Mount Maunganui College
Welcome to Mount Maunganui College Sports 2018!
2018 Sports Awards Recipients
Senior Sports Boy - Bae Fountain
Senior Sports Girl - Molly Shivnan
Junior Sports Boy - Salem Broughton
Junior Sports Girl - Maia Horlock
Most Outstanding Female Performance - Elin Tawharu
Most Outstanding Male Performance - Bae Fountain
Contribution to Sport in the Community - Ra Neilsford-Jones
Contribution to Sport in the School - Ella Carlsen
Sports Team of the Year - Senior GIrls Waterpolo
School Records
Taiana Day - Athletics Discus Junior Girls Champion
Charlotte Drabble - Athletics Intermediate Girls 100m and 200m
Zyleika Pratt-Smith - Swimming Junior Girls 33 Fly, 100 Breast, 133 IM
Sophie Sandford - Athletics Senior Girls 200m
Molly Shivnan - Swimming Open 200m Free, Intermediate GIrls 100 Breast, 100m Free, 100m Back, 133 Individual Medley, 33m Fly
Sporting Representatives
Basketball
Anahera Palmer, Cassie Taylor, Chris Bidois, Josh Henderson, Louise Artajo, Payton Takimoana, Rico Nelson, Salem Broughton, Taiana Day, Tia Lassey, William Henry, Vitolia Tuilave
Canoe Slalom
Kahlia Cullwick (NZ)
Football
Neeve Simpson, Aneesha Shallcross, Ashton Pierce
Hockey
Devon Smith, Sarah Burns, Jess Carey, Emma Burns, Anna Brock
Netball
Riley Bartosh,Taiana Day, Rylee Hoult, Tasia Clarke, Levi Painter, Ella Tattersall, Emma James, Maia Horlock
Rugby
Shae Tutaki, Payton Takimoana, Dylan Pourau, Jack Hunt
Rugby League
Shae Tutaki, Jack Hunt
Surfing
Elin Tawharu - NZ Open Womens Team
Surf Lifesaving
Mitch Cowdrey (NZ), Sophie Sandford (NZ), Molly Shivnan (NZ)
Swimming
Molly Shivnan (NZ), Zyleika Pratt-Smith (NZ)
Synchronised Swimming
Zyleika Pratt Smith(NZ)
Volleyball
Bae Fountain, Ben Blackwell(NZ), Tommy Smith, Ocean Kohere,Caitlin Davis, Kendal Devlin, Anna Smith Maia Horlock (NZ), Ella Raymond
Waterpolo
Matt Anderson, EJ Carrington, Grace Elisara, (NZ) Bae Fountain (NZ), Marrijke Hattingh, Ella Pollock (NZ), Reuben Ronalds (NZ), Elle Smith, Eliza-Jane Rieger, Ella Rutten, Nicole McLaren, Lucy Mano, George Mano, James Kramer-Pickering, Ashley Lemoto, Danika Kelly
NZ Title Holders
Mitchell Bark-Riki - NZ U14 Run Swim Run and U14 Surf Race Champion
Mia Callingham - NISS Skiing U16 Champion, National Schools Mountain Biking U20 Mixed Team
Lucia Cook - NZSS U16 Multisport Team
Kahlia Cullwick - NZSS Canoe Slalom U16 Overall K1 & C1 Champion
Kai Dorr - National Schools Mountain Biking U20 Mixed Team
Emma Lord - National Schools Mountain Biking U16 Champion, National Schools Mountain Biking U20 Mized Team
Zyleika Pratt-Smith - NZSS U15 Solo Synchronised Swimming Champion
Holly Sheaff - NZSS U16 Multisport Team, NZSS U14 K1 Canoe Slalom
Molly Shivnan - NZSS Swimming Championships – 3 Golds, NZ U16 Surf Lifesaving Diamond Race – 1st
Elin Tawharu NZ U18 Girls Surfing Champion
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SPORTS AWARDS
17 OCTOBER 2018
MMC SCHOOL HALL
6.45PM
CLICK ON LINK TO DOWNLOAD MMC SPORTS CV: Sports Cv 2018
SPORTS CV NEEDS TO BE RETURNED TO SPORTS OFFICE BY 31 AUGUST 2018
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARDS
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September News
11 September 2018
GYMSPORTS
Two of our students travelled up to Auckland to compete in the NZ Secondary Schools Gymsports Championships held at Tristar over the weekend.
Year 11 student Katie Mackay placed 3rd on beam, 2nd on floor and 3rd overall in Step 5 gymnastics. She was also placed 3rd in the Junior Elite Division for Tumbling which was a huge achievement.
Year 9 student Tegan Sloan placed 2nd on beam, floor, vault and bars and 2nd overall in Step 6 gymnastics. She also placed 7th in the A Grade Division for Tumbling.
