Sports

Sports

Welcome to the Henley School Sports page.  All the information that you need to know regarding all sports on offer at Henley School can be found here.  If you have any queries, please contact Cade Armstrong (Teacher in Charge of Sport) or Gary Walker (Sports Co-ordinator).  Gary can be reached by emailing sports@henley.school.nz. The School's phone number is 544 8904.

Sports information is available on this page and at the school office. Registrations are made via parent's myKindo accounts.  When registrations open a notice is placed on the school's Facebook page and children are advised through the daily notices read out in class each morning. Please ensure that registrations are completed promptly. 

The sports noticeboard is located outside Room 13.  This is where you can find draws, cancellation notices and also holiday programme information.  Team lists are also posted here for teams that are involved in Interschool events.

Students and parents are expected to follow Henley School’s Sporting Code of Conduct. Click here to view the Henley School Sporting Code of Conduct.

Sports Uniform

All children are to wear the Henley School blue top and blue shorts/skort.

Sports uniform may be provided by the school for some events.

School sports events

The following are events which the whole school is involved in;

Term 1 - Swimming Sports (held at Nayland Park Pool in Stoke)

Term 2 - Cross Country

Term 4 - Athletics Day

The school also holds a Triathlon for Years 3 to 6 children in Term 4. There are also school tournaments and events for other codes held throughout the year and children will bring information home for these when they occur.

  • Athletics Richmond
    www.sporty.co.nz/athleticsrichmond   

    Athletics Nelson
    www.athletics.nelson.co.nz

    Nelson Schools Cross Country League.  Each year the Nelson Schools Cross Country League takes place in Autumn.  Four races are held over consecutive Saturdays. Points are awarded for places across all age divisions, with separate point systems for girls and boys, to find the winning school at the end of the competition.  Students who have registered to run for our school should wear their Henley sports uniform for the races.

  • Proball

    Terms 2 and 3

    • Year 5 and 6 children

    • Games played at the Saxton Stadium on Fridays and start from 4.00pm

    • $90.00

    • Mouthguards are compulsory.

    Contact Jack at Nelson Basketball at 547 6419 or email him at operations@nelsonbasketball.co.nz

    3 x 3 Basketball

    Terms 1 and 4

    • Year 3 & 4 children and Year 5 & 6 children

    • Held at Jack Robins Stadium and Nayland outdoor courts

    • Mouthguards are compulsory

    • Games are on Thursdays and start from 3.45pm

    • $40.00

    Click here for full information for 2025

    Terms 2 and 3

    • Year 3 & 4 children

    • Held at Jack Robins Stadium 

    • Mouthguards are compulsory

    • Games are on Thursdays and start from 3.30pm

    • $45.00

    Kiwihoops

    Terms 1 and 4

    • Year 1 to 6 children

    • Held at the Jack Robin Stadium on Mondays

    For more information for 2025 click here

  • For more information contact Gillian at wttujuniors@gmail.com

    All registration are made through Waimea Toi Toi United Cricket Club

    Terms 1 & 4

    Smash Play - Years 1 & 2

    • Skill sessions and drills in a fun interactive format

    • Jubilee Park South on Saturday mornings, 8.30am to 9.15am

    • Cost $60.00 (includes a T-Shirt)

    • PLAY HQ Link - click here

    Machine Ball Cricket (MBC) Years 3 & 4 - Term 4 2025 - followed by Dual Pitch Smash Cricket (DPS) for the same children for Term 1, 2026

    • A world first format, being trialled in Nelson

    • MBC 2025 - very exciting with 100% of deliveries in play for the batters to hit and therefore interaction and involvement for the whole team

    • DPS 2026 - this format is the follow on format in Term 1, 2026, for the same children who took part in MBC in Term 4, 2025.

    • DPS will continue to develop the players in readiness for Hardball Cricket.

