NZSS National Championships Review

NZ Secondary School Ultimate Nationals, Taupo, 4-5th April 2016

WC went down to Auckland Grammar 1 in the final of the 2016 Ultimate Frisbee Tournament in Taupo.  Congratulations to the team, fantastic effort, second in New Zealand!

NZ Secondary School Ultimate Nationals, Taupo, 23-24th March 2015

WC played well and ended up 6th overall, after being beaten in the quarter finals. Six of the boys then went on to play for Wellington at the NZ Youth Championships in April. Competition between Wellington and Auckland was fierce. It was there that they got to trial for the national U20 team, with almost 100 of the best players from around the country.

As of May 3rd, these six boys have already made it into the New Zealand Provisional U20 squad:  Seb Hamilton, Theo Moore, Solomon Gurr, Callum Treweek-Stephen, Jack Saunders and Isaac Anderson.  They will be attending a training camp on the 13th and 14th of June where the final U20 New Zealand squad will be selected.

If they make the final team, they will represent New Zealand on an international scale against Australia at the end of the year and then again in the World Championships in 2016.

Ultimate Frisbee (College Sports Dominion Post 22 July)

Under-20 team Eleven Wellington school students were among a squad of 21 named in the New Zealand ultimate under-20 men’s team. They are: Isaac Anderson (Wellington College), Nick Bielby (Hutt Valley), Tom Curtis (Hutt Valley), Daniel Davis (Onslow), Seb Hamilton (Wellington College), Vincent McQueen (Hutt Valley), Theo Moore (Wellington College), Tane Rolfe (Hutt Valley), Ryan Sheridan (Hutt Valley), Tyler Titov-Smith (Hutt Valley) and Callum Treweek-Stephen (Wellington College). Six Wellington students – Sophia Clarke-Edwards (Raphael House), Emma Doile (Hutt Valley), Farren Halliday (St Catherine’s), India Hansen (Hutt Valley), Abby Liddell (Wellington Girls’) and Hannah Taylor (Hutt Valley) – were selected for the women’s under-20 team, named earlier in the year. Both teams will play Australia next month, with the long-term target being the 2016 world junior championships.