congratulations to john paul college,who swept all 4[2 junior,2 senior],titles at the rotorua finals last nite.

The NZL Junior Women flew to Canberra on Wednesday morning starting their seven day training camp with the AUS Junior Women. They all arrived safely after a few hiccups that saw some of the team members having nearly 8 hours in the aircraft due to fog in Melbourne. Luckily they were able to catch a later connecting flight to Canberra and commenced their first training session and game two hours after landing.



The first game saw Danielle Lewis score her first goal along with Ellen Kyrke Smith, Sinead Lomax and Sophie Howard. Johanna Theelen was top NZL goal scorer with 3 along with Casie Bowry and Alex Boyd both scoring 2 each. The girls were up 5-2 after first quarter but AUS came back in the second quarter to score 8 goals and saw them in front 10-6 AUS at half time. The third quarter finished at 13-9 and it was at this stage the NZL girls were beginning to feel the effects of the hours spent travelling to Canberra and finished behind AUS 18-11. The girls returned to the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra) and caught up on a lot of sleep.



The second game saw AUS 1 -0 up after first quarter with our NZL girls not firing up in the second quarter to be down 5-1 at half time. Fraser changed his game plan to press and drop and the 3rd quarter finish was 6-4 again in AUS favour but a big improvement for our girls. The girls from NZL fought back in the final quarter and showed why they are wearing the silver fern, by keeping the AUS to 2-2 in this quarter. Although the final score ended in AUS favour at 8-6 our girls certainly picked the pace up. Goal scorers were Ellen Kyrke Smith x 1 , Megan Perry X 1, Sinead Lomax x 1, Alex Boyd x 1 and Casie Bowry top scored on 2.



Today our girls were tied at 3-3 after the first quarter, then AUS went out to a 8-5 half time score. The third quarter saw both teams score 4 goals a piece and the score was 12-9. The girls showed their strength and courage and kept the furious pace on until the end and both teams scored only 1 goal in the final quarter. The final score 13-10 to AUS. Megan Perry, Johanna Theelen, Emma Stoneman, Brooke Pye and Casie Bowry scored 1 a piece , Emma Faulconbridge has a massive game scoring 3, and Sophie equally impressive with 2 goals.



Fraser is happy with the progress the team are making although there is still a lot of work to be done prior to leaving NZL for a training camp and tournament in Eger, Hungary before heading off to the World Champs in Siberia, Russia.



Saturday 23 May

Sharon Geary

Palmerston North Competition – Sunday 17th May

2.00 Milson H20 Vs Milson Tidal Waves
2.45 Milson Tsunamis Vs Winchester School
3.30 Palmerston North Intermediate Sharks Vs Palmerston North Intermediate Makos
4.15 HAVE A GO SESSION

THURSDAY 26th March 2009
Time: Area WHITE vs BLUE
4.00pm Window Chisnallwood C vs STAC White © 9th/10th B Grade
4.00pm Stand Chisnallwood B vs STAC Blue (b) 11th/12th A Grade
4.30pm Window St Marks Yr 8 vs ChCh South 5th/6th A Grade
4.30pm Stand Westburn vs Heaton B 3rd/4th B Grade
5.00pm Window Medbury Yr 7 vs St Josephs 5th/6th B Grade
5.00pm Stand Cobham B vs Kirkwood 1st/2nd B Grade
5.30pm Window St Marks Yr 7 vs Cobham C 7th/8th B Grade
5.30pm Stand Heaton A vs STAC A

6.00pm Window Rangi Ruru vs St Margarets 9th/10th A Grade
6.00pm Stand Cobham A vs Chisnallwood A 1st/2nd A Grade
6.30pm Window Cobham D vs Cobham E 11th/12th B Grade
6.30pm Stand Queenspark vs Medbury Yr 8 7th/8th A Grade

