Ki O Rahi

This is my Recount writing about our Ki O rahi
Tournament. I was very proud of both of our teams
that day.                   

Ki O Rahi

Go, GO! Pass the ball! was all we heard from the
sideline. Teams were very competitive and ready to
play. You probably don't know what I'm talking about.
On a muggy Friday morning I got all the Ki O Rahi
equipment ready for our tournament that started at
10.30am.

Before we left for our tournament, we completed a
few passing drills here at the school. A little while
later, we all piled into the cars that were transporting
us. Soon later we arrived at Lindvart Park.

When we arrived at Lindvart park, we transferred all
our things onto the grass such as fruit, uniforms,
bags and Ki O rahi equipment. Next, we played some
warming up drills such as Ripping tags, Tigers and
Zebraś, Passing drills, Naughts and Crosses and
running drills. After we finished warming up, we
all were due to go to the main tent to listen to the
rules. We were also introduced to our referees. That
took a little while so we started our games a little late.

In our first game, we competed against Waima school.
Before we started our first game, we sorted our
game plan out so that everyone got a turn on the
field. I don't think that they had enough year Seven
and Eight players because they had like seven and
eight year olds. Our whole team had the game down
packed because we all worked together and the end
result was that we won by miles. I think they done
a good job with their defending the Tipu but we were
ecstatic. Our whole team probably scored an amazing
amount of tries, which made me feel cheerful.
Kohatu and Sheeandra done a spectacular job
protecting the Tipu when we were on Ki Oma.
I didn't really sub them off because one, they
were both fast movers and their strategy was that
Sheeandra was protecting the Tipu while Mutton was
getting in the Taniwha´s grills.

On our next game, We were versing Kaikohe Christian
School. They were very Competitive because they
had a fast little boy named Caiden. He was fast and
had his stepping on lock. He was probably the only one
that got tries in his team, He was also marking me
most of the time. Our team strived to the end and
won again, the score was like 9 - 18 to us. I was
happy because Whaea Gaylene told us that we lost,
as a joke but then Journey: Our ref assured us that
we won which was a great big bonus. When we
finished our game against the Kaikohe Christian
School, there coach literally came up to me and
he specifically said that I was very good at Ki O Rahi,
he also said that he wondered why I didn't get
subbed off and he also replied to his own statement
and said that I was to good. Whaea Gaylene was
happy with me and our whole team also. I was proud
of our whole team because we done a great job with
working together and we also stuck to our game plan,
so every single person in our team got a turn on the
field.

We had a quick break before we started our next
game against Opononi. Opononi were climbing the
trees waiting anxiously for their game to start
because it was against us. Their first game was
against us. Little did they know that we had been
training for weeks. They didn't know any of our
plans because they were to busy climbing trees
and not noticing that we were on the field right
next to them. From my prospective I would have
been watching like a hawk stealing all their game
plans, to be honest. The whistle blew, and the game
started within seconds. We started off at Ki Oma.
We were bomb at Ki Oma and just like that, we were
scoring points from the pou with ease. It just seemed
like a few minutes later because it was already time
to switch over to taniwha. We done our best and done
a great job at being on taniwha because we
accumulated points like nothing. I enjoyed our game
against Opononi school because we smoked them, but
yet they still tried their hardest.

Our next game was against Paihia. This was the
first time that they competed in a big yearly
tournament because they have never entered into
any other tournaments. We had a pretty good game
against them. Our score was 44-2 to us. I guess they
tried their best to win but sadly they did not. At
least they touched two pou and got a try. Our team
was stoked with our outcome… Due to this, we made
it into the finals.

In the finals we were obviously versing Matauri Bay.
We tried and tried, we scored a few tries but they
overpowered us and won… Again. They have taken the
tournament out every year, but as the coach, I was
just proud of our teams that both of us made it into
the finals. At the End of the day, we didn’t exactly
win but we all participated and we strived as far as
we could and came second.