College sport: Kicks and sticks in local derby

The biggest day in Auckland secondary school sport will have all the usual interest when Auckland Grammar and King's College go head-to-head this week.

The traditional rivalry starts tomorrow with the clash of the hockey 1st XIs at the Auckland Grammar turf, but the real focus will be at King's on Saturday with the annual clashes in soccer and rugby.

The soccer kicks off at noon with unbeaten AGS starting slight favourites given their strong start to the season, which has them one point clear of Westlake Boys and King's after four rounds.

AGS warmed up for the game with a crushing 6-0 win away to St Kentigern last Saturday while King's were not as convincing in their 2-1 away win over St Peter's.

John Niyonsaba booted home from the penalty spot to give King's the lead. That was cancelled out quickly when Cody Patterson scored for St Peter's.

King's, on the back of some good work from stand-in goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic, eventually got home with a second-half goal from Freddie Baker.

Daniel Rowe scored a hat-trick for AGS and Kayne Vincent (2) and Jacob Mathews added the others.

Previously unbeaten Westlake Boys lost that record and their competition lead when beaten 2-0 at home by an impressive Mt Albert Grammar 1st XI.

Jonathan Raj headed home a Sky Parmenter cross to give the visitors their 13th-minute lead. Parmenter ran on to a good through ball from Mark Withers to score early in the second half.

It was a solid effort from MAGS, who won plenty of midfield ball with Troy and Josh Smith showing out, while up front Damien Fonoti always looked dangerous.

Tommy Smith battled bravely in the Westlake defence but it was not enough in conditions made difficult by the strong crosswind.

The scheduled game between Rangitoto and Macleans was postponed when no referee turned up.

Curling

Birkenhead College continue to set the pace. In the last game of the night at Paradice Avondale, Birkenhead's Team Yim beat Rangitoto 7-4 with the scoreline flattering the winners.

Earlier, in a game between two Birkenhead sides, the Year 11 Team Cranswick, aided by three on the fourth end, went on to beat Year 10 Team Patel 8-2.

In the closest match of the night, Birkenhead's Team Seo took the early lead before falling behind 2-3 to Westlake Icebergs.

Holding three and the match on the last end, Birkenhead were denied when that was cut to one and the scores finished level at 6-6.

Papakura Mixed denied Birkenhead Mixed any points with their 8-2 win after leading 5-0 at one stage.

Multisport

Rebecca Spence bade farewell to secondary school competition in style with a big win in the duathlon championships at Maraetai Beach.

Spence relished the good conditions to head home the senior girls field by almost 6 minutes with visitor Sian Walker (Waikato Diocesan) taking second ahead of another Waikato competitor, Nicole Treweek.

Spence leaves Rangitoto College this year but not until she has contested a hectic international schedule with multisport and cycling events in Canada and Europe.

Ryan Sissons, too, was impressive in winning the senior boys title for Macleans College.

He was over a minute clear of long-time Auckland Grammar rival Tom Quirk, with Rosehill's Andrew Simpson a close-up third.

Strathallan College (Papakura) had a good day with victory in the junior and senior boys team events and Megan Blackett taking silver in the intermediate girls.

* COLLEGE RESULTS

ADVENTURE RACING

Genesis Ultimate SS Challenge (Tongariro National Park)

(5 days, teams of 8 including minimum 3 girls): AGS/Diocesan (R. Longuet-Higgins, H. Webb, A. Riddell, A. Goode, J. Burns, R. Rassie, R. Taylor, K. Stratton) 1, New Plymouth BHS/GHS 2, Middleton Grange (Christchurch) 3.

CURLING

Birkenhead Team Cranswick 8 Birkenhead Team Patel 2, Birkenhead Team Seo 6 Westlake Icebergs 6, Papakura mixed 8 Birkenhead mixed 2, Birkenhead Team Yim 7 Rangitoto 4.

LEAGUE

PREMIER

MAGS 20 St Pauls A 12, St Pauls B 34 Avondale 0, Otahuhu 22 Sir Edmund Hillary 10, James Cook 26 Mangere 22.

