On Tuesday the 13th of June 2023 we had the privilege to have a Ki o Rahi tournament. We were arranged into our houses, our teams were Kauri, Rata Rimu and Totara, I was in Rimu. Once we were all arranged in teams other classes had to go back and wait for the match between Kauri and Rata. While the rest of us were in the classroom room 6 were watching the game. At the end of the match, the Coach Trey and his assistant called out the winner. The winner was… KAURI. Now it was time for the 2nd match, it was my team Rimu vs Totara. I wasn’t a part of that game but my 2 brothers were so I could go and watch my brothers play. I went out of the classroom and started cheering from the sideline. It was so exciting seeing and hearing people shouting and cheering on their teammates, we were all so proud to show how much we love our team. After that game we all waited for the coaches to tell us who won… RIMU WON, We were all proud of our team for making an effort.
The next game with our team was with Kauri, we all played really well and always tried to push harder to win, but we lost, but it didn’t mean we lost hope in winning for our team, we all still had really good skills in playing. The last and final game was with Totara and Rata. Totara and Rata was a real tense game, they were all running guarding and side stepping. As we were all cheering for them, Totara and Rata were running like a cheetah and scoring goals effortlessly. In the end Totara won. After the tournament we all gathered up in the canopy and waited for the coaches to gather up all the points from each game and team to see which team won the monopoly $100 note. When the coaches came up onto the steps to announce the winners, we could see that everyone was hoping for the win. Coach Trey announced the team that came 3rd and the team was… RIMU! We were all so proud, even if we didn’t make it 1st place, we knew that we tried our very best. The team that came 2nd was… TOTARA! they were all so proud of their team, but some were disappointed that they didn’t come 1st. The team that came 1st place was…. KAURI! They were all cheering, screaming from the top of their lungs, they were all very proud of their team.
