“The last time we played Wellington College we only had three of our regular starting forwards and 19 injured players in our first and second fifteens. We weren’t confident of a win, but our defense stepped up that day,” acclaims Jack Gray when reflecting on the narrow 14-13 win Scots College enjoyed over Wellington College in June.
In March Capital swimmer Lewis Clareburt from Scots College in Wellington equalled 1996 Olympic Champion Danyon Loader’s near 25-year-old national age group record in the 200m freestyle, clocking in at 1.51.70. When the 17-year old returned home to check his Facebook page there was a special note in his inbox.
Wild weather, sickness and changing venues were just some of the obstacles overcome by the Scots College tennis team in winning their third National Secondary Schools title in the past four years in Auckland last week.
“I didn’t play too well against the Solomon Islands nor did the rest of the team,” Oliver Whyte concedes after New Zealand’s second game of the OFC Under 17 Football Championships in Tahiti.