2017 JMC Year Book

Principal’s Foreword

It is my pleasure to write the foreword to our annual school magazine – a record in words and pictures of life at John McGlashan College in 2017.

During the year, boys at this school have excelled in many fields and there is ample evidence of this in the pages that follow. Our boys enjoy many advantages at McGlashan, but perhaps the most important is the support they receive from staff, parents and friends of the school. Too often they take it for granted, as do we. Thank you to all who have contributed to our boys’ achievements and successes in 2017.

School magazines are important. They record a cross section of the activities, events, groups and individuals which make up the culture and character of a school and are a valuable historic record of the school year. The photographs, results, lists, articles and artwork in this magazine represent a slice of life at McGlashan. It is a life which collegians have a right to look back on with a sense of both pride and belonging. It is a record for them to enjoy and reflect on.

To our leavers, best wishes for the festive season and for the future. Keep in touch - you will always be part of the McGlashan family.

To those returning, enjoy Christmas and your holidays. We look forward to seeing you back here in January ready to meet your highest expectations.

N A Garry Principal

As a contrast, and for your interest, I include the editorial from the 1925 school magazine.

“A new chapter in the history of the college began in February 1923, when Mr Colin M. Gilray, took over the Principalship. His keen interest in the athletic as well as the scholastic side of school life has been of immense value throughout the year. To his untiring work is due also therapiddevelopmentofthecollegelibrary,thereisinfactnodepartment of school life in which he is not deeply and actively interested.

A vast improvement is to be noted this year in our sports ground, extensive draining and top dressing having been carried out, with the result that we now possess a very creditable playing field, and one which will certainly continue to improve.

The revival of the Boxing Class last term was very popular; our warm thanks and congratulations are due to Mr A W Macdonald for his able coaching and for the great success which crowned his work. August 23 was set aside as the Work Day in aid of the European Student Relief Fund. Every boy in the school found a paying job for the morning, with the gratifying result that a sum of £17.11s.6d was forwarded to the Fund.

Owing to the serious outbreak of infantile paralysis in the Dominion at the beginning of the year, the opening of the school was necessarily postponed. At first we expected to be able to open a fortnight or so after the appointed date, the 3rd of February, but it soon became clear that the loss of school time would be serious. During this period Matron made the most of her time, she and Miss Finlayson and the domestic staff found time to do many useful repairs, and to make abundance of pickles and sauces for future consumption. Probably boys never returned more willingly to school after a holiday that did those who came down Balmacewen Road on Tuesday 21st April. Andwhenwehadassembledweweregladtofindthatournumbers had increased very considerably. At the end of 1924 there were 74 names on the roll, and in April of 1925 103 boys answered the roll call. A gratifying feature of this year’s enrolment was the great increaseinthenumberofboardersofwhomtherearenow44asagainst 26in1924. Asonlyafewboardersareleavingattheendofthisyear, there is every prospect of a further increase in boarders in 1926.”

Acknowledgements

Thank you, thank you, thank you - to the generosity of the many people who helped put together the 2017 Yearbook - another behemoth of a book - and every year, I work hard to make it smaller! Thanks to all those who provided articles, photos, advice, patience, cups of tea and time. Special mention must be made to Tony Gomez, who put in a huge effort with the Sports Teams section - and did a great job too. Thanks also to Chris Knopp, for the sections he put together; Barry Kelk for many of the photos and a great deal of help - including quickly replying to about 5000 emails; and to the fantastic proofers - whom I won’t mention by name, as there are bound to be errors that have sneaked through - there always are.

David Schaumann

Contents

Part One: Staff, Boards, Student Council, Prefects: 4-14

Part Two: Senior Prize-giving 2017, Premiere Awards: 15-17

Part Three: 2017 Highlights: 18-62

Part Four: Senior Creative Writing: 63-68

Part Five: Boarding House Life: 69-77

Part Six: Clubs and Groups: 78-88

Part Seven: Junior Creative Writing: 89-91

Part Eight: Sports Reports: 92-156

Part Nine: 157-171

Part 10: Class Photos: 172-180

Part 11: Year 13 Pen Portraits: 181-191

Staff of 2017

5th Row: Richard Mountain, Don Campbell, Craig Knights, Andrew

Anne Lucas, Andrew Leitch

4th Row: Craig Preston, Bryn Jones, Tony Beck, Duncan McBeath, Lynley Offen, Jo Mullenger, Brent Wolf, Tiny Carruthers, Ann-Marie Chamberlain, Murray Venables, Adam Facer, Anita Willis

3rd Row: Stewart McDonald, Nick Price, Andrew Duncan, Helen Clulee, Rachael Gardiner, Jonathan Kim, Geoff Murdoch, Anna Noble, Bruce Genever

2nd Row: Barry Kelk, Geoff Avis, Pam Garry, Jan Owen, Penny Ferguson, Melissa Bell, Anna Trenberth, Samantha Montgomerie, Jan Bremner, Mary Guthrie, Anne Burton, Kathryn Temple

Front Row: Glen Clark, Bruce James, Michele Rodger, Chris Knopp, John Veitch, Neil Garry, Iain McGilchrist, Sue Porter, Ainslie Anderson, Dave Schaumann, Mike Idour

2017 Staff Notes

Another busy year has nearly come to an end at McGlashan.

This has been the year of comebacks. Michele Rodger was welcomed back after 4 years maternity leave, and Drew Campbell who was a housemaster here many years ago has taken over Murray Munro’s job as Director of Boarding. Nigel Pacey who left in 2007 is back teaching chemistry, after four years at St Hilda’s and Kirstyn Mawdsley who left in 2014 has returned in the role of Director of Business and Marketing. Kirstyn was Director of International Students at St Hilda’s. It says something about

McGlashan that people are so keen to return. We said goodbye to Mike Brown at the end of last year as he opted for a career change. We wish him all the best.

Sam Montgomorie joined the staff at the beginning of the year to teach eight hours of English. She came to us from Queen’s High School. Unfortunately for us she is returning there next year. Tim Marshall resigned halfway through the year and Natalie Chalmers has taken over his classes. Melanie Ruru resigned at the end of Term Two to join her husband in the real estate business after taking the fami-

ly back to Germany for a few months. Anita Veitch has taken over her classes. Anita is a very experienced teacher and has fit in very well in the Year 7 and 8 department. She knew quite a few staff before she came here as she is a valued member of the staff netball team. She also has friends in high places as John Veitch, the Deputy Principal, is her husband. Tom Casey, his wife and three children are off on a huge adventure – they left at the end of Term Two to travel to America, then on to India and other Asian countries. Tom was really looking forward to the challenges ahead. Shannon McNatty and Jess Melrose are filling in very ably

Back Row: Jeremy Cuthbert, Simon White, Melanie Ruru, Andrew Morrison, Chung-Wei Wang, Tom Casey, Simon Maole, Peter McCall, Timothy Marshall, Daryl Shields

Hore, Jennifer Macleod, Kimberley Fridd, Toni Cocker, Angela Button,

for Tom while he is away.

It was sad to bid farewell to Murray Munro who has been Director of Boarding for 13 years. There was a great turnout of boarder parents at the Lone Star in June to wish him well and thank him for all he had done for their boys. Murray is looking forward to living in his new house, playing more golf and finding more time for fishing and hunting. Drew Campbell has fit in very well and is doing a great job. Shelley Bouman who was Chef/Manager in the dining room for ten years has moved on to a marketing position. Geoff Stewart has been appointed to the position and when this was announced to the boys in the dining room, a rousing cheer went up.

At the end of Term 2, our superwoman Angela Button resigned her position as Sports Co-ordinator. Angela has gone back to Wales to visit family. Tony Gomez, father of a boy here and well-known to most staff through his organisation of rowing and other sports, has been appointed Sports Co-ordinator and is doing a fine job.

