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Taumuranui College’s chances of defending their boys’ title all but disappeared as the Furnware NZ “A” Secondary Schools Championships began at North Harbour.

The champions’ hopes suffered a double blow when they fell to 51-65 to Dunstan HS in their tournament opener and were then edged 72-70 by Nga Taiatea Wharekura in the afternoon.

They now face a must-win game against Stratford HS on Day Two and then a likely crossover with the top qualifier of Pool A, either Paeroa College or Rotorua Lakes HS.

In the girls’ draw, 2008 runners-up Rotorua Lakes ended the day with two wins over Paeroa College (58-34) and Mairehau HS (88-14), while champions Church College also accounted for Paeroa 60-45.

Furnware NZ “A” Secondary Schools Championships

North Harbour

Tuesday, September 29

Boys
Tolaga Bay Area School 81 (Te Kepa Walker 41) Pinehurst School 70 (Tiki Kondic 25)
Dunstan HS 81 (Thomas Mulvihill 42) Nga Taiatea Wharekura 64 (Kane Mahara 24)
Buller HS 73 (Andrew McMillan 26) Rotorua Lakes 72 (Sam Appleton 29) Paeroa College 89 (Ihaka Steel 21) Pinehurst School 48 (Tiki Kondic 22)
Taumarunui HS 85 (Raymon Kawau 27) Stratford HS 38 (Sam Mako 9)
Rotorua Lakes HS 70 (Sam Appleton 24) Paeroa College (Ihaka Steel 30)
Buller HS 79 (Rueben Elley 21) Tolaga Bay Area School 54 (Te Kepa Walker 18)

Girls
Church College 103 (Corban Parata 29) Mairehau HS 16
Buller HS 73 (Rata Ngatai 25) Wairoa College 65 (Shontay Calvert 35)
Rotorua Lakes HS 69 (Gabby Adams 25) Te Aroha College 31 (Brianna Caird 11)
Rotorua Lakes HS 58 (Gabby Adams 17) Buller HS 32 (Ellie Ngatai 10)
Paeroa College 91 (Renee Tana 24) Mairehau HS 24 (Devon Smith 11)
Church College 75 (Maureen Tuia 27) Te Aroha College 52 (Mikayla Caird 16)