MHJC have kicked off their Active Cup campaign with a resounding victory over Al-Madinah School.  Put into bat by the opposition,  the MHJC innings got off to bad start,  losing skipper Max Herbert (8W1) in only the second over.  Kabir Sikh (8M1) and Mantej Singh (7F1) set about rebuilding,  putting together a superb,  unbroken partnership of 154.  Positive running between the wickets and the ability to punish any wayward bowling,  allowed MHJC to post a commanding total of 161 for 1 after 20 overs.  Mantej finished on 77 not out and was ably supported by a 30 not out from Kabir.

162 to win was always going to be a tough challenge for the Al-Madinah batsman and so it proved,  as wickets tumbled regularly throughout their innings.  The pick of the MHJC bowlers was Ashwina Krishnakumar (7F1) 2 for 10 off of her 4 overs and Jainish Kumar (7W1) who finished with the impressive figures of 4 for 10 from his 3 overs.  Max Herbert supported the bowlers in the field with two direct hit run-outs.  MHJC couldn’t quite manage to the bowl opposition out,  with Al-Madinah finishing on 50 for 9 from their 20 overs.

There will be tougher games to come against Viscount and Pakuranga Intermediate,  however this is a great start from our new team.  Good luck for the rest of your first round games.

Photo is Mantej Singh,  celebrating his 77 not out.

We are proud to present MHJC’s 2017 Executive Council…

Back row: Mr Morrison, Chenae Korewha, Eugene Chua, Megan Strydom, Ibrahim Ismaeil, Joanne Ting, Avneet Biln, Duncan Lane, Mr Naidoo.
Front row: Camryn Chetty, Ryan Iglesia, Jamini Patel, Solana Carpenter.

SPORTS REPORT

Colts Cricket:
Another spectacular performance by the colts boys over the last 2 weeks.  On the 25th February the boys played the Saint Kentigern 2 Colts Team and won! They showed they were true contenders in this competition as the ‘win’ seemed to come with ease.

Final Score:
MHJC 160/5 after 31
Saint Kents 2 159/10 after 38 overs

Last weekend the boys played Macleans College at Macleans. The boys didn’t let playing away deter their focus in a nail biting finish in cricket fashion. A few late wickets seemed that Macleans would strip the boys of their win and end the winning streak. However, with resilience, the boys triumphed to victory.

Final Score:
MHJC 85/5 after 20 overs
Macleans 84/10 after 39 overs

This weekend the boys are playing Takapuna Grammar at MHJC. Good luck boys! Hopefully the weather holds.

Y9 & Y10 Boys Blitz Cricket:
The Blitz boys demonstrated their grit when they played Pakuranga College on the 1st of March. In a game that kept stopping due to rain, the boys never let that interrupt their flow. They finished the game really late in the afternoon but won!

Final Score:
MHJC 106/8
Pakuranga 92/8

Unfortunately due to the tremendous rainfall we had this week the Blitz was cancelled. The boys will play their deferred game next week against Papatoetoe at Kolmar.

Y7 & Y8 Girls Blitz Cricket:
What an improvement! The girls played Holy Cross 2 and showed what a small amount of training can do. Although they still lost, the run rate was much higher reaching over 100 runs. The girls are also very lucky as Mission Heights has secured Regina Loili from Papatoetoe Cricket to help coach and improve the skills of our young female cricketers.

Final Score:
MHJC 105/8
Holy Cross 2 129/8

Likewise, due to the heavy rain the girls were not able to play Redoubt North on Wednesday. Arrangements are being made to play catch up games since many of the girls are away at camp next week.

Y9 & Y10 Girls Blitz Cricket:
This competition is starting! Although only against Ormiston, it will be a starting point for the girls and allows the school to develop our female cricketers for more competitions next year. Again Regina is coaching the girls passing on her cricket knowledge to our girls. First Game is next Thursday at Ormiston Junior College.

Active Post Cup:
The Active Post Cup is a cricket competition played between intermediate schools. Our boys will be facing 3 local schools in the running for this prestigious prize. Our first game is against Al-Madinah School on Tuesday the 14th March.

Orienteering:
Congratulations to all the orienteering students who have been improving drastically over the last few weeks. Times have decreased as distances increased. Needless to say these students would probably never get lost in the Waitakere Ranges. Special mention to our Junior boys, Jasper Carpenter and Caleb Jurgens who placed 7th and 17th respectively out of 109 competitors. Keep it up team!

Tennis:
On the 7th March the South Eastern Zone Tennis competition was on. Our students won some and lost some, but played very hard in testing conditions. Unfortunately the competition had to get cut short as the rain had set in. The students played very well and as a school we are proud of them.

Netball:
This year we have 7 netball teams (3 senior teams & 4 junior teams). Thank you to everyone who trialled and congratulations to all the students that made it into our various teams. Next step is training ready for the competition which starts in Term 2.

Football & Futsal:
Almost all the football teams have or are being named in the next week or so. To all our footballers make sure you check your emails to ensure you don’t miss out!

Hockey:
Last Hockey trial is next week Tuesday lunchtime. A select few have been invited back! Make sure you go to the trial if you want to play Hockey this year. You must have signed up before. Come see the sports office if you didn’t.

Rugby:
Boys make sure you sign up at the sports office if you want to play rugby this year! Email will be sent out next week to remind you all again.

Basketball:
Email sign ups for Yr9 & Yr10 students are still open. Make sure you email your name age and whanau in response to the email or come see the sports office. Trials are the 22nd & 24th March for girls and 23rd March for boys.

Swimming Sports:
The 9th Annual MHJC Swimming Sports event was held last Friday at Howick Intermediate. A warm crisp morning turned into a scorcher day with 160 students taking part in various events.

Each whanau were awarded points for every participant they had on the day and for every participant that placed top 3. The battle was set! Club swimmers got to show their stuff, and many students quickly realised that swimming is a very different type of fitness.

The points were as follows:

1. Forest – 400pts
2. Coast – 362pts
3. Water – 359 pts
4. Mountains – 308pts

Top Swimmers

Yr 7 Boys: Zain Ismail & Ethan Chen
Yr 7 Girls: Jessica Kand & Melika Zeyni

Yr 8 Boys: Douglas Gould & Safee Aziznishikaji
Yr 8 Girls: Marissa Dodd & Michaela Rohm

Yr 9 Boys: William Chen & Ashton Narayan
Yr 9 Girls: Niamh Beattie & Olivia McSaveney

Yr 10 Boys: Eugene Chua & Alston Chong
Yr 10 Girls: Nicole Fraser-Hall & Megan Strydom

A big thank you to all the staff, students and parent helpers who made this day a huge success.

Please click on the image below to view the Education HQ article that features the great work of Miss Hunter, and MHJC’s Enviro Council. 

Mandarin Teacher Juliet Gao has won a 2017 Chinese Scholarship to Beijing, sponsored by the governments of New Zealand and China. Only twelve New Zealand teachers were selected nationwide. She will travel to China in April on a three week intensive language and culture programme hosted by the Beijing Language and Culture University. This will be a prestigious opportunity for both Mrs Gao and our school to enhance our teaching pedagogies in teaching and learning Mandarin, and to connect with the international language teaching community. Our school’s commitment to teaching Chinese language and culture impressed the panel.

The programme partners are:
• Chinese Ministry of Education via Hanban
• New Zealand Ministry of Education through ILEP
• Chinese Embassy in Wellington
• Beijing Language and Culture University