Yesterday Bunny & I traveled over to Rotorua to watch Tawhai take part in the Area Schools' sports. He'd had a hard game of volleyball the night before,
but he was a standout player in the Central NI team,playing as lock, a position he is not fond of. The weather turned pretty cold, & there were a couple of showers of rain during the game. Central lost their match to Northern, but they did some great work in the second half. Pretty good effort for their first outing together. The Northern team, however, looked as if they'd played quite a few times as a team. We had a long cold wait after the game, to hear who had been chosen from both teams, for a North Island squad to play an invitation team today. Selection for the final North Island squad will be made after today's game.
Tawhai was very happy that he had been chosen for the next round. Great stuff. Kia kaha Tawhai. More pics on Picasa.
The day started early this morning, when Sam came over to say goodbye, before flying to Wellington as the East Coast representative to the Youth Parliament. He looked the very picture of an up and coming politician in his school dress gear. Later in the morning Bunny, Lucy & I drove to Waiotahi Beach for the annual polar swim. Bunny has now done 9, so he's determined to do no 10 next year. It was a very cold day, but the sun shone & the beach looked lovely. 
Lucy was first in the water, & headed back in again after the treasure hunt, to wash off all the sand. She scored 4 'treasures' worth $50, so she was happy. More good pics on Picasa.