Points: Section 1, St Pauls A, St Pauls B, MAGS 4, Waitakere, Avondale 2. Section 2, Otahuhu 8, Sir Edmund Hillary, James Cook 4, Mangere 0.

COLLEGE A

Southern Cross 27 Manurewa 12, Rutherford 30 Aorere 12, Tamaki 76 Green Bay 0. Points: Southern Cross 6, Manurewa 4, Tamaki, Aorere, Rutherford 2, Green Bay 0.

UNDER-15 9-ASIDE

Mangere bt Hato Petera by def. Points: St Pauls, Mangere 4, Penrose, Hato Petera 2, Manurewa 0.

MULTISPORT

AK SS DUATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Maraetai Beach)

Junior boys: M. Morreau (AGS) 38m 56s 1, N. Simpson (Rosehill) 40m 30s 2, S. Russell (Botany Downs) 47m 12s 3. Teams: Strathallan 43m 45s 1, Pukekohe 46m 56s 2, Macleans 48m 21s 3.

Junior girls: Z. Steffany (EGGS) 44m 17s 1, J. Roets (WGHS) 44m 49s 2, M. Guy (Macleans) 46m 21s 3. Teams: Diocesan 44m 12s 1, Massey 45m 07s 2, EGGS 45m 12s 3.

Junior mixed teams: TGS 47m 41s 1, Waiuku College D 48m 01s 2, Waiuku College C 48m 59s 1.

Intermediate boys: B. Aldrich (WBHS) 49m 05s 1, P. Bevin (Taupo Nui-a-Tia) 50m 40s 2, A. George (St Kentigern) 51m 10s 3, A. Petri (MAGS) 51m 23s 4. Teams: Massey 49m 05s 1, WBHS 52m 43s 2, Macleans 54m 28s 3.

Intermediate girls: E. Petersen (St Peters Cambridge) 56m 52s 1, M. Blackett (Strathallan) 58m 18s 2, K. Sabine (Rangitoto) 59m 01s 3, E. Collins (Baradene) 60m 38s 4. Teams: Macleans 56m 17s 1, WGHS 59m 29s 2, EGGS 61m 03s 3.

Intermediate mixed teams: Howick 56m 39s 1, Massey 57m 19s 2, TGS 63m 31s 3.

Senior boys: R. Sissons (Macleans) 62m 523s 1, T. Quirk (AGS) 64m 01s 2, A. Simpson (Rosehill) 64m 12s 3. Teams: Strathallan 70m 20s 1, Howick 1 71m 53s 2, Okaihau 74m 01s 3, Howick 3 74m 41s 4.

Senior girls: R. Spence (Rangitoto) 64m 21s 1, S. Walker (Wk Diocesan) 70m 06s 2, N. Treweek (Cambridge) 71m 56s 3, R. Rassie (Diocesan) 75m 06s 4, E. Crum (St Cuthberts) 77m 13s 3. Teams: AGGS 73m 01s 1, WGHS 73m 35s 2, EGGS 86m 08s 3.

Senior mixed teams: Pukekohe 74m 07s 1, TGS 74m 22s 2, Glendowie 74m 54s 3.

RUGBY

AUCKLAND

St Paul's 15 St Kentigern 3 (corrected result).

NORTH HARBOUR

1A: Rangitoto 8 TGS 6, Massey 34 Rosmini 3. Points: Massey 19, Massey 17, Rangitoto 12, TGS 10, Rosmini 6, Mahurangi 1.

1B: Orewa 22 Birkenhead 18, WBHS 2 12 Massey 2 12, Northcote 38 Long Bay 22, Kaipara 21 Glenfield 12. Final 1B rankings: Orewa 1, Birkenhead 2, WBHS 2, Massey 2 equal 3, Northcote 5, Long Bay 6, Kaipara 7, Glenfield 8.

SOCCER

SENIOR 1A

WBHS 0 MAGS 2, Rangitoto v Macleans pp, St Kentigern 0 AGS 6, St Peters 1 Kings 2.

SENIOR A2

KBHS 2 Liston 0, Howick 2 Kristin 1, MRGS 2 Onehunga 1, Pakuranga 0 Avondale 5.

SENIOR A3

Sacred Heart 3 Long Bay 2, TGS 0 Birkenhead 1, Lynfield 1 Northcote 3, Massey 1 Rosmini 1.

