Our students compete in a wide range of team and individual sports. Below are some of the recent highlights.
Year 12 student Jodeci Toa-Temarama recently competed at the Pacific Tag Cup Tournament held in Auckland. Jodeci was representing the Cook Islands in the Boys U18 Kuki Team. The team came third in their age grade at the event.
SURF NATIONALS
Year 12 student, Paige Trewern recently competed at the Surf Life Saving Nationals in Mount Maunganui on the 15th – 17th of March. This was a three-day competition where Paige and her boat crew took part in both long and short-course races. Overall her crew came 3rd in the Long course, 1st in the Short course and 1st in the U19 Boat series.
CRICKET
Our 1st XI Girls Cricket team are the winners of CSW Premier 1 Competition and the Venus Cup Qualifying Tournament for 2024. This is a massive achievement for the team, earning them a place at Nationals in Christchurch in December.Special recognition to Ava Conroy who was the tournaments Top Batter (237) and Top Wicket Taker (16). Well done Ava!
NETBALL
Congratulations to Baylee Meroiti who has been named to trial for the NZ Secondary Schools team next month in Auckland. Only 26 players from across New Zealand have been chosen for this trial so this is an incredible achievement. We wish you all the best Baylee.
Congratulations to the following students named in Kapi Mana Representative Teams for 2024:U18s: Breearn Wilson, Baylee Meroiti, Jaime Hokianga, Malia Leone
U16s: Indi Edmonds-Tupaea, Vicki Taurima
Breearn Wilson, Jaime Hokianga Baylee Meroiti and Aaliah Gray proudly represented their whānau and heritage over Easter Weekend, at the annual Aotearoa Māori Netball Nationals in Rotorua.
TAG FOOTBALL
Congratulations to our Senior Boys team who were the inaugural winners of the CSW Secondary School Tag Tournament. The team went through the tournament unbeaten, winning the final 16-3 vs Wellington College.
KI O RAHI
Congratulations to our Senior Girls team who came 1st at the CSW Senior Ki o Rahi tournament. Our Senior Boys also had a brilliant tournament, finishing 2nd to a strong Wainui team.
VOLLEYBALL
Massive congratulations to our Senior A Girls Volleyball team who competed in their first NZSS National Tournament this week, and took out 1st place in Division 4! Our team came home proud winners of the gold medal. Well done girls.
ATHLETICS
Congratulations to the following students who achieved highly at CSW Regional Athletics.
Phoebe Campbell: 1st – 200m, 1st – 400m
Noah Tonkin: 3rd – 3000m
Well done guys!
SOFTBALL
Congratulations to Maiarangi Waipara who has been named in the Junior White Sox 2024 team who will travel to Brazil in July for the World Cup Qualifiers! All the best Maiarangi – what an achievement.
Congratulations to our Senior Mixed team who finished 2nd in the CSW Senior Softball tournament. Our team included several players in Wellington Softball and Baseball Representative teams: Maiarangi Waipara, Olly Smith, Swayde Paaka, Duncan McGarry and Ngaru Robson.
SOFTBALL & BASEBALL
It’s been a busy summer for two of our senior students.
Ngaru Reedy and Duncan McGarry have been successful in achieving major Softball and Baseball goals this season. Ngaru and Duncan play in competing teams in both codes, Ngaru for Central Mako and Duncan for Pirates and PK, but were selected to play in the same team at the Mid Summer Blast baseball tournament in January.
Players came from all over the country to compete. Ngaru and Duncan were drafted to play for the Kings and took out the tournment in an edge of the seat final coming away as the Championship winners.
From that win both have been selected to play for the Pac-Men 16U – Babe Ruth World Series, in Branson, Missouri, United States of America, August 2024. That is right, an actual international, baseball World Series. An absolutely huge accomplishment!
If that was not enough, Duncan was also selected to play for Wellington at the U17 Softball Nationals, while Ngaru played for Otago. Both boys were also selected to play for Wellington in a three game series against Auckland.
There are so many more wins that both boys could add to their lists of success this season but we are now focussed on Pac-Men 16U – Babe Ruth World Series August 2024. The boys are not funded to get there but we are determined to support them. If you are keen to throw your support behind these two Tawa College boys who are dedicated and committed sportsmen, then please let us know.
We wish both boys the best of luck in their fundraising and training in the lead up the Babe Ruth World Series.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Congratulations to Tawa College students Izayer Ikenasio-Brown and Akaata Ruaporo who represented our region over the Easter weekend at the NZRL National District 9s in Auckland.