I am proud to be Acting Principal for the next 10 weeks to enable Alastair to take a much-needed sabbatical.
On Tuesday morning at the Mount Maunganui Golf Club, we celebrated the success of our Year 12 and 13 students who received NCEA Levels 1 and 2 with an Excellence Endorsement. It was a great opportunity to meet with the students and their families to acknowledge their hard work and achievement.
On Wednesday afternoon, we held the annual swimming sports. The day was well organised by Alex Parker and we wish to thank Dallas Couvee for her continual support of this event. Fifty-five of our competitive swimmers competed. A number of records were broken on the day. Congratulations to those swimmers.
The school is currently practicing for the house haka competition, which is being held on Thursday, 23 March. This is a fiercely sought-after trophy.
School Interviews are taking place on Thursday, 23 March and Friday, 24 March - more details for booking appointments are included in this newsletter.
As part of the local Kahui Ako with all our contributing schools - ‘Whangaia ka tupu, ka puawai’ - That which is nurtured will grow and blossom. We will be working together on a Teacher Only Day on Thursday, 6 April, so the school will be closed for instruction on that day. Thank you for your support.
On Thursday 23 March and Friday 24 March we will be holding school interviews at Mount Maunganui College. This is an opportunity for parents, caregivers and whānau to meet with their student’s teachers to discuss learning progress and learning goals for 2023.
Bookings are now open. To make a booking, please click on the links below.
Tauranga City Council are planning for the future of Mount to Arataki, and are asking the community to share what they love about the area, what needs to change, and what matters most to them and their whānau by taking an online survey or attending a community event.
There are questions about making cycling and walking safer, enhancing the natural environment, making it easier to get around, improving parks and public spaces, keeping our community healthy, active and safe, and more.
We respectfully request parents not to use the staff car park for student pick-up after school. The main entrance gates will be locked before the end of the day.
Off-field sports uniforms are available online at https://codesport.co.nz/catalog/MMCSupporters-1106457.htmx or in store at 94 Elizabeth Street. It is important to have all our sports players looking the part and we encourage students to buy a long sleeve or short sleeve tee and / or hoodie if they don’t already have an off-field uniform.
High Achievers Finnley Oliver has been named in the New Zealand Triathlon team to travel to Spain in June and July to compete against the world’s best.
Poppy Lane has been competing around the country in Mountain Biking, racking up some great results.
Carter Hopoi, Olivia Lassey and Lyric Berridge have all been selected to attend the New Zealand Under 17 Basketball Camp. We wish them all the best of luck for selection. Lyric has also landed herself a full ride scholarship to Riordan College in San Francisco, another wonderful achievement.
What’s been happening
BOPSS 3x3 Basketball Championships The Bay of Plenty Secondary School 3x3 Basketball Championships were held at Trustpower Arena last week. Mount Maunganui College sent five teams and had a hugely successful day:
Results Junior Girls - Gold Senior Girls - Silver Junior Boys - Bronze Senior Boys - Gold
BOPSS Ultimate Championships Teacher, Anna Walker and ex-student, Nikki Whyte, took a Senior Boys and Senior Girls team to the Bay of Plenty Secondary School Senior Ultimate Championships (Frisbee) on Monday. Both teams went through the day unbeaten and brought home the trophies.
BOPSS Golf Championships Ten golfers headed to Lakeview Golf Course in Rotorua to compete in the Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Golf Championships. Despite the cold and windy start to the day, the weather cleared and the students had a great day on the course.
Cricket Girls Cricket have played one Venus Cup game as they start their journey towards Nationals.
They comfortably beat Papamoa College with Jess Benge top scored with 41 not out and debutant Sahara Little got 3 wickets. They now prepare to play a strong Otumoetai team next week.
The Boys 1st XI have been preparing for their Northern Districts Gillette Cup tournament with friendly games against strong opposition.
The boys travelled to Takapuna Grammar and set a first innings score of 150 with Josh Parsons top scoring on 44 but Takapuna proved too strong.
They then beat St John’s Hamilton as they prepare to play Rosmini College in a traditional two day fixture before Gillette Cup in Hamilton.
BOPSS Teams Sailing After a few years of amalgamation with Katikati College, Mount Maunganui College now has our own team and recently competed in the BOPSS Team Sailing Championships.
The young team did very well finishing … They now prepare for the Central North Island Competition held in Taupo during Summer Tournament Week
NISS Rowing The North Island Secondary School Rowing Championships were held at Lake Karapiro last weekend.
Our thoughts go out to Reece Steyn who could not compete due to an injury sustained at school athletics. Maya Hambling and McKenzie Steyn represented Mount Maunganui College and despite not getting the results they hoped for, performed admirably. Maya now prepares for Maadi Cup.
BOPSS Futsal Championships Five teams recently competed at the Bay of Plenty Futsal Championships.
Our Junior Girls, Junior Boys and Senior Girls all brought home silver medals. Senior boys finished third in their pool despite only narrowly losing one game. Senior Reserve girls also didn’t make it out of pool play.
BOPSS Athletics Bay of Plenty Athletics was held at Tauranga Domain on Wednesday 8 March. The weather gods were good to us and there were some exceptional results.
