Touch- Yr 5/6 Whites

Jessica R running hard:

Otago Athletics 09

Yesterday 28 students from Outram School competed at the Otago athletics champs. Stand out performers were: Georgia B-1st 800m, Zara S-5th 800m, Ella W-7th 800m, Christie W-4th High Jump, 5th 800m, Belinda S-4th High Jump, Malachi B-5th 800m, Sam R 5th Long Jump.

South Taieri School Athletics

Outram School have dominated the South Taieri Schools athletics with 28 students qualifying for the Otago Champs held tomorrow. Stand out performers on the day were Christie W, Daniel G, Georgia B, Brooke M and Nicholas Mc. Outram also won all of the relay races-this is the first time one school has achieved this! We have high hopes for our athletes at the Otago Champs and no doubt will have some Otago champions by the end of tomorrow.

Outram Touch-Blues

Outram Blue are still playing unbeaten touch with another win against St Marys, overpowering them in both attack and defence and winning 13-0. The Blues played amazing touch using two man quickies, DA(Dive Attack) and pushing St Marys to there limits by closing them down early and putting lots of pressure on them when they are on defence. The whole team played well, working together and talking to each other.

The Blues also have a night game, playing in the seniors adults grade. They came up against the Taieri College senior team 'Rush'. The 'Rush' team had the advantage being taller and some of them a lot faster. Sometimes it looked like the players learn't tap dancing by stepping and jumping away from us trying not to get touched. The Blues still didn't care about them being faster and taller and just played some good touch and eventually it came to a draw 9-9.
By Dan G

Outram at Activ8 2009

Otago Cross Country 09

On Friday 11th September 11 Outram School students competed in the Otago Cross Country. To qualify for this you needed to get top 6 in the Outram School Cross Country and top 3 in the South Taieri Schools Cross Country. All the students ran very well on the day, below are the placings.
Yr 5- 1st Malachi Bushcl
3rd Jacob Beal-Harris

Yr 6- 2nd Georgia Bushcl
6th Zara Styles
15th Brooke Miller

Yr 7- 30th Nicola Lord

Yr 8- 18th Daniel Gruppelar

13th Christie Wood
12th Belinda Skudder

So as you can the Outram Students achieved fantastic results overall considering there were around 100 people in each race. Be very proud of them and if you see them around don't forget to say congratulations!
By Nicola.L

Outram Red,White and Yr 3/4 Teams