5 September 2018
WINTER TOURNAMENT WEEK
Our Junior A Girls Basketball team finished 3rd in the Zone 2 Waikato BOP Basketball Championships which were completed on Tuesday. Our Junior A Boys team also competed at these Championships and placed 6th. This is the first time our Junior teams have participated in this competition.
Our Senior A Boys and Girl Basketball teams, our Premier 1 and 2 Netball teams, and our 1st XI Boys and Girl Hockey teams are all competing in various competitions this week as part of the NZSS Winter Tournament week programme. Full results will be published next week.
August News
29 August 2018
SNOW SPORTS
Mia Callingham and Isla Hunt won their respective divisions at the BOP Secondary Schools Ski and Snowboarding Championships that were held on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu.
Mia won the Senior Girls Ski division and Isla Hunt won the Junior Girls Ski division. The competitors completed two runs of a modified giant slalom course with the fastest run used to determine the winners. Other results from Mt College skiers were Brooke Ross 11th and Alice Kerse 13th in the Junior Girls Ski ; Boston McNamara 7th, Leo Gerrie 8th, Jai Wilson 16th and Joe Spiers 21st in the Junior Boys Ski ; Kya Knight 4th in the Senior Boys Snowboard ; and Taylor Jonathan 4th in Junior Boys Snowboard.
FOOTBALL
Our 1st XI Senior Girls Football team had an outstanding 4-3 win against Whakatane High School at Mt College last Saturday. Whakatane scored the first goal against the run of play. Mt equalised with a great individual goal by Aneesha Shallcross as she stole the ball from a defender on half way and ran 50m to score against the goalie. Whakatane scored a 2nd and 3rd goal but each time the Mt College girls came back to draw the scores. With the scores at 3 all , Caitlin Harris scored the winning goal with a good turn and shot that the keeper could not keep out of the net. Coach Brett Barr-Smith must be proud of the team as they have developed their skills well under his guidance throughout the season.
Our 2nd XI Boys Football team completed their season last Saturday with only their second loss of the season against Rotorua United U19s. Our team won the Baywide U19 Youth Division 2 first round Championships. Coach Jono York helped develop a very skilful group of players that played an attractive attacking game to watch.
Our 1st XI Boys team are having their best season in many years playing in the Premier Baywide U19 Youth League. The team has 2 more competitive games to end the season which could see them finish in the top 3 on the points table.
21 August 2018
GYMSPORTS
Four students from Mount College competed in the Te Puke Gymsport Schools Festival on Friday.
The competition was divided into 3 disciplines - Artistic, Trampoline and Tumbling.
In the Artistic Division, Year 11 student Katie McKay placed 1st in Step 5 with Year 9 student Tayla Hopkins placing 2nd Equal. Year 9 student Tegan Sloan took out 1st in the Step 6 competition with Year 10 student Casey McManaway placing 2nd in the Step 7 competition.
Katie McKay also placed 2nd in the Open Juniors in the Tumbling Division with Tegan Sloan securing 3rd place in the Grade A competition.
Katie, Casey and Tegan will be travelling to Auckland next month to compete in the NZSS Gymsports Championships.
16 August 2018
SPORTS EXCHANGE
The annual winter sports exchange with Lynfield College was held last week with our top sporting teams in Basketball, Football, Netball, Hockey, Rugby, Squash, Waterpolo and a senior Debating team travelling to Auckland. This exchange first happened in 1958 when both schools open in the same year and the idea of playing sport against each other was proposed.
They are looking to build on their successful season with the semi-finals and finals coming up in the next couple of weeks.
Outstanding performances from Mt Maunganui College’s Mia Callingham and Isla Hunt have highlighted the Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Ski and Snowboard Championships on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu.
The pair have taken out the senior and junior girls ski titles respectively in brilliant sunlit conditions on the mountain.
Junior and senior students from ten Bay of Plenty secondary schools competed in skiing and snowboarding events at the Sport BOP organised championships, completing two runs of a modified giant slalom course.
Many of the top performers will be going on to compete at the upcoming North Island secondary schools champs at Whakapapa.
Mia, enjoying her second year on the podium after winning the junior girls’ category last year, took the senior girls title ahead of Hannah Howell of Taupo-Nui-a-Tia College, and John Paul College’s Frances James.
She says it was great to be back on the mountain.
“I love the awesome atmosphere of the Sport BOP ski champs and camaraderie among the athletes,” she says. “It was great to see some of the first timers and younger athletes having so much fun.”
Isla headed an all-Western Bay podium in the junior girls’ division, ahead of Aquinas College’s Charlotte Madams and Nikita Borrie of Tauranga Girls’ College.
"I love the encouraging atmosphere on the mountain and really enjoy the thrill of racing,” she said after receiving her gold.
6 August 2018
BASKETBALL
A huge congratulations to our two Junior A Basketball Teams who participated in the Baywide Champs on Friday, 3 August.
