22 Issue 55 – February 2016 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING
This talented pair played in the National Junior Team Event
tennis tournament as part of the Central 14s team and came
home with a gold medal.
The girls travelled to Auckland for the four day competition held
at the Scarbro Tennis Centre to face some tough competition.
Junior tennis players from around the country came and
represented one of the six New Zealand Regions.
The combined boys and girls Central 14s team played a mixture
of singles and doubles and won all five rounds and their overall age
grade.
Ivy, who was the first ranked female player for Central, played
five singles and four doubles games.
She was particularly strong in the doubles winning four from
four with team mate George Stoupe.
Central itself did exceptionally well at the competition and were
ranked second overall.
Jourdan, who was reserve for the Central 14s team, enjoyed the
opportunity to play against some of the top junior players in New
Zealand.
“Our team faced some tough matches but everyone was on top of
their game.” Jourdan says.
Jourdan and Ivy are proving a formidable pair on the tennis
court with a host of recent achievements.
Ivy won the 2015 College Sport Wellington Junior Singles
Tennis stars Ivy McLean and Jourdan Craig have won a national title.
National Tennis Champs
Championships while Jourdan, hot on her heels, placed second.
In 2015 Ivy also won theWanganui Junior Open for her age group
and Jourdan placed second at the Central Region RPC tournament.
More recently, after winning the gold with the Central 14s this
month, Jourdan and Ivy both played in the 2016 16U New Zealand
Junior Championships and Jourdan won her round of the 16 & U
Mixed Doubles Tier 4 with team mate Hamish Arbuckle.
At only 14 years of age, these young tennis players will be worth
watching for in the future. Rowers Race To Victory
Rowers Bridget-Anne Horgan (stroke), Megan Wilson, Sarah
Bagley, Kate Welch, Lily Symes, Elizabeth Jensen, Charlotte
Lynch, Amber Jiang and Bridie Sheedy (cox) won the
Womens Club Coxed Octuple Sculls A Final.
As this was the first time the Womens Club Octuplet race has
been staged at a Karapiro Regatta, Queen Margaret College has
made history by becoming its very first winners.
Overall the College performed exceptionally well at the regatta
held at Lake Karapiro, making five finals.
Rosie Dossor (stroke), Emily Young, Elizabeth Jensen, Kate
Boswell and Sofia Udovenko (cox) placed third in their initial heats
with a time of 9:13.91 seconds before placing eighth in the B Final of
the Womens Novice Coxed Quad Sculls.
Saskia van der Wilt was hard to beat in the water coming second
in the C Final Girls U17 Single Sculls. She joined forces with Molly
Nicholson for the Girls U17 Double Sculls and came sixth in the C
Final.
Seasoned rowers Jessica MacPherson and Bella Smolnicki also
proved themselves in the water, placing sixth in the B Final for the
Girls U18 Double Sculls.
Queen Margaret College rowers went out on the water again the
Queen Margaret College rowers made history in December after winning a new event at the
Karapiro Christmas Regatta.
following month to compete in the Cambridge Town Cup at Lake
Karapiro and proved themselves as strong competitors once more.
They made twelve finals, six of which were A finals. The College
once again won the A Final of the Women’s Club Coxed Octuple
Sculls with a slightly different crew of Bridget-Anne Horgan, Sarah
Bagley, Lucy Poole, Emily Young, Lily Symes, Elizabeth Jensen,
Keeley Farrell, Amber Jiang and Emma Green.
Saskia van der Wilt was on top form once again coming third in
the B Final of the Girls U17 Single Sculls.
Jourdan Craig and Ivy McLean.