Sports' Exchange Reports
St Paul’s V Wanganui 6 July 2011
Hockey 1st XI
St Paul's dominated the 1st half against Wanganui Collegiate and where unlucky not to be ahead by 4 or 5 goals after half-time. However the scores were locked at 1-1 thanks to a goal from Jason Coventry. The second half saw more some good play and St Paul's scoring 2 goals, one a to Tim Coxhead from a penalty corner and the other from Jason Coventry when he slotted a penalty stroke.
Final Score 3-2 to St Paul’s.
Rugby U16 Colts
In wet and muddy conditions the team began well but missed a couple of clear chances to score. This allowed Wanganui to grow in confidence. St Paul’s forwards kept the ball close using the pick and drive effectively but Wanganui defended well. The score at half time was 0-0.Unfortunately ill discipline saw St Paul’s down to 14 men for 25 minutes and this eventually told on the defence.
Wanganui scored through a try and a penalty and although St Paul’s came close a number of times, however in the second half did not manage to score.
Final result 8-0 to Wanganui.
Soccer 1st XI
On a very boggy field, the 1st XI managed to play some fast-paced and fast-passing football to defeat Wanganui 5-0.
Elliot Collier scored a superb hat-trick and John Penyas and Peter Grierson made up the convincing total.
This was an emphatic and euphoric statement by a group of players who will be going to the National Tournament in Napier in Term 3.
Rugby 1st XV
On a wet and greasy field, Wanganui took advantage of the wind and kept St Paul’s pinned down in their half. Wanganui attacked through backs and were rewarded with a very good try.
The half time score: 12 – 5 to Wanganui Collegiate.
In the second half St Paul’s forwards stepped up a gear. They dominated the game in most phases. St Paul’s scored two very good tries. The game was very close with Wanganui Collegiate kicking a penalty in the last minute to draw the game 20 all.
The game was very exciting for all spectators.
Top performers: Josh Mann, Josh Tye and Hamish Mahon
Wanganui Exchange 6 July 2011
St Paul's Collegiate teams traveled to Wanganui Collegiate, results of the exchange below:
Rugby 1st XV 20-20
Rugby Colts XV loss 0-8
Hockey 1st XI win 3-2
Soccer 1st XI win 5-0
St Paul’s v Lindisfarne College Exchange 2011
From February 13 – 15, St Paul’s hosted Lindisfarne College from Hastings in matches involving the 1st XI and Colts Cricket teams and the Senior and Junior Tennis teams.
The 1st XI match was a most intriguing battle whereby Lindisfarne was given 25 overs to reach the 2nd innings total set by St Paul’s of 136. This was after a first innings in which St Paul’s had scored 331 and Lindisfarne had reached 368. Lindisfarne reached the total of 136 with only 13 balls remaining.
The St Paul’s Colts cricket side took on Lindisfarne in the schools traditional summer exchange. On a hard and flat wicket St Pauls won the toss and elected to bat. In prefect batting conditions the team were dismissed for only 104 with only Chris Fawcett offering any real resistance with 29. Poor shot selection proved the downfall of many of our batsmen.
With only 104 to chase Lindisfarne got off to a flying start to their innings. With the score on 30, however, Jayden Randle picked up two cheap wickets to keep St Paul’s in the hunt. This proved to be the last piece of joy for the side though as Lindisfarne made short work of the rest of the runs and won comfortably by seven wickets.
In 2010 the Tennis team was defeated by Lindisfarne 23-1 and so the 2011 team was given the challenge of digging deep and rectifying the situation. With the arrival at St. Paul’s of talented Year 9 students Josh Cave, Reed Fisher, Sal M’Boge, Jack Schicker, James Wilkins, Gordon Fullerton, Andre Stokes and Ethan Kimpton it was looking encouraging. All of these boys bar one, won their singles in straight sets. Only one doubles and one singles match were dropped by the juniors.
The Senior team led by Roydon Nutsford and Chris Fletcher stuggled throughout. Lane Fisher was the only player to win a singles match and Roydon and Chris atoned for their losses in the singles to take out their doubles match. Logan Cowie was unlucky to lose in a tie-breaker last set. With the seniors going down 10 – 2 and the juniors winning 10 – 2, the fixture ended in a 12 all draw.
Peter Gilbert
DECA
Kelston Boys' High School Summer Sports' Exchange
St Paul’s First XI won the toss and elected to bat . Josh Lenssen (52) and Scott Joblin (19) got off to a rapid start scoring at seven runs an over – something St Paul's has now become accustomed to as they scored 79 runs before their first wicket fell in the 12th over. Things slowed down a little after they lost two quick wickets. Josh Fawcett (63) played his best innings for the First XI, batting for more than 30 overs, and he was well supported by Scott Finlayson (18) as they put on 64 for the third wicket. James Chenery (42) scored his highest total for the XI as well and was ably supported by Angus Harris (18) to give the School a competitive total of 238 for 5 in 50 overs.
Kelston started off disastrously, losing a wicket in the first over and never fully recovering as they stumbled to 82 for 7, and were eventually all bowled out for 117 in the 35th over to see St Paul’s win by 121 runs. Scott Joblin 4/18 and Malcolm Luman 2/24 were St Paul's most successful bowlers.
Man of the Match: Josh Fawcett.
Kelston won the toss against the St Paul’s Second XI and elected to bat. They put on an 81 run opening stand on a benign pitch. Although there was no early breakthrough, the St Paul’s bowling was tight and the fielding solid, thus keeping the run-rate at around four per over. The introduction of spin put pressure on the Kelston batsmen with Patrick Wilkins bowling a tight spell and Freddy Walker looking threatening. The introduction of the spin of Martin Kerr saw Kelston collapse to 131 all out. Walker finished with three wickets and Kerr had the fine figures of 6/19.
