Archive #62/65: Sporting Highlights of the 2010's

The start of this decade saw Lindisfarne winning many of the traditional sporting exchanges with other schools, including Rathkeale, Wanganui Collegiate and Scots College.

Many College sporting teams were able to take part in international tours including the football team’s visits to China and the US, the rugby team’s tours to the UK and France and the two trips made by the cricket team to Sri Lanka.

Numerous boys competed at national and international level in a wide variety of sports including rowing, sailing, barefoot water-skiing, mountain biking, skiing, orienteering, softball and surf lifesaving. A huge number of boys were chosen to represent Hawke’s Bay and Central Districts and in 2015 one in five boys at Lindisfarne was a regional representative.

The rugby team started the decade on a high note by winning the Presbyterian Schools Quadrangular Rugby Tournament and defeating Hastings Boys High school convincingly. Several boys were chosen as part of the Hurricanes’ or Magpies’ training squads while still at school. The sailing team achieved a highlight in 2012 when they came second in a national level competition. Rowing continued to grow and develop too and boys competed strongly at national level.

The athletics and swimming teams dominated the East Coast competitions for several years at the start of the decade and numerous boys won individual titles. By 2016 Lindisfarne had been the top swimming team for six years in a row and in the same year, Lindisfarne won the prestigious 4x100 and 4x400 senior athletics titles in the East Coast Competition.

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