Girls In The Rutherford Wrestling Team Have Had Some Great Results

Girls in the Rutherford wrestling team have had some great results at recent national tournaments. At the NZ school champs, they picked up 4 gold and 5 silver medals making them the top female team in the country. 

Four of the team went on to compete at the NZ Open National Champs where they picked up three more golds and a bronze. These medals reflect the hard work this group has put in this year. They often ask for extra training opportunities and frequently train at other schools in the area and the local wrestling clubs. Their enthusiasm is infectious and they have managed to talk their friends into joing the team. 

Being quite a young team, we expect them to keep steamrolling the competition over the next few years. 

The team was made up of: 

Chloe Parrant, Maia Gascoigne, Kristine Ha, Yalda Bahrami, Zahra Basiri, Random Hague-Smith and Ardra Menon. 

Special thanks go to coach Steve Robertson for coming from Waimauku every week to coach the team as well as team sponsor Steel Electrical https://www.steelelectrical.co.nz/

by Michael Nola