Te Puke High
Futsal
Last Friday we had a junior and a senior team represent TPHS at the BOP Secondary Schools Futsal champs. Futsal is a new form of indoor football which has been very popular amongst our students. Our junior team played three very close games and were unfortunate to narrowly lose all three. Stand out players were Lauchy Murray, Daniel Bowler, Nicholas Spedding and Jake Wichers. The senior boys made the semifinals where they faced Tauranga Boys, losing 4-3. They then played Otumoetai College for the 3rd/4th playoff. Jonas Eyskens, Philipp Walter and Buck Tapuke displayed some exceptional skills and agility to win the game 6-4, taking out 3rd place overall.
Football
The girls' 1st XI played Mt College with another impressive display last Saturday. Strong defence from the backs and accurate passing from the midfielders meant Te Puke took control of the game, giving their forwards the opportunity to strike for goal. Tegan Ashton scored four goals, Muna Limbu, Ella Litchfield-Harrison, Rachel Schultz (2), Jada Schindler-Thompson, Casey Williams and Jessie McIndoe each scoring one. Final score 10-1.
The boys' 1st XI beat Otumoetai College City 8-3. Last Saturday saw the first of our competition games get under way with the Junior A Boys facing off against TBC Denmark. The match proved to be an intense battle between two evenly matched sides. Te Puke's Kelly Toko scored the first goal just before halftime. The second half was just as nail-biting with TBC scoring twice against lapses in Te Puke's defence. The boys came back with a beautiful shot from Kokiri Reeder Rota. With the scores tied for a good part of the second half TBC got the winning shot. Final score 3-2. With only one sub available the boys did a great job fighting to the end, signs of an exciting season ahead. The Junior B played against TBC France at Pemberton Park losing 4-0, although the score board didn't reflect the boys' courageous efforts.
Only 1 home game this weekend for the Junior B team who come up against TBC Germany, Litt Park 2 at 10:30am.
Rugby
The Under 15's played against Taupo Nui A Tia. Coming off the back of consecutive losses, the boys were eager to get a win under their belt though Taupo weren't about to be walked over. Some great attacking saw Te Puke leading most of the game but a well worked try in the corner saw Taupo level the scores in the final play, missing the conversion from the corner to win the game. Final score 36-36.
The 2nd XV played Trident High School down in Whakatane, losing in a tough game 43-7. An injury-struck 1st XV side played Rotorua Lakes High at home last Saturday. The boys showed great depth and determination to secure a 33-0 win and earn promotion into division 2, well done boys! Our Girls' 1st XV played a very skilled Whakatane side last Wednesday at Litt Park, great communication and defence from Tamia Dinsdale meant she was player of the day as she put her body on the line every tackle. Regan Nathan scored two tries and Katarina Skudder one.
Netball
Te Puke Senior A played a very well drilled Trident Prem 1 side, losing 21-50. The Senior B lost to TGC League 3, 24-36. Junior A lost to Otumoetai Junior 1, 34-39. Junior B lost to Otumoetai Junior 2, 17-34. Senior White won against Mount College, 26-10. Te Puke Junior White lost to OTC 9C, 10-21. Te Puke Junior Blue lost to TGC 9 Gladiators, 8-22.
Hockey
1st XI Girls played Aquinas 1st XI in a tight match game last Wednesday, the end score being 4-1 to Aquinas. The girls worked hard to improve on their passing and communication throughout the game which resulted in a magnificent team goal, finished off with a mid-air touch by Niamh Mark. The Boys 1st XI played Aquinas 2nd XI on Monday, a very dominant display from all resulted in a 10-0 win. The 2nd XI Girls played against Otumoetai 4th XI, losing in a tight match 0-1.
Basketball
The senior Boys played TKK Tua Toa. Dominating possession throughout the game the boys managed to secure a comfortable win, 90-7. The Junior Boys played against Whangamata Area School who they had lost to in the earlier grading games. The boys played really well and won 40-28.
Orienteering
A team of girls from Te Puke High School recently competed in The Sir Edmund Hillary Navquest Orienteering Event at the Redwoods, Rotorua on 9th June. Small group facilitator Diane Paynter also participated in the event and scored 245 points. The girls' team, Summer Church, Rebecca Black, Nikki Thwaites and Dayna Rowe scored 130. Summer then went on to win a spot prize, a fifty dollar voucher from Bivouac. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the day and ran approximately 16km in heavy rain.
