Two Relay Wins at the Centrals!

Ben M-L took a fantastic 4h in the 11 boys' 1200m in a new PB of 4.03
- the first three ahead of him were all Year 7 boys

The Athletics team performed brilliantly at the Primary Sports Canterbury Athletic Championships at QEII Stadium today and we could quite easily say we are the fastest school in Canterbury! All four of our 9 and 10 year old sprint relay teams won their heats and then the 9 and 10 year girls' teams WON their finals - a feat very rarely (if ever) achieved by the same school! The boys couldn't quite match them with the 9 years team disqualified with the team winning, one they beat in the heats. The 10 boys then took a super second in their final!

Nine of our distance runners finished in the first ten in their fields of 34-36 with Alex E running a smart race to place 2nd in the 9 years, Ben M-L 4th in the 11 years and Megan A 5th in the 10 years. Sophie W ran a well timed 50m to win her eat then win the bronze in the 9 years' girls. Full results are under the Primary Results section of: http://www.primarysportscanterbury.org.nz

Two Seconds to Orienteering Team!

The final results from the Canterbury Schools' Orienteering Festival, held over the weekend, are now up and our teams took second in both the girls and boys sections - well done. For full results look at paponz.org

YEARS 6 & UNDER BOYS

1 Redcliffs 99

2 Fendalton 68

3 Burwood 57

YEARS 6 & UNDER GIRLS

1 Redcliffs 105

2 Fendalton 66

3 Selwyn House 64

Sprint Orienteering

Jacob and Fergus did a superb time in the Sprint event

Moe and Liam, some of the youngest competitors competing

Another successful day today for the FOS orienteers, this time at Halswell Quarry for the Sprints event. We again had the biggest representation from any school and all children did extremely well as they had either 20 (boys) or 25 (girls) controls to find. Sam B and Ben H were tentatively in 5th place in the Boys' recording just over 12 minutes! With their performance it looks like the boys should take 3rd in the teams' race and some strong girls' results again should see them retain their second place. Congratulations to Redcliffs School who easily won both Year 6 and under grades.

Well done to all of our competitors, ranging from Year 2 to Year 6 children. Thanks to Mrs Williamson and Mrs Husband for their help today also and of course to the parents, many who had to shadow their children...and came back looking puffed! Full results should be on soon at paponz.org
Photo: Jack and Ruben after the Sprint

Orienteering Teams 2nd and 3rd after Day One

Austin and Josh thrilled to finish the long course

After Day One of the Canterbury Schools' Orienteering Festival, the Fendalton Girls' team lies second and the Boys' team lies 3rd=. We had the biggest entry of all the schools involved at the Long Course Championships at Bottle Lake Forest yesterday.

The children found the course challenging but all of them eventually emerged from the forest with smiles on their red faces due to the very warm conditions. Our top performers yesterday in the boys' were Toby W taking 7th (18.39) and Jack M 8th (19.14) out of 41 finishers over the 1.9km course of 15 controls. Our top girls were Olivia M/Jordyn B in 9th (25.26) and Felicity vdP /Isabella G 10th (27.21) out of the 35 finishers.

Today are the Short Course Championships at Halswell Quarry.

For results from Day One, please go to this web site: PAPO

133 Cycle Champ Entries so far....

Entries for the Year 0-6 Individual Pursuit Cycle Champs close on Tuesday 30 November. So far there are 133 entries. For a full list of entries go to: FOS Cycle Champ Entries 2010

