Player Kairus Booth

[mt.wellington]

Kairus Booth

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2021 - South Otago High School Triathlon Team
2022 - South Otago High School 1st XI
2022 - South Otago High School 1st XV
2022 - Otago Touch U15
2023 - NZRL Southern Scorpions U16
2023 - NZRL U16 Champions
2023 - NZRL Aotearoa Whaanui U16
2023 - Otago Touch U16
2024 - Warriors Harold Matthews
2024 - Harold Matthews Champions

 

[mt.wellington]

Sharing their sporting skills
By Evelyn Thorn -October 20, 2022


At the school holiday one-day touch rugby programme last week are organisers (from left) Kairus Booth, Sydney Marshall and Harlin Puna (all 15).

The three instructors are on their way to Christchurch in February to compete in the Touch Nationals competition and are using their sporting skills to fundraise for their time away. The one-day programme on October 12 was targeted at year 5 and 8 pupils from South Otago primary schools. Learning different skills on the field, handling the ball and having fun were the main lessons as the three leaders taught during the warm day. The trio have been playing touch rugby since they were 8 years old. Otago Touch operations manager Jarrod Powell came down for the day to help out and provide his expertise to up-and-coming touch rugby stars in Balclutha.

Sharing their sporting skills

At the school holiday one-day touch rugby programme last week are organisers (from left) Kairus Booth, Sydney Marshall and Harlin Puna (all 15). The three instructors are on their way to Christchurch in February to compete in the Touch Nationals competition and are using their sporting skills to...

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[mt.wellington]

Otago Secondary Schools Triathlon (2021) /U16

U16: XU16 Mixed Team​

Pos	Name	School	Gun Time	Overall Pos	Gender (Pos)	Swim	T1	Cycle	Run
1	LOGAN PARK B CORA CHAPMAN & KIERAN BLACK & NICO ALVERZ REY-VIRA (#271)	Logan Park High	00:36:49	13	Mixed (1)	00:05:55	00:02:02	00:18:13	00:10:38
2	TAIC U16 MIXED - GOLD EMMA BAIN & BLAKE DALTON & JOSH SILOY (#281)	Taieri College	00:39:02	25	Mixed (2)	00:04:46	00:02:24	00:19:44	00:12:05
3	LOGAN PARK D LILY ABBOTT & OE HAYWARD & ETHAN LAMBETH (#273)	Logan Park High	00:41:03	27	Mixed (3)	00:07:09	00:02:12	00:18:44	00:12:56
4	LOGAN PARK C TAYA KAIN & TSUGUMI PARKS WATANABE & SOLLY ARMSTRO (#272)	Logan Park High	00:42:17	30	Mixed (4)	00:05:51	00:02:13	00:20:28	00:13:43
5	TAIC U16 MIXED - BLUE JESSIE YEEE & ZAC WHITLEY & PHOENIX CLARKSON (#280)	Taieri College	00:43:19	37	Mixed (5)	00:05:08	00:02:04	00:22:27	00:13:39
6	SOHS U16 MIXED #2 JESSIE O'HARA & BEN JUDSON & BLAKE HENDERSON (#279)	South Otago High School	00:45:18	47	Mixed (6)	00:05:05	00:01:59	00:24:30	00:13:42
7	MENZIES JOSIE MCLELLAN & ETHAN STEWART & OLIVIA PERRIAM (#274)	Menzies College	00:45:29	48	Mixed (7)	00:06:22	00:02:11	00:18:53	00:18:02
8	EOHS U16 MIXED KARI CROUCHER & SAM LUNAM & KATE JAMES (#270)	East Otago High	00:47:21	57	Mixed (8)	00:05:02	00:02:25	00:23:19	00:16:33
9	ROXBURGH GREEN GRACE AFFLECK & JIMMY AFFLECK & DION HIMIONA (#275)	Roxburgh Area School	00:48:57	64	Mixed (9)	00:05:07	00:02:20	00:19:58	00:21:30
10	SOHS JNR MIXED LUKA MAY & CALLUM LEEDS & BREE CAMPBELL (#277)	South Otago High School	00:51:32	72	Mixed (10)	00:11:50	00:02:47	00:19:45	00:17:08
11	SOHS U16 MIXED #1 JORDAN AITKEN-COUTTS & JAYDEN READ & WILL CLARK (#276)	South Otago High School	00:54:06	77	Mixed (11)	00:10:53	00:03:16	00:24:29	00:15:27
12	SOHS U16 MIXED #3 ASHLEE ANDERSON & ANNIE LAWRENCE & Karius Booth (#278)	South Otago High School	00:55:04	80	Mixed (12)	00:06:05	00:02:28	00:31:12	00:15:17

Mixed U16 Mixed Team - U16 - Otago Secondary Schools Triathlon (2021)

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[mt.wellington]

Nationals Touch Tournament​

On the 11th-13th of February 2023, South Otago High School had students involved in the Nationals touch tournament representing Otago.

