Mid-North 7s Tournament.

Tautoro Tuakana.

Back row: Kopani, Manawanui, TeKAha, Jacob, Journey

Front row: Kyral, Massimo, TeAri-Jack, Esmonde, Remus, Isileli

Today most of the Year 7 and 8 boys participated in the Year 7 and 8 Seven's Tournament held at the Kaikohe Rugby Club. Tautoro School would like to thank Cheryl Smith (Sport Northland),  Hoani Hippolite and the Senior Students Kerikeri High School (Referees) on organising and running an excellent tournament.
Tautoro School came third pool, so we were not involved in the semis or the finals but we enjoyed ourselves.
1st game lost to Kaikohe Intermediate, 2nd game lost to Matauri Bay, 3rd game won against West Coast Raiders (funnily enough this team was the same height as us)
Tournament Winners were - Matauri Bay Boys and Kaikohe Intermediate Girls. Well done.
We did learn that our fitness must inprove for next year and that we must not bunch when we run with the ball. Seven's is totally different from playing Union Rugby and league as it is a fast, flowing, thinking game.
A special thanks goes out to Eric Rush and Kaikohe New World who sponsored the winning teams with a Kaikohe New World gift voulcher AND supplied all the tournament players, coaches and managers with an awesome lunch.
A big thank you goes to Anzac Leaf who took time out of his busy building schedual to coach our boys. Plus it was also great to see our parents, aunties, uncles and even one grandad who came out and supported the Tautoro Tuakana.