Orienteering Start Times

Saturday @ Bottle Lake Forest, entrance off BOWER AVE, Parklands, by Rothesay Reserve:
Bennetts/Marshall-Lee Willy/Jamie 1:34:00 PM
Hall/Wilson Ben/Louis 1:40:00 PM
Gath/Rondell Moe/Liam 1:46:00 PM
Keenan/Lamberg Josh/Austin 1:52:00 PM
Jameson/Patterson Matthew/Daniel 1:58:00 PM
Cooke/Brownie Nick/Will 2:04:00 PM
Blake/Wilding James/Ben 2:10:00 PM
Kaminski-Mintrom/Khajotia Ethan/Skye 2:16:00 PM
Ward Toby 2:22:00 PM
Morton/Watts Jack/Oli 2:28:00 PM
Cooke/Wallace George/Sam 2:34:00 PM
White/Searle George/Jack 2:40:00 PM
MacDonald Zachary 2:46:00 PM
McBreen/Vickers Jacob/Fergus 2:52:00 PM
Erenskjold William 2:58:00 PM
O'Connor Matthew 3:04:00 PM
Bennetts/Hartland Sam/Ben 3:10:00 PM
Oh/Emslie Angus/Alex 3:16:00 PM
Pratt/Wotherspoon Sarah Kate/Emma 1:34:00 PM
Wium/Davies Emily/Amelia 1:38:00 PM
Pirie/Miyamoto Lauren/Samantha 1:42:00 PM
Samandari/Davidson Juliet/Rachel 1:46:00 PM
Gath/Terrell Mia/Gabby 1:50:00 PM
Alloway/Alloway Holly/Izzy 1:54:00 PM
Perry/Perry Tigerlily/Violette 1:58:00 PM
Simcock/Wotherspoon Laura/Hannah 2:04:00 PM
Hoogervorst Franziska 2:10:00 PM
Fisher/Morton Annabelle/Victoria 2:14:00 PM
Kerr/Cotterell-Bone Maddy/Cassa 2:18:00 PM
Thomson/Foster Hannah/Rosa 2:22:00 PM
Dixon/Pathan Eliza/Farheen 2:28:00 PM
Trappitt Hailey 2:32:00 PM
Gregory/van der Pol Isabella/Felicity 2:36:00 PM
Youn/Languam Miriam/Katie 2:40:00 PM
Mummery/Prescott Sophie/Ruby 2:44:00 PM
Mummery/Jameson Sarah/Katherine 2:48:00 PM
Thomas/Christie Daniella/Bella 2:52:00 PM
Davidson/Stapylton-Smith Caitlin/Lauren 2:56:00 PM
Simpson/Royds Lucy/Hilary 3:00:00 PM
Mander/Blake Olivia/Jordyn 3:06:00 PM


Sunday@ Halswell Quarry, entrance off
KENNEDYS BUSH ROAD, Halswell:
Marris/Logan Sophie/Anna 2:40:00 PM
Kerr/Cotterell-Bone Maddy/Cassa 2:43:00 PM
Williamson Katie 2:46:00 PM
Davidson/Stapylton-Smith Caitlin/Lauren 2:49:00 PM
Fisher/Morton Annabelle/Victoria 2:52:00 PM
Goh/Hyland Ashleigh/Aoife 2:55:00 PM
Hoogervorst Franziska 2:58:00 PM
Shen Ethel 3:01:00 PM
Ruddiman/Moate-Cox Rachel/Alex 3:04:00 PM
Naylor/O'Brien Stassi/Milly 3:07:00 PM
Gath/Terrell Mia/Gabby 3:10:00 PM
Perry/Park Violette/Bess 3:13:00 PM
Wium/Davies Emily/Amelia 3:16:00 PM
Davidson/Perry Rachel/Tigerlily 3:19:00 PM
Reid Claudia 3:22:00 PM
Erenskjold William 2:07:00 PM
Hartland Ben 2:10:00 PM
Kaminski-Mintrom/Khajotia Ethan/Skye 2:13:00 PM
Houston/Makoni Kyle/Renzo 2:16:00 PM
Wilson Ben 2:19:00 PM
Gath/Rondell Moe/Liam 2:22:00 PM
Ward Toby 2:25:00 PM
Makoni Matisse 2:28:00 PM
Chin/Bold Keegan/Hunter 2:31:00 PM
Lamberg/Carrodus Jack/Reuben 2:34:00 PM
Cochrane/O'Connor Ryan/Tom 2:37:00 PM
Cochrane/Forde Nathan/Ben 2:40:00 PM
Walker/Walker Grace/Jack 2:43:00 PM
McBreen/Vickers Jacob/Fergus 2:46:00 PM
Wilson-Heffer/MacDonald Samuel/Zachary 2:49:00 PM
Swan/Reid Charlie/Tessa 3:16:00 PM

Orienteering This Weekend

The Schools' Orienteering Festival is this weekend. For start times please click on this link: Orienteering Starts
Note that the Saturday event starts from Bottle Lake forest, access from BOWER AVE, New Brighton. Sunday is from Halswell Quarry, Kennedys Bush Road.
PLEASE TURN UP 30 mins. before your start time and report to Mr Norton.
For a copy of the programme please click on this link: Orienteering Programme 2011