These awards recognise students who have exemplified the spirit of the Sports Academy. The Year 9 students should be proud of their achievements and development this year.

The top six students have:

Inspired others
Never given up
Supported the College Sport
Demonstrated Personal Pride
Shown Initiative
Had Respect for their coaches
and always strived for Excellence.

Corbin Felix: Basketball - U15 Auckland National Champions
Mark Van Tilburg: Cricket - Auckland Representative, four centuries
Jasmine Pereira: Football - NZ U17, Premier Girls
Dane Tracey: Hockey - U15 Auckland champions/ Premier Nationals silver medal
Crystal Efaraimu: Netball - Junior Premier Squad
Patusi Eti: Rugby - Auckland U14 Squad

We look forward to 2011 and seeing their further development.

Mr P Smith
TIC Sports Academy

 

Nathan has been one of the best all round adventurer racers in the world and Captain of the Balance Vector – the highly successful New Zealand Adventure Racing Team. He went through his latest grueling race itinerary, which simply amazed the students.

Nathan discussed several major issues affecting sports people, including the key question “What motivates you?” He talked of his own experiences and how he adopted a “Champions Day” philosophy, the day when you don’t want to train, it’s too cold, you are tired, too busy. It’s the day when “Champions” do train, whilst your competitors don’t.

 

He brought out interesting ideas about how teams work, how conflicts in a team can be overcome with “Composure”. By using key words such as “cool” you can overcome any barriers to achieve a better team performance.

 

It was an inspiring session and the students engaged very openly with Nathan and as a result will take away a great deal.

In October and November the Year 10 Sports Academy will be visited by three elite New Zealand sports stars:

 

Nathan Fa'avae - Multi Sports World Champion

 

Samantha Warriner - moving to Iron Man 

Kirk Penney - NBL/ Tall Black Star

Congratulations to Year 9 Academy student Jasmine Perriera, who has been selected for and recently trained with the U17 Women's football squad.  A great achievement indeed!

Corbin Felix is another student doing very well in his sport.  Corbin made a huge contribution to the U15 Auckland Basketball Team that recently won the National Tournament. 

Two Academy students who have achieved great things this year are basketballers Anjelica (Jeli) Matapo, and Inhae Jung, both of Year 9.

 

Both girls were selected for the 2010 U15 Girls’ Waitakere Representative team. This team was successful in winning the recent 2010 Nationals for U15 girls held in Porirua.

 

In addition to this major success, each girl has also achieved the following:

 

Inhae:

-        Avondale Girls U15s Team: 2^nd Greater Auckland Competition

-        Also played for the Premier Girls team, and went to the Regionals, where the team placed fifth.

-        Selected for the U15s Girls Waitakere Representative Team (Winners 2010 Nationals title)

 

Jeli:

-        Avondale Girls U15's Team: 2nd Greater Auckland Competition

-        Also played for Avondale Girls U17's Team 1st Greater Auckland Competition.

-        Trialist for Premier Girls Team and successful went to Regionals placing 5th and Nationals placing 22th

-        U15's Girls Waitakere Representative Team (Winners of 2010 Nationla title)

The following students have been selected by coaches as Term 3 winners for their aptitude, attitude and effort:

Corbin Felix - Basketball

Sath Ekneligoda - Cricket

Crystal McDougall - Football

Minesh Patel - Hockey

Crystal Efaraimu - Netball

Gideon Tali - Rugby

Congratulations! You will be rewarded next term in assembly!

Avondale College have five of our Academy boys in the Auckland West Regional U14 team. These boys will play in a tournament during the September holidays with three other Auckland regional teams, two from North Harbour and two from Northland. From this a Blues U14s team will be picked…. So good luck to our Junior Rugby players..

Grace Rasmussen has been hitting the court at Avondale College as part of a TV3 Programme. The newest Silver Fern took a coaching session with the Premier Girls squad and our Year 9 and 10 Sports Academy students. Grace was full of praise for the skills and commitment she saw, whilst our girls were treated to an opportunity to be with, talk to and be coached by Grace. At the end of the session the girls got autographs from Grace and hopefully some wonderful memories.

Trials for the Sports Academy 2011 intake will be held on Friday 29 October 2010, 9.00am – 3.00pm.

 

 

  

In Term Two our Year 10 students were engaged in producing a Sports Nutrition Booklet as part of their theory assessment. This followed a seminar from top Sports Nutritionist Dane Baker. Their task was to produce a downloadable version that our Premier Sports Coaches could take to National Tournament, to help produce peak sports performance.

 

One outstanding booklet was produced by Eunice Ng, Debbie Officer, Kimberley Ooi, Zachary May and James Zhu.

Avondale College's Sports Academy welcomed Sam Warriner to a workshop last Friday. Sam is one of the world’s best elite tri-athletes and is currently undergoing a change of direction in her professional life, taking on the Iron Man world.

