Welcome back to Term 3 - so hard to believe how fast the year is going. I know many of the Sports Class students have been involved in representative sport over the holidays - including myself! I spend the first 4 days down in New Plymouth with the Under 15A Hamilton City Netball rep team and played 7 games, and inspite of only losing one game we came 5th. Had a very exiting game against Wellington with the iconic Irene Van Dyk standing on the sideline watching her daughter Bianca play against my team. Lots of mental toughness needed when the girls realised who they were playing, especially my GK! We were down 7 - 2 at the first quarter and I watched a team who looked like they were deer caught in the headlights! After a rather stern talking to at quarter time the team I knew came out to play and totally blew them off the court in the 2nd quarter to finally win the match 25- 15. A lot to be said for mental toughness!
I had the pleasure of watching the Gwynne Shield boys; Sharne, Brent, Reegan to name a few (lots of Maeroa boys). The game against Cambridge was amazing! They were down 2 tries to come back and score and with about 30 seconds to go Blade took the ball and ran right through the middle to touch down under the posts. What impressed me was the way Anaru stepped up to take the kick to win the game. Just like Stephen Donald! No sweat - he knew he could do it and he did. Very exciting game to watch boys. Never gave up and played to the very end. A strong message and lesson to learn.
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