2017 was an AMAZING year for WHS SPORT

The Year 2017

What an amazing year WHS has had with sport.  Here are a few great moments we have had!

February 
• NZ Kayaking Champs started the year well with our WHS kayakers bringing home 4 national titles and plenty of silver and bronze medals
• Sport Development Programme continues with our athletes and sports teams

March
• Sarya Lower competed at the NZ Age Group Champs winning medals
• 1st XI Boys Cricket won the Wanganui T20 Competition advancing to the Ross Taylor CD Final
• WHS Moto X boys team competed at the NZSS Champs in Rotorua finishing 10th, then heading to New Plymouth to win the Taranaki Moto X SS Champs
• WSS Athletics – Two school records broken. Rebecca Baker 800m & Sophie 
Andrews – Shot Putt
• NISS Rowing Champs – Bronze medal to Niamh Monk in the U16 single
• WHS Swim Champs – Two new records broken by Sarya Lower
• Fit Club going strong with over 150 students joined and enjoying the facility
• Summer Tournament week gets underway

April
• Jimi Blinkhorne – Roller Hockey training in Spain for a month
• Tiaho Hamahona Taiaroa – NZ Rugby League U16 Squad
• WHS Kayakers win medals at MZ Marathon Champs
• NISS Athletics – 5 school records broken over the weekend
• Maadi Cup Rowing – Jonty Thomson and Levi Carroll finish 5th in NZ, Cameron Lawrence and Ben Tijsen-Cox finish 7th.

May
• WHS Tough Guy & Gal Champions 2017 
• WSS Cross Country – Junior Girls- Rebecca Baker 1st, Senior Boys – Liam Jones 1st & senior boys win 3 & 6 to score 
• Sarya Lower broke 4 school records at the NISS Swim Champs

June
• Lucas Thompson, Sophie Brooke, Jack Clifton – selected for the CRNZ high performance athlete pathway camp for kayaking
• New Plymouth Girls High sports exchange 
• NZSS Cross Country Champs – Rebecca Baker 4th in NZ- Junior Girls
• Hutt Valley High sports exchange
• Youth Games – JA1 Netball, JA Girls Basketball, Blake Sherman – Golf – winners of Youth Games 2017

July
• Central U18 Girls Hockey Team – 1st at the nationals Rebecca Baker, Joanna Bell, Emma Rainey (MVP of tournament) 
• Central U18 Boys Hockey Team – 2nd at the nationals Ryan Gray, Jordan Cohen, Patrick Madder
• Emma Rainey, Ryan Gray and Jordan Cohen selected in the NZ U18 Camp in December
• 19 WHS netballers make the U15 & U17 Whanganui rep teams
• Sport Development Programme works with hockey and netball teams leading into tournament week in September

August 
• Senior Boys, Junior Boys & Junior Girls win Wanganui SS competition
• 1st XI Girls and Boys Hockey teams won the Division 1 SS Competition in Palmerston Nth
• Wiremu Rogan – 2nd in 94kg weightlifting at NZSS Champs 
• U15 Gold Rugby Team – win Wanganui U15 Grade 
• Hawera High sports exchange
• Winter Central 6 Tournament for Junior in Palmerston Nth

September
• Sports Prefects hold their charity fun run – Great day! 
• Wanganui Seven’s Tournament – U15 boys, Open boys and Girls compete with girls winning the final 26-24 against City College
• Round the Lake Relay – Junior Girls team win 
• Netball Whanganui prizegiving – JA2 team win SS3 grade 
• Winter tournament week gest underway – WHS 1st XI girls hockey 2nd in their tournament

October 
• WHS Sports Awards – Dux Girl – De Ann Tyrell , Dux Boy – Mairangi Tamehana , Principals Cup – Outstanding performance Keightley Watson 
• U15 boys rep hockey team – 1st at nationals – Connor Hoskin, Max Campbell, Ryan Bayler, Jakob Moorhouse, Nathan Cohen and Kaelin Mooney 
• Keightley Watson – outstanding year of Judo in NZ & Internationally – 5th in the world

November 
• Wanganui Park Secondary College, Shepperton, Melbourne – visit WHS 
• Senior Volleyball boys win competition in Palmerston Nth
• Summer central 6 for Junior sports teams
• Mixed Touch Team – Team of the Year – Ray White Wanganui Sports Awards
• 1st XI Boys Cricket team win CD Ross Taylor T20 Final
• WSS Sports Awards 
• Team of the Year – Mixed Touch Team 
• Official of the Year – Charlie Brown
• Junior sportsman – Keightley Watson
• Senior sportswomen – Emma Rainey

December
• NZSS Athletics – Rebecca Baker (NZ Champ) 1st in 1500 mtr junior girls. Travis Bayler 6th in senior boys 400 mtr final, Sophie Andrews 6th in junior girls’ hammer 
• Girls touch team competes at the NZSS nationals

A GREAT YEAR OF SPORT AT WHS 
2018 HERE WE COME!!

Lisa Murphy
WHS Director of Sport