College Sport: Sisters throw out record books

Tina and Ofa Hakeai's remarkable sequence has seen the NZ schools senior discus title stay in the family for five straight years.

Oceania Games and Glasgow on agenda for pair who credit Auckland Girls' Grammar for their success.

The Hakeais are a couple of hard-case sisters. But don't mistake those big smiles for soft attitudes.

No school shot put or discus record was safe when Sositina (Tina) Hakeai was at Auckland Girls' Grammar School, and now her little sister Ofa is busy rewriting those record books.

Ofa is just 16 but already has risen to the No 3 women's shot put ranking, behind Valerie Adams and former Mt Albert Grammar's Te Rina Keenan. The year 12 Auckland Girls' Grammar student is also the senior NZ schools discus champion, though not, strangely, the shot put equivalent.

Now her short-term focus lies with the New Zealand team heading to the Oceania Games in Sydney on March 11, where she will fire the shot in the Under 18 category. While she clearly loves shot put and is inspired by the likes of world champion Adams, she still performs well in discus competitions. She and coach Nigel Edwards are working on her speed and rotation in the circle, priceless commodities in this dynamic power sport.

"I enjoy shot put. In discus, you need speed. I'm not fast, I'm slow, but I've got a lot of power," says Ofa, whose personal best in the shot is 13.01m. Adams' PB is 21.24m, which is an indication of how good she is and how big the gap is between her and the rest. But Ofa is almost as dominant at schools and Under 18 levels.

Ofa is the more academic one, but Tina has that competitive drive and feisty spirit.

"We're opposites. I was the popular one at school. She was the nerd!" jokes Tina.

"I was three years ahead of her at school, but she's been breaking my junior records. I hope she doesn't break all my records but it's okay because we have the same last name."

Tina fondly recalls her time at Auckland Girls', from where she was four-time NZ schools discus champ and two-time shot put champ. In 2012, and still finishing school, Tina was the New Zealand women's senior shot put and discus champ (Adams did not compete).

"My school helped me so much. If it wasn't for the Not for Me scholarship I wouldn't be breaking records and going to nationals. When Ofa came in, it was much easier because I already had funding from school," says Tina, who qualified this month for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in discus with a personal best throw of 59.65m.

Shot put is on the backburner for Tina as she pours her focus into the discus. She reckons Adams is too good, but there is a prime opportunity to follow in the footsteps of 1997 world champion Beatrice Faumuina. She has already broken several of her school records.

The sisters both live at the family home in Mangere, and with Tina training on the North Shore with former winter Olympian and Highlanders conditioning coach Matt Dallow, and Ofa training in the school gym and at Mt Smart or over the back fence in Mangere, Tina racks up plenty of mileage in her car.

There are senior athletics nationals next month for both the girls, but Ofa does not get the opportunity until the end of the year to continue a remarkable sequence which has seen the NZ schools senior discus title stay in the Hakeai family for five straight years. With two years left at Auckland Girls' Grammar, Ofa has the chance to keep this event in the family for an extraordinary seven years. Who would bet against this powerful young woman?

Results

Cricket

Premier boys A (RH Marryatt Cup) round four:

Pool A: St Kentigern 198 (Anubhav Thapa 58, Sandeep Patel 35) beat Rangitoto 144 (Cole Briggs 48, Reid Hastie 35; Sandeep Patel 5-26) by 54 runs
Westlake 197 (William O'Donnell 49*) beat Liston 108 (O'Donnell 2-27) by 88 runs (D/L method)
MAGS 195/7 (Max Thomson 73*, Lithera Fonseka 3-59) lost to Avondale 198/8 (M Smillie 45, S Bell-Tyrer 30*; Jared Challis 3-24) by 2 wickets

Points table: St Kentigern 8, Westlake Boys' 6, Avondale, MAGS 4, Liston, Rangitoto 1

Pool B: Sacred Heart 117 (Mitch Murray 3-34) lost to King's 119/4 (C Douglas 42, H Maclean 34; Kent Fletcher 3-23) by 6 wickets
Rosmini 98 (Yatharth Mitra 3-32) lost to Macleans 99/5 by 5 wickets
Kelston 96 (Sam Andrews 4-14) lost to AGS 97/4 (Ben Rainger 31*) by 6 wickets

Points table: King's 8, Sacred Heart 6, AGS, Macleans 4, Kelston 2, Rosmini 0

Premier girls white pool: St Cuthbert's 99/5 lost to Diocesan 103/0 by 10 wickets, Avondale 145/5 beat Glendowie 120/5

