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Sport Waikato Awards 2006

On Friday 24th November Sport Penni has left teaching and
Waikato held its Annual Awards night is now an Officer with the Department
at Hopu Hopu’s Endowed College. of Corrections.
Sport Waikato assist in Past-pupil Tennille Hill was
programmes for the community well- nominated in an extremely strong Junior
being, promoting for everyone to Sportsperson of the Year category for
undertake physical activity, trying to her Captaincy in National Touch and
influence the entire community on the National Netball successes.
perils of not being reasonably fit. Demi Johnson was a
Many of the students were nominee, along with Narvana Moana
involved both as nominees and workers (Basketball) and Trent Williams (Power
at the event. Lifting) were also nominated in the
The catering aspect of the event Penni Heu Junior Sportsperson of the Year
occupied a large number of Ngaruawahia category.
High School students as they efficiently worked in School Principal David Bradford was there
the kitchen and waited tables. along with staff member Sandy MacDonald (who
A number of current and past pupils and staff accepted the Team of the Year Award on behalf of
members were nominees for the awards with past the Ngaruawahia United Northern League Football
staff member Penni Heu receiving the Manager of team).
the Year Award for basketball.

Cairo Sandford 2007

Every year the
Electronics Industry
Training Organisation
(ETITO) run a prestigious
national competition for
young electronics
inventors called
“Brightsparks”.
Last year (2006)
Charmaine Hopa entered
and gained third place.
This year three
senior electronic students for Ngaruawahia High
School entered with two different projects.
Incredibly, once again we gained a third
place nationally. This time Cairo Sandford came
through with her “Pimp My Potty” project.
Her pimped-up potty senses electronically
when the toddler has either “peed” or “pooed”, and
then plays different tunes and flashes lights as a
reward for a job well done!
Cairo and her family were invited up to the
big prize-giving function in Auckland in
November.
Television cameras were there (as they are
every year) profiling some of the young inventors
and their inventions for current affairs
programmes.
Cairo appeared on the television programme
“Te Karere” on Friday 16th November at 3:40pm.