DEC 2011
This year North Harbour were able to take 2 girls and 2 boys U15 teams to the IPC Champs held in Otara. Results were good with the Boys A Team 3rd place and Girls A team runners up to Auckland. Stand out players for both teams were Annalise Vukets and Matt Bloxham. The boys B team were able to topple Waikato and Hawkes Bay during pool play to place 4th overall. The girls B team made up of Year 9 girls were impressive coming close against Waikato and Hawkes Bay. They came 7th overall.
A big thank you to coaches Alan Kerr, Nathan Farquharson, Carmon Hetland and Lucille Vukets.
OCT 2011
All for Harbour Rep teams came second in the IPC Tournament held in Mt Maunganui. All teams went down to the Bay of Plenty but put up a fight. The U17 Boys and U17 Girls played three strong sets in the final but weren't able to upset the slick BOP teams who were able to dominate on attack and with the serve. The U19 Boys and Girls were able to take a set from the BOP teams but couldn't maintain the intensity to take them to five sets.
Overall the trip was a great experience for all. The teams looked and played professionally. Thank you to all the coaches and managers for taking their time out to be involved. We look forward to next year where I'm sure the results will be different.
Signing off
Tarnz Weller