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Calling all menBy Aaron Meredith

Over Friday and Saturday Wainuiomata males had the chance to learn more about how vio-lence against families a� ects everyone.In a joint promotion between Kokiri and Wai-nuiomata Marae’s, the two day hui provided useful information about how and where to get help.There were guest speakers throughout both days including Trevor Mallard and Ken Laban.One key guest speaker was Vic Tamati, who is a nationwide spokesperson for the ‘It’s not Ok’ campaign.Vic spoke about how the violence in his family throughout his childhood moulded the way he saw what love is and how he became as an adult.

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Continued from page 1“My Mum and Dad are very

staunch in both the Samoan culture and the church, they are also the most violent people I know,” Vic says.

“I would be dropkicked from one side of the room to the other.”

He told of how he saw love as two fi sts, and that his father beat him on many occasions when he was angry.

“After the beatings I was told to have a cold bath, so the bruises would go away so no one at church would know,” he says.

Out of his entire family he was the one who got all the beatings as he was the oldest son.

“That’s how I grew up, that was normal, all the Samoan and Pacifi c Island kids thought that was normal.”

Along with at home he was told off for speaking Samoan at school, even when he did not know English.

“I was strapped over the hands because I asked my sister where the toilet was in Samoan,” Vic says.

His home life however was the main cause of why he became so violent in his youth and early adult years.

Up in Auckland he set up the gang the Polynesian Panthers, who as he says did all the dirty work for Nga Tama Toa.

“We would go around pubs fi ghting all the bouncers, be-cause they reminded us of our fathers,” he says.

“It was only when he started beating his own daughter and his wife threatened to leave that he turned his life around.

His daughter then started taking the blame for the beat-ings, he then decided to stop the violence and turned to It’s not ok.

Vic travels all around the country telling his story, spread-ing the message that violence is not ok.

Saying no to family violence

By Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata’s resident American students said goodbye to the valley by arranging a community night on Friday.

The group performed skits, played basketball and did some face painting for local children and adults alike.

While in New Zealand the students from San Diego were doing jobs all around the valley including Fern-lea School as part of the LoveWorks programme.

They all say they love

the country and the people here, and are all keen to come back whenever they can.

“I have loved it over here, I defi nitely want to come back again soon,” says Danielle Stapf.

“Everyone has been so awesome.”

Also during the night there were musical perfor-mances by other members of the Valley Church, in-cluding Gabriel Tupou.

The group moved on to Auckland on Monday, and were very sad about leav-ing Wainuiomata.

“We have loved it here, it has been fun,” says another student.

The students have been staying at the Val ley Church on Fitzherbert Road, and they say that the church has been awesome.

Originally the students were never meant to come to Wainuiomata, but when the opportunity came up Valley Church Pastor Mat-thew Lesniak jumped at the chance to have them here.

“We worked hard to plan meaningful activities while they were here,” he says.

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A STRONG MESSAGE: Vic Tamati tells his story to the crowd, explaining how he changed his ways.

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Three MITO apprentices have been named in the New Zealand “Tool Blacks” team to travel to the WorldSkills Inter-national competition in Brazil in August, and one is Wainuio-mata’s Luke Tahurangi.

Luke joins David Fox and Chelcie Kuriger of Hamilton, to travel to Sao Paulo with 12 other members of the Tool Blacks, to compete in their cho-sen professions. There are 19 categories in the international competition, and the MITO apprentices will be competing in three.

The 22 year old is an Automo-tive Refi nisher at Larsen’s Panel and Paint Limited in Wainuio-mata, and will compete in the Automotive Refinishing cat-egory, while David competes in Autobody Repair, and Chelcie in Automotive Technology.

WorldSkills International, dubbed the “Olympics of the Trades” is a competition held every two years, that brings young people from over 50 countries and regions in the Americas, Europe, Asia, South Pacific and Africa, together to compete in their respective skill area. They will simulate real work challenges that must be completed to international standards of quality. It is the

world’s largest professional education event.

Luke is excited to be in the New Zealand team, and is undertaking a strict training programme to prepare him for the international event. “There’s a lot of pressure when you’re representing your coun-try, but I have a full training programme, so it’s practice, practice, practice,” said Luke. “To go to Brazil and compete against the best in my profes-sion is amazing. If I put in the hours and stick to my schedule I’ve got every chance of being on the podium,” he said.

