Sports Newsletter May 2021

Now that winter sports are underway, many of us are involved in the weekly grind of training and playing, and we probably have goals related to how this season or upcoming tournaments will go. Ultimately we all want to get better and achieve our goals or at least work successfully towards them. But how can we do it? James Clear approaches getting better in his book, 'Atomic Habits'. He believes in the importance of a system (and habits) over goals. As a player, your goal might be to make a certain team, start in a position or shoot a certain percentage. Regardless of what it is, your system (and habits) might be to shoot 50 shots a day, turn up to every training on time or ask for feedback each week. James then asks this question: if you completely ignored your goals and focused only on your system and habits, would you still succeed? Probably. But what if you had the goal but no system or habits? If we believe in this, then we see the importance of creating habits for ourselves; habits that feed and reinforce who we want to be. To create a habit, James shares 3 key steps.

1) Make your habit easy to start each day. If it is hard to start, then it won't happen often enough. What if I leave a ball by the front door and so every day when I come home, I can simply pick it up and go shoot some shots or practice juggling straight away?

2) To begin with, make the habit easy. Carrying on with the previous example, start out with only 5 shots a day or two minutes of juggling a football. If you can keep it up, soon you will want to do more, but in the beginning, make it so easy that you can't say no.

3) Focus on the habit first and the results later. What matters most is establishing that routine that will make you better. It is more important to not miss an exercise or habit than it is to make progress. The key is becoming the type of person that has the right habits now that will lead to the progress later or the player you want to be.

Think about this. If two teams turn up to play a game, their goal is probably the same: to win. It won't be the goal that separates them; it will be their habits. Key Sport Dates for Term 2

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

31 May 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 North Harbour North Harbour North Harbour Football Year 7 Football Year 7 Girls Rugby Zone Girls Girls Day

7 June QUEENS 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 6 B/DAY North Harbour North Harbour Hockey Boys Hockey Girls Zone North Harbour 7s Day & Quick Rip

14 June 15 June 16 Jun 17 June 18 June 7

21 June 22 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 8 North Harbour North Harbour Table Tennis Zone Rugby Boys Zone Day Day

28 June 29 June 30 June 1 July 2 July 9 North Harbour Water Polo

5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10

North Harbour: This is a tournament involving all the local Intermediates on one day. The winner of this tournament goes on to represent North Harbour against the other 7 regional zones at Champs.

MBIS Sports Notices

Students will be notifed regarding sports through MBITV which plays at school every morning or through HERO. To fnd out information about sport at MBIS, go to our website through this link: MBI sport website, or: https://mbisport.weebly.com/

SPORTS CAMP 2021

For sports lovers, in term 3 there is an amazing opportunity for MBIS pupils to participate in the Intermediate Schools Sports Camp, held at Totara Springs Camp, Matamata. This takes place from the 9th to the 13th of August 2021. MBIS typically creates two teams of about 32 students each - one Year 7 team and one Year 8 team, with an even balance of boys and girls. It is expected that at the Year 8 level, priority for places will be given to those Year 8 students who are not attending the NZAIMS games, however interested AIMS participants should still apply. During the week students play a huge range of sports, all of which take place in the same camp, such as football, rugby, , , tennis, darts and human foosball against 9 other teams. 32 diferent sports in total are on ofer. The day starts early and ends late with some sports only fnishing at 9pm. It is an amazing week to develop and test your skills and challenge yourself to learn, adapt and grow.

Please click here to see a short video to show you some of what Totara Springs ofers.

The cost of this camp for the week will be approximately $440. This includes accommodation, food, transport, uniform hire, admin costs and a unique 2021 sports hoodie which is to be worn at sports camp.

We do need some parental help for the week, so parents if you are interested, please let us know on the application form. It is a fun, rewarding week for you being a part of everything they do; the successes and the failures.

To apply for a place, your child needs to please complete the following google form. A team of sports teachers will review the applications in order to select the teams. Selection is based predominantly on a CV that they will create, but also their school coaches and teachers are consulted.

Applications need to be completed please by Friday, June the 11th.

Please click here to complete the Google Form.

