Win advances Nelson College

Nelson College have qualified for the quarterfinals of the India Shield national secondary schoolboys hockey tournament after finishing second in their pool yesterday at Saxton Turf.

Nelson had ended day one with a win and a loss in pool C before confirming second place with a 1-0 win over Lindisfarne College, Myles Whittaker scoring Nelson's goal, and were due to meet pool A winners Bethlehem College in today's quarterfinals. Unbeaten Macleans College finished top of pool C, following two wins and a draw.

Waimea College began their day positively yesterday with a high-scoring 5-3 win over Rangitoto College in pool B. Pat O'Connor-Leys scored four of Waimea's goals, with Tom Laney adding the other. However, they stumbled to a heavy 1-4 loss to Timaru BHS in their afternoon match, O'Connor-Leys again the goalscorer, to leave Waimea bottom of their pool. They were due to play Rosehill College today.

St Paul's Collegiate scored three straight wins, including Monday's impressive 6-1 win over Waimea, to finish top of the pool.

Meanwhile, Wellington College continued their dominating form with another comprehensive victory, beating a hapless Rosehill College side 10-0 to comfortably finish top of pool D. Wellington ended pool play with a staggering 28 goals to none against, having previously beaten Massey HS 11-0 and Hutt International Boys' 7-0.

In today's other quarterfinal matchups, Wellington College were to meet Rangitoto College, St Paul's Collegiate were to play Hutt International Boys and Mt Albert Grammar were scheduled to meet Macleans College.

Results

Pool A: Bethlehem College 2 (Matt Smalberger, Jakob Fahl) Mt Albert Grammar 2 (Cameron Cranston, Cameron Anderson), Wanganui Collegiate 5 (Zacharia Yearbury 3, Monty Petrie 3) Marlborough Boys College 3 (Reuben Kepes, Ben Pelvin, Finn Pitman).

Pool B: St Paul's Collegiate 3 (Glenn Eyers 2, Nick Taylor) Timaru BHS 1 (Jayden Hardacre), Waimea College 5 (Pat O'Connor-Leys 4, Tom Laney) Rangitoto College 3 (Connor Hamilton, Jared Nixon, Jackson Treadray), Timaru BHS 4 (Jayden Hardacre, Mark McGillen, Jeremy Smallridge, James Todd) Waimea College 1 (Pat O'Connor-Leys), St Paul's Collegiate 2 (Mathew Snodgrass 2) Rangitoto College 1 (Jared Nixon).

Pool C: Macleans College 5 (Nayan Patel 3, Austen Heuvel, Scott Yeoman) Burnside HS 1 (Aaron Treasure), Nelson College 1 (Myles Whittaker) Lindisfarne College 0.

Pool D: Wellington 11 (Trevor Garrett 3, Simon Williams 2, Chris Brown 2, Henry Grayson 2, Shayam Bhana 2) Massey HS 0, Hutt International Boys 4 (Oliver MacIntyre 2, Tom Lancashire, Bradley Reid) Rosehill College 3 (Trent Bray 2, Cain Wilkinson), Wellington College 10 (Henry Grayson 4, Chris Brown 2, Abe Winter-Beard, Matthew Symonds, Felix Sampson, Trevor Garrett) Rosehill College 0, Hutt International Boys 4 (Billy Miskimmin 2, Edward Radcliffe, Tim Robertson) Massey HS 1 (Tim Dangen).

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