Premier girls blue pool: Baradene 96/5 lost to Westlake GHS 100/ by wickets; MAGS 133/3 beat Mt Roskill Girls' Grammar 33 by 100 runs

Tennis

Senior boys A1: AGS 1 6 beat Sacred Heart 3, King's 8 beat MAGS 1, Rosmini v Westlake BHS, no play due to rain

Senior girls A1: Baradene beat Westlake Girls' by default

Golf

Premier 9-hole

North Harbour: Westlake BHS 116 beat Rangitoto College 117

Water polo

Premier boys Pool A: Sacred Heart Sharks beat MAGS 20-4; St Kentigern beat St Peter's 16-6; AGS 1 beat Kings 10-0

Premier boys Pool B: Westlake BHS beat Sacred Heart Dolphins 9-6; Sacred Heart Dolphins beat AGS 2 9-5; Westlake BHS beat Kristin 15-5

Premier girls Pool A: Rangitoto beat EGGS 8-3; Westlake GHS beat Carmel 12-5; St Mary's beat St Kentigern 9-0

Premier girls Pool B: St Cuthbert's beat Baradene 8-3; Diocesan beat MAGS 20-1; St Cuthbert's beat Kristin 11-7

Volleyball

Premier boys: Orewa College beat AGS 3-0; Orewa beat Otahuhu College 3-2
One Tree Hill College beat Aorere College 3-1; Westlake BHS beat Aorere 3-0: 25-12, 25-14, 25-14; One Tree Hill beat Westlake BHS 3-2: 13-25, 25-20, 15-25, 25-23, 15-8
Rangitoto College beat Sir Edmund Hillary College 3-0: 25-15, 25-16, 25-19; Manurewa HS beat Sir Edmund Hillary 3-0: 25-19, 25-19, 25-10; Manurewa beat Rangitoto 3-2: 25-8, 21-25, 22-25, 25-22, 18-16

Premier girls:
Otahuhu College beat Alfriston College 3-2: 19-25, 25-13, 25-19, 21-25, 15-13; Orewa College beat Alfriston 3-0: 25-21, 25-11, 25-18; Orewa beat Otahuhu 3-0: 25-22, 25-12, 25-18
Sir Edmund Hillary College beat McAuley High School 3-1: 25-10, 26-24, 21-25, 25-16; Sir Edmund Hillary beat Aorere 3-1: 25-14, 18-25, 25-22, 25-10; Aorere beat McAuley 3-0
Westlake Girls' High School beat Mangere 3-0; Westlake Girls' beat Manurewa 3-2

Baseball

Senior Term 1 Pool A: Dilworth 6 Glenfield 5

Senior Term 1 Pool B: Glendowie 6 One Tree Hill 1; St Kentigern 4 Sacred Heart 3

Softball

Division 2 final placings

Boys: Orewa 1, Alfriston 2, De La Salle 3, Northcote 4, Rutherford and Rangitoto 5=, Aorere 7, Wesley and Henderson 8=

A Grade Girls: Pakuranga 1, Rutherford 2, Alfriston 3, One Tree Hill 4, Westlake Girls' 5

B Grade Girls: Glendowie 1, Kelston Girls' 2, Northcote 3, Mt Roskill Grammar 4, Rangitoto 5, McAuley and Otahuhu College 7=

