Gymnastics Competitions

Over the past few weeks year 3 and 4 and Year 5 and 6 students have been involved in gymnastics competitions at Argos. Everyone that has taken part has done their very best and we have had some wonderful results for Tauriko School.

Year ¾ competition

Springers

Laura James 4th

Mikaylee Barclay 7th

Isabella Mungavin 8th

Tauriko Team 3rd overall

Flyers

Georgia Barnett 2nd

Kylah Harley 3rd

Poppy Richardson 4th

Tauriko Team 1st overall

Year 5 and 6 competition

Twisters

Sara Esterman 5th

Boys Springers

Kyle Mills 2nd

Grayson Moore 3rd

Troy Barnett 6th

Boys teams also consisting on Mutu Smith, Ethan Pearson and Ryan Bowles 1st and 2nd overall.

What a fantastic effort. Well done to everyone who was involved. You have been amazing.

Small School AIMS for Gold

TAURIKO SCHOOL- AIMS FOR GOLD!

Last week was an exciting week in the sports history of Tauriko School. It was the first year Tauriko had ever entered the AIMs Games international sporting tournament. However they were certainly not there to just make up the numbers, coming away with four medals in the Gymsports, 2 golds, a silver and a bronze, all in the Twisters division. Gold in the teams and a clean sweep of the overall individual competition. This placed us 25th out of 193 across New Zealand, Australia and The Cook Islands. WOW!

“When Tauriko schools name got called out for the team gold it felt like I was in a dream,” reflects Brooke. “I couldn’t believe it was real but it was. It was such an amazing experience. I had never got a medal before.”

Leah continues by saying “When we won gold I felt like I was dreaming, I never thought I could win gold. Mrs Logan has tried really hard to make us the best and she is always encouraging us and wants us to do our best.”

Charlotte finishes by saying “I felt scared, nervous and shaky but also excited in front of a big audience. I think gymnastics is an exciting sport. I am so proud of the effort by Mrs Logan and our whole team!”

On Thursday for the individuals Leah came 1st, Brooke came 2nd, Keilani came 3rd and Charlotte came 7th! A clean sweep of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd  placings from a small school with a tiny pool of students. It just goes to show that when you train hard and think big, small schools can compete with the biggest of them all.

Best of the Best Gymnastics Competition

Last term on the 28^th of June some gymnasts had qualified to compete in the Best of the Best competition at Argos Gym.
These gymnasts had placed in the top 8 in their year group at the previous gym competitions.
Each female gymnast had a routine on the floor, beam and vault.
The boys did a mat exercise instead of the beam.
Gymnasts were in groups competing against Year 3’s all the way up to Year 8’s in each level. The competitors were from all around the Bay of Plenty. 

The results were:

Springers

Sara Esterman 2^nd overall

Peta Elliot 3^rd = overall

Casey Rendell 8^th overall

Flyers Girls

Libby Coster 1^st = overall

Paige Aulding 4^th overall

Chloe Smith 9^th overall

Flyers Boys

Campbell Read 5^th overall

Brendan McLelland 11^th overall

Twisters Girls

Hannah Rose 1^st overall

It was a tough competition and we all did extremely well.

By Libby and Hannah

Gymsport Competitions

On Tuesday the 18 June the year 7 and 8 gymnasts represented Tauriko School at the gymsports competitions at ARGOS, in the Flyers and Twisters divisions. They had all been training very hard for one lunchtime a week, since the beginning of the year.

Each gymnast completed a floor, vault and beam routine. There were many girls from all parts of Tauranga and Rotorua competing at this event. Chloe Smith finished a superb 7th in the Flyers division. Strong performances were completed by Keilani Worthen, Brooke James, Charlotte and Leah Mackinnon.

The following week on Tuesday the 25 June the year 5 and 6 competition took place. In the Twisters division Hannah Rose finished a fantastic 5th, with Arohaina Worthen and Ellie Richardson finishing 9th= overall. The team of Lucy Jensen, Hannah Rose and Meesha Richardson finished 2nd overall with Ellie, Arohina and Jessica James a close 5th.

In the Flyers division 12 gymnasts competed to an extremely high standard, Paige Aulding finished 1st overall with Libby Coster 3rd overall. Their team, also including Cristina McCormick and Lisa Evans took out the gold medal and 1st place in the team’s event!

