Netball registrations are now OPEN. Congratulations to our Triathletes and Swimmers. Read on for all of our sports news.

Futsal

The Futsal draw for this week is on the school sports website.  Good luck for your last games and enjoy them!

Team Reports

31st March

East Taieri White-1 vs St Clair-3An excellent team effort from everyone and showing determination throughout the game.Player of the game went to Noah for his great goalie work.

7th April 

East Taieri white - 0  vs  St Clair - 5Another solid effort from all the players.Player of the game went to Harry for an overall strong game and excellent work as goalie in the 2nd half.

Flippa Ball

An awesome 3-0 win by the ET Sharks against Outram in the A Grade semi-final. The whole team played an amazing game, showing determination to win. Goals were scored by Kaiah, Milly and Hugo. Players of the day were Corby and Kaiah. We are all looking forward to our final game on Sunday. Go the mighty Sharks!

ET Penguins 8 - Abbotsford 1
ET played 2 games on Sunday. The first was a playoff against Abbotsford to decide which of these teams would go through to the semifinals. ET dominated play from the outset, keeping play in the oppositions half, scoring goal after goal by working together getting themselves in space and giving themselves their best position for scoring goals.
ET won with an impressive 8-1 scorecard.

ET Penguins 6 - Outram 3
ET made it through to the semifinals which they played straight after their playoff match. After a nerve-wracking first half, they took back the lead in the second half. They all played their hardest, not holding anything back.
Amazing defence stopped anymore goals from Outram in the second half.
A very exciting and well-deserved win by ET.
Special mention to our parent support - lots of cheering, support and encouragement from the sidelines.
Next weekend- The finals!

Good luck to the Sharks and the Penguins for their finals.

Otago Triathlon Championships

A stunning day eventually opened up after a very chilly and foggy start to the Otago Primary and Intermediate School Triathlon Champs in Balclutha last Thursday.

Our East Taieri triathletes performed with amazing determination and effort.  We came away with fantastic results from all of our teams and Hugo in the individual.  Everyone finished in the Top 5 in Otago.

Although there was a mix of real blood, sweat and tears and leaving it all out there they all told me they had so much FUN!  See photos below.

Yr 6 Boys Black Team - 1st

Sam J, Tommy C, Ruan H

Yr 5 Boys Green - 1st

Caleb D, Tom T, Charlie C

Yr 6 Boys Individual - 3rd

Hugo B - a mighty fine effort all on his own.

Yr 5 Girls Pink - 4th

Mikayla O'N, Paige K, Elzanne H

Yr 5 Girls Purple - 5th

Heidi K, Luca C, Charlotte L

Yr 6 Boys Blue - 5th

Jacob G, Nickolas C, Alex S

Otago Primary School Swimming Championships

I cannot speak more highly of the East Taieri Team yesterday at the Otago Primary School Swimming Championships. 

All 14 children represented East Taieri School so well and with pride, all showing sportsmanship and giving their all! 

The children faced very tough competition, from swimmers all around Otago, North Otago through to South and Central Otago with up to 40 swimmers in their categories. 

There were a total of 18 Personal Bests and some brilliant individual results. 

There were also some great nail-biters especially in the boys 50 free final, both Ruan and Hugo neck and neck and finishing with a time of 0.03 of a second between them!!!!! 

The relay teams were incredible and taking the field with a 1st and a 2nd.  

Hugo - 50 Free 1st, 50 Breast 1st.

Elzanne - 50 Back 4th

Ruan - 50 Free 2nd, 50 Back 3rd

Jack - 50 Free 6th, 50 Back 7th

Senior Relay Team - 1st -Hugo, Ruan, Angus, Alex

Junior Relay Team - 2nd - Elzanne, Jack, Charlie, Charlotte

Other team members who qualified and raced really well - Charlie C, Sophia H-J, Kaiah H, Zoe H, Charlotte L, Milly Q, Angus S, Alex R, Tom T, George VdeW.

These are fabulous results from our swimmers, a busy week of sport for many of them.