Touch

Counties Zone Boys: Alfriston 1 5 James Cook Puutake 5; James Cook 7 Alfriston 2 1; Manurewa 3 Tangaroa 1; Wesley 5 Papakura 3
Counties Zone Boys: Manurewa 5 Alfriston 2 3; James Cook 5 James Cook Puutake 4; Wesley 4 Alfriston 1 4; Papakura 1 Tangaroa 1
Counties Zone Girls: Papakura 1 3 James Cook 1; James Cook Puutake 6 Tangaroa 3
Counties Zone Girls: Alfriston 2 James Cook 1; Tangaroa 4 Papakura 1 2
Counties Zone Mixed: Alfriston Mixed 7 Manurewa Mixed 0
Counties Zone Mixed: Manurewa Mixed 4 Rosehill 2
Southern Zone Boys: Mangere 10 Auck 7th Day Adv. 2; Otahuhu 7 Aorere 0; Papatoetoe 4
Southern Cross 2; Kings 3 De La Salle 1
Southern Zone Girls: Otahuhu 3 Aorere 2; McAuley 8 Auck 7th Day Adv. 2; Mangere 3 Papatoetoe 2
Southern Zone Girls: Aorere 10 Papatoetoe 0; McAuley 4 Mangere 2; Otahuhu 5 Southern Cross A 2
Southern Zone Mixed: Southern Cross 4 Otahuhu 1
Eastern Zone Boys A Grade Pool A: Botany Downs 1 5 One Tree Hill Blue 2
Eastern Zone Boys A Grade Pool A: Pakuranga Mixed 4 Edgewater 2
Eastern Zone Boys A Grade Pool B: Tamaki default to Macleans Mixed
Eastern Zone Boys A Grade Pool B: Saint Kentigern Premier 12 Pakuranga 1
Eastern Zone Boys B Grade Pool A: Howick Red 8 Glendowie 6; Saint Kentigern Snr B 6 Selwyn 1
Eastern Zone Boys B Grade Pool B: One Tree Hill White 5 Howick Blue 3
Eastern Zone Girls A Grade Pool A: Macleans 6 Pakuranga 0; Sancta Maria 6 Botany Downs 2 0
Eastern Zone Girls A Grade Pool B: Botany Downs 1 7 Saint Kentigern Snr A 2; Saint Kentigern Prem A 9 One Tree Hill 1
Eastern Zone Girls B Grade: Saint Kentigern Snr B 4 Glendowie 3; Edgewater 8 Saint Kentigern Snr C 3; Selwyn 8 Botany Downs 3 3
Central Zone Girls A Grade Pool A: AGGS A 4 Marist A 3; MAGS 4 Baradene A 0
Central Zone Girls A Grade Pool B: St Cuthbert's A 2 EGGS 1; Onehunga 5 Diocesan A 1
Central Zone Girls B Grade: St Cuthbert's B 5 Marist Gold 1; Baradene B 16 Marist Gold 0; St Mary's Red 14 St Cuthbert's B 1
Central Zone Girls B Grade: Baradene C default to AGGS B
Central Zone Boys A Grade: Dilworth A 10 Onehunga A 6; AGS 12 St Peter's B 0
Central Zone Boys A Grade: St Peter's B 4 Onehunga A 2; AGS 6 St Peter's A 3; St Paul's 2 MAGS 2
Central Zone Boys B Grade: Dilworth B 3 Lynfield 1; Dilworth C 8 St Peter's C 5
Central Zone Mixed Grade: MAGS 12 Marcellin B 0; MRGS default to Marcellin A
Western Zone Boys Grade: Massey 2 2 Kelston Boys 2 0; Massey 1 5 Henderson 1; Kelston Boys 1 7 Avondale A 0; Rutherford 2 Waitakere 2
Western Zone Boys Grade: Avondale A 2 Rutherford 2; Kelston Boys 1 9 Henderson 1; Massey 1 4 Massey 2 0; Liston 3 Kelston Boys 2 3
Western Zone Girls Grade Pool A: Kelston Girls 6 Green Bay 1; Avondale A 10 Massey 2 0; Henderson 3 St Dominic's 1 0
Western Zone Girls Grade Pool B: Massey 1 7 Rutherford 0; Avondale B 3 St Dominic's 2 1
North Harbour Boys A Grade: Westlake Boys A 9 Westlake Boys B 2; Rosmini 9 Mahurangi 0
North Harbour Boys B Grade: Hato Petera 5 Birkenhead 3; Northcote 7 Takapuna 1
North Harbour Girls A Grade: Rangitoto A 12 Kristin 1; Mahurangi A 7 Pinehurst 1; Westlake Girls A 9 Whangaparaoa 3
North Harbour Girls B Grade Pool A: Kristin Jade 6 Westlake Girls White 1
North Harbour Girls B Grade Pool A: Carmel Cruisers 4 Kristin Jade 3; Hato Petera 5 Westlake Girls Green 1
North Harbour Girls B Grade Pool A: Rangitoto B (North Harbour Girls B Grade Pool B) default to Westlake Girls White
North Harbour Girls B Grade Pool B: Westlake Girls Gold 2 Westlake Girls Black 0
North Harbour Girls B Grade Pool B: Rangitoto B default to Westlake Girls White (North Harbour Girls B Grade Pool A)
North Harbour Mixed Grade Pool A: TKKM O Te Raki Paewhenua A 5 Northcote 3; Kaipara 1 18 Long Bay B 0
North Harbour Mixed Grade Pool A: Northcote 10 Long Bay B 2; TKKM O Te Raki Paewhenua A 9 Birkenhead Blue 1
North Harbour Mixed Grade Pool B: Long Bay A 7 Kaipara B 3; Mahurangi A 10 Birkenhead White 2
North Harbour Mixed Grade Pool B: Long Bay A 7 Birkenhead White 2; Mahurangi A 10 Orewa 2