The Junior A Girls, coached by Rob Tuilave and Spencer Webster came away with the win which is not only the first time MMC girls have won but also the first time MMC has entered girls in this tournament. They took the win from Rotorua Girls who have a long streak of winning this competition. Payton Takimoana was named tournament MVP after her performance in the tournament.
The Junior A Boys, coached by Joe Broughton, also performed to their normal high standard in the Premier Division, coming in a close second against TBC.
The teams are playing with great skill and strength and will continue to prepare for the BBNZ Junior Premiership held at ASB Baypark from 1-4 September.
FUTSAL
Mount Maunganui College students Neve Simpson, Aneesha Shallcross and Willow McBride were members of the first ever Bay Of Plenty U14 Girls Futsal team.
The team competed at the National Youth Futsal Championships in Palmerston North on the weekend of July 13 - 14 . The girls played hard and were placed 6th.
INDOOR BOWLS
At the North Island Secondary Schools Indoor Bowls Championships on July 21 and 22, Mt Maunganui College was represented by 6 talented Indoor Bowlers - Beth Simpson, Sarah Burke, Hannah Cross, Matthew Adlam, Kaden Adlington and Ben Davies.
In the Pairs Competition, Beth and Sarah made it through to the Championship round and fought hard to place 4th. In the Singles Competition both Beth and Matthew made it through to the Championship round with Matthew coming from behind to place 3rd.
MOUNTAIN BIKING
Four Mt College students competed in the Nduro winter series race 2 last weekend at the Redwoods with the following results achieved in their respective classes.
In the Medium Course (21km) Sprocket Female Division, Emma Lord placed 2nd and Hope Gibbard placed 7th. Kaia Door placed 3rd in the Long Course (35km) Sprocket Male Division and Lexus Jump placed 2nd in the Short Course (14.7km) Sprocket Female category.
BOP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Three Mt College swimmers broke BOP age group swimming records at last weekends Championship held at Baywave.
Zyleika Pratt-Smith broke 4 records in the 14 age group - 50m and 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke and 200m IM.
Lucy Bartlett broke two 13 age group records in the 400m and 800m freestyle and Molly Shivnan also broke the 400m Free and 200m Back swimming records in the 15 age group,
CHEERLEADING & DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
At the Battle in the Bay Cheerleading Championships, Anna McKernon won four competitions - Level 5 Solo, Level 4 Stunt groups, Level 4 Team with Bay Twisters Lightining and Level 5 Team with All Star Legendz.
July News
31 JULY 2018
WATERPOLO
Three more Mount Maunganui College students have been selected in New Zealand Waterpolo teams.
Bae Fountain and Reuben Ronalds of Mount Maunganui College have been selected to represent New Zealand at the FINA World Men's Youth Water Polo Championships in Szombathly, Hungary this August.
The team left Auckland on the 23rd of July and headed to Montenegro for pre competition training where they will train with and play against other national teams and local clubs before heading to Szombathely. This will be an incredible experience for them both as Water Polo is Hungary’s national sport. They are up against some pretty heavy competition and will face Uzebekistan, Italy, USA and Croatia in their pool play.
Fountain, a member also of the New Zealand Men’s Water Polo team will be competing for his second time at the Fina World Men’s Youth Water Polo Championship in his role as goalkeeper. He brings with him not only experience but also an appreciation and respect for the world class teams and players he and the team of 15 will face. This will be Ronald’s first time abroad competing in the Youth Men’s team, however he has also represented New Zealand within the born 2000 age group team.
The competition starts on the 11th of August and runs through until the 18th.
Ella Pollock has been selected in the NZ Youth Woman's Team which will compete in Belgrade this month. She will be competing at the FINA World Championships.
VOLLEYBALL
Ben Blackwell has return from Iran, Tabriz where he played in the 12th Annual Asian Volleyball Championships where 18 countries competed. The NZ U18 Youth team played 5 games during the tournament. Ben really enjoyed experiencing the different culture of Iran which he felt was a really safe place to visit. He was also taken back about how hot and dry the climate was.
SURF LIFESAVING
Congratulations to Molly Shivnan who was awarded the Sports Person of the Year U16 Female at last weeks Eastern Region Surf Life Saving Awards. Her performances in the 2017 / 18 season have been outstanding.
SWIMMING
A number of MMC students recently competed at the Taranaki Winter Swimming Championships.
June News
26 JUNE 2018
UNDERWATER HOCKEY
This past weekend Mount Maunganui College entered a Senior Girls Underwater Hockey team in the Northern Zone Secondary Schools competition held at Baywave. Being the first time for MMC, 7 of the 8 Year 13 girls had never played the sport before. Following just 15 weeks of training the team performed admirably in the competition, scoring a few goals and earning many accolades from other players, coaches, referees and underwater hockey officials. The girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves through out the event and perhaps this could see the beginning of a future for the sport in this school.
