MARIST QUINELLA IN BOYS UNDER 16 DIV 2 NATIONALS
Whilst Marist Blue was regarded as one of the teams likely to make the top four, the Marist White team was not. However the White team played extremely well winning or drawing all their pool and second round games to find themselves in a finals show down with the Blue team. The Marist Blues got off to a sound start in the final going 2 goals up but found themselves on the other side of some resilience as the Marist White team fought back to draw level at 6 all going into the final quarter. The Marist Blue team edged ahead again in the final quarter to grab the gold medals by 8-6. Marist Blue’s Shaun Jenkins won a Most Promising player award whilst Kurt Stevenson (Marist White) won another of the Promising player awards.
Meanwhile the Marist White Girls team went down 1-4 to Northsport C in the Girls Division 2 Under 16 Championship final. The Marist girls went into the final unbeaten but were unable to keep up the winning formula in the final. Katherine Graaf (Marist White) won the Girls MVP Award.
Article provided by Chris Hayward
MARIST MISS OUT ON SEMI FINAL AT NATIONALS
27.09.2006 The boys competition proved one of the closest in years with all 8 major clubs fielding very competitive teams. The Red team had a head start beating Waikato comfortably 13 – 4 but found it tough going from there notching close wins over Hutt (4 – 3) and QE II (6 – 4) before facing competition favorites NorthSport for the direct semi final berth. A strong overall performance raised hopes to repeat last year’s final appearance despite the 2 – 4 loss. All hopes were shattered 4 hours later against Tauranga when the team from the Bay knocked out Marist with a goal from a seagull just 2 seconds before the final whistle. While Tauranga moved on to the final Marist had to settle for 5th/6th play off. There they defeated Hutt 7 – 5 to finish the season on a winning note.
Despite some close results the Blue boys only managed one win over Southland to avoid last place. However, this result does not reflect the good level of water polo the team had played throughout the tournament.
PANASONIC PAN PACIFICS - ALL RESULTS
Red Team
The final 7th was propably dissappointing considering the close results against both competition finalists NZU15 and Queensland (winners).
| Marist Red | NorthSport Blue | P/R | 10 - 3 |
| Marist Red | Tauranga Breakers | P/R | 18 - 2 |
| Marist Red | QE II | P/R | 7 - 1 |
| Marist Red | Queensland | P/R | 5 - 6 |
| Marist Red | NZU15 | Q/R | 5 - 7 |
| Marist Red | Waitakere A | Q/R | 9 - 0 |
| Marist Red | Maranui | 5-8 SF | 4 - 5 |
| Marist Red | Waitakere A | P/O 7/8 | 5 - 3 |
Final Placing: 7th
Blue Team
After a bumpy start the team managed to put it's act together, played structured water polo and produced some good results against teams of comparable abilities.
| Marist Blue | NZU15 | P/R | 1 - 25 |
| Marist Blue | Corona del Mar | P/R | 4 - 15 |
| Marist Blue | Hutt | P/R | 3 - 8 |
| Marist Blue | Waitakere A | P/R | 3 - 10 |
| Marist Blue | Tauranga Breakers | Div3 | 7 - 4 |
| Marist Blue | Waitakere B | Div3 | 2 - 2 |
| Marist Blue | NorthSport Maroon | Div3 | 7 - 4 |
| Marist Blue | Waitakere B | Div3Final | 4 - 3 |
Final Placing: 17th
TEAM SELECTIONS FOR PAN PACS
The teams for the 2006 PanPacs starting Friday, June 30th are as follows. Selection will be reviewed for Northern League and National Club Championships.
Click here to view the PanPacs draw.
Click here to view 2006 Competition Calender.
| Number / Position | Red Team | Blue Team |
| 1 | Mark Baker | Kurt Stevenson |
| 2 | Nielson Valroy | Aidan Thornhill |
| 3 |
Gregor Willox |
Eddie Thomas |
| 4 | Freddie Guddex | Harry Harknett |
| 5 | Ed Lyons | Tom Tremewan |
| 6 | Hamish Liggins | Andy Huang |
| 7 | Mike O'Connell | Shaun Jenkins |
| 8 | Toby Smith | Jeremy Kidd |
| 9 | Nic Buist | Matt Plowman |
| 10 | William Parr | Brad Rainger |
| 11 | Arjun Mahadevan | Greg Rea |
| 12 | Scott McElroy | Michael Rountree |
| 13 | Michael Dunn | Simon Wilkinson |
| Coach | Phill Howart | Olaf Adam |
| Manager | Kathy McElroy | Jim Harknett |
Age group co-ordinator: Graham Liggins
2006 U16 BOYS PROGRAM
24 players have registered for 2006 season at Muster Day. First highlight will be the Pan Pacific Youth Festival from June 30th till July 12th. The club intends to enrol two teams for the tournament that will be selected over the following weeks.
After that the teams will play in the Northern Regional League (dates yet to be confirmed) leading up to National Club Championships September 23 - 26 in Christchurch.
Until after Queens Birthday Weekend (end of Senior Club season) trainings will commence only once per week and will be advised to all players via email or website. For any queries please email Graham.
Coaches: Phillip Howat / Olaf Adam
Manager: Graham Liggins
Training times: Saturday, May 20th: 3.00 – 4.30 pm (meet at 2.45 pm)
Unlucky Silver at Nationals
A dramatic final of the U16 Boys National Club Championships in Christchurch saw the favorites from NorthSport with the better end, claiming the title over our Marist Red team. It took all extra time and a penalty shoot out to decide the game. 6 - 7 was the score at the end that left Marist disappointed but also proud of an excellent overall result.
Marist's Byron Thornhill got picked as 'Best Defensive Player'.
Teams for Nationals named
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NATIONAL UNDER 16s CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 BOYS | |||
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Marist Red |
Cap No |
Marist Blue |
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2 |
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Edward Lyons |
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3 |
Struan Wall |
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Will Lawerence |
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4 |
Sean Weeks |
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5 |
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Mathew Holder |
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6 |
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Nick Buist |
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7 |
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Toby Smith |
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8 |
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Michael O'Connell |
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9 |
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Edward Washer |
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10 |
Will Parr |
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Freddie Gudux |
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11 |
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Hamish Liggins |
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12 |
Nielson Varoy |
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Gregor Willox |
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13 |
Tim McVicar |
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Michael Dunn |
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Coach |
Paul Swindell |
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Shaun Venter |
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Assist Coach |
Shaun Venter |
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Phil Howat |
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Manager |
Janet Clinton |
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Assist Manager |
Phil Howat |
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Paul Swindell |