Sportsmanship Quotes

Sport plays a major part in my life, something I can't live without. To become a successful sports player I have to have courage and respect, these are quotes that I adore so much and inspire me.




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Fare Well August🍂

Five days into the month September and things are looking great. Work, movie plannings and much more. I am looking forward for the different opportunities this month and looking forward to learning more. August was a great month, with excitement and sport opportunities as well. August was a special month for us girls and Glen Brae school for we played many sport tournaments placing in a few. A new month means new adventure.

Fare well August and welcome September!!
http://www.dragonmount.com/forums/topic/98678-september-roll-call/

Rippa Rugby Tournament🏉

Ripper rugby is another sport that I love playing. Well not only me but other girls in Glen Brae school. The year 7&8 girls and the year 5/6 were entered into the Tamaki zone Rippa tournament. The year 7/8 team started with a close loss against Pt England. The points were four to two. Pt England was such a great team and challenging opponents. As well as Sylvia park who we also loss a game too.

But our three other games were a great success. We won games against Bailey Road, Tamaki Intermediate and Panmure Bridge. All the teams had done really well and all the team were very challenging.

Other than the other teams great effort, my team mates attitude and strength were much better. The way they played, defended and attacked. I was very proud of my team especially those who saved tries and got tries. Though I still don't know whether we placed for the tournament. And if we didn't it wouldn't matter cause we played for fun.

Netball season over

For the past four weeks in this term our netball girls(Yr 7&8 and Yr6) had competed against other schools in a continuous tournament every Tuesday which had started last term, and had ended this week. This week's game was our very last game for the season or tournament.

It was a very important game that we had to win, so that our winning streak(one loss) will continue on. The team that we were up against was a team called Marist. The Marist team won the first two quarters by a few points but after our talks at our breaks we caught up owning the last two quarters. All of my team mates including the Marist players had played very well, in shooting, attack and defending. At the end of our game we won the game. I'm going to miss playing Tuesday tournaments but hopefully we could play next year.
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Lisa Carrington~Gold🏅

Gold for NZ!!!. New Zealand's third gold was earned by a talented kayak-er Lisa Carrington. She came first in the Kayak single 200m canoe sprints. Runner up was Poland athlete Marta Walczykiewicz and in third place was Inna Osypenko-Radomska. 
Congratulations to Lisa for representing NZ proudly and for proving herself a 
worthy athlete.

Netball Tournament🎗

Every year our school competes in an inter school tournament including girls and boys from the year levels five to eight. Our year eight and seven team had three games in the first morning blocks and had three more games in the afternoon blocks. We had games against Pt England, Glen Innes school, Tamaki Primary, Stone fields and two more schools.

All schools were amazing but the only schools we couldn't win against was Pt England and Glen Innes school. Both schools had amazing defense and shooters. At the end of the day we ended up not placing but luckily the year six's came third. Congratulations to all schools that participated and to the school who placed.

Tuesday Netball!

Today we had another netball game against ACG Parnell. Our opponents were very good at playing and had very good sportsmanship as well as my team. Our first 2 quarters were good but we let ourselves down with all our stepping and contacts. I believe that our last two quarters were our best quarters where we got more goals and handled the ball very well. I cannot wait for our next netball matches.

Usain Bolt 🌩Winning Streak🌩

Known as the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt had once again won another race and gold medal for the 100m sprints. The race started with runner up athlete Justin Gatlin in the lead and then Usain Bolt made his way to the front, winning the race. He finished the race at 9.81 seconds which is very near to his world record( 9.58 seconds).

Usain Bolt described himself for winning continuously "Immortal". Good on him for making history and reviving from his injuries. 

Valerie wins Silver!

It was horrific that Valerie Adams did not win gold but also very great because she won Silver. Valerie was just beaten by a few centimeters. In first place was american athlete Michelle Carter who scored 20.63m in ther last attempt to place for the medals. Valerie had scored 20.42m in her 2nd attempt and on her last attempt to beat Michelle Carter's score she fell a little flat. She scored 20.39, I think.

Though Valerie didn't win gold, she put in a lot of work to qualifying at the Olympics. 

