EDUCATION: Rosmini College
Zheng Tan and his his Parents.
Reinhart Bate and his Parents.
Senior Prizegiving 2016 Rosmini College’s Senior Prizegiving was held on Thursday, 3rd November at 7.30pm in the Tindall Auditorium. School Chaplain Father Craig Dunford led the Opening Prayer and Year 13 Prefect, Matthew Chan led the Rosmini Prayer. Head Boy, Matthew Kereama sung the National Anthem. Rosmini’s Head of Catholic Character, Zheng Tan performed Poulenc’s ‘Novelette No 1 and No 2’ on the piano, the Rosmini College Orchestra played Michael Sweeny’s ‘Drums of Corona’ and Year 12 student, Adrian Brown performed Jack
Thammarat’s ‘Mt Frontman’ on his guitar. Zheng Tan was named the School Dux and he also won the Wallace Cup, the Casey Cup, the Mohammed Trophy for Effort and Determination in Mathematics, the Aldiss Classical Studies Prize, the Hillman Cup for Senior English, the Donnelly Cup for Senior Economics, the Commitment to Choir Cup and the Catcheside Memorial Cup for All Round Responsibility and Involvement in the School. Deputy Head Boy, Reinhart Bate was named as the Proxime Accessit Dux.
Rosmini College's Water Polo Team A. Rosmini College's Junior Waka Ama.
Junior Waka Ama Champs Congratulations to Rosmini College’s two Junior Waka Ama teams who are the Division 1 and Division 2 Junior Auckland Waka Ama Champs. The two Rosmini teams competed in the sprints at the Auckland Secondary School Junior Waka Ama Regatta held at the Orakei Basin on Saturday, 9th November. Rosmini’s Development Waka Ama team was captained by Metuisela Telefoni and it consisted of Pita Maxwell-Topia, Conor Ashdown, Noah Jones and Brik Ford. The top Junior team, Rosmini Junior Greyman, was captained by Kisione Cocker-Valu and it consisted of Lincoln Forrest, Jarmon Nui, Kyle Kennedy, Mitchell Dance, Ke’arn Peters and Niwa Wiki. Metuisela says their win was all the more satisfying as they were ‘the underdogs’ and they also managed to beat ‘rivals Kaipara and Westlake.’
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Water Polo Win
Rosmini A has won the North Island Intermediate Water Polo Championships – B Grade. The team was placed in a tough pool along with Murrays Bay Intermediate School team 7, Albany Junior High School and Sacred Heart. The team hit the ground running with a 1-0 win against Murrays Bay Intermediate School, then convincing wins against Albany Junior High School, Kings College and Liston College, followed by a draw against the Sacred Heart Sea Eagles. In the semi finals they played Belmont Intermediate winning 6-3. The final was against an undefeated Takapuna Intermediate School. The game began with two quick goals from Tim Blewden and William Catlin and, at the start of the fourth quarter, Rosmini were leading 4-0 thanks to another goal from Tim Blewden and a goal from Conor O’Shea. The final score was 4-2 and Tim Blewden was named the Most Valuable Player. The Rosmini A team consisted of Ethan D’Souza, Joshua Wadsworth, Thomas Broomfield, Daniel Bacon, William Catlin, Tim Blewden, Antony Emery, Ross McFadzean, Conor O’Shea and Corbin Purvis. The team is coached by Year 11 student, James Catlin and Aaron D’Souza is the Manager.
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