Gregory’s Blog

Hi again,

Last weekend I played in a squash tournament called the North Island age groups. It was held in Auckland at the Henderson and Titirangi squash courts. Me and my family stayed in a hotel called Lincoln Green. My first game was at Henderson against a J1. I’m an F grader so I should have won but I hadn’t played squash recently so I kept on hitting the ball into the tin while playing my drop shots and I constantly got bad calls from the referees. The game score was 3/0 to the other boy. I had a bye so I had no more games that day. My second game was against a J4 at Titirangi and I won easily 3/0. The next day I had either one or two games depending on my result. My game was at Henderson and was against one of the boys who refereed my first game so I was determined to win. It was a close game and I won 3/1 in the end. My final game was against an F grader like me. It was another close game but I had improved so much since my first game, I won 3/1. I was very pleased with how I played in this tournament and pleased that I won the plate. My prize was a squash ball and a head band.

Bye for now, Gregory.

Hi again,

 Science Fair.

My school is having Science Fair soon and this will the first time I have been involved in one. My question is ‘What is the effect on the fizziness of Coke when different substances are added?’ I will be using salt, baking soda, sugar and sand. I will pour these into bottles of Coke and find out the amount of Coke that comes out of the bottles. If you want to find out more about this year’s science fair at my school go to http://ultranet.teawamutuint.school.nz/. Here you can also find out some other exciting things happening at my school this year.

Squash.

On the weekend I played in a Squash Tournament at Te Awamutu. I was in division one and I was the eighth seed. In my first game I played an E2 who was about twice my size. I lost in three but I had fun because we had lots of long rallies. In my second game I played an F grader. I’m a J1 so it was going to be a hard game because he is a higher grade than me. Last time I played this boy it was a very close game and I lost in five. This time I lost in three but the first game was really close. I didn’t play another game because the second seed pulled out because he injured his leg so my last game was a bye. I won ten dollars in this tournament .

Bye for now, Gregory.

Hi Again,

Last weekend my family went to Mokau and stayed 1 night. We stayed in a small yellow cabin that had 2 bunk beds. We had a good time at the beach but it was too cold to go for a swim. We enjoyed walking on the beach and looking for stones and shells. Me and my family also had fun climbing up a steep hill and sliding back down. The weather was fine until the last day while we were enjoying being on the beach before we left.

This weekend I played in a squash tournament in Otorohanga. I was the first seed and played a boy called Henry and won easily 9 – 0, 9 – 1, 9 – 5. I lost my second game in five against a boy called Montell who I’ve played before and won in five, so it was a really close game. I won my last game in four 9 – 7, 6 – 9, 9 – 5 and 9 – 0 in the fourth against a boy called Sean. In the end I came runner up and my prize was a fifty dollar note. I had a great time playing my games in this tournament. Next week I will be playing in another tournament. My games will be harder because I’ll be in the top division.

Bye for now,

Gregory

Hi Again,

This week I have been involved in a squash tournament called the Waikato age groups. I was in the under 13 boys division. At the age groups I played two games against either eleven year old boys or twelve year old boys. Normally I would have played three games but I ended up playing only two because my opponent defaulted in my second game. In my first I game I played a boy called Jack.I won in four. Jack won the first game 10 – 8, Then I won the next three, 9 – 1, 9 – 5, 9 – 0. Since I won that game and in my second game I won by default, I had to play a 12 year old boy called Blake who was a higher grade than me. Blake won the first game 9 – 7. We were both tired after that game. Blake won the second game 9 – 5. After that game Blake only needed to win one more game to win the match but luckily for me I won that next game 9 – 6. Both of us were very tired after that game but neither of us were going to give up. I won the fourth game 10 – 9. It was so close. The next game was the decider and I won it 9 – 1. I was so pleased because I became the new under 13s champion! My prize was $60 and a trophy.

 On Saturday I played soccer for Pirongia. We played a Hamilton team called the Western United Cannons at Hamilton. My team won 4 – 1. I didn’t score any goals but I played well. That was our last of four grading games and we’ve won all of them. My team’s next game will probably be against a more even team than the previous ones we’ve played against. I’m looking forward to our next game.

Bye for now, Gregory