Congratulations to Amy Smith who competed in the North Island Secondary Schools Swimming Championships recently. Amy swam in the 15 Years & Under grade gaining 1st in the 100m Butterfly, 3rd in the 200m Butterfly, 7th in the 200m Freestyle and 12th in the 100m Freestyle. This is a great achievement - well done, Amy!
On Wednesday, 18 May a group of Awatapu's finest athletes represented Awatapu College at the Inter-School Cross Country Championship held at Manawatu College. The weather was very challenging and the new course was a tough one with plenty of hills. Our students all performed really well representing Awatapu College in a positive fashion.
We are proud to announce that our AWD (Athletes With Disabilities) team were the winners of the team's event and the Intermediate Boys' team came a great 2nd place!
Well done to all of our athletes and to their loyal supporters who braved the weather to cheer them on.
A small group of Awatapu College athletes recently competed at the Manawatu Inter-Schools Orienteering Champs for the first time. Lucy Scrivener, Kahlaan Johanson-Kelly, Noah Macdermid, Zia Macdermid, Helena McLachlan and Ben Schwarzenbach represented Awatapu College on the course situated in and around the Esplanade.
The team competed well, with Zia being placed 1st in the Secondary School girls division and Helena placing 3rd - giving us the Girls team title.
Well done to the above students who represented Awatapu College - we look forward to the sport of Orienteering growing in popularity within the school.
Congratulations to Henry Fyles who has achieved great success in sailing this year, gaining first place in the following events:
Season Optimist Championship
Season Optimist River Race
Season Optimist Handicap (which takes into account the difference between the two types of boats - plastic and fibreglass)
MMBC Sailing Regatta (which is held in March over two days sailing 6 races and is open to any sailor from other clubs)
Season Closing Day Optimist Race
A fantastic achievement, well done, Henry!
With winter sports now in full swing, players and spectators are reminded of the College's expectations. We expect our teams to be committed, turn up to their games on time and with the correct equipment/uniform, and to pay their fees in a timely manner. We expect all players and spectators to have a "fair play" attitude and to respect their team, opponents and referees. All the best to our teams this year. Go hard and play fair!!
