Badminton

2020 saw a small boost in numbers for those wanting to be involved in the Interschool Badminton competition. We had a total of 39 students playing this year – many returning players and some talented students playing for the school for the first time. Covid-19 restrictions throughout the year did cause a bit of change in how things were run, in particular, the absence of sport practice which for Badminton, our main time to practice during the week before the official games. All players coped really well with this. All teams simply used the time before games to pick up on and practice the necessary techniques to get a few wins in here and there. It is great to work with such a polite and thoughtful group of students. The results for this year were a mixed bag across both the boys’ and girls’ competition. Over 80 different teams from nearly 15 schools within Hawke’s Bay played in the 2020 Secondary Schools competition this year. Our outstanding team was our D2 Boys grade who were runners-up in their division. Huge congratulations goes to this team. C Grade Boys’ = 7th place D1 Grade Boys’ = 3rd place D2 Grade Boys’ = 2nd place

B Grade Girls’ 5th place C Grade Girls’ 12th place D1 Grade Girls’ 7th place D2 Grade Girls’ 5th place

A special thank you to Ms Glenny for her organisation of Badminton again this year, particularly for overseeing the girls’ teams. Supporting Ms Glenny was Mr Ben Reay, Mrs Faye McDonald, Ms Ginny Redwood and Mrs Tracy Taylor. And to Mr Mark Rolls who looked after the boys again this year and was kindly helped by Mrs Julie Burn.

Badminton Boys C

Back row: Samuel Somerville-Ryan, Zach Hatton, Mrs J Burn Front row: Keegan Russell, Gabriel Barlow, Jack Arcus, Blake Manson

Badminton Boys D

Back row: Josh Stephens, Brydon Crossan, William Wepa-Hazel, Cameron Trass, Mrs J Burn Front row: Raymond Yang, Lance Norman, Cole Potts-Tyro, Kane McGregor, Bodie Scott

Badminton Girls B

Back row: Sara Renall, Mrs F McDonald Front row: Emma Renall, Hayley Austin, Jennifer Boyd Absent: Tobi Wells, Sammi Eaglestone Badminton Girls C Back row: Paige Flashoff, Ms H Glenny Front row: Nicole Thomson, Lexie Trotter, Hayley Smith, Phimwaree Toanchalee Absent: Alia Polon

Badminton Girls D

Back row: Mr B Reay, Jodi Coombs, Kate Hastings, Katelyn Church, Amie Osborne, Mrs T Taylor Front row: Natalie Lawas, Kaitlyn Cornelissen, Krystal Matthews, Pippa Osborne, Nicky Paton 81