TABLE TENNIS

WINTER SERIES

Macleans A 6 MRGS 1, AGS A 5 St Kentigern 2, Macleans B 6 Avondale 1, MAGS 7 AGS B 0, Macleans A 6 AGS B 1, MRGS 4 AGS A 3, Macleans B 5 MAGS 2, Avondale 7 St Kentigern 0.

UNDERWATER HOCKEY

Senior open: MAGS A 15 Western Springs 0, Howick 6 MAGS B 0, Avondale 10 Northcote 0.

Senior girls: MAGS 4 Glendowie 1, Diocesan 7 Macleans 1, EGGS 6 Howick 0.

Junior open: MAGS 9 Avondale 0, Glendowie 8 Western Springs 0, MAGS 13 Northcote 0.

Junior girls: Glendowie 7 Northcote 0, EGGS A 5 Macleans 0, MAGS 6 Diocesan 1, Howick 7 EGGS B 2.

* COMING UP

Today: Athletics, Auckland secondary schools cross-country championships, St Kentigern College, from 1.30pm.

League (4pm unless stated), premier 1st XIII, St Pauls B v Waitakere, MAGS v Avondale, Mt Smart 2, James Cook v Otahuhu, Sir Edmund Hillary v Mangere, Mt Smart 2, 3pm. College A, Manurewa v Green Bay, Southern Cross v Aorere, Tamaki v Rutherford. Under-15 9-a-side, St Pauls v Hato Petera, Mangere v Manurewa.

Soccer, girls (4pm, home team first), Central Premier East, EGGS v St Cuthberts, Diocesan v St Kentigern, AGGS v Glendowie. North Harbour, Carmel v Rangitoto, WGHS senior v WGHS junior. Counties Manukau, Macleans v Howick, Rosehill v Pukekohe, Papatoetoe v Waiuku.

Tomorrow: Curling, Paradice Avondale, AGGS v Baradene, Massey HS v KGHS, EGGS v Massey Shooters.

Friday: Basketball, premier girls (all 6pm), Avondale v Rosehill Avondale, Northcote v WGHS Dilworth, Manurewa HS v Massey Manurewa HS, Rangitoto v AGGS Rangitoto. Premier boys (all 7.30pm), Avondale v MAGS Avondale, Dilworth v WBHS Dilworth, James Cook v AGS Manurewa HS, Rangitoto v KBHS Rangitoto.

Saturday: Netball: North Harbour (all Onewa courts), Collegiate 1, Carmel v Rangitoto 2 9.45am, Rangitoto 1 v TGS 9.45, WGHS v Mahurangi 9.45, Orewa v Long Bay 10.30, Northcote v Kaipara 10.30, Kristin v Birkenhead 10.30.

Rugby, Auckland, 1A (all 2.30pm, home team first), KBHS v St Pauls, Kings v AGS, Otahuhu v St Kentigern, Sacred Heart v De La Salle, St Peters v Tamaki, Tangaroa v MAGS. 1B (all noon), pool A, Aorere v MRGS, Edgewater v Dilworth, Liston v Sir Edmund Hillary, Papatoetoe v Macleans; pool B, Avondale v Waitakere, Marcellin v Penrose, Onehunga v Mangere, Southern Cross v Howick. North Harbour 1st round top eight (all noon unless stated), 1A, TGS v Birkenhead, Massey v Mahurangi 1pm, Rosmini v Rangitoto, Orewa v WBHS. 1B, WBHS 2 v Kaipara, Massey 2 v Long Bay.

Soccer, boys A1 (noon), Kings v AGS, Macleans v St Peters, MAGS v St Kentigern, WBHS v Rangitoto.

Sunday: Cycling, time trials, race 3, Auckland Waterfront (start Teal Park) 7am.

Monday: Rugby, girls (all 4pm, home team first), North Harbour, Kaipara v Rangitoto, Long Bay v Orewa, Mahurangi v Glenfield, WGHS v Northcote.

Tuesday: North Harbour, 1B, Glenfield v Northcote 4pm. Soccer, 1A, MAGS v St Peters, MAGS 3