What a year it has been for sport. Our long-serving staff cannot remember a better year at Mahurangi College, in terms of results. It’s wonderful seeing students flock back to sport after the disruption of the last few years. Whether playing, officiating or coaching, engagement in sport is such a vital part of bringing balance to your life - so necessary. Highlights include our Junior Girls Underwater Hockey team winning the National title and our Open Girls team claiming bronze. This is an amazing achievement in itself, but made more so by the fact our pool has been out of operation for the past two terms. Six students were named in the National Tournament team. Three titles were claimed in Rugby, by our 1st XV, Youth 16 and Youth 14 teams, making Mahurangi College the talk of the North Harbour rugby community. The 1st XV also won the competitive Rugby by the Beach competition in Papamoa, beating a strong Matamata College in the final. Intermediate students got to enjoy AIMS once again, competing alongside 11,000 other students as part of the biggest sporting event in Australasia, with perhaps the standout highlight being the Junior Boys Football team
winning the highly competitive plate division. Our students had a wonderful week, learning not just about playing sport, but also how to manage energy levels and maintaining focus - amongst other important skills. Other sports too have flourished. Our Girls Rugby team has gained two selections in the U18 North Harbour side, Alice Cleland and Abbie Lethbridge. Netball has been hugely successful, with our Premier team achieving their best ever placing for a long time at the Upper North Island Secondary Schools competition placing 7th in B grade and 39th from 121 teams. Ten Premier teams including Netball, Football, Rugby and Hockey competed at the recent Winter Tournament Week, capping off another successful season for our teams. Basketball numbers continue to increase. It is the fastest growing sport at Mahurangi, which is following the nationwide trend of young people participating in the game of Basketball. Another of our most successful sports is Touch Rugby and we wish our teams competing at the Nationals champs next term all the best.