Pupils bring out their best for races
Two weeks ago, after a shaky start with the weather, Peria School held the Eastern Zone Cross Country event for the first time since Covid hit. With a record number of people attending and beautiful weather for racing and spectating, it was a day of success all around.
The schools joining Peria School were Taipa Area School, Mangonui, Oruaiti, Kaingaroa and Homeschoolers.
There were some great close finishes, each runner jostling for a place in the top 10, to enable those runners to compete in the Far North Zone Cross Country held later that week, also at Peria School.
Results for the top 10 to qualify were:
5-year-old boys: Spencer Petersen (Kaingaroa) 1, Caleb Bennett (Oruaiti) 2, Lachlan Potter (Mangonui) 3, Jackson Walters (Mangonui) 4, Riley Belcher (Mangonui) 5, Brodie
Moreland (Kaingaroa) 6, Cadius GerosPaparoa (Kaingaroa) 7, Jak JakicevichMason (Peria) 8, Jhai Chapman (Kaingaroa) 9.
5-year-old Girls: Lyla Dugmore (Kaingaroa) 1, Keira Bamber (Kaingaroa) 2, Joan St George (Oruaiti) 3, Marlee Jurlina (Mangonui) 4, Rangi Cotter (Peria) 5, Sophia Lendich (Mangonui) 6, Amy Hailstone (Oruaiti) 7, Harper O’Neil (Home School) 8, Ari Smith (Kaingaroa) 9, Clara Lane (Oruiti) 10.
6-year-old boys: Finn Bridson (Mangonui) 1, Ollie Garton (Oruaiti) 2, Leo Bridson (Mangonui) 3, Miles Yardley (Kaingaroa) 4, Remi Sawers (Oruaiti) 5, Toa Haig (Oruaiti) 6, Zaden Newton (Oruaiti) 7, Layne Hailstone (Peria) 8, Niko Venn (Oruaiti) 9, Sonny
Kenny-Paratene (TAS) 10.
6-year-old girls: Ivy Clifford (Oruaiti) 1, Zenia Robinson (Mangonui) 2, Dayna Foster (Oruaiti) 3, Logan Foster (Oruaiti) 4, Arabella Green (Oruaiti) 5, Holly Fleming (Oruaiti) 6, Beth Ann Houtas (Oruaiti) 7, Te Puawai AdamsStewart (Oruaiti) 8, Ember Adams (Oruaiti) 9, Lexc-Jane Peters (Peria) 10. 7-year-old boys: Leo Clark (Mangonui) 1, Bentley Hopkins (Mangonui) 2, Toby Coogan (HS) 3, Cooper Walters (Kaingaroa) 4, Charlie Lane (Oruaiti) 5, Lennox Chadwick (Peria) 6, Hone Oppert (Mangonui) 7, Zendo Lightbourne (HS) 8, Tyler Hickey (Oruaiti) 9, Luke-Tyler MaikaPagett (Mangonui) 10.
7-year-old girls: Astra Gruebner (Oruaiti) 1, Aria Bamber (Kaingaroa) 2, Hazel Wilson (HS) 3, Tahly Gee (Kaingaroa) 4, Olivia Divitt (Oruaiti) 5, Evie Urlich (Kaingaroa) 6, Kaia Kakicevich-Mason (Peria) 7, Brielle Smith (Oruaiti) 8, Haka Bristowe (TAS) 9, Else Cotter (Peria) 10.
8-year-old boys: Jake Wigley (Kaingaroa) 1, Chase Hickey (Oruaiti) 2, Rihari Bristowe (TAS) 3, Caleb Waters (Kaingaroa) 4, Khan Walker-Hapi (Peria) 5, Liam Smith (Oruaiti) 6, Zane Mulcahy (Mangonui) 7, Aaron Vieviorka (Kaingaroa) 8, Cadence Garton (Oruaiti) 9, Hunter Carr
(Oruaiti) 10.