In the qualifying rounds, Luke won the regional, national and Oceania titles, and was recently named the 2014 CRA Appren-tice of the Year, Golden Gun.

MITO Chief Executive Janet Lane said “I am delighted that three of our apprentices are heading to Brazil as Tool Blacks. Luke is proving to be an extremely talented refi nisher with a string of recent successes. I am sure the MITO apprentices will do New Zealand and the automotive industry proud in Brazil,” said Janet.

WorldSkills International takes place at Anhembi Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil from 11 to 16 August 2015.

Wainuiomata apprentice is Brazil bound

OFF TO BRAZIL: Luke Tahurangi who has been selected for the Tool Blacks team to travel to Brazil in August.

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Wainuiomata locals are about to be given a treat of the Musical Variety thanks to a group of Local Youth.

The Youth have been practising after school most days down at the commu-nity centre, and they are now ready to perform what they have been learning.

The Concert is taking place down at the Wainuiomata Shopping Centre on Friday beginning at around 4pm and there will be performances until around 7pm.

Along with the Children there will be other acts set to get your long weekend o� to a great start.

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What do three women do when they realise they’ve created more art and craft works than they ever thought possible? If they’re brave enough, they join forces to put on an exhibition.

And that’s exactly what East-bourne quilter Frances Neill-Weston, Upper Hutt weaver Val Neill, and Wainuiomata artist/painter Heather Emsley are doing.

Work s by t he “ T h re e Crafty Artists” will be on show from June 4th to 14th at Lower Hutt’s Odlin Gallery on the corner of Huia and Myrtle Streets.

It all started with a mutual confession session. While doing regular swimming exercises at the Huia Pool, the women discovered that they had more than aqua-jogging in common. Each had an abundance of arty/crafty items they had been working on over recent months and though they had given away a lot to friends and family, the creations were taking up more space than was available.

Frances had completed quilts packed into a large cupboard un-der the stairs and fabric stored in every room except the kitchen, laundry and the toilets; Val had accumulated a mini mountain of woven items (to say nothing of the yarns of every colour packed into the family’s rumpus

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room), and in Heather’s spare bedroom every fl at surface was covered with works of art and paintings and many more lined the walls.

The women admitted that what they had accumulated was a bit embarrassing.

Families would mumble things about “obsessive compulsive” disorders; friends would quietly mention the word “addiction”.

One family member suggested that in order to use up the accu-mulated fabric, or yarn or paint and paper, the owner would have to live to be 130 years old.

Visitors though were more

discreet and, after expressing amazement at all the accumu-lated goodies, said “You must show these to other people. Put on a display somewhere.”

It was time, the women decid-ed, to do something positive to show their families, friends and neighbours (and anyone who compulsively collects stuff) that, while they might be just a little bit addicted to fabric, yarn or paint, they were more than just accumulators, collectors, hoarders and stashers. They were primarily creators of interesting and beautiful things that others might appreciate.

After much discussion the three women called themselves ‘Three Crafty Artists’, although it might just as easily have been ‘Three Arty Crafters’ as they’ve all dabbled in arts and crafts over the years, including dress-making, pottery, papermaking, sculpture, carving, fi bre art and so on.

So, what did these creative collectors do for a ‘proper’ job? Heather is a graphic de-signer and art tutor.

She has taught around the Hutt Valley for 18 years, including at the Hutt Art Society.

She works in a variety of medi-ums and recently had two pastel paintings accepted for display at the National Pastel Artists of New Zealand art competition/exhibition at the Pataka Art Gallery in Porirua.

Val was a school teacher, a landscape gardener, a mother and great grandmother, and a legal accountant.

In her ‘other life’ Frances was a home economics teacher, a jour-nalist, a television producer, a grandmother, and more recently a ‘geriatric’ university student.

What they bring to the Odlin Gallery exhibition, starting on June 4, is a wealth of mixed experiences culminating in a display they hope other “arty crafty addicts” will get a great deal of pleasure from.

ARTISTS: Eastbourne quilter Frances Neill-Weston, Upper Hutt weaver Val Neill, and Wainuiomata artist/painter Heather Emsley.

The programme of events for Lower Hutt’s first STEMM Festival has been set and events can now be registered for.

There are more than 30 events from Tuesday June 2 – Sunday June 7 and many are free or koha. However, several require registration because spaces are limited.