 

This exclusive news was recorded by TV3 at Avondale College on the day of the workshop and was aired the following day. It was a wonderful experience for a selected group of our Year 10 Sports Academy students, who were not only treated to some very worthwhile advice from Sam but were also on the TV3 news the following day.

 

Sam, in an informal way, talked about her career development from an average school performer in the UK to one of the world’s best tri-athletes. She talked of “sabotage” and how we all make barriers for ourselves in training and performance. She gave some wonderful advice on “how to be your best” at any given moment and to “embrace success”, celebrating what you have worked so hard to achieve.

I hope our young athletes were inspired by Sam’s messages and that they will develop the life skills necessary to progress further. I am always in awe of the messages from current sports people who are at the top of their sports on the world stage.

 

- Mr P Smith, TIC Sports Academy

With six sports on offer Avondale College’s Sports Academy has brought together coaches from around the globe to oversee the programme.

 

The profiles of these coaches are impressive, coming from as far afield as the United Kingdom, South Africa and the USA. Whilst they have different sporting and cultural backgrounds they are united in believing they can make a difference in the lives of the Sports Academy students at Avondale College.

 

All bring their unique talents and perspective to the Sports Academy, a wealth of International coaching experience and years of commitment to excellence.

 

“Our Sports Academy students are incredibly lucky to have such talented and dedicated coaches. It is amazing to see them at work, making such a difference to the individual students and also, of course, our sports teams.     – Paul Smith, TIC Sports Academy

 

For individiual profiles of each coach, please follow the links below.

All students have been working very hard in their respective sports codes and this is paying dividends in terms of our sports results and performances

 

The following students have been selected by coaches as Term Two winners for their aptitude, attitude and effort

 

Student	Sport
Corban Felix	Basketball
Ryan Burgess	Cricket
Mark Mildon	Football
Dane Tracey	Hockey
Kelsey Stanyer	Netball
Aiden Burch	Rugby

Congratulations, you will be rewarded in assembly next term.

 

 

Over 40 Avondale College students got to experience what it is like to be an elite athlete when they visited the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health this week. The group experienced a VO2 Max test in the AUT laboratory, as well as undergoing a sprint/agility session and using the rock climbing wall.

 

Above all the students got to mingle with top athletes, including the South African Netball Squad, and a few Auckland Blues and Black Sticks players, all of whom were there to train. The students represented the College perfectly and enjoyed the sumptuous facilities available. It was the first time many of our students had experienced a high performance facility and they were amazed by the ten lane, 50 metre swimming pool, the size and scope of the main Indoor arena and the athletics stadium.

 

It was without doubt a worthwhile experience, one which the students will not forget and we hope that it will inspire them to go on and achieve at the highest level in sport.

 

Paul Smith (TIC Sports Academy)

 

 “On Friday the 18^th June our Year 10 Sports Academy group went to the Millennium Institute of Sport. We learnt about the Institute and the effect it has on New Zealand Athletes. We also did a range of activities and learned about VO2Max testing and the science behind performance. Everybody enjoyed the day a lot and I learnt a great deal about top athletes and how hard they train.”

 

 

For more photos of the day,check out the photogallery.

On Friday 25 June, SPARC Sports Ambassador Samantha Warriner will be speaking to the Year 10 Sports Academy students.  In 2008 Sam won the ITU World Cup Championship, and she has her eyes on Olympic Gold... Check out her website here: www.samwarriner.co.nz

During the year the Avondale College Sports Academy will be hosting a number of top New Zealand sports athletes, including Sam Warriner (Triathlete), Danyon Loader (Swimming) and hopefully Kirk Penney (Basketball) and Jasmin McQuinn (Hockey).

 

These athletes will run workshops on areas of elite sport that affect individual athletes. From these workshops the Year 10 students will develop strategies on motivation, time management, goal setting and team work as well as nutrition and training theory.

 

We are also planning to visit the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health. This will be an activity-based educational visit for students to experience a top class elite Sports Facility and see first hand what it can offer to teams and individual athletes.

As part of the Year 10 Sports Academy programme we have arranged a visit to the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health on Friday 18^th June 2010.

The visit will be a comprehensive and invaluable experience for our elite Sports Academy students at one of New Zealand’s top sports facilities. The day will include the following programme:

 

TIME	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
9.45 – 10.30	Tour of Facilities
10.30 – 11.30	VO2 Max	Rockwall	Speed and Agility
11.30 – 12.30	Speed and Agility	VO2 Max	Rockwall
12.30 – 1.00	Lunch
1.00 – 2.00	Rockwall	Speed and Agility	VO2 Max

Mr P Smith
TIC Sports Academy

Please follow the link for a copy of the 2010 Sports Academy Calendar.

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected by their coaches as Term One winners for their attitude, aptitude and effort.