Year 8A Netball team placed 5th in the South Island Koru Games held in Christchurch

Photo by Mount Aspiring College

MAC SPORTS

Sports Co-ordinator — September 29th, 2022

Here are current and upcoming sports notices and events.

The following websites/pages have detailed information regarding sport and competition 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)

ENTRIES DUE - Come to the SportsHub or email sport@mtaspiring.school.nz

Otago Athletics - due 20 October

SPORTS NOTICES

2022 MAC Students National/International Sporting Achievements

Please click on the link below and fill out the form if you/your child have/has gained a national or international sporting achievement(s) between November 2021-October 2022. Final date to submit information is Monday 17 October. National/International sporting achievements

MAC Uniform

All the MAC uniform items borrowed for tournament week and events (jackets, uniforms) need to be returned by the end of this term to avoid a late fee of $60.

Hockey

Social Hockey will be played between 5-8pm on Tuesday nights for six weeks (25 October - 29 November 2022) at the Wānaka Recreation Centre turf.

Teams will be 7 aside and substitutions are allowed. Each team must comprise mixed ability players, Year 5 and up. If you do not have a team, please let us know and you can be added accordingly.

Further details and registration information on uppercluthahockey.club

Basketball

Aspiring Basketball Academy is offering Basketball training in term 4.

Open to Years 5 and 6, 7 and 8 and 9 and 10. The links to register are below:

Year 5 and 6 3x3 Competition: https://forms.gle/R4DpXgKg5t8R7f9H7

Year 7 and 8 3x3 Competition: https://forms.gle/7qQRnCY1HM53N64R7

Year 9 and 10 3x3 Competition: https://forms.gle/UofksUbftJc3XsxH9

Contact Aspiring Basketball Academy for more info:

https://aspiringbasketballacademy.co.nz/ aspiringbasketballacademy@gmail.com /02102595637

Mount Aspiring Netball Club

In preparation for the 2023 season, Mount Aspiring Netball Club are looking for all coaches, co-coaches, managers, committee members and interested parties for Years 7-13. If you share a passion for the sport and enjoy passing on your knowledge, they need you.

Please email mtaspiringnc@gmail.com or phone Megs Beale 021 205 9350 to register your interest or for more information.

If you are specifically interested in the MANC Year 9A, MANC Year 10A or Year 11-13 Development Team, please send through your interest to mtaspiringnc@gmail.com before 6 December 2022.

Touch Rugby

The Wānaka Touch Rugby Club is running a Touch competition in Term 4. To register for the adults league on Monday nights from 6.00pm at Kelly's Flat: https://www.sporty.co.nz/wanakatouch/Home-1

To register for the junior league for Years 5-10 on Fridays on the MAC fields and at Kelly's Flat: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/136307

SPORTS RESULTS

COPSSA Cross Country

Last Thursday, 19 MAC students competed in the COPSSA Cross Country Champs held at the Cromwell Racecourse.

It was great to see the students from across the region racing each other on a new course. Big thank you to the organisers and MAC staff Kate Brown and Igancio Sande who took the students to Cromwell.

Congratulations to all the students competing on the day and to our placegetters:

Year 8 Girls: Fleur Jansen - 2nd place

Year 7 Boys: Lachlan Roy - 2nd place

Year 7 Girls: Eva Small -1st place, Ila Duncan - 3rd place

Overall team results:

MAC Year 7 Boys - 1st place

MAC Year 7 Girls - 1st place

MAC Year 8 Girls - 2nd place

Results on website: https://copssa.nz/results/

AIMS Games

The AIMS Games are a sporting championship that provides Year 7 and 8 students with an opportunity to compete as an individual or as part of a team at a competition featuring 23 different sports. The event brings together more than 10,000 competitors from more than 320 schools and this year’s event was held at Tauranga earlier this month.

A number of our MAC students competed at the games: Skyla Coll and Piper Wolf competed in trampolining and double mini tramp. Agnes Karlsson competed in gymnastics. Elsie Parsons, Lucy Wellington, Amelia Knight, Vienna Harley and Charlie Nisbet all competed in gymnastics, trampoline, double mini-tramp and tumbling.

Congratulations to our students who achieved their personal bests and to Charlie Nisbet who achieved third place overall in gymnastics, second place in tumbling and third place in trampolining.

Charlie Nisbet who earned bronze medals at the AIMS Games — Image by: Mount Aspiring College

Koru Games

Last week the Year 8A Netball team travelled to Christchurch to compete in the South Island Koru Games. Over 2,800 Year 7 and 8's from 61 schools came from all over the South Island to compete in 16 sports. The netball competition was a tough one with 32 teams, and three games to be played each day for three days. However, the MAC girls took it in their stride and played some amazing netball.

With five wins and only one fiercely fought narrow loss by three points to Ashburton (the eventual winners of the competition) in pool play, we ended up in the quarter finals against a really skilled Rakaia team. Rakaia had three boys in their team which was amazing to watch, but it was also a huge challenge to us as they played a very different style of netball to what we were used to and the boys could all jump so high! Our team played the game of their lives - shutting down their flow through the court and with outstanding defence we managed to keep the score even throughout most of the game. Unfortunately, we just couldn’t quite hold on and we lost by two points at full time - such a great effort though! This put us into the playoffs for 5th-8th place and we finished off the tournament strongly with a convincing 5th place - which we are so proud of.

It was the first time MAC has ever taken a team to the Koru Games and what an awesome experience it was. The whole week was outstanding - the 'inclusivity' ethos of the tournament, the new friends made, and the skills gained will stay with them a lifetime. Finally a huge thank you to our fabulous coaches Megan Beale and Claire Radford, our lovely team umpire SK Dineen and our unbelievably organised team manager Jules Hunt - without you all, this would not have been possible.

Representative Rugby

Otis Harry — Image by: Mount Aspiring College

Congratulations to Otis Harry who has been selected in the Highlanders Schools Team. Otis will attend a development camp from 1-3 October and play in a game against the Junior Crusaders in Pleasant Point on 4 October. Congratulations and all the best Otis.

MAC players in the Otago Country U18 Rugby Team — Image by: Mount Aspiring College

L-R: Otis Harry, Eligh Hollegien, Rory Read, Ben Simmers, Gareth Howley (Coach), Dane Bowler, Harry Gilbertson, Jacob Field, Cullen Meyer, George Lister.

Amelia Hancock — Image by: Mount Aspiring College

Congratulations to Amelia Hancock who has made the Otago Country U16 Rugby Team.

Congratulations to Hunter Tuck, Flynn Phillips, Tom Sides, Jonty Keenan, Ryan Enoka, Henry Allison, Charlie Roy and Jackson Clark for making the Otago Country U16 Team.

MAC Rugby Awards

MAC 1st XV