Lucius Pang

I coached the Sancta Maria junior volleyball team (rockets). As a coach I encouraged my players to give their best in every game/training and maintain a positive mindset on and off the court. I supported all players equally no matter the difference in skill level or experience. I analysed all players to get a understanding of each persons skill level to determine everyone's strengths and weaknesses to provide us with a better chance of victory. Despite not boasting an overwhelming win rate, our team held their high throughout the whole season with pride and achievement for how far they have come.

Good relationship with assistant coaches, players and school staff. Gained respect from opposing players and coaches alike.

I started my volleyball journey last year, joining the junior school team and eventually being joining a club with all my friends. During our junior school season there was a heavy disappointment in results during the junior Auckland Junior Volleyball Championship despite a strong zone game performance, only losing 1 out of 6 games. The disappointing results during the junior Auckland Championship pushed me and drove me to further improve my own skills. This lead to a much stronger performance in our senior volleyball team at the start of this year, once again boasting a strong zone game performance losing only 1 of our 6 games like before. This time in our journey at Auckland Senior Volleyball Championship we were faced with another challenge of injuries and sickness. Despite missing the first day of Auckland Championships we as a team battled hard to take second in division 3 of the Auckland Championships. Later on this year I joined a club and we together competed in division 3 of Club Nationals 2023. Though we played terribly strong opponents we took it as a learning opportunity and will be looking to bounce back harder and stronger next year. 

Badminton was always a sport i lived with as a child, being from Malaysia I played badminton most of my years. After making the B team for Sancta Maria College last year I have been promoted this year to the A team. Winning 2 games in the A team competition and continued to win all my games in the B grade competition due to the inability in schedule to make the rest of the A team games. As a young teenager i hope to gather much more experience in different types of sports. In the future, I look forward to learning and experiencing different sports such as surfing, scuba diving, skiing, biking and much more.

Nathaniel Kim (Cultural prefect) - nathanielkim3020@gmail.com - 02108567951

I am a young teenager that looks forward to job opportunities and wishes to earn experience in order to better my future. I enjoy various sports such as volleyball, basketball and badminton and I look forward to experiencing new sports in my future such as surfing, scuba diving, skiing, biking and much more. Other than sports, I enjoy spending my time with my friends playing games such as Fortnite, Call of Duty, Valorant, Minecraft and so on. I want to use this opportunity as a way of getting out of my shell to experience different things outside of my normal routine and to make new friends and learn new things and by working in a store like Boardertown I wish to learn more about skiing, a sport that I wish to get into in the future. I would like to work in the botany store and preferably any time from 9am to 4pm in the weekends.