THANK YOU
As we come to an end of an incredibly busy term for the sports department, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the incredible volunteers that have been involved in AJHS Sport in 2025.
Firstly a massive thank you to our volunteer coaches and managers for your time and energy, allowing our students to experience the amazing opportunities that are offered in sport. With over 75 regular season teams so far this year, we require a lot of resources to get these teams into the playing arena, so thank you! Your input is so appreciated!
Also thank you to our incredible officials, who have braved the elements as well as the sideline during the year. Being a game official can be a thankless task, but we appreciate you all so much.
Lastly to all the helpers with zone day/event transport, supervision and support, thank you. You are all so appreciated and we hope that those that are available will continue to be involved in AJHS Sport in term 4 and into 2026!
Have an amazing break and we look forward to seeing you back in term 4.
BADMINTON SEASON WRAP UP:
Term 3 has seen the return of the North Harbour Badminton Competition for both Year 7 and 8 and Year 9 and 10. Due to covid, and then the floods last year, there has been a break in the full schools competition in the past few years, so it has been fantastic to have our students involved in 2025.
We had 5 teams representing AJHS in the Year 7 and 8 competition, and 3 teams playing in the Year 9 and 10 competition. Students have been attending early morning training sessions during Term 3 with Harbour Badminton coaches, and it has been fantastic to watch the growth in our competitive players.
We have had some amazing results, with our AJHS Boys Intermediate Blue team winning the Active Section 1, and our AJHS Boys Silver team winning the Active Section 2 competition.
Our AJHS Girls Red Team were also champions of the Girls Section 2 competition.
Full Results:
AJHS Blue – Intermediate Boys – Champions Boys Section 1 Active
AJHS Silver – Intermediate Boys – Champions Boys Section 2 Active
AJHS Green – Intermediate Boys – 3rd place Section 2 Active
AJHS Red – Intermediate Girls – Champions Girls Section 2
AJHS Pink – Intermediate Girls – 4th place Section 2 Group B
AJHS Maroon – College Boys – 4th place – B Grade
AJHS Navy – College Boys – 8th place – B Grade
AJHS White – College Girls – 4th place B Grade
COLLEGE BASKETBALL WRAP UP:
Congratulations to all of our Year 9 and 10 basketball students who completed their season over the last few weeks. Thank you to all of our amazing coaches and managers that contribute to our success.
A special mention to our AJHS Girls Purple team, who finished 1st in the Junior Girls League 3.
Thank you and all the best to our Year 10 basketball players for four years of commitment to AJHS Basketball. We look forward to following your success both on and off the court.
HOCKEY SEASON WRAP UP:
For the 2025 hockey season, we had 4 Year 7 and 8 teams play in the Tuesday North Harbour Intermediate Hockey Competition.
We also had students from AJHS combine with ASHS and HPPS, playing under the ASHS banner in the College Boys and Girls Competition.
Congratulations to all of our students for their mahi during the season. They have enjoyed some great opportunities, with a girls and boys team participating at NZ AIMS Games, and the combined ASHS boys team playing in Tournament Week this year.
Season results:
AJHS Boys Blue – 5th place Boys A Grade
AJHS Boys Silver – 9th place Boys B Grade
AJHS Girls Maroon – 9th place Girls A Grade
AJHS Girls White – 9th place Girls B Grade
ASHS Combined Boys – 3rd place in Boys Grade 2A (after moving up from Grade 3 after grading)
ASHS Combined Girls – 8th place in Grade 4A.
NETBALL SEASON WRAP UP:
This season we had 15 netball teams playing in the Netball North Harbour Competition, with 150 students involved in playing netball.
Congratulations to everyone that was involved in netball this year. It has been fantastic to see our courts so busy with training, and seeing the improvement and enjoyment students had out on the court during the year.
Congratulations to the following teams that were recognised at the Netball North Harbour Prizegiving this week.
AJHS Year 7 team 2 – Runners up Year 7Grade 6.
AJHS Year 8 team 3 – Winners Year 8 Grade 5
AJHS College 1 – Winners College Grade 8
Full results:
Year 7 results:
AJHS 7/1 – 4th place Grade 2
AJHS 7/2 – Runners Up Grade 6
AJHS 7/3 – 7th place Grade 8
AJHS 7/4 – 8th place Grade 10
Year 8 results:
AJHS 8/1 – 3rd place Grade 1
AJHS 8/2 – 4th place Grade 4
AJHS 8/3 – Winners Grade 5
AJHS 8/4 – 4th place Grade 8
AJHS 8/5 – 7th place Grade 10
AJHS 8/6 – 7th place Grade 13
College results:
AJHS 1 – Winner Grade 8
AJHS 2 – 8th place College 11
AJHS 3 – 4th place College 18
AJHS 4 – 7th place College 19
AJHS 5 – 7th place College 21
NZ AIMS GAMES 2025
In week 8 we had a team of 95 students represent AJHS at the Zespri NZ AIMS Games held in Tauranga. This year there were record numbers, with over 400 schools attending, and in excess of 14,000 students competing across 28 different sporting codes.
There were many highlights, from attending the Opening Ceremony and hearing from Dame Lisa Carrington, Dame Sophie Pascoe and Noah Hotham, to playing against different teams from across the country, creating new friendships and making memories that will last a lifetime.
AJHS students were involved in 15 codes.
Major Individual Results:
Badminton
Katon Zhu, Mars Li and Jayden Ng – Silver Medal for runner up in boys team event. (All boys placed in division 1)
Taylor Chen – Winner Division 4 Girls Singles Winner
Cross Country
Cici Zhang – 9th place Year 7 Girls
Gymsports
Blake Kendall – 1st place male Artistic Gymnastics – Novice division
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1st place Male Individual Trampoline 13/14 division
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3rd place Male Double Mini Trampoline 13/14 division
Britt Dunn – 5th place Girls Open Tumbling
Orienteering
Seanna Govender – 12th place Year 8 Girls
Rock Climbing
Brennon James – Semi finalist (finished in 14th place year 7 boys)
Swimming:
Henry Meredith – 2nd place 11 year old boys 100m backstroke
Leo Zhong – 3rd place 12 year old boys 100m breaststroke
Max Wang – 3rd place 13 years old 50m breaststroke and 3rd place 100m breaststroke
Max Wang, Leo Zhong, Sukgeerthan Amurthalingam, Eason Chang, Zion Hsu and Willis Xu – 3rd place 6x 50m Boys Freestyle relay.
32 top 10 finishes.
Teams:
Boys Basketball – 40th from 86 teams
Boys Football – 36th from 70 teams
Girls Football – 38th from 44 teams
Boys Hockey – 17th= from 22 teams
Girls Hockey – 31st from 34 teams
Netball – 49th from 122 teams
Water Polo – 12th from 21 teams
This event would not have been possible without our amazing staff and the parents that coached and managed teams. Thank you to each one of you for your involvement.
We love to hear about and share the successes of our students involved in sport outside of school, so please do send through results, photos and videos of students in action.
These can be sent to sport@ajhs.school.nz
If you have any enquiries regarding sport at AJHS please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Jo Monkton – Sports Coordinator
Email: jo.monkton@ajhs.school.nz
Phone: 09 415 5473 extn: 605
Mobile: 021 554 035
Alex Wansink – Assistant Sports Coordinator
Email: alex.wansink@ajhs.school.nz
Phone: 09 415 5473 extn: 605
Lucy Wikaire – Director of Sport and Head of PE and Health
Email: lucy.wikaire@ajhs.school.nz
Phone: 09 415 5473 extn: 602
