Sports News

Coaches and Managers Needed

We are excited to announce the upcoming start of our summer sports program! To ensure a successful season for all our young athletes, we are seeking dedicated volunteers to fill coaching and manager positions.

Your involvement as a coach or manager is invaluable to our program. It provides a fantastic opportunity to share your passion for sports, develop leadership skills, and create lasting memories with our children.

We understand that volunteering takes time and effort, but the rewards are immeasurable. Your support will help us provide a positive and enriching experience for every child involved.

Summers Sports include: Cricket, Rugby Sevens, Volleyball, Waterpolo, Futsal, Touch.

If you are interested in coaching or managing a team,please complete this Expression of Interest form. https://forms.gle/CkN6oQCfTZihkNaw6

If you have any questions about the roles please feel free to contact the Sport Team by email sports@wdsg.school.nz

We look forward to working with you to make this summer sports season a memorable one! Thank you for your support.

Need to know

• We will be adding summer sport options to Enrolmy throughout the term, so keep an eye out for your chosen sport!

• For our new whaanau, a reminder to have a look through the 2024 Sport Co-Curricular Guide to find out what summer sports we offer this end of the year. This can be found on the sports section of our website. 

• A $50 non-refundable trial deposit is being rolled out across the board within the Sports Department, as an initiative to ensure we are delivering consistency across all of our sports programs, and to ensure we are guaranteeing 100% commitment to our sports teams. This deposit is included in overall seasons fees and will be deducted from fees post trials and team selection. Trial deposits are to be paid through Enrolmy. 

• We are going to be running a Competitive Only Cross Country held here on the school grounds on Tuesday 20th August. If you are interested in competing, here is the Google Form to sign up and learn more! Parents/whaanau are welcome to come and support.

• DioFit hours have been increased starting Week 1 of this term. Mon, Tues and Thurs 3:30-5pm and Wed 2:30-4:30pm.

• If you are using DioFit, there is a new sign in system. Scan the QR code to sign yourself in and scan out once you have finished. Please also remember to bring a sweat towel, no towel no workout. 
  
  

Celebrating Sports@Dio
Below are some awesome sporting achievements from our athletes and teams from around our Kura. The school holidays also provided Dio girls the opportunity to compete in representative tournaments in their respective codes which we would like to celebrate with our wider Dio community. Read below to find out more. 

Cycling 

During the first weekend of the school holidays our cycling team competed in the North Island Championships held in Karapiro. Our cyclists gave it their all, showcasing their talent and determination. Elyse Barnett competed in the Criterium event for U16 Girls - B, she secured third place with a time of 15:02:73. It was a fantastic weekend for all competitors with a lot of space to grow for the many upcoming events for this team!

Futsal 

Over the school holidays, junior students Mia Humphrey, Freya Douglas and Alexis McNae competed in the Buzz Electrics Youth Futsal Tournament in Hawkes Bay at the Napier Pettigrew Green Arena. Mia and Freya represented the Titan’s Futsal Club, while Alexis represented the 4-Zero Club by captaining the U14 girls team. Both teams competed in the U16 Girls Division with the Titan’s team coming away as the overall U16 Girls Division winners! Well done to Mia who also won the tournament MVP award for U16 Girls Division. Awesome stuff, ladies!

Hockey

During the first week of the holidays, Year 13 student Samantha Taylor and Old Girl Isobel McNally (Class of 2023), travelled down to Christchurch to compete in the 2024 Vantage National U18 Tournament, in the Waikato Wintec U18 Girls team. The team finished 14 overall out of 22 teams in the competition.

In the second week, on 15-18 July,  Waikato Hockey hosted the 2024 U16 Invitational Tournament, held at Gallagher Hockey Centre. The U16 Girls team included year 11 student Addison Carruthers and Old Girl Lucy Hadley. The team came out on top undefeated as overall winners of the tournament. Awesome playing and learning experience, nice work Addy!

Over the weekend, the 1st XI travelled to Whanganui to compete in the Central North Island Tournament hosted by Whanganui Collegiate. The girls came up against both Whanganui Collegiate Girls and New Plymouth Girls. The team came away with a great learning experience and the perfect opportunity to play some different schools they would not usually play and be able to bring out some new skills and team combinations in the build-up to Tournament Week. 

Hockey 5s Fundraising Tournament

Winter Tournament week is fast approaching, and our 1st XI Hockey team are competing here in Hamilton. As a fundraising idea, our 1st XI are hosting a 5 a side hockey tournament. This will be a fun day out, where you and your friends and family can come along and play a bit of hockey (even if you have no idea how to play!). This is also open to our wider community so tell your friends!! There will be a bake sale and sausage sizzle throughout the day.

Date: Sunday 18 August, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location: Dio Turf

The rules for 5 aside hockey are 

• 5 people minimum, 7 people max per team 

• Any year group can be in a team 

• Teams cannot include more than two 1st XI players

• Mouth guards are compulsory 

• If you don't have a hockey stick, get in contact with katie.blunsdon@wdsg.school.nz and we will provide you with one.