HOCKEY
Last week our 1st XI Girls Hockey team had a very entertaining game against Otumoetai College. Otumoetai scored in the first 60 seconds of the match and then scored again 15 minutes later to take the score to 2 nil at half time. Up steps Mt College captain Emma Burns to give her team a great team talk. The team turned the tables on Otumoetai College in the second half with Breyden Smith scoring for Mt College and then Anna Brock to level the scores 2 all with the game finishing a draw.
INDOOR BOWLS
.At the BOP Secondary Schools Indoor Bowls Championships Mt Maunganui College had a team of 6 talented Indoor bowlers who performed really well at this event. Sarah Burke won the Division 1 singles girls competition with Beth Simpson placing 3rd. In the boys division 1 competition Matthew Adlam came 2nd and Kaden Adlington and Ben Davies teamed up in the pairs competition to come 4th. The team now looks forward to the North Island Secondary Schools Indoor Bowls championships to be played on the 21st and 22nd of July.
19 JUNE 2018
CROSS COUNTRY
At the NZSS Cross Country Championships in Taupo last weekend Mt Maunganui College's Y9 Team of Lucy Bartlett, Olive Abraham and Ava Neilson came 7th. In a field of over 100 year 9 girl runners Lucy Bartlett had an outstanding race to finish in 9th place and Olive Abraham also ran well for 17th. Lucia Cook running in the Junior Girls race also performed well to finish in 34th position. Lucy Bartlett and Lucia Cook were selected for the WaikatoBOP relay team that competed the next day in a cross country relay. Lucy's Y9 team placed 2nd and Lucia's Junior Girls team placed 3rd.
12 JUNE 2018
RUGBY
Our U15 Boys Rugby team played a great match against Tauranga Boys Blue U15 team. Mt College lead 17 to 15 at half time, then TBC scored some fine tries to take a 7 point lead with 5 minutes to go.Then Dylan Pourau scored the try of the game when he ran 80 metres from his own 22m line to score. The final score was 31-29 to TBC with both teams looking forward to playing each other again later in the season. Manaia Samuel-Proctor also had an outstanding game scoring two tries.
5 JUNE 2018
MULTISPORT
May News
30 MAY 2018
BASKETBALL
SQUASH
BOP Secondary Schools Individual Squash Championships Div 2 & 3
Boys Division 2 - 3rd: Jesse Hopkins - Mount College
Girls Division 3 - 3rd: Anahera Palmer - Mount College
VOLLEYBALL
Congratulations to the following students who have been named in NZ representative teams:
North Island Youth Womens - Ella Raymond, Kendal Devlin, Maia Horlock and Caitlyn Davis
Congratulations to the following students who have made the BOP IPC Teams:
U20 Mens A - Bae Fountain, Ben Blackwell
U17 Mens A - Tommy Smith, Ocean Kohere
U17 Womens Development - Caitlin Davis, Kendal Devlin, Anna Smith
SWIMMING
Congratulations to Molly Shivnan who has been named in the NZ team to compete at the Australian State Team Championships in Canberra in October
Zyleika Pratt-Smith competed wth her club, Tauranga Synchro in the North Island Synchronised Swimming Championships held in Wellington. Zyleika had an outstanding competitin achieving 1st placings in 13-15 Figures, Solo, Duet, Senior Free Team and Open Free Combo. She also received a 2nd placing in the 13-15 Team event.
CROSS COUNTRY
School Cross Country Championships
Junior Boys Junior Girls
1st - Sam Proctor Lucy Bartlett
2nd - Jed Davis Olive Abrahams
Manning Baxter Kasha Stokes
Intermediate Boys Intermediate Girls
1st - Salem Broughton Lucia Cook
2nd - Jahnu Rosemeyer Ella Barratt
3rd - Matt Larsen Annalise Skipper
Senior Boys Senior Girls
1st - Sam Sheaff Levi Painter
2nd - Oscar Bark-Riki Emma Burns
3rd - Fynn Millar Grace Elisara
BOPSS Cross Country Championships
A number of MMC runners competed at the BOPSS Cross Country held at Waipuna Park. In the Year 9 Division, Lucy Bartlett placed 2nd, Olive Abrahams 5th and Ava Neilson 12th securing the 3 man Team win. They also won the 6 man Team title with the further placings of Teagan Sloan (15th), Kasha Stokes (23rd) and Olivia Marlowe (37th).
Year 9 Sam Proctor placed 4th in the Year 9 Boys Division with fellow runners Thomas Crockford (15th), Jed Davis (17th), Caleb Andrews (25th) Xavier Crawford (27th).
Lucia Cook placed 3rd in the U16 Girls Division and with placings from Ella Barratt (5th) and Fiona Stanelun (10th), the girls took out the 3 man Team event.
Salem Broughton placed 12th, Sonny Eades (22nd) and Jack Kelly (23rd) in the U16 Boys Division and Sam Sheaff placed 11th in the Senior Boys Division.
