WHAT WENT ON August 8

Squash Leagues
The first round of our Squash Leagues has been completed. Great work to everyone that gave Round 1 a good crack. Looks to be some good squash happening and everyone having a good time. Awesome!
Check out Round 1 results here.

And please see Round 2 Boxes here.

In each box, one person has gone up from last leagues (the highest scoring player from the box) and one person down (the lowest scoring player of the box). This is what it is all about, playing good squash and trying to win them all to progress and get better at the game! Round 2 is already underway but will run for an extra week as we have our Club Championships next week as well.
Junior Rugby
​The Junior Rugby season is coming to an end, with the second to last round played on Saturday. Athletic Rippa White played their match versus Tapuae Deano's earlier in the week, but below are the other results. One more round left before we celebrate with our annual junior prizegiving!

Tuhara Harvest Rippa
Rippa White vs. Tapuae Deano's
Rippa Black (15) vs. St Joseph School (10)
Rippa Stripes (8) vs. Wairoa Primary School (2)

Tuhara Harvest Junior
Junior Storm (9) vs. Wairoa Primary School (8)
Junior Warriors (11) vs. Nuhaka (10)

Tuhara Harvest Primary
Athletic vs. St Joseph School

Senior Football
Saturday's match up was against Wainui Salty Dogs. QRS Athletic Football traveled up to Wainui for a 12:30 kickoff. Athletic was still searching for their first win of the year so we decided to mix it up and try a new formation of 3-5-2, instead of the usual 4-5-1, as well as testing a lot of our youth players. It was probably one of the best defensive efforts Athletic has played all season, with a brilliant effort in the goal from Raymond Hawley who stepped in while being injured, with incredible saves that kept Athletic in the fight. At the other end of the field, Jared Olsen and youth player Aayden Ngawhare caused havoc on Wainui's defence, narrowly missing the goal which meant the halftime score was 0-0. In the second half Wainui got the match opener through scrambled play. Athletic brushed themselves off and got back into the contest, with Andy Langdon putting in a defensive shift and Tom Rowley-Westwood narrowly missing a chance at goal. Even with all the standout performances from the QRS Athletic men, it wasn't quite enough to cause an upset to the home side. Wainui took the 1-0 win. Player of the Day went to Andrew Langdon.

Athletic now turn to next weekend's challenge of hosting Shockers Marist at Bayleys Athletic Park. See you there!