WelCom August 2020
The 2020 O’Shea Shield competition for Catholic Secondary Schools, scheduled for 16–17 May this year, has been cancelled and deferred until 2021 due to the uncertainty of the Covid-19 situation. The 2020 competition was to have been hosted at Chanel College, Masterton. Instead, Chanel College will co-host the O’Shea Shield with Bishop Viard College, in Porirua in 2021. The joint decision was made based on considerations for students’ wellbeing.
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