Gisborne Intermediate Sports

Winter Tournament Key Reminders 2026

Quick reminder of the key details, times, and packing information for our upcoming Super 11 Winter Tournament trip.

Departure & Return - Please park outside the school gates.
Departure: Meet in the school hall at 7:45 AM on Thursday 30th July.
Return: Arriving back at school at approximately 7:30 PM on Friday 31st July.

Transport, Venues & Accommodation
Students will travel with teachers by bus on Thursday morning.
Year 8 Netball, Football and Hockey will be billeted on Thursday night with families from Mount Maunganui Intermediate. Rugby and year 7 Netball will be with Tauranga Intermediate families. If you or a relative is collecting a student - please be at the correct school as outlined above by 2:30pm.

What to Wear & Bring
Travel Clothes: Must travel in school uniform whites or blue polo with correct footwear.
Sports Apparel: School PE uniform, school jacket/hoodie, and all personal sports gear required for competition.
Food & Drink: Large water bottle, plus lunch and snacks for Thursday’s travel and extra snacks for Friday.
Money: $20 for a late lunch on the way home Friday.

Rule Reminder: No cell phones are allowed on school trips. These will be confiscated. For the weekend.

Venues: Most sports will be played at Blake Park (Mount Maunganui); Football will be played at Fergusson Park (Tauranga).

Draws attached

Please check the school Sports page regularly for match results and our updated ETA on Friday evening.

Ngā mihi,
Wayne Ensor
Gisborne Intermediate Sports Coordinator

Super 11 Basketball

The teams have had a great day. They have just left Rotorua so should be home by 7:15pm.

Girls

Game 1v Rotorua
21-11 to Rotorua.
Our opening game was a tough one. The girls teamwork shone in this game with the way they worked hard to defend the opposition's basket. Evah and Talia worked together to guide the team to learn how to work to our strengths to bring the ball down to our basket.

Game 2 v Otumoetai
7-7 draw
This was a close game, with strong defense from both teams. Every shot counted.

Game 3 v Mount
16 - 26 to Mount
To start with this was a close game with some great defensive teamwork, the girls kept their cool under heavy defense from the Mount.

Evah captained our team with calm guidance and strong point guard and finishing.

Rea used her passiles to create opportunities for her team to shoot.

Maria, Amine, Hine, Skye - worked hard in every game to defend and shut down the opposition's attack.

Leila used her height and fought for the rebounds under both baskets.

Talia was strong in point guard bringing the ball down time and again and driving to the hoop.

Kirsten ran tireless defense for her team.

Boys

Good day of basketball for the boys.
1st game we had a close win against Rotorua 17-14.
In our 2nd game we won against Te Puke 22-12.
Our 3rd game we let it slip away, but managed to get a 18 all draw against Kaitao.
In our last game of the pool play we needed to win to play in the gold medal game. We bet Otumotai 23-14 we line up a chance to play Tauranga in the final.
The final didn’t go to plan but they were a very good team. We ended up going down 34-10.

Well done both teams!

Super 11 Basketball

Arrived safely and are in their Rotorua Accommodation.

Draw is attached.

Good luck teams!

GISBORNE INTERMEDIATE CROSS COUNTRY

Mud, sweat, and pure determination! We saw nearly 200 of our amazing Gisborne Intermediate students take on the annual Championship 2.4km course in wet and slippery conditions, followed by fantastic, smiling crowds in our non-championship races.

A massive shoutout to everyone who challenged themselves and had a crack today! We are truly growing great runners at Gis Int.

Big congratulations to our Championship podium finishers. Will catch up on some photo's tomorrow.

🏆 Year 8 Girls: 1st Sofia Lavor Inoue, 2nd Hannah Loffler, 3rd Maddy Smith

🏆 Year 8 Boys: 1st Nikau Leach, 2nd Reid Cu***ng, 3rd Mason Norris

🏆 Year 7 Girls: 1st Ella Cook, 2nd Lucy Briant, 3rd= Hayley Torkington & Sophie Trafford

🏆 Year 7 Boys: 1st Archie Holden, 2nd Toby Wallace, 3rd Keathen Heymans

Cross Country 2026

Championship races going ahead as planned:

9:50 - year 8 girls
10:00 - year 8 boys
10:10 - year 7 girls
10:20 - year 7 boys

Non championship races will be run in teams now and not year groups.

11:30 Pounamu
11:40 Nga Manu
11:50 Tane Mahuta
12:00 Manu Tukutuku
12:10 Tu Horouta

Good luck and enjoy

SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY 2026

We are all go for the Cross Country tomorrow! Whānau are warmly welcome to come along, cheer from the sidelines, and support our runners!

Here is everything you need to know to get your students ready:

What to Pack:

A full change of clothes.

A towel.

Reminder: All students must run in their PE uniform.

Race Times:

9:50 AM – Championship Races: Rain or shine! These races feature our top runners and winter sports teams pushing for their personal bests.

11:30 AM – 1.2km Fun Run: For everyone to have a go! (If athletes already ran the championship race, they are welcome to join this one too!)

Important Notes:

Weather Update: A final call on any weather-related changes will be made first thing in the morning.

Early Sign-Outs: If you are taking your child home early after the event, please make sure to sign them out at the main office first.

Check out the full schedule attached below. See you all there!

Super 11 Indoor Bowls
The team have just left Whakatane. Expect them to be home at about 6:20pm at the school hall.

Super 11 Indoor Bowls
Arrived safe and sound and waiting to meet their host for the evening.
Good luck tomorrow!

Gisborne Intermediate Rugby vs GBHS

Boys had a great hit out yesterday in our annual Brendon O'Connor Boot game. Both teams played a great brand of rugby with plenty of tries. Our team came out victorious and won the trophy for the 3rd time from 6 games. Thanks to the GBHS team and staff for putting on a cool afternoon fo all.

No hockey training this morning. Teams will train twice next week.