High School crews collect 11 wins at Champs - March 2015
ALL DECKED OUT: Wanganui High School in their new uniforms, provided by funding from Pub Charity.
The banks of the Whanganui River were lined once again with tents and teenagers on Saturday for a busy running of the Wanganui School Championships.
Four Wanganui region secondary schools were joined by competitors from a further 12 schools for 45 races on the river, starting with the sculling heats in the morning, then continuing with the finals and the coxed races in the afternoon.
Bringing the biggest and strongest group of local entrants, Wanganui High School came away with eleven victories in the A Finals.
They also got 10 runner-up spots and six third placings.
As expected, Jessica Brougham and Kayla Spencer were too strong as a team in the Girls Under 18 double sculls and the coxless pair.
Nathan Luff had a profitable day on the water, winning the Under 18 single, being part of winning double scull with Adam Wadey, and then the two of them were part of the coxed quad sculls team win with Harry Lillington, Guy Thomson and cox Jack Clark.
Matthew Wright and Brodie Manson won the Under 17 double sculls, then teamed with Cameron Lawrence, Ben Tijsen-Cox and Niamh Mullany (cox) for Under 17 coxed-quad sculls victory. Nga Tawa Diocesan School were very strong in the coxed eight events, as predominantly the same crew of girls, with the odd age group substitution, finished runners-up in the Under 16, 17 and 18 finals.
The school also earned a third placing in the Girls Under 16 double sculls.
Cullinane College's best effort was the runner-up position in the Boys Under 15 coxed quad sculls, plus two thirds in the Girls Under 17 singles and coxless pair.
Wanganui Collegiate secured thirds from their Girls Under 15 in both the coxed four and the eight, while Wanganui Girls College picked up a third placing in the Under 16 coxed four.
Results
Wanganui High School
Boys U15 coxed four: 3rd (Jonty Thomson, Luke Forrester, Luke Thornton, Levi Carroll, Jack Clark); Girls U18 double sculls: 1st (Jessica Brougham, Kayla Spencer); Girls U15 coxed four: 2nd (Emily Payne, Anna Brown, Devon Thompson, Candice Buys, Rhea Colaabavala); Boys U17 double sculls: 1st (Matthew Wright, Brodie Manson), 2nd (Ben Tijsen-Cox, Charlie Quirk); Girls U17 coxed four: 3rd (Rylee Dudley, Taliah Su'a, Sophie Back, Liberty Bracegirdle, Niamh Mullany); Boys U18 double sculls: 1st (Nathan Luff, Adam Wadey); Girls U18 single: 2nd (Jessica Brougham), 3rd (Kayla Spencer); Boys U17 coxed four: 2nd (Jacob Hiroti, Matthew Wright, Kyle Ryland, Jacob Groves, Max Holloway); Boys U18 single: 1st (Nathan Luff), 2nd (Adam Wadey), 3rd (Guy Thomson); Boys U16 double sculls: 3rd (Ryan Cvitanovich, Liam Jones); Girls U16 coxed four: 2nd (Ally Bennett, Taliah Su'a, Liberty Bracegirdle, Rylee Dudley, Niamh Mullany); Boys U17 single: 1st (Guy Thomson), 2nd (Harry Lillington), 3rd (Brodie Manson); Boys U15 coxed quad sculls: 1st (Jonty Thomson, Luke Forrester, Levi Carroll, Luke Thornton, Jess Manson); Boys U16 coxed quad sculls: 1st (Cameron Lawrence, Charlie Quirk, Ben Tijsen-Cox, Kyle Ryland, Max Holloway), 2nd (Liam Jones, Ryan Cvitanovich, Zane Puklowski, Joseph Hiroti, Jack Clark); Girls U16 coxed quad sculls: 2nd (Ally Bennett, Taliah Su'a, Liberty Bracegirdle, Rylee Dudley, Niamh Mullany); Girls U18 coxless pair: 1st (Kayla Spencer, Jessica Brougham); Boys U18 coxed quad sculls: 1st (Nathan Luff, Adam Wadey, Harry Lillington, Guy Thomson, Jack Clark); Boys U17 coxed quad sculls: 1st (Matthew Wright, Cameron Lawrence, Ben Tijsen-Cox, Brodie Manson, Niamh Mullany), 2nd (Jacob Hiroti, Harry Lillington, Jake Visser, Jacob Groves, Max Holloway).