Kiwi Sports and the Jones Family

SQUASH

I bought a squash racquet so I can join the Squash Club.

NETBALL

Mercy netball with her school team - She is playing the "Wing Attack" position, as you can see from the "WA" on her uniform.

Mercy is in the blue on the left.  (She is about to catch the ball.)

 ADVENTURE RACING

Soon after we moved here last August, Noah started working out with the Hillary Team (adventure racing team) and the varsity ("First V") basketball team at Boys' High.








We notice a very different response when we mention this to Kiwis around town.  Something like this….
Me:  "Our son plays basketball at Boys' High…."
Kiwi, flatly:  "uh-huh."
Me:  "….and he's also working out with the Hillary Team."
Kiwi, with expression:  "uh-HUH!!!!"

The Hillary team definitely sparks more respect than the basketball team, even though the varsity basketball team is a great team with good coaches.

adventure race training

Close-up of the insignia on Noah's varsity basketball jersey

CRICKET

Cricket equipment at the sports store

Oak had a brief stint playing cricket with the intermediate school's team.  His statements on cricket:  "It might be fun if you were really good."  "The wickets were the most interesting part."

Little kids' cricket at Mercy's and Sage's primary school

MORE ADVENTURE RACING
Danny and Oak have started adventure racing, too.  They were on the same team yesterday for a 6-hour race near Rotorua.  1st place!

Danny and Oak on the right.  Each racer brings a bin of supplies. 

This race included 12K run/tramp, biking, rogaining and ax-throwing.

SURFING

Oak

RUGBY

There are no rugby players in our family, although the boys play a lot of "touch" during their PE time at school.  Here's a fun video that Mike took of a Boys' High rugby game with our boys doing the school Haka going in the stands.  

http://youtu.be/pP8SVDrE_O8

Yesterday, we watched our YM president, Sione Lea, play rugby.

Sage posed for a picture in front of a scrum.

Sione carrying Joycie and his daughter, Merilyn

Sione and Lottey.  Lottey knew when to cheer and when to yell at the refs.  

Sione's calves are as big as his head.

after the game

INSANITY ON THE FRONT PORCH

Mike does Insanity on our front porch.  The view is great and there's no one to hear or see him.  I laugh thinking about him doing this on our front porch in Utah.  :)

Other pictures from the last week:

 I played the harp part for Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture with our community orchestra.

Sage at school.  

Oak Jones, piano; Rosie, flute, Ronan Avery, violin - Chamber Music competition

Coaching the Taranaki chamber music groups  - very fun!   

Taranaki District Youth/YSA temple trip