Sport News

Tyra Ibbott is an athlete that has gone from strength to strength in her chosen sport of Sport Climbing (indoor rock climbing). Tyra competed at the interschool’s Climbing Tournament in which she is now competing in the senior category. In her first senior competition Tyra came first with what can only be described as a monster climb in the finals, one marked by pure determination and willpower. In fact, in the finals climb the only person who passed her was the eventual winner of the boy’s category. What makes her unique is not only is she an athlete putting in…

Each year Rutherford College has the privilege of hosting the Special Olympics. On Tuesday, 23 March we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day, perfect for a day of track and field events. It was amazing to see students from Arohanui Special School, Waitakere College, Kaipara, and Henderson High School participate. Our very own students from the Rutherford Turangawaewae unit enjoyed the atmosphere and were so thrilled to have come away with a placing. Second place in the 100m relays! Many thanks to the Special Olympics organisers and to Gill Bloxham, Dion Nukunuku, and the Rutherford students that helped support…

The traditional idea of sport has expanded to include video games such as Overwatch, Fortnite, and Rocket League to name a few. With that change comes an increase in competitive play.  Rutherford College at the end of the year put together a Rocket League team captained by Jarvis Ahomiro, to compete in the NZESF Rocket League National Championship. Rocket League is football with teams of three remote-controlled cars with jets attached to them. A high adrenaline game where teamwork, communication, hand-eye coordination, and reading your opponent come into play. In the heats our team was a force to be reckoned…

Dylan Chapman recently competed in the Eastern Region Junior Surf lifesaving Competition in Gisborne and picked up Bronze medals in both the Board Race and Diamond Race (this involved swimming and boarding in the same race). Over Waitangi weekend, Dylan competed in the Northern Region Junior Surf Lifesaving Competition in Orewa and won Gold in the Board Race and a Bronze medal in the Diamond. In a few weeks, he will compete at the Nationals in Mt Maunganui, representing Muriwai Beach. Congratulations Dylan on your outstanding achievements and we wish you all the best at the Nationals.

On Tuesday, 2 February the Sports Committee attended a leadership day at Lake Pupuke. This day entailed a range of activity-based learning where we complete challenges. This incredible opportunity was given to us to bond as a group and show each other our strengths and weaknesses within leading and the group itself. As the day went on the Sports Committee bonded and was able to learn about each other’s different leadership styles and how we will be able to come together to run events within our community and school throughout the year. One of the biggest highlights of the day…

The school is broken up into three houses to generate healthy competition. The student PE shirts are designed with a splash of colour on the sleeve to signify what house each student represents. The dominant colour remains blue and the large kotuku on the back of the shirt is to symbolise that we are all part of the kotuku flock. We unite as a collective more often as a mass of blue than we do as individual groups within our allocated houses. There are times, however, when house competitions will rule the roost. Ko te miro whero, te miro kākāriki,…