Monday, July 28, 2008

Basketball Week 2, Term 3

Outram Red vs. Elmgrove
The Reds played against a very unexperienced team that offered little resistance to the Reds usual onslaught - determined, committed play that they deliver each and every week. Player of the day went to Mitchell R for excellent shooting, brilliant defence, great vision and supporting his fellow players. Well done Mitchell! Score: 80/0 to Outram.

Outram Yr 7/8 vs Taieri Blue
The Yr 7/8 were facing a strong Taieri team who is running in second place behind our Outram team. The game started off at a furious pace with goals being scored by both teams, refs were blowing whistles everywhere for fouls against Taieri. Unfortunately they weren't giving us points for them! At half time we were only in the lead by 2 points(one goal). We were all pretty nervous and were madly wanting to win but we had to get in a lot more goals and work a lot harder on our defence. In the second half we kicked up and were starting to slowly gain a strong lead but they were still coming back with goals and strong defence but in the end we won 38-20.
By Christie W

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Outram Hawks Netball

On Saturday in the pouring rain the Hawks played another super game winning 16-0 against the Silverstream Sting. Despite slippery balls and freezing finger, all the girls played really well, with some real improvements being shown by all.

We had 2 players of the day:

Nicole R for showing fantastic sportsmanship when she willingly played for the other team as they were short of players and played an outstanding WD game for them.

Zoe F for outstanding shooting. Zoe F put up all the goals for the Hawks this week, missing only about 4 for the whole game.

Well done the HAWKS.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Basketball Week 1, Term 3

Outram Yr 7/8
Great game team. Stealing the ball and and taking most of the rebounds on defence while moving the ball up the court quickly on attack was done well by the whole team. Some great intercepts were taken by Emily B and Sam Y and great dribbling by Isaac T and David D. With a winning score of 36 - 12 the team played well for the first game of the term.
Outram Red vs. St Mary’s
The Reds had a tough game to start this season but ended up with a very good win. The score didn’t reflect St Mary’s efforts as they couldn’t sink their baskets. The Reds need to focus on calm, controlled play to ensure they maximise their efforts by accurate shooting. Our guys are super keen! Player of the day went to Eli N for good support of his fellow players, good vision of the court, showing skills in defending and attacking and calm, controlled play. Score: 20/2 to Outram.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Sports Round Up- Term 2

Well its been another fantastic term of sport for Outram School. Some major achievements have been-
Yr 6 students placing 2nd at the Sport Otago Activ8 challenge out of 32 schools
Outram Red and Yr 7/8 basketball teams remain unbeaten in their basketball competitions
Rugby 10's team making the Full Primary Schools grand final
For the first time ever Outram School held a school cross country event with the entire school participating
The school soccer team placing 3rd at the Full Primary schools soccer tournament
The netball club has the highest amount of students playing netball ever for our school!
I would like to thank all the parents that have supported and helped our students participate and succeed in the school sports. Without parent support we wouldn't be involved in many of the sports that we now offer at Outram School. Have a good break and come back refreshed for term 3!!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Outram School Rugby 10's Team

Miniball

Outram Red vs. Silverstream
This team is sizzling! Unbeaten this term and looking hot for next term’s round of games. Once again, the Reds displayed grit and determination when Silverstream upped their defence and came at Outram Reds with all they got in the last two quarters - with the cost of Silverstream not being able to score against our guys. Sizzler of the match was Eli N who read the game well, intercepting, defending and attacking well, posting the highest basket score of 9 points. Player of the day went to Sarah J and to Bradley H for lifting their game by displaying consistent, committed defence and strong attacking skills. AWESOME! Score: 22/0 to Outram.

Outram Yr7/8
The team had a very tough game this week against a strong KVC team. Outram was down at halftime by 8 points but battled back in the second half to get within 4 points at the end of the game. Outram thought they had there first loss of the season but when fouls were added to the scores we came out 31-30 winners. This was a big scare for the team with 3 key players missing the rest of the team had to step up. Outstanding play by Isaac T and Hayley M helped the team come through with the win. The team is unbeaten for the season and its over a year since this team has had a loss!!