Congratulations to Fabrizio Tavano Alonso from Kupe who has been selected to trial with FC Barcelona and Espanyol DE Barcelona in Spain 2009. Also selected for further trials with AS Roma and Laxio football teams in Italy.
Badminton
Macleans College showed skill at the U17 June Bevan Trans-Tasman Badminton Competition. Congratulations to the Northern Regional Number 1 Team who was placed 1st and featured Macleans’ players Jason Leung from Hillary and Victoria Cheng from Rutherford. Jason also won the 2009 Australasian title for the doubles, made the semi finals of the mixed doubles and the quarter finals of the boys’ singles. Victoria was in the semi finals of the mixed doubles, semi finals for the girls’ singles and runners up in the girls’ doubles. Victoria has also been selected for the Pan Pacific team representing New Zealand against Australia in a higher division.
King's Exchange
The annual Macleans College and King’s College sports exchange took place last Saturday. The 2nd XV rugby won 20-0. 5A drew while 5B lost their match, 6A won 15-7 and the 7A team lost to a strong King’s team. The U15 basketball team played a great game defeating King’s College 85-51.
Equestrian
Macleans Equestrian achieved some great results at the recent Auckland Secondary Schools Regional Horse Trials with the B Team featuring in the official prize giving for winning the dressage phase of the pre-training level of the competition. The event was held on Wednesday 29 April at Papatoetoe Pony Club and with a record number of 37 teams entered, Macleans were lucky to get two teams into the competition. Riding for the Macleans A team were Karla de Beer from Mansfield, Michelle Baillie from Upham, Emma Dalton from Hillary and Shannon Holt from Batten. Macleans B Team consisted of Rachel Johnson from Kupe, Rachel Ford from Kupe, Indyah James from Hillary and Antonia Baillie from Upham. The competition is run over one day with each rider completing a dressage test, a round of show jumping and a cross country course. Karla de Beer and Michelle Baillie both competed in the higher level of the competition which was Training/Open while the other riders competed at Pre-training level. Along with the B Team’s success in the dressage there were some great individual results. Rachel Johnson received the top mark in the pre-training dressage phase and Emma Dalton produced a double clear round in both jumping phases.
Rugby
The 1st XV beat Avondale 28 to nil. Anthony Stevens from Upham scored two tries and was the player of the day. Tries were also scored by Sam Busbridge from Snell and Daniel Martin from Upham. Alex Morrison from Snell converted all four tries.
Boys Soccer
The Macleans College Boys’ 1st XI Football Team drew their first match of the league season 1-1 away at Rangitoto College on Saturday 2 May. With the rain lashing down, Macleans fell behind after 15 minutes but, after hitting the bar twice and the post once, the Macleans’ equaliser came from Adrian Crowe from Batten in the 66th minute. Despite sustained pressure from Rangitoto in the final fifteen minutes, the Macleans’ defence held out to get a share of the points. Macleans had a further 6 wins last Saturday - 13A beat Howick 5-0, 14A beat Howick 9-0, 14B1 beat St Kentigern 4-1, while 14B2 defeated Sacred Heart 5-4, 15B1 beat Sancta Maria 3-0 and 15B2 defeated St Kentigern 5-0.
Knock-Out Cup, Botany Downs College vs Macleans College
Macleans lost 2-0 to Botany College.
Girls Soccer
The 1st XI Girls soccer team had a very close pre-season friendly game against the New Zealand champs, Epsom Girls Grammar school on Monday. The girls lost 2–0. Macleans Junior A had their first game for the season on Wednesday resulting in a 1-0 win against Sancta Maria College. Goal scorer was Amy Botha. Players of the day were Amy Botha and Persis Darukhanawalla.
Netball
Macleans have eight teams playing in the Auckland netball competition this year. The teams start the season playing grading games. Last Saturday theses games were played in terrible conditions. The two year 9 teams playing in their first matches in this competition came up against some strong competition, although they both lost, they worked hard throughout their games. 10A played against Onehunga 1. In their first game with a new team for the competition we proved strong early in the season with a 46-3 win. Well done to all the girls - it was pretty to watch and the whole team did us proud. Our 10B team won 27–5 against Onehunga 2. The team worked brilliantly together, and showed real strength, especially in the mid court. This was a fabulous start to the season. The Senior C team had a successful start with a 15-9 win against Mt Albert - they certainly enjoyed playing the game inside! Senior B team had a 17–7 win against Corran. Well done to you all.
On Monday 4 May the Premier and Senior A teams played three games each. Senior A team played well but went down by two goals in each of their games against Diocesan and Botany. In their last game against Mt Roskill, the girls came out very determined which resulted in a 26-17 win. The Premier team had a very successful night winning the first game against St Marys 20-8 and the second game against Mt Roskill 36-3. They then played Baradene and raised their game to only lose by one goal right on full time whistle 25-24. These girls do not now have to grade anymore because of these excellent results and will play in the Auckland Premier netball division this year again.
