Hockey
Wairarapa College and St Matthew's Collegiate have made a habit of dominating the Wellington secondary schoolgirls premier division hockey competition and results to date suggest this season will be no exception.
Five series of matches were played in the preliminary round leading into the main championship and Wairarapa College and St Matthew's Collegiate were unbeaten going into their clash last week, won by Wairarapa 1-0.
In earlier games, Wairarapa College beat Paraparaumu 3-1, Chilton St James 7-0, Wellington Girls 8-0 and Wellington East 4-1, while St Matthew's had accounted for Samuel Marsden 2-0, Sacred Heart 3-2, Wellington East 3-2 and Paraparaumu 3-1.
Rathkeale College and Wairarapa College were placed second and third respectively in the preliminary round of the boys' premier division.