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St Thomas of Canterbury College Softball Team

South Island Softball Champions - 2009

Back Row, from left:

Hamish Barclay (Coach), Ashley Wright, Leroy Brown, Frazer Austin, Luke Payne, Joe Dickson. Temuera O'Connell & Richard Washington (Coach)

Front Row, from left:

Ben Laughton, Mark Francis, James Johnston, Jermaine Te Kawa, Bede Cunningham & Jakob Duncraft

ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY COLLEGE PADRES

The Padres mixed business and pleasure while away at the recent South Island Secondary school Softball Tournament. This was the first time in St Thomas's history that the school has entered a team in any softball competition of any level.

St Thomas earlier in the season had qualified for the tournament by winning the Canterbury Secondary Schools Wednesday competition by beating Burnside High 5-4. The team enjoyed the sites of Greymouth and the very scenic Arthurs Pass and other tourist attractions around the West Coast. A special thanks to the Royal Hotel which allowed the boys to gain inspiration from their fellow mates rowing at Madi.

The team Coached by Richard Washington and Hamish Barclay had set a goal of making the semi finals before the tournament. The team played 8 games including the final and the results qualified them for fourth spot in the semi finals.

Day 1 Day 2

STCC 25 Greymouth 1 STCC 0 Nayland College 2

STCC 3 Nelson 0 STCC 7 Burnside 6

Day 3 Semi Final

STCC 0 Dunstan High School 11 STCC 3 Nelson 0

STCC 12 Gore 4

Final

STCC 7 Dunstan 2

The team played Dunstan High School in the final and won 7-2. This was an amazing turn around considering in pool play Dunstan had beaten St Thomas' 11-0. Washington and Barclay come up with a game plan for the final which paid off after some extra training sessions. James Johnston was named M.V.P of the team and tournament. The boys were a pleasure to take away and next year with the same squad a New Zealand title is possible.

They would also like to personally thank Neil and Lee-Ann Johnston for all their help and support while away in Greymouth for the boys would not have achieved what they did without their help.