Netball season wrap-up
Raglan netball prizegiving - Karioi Tuis Image thanks to Ken Hansen facebook.com/kenhansenphotgrapher
MIP - most improved player MVP - most valuable player All images below thanks to Natalie Hopkins
Netball teams in action. Image thanks to Leanne Roughton.
Well, another netball season has ended for the year and what a season it has been! We had our prizegiving at the weekend and what a great turn out we had, celebrating our kids for all their hard work and dedication to their teams. Thank you to all our coaches and managers for your endless hours of work for your teams. A big thank you to our parents for getting your kids to trainings and a game each week. We have had a number of fundraising events this year which all have been a great success and helped fund our prizegiving - thank you to those who helped and supported us. We would especially like to thank our sponsors: Rob Kirkwood (MTF), Bronwyn
Haitana, Raglan Bakery and The Raglan Club. Without you things would’ve been a little tougher THANK YOU! We have twilight netball starting soon so look out for advertising about this. The following players were recognised for their efforts and awarded trophies. I would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you for being chosen to receive the Amelia Kereopa Cup. Being awarded this trophy totally blew me away and I am honoured and blessed to take this cup home and proudly display her in my living room. Thanks for your time, looking forward to next year and more keen players Natalie Hopkins (vice-president)
Karioi Dolphins MIP: Leah Maybee-Waitere MVP: Hayley Parker
Karioi Lightweights MIP: Slone Clark MVP: Searn Tahere
Karioi Lightweights MIP: Slone Clark MVP: Searn Tahere
Karioi Tui MIP Talaia Cowley MVP Kate Sherlock and Emma Brooks
Karioi Platinums MIP Jade Jansen MVP Sienna Hansen
Karioi Gold MIP Leah Norvall and Nakita Johnston MVP Ayla Brunton and Poppy Campbell-Bryant
Amelia Kereopa Cup 2016 Natalie Hopkins
Karioi Diamonds MIP Stella Townsend MVP Manuaitu Rangawhenua and Tina Wynyard
Young pair a real picture of early Raglan schooling
Esme Koning (left) and Keisha Willoughby (right) dressed in their period costumes for the 'Back to School' exhibition opening.
S and Esme Koning stole the show at ix-year-olds
Keisha
Willoughby
Saturday’s official opening of Raglan Museum’s latest exhibition, Back To School. Dressed in period costume for the occasion, the pair sat studiously at one of the old wooden school desks on display in the replica classroom, while retiring Raglan Ward councillor Clint Baddeley rang a hand-held school bell to welcome 20 or so guests to the event. The exhibition is now open daily for the rest of the year and coincides next month with Raglan Area School’s 150th jubilee celebrations. Exhibition organiser Pat Day told guests that the museum was playing its part by featuring the 17 schools in Whaingaroa’s history, from the first
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private one run by Mrs Corlett in a tent in James St in 1866. Pat relayed a few stories of the difficulty children faced getting to and from remote schools, including the ingenuity of a Ruapuke lad who had to cross a stream on stilts during his 11km trek. Pat thanked all Raglan & District Museum Society members for their commitment to the Back To School project, but particularly Kaz Willoughby and Cynthia Tucker who “mostly set it up”. Among guests was longtime local school dental nurse Pat Halliday, who contributed her blazer to the exhibition. It’s displayed alongside a dental chair and drill from the museum’s collection – prompting Clint to recall that his own children would tell him they were off to see Pat Halliday at “the murder house”. Edith Symes