The Women in engineer-

ing breakfast on Wednesday 3 June has already proved incredibly popular with more than 70 people registered.

Kids can fi nd lots to do from hands-on science starters at Hutt City Libraries, to pop up science at Saturday’s Riv-erbank Market and an open afternoon at The Mind Lab who do 3D printing, robotics, coding, fi lmmaking and more.

On Tuesday 2 June Hutt News will run home-based science experiments that use ingredients easily found around the home.

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Students from Wainuiomata Pri-mary School got an amazing treat on Monday as they became the fi rst school to visit the usually off limits Wainuiomata water catchment area.

The trip was organised for the school by park ranger Dion Ngatoro, who is keen to get more schools into the historic area.

Along with help from Zealandia and the Department of Conservation, the school children were guided through some of the native bush that has been there untouched for over 150 years.

The schools senior syndicate took part, splitting in two with three classes going on Monday and another three in the bush today.

Tasks in the bush included a bird search, going on some tracks that most people have never seen before, and learning the history of the area.

“This is an area most people never get to go see, so it is great that the children get to come here,” Dion says.

The only concern was if the bus was able to get over the steep hill that bought the students further into the catchment area, although this concern never eventuated.

Dion says he loves working in an area like this, where the whole area is fi lled with native bush, pretty much untouched by man.

“It is an amazing workplace, I was really happy when I got to be the ranger here.”

The school children all had an amaz-ing day, exploring and learning, when told that they had to go back to school at 1pm, there was a big groan let out by them all.

Dion is hopeful that other schools would want to come into an area like this to learn the history of the area and learn about the native environment.

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Wainuiomata locals are invited to get free, lined curtains when Sustainability Trust brings their Mobile Curtain Bank to town.

The Curtain Bank will be based at the Wainuiomata Community Centre, and will provide free lined and made to measure curtains for the living rooms of Community Services Card holders, and also for the bedrooms of children and the elderly.

Every year, Sustainability Trust runs a series of Mobile Curtain Banks around the Wellington Region to help Community Services Card holders stay warm and keep power bills down.

This is the third year that Sustainability Trust’s Curtain Bank has come to Wainuiomata. Last year, 53 Wainui homes received a total of 156 curtains from the Mobile Curtain Bank.

‘With snow recently on the Wellington hills, Wai-nuiomata locals will be feeling the icy temperatures at night time. It’s really important that children and the elderly stay warm as possible and well made, lined curtains are essential for this,’ says Curtain Bank Co-ordinator Shelali Shetti.

‘Our curtains are lined, and made to measure, which will stop heat escaping through glass windows. Rooms will be warmer, and power bills will be lower. Families will notice the difference straight away’.

‘Landlords are not required to provide curtains for their properties, and every year we see tenants desperate for curtains for their homes,’ says Shelali.

The Curtain Bank is a free service, funded by Sustainability Trust’s insulation programme, and supported by Genesis Energy, and the Wellington Community Trust.

‘All you need is a Community Services Card, and to fi ll out and return a window measurement form, available from the Wainuiomata Community Centre at 1a Queen Street, from Tuesday June the 2nd. Forms must be returned by Tuesday June the 16th.

Curtain Bank comes to Wainuiomata

Arakura School is holding their 50th jubilee over Labour weekend, and wants all former students to take part.

Included in this is a Gala day on Saturday, where the school is looking for as many people as possible to have a stall on the day.

To book a stall please contact the

school on [email protected] with a description of what you wish to sell.

The school has lots planned over the weekend including a dinner and either a rugby or soccer game depending on numbers.

If anyone is interested in anything

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So if you are a former student of the school come on down and see how much the school has both changed and stayed the same.

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MAKING HISTORY: The Wainuiomata Primary School Students who were the fi rst school to be allowed to visit the Wai-nuiomata Water Catchment Area.

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LETTERS to the editor

Nominations are now open in two categories.

Voluntary Community Service: recognising outstanding, long-term voluntary community service

Youth Service: recognising outstanding voluntary community service by those aged 15-25

Hutt City Council’s annual Civic Awards celebrate the amazing volunteers who make our city great.

Download a nomination form from our website.

You can also collect one from Council’s administration building, 531 High Street, Lower Hutt or any Hutt City library.

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Nominations close 5pm, Friday 3 July 2015

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By Aaron Meredith

The Hashtags are back in action again, going through the youth leadership program with toastmasters.