CANOE SLALOM
Kahlia Cullwick will be representing NZ at the World Youth Olympics in October. Kahlia and fellow student Holly Sheaff have also been named in the NZ Canoe Slalom Development Squad.
KARATE
Isabellah McGregor competed at the 19th Oceania Karate Championships recently. She place 3rd in the Cadet 14-15 year 47kg Female Cadet Kumite Division.
HOCKEY
Congratulations to Emma Burns on her selection in the Tauranga U18 Girls Team.
WAKEBOARDING
Casey Ward - 2nd Junior Boys NZ Wakeboarding Championships, 2nd Open Category North Islands Wakeboarding Championships
NZSS WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS
Premier Boys = 13th
Premier Girls - 5th
Senior B Girls - 12th
NATIONAL AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Molly Shivnan - Gold 4x200 Free zonal relay, Silver 400IM Free, Silver 400 Free, Bronze 200 Free, Bronze 800 Free
Zyleika Pratt Smith - Gold, Silver, Silver, Silver, Bronze, Bronze
SURF LIFESAVING
Mitch Cowdrey - NZ Junior Black Fins Team competing at the World Championships in November.
April News
VOLLEYBALL
NZ Youth Mens Team (Tabriz, Iran ) - Ben Blackwell
NZ Youth Womens Team (Nakhon Pathom, Thailand) - Maia Horlock (non-travelling reserve)
WINDSURFING
Jessi Gould competed at the NZ Windsurf Nationals held in Tauranga and won Gold in Green Fleet Girls and Silver in Green Fleet Overall.
BOPSS Swimming Championships
Molly Shivnan - Overall Intermediate Girls Winner
Zyleika Pratt-Smith - Overall Junior Girls Winner
Lucy Bartlett (Junior Girls) - 1st Open 200m Free, 2nd 100m Free, 3rd 50m Fly
Kasha Stokes (Junior Girls) - 2nd 50m Free
Brooke Ross (Junior Girls) - 3rd 50m Breaststroke
Kiana O'Fee, Brooke Ross, Tegan Sloan, Kasha Stokes - 1st 200m Free Relay
Molly Shivnan, Zyleika Pratt-Smith, Lucy Bartlett, Kasha Stokes - 1st 200m Medley Relay
Bailey Deed also swam well breaking a few of his personal best times.
North Island Secondary School Championships
Sam Proctor - 5th Junior Boy 800m
Lucy Bartlett - 3rd Junior Girls 3000m, 5th Junior Girls 1500m
Charlotte Drabble - 4th Intermediate GIrls 100m, 4th Intermediate Girls 200m
Summer Tournament Result
March News
BOPSS Futsal
We had 6 teams entered into the local futsal tournament. One of our Senior Boys teams took out the Division 2 title and our Year 9 girls team - MMC Katipo placed 3rd in the Junior Girls Division 1 competition.
NISS Rowing
Our team of rowers recently competed at the Head of the Harbour and NISS Rowing Championships in preparation for Maadi Cup which is being held in Twizel this year. The team travels down to the South Island on 16 March to settle in before the racing starts.
BOPSS Senior Volleyball
We had 4 teams competing in the local BOPSS Senior Volleyball Championships. The outcome of the 3 week long tournament gives the teams their seedings for the NZSS Volleyball Championship held in Palmerston North 19-23 March. As there are only 8 BOP spots in the TOP 32 Division for Girls and 9 BOP spots in the Boys Division, there were long and hard fought games to secure these spots. It also meant that for our Senior B Girls team to stay in the next 32 (DiV 3&4) they had to seed 15th or lower.
Our Senior A Boys team seeded 7th out of the 17 boys teams entered. Our Senior A Girls placed 5th with the Senior B Girls finishing 15th and our Senior C team placing 21st out of 29 girls teams.
BOPSS Athletics
Due to the Tauranga Domain track still not finished, the BOPSS Athletics was cancelled. All interested athletes will be entered in the Waikato/BOP Athletics which is being held on Saturday 24 March. Fingers crossed the track will be finished.
School Swimming
A fine day was welcomed for the school swimming sports. Records and Swimming Champions will be announced shortly. Swimmers will be travelling to Taupo to compete in the BOPSS Swimming Championships in April.
