SPORTS

Please check out our fabulous Sports pages on the OGHS website. 

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Here you will find important information about your chosen sport such as trials, training days, fees, tournaments, sport registration forms and photos.  Sports fees that have been posted on the Sports pages is what will be charged for 2025.  So, I encourage you to check out these pages.  You will also find a copy of the Sports Policies booklet that you should make yourself familiar with.

The Power of Commitment in Sport

In any sport, talent can open the door — but commitment is what keeps it open. One of the most fundamental pillars of team success is showing up: to training, to games, to the tough sessions when you're tired, and the cold mornings when staying in bed seems easier.

Commitment to practices and matches is more than just attendance. It reflects respect: for your teammates, for your coaches, and for the sport itself. Every missed session is a missed opportunity — not just to improve individually, but to strengthen the collective unit. Teams that train consistently together build trust, rhythm, and resilience. These are not formed overnight, but brick by brick, through shared effort over time.

Coaches can plan the best drills, and players can have great intentions — but unless athletes commit to being present and fully engaged, progress stalls. The most successful teams are rarely the most talented. More often, they're the ones that trained together week after week, even when motivation dipped, or results didn’t immediately follow.

At our school, we don’t expect perfection — but we do value reliability. Commitment isn’t just about prioritising sport over everything else; it's about learning how to manage time, how to honour a responsibility, and how to be part of something bigger than yourself.

As we head into the last part of the winter sport season, let’s renew our focus on consistency. Be on time. Be ready. Be there — not just for yourself, but for the person sitting next to you in the changing room.

After all, showing up is the first win of every week.

Sports Played Outside of OGHS

We are interested in what you are doing.  If you are competing in sports outside of Otago Girls’ High School, please let us know your results so that we can celebrate your successes.