Badminton

Once again Badminton has been a successful sport at Karamu. We entered four girls’ and two boys’ teams playing in the Inter-School Competition. We are in a phase of rebuilding our strength in badminton with a high number of new players taking up the sport. Games are played at multiple venues each week – some were home games, while other teams headed off to Napier or Havelock or Flaxmere to face their opponents. Our returning players of B grade have consolidated the skills learnt over a number of years and were a formidable force against other teams. The newer players in the C and D grades learnt the basics of the game and by the end of their competition were starting to show a number of skills to find the win.

Results for this year were:

Girls’ KHS B came 3rd place Girls’ KHS C1 came 21st place Girls’ KHS C2 came 13th place Boys KHS C1 came in 10th place Boys KHS D1 came in 8th place Thank you to Miss Glenny for organising all of Badminton and to Mr Rolls for taking charge of the boys. Also, a big thanks to Mrs McDonald, Mrs Hunter and Miss Redwood for helping out driving teams to all of the different venues each week.

Badminton Boys C

Back row: Mrs J Hunter, Samuel Somerville-Ryan, Ben Randle, Mr M Rolls Front row: Gabriel Barlow, Blake Manson, Keegan Russell, Camden Bruce

Badminton Boys D

Back row: Mrs J Hunter, Zach Hatton, Mr M Rolls Front row: Curtis McConaghty, Brydon Crossan, Jack Arcus, Cole Potts-Tyro

Badminton Girls B

Back row: Tobi Wells, Kahurangi Stevens, Ms H Glenny Front row: Emma Renall, Sara Renall, Sammi Eaglestone

Badminton Girls C1 Grade

Back row: Mrs F McDonald, Amber Flashoff, Paige Flashoff, Ms H Glenny Front row: Alia Polon, Phimwaree Toanchalee, Jessica Shoemark, Jennifer Boyd