Each year our tamariki participate in a wide range of sporting opportunities at West Gore School. We encourage our students to be involved in sports throughout the year. Being a member of a team is a great discipline and ties so well with our school values of Resilience, Respect and Responsibility. Our children love their sporting opportunities and we encourage them to have a go. Participation is the most important thing.
Volunteers are essential for our children to be offered sporting opportunities, and we appreciate all those that give up their time to coach/manage. We can't enter teams without these volunteers.
Below is a list of sports available and the teacher in charge. Sports registrations are posted on our school app and social media.
Volunteers are essential for our children to be offered sporting opportunities, and we appreciate all those that give up their time to coach/manage. We can't enter teams without these volunteers.
Below is a list of sports available and the teacher in charge. Sports registrations are posted on our school app and social media.
Term 1Touch
Year Levels: Year 1-6 girls and boys Venue: Newman Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Jasmine Collett Touch is a fantastic game for children. The competition is held on Wednesdays from 3.30 – 6 pm with the draw posted on the Touch Southland website. T-Ball
Year Levels: Year 1-6 girls and boys. Venue: Gore Showgrounds Cost: Free* Coaches Needed: No Teacher in Charge: Megan Johnston Super star cricket
Year Levels: Year 1-6 boys Venue: Hamilton Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Kim Eckhout Cricket Southland-run skills sessions held at school during school time. From this, interested children are encouraged to join the local cricket competition. Cricket is inclusive and made-for-age game, with its benefits extending far beyond the game. Cricket Southland provides children with opportunities to experience the value of teamwork and active cooperation in a supportive and non-competitive framework. It creates an action-packed, fun atmosphere in which each participant feels fully involved. girls smash cricket
Year Levels: Year 1-6 girls Venue: Hamilton Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Kim Eckhout Cricket Southland-run skills sessions held at school during school time. From this, interested children are encouraged to join the local cricket competition. Cricket is inclusive and made-for-age game, with its benefits extending far beyond the game. Cricket Southland provides children with opportunities to experience the value of teamwork and active cooperation in a supportive and non-competitive framework. It creates an action-packed, fun atmosphere in which each participant feels fully involved. superstar advanced cricket
Year Levels: Year 5-6 girls and boys Venue: Hamilton Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Kim Eckhout Cricket Southland-run skills sessions held at school during school time. From this, interested children are encouraged to join the local cricket competition. Cricket is inclusive and made-for-age game, with its benefits extending far beyond the game. Cricket Southland provides children with opportunities to experience the value of teamwork and active cooperation in a supportive and non-competitive framework. It creates an action-packed, fun atmosphere in which each participant feels fully involved. athletics
Year Levels: Whole school Venue: Newman Park Helpers Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Rebekah Prattley Each February, our whole-school Athletics is held over the fence at Newman Park. Senior events run for most of the day with junior events beginning mid morning and students participating in their age groups. We seek parents to help with the running of events and usually have a fun relay to finish the day (featuring students vs parents). A pre-schoolers race is also held. A coffee cart is usually booked for the morning. Students who are aged seven and above can qualify to go on to Eastern Southland Athletics. rippa rugby tournament
Year Levels: Year 5-6 girls and boys Venue: Newman Park Cost: Free* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Rachael Flaus The Rippa Rugby Carnival is held each year at Rugby Park in Invercargill by Rugby Southland. West Gore enters a mixed team of year five to six students who trial for a position. This is a one day tournament for primary schools around Southland. |
Term 2Netball
Netball is not organised through the school, but information will be advertised via our app and social media. Year five and six students have the opportunity to be a part of a mixed team that compete in the Netty festival in Invercargill. The focus is on fair play and fun. The coaches are our wonderful parents and transporters for the day. Hockey
Hockey is not organised through the school, but information will be advertised via our app and social media. Netball tournament