St Paul’s found the Kelston bowling attack far more challenging than they had been facing on previous Saturdays. St Paul’s limped to 71 for 7 when a partnership between Matt Tingey and Andrew Collie saw them to within 20 runs of the target. Tingey was dismissed and Collie was given out off a dubious caught-and-bowled. Navdeesh Singh-Thandi and Jason Coventry took St Paul’s to the last over, needing one run with one wicket in hand. A run-out off the second ball of the over saw the match end in a tie.
St Paul's Colts Gold played Kelston on Wednesday, 24 February. They lost the toss and had to bowl first in very hot conditions. Tight bowling saw them restrict Kelston to 135 all out off 38 overs. The pick of the bowlers were James Hunt, Josh Walpole-Smith and Peter Winkelmann, all of whom took two wickets. After losing a couple of early wickets, Chris Fawcett and Liam Jackson started scoring runs quickly. After 10 overs the Colts were going at a touch over six runs per over. They scored the runs required in 22 overs to win the game by five wickets. Josh Malpas top scored with a brilliant 40, followed by Liam Jackson on 35 and Chris Fawcett on 21. This was a very well deserved win.
Man of the Match: Josh Malpas.
St Paul's v Rathkeale College Interschool Fixture
St Paul's inaugural First XI fixture against Rathkeale College, Masterton, was played on Saturday, 20 February at the St Paul’s oval. St Paul's lost the toss and Rathkeale elected to bat on what appeared to be a benign pitch. Rathkeale started off slowly against the accurate bowling of Michael Aitken and Scott Joblin, and were soon in trouble losing three early wickets before they consolidated at 74/4. Jonty Wood 3/24 bowled good line and length and Michael Aitken returned for a second spell to take his first five wicket bag for the First XI, including two superb catches off his own bowling, to see Rathkeale bowled out for 104 in 32 overs. The bowlers were supported by superb fielding once again by the St Paul’s boys.
These low targets are often the most dangerous as batsmen are in two minds on how to approach the target, but nevertheless, Scott Joblin [43] and Josh Lenssen started well, scoring 40 runs after 7 overs before the first wicket fell. The introduction of Rathkeale’s leg spinner created uncertainty for our players as they struggled to play him confidently and lost their way somewhat to see 6 wickets lost for 25 runs before Angus Harris and Michael Aitken steadied the ship and took us through to victory by three wickets in the 29th over.
A very pleasing win against a traditionally strong cricketing school. Michael Aitken was player of the day for his superb bowling.
Lindisfarne College Summer Sports' Exchange
This fixture has been in existence for the past 34 years and there has always been considerable competition and a desire to win by both schools.
Having left St Paul’s for the long bus trip to Hastings at 7.30am on Sunday, 14 February, our First XI won the toss and the decision was made to put Lindisfarne in to bat. St Paul's bowlers bowled an excellent line and restricted the Lindisfarne batsmen to under three runs an over. St Paul's had Lindisfarne reeling at 158/9 thanks to superb fielding. Unfortunately, the long trip took its toll and the last wicket put on 77 runs for Lindisfarne to finish 235 all out. Thomas Te Whare made a welcome return to the team with excellent figures of 4/47 from 16 overs. He was well supported by Michael Aitken 2/34 and Scott Joblin 2/56.
In response our batting effort was shaky as we lost six wickets for 35 runs before Angus Harris 59 and Scott Finlayson 17 rescued the team and put on 50 runs for the seventh wicket. We limped through to 108 for 9 declared, leaving us 127 behind their total.
Lindisfarne’s second innings started very well as they raced to 96/1 before St Paul's bowlers pulled them back. Scott Joblin 5/51 and Malcolm Luman 2/38 claimed eight of their wickets for 60 runs before they declared at 156/8. We were set a target of 283 runs in 60 overs.
Josh Lenssen 70 (12 fours) and Scott Joblin (23) took up the challenge with aggression and fought fire with fire, playing a number of outstanding shots to race to 83 in 11 overs before the first wicket fell. Unfortunately, apart from Scott Finlayson (26) and Patrick Wilkins (21), the remaining batsmen did not show the same resilience and St Paul's were bowled out for 171 in the 43rd over, losing the fixture by 112 runs.
Despite the end result, the St Paul's First XI players should all take a lot of positives out of this game as they dominated many of the sessions.
Players of the Day: Josh Lenssen and Scott Joblin.
Colts Gold XI
The Colts Gold Cricket side also travelled to Lindisfarne on Sunday, 14 February. They were greeted by their billets and treated with great hospitality. St Paul’s won the toss and bowled on a wicket that looked very good to bowl first on. They were looking good after 20 overs having Lindisfarne at 79/3. However, as rain set in and the ball and pitch got wet, it became harder to bowl. Lindisfarne posted 235/5 off 45 overs. As Lindisfarne came in to bowl, everything dried up. Batting was very tough on a soggy pitch. St Paul's made 89 all out after 27 overs. Blake Agnew top scored with 18. A dry day would have seen a more even contest.
Tennis
On Monday, 15 February, the Senior A and Junior A tennis matches took place. The two tennis teams played well, showing some good shots. However, they failed to get the crucial points and this saw Lindisfarne win the majority of matches. The notable performances were Joseph Chen and Christopher Whitely, who both lost their singles in three sets. They also played together as a doubles pairing and had a battle similar to their singles, losing in three sets 7-6, 6-7, 7-6. In the seniors, the pairing of Logan Cowie and Harry Colonne, along with Chris Fletcher’s singles, were good matches. However, St Paul’s lost both in three sets. Despite these results, Roydon Nutsford and Nick Taylor won their doubles 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, and Nick won his singles 6-3, 6-2.