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SPORTS DEPARTMENT

Sports Department —

14th - 18th November 2022, Week 5, Term 4

Results Galore!

Congratulations to the following teams who have had some great results from Term 2 & Term 3.

Primary 

Basketball Leisure Centre

Year 3/4 Lightning Section 1, Term 2 - 2nd Place
Year 3/4 Blaze, Section 3, Term 2 - 2nd Place
Year 3/4 Outbreak, Term 3 - 2nd Place

Flippa Ball

Year 3/4 Flippa Ball team, Term 3, 2nd place

Netball

Year 6 Sapphires, HBC Netball Competition 2nd place. 

Middle School 

Basketball
Year 9 Action team 1st Place Leisure Centre competition

Netball North Harbour
Y7/2 Runners Up Grade 7
Y7/3 Winners Grade 10
Y8/1 Runners Up Grade 4
Year 9/1 5th Grade 2
Year 9/3 2nd Grade 7

Football
Grade 13 (Y8)1st in grade NRF U13 Nikau Division

Volleyball

Year 9 & 10 Girls (Blue) 1st place Pool 2 Term 4 competition.
Year 9 & 10 Girls(Yellow) 3rd place, Pool 3, Term 4 

Waterpolo
Year 7 & 8 - 1st place Term 3 competition
Year 9 & 10 Composite Team made the final of the North Harbour region 2022 league.

Senior Teams

Basketball
U19 Boys - 1st place North Harbour Competition

Hockey
1st XI Girls - 3rd in NHHA Grade 1a

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Football
2nd XI Football Runners Up College Sport Competition
Y9 & 10 Boys 3rd Place College Sport Football Competition 

Netball
Senior 2 Runners Up College 7
Senior 3 Winners College 13
Senior 4 Winners College 14

Waterpolo
Senior Boys won the College Sport North West C grade
Senior Girls came second in the College Sport North West B grade and 5th in the North Island Secondary Schools B grade 

If we have missed your team off this list please e-mail the Sports Department with your 1st, 2nd or 3rd result. 

Congratulations to our Volleyball teams

Our Y9 & 10 Volleyball teams have completed there season this week and have done exceptionally well. Volleyball is a fast growing sport at KingsWay and you cant walk through the gym at break times without the risk of being spiked by a volleyball!😀

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Last night after two exciting final games in the North Harbour Schools competition the Girls Blue team, won both games, taking out 1st place in Pool 2 and the Girls Yellow team came 3rd place in Pool 3. It is very exciting to see how these girls will go in future competitions. 

Both boys team were entered into the Super League competition which is for schools top teams. Players must have a high skill level and have been playing for a while. Both our teams did exceptionally well her with our Year 10s coming 6th and our Year 9s coming 10th out of a 20 team league. 

Congratulations to: David Howie

Kingsway Mountain biking – Adventure in the South

2022 was a breakthrough season for KWS in the Auckland Schools XC Mountain Biking competition, and the excitement of the season finale at Riverhead already had us eagerly looking ahead to the 2023 series. But the XC season wasn’t over.

There is no doubt that centre of gravity in New Zealand mountain biking is southwards. And it was in the deep, deep south that the Schools Nationals were held in Bluff, where the only thing between you and the frozen continent is beautiful Stewart Island and 5000km of ocean. The heavy-weights of the national scene were there in force, and even at this level it’s a world of professional coaches and sponsored development teams.

KWS hasn’t been represented at the Nationals before, but this year David Howie packed his bags and his bike and headed south as an unheralded and unseeded rider, proudly flying the KWS flag. Lots to learn, the weirdness and tiredness of competing out of a suitcase and far from home and comfort zone. But that’s the arena.

David carried himself with focus, determination, and sportsmanship. Bunched in the pack behind the nationally seeded racers David fought his way up the Under-17 field of about 40 riders to finish an admirable 6th in a very gritty effort. And he brought back a whole bunch of lessons from this southern adventure.

But 2022’s adventures weren’t yet over – the last stop of the season was the Whaka 100 in Rotorua, a high-profile national all-age competition. David competed in the Eliminator event run in downtown Rotorua - crowds, live-streaming, and a host of internationally (UCI) ranked competitors. Even Anton Cooper was there, New Zealand’s highest ranked international XC racer, a national hero in mountain biking. All competitors had to do an individual time-trial lap and only the top 32 got to progress to the small group racing stages. To his surprise and delight David qualified. And spotting Anton Cooper he took his chance to meet him, a real highlight. That would have been enough, but as the names for the next round of racing went up, to his utter astonishment he saw that he was racing Anton himself – unbelievable! To line up at the start with this titan, to race him shoulder to shoulder, was beyond anything he’d imagined. (Spoiler alert – Anton won; in fact he went on to win the whole event.)

Come and join David and the rest of the KWS mountain biking team as they look to make next season the school’s best ever.

Roll on 2023!!

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Congratulations to: MS Boys Badminton Team

Our MS Boys badminton team represented KingsWay in the North Harbour Schools Badminton Zone day last week. Well done to Larry Li who came Runner Up in the Boys Singles

Larry and Josh Cheng also made it to the Semi-finals for Boys Doubles

Pretty impressive results for our first year entering this competition. Well done boys.

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Congratulations to: Matt Erasmus

Who rides Motorcross Enduro (Grand National Cross Country ) and recently competed in a race in Huntly. This is a race series is held all over the country & each race is 2hrs long. Below is a photo of Matt after he completed last Saturday's race. Matt is currently 3rd in the series for his class (85cc).If there are any other KingsWay students that ride motorcross and would like to compete in a team for KingsWay please contact the Sports Dept.

