Melville Intermediate Girls Basketball
NZ AIMS Games, Tauranga
On Sunday 28th August Mackenzie, Marcia, Kennedy and I went to Tauranga to represent our school at the AIMS opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was at a new stadium that has just opened in Tauranga. AIMS stands for Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools. We saw a lot of schools from around the country. The opening ceremony was one of the highlights of the tournament.
On Monday we waited for the rest of our team to arrive which seemed to take ages. But finally they came and we were ready for our first game which was against Te Kura Kokiri. Their team players looked really small but they were good. The ball went in the air and we won the tip and after the first touch of the ball we were on a roll. We won this game 31-22. Our next game was against Kaitoa Middle School. Last year they beat us for the third and fourth play off but this time we won 46-36.
Early the next morning we played Murrays Bay who like us, were unbeaten this far in the tournament. Unfortunately we lost to them 27-35. We redeemed ourselves when we played Hastings Intermediate winning 39-25. The next game was against Chisnallwood Intermediate from Christchurch. We won 71-5 and everyone got time on court. We came second in our pool and we played Tauranga Intermediate in the quarter finals. It was a good game and we won 43-31. We had worked so hard for the past six games, it paid off and we made the semi-finals.
A brand new day came upon us and we played early against Sacred Heart College who hadn't been beaten. Unfortunately we couldn't break that and we lost 31-41. Everyone thought it was over, but no we had to play for third and fourth and we met Kaitao Middle School yet again. It was a really good game and we won 44-30.
After a hard week of play we placed 3rd in New Zealand with Murrays Bay coming first and Sacred Heart College coming second. It was a really good week and I'm sure everyone enjoyed it. I would like to thank Andrea Randall, Joanne Wilson, Matt O'Brien and most importantly our supporters who came out everyday to watch us play (especially the Katoa family and Haweara whanau).
Report by Kalesita Latua, 8KB.
YMCA
On Tuesday nights Melville Intermediate has had a team of Girls competing in the Mixed Basketball Competition at the YMCA on Pembroke Street. The team has competed mainly against Boys teams and represented the school extremely well. Melville Intermediates Girls team have made the top four of the A grade competition, and there are 24 teams competing. The team has had wins against teams from Maeroa Intermediate, St Andrews Middle School and Crawshaw School. They have also defeated club sides and played extremely well as a team. Congratulations to the entire team – Terrina Williams, Mackenzine O’Brien, Marcia Harrison, Mata Fiu, Fauiki Katoa, Kaea Williams, Sita Latu, Terrina Heremia, Jade Webber Taufale and Kobe Hawea. A big thank you to the supporters and parents who have been there for the students as well.