Name: Jenna Tidswell
Catalogue: Sports Sub-Catalogue: Orienteering
Achievements:
Year level:10
Form class:HL
1st Junior Girls World Schools Orienteering Championships (Long event)
1st Junior Girls Australian Orienteering Championships relay and sprint
3rd Junior Girls Oceania Schools Championships (Long event)
Only in year 10, Jenna Tidswell is excelling in Orienteering. She has placed first in
the Junior Girls long event at the World Schools Orienteering Championships, 1st
place in the Junior Girls relay and sprint at the Australian Orienteering
Championships, as well as 3rd place in the Junior Girls long event at the Oceania
Schools Championships, just to name a few achievements.
Jenna took up Orienteering during year 10, after her year five teacher introduced her to the sport. When asked
what motivates her to achieve success in Orienteering, she says it is her love of the sport and the fact that she is
competitive. “The chance of getting into a New Zealand team and competing overseas and running in cool terrain
motivates me. And I love running in different terrain e.g. sand dunes, gullies, forest and the fact that sometimes
Kangaroos jump past you”. Her career highlight so far has to be traveling to Turkey for the World Schools
Orienteering Championships. “Running in terrain over in Turkey because it was so different to New Zealand.
Theirs was covered in huge boulders and rocks. Also winning a world title over in Turkey in the Junior Girls World
Schools event (long)”.
Her ambition for the future sums her up. “I hope to get selected for the New Zealand Junior World Orienteering
Champs team and compete against other teams from around the world. Within the next five years”.
Name:Logan Bensemann
Catalogue: Sports Sub-Catalogue: Football
Achievements:
Year level:13
Form class:BS
Attending NZ U17 Football trials
Auckland City Football Club U17 Most Valuable Player (National Tournament)
Most Valuable Player for Napier City Rovers in U19s Lotto Tournament
Logan Bensemann has attended the NZ U17 Football trials, been named
Auckland City Football Club U17 Most Valuable Player (National Tournament), as well as the most Valuable Player for Napier City Rovers in U19s
Lotto Tournament during 2014 and 2015.
Just last year, he was made Hawkes Bay Secondary School Footballer of the
year. Since taking up football at the age of five, Logan has continued to
impress.
He took up a liking for the game when he was young and has been playing ever since. When asked what motivates
him to achieve success in the sport, he said it is the fact that he learns a lot through both the wins and losses.
“Every loss motivates me to do better in my trainings and next games. Gaining awards for my football also drives
me to push for more success”.
His ambition once finished school sums him up. “I’m hoping to continue my football through the New Zealand
system and strive for the next World Cup. Ideally, I would like to go as far in my football as I possibly can”.
“The highlight of my career was probably getting called up to trial for the NZ U17s team earlier in the year. It reassured me that all my hard work and effort I had put into football had been recognised and it gave me a huge sense
of achievement”, he said.