Fantastic football!

On Wednesday the 7th of August my football team, the Wainui Thunder and another Wainui team went to the primary interschool football tournament. In the tournament we played on a small pitch with 6 players on at a time. We played five or six games, including a semi-final and a final. The first game we played was against Te Hapara where we won 5-0. We played a couple other games after that which were both tight, one of them 1-1 and the other 1-0 against our rivals, Mangapapa.

After those games we went into the semi-final where we played St Mary's, winning 4-0. Then it was the final against Makauri and after a tight game we were forced into penalty's. Gavin, Toby and Ziggy were taking the kicks. Two of Makauri's players missed their shots but one went in. We were all very nervous as our players took their kicks. Toby took a kick hitting the goal post. Luckily, he got to retake it because he hit it before the whistle had blowed and he scored. Then Gavin took a kick with so much power that it just made it across the line even after hitting the goalies hands.

We had won the finals very well deserved, everyone was excited and also relieved that the nerve wracking penalty kicks were over.

Cool Kapa Haka!

Last week on Wednesday Wainui Beach School participated in the Turanganui Kapa Haka festival. Our syndicate learnt 6 songs including the girls Poi and the boys Haka. Then some girls created the poi actions and we then performed to our community. Lots of families came to watch and it was a very exciting day! My favorite songs are He Honore and E Minaka. Here are a couple of photos taken on the day: