Horu Hopu Tournament

                                                     Horu Hopu  Tournament

Arriving at school                                                                                                                                    Early in the morning everyone in the Hou Hopu team arrived at school. My mum was a helper and was going to take so kids in her car. The Hour Hopu team had to be at school 7.45.  Koka Rozie told us who we were going to travel with to Pathathi. My mum Took Lila, Prince, Koka Rozie (my teacher), Amos       ( my brother) And me. Pathathai is forty mininuts up the coast. It was fun travelling in the same car. 

Arriving At Paratahi                                                                                                                                   We arrived at Parathai, the people who were running the tournament  were setting up. A man  came to the tournament with his cooking station, and he was going to make every school stirfry. Our team was playing a game first, vs Manatuki school, on field one. 

Before the games                                                                                                                                              We got taught Hour Hopu at school by some people who ran Turanga health. When they came to our school they taught us with atac, center and defender positions.  At the tournament they had center and defender and we were aloud two people to go into other scoring zones. 

Games on                                                                                                                                                  Wind blew the poi through the air, at the same time as the ref blew the starting wissel. The game was one. Manatuki caught the ball, and through it to one of them team  member was about to catch the string of the poi but Hunter intercepted and caught the string of the poi. The poi looped backward and then flung in the air. There was a few more pased then the other team got the ball. The other  team had scored three points and there was only ten seconds life Wainui team tried to score but the time was up. We found the first  game very hard because the ref didn't tell us witch way our team was going.  We had a few more games and then we got stir fry. The stir fry was very delicious, with lots of fresh veges and meat.  

Getting Better                                                                                                                                          Every game and every half we noticed that out team was getting better and better, by improving on our passes to get it directly to the person and we noticed that  we were looking for the space. It was coming up to be our last game. I was nervous + excited. We sat down under the shady bushy tree before our game.

The Last Game+ Getting Back To School                                                                                              Loudly the buzzer beeped to start the last game. We were on. The Boy from the other team through the poi up in the air, Wainui  caught the string of the poi stroke it backwards before passing. It was a tuf game. Wainui Caught  the ball and the ending person through the poi to other team member in the scoring done. We scored! At the end of the game Wainui  had one with four 1. After we packed up and had then end of day karakia. Finally we Travelled to school. That was a fun experience I had. At the end of the day we had a talk about what our team improved through the games.