Canoe Polo
Finally into March and that meant HB Champs/Regional
Qualifying on 1st/2nd March! Two junior boys teams, a
junior girls team and a senior girls team were entered.
The senior girls’ team of Alexia Hinton, Millie Burns, Erica
Sinclair, Elise Legarth, Lulu Jordan and Ella
Coram-O’Kane was also entered but unfortunately for the
Despite the junior boys being a bit concerned at playing in team Elise was not available for the HB Champs due to
the Open B grade they had a really good tournament and representing NZ in flat water canoeing in Australia!
getting a win in their first game gave them a chance to
settle their nerves. Overall they came away with a couple Senior girls had a hard weekend with only 5 players and
some tough opposition. A close loss to NGHS by 1 goal
of wins, a draw and several losses - leaving them 8th
overall in a 16 team competition. What a great start for the in the first game was somewhat dispiriting but the girls
picked themselves up and had great games against
boys and a huge confidence boost for them.
Taradale & Karamu Yellow, both losses but again very
The girls were also nervous, several of them never having close. A must win game against Karamu Green was
duly won which put the girls into the play-off for 3rd & 4th
played in open water before but they had a good win
against NGHS again. A slow start had the girls down 1-3
to start and then a couple of close games. Cross-over
at halftime but a much better 2nd half had them even at
games saw them playing a team they’d beaten the day
before but this time the girls were unlucky - the game was 3-3 with less than a minute to go, then HNHS scored to
have them up 4-3 but then NGHS scored 2 quick goals
drawn at full-time so extra time was played and the other
to take the game 5-4. Fourth placing for the girls meant
team scored to go to the finals. Girls played off for 4/5th
waiting for news of a wild card.
and won easily so ended up 4th.
February 2014 was just polo, polo, polo .... every weekend there was something on!! Beginning with the annual
Atahua tournament in Palmerston North on the 1st/2nd
February. The junior boys were entered in the Open B
grade and the senior girls team in the Womens B grade.
Junior boys no 1 team had a fantastic weekend – unbeaten all weekend including 2 very good wins against a
HBHS side. The final against HBHS was a great game
but HNHS were very skilled and despite HBHS targeting several players, all the others stepped up and were
shooting from all over the court. The end result was 6-3
to HNHS - a great team effort and very well deserved win.
That put the no 1 team directly through to NZSS Champs
In Art Deco tournament the girls were up against it from
the start by only having 5 players & no subs! A good win and a tag of ‘favourites’ for the Junior Open title at NZSS
on the Friday night against Karamu 10-1 was a great start Champs.
and things were looking good. Wow … Saturday what a
scorcher! 35 degree temperature & was it hot! The girls
had some close games go their way and they made it to
the final against Valkyries from Palmerston North. A good
solid game by the girls but they were beaten 4-1.
The following weekend 8/9th Feb was the annual NBHS
4-a-side tournament. This year we had 3 very keen junior
boys teams and a junior girls team. Well done to all the
players and more importantly the parents who braved wet
& windy conditions to get the kids there and spend all day
sitting