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SPORTS DEPARTMENT

Sports Department —

6th - 10th February 2023, Week 2, Term 1

TERM 1 SPORTS REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Information and registration details are on the School website. Please read the information and sign up now. Be aware that some Winter Sports for Term 2 & 3 CLOSE in the next few days in order to get trials and trainings started.

Sports at KWS include:

Please be aware that this year there may be a late fee attached to students who register after the close off dates. This is due to the enormous amount of extra work this causes the TIC and sport dept to add a player once teams are registered. Please note we cannot guarantee any players who are late to register places in teams. 

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Registration for Sport

Please find all the information and links to register on the web page. There are several tabs along the top of the pages. If you click on the 'fees and registration' tab this will take you to information on registering your child on the MyKindo app. MyKindo needs to be updated once a year with your child's year and class (especially if your child is moving from Primary to MS). If your information is not updated you may miss out on vital information. If you are having trouble with anything on the mykindo registration page please click on the ? on the top right of the kindo page and their help desk will be able to assist you. We apologise but the TIC or Sports Dept are unable to help with issues on the Kindo registration page. 

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Basketball - Leisure Centre

Commencing the week starting 20th Feb for 7 weeks. Registrations close for Year 1 - 6: 9am Monday 13th February
                                     Year 7 & 8: EXTENDED TO 9am Monday                                                           13th February
                                      Year 9 - 13 Various dates
Please see our website for details.

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JBL and NH League information can be found on the school website.

Basketball Year 7 -Year 9 Girls ONLY league

Games are played through the HBC Junior Basketball league. Games are 30 minutes, 2 x 15minute halves and stop clock in the last 2 mins of the second half.
Girls games – 5.15pm Monday afternoon
A thirteen-week round robin league (3x warm up rounds, 7 rounds of pool play, QF, SF, Final) will be played at our school or at one of the other schools participating. All girls team are 4 v 4.
Sign up through the link on the school website

Football 

This year KingsWay will play its Year 1 - 8 teams through Rodney District Sports (RDS). This is due to a considerable lower fee for our students and local grounds (Year 1 - 4 play at Metro Park). RDS is registered with Northern Regional Football Federation and teams that play in the league will continue to play in the same competition as previous years but just in a different coloured shirt.

Mauricio Rojas has also moved from HBC to RDS and into the role of Technical Director of football. Mauricio holds a UEFA A coaching licence and will continue to provide top quality programmes for our players. For those who do not know Mauricio he has worked at English Premier clubs Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, and with Northern football federation and New Zealand football federation. 

Primary & Middle School football registrations close on 24th February.
Please see the school web site for the link and detailed instructions on how to register through RDS web site. This year there is one registration and payment process. 

Mauricio Rojas in the role of Technical Director of football at RDS - Football — Image by: Lynda Hay


Football Year 9 - 13

Senior Registrations close 28th February.
Trials start from week 3. Please check out the website for details.

Futsal- New League Term 1, Year 9-13

Futsal is popular as it’s small sided (5v5) ensuring more touches it appeals to all sorts of students from competitive footballers in their off-season/pre-season through to social groups of friends. Futsal doesn’t have a training; the students are just able to show up and play.

Term 1 leagues will be on Friday nights over 5 weeks from Friday 24th February to Friday 24 March. See website for details.
Registrations close within the next week or two. Date to be confirmed by venue.

Netball 

Registrations close: 

Year 3-6 Friday 17th March
Year 7 - 9 Monday 20th February with first trial starting 22nd Feb
Year 10 - 13 Tuesday 21st February with the first scrimmage after school on 21st February.

Trial dates are on the web page, please read carefully and make sure you have the correct date for your age group. If you cannot make a particular trial due to a previous commitment you cannot get out of please e-mail the TIC of the sports and let them know at the time of registration. See website for full updated details

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Social Netball Year 7 & 8, 2023

We are trialling a new netball program in Term 2. A local, fun netball competition between Whangaparaoa College, Orewa College and KingsWay for Year 7 and Year 8 netballers. Each school will provide two Year 7 teams and two Year 8 teams to play for 6 weeks in term 2.
We will still be sending our competitive teams e.g Year 7/1, 7/2, 7/3, 8/1, 8/2 & 8/3 teams to compete in the North Harbour Netball competition but this social competition is for those wanting to play/take up netball but not travel. The advantage is we play undercover, play locally and at a reduced cost in PE uniform. Teams will still train with a coach on Wednesday between 3.30pm - 4.30pm and then games will be played either at 4.45pm - 5.15pm or 5.25pm - 5.55pm. 

Softball Years 5-9 

Softball is an exciting new sport for term 1. This term we are entering the following teams:
 * Year 5 & 6 mixed softball team into the local HBC competition on Wednesday nights starting 1st March. Details and Registration click here. This team will likely represent the Primary school in the HBC Zone days.

* Year 7-9 mixed softball team into the North Harbour competition on Thursday nights starting 2nd March. Details and Registration click here. 

This is a great summer sport competition to enter. The season is only 6 weeks long and the games are 45 minutes long. 

Summer Soccer Term 1

Summer Football is new in Term 1 and takes place on Monday afternoons at the Hibiscus Coast Football Club. All teams are school-based (not club). Round one in Term 1, 2023 starts on Monday 20th February and the last round will be on 3rd April 2023. We will only make up teams if we have enough players in that age group, otherwise players will be refunded. Please see details on the school web site now. 

Tennis Term 1

Tennis is offered competitively and non-competitively to Year 7–13 students in Terms 1 & 4. Trainings will be Tuesday mornings 7.30am - 8.30am with a tennis professional and Thursday afternoons 3.30pm - 4.30pm with the TIC on the astro. This starts next week. Details and sign up on the website. 

Social Teams for 2023

If you have a group of friends that would like to play a sport together in a local social or competitive competition we are happy put teams together and enter you. Either with or without training sessions.
Sport does not have to be competitive to enjoy but getting some fitness regularly with a bunch of mates is great. If you would like to explore this option further come and chat with Mrs Lynda Hay in the Sports office.

Automatic Payments (AP) to pay for sports.

Automatic payments for winter sports can be started now and must be completed by the date specified on the web site for that sport. If you are interested in paying sport fees by AP please sign up for your sport under the AP registration. If you need a longer time to make payment than stated on the web page please contact Elana Theron in the sports dept.

Benefits of sport for your child

Sport has traditionally been viewed as a way to stay healthy but its importance goes much further. Playing sports teaches life lessons like discipline, responsibility, self-confidence, accountability, and teamwork.

Studies have shown that exercise increases blood flow to the brain and helps the body build more connections, leading to increased concentration, enhanced memory, stimulated creativity, and better-developed problem solving skills. In short, playing sport can help with academic achievement.

From a social standpoint, sports are a powerful tool that brings people together and creates a sense of community. They develop friendships and connections that bond together people from all walks of life.

Astro Turf Rules

No Studs, Work Boots or Heels. Clean Sports Shoes only.
No Chewing gum
No Food
No Smoking or Vaping
No Animals allowed.
No Bikes/Skateboards etc
No Golf
No School bags on the playing surface.
Please help us to look after this wonderful facility.

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Sport Facebook Page

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

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

Sport TIC (Teacher In Charge)