Taieri College Sevens Tournament
“First game down, two more to go,” Caleb reminds us cheerily as we successfully drag ourselves off the pitch and towards the packed lunch spot. We had narrowly lost our first game at the Taieri Sevens Tournament and the idea of getting into the finals was not looking good. The idea of blaming the plastic sticks was much nicer than facing the truth, but no one was ready to do that quite yet.
“Samantha, over here, pass!” The ball came shooting towards me and I dribbled it up to the goal. So far, so good, I thought until the ball got taken off me. Silverstream were tough opponents.
The next hour slowly crept by. We had won to Silverstream 2-0. This next game would reveal if we had gotten through to the finals. It seemed that the butterflies that had been peacefully resting in my stomach had woken up, invited all their friends and were now thrashing around making me more nervous with every breath. Finally, it was time. We walked onto the pitch clutching our weak sticks and hoping with every inch of our might that we, Outram, were going to win.
By Louise Mitchell (Room 3)
Taieri College Sevens Tournament
Today wasn’t just a Wednesday, it was more of a sports day. All students that enjoyed sports were taken on a bus to Taieri College to compete against other schools in an exciting tournament. This was our chance. Our chance to show that Outram was best.
So there we were, holding our sticks, mouth guards tucked in our mouths, ready to beat the other team. We walked confidently onto the rough blue turf. As East Taieri rushed onto the field, I felt a few butterflies zooming in my tummy. East Taieri… Outram’s toughest enemy.
The sound of the whistle blew in my ears. Off we went, watching the pure white ball zig-zag in between us. The ball seemed to come towards us as if it were remote controlled. I reached out my stick. I missed. “GOAL!” We all sighed.
We had lost our first game. Time for the next match - Silverstream. I had a great feeling about this. Before you could say “Hockey!” the ball was already across the line. We all smiled with relief. Yes, we had won our second game. Before we knew it, we had won two of three games!
By Emma Deuchrass (Room 3)