Summer Tournament Week - 19-23 March
Good luck to our following codes who are heading away to compete in the various national competitions this week:
NZSS Volleyball Championships - Palmerston North
Senior A Boys, Senior A Girls and Senior B Girls
Maadi Cup - Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel
Ashlee Ennis, Arianne Smith, Phoebe Burling, Kendall Tozer, Ana McCulloch, Elise McKenzie, Lara Menefy
Waka Ama - Rotorua
Iritana Butler, Armanii Martelli-Ririnui, Bella Akroyd, Deijah Stockman, Shayla Taite, Tia Lassey
National School MTB Championships (Crankworx) - Rotorua
Emma Lord, Mia Callingham, Hope Gibbard, Lexus Jump, Kaia Dorr, Jacob Earles
NISS Senior Waterpolo Championships - Auckland
Premier Boys, Premier Girls A and B
Thank you to all the teams coaches and managers who are staff, parents and ex-students
February News
NZSS Beach Volleyball
We had 4 teams compete in the NZSS Beach Volleyball Championship with Bae Fountain and partner Ben Blackwell placing in Top 6 Division 1. In the Girls competition, Maia Horlock and Daya Rosemeyer finished in the Top 12 of Division 1, Kendal Devlin and Anna Smith winning Bronze Div 2 and Kasey Beckett and Emma James placing 4th.
MTB National Championships
Emma Lord competed at the Mountain Biking National Championships held in Wanaka where she came third in the U17 girls race. Emma at only 14 years of age showed she is a very talented rider who has won national and provincial races.
School Athletics
Due to the Tauranga Domain track still being unfinished, MMC held their School Athletics at Wharepai Domain. With a smaller venue and 300m grass track, there was a more of a carnival atmosphere amongst the students. Congratulations to those who broke records in the field events. Taiana Day broke the Junior Girls discus record with a throw of 26.74m. This was an incredibly close competition with Aleena Hosking coming second with a throw of 26.72m, also breaking the old school record.
BOPSS Triathlon
Congratulations to Lucy Bartlett for winning the U13 Female Division and special mention to Sarah Burns who competed in her first triathlon. Sarah placed 4th in the U16 Female Division.
BOPSS Tennis Championships - Senior
We had 7 students participating in the tournament - Toscana Bernie, Clay Morton, Paulina Graw, Lennart Schneider, Mastasja Spitkowsi and Giulia Eberhardt.
The Division 1 Girls Final was between Toscana Bernie and Kalais Going from Tauranga Girls College. The girls displayed a wide range of skill and tenacity with Kalais taking the win.
Two of our international students played well and placed in the Girls Singles Division 2 with Nastasja Spitkowski placing 1st and Giulia Eberhardt placing 3rd.
Nissenko Visit
On Monday 26th February, MMC hosted a visit by students from the Hitachi Technical High School. The boys aged 16 and 17 years old spent the day participaing in a cultural exchange with some of our MMC students. The students were involved in learning the school haka as well as interactive games of Volleyball, Football and Touch Rugby.
2018 SPORTS CALENDAR
Check out the dates below to see when important events will be held
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TERM ONE |
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NZSS Beach Volleyball |
3rd – 4th February |
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Student ID Photos |
7th February |
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SLS Junior Eastern Regionals |
10th – 11th February |
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Sports Co-Ordinators Meeting - Tauranga |
13th February |
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School Athletics |
15th February |
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BOPSS Volleyball – Seniors Day 1 |
16th February |
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BOPSS Volleyball – Seniors Day 2 |
17th February |
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Student ID Photo Catchup Day |
22nd February |
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BOPSS Tennis - Papamoa |
23rd February |
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BOPSS Volleyball – Seniors Day 3 and 4 |
24th – 25th February |
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Nissenko Visit |
26th February |
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Oceans 18 - Orewa |
1st March – 4th March |
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BOPSS Futsal - Tauranga |
2nd March |
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NISS Rowing |
2nd March – 4th March |
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BOPSS Volleyball – Seniors Day 5 and Finals |
3rd – 4th March |
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GET 2 GO Challenge – Senior - BOP |
6th March |
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BOPSS Athletics |
6th March |
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School Swimming |
9th March |
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BOPSS Touch Seniors |
11th March |
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NZ Surf Lifesaving Championships - Gisborne |
15th – 18th March |
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Summer Tournament Week |
19th – 25th March |
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Rowing – Maadi Cup - Twizel |
19th – 24th March |
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NZSS Waka Ama – Rotorua |
20th – 23rd March |
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National School Mountain Bike Championships - Rotorua |
19th – 21st March |
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NZSS Volleyball Championships – Palmerston North |
18th – 23rd March |
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NISS Senior Waterpolo Championships - Auckland |
21st – 25th March |
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NISS U15/U19 7’s Rugby – Blake Park |
22nd – 23rd March |
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NZSS 3x3 Basketball - Tauranga |
21st – 24th March |
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WBOP Athletics |
24th March |
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NZSS Whitewater Kayaking - Hawea |
24th – 28th March |
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BOPSS Golf – Lake View Rotorua |
26th March |
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School Reunion |
30th March – 1st April |
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BOPSS Multisport - Whakatane |
2nd April |
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BOPSS Lawn Bowls – singles/pairs |
5th April |
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BOPSS Swimming - Taupo |
6th April |
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NISS Athletics |
6th April – 8th April |
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NISS Moto Cross |
7th April |
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BOPSS Duathlon - Whakatane |
10th April |
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BOPSS Round Mount Relay |
12th April |
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NZSS Waterpolo Div 2 - Rotorua |
14th – 21st April |
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NZSS Waterpolo Prem Boys & Girls - Wellington |
19th April – 22nd April |
