Pakūranga College Sport

Ka pai to our Junior netball teams, Year 9 Emerald and Year 10 Amethyst, who have been unstoppable this year!💪

After a successful first half of the season, the Year 9 Emerald team moved into the Year 9 A grade, section 2.🥳 They are currently undefeated and heading into their last game on Saturday. They have already had a 25-22 win against St Mary's, 37-22 against Macleans Red, 39-19 against Marist Kowhai, and 25-23 against Howick Year 9 B.🤩

Year 10 Amethyst has won 31-20 against McAuley Year 10 B, drew 28 with Otahuhu White, won 45-22 against Diocesan Year 10 B, and won 43-20 against Baradene Year 10 B. 👏The girls are currently sitting in first equal with Otahuhu and have their last game this Saturday.

Good luck to both teams this weekend - you've got this!💪🔥

Our Premier Boys' Basketball team ended their season with a bang!⛹ Last week, our boys played their last game of the season against Marcellin College and won 68-26!💪🔥What a great way to end!

On Wednesday 5 August, Pakūranga College sent our Premier Girls' team, Year 10 Amethyst and Year 9 Emerald, to the Auckland Netball Combined Points Tournament. The teams showed strong teamwork and pushed themselves the whole day!👏🤩

Year 9 Emerald came 1st in their pool and qualified for the quarter-finals!🥇 In pool play, they won 17-8 against Takapuna Grammar, 20-15 against Whangārei Girls' High School, 17-4 against Waikato Diocesan, and 16-15 against Saint Kentigern College; they also drew 15-15 with St Cuthbert's College. This was one of the strongest performances from a Pakūranga College Junior team in several years!💪

Year 10 Amethyst came 2nd in their pool and were undefeated at the tournament! 🔥The team won 16-9 against Cambridge High School, 18-12 against Carmel College and 21-4 against Tamaki College. They drew with Macleans College and Aquinas College.

A massive thank you to the umpires, Jennie, Myieshah, and Mishka, and coaches, Chrissy, Kylie, Ben, and Miss Cumberland for Premier Girls; Joss and Jo for Amethyst; and Rosie and Morgan for Emerald. 🙌☺️

Hockey season has come to an end for our 2nd XI Girls', Junior Girls' and Junior Boys' teams.🏑All players worked super hard this season and showed amazing growth!🙌

The Pakūranga College Junior Boys' team landed top of their grade, beating Mt Roskill Grammar School 2-1 in their final game for 1st place! Nicely done, boys!🔥💪

Our 2nd XI Girls' team finished 4th in their grade, after an awesome run this season, and our Junior Girls' team placed 5th in their grade, beating St Cuthbert's College 2-0 in their last game!🥳

Ka pai to our 1st XI Girls' Hockey team for their 3-2 win against Westlake Girls' High School last week!🏑🥳

🏀🔥 SEMI BOUND! 🔥🏀

After finishing in the Top 3 of the Central/East/West Zone, our Premier Girls' Basketball team earned their place at the Greater Auckland Championships!🥳

Yesterday, the girls rose to the challenge and battled hard through pool play to secure a Top 4 finish! They won 46-36 against Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School and 43-28 against Avondale College. 🔥🥉

Tomorrow, they take the court in the semis with a chance to compete for the Greater Auckland title.🤩 We couldn't be prouder of this group's hard work, resilience, and teamwork. Good luck, girls!

Congratulations to Maeve McDonnell of Nīkau, who has been selected for the 2026 Swimming New Zealand National Youth Programme Age-Group Squad!🏊‍♀️🥳 This highlights all Maeve's hard work and dedication to swimming and is an awesome opportunity to continue developing her skills. 🔥

She will be attending camp in Christchurch during the upcoming holidays with 120 other swimmers from across the country!🤩 We are so proud of you, Maeve!👏

A massive ka rawe to our Premier Netball team for their 39-31 victory against EGGS Premier 2!🥳 A great result and awesome display of teamwork. Nice one!🔥

Ka pai tō mahi to Pakūranga College alumni Leniks Toilolo and Xavier Evaroa, who have been selected to represent Auckland in U20 rugby.🏉🥳 Leniks will be playing for the Blue team, and Xavier for the White team.👏 What an incredible achievement, boys! 🙌🤩

Congratulations to our U15 Rugby boys, who won 32-17 against Botany Downs last weekend.🏉👏 Ka pai team, we love seeing hard work pay off. 💪