Ashburton Courier: August 13, 2020

Ashburton College
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment
News
Issue 21
13 August 2020
Events
Year 12 OutdoorEducation Students’
Mt Somers Trip
Last week the Year 12 OutdoorEducationclasses had theirsecondand
final tramping trip for the year. Teacher Luke Martin said that due to
everything thathas happened in recent months,the venue of thishike
waschangedto athree-day trip aroundMtSomers,stayingatboth the
Pinnacles and Woolshed Creek huts.
Consideringitwas winter, theweatherwas great, which made the trip that
much moreenjoyable,asitwas perfect tramping weather. With somesnow
still around, this gave studentsthe experienceofhiking through snow.
The first two days made for some challenging but reasonably short days,
giving studentstime to iron out anyissues thatarose -frompoorly packed
bagsand straps thatneededadjusting, to figuring outapacethateveryone
could walk comfortably at and stay as agroup. Byday three they had
these minor issues all sorted, which was good timing asthe last day was
the ‘biggie’, being an8hour hike back tothe Sharplin Falls carpark from
Woolshed Creek hut.
Luke noted that staying in the huts gave everybody the chance torest up
and enjoy afew card games, while the fire did its job keeping everyone
warm. Healso said that itwas great to see all students improve their
tramping skills over thethree days,taking on-boardadvicefromeach other
as well as learning from their own
mistakes.
A two day mountain biking
trip is the next outdoor trip, in
September.
(Pictured right): Students making
their waydowntothe swing
bridge,after leaving Woolshed
Creek Hut.
(Pictured left, leftto
right): Gabriel Forster
Lobato de Faria,
William Joyce,
George Goodes,
JoshDunlea and
LaurenceVan
Zeyl-Hemarataking a
well-deservedrestat
the ‘bus stop’.
Junior Skiers Hitthe Slopes
Ski trips to Mt Hutt Skifield for Year 9and 10 students are anOutdoor
Education Activitywhich students areencouraged to take partin.
The first of these days took place onThursday 30July in windy but warm
conditions, onthe same day asthe College Tucker Trophy Competition, as
reported oninlast week’s newsletter. Asecond junior students’ski day is
scheduled forTuesday08September.
Teacher Karen McKenzie said that, of the group of fifty students very few
were on the learner slopes,and most enjoyedthe Quad Chair and Summit 6
Chair,inperfect snowconditions. All students made the most of their day,
and were acredittothe College.
Due tothe day being part ofCollege’s Outdoor Education programme,
ski and snowboard lessons were acompulsory part ofthe package, with
beginners up fora9:00am class,and other skiers at 11:00am.
(Pictured, clockwise from top left): Ollie Bubb (front) and James Stocker
(next inline) gearing-up for the day, with teacher Ron Carlson and other
students at the back; Molly McKenna; (left toright): Lachie Jemmett,
Sam Orr, Nick Kershaw; and relaxing at the table (clockwise from front left):
Tom Patterson, Logan Williams, Emmett Rowlands, Sara Sheppard,
Sophie Gibson, Chloe Braas,Hayley Smith.
Congratulations
College Girls’ 1st XI Football Season Starts
Playing in the Aoraki Competition, the College team had its first
competition game ofthe season onThursday 30July, playing against
CraigheadDiocesan School.
Coach Luke Martin said that with only acouple oftraining sessions as a
team behind them,and afew girlsunavailabletoplay, theyknew they had
atough game ahead.
The girls battled well and played some great football in parts. Craighead
managed toget agoal in each half from their pacey striker. The College
team defended well and were unluckyonseveral occasions not to even the
score.
After being beaten 11-nil last year by Craighead, this game’s 2-0 loss was a
greatresult,and apromising startfor the girls.
Team members are: Sapphire Kururangi (Captain), Jessalene Eclipse,
E-JElliot, Chloe Johnson, SarahMattson, Darcy McCully, LusunguMbambo,
Georgie Poole, Libby Ryan, Gemma Taylor, Gabbie Tindall, Gracie Trotter;
with Coach/ManagerLuke Martin.
Strong Results at AorakiMath 2020
Competition
Held in Timaru on Wednesday 05 August at Timaru Boys’High School,
this is aproblem-solving Maths competition whereteamsoffour work
to answertwentyquestionsinthirty minutes.
Year 9Competition –first place
Teacher of MathematicsLiz Caboutsaid thattheYear 9competitionconsisted
of twenty eight teams. This number certainly made the competition a
challenge to come out nearthe top,which the Collegeteams achieved.
TheAshColl Year 9C team finishedinfirst place, well clearofthe rest of
the field. Team
members were
(pictured right, left
to right, with their
trophy):
Steven Harris,
Luke Hay,
Finn Brownand
NicDalgety.
They achieved the
ultimate outcome
by answering all
twenty questions
correctly with just
under tenminutestogo.
The competition’s second placed team answered nineteen questions
correctly but took almostall of the thirty minute allocation.
The AshColl Year 9B team of Ella Rickard, Melissa Wilson and
Hector Diamante were very narrowly beaten into fourth place with
seventeen questionscorrect.
Our other AshColl Year 9team of Iela Mangubat, Genevieve Felton,
Sophie Kenny andLeighaFletcher, finished very creditablyinthe middle of
the field.
