It will be some time yet before anyone knows if Rachael Toia was right when she suggested that a future Silver Fern or two might have been amongst the children who welcomed her to Peria School last week, but while the netball skills have yet to be learned there was
All the gear for Peria pupils
Northland Age
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The plan was to involve teams of five- to eight-year-olds at Peria, Mangonui, Oruaiti and Kaingaroa schools, the only alternative for would-be Peria players being to make an 80-minute round trip to Kaitaia and back on Saturday mornings.
That was a bit much for the smaller children, Mrs Maria said, but a four-school competition would be good value.
The problem was that while the school had a court with a goal at each end it didn't have a lot of gear, a problem that has now well and truly been resolved.
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