Up And Over The Hill

Last weekend on Saturday I braved the long bending corners of State Highway 25 to get to Whitianga to play Mercury Bay in a rugby match.

I was amazed by the new clubrooms they have built. The changing rooms had shower, toilets and even three rows of benches and hooks to sit on and hang your bags on. Marcus made a joke that he was a hooker, (a hooker is a position in rugby and Marcus plays that position), and he had to hang his bag on a hook, get it.😁

In the game I played lock and I really enjoyed it because I was right in the middle of the scrum. We lost 32-20 but I was still happy. Marcus got player of the day but Lucas forgot to bring back the player of the day trophy. Naughty Lucas🙊

I think that I blew over the ball really well against Mercury Bay but I need to work on my tackling for next week.

Ngatea Primary School's Ice Skating Tour

Last week I went ice skating in the school hall with a group of other students from Whetu for an hour. First we were given a safety brief, then we told one of the two instructors our shoe size so they could find us a correctly fitted pair of skates. We also had to wear a helmet and gloves.

It was my first time ice skating so I fell over a lot. After about twenty minutes I got the hang of it.

The ice was not real, it was just slightly frozen interlocking plates.  There was inflatable rubber sides to help you balance. They also had bubble machines.

Overall I really enjoyed having a go at ice skating.