One first, two seconds and a third for Gis Int

WINNERS: The Gisborne Intermediate boys’ hockey team won their final. Back (from left): Tyler Peach, Theo Dymock, Matt McKendry, Dylan Storey, Tom Fletcher and Bjorn Raroa-Haraki. Front: Ollie Egan, Austin Fergus, Harry Hayward and Sam Williams. Picture by Liam Clayton

GISBORNE Intermediate teams came away with a first placing, two seconds and a third at the Bay of Plenty-Poverty Bay Intermediate Schools Winter Tournament held in Tauranga and Mt Maunganui.

The Gis Int boys’ and girls’ teams played each other in the hockey final, the boys winning 3-0.

The boys had beaten Whakatane in the semifinal after a scoreless game had gone to “drop-offs”, where both teams lose a player every 30 seconds until someone scores. It was down to one on one, and those players got so tired the managers agreed to change them. Shortly afterwards, Gis Int scored.

They also beat Mt Maunganui Green (twice), Whakatane Mixed and Te Puke Silver.

The girls had reached the semifinals with two wins and a loss, and in the semi they beat the team who had beaten them in pool play, Tauranga Boys, 1-0.

Gis Int Year 7 netball team finished second to Tauranga in their competition. They beat Taupo, Otumoetai, Mokoia and, in the semifinal, Te Puke.

Gisborne Intermediate’s first 15 finished third in the open-weight rugby competition. They lost their semifinal 12-0 to Taupo. In pool play, they beat Kaitao (Rotorua) 24-7, Otumoetai 20-0 and Te Puke 24-0.

The Year 8 netball team finished fourth in their competition, the girls’ football team had two wins and two losses, and the boys’ football team finished seventh after two wins, two losses and a draw.