Trophy goes to TKKM o Nga Uri a Maui

NETBALL CHAMPIONS: Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Uri a Maui beat Manutuke School 25-21 in the final of the interschool netball tournament at Manutuke on Wednesday. Both teams were unbeaten in pool play. Sixteen schools entered, with play being in two divisions of eight teams. The eight-week competition ended with pool-crossover games. The triumphant TKKM o Nga Uri a Maui team were, back (from left): Ella Cook-Reedy, Matariki Daniels, Paebo Kemp, Aorangi Jahnke, Jorja Hill and Anahera Falanitima. Front: Te Ahuru Daniels, Shelley Rangihuna, Kingi Rakuraku and Nikki Pewhairangi. Picture by Paul Rickard

NETBALL

SIXTEEN teams competed in an interschool netball tournament that ended in a final between Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Uri a Maui and Manutuke School.

Both of these teams went through their pool round-robin games unbeaten, and the final was played at Manutuke School on Wednesday.

TKKM o Nga Uri a Maui won the final, 25-21, to win the School Supplies Ltd Interschool Netball Champion Trophy.

The other schools taking part were Waikirikiri, Kaiti, Central, Mangapapa, Wainui Beach, Te Hapara, Awapuni, St Mary’s, Riverdale, Ormond, Makauri, Te Wharau, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga and Makaraka.

Teams were split into two divisions, with pool-crossover games to finish the eight-week competition.

Home and away games were played during Friday lunchtimes in Term 3, the idea being that teams would have turns playing in front of their schoolmates, with all the school spirit and cheering that went with that.

In the past few years, the trophy has been held by Te Hapara, Mangapapa, Te Wharau, Manutuke and Kaiti.