Athletics Day
The sun was shining for Athletics Day and it was fantastic to see students give everything a go across both field and track events. Participation was high and support was loud – ka pai everyone!
Whānau results are as follows – Pōhutukawa are champs for the second year running!
- 1st Pōhutukawa
- 2nd Rimu
- 3rd Nīkau
- 4th Kauri
- 5th Tōtara
- 6th Mataī
Athletics
Representing the Pakūranga Athletics Club, Pōhutukawa athlete Leah Marais, ran like the wind at the Auckland Senior Track and Field Championships at Mt Smart recently, claiming some awesome results. She placed 3rd in the U18 1500m with a time of 4.55.65 and 2nd in the U18 800m with a time of 2.22.67
Leah has only just returned from a grade 1 muscle tear and hasn’t been training at full capacity for the past six weeks. What a comeback, Leah!
Cricket
Ka pai to our 1st XI Boys’ Cricket team for winning their game against Green Bay High School with a 37-run victory. Big-hitter, Blake Mitchell, got his maiden 100 for the team, posting 103 runs not out! An incredible achievement, Blake.
Tennis
A team of of our top tennis players took on the Counties Manukau Tennis Championships in Pukekohe on Tuesday last week! There was lots of tough competition with matches ending in tie breakers, and some epic rallies.
A special mention to Andrew Snijders of Tōtara who secured a silver medal in the Senior Boys’ Singles division after being off the court for three years! What a great way to come back, Andrew!
Swimming Sports Individual Champions
Congratulations to the super swimmers who placed in the individual championships at Swimming Sports! Here is a list of our champs from each age division.
Junior Girls
1st Jasmine Laban (Pōhutukawa)
2nd Macy Lim Chong (Nīkau)
3rd Chloe Han (Nīkau)
Intermediate Girls
1st Maeve McDonnell (Nīkau)
2nd Sofia Hiley (Tōtara)
3rd Amelia Michaels (Kauri)
Senior Girls
1st Jana Vietenhansl (Mataī)
2nd Lucia Bell (Pohūtukawa)
3rd Mackenzie Nelson (Nīkau)
Junior Boys
1st Eric Guo (Pōhutukawa)
2nd Michael MeHarry (Tōtara)
3rd Damon Chu (Rimu)
Intermediate Boys
1st Austin Lin (Mataī)
2nd Travis Henderson (Mataī)
3rd Rayan Faraajpoor (Mataī)
Senior Boys
1st Bodhi Chilcott (Kauri)
2nd Byron Ling (Nīkau)
3rd Oscar Zheng (Mataī)
NZSS Open Water Swimming Championships
Maeve McDonnell represented Pakūranga College at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Open Water Swimming Championships. Here, Maeve competed in all three events for her age group and had a clean sweep!
- 1st 3.5km Female 14-15 years
- 1st 500m Female 14-15 years
- 1st 1000m Female 14-15 years
What an incredible achievement, Maeve!