The group of Wainuiomata High School students have been involved in the Hashtags program since last year, and the steps they have taken in terms of their public speaking has been noted.

The group is doing the toast masters course to prepare for doing speeches on anti-smok-ing, which will be performed to councillors and media.

The course involves a normal Toastmasters session, includ-ing Table Topics, prepared speeches and evaluations.

At the last meeting Toast-masters Neville and Diane Isherwood told the group that they had improved monumen-tally.

The Hashtags are a group of students that are taking a stand against smoking, becoming the faces of the programme.

The goal is to make New Zealand Smokefree by 2025, and the group is very enthusi-astic about this cause.

Hashtags back in action again

What a sight it was to see the snow on the hills around Wainuiomata on Monday Morning.

It really reminds me of what winter is like, the nice cold mornings with the sunny days all day.

I believe that Wainuiomata could look like an alpine resort if it ever snows on the ground again.

I remember that day in 2011, cars were stuck down the bottom of the drive, my lawns looking like ski slopes, what a day.

As you can imagine I love the snow, and enjoy see-ing it every time it appears on the hills surrounding us here in Wainuiomata.

It is something I believe we should all enjoy.A.Wilfs

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The Wainuiomata Community Patrol is needing a helping hand to keep the valley safe.

The patrol needs funding to keep the car running as well as other essential items that keep the patrol running every night.

Community Patrol member Paul Knox says that the team is working hard to save money where they can.

“We have already cut our costs by d i scon ne c t i ng r a d io sys -tems that we v iew as key toour operations in the valley,” he says.

The radio systems would be essential in a longer term civil emergency when cellphone and telephone reception would be non-existent.

“We have also cut off our internet access at the Station which reduces our effectiveness and relies on Patrol Members to provide their personal internet.”

The patrol missed out on a few grants last year, they rely on these grants to keep the patrol going throughout the year.

“This together with car problems this has used basically all of our retained funds,” says Paul.

The team has organised many ways to raise money, including selling

entertainment books, setting up a give a little page and they also collect dead car batteries.

“We will collect any dead batteries and scrap them to turn them into cash.”

They have also arranged a movie night which was a great success, plans are being made for a second night which will be placed on the patrols facebook page.

The patrol also is looking for spon-sorship from a business if possible, and have contacted some businesses hoping for some feedback.

An application to become a chari-table trust has also been worked on, which if successful would allow the patrol to qualify for more grants.

“Recently we have had successes with a stolen car and two burglaries being identifi ed and people arrested,” says Paul.

For these successes to continue, the Patrol needs more funding, so that they can stay doing what they have been doing so well for so long.

If anyone is keen to help out or even join the patrol, they can by going on the facebook page, contact-ing via email [email protected] or ring the admin cellphone on 0273952753.

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By Aaron Meredith

Students at Konini Primary School had the challenge of their cross country last Friday, and everyone completed it with a smile on their face.

The junior syndicate ran the entire primary school fi eld, while the senior student’s ran both the Konini fi eld and the next door Intermediate fi eld as well.

Teachers and parents were at the school encouraging the students on their mis-sion, as well as Intermediate students being on hand to give some students a boost in confi dence if needed.

Konini School Principal Andrea Scan-

lan says that they were very lucky with such great whether on the day.

“I was a bit worried that it may be rain-ing, but it has turned out great,” she says.

Every school year ran in the race, and when not racing they were supporting their fellow school mates as they ran through the course.

Children also were extremely well behaved while waiting for their race to start, and all the teachers were very impressed with them.

Teachers were also very proud of how the students completed the course, with all the times being extremely quick.

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OFF AND RACING: Konini Students begin their annual cross country

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“On average 15 boaties’ lose their lives each year and being aware of the dangers and knowing what to do if you get into trouble is absolutely vital. You don’t know what you don’t know, and I believe if more boaties’ simply took the time to understand the risks they’d be far more aware of the hazards and recognise the danger signs before getting into trouble” said Henry.

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“Sitting my Day Skipper cer-tifi cate is one of the best things I’ve done. My son and I go out boating so we did the course together and I wish we’d done it earlier. The amount of knowledge you should have before heading out, whether you’re in a kayak, paddleboard or on a launch is so important. Being a responsible skipper is key and you can’t be responsible if you’re naive to basic safety rules and potential hazards. If you get into trouble on the water you need to know what to do and more importantly how

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COASTGUARDS DAY: Ted now a qualifi ed Day skipper.

