PRIMARY SPORT WELLINGTON

Primary Sport Wellington is the organisation responsible for overseeing sport for its 63 member primary schools within Wellington City. Its boundaries are Makara in the west, Tawa in the north, Seatoun in the east and Island Bay in the south. 

Primary Sport Wellington is a member of the Greater Wellington Primary and Intermediate Schools Sports Association who take responsibility to organise Regional Sports opportunities such as Cross COuntry and Athletics.

Garry Szeto is the Director of Sport and is employed in a .5 FTE capacity.  Ray Marten is contracted 4 hours per week to assist Garry with the Accounts and Administration duties.

Garry and Ray primarily support it's member schools with the organisation of 18 Zone events, organisation of 3 PSW Inter Zone events and either leading or supporting the other associations with offering Regional sporting opportunities for Cross Country and Athletics.

The Director of Sport position is fully funded through it's member schools and it primary focus is to support it's member schools' with providing their students with a quality sporting experience. 

​​​​​​​PSW Farewells Alison Lavin

Alison Lavin steps down as Director of Sport for Primary Sport Wellington.

After 14 years as Primary Sport Wellington (PSW) first Director of Sport, Alison has made the decision to resign.  Alison has made an invaluable ​contribution with the provision of school based sport for primary aged children, not only to the then 66 member schools of PSW, but with her desire to see a regional consistency for quality of sporting experience.  She has organised many a qualifying-progression event such as inter-zone and regional athletics, swimming, cross country events and was instrumental in starting an inter-provincial cross country event for primary aged children between Wellington and Canterbury.

However Alison has not not just focused on providing quality progression sporting experiences as she has also organised participation based events for the 64 PSW member schools with events such as Football, Netball and the Anne Hare Challenge events.

​Alison will be missed by the six PSW Zone Convenors as she has supported many of their events throughout the years, gaining their respect, trust and friendship along the way and on behalf of the PSW Governance Committee and member schools I wish her all the best for her future endeavours.

​Kathryn Smith

Handball Introduced to the PSW membership

Thanks to New Zealand Handball Federation and the Goethe Institut Primary Sport Wellington Inc was able to introduces the sport of handball for it's Year 7 & 8 students in 2025.

Three qualfying tournaments were organised and offered exclusively to the PSW membership by the NZ Handball Federation with the winning Boy's and Girl's teams from each of the qualfying tournaments automatically gaining selection to play in a Handball Finals Day against primary and intermediate schools from across the Greater Wellington region.

The sport of handball is not widely played in primary schools so when PSW was approached Frank at NZ Handball in 2024 about the possibly of offering this sport to the membership I jumped at the opportunity.

At each of the tournaments the games observed were high scoring and exciting.  The fast paced action and open court assisted with very competitive games.  

Well done to the winning teams at each of the qualifying tournaments:

Boys:  St Benedict's School, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna, and Kelburn Normal School.

Girls: St Anne's School, Otari School and Queen Margaret College.

I look forward to seeing you all inaction on 14th August at Akau Tangi Sports Centre.

Top 3 team results below from each of the qualifying tournaments:

Day 1:  

Boys: 

1st place: St Benedict's School

2nd place: St Brigid's School

3rd place: Mt Cook School

Girls:

1st place: Otari School

2nd place: Clifton Terrace Model School

3rd place: Hataitai School

Day 2:

Boys:

1st place: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna

2nd place: Sacred Heart Primary School 

3rd place: St Anne's School

Girls:

1st place: St Anne's School

2nd place: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna

3rd place: Te Aro School

Day 3:

Boys:

1st place: Kelburn Normal School

2nd place: Clyde Quay School

3rd place: Ridgway School

Girls:

1st place: Queen Margaret College

2nd place: Clyde Quay School

3rd place: Kelburn Normal School