If you have any further queries or questions, please contact [email protected]

Student Successes

At MBIS, we seek to profle and share successes that our students may achieve outside of school. If your child has been selected for a representative team or achieved success at a representative level, please complete the following form, so that we can share that success with our sporting community through this newsletter. Please click here to share details of your child's success.

Badminton

Congratulations to Yanxi Liu (middle of photo) who recently competed in the 2021 North Harbour U13 Open. Yanxi was the winner of both the Girls singles and Girls doubles.Well done, Yanxi!

Rugby

Congratulations to Joseph Streeter, Jakson Cunningham and Carter Beale who were part of the East Coast Bays J1 7s Team that competed in the recent Silverdale and Ponsonby 7s tournaments. They went undefeated in both tournaments and played some excellent rugby. Well done, Joseph, Jakson and Carter! Sailing

Congratulations to the following students who competed in the 2021 Optimist Nationals at Maraetai Sailing Club in challenging conditions. Chloe Turner - 2nd girl overall and 1st 12 year old girl Jess Handley - 3rd girl overall

Green feet: Jago Cleghorn - 1st overall Dan Carter - Race winner

Also Arran Begic, Gemma Hebberd and Vivienne Gubani competed to a high level in Open feet, with Jess Bettany, Gretel Satterthwaite and Tehya Harris competing in Green feet at their frst Nationals and sailing very well.

The Optimist Nationals doubled as the fnal NZ ranking event of the season, with fve MBI students gaining selection to represent NZ.

These sailors should now be preparing to travel overseas to compete at International regattas, but unfortunately due to covid travel restrictions that is not possible. Despite this, these students are very excited to be selected:-

NZ Optimist Team - Chloe Turner and Jess Handley

NZ Optimist Development Squad - Arran Begic, Gemma Hebberd and Vivienne Gubani

Well done sailors!

Swim the Bridge

Congratulations to Alex Twose and Rhea Somerville who competed in the Auckland Harbour “Swim the Bridge”. It was a 1km race and both girls crossed the line together in 16.5 minutes coming in 2nd and 3rd in the U14 girls division and 12th overall out of 440 swimmers. Well done, Alex and Rhea! Paddling

Congratulations to Jake Botha who won the U12 inaugural Kahawai Paddling championship with Canoe NZ in very challenging conditions. Well done, Jake! If anyone is looking to get involved in this sport, please click on this link to fnd out more and who to contact.

Tennis

Congratulations to Min-seo Bang who was one of 4 players representing Tennis Northern U12 Boys Team at the NZ Tennis National Teams Event held in Christchurch. They competed against 5 other national teams from all the other regions. Last year, the Tennis Northern U12 team was placed last but, this year improved to 3rd place. Well, done Min-seo!

Community Notices

Netball

The Northern Mystics are back home at after 3 weeks on the road and it’s a rematch against our Southern rivals the Ascot Park . You don’t want to miss this match – make sure you get there early to get the best seats in the house.

Doors Open: 3pm Centre Pass: 4pm Tickets on sale now at: https://www.ticketfairy.com/event/northern-mystics-30may2021/

The Northern Mystics are up against the Robinhood Stars in the first match of the Barfoot & Thompson Northern Challenge on Sunday 6 June. Tickets include the curtain raiser match which sees the Northern Marvels take on the Comets in the National Netball League at 4pm.

Doors Open: 3pm Marvels vs Comets Centre Pass: 4pm Mystics vs Stars Centre Pass: 6pm

Tickets on sale now at: https://www.ticketfairy.com/event/northern-mystics-mystics-vs-stars-6jun2021/

Use the promo code: MYSTSCHOOL21 to receive a a $5 discount on Adult GA tickets. PUMA sponsorship

PUMA is introducing a grassroots program to encourage youngsters in football in Aotearoa. This program is open to Kiwi kids between the ages of 8-18 years of age. Three lucky winners will have the chance to be mentored by one of three PUMA athletes - Hoskins Sotutu, Katie Bowen or Mitch Karpik. They will receive a PUMA prize pack including the latest boots valued at over $1000, as well as the mentorship session and a digital mentor check in. The competition fnishes on the 7th of June 2021.

Click here to enter