Diane recommends that anyone interested in a physical and mental challenge who enjoys the outdoors should contact the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre.
Te Wharekura o Mauao
Poitarawhiti/Netball
Haruru mai ana nga papa takaro i te rangona a nga rironga piro a nga kapa poitarawhiti i rua i te Paraire, i te Rahoroi kua taha ake nei, i wikitoria ano te kapa Kotuku atu i a Te Kura Tuarua o Peterehema 55 ki te 15, ara pera tonu ko te kapa Pounamu haukerekere ai i a Peterehema ano 49 ki te 12.
Rumblings from the Harbourside courts have become apparent as our netball teams scored well over the past weekend. Our Kotuku team were victorious over Bethlehem College 55-15 and our Pounamu team playing Bethlehem, ran away with the game, 49-12.
Whutupaoro/Rugby
I rongo tuatahi ai te kapa under 15s i te kakara o te mate ki roto o Rotorua i te Rahoroi kua hipa atu nei, te toki hoki a te kapa Raukura under 15 A i wepu nei nga tou 37 ki te 0. Heoi, kei runga noa atu te kapa under 14s i papatahi ai te kapa o Taoroa 36 ki te 24, a i mutu tuatahi ai tenei kapa i to ratou wahanga o te whakataetae.
Our under-15 team tasted defeat for the first time this season going down to a very sharp Rotorua under-15 A team, who beat us 37-0. However our under-14 team beat Trident 36-24 and went to the top of their division unbeaten moving in to the premiership round.
Poitukohu/Basketball
Kei mua hoki te haere a te kapa poitukohu, i haukerekere i te kapa o Pongokawa 20 ki te 10, ara ka mihi ki te toki o te ra ko Navarone mo ana mahi hautipua.
Our basketball team is leading the way also beating Pongokawa 20-10, with Navarone receiving the player of the night honours.
Otumoetai College
Cross country
Congratulations to the 12 athletes that went to the Waikato/BOP Cross Country event in Kihikihi last week. These events are getting more popular and competitive with athletes choosing to specialise in this event leading into nationals. Our best runner was Jaysha Tippins who was second in the Junior Girls' 3km event.
Football
Our Boys 1st XI played TBC Argentina and had a good win 6-0. Jordi Langton scored four goals and Andrew Johnston two. Our Girls 1st XI played Trident. A good team effort ensured the 1-0 win with Sam Goodrick scoring the winning goal after a great set-up by Courtney Stone. The Junior Girls continued their massive wins with a 9-0 win over a Tauranga Junior team. They are looking forward to the regrading.
The first Futsal (modified indoor Football) Secondary School Tournament was held in Tauranga last week. We had eight teams competing with 40 athletes really enjoying the day. The athletes were also treated to a feature game by the NZ Futsal team.
Golf
Congratulations to Chris Charlton who has been identified by NZ Golf as an emerging talented player. Chris is invited to attend national camps with a view to progressing further with international events.
Multisport
Jessica Gadsbey won in the Under-16 grade at the 25km multisport event last weekend which was actually a NZ Secondary Schools title event. Congratulations to Jess.
Netball
Michaela Issaac has been selected for the WBOP Netball Under-17 rep team.
Rugby A first for our rugby programme is the outright victory of the Baywide Div One Round One. Our unbeaten record raises the bar for this team in the next Championship round.
Otumoetai Intermediate
Hockey
The Otumoetai Red Team had a great win 5-1 against Mount Intermediate. Despite the Mount scoring quickly at the start, the Otumoetai Red Team dominated the play for the rest of the first half and were 4-1 up at halftime. A real team effort with everybody substituted during the game.
It was hard to chose a player of the day but Annabel Averill played a great game at centre forward. The game played between OIS Green Team and Aquinas saw the team reap the rewards of their hard work, winning 6-0. The Black Team had their first loss against the Mount on Friday night 3-2. The Yellow team played against Tauranga Intermediate B with Tauranga scoring first and Otumoetai levelling things up after halftime. Despite Zoe Schofield being knocked over and having an injured arm, she continued in goal and made some great saves to keep Otumoetai in the game. Final result was a 2-1 loss. Kayla Dawson had a huge game in the centre of defence and was player of the day.