Lower Hutt has enjoyed a strong start to 2015 with an increase in visitors and retail spending, a vibrant events calendar and an in-creased tourism profi le.

The fi gures show that an estimated $750,000 of ad-ditional retail expenditure was generated in Hutt City during the three Phoenix game days this summer.

Hutt City Council’s Visi-tor Market Development Manager, James Lamb says that recent commercial ac-commodation fi gures from Statistics New Zealand show that summer events translated into increased guest stays.

Lower Hutt enjoyed an 11% spike in visitor guest nights in January, a 22% increase in guest nights in February and a 10%

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“This is a brilliant start for 2015, in fact, the best start we have had in nearly a decade. February and March are histor ically strong months for inter-national visitors, and with the Rimutaka Cycle Trail being named one of 2015’s hottest travel experiences by Lonely Planet right at the start of year, there was much more interest from media and trade groups this summer.”

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Sports with Aaron Meredith

This year has been one of those years as a Wellington sports fan we all have come to never expect.The Hurricanes are dominating Super Rugby, playing a brand of rugby that we never really associated with them.They are playing clinical, smart rugby, but still with that little bit of Hurricanes � air that we have all come to expect of them.Our backline is the best in the competi-tion, by a long way.At full strength there is only one position that is not occupied by an All Black, but that could change with the form Nehe Milner-Skudder has shown.Probably more importantly however, is that our forward pack has stood up and earned the rest of the competitions respect.A few years ago I can remember Rodney So’oialo having to quickly get the ball out of a reversing Hurricanes scrum.That doesn’t happen now, with the Canes tight � ve proving to be unstoppable at the moment.And just because I can, it has been so good seeing the Crusaders struggle this year, and hearing on the radio all the Cantabri-ans panic about what is happening.I hope that this form continues through-out the rest of the season, we have had 20 years of heartache, why can’t we have a great year as well.Well done to the coach Chris Boyd, I don’t know what you have done but you have been doing is working well.It’s time for us Canes supporters to be proud, and to stand up amongst all the other rugby supporters in the country.And it’s not only rugby that is doing well, The Saints are once again showing the rest of the NBL how to play basketball.Is it � nally time for Wellington to become a title town once again? Lets hope so

The season of utter fun

By Aaron Meredith

Win or play in the Hardham Cup this year is the situation for the Wainuiomata Rugby Premiers.

The team has been put in a position that they haven’t been in for a very long time after losing 26-20 to Poneke on Saturday.

The result puts Wainuiomata tenth on the ladder, with a win the only way Wainuiomata will be playing Jubilee Cup rugby this year.

That result will not come easily either, with Old Boys University always provid-ing dangerous opposition.

On the positive side of things, young TJ Va’a made an impressive debut coming on in the second half.

He always looked capable of breaking

the game open, and looked dangerous every time he had the ball in his hands.

Wainuiomata also broke the Poneke defensive line on multiple occasions but could not convert, whether it was due to dropping the ball or a call from the referee.

The referee had a terrible game, with both teams being miffed with some of the calls that were being made.

He also ignored calls from his assistants on knock on calls made in the game.

The Premier Reserves also went down to Poneke, going down 27-16.

They are sitting in eighth on the Harper Lock Shield table, with one round remain-ing.

The Wainuiomata Womens team had a bye this week, and are sitting sixth on the

table, but have played two less games than most other teams.

The Under 85kg team went down heav-ily to Hutt Old Boys Marist.

Next week both the Premiers and Premier Reserves are at home against Old Boys University.

The Reserves are playing at 12.45pm and the Premiers are kicking off at 2.30pm, both games are at William Jones Park.

The Women are playing at Hutt Rec on Saturday against Hutt Old Boys Marist, in a game they will be desperate for a victory.

The Under 85kg side is at Mary Crowther Park to play Stokes Valley, the game starts at 12.45pm.

The Presidents will play Marist St Pats at Maidstone Park on Sunday, with the game kicking of at 1pm.

Must win now for Premiers BREAKING TACKLES: Wainuiomata Flanker Greg Lealo� evades the Poneke.

This past Saturday Wainui faced Poneke on their old timers day at Kil-birnie Park, Wainui started the game looking strong.

