Eastern Courier: Pakuranga College Year 12 student Kazuma Nakano has recently been admitted to the University of Tokyo on a full scholarship. The teenager is “honestly privileged” about receiving the scholarship because it’s awarded to up to 10 students worldwide, and will cover the admission fee, tuition, and living expenses for up to four consecutive years. “Getting admitted to the University of Tokyo is a challenge on it’s own, so I wasn’t expecting it,” Kazuma says. A baseball tour to Arizona in the United States last October and a Model…
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Pukekohe High School wins opening game in college 1st XV competition
AucklandNOW: Pukekohe High School and Alfriston College opened the first round of the Rainbow’s End Counties Manukau and Waikato Secondary School 1st XV College competition. Both teams came out attacking, but it was Pukekohe High School who took their opportunities in a 39-26 win at Alfriston College. Pukekohe High School winger Patrick Butters opened the scoring with a penalty kick. Winger Bayley Tucker then finished off an impressive period of attacking play to score one of the two tries he scored in the match. Their team was also lead well throughout the game by promising first-five Caleb Hill. Click here to read more…
Read MoreHigh Five on the World Stage
College Sport Media: National First XI football champions Sacred Heart College could claim to be the fifth best team in the World. The Auckland powerhouse recently finished fifth at the International School Sport Federation World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. Sacred Heart was the first New Zealand team selected to participate in the tourney which featured 36 teams, 24 counties and 640 players. Sacred Heart boasted the best goal differential and held runners up Germany to a 1-1 draw. Striker Matthew Palmer netted 11 goals in eight games to finish…
Read MoreTeenage discus talent sets bold ambitions
NZ Herald: Commonwealth Youth Games bound Connor Bell is another immensely talented young thrower coming through the ranks here in New Zealand. Steve Landells chatted to the gifted 15-year-old to found out more about his rapid ascent. When Connor Bell first discovered discus as a 13-year-old and began training at North Harbour Bays club his mum, Jenette, describes the uber-talented teenager as finally finding “his herd” and it is easy to see why. Always the biggest kid in class the youngster from a lifestyle block in the small town of…
Read MoreYoung Breakers invited to Nike All Asia Camp
College Sport Media: Once again two young players with strong ties to the SKYCITY Breakers are set to benefit from that association with invites to the Nike All Asia Camp in China. Breakers Academy players James Moors (Westlake Boys High School) and Thomas Whyte (Auckland Grammar School) have been called up to the prestigious annual Nike sponsored camp, joining a host of players from throughout the Asia/Oceania regions to attend. Breakers Academy Head Coach Mike Fitchett says international exposure for young players is vital, and the club has a great…
Read MoreMassey High win thriller against Auckland Girls plus first win for Carmel
Lacey Lowdown: In the latest round of the Auckland Secondary Schools Girls Premier competition Mt Albert Grammar preserved their unbeaten record, Auckland Girls Grammar lost theirs and there was a first win for Carmel College. Carmel, paced by 31 points from Tayla Dalton, were too good for Orewa College winning 70-46 at Rosmini College gym on Monday night. Megan Hoare scored a couple of early baskets for Orewa but Dalton had logged eleven by the quarter time break as Carmel led 13-11. Emily Broomfield made her mark in the second…
Read MoreTeens to officiate national basketball competitions
AucklandNOW: Officiating your peers is a tough job for a teenager, but it is a requirement under a new Basketball New Zealand ruling. This year, every team entering national secondary school premiership tournaments must provide a student referee, from their school, for the duration of the tournament. After struggling to get referees for premiership tournaments, Basketball New Zealand and New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council saw this initiative, first mooted in 2014, as a way to foster more referees. A student referee has been recommended, but not mandatory, for previous…
Read MoreInnovation award for increasing participation rates of teenagers in sport
North Shore Times: By turning up the tunes and dialling down the competitiveness of school sport, increasing numbers of teenagers were enticed to get active on Auckland’s North Shore last year. Small-sided games and a focus on the social aspects of sport were among the solutions students implemented in an award-winning project to get more of their peers playing sport. A Kiwisport project involving students designing and delivering modified sporting opportunities, won a New Zealand Secondary School Sports Council innovation in school sport award. The project was a collaboration between Harbour Sport and local…
Read MoreSt Paul’s College out to combat rugby stereotype with first ever badminton team
AucklandNOW: St Paul’s College in Ponsonby has long been recognised for being a top rugby league school. In fact, it’s just about all they’ve been known for over the past decade, with an alumni list full of some of New Zealand’s best including Stacey Jones and Nigel Vagana. But a growing demand for alternative opportunities has led to the college starting up its first-ever competitive badminton programme. Four teams have been entered in the local school competition and some of the boys, going by size alone, could be mistaken for a first XV front row.…
Read MorePapatoetoe High School face Aorere College in important match
Manukau Courier: Papatoetoe High School face Aorere College in a decisive College Rugby League match in Papatoetoe on Wednesday. Victory will put the unbeaten Papatoetoe first XIII a step closer to qualifying for the championship round of the competition for the first time. A loss will see Aorere over take them as pool B leaders and put Papatoetoe in the unenviable position of having to beat Kelston Boys’ High School in their final pool game to qualify. Coach Mike Punga is expecting a cracker with places in the championship round…
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