THURSDAY 5th March 2009
Time: Area WHITE vs BLUE
4:00 p.m. Window CHISN B vs CHISN A
4:00 p.m. Stand KIRKWOOD vs COBHAM B
4:30 p.m. Window COBHAM A vs ST MARGARETS
4:30 p.m. Stand CHISN C vs MEDBURY YR 7
5:00 p.m. Window RANGI RURU vS HEATON A
5:00 p.m. Stand QUEENSPARK vs MEDBURY YR 8
5:30 p.m. Window CHCH SOUTH vs STAC BLUE (B)
5:30 p.m. Stand WESTBURN vs ST JOSEPHS
6:00 p.m. Window COBHAM C vs COBHAM E
6:00 p.m. Stand STAC C vs COBHAM D
6:30 p.m. Window STAC A vs BYE
6:30 p.m. Stand
Please note that St Marks Year 7 & 8 teams and Heaton B Schools are away on camp this week.

Hey there everyone. Great news...the entry forms and information are finally on the website for the Bay of Plenty and Waikato Invitational Tournament that is going to be held at the beginning of April 2009. All Primary schools in the North island are invited to take part....no mater if your school plays every week in a competition or not you are all invited to enter a team in the tournament. There is a special catagory for schools that do not play in a weekly competition so there is nothing holding you back! Check out the details on the calender for the 4th and 5th of April and get your entries into me as quick as you can. Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you all at the tournament. Cheers Anna

Sixteen teams; seven boys and nine girls will compete at the South Island Secondary Schools Champs in the next three days in Christchurch.
Also on Saturday, Christchurch's QEII Crushers Womens and Mens teams will be playing Marist Magic Women and Mens teams at 1.00pm & 2.30pm respectively.
In the boys section, the local Christchurch Boys High School A team will be the team to beat, with last years second place James Hargest wanting to give CBHS a run for their money.
Local ChCh schools, St Bedes, Christs College have had some good close games in the local Secondary School competition here as well Christchurch Boys High School B team, St Andrews College and new to the A Grade, an up and coming young team Shirley Boys High School.
In the girls section, last years winners, St Margarets have lost alot of their year 13 players and have a young team this year coached by Zoli Boros and last years second place Marian College as still strong with, goalie Brooke Mather. Villa Maria College will be strong also, with Alexandra Boyd And Johanna Theelen leading the Villa Girls. But you can't count out local girls schools, Christchurch Girls High School, Avonside, Rangi Ruru and Columba College from Dunedin, winners of the Sth Is Year 9 & 10 Tournament last year, as well as Dunedins, St Hildas and Southland Girls.
Games start on Saturday running in two pools from 8.30am until 6.00pm, Sunday 8.00sm until 8.00pm and Monday 8.00 start with the Boys Final at 1.40pm and the Girls Final at 3.35pm.

Gerard Wilkinson formerly from Wellington now playing on the Gold Coast for the Despos as a Goal keeper has been named in the Queensland Country Squad.Gerard is having a great season playing on the Coast ,he has become a real favourite with the younger players.

starting next friday the 6th of march,and running for 3 days,the 2nd bop champs is being held at the rotorua aquatic centre.

16 teams are taking part,4 from hamilton,5 from tauranga,6 from rotorua,and 1 from palmeston north.

looking forward to a big 3 days,leading up to nth islands etc,scores will be posted on

www.waterpolorotorua.org.nz

Time: Area WHITE BLUE
4:00 p.m. Window ST MARKS YR 8 vs CHISN B
4:00 p.m. Stand CHCH SOUTH vs CHISN A
4:30 p.m. Window COBHAM A vs MEDBURY YR 8
4:30 p.m. Stand ST MARKS YR 7 vs HEATON B
5:00 p.m. Window STAC A vs HEATON A
5:00 p.m. Stand STAC WHITE © vs KIRKWOOD
5:30 p.m. Window COBHAM D vs COBHAM C
5:30 p.m. Stand WESTBURN vs MEDBURY YR 7 6:00 p.m. Window QUEENSPARK vs STAC BLUE (b)
6:00 p.m. Stand CHISN C vs COBHAM E
6:30 p.m. Window COBHAM B BYE
Please note that Rangi Ruru, St Margarets and St Josephs Schools are away on camp this week.