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SPORTS DEPARTMENT

Sports Department —

26th April - 28th April 2023, Week 1, Term 2

Automatic Payments

If you have set up an automatic payment for your child, please make sure this is up to date and payment has started otherwise your child may not be able to play games. Any enquiries please e-mail Elana.Theron@kingsway.school.nz 

Term 2 Leisure Centre Basketball

Reminder that mouthguards are compulsory and students will not be able to play without them. 

Tennis - Professional Coaching

Expressions of interest for Term 2 Tennis.  This is run by Hayden Wright of AceEm Tennis, an outside Tennis Professional connected with Silverdale Tennis Club.

Players/Groups:

  • Years 7 & 8 Groups
  • Years 9 - 13 Groups

Group size max 1 coach to 6 players. May be 1 senior coach and 2 coaching assistants across 2 groups

Session Times TBC.

  • 7:30am - 8:30am - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
  • 5:30pm - 6:30pm - Days TBC

Coaches:

  • Senior Coach - Tennis NZ Junior Development Coach (ITF Level 1) Qualified or equivalent
  • Junior Coaches - Tennis NZ Coaching Assistant Course qualified
  • Police vetted - those over 17 years of age

Pathway

  • Development to competitive tennis, school, interclub etc
  • Stages
    • Advanced Beginner/Intermediate - focuses on player ready for match play, learning tennis technique, movement and strategy through drills and games.
    • Intermediate - designed for the tournament/interclub player, involves rigorous movement and agility drills and teaches advanced stroke production and strategy.
  • Beginner Tennis will continue to be run by the  school in Term 1 & 4

Click Here if you are interested in paying for Professional Tennis training with a view to playing in a KingsWay competitive tennis team in the College Sport competition.

Netball Year 10 Girls

We are looking for one more Year 10 player to make up the senior netball teams this year. Please e-mail or see Elana Theron in the sports office if you are interested.

See this Netball page for details.

Football

Calling all Year 10 boys
Would you like to play football this year? We need more players to join our team. If you are interested please email the Sports Department as soon as possible. 

Coaching Workshops

Primary Netball - Coaching courses for parents

Practical Coaching Course for Year 3 to Year 6 Coaches 

The Hibiscus Coast Course is Wednesday, 3rd May (after the holidays), registration form can be found here. This course will be at Edith Hopper Park and is for Year 3 to Year 6 coaches 


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Life Lessons through Sport

By Sarah Auld, Sports Chaplaincy New Zealand

PARK RUN WAS AN INITIATIVE BEGUN BY A GROUP OF FRIENDS IN THE UK IN 2004 WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF WEEKLY, FREE, 5K, FOR EVERYONE, FOREVER.
Each participant competes only against themselves with everyone cheered irrespective of where they are in the field. The story of one reluctant runner beautifully illustrates the ethos of this organisation. Nicola Doward had no desire to come along to the park run due to her morbid obesity and very low level of fitness. Doward weighed 190kgs and felt that any form of fitness was an impossibility. Her family repeatedly encouraged her to try the Parkrun, assuring her she would be included and not judged. One day she plucked up the courage to take part and was amazed at the support and inclusivity. She received encouragement throughout the hour and a half it took her to complete the course. When she crossed the finishing line to big cheers Doward was overwhelmed. She never dreamed she would be supported or celebrated by any kind of sporting community. Often in sport, the fastest, strongest and most impressive gets more attention, more glory and sometimes even better treatment. In the same way, it can be that those who do not succeed who are looked down on and thought less of. The bible says that we shouldn’t show favouritism to anyone – not the rich, not the important, not the finely dressed. It says to do so is evil (James 2:4). The ethos of ParkRun to value and support every participant enabled Doward to keep taking part which led to positive change in her life. In sport and in life it is good to acknowledge talent and skill, but the presence or absence of it shouldn’t impact how much we value someone. In fact, valuing an individual will often enhance their ability to succeed

If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? James 2:3 - 4

PRAYER: Lord thank You for the gift that encouragement and acceptance can be. Help me to be sensitive to the situations I am in and respond to others in the way they need me to.

Link for Sport Draws

Draws

Basketball Draws Leisure Centre
Basketball Draw North Harbour teams
Hockey Draws North Harbour teams
Football Draws Senior Boys Competition
Football Draw 1st XI Girls
Football Draw Y9 & 10 Girls
Netball Draws Y7 - Y13 North Harbour
Netball Draws Y1 - Y6 HBC

Sport Facebook Page

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

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

Sport TIC (Teacher In Charge)