--- title: 'Winning Start' url: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2025/winning-start' markdown: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2025/winning-start.md' date: '2025-05-08' description: 'Winter sports are off to a winning start! Click HERE for live Auckland College Sport Draws & Results Click on the following links for Waitakere Netball School Draws & Results: PREMIER , SENIOR , JUNIOR Click HERE for Auckland Rugby School Draws & Results (Helpful hint: enter Green B…' --- Winning Start Sports Draws ![sport news](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/images/d/a/7/8/2/da78262b2657de4146946144f5f6ab01469792a3-boys-1st-x1-football-2025.jpg "sport news") # Winning Start Thursday, 8th May 2025 at 10:30am ##### Winter sports are off to a winning start! Click **[HERE](https://www.collegesport.co.nz/draws-results)** for live **Auckland College Sport** Draws & Results Click on the following links for **Waitakere Netball** School Draws & Results: [**PREMIER**](https://www.netballwaitakere.co.nz/Draws-and-Results/wassc-premier) , [**SENIOR**](https://www.netballwaitakere.co.nz/Draws-and-Results/wassc-senior-1) , [**JUNIOR**](https://www.netballwaitakere.co.nz/Draws-and-Results/wassc-junior) Click **[HERE](https://www.aucklandrugby.co.nz/fixtures-results-content/school-rugby-fixtures-results)** for **Auckland Rugby** School Draws & Results (Helpful hint: enter Green Bay High School in the Search fields) - Last Saturday, **GBHS Boys' 1st XI Football** team got off to a winning start - kicking off their season with a 5-0 win over Avondale College! - **GBHS Netball Premiers** had a stunning 54-24 win over Waitakere to finish off the grading rounds. - **GBHS Girls' 1st XI Footbal**l team had a crushing first win over Baradene, with a final score of 6-1. Five goals scored by Chantay Robinson. - **GBHS Girls' 2nd XI Football** team also got off to a great start with an awesome 6-1 win vs Hobsonville Point. - **GBHS Boys' Hockey** team got their season started with a comfortable 4-0 over Waitakere which was great to see. - **GBHS Girls' Hockey** team had a narrow 2-1 loss against Waitakere College. - **GBHS Junior Basketball** got underway with back to back home games this week and it was great to see them in action with lots of positives to build on. - **GBHS Senior Basketball** team had a 33-24 win against Waitakere College. We now look ahead to this weekend with **GBHS's Table Tennis** teams starting their season on Friday night (9 May) along with the **Boys' 1st XI Football** team making the trip to Rutherford College for a big away game. Saturday brings about the start of the season for the rest of our **Boys' Football** teams where we have 8 teams in action on Saturday morning. **Junior Netball** is also continuing on at Te Pai and **Rugby Union** will kick off the following Saturday (17 May) with a home game V Howick at 10.30am. (Rugby Note: a friendly game may be organised for tomorrow (Sat 10 May) the team has been advised to check their team WhatsApp for updates). **Sofia Maulvurfs** (Yr 10) and Harry Harwick (Yr 12) participated in the Red Stag Rotorua Marathon last weekend - in the Womens' and Mens' 12km events respectively. Sofia set a blistering pace of 49.08 in the Women's 12km, getting a mention in the [Herald](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/red-stag-rotorua-marathon-2025-dan-balchin-billie-haresnape-victorious/3DDK5EMA4NH2LNJCITT6TXKSMA/)! Also competing in this event were GBHS Year 12 Dean, **Matt Ollerenshaw** (Marathon - 42.2km) and GBHS school librarian **Jenny Wrigley** (Women's 12km). What an active bunch of students and staff we have at GBHS! 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