West Cluster Sevens (Year 5 and 6)

Netball
On  Tuesday the 10th of September I jumped out of bed, put my uniform on, then my sneakers and  hopped out of the house and into the car excitedly!

When we arrived at school I ran into the classroom to meet my team and Coach, Miss O’Reilly.
Miss O’Reilly called the roll and told us all whose car we were travelling in. ‘Paige, Taila, Ellie and Holly  are going with Paiges’ Mum, Stephanie to the Netball Courts’ she said. So we nervously  got in the car and drove to the Courts. When we got to the courts we put our bibs on and got in our positions, I played wing attack, wing attack is when you get the ball and feed it down to the goal attack and goal shoot.

First up we were playing Gate Pa school, then the whistle blew. I was feeling a bit sick but excited. The centre threw the ball to me and I passed it to another player then the whistle blew and my team got a goal. Then the whistle went again and it was the end of the game, so we said “good game” to the other team and huddled up in a circle and said “wahoo, we won our first game”. So we had some morning tea and a big drink of water, my team was a little bit tired.

We got ready for our next game then we did some passes and a game called piggie in the middle. Then it was our second game, I was off. We tied with the other team. Straight after that, we played  another game and we won.

It was now lunchtime, I had yummy Subway. After lunch  it was our last game so my team got together and sorted out what positions we will be, they put me as wing defence because there was a fast little player in wing attack, wing defence is when you defend wing attack  and stop them from getting the ball. ‘Fweeeeeet’ the whistle blew, my team started off to a good start then the whistle went again and Tauriko school WON! At that moment I was so excited.

Also the person who was running the Netball games said that Tauriko A team came first. Miss O'Reilly (my coach) was really excited because she likes coming first.
Our team received a cool certificate!

I had a great time at 7’s Netball and I’m looking forward to next year!

By Paige            

Soccer
Pass, kick and score. On Tuesday the 10th of September the senior school went to the West Cluster Sevens tournament.  There was a range of different sports to choose from but I choose soccer. As the car stopped at Moreland Fox Park I jumped out , I was so excited, I slapped some sunscreen on my face on the bright sunny day. It was 9.54am the horn had gone for the game to start, Tauriko A against Tauriko B. It was a very close game but Tauriko A got the most goals in the net. I remember sitting on the side of the pitch yelling go Tauriko!! All and all it was a great day and Tauriko A ended up being placed second in the Year 6 grade.  We all had fun !!! By Lisa











Basketball (QE11)
Our first game was on court  2 against Pyes Pa. We had a slow start and it took us awhile to warm up but after the 1st 5 minutes we were away and the end score was 6/4 to us. Next we played Merrivale and we won again 4/2. The next team we competed against was Greerton Village. This was a hard game but in the end the score was 10/6 to us.

We had to wait for 40 minutes which felt like a long time. With 16 points on the table we were in the lead but Greenpark was close behind us with 14 points. We had to win the next 3 games to win the competition.

Next we played against Oropi. The final score was 12/0 to us and when we played Gate Pa we had another win. Our final game against Greenpark we had to win against them. It was a close game. Greenpark got a goal but we got a goal quickly after. BUT THEN our defence dropped the ball and we stopped getting goals in. Greenpark came out by winning 6/2. 3rd went to Greerton, 2nd went to Tauriko and I bet you have already guessed who got first.

When we got back to school Tracy our coach bought us all ice creams. We had a great day. Thank you to all the helpers that made this day happen for us and a big well done to the team; Brenden, Lachie, Lucy, Campbell, Josh, Olivia, Mitch, Sean, Reife, Ben and Arohaina.

By Lucy J

Rugby
Nine year 5 and 6 boys represented Tauriko at the West Cluster rugby Seven's  tournament.
We played four games and we won two against Greerton Village and lost two to Greenpark the scores against Greerton Village  was 19-21 and then 7-54.
Our coach was Gavin Dyer.  Highlights of the day were beating Greerton Village and being able to spend the whole day playing sport.
Not so good parts of the day were getting punched in the face by another player.
In summary it was an awesome day, enjoyed by all.
By Mitch