Following hot in the heels of the Year 7/8 Boys' and Girls' teams competing at the Yr 7/8 Canterbury Primary Schools Basketball Tournament, our Year 5/6 Girls' team took on the best schools Canterbury had to offer.

After an excellent result at the SW zone tournament, the Year 5/6 girls were back over to Pioneer Stadium for the Canterbury tournament. The competition was naturally tougher, and the girls were asked to dig deep into their energy reserves, and we are pleased to say that they represented Oaklands with great pride and determination.

Finishing 2nd in their pool play saw the girls through to the top 8 playoffs, which is an awesome achievement. A couple of close play off games saw us finish 8th out of the 18 teams competing, which is the highest we have ever placed with a Yr 5/6 Girls' team.

Well done to the amazing team of:

Grace Brew 

Kaydence Gallacher

Kaiya Hiku

Elena Johansen

Kinjal Patel

Jessie Braithwaite

Grace Oh

Eva Xue

Jacque Wu

and a HUGE 'Thanks very much' to Shontelle and Roseanne for leading the cheering, supporting, scoring team - it was much appreciated.