Year Levels: Year 5-6 girls and boys Cost: Free* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Jane Matthews The number of teams entered is dependent on the volunteers available to coach/manage the team. Trials will be held. cross country
Year Levels: Whole school Venue: Dolamore Park Helpers Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Rebekah Prattley We hold Cross Country each year at Dolamore Park, with students aged seven and older running a track through the bushs and students aged five and six running a fun circuit on the flat area. All parents are welcome. For students aged 10-11, there is an opportunity for them to qualify to run at the Eastern Southland Cross Country. |
Term 3miniball (Primary scool basketball)
Year Levels: Year 3-6 girls and boys Venue: Archers Stadium Cost: $50* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Sandi Pasco Miniball is a fun competition! Games are played after school from 3.30-6.00pm and teams are made from West Gore School. Year groups are split into the following days:
A draw is posted each week on the Eastern Southland Basketball page. Each team has a coach who is equipped to train and coach the team in basic skills of miniball with the game time including a skills session and then a game. Miniball runs from the end of Term 3 into Term 4. top bike competition
Year Levels: Year 5-6 girls and boys Venue: Hamilton Park Cost: Free* Helpers Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Sandi Pasco Top Bike occurs once a year and is run by Cycle Southland. It includes a fun skills section, a race, and a team event. |
Term 4Touch
Year Levels: Year 1-6 girls and boys Venue: Newman Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Jasmine Collett T-Ball
Year Levels: Year 1-6 girls and boys. Venue: Gore Showgrounds Cost: Free* Coaches Needed: No Teacher in Charge: Megan Johnston Super star cricket
Year Levels: Year 1-6 girls and boys Venue: Hamilton Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Kim Eckhout girls smash cricket
Year Levels: Year 1-6 girls Venue: Hamilton Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Kim Eckhout superstar advanced cricket
Year Levels: Year 5-6 girls and boys Venue: Hamilton Park Cost: $25* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Kim Eckhout golf tournament
Year Levels: Year 5-6 girls and boys Cost: $5* Coaches Needed: Yes Teacher in Charge: Jill Rob We are lucky to be able to send teams to the Golf Southland Primary School Festival of Golf. This tournament gives students the chance to take part in a fun, teams-based competition. Teams of four students play six holes of Ambrose golf and take part in a range of skills-building golfing activities, including chipping, putting, pitching, and the always-popular "Chuck and Putt." It's a fantastic day that combines friendly competition with skill-building and plenty of laughs. The number of teams entered is dependent on the volunteers available to coach/manage the team. |
* Costs are approximate, based on the previous year.
SPORTS INFO.
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Code of Conduct
When you are signing your child up to a team, you are acknowledging that they will be representing West Gore School in our community and therefore our school values are expected to be displayed. It is important that the students as well as the parents demonstrate respect and sportsmanship as players and spectators. All our parents that help out are volunteers and in many cases, do not have a high skill level in the sport they are coaching. We celebrate parents offering to take on these roles because they enable all children to participate and have fun. Please support these parents by helping out where you can and encouraging them as well. |
Registering to Play
Most sports are now requiring online registration and our registrations will be online too. Sporting opportunities will be informed through the school newsletter and our school app. On the school app, make sure you check your settings and you are signed up to receive sports notices. Once you have registered your child for a sport, all information will be communicated through emails and online. |
Commitment to a Team & Payment
Please ensure you are taking responsibility by reading information and registering on time. We would appreciate not having to chase people up. You must complete registration forms by the deadline. Payment must be made before the sport starts. Once your child is registered, you must pay their sub even if they pull out, as the school still gets charged. Please think carefully before registering your child. We don’t want to have children being pulled out of teams at the last minute. Your help with this is appreciated, as it is a time consuming job placing children into teams and timeframes are often short. Payment ensures inclusion in a team. Please contact myself or Linda if circumstances do not allow payment to be made in the required timeframe. |
Questions?
For general sports enquiries, please contact Rebekah Prattley.