Pass the Baton!

November 18, 2019 at 1:50 PM

Chant, run, pass the baton, cheer. Chant, run, do the YMCA, cheer!

In a blaze of summer sunshine, the Girls’ School joined the Boys’ School at Shore Road for the annual House Relay event last week. Yellow, red, blue and green House shirts cut a swathe of colour across the top field as the runners got ready to race! If the residents of greater Remuera didn’t already know all the words to the chant for each House – or the Village People’s enduring YMCA – they surely do now!

Each year group fielded a team of runners, whilst the rest of the boys and girls, joined by many parents, sat on the bank cheering on their House representatives. It’s well known that Reverend Hardie likes to ‘boogie’ at the School House events and he kept the music and moves alive between races! House chants rang out, the cheering was loud and the runners were fast!

With all the points tallied, Hamilton took the top honours for Boys’ School with Cargill on top of the podium for the Girls’ School. Well done to all our runners – including the game parents who picked up the baton to compete!

Our sincere thanks to parent, Andrew Cornaga from Photosport for sharing his photos.