Back row left to right: Breeze Patu , Quinton Wilcox, Renee Downing, Brooke Jury, Jennifer Goodall, Aimee Patu. Middle row: Linda Nicholls (whanau teacher), Matthew Tilt, Natalya Manton, Alex Clifton, Chris Maxwell and Jesse Patu. Front row : Abraham Quinton
Photo by: Sharyn Smart
Spotswood College’s Moturoa 8 whanau class were the stars of the school’s annual cross country sports day last week.
Representing Moturoa House, they strode out in Hapu parade which preceded the competitive racing, dressed as bumble bees and won the prize for best dressed whanau class for demonstrating class unity and team work.
This year in an effort to increase participation in the event, the school introduced prizes for the best costumes in the Hapu parade.
Other winners for best dressed student in their house included Tegan McDonald and Bailey Scown for Mikotahi, Kurtis Gilmour for Paritutu, Amirah Osama for Moturoa and Taryn Clarke for Motuhahanga.
Maths and science teacher Lewis Whyte took out the prize for best dressed teacher.
In the competitive racing, Jesse Faulkner won the junior boys ahead of Levi McIntyre and Tjontae Maranga, while Lael Pool was first in the junior girls ahead of Karohanui Moke and Rebecca Spindler.
The intermediate boys race was won by Faris Petty, who was first in 2012, ahead of Jayden Monaghan who won the junior race last and Zechariah TeWaaka. In the girls, Coralee Carter-Gates, who won the Junior race in 2012, was first followed by Ksenia James and Akaysha Russell.
Kyle Cox won the senior boys ahead of Jordan TeWaaka and Callum Foley, while in the girls race Celine Klingel was first followed by Brooke Carter, who won the intermediate race last year and Libby Hufton.
Maths and geography teacher Martyn Knapton impressed staff and students alike with his third place finish overall in the boys race.
This article was published in the Taranaki MidWeek on May 22, 2013