Sport News

Over Tuesday, 15 and Wednesday, 16 June, our Rutherford Boys Squash team competed in the College Sport Auckland Team Championship held at the National Squash Centre at Unitec in Mt Albert. The team competed in Division 2 of the competition. The team made up of Austin Lorenzen, Arrie Putter, Zac Thomson, Sam Diack, Luke Diack and Callum Vye faced tough opposition from four different schools in the Auckland area. On Day One they commenced the competition against Mt Albert Grammar and had a convincing 4/1 win. From this match they then moved on to playing Macleans College, which as it…

On Sunday, 13 June four Rutherford College pupils competed at the Auckland Wrestling Champs. Shown in the photo are Hassan Hussein, Harry Smart, Daniel Lipsham, and Angeley Su'a along with ex-pupil and NZ Commonwealth Games rep Brahm Richards. All four wrestled well and came away with medals. Given that they have just picked up the sport this year they should all be proud of their results and we look forward to following their development over the years.

An overcast day met our students on Friday, 7 May, when they took each other on over the undulating terrain of the Te Atatu Pony Club that is our venue for the Rutherford College Cross Country Day. Throughout the afternoon we had our year 9, 10 and seniors compete, or leisurely gait, around our 2.4 km course. The course was littered with multiple obstacles to jump (or swerve around) and to add to a more testing race without overly extending the distance from past years. This made for a fun, challenging race to participate in. Most of the races, bar…

This was an awesome experience for our students. We were taken on a guided tour that showed the history of the New Zealand All Blacks. We were blessed to be accompanied by three Black Ferns; Kendra Cocksedge, Charmaine Mcmenamin, and Marcelle Parkes. They shared their experiences with us and what it meant to put on the black jersey. The girls were involved in some fun interactive games with the Ferns. The games were aimed at testing our focus, strategy, and mental skills under pressure. Our girls also took part in some fun activities that tested their kicking skills, passing and…

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…