Six schools from the Waihi/Waihi Beach District took part in the annual Waihi and District Primary Schools’ Cross Country event for primary schools on Wednesday 9th June at Morgan Park in Waihi. Competitiors from year one to six raced in their gender and year group categories. The brisk early morning temperatures were warmed somewhat by sunny conditions, light winds and the enthusiastic support of cheering children and their families.

This district event led on to the Northern Cluster Cross Country at Whakamaramara School on Thursday 17th June (which included schools from the northern side of Tauranga all the way up to Waihi) with the top seven runners in the year four to six year groups eligible to race at the northern event.

The final level of competition for year 4, 5 and 6 runners who placed in the top seven of their year and gender group at the Northern Cluster event, was to go on and compete at the Western Bay of Plenty Inter-School Cross Country Championships at Waipuna Park, Welcome Bay, Tauranga on Friday 25 June 2010. See below for the results from all three events.

Waihi and District Primary Schools’ Cross Country Results 2010
(Wed 9th June, Morgan Park, Waihi)
Year 1 and 2’s course = 400 metres.
Yr 1 Girls (Course= 400 metres) – 1st – Bernadette Penjueli (East) 2m2s, 2nd – Lilly Sandford (East) 2m23s, 3rd – Annette Miliosi (Central) 2m24s Yr 1 Boys – 1st – Jai Knight (Beach) 1m53s, 2nd= – Aiden McKain (Beach) 2m6s, 2nd= – Jakob McKain (Beach) 2m6s Yr 2 Girls – 1st – Liana Vaughan (East) 1m55s, 2nd – Mia Morgan (Beach) 1m57s, 3rd – Maddison Davison (St Josephs) 1m58s Yr 2 Boys – 1st – Ben Hennesey (Beach) 1m45s, 2nd – Hamish Brown (East) 1m48s, 3rd – Ashton Owen-West (Central) 1m49s
Year 3 and 4’s course = 800 metres.
Yr 3 Girls – 1st – Alanah Baker (Waimata) 4m0s, 2nd – Machaela Malone (St Josephs) 4m6s, 3rd – Sally Carter (Beach) 4m10s Yr 3 Boys – 1st – Lesen Huiarangi (Beach) 3m26s, 2nd – Alex Cookson (East) 3m34s, 3rd – Luke Stevenson (Central) 3m39s Yr 4 Girls – 1st – Ivy Fawcett (Waikino) 3m31s, 2nd= – Gemma Walker (East) 3m36s, 2nd= – Alayna Rogers (Beach) 3m36s Yr 4 Boys – 1st – Blake Morgan (East) 3m12s, 2nd= – Finn Durham (Beach) 3m18s, 2nd= – Thomas Carter (Beach) 3m18s
Year 5’s course = 1.8 kilometres.
Yr 5 Girls – 1st – Emily Croker (Beach) 7m22s, 2nd – Megan Fordyce (Beach) 7m27s, 3rd – Kellyann Callesen (Beach) 8m3s Yr 5 Boys – 1st – Tristan Goodhue (Beach) 6m32s, 2nd – Blake Atger (Central) 6m47s, 3rd – Bayley Ward (Beach) 6m52s

Year 6’s course = 2.2 kilometres.
Yr 6 Girls – 1st – Michaela Baker (Waimata) 8m55s, 2nd – Awatea Wanihi (Central) 9m1s, 3rd – Melissa Silberer (Central) 9m11s Yr 6 Boys – 1st – Taine Craig-Ranga (Beach) 8m12s, 2nd – Alfie Derham (Central) 8m15s, 3rd – Sam Harrison (Beach) 8m41s

The top seven placegetters in all year groups received certificates and earnt points for their school as part of a competition based on performance at this cross country. The result of the schools’ competition saw Waihi East Primary School come first with an achievement score of 75.59%, Waihi Beach Primary School in second place on 61.72% and Waimata Primary School in third on 48.84%. Points were allocated for placings as follows 1st = 10 points, 2nd = 8 points, 3rd = 6 points, 4th = 4 points, 5th = 3 points, 6th = 2 points, 7th = 1 point. The total number of points earnt by a school was converted into an achievement percentage. This percentage was worked out in relation to the size of the school using this formula – school’s total top seven place points divided into it’s roll then multiplied by one hundred.

Click this Waihi and District Schools’ Cross Country results link for the full list of results.

Click this link ‘Waihi and District Schools’ Cross Country Achievement Competition’ for a complete break down of the way points were gained in the schools competition.

Northern Cluster Primary Schools’ Cross Country Results 2010

(Thurs 17^th June, Whakamarama Primary School)

