Sport

Taieri College has a long tradition of athletes performing across all levels of the sport. Students will be able to compete at local, regional and national levels within athletics at Taieri College.

Students who are interested in playing Badminton at school can attend trainings at the school gym from 3.30pm - 4.30pm run by Mr Leh-Ong Wong.

Taieri College has a large number of Basketball Boys and Girls teams that compete in all grades of the Dunedin Basketball Competititon.

We have a number of dedicated Coaches who work hard to realise the potential of our young players.

Cricket at Taieri College has been on the rise for the past couple of years. This has seen both or teams and individuals from the College perform well in local, regional and national tournaments.

Our First XI is made up of keen cricketers from years 11-13 and compete in the Premier Schools 1st XI competition section of the Dunedin Cricket Competition.

Our 2nd XI also had a good season in open schools section. We have a number of junior cricket teams made up of year 9 to 10 players. They competed in the Junior A Grade Competition. In year 7 and 8 while our students still play for Taieri Junior Club they come together to play matches with other intermediate schools in the Otago and Southland Area. Girls cricket is also very popular at Taieri College.

Every second year we have a team that travels to India for a cricket tour.

At year 7 & 8 students gain the opportunity to compete in the OPSSA Cross Country Champs held in Term 3 at Kaikorai Valley College. 

The Secondary School Cross Country Team competes in the annual Otago Secondary Schools Cross Country Series in May / June each year.  With students given the opportunity to then go and compete in South Island and New Zealand Secondary School Cross Country Championships. 

Taieri College has an Equestrian Team that competes in the Otago Secondary Schools Equestrian Competition.  We have a number of keen Equestrians at the school.

Football is very popular at Taieri College.

We compete in the local Dunedin competition and we have regular exchanges with South Otago and James Hargest. We provide the opportunity to compete in the South Island Football tournaments in Tournament week.  

Futsal is a very popular summer sport at Taieri College we have many teams that play in the Edgar Centre competition from Year 7 through to Year 13. Our teams are competitive and our football players enjoy playing to compliment their Football trainings.

At Taieri College students who are keen on golf have the opportunity to visit the Taieri Lakes Golf course every Tuesday evening in the Summer to have golf coaching. We also compete in the Otago Secondary School Golf Championships and the Otago Secondary School Sports have a go tournament at the end of the year. 

Hockey is a very popular at Taieri College and we now have four boys and girls teams Years 9-13 and four Intermediate teams at Year 7 & 8.

Each year our Senior teams attend the National Tournaments in Winter tournament week. All our teams compete at the Co-Ed tournament in Dunedin and interchanges against James Hargest and South Otago High Schools.

Taieri College miniball teams play at the Edgar Centre against other intermediates and colleges from across Dunedin.  

Our teams also have the opportunity to compete in sports exchanges with other schools and we have also in recent years competed in the North Otago and Canterbury tournament.  

Built upon the traditional strengths of Taieri college sport: Athletics, Cycling and swimming - The Taieri College individuals and teams have been highly successful over recent years winning both Otago and Otago - Southland titles. 

Taieri College has a proud tradition of producing top class netball players and teams. We have 19 Netball teams competing from Year 7-13 at Taieri Plains Junior Netball and Dunedin Netball Centre Saturday Competition. We have many quality coaches and managers at Taieri College to further any Netball Careers.

Taieri College Senior A Netball plays in the Premier Grade of the Dunedin Netball Centre Open Womens Grade. Our Taieri College 10A and 9A teams play in the Schools Premier Grades.

Our Year 7 & 8 Teams play in the Taieri Plains Primary Schools Competition, with our top teams also playing in the Dunedin Primary School Competition. 

Rugby at Taieri College has a strong link to our local clubs. In 2022 Taieri College and the Taieri Rugby Club forged a formalized relationship with each other. The aim of this is to build a pathway between club and College at the Junior level. Our  Boys 1st XV are this year playing in the Otago Secondary School Premier Competition. While girls rugby is continuing to go from strength to strength at the College. 

In 2025 Taieri College will be travelling to Europe to play in England, France and Spain.  

We have a strong tradition of having exceptional swimmers coming from the Taieri Swim Club to join us at Taieri College. These swimmers have gone on to represent Taieri College at Otago, South Island and New Zealand level in this sport. 

Taieri College has up to 8 teams playing in the Taieri Plains Touch module in Year 7 and 8. From Year 9 onwards we compete against other schools at the Oval in Dunedin. We also send a mixed team to the Otago Championships.  Taieri College has got many Otago Representatives at Touch. 

Volleyball is extremely popular at Taieri College. We have four Year 7 & 8 teams that play mini-volley on a Friday night through the summer. Our teams compete against all secondary schools at the Edgar Centre. We are lucky to have great coaches and our Senior girls team is currently ranked 2nd in Otago and has competed at the New Zealand Nationals in 2017. Our junior girls team are ranked 1st in Otago and regularly competes at South Island Champs.

Year 7 & 8 played Friday nights at Moana Pool

Year 9 - 13 played Thursday nights at Moana Pool