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SHC Senior Boys Cross Country Team to go to World Championships

  • Sacred Heart Cross Country team win the SILVER medal

      24 April 2016
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    Well today was simply one out of the box.... An incredible event in a fabulous city and a 'beyond belief' result for this fantastic team of 6 boys. Our Sacred Heart Cross Country team win the SILVER medal at the World Cross Country Championships in Budapest, Hungary and give the best ever performance by a NZ team at this event. This is an outstanding achievement! These 6 boys were quite simply AWESOME and as a coach I could not be more proud of every single aspect of their planning, preparation and ultimately their performance today. Well done boys, it has been a 3 year plan, a 3 year dream, and a performance that will be remembered for a very, very long time. It has been a pleasure to be there with you on the journey!! Kia kaha RT smile emoticon

    Full Results (top 8):

    1st Turkey

    2nd New Zealand (SHC)

    3rd France

    4th China

    5th Australia

    6th Algeria

    7th England

    8th Belgium

    Individual placings:

    5th James Uhlenburg

    7th Jacob Holmes

    13th Jono Ansley

    17th Sean paget

    20th Liam Miller

    24th James Matthews

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  • Cross- Country team head to Europe

      15 April 2016
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    On Wednesday our winning 6-man Senior Cross- Country team headed to Europe to contest the ISF Cross Country World Schools Championship in Budapest, Hungary. The team are: Jonathan Ansley, Jacob Holmes, James Matthews, Liam Miller, Sean Paget and James Uhlenberg.

    To follow this team in their pursuit of Sacred Heart College’s first ever World teams title you can check out the NZ team facebook page on: https://www.facebook.com/nzssaaworldcrosscountrychamps2016/?fref=photo

    We hope to tweet live results on the night of Saturday 23 April.

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  • Cross Country Team lift the pace with World Champs into the final straight

      10 March 2016
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    Cross Country Team lift the pace with World Champs into the final straight.

    Margaret Island in central Budapest (Hungary) is a peaceful place for many taking a break from the busy downtown grind, but next month from April 21 to April 26, Hungarians going for a leisurely walk will likely be able to hear cheering crowds as hundreds of athletes including our very own Sacred Heart College team occupy the island during the ISF WSC Cross-Country 2016. The Sacred Heart College team has been selected, as the very best in New Zealand, to represent at the Worlds - and the boys are amped and ready to do us all proud.

    With just weeks until departure the boys (and their parents) have worked hard to raise $24, 000 of the required $42,000 needed to get to Hungary, at the same time training very hard for the biggest sporting performance of their lives. But they need our help. If you can help get them over the line, please donate to their give a little page at the link below:

    https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/helpshcwinworldsecondaryschoolscrosscountry

    The boys train 6 days a week, with the Athletics season in full swing they are all having to manage blending track preparation and competition with the demands of preparing for a Northern hemisphere Cross-Country performance over 6km on undulating parkland. This has been testing for all involved. But the rewards for all of this effort will come next month as the boy’s face up against the very best schoolboy athletes on the planet.

    All donations very gratefully accepted,

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  • SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR

      2 November 2015
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    The Sacred Heart College 2015 Sports Awards Dinner was held on Friday 16th October and was a fantastic evening celebrating sporting success at the school this year.

    Congratulations to the 6 Man Cross Country Team being named the SHC Premier Sports Team of the Year.

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  • Auckland Road Race Championships

      30 September 2015
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    Auckland Road Race Championships

    James Uhlenberg has added another title to his growing collection picking up the Auckland SS Intermediate Boys Road Race Championship this week. The rest of the Intermediate Boys team were also totally dominant, taking Gold in both the 3-man and 6-man team events. We had six finishers inside the Top-10 overall: (James Uhlenberg 1st, Jacob Holmes 4th, Liam Miller 5th, James Matthews 7th, Jono Ansley 8th , Sean Paget 10th) The team results were miles ahead of the 2nd and 3rd place-getters. Dominic Grace also ran well, finishing very close in behind the Top-6 SHC boys.

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  • Help get our boys to Budapest!

      17 August 2015

    The Cross-Country team are fundraising to get to Budapest. The first fundraising initiative they would love you to support:

    Cookie Time - The team heading to the World Cross Country Champs are selling Cookie Time Cookies to contribute towards their fundraising goal of $42,000. Cookies are sold in bags of 20 rookie (25g) cookies for $20. Each cookie is individually wrapped and has a shelf life of 3 months. A great snack perfect for lunchboxes and sports bags. There is a choice of 2 flavours – Original or Triple Chocolate. Orders and payment need to be placed by Thursday 24 September (last week of term) with deliveries by Monday 19 October. Please download the order form or email andmiller@ihug.co.nz, or text your order to Donna on 027 4815462.

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  • Budapest beckons for Sacred Heart cross country runners

      17 August 2015
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    Hungary is a far cry from suburban East Auckland.

    But that's where a team of cross country runners from Sacred Heart College are headed.

    The squad has qualified to compete at the World Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs in Budapest next April.

    The selection comes after the team achieved the top result at the national secondary schools championship in Dunedin.

    It is the first time a team from Sacred Heart has been selected to compete at a world event.

    Despite traditionally being perceived as an individual pursuit, cross country is about running as a team, 15-year-old Liam Miller says.

    "We run for each other, you're not running for yourself or your own benefit," he says.

    Being part of a team motivates you to keep moving if you're falling behind, Miller says.

    "That aspect helps you to do better almost."

    The team is going with the attitude to win, as opposed to a sight-seeing holiday with some running on the side, Miller says.

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    James Matthews, 15, says part of the challenge will be adapting to Budapest's colder climate.

    "It will be pretty unfamiliar territory, we'll have to get used to the climate so that will be part of our training," Matthews says.

    While nerves for the competition are yet to kick in, they're bound to feel daunted as the date draws closer, he says.

    Miller and Matthews both admit they don't know anything about Budapest and will have to do their research.

    With the boys only being year 11 they will aim to make the top New Zealand secondary schools team for the next two years, Matthews says.

    The squad is aiming to raise $42,000 for their trip through a Givealittle page.

    Donations are welcome

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