Since this has been lost from the previous site, what sports have people played or participated in?
The main one I played was hockey from intermediate school through to senior club level with a couple of age group representative teams thrown in on the way.
I was one of the stupid ones who decided goalkeeper would be my thing. Got picked for the tournament time for the old Hatch Cup. Played at the Secondary Schools Nationals for a combined team of 2nd XI players from Otumoetai College and Tauranga Boys when another team pulled out. Our side made it through to the semi's (further than our first XI's) and two of us got named in the tournament team..... one of the other keepers I beat was later selected as the reserve goalkeeper for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
The other sport I participated in was sailing.... nothing serious just mostly sailing in Tauranga harbour during my high school years firstly in a P-Class, then a Javelin and finally in a Laser. Spent summers of Kumil and Ferguson Parks with the old man, my brother and friends. We did a bit up off Maraetai and Eastern Beach when we shifted to Auckland but not as much as in Tauranga. Then Dad got arthritis in his hands and offered to sell the Laser to me. In hindsight, I should have brought it... but wanted some new cymbals for the drum kit instead.... but that belongs in another thread.
The main one I played was hockey from intermediate school through to senior club level with a couple of age group representative teams thrown in on the way.
I was one of the stupid ones who decided goalkeeper would be my thing. Got picked for the tournament time for the old Hatch Cup. Played at the Secondary Schools Nationals for a combined team of 2nd XI players from Otumoetai College and Tauranga Boys when another team pulled out. Our side made it through to the semi's (further than our first XI's) and two of us got named in the tournament team..... one of the other keepers I beat was later selected as the reserve goalkeeper for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
The other sport I participated in was sailing.... nothing serious just mostly sailing in Tauranga harbour during my high school years firstly in a P-Class, then a Javelin and finally in a Laser. Spent summers of Kumil and Ferguson Parks with the old man, my brother and friends. We did a bit up off Maraetai and Eastern Beach when we shifted to Auckland but not as much as in Tauranga. Then Dad got arthritis in his hands and offered to sell the Laser to me. In hindsight, I should have brought it... but wanted some new cymbals for the drum kit instead.... but that belongs in another thread.