MANUKURA Sport continues to keep us all busy. A number of players have just returned from New Zealand Touch Nationals with high levels of success, the Waka Ama and Softball Teams are preparing for Regional and National events and all school sport sessions have commenced with conditioning and team practices ensuring our students are well prepared for the opportunities ahead.

Important to remember that our 2020 students selected their priority sports codes at the end of 2020. This was to ensure we were able to maximise their time on task and prepare them physically for their respective focus codes at a high performance level.

In general most students have a summer sport and a winter sport. Students selected for their priority sport will all be involved in team trials commencing over the next months to determine which teams they will play in. Priority selection for teams will be given to those players who qualify through testing and have selected their code as a number 1 focus.

Several students are attempting to play two winter codes and this will be a challenge at a performance level to manage well. Communication for clarity will be key. In addition the fitness testing standards continue to challenge students to reach benchmark targets to enhance performance outcomes.

Ngā mihi,

Yvette McCausland-Durie

HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT LEAD