School sport: Mount Maunganui College

Sam Sheaff and Kaia McKenzie cross the line to win the teams' race at the Waihi Half Nugget duathlon.

NZ reps

This week Mount Maunganui College has had more students named in New Zealand representative teams.

In volleyball, Casey Lewis was selected in the NZ Youth men's team, Emerson Tod in the NZ Junior Women's team and Brooke Ryan-Bidois in the NZ Junior Women's Development team. Surfers Jonas Tawharu, Raiha Ensor, Kehu Butler and Elin Tawharu all made the NZ Junior Surfing team.

Shalom Broughton was selected in the NZ under-16 basketball side and Toni Power in the NZ under-15 football team.

Some of our winter sport teams had their first round of games over the weekend.

Netball

MMC had a great start to the season with 11 of our 17 teams enjoying exceptional wins.

MMC Premier One took the win over Te Puke High School Senior A by 49-32.

Our Premier two team had a tough first game against Matamata New World A with Matamata taking the game 36-21.

Mount College Junior A came up against Tauranga Girls' Junior A and lost 61-22 and our Junior B team had a convincing win against Otumoetai College Junior Development 39-11.

The Junior C team had a very close game against Bethlehem College Junior Reds winning 14-12.

Football

The girls' 1st XI started the season with a 3-2 win over Te Puke High School and Mount Milan boys' team who are playing in the Premier competition lost 2-4 against a very strong Rotorua United U19 team. Mount Red Boys lost 2-5 against Trident 1st XI in the Division 1 U19 competition.

Rugby

It was a mixed bag starting with a 123-7 win for the U14s over Tauranga Boys' C team.
The U15s lost to Tauranga Boys' B but now have a good base to build their performance on.

The 1st XV came up against a tough Te Puke High School. The boys were in the game, dominating possession and territory early in the second half. However, Te Puke ran away with the game with four tries in the last eight minutes.

All MMC teams impressed their coaches in how they presented themselves on and off the field. We expect the boys to improve every week.

Duathlon

Sam Sheaff and Kaia McKenzie competed in the Waihi Half Nugget duathlon on Saturday.
The event consisted of a 10km off-road run, followed by a 23km mountain bike ride.

Both courses are quite challenging. Sam Sheaff completed the run and was the first team competitor into the transition area. Kaia then had a good ride back down into Waihi, which meant the boys won the under-18 teams' division.