Netball
Year 7 Prem 2 won 17 to 6 against Te Puke Intermediate 7B; Year 7 Prem 3 won 13-8 against Aquinas; Year 7 Blue Sparkes drew 6-6 against Otamarakau Optimists; Year 8 Prem 1 drew 29-29 against Bethlehem College 8A; Year 8 Prem 2 drew 22-22 against Te Puke Intermediate 8B; Year 8 Prem 3 won 20-12 against Aquinas 8B; Year 8 Prem 4 won 15-9 against Otepou Marshmellows; Year 8 Prem 5 won 17-11 against Katikati 8B; The Squigglers won 22-12 against Bethlehem College 8C; The Whatevers won 24-5 against Tahati Coast Aces. Great results all round, well done to all the players for great team spirit.
Swimming
Over the weekend of the 8th and the 9th June we saw some fantastic achievements from our students that entered the Taupo Xcelerate Swimming competition. We would like to congratulate Caelan Potts for achieving 2 x gold, 1 x silver and 2 x bronze medals; Grace Blissett for achieving 4 x bronze and 1 x silver; Thomas Chaney for achieving 4 x silver and 1 x bronze; Harry Low for achieving 2 x bronze; Tom Scott for achieving 1st place in all his seven heats.
Cross country
Tauranga Open Cross Country was held at Waipuna Park on Saturday 8th June. Our students entered the Under-14 age group and Hamish McDrury came away with a second place. Patrick McDrury and Arleah Tippins also did very well and completed the course.
Water polo
Over the Queen's Birthday weekend Tauranga Under-12 water polo team entered into the competition held in Auckland. We congratulate Lucy Street who came 1st in the A Grade, and Tom Hacker, who came 7th. Well done to you both.
Sports Academy
Sports Camp is now only two weeks away and all our students are excited and are working really hard towards this. We have confirmed our teams for camp and they are training hard at lunch times in preparation for a very busy week away.
Basketball OIS-Thunder (B grade) Year 7 boys had a tough game against the MT Tsunamis with a loss 42-16.
OIS-Sonics Girls A team continued their development with a competitive performance but unfortunately this game ended in a 34-44 loss against a very strong Aquinas College team. OIS-Bull (B grade) Year 8 boys continued to play well in a solid team performance to beat TIS Grizzlies 32-12. OIS-Clippers (C grade) Year 8 boys also continued to play well with a great team performance to beat TIS Clippers 33-24.
Aquinas
Cross country
Eighteen students represented Aquinas College at the Waikato BOP Cross Country Champs held in Te Awamutu last week. The 3km course catered for all age groups on a mostly flat with gentle roll and a few obstacles to test the runners. Our team competed in the Junior Boys'/Girls', Intermediate Boys' and Senior Boys'/Girls' events with some outstanding results. For our Junior Girls, Dana Welten was our best placed in third. Our youngest runner, Jessica Robinson, placed a commendable eighth. Our Junior Boys' Jake Hoffart found his way into the top five, finishing fourth while Ryan Young wasn't too far behind in ninth.
Leading from the start saw Senior Girl Anneke Grogan win comfortably while Charlotte Skelton stole third place after running shoulder to shoulder with a runner and gained position after a brief slip-up less than 50 metres from the finish.
Judo
At the Waikato/Bay of Plenty 2013 Area Open Judo Championships held on site recently, Cole Maguire got bronze in the Cadets Under-66kg category, and Riley Maguire won gold in the Senior Boys Under-55kg category. Riley then took part in the national training camp.
Badminton
Jin Won (Year 11) represented the Bay of Plenty team at the Manawatu Badminton Championships in the Hawke's Bay which he won. Well done.
Mount College
Cross country
We had a team of seven representing Mount College at the Waikato/BOP Cross Country Champs in Kihikihi last Wednesday. It was a tough course with some big jumps and with a hilly and windy section at the back of the course. Kayla Gudgeon was fourth in the Senior Girls over the 4000m course. Both our senior boys made it into the top 20.