Not to be outdone, in the boys division Brendan McLelland finished 2nd overall and Campbell Read was 3rd overall. Many of these students will be competing in the best of the best competition to be held at ARGOS gym this Friday. I wish them all the very best and want them to know how very proud I am of all of their effort and enthusiasm. Congratulations to you all.

Maree Logan

Year 3 and 4 Gymsport Competition

 On Tuesday the 11 June, 8 year 3 and 4 gymnasts represented Tauriko School at the gymsports competitions at ARGOS, in the Springers division. They had all been training one lunchtime a week, since the beginning of the year and the improvements they had all made were staggering! Each gymnast completed a floor, vault and beam routine. There were over 100 girls from all parts of Tauranga and Rotorua competing at this event.

The results were:
Jenny Mackinnon 1st overall
Peta Elliott 2nd overall
Casey Rendell 4th overall
Sara Esterman 9th overall

These girls won first place in the teams event. Jenny, Peta and Casey have been selected to compete in the ‘Best of the Best’ competition to be held later in the term.

Also competing to an extremely high standard were: Amy Campbell, Lucy Mackay, Eliza Fellows and Madison Lennane.

I would like to say an enormous congratulations to each girl on her commitment, dedication and perseverance. The results speak for themselves. What a fantastic effort.

Also I would like to say a big thank you to Madison’s mum, Julie, who had each girl looking fabulous with their hair French plaited.

Maree Logan

GYMSPORTS UPDATE- YEAR 5 and 6 COMPETITION

Congratulations to all those year 5 and 6 gymnasts who performed to such a high standard at the ARGOS gymsport competition, in the last week of term 2. Jessica James had an outstanding competition in the Flyers division, finishing first overall and receiving the gold medal! Fantastic!

The Flyers girls’ team of Katelyn Dyer, Talia Moore, Jessica James and Emma Kennedy finished third overall against tough competition. Also representing Tauriko School to a high standard was Paige Bowles, Brieanne Buttery, Anna Meikle and Keally Kereopa.

The Flyers boys’ team of Kees Tucker, Brendan McLelland and Haki Rawiri were very competitive and received high scores on their 3 apparatus. A great effort for a first competition, boys!

The Twisters girls were the last competition of the day. This was an exceptionally high level of competition and our gymnasts were outstanding, both in the performance of their routines and their presentation.

Congratulations to Keilani Worthen who finished second overall and received a score of 9.5 on the vault! Also, well done to our silver medal winning team of Leah Mackinnon, Charlotte Mackinnon, Keilani Worthen and Arohaina Worthen. Special mention also needs to go to Lucy Jensen, Ellie Richardson and Hannah Rose who were extremely competitive and received fabulous results.

I would just like to say what a pleasure it has been to be involved with all of the gymnasts over the past two terms. They have proven themselves to be committed and have shown huge improvements in their abilities on all apparatus. Congratulations to you all.

I would also like to wish our Bay of Plenty representatives Cristina McCormick, Gemma Taylor, Jessica James, Keilani Worthen, Khan Barnard and Jerushah Keightley all the very best for the ‘Best of the Best’ gymsports competitions next Monday. I have no doubt they will continue to make us extremely proud.

Maree Logan

STAY TUNED FOR SOME VIDEOS AND PHOTO FROM THE COMPETITION!

Year 3 and 4 Gymsports competition

Tuesday 29 May 2012

In the year 3 and 4 Springers girls section Gemma Taylor came 3rd overall and Cristina McCormick came 5th overall.

The girls Springers team of Gemma Taylor, Cristina McCormick, Hailey Paprzik, Amy Campbell and Jenny Mackinnon came first overall. An amazing effort from out of 150 girls!

The year 3 and 4 springers boys also had an amazing competition finishing 3rd team overall. Great effort from Jack Unsworth, Jayden Lintoff, Stan Tucker and Ryan Bowles.

Congratulations to them all. We would like to say a huge thank you to Maree Logan our schools Gymnastics co-ordinator who has done an amazing job at training these students for the past two terms. They couldn’t have done it without you.

More photos will be posted soon.