In August our Spanish teacher Annie Lucas gave birth to her fourth child – a little girl they have called Sara. I hear that Sara’s three big brothers don’t want to go to school - they want to stay home to play with their little sister. Annie is heading off to the States at the end of the school year

with husband and four children in tow to visit her parents.

In August, Murray Venables, our hard-working bursar, retired after thirteen years of loyal service. Murray was the Board secretary for many years and was at the college first thing in the morning and often until late at night. He never complained and did numerous jobs over and above the call of duty. He was the ‘go to’ man for all staff. We all miss his cheerful and helpful manner. We would like to wish him and Raylene all the best for the years ahead.

Atthe end of this year we lose Adam Facer who is moving to Christchurch with his wife who has gained a promotion there. Adam has obtained a teaching position at Riccarton High School and we wish him well. Adam has contributed much to the college in his short time here, being an integral part of the Maths Department and also running basketball - giving up his Friday nights willingly.

Sue

Porter, our dynamic Assistant Principal and Head of Learning Support is also moving on to a position at Otago Girls’ High School. Although Sue is small in stature she will leave a huge hole. She has literally helped hundreds of boys achieve far more than they ever thought they could. She organises many reader/writers to help boys with their exams, organises funding and many more tasks, too

Prefects 2017

many to mention. These tasks are all undertaken without any fuss. She will be missed. We would like to wish her all the very best and hope that she won’t be a stranger to her friends at McGlashan.

Anna Trenberth is also moving on to Dunedin North Intermediate next year, after a number of years of excellent service. We wish her well at her new school and would like to thank her for her no-fuss approach.

It has been a busy and buoyant year at McGlashan, where a collegial staff have got on with the job in hand - providing teaching and learning to all the boys who are lucky enough to attend John McGlashan College.

On the last day of Term Four in 2016 all the staff gathered up at the Balmacewen Bowling Club for lunch. Bowls were played (by some), stories exchanged and a joke or two told in a very relaxed atmosphere. It was a great way to finish the year.

At the end of the year everyone will disperse all around the country and come back refreshed to start 2018, to share holiday stories and to count their blessings that they are working at such a great school.

Jan Owen Back Row: AlexThomson Robert Sangster, Nick Page Sebastian Sole Nathan Scott Lochie Bain 3rd Row: Mitchell Parks, Henry Ward, Joe Brenssell, Angus Simmers, Alfred Richardson 2nd Row: Yugen Miyahara Reon Lowery, Jordan Gain, Lucas Reid, Bradley Holdridge, Jero Chen, Samuel TomkinsFront Row: Mr Neil Garry (Principal), Charlie Baker (Dep. Head Boy), Henry Bell (Head Boy), Ness Scully (Dep. Head Boy), Mr Glen Clark (Senior Dean)

Staff Roles 2017

Senior Management

Neil Garry Principal

Iain McGilchrist

Deputy Principal

John Veitch

Deputy Principal

Chris Knopp

Assistant Principal

Sue Porter

Assistant Principal

Teaching Staff

Ainslie Anderson HOD Mathematics

Geoff Avis HOD Science

Melissa Bell Year 7 homeroom teacher Specialist Classroom teacher

Anne Burton Mathematics

Donald Campbell Science & Technology

Tom Casey HOD Health and Physical Education

Natalie Chalmers (from Term 2) Science

Glen Clark Dean Y12 & 13 Art, Agriculture

Jeremy Cuthbert Science and DVC

Andrew Duncan Year 8 Homeroom teacher

Adam Facer Mathematics

Kimberley Fridd TIC Drama

Rachael Gardiner TIC History, Careers Advisor

Colin Gray TIC Digital Technologies, IB CAS Co-ordinator

Mary Guthrie Literacy and Learning Support

Emily Hall Physics (From Term 3)

