Congratulations to Hamish Kape (Taranaki Under 14), Kael Johnson (Central Ross Brown) and Mitchell Fleming (Southern Ross Brown) for having been selected in these respective rugby teams. Several other students are currently trialing for various other sports teams and we wish them well.

Year 7-8 inter-school rugby and netball are underway with the rugby team playing in the Taranaki Trophy, and netball in the Mainland Trophy. The teams had their first games last week against Eltham. The Netball team went down 12-39 but the rugby team recoded a big win at 67-22. The next round of games for these teams is on Tuesday, August 30, against Opunake Primary in Opunake.

And a large group of Year 7 & 8 students took part in the Rippa Rugby tournament at Yarrow Stadium last Friday. Despite not winning any games both teams performed really well. The students then stayed on to watch Taranaki record a very lucky win over Tasman in the ITM Cup.

Our skiers and snowboarders have had no luck in getting their competition underway with insufficient snow. Hopefully this week’s dump will see them up the mountain and competing.

For the first time in a number of years, we will represent in the TSSSA Year 9-10 basketball tournament. We have a girls and boys team entered and we are looking forward to seeing how they perform. Results will be posted in the next Sports News.

Also a first is two boys playing in the NZ Secondary Schools Indoor Bowls Champs in Wellington. Hamish Kape and Brook Gray will represent our school this weekend, and we hope for great results from them.

Upcoming Events
The next big school event coming up is the Junior School Cross Country. This is scheduled for Thursday, September 1. I know some classes have already been out getting some sneaky training in so it should be a good competitive event.
- Get 2 Go,Years 9-10 – Thursday, September 1
- TSSSA Cycling – Sunday, September 4
- Coastal Cross Country at Omata – See upcoming events for dates
- Taranaki Primary School Cross Country Champs – Wednesday, September 21

Finally, could we please have all winter sports uniforms returned as soon as possible, for those teams who have finished playing. Thanks for your assistance with this.