Wainui were hard on defence early against a strong Poneke team.

Poneke couldn’t break the defence and twice taking penalties to go out to a 6 nil lead, with that score line remaining for most of the fi rst half.

That was until Wainui were caught off

guard with a quick tap from a penalty, Poneke scored near the post for a con-verted try.

Poneke were leading 13-0 until Wainui scored a late penalty just before the half time break with a score line of 13-3 to the home team Poneke.

With the second half under way, Wainui came out looking like the better and stronger team. Wainui attacked in Poneke's half for much of the second

half, until Niko Patelesio scored a try near the post after good run through a strong Poneke defence.

With a score line of 13-10 Wainui continued to apply the pressure but couldn’t break through the defence and was awarded a penalty which was converted.

With the scores locked at 13 all for much of the second half it looked as though the game was heading to a draw

until Wainui gave away a penalty out wide.

This was converted by Poneke from near the side line right on full time and snatching the win by 16-13.

Wainui played one of their best games of the season and things are starting to look right for the rest of the season.

Player of the day went to Niko Pate-lesio, but each player deserved player of the day.

Colts come oh so close

By Aaron Meredith

The local footballers had a largely unsuc-cessful time last weekend with most teams having a loss.

The Capital Two side went down 3-1 away to Naenae, their second consecutive loss in the division.

The loss drops them down to sixth on the table, on 13 points, fi ve points behind division leaders, the Stokes Valley Bobcats who are on 18 points.

The Wainuiomata Capital Four side went down by the exact same score to Island Bay

United HHH at MacAlister Park.The result puts Wainuiomata in ninth

place with six points, a massive 13 points behind division leaders Brooklyn Northern United.

The bad results continued with the Wainuiomata Undertakers going down to Capital Six rivals North Wellington City.

They are now sitting in fi fth on the table on nine points, 12 behind runaway lead-ers Stop Out who have 21 points and are unbeaten.

In Capital 11, Wainuiomata Halfbaked earned bragging rights over the Roundballs

with a 2-0 victory at Richard Prouse Park.The result has Halfbaked in fourth place

with 13 points, the Roundballs are in ninth with two points, the division is led by the Wellington Olympic Turf Monsters who are on 18 points.

On Sunday the Wainuiomata Women turned the bad results of the Men’s teams around with a 3-2 victory over Victoria University.

This puts the girls in third place of the Womens Division Two table, with 13 points, only three points behind leaders Stokes Valley who have 16 points.

Footballers keep busy over weekendThis Week the Wainuiomata fi rst XV

has their fi rst game in Premier three for the year, they are playing Rongotai Two at home at 1pm.

Wainuiomata Two are playing Kapiti Two in the curtain raiser at 11.30am.

The Wainuiomata Under 15 Squad is playing away at Aotea College with the game starting at 11.30am.

The Wainuiomata Under 65kg side has a game at the Waikanae Rugby Club against Kapiti at 11.30am.

The girls are playing Paraparaumu at Maidstone Artifi cial on Wednesday with a 5.30pm kickoff.

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The last week has been very exciting for Wainuiomata Harrier athletes. Georgina Cox completed the New Zealand 100km race in Christchurch in a time of 10 hours 34 minutes, and in doing so won the national open womens title.

With good weather and great support around the course she also achieved a personal best in the fi rst 42km (mara-thon) in a time of 3 hours 36 minutes.

One of the tough parts of such a long race is stopping for things like putting sun screen on and having to get the legs moving again.

Joel Carman received a scholarship from the Hutt Valley Marathon Clinic for young Hutt Valley athletes.

The scholarship is aimed at helping promising young athletes realise their goals and develop their running.

Last Saturday these two runners, along with the rest of the club, set out from the clubrooms in Richard Prouse Park, for the annual Novice and Presidents' Trophy races, heading through some bush tracks, up the river bank and back to the clubrooms via Moores Valley Road Hill.

This is a handicap race, which means

runners and walkers start at different times, based on last year’s race plus their current fi tness and racing levels.

The Presidents' Trophy is won by the fi rst person home in the senior event with the Novice Trophy being taken by the fi rst person across the line who has never won a trophy in the Club.

Occasionally this is won by the same person.

This year Peter Small took out the senior race nearly three minutes ahead of the next fi nisher, Joel Car-man.

