Clendon Park is committed to providing as many sporting opportunities as possible for our students.
Throughout the year, students in Years 5 – 8 have the opportunity to represent our school in swimming, cricket, rugby union, rugby league, rippa rugby, tag, football, volleyball, netball, basketball, cross country, touch, softball and athletics.
We are part of both the Year 7-8 Central Counties Sports Association (CCSA) and the Year 5-6 Manurewa Primary Schools Sports Association (MPSSA). We endeavour to enter teams in every CCSA and MPSSA event throughout the year.
Over the last few years, our teams have experienced great success. We won the MPSSA Overall Top School trophy in 2018 and 2019. Our Year 7-8s have experienced stunning success at Central Counties, Counties and Auckland level, winning (at Auckland level) Boys Touch, Girls Volleyball, Year 7 Girls Netball, Year 8 Girls Netball in the last decade. For a school of our size, often competing against intermediate schools with 1,000+ students, these wins at Auckland level are nothing short of incredible.
We are always looking to expand our students’ sporting horizons. In the past, have introduced them to other sports, such as rock climbing, kilikiti, squash, badminton, golf, ki-o-rahi and Aussie Rules. We are always on the lookout for other sports that may pique our students’ interests.
We also endeavour to provide as much free professional coaching to our students as we can and take up every opportunity we are presented with.