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Southland high school sports stars honoured

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Sport at a school level in Southland was celebrated on Friday night at the 2011 Southland secondary school sports awards held at the Ascot Park Hotel.

Golden moments of 2011

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Another school year is about to come to end and again our students boasted a host of success stories.

Record-breaker off to nationals

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Northern Southland College pupil Jack Beaumont had a birthday present to remember when he raced in the under-14 section at the Southland cross-country championships held at Te Anau.

BMX rider relishes top season

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Southland BMX starlet Summer Lucas is well on the road to becoming the next Sarah Walker.

Southland student's hard work recognised

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Hard-working and talented young Southland triathlete Troy McAlister has been recognised on the national front with his inclusion in a Triathlon New Zealand Youth Academy programme.

New academy hones cricket talent

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Southland Boys' High School's desire to lead the way in helping Southland develop more Otago representative cricketers has led to the Invercargill school setting up an innovative new Cricket Academy for students.

Athlete picked in NZ team

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Athlete Tori Peeters has been selected in a New Zealand team to attend an Oceania athletics meet in Samoa next month.

Uncertainty a sure bet at cross-country

The only certainty about the Southland secondary school cross-country championships at Te Anau's Ivan Wilson Park tomorrow is the uncertainty.

Southland Boys' High eye early Otago test

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Southland Boys' High School first XV co-coach Alan Bailey believes tomorrow's clash with traditional rivals Otago Boys' High School will be a perfect indicator of where their new look team sits early on in the season.

Rising star catches eye

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After coming through the netball ranks, from Future Ferns through to senior representative level, Gore High School goal attack Lucy Kingsbury is this season catching the eye of those who matter.

TV coverage inspires girls

You could imagine hairdressers in Gore being kept busy last week in the buildup to Gore High School's 32-28 netball win over Waitaki Girls' High School.

Impressive youngsters bag medals

Southland athletes came away from the South Island secondary schools track and field championships at Timaru with an impressive number of wins and placings.

Shooter bags three golds

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Central Southland College student Hamish Bell has shown why he is rated as one of the most promising target shooters in the country after a tremendous display at the New Zealand Down-the-line nationals in Hamilton.

School cyclists do battle

The ILT Velodrome and Cycling Southland will host the 2011 South Island Secondary School Track Cycling Championships tomorrow.

Multi-gifted Lucy finds life hectic

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There simply aren't enough hours in the day for Verdon College's Lucy Heenan right now.

Colleges battle for final spot

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James Hargest College and Central Southland College will go head to head today for the the right to play Southland Boys' High School in the regional Gillette Cup cricket final.

School sides chase Gillette Cup spot

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Southland secondary schools are battling for the right to call themselves the province's best cricket side.

Arrowtown skier feels need for speed

Arrowtown can lay claim to one of New Zealand's most promising skiing talents in the form of Harrison Steedman. TRISH McKENZIE looks at what is an exciting future for this Wakatipu High School student.

Young triathlete driven to succeed

Sports editor NATHAN BURDON talks with Central Southland College triathlete Troy McAlister.

Boys' High student shows potential for greatness

In the past decade few young Southland cricketers have progressed to make the Otago Volts. LOGAN SAVORY has a look at the more-promising schoolboys in the province at the moment, with the hope one or more of them will make it to the next level.

Talents earn Sharks call-up

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Precocious James Hargest College sporting talent Tim Campbell is still on cloud nine after his call-up to the Southland Sharks basketball team's training squad.

Celebrating success

The Southland Times salutes some of our young sports stars.

Southlander shines overseas

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Morgan Hunter is hungry for more top-level basketball.

All go-go-go on the netball court

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There's nothing better than beating Australia in a sporting series, but when it's the first time ever away from home, it tastes even sweeter.

Young athletes line up for awards

The Southland Secondary School Sport Awards will be held next Friday night. Sports reporter BRENDON EGAN looks at the finalists for each category and some of their leading achievements.

Jack of all sports thrives on the variety

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Tuatapere Community College head boy Ryan Egerton has proved himself to be good at most things he turns his hand to.

League talent emerges from Southland

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Gore High School's James Matheson could well be the hottest young rugby league product to come out of Southland in some time.

Peeters glad she joined academy

A last-minute decision to apply for the Academy Southland programme has proved instrumental in Stacey Peeters' recent sports success.

Southland's reign ends

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Southland's three-year stranglehold on the Secondary Schools Grass Kart Challenge title was loosened by overall winner Rangiora High School in a closely contested competition at the weekend.

College competition starts

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A new Southland college rugby league competition will start tomorrow.

Shooter enjoys holiday success

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At 14, Balfour's Mandy Unwin is already proving she is a great shot.

Co-ed success bodes well for St Peter's

Bright times could be on the horizon for St Peter's College's first XV rugby team after the success of the school's under-15 side at the South Island co-ed championships last week.

Netball team adds to Gore High's achievements

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Gore High School can do no wrong at the moment when it comes to secondary school sport, it seems.

Southland reclaim Caldwell Trophy

Cycling Southland prevailed in the annual South Island teams time trial championships which were raced near Invercargill on Saturday and in doing so, won back the Caldwell Trophy from Otago.

Zhang off to Oz champs

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Thirteen-year-old table tennis player Michael Zhang is about to pen yet another achievement to what is quickly becoming a long list of accomplishments for him.

Southland pair make New Zealand squad

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Southland have added two more New Zealand age-group rugby representatives to its list.

Four Southland netball teams to contest A-grade

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There will be no love lost at next week's South Island Secondary Schools netball championships in Blenheim, with four Southland schools grouped together in A-grade action.

Barclay creates GHS buzz

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Gore High School rector Ian Crosbie admits a week on from Aaron Barclay's stunning success at the Youth Olympics in Singapore there is still a buzz around the school.

Menzies College eyeing first XV berth

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Menzies College has an eye on a spot in the 2011 Highlanders first XV schools rugby competition after two of its teams won Southland age-group competitions this year.

Winners found in schools point series

Southland track and road coach Ross Machejefski reviews the final round of the Southland schools road cycling series at Teretonga.

South Otago High girls notch third consecutive rugby win

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South Otago High School are fast creating a schoolgirl rugby dynasty after winning their third consecutive Southland-wide first XV title yesterday.

Schools ready to rumble in final

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Twelve teams started in the Highlanders-wide schools rugby title race and after four months that has been narrowed down to two teams.

Southland pair swim to success in Auckland

Sixteen-year-old Gore swimmer Lisa Catto recorded impressive results at last week's Auckland Winter Swimming Championships.

Camp for young stars

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Southland's brightest young netballers will meet in Invercargill next month for a Netball New Zealand-run talent and development camp.

Southland sharpshooter makes NZ team

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James Hargest College sharpshooter Bailey McDougall has been rewarded for her perseverance with a spot in the New Zealand under-17 Koru basketball team.

Bonus success for south's badminton players

Southland's next wave of talented badminton players looks to be filtering through as the province had success against the odds at the South Island under-15 and under-17 badminton championships last month.

Fresh legs make for fast times in Teretonga time trial

Last week Southland school cyclists were back tearing around Teretonga raceway after a break for the school holidays. The break, however, must have refreshed some legs because the quality of racing was outstanding.

School's sports stars lead the way

Recent James Hargest pupils Natalie Wiegersma (swimming), James Eunson and Anna Rankin (badminton) have been confirmed for the Commonwealth Games, while cyclist Eddie Dawkins is likely to join them when the New Zealand track team is named this week.

Angels win tourney

The James Hargest College Angels team won the Southland secondary school table tennis team championships at the Table Tennis Southland Stadium in Invercargill.