Rose Martin took out the walking section only half a minute ahead of her next rival, Karen McNatty.

It is always diffi cult for handicappers to work out start times for everyone at the start of the season, with this year being no exception.

The idea is everyone crosses the fi nish line at the same time, and with the bulk of the senior athletes doing this within three minutes of each other, and most of the junior runners fi nishing within one minute of each other, it made for a very interesting fi nish! Thank you to our timekeepers for keeping up!

Wainuiomata Harriers come out on top

Wainuiomata High Schools football teams are back in action this weekend again, continuing their grading games.

Wainuiomata One is playing against Onslow College Two at home with an 11.00am kick off scheduled.

Wainuiomata Two follows that up at 1pm against St Pats Wellington.Wainuiomata Junior One is playing at Alexandra Park against

Wellington College six at 9am.The girls are playing away at Chilton today at 4pm.

Local Wainuiomata Boxer Chance Crawford Mickleson recorded a strong victory over the weekend.

Chance defeated a Wellington boxer in a bout in Palmeston North by unanimous decision, after dominating the bout.

The bout was used as a warm up for the North Island Golden Gloves that are taking place this weekend.

Chance along with fellow club members Raymond Seumanu and Jared Paku will compete in the event.

College Football this weekend Chance records victory

FINISHING: Presleigh Winter � nishing the girls under 15, 3.7km race.

By Aaron Meredith

Wainuiomata’s local netballers had a largely successful weekend leading up to their weekend off due to Queens Birthday.

Although Ulalei One had a loss to Maidstone United Ulalei Two had a victory, winning 29-26.

This was the game of the round, with the game coming down to the last minute.

Ulalei’s young team was able to keep their nerve however and pulled clear to get the victory.

The team was behind for most of the game, and only fi nally got the lead in the fi nal quarter.

Coach Toli Sagaga was really proud with how the girls pulled through.

“With some great play throughout the whole court, this young team worked hard to guts out a well-deserved victory against a very experienced side."

Kalala Smith was a standout per-former with some fantastic rebounds and intercepts and keeping her bal-ance to off load down court.

The Wainuiomata High School Junior A team had another strong

victory to continue their great start to the year.

The team defeated Sacred Heart 28-21 and coach Lahraine Sagaga was pleased how the girls executed the game plan.

“The defence were great at bring-ing down the ball and attackers were patient, with some impressive feeding into the circle," she says.

The team has the luxury of trying out some different combinations in the fourth quarter as they had al-ready established a comfortable lead.

"The players were able to settle quickly into their positional changes and hold out for the win."

Charis Nuku-McGregor won player of the day after a standout performance.

In other results Wainuiomata One had their fi rst loss of the season going down 31-28 to Sacred Heart Three.

Wainuiomata Three held on to beat Sacred Heart 16 by 16-15, Wainuiomata Four destroyed Hutt Valley High School 16 by 25-10.

Wainuiomata Five defeated Naenae Four by 22-18, and Wainuiomata Six demolished Heretaunga Seven 34-4.

Netball has successful weekend

By Aaron Meredith

The Wainuiomata Womens Hockey team continued their amazing unbeaten season with a dominating victory over YWCA.

The team played out in Porirua for the fi rst time this year, but this didn’t stop the side from destroying YWCA 10-0.

The team is currently leading the R1 table, and will do for a couple of weeks as there are no games on this Queens Birthday weekend.

The Junior sides had an early start, with games being played

at 8am at the National Hockey Stadium in Wellington.

The club says thanks to all the parents, friends and supporters that helped get the children out to the Stadium in time.

The year 5-6 side had a bye this week so there were only two teams playing over the weekend.

The year 3-4 side had a loss 3-0 to Hutt, with Blaize Foster being awarded player of the day.

The year 7-8 side destroyed Karori 11-1, with Caelyn Kai-wai being awarded player of the day.

The High School hockey side went down 5-2 to strong hockey school St Mary’s although the team did really well playing with only 10 girls due to a com-bination of injury and sickness.

The team fought well, and should be commended for their fi ghting spirit under such bad circumstances.

With no games this week, the entire Wainuiomata Hockey Club will be running up the Wainuiomata Hill in the King of the Hill event.

The club is challenging all the other sports clubs in Wainuio-mata to do the same.

Hockey team continue unbeaten charge

STRONG STRIKE: Team Captain Navada Blake strikes another goal for the

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