Sports Dinner and Prizegiving

On Wednesday night we had our annual Sports Awards Dinner again held at the Trusts Stadium. This was a sit dinner for over 300 guests to celebrate the award winners for all of our sports teams for this year and for the summer teams from Term 4 of 2023.

We were very fortunate to have Mea Motu as our guest speaker on the night. Mea gave a very strong and emotional message and shared part of her journey on how she became a world champion boxer. Mea then helped present the Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player awards for all of our teams, thank you Mea!

We were also privileged to have former NZ Black Sox Softball player and current NZ White Sox Coach Donny Hale in attendance to help present our elite awards.

Congratulations go to the following students who won the elite awards on the night:

Dux Ludorum - Leah McGrath
For her representative achievements in netball, touch rugby and sevens rugby.

Proxime Accessit - Maia Masters

Junior Sportsperson of the Year - Vanesah Mapa-Tupou

Junior Sportsperson Runner Up - MJ Selu

Staff Service to Sport Award - Brearna Fearnley

Team of the Year - Open Boys Basketball - 1st in Central West zone (undefeated) then finishing 1st at Auckland Champs

Coach of the Year - Mr. Koonstra

Student Coach of the Year - Jayda Heremaia and Natalie Tepu

The Algie Family Service to Sport Award - Emily McCarthy/Jaden Lauvale

Outstanding Performance - Belle Ah Van.

2024 UNISS A Grade Tournament Team - 20 girls chosen out of 384 players.