This is a big achievement, and it is great to have a large number of skilled students representing Otago at a national level.

• U16 boys: Harlin Puna, Kairus Booth, Blake Hyslop, Josh Shore - 5th place
• U16 girls: Sydney Marshall - 1st place
• U18 boys: Reece Apiti - 4th place
• U18 girls: Aimee Johnson - 5th place

Nationals Touch Tournament • South Otago High School

On the 11th-13th of February, South Otago High School had students involved in the Nationals touch tournament representing Otago.

www.sohs.school.nz

 

[mt.wellington]

Boys Cricket Update​

The 1st XI played against Logan Park HS at home last Saturday.

Sent in to bat, we were bowled out for an extremely poor 57, again falling well short of batting out our 40 overs. A tidy opening spell from Logan Park had us three down in a very short space of time, meaning that the middle and lower order would need to undo the early damage. A partnership between Archie Smith and Kairus Booth looked promising, but things became a bit grim when Smith departed and we more or less collapsed. Defending such a meagre total was never going to be easy, yet the boys got stuck in and were able to nab three wickets before our total was hauled in in just 10.3 overs. Despite this result, the boys remained quite buoyant and we had a very productive practice on Thursday. The key points were:

* Coming forward and defending full-pitched bowling on middle stump (rather than trying to whack the ball out of the park and getting bowled)

* Getting bat on ball, backing up and looking to accumulate singles

* General tidiness and alertness in the field (making the opposition work for every run)

Needless to say, we are hoping to see some major improvement in these areas tomorrow!

Tomorrow, we travel to Corstorphine, where we will play against a King's HS XI. We will be leaving the bus bay at 11:15.

Elliott Carroll

TIC Boys' Cricket

Boys Cricket Update • South Otago High School

The 1st XI played against Logan Park HS at home last Saturday.

www.sohs.school.nz

 

[mt.wellington]

Teams create amazing rugby culture​

Evelyn Thorn
May 18, 2023

This year South Otago High School (SOHS) is excited more than ever to showcase its rugby.

The high school has an incredible number of 150 boys and girls playing rugby across the board. Its four boys’ teams and two girls’ teams create an amazing rugby culture at the school and throughout the community.

Jason Palmer is the teacher in charge of boys’ rugby and David Matsas is the teacher in charge of girls’ rugby. Both teachers have prepared their teams for the season and are looking forward to plenty of success.

The boys’ teams have combined with Tokomairiro, Lawrence Area School and Catlins Area School, which has been on going for several years.

Last year the boys had some good successes with the under-14 team winning the Under-14 Championship Cup and the under-15 team won the plate.


Dodge city . . . SOHS boys’ rugby player Kairus Booth (17) in action this season. PHOTO: HANNES HUMAN

Teams create amazing rugby culture

This year South Otago High School (SOHS) is excited more than ever to showcase its rugby. The high school has an incredible number of 150 boys and girls playing rugby across the board. Its four boys’ teams and two girls’ teams create an amazing rugby culture at the school and throughout the...

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[mt.wellington]

Otago Rugby League

Good luck to Otago lads Kairus Booth and Torino Jackson who are playing for the Aotearoa Whaanui 16s boys team in Auckland on Monday! Well deserved boys, go hard 🔵🟡

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[mt.wellington]

Warriors academy initiative to extend to Southland
LOGAN SAVORY
FEB 18, 2024

“We are really excited and confident around having a really good structure setup in Southland for kids to be selected."

The Warriors NRL club has setup an academy in Southland.

The Warriors NRL club and Southern Zone Rugby League have announced a new academy in Dunedin, and work is well underway to have a hub based in Southland.

Southern Zone Rugby League will launch the academy in April which will operate in association with the Warriors.

It will be the fourth satellite academy the NRL club has in place around the country.

Warriors development and pathways manager Andrew McFadden, assistant coach Stacey Jones, and CEO Cameron George were in Dunedin this week to announce the new academy in the south.

Southern Zone Rugby League general manager Liam Turner confirmed to The Southland Tribune that work was underway to incorporate Southland into the academy.

“In terms of the Southland setup, it is still a work in progress. We have spoken to particular people and stakeholders and it’s probably too early to be announcing those conversations,” Turner said.

“We are really excited and confident around having a really good structure setup in Southland for kids to be selected.

“Basically, we’ll be looking to have someone based in Southland to oversee and facilitate it and be that in-person for these kids.

“Nathan Jones, who has been appointed as our Dunedin trainer, will share content and feed that down.”

The plan is to also have academy hubs in Timaru and Greymouth as well.

“We are starting small, and we will build and take baby steps.”