Year 10 Competition –second place
TheYear 10
competition
consisted of
twenty one
teams,with
the Ashburton
College team of
(pictured right, left
to right)
BradenLuxton,
Cedrick Orena,
Andreea Ciora,
Angela Ciora, andfinishingin firstequal place.
They were then forced into athree-way tie breaker against Timaru Boys’
High School and Roncalli College, finishing in second place with Timaru
Boys’High Schoolfirst and Roncalli Collegethird.
(Pictured below): The teams hard atwork, with the CollegeYear 9C team at
the frontcentretable.
Some KeyForthcoming Dates
August
31-04 Sept Year 11, 12, 13 College Exams
November
05 Year 13 Awards Ceremony, AshburtonTrustEvent Centre,7:00pm
10 Years 11 and 12 Prize-givings,EANetworksCentre, 7:00pm
16-09 Dec NCEA Exams
CanterburyTennis Region -
Junior Male Playerofthe Year
Year 10 student Diego Quispe-Kim
(pictured right) is a highly organised,
focused and talentedyoungman.
On Wednesday 05August, at Wilding Park,
Diego was awarded the above trophy in
recognition of his significant successes
over theJuly 2019-July2020 twelve-month
period. Canterbury Tennis includes the
surrounding Canterbury Country regions,
hence Diegobeing eligible forthe award.
This followed on from him winning the
same trophy for the 2018-2019 awards
year, with successes including, inJanuary
2018, the Under 12New Zealand National
Championship title.
Asummary of Diego’s 2019-2020 key feats during this period
include,but arecertainlynot exclusiveto–
· Under 14 New Zealand National Championship Singles Winner, in
December 2019.
· In January of this year Deigo played in Brisbane in two lead-in
tournaments which preceded the Australian Open season. Both were
RodLavercompetitions,with Deigotaking out the Under14 Singles title
on both occasions, winning each of his sixteen consecutive matches
(eight ateach tournament).
· 2019 alsosaw Diegowin the Under14Singles and Doublestitlesatthe
Kiwi Indoor Tennis Championships. At the time of writing this article,
Deigo was playing the 2020 Kiwi Indoor Championships, but in the
Under 16 age group.
Diego and his family now live in Ashburton, having moved south
from Christchurch, but with his Dad, Juan, as coach, his training isn’t
disadvantaged! Diego said that Dad has been his coach for the past
eleven years,soDiego hascertainlybeen playing tennisfor most of his life.
Coaching is mainly Ashburton-based, although itisofftoChristchurch to
train over the weekends on Friday, Saturday and Sunday atthe Yaldhurst
TennisClub whereJuan also trains other players.
Currently Diego said he is working on his serve and backhand, along with
strength and conditioning training, plenty of exercise, and watching ‘lots‘
of tennis videos. Nutrition and mental skills training, provided byPete
Smith,isall partof the package-with no carbohydrates or sugar allowed on
break days! Pete Smith is aLead Wellness and Master Coach with acareer
background in education, sport and health with qualifications innutrition,
exercise science andteaching.
In apre-COVID world Diego was, at this stage, scheduled to be on an ITF
(International TennisFederation) tour,but thoseopportunities nowhaveto
be on hold. 2019 provided atasteofthese opportunities when he competed,
as partofaNewZealandteam,inMalaysia at ateam eventinMarch and in
July 2019 at asecond team eventonthe Gold Coast in Australia. Thesewere
both priortothe twoRod Lavertournaments outlined above.
When Diego isn’t at tennis he is very conscious of keepingup with his school
work,solifeisveryfull.
Coming Events
August
12-14 Year 13 Geographytrip, Kaikoura
13 Aoraki SecondarySchoolsGirls’ Badminton, Timaru
Year 12 Ag students’FarmVisit
CanterburySki and SnowboardChampionships,MtHutt
14 Aoraki Cross Country, Timaru
Boys’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch
South Canterbury Winter Basketball Competition,
SouthernTrustEventsCentre, Timaru
15 Rugby –UC, Round 9, Mid Canterbury Combined vStAndrew’s
College (Ashburton)
16 Aoraki Netball A&BTeams’Tournament, Waimate EventsCentre
17 Aoraki SecondarySchoolsSnowSports,MtDobson
18 Lip Sync,Auditorium
Thomson/Whelan Basketball Trophy, AshburtonorChristchurch
19 Girls’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch
Girls’1st XV Rugby–AshHutt vRoncalli, Methven(Round 5)
Supernet –AshburtonCollege vRangioraHigh School,Christchurch
(Round 5)
20 Year 10 Outdoor Education Rock Climbing trip
CanterburySecondary Schools’Road Race,Christchurch
Year 12 Ag Farm visit.
20-23 NZSS Swimming Championships,Hamilton
21 Boys’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch
South CanterburyWinterBasketball Competition,
SouthernTrustEventsCentre, Timaru
MuftiDay
22 Rugby –UCround 10MCCombined vShirley Boys High School
(home)
24 Postponementday -AorakiSecondarySchools’SnowSports,
Mt Dobson
25 AGS1 Farmbikes Day2,Year 12 ACAD Group 1,
AshburtonShowgrounds
Thomson/Whelan Basketball Trophy, AshburtonorChristchurch
26 AGS2 Farmbikes Day2,Year 12 ACAD Group 1,
AshburtonShowgrounds