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Sweet victory as the trophy returns after more than a decade.
The boys’ basketball team stepped it up a notch to win its first exchange.
The girls’ netball team won by a healthy margin.
The girls’ football team played a hard-fought match.
Mahurangi College won the Hauraki Exchange for the first time in 11 years last week in a definitive showing of sporting skill.
More than 100 Hauraki Plains College students travelled to Warkworth for the two-day competition in which teams from various sport codes played for the annual trophy.
Mahurangi College took four wins, two draws and suffered only a single loss.
Sport director Karlie Stanbra says she is absolutely thrilled to have the trophy back in Mahurangi hands.
“The elation from the teams when the trophy was handed over really showed what it meant to take the win for the exchange,” she says.
Among the highlights, was a nail-biting thriller between the boys’ basketball teams, which resulted in a 67-60 win for Mahu.
Stanbra says the team exhibited grit, determination and composure to take a win against tradition.
The girls’ netball team, with its relentless style of play, netted a convincing 30-19 win.
The girls’ hockey team won 2-1, while the boy’s football team won 6-1.
The annual fixture provides an opportunity for students to test their skill against teams from outside local competitions.
Next year, Mahurangi will play on Hauraki Plains’ home turf in Ngatea.
Most valuable player honours among Mahurangi teams were decided by their opposition teams. They were: netball – Louise Makin, hockey boys – Logan Jones, football girls – Deja Pareta, basketball girls – Naumi Teinabo, basketball boys – Logan Sykes & Tioti Robertson, hockey girls – Drue Thomas, and football boys – Hamish Strong.
