Netball tornament

On Saturday a few weeks ago we had a netball tournament. My team won the first 3 games and I was wing defence twice and wing attack once. On the last game we had to win to get into the finals so we were put in the positions that we were best at so I was wing defence.  We lost the last game.

Autumn poem

Dancing, floating leaves flittering to the grass, 
the ground of many colours , orange, yellow and  brown
leaves falling to the ground , like a ballerina twirling round and round. 
Red like blood,
yellow like sun,
brown like dirt and
orange like a carrot,
never blue like sea or purple like a plum.

The creepy Cromwell earthquake

In Wanaka,  Queenstown and Cromwell there was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake. The ground shook heaps and it sounded like there was a bulldozer outside. We hid under the tables and stayed silent. I think I was red in the face. Once the ground wasn't shaking as bad we lined up and walked to the field. Mrs Lees called out the roll to make sure everyone was with us. Heaps of kids were crying. Room 4 and 7 had some damage done to their classrooms. Mrs Lees was scared because she had been in the big Christchurch earthquake. This was my second earthquake because I was in an after shock in Christchurch. There were a few after shocks. My brother was too scared to do swimming lessons.

I WAS SO CREEPED OUT!

Highlanders vs Sharks

Yesterday we watched the Highlanders vs the Sharks in Dunedin.  Ariana, Brooke, Cameron,  Meg, Lachie, Michael, Jody, Trudi, Simon, Dad, Mum and I went. We walked to the stadium.  Lachie and Meg pretended to be army soldiers.  

When we got there Mum had to get her handbag checked for bad things. It was really cold.

As the Highlanders kicked off the Sharks sprinted for the ball but the Highlanders tackled the player with the ball and took it then got a try.

The Highlanders kept scoring so by half time the score was 10-26. There were things getting thrown at us but I didn't get anything. Dad got one crunchie bar.

Suddenly when the game started up again I froze. Ariana and Brooke got bored and Lachie and Meg went crazy. 

The end score was 15-49 to the Highlanders. I got all the signatures on my flag. We walked back to the Lone Star which was where the car was parked because we had tea there and got in. We drove back to Cromwell because we had sports the next day. The Webb`s and Clark`s went back to a motel they were staying in. We went to BP to get a snack. I fell asleep in Milton.

I want to do it again!

First netball game of the season

Today was the first netball game of the season. We won both our games. The first game we were against Terrace Lemon and the score was 7-17. The next game we were against Terrace Red. We won 2-23. I can't wait until next week because it is a tournament! Charlie couldn't play because she broke her thumb. I was captain for the first game and Olivia was captain in the second game.