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Deceember sign off

Greetings to all

I attended the Canterbury Primary Schools' Sports Day at Ashburton Domain yesterday. Children were sprinting across the domain to get to their event and several missed out on track events!
I was left wondering why the sports ar held so far from the majority of competitors but it is a lovely venue and we are looked after well by the athletics club and local School. Thanks AShburton.
The traffic into and around Christchurch was beyond slow!
If ever you need a demonstration on why we needed another bridge over the Waimak drive on the motorway and along Johns Road at either end of the day. It was worth travelling significantly further up to the Waimak Gorge to avoid delays on the return journey!

Alyssa Harnett made her 80m final making the top 8 in the province. I await confirmation of results which will be posted on the Canterbury website today (see link on this page)

Basketball on Friday nights finished last week with the year 5/6 team taking out their section in a convincing manner. The team played as a unit, they thought about their options and listened to their coaches. Congratulations and thanks to Megan and Russell for all your work with the group.
Captains Ella and Lachie T have been a wonderful help with the administration of the Club and we wish them well at High School. The yr 7/8 team have been so fortunate to have the assistance of Libby Upston over the years. thank you so much Libby for your truely positive and commited work with the team.


Our clever students continue to play sports in their own time whether it be cricket, wrestling, archery, tennis or mud runs. Here is news of some of their recent successes.
Lewis Wardle, in yr 7,  won the North Canterbury Table Tennis under 18 championships and also came 2nd in the under 16’s & the under 16’s doubles.
He has also been selected to play for North Canterbury as a bowler & batsman for cricket.
Bailey Watson, also from Rm 9, was selected for the Year 6 North Canterbury Representative Cricket team.
The team will play trial games against teams from South Canterbury in the hope of being selected for the Canterbury Country South Island Tournament team.
Good luck to these boys in their chosen sports and to any other students competing over the summer break.