Mason Bryant was 13th in the 6000m Senior boys, a tough course with three laps. He will come into his own next year in the Senior boys. Mason was followed by Isaac Preston who got 19th and Maia Bryant was 25th in the Junior girls' 3000m. Our Intermediate boys ran 4000m in another very tough race. Rueben Vergara ran hard for his 38th placing, Santana Potene got 41st and Jayden Sherriff got 64th.
Netball
BOP Netball has selected their Western Bay reps and big congratulations go to Emerson Tod and Nadia Read in making the Under-15 Premier 1 team and Centrie Newdick and Kahu Carter the Under-15 Premier 2 team. Day 2 of the Baywide Tournament saw Mount Junior A have a great win against Otumoetai to advance to the major semifinal against Rotorua. They played another great game beating Rotorua, which put them in Division 1 final against Western Heights who they had beaten on day one of the tournament. However Western Heights were too strong and won to take the Baywide title.
Rugby
On the rugby scene our Under-14 team, which amalgamates with Papamoa College, featured in a high scoring game winning 56-36 against a TBC side. William Afu was named man of the match, scoring three tries. Other try scorers were Kyren Gear, Kael Jordan, Arepeta Ormsby and Ethan Severinsen. Coached by ex-pupils Ryan Lee and Max McLaren, who both play for the Mount Colts team, the team are looking to improve as the season progresses.
Tauranga Intermediate
Squash:
We had six students represent our school at the PB/BOP Intermediate Squash Champs held in Taupo recently. Our team was Mikaia House, Matthew Brittain, Taylor Harris, Matthew Sisson, Anika Russell and Meila Eades. The day started off well with the team winning all their first games and everyone was through to the quarter-finals. Taylor convincingly won the Year 7 boys' division, Matthew Sisson placed 3rd in the same division, Anika came 3rd in the Year 7 girls' division, with Meila a close 4th. Mikaia won the Year 8 boys' division beating Matthew Brittain in the final. That day the team defended the title and returned the trophy to school.
Gymnastics
Congratulations to Caitlin Fletcher who competed in the Mt Tauhura Gymnastics competition in Taupo recently in the Open Division Step 4. She won a silver medal in Beam, a gold in Vault, an overall team silver and overall individual gold medal.
Swimming
Benji Rowe Rm 27 has had a great start to the swimming season after competing at the XLR8 meet in Taupo at the weekend. He won overall 13-year-old boys with 4 golds, a silver and a bronze. More exciting is that he has qualified for four national events at the NZ Short Course meet later in the year and is within .5 of a second on two other events.
Tauranga Girls'
Futsal
Last Friday we entered a Junior and Senior team in the Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools' Futsal Championships. Both teams were unbeaten throughout the day with the Junior team winning the final against Otumoetai 10-0 while the Senior team had a tighter final, also against Otumoetai, before winning 3-2.
Football
On Saturday morning our First XI played Mt College First XI. It was an interesting game that brought surprises to us and the opposition. We pulled together and played a good game with the 11 players we did have and Mount fought hard for the full 80 minutes. The highlight of the game was having our goalie experience a little more of the field and even score a few goals and the lowlight was the weather being pretty chilly. Sophie Johnston had a great game and scored seven goals, Lauren Henry five, Jaime Carpenter (goalie) four and Jess Lawrence four. Our Second XI played Bethlehem College First XI on Saturday. The girls started off slow letting in two goals within the first 15 minutes. After that they came together and started working well as a team. There were many, many unlucky attempts but in the end we managed to score the team's second goal of the season, bringing the final score to 2-1 to Bethlehem College.
Unfortunately the score did not reflect how well the team played, but after a few more trainings, we will get the result we are looking for.
Hockey
The First XI hockey girls took on Otumoetai First XI last Wednesday night. With a slow and sleepy start, Otumoetai scored in the first five minutes. This shocked the girls as they have not been in this situation for a number of weeks now. This pressure led to mistakes and not working together as well as the girls could have.
On fulltime they managed to get a penalty corner, where Amy Robinson converted this to equalise the game at 1-1. Our 2nd XI also played on Wednesday night and after a tough and evenly matched game, ended the game with a draw 1-1 to Otumoetai 3rd XI. After a hard fought game on Monday night against Katikati 1st XI, our 3rd XI lost 4-0. The girls played extremely well, but unfortunately due to strong Katikati defence, they were unable to score.