The academy’s head trainer Nathan Jones comes with plenty of experience.

“He was with the Melbourne Storm and brought up Brandon Smith and Brodie Croft, so he knows what he is doing. We are just very, very fortunate to have someone of his calibre leading this academy.”

Turner said there was talent in Southland.

“Southland has been really competitive at our South Island tournaments for a couple of years and has had a really good strong crop in our [South Island] Scorpions setup and they’ve played a big part.

“Without a doubt there’s some real talent. So, we are really excited by what’s down in Southland and we are really confident there are some good people down there doing some good work in the rugby league space.

“The way the junior comp is going, Kelly Lafoga, our development officer, is doing an outstanding job. The talent is only going to keep on increasing through our junior ranks.”

He hoped to see some of those players progress to the big stage.

“The opportunities in league are pretty awesome, we’ve got kids with some pretty amazing stories really.”

Turner pointed to Balclutha’s Kairus Booth as one of those stories.

He played league for the first time last year, was identified by the Warriors, and is now starting on the wing for the Warriors under-17 team.

“The cool thing about the [academy] is it will provide that inspired pathway from their back door. We’ve had a really good relationship with the Warriors for a couple of years now and they have been really supportive of what we are doing in the community game.

“It’s cool to put an official partnership.”

The Warriors already have an established academy in Canterbury. Turner said long-term the Otago-based academy, along with the other hubs like Southland, could play fixtures against the Warriors’ Canterbury academy group. That could help the Warriors further with its talent identification.

While now based in Dunedin, Turner hails from Mossburn and was a talented athletics competitor in his youth.

He took over the Southern Zone Rugby League general manager job from Steve Martin and said he was enjoying the role.

“I’m from a sheep and beef farm in Mossburn and I played a lot of sport growing up, but league was never an opportunity out our way.

“We are looking - with Kelly [Lafoga] to give opportunities to give some school delivery up through our country regions.”

Warriors academy initiative to extend to Southland

“We are really excited and confident around having a really good structure setup in Southland for kids to be selected."

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[mt.wellington]

Saturday, 11 November 2023

‘Raw potential’ heads to Wahs junior team​

Balclutha rugby league player Kairus Booth, 16, practises goalkicking in Balclutha recently. Photo: supplied

A Balclutha youngster with "raw potential" has gone up to the Wahs.

Kairus Booth, 16, a year 12 pupil at South Otago High School, has signed with the Warriors.

He will join the under-17 Harold Matthews Cup squad.

The utility back recently played for the South Island Scorpions team which beat Waikato 26-10 to win the 16 boys section of the national youth tournament in Rotorua.

He then made the Rest of New Zealand squad which beat Auckland in the under-16 representative final.

He has been playing touch and rugby for years.

The youth tournament was Kairus’ first time trying out rugby league. But things have moved quickly for the utility back, who also does some goalkicking.

Booth has said he enjoyed the sport "just as much as rugby".

He is now busy in Auckland with the under-17 squad and is up against some top talent to make the team.

Kairus and his family could not be contacted this week.

Future Warriors coach Tony Iro said he saw "raw potential" in Kairus. "We first noticed him playing for the South Island Scorpions and we tracked him from there," Iro said. "We liked what we saw out of Kairus. He’s raw and hasn’t played a lot of league — but he’s hungry and he has potential. He definitely deserved to have the opportunity to develop further."

Iro said Kairus was living with him while he trained in Auckland.

"He’s a really good kid. He’s fighting to shine alongside 45 other boys. He’s got some work to do, but I can see he wants it."

He said he was looking forward to what Booth would bring to the table.

The Warriors have introduced two age-grade teams in New South Wales league competitions next year — the Jersey Flegg Cup (under-21) and the Harold Matthews Cup (under-17).

The goal was to give the club the best possible development pathway.

It would be the first time the Warriors would run more than three men’s teams.

The SG Ball and Harold Matthews competitions are shorter seasons, usually from early February to late April.

‘Raw potential’ heads to Wahs junior team

A Balclutha youngster with "raw potential" has gone up to the Wahs. Kairus Booth, 16, a year 12 pupil at South Otago High School, has signed with...

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[mt.wellington]

TL : DR - the kids an athletic freak...

 

[Riz]

The first thing I noticed about him when he was playing for the Scorpions is his ability to kick the ball, not only is he an excellent goal kicker, but his general play kicking is extremely powerful.

 

[Riz]

Booth playing fullback for the Scorpions in the U16 National Final.


View: https://www.youtube.com/live/QH-Ouyj2BiI?si=wYDMHBjbB2T1lnV0

 

[Five&Last]

TL : DR - the kids an athletic freak...

Wonder how he goes at golf.

Definitely has that Kalyn Ponga natural sporting talent and coordination

The way he was drilling sideline conversions off three steps was insane