Sports

SPORTS

Welcome To Our School Sports Page

Hamilton West provides its students with the chance to play a wide range of physical activities and sports. One of the special things about Hamilton West School is its sports administration. Mrs Sullivan leads the school sports and below you will find the teacher in charge of each of our sports clubs. We are truly lucky to have this support. Hamilton West School has adopted a Flair Play approach to sport. All our coaches and athletes are required to sign Fair Play contracts.

We believe in Fair Play and promote this in all our sport teams.

Current Sports

The following are a list of sports available currently: (all year groups)
Term 1: Touch, Cricket.
Term 2: Basketball, Hockey, Netball, Soccer.
Term 3: Basketball, Hockey, Netball, Soccer.
Term 4: Basketball, Touch, Cricket.

Other sports may become available throughout the year.

The teacher in charge of these sports will notify when registrations and fees are due.

Cricket - Staff Contact Mr Seator, Room 8

Mr Seator has been leading our Ham West Cricket Club for a number of years. We have produced some talented cricketers over the years. If you want to play our summer game contact Mr Seator, email: stephen@hamwest.school.nz

Football - Staff Contact: Mr Seator, Rm 8

We have a strong Ham West Football Club led by Mr Seator who is a footballer himself. Our teams football teams have done extremely well in local competitions over an extended period. For more information about the Ham West Football Club contact Mr Seator, email: stephen@hamwest.school.nz.

Basketball - Staff Contact: Mrs Sullivan, Room 16

Most years we have school basketball teams. We are always looking for players and coaches so if you are interested contact Mrs Sullivan. email: natalie@hamwest.school.nz

Hockey - Staff Contact: Miss Ardern, Room 15

Hockey has been strong at Ham West for as long as anyone can remember. This year Miss Ardern has taken over leading the Ham West Hockey Club. If you haven’t sorted out a team sport for winter come and try hockey. Our intermediate team plays on Friday evenings and the rest play on Saturday morning. Practices at the turf on Wednesday after school. Contact Miss Ardern if you are interested. Email: jaimie@hamwest.school.nz

The draw is available weekly on the Waikato Hockey website. Rules for each grade are also available on the website. I suggest team mangers get the cell phone numbers of parents from their team and text out the draw each week.

Please be at your games 20 minutes before the scheduled start.

Netball - Staff Contact: Miss Julian Rm 18 (Years 5-8)
Miss Johanson Room 9 (Years 3/4)

The Ham West Netball Club will this year be led by Miss Julian. She is a new member of our staff and comes to us with a love for netball (playing, umpiring, coaching, supporting). It is going to be a great year for netball at Hamilton West School so if you want to be part of this great sport contact Miss Julian email: sheree@hamwest.school.nz or Miss Johanson email staceyj@hamwest.school.nz.

Touch Rugby - Staff Contact: Miss Kershaw, Rm 16. Email: natalie@hamwest.school.nz

Project Energize - Our involvement

Project Energize is a collaboration between Sport Waikato, Waikato District Health Board, Sport and Leisure Studies Department (University of Waikato), Wintec and health providers South Waikato Pacific Island Health Committee (SWPIHC), Te Kohao Health, Te Korowai Hauora O Hauraki and Nga Miro Health Centre. The aim is to make a difference in children’s health by making physical activity and healthy eating lifelong habits through leaning about it at school.

For a long time we have been involved with "Project Energize". This involves primary and intermediate school children in the Waikato being involved in activities aimed at improving nutrition and physical activity levels to reduce obesity rates and reduce cardiovascular risk factors.

You can read more about this programme and how they work with schools and students at - Waikato DHB - Project Energize and Sports Waikato - Project Energize.

Elites Sports Programme

The Elite Sports Programme has become a important extension opportunity for senior students at Hamilton West School. Each year the group selected focus on different sporting activities to develop their skills and leadership ability. Below are the criteria for this group:

Show commitment to learning new things.
Likes to be challenged.
Displays positive sporting attributes.
Is willing to share ideas with others.
Displays responsibility by following instructions.

If you or your child thinks they are suitable for involvement in our Elite Sports programme email Natalie Sullivan - natalie@hamwest.school.nz to submit your nomination.

This year we are looking at our Elite sports learning the skills and kaupapa of waka ama. We also hope they will be involved in learning some new basketball skills.