Sport

JUNIOR SCHOOL Sport

Junior School Athletic Champions

Year 4 Champions

1st - Leonie Graystone 2nd= - Nalani Tuhoe and Anna Xu

Year 5 Champions

1st= - Charlotte Bruford and Aveia Renault-Pollard 3rd - Alice Li

Year 6 Champions

1st - Jackie Xu 2nd - Zara Sharp 3rd - Anemone Morgan Our talented Year 5&6 Athletics students attend the Remuera Zone Day at Mt Smart Stadium. Our girls were strong in their heats with most of them making the finals of their races. 3rd place Year 6 Girls 60m - Zara Sharp 2nd place Year 6 Girls Ball Throw Adora Zhang 3rd place Year 6 Girls 4x100m Relay team Zara Sharp, Anemone Morgan, Meg Fowler and Jackie Xu

Junior School Cross Country Champions

Year 4 Champions

1st - Hope Wang 2nd - Mila Firth 3rd - Emily Zhan

Year 5 Champions

1st - Aveia Renault-Pollard 2nd - Sophie Qu 3rd - Leila Roosen

Year 6 Champions

1st - Aimee Bradley 2nd - Jackie Xu 3rd - Meher Randhawa

Flippa Ball

Our Flippa Ball/Mini Polo programme continued to grow in 2020, with two teams being added to the grade, for a total of seven teams, with 70 girls playing the sport in the Junior School. We achieved some top results in our grades, and built a strong foundation of players to serve the Water Polo programme in future years.

Football

Consistent training has been paying off as our weekly skill sessions lead to our Year 3 and 4 team making excellent progress in their Saturday morning games. Thank you to our senior payers who coach and supervise on match day. With the growing numbers we hope to field more teams next year.

Futsal

Adapting to this indoor game was easy for our girls as the required ball skills and tactics are similar to football which many of the girls had played this year. We had one team in the local league played on Saturdays and expect to have more next year as this is a fast growing sport.

Tennis

Our after-school coaching option offers a real taste of the coordination and footwork needed for this sport. This preparation helps prepare our young tennis players for either club competitions or for playing in one of our school teams from Year 7.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics was once again popular in the junior school, with over 50 students giving it a try throughout Terms 1, 3 and 4. The girls gave up their Monday lunchtime every week to train with professional coaches from Tristar. The annual fun festival was cancelled but despite this, the girls carried on training. The Remuera Zone competition still went ahead and the Year 5 and 6 students that competed came away with some fantastic results. Our Year 5 and 6 Teams both placed 2nd overall. A team of Year 6 students then went on to compete at the Auckland Primary school Champs of Champs where Olivia Lindon placed 3rd individually. Year 5 Team of Gymnasts consisted of: Coco Alpe, Charlotte Bruford, Sophie Loveheart Qu and Ava Burt.

Our Year 6 Team of Gymnasts were: Olivia Lindon, Amber Zhou, Rachel Wight, Zara Sharp and Sacha Newland.

Hockey

There were 6 hockey teams across the junior school this year. Due to the disrupted year our Year 4–6 hockey students had a longer season than normal. The girls were able to train throughout Term 1, Term 2 and Term 3 and a lot of the students took part in the hockey holiday clinics which were available. It was great to see such dedication from our students and their enthusiasm for trainings and games. The girls were very fortunate to be coached by our fantastic Senior School student coaches and assisted by our current Blacksticks and Old Girls Julia King, Katie Doar and Madi Doar.

Netball

Our junior school netball programme saw 5 teams comprising of over 40 students participating in the Thursday night competition. The students were lucky enough to also be involved in an internal tournament after school where they all had a number of competitive and fun games with one another after the season was cut short.

Skiing

This year we had a team compete at the Auckland Primary and Intermediate School Ski Champs at Snowplanet. Alexia Liu was awarded Gold in the Junior Primary Ski Category. In the 365 Challenger Cup, St Cuthbert’s placed 1st for the Primary Girls Ski category with both Alexia Liu and Amelia Huang’s points combined. Alexia placed 1st in the Year 1–4 Girls category in all 3 events. At the NZ Indoor Slalom Championships, Alexia Liu won bronze in the Under 10 category and Amelia Huang won gold in the Under 8 category.

Junior School Swimming Champions

Year 4 Champions

1st - Hope Wang 2nd - Jessica Yeoman 3rd - Lucia Yoon

Year 5 Champions

1st - Sophie Qu 2nd - Amy Tang 3rd - Teresa Sun

Year 6 Champions

1st - Jackie Xu 2nd - Melody Ding 3rd - Aimee Bradley