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NETBALL

A big thank you to the Southern Steel Netball players (pictured above with some of our students) who came to MAC for a skills and drills session. 

SPORTING ENTRIES / INFORMATION

Entries due - come to the SportsHub or email sport@mtaspiring.school.nz

Senior Boys Basketball - 29 March

Year 7/8 TOP Bike - 31 March 

MAC MTB Champs - 9 April

SPORTS NOTICES

UPPER CLUTHA JUNIOR RUGBY CLUB OPEN DAY

UNDER 7 – OPEN GRADE PLAYERS

Friday 26 March 5.00pm - 6.30pm

Junior Rugby Club

Players will meet their coaches and teams. BBQ provided. 

There will be a second-hand boot sale. Rugby shorts, socks, training tees and a limited amount of rugby hoodies will be available for purchase. Cash only

Any enquiries: email annemarie.love@mchw.co.nz

MOUNT ASPIRING COLLEGE MOUNTAIN BIKE CHAMPS 2021

When: Wednesday 14 April 2021

Where: Deans Bank MTB track

Format: 12km circuit in age groups

This fun event is open to Year 7 - 13 students and has an emphasis on participation for House points and competition for those who want to test themselves for the championship.

Riders will start in age groups and complete the conventional Deans Bank circuit with a flying lap around the camping ground at the start and finish.

Please register at the SportsHub by Friday 9 April.

Any parents who would be keen to help by being a marshal on the track or at the start / finish area, please email: sports@mtaspiring.school.nz

Spot prizes sponsored by:

TOP BIKE YEAR 7/8

When: Monday 12 April 2021

Where: Molyneux Tennis Courts - Alexandra

Disciplines: Skills course, grass track races and mountain bike team trial

Team of 6 (3 boys, 3 girls) will compete in 3 disciplines against other Central Otago Schools, competitors are to supply their own mountain bike and helmet. Entries are due March 31, please have the name of all six competitors and sign up at the sports hub or email sports@mtaspiring.school.nz

STUDENT COACH WORKSHOPS

Come and join the interactive workshops for students and teachers who coach and are interested in coaching.

Gain expertise from guest speakers. Topics covered include: planning the season and a session, coaching a skill, athlete-centred coaching, ACC, sport-specific coaching.

When: Thursday 15 April 9.00am - 3.00pm

Where: Cromwell College

Cost: $10 per student

Please wear sportswear and bring a pen and a notebook.

Please come to SportsHub to sign up.

BASKETBALL

A practice / info session for the senior basketball boys will be held on Monday 29 March from 6.00 - 7.00pm at the MAC gym.

Trials for the senior boys A team will be held on Thursday 8 and 15 April from 6.00 -7.00pm at the MAC gym.

Please come to the SportsHub to sign up for trials or send a message to the MAC basketball facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/youthWanakaBasketball

SPORTS RESULTS

FUTSAL

On Friday 19 March, three MAC teams attended the Otago Secondary School Futsal Champs in Dunedin. All teams had a great time playing to their best with both our senior girls and boys teams making it into the finals! A big thank you to our coaches and team managers, Neil Stuart, Brianna Lobb, Ben Pennycuick, Andrew Miller and Leon Roode, who went away with the teams.

Here is a recap of the trip from Senior Girls Team Member, Tess Treadwell-Burke:

"Ten of us girls travelled to Dunedin last Thursday for a one-day, full-on, futsal tournament. We played a total of five games, three of which were pool games and the last two were finals. We came into semi finals at the top of our pool, which we were all very stoked about, and then continued to win the semis final with a score of 3-1. The finals ended up being physically and mentally the hardest game. We walked away with second place, with a score of 4-3 to St Hilda's. A big thank you to our coach Brianna Lobb - we could not have done it without her."

UPPER CLUTHA ATHLETICS

On Wednesday 24 March a group of Year 7/8 students attended the Upper Clutha Athletics. It was a great day with some awesome results, qualifiers from this event will get to attend the Central Otago athletics on Monday 29 March.

CYCLING

Last weekend MAC students Carter Guichard, Hugo Sinclair and Muireann Green competed in the Southland “Fight for Yellow” two day cycling tour. With five stages over two days, the “Fight for Yellow” riders got a taste of multi-stage tour racing, with racing taking place across four grades.
Both Carter and Hugo won the "most aggressive rider" jersey in stages of the B Grade and Muireann won the jersey in one stage of the C Grade.
Carter won the B Grade’s "most aggressive" jersey overall and placed 4th and 5th in two stages, and placed 5th overall. Hugo placed 2nd in the fourth stage. All three riders raced over 110km each day for two days. Huge effort, well done!

QUAD TOURNAMENT

As usual our MAC students were great ambassadors at the annual Summer Quad tournament which was held in Winton on Thursday and Friday last week. Here is the results table and some photos of our competitors. 

SPORTS CALENDAR:  TERM 1, 2021

29 March     (postponement 30/31) COPSSA athletics (Alexandra)

9-10 April      SISS Athletics (Christchurch) *New Date*

12 April         Top Bike (Alexandra)

14 April         MAC MTB champs (Deans Bank)

15 April         Student Coach Workshop for Secondary Students (Cromwell)

COVID ALERT LEVELS

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

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

http://www.nzsssc.org.nz/ (School Sport New Zealand)