Volley Ball🏐Week 2

Today for Kiwi Sports we were playing Volleyball. Our coach, Coach Antonia or Toni went over the important steps in playing volleyball such as Digging, Serving, Spiking, Setting and 3 touch. We practiced serving and digging the ball to our partners remembering to keep our hands straight.

Then we had a competition on serving. The point of the competition was to serve the ball to your partner and catch it. If your partner catches the ball 20 times then they receive a lolly. Levi F and Alfred had received the prize.

Afterwards we were put into 6 teams to have 3 whole volleyball games. The first game that my team had was a bit dull, but my team made it fun. We ended up winning by a great amount of points. For our last game we just lost by one point. I learnt a lot more skills and more ball control.

NZ🇳🇿 Vs Great Britain🇬🇪

Tomorrow morning, at 3:30 am the NZ Men's Sevens team is playing Great Britain to determine which country is going head to head to go to the the quarter finals. Hopefully NZ beats Great Brritain and the following countries so that we NZ could get their fist gold. Good luck guys, win us a good game. 

Tuesday Netball

This week was anther week of Netball success. Though we did make a few mistakes due to the weather condition. But at the end we ended up beating our opponents (Panmure bridge) 9 to 19. All the girls in my team were doing very well as well as our shooters, as expected. I'm looking forward for next weeks match against the ACG Parnellz. 

Women's Sevens🏉🎖

For the Olympics our NZ Sevens girl competed in the Olympics representing NZ. They had made it to the finals against Australia but unfortunately lost. Points (24:17). Though it was an upset because we didn't win gold, it was also great for we won the silver medal. Congratulation girls.!! 

Olympic Medal Table🎖🏅

So far the Olympics have been of the charts. Many countries have won medals and the country with most medals so far is China. China is on 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 4 bronze medals on a total of 10 medals.

Olympic Quotes

Since the Olympics have started I have been looking at Olympic quotes that athletes speak to inspire other athletes. These are my top 2 quotes. 

Fitness🎽

Today for fitness, we played Golden child. We were into two teams and carried on playing. The shooting team(my team) were on fire, our team continued getting the running team out. When it was our team to run the other team got a few of us out, but when golden trial ran and freed everyone else we made it. At the end of fitness our team ended up getting  most of the other team out including golden child.


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New Zealand's first Olympic medal🏅

Yes that's, right New Zealand had received their very first medal of the Olympics. The athlete who won the silver medal, was 28 year old Natalie Rooney. When this news spread to me I was very happy. Natalie competed in Women trap and came 2nd, winning the silver medal. In first place was Catherine Skinner, an Australian athlete. Both Athletes went head on head competing for gold. Congratulations to Natalie Rooney. 

Olympic Horror!!

I had just found out and watched a horrifying video of a French Gymnast who was competing in the olympics, he had broken his leg. As Broken his leg I mean his shin has twisted to the opposite direction. I really feel for this gymnast but so does his french supporters. As I watched the video, it seemed that as he was flipping in the air very fast, he landed and his foot banged onto the mat.As the gymnast Samir Ait was lying on the floor surprisingly calm he was then carried off in a stretcher to a standing ovation. This incident might effect his career as a gymnast and his ability to walk on both legs. I am just hoping that he will get better soon and revive from this horrifying incident.

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Hurricanes🌊 vs Lions🦁

A huge congratulation to the Hurricanes who did not just make it to the finals but won the super rugby tournament against Lions. But as I watched the game the Lions brought up a great fight. The score of the game was 20:3 to Hurricanes.

Olympic Ceremony

The day of the Olympic ceremony was one of the most proudest days of my life, knowing that I am a proud New Zealander and Tongan. That day as I watched my two nations march proudly, I had more faith in both countries. I just hope the best for both countries as well as all the other countries competing. I also heard about countries that I didn't even know existed but one again there is more to learn about in the world.

Today in the news, the Tonga flag barrier was interviewed. This was because of how he was dressed, he was very oily and shirtless, the way of our Tongan people. It was amazing to see that Tonga was very talked about since the olympic ceremony. The Tongan flag barrier, Pita Taufatofua is competing in Taekwondo and is the very first to compete from Tonga. I hope he does well and does our country proud.

http://www.outsports.com/2016/8/5/12391710/tonga-opening-ceremony-flag-bearer