What a week Pāpāmoa College Year 7/8 students had from Saturday 3 - 9 September! We had 149 students competing across 16 different sporting codes. All the students had an absolute blast and represented Pāpāmoa College with great passion and pride.

Special mention to the following students who came away with overall placings in their sports! This was an amazing achievement and fully deserved after all the hard training they had put in.

Caitlyn Fortescue (Y8) Gold Medal - Rock Climbing Year 8 Girls

Thomas Isaac (Y8) Gold Medal - Boys Trampoline, Silver Artistic Gymnastics - Boys Twisters

Cullen McCashin (Y8)& Keanu Jakeman (Y8) Silver Medal - Boys Tennis Doubles

Emily Barback (Y7) Silver Medal - Open Senior Girls Gymnastics

Lucas Bettridge (Y7) Bronze Medal - Mountain Biking Cross Country Year 7 Boys

Max Stevenson (Y8) Bronze Medal - 50m Breaststroke, Bronze Medal 100m Breaststroke, Bronze Medal 200m Breaststroke

Each sport also had a Team Player Medal presented. The recipient was decided by their team management and/or team members, for the student who demonstrated a positive attitude, fair play, and respect for their teammates, opposition, coaches, and referees.

• Basketball Boys - Tom Clarke (Y7)
• Cross Country - Nathan Theron (Y7)
• Football Boys - Gus Birnie (Y7)
• Football Girls - Lemia Mcintosh Reardon (Y8)
• Futsal Boys - Jesse Dunn (Y7)
• Hockey Girls -Harlow Mardle (Y8)
• Hockey Mixed - Riley Walker (Y8)
• Indoor Bowls - Mila O'Reilly (Y8)
• MTB - Jacob Laskey (Y8)
• Netball - Tayla Smith (Y8)
• Rippa - Kyan Percy (Y7)
• Rock Climbing - Xander Oosthuizen (Y7), Liliana Abate (Y7)
• Rugby Sevens - Nathan Theron (Y7)
• Swimming - William Chugg (Y7)
• Table Tennis - Rico Ivamy (Y7)
• Tennis - Cullen McCashin (Y8)
• Water Polo - Alaric Bulling (Y7)

A huge thanks to the parents/caregivers, students and staff who coached, managed, transported, and supported our students during this massive week.

Here's a short video of photos from the week.