2020 • SPORT ROU N D- U P
THIS YEAR’S SPORTING ACTION Words by Mandy Anderson DIRECTOR OF SPORT
The school sporting year always gets off to a colourful start with the whole school athletics event, in equal parts a celebration of athletic success and participation. Outstanding individual efforts resulted in Meg Edwards breaking two records and Una Kinajil-Reding setting the bar high in throwing events for Para Athletes. The school Swimming Sports were altered this year due to non-COVID-19 related factors and the Competitors Only session became a chance to celebrate our top swimmers. Those present witnessed some outstanding individual results including Florence Nelson (Yr 10) breaking four records and Emma Schroder (Yr 13) breaking five records. While the year started with much sporting promise, the summer season was abruptly cut short and sporting campaigns were unable to finish due to COVID-19. The cancellation of Summer Tournament Week brought huge disappointment for both girls and coaches, however, let’s not forget what was achieved in the shortened summer season of 2020:
Rowing At the South Island Secondary Schools’ Championships, Rangi Ruru were awarded Top Girls’ School and 3rd School overall. The squad achieved four Golds, six Silvers and three Bronzes, with many of our crews racing in the age group above to give them a challenge for Maadi, which was ultimately cancelled.
Tennis A joint initiative with St Margaret’s College saw 20 developing Tennis players having expert coaching each week.
Touch SuperTouch Tahi were finalists in the weekly competition (with the final being cancelled), and were crowned Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Girls’ Champions. The team will contest the NZSS Championships in Rotorua in December. A growth in Touch numbers saw three junior teams and two Supertouch teams playing on Wednesday afternoons.
SEVEN’s The inaugural Rangi 7s team competed in the Condors qualifying Tournament in November. Outstanding effort & commitment by the team saw them reach the final - but more importantly was the enjoyment the girls had along the way.
Waterpolo The Senior A team won the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Senior Girls Competition after winning all games in the first round. A long time since Rangi have held the Senior title in Waterpolo! The Junior team are performing strongly in the Term Four weekly competition, currently placing 1st.
Surfing & Dragon Boating It was awesome to see the return of Dragon Boating with an enthusiastic group of girls training hard to compete at the Girls only Secondary School event; and Surfing continued to be a favourite Term One activity with over 35 girls hitting the beach each Tuesday afternoon.
