Sports Calendar:  Term 4, 2024

The term calendar is an overview of the sports events that are happening this term. If you have any questions about any upcoming events, please come and see Laura, Claire and Di at the Sports Hub or email us at: sports@mtaspiring.school.nz

Term 4

2-3 November - OSS Junior Volleyball Tournament

21 November - COPSSA Orienteering (Year 7/8)

28 November - COPSSA Triathlon (Year 7/8)

29 November - Year 9/10 Central Otago Girls Cricket Smash Tournament

30 November - Central Otago Senior Touch Tournament

7-8  December - NZSS Athletics Championships - Timaru

Extra information

The following websites / pages have detailed information regarding sport and competition the latest updates regarding school sport:

http://www.osssa.org.nz/ (Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc.)

https://www.schoolsportnz.org.nz/ (School Sport New Zealand)

https://sportnz.org.nz/ (Sport New Zealand)

SPORTS NOTICES

NETBALL

Here is a message from the Mt Aspiring Netball Club, who run netball for all of our students:

We need you for the 2025 Season! 

Do you have a passion for netball and a desire to help shape the future of our up-and-coming Silver Ferns? Mt Aspiring Netball Club is on the lookout for coaches, assistant coaches, managers, and interested parties for teams from Year 7 to Year 13.

Whether you’re an experienced coach or just passionate about the sport and eager to pass on your knowledge, we need YOU to help guide the next generation of netball talent.

 What’s in it for you?

• The chance to inspire and develop young athletes

• Be part of a dedicated and supportive club community

• Help our players reach their full potential on and off the court

An information package is available by emailing us at mtaspiringnc@gmail.com or complete this Expressions of Interest in Netball Coaching 2025 form

Interested in coaching our top teams?

We’re specifically looking for coaches for MANC B, Year 9A, and Year 10A. If you’re keen to be part of this exciting opportunity, please send your interest to mtaspiringnc@gmail.com by next Wednesday 23 October 2024.

Join us and be part of something special in 2025.

We're also on the lookout for a dedicated treasurer to join our team for the 2025 season. If you’re great with numbers and want to make a meaningful impact behind the scenes, this role is perfect for you.

Help us keep the club running smoothly while supporting our netball community. Flexible commitment and a great team atmosphere included.

SPORTS RESULTS

We love to hear what our MAC students have been up to in the sporting arena. Please keep us up to date with any news at sports@mtaspiring.school.nz.

GYMNASTICS

Congratulations to MAC students Charlie Nisbet (Year 9) and Sami Reid (Year 7) who recently competed at the 2024 XP New Zealand Gymnastic Championships in Palmerston North. Charlie and Sami were competing in their first nationals and achieved excellent results.

On the first day of the team competition in the men’s artistic gymnastics, Charlie placed 3rd (pommel) and 2nd (rings and horizontal bar), achieving the 4th highest score in the competition by .05 points. 

In the all-round competition on day two, Charlie had remarkably consistent scoring and finished 4th again by 0.3. Charlie also received a proficiency award. 

Sami competed in the teams and apparatus finals, delivering well-executed routines, placing 5th overall in bar and 9th in floor to earn a 4th place overall on day one. On day two, Sami placed 12th overall, and earned a proficiency award, to finish off her first nationals. 

Well done to Charlie and Sami on delivering such skilled performances and achieving excellent results at a national-level event.

RUGBY

2024 saw a record number of Te Kura o Tititea athletes selected to represent Ōtākau Ki Uta (Otago Country Māori) rugby teams for the Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) Rugby tournament.  This included a tāne U17 team coached by 2024 MAC 1st XV coaches Wayne Enoka and Jason Clarke, an U15 tāne team, and for the first time Ki Uta were able to field an U17 kōhine team.  John Cooper also supported the kaupapa, bringing his first aid skills to trainings and tournament. 

Following weeks of rugby training along with gaining confidence performing the Ōtākau rugby haka and waiata, the teams headed to the Te Wai Pounamu tournament in Christchurch, during the last weekend of the October school holidays.   Being hosted in a marae and experiencing a range of learnings in tikanga, tākaro and mau rākau brought an enjoyable cultural learning element to the tournament.  Staying at a marae was a new experience for a number of the attending rangatahi.

Te Wai Pounamu Tournament brings together Māori representative rugby teams from Murihiku (Southland), Ōtākau Ki Tai (Otago Metro), Ōtākau Ki Uta (Otago Country) Waitaha (Canterbury) and Te Tauihu (Tasman/Nelson). It is fiercely competitive, but also represents whanaungatanga and cultural connection between the players, coaches and whanau. 

The 2024 tournament was very successful for our country teams, with the Ki Uta Kōhine team placing second overall and the Ki Uta Tāne U15's only coming second by points differential.  

Special congratulations go to Kate Watson for receiving the Kōhine Back of the Year and Cory Enoka for receiving the U15 Tāne Best and Fairest player award, in the Otago Community Rugby awards

Te Kura o Tititea representative players 

U17 Tāne

Kahlarni Hondelink

Cameron Armstrong

Lachlan Hay

Ryan Enoka and Jackson Clark both selected but unavailable due to Highlanders Schools selection

U17 Kohine

Kiana Babbington

Natalya Walters

Liana Waitoa

Kate Watson 

U15 Tāne

Cory Enoka

Jimmy Cooper

Mackenzie Hay

MULTISPORT

Last weekend a Mount Aspiring College team of Brooke McLachlan (25km kayak), Paige Boomsma (43km mountain bike) and Eva Small (14km trail run) won the secondary schools section of the Challenge Wānaka Multi on Saturday in a time of  5hours:07mins:28secs.  Congratulations girls - an awesome effort!

RUGBY

The New Zealand Junior Girls Rugby Tournament was held in Auckland on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 September.  There were 57 teams from across NZ, with 90% of them coming from the North Island. Over 900 girls played in the tournament.  

MAC had five Year 7/8 students playing in the Central Otago Hinds Team: Sophia McClintock, Lilya Cochrane, Rosie Hirst, Naiah Beazley and Janey Mavor.  Coached by Aaron Callaghan (Wānaka), Tom Impey (Queenstown), and Peter Breen (Alexandra), and managed by Karla Beazley (Wānaka), the Hinds performance at the tournament was outstanding. Despite being outsized, they showcased exceptional game awareness, teamwork, grit and determination, winning four out of the five matches they played. Their efforts earned them the Overall Team of the Tournament Trophy.

In addition to their on-field success, the Hinds excelled in the festival’s unique scoring system, which emphasises fair play, sportsmanship, and positive behaviour both on and off the field. As Overall Tournament winners, they exemplified the four pillars of the festival: enjoyment, sustainability, sportsmanship and empowerment.

COMMUNITY SPORTS NOTICES

These activities are all run externally (not through MAC), but they are aimed at our students, so we don’t want you to miss out!  If you have any questions about the activities listed below, please contact the appropriate club/organiser and they will be able to help you.

RUGBY

Otago Rugby are excited to be hosting the Southern Schools Year 9/10s 7's Tournament. 

Save the date: Tuesday 19 November 2024 - 9am to 3pm (Postponement date: Wednesday 20 November.

Where: Dunedin Rugby Football Club (Kettle Park) - 12 Moana Rua Road, Kettle Park Road, St Kilda, Dunedin 9012. 

Who: This is open to all girls and boys aged 15 years or younger in secondary schools south of Waitaki. 

Grades: Year 9/10 boys, Year 9/10 boys development and Year 9/10 girls. 

Rules: https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/variations/3/sevens/

Link to register:

https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/306456 registrations close Friday 8 November 5pm.