National win for jump jammers

‘Bewitching Pirongia’ tickled pink after their stunning win at the nationals in Tauranga. Photo: supplied

Pirongia School’s stompingly-good jump jammers  won big at this month’s Jump Jam Nationals in Tauranga.

Pirongia School’s Nicola Spence with her successful jump jam team, ‘Bewitching Pirongia’. Photo: supplied

Soon after winning the Year 7-8 Strictly Open division, the school’s ‘Bewitching Pirongia’ team heard it had scored the highest points in New Zealand for the category – so won the national title as well.

Proud coach Nicola Spence said team members gave up their lunchtimes three or four times a week towards perfecting their routine.

“They trained hard and were always excited to come along to practices. They put their hearts into the performance at nationals and created a wonderful performance.”

‘Bewitching Pirongia’ in action at the Jump Jam Nationals. Photo: supplied

‘Bewitching Pirongia’ in action at the Jump Jam Nationals. Photo: supplied

Equally elated is school principal Kelly Bicknell.

“Once again, I was blown away by our team’s sharp and energetic performance.  Miss Spence and the team have poured countless hours into preparing for this competition and it truly showed.  I couldn’t be prouder of them all!”

‘Bewitching Pirongia’ is a composite team made up of two separate school teams that won top prizes in their respective categories in the September regionals.  Those teams – ‘Pirongia Pulse’ and ‘Pirongia Bewitching’ – performed so well that they were invited to put a combination team into the Open category of the Jump Jam Nationals on November 9.

The composite team performed the song Magik 2.0.

‘Bewitching Pirongia’ tickled pink after their stunning win at the nationals in Tauranga. Photo: supplied

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