Seven boys from Macleans competed in the Auckland Weightlifting Championships on Saturday. All boys registered at least one personal record. Medals were won by Brandon Lipman from Batten - 2nd in the 94kg class, Carl Barnhill from Kupe - 3rd in the 94kg class and Chris Restieaux from Kupe - 3rd in the 62kg class.
Equestrian
A team of four riders represented the school on the 14 June at the North Island Show Hunter Championships, held at St Peter’s College in Cambridge. The team was made up by Michelle Baillie, Shannon Holt, Emma Dalton and Rachel Ford. Individual success was achieved by Rachel Ford who placed third in one of her two classes and Shannon Holt who placed ninth in one class. A special thanks to Miss Ledington who does a wonderful job of organising and supporting our equestrian teams.
Hockey - Girls
1st XI vs St Cuthberts lost 4-0. 3rd XI vs Howick won 3-0. It was a close game throughout the first half with the score at half time being 0–0. A spirited second half saw the girls score 3 goals to win the game 3 – 0.
Hockey - Boys
The boys’ 1st XI hockey team came back strongly from last week’s loss to win against King's 2 9 goals to 1. Three goals were scored by Scott Yeoman and Benjamin Pless with one each to Keegan Payne, Dillan Chandra and Nayan Patel. Joel Lawson had his best game of the season combining with Chris Bunt in defence to ensure King's had few opportunities to try and score. U15 defeated Sancta Maria 3-1. A strong game offensively built around the great play of captain, Jools Walters-Puttick, and two-goal scorer, Paul Mockridge. Generally, the team was a more cohesive unit than in previous matches and provided a superior performance.
Rugby
Having to make a big improvement from a heavy loss to Grammar, the 5a's started well against St Peter’s, scoring a well-worked early try. Going into half-time leading 7-5, the forwards then applied consistent pressure both at the breakdown and in the scrums to provide the platform for 19 unanswered points. Final score 26-5 with 2 tries to Perin MacDonald.
Basketball
Premier Girls A win against Rosehill College 53-43. This was a tight game against a very well coached side of equal strength. Macleans’ outstanding defence and intercepts were the difference between the two teams. Allie Smith and Annabel Heywood were excellent in mid-court disrupting the flow of ball by the Rosehill College players. Boys U15 team displayed improved defensive qualities which restricted the opposition scoring and were well led by captain and leading scorer, Lucas Boonstra. This resulted in a 57–24 win to Macleans.
Soccer - Girls
Macleans 1st X1 confirmed a home leg semi-final tie with an impressive 3-0 win against Papatoetoe. Goal scorers were Annalise Lindsay, Lauren McErlean and Alex Eastwood. Please come and support the girls after school next Wednesday in the semi-final! 3rd XI girls won 3-0 against Elim College. Two goals from Sally Shabbot.
Soccer - Boys
Macleans 1st XI Boys football lost 5-1 at King's College. Tom Gerrard scored our goal. This coming Saturday we are at home vs Rangitoto College, kickoff at 12 noon.
Badminton
Premier team. This well-oiled machine just keeps rolling out the wins with yet another 6-0 triumph, this time over Pakuranga. The toughest game of the match was played by Samuel Ho. However, hot on the heels of his magnificent display at the North Harbour Under 17 competition the weekend before, in which he triumphed over the top seed, his skill and stamina netted him the game with a 31-26 score. East Zone. A 4-2 win for B1, a 4-1 win to C1 (this team is undefeated in the competition) and a hard fought 3-3 draw to C2.
Week six of competition yielded the following results in Friday’s competition; A1 drew with a Sancta Maria team which featured some premier grade players. Praveen was the player of the day winning both his singles and doubles. A2 had a 4-2 win over Edgewater. B1 in their first play off match, won 3 hard fought games to win against Botany B1.
Table Tennis
Gillies Ave table tennis results;
Auckland Secondary schools competition. The 1st premier team have started well with an impressive 7-0 win and one 6-1 win placing them at the top of the table.
The second premier team are faring well with two wins out of five, placing them in 4th position.
Other performances of note involve team 3 at the top of A grade with five wins out of five, and team 6 coming second in B grade, also with five wins.
Netball
The premier girls had a hard fought game against the top of the table Mount Albert Grammar team. They are a classy side with skills and size (height and bulk) that play a great game of netball and although we lost 48-24, our whole squad had the experience of playing in this game. We look forward to our challenge next Saturday against Epsom Girls Grammar. Senior A went down to Mt Albert by four goals. The final score was Mt Albert 19 Macleans 15. The score reflects the closely contested game with Mt Albert and Macleans. 10A team started strongly again and dominated the court in the first three quarters against Baradene 2 winning the game 26-14. 10B had a great win over St Cuthberts on Saturday scoring 29 goals and conceding only 12. As the competition gets increasingly tougher this team are rising to the challenge with a determined attitude.
