MAC Mag 06

Our Super Squad of four intrepid adventurers, our
battlers, ballerinas and brainboxes, have beaten off
the competition to become the South Island Champions.
Channel 2’s daily magazine program ‘Studio 2’ is
searching the entire country for the ultimate ‘Super
Squad’. For the last three months the Studio 2 Crew have
been the length and breadth of the South Island, pitting
the finest four contestants of that area that makes up a
Super Squad, against one another.
Mount Aspiring College’s Squad consisted of a ‘Brainbox’
(Rohan Brash), an ‘Entertainer’ (Lara Bullock), a ‘Daredevil’
(Elmo Cotter) and a ‘Sport Billy’ (Henry Schikker).
In the early rounds each contestant competed
individually in their events but as the competition
developed, so did the team spirit until the whole squad
was involved in every challenge. They have wowed the
crowds with incredible dances incorporating basketball
and rugby; Shocked, with daring deeds with rats, spiders
and dubious cocktails; Amazed, with golf, cricket and
goldfish catching prowess. And let’s not forget the head
scratching caused by the Battle of the Brains.
In the first round we whitewashed Westport. In the
quarter final, we mauled Motueka and in the semi final
we hammered Hokitika. This means that Wanaka will
represent the South Island against the best the North
Island can come up with.
The Squad have already collected their ‘G Shock’
watches, their ‘ipod Shuffles’ and won an ‘Apple
eMac’ for the school, but that’s not all. The squad
will be flown to Auckland to compete for one whole
week for the Grand Prize of an all expenses paid
holiday to Australia, and the prestigious title of
‘Super Squad of New Zealand’!
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1) Special
Ability:
2) Favourite
Moments:
3) Hardest
Challenge:
4) What are
you most
looking
forward to
in the
Grand Final:
5) Worst
Moment:
6) Coolest Prize
(Why?):
7) Best thing
about going
to Australia:
Rohan Brash, 8CB
1) Brain Box – top of
the class with all things
brainy!
2) Beating the other
teams in the Brain Box
Challenge.
3) Drinking the
disgusting ‘milkshake’
without being sick.
4) Being able to
compete face to face
(and perhaps going up
the Skytower!)
5) Drinking the
milkshake made of
chillies, sardines, baked
beans and raw eggs.
6) I love listening to
music on my ‘ipod
shuffle’.
7) I think the hotel will
be amazing and there
will be so many great
places to visit.
Lara Bullock, 8GO
1) The Star: Confident,
not at all shy, good
public speaker and
great dancer.
2) I loved the first dance
because I was alone in
the spotlight, and seeing
Henry cream pie Mr
Jackways!
3) Trying to teach three
boys with no experience
how to dance.
4) Dancing in a real
studio with lots of
cameras and a huge
audience.
5) Thinking real spiders
were crawling over my
face when really it was
just plastic ones – scary!
6) Ipod Shuffle is
fantastic.
7) Being back in my
home country – GO
AUSTRALIA!
Elmo Cotter, 8GO
1) Daredevil: Not
afraid to do stuff that is
disgusting, embarrassing
or messy.
2) Realising that we
were the South Island
Champions!
3) Not throwing up when
drinking the ‘milkshake’.
4) Going to Auckland
will be awesome – and
meeting the other team
will be very exciting.
5) Drinking the
‘milkshake’ of sardines,
raw eggs, chillies and
baked beans. Disgusting!
6) I’ve always wanted
to listen to my music
wherever I am, the ‘ipod’
is my favourite prize – so
far!
7) The activities lined up
will be great – but I can’t
wait to stay in a massive
hotel.
Henry Schikker, 8WT
1) Sport Billy: General all
around sports’ person type.
2) Finally winning after
competing in all the rounds
and challenges.
3) Having to prepare and
learn the dancing for the
Performance Challenges.
4) Travelling up to
Auckland and competing
in some new and different
big challenges.
5) Losing the first Gauntlet
Challenge, just by a few
seconds.
6) The ‘ipod shuffle’
because I didn’t have one
and I really wanted one.
7) Maybe going surfing
and swimming in the sea
and all the other cool
activities over there.