"Our board will discuss the issue at their next meeting at the end of the month," said Carnachan. "At this stage I don't see any need to extend it."
Under council rules, schools can add only between one and three (depending on the sport) "new to school" pupils to their premier teams.
Romanian-born Stocia, a Year 10 pupil at St Kentigern, played for the senior team for the first time in Saturday's 9-0 semifinal win over Sacred Heart. St Kentigern will now meet top-seeded WBHS in the October 29 final at Scarbro Tennis Park after Westlake edged AGS 5-4 in the other semifinal.
That win capped a great day for St Kentigern as five of their six teams won through to finals day. AGS lost the chance to defend their senior title but will be back to attempt back-to-back success in the intermediate and junior finals - against St Kentigern and King's respectively.
The St Kentigern senior girls' team of Carli Davis (captain), Diana Deyeva, Kelly Drew, Lucy Macdonald, Yoanna Peshev, Lucia Young and Chanistha Ampornachariya will attempt to defend the title they won 7-0 over St Cuthbert's a year ago when they square off against the same opponent.
Their intermediate team, 6-3 winners over EGGS last year, also face the same foe in that final while the St Kentigern juniors, third last year, will attempt to claim the honours when they play St Cuthbert's in the final.
St Kentigern and St Cuthbert's sneaked home 5-4 over Baradene (the defending champions) and Diocesan respectively in Saturday's semis.
Curling
Led by Waverley Taylor, the Henderson High girls have stormed to double success on the rink.
Joined by Maria Anderson, Shelley Addison-Bell and Nicola Duncan, Team Taylor followed their success at last month's North Island SS Championships with the Auckland girls' title at Paradice Avondale.
In the final they beat fellow West Auckland school Massey High 8-2 in the final to claim the Auckland crown on finals night.
New Zealand Youth Winter Olympians Eleanor Adviento and Kelsi Heath teamed with Jake Farrell and Connor Cowling in the Birkenhead College team to claim the Auckland Mixed final 11-0 over Massey High School to reverse the result of Birkenhead's only loss this season.
The boy's final was very tight before the Long Bay College side of Garion Long, Tamara Long, Miller Adams and Matt Hohaia capped an outstanding season with their 4-3 win over Avondale College.
At the North Island Championships, also at Paradice, Team Taylor were unbeaten in winning while the Massey High team of Brogan Powlesland, Ashleigh Rapana, James Hale, Tomo Konichi and Mort Heaven were unchallenged in winning the mixed title.
Kelston Boys High's Rory Duggan, Corey Foster, Niall Rankin and Tayler Adams upset favoured Long Bay to win the boys' championship.
Attention now turns to next week's NZ Secondary School Championships at Paradice. Seven teams have entered the boys, girls and mixed competitions, including Otago Boys High School, who will travel north to defend their title.
Cycling
Cycling has not been a big part of the sporting curriculum at Sacred Heart College - overshadowed by deeds on the rugby and soccer fields - but the arrival of former Dutch professional Herke Beukens is helping to turn wheels faster.
Heading into this week's national championships Sacred Heart have, if not overly high hopes, a will to at least challenge for top 10 placings in some events.
Determined that the boys in his expanding squad compete for enjoyment, Beukens has been careful to ensure his young charges are not "over-trained".
"I was asked by some parents to become involved and I made it clear that I want the kids to have fun and enjoy what they are doing," he said. "The school has been very supportive and positive and I want to use cycling as a means of learning something.
"Some coaches over-train young kids which quickly turns many off the sport. I don't want that to happen here.
"While some schools turn up [to races] with the very best equipment, I have made it clear to our boys thatI don't want show ponies."
Beukens, through his company NZ Cycling, is the New Zealand agent for the much-touted Eddy Merckx cycles and equipment.
"Some don't have the best of equipment but at least they can afford to do what they are doing."
Under-15 Mexican-born Pablo Fernandez was their best performer at the recent Auckland individual championships, finishing sixth in the testing Mt Wellington hillclimb and the series-ending criterium and seventh overall after placing 17th in the opening 4km time trial.
Led by strongman Josh Hunter, 11th overall in the under-17 grade (he also finished sixth in the hillclimb), and Jonathan Laycock, eighth overall in the tough under-20 grade after a fifth placing in the criterium, Sacred Heart finished a creditable eighth in the Avantiplus team trials on the Auckland waterfront.
In many races Sacred Heart were not too far behind the powerhouse teams from the top schools.
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