Fab four win at Northland school sports awards

Four Rodney College students came away winners following the ASB Northland Secondary Schools Sports Awards on October 25.

Three of them, Victoria Vakatini Harding, Tarrin Rous and Brennan Massey were back-to-back winners, and Jackson Brierly added his name to the list this year.

Brierly was a winner in the officials category for refereeing both tag and union rugby.

He was selected to officiate in the Oceania Indigenous Invitational Cup tag rugby competition and was the youngest person to referee a Northland rep game this year.

Harding represented New Zealand in tag rugby at the 2018 World Cup in Australia and played for Northland at nationals. She also captained the Aotearoa Maori U18 girls team against Samoa and the Cook Islands, and was awarded ‘most valuable player’.

The school’s top golfer, Rous, played in the Northland Booth Shield team that won for only the second time in 57 years.

Rous played in the West Coast Division winning team for Mangawhai Golf Club and represented Northland against North Harbour.

Massey competes in powerchair football and represented New Zealand in the Australian National Championships and Ditch Cup. He also played in the New Zealand nationals.