Achieving the status of the 3rd best team in New Zealand was even more remarkable   with this being the first year Macleans have fielded an Underwater Hockey team, and   with 7 out of the 8 girls never having  played Underwater Hockey before.

The girls played in a series of gruelling games and proved they had the physical stamina and mental attitude of champions.  They took the bronze medal out with a score of  2-1 after a sudden death play off.

Individual accolades were given to Alex Bayes who was selected for the National Junior Girls Tournment Team (a team of up to 10 girls recognized as the best New Zealand players in their grade) and in