This week the Sports Office officially moved into the stunning Atawhai. We are loving being in this uplifting space.

At the top of the stairs in Atawhai are:
Ms Anderson, Mrs Brooks, Mrs Sinclair & Miss Hopcroft

In the Fitness Centre are:
Mrs Joyce and Ross Kennedy

Along the corridor on the Hewitts Road side of Atawhai are:
Ms Rule and Balance Physiotherapy

In the Kerrs (Old) Gym offices are:
Olivia Ling (Rowing Manager) and Sally Goldsmith (Equestrian Manager)

Come and find us!

Winter Tournament Week Breakfast

This morning we celebrated the upcoming Winter Tournament week with a combined breakfast for all teams heading to tournaments next week. It was a great way to bring the teams together & share some kai prior to heading off to compete for Rangi Ruru. Shane Bond, international cricketer and coach, spoke about his tournament experiences. Key takeaways – you may not remember the games, but you will always remember the people and the experiences you shared together!

We wish all our teams involved in tournaments the very best of luck as they head away.

Winter Sport Finals…. and that’s a wrap!

For many sports, weekly winter competition finished this week. While there were some great results across sports, equally important to us is the manner in which our teams conducted themselves over the season and the positive feedback received from opposing teams and spectators.

Shout out to the following teams who made finals or who will be playing finals in the coming week:

Cycling 
At the Canterbury Schools Team Time Trial Championships, our cycling squad brought home the U20 Litoff Cup, also placing 3rd in the same race, while the U16s placed 2nd in the race for the Amy Dawe Cup.

Football 
1st XI team played with grit and determination to keep STAC scoreless in normal time (0-0) before going down in a penalty shoot out, finishing 2nd in the Connetics School Premier Girls 1st XI competition

Hockey
1st XI – finished 3rd in Connetics SSP, with a hard-fought penalty shoot-out win over Villa
2nd XI – finished 1st in SSL Div 1 competition with a 2-1 win over Rangiora

Netball
Saturday netball wraps up over the next fortnight with our Senior C and D teams, along with the 10A team competing in semi-finals this weekend.
In Wednesday Netball, the 9C and 10C teams won their finals – congratulations teams!

Check out our Rangi Ruru Sport Facebook and Instagram for more updates on what our students have been doing in orienteering and skiing/snowboarding this month.

Year 7 & 8 Update

Students have been having a great time learning new skills across Futsal, Volleyball, Touch and Cricket. It has been wonderful to see students participating and trying something new.

Our hockey gold and football team participated in CAIMS Winter Tournament earlier in the week. Both teams had such a fantastic time and have all come away with some memorable experiences. A massive congratulations to our hockey gold team who came 2nd and to our football team who came 3rd – such fantastic results.

Up and coming:

September 3 - 9 – AIMS Games, Eva Yin and Vanessa Lim (Golf)
September 13 – School Athletics (All students)
September 13 – CAIMS Swimming (qualifying students)
September 20 & 21– Koru Games (Touch team – to be announced soon)
September 26 – CAIMS Duathlon (please message Mrs Sinclair if you wish to participate in this event)
*Please note that the summer sign up link will come out near the end of term 3.

Nicole Sinclair
Head of Years 7 & 8 Sport

Upcoming Events

Sign ups for Summer Sport
Sign ups are now live for Term 4 Summer Sport for Year 9-13 students.
Check out the information in this link and sign up now to get involved over summer. Any questions, come and see us in the Sports Office.

School Athletics – Tuesday, September 13, Nga Puna Wai; Sign up link

We are looking forward to the return of the bright and colourful whole school athletics event to the school calendar in September.
Sign ups are now live for the School Athletics, to be held at Nga Puna Wai on Tuesday, September 13. Click this link for sign ups. 
It is expected that students sign up for a MINIMUM of 3 events on Athletics Day (with a maximum of 5). Students can also sign up for the 800m and 3000m to be held off site the week prior.
More information to come next week - including a programme of events. Any issues with signing up, please contact the Sports Office.

Pocket & Colour Applications

Applications are now being taken for the Term 3 Pocket and Colour Awards Assembly.

Please click on this link to apply for a pocket and/or colour, making sure you check the Awards Criteria Handbook on the link provided. Note this link will only work with a Rangi Ruru email.

Please note – there are two closing dates:

• For all applications other than sports involved in Winter Tournament Week – applications will close on MONDAY, AUGUST 29 AT 2:30pm
  
• For applications for those students involved in Winter Tournament Week –applications will close on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 AT 2:30PM

Due to the very tight turn around from closing dates to the Awards Assembly, no late applications will be considered. It is up to each student to ensure they submit their application on time.

Any questions please direct them to the staff member overseeing the area you are applying for a pocket/colour for. 

Celebrating Our Sporting Wahine

CHARLOTTE O’GORMAN (Year 8) had a wonderful weekend at the National Points at Coronet Peak earlier in the month getting a gold medal in both Slalom and Giant slalom.
A great start to her NZ race season!

Congratulations to NICOLE RIDD, (Year 8) who ran for her club (Christchurch Avon) last weekend and picked up the Canterbury Athletics Under 14 Girls Road Race Championship title - with a 3km time of 11.11. Just outstanding. Nicole is representing school Thursday, September 29 in the Inter-Regional Primary & Intermediate Schools Cross-Country Championship, we wish Nicole the very best in this next event.

Earlier this month, SIENNA FLYNN (Year 10) completed at the Taekwondo New Zealand Championships in Auckland on August 6 and won a Gold Medal in her division - Junior Female division 5-3 over 68kg (yes they count backwards up to blackbelt).

Shoutout to ISLA JOYCE currently competing at the Junior World Championships in Hungary as a member of Canoe Racing New Zealand’s U18 team. Go well Isla!