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Success for OAS Dragon Boating Teams
Last term some keen students signed up for the Aoraki Dragon Boating Secondary Schools challenge. With algae tested in Lake Hood in Ashburton the secondary schools' dragon boating champs were moved to Lake Ruger (Sparks Lake), here in Oxford, which meant we had an amazing support team as not only parents and family members attended but lots of supportive community too.
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Our 10-man boat of mixed boys & girls team, along with our 20-person girls team worked hard all day long starting with a one-kilometre race, 500 metre and 200-metre races. With each race under their belt, a fire was building within and by the finals, they were well alight!
Team Members:
1. Bella Eginton-Abbott
2. Liz Eginton-Abbott
3. Jade Anderson
4. William Anderson
5. Elizabeth Cooper
6. Zara Chittenden
7. Lara Dalley
8. Isabella Duncan
9. Alyssa East
10. Kyron East
11. Bridget Eder
12. Isaac Elliott
13. Jero Galway
14. Jaxon Graham
15. Matilda Hart
16. Scarlett Hart
17. Will Hart
18. Talan Lovatt
19. Myles McLauchlan
20. Tayla Marquet
We came away with 3rd in the Girls 200m, 2nd in the girls 500m, 1st in the Mixed 10s 200m, 2nd mixed 10s 500m, 1st in the mixed 10s 1km, and best of all we retained the mixed small boats sprints championship trophy which has no one else's name on it at all!!
A huge thank you to the parents who supported their children, to Sue Eginton and Lisa Watson, Mike & Bec Hart, and Rachael Elliott for their endless support driving.
To Mike Robinson of Northern Phoenix for all his coaching hours and a super big thank you to Lauren Morris for her coaching and sweeping during this time. Lauren was one of the founding members of this Dragon Boating team and therefore it is only fitting that she has now gained her sweeping qualifications which means we get to have her as part of our team once again.
