2018 HNHS School Magazine HNHS Magazine 2018 | Page 89

Volleyball A Girls
Back Row:
Front Row:
Zharnei Adams, Sally Cottrell, Maddy Clarke, Jorja Pollock, Ian Johnson (Coach)
Molly Lee, Niamh Edwards, Phoebe Leake (Captain), Grace Brebner (Captain), Felicity Keane, Laura Garrick
Volleyball 2018
This year we had over 100 players spread across twelve
teams. My thanks to the following who coached or
managed teams: Malcolm Nicholson; Debbie Nicholson;
Julia McNamara; Nicky Johnson; Mike Rabbitte; Keren
Keane; Robyn Leake; Melanie Garrick; Anet Peck; Julian
Lumbreras; Maddy Clarke; Laura Garrick; Niamh Edwards
and Jorja Pollock.
Girls A
HBSS League: 6th place Division 1
As a result of dropping a match to Sacred Heart College, we
ended up playing off for 5th/6th. This was disappointing,
but a good lesson about not to underestimating anyone was
learnt.
HBPB Open: 2nd place
Structured tournament play rather than playing games
to time definitely suited us better. We had excellent wins
against Taradale and Hastings Girls in pool play to finish
first. We then met Sacred Heart in our semi and won that
comfortably 3 nil. Our final against Napier Girls, although
lost 3 nil was a much more competitive game than previous
ones had been.
Seeding: 3rd place
In this round robin tournament we had good wins against
Taradale, Havelock B and Hastings Christian. Although we
lost to Napier Girls, we managed to take a set off them for
the first time this season.
Nationals: 12th place Division 3
The ability of all teams at this tournament continues to get
better and better. The girls generally played great volleyball
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