Netball Senior A
Back: K Uruamo-Taiaki, T Wilson-Munday, K Bartlett, E Albert, Q Panapa, M Ratana, J Smith Front: J Pohe, M Houkamau, V Houkamau, S Clarke, M Tawaroa
Mission Cup 2014
Over the Queen’s Birthday weekend, the Senior A team travelled to Hamilton to participate in the annual Mission Cup. Mission Cup is a netball tournament that was established by ‘Our Sisters of the Ladies of Our Mission’. The tournament was held over the whole weekend, with games being played continuously. The weekend was a memorable moment, where winning wasn’t the only topic to talk about. In the past years we haven’t been at the top of the table, but this year we were indomitable to make a change; and we did. When we played our rival team Sacred Heart Napier, all eyes were on us. The momentum felt like we were in the finals. The game was really tight, and in the last quarter it was equal. However, we knew that the
game was ours, so with the whanau whanui support of the kura in Hamilton, the whanau back home and the determined faces of the girl’s we persevered. And that’s been the greatest game so far for all of us. Therefore, I would like to acknowledge our Manager Aunty Lisa, our Coaches Ngamata and Roanne, Nan and Papa for giving us that extra boost and the whanau who sacrificed their weekend off to tautoko the girls, the kura, and the kaupapa of The Mission Cup in Hamilton, kei te mihi, kei te mihi. Kia tau iho nga manaakitanga, Me te rangimarie ki tena, ki tena Mauriora! Valerie Houkamau
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