Last week our team of 35, Year 7 and 8 students travelled to Totara Springs in Matamata to take part in a four day Sports Camp - "Winter Olympics". The camp involved 8 teams from full primary schools competing in a range of sports from major codes such as Netball and Rugby to minor sports such as Darts and Indoor Bowls.
Stanley Avenue School had a very successful week with outstanding results... We came home with 12 trophies and managed to defend our title of Overall Winning School. We were winners in Rugby, Netball, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Caged Soccer, Indoor Bowls, Kayaking, Cross Country, Indoor Hockey and Indoor Soccer. We were runners up in Swimming, Hockey, Draughts and Athletics.
Once again our Cross Country runners showed a great deal of class with team members coming in 1st to 4th. Taine Sweeney followed in his brother Kurt’s footsteps taking out the race. Taine also went on to win Overall Outstanding Athlete of the camp which means he was noticed and nominated by teachers from all schools attending. This is an amazing feat considering Taine is a Year 7 student. We are very proud of Taine and his achievement.
In addition to the sporting trophies, we were also thrilled to win the Cheer Trophy this year. The team worked really hard last term to create a professional and effective cheer which they performed superbly on the night. Special thanks to Lisa Cavanagh who worked alongside the team on the cheer and for all the time and effort she has put into Winter Olympics teams over the past 8 years.
Throughout the week we learnt a lot about self management, teamwork, sportsmanship and team spirit. We played our hearts out and gave everything 100% both on and off the field. Mrs Horan and Mr Rae were overwhelmed by the good behaviour, positive attitude and maturity of our team members. We believe that it is what contributed to their great success, resulting in us winning the overall trophy for the second year running.
We would like to thank Rochelle Forrest and Dan de Boer (Camp Mum and Dad for the week) as well as those who supported us through our fundraising, by coaching our teams and by coming to encourage us on the sidelines.
You can find full results, a photo slideshow of our week and a video of the Stanley Ave cheer on Room 2’s Wikispace Page…
www.room2stanleyave,wikispaces.com
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