“Winners are not people who never fail but people who never quit!” A valuable lesson learned from our special guest speaker, Tyla Nathan-Wong, embedded in the minds of Sancta Maria College’s young sportsmen and sportswomen at our 2017 Sports Prizegiving.
“Winners are not people who never fail but people who never quit!” A valuable lesson learned from our special guest speaker, Tyla Nathan-Wong, embedded in the minds of Sancta Maria College’s young sportsmen and sportswomen at our 2017 Sports Prizegiving.
Thursday night saw many of Sancta Maria College’s athletes and sporting volunteer’s commitment, hard work and dedication finally pay off. With many different athletes, coaches, managers and volunteers from different sporting codes coming together to acknowledge one another’s accomplishments, it was a night to remember for these successful award recipients.
Our special guest speaker, Tyla Nathan-Wong, told us a story of success, failure, dedication and perseverance and how she did not lose faith in herself despite injury getting in the way of things. As an outstanding rugby sevens and touch rugby player, Nathan-Wong made her debut for the New Zealand Women’s Sevens team at the age of 18, making history as the youngest player to ever be selected. Becoming an inspiration to all who were present, she taught that we must never give up and keep getting up, no matter how many times we may stumble and fall, as she had learned from experience.
The major winners of the night are as follows:
Athletics Cup for our Most Outstanding Track & Field Athlete: Tanya Murray
Badminton Cup for the Most Valuable Player: Rachel Hendricks
The Crummer Cup for the Most Promising Junior Basketball Player: Nathan De Guzman
Basketball Cup for the Girls Most Valuable Player: Angeli Go
Basketball Cup for the Boys Most Valuable Player: Genesis Grant
Distance Running Cup for the Most Outstanding Runner: Anna Faulkner
Football Cup for the Girls Most Valuable Player: Jade Faulkner
Football Cup for the Boys Most Valuable Player: Nicholas Jansen
Hockey Cup for the Girls Most Valuable Player: Paige Butterworth
Hockey Cup for the Boys Most Valuable Player: Jacob Bunn
Centennial Premier Netball Player of the Year: Martina Kleis
Rugby Sportsmanship Cup – For the team member best demonstrating the values of the school on and off the field: Dominic Stolten
Rugby First Fifteen Player of the Year: Peter Halafihi
Blues Awards (New Zealand Representatives):
New Zealand U15 Badminton: Roanne Apalisok
New Zealand 16 and Under Indoor Netball: Orla Edwards
New Zealand U15 Badminton: Clive Luna
New Zealand Ice Figure Skating: Emmanuel Tsang
New Zealand Athletics: Tanya Murray
New Zealand Baseball: Eli Lesoa
Special Awards:
Student Coach of the Year: Paige Butterworth
Volunteer of the Year: Arryn Grant
Coach of the Year: Neville Shirley
Junior Team of the Year: AIMS Games Junior Swim Team
Supreme Team of the Year: Boys First XV Rugby Team
