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🇳🇿 NZ Rock Climbing Announcement 🇳🇿

Levi Dickinson, Year 11 student, has been selected to represent New Zealand at the World Climbing Youth World Championship 2026, held in Italy for SPEED Climbing.

Levi will be competing in the U17 category. Well done Levi on your amazing achievement, and on the opportunity to represent your country!

🏉 Tai Mitchell | 2026 Team Announcement

Congratulations to the following Year 7-8 boys who have been selected to represent Tauranga North in the upcoming Tai Mitchell tournament!

Christiaan Bekker
Jordy Comer
Mikaiah Hodson
Nixon Boshier
Oliver Brooking

Reserves:
Barnaby Adams
Espen Byrne
Jake Balmer

All the best!

Summer Tournament Week Recap!

🚣 NZSS Rowing Maadi Cup 🥉 🥉

With over 2100 competitors, Bethlehem College has had an incredible showing in Twizel with a small squad of just 16 rowers and one dedicated coxswain. This team has shown true GRIT, determination, and heart. A few special mentions:

Novice Girls Coxed Four – 3rd B Final (11th in New Zealand) | Lacey, Anna, Olivia, Livvy, and Ariella (coxswain), breaking a 14 year-old BC record

Novice Boys Coxed Quad – 7th B Final (15th in New Zealand) | Cruz, Aubrey, Ephram, Hamish, and Boaz (coxswain)

U17 Boys Single Sculls – 3rd in the C Final (19th in New Zealand) | Tobias

🏐 NZSS Volleyball Championships 🥈 🥈

Both the Senior A Boys & Girls Volleyball teams played with true GRIT throughout the week, winning games in some cases by 1 or 2 points. Both teams secured spots in the Division 3 Finals, and took 2nd place after tough matches. Both teams finished 34th in New Zealand, earning additional BOP seedings into the top 32 next year.

🤽 NISS Water Polo Cup

The Senior A Water Polo Boys played in Auckland and placed 6th in Division 2. A special mention to Tre who was named as one of the top five tournament players, as voted by game officials. A tournament highlight was ending a play-off game in a penalty shootout that the boys won!

🎽 NISS Athletics Championships 🥇 🥈

There were also some great results at NISS Athletics, with BC students representing WaiBOP:

Corban Holmes SB | 2nd 3000m, 4th 1500m, 1st 4x400m relay
Eleanor Pugh SG| 4th 1500m, 4th 3000m
Ingrid Stripling SG | 5th 100m, 7th 200m, 2nd 4x100m relay
Tahlia Bayley IG | 2nd 400m, 5th 200m, 2nd 4x400m relay, 2nd 4x100m relay
Mieke Bekker JG | 6th 300m, 9th 200m, 2nd 4x100m relay

Well done everyone, for representing Bethlehem College Sport!

🌞 Summer Sports Tournament Week 🌞

All the best to our Rowing, Water Polo Boys and Volleyball Boys & Girls who are representing Bethlehem College this week.

The Water Polo Boys have already done so well winning an incredible game on Saturday 20-2! They narrowly missed out on the Semi-Finals with a 5-6 Loss but will be looking to finish strong.

Rowing & Volleyball are looking forward to the week ahead!

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🇳🇿 NZ Representative Announcement 🇳🇿

Eliezar has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Youth World Championships in Italy in July 2026 for Speed Climbing and Bouldering.

Congratulations Eliezar, what a fantastic achievement!

⛳ BOPSS Golf Championships 🏌️‍♂️

Last week, Anna Lee, Daniel Lee, and Luke Brayley travelled to Rotorua to compete in the Bay of Plenty regional qualifying event for secondary school golf, aiming to secure a place in the 2026 New Zealand Secondary Schools Finals in Christchurch. All three students played exceptionally well and were praised for their effort and sportsmanship throughout the day.

A special mention goes to Anna Lee, who finished 4th with an impressive round of 74 and also recorded an eagle—one of only two competitors to do so on the day. Well done, Anna!

🎾 BOPSS Tennis Championships 🎾

Well done Jasmine and Lucca on your placings!

🥇 Jasmine Bonello | 1st in Division 1 Girls
🥇 Lucca Fraser | 1st in Division 2 Boys

Eleanor Pugh! 🥉

Recently, Eleanor (right) won the Bronze medal at the New Zealand 3000m championships in Hamilton with a personal best time of 9:51.37.

Photo with her teammate and Gold medalist, Daisy Ruthe.
Well done Eleanor!