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TERM TWO |
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Sports Co-Ordinator Meeting – Full region |
8th May |
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NISS Swimming – Palmerston North |
12th May |
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BOPSS Squash – Div 1 - Tauranga |
16th May |
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BOPSS Badminton - Team |
18th May |
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NZ Horse Trials - Taupo |
19th May |
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BOPSS Cross Country - Waipuna |
22nd May |
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BOPSS Golf - Kawerau |
22nd May |
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BOP Squash Div 2 & 3 |
23rd May |
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BOPSS Badminton Junior - Tauranga |
28th May |
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BOPSS Rockclimbing Seniors - Rocktopia |
31st May |
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NZSS Multisport - Rotorua |
3rd June |
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WAIBOPSS Cross Country - Taupo |
6th June |
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BOPSS Badminton S Team Div 1 |
8th June |
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BOPSS Squash Team Div 1 |
12th June |
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BOPSS Gymnastics - Rotorua |
15th June |
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BOPSS Badminton - Team |
15th June |
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NZSS Cross Country - Taupo |
16th – 17th June |
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BOPSS Squash Div 2 & 3 |
19th June |
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Sports Teams Photos |
19th June |
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Sports Teams Photos Catchup day |
20th June |
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BOPSS Indoor Bowls – Mount Maunganui |
22nd June |
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NZSS Hillary Challenge |
24th June |
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BOPSS Badminton Senior |
25th June |
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NISS Indoor Bowls – Mount Maunganui |
21st – 22nd July |
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TERM THREE |
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Sports Co-ordinator Meeting - Tauranga |
24th July |
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BOPSS Table Tennis QEYC |
31st July |
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Get 2 Go Challenge Junior - Rotorua |
2nd August |
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BOPSS Basketball Juniors - Tauranga |
3rd August |
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BOPSS Skiing |
6th August |
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Eagles Golf – Te Puke |
6th August |
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Lynfield Sports Exchange |
9th August |
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BOPSS Badminton Finals - Junior |
10th August |
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BOPSS Sking (Rain Delay day) |
13th August |
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BOPSS Table Tennis Snr/Jnr Team |
14th August |
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BOPSS Badminton Finals - Tauranga |
16th August |
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BOPSS Basketball Senior |
17th August |
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NZSS Indoor Bowls |
26th – 27th August |
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Winter Tournament Week |
3rd – 9th September |
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NZSS Junior Hillsdene Football - Tauranga |
3rd – 7th September |
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NZSS Trident Football – Palmerston North |
3rd – 7th September |
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NZSS Girls Maurice Hulme Football - Rotorua |
3rd – 7th September |
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UNISS Netball - Tauranga |
3rd – 7th September |
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NZSS Hockey |
3rd – 7th September |
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NZSS Basketball Schick Premiership |
5th – 7th September |
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NZSS Basketball Junior Prem Zone 2 - Tauranga |
1st – 4th September |
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NZSS Gym Sports – Rhythmic, Artistic, Aerobics |
8th – 9th September |
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NZ AIMS Games |
10th – 14th September |
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NZSS Swimming - Hamilton |
14th – 16th September |
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NISS Skiing Championships |
17th 19th September |
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NISS Snowboarding |
24th – 26th September |
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NISS Mountain Biking |
6th – 7th October |
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NZ National Scholastic Surfing Championships - TBC |
8th – 12th October |
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TERM FOUR |
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Sports Co-Ordinators Meeting - Tauranga |
16th October |
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Sports Awards Evening |
17th October |
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BOPSS Junior Volleyball – Day 1 & 2 Tauranga |
26th – 27th October |
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BOPSS Sevens - Juniors |
2nd November |
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BOPSS Sevens - Seniors |
3rd November |
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BOPSS Junior Volleyball - Day 3 & 4 Tauranga |
3rd – 4th November |
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BOPSS Tennis Juniors - Papamoa |
9th November |
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BOPSS Junior Volleyball – Day 5 and Finals |
10th – 11th November |
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BOPSS Beach Volleyball |
14th November |
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NISS Waterpolo Juniors - Auckland |
22nd – 25th November |
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NISS Junior Volleyball Championships - Auckland |
27th – 30th November |
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NZSS Athletics - Dunedin |
30th - 2nd December |
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NISS Junior Beach Volleyball Championships |
1st December |
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NZSS Touch |
7th – 9th December |
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2017
GET2GO CHALLENGE
Congratulations to our 3 teams (1 x All Girls, 2 x Mixed) that participated in the Get2Go Challenge held on Thursday 3 August in Rotorua. A great day was held by students, parents and staff. The teams competed in challenges involving Orienteering, Mountain Biking, Stand Up Paddleboarding and Rockclimbing. They also had to strategize and come up with a plan how best to score maximum points for each event.