• $15 Entry Fee per team

Please get ONE PERSON from your team to fill out the Google form below.  ONE submission per team.

Hockey 5's Team Registration

Entries close Friday 9th August @ 8pm

Netball 

Over the school holidays, we had multiple netball athletes competing in representative netball tournaments all over Aotearoa. Taranaki held the 2024 North Island Junior Netball Championships. The following students were competing and representing their respective centres: Cayla Buitendach; Olivia Wrathall; Indy Furniss; Ryan Woods; Sienna Mackintosh; Maclaine Stuart; Klaudia Horsfall; Amy Bryant. 

Congratulations to Maclaine Stuart, Klaudia Horsfall and Amy Bryant who were part of the Hamilton City U16B team that took first place in the B grade. 

Congratulations to Klaudia and Amy for being selected for the U16 B-C Grade Tournament Team.

Meanwhile our Seniors headed South to Netball New Zealand’s U18 Championships in Dunedin. Amy Thomas represented Hamilton City and Tia Lord represented Eastern Waikato. Both teams challenged and competed their way up the ladder making it to top 8, out of 38 regional teams. Hamilton City and Eastern Waikato ended up facing off in their final games for 7th and 8th place. It was a battle between both Waikato teams and Eastern Waikato ended up defeating Hamilton City by 32 points to 27. 

Prior to the school holidays, our Premier Netball team held their annual quiz night to raise funds for their UNISS campaign held over winter tournament week. The night was a great success, with support received from parents and whanau, the netball and teaching community, and those that kindly donated wonderful prizes for our auction and raffles. The winners on the night were The Hat Tricks, a formidable team made up of our very own teachers. They were closely followed by Cheese and Crackers, who narrowly went down by 1 point.

Rugby 

We are thrilled to support our students who play for other schools in rugby. In the last week of term 2, students Sophie Charteris, Kate Pridham, Sienna Meinung, Ruby Wilson, and Addison Carruthers played off against Cambridge High in the Waikato Secondary School Girls U17 (XV’s) Final. It was a riveting game and both sides were giving their all to claim the winning position. Unfortunately, Cambridge were able to come away with the win. A massive congratulations to these students and their teammates on a second place finish to the season. 

Swimming  

We sent a team of 8 swimmers to the NZSS Swimming Championships as held in Auckland at the Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre from July 25-28. The team produced some incredible results which saw our school place 4th Top Girls School in the Overall Relay points, 4th Top Girls School Overall and 9th Top School Overall (from 123 schools). The swimmers gave it everything they had, representing Dio with heart. Remarkable results for a small team. Very well done to all of the swimmers, you most certainly did yourselves and your school proud.

Medal Results 

GOLD - 4x100m U16 Freestyle Relay - Paige Stinger, Gemma Hay, Isabelle Blackmore, Tessa Scott

GOLD - 400m Freestyle - Arie Riley

SILVER - 100m Backstroke - Paige Stringer

SILVER - 200m Backstroke - Paige Stringer

SILVER - 200m Backstroke - Arie Riley

SILVER - 400m Freestyle - Sophie Hay

SILVER - 200m Freestyle - Sophie Hay

BRONZE - U16 4x50m Relay - Paige Stinger, Isabelle Blackmore, Tessa Scott, Alanna Rawson

BRONZE - 100m Free - Alanna Rawson

Additional Individual Results 

Additional Relay Results:

Volleyball 

Volleyball Waikato held their Celebration Awards Evening on Sunday at Sport Waikato, to celebrate and acknowledge the end of the 2023/2024 season. A big congratulations to Brooke Thomas who was awarded U19 Women’s Most Improved Player, for her contribution to the U19 team at IPC. Well done, Brooke!

Water Polo 

Over the Matariki Long Weekend, we had three Water Polo superstars, Kate Sinclair (Year 11), Isabelle Blackmore (Year 11) and Maclaine Stuart (Year 12), represent Waikato Water Polo in the U16 Sea Wolf Matariki Tournament, 28-30 June held at St Cuthberts College in Auckland. This tournament saw teams compete from all over NZ including a team from California USA. Teams competing in the tournament played 7 games each over the 3 days, a great build up for the U16 Waikato Representative team selection who will attend the Under 16 National Championships in the October Holidays. Nice work ladies!

Upcoming Sports@Dio Events

• Junior Volleyball Trials 29 July & 1 August, 3:45-5pm @ Dio Gym 

• Torpedo 7 Get2Go Regionals 2 August @ Mighty River Domain 

• Cheer Dynamix Battle in the Bay 2 August @ Mercury Baypark Tauranga

• NISS Show Hunter Cup 3-4 August @ St Peters Cambridge

• U15 Mini Hockey Tournament 3-4 August @ Dio Turf

• Netball Combined Points 7 August @ Auckland Netball Centre

• NISS Show Jumping Carnival 11 August @ St Peters Cambridge

• Prem Netball Zones Camp 10-11 August @ Dio 

• Hockey 5’s Fundraising Tournament 18 August @ Dio Turf 

• Competitive Only School Cross Country 20 August @ Dio