Nearly 500 gymnasts descended on Howick for the HPPA [Howick Pakuranga Principals Association] Schools Gymnastics Competition which ended earlier this month.
Howick Gymnastic Club centre manager Monique Gapes said they have not been able to run this event since 2019, with last year’s event being cancelled due to the August lockdown – a week before they were due to compete.
“Although not as large as previous years due to Covid restraints, this year we had almost 500 gymnasts from year 3-6 from 16 different schools compete over the three days of competition,” said Gapes.
“The teachers and students have been working hard to perfect their gymnastics routines since term 2.
“Our judges were very impressed with the talent of students competing this year with a number of students receiving perfect 10s on some apparatus.”
Girls competed in three events – the beam, vault and floor while the boys competed on the vault, bar and floor.
Results:
FRIDAY
Year 3 girls
Miané Nel – Shelley Park, 1; Melody Mclnosh – Shelley Park, 2; Nadine Jooste – Elim, 3.
Year 3 boys
Jason Dykgraaf – Elim, 1; Daniel Mansell – Elim, 2; Daniel Harris – Shelley Park, 3.
Year 4 girls
Zarah McLaren – Wakaraanga, 1; Skyla Hunt – Shelley Park, 2; Ava Armstrong – Wakaaranga, 3.
Year 4 boys
Joshua Daniel – Maraetai Beach, 1; Tristen McCamish – Shelley Park, 2; Fletcher Terry – Maraetai Beach, 3.
Year 5 girls
Ella Chapman – Owairoa, 1; Sacha White – Owairoa, 2; Danika Henderson – Maraetai Beach, 3.
Year 5 boys
Cooper Clarke – Maraetai Beach, 1; Divan Meiring – Macleans, 2; Jacob Aye – Macleans, 3.
Year 6 girls
Tamsin McCamish – Shelley Park, 1; Hayley Gibson – Shelley Park, 2; Alabama Church – Owairoa, 3.
Year 6 boys
Fletcher du Toit – Shelley Park, 1; Bevan Wade – Shelley Park, 2; James Tinson – Shelley Park, 3.
THURSDAY
Year 3 girls
Lydia Ruan – Sunnyhills, 1; Sharva Tomar – Point View, 2; Amelia Jack – Botany Downs, 3.
Year 3 boys
Reed Chen – Point View, 1; Oliver Yang – Point View, 2; Oscar Fisher – Cockle Bay, 3.
Year 4 girls
Charlotte Chang – Cockle Bay, 1; Yasmin Leef – Sunnyhills, 2; Ella Waterman – Cockle Bay, 3.
Year 4 boys
Aleksei Zaplatkin – Point View, 1; Aston Dean – Sunnyhills, 2; Ethan Sihamu – Cockle Bay, 3.
Year 5 girls
Scarlett Leach – Cockle Bay, 1st=; Charlize Chang – Cockle Bay , 1st=; Celestine Zhang – Point View, 3.
Year 5 boys
Sam Chan – Cockle Bay, 1; Cooper Green – Sunnyhills, 2; Ashton Morris – Sunnyhills, 3.
Year 6 girls
Anabelle Warner – Cockle Bay, 1; Willow Carnegie – Willowbank, 2; Ava Dinneen – Cockle Bay, 3.
Year 6 boys
Ben O’Hanlon – Cockle Bay, 1; Lucas Zhao – Cockle Bay, 2; Carlos Harvey – Sunnyhills, 3.
WEDNESDAY
Year 3 girls
Ellie Jia – Pigeon Mountain, 1; Natalie Middlemiss – Mellons Bay, 2; Marwa Jacob – Baverstock Oaks, 3.
Year 3 boys
Sam Le – Baverstock Oaks, 1; Hamish Sang – Mellons Bay, 2; Noah King – Mellons Bay, 3.
Year 4 girls
Ella Campbell – Pigeon Mountain, 1; Maddy Rodgers – Star of the Sea, 2; Emma Lam – Baverstock Oaks, 3.
Year 4 boys
Ethan Vorster – Star of the Sea, 1; Oliver Hey – Mellons Bay, 2; Kailin Yang – Mellons Bay, 3.
Year 5 girls
Lilly Punnet – Baverstock Oaks, 1; Tiffany Guan – Mellons Bay, 2; Cassidy Cho – Mellons Bay, 3.
Year 5 boys
Teddy Lightfoot – Mellons Bay, 1.
Year 6 girls
Eden Tan – Mellons Bay, 1; Diané Gerber – Bucklands Beach, 2; Katya Middlemiss – Mellons Bay, 3.
Year 6 boys
Leon Fisk – Mellons Bay, 1; Rylan Girven – Bucklands Beach, 2; Arden Arama – Bucklands Beach, 3.
