Mt. Holdsworth conquered

Last Thursday, as one of their EOTC options, 22 Hub 4 pupils headed into the Tararua Forest Park. Ably supported by Mr Cloutman, Mrs Milne, Richard White, Scott Abbott, Wynton Smith and myself! A fantastic two days was spent tramping to Powell Hut, (via Rocky Lookout and the Gentle Annie Track), conquering the Summit of Mt. Holdsworth and returning via the River Ridge track, cooling off in the Atiawhakatu river at Donnelly Flat and out to the bus by 1pm on the Friday. The Tararua Forest park is truely a stunning part of New Zealand. We were very lucky to get spectacular views of the Wairarapa and Horowhenua districts from the summit on the beautifully clear Friday morning. (A group of us had walked to the summit on Thursday afternoon and we were greated by cloud and mist). 
Photo: Teagan Abbott at the Summit looks southwards to Lake Wairarapa and Palliser Bay.

Wellington Regional Athletics Championships

The Wellington Regional Athletics Championships are being held in Masterton on Tuesday at the Colin Pugh Sports Bowl, (all weather athletics track).
The event starts at 9am with the warm up session. At 9:30am the discus, the 800m and 1500m races begin. Please note the race order is Year 8 girls, Year 8 boys, Year 7 girls and so on to Year 5 boys, see programme below.

This year the relays are made up of the top 4 sprinters from each cluster team from each year group.
The Hadlow team and individual events are listed below:
Thomas Leske: 100m, 200m, high jump, long jump, relay (Year 8 boys)
Lou Lou McNelly: discus
Flynn Register: 1500m
Charlie Matthews: 1500m
Harrison Dudley: 100m, 200m, long jump, 1500m, relay (Year 7 boys)
William Vincent: 200m, long jump
Blandine McIntosh: long jump, high jump
Emma McLeod: 1500m
Ruby Matthews: 800m
Morgan Dudley: 150m, 800m, (reserve for Year 5 girls relay)
Good luck to you all.
 

HOPA Mercer XI v Hadlow Cricket XI 

On Thursday the Hadlow Old Pupils will play the Hadlow 1st XI in a 15 over cricket match at Hadlow School on the new artificial wicket. The cricket is scheduled to start at 11:45am, it is a limited overs match with each innings being only 15 overs. There will be a BBQ lunch for all current Hadlow School pupils and all Old Pupils.  
A big thank you to the Hadlow Old Pupils Association (HOPA), the Hadlow Friends and the Hadlow BoT for funding the artificial wicket and also a big thanks to HOPA for purchasing a bowling machine for the school. 
The Hadlow Cricket XI
Flynn Register, Charlie Matthews, Jack Sorrell, Tommy Tomlinson, Angus Smith, Jack Thomson, William Vincent, Will Booth, Shlok Kaintura, Emma McLeod, Tim Arnesen, Luke Buckley.

Hadlow Tracksuit 2018

The new blue Hadlow tracksuit is a compulsary uniform item from the start of 2018 for all pupils. Please visit the uniform shop to purchase, or to place an order for your child/children.
There are plenty of tracksuits in stock. If your child’s size is sold out an order can be placed and the tracksuit will arrive in the last week of January.
Uniform shop hours: Mondays 2:30pm-4pm, Fridays 8:00am- 9:30am.
Please note: the uniform shop will be open in the last week of  January for all uniform purchases. Tuesday 23rd January to Friday 26th January from 9am to 12 noon.
Contact Juliet 021 217 3801 for all inquiries.

Sports Dates for Term 1 2018

Hadlow Senior Swimming Sports:TBC 
Masterton Cluster Swimming Sports: Wednesday 7th March
Wairarapa Swimming Championships: Wednesday 14th March
Hadlow Junior Swimming Sports: Friday 23rd March

Inter School Fixtures: Scots College (home): Thursday 15th February
                                      Hereworth School (away): Tuesday 20th February
                                      Marsden School (at SMS): tennis only, Friday 9th March 
                                   
  

Hadlow Tennis

Hadlow Aces: A win by default v SMS A.
Hadlow Djokovics: a win by default v SMS Champs.
Hadlow Federers: a win 5-1 v Hadlow Nadals.
Hadlow Nadals: a loss to the Hadlow Federers.
Hadlow Stars: a loss 1-5 v Gladdy Aces. 

The Hadlow Federers are in the final for the Championship grade and will play Gladstone Gold. The Nadals have finished the season in 5th place and the Djokovics will play Greytown for 3rd/4th place. In the Advanced grade the results table shows that the Hadlow Stars and Hadlow Aces will play each other for 5th and 6th, this will be confirmed in the next 2 days.
 

Hadlow Softball and T Ball

Hadlow Cricket

Hadlow Incrediball: a win 82-62 v Lansdowne. 
Hadlow Super 8: a win v Greytown Super 8 Blue.

The Wairarapa Junior Cricket Hardball finals are on this Saturday. In the Championship Grade Greytown play Red Star Aces for the top JCB team. Hadlow have the following players in the Greytown team, Flynn Register and Charlie Matthews; and Jack Sorrell in the Red Star Aces team. Good luck to both teams.

Marama wins Junior Ocean Swim

Marama Hambley, pictured left, competed in the Nelson Ocean Swim Series over the weekend and won the kids race. The race was 600m in length. Great result, well done Marama. 

Hadlow Girls In Cricket Action

Five Hadlow girls played for the Wairarapa Under 15, Under 13 Combined Development team in Kapiti yesterday. From left: Jiya Patel, Sophie Hart, Charlize Baron, Emma McLeod and Blandine McIntosh. The girls played the Horowhenua Kapiti Under 15 girls team in two Twenty 20 matches.
In the first game Wairarapa batted first and made 106 runs off the 20 overs. Emma was the top scorer with 54 retired. In reply HK made 92 runs. The afternoon game saw a turn around with HK batting first and making 125/4. In reply Wairarapa made 111/7. Well done to Blandine who took a wicket and Charlize scoring her best score to date.So one win and one loss for the day to the Wairarapa team.  
 

Hadlow School Junior and Intermediate Tennis Champions

The Hadlow School Junior Tennis Champions for 2017 are Gabby Nicholson, (pictured left), and Paddy Shaw. The Runners Up were Grace Johnson and Jack Carroll.
The 2017 Intermediate Champions are Caleb Roberts and Morgan Dudley. Runners Up were Matthew Heard and Emily McMaster. Congratulations to you all.

Hadlow Twilighters Unbeaten

The Hadlow Twilighters,  senior twilight hockey team, pictured, remain unbeaten after five rounds of competition. 
With one round of twilight hockey remaining can they take out the competition for the second successive year. Good luck for your last game this Wednesday.
From left: Charlotte Parker, Sophie Hart, Rose Larkin, Lou Lou McNelly, William Larkin, Charlie Matthews, Luke Buckley and Flynn Register.