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Rangitoto College
Rangitoto's Premier Girls won the Auckland title as well as bronze at nationals. Rangitoto's Premier Boys Volleyball team won both the national and Auckland titles.
The Premier Boys team celebrating their perfect season and national title. The Premier Girls Volleyball team celebrating their bronze medal at nationals. The Premier Boys team had history-making season.
Rangitoto College stunned the Auckland and New Zealand volleyball community last month, making history with ten days of spectacular results, topped off with our Premier Boys winning the national title during tournament week.
This followed record-breaking results at the Auckland Championships where both our boys' and girls' premier teams won gold, making Rangitoto the first school to take out both titles in a year.
As well as these team successes, a number of players had their individual talent and skill recognised through being named in the tournament teams: Ethan Skelton, Connor Oakley, Lucas Payne and Nico Lietz were named in the National Tournament team, and Nico, Ethan and Lucas were also named in the Auckland Championship Boys team.
Our Premier Girls, captained by Kaia Buckley, also had a stellar season. In addition to their gold at Auckland champs, they placed bronze at nationals, and Honoka Maeda, Kiana Stevenson, Shauna Li and Kirsty Laming all made the Auckland Championship Girls team; Honoka also made the National Tournament team.
The Rangi B Boys were also in action over Summer Tournament week and excelled by winning the first-ever Senior North Island Satellite Tournament. A huge achievement for our future stars.
We are incredibly proud of our volleyball players. A special thank you to our amazing skilled coaches, almost all of whom are alumni who are giving back to our programme, and our hard-working managers.
Boys’ results
New Zealand Secondary Schools – placed first and the first-ever Rangitoto team to win this event.
Auckland Championship – placed first for the first time in 13 years.
Premier League – placed first.
Harbour Super League – placed first.
Harbour Seeding Tournament – placed first.
Girls’ results
New Zealand Secondary Schools – bronze medal.
Auckland Championship – placed first and the first Rangitoto girls team to win this event.
Premier League – placed first.
Harbour Super League – placed first.
Rangitoto College’s top water polo teams medal at North Islands
Rangitoto College’s water polo players gained some remarkable results in Term 1, with our Premier Boys team winning the Auckland Championships – an especially amazing achievement given Sacred Heart College has held the trophy for nine years. Our Premier Girls also claimed a silver medal after a tight final against Diocesan School for Girls.
Prior to this, the North Island Secondary Schools Championships tournament for water polo took place in Wellington last month. Rangitoto College sent our Premier Boys and Girls teams, with both performing exceptionally, bringing home silver medals.
Our teams were top of their pools after a few strong victories. The boys then had an excellent run in the knockout games with notable victories over Westlake Boys and Sacred Heart while the girls had fantastic victories over Carmel and Diocesan Senior A.
It was remarkable to see both teams play in the finals on the last day of competition. The boys gained their silver after a 5-5 draw and a narrow loss to Hamilton Boys in the penalty shootout. The girls played a very hard-fought match against a strong Diocesan team to bring home our second silver medal of the day. These excellent results showcase the depth of talent in our water polo programme, and we look forward to nationals in May. As always, thank you to our talented coaches and dedicated managers for supporting our teams to achieve at the highest level.
The Premier Boys Water Polo team won the Auckland title and silver at North Islands.
The Premier Girls Water Polo team played exceptionally to win silver at both the Auckland and North Island championships.
Students walked and ran through the night at Relay for Life. Rangitoto's Relay for Life team raised over $21,500 for the Cancer Society. 80 students walked and ran a total of 7,300 laps!
Spectacular Cancer Society fundraising efforts
On Saturday 27th March, 80 students and six staff from Rangitoto College participated in the Auckland Central Relay for Life – fundraising over $21,500 for the Cancer Society.
Every step taken around the track represented the unstoppable fight to create a future with less cancer. Rangitoto College joined this event to celebrate cancer survivors and carers, remember loved ones lost to cancer and fight back by raising awareness and funds to support the work of the Cancer Society. While we are very proud of all our team members for their incredible effort, a special mention goes to our top fundraisers – Orlando Aguilera, Lily Marshall and Izzie Williams.
Most of the students set themselves a personal goal for the number of laps they wanted to complete and a large majority walked and/or ran at least a marathon over the event. Ethan Munro-Scown, a Year 13 student, decided to set himself a challenge of 200 laps. In the end, he managed an astonishing 230 laps; well over two marathons!
With Zumba, tug of war and yoga to keep the participants awake, plus a much-needed sugar hit at midnight, they made it. After up to 14 hours of walking, running and laughing around the track, the team collectively walked more than 7,300 laps. A huge thank you to the members of staff that helped to make this event possible and to everyone that supported the students by donating.
Rangitoto College congratulates each and every one of the Rangi Relay for Life 2021 Team. We are immensely proud of the fundraiser and hope to see as many of you as possible at Relay for Life 2022!