    • Cost $80.00 for both the Term 1 2025 and Term 2 2026 programmes

    • PLAY HQ Link - click here

    Click here for more information

    Junior Hardball - Years 5 & 6

    • Entry level Hardball cricket - 20-over games and begin to travel around the region to play other teams

    • Children wear all the gear (helmets, gloves, pads etc) and the club has all the gear they need to play, however it is recommended they have their own abdominal guard or 'box'

    • $100.00

    • PLAY HQ Link click here

    Click here for more information

  • MINI FOOTBALL

    www.nelsonsuburbs.co.nz

    Terms 1 & 4

    • Year 1 to 6 children

    • Games are played at Saxton Field on Thursdays

    • Games are at either 4.30pm or 5.00pm

    • $15.00 per term

    Please click here for more information for Term 4 2025 Mini Football

    CLUB BASED FOOTBALL

    Terms 2 & 3

    Football is run within clubs.  Two of the local clubs are as follows:

  • Futsal runs throughout the year on a term by term basis. For more information and/or to register please email nbfadmin@mainlandfootball.co.nz

    • Run by Nelson Bays Football

    • Every year Henley School enters a team in the Primary Schools Gymnastics Festival.

    • This is held at the Mosey-Grayson Memorial Gym at the back of Nelson Intermediate.

  • www.nelsonhockey.org.nz

    Click here for 2024 information

    Register online by going to the Nelson Hockey website www.nelsonhockey.org.nz or contact the club at 547 9988.

    Nelson Hockey also runs Holiday Programmes throughout the year. Information and registration forms for these can be found on their website.

  • www.nelsonnetball.co.nz or contact them at 547 4450

    Terms 2 & 3

    • Games are played at the Saxton Field netball courts or in the stadium

    Years 1 & 2

    Years 3 & 4

    Years 5 & 6

    • games played on Saturdays at 9.00am or 10.15am - $60.00

    • Click here for full information for 2025 Netball for Years 5 & 6

    • In Term 3 we are invited to play at the Birchwood School Netball Tournament at Saxton Field netball courts. This will involve some of our Year 5 and 6 teams.

  • Term 1

    Mako Rippa Rugby Richmond (played at Jubilee Park on Wednesdays)

    or

    Mako Rippa Rugby Tahuna (played at the Tahunanui Playing Fields on Fridays)

    Year 1 - 6 children

    • Games are played either 4.00pm, 4.30pm, 5.00pm or 5.30pm

    • $5.00

    Click here for more information on Mako Rippa Richmond for Term 1 2025

    Click here for more information on Mako Rippa Tahuna for Term 1 2025

    In Term 2 the Nelson Rugby Union run the Richmond/Waimea Plains Rippa tournament which is held at Henley School.  This involves our Year 5 & 6 children. The top two teams from this tournament go to the Regional Rippa Rugby finals.

  • Terms 2 and 3

    Rugby is run through local clubs.  Some of the local clubs are as follows:

    Waimea Old Boys JAB (based at Richmond, Jubilee Park) https://www.waimeaoldboysrfc.com

    Wanderers JAB (based in Brightwater) www.wandererssports.co.nz or email sportwanderers@xtra.co.nz

    Stoke Rugby Club (based in Stoke) contact Chris Little at 027 713 6195 

  • Click here for more information regarding the Table Tennis programme being run from Saxton Stadium.

  • Click here for Term 4 T-Ball/Softball information

    Visit the Nelson United Softball website for more information www.sporty.co.nz/nelsonunitedsoftball/ or email any enquiries to nelsonunitedsoftball@gmail.com

  • Tennis is run from the Tasman Tennis Club on Gladstone Road in Richmond.  Head coach Kolie van Zyl runs coaching programmes throughout the year.  He can be contacted by email at kolievz@yahoo.com or at 027 829 3306.

    Click here for more information

  • Term 4

  • Terms 1 & 4

    • Year 3 - 6 children

    • Games are played at Saxton Stadium on Mondays

    • Games will take place between 4.00pm and 6.30pm

    • $40.00

    Please click here for more information on the Term 4 2025 volleyball

Information on Individual Sports

The following is an alphabetical list of sports that children can take part in.  Some sports are organised through the school and others are club based and some have their own websites where you can find draws and cancellations.  The following list contains all the information you need.

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