Yr 4 Girls - 1^st – Sterre Recous (Omokoroa) , 2^nd – Emma Jo (Beth. College) , 3^rd – Rosie Averill (Beth. College). Yr 4 Boys – 1^st – Tom Obrien (Pahoia) , 2 nd – Andrew Creighton (Beth. College), 3^rd – Blake Morgan (Waihi East), 11^th – Finn Durham (Waihi Beach). Yr 5 Girls - 1^st – Olivia Rose (Pahoia), 2^nd – Arleah Tippins (Te Puna), 3^rd – Taryn Farr (Beth. College), 9^th – Emily Croker (Waihi Beach), 10^th – Megan Fordyce (Waihi Beach) . Yr 5 Boys – 1^st – Russell Green (Omok), 2^nd – Riley Kirk (Te Puna), 3^rd – Liam Hyland (Omok), 4^th – Tristan Goodhue (Waihi Beach) , 6^th – Jordan Tinling (Waihi Beach), 15^th – Josh Clarke (Waihi Central). Yr 6 Girls - 1^st – Awatea Wanihi (Waihi Central), 2^nd – Abby Lusby (Omok), 3^rd – Holly Richards (Omok) , 4^th – Sabrina Chapman (Waihi East), 6^th – Monique Kerr (Waihi East), 9^th – Melissa Silberer (Waihi Central), 15^th – Chloe Clarke (Waihi Central). Yr 6 Boys – 1^st – Ben OBrien (Pahoia), 2^nd – Sam Harrison (Waihi Beach), 3^rd – Kinnon Nelson (Katikati), 9^th – Alfie Derham (Waihi Central).

WBOP Inter-School Cross Country Championships Results

(Fri 25^th June, Waipuna Park, Welcome Bay, Tauranga)

Yr 4 Girls - 1^st – Minardi Daniel (Maungatapu), 2^nd – Krystal Anne Hawtia (Te Puke), 3^rd – Sophia Sandford (St Thomas More). Yr 4 Boys – 1^st – Jack McManaway (Saint Mary’s ), 2^nd – Cooper Newton (Selwyn Ridge), 3^rd – Luke Griffin (Mt Primary), 18^th – Blake Morgan (Waihi East ). Yr 5 Girls - 1^st – Jessica Robinson (Saint Mary’s ), 2^nd – Olivia Rose (Pahoia), 3^rd – Brooke Turner (Fairhaven). Yr 5 Boys - 1^st – Lachlan Haycock (Greenpark), 2^nd – Logan Karauria (Maungatapu), 3^rd – Russell Green (Omok), 17^th – Tristan Goodhue (Waihi Beach) , 28^th – Jordan Tinling (Waihi Beach). Yr 6 Girls - 1^st – Rebekah McCafferty (KRSA – Kaimai ), 2^nd – Elisa Monreal (Pongakawa), 3^rd – Kaylee Mudgeway (KRSA – Tauriko ), 13^th – Awatea Wanihi (Waihi Central), 19^th – Sabrina Chapman (Waihi East). Yr 6 Boys - 1^st – Coby Miln (Omanu ), 2^nd – Cole Forbes (Papamoa), 3^rd – Flynn Kelly (Omanu ), 4^th – Alfie Derham (Waihi Central ), 14^th – Sam Harrison (Waihi Beach).

The top cluster overall in 2010 is the South Cluster. For cluster team honours – the placing of the top five cluster runners to cross the finish line were added together per gender/year level race. Lowest cluster team total is the winner i.e. 1st, 3rd, 6th, 23rd, 29^th = 62 points.

If you have Google Earth download this District Cross Country Courses link, open with the Google Earth programme and it will fly you to the cross country courses with images showing the tracks..

Another way of doing this is to add a network link to Google Earth, follow the steps below:

• Copy the District Cross Country Courses link by right clicking it and choosing ‘copy link address’.
• Open Google Earth find the ‘add’ in the button at the top of the Google Earth window, look down it’s menu for ’network link’ click it and paste the copied address in the link area, also give the ‘network link’ a name, now click ‘ok’ (see the photo on the below for an example).

• Look in your Google Earth sidebar for ‘Places’ here you should see the name you gave the file e.g. ‘Cross Country Courses’ -double click the file name to fly there and click an image to make it bigger.

What a great success Softball has been this term. Thankyou to the students for playing, also to the parents who watched or played each week. And thank you to Pania, Leon & Paula for their coaching & enthusiasm. We look forward to Term 1/Week 4 when we start again! Mid January 2010 : Casual Weekend softballs games at East School. Contact Bonnie if you are interested. All are welcomed.

We went down to the Waihi Skate Bowl as one of the activities on ‘Wheelie Day’ Cool Kids Afternoon. Thanks Mrs Steele and Mr McGougan for transporting and being with us at the bowl. Here are some slides of the action.

We also got some video footage using the ‘Flip Viewer’ so here it is.

Thanks Todd for taking us out to the Waihi Beach Skate Bowl here is movie of the action, the movie was edited by Regan, Kalem, Mitchell, Beau and Travis.

Travis M travelled down to Gisborne for the ‘New Wave Primary Schools’ Surf Champs’ on November 14-15th, he competed in the Boys heat 2 semi finals Travis placed 3rd. In the final of the boys division he took fifth and is in fifth in the overall  rankings in his division in Surf NZ competitions. Here is a video of Travis talking about the competition in Gisborne.

Here’s some video footage of the comp.

Here are some slides from the surf2surf.com website of the competition, three photos feature Travis.

Bonnie Milne is running afterschool softball/t-ball Thursday afternoons 3.15pm for approximately 1 hour at East School. Parents are welcome. No charge.

During ‘Wheelie Day’ a group of Waihi East School BMX and Mountain Bike riders went to the Waihi Beach BMX track for some fun. Take a look at the video below to see us in action.

Wheelie Day on the last day of term three was a blast, we had lots of activities at school and a group of BMX and Mountain Bike riders went out to the Waihi Beach BMX track by the Coastguard building at Bowentown. Here are some photos we took of the East School cyclists going over a jump.