Young Climber reaches for the skies!
At the final of the National Cup Climbing Series held at Mount Maunganui on the weekend of 14/15 August Josh Evans (Year 10 Long Bay College student) performed especially well gaining a Gold, Silver and Bronze medal.
Gold Medal: Under 16 Male Difficulty
Silver Medal: Under 16 Male Speed
Bronze Medal: Male Opens
Josh is the youngest male to compete in the Opens category against the best adults and coaches in New Zealand. He was the only  competitor to top out on the first qualifying round across the ceiling and over the audience. Very exciting! After round 2 and going into the finals, he was ranked number one. This meant he was the last competitor to come out for the final climb. This is a lot of pressure for anyone!
Josh sets off on his World tour with the top youth New Zealand climbers on Tuesday 24 August. Teacher in Charge of Climbing at Long Bay College Jeff Evans said ‘He`s in great shape, very motivated and ready to compete in the Youth World Championships in Scotland. He`ll be gone for a total of 21 days travelling with the NZ Team, the team will visit Australia, Korea, Germany, Austria, England and Scotland’.
Swimming Success
Henry Wiseman (age 14) competed at the Auckland Winter Swimming Championships at West Wave Pools, Henderson, 22-25th July. Henry had some great performances, achieving many lifetime bests, for example 1500 metres freestyle in 17:11.66 mins.
Henry was racing in the 13-14 year old category and won four medals, for
1500, 400, 200 freestyle and 400 I.M., and two youth category (under 16) medals. In the 13-14s he won a gold, 2 silver and a bronze, and in the under 16s, a silver and a bronze.
For Henry this meeting was a substantial breakthrough, which seeds him
well for the forthcoming National short course Age Group swim championships in Christchurch during the next school holidays.
 WAKO National Tournament
Congratulations to Kelvin Foord (Year 11) who was awarded 2nd place at the NZ National Kick Boxing Tournament, on Sunday 15 August, for Under 63kg Light Continuous and Under 63kg Semi Contact Division.
 Winter Swimming Champs
Long Bay College student Monique King (Year 10) had an excellent meet at the Auckland Winter Swimming Champs held in Henderson from 22-25 July.
Her results were:
Gold - Girls 13-14 yr 400m freestyle
Silver - Youth (15 & under) 400m freestyle
Silver - Girls 13-14 yr 800m freestyle
Silver - Youth (15 & under) 800m freestyle
Silver - Girls 13-14 yr 200 freestyle
Silver - Youth (15 & under) 200m freestyle
Bronze - Girls 13-14 yr 400IM
 Success for Long Bay College Students
Two Year 10 Long Bay College students Brogan McDonald and Lydia Taylor represented New Zealand at the Athletics Gold Coast Down-under Championship held during the school holidays in July. Both girls had a very successful meeting.
Brogan won every race bar the heat in the 200m. She qualified for the “B” final where she won Gold. She also competed in the 100m events and won Gold having competed against 36 competitors from New Zealand, Australia and USA.
 Lydia Taylor (year 10) won Gold in pole vaulting. This was Lydia's first International meet and she won her age group of under 16's Pole Vault, which is the 14, 15, 16 combined against other Australian, New Zealand and American Girls. Lydia had the second highest jump of the meet and therefore was ranked second in the open division which is an amazing achievement for a 14 year old girl. Lydia is now ranked number one in New Zealand for the Women's 16 Pole Vault.
Trampoline Success for Students
Four Long Bay College students excelled themselves at a recent club competition representing North Shore Trampoline at the Northern Regional Champs. The competition is at the National Qualifying Level and had athletes from all over New Zealand.
Chris Hill
17+ yrs Gold Synchro (went up an age group for this one to push himself)
15-16 Gold Trampoline
15-16 Gold DMT
Johnny Weatherly
15-16 Gold Synchro
15-16 Bronze Trampoline
15-16 Silver DMT
Rachael de Jong
15-16 Silver Trampoline
Jnr. Int. Gold Synchro (first time in this group)
Kathryn Dunye
15-16 Bronze DMT
Chris Hill (Yr 12) is the current North Island Champion for Trampoline, and Double Mini Trampoline, and shares first place in Synchro with Matt Gow (Yr 11).
Rachael de Jong (Yr 10), Johnny Weatherly (Yr 11), Matt Gow (Yr 11) have been placed in various age division competitions but don’t hold titles this year.
Chris, Matt, Rachael and Johnny have all qualified to represent North Harbour at the Gymsports National Competition this year in September.
Hockey Success for Junior Girl
Monica Boylan (Yr 10) has had a fantastic first season as a player in the North Harbour Girls under 15A hockey team. On the weekend of the 17/18 July the girls had their national tournament in Napier and won the tournament beating Canterbury in the final 2 nil and Monica was one of the leading goal scorers with 5 goals. The season has been a very positive and rewarding atmosphere for all concerned. Coach Sharron Williamson nee Webb, was a Long Bay College student and hockey player back in the late seventies/early eighties.
Student selected for NZ Womens Curling Senior Team
Katie Bauer (Year 13) has been selected to play for the NZ Curling Womens' Senior team.
Katie has been a mainstay of the Long Bay College Curling team for a number of years and has also had success playing for Auckland Curling Club and New Zealand in tournaments. Katie is also a member of the NZ U21 ladies team. The Long Bay College Mixed Team skippered by Katie is currently joint second in Pool A with a game in hand, and the Long Bay College boys team skippered by Sean Mahendren is top of Pool B having won all 4 games so far.
Judo success for two Long Bay College students
At the New Zealand Secondary Schools Judo competition in Tauranga on the 18 July, two students representing Long Bay College won medals. Tatalong Hannarong (Year 10) won Silver and Isaac Drakeley (Year 9) won Bronze.
Well Done to Students in Motocross Championship
Two students represented Long Bay College at the 2010 New Zealand Intermediate and Secondary Schools Motocross Championship at the Ardmore Motocross Park in Auckland in May. Henry Griffith (Year 9) was placed first in the 12-14years 125-250cc and Daniel Bond (Year 11) came 10th in the 14-16 years 85cc. Over 250 riders entered with 102 teams competing for the schools teams trophies. The event has evolved over the last 11 years to become established as the longest running one day Junior Motocross in New Zealand and one of New Zealand’s premier motocross events.
Long Bay College Sportswear
School /Sport Jackets and PE Uniform
These items are available for purchase from Teamwear New Zealand in Orbit Drive, Albany.
| School/Sports Jacket |
$65.00 |
| Tracksuit Pant |
$40.00 |
| PE Shirt |
$35.00 |
| PE Shorts |
$20.00 |
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