March Sports Recap

Swimming Sports

As we held our annual Swimming Sports last week, we saw competitive spirits arise once again! Both the Boys’ and Girls’ events were hotly contested, with results as follows:

Girls’ Swimming Sports
1st – Pōhutukawa
2nd – Tōtara
3rd – Kauri
4th – Mataī
5th – Nīkau
6th – Rimu

Boys’ Swimming Sports
1st – Kauri
2nd – Pōhutukawa
3rd – Mataī
4th – Nīkau
5th – Rimu
6th – Tōtara

Congratulations to all our individual Swimming Sport champions below:

Junior Boys
1st – Henry Koo
2nd – Byron Ling
3rd – William Wu

Intermediate Boys
1st – Bodhi Chilcott
2nd – Julian Ling
3rd – Oscar Zhang

Senior Boys
1st – Connor Nankivell
2nd – Travis Chilcott
3rd – Ruan Buitendach

Junior Girls
1st – Lucia Bell
2nd – Isabella Jiang
3rd – Sonia Poru

Intermediate Girls
1st – Mia Laban
2nd – Ezanda Green
3rd – Ayana Carter and Poppy Willetts (TIED)

Senior Girls
1st – Kendall Oliver
2nd – Giulia Pamio
3rd – Alexia Perese

Dragon Boating

Our Dragon Boating team left the competition in their wake at the Auckland Dragon Boating Championships on Sunday 26 March. The team won every heat they competed in and placed 1st in the mixed grade!

This accomplishment is even more amazing because two of their paddlers had never been in the boat before, stepping in to to fill the breach left by injury!  What an awesome accomplishment team!

Ultimate Frisbee

Earlier this month our Ultimate Frisbee team competed in the AKSS Ultimate Championships. In some high-intensity matches, the team managed to win 6/7 games, earning them 2nd overall. Their accomplishments as a team have led them to Taupō this week for the Ultimate Nationals. Good luck team!

Individual Accomplishments

Jordan Viljoen
Year 9 student Jordan Viljoen has been making a name for herself in Athletics. After a successful Pakuranga College Athletics Day where she took the Junior Girls’ title, Jordan has competed in a raft of events.

On 26 March, she competed in the Auckland CEW Zones, placing in the following categories:

1st – Girls’ Junior High Jump
2nd – Girls’ Junior Long Jump

Jordan also qualified for the 100m and 200m finals, an amazing result.

As well as this, Jordan also competed in the U15 Interprovincial Challenge on 25 March. With each competitor being limited to three events, Jordan strategically competed in 100m, long jump and high jump, placing 1st in both jump events and 2nd in the 100m.

With all these fantastic results, Jordan was also awarded, Most Improved Female Athlete, Bronze for Most Points Scored and the 5-Star Award. Congratulations Jordan, you have definitely proved that you’re one to watch on the track and field!

Lucas Matene
Lucas Matene recently competed in the BMX National Championships in Tauranga, placing 2nd in the 13yr Boys’ age group!

Lucas has shown a real passion for BMX racing, competing since primary school. Keep it up Lucas, best of luck out on the track!