snowboarding

 Snowboarding

Icy fingers gripped my arms, it was Bodhi we were on a snowboarding trip in taupo.  This was my first time snowboarding, I was getting my binding on I got both of them on.  I didn't know how to control it I went flying down the mountain.

I tried to stop but I went flying face first into the snow.  I was on the chair lift and I was having a race with Bodhi and Ziggy I won obviously.  I started to get the hang of it I was really good I started to get the jumps nailed.  But then I face planted and Ziggy ran into my leg and he got smashed.

1 hour later Bodhi was freezing he had to stop we all went inside the cafe and ate our lollies and had a hot chocolate.  Me and Ziggy wanted to go to the top of the mountain but the conditions were so bad the top was closed so we stayed for another 3 hours.

we had 3 more runs down the mountain Ziggy was to cold for another 3 runs so bodhi came up with no gloves and no helmet after the 3 run I was extremely numb it hurt to take the gear off it was so cold it was hot.            

Counting kakahi

 Hannah Rainforth is a scientist she is interested in kakahi also known as black water mussels.  She is from Whanganui river in NZ.  Kakahi are one of the most threatened groups of animals worldwide.  You might wonder why she wanted to study kakahi well she started researching and found out that they have nearly disappeared in the Whanganui river.

So she wanted to find more kakahi in NZ also find the remaining kakahi in the river.  If there were very few or none juveniles the kakahi will end up extinct.  The female kakahi releases tiny larvae into the ocean the larvae have to latch onto a fish or it will die.  Kakahi can live for fifty years, you can see how old they are by counting the growth rings on its shell.

She caught 185 kakahi when Hannah moved up the river that's the most she has ever caught in her years of searching.  Caring for our waterways will help kakahi and other fresh water animals can thrive.    

rugby game Cobham

Rugby

We were in the van heading to Cobham school.  I had my boots on and my t-shirt we arrived at the school.  And hopped out of the van and put my mouthguard in I grabbed a ball and did some passing with Rori.   After the warm up we went into our positions.   I was winger.  we were missing a lot of our players.  Like Oska and more.

It was our kick Mahanga was kicking he kicked it straight down the middle we all ran for it she picked up the ball and started running she didn't have much of a run up Rori got her on the ground we were blowing over but they got the ball.  they ended up scoring a try the score was 10-5 they were winning.

After half time it was 50-40 they were still winning " 5 minutes left " someone shouted from the sideline we ended up scoring 2 more tries in the last couple minutes.  We tied.      

rugby game

Rugby game

It was a normal friday day.  We had a rugby game we were facing Awapuni.   Are kick off Rori booted the ball super far everyone chased it.   He picked up the ball and ran it straight up the guts to Cash he got him down on the ground.   And the other team was blowing over.    We were trying to push them out of the ruck.

It didn't work they got the ball to the half back he passed it out to one of the backs he ran but then passed it to another back and he got it out to the winger he was extremely fast I was chasing after him but he got the try.   They had to kick off the half back kicked it Momo got the ball and started running he passed it out to Rori he was zig zagging in and out of the other team.

He got tackled,  cash got the ball and started running he got through the team but someone got his ankle he had a tight grip everyone else jumped on him he was pushing through the team Cash was about 1 metre away from the  try line he had to off load it to Cory he ran and got the try. 

It was half time and they were now beating us.  They kicked it towards us, Mahanga caught the ball he was running two people tackled him he held the ball out but they won the ruck and got the ball.  They got a try.It was a really nice game.  We put our hands in the middle and shouted three cheers for Awapuni 1 for the ref 2 for the supporters.  Then lined up and shook hands.

 They beat us and we had a big drink of water,  took our boots off and put our shoes on got all of our stuff then we jumped in the car and left the school grounds. 

rugby game

The ball was in the air it was heading to the other wing it dropped on the ground it bounced back up it was falling Vinnie caught it and ran he passed it over to Stormur had a run but he got dropped on the ground.  He held it out me Rori and cash blew over so no one could walk over Stormur and grab the ball.  Flynn grabbed the ball out of his hand and passed it to Taimana I ran back out to the wing the ball got passed over to me.

I started running through the people zig zagging in and out but then the big boy caught my leg and everyone jumped on me I went to the ground and held out the ball for Flynn to grab it.  He ran but he eventually got tackled Saint mary's got the ball and ran he got passed us and scored the try.

at half time the score was 40 - 50 they were winning at the end of the game it was 60 - 50 they won but at the end we did a karakia and we ate all of the shared food that the parents brought.  It was a nice far game.