Our All girls team finished first in their division, a clear 58 points ahead of second placegetters Te Puke. Our Mixed teams (4 female,4 male) placed 4th and 8th in the Mixed Premier Division.
A great result considering the teams were up against schools who have been involved with this challenge over a number of years.
WINDSURFING
Best of luck to MMC student Veerle Ten Have who is heading overseas to train with the Dutch RS:X Youth team before she is off to the RS:X Youth Worlds in Italy, Lake Garda. She then travels to Brittany, France to compete at the Techno293 Plus Worlds.
Click on link to read BOP Times article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11865076
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GROUP OF JUNIOR ROCKCLIMBERS
Charlee Bluck, Jorja Rangi, Ruby Bird, Kahlia Cullwick, Emma Dooney and Maddie Ford for placing 3rd
at the BOP Secondary Schools Rockclimbing Championships held at Rocktopia Tauranga on 31 May 2017
Celebrating Success
We are always interested to hear about our young athletes who are achieving success in their sport. If you know someone, send us a writeup about their recent achievements. Achievements that are received before Wednesday morning will feature in the Bay of Plenty Times Thursday edition.
Email: sports@mmc.school.nz with your amazing athletic achievements
2017 SPORTS CALENDAR
Check out the dates below to see when important events will be held
Term 1
| Event | Date |
| Class Photos | 3rd Feb |
| NZSS Beach Volleyball | 4 - 5th Feb |
| School Athletics | 15th Feb |
| BOPSS Tennis | 24th Feb |
| Japanese Hitachi Visit | 24th Feb |
| BOPSS Volleyball | 3rd - 4th March |
| Oceans Athletes | 2nd - 4th March |
| BOP Athletics | 7th March |
| NISS Rowing | 10th - 12th March |
| BOPSS Volleyball | 11th - 12th March |
| BOP Touch | 12th March |
| Waikato BOP Athletics | 12th March |
| NZ Surf Life Saving Championships | 16th - 19th March |
| School Swimming Championships | 21 March |
| NZSS Volleyball | 26th - 31st March |
| NZSS Mountain Biking | 27th - 29th March |
| NZSS Rowing Maadi Cup | 27th - 1st March |
| Summer Tournament Week | 27th - 31st March |
| NZ SS Waka Ama | 28th - 31st March |
| NZSS Water Polo | 28th - 1st March |
| NZSS Triathlon Championships | 30th - 31st March |
| BOPSS Golf | 4th April |
| NISS Athletics Championships | 8th - 9th April |
| Round the Mount Relay | 10th April |
| BOP Swimming | 12th April |
Term 2
| Event | Date |
| BOPSS Trampolining / Tumbling | 12th May |
| NI SS Swimming | 13th May |
| BOPSS Squash Division 1 and 2 | 16th May |
| School Cross-country Championships | 18th May |
| BOPSS Futsal | 19th May |
| BOPSS Squash Division 3 and 4 | 22nd May |
| BOPSS Cross-country | 23rd May |
| BOPSS Golf | 23rd May |
| BOP Junior Badminton | 29th May |
| NZSS Multisport | 4th June |
| Team / Group Photos | 8th June |
| BOPSS Gymnastics | 9th June |
| Polar Bear Plunge | 21st June |
| NZSS Cross-country | 17th June |
Term 3
| Event | Date |
| NISS Road Cycling | 8th July |
| Basketball Junior Baywide | 4th August |
| Basketball Senior Baywide | 11th August |
| BOPSS Skiing/ Snow Sports | 14th August |
| Lynfield Sports Exchange | 16th August |
| BOPSS Basketball | 18th August |
| Eagles Golf | 21st August |
| NZ SS Indoor Bowls | 27th - 28th August |
| NZSS Basketball Junior | 2nd - 5th September |
| NZSS Basketball Senior | 6th - 9th September |
| Winter Tournament Week: Football, Netball, Hockey and Basketball | 4th - 8th September |
| NZSS Rugby League | 4th - 8th September |
| NZSS Swimming Champs | 15th - 17th September |
Term 4
| Event | Date |
| BOP Beach Volleyball | 8th November |
| BOP Junior Tennis | 10th November |
| BOPSS Volleyball Junior Finals | 12 November |
| NISS Junior Volleyball | 27th November - 1st December |
| NISS Junior Water Polo | 23rd - 26th November |
| NZSS Athletics | 1st December |
| NISS Junior Beach Volleyball | 2nd December |
| BOPSS Sevens | TBC |
| Sports Awards | TBC |
| Friends of the College | TBC |
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2016 Sport Awards
Mount Maunganui College Sport Awards were held Wednsday 19th October. To see who was recognised on the evening please click here.... MMC 2016 Sport Award Recipients
Sports Office News 2016 is back!
Click on the link below to see some of our Mount College students achievements over 2016