8-year-old girls: Niamh Flaherty (HS) 1, Emma O’Neil (HS) 2, Emily Garton and Piper Chapman (Kaingaroa) 3=, Brooke Down (Kaingaroa) 4, Madeleine Ogle (Kaingaroa) 5, Ashlyn Thomas (Oruaiti) 6, Naiya Cowan (Kaingaroa) 7, Tamara Errey (Oruaiti) 8, Elise Yardley (Kaingaroa) 9, Neve Sala (Oruaiti) 10. 9-year-old boys: Brody Masters (Mangonui) 1, Zeb Gee (Kaingaroa) 2, Trevor Ansell (Peria) 3, Jamee McCohon (Kaingaroa) 4, Deacon Bamber (Kaingaroa) 5, Max Wigley (Kaingaroa) 6, Gabriel Waters (Kaingaroa) 7, Kahu Jakicevich (Peria) 8, Mostyn Bridson (Mangonui) 9, Tyler Ashby (Mangonui) 10.
9-year-old girls: Kassidy Lee-Taipari (Oruaiti) 1, Nada Urlich-Broadhead
(Kaingaroa) 2, Ngahuia Paparoa (Kaingaroa) 3, Aurora Green (Mangonui) 4, Danielle Maria (Peria) 5, Amaya Venn (Oruaiti) 6, Ariya Rose Dowman (Mangonui) 7, Ailaah Bree Nathan-Maaka (Kaingaroa) 8, Norah Bleakley (Oruaiti) 9, Zoe Wilson (Oruaiti) 10.
10-year-old boys: Levi Gruebner (Oruaiti)1, TK Hohaia (Oruaiti) 2, Cooper Walden (Oruaiti) 3, Breakah Lloyd-Stipich (Mangonui) & Dylan
Coogan (HS) 4=, Case Peterson (Kaingaroa) 5, Samuel Russell (TAS) 6, Jake Sheffield (Oruaiti) 7, Xavier Garton (Oruaiti) 8, Jahn Foster (Mangonui) 9, Hoani Pike-Venner (Mangonui) 10.
10-year-old girls: Indigo Smith (Oruaiti) 1, Molly Kirwan (HS) 2, Ava Sylvester (TAS) 3, Celeste Petersen (Kaingaroa) 4, Jazland Kernot (Kaingaroa) 5, Indy Van Iperen (Oruaiti) 6, Heide Wilson (HS) 7, Aria Carey (Kaingaroa) 8, Phoebe Cooling (Oruaiti) 9, Indica Dykins 9 (Oruaiti) 10.
11-year-old boys: Kael Gee (Kaingaroa) 1, Lucas Baker (Oruaiti) 2, Brock Muller (Oruaiti) 3, Reed Flaherty (HS) 4, Ben Wigley (Kaingaroa) 5, Cody MacDonald (TAS) 6, Zavier Marsh (Peria) 7, Touaka Robinson (Oruaiti) 8, Taeo Sala (Oruaiti) 9, Cooper Nichols (Oruaiti) 10.
11-year-old girls: Isla Bleakley (Oruaiti) 1, Starley Fenton (Kaingaroa) 2, Ariela Angell (Oruaiti) 3, Jazzlyn Hills (Oruaiti) 4, Cassie Walker-Hapi (Peria) 5, Georgie Lowe (Oruaiti) 6, Kadee Butterworth (Oruaiti) 7, Ataahua Twaddell (Kaingaroa) 8, Summer Pannett (Kaingaroa) 9, Arlia Maisey (Peria) 10.
12-13-year-old boys: Enzo Gee (Kaingaroa)1, Tazmen Walden (Oruaiti) 2, Jasper Broughton-Taipari (Oruaiti) 3, Brendon Dowman (Oruaiti) 4, Millan Bradbury (Oruaiti) 5, Colin Kerehoma (Oruaiti) 6, Riley Foster (Oruaiti) 7, Awatea Kerr-Bell (Peria) 8. 12-13-year-old girls: Harmony Broadhurst (Oruaiti) 1, Hayley Foster (Oruaiti) 2, Rhiannon Taipari (Oruaiti) 3, Aurora Price (Peria) 4.