Gisborne Herald
  • Gisborne Herald Home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport

Locations

  • Gisborne
  • Bay of Plenty
  • Hawke's Bay

Media

  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Premium
Home / Gisborne Herald / Sport

Jodiesha makes it a meet to remember

Gisborne Herald
18 Mar, 2023 12:38 AMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article

    Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.

SWIMMERS GO ON THE ROAD: Comet Swimming Club members (from left) Michael Taniora, Jazmynn Bailey, Rixon Skudder, Sophia O’Hara, Te Maumahara Hape and (absent) Jodiesha Kirkpatrick helped their team to sixth place out of 25 clubs taking part in the Aquaknights Junior Festival in Rotorua last weekend. Picture by Paul Rickard

SWIMMERS GO ON THE ROAD: Comet Swimming Club members (from left) Michael Taniora, Jazmynn Bailey, Rixon Skudder, Sophia O’Hara, Te Maumahara Hape and (absent) Jodiesha Kirkpatrick helped their team to sixth place out of 25 clubs taking part in the Aquaknights Junior Festival in Rotorua last weekend. Picture by Paul Rickard

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Swimming

JODIESHA Kirkpatrick made her final junior swimming festival one to remember.

She was in a 10-strong Comet Swimming Club team at the Aquaknights Junior Festival in Rotorua last weekend.

They were competing against the best 12-and-under club swimmers in the Aquaknights region, which takes in Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki and Waikato.

Comet finished sixth out of the 25 clubs.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Jodiesha came away with 11 wins and one second placing in the girls’ 12-year age-group.

She set Comet club records in the 50-metre breaststroke and 200m freestyle, and a Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay record in the 50m breaststroke.

Her next event will be the Division 2 nationals in Dunedin next month.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Rixon Skudder, in the boys’ 11-year age group, had four wins, two second placings, two thirds, a fifth and a sixth.

He set a Comet club record in the 50m backstroke, and did personal-best times in the 200m backstroke and 200m breaststroke.

Kaylah Reynolds was third in the 11-year girls’ 100m freestyle. Kaylah improved her pb times by eight seconds in the 200m freestyle and by six seconds in the 100m butterfly.

Harriet Morunga was one of four first-time junior festival swimmers competing for Comet.

In the girls’ 10-and-under age group, she swam pb times in all her events and achieved four top-10 placings.

Jazmynn Bailey was new to junior festival competition. Her best swim came in the 50m butterfly, in which she improved her pb by eight seconds and achieved a top-10 finish.

Nine-year-old Te Maumahara Hape competed against the 10-year-olds in the boys’ 10-and-under age group.

He achieved two top-10 finishes and swam pb times in seven out of eight events. He improved his pb for the 100m individual medley by 11 seconds.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Michael Taniora, another first-timer at this event, swam six pb times in the boys’ 11-year age group. He improved his 200m backstroke pb by nine seconds and achieved top-10 finishes in that event and the 100m butterfly.

In the girls’ 10-and-under age group, Sophia O’Hara improved her 200m breaststroke pb by 13 seconds and finished eighth overall in that event. Sophia also swam pb times in the 100m individual medley and 100m breaststroke.

In the girls’ 11-year age group, Natalie Johnson had top-10 finishes in the 200m backstroke, 50m backstroke and 200m freestyle. She improved her pb times by 12 seconds in the 200m backstroke and by eight seconds in the 200m freestyle.

Celine McNabb, in the girls’ 12-year division, was competing in her final junior festival. She finished her meet solidly with a pb time in the 50m butterfly.

Save
    Share this article

    Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.

Latest from Sport

Premium
Gisborne Herald

Hall-of-famer Thompson 'up for the challenge' of a more leisurely life

Sport

Unfinished business: Derby duel could decide bragging rights

Sport

Great Scott! Captain leads by example as GBA Premier league starts


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Sport

Premium
Premium
Hall-of-famer Thompson 'up for the challenge' of a more leisurely life
Gisborne Herald

Hall-of-famer Thompson 'up for the challenge' of a more leisurely life

Gisborne kayaking coach Liz Thompson is cutting back on her duties after storied career.

25 Jul 05:00 PM
Unfinished business: Derby duel could decide bragging rights
Sport

Unfinished business: Derby duel could decide bragging rights

25 Jul 06:00 AM
Great Scott! Captain leads by example as GBA Premier league starts
Sport

Great Scott! Captain leads by example as GBA Premier league starts

25 Jul 03:28 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Gisborne Herald
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Gisborne Herald
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP