SPORTS

CLAY TARGET SHOOTING - posted 24th April 2012 - Northland Secondary School Competition - Series 1 Kaeo - Recently the Whangaroa College students participated in the Northland Secondary School Competition, Series 1at the Kaeo Clay Target club. Forty three students participated in the competition from Whangarei B.H.S., Kaitaia College, Northland College, Whangarei G.H.S., Tauraroa Area School, and Kings College. Congratulations to Aroha Heta who won High Overall and Single Barrel in the girl’s competition that day. She leads in the competition at present. Series 2 will be held in Kaitaia, 28th April.

WAKA AMA - Unfortunately, our waka ama program is temporarily on hold due to the school not having a waka ama to train and develop our students with. The waka ama open day that was run by Whangaroa College in conjunction with our community police held in October was a huge success. The waka ama for that day were kindly loaned by the Te Tii waka ama club and we thank them very much for the use of their waka ama. The school is currently working through a process that will hopefully allow us to purchase a waka ama for the school. Our first plan is to obviously fundraise as much money as possible, but having such a small school this will take some time. However, the students and staff are committed and I know that in the near future Whangaroa College will be the proud owners of a waka ama. If you have any suggestions on how we can achieve our goal of owning a waka ama please contact the school office and ask to speak with the principal.

Clay Target Shooting - posted 8th October 2011
Congratulations to Aroha Heta who won the award for Northlands Secondary Schools Clay Target Shooting for 2011

Swimming- posted 29th september 2011
Summer is just around the corner and with the warmer weather comes our swimming programme. Students are taught to respect the water as part of their swimming programme. Always a popular activity the students look forward to the gates being opened for the summer season.

ASB Sports Awards - posted 28th september 2011
This year we are proud to have Aroha Heta and Leon Peterson representing Whangaroa College for Clay Target Shooting at the ASB sports awards for 2011. For more information on the sports awards please click on the link ASB 2011

Waka Ama - posted 25th September
Saturday 24th September was a great day for Waka Ama with over 120 people attending the open day. Everyone gave it a go from our kaumatua and kuia all the way through to the youngest paddler on the day aged 7. The open day was an attempt to bring waka ama back to the Whangaroa region and to also gauge interest in a waka ama club for Whangaroa. Waka ama is a great non contact sport and enjoyed by thousands of paddlers throughout Aotearoa. Having a waka ama club in Whangaroa will be a huge benefit for the local community and especially for the youth of Whangaroa. Whangaroa College aims to introduce waka ama as a sport in 2012. The day was made successful by the community policemen: Mario Kake, Richard Avery, Rob Cameron and Blue Light. If you would like any further information on waka ama please contact the school office or visit http://wakaama.co.nz/