Pupils from six South Canterbury schools tried a variety of sports during a Have-A-Go Day put on by Sport Canterbury South Canterbury staff last Friday. More than 340 years 7 and 8 pupils from Highfield, Oceanview Heights, Bluestone, Craighead, St Joseph’s Timaru and Sacred Heart took part in the event at Aorangi Park. Courier reporter Greta Yeoman popped down to the park.
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Smiles say it all . . . Bluestone School pupils Carys Connolly (11, left) and Brya Maccatmey (12) take a break during Sport Canterbury's Have-A-Go Day on Friday. PHOTOS: GRETA YEOMAN

Having a go . . . St Joseph's Timaru School pupils Kao Suphasindhu (11, left) and Pippa Nevin (12, right) take part in a game of netball with Craighead Diocesan School's Lily Sutherland (12).

Game on . . . Bluestone School pupils (from left) Kolby Brookland (12, obscured), Toby Cuthbertson (11), Alexander Cassidy (12), Ethan Dominey (11), McArthur Alexander (11) and Lincoln Reedy (11) take part in the Have-A-Go Day.

In the running . . . Sacred Heart's Riley McKibbin (12, right) takes part in a game of T-ball, as St Joseph's pupils Riley Cook (left) and Ben Allan (both 11) look on.