Volleyball:
Congratulations to all teams and winners! ๐
The night also recognised those students who have done amazing things as follows:
๐ Outstanding Junior Male Player - Ethan Haugh
๐ Outstanding Junior Female Player - Mia Smithson
๐ Outstanding Senior Male Player - Oakley Smith
๐ Outstanding Senior Female Player - Sreshthaa Sivakumar
๐ Volunteer of the Year - Contribution to Junior Volleyball - Sidney He
๐ Volunteer of the Year - Contribution to Senior Volleyball - Briar Bennett
Thank you to all volunteers, players, and families for making the 2024/25 season such a success.
Thank you to our TIC's of Volleyball Troy Crook, and Nicky Williams for the work which has seen Volleyball numbers explode at RHS! Looking forward to seeing you all, and some new faces in 2025/26!
Cricket:
This week, we celebrated our RHS Cricket teams and all of our volunteers at our Cricket Prizegiving. ๐๐
A massive thank you to our volunteer coaches, managers, scorers, and supporters for making the season possible for our cricketers.
The 2024/25 season saw an incredible growth in numbers of players with 80% more students picking up the bat and ball.
We had 6 teams in term 1, all with incredible results:
๐ 1st XI Boys battled away hard in Div 1, and have building with some strong performances
๐Snr Girls Titans went through undefeated in their grade ๐ ๐๐ผ
๐RHS Raiders Colts team made a return to Saturday morning Colts grade, and finished 2nd in their division. ๐ฅ ๐๐ผ
๐RHS Strikers T20 team played well and made some strong development through their season
๐Yr 7/8 Boys Thunder team only lost 2 games all season to finish very strongly in their division
๐Yr 7/8 Girls Heat team kept their supporters, coach, and manager with no fingernails left, after a string of incredibly close games with only a handful of runs separating teams at the end.
Congratulations to all of our team award winners, as well as our major prize winners below:
๐ Mishika Awasthi - Intermediate Female Player of the Year
๐ Sam Bramston - Intermediate Male Player of the Year
๐ Sreya Majesh - Junior Female Player of The Year
๐ Dylan Wagner - Junior Male Player of The Year
๐ Sylvie Kell - Senior Female Player of the Year
๐ Keagan Minnaar - Senior Male Player of the Year
Touch:
We celebrated all our Touch teams from Term 4 and Term 1 this week.
They were joined by family, coaches, managers and volunteers who make it all possible.
There were 8 teams in total across the two terms, which is encouraging growth for the sport of touch at RHS!
We celebrated our teams with team awards:
๐ RHS Rockets Girls (yr 7/8) Term 4
๐ RHS Stars Girls (yr 7/8) Term 4
๐ RHS Asteroids Mixed (yr 7/8) Term 4
๐ RHS Comets Mixed (Yr 9/10) Term 4
๐ RHS Rockets Girls (yr 7/8) Term 1
๐ RHS Asteroids Boys (yr 7/8) Term 1
๐ RHS Stars Girls (yr 9/10) Term 1
๐ RHS Comets Boys (yr 9/10) Term 1
We celebrated some special moments and major award winners also:
๐ Alyssa Dick - Intermediate Player of the Year
๐ Isla Kennerley - Junior Player of the Year
๐ RHS Stars yr 9/10 Girls - AWHI Team Winner (awarded by Waikato Touch and NZ Touch)
Thank you to everyone, including our TIC of Cricket AND Touch - Duncan Emslie - for the making the season and awards evening for your respective codes possible
Frisbee:
RHS Broncos
๐ - 2024: Noah Shaw MVP, Luca Tupawa Players Player
๐ - 2025: Stephanie Ou MVP, Luca Tupawa Players Player
RHS Eagles
๐ - 2025: Jaelynn Te Kani MVP, Graysen Baxter Players Player
RHS Kahu
๐ - 2025: Avery McDonald MVP, Cathy Cai Player Player
Special thanks to Jason Pope, for all his hard work and dedication. ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
Waterpolo:
๐ - Intermediate Player of the Year: Leo Braun
๐ - Junior Player of the Year: Hudson Hawkes
๐ - Senior Player of the Year: Stella Braun
๐ - Volunteer of the Year: Leigh Braun
