NZ selection for students

Footballer Zac Newdick (Year 13) has been selected for the New Zealand secondary schools football team that will face the Australian schools and A-League teams while on tour in Sydney in July.

The midfielder, who will represent New Zealand’s under-19 side, says it is the first time he has been selected for the team and that the opportunity to represent his country is a huge honour. Becoming a New Zealand representative is another firm step towards his long term goal of becoming an international footballer. In the short term, he hopes to pick up a US football scholarship.

Other New Zealand representatives to be named recently were:

• hockey players Rueben Andrews (Year 13), Garrick du Toit (Year 13) and Jonathan Bloor (Hamilton 2011-15) who were named as members of the NZ Junior Blacksticks
• lacrosse player Madeline Gordon (Year 11) was selected for the New Zealand under-23 team
• and netballers Grace Watson (Year 11) and Kate Littlejohn (Year 12) who were selected for the New Zealand secondary schools and Aotearoa Maori secondary schools teams.