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Wellington Schools Cross Country Team Wins

Wellington Schools Cross Country Team Wins


trifecta
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Trifecta! Stevie Paine (1st), Megan Robertson (2nd) Suzannah Lynch (3rd) in the Girl’s Year 7 race

Phil Costley
watches Team Captains Jemima Holborow and Cameron
Murdoch
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Phil Costley watches Team Captains Jemima Holborow and Cameron Murdoch following his presentation of the trophy named for him

Girl’s Captain
Jemima Holborow leads the year 8 Girl’s race
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Girl’s Captain Jemima Holborow leads the year 8 Girl’s race

Dominique Nunns
(With arm in plaster)
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Dominique Nunns (With arm in plaster). Her 8th place secured her team and the Shield
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MEDIA RELEASE

MEDIA RELEASE: 24 September 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WELLINGTON SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WINS

The Wellington team of 47 athletes (across 8 grades) has performed spectacularly in the Central New Zealand Inter-Provincial cross country, for Primary and Intermediate Schools teams.

Our teams won 5 of the 8 team events and collected the “Phil Costley” shield for the over-all top team, (previously held by Canterbury). The teams also won a lot of individual medals. In fact they “medalled” in 7 of the 8 events, with one trifecta! Individual winners were; Kelsy Forman, Noah Billingsley, Holly White, Stevie Paine, Tim Robertson and Jemima Holborow.

Silver medals were won by:

Liam Perry, Bridget Kiddle, Tim Jackson, Megan Robertson, Nic Lucie-Smith and Nicol Du Toit.

Third placings were achieved by:

Josie Kozyniak, and Suzannah Lynch

The event was held on a Department of Conservation reserve at Hanmer Springs. The course was a challenging one, with a wide stream, a steep bank, and lots of open field.

Wellington fielded one team in each grade, while without the exigencies of travel, the host team, Canterbury was able to field 3 or more. Other teams and athletes came from Nelson and Marlborough with individuals from Otago.

Next year’s event will be held in Wellington, and the date will be changed slightly to avoid the clash with the college road races.

* Event Manager Paul Norton from Canterbury paid special tribute to Dominique Nunns. Running with an arm in plaster, Dominique’s finishing burst enabled her to pip a Canterbury runner and secure the narrowest of wins for her team and effectively secure the overall trophy for Wellington.

* The team shared the flight home with the Canterbury Rugby team and the boys were delighted to show them the shield they had won off Canterbury. Canterbury players (particularly Scott Hamilton) were very good-humoured about it and spent some time chatting to the team and autographing their boarding passes.

ENDS

2007 Wellington Team Results (PDF)

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