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While all eyes have been on NZ’s Olympic athletes competing in Paris, NZ’s top underwater hockey competitors, including two current and four past Mahurangi College students, have been hauling in medals in Kuala Lumpur.
They have been competing in the 6th World Underwater Hockey Age Group Championships winning gold in the under 19 men’s, U24 men’s and U24 women’s events, and bronze in the U19 women’s.
The local players were Thea Buick and Charlie Blampied in the women’s U19 team; Izaak Lees in the men’s U19 team; Charlotte O’Connor and Mackenzie Buick in the women’s U24 team; and Sam Twhigg in the men’s U24 team.
The four NZ teams were up against players from 11 other countries, and were defending wins in the United Kingdom in 2019, when NZ won three of the four titles and came third in the Under 24 men’s.