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Summer Sports

I had the privilege of going to watch some of the Summer Touch teams playing at Victor Eaves Park this week. Its been seven years since I last stood on the side line watching my own children play. It brought back a flood of precious memories. At the time I was probably thinking about what else I had to do that night or what I was making for dinner.  Little did I know that I was actually making wonderful memories with my children, who are now grown up and have lives of their own.
Parents, enjoy the time watching your children from the side line, one day you will miss it!

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Ultimate Frisbee

Ultimate Frisbee is a new sport for Y10 & Y11 students. Trainings are Wednesday afternoon 3.30pm - 4.30pm in preparation for a term 1 competition. See the school website for full details.

Softball World Cup

Our Middle School students had the privilege of meeting the Argentina Softball team this week as they build up for the World Cup Series starting very soon in Albany. To see the games schedule Click Here. Child passes are as little as $10 to be involved with World Cup games. Click Here for ticket prices.
Some of our Middle School students will have the opportunity to see a game between USA and Cuba on Tuesday 29th November. Your child will have received details of this in the class daily notices.

Below is a photo of the question and answer session.

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Sport Representatives

If you child has represented their sports team at a local, regional or National level please let the Sports Department know by Monday 21st November

Representative Badge Award (Local)
Local Representative
Recipients must have:

  1. Been selected to represent their local area and play in an intercity competition in any given code. i.e. North Harbour versus Counties Manukau.
  2. Represent KingsWay School in their nominated code (unless this is not offered by the school).
  3. If requested, be able to provide a written confirmation from a sporting governing body/coach/manager.

Representative Badge Award (Regional)
Regional Representative
Recipients must have:

  1. Selected to represent our region in any given code. i.e Auckland versus Wellington.
  2. If requested, be able to provide a written confirmation from a sporting governing body/coach/manager.

NB: Club or local representation, development squads or local festival participation does not qualify for this award.

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Representative Badge Award (National)
National Representative
Recipients must have:

  1. Selected from all people representing your sporting code throughout New Zealand and representing the country at an international level in any given code. i.e New Zealand versus South Africa
  2. If requested, be able to provide a written confirmation from a sporting governing body/coach/manager.

NB: Club representation does not qualify for this award.

Watch this space. Its nearly finished! 

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By the end of November we hope to have our new Astro Turf laid and ready for use. This is going to be an amazing facility which we hope will be used for the next twenty years before it needs replacing! Strange to think some of our seniors will use it and potentially their children also! 😆

Rugby@KingsWay2023

We would like to get a Y9 & Y10 Rugby team up and running in the schools competition in 2023. If your son is in this age group in 2023 and you would like further information about this please ask them to come and fill out the form outside the sports office.
If you are interested in coaching (ideally we would like a forwards and backs coach) or helping in any way with this team please e-mail Lynda Hay

Sports Uniforms are overdue:

Please return all Primary, Middle School and Senior sport uniforms to the Senior Campus Sports office ASAP. The Volleyball uniforms and knee pads need to be returned by Monday please.
ALL sport uniforms are overdue. (Except those who are playing BB in Term 4, these players will return their uniform in the first week of December.)

Please RETURN ASAP any:

* 'Player of the Day' trophies you may have at home.
* Coaches and Managers Jackets
* Sports Gear
* Medical Kits
* Sports Uniforms

Spotlighting our Student Coaches

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Without our Coach and Manager volunteers we wouldn't be able to play sport at school level. We want to acknowledge all our Coaches/Managers and say THANK YOU for all you do.

This week we are spotlighting Caleb Cristobel who helps coach his brothers Year 2 Basketball team. We love the fact that at such a young age you are committing to giving up one lunchtime a week to grow others in the sport you love. Well done Caleb.

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Using Sport as a Vehicle to Teach Life Lessons

Facing tough situations.

Talented rugby player and East Otago High school student, Abigail Paton, joined the Otago Girls High School team, due to her own school not fielding a team in the competition. She trained and played with the Otago Girls’ team all season and together they made it to the Otago finals. Unfortunately, due to competition rules…if the Otago Girls’ team played Paton in the final, they would cede a very likely chance of going to the Top Four National Tournament…

Click Here for the full article

Reminder, only the Senior School 1st teams may play top team on game day. ALL other teams, it is expected that all players get fair and equal time on the playing field throughout the season.

  • CLICK HERE for the Players and Supporters Code of Conduct

Sport Chaplaincy:

Are you interested in becoming a Sports Chaplain? We would love to support parents and especially our grandparents to become Sports Chaplains for our sports teams.

Further details can be found at Sports Chaplaincy New Zealand or e-mail our local coordinator Jacolize Becker.

Click here for current events on the Sports Chaplaincy Facebook page or contact Lynda Hay in the Sports Department.

Sport Facebook Page

Follow our KingsWay Sport Facebook page for daily happenings and more photos of our students.

Check out the Sport Facebook page this week for more information on our Cycling Team vs our Motorcross Team

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Team Photos

If you have any good photos of any teams please send them through to the sport department so we can share them with our community on Facebook & Instagram.

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Draws

Basketball Draws Leisure Centre 🏀

Basketball Draw North Harbour teams 🏀

Summer Soccer Draws 

Sport Website for information

Before contacting the sports department or TIC please check the KingsWay School website for the information you need

Sport TIC (Teacher In Charge)