REGISTRATIONS for WINTER SPORTS

Information is below for winter sports registrations.

Hockey and Miniball registrations are now CLOSED.  However, we still require 1 or 2 more Year 3 or 4 children for our hockey team.  Please email Mrs Casey if your child is keen to have a go.

Netball registrations are now OPEN and will close after the holidays.  Please see the link below to register for Netball.

Hockey

Funsticks Hockey for Year 1 and 2 children

Funsticks is a fundamental movement and basic skill development programme that consists of 10 one hour sessions. We understand young children's attention spans, so we spend 8 to 10 minutes mastering different activities, before playing a game.

No equipment (sticks and balls) needed! Please provide your own shinguards and mouthguard. These can be purchased at the McMillan Hockey Centre GO HOCKEY SHOP or any sports shop.

Where/When:

Otago Hockey are offering four Funsticks modules for Term 2 2021!

- McMillan Hockey Turf - Wednesday Afternoons, 4pm-5pm

- Dunedin Central, Metro Indoor Sports - Thursday Afternoons, 3:30pm-4:30pm

- Mosgiel, Taieri College ITC - Friday Afternoons 3:30pm-4:30pm

Cost:

- Dunedin and Mosgiel Programmes: $80 per child.

All information and registration forms can be found at http://oha.org.nz/funsticks

Miniball

Registrations are now closed for Miniball.  

There will be team lists, coaches/managers and draws etc on the school sports website during the holidays and into Term 2.

Netball

Netball will get underway later next term. The registrations for this are now open, keep an eye on the school sports website, facebook page and the newsletter for any further updates.

Netaball Registration click on this link:-

https://forms.gle/y7LQretS69RNRt6f8

Here is some information about the netball season ahead:-

The Netball season for children in Years 1-6 begins on Saturday 12 June. There will be 5 games at the end of Term 2 and 5 games at the beginning of Term 3. Due to the upgrading of the Taieri College netball courts, games will be spread over 3 Taieri Schools this year.

Year 1 players will be completing skills sessions between 9.30am and 10.15am at Taieri College Gym.

Year 2 players will be playing a 5 aside game, using lower hoops and two thirds of a netball court. Games will be in the Taieri College gym between 11.00 am - 12.30 pm.

Year 3 and 4 players will play a 6 aside game at St Mary’s School. Games will be played between 9.20am- 12.30pm. Year 5 and 6 players will play 7 aside games, also at St Mary’s School between 12.30-3.30pm.

Each school will be given a duty time each week as there are not enough Committee Members available on Saturdays to cover all the games and locations.

Fees will remain about the same as last year - Year 1, $15 and Years 2-6 $35. This includes payment to the Taieri Plain Junior Netball Committee, playing skirts, team balls, team bibs for Saturdays.

Netball Course for children ...

Get Ready for Netball sessions are being run for Year 5-8 students in the Term 1 holidays. Register by following the link below...https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/163782

Twilight League Girls Football

Football South are excited to announce the Girls Twilight League will start during Term 2 this year.

The Girls Twilight League has four grades.

Under 5/6, Under 7/8, Under 8/9, Under 10/11.

It runs on Friday afternoons from 4pm-6pm depending upon the grade at Logan Park.

The league works by linking schools with their local clubs. If your girl is interested, please follow the link below and fill out the expression of interest form. From there, we pass on this information to your closest club and the club then contacts the individual.

We try to keep schools connected with clubs as it helps the girls find a pathway into football.

Please see the attached poster, and the link to our website for more information.

Football South - Girls Only Twilight League - Otago

Sports Equipment for School

If you have any unused sports equipment that is still in good condition at your place, we would love to have some more for our lunchtime use. Tennis Rackets are a popular choice at the moment as are basketballs and tennis balls. If you would like to donate some unused gear to our sports shed lunchtime supply, we would love to hear from you. Please let Jolene Casey know or bring it into school to see if it is suitable. Many thanks.

School Sports Website

For any further information please go to our school sports website. See the link below.

https://sites.google.com/east-taieri.school.nz/easttaierischoolsports/home