Sports

 

Lynfield College has a proud tradition on the sports field. Our teams and individuals excel in a wide variety of sporting codes. We offer 20 sports spread across both summer and winter seasons. We cater for students of all abilities and endeavour to place any student who wants to play a sport into a team. The traditional sports of Rugby, Netball, Football, Hockey, Athletics, Cricket, Basketball, Badminton and Tennis have many teams for both boys and girls to join and a strong following. We also offer many non traditional sports such as Lawn Bowls, Waterpolo, Kilikiti, Golf, Rugby 7’s and Tag. Students have the opportunity to represent the school in zone and regional competitions as well as winter tournament week. A highlight for the year is the traditional sports exchange with Mount Maunganui College. Student achievement in sport is recognised through our popular Festival Awards evening in October and also at form assemblies and prize givings. At Lynfield College we endeavour to offer our students as many opportunities as possible to achieve their sporting goal, whether it be making school ‘A’ teams, representative teams or simply just to have fun.

High Performance Unit

In 2009 Lynfield College launched its High Performance Unit (HPU). This programme was set up to develop our students' fitness, skill level and mental approach to their sports by running specialised training sessions, in particular targeting Rugby, Football and Netball.

The goal of the HPU is for our premier teams to reach high levels of achievement.

AUT ‘Shine’ Programme for Elite Athletes

This programme is aimed at our elite students who are competing at provincial or national level in their chosen sport. The ‘Shine’ programme is about motivating and mentoring our students so they can achieve on the national and international sporting stage.

Sports on Offer:

Summer		Winter
Cricket Volleyball Softball Kilikiti Touch Tag Swimming Athletics Tennis Waterpolo Golf		Basketball Cross Country Rugby Football Rugby League Badminton Netball Squash Hockey Lawn Bowls Table Tennis

Sports Facilities Include:

• A state of the art gymnasium
• A second smaller gymnasium
• A modern multi sport turf with 6 tennis courts
• 3 additional asphalt tennis courts
• Large field area with 2 soccer and 1 rugby pitch