Junior Girls 100m Izzy Blades - 4th
800m Taija Roberts
1500m Sophia Maltai-Spence -1st
3000m Sophia Maltai-Spence -1st
Triple Jump Jordan Marumaru - 3rd Lucy Greene - 4th
Shotput Hope Black - 2nd Shamar Broughton - 4th
Javelin Shamar Broughton - 1st
Intermediate Girls High Jump Sophie Robinson - 2nd
Shotput Jess Benge - 4th
Senior Girls 100m Tyra Wetere - 4th
1500m Lulu Johnson - 1st
3000m Lulu Johnson - 1st
Junior Boys Javelin Lucas Abraham - 3rd
Senior Boys 1500m Finnley Oliver - 2nd
3000m Finnley Oliver - 3rd
High Jump Carter Hopoi - 1st Jacob Rolleston - 2nd
Triple Jump Daniel Perry - 3rd
BOPSS Senior Tennis Champs Congratulations to Lucy Goodwin who gained third place at the recent BOPSS Senior Tennis Championships.
Surf Life Saving Nationals Congratulations to all our students who travelled to Christchurch for the 2023 Surf Life Saving Nationals.
The competitors braved huge conditions and so many students made finals and made themselves and their clubs proud. See below for a list of placings from the week.
Open Womens Board Relay Maddi Gretham - 1st
Open Male Beach Relay Hunter Waide - 4th
U19 Male Beach Relay Hunter Waide - 3rd Logan West - 3rd
U17 Male Beach Relay Logan West - 1st
U17 Male Beach Sprint Logan West - 2nd
U17 Male 2KM Beach Run Zac Cairns - 4th
U17 Men’s Surf Race Braith Swanberg - 3rd
U17 Men’s Run Swim Run Braith Swanberg - 2nd
U17 Male Iron Braith Swanberg - 4th
U17 Male Taplin Relay Luke Thompson - 4th
U17 Male Surf Teams Race Ryan Bevin, Zac Cairns - 3rd Braith Swanberg, Luke Thompson - 4th
School Swimming Sports School Swimming Sports were held at the school pool on Wednesday 15 March. Some great results and a great day in the sun. Results are currently still being collated but will be shared in our next newsletter.
Winter Sports Trials A massive thank you to all the TICs, selectors, coaches and managers who have put a huge amount of work into running trials and selecting teams. Team will be released shortly if they haven’t already.
What’s coming up?
BOPSS Volleyball Champs The third and final weekend of the Bay of Plenty Senior Volleyball Championships is taking place Friday 17 and Saturday 18 March. We wish our teams the best of luck.
Waikato / Bay of Plenty Athletics Waikato, Bay of Plenty Athletics is being held in Hamilton on the 21st of March. A small number of competitors from the Bay of Plenty Championships will continue on to represent Mount Maunganui College at this event.
Summer Tournament Week Week 9 is the annual summer tournament week where summer sports teams travel to various parts of the country to compete in tournaments. See below for dates and locations of these events. We wish all our teams the best of luck and thank our Summer code PICs, coaches, managers and whanau for all the time and effort which goes into making these things happen for our students.
Code
Event
Date
Venue
Volleyball
NZSS Volleyball Championships
Mon 27 - Fri 31 Mar
Central Energy Trust Arena, 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Waterpolo
Auckland - Waterpolo 2023 Senior Boys
30th March - 2nd April
TBC
Hamilton - Waterpolo 2023 Junior Boys
30th March - 2nd April
TBC
Basketball
NZSS Basketball 3x3 Championships
Wed 29 Mar - Sat 1 Apr
Pulman Arena, Takanini
Cricket
ND Gillette Cup Qualifier
Mon 27 - Thurs 30 March
Jansen Park, Hamilton
Waka Ama
NZSS Waka Ama Championships
Mon 27 - Fri 31 Mar
Lake Tikitapu (Blue Lake), Bay of Plenty
Rowing
NZSS Rowing (Aon MAADI Regatta)
Mon 27 Mar - Sat 1 Apr
Lake Karapiro, Lake Karapiro, Waikato,
Futsal
NZSS Futsal Cup - Junior Girls
Mon 27 - Wed 29 Mar
ASB Sports Centre, 72 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington
NZSS Futsal - Northern Regional Cup
Wed 29 - Fri 31 Mar
Trustpower Baypark, 81 Truman Lane, Mount Maunganui 3152,
Sailing
CNI Team Sailing Regatta
Sun 26 - Tues 28 Mar
Lake Taupo Yacht Club
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March 2023 23 ………… Haka Competition 23 ………… School Interviews (4pm – 7pm) 24 ………… School Interviews (School Closed) 29 ………… Sheilah Winn Regionals
April 2023 5 ………… Engagement Report Issued 5 ………… Lypsync 5 ………… Last day Term 1 6 ………… Kahui Ako Teacher Only Day (School Closed) 24 ………… First Day Term 2
May 2023 1 ………… NCEA Jumbo Day (School Closed) 13 ………… School Ball 23 ………… Engagement Report Issued
