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Saturday 19 May
Matipo Angels vs ODS Diamonds – Court 3 – 8:30am
Matipo Chocolates vs Summerland Superstars – Court 24 – 11:50am
Matipo Emeralds vs GSTNE Steel – Court 10 – 11:50am
Matipo Fireworks vs WS Cheeky Monkeys – Court 22 – 12:40pm
Thursday 24 May
Matipo Girls vs SPP Rubies – 5pm – Court 1
Matipo Cats vs WCRN Rugrats – 4:20pm – Court 12
Matipo Wizards vs ODS Butterflies – 5pm – Court 13
Matipo Rubies vs Kaurilands Firebirds – 5pm – Court 2
Thursday 31 May
Matipo Girls vs Flanshaw Tuis – 5pm – Court 1
Matipo Cats vs NK Kakapo – 5pm – Court 10
Matipo Wizards vs Holy Cross Explorers – 5pm – Court 13
Matipo Rubies vs Titirangi Pukekos – 4:20pm – Court 2
Saturday 26 May
Matipo Angels – no draw yet
Matipo Chocolates vs Western United Rockets – Court 21 – 11am
Matipo Emeralds vs Kaurilands Ferns – Court 20 – 10:10am
Matipo Fireworks BYE
Saturday 2 June
Queen’s Birthday Weekend – no games
Saturday 9 June
Matipo Angels – no draw yet
Matipo Chocolates vs ODS Phoenix – Court 24 – 11:50am
Matipo Emeralds vs LPS Meteors – Court 20 – 11:50am
Matipo Fireworks vs RPS Rockets – Court 22 – 12:40pm
Saturday 16 June
Matipo Angels – no draw yet
Matipo Chocolates vs Pt Chev Pistols – Court 24 – 10:10am
Matipo Emeralds vs GEP Diamonds – Court 20 – 10:10am
Matipo Fireworks vs GSTNE Swifts – Court 22 – 1:30pm
Saturday 23 June
Matipo Angels – no draw yet
Matipo Chocolates vs Arahoe Pandas – Court 24 – 11:50am
Matipo Emeralds vs Woodlands Fantails – Court 20 – 10:10am
Matipo Fireworks vs LPS Rockets – Court 22 – 12:40pm
Netball 2012
Netball has started for 2012. Matipo School has eight teams this year, four who play on Thursday evenings in the year 1-3 grade, and four on Saturdays in the year 4-6 grades.
Our teams this year are:
Matipo Girls, coached by Olive Mereyato.
Matipo Wizards, coached by Karin Holmes & Deborah Thorn.
Matipo Cats, coached by Kelly Marsters.
Matipo Rubies, coached by Fiona Ibbott.
Matipo Angels, coached by Helen Gavin & Lou Davis-Barr.
Matipo Emeralds, coached by Tony Nemaia.
Matipo Chocolates, coached by Kathryn Wedding.
Matipo Fireworks, coached by Natalie Kennerley.
Athletics 2012
Last Tuesday, Mr Simpson and Mr Nemaia took our year 5 and 6 athletics finalists to the Trust Stadium for the zone finals. Our pupils competed against the best from eight other schools in the 60m, 100m, 400m, long jump, high jump, shotput and discus. We had a lot to live up to given that we’d won it for the last 3 years in a row. This year we only managed 3rd but that is still a great achievement against eight other schools. All our competitors gave all that they could and made Matipo proud. Stand out achiever though was Jonah Palota-Kopa.
Below are three sets of photos from the Matipo Athletics day.
Cross Country
On Tuesday, the 30 best senior cross country runners from Matipo attended the cluster cross country event at Taipari Strand. Thankfully, the weather turned it on for us. While there were some strong individual performances, we just weren’t strong enough this year, coming 5th overall. Good effort though to all involved and with a bit more time to train next year, we should expect a better result. Special mention to Sydney Magnus who came 3rd in the year 5 girls.
Below is a full gallery from the Matipo Cross Country last Thursday.
US RWC Team, Ex Pupil Roland Suniula Visit
Roland Suniula, the 1st five-eighth for the United States Rugby World Cup team, returned to his old school, Matipo Primary for a visit in the last week of term 3.
His brother Andrew was also in the team but had to return directly to the US. Both players, plus younger brother Shalom are also in the US Sevens team. Andrew also had a season playing league for the Manly Sea Eagles. All six of the Suniula children (5 brother and one sister) went to Matipo Primary and all excelled in sport.
Although born in American Samoa, the boys all followed the same schooling pathway; Matipo Primary, Te Atatu Intermediate and Kelston Boys High School.
An excited assembly saw Roland pay tribute to his old school and present his first rugby coach principal Wayne Bainbridge with a signed US team jersey.
Matipo RWC Opening Ceremony
Friday 9 September saw the entire school get into the spirit of the opening Rugby World Cup with their very own special celebration. It was wonderful to see so many parents and grandparents turn up to support our Matipo whanau. All of the classes went to a lot of effort to show their team colours. The children did us proud as they sang the National Anthem, listened to Mr Bainbridge officially ‘open’ the RWC 2011, sang a waiata and then the boys performed their rousing haka. To cap off the proceedings Lennox from Room 17 did a fantastic job of kicking the rugby ball to start the ‘game’! Let the RWCbegin!
Matipo Diamonds
The Matipo Diamonds netball team, a mixture of Year 1 & 2 girls recieved a special cup and individual medals for the Best Uniform in the Year 2 group. Mrs Oto also recieved a voucher and letter of recognition for being an enthusiastic coach.
Basketball Field Day
On Thursday 9 July Matipo took a team of ten year 5 and 6 students to the inter-school basketball field day at the Trusts Stadium. The team played six brilliant games and won all of them. Overall the team won the B grade competition. Player of the day was Isaiah Vagana.
Bluebeard Day
Tuesday, 12 April was Bluebeard Day at the Auckland Blues’ training ground, Unitec.
A mixed group of boys and girls from Years 5 and 6 were invited to join the entire Blues squad. What a great day. First all the Blues were introduced by Pat Lamb, the Blues coach, then we had a fun relay, tackling a bag, running zigzags, passing, getting past a Blue and scoring a try. We came second in the primary schools.
We then went with some Pro Sport, and Blues for some great activities. Running, passing, star jumps, and heaps more.
The day ended with everyone getting a pack with a free pass, chocolate bar, stickers, Blues postcard, and a huge poster.
Then to the luxurious bus we were given free back to school after a tiring but awesome day.
Zone Athletics
For the third year in a row, Matipo has won the Zone Athletics competition! Congratulations guys and fantastic work.