Netball
On Friday night our League One netball played Bethlehem College Open A and won 50-21. This was a brilliant game as it was the first game this season where the team clicked perfectly, and every single player played well together proving that all the trainings have paid off. Many intercepts and turnovers were made and the team's ability to work together definitely showed in the final score result. The League Two girls played Aquinas on Friday night also and won 42-17. The girls now sit second on the table.
Basketball
Our Senior Premier girls lost to Hamilton Girls' High School by 14 points on Friday night. Hamilton Girls are the current National Champions so it was a very good score for the girls to get at the start of the season. They also played women's on Tuesday night and won by 40 points.
Cross Country
Last Wednesday our cross country girls travelled to Kihikihi for the Waikato BOP Championships. Everyone had a good day of racing and enjoyed the day. Jess Bitcheno was the only place getter in the top three, getting second in the Intermediate race. Further results: Juniors Erin Conway 6th, Olivia Hines 22nd, Joanne Sutton 23rd, and Catherine Sutton 36th. Intermediate Jessica Bitcheno 6th, Lauren Hines 42nd; Seniors Amy Robinson 6th, Stella Marshal 13th.
Kristen Vanderschantz
Bethlehem College
Cross country
Waikato/BOP Championships were held in Kihikihi last week. Madison Rennie took out top honours in the Girls Junior Division. She along with Mackenzie Ball and Charlotte Mangos were second in the three man Junior teams and they combined with Micah Church, Emma Waddell and Poppy Porter to come second overall in the six-man Junior team. For the first time, this team will represent the College at the National Cross Country championships this weekend in Christchurch.
Golf
Tia Park won the Division 2 Gross competition at the recent Kaimai Classic 2 day tournament at the Mount and Omanu Golf courses. She then went on to play in the Open scramble Omanu Golf Course one day competition and won the Open Ladies Stableford format.
Hockey
BC Boys Hockey 1st XI had a good win over Tauranga 2nd XI Boys this week. The boys won 5-0 with the defensive trio of Luke Fisher in goal, Garrick Du Toit and Hamish Dallas holding a strong defensive line to keep Tauranga scoreless. Goal scorers this week were Thomas Stemmer, Andrew Fraser Mackenzie, Garrick Du Toit, Matthew Davis and Josh Nicholson. The goal scored by Garrick came from a penalty corner pass that went to Tim Arlt and with a well manoeuvered pass allowing Garrick to drag flick the ball into the top right hand corner of the goal.
Football
The 1st XI boys played Tauranga Boys 2nd XI College last weekend. Tauranga scored first with a penalty, which was the first goal conceded by BC this season in four outings. Luke Bryenton equalled the score when he volleyed the ball home from the edge of the six yard box after some fine build-up play. The next goal came when Strauss Boom penetrated the heart of TBC's midfield and chipped the ball home over the head of the opposing goalkeeper giving BC a 2-1 halftime lead. BC dominated possession in the second half and, following a shot and parry from the TBC keeper central midfielder, Dylan Ramohitaj, slammed the ball home to score the third and final BC goal. Man of the match was Samuel Sutton. The team will now prepare for the top of the table clash with Otumoetai College this weekend at Ferguson Park.
Mini stock
BC students Sam Waddell and Rosie Wood gained awards at the recent Baypark Speedway Ministock prizegiving for the 2012/13 season. Rosie Wood was the top points scorer for the Senior Girls and Sam Waddell was second highest points scorer overall. Earlier this year Sam Waddell was selected to represent NZ along with five other Ministock drivers from around the country to compete in an annual transtasman challenge against Australia, in which the NZ team came away with the victory.
Rugby
The Bethlehem Under-14 team travelled to Trident High School for a return match on Saturday. Bethlehem had overcome Trident at home earlier in the grading round but were expecting a tougher challenge from Trident at home. This was clear from the start of the match with Trident scoring the first try. At half time Bethlehem were back in the lead by 17-12. The even match continued in the second half with both teams finishing with four tries, and only separated by conversions with Bethlehem coming out just ahead at 24-22.
