During the COVID-19 lockdown, you may find it harder to stay motivated and keep active so we’ve put together a list of resources that you may find helpful. For everyone: Sport New Zealand – COVID-19 Public Advice Balance is Better – COVID-19 and youth sport in New Zealand For students: Sky Sport Next Home Advantage Les Mills At Home Workouts PE with Joe Mental Fitness During Uncertainty Capital Football Individual Home Programme – Youth U13-18 New Zealand Football Home Training Programme Indoor Rowing Challenge – Eric Murray Invitational Can’t…
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College Sport Auckland Triathlon Championships Results
This year’s College Sport Auckland Triathlon Championships saw a field of over 200 participants compete in their respective teams and individual events. The event was held at Point England Reserve for the second consecutive year with students competing in the U19, U16, U14 age groups in pleasant conditions for the swim, bike and run. The Senior Boys age group saw Callum Hockey from Rangitoto College take out the title for the second year in a row, with an overall time of 53:32. It was a close battle between the top…
Read MoreCody Dalton & Terri Warner win Senior Aquathon Championships
This year’s College Sport Auckland Aquathon Championships saw the largest individual field since 2015, with 145 participants competing on the swim and run course at Saint Kentigern College. 51 teams also competed and for the first time, were running a new run course along the waterfront. The Junior section was the first event of the day, with students swimming 400m followed by a 4km run. The Intermediates had a 500m swim and a 4km run and the Seniors concluded the day with a 750m swim followed by a 6km run.…
Read MorePilot Tag Football Season underway at Otahuhu College
The first ever College Sport Auckland Tag Football Season commenced yesterday for the South East Zone at Otahuhu College fields. This is a product of the continual growth in the zone tournaments over the last few years and is being piloted by College Sport Auckland and New Zealand Tag Football (NZTFI) with a restricted number of eight girls and eight boys teams. In hot conditions, the season started off with quality organisation and referees thanks to NZTFI and some fiercely competitive games. This 5-week competition allows all teams to play…
Read MoreSlow pitch softball provides opportunities for developing players
A new format of softball was introduced this week in the Central Zone Division 2 Girls competition. With rules suited to allowing everyone to have a hit, fielders being a lot more active, short games of 30 minutes and easy self-umpiring, this proves to be a fun format for developing players. On hand for the first night of competition was Stanley Doney (Softball NZ Development Manager) to explain the rules to the teams to ensure maximum success and enjoyment. This format is also being offered in Division 2 at the…
Read MoreMāori Secondary Schoolgirls & Schoolboys Cricket teams named
Maia Lewis and Duncan Murray, respectively, will coach the girls and boys Māori Secondary Schools sides to play Governor General’s XIs at Wellington’s Karori Park later this month. Lewis, a former White Ferns captain who played nine Tests and 78 ODIs for New Zealand (and current Relationship Manager at College Sport Auckland), will coach what will be the inaugural Māori Secondary Schoolgirl’s team; the boys side having been launched last summer. Players from both teams will assemble in Wellington on Tuesday, February 18 and will stay at the Pipitea Marae…
Read MoreWaiuku College gym opens its doors again
OurAuckland: After 16 months of work, Waiuku College’s refurbished gymnasium is open. That’s great news for the school’s 900-odd students and the Waiuku public, who used the gymnasium regularly outside school hours before it was closed to repair leaky building problems. Forecast to take six months, much more significant work than at first envisaged, has instead taken 16 months, and now school principal Tom Vanderlaan is keen to see the public return. “Most weeks the gym was being used five out of seven nights and we would love to see…
Read MoreSchool Sport NZ Award Winners
Long serving school sport stalwart Jim Lonergan (College Sport Auckland CEO) was announced as one of the recipients of the top School Sport NZ Award in 2019, Champion of School Sport. Jim has been active in supporting and promoting secondary school sport for 40 years. Jim coached and managed the Macleans College 1st XV for 28 years and organised overseas tours to Japan, the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia. He was, at various times, a manager of Auckland & Northern Region Schools rugby teams, both in New Zealand and overseas. He…
Read MoreNZ U19 legspinner Adi Ashok a World Cup wicket-taking threat
Stuff: It takes something special for a year nine student to be a member of his school’s first XI cricket team. But Adi Ashok was, four years ago at Mt Albert Grammar School in Auckland, and now he’s representing his country on the world stage. The 17-year-old legspinner has been included in New Zealand’s squad for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, which begins this weekend, and will be one of the team’s key players, even though he is young enough to go again two years from now.…
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