Softball

It is best to start with a person who has been supporting our students to do their best. We had the pleasure of James Ngawhika Winning the the Bill Elers Memorial Cup this year. James has supported softball at Karamu High School for the past 4 years. Prior to this he has been heavily involved with coaching and supporting club softball in our local community. James has been instrumental in the resurgence of softball at Karamu High School. He is a valued member of our sc hool community. I appreciate that James and his whanau give up their time on Saturday to support our teams. He has a wealth of practical knowledge, experience and expertise. He is a huge advocate for the teams, players and the softball administrator of Karamu High School. I believe he is a worthy recipient of the “Bill Elers Trophy”. He is passionate about the game of Softball and a very important part of the Hawkes Bay Softball Community. Some of our outstanding results for the season are as follows. U15 Division 2 CHAMPIONS 2019 and in the final its was Karamu High School vs Lindisfarne with the final score 18-2 The other Teams in this Division were Lindisfarne, CHB, Woodford House, HGHS/NGHS) We were also the U15 Division 1 Runner Ups 2019 with the Final score Final Score 2-8 to Fast Pitch. The other teams in this Division – NBHS, Saints, Fast Pitch, Dodgers) We had many Softball High Achievers this year with Innika Hapuku-Lambert and Jasmine Ngawhika making the HBU15 Girls and the NZ Developing Sox Tour to Australia July 2019) Riley Tane Makin the HBU15 Boys and Cruz Hapuku the HBU13 Boys as well as the NZ ISA Tour to Australia U14 iun March The following girls made the HBU18 Girls Jemma Green, Innika Hapuku-Lambert, Nastashia Ngawhika, Te Wai Randell and Charm Sandilands Brock Coulbeck also made the HBU18 Boys team.

Softball Division One

Back row: Nastashia Ngawhika, Brock Coulbeck, Sam Williams, Cameron Orr, Mrs R Tiuka Front row: Te Waiarani Randell, Jemma Green, Kory Morgan, April Kihirini, Pierson Clement Absent: Charm Sandilands, Katie Tapara, Calena Wilson

Softball Division Two

Back row: Mr M Rolls, Ivan Hapuku-Te Nahu, Rieff Andersen, Braden Cooper, Henry Wiggins-Crowe, Thomas Haszard, Tiaho O’Brien, Mrs R Tiuka Front row: Kate Moore, Quinn O’Gorman, Jordan Connolly, Quinn Trotter, Anaru Wairau, Alex Horne, William Wepa-Hazel, Abad Miah Absent: Corey Sullivan, Kadence Wilson