Andrew Hore

Year 7 Homeroom teacher and acting Dean Y7 - 9 Physical Education

Michael Idour HOD Social Sciences

Bruce James HOD Music and Year 10 - 12 Dean

Bryn Jones HOD Visual Art

Andrew Leitch TIC Junior Science

Annie Lucas Spanish

Jennifer Macleod TIC Physics Christian Studies

Tim Marshall Science (resigned Term 2)

Sandra Mattes-Renner German (from Term 3)

Peter McCall Economics & Social Studies

Stewart McDonald Physical Education, Christian Studies, & Health

Shannon McNatty P.E. and Health (from Term 3)

Jess Melrose P.E and Health (from Term 3)

Andrew Morrison English, History

Sam Montgomorie English

Richard Mountain E.S.O.L and Art

Jo Mullenger HOD Junior English

Geoff Murdoch Mathematics

Anna Noble Director of International German HOD Languages

Craig Preston Agribusiness

Rebecca Rapson Gateway Co-ordinator, Social Studies and Literacy

Michele Rodger

HOD Year 7 & 8

Melanie Ruru Year 8 Homeroom teacher (left end of Term 2)

David Schaumann HOD English

Daryl Shields Counsellor

Anna Trenberth Year 7 Homeroom

Anita Veitch Y8 Homeroom Teacher (From Term 3)

Chung-Wei Wang Mathematics

Simon White HOD Technology

Brent Wolf TIC Commerce

Director of Marketing and Development

Kirstyn Mawdsley

Library Manager

Pam Garry Chaplain

Barry Kelk

Support Staff

Jan Bremner Science Technician

Penny Ferguson Teacher Aide

Tony Gomez Sports Co-ordinator

Anita Willis Teacher Aide

Simon Maole Teacher Aide

Craig Knights IT Administrator

DirectorofSport

Tiny Carruthers

Angela Button Sports Co-ordinator (resigned Term 2)

Linda Sizemore Library Assistant

Ruth North Library Assistant

Jenni Archer English / Library Assistant Administrative Staff

Callum Hayde Director of Business

Ann-Marie Chamberlain Administration

Helen Clulee Receptionist

Toni Cocker Accounts

Paula Delaney Accounts

Lynley Offen Administration

Jan Owen

Principal’s P.A. and Enrolments Co-ordinator

Kathryn Temple International Student Manager

Murray Venables Bursar

Director of Boarding

Murray Munro

Drew Campbell (From Term 2)

Boarding Matron

Rosemary Stevenson

Maintenance

PropertySupervisor

Tony Beck

Victor Hodge

John Lamond

Duncan McBeath

Kitchen Managers

Geoff Stewart

Shelley Bouman Canteen

Pip Hayward Canteen Operator

Marie Morris Canteen Helper

Student Council 2017

Back Row: John Mengel, Qwenton McKenzie, Fergus Parks, Jonathan Brook, Joe Mu, Jack Lundy, Angus McMillan, Thomas Hill, Nicholas Casey

3rd Row: Dominic Morrison, AJ Visage, Jacob Cotton, Courtland Ellis, Bradley Holdridge, Hayden Gillespie, Sheon Luxmanan, Rix Chung

2nd Row: Mr B. Jones, Paddy Hantler, Tom Shallard, Toby Hope, Sebastian Sole, Jordan Mitchell, Robert Sangster, Archie Calder Front Row: Mitchell Parks, Will Paterson, Hamish Ross, Bradley Leydon, Charles Baker, Nick Page, Jack Murphy, Lachlan Ellis, Charles Keenan

Absent: Alfie Richardson, Fergus Keiller

Chaplaincy Report

2017 saw further refurbishment of the chapel setting. The window end was raised 30cm, extending a good meter forward ensuring plenty of room for instruments and props. The floor was carpeted which has improved the acoustics dramatically. It has also ‘settled’ the atmosphere in the space. It is a peaceful space. The communion table has returned which is handy to hold other Christian symbolism and other materials during assemblies.

In fact, during a special service earlier to mark 20 years since Robert Murray’s tragic death we had room for a yacht on stage as well as the speakers. In 2017 the Chapel services seemed buoyant. The boys arrived promptly. They were joined by a keen group of staff; there was more sung music and excellent ‘last words’ from the prefects. Mr. John Veitch has installed the first of a number of honours boards and the walls were painted in the first

term holidays. I am very grateful for all this attention to the Chapel and agree it really is a wonderful place to be, whether for a service or an assembly.

The chapel theme for the year was ‘beautiful men, servant hearts’, which was embraced by our students.

The chapel was also used for the ANZAC, founders, leavers and old Collegians services. We hosted the annual sports dinner in the chapel this year for the first time - the perfect location and a wonderful occasion. I hope it will return to chapel next year as well, along with centennial celebrations.

Again in 2017, we have been very fortunate with caliber of our Christian Education teachers, Dr Macleod, Mr McDonald and Mr James. Dr Macleod continues to be part of the Presbyterian Church Schools network and as secretary for the Church Schools R.E.

teachers organisation. The Chaplain is on the advisory board for the Presbyterian Church Schools network.

I have an open door policy in my vestry. As the door is to the outside at times, mid winter, it was quite cold. This was overshadowed by the warmth of the conversation that took place in the vestry as students and staff alike called by for a yarn. The vestry has a good feel to it and has become another mark of chaplaincy ministry at the College.

In closing I wish to acknowledge my chapel prefects Henry Bell, Ness Scully and Charlie Baker for their unswerving loyalty and support. I wish all 2017 leavers many blessings for the years ahead.

Rev. Barry Kelk

Thoughts from the Board of Trustees Chair

Approximately five years ago the Board of Trustees had the responsibility of appointing a new principal to John McGlashan College. We were fortunate. The school was going well. We had a good culture and McGlashan wasn’t in need of a major overhaul. The Board was in full agreement however that we did need to push the refresh button. Enter our new principal – Neil Garry. It would be fair to say Neil hit the ground running. In five years the school has progressed to another level. There is now an accepted vision to pursue a level of excellence across all facets of the school environment. Curriculum delivery; academic results; sport; and culture. In fact, all things McGlashan have an excellence expectation. The intention has been to continually lift the bar and this remains the mantra today.

So what about the future? What are the new opportunities and future strategies for learning? We need to understand that we are in a dynamic environment where changes are happening incredibly quickly. We need to provide boys with the necessary skills that will hold them in good stead for a rapidly changing world. Offering new courses such as agribusiness and collaborating with other schools to provide greater subject choice. Considering different mechanisms and forums for curriculum delivery. My dream is that one day McGlashan can offer boys the opportunity to spend more time off campus in a learning environment that takes them out of their comfort zone and teaches them independence away from so called “normality.”

But some things that are enforced and underwrite John McGlashan must never change. The values that are installed in boys to be better human beings; to look after one another; to respect women; to be well mannered and to have integrity. These core values must remain integral to the future of all McGlashan boys’ DNA. The ability to communicate is also vital.

The school’s success is a result of many different people’s contribution. First, I would like to say thank you to the teaching staff. Your contribution to the boys is immense.

The Board knows how fortunate we are to have teachers of your calibre at the school and we salute the dedication you bring to your roles in offering a first class education at John McGlashan.

I would like to thank the Board of Trustees and the Board of Proprietors. You have an excellent array of skills that are so necessary in the dynamic teaching environment that is John McGlashan and you have worked incredibly hard in 2017. I believe you have taken governance at the school to a new level and I appreciate your efforts enormously.

To Mr and Mrs Garry, Neil and Pam. What can I say? You live and breathe everything McGlashan. Your devotion to the boys and the school is exceptional and it has been a privilege to work with you again this year.

Finally I would like to thank all of you parents, grandparents and friends of the college. The education that McGlashan provides is much more than just classroom learning. Boys are fortunate to have access to a special school community that supports an holistic learning environment. I am incredibly grateful for what a large number of you do to assist in this wider education that McGlashan offers. Whether it is your support at the school fête; paying your school donations; coaching or managing sports teams; accompanying your sons on school camps; being a reader/writer at exam time; or just giving up your time to contribute to McGlashan time to make a difference.

Boys, congratulations on yet another great year. As I have said in the past we are all very proud of you. Every one of you. Good luck to those of you who are leaving John McGlashan for the final time and to those returning – have a great holiday and we look forward to your positive contribution in what will be another exciting school year in 2018.

James Reid

School Boards 2017

Trustees Proprietors

Ainslie Anderson Staff Representative

John Anderson

Johnny Bell

Grant Edwards

David Ford

Neil Garry Principal

Mitchell Parks Outgoing Student Representative

Tim Hannagan Finance &

Property Chair

Jane Leahy Personnel Chair

Sally McMillan Legal

James Reid Chairperson

Dawn Sangster

Will Paterson

Student Representative

Naomi Ingram Advisor to the BoardCurriculum

John Anderson

Johnny Bell

Simon Cameron

David Ford

George Friedlander

Adam Gain

Neil Garry Principal

John Guthrie

Regan Hall

Susan Johnstone

Barry Kelk Chaplain

David O’Malley

Dawn Sangster

Tony Sycamore Chairperson

David Thomson

Neal Wallace

House Captains

Back Row: Jack Newlands (Deputy Gilray), Charlie Baker (Deputy Burns), Campbell Adam (Deputy Burns), Joe Brenssell (Deputy Ross), Andrew Wierda (Deputy Balmacewen), Charles Keenan (Deputy Balmacewen)

Front Row: Lochie Bain (Head Gilray), Angus Simmers (Head Burns), Henry Bell (Head Ross), Reon Lowery (Head Balmacewen)

Scholar’s Ties

Back Row: Jaiden Tucker, Tyler Wilden, Matthew Silvey, Harry Fraser, AJ Visagie, Andrew Goh, Ben Wishart, Liam McHenry

3rd Row: Ryan Boult, Alfie Richardson, Nick Page, Fraser Reid, Courtland Ellis, Sebastian Sole, Angus Frew, Tom Shallard, Josh Stoddard, Andrew Hughes, Jack Pacey, Jack Grey

2nd Row:Henry Ward, Caleb Homersham, Alex Byars, Alex Thomson, Stuart Van Turnhout, Lochie Bain, Henry Bell, Johnny Baker, Matthew Fokkens, Will Paterson, Isaac Cooper

Front Row: Iain McGilchrist, Sue Porter, Lucas Reid, Ness Scully, Charlie Baker, Nathan Scott, Neil Garry, Benjamin Hall, En Watanabe, Ben Mitchell, Boen Deng, Angus Cotton, Chris Knopp

100 Club 2017

200 Club 2017

Boen Deng, Angus Frew, Benjamin Hall, Andrew Hughes, Jack Pacey, Tom Shallard, Ben Mitchell, En Watanabe, Josh Stoddard, Matt Silvey, Jaiden Tucker, Ben Wishart

Charlie Baker, Ryan Boult, Nathan Scott, Nick Page, Sebastian Sole, Fraser Reid, Alex Thomson, Stuart van Turnhout, Ness Scully, Henry Ward

Principal’s Prize-giving Address

Mr Chairman, distinguished guests, members of the board, staff, parents, grandparents, family, friends and boys. Welcome to the Senior Prize-giving for 2017. This is a special time when we come together to celebrate the boys’ achievements.We hope you will all join us for supper in the Memorial Chapel at the conclusion of the Prize-giving.

2017 has been our 99th year, and the College Centenary is within our sights. Celebrations are to be held on the 9th and 10th February next year which, interestingly enough, is just 99 days away. I am happy to inform you that enrolments are strong. The Centenary Dinner at the Glenroy auditorium has already met capacity so there will be a high time in the old town that night.

The Centenary weekend will be a superb occasion, and there will also be many related activities and functions during the year for us all to come together as a community. I’m expecting it will be a bit like the family reunion I attended a few years ago where my brother and I stood back to observe our relations and tried to predict where our hairlines would be in a few years! Apparently, lots of recent old boys have enrolled, and numbers

are high so the proceedings won’t be dominated by any single generation.

For any organisation, it is a privilege and a blessing to be celebrating 100 years.

John McGlashan College can look back on a century of educating young men, reflect with pride on the accomplishments of its pupils and give gratitude for the significant number of very dedicated and able educators who have taught here.

Iwant to acknowledge the professionalism and commitment of the current staff group. Thank you all for your hard work and absolute dedication to the boys. It is not an easy job, and you give it your all. Thank you.

How well are we preparing our boys for a life beyond McGlashan?

Iparticularly want to acknowledge the core of student leadership at the College and in the boarding house; Henry Bell, Ness Scully, Angus Simmers, Lochie Bain and Charlie Baker. The school has benefitted from your service and your level-headed, balanced approach.

And to the entire Year 13 cohort … I am grateful for your collective influence and mana, and the impressive way you have added to the distinctive

tone and spirit of the school as a whole. HOWEVER … kitchen duties have not been your strong point this year, resulting in the locking of the Common Room, probably more than it has been open. Perhaps you can work on this at home over the summer, under the guidance of your parents, before you become flatmates, residents of a university hall or some poor girl’s life partner.

Ioften wonder if it is too comfortable at McGlashan for our students and that we live and work in an environment that is not a reflection of the wider world and the challenges that exist beyond the school gate. How well are we preparing our boys for a life beyond McGlashan? In my view, there is a risk of a lack of appreciation for what we have here and some degree of complacency.

An article I read recently discussed how many of the most celebrated and effective leaders in society are often not the most academic but have usually dealt with adversity in their lives. Mandela, Churchill, Martin Luther King.

In saying that, the well-rounded and educated young men of character we are creating, seem to be tracking well in their lives beyond John McGlashan College. Still, we need to inform any future decisions we make about on-going programmes, with reliable data gleaned from comprehensive research.

Iintend to establish a longitudinal research study, beginning with this year’s leavers, creating baseline data which will inform us on better ways of preparing our students for the future.

Iam optimistic that narcissism and apathy will not creep into the culture of College or the young men who leave here.

Arecent Otago University research paper which tracked students two years after graduation, indicates how critical various goals and aspirations are to this generation.

Their nine most important goals in order:

• Being in good health

• Having a family-friendly work/life

balance

• Working ethically

• Having a life-long partner

• Having children and a career

• Making a difference

• Contributing to environmental sustainability

• Being culturally responsive

• Being unselfish

This list was generated by people who consider their relationships to be the most critical factor in their lives. They value core ethics, people, family and culture. In short, these goals reflect a strong desire to be connected to the world and to make a difference.

It will be fascinating to see the trends from our own John McGlashan College research.

The new Minister of Education is the Honourable Chris Hipkins. As the new government implements its education policies, it remains to be seen what influence Winston Peters’ will have with his dislike of integrated schools. I hope he too is honourable.

Mr Hipkins recently indicated that National Standards would be scrapped very quickly. That probably shows a desire to move the focus to quality teaching and learning in the classroom, rather than over-assessment.

Hopefully, there will be a move to reduce bureaucratic systems allowing our teachers to get on with the job and minimise the vast amount of paper-shuffling we do now.

Iam also very concerned about teacher supply, the numbers of quality applicants seem to decrease every year, and male teachers are few. The government must make teaching a more attractive prospect for future graduates to avoid an almost inevitable decay in classroom standards.

The government must make teaching a more attractive prospect for future graduates

Onceagain, I want to acknowledge all the mums and dads out there. McGlashan is unique because of your input to governance and leadership, the Board of Trustees and Board of Proprietors, the Sports Council, the Parents and Friends Association, fundraising, reader and writers, coaching and management, support for camps and Duke of Edinburgh trips, and the underlying support you offer on a daily basis. Your contributions extend the opportunities that we can provide the boys. We could not do it without you!

Ialso

want to thank Tony Sycamore, Chairman of the Board of Proprietors, and James Reid, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. My personal thanks to you both for your unwavering support, and your focus on the betterment of the boys and well-being of the staff.

Changes are imminent with James Reid, Sally McMillian, Dawn Sangster and Jane Leahy due to step away. Grant Edwards has also moved cities with his job, so he resigned earlier in the term. Succession plans are underway, and I am confident that the strength of these foundations will enable the board to continue to thrive.

Next, I must congratulate the members of the Parents & Friends Association who put in hours and hours of unseen voluntary work, mostly organising the Fête, the highlight of Town and Country Weekend. I would particularly like to mention Chairperson

Julie-Anne Ross and Fête Convener Sandy Guy.

Thank you, ladies. $73,000 - what more can I say?

It was a fantastic community day.The money will be spent wisely.

Unfortunately, we must farewell four members of staff. A special farewell to Sue Porter who has given eight years service to the College. Sue leaves us to take up the role of Assistant Principal at Otago Girls’ High School. Her influence, innovation and dedication have transformed the learning support area.

Adam Facer follows his wife to Christchurch where he will teach Maths at Riccarton High School.

Samantha Montgomerie, who has been at McGlashan for one year, will return to Queens’ High School.

Anna Tremberth moves to Dunedin North Intermediate following four years service in the Junior Department.

We thank you all for your hard work and send you off with our very best wishes for the future.

Ihope you enjoyed the year boys. Whether you smashed it at badminton, rocked it on the pitch, parried like a champion or got your groove-on in the music room, excelled in the classroom or gave service beyond John McGlashan College.

Ihope you learnt something about yourself. I hope you grew up a bit. I hope most of it made you happy and made you feel that you had achieved something. I hope you ‘paid it forward’.

All the best. Keep safe and have a great summer.

Head Prefect

Henry Bell’s

Prize-Giving Address

Principal, board members, staff, special guests, family, and friends, I hope you have enjoyed the evening. Tonight has been a celebration of many exceptional achievements, and this is a testament to the very high calibre of this school and the support of the wider McGlashan family. As we have already witnessed, the academic, sporting and cultural sectors of McGlashan are all thriving. We are not just seeing individual students succeed, but the College as a whole. Everyone sitting in the gym tonight has played a role in these successes, and it is you who help distinguish McGlashan from other schools. Now to the group of young men who have made the past five years so enjoyable, to the class of 2017, to the boys who I am honoured to call my mates, welcome.

2017 has been a cracker. Mr Garry’s goal of continuous improvement has lead to exactly that within the College. The nail-biting finish to the Elvidge House Cup was a certain highlight of the year, with Reon Lowery and Balmacewen finally winning the debatable Haka competition, and in doing so taking the honours. 2017 also saw Mitchell Park’s knees give way while completing his prestigious McGlashan Challenge and saw Bradley Leydon win gold at Maadi, and compete for New Zealand at the Junior World Champs in rowing. However, the greatest achievement in our year for 2017, I believe is our development into young men and our ability to deal with challenges.

Over the past 18 years, I have had many role models, from sports players to teachers and peers. However, none have been more influential to me than my parents. For those who do not know my father, he is on dialysis. This means every second night he sticks two large needles into his arm and is plugged into a machine to clean his blood. For some, this task may seem too overwhelming. However, my father has taught me, along with how to pass a rugby ball and hold a cricket bat, that when life hands you lemons, you are given a choice - suck on them, or as my father has done, ask for the gin. So tonight, I have decided to share with you three lessons that my father has taught me: how to stay positive, always ask for help, and be grateful for what you have.

Staying positive. A lot of people look at life as a series of miserable tasks or hurdles. Whether that is another lengthy internal coming up, or a persistent injury that is keeping you from your sport. Whenever we are faced with setbacks and challenges, we have all received the well-meaning advice to, “stay positive.” However, the greater the challenge, the more this glass-half-full wisdom can come across as naