Netball
On Saturday my team the Soldiers played off against the Paterangi Comrades and won 12-5. It was a good game but they played rough and we got bowled over quite a few times. On that Sunday we played in the Te Awamutu Netball tournament. We played in the year eight grade and played against St Pats Magic then Korokunui cougas then thames year eight which was there rep team and then Te pahu white. There was eight minutes each half and two minutes in the middle. When we faced St Pats Magic we didn’t do that extremly well. In the first half we were still warming up and some of our team members couldn’t catch the ball it got better in the second half. The final score was 10-4 to them but we think we did well. Next up was Korokunui Cougas. We weren’t really woried about this team because we believed we could beat them. In the first half we were up but not by much we were striving more and more and wanted to win in the end we did but didn’t see the score. We had a 18 minute break until our next game and all had a snack the buzzer went for full time for the other games and we were on against Thames year eight. In the first half we were down by heaps and knew we wouldn’t win but we got back out there and did our best we got the ball a couple of times and were putting in the goals. Soon the buzzer went and it ended up being something four to them. Our last game we played was the easiest one it was against Te Pahu White. In the first half I played GA like I had that whole day. I got a lot of shoots in but so did the GS soon that game was over with us winning something nil. We had an awesome day and watched the final of our grade it was Thames year eight against Te pahu Red. Thames won and Te Pahu came runners up. We didn’t get a prize but it was a great game.
Summer Games
Last friday each house competed in Summer Games. The houses are Waipa which I’m in, Managapiko, Waikato and Puniu. There were games like non stop cricket, Softball, minor games which is Danish rounders, Touch, uni hoc, table tennis and four square. I competed in non stop cricket and we were first up against Managpiko. We were batting first and didn’t go very well. In the end Mangapiko won and we moved onto our next competition. We then played Waikato and they only had eight plaayers so we had to double there points. But we still beat them. Next we played puniu and it was a really tough game but we just beat them by four points and last of all we played Waikato 2 and won again. This morning at assembly we will find out who won the summer games. Go Waipa
Totara Spings Band Camp
On Monday the 12th of May all the band and Choir students went to Totara Springs band camp for Monday, Tuesday and came back Wednesday. In the band I play the flute. which is an instrument that you have to hold out the side of your mouth but blow down into it. I’m in the beginner band and we practise separate to the senior band and the choir. On Monday we had three rehearsals each one hour and a half long then we got one hour and a half free time. We practised the warm ups Morning tide and the rest of the warm ups on that page. We practised lightly row and oh when the saints go marching in. Also we practised mickey mouse march, Geronimo and Power rock. On Tuesday the day of our concert we had three practises as well and ended up not playing Mickey mouse March. On the night of the concert nobody was allowed to go outside unless we were going to the toilet and everyone had to get their instruments tuned and play a b all together. Then suddenly when we were all ready to go the fire alarm went off so everybody had to go to the hockey field. All the parents had to get out of the hall and Mrs German stood on a table to get everyone’s attention. Then Matt the camp organiser person ran up and said false alarm somebody left there towel on the towel rail and it had started smoking so all the parents piled back into the hall and all the students went back to the place where we were tuning. Soon we marched into the hall and sat down we started the concert with the national anthem then the senior band played then the beginner band played then the choir until we were finished all our pieces. After our last part. Mr. Stanbridges band played a couple of songs for us. After the concert parents came to see their kids we had supper and went to bed. The next day we got to do the activities first you got to do either archery or slug gun shooting and the three wire. Matamata Intermediate went on the hydro slide first then we did. Everybody came off the hydro slide with bruises and bumps. After we had lunch, packed up and said thank you we hopped on the buses and left to go back to school. At school I couldn’t find my baggage it had got left at camp. So the camp had to courier it down the next day. I think Totara Springs Band Camp was great and I want to go on it again next year.
Softball
Room three has finally won inter-class Softball. A couple weeks ago we faced off against room one. It was a really close game. In the end there was only one team that got a home run and that was room three. So we won the Inter-class softball shield. Also there has been the Inter-house softball and Waikato won and got three points. Puniu came second and got two points. Mangapiko came third and got one point and Waipa(the house I’m in)came fourth and got no points. So now Puniu winning on 20 points. Waikato’s second on 19 points. Mangapiko’s third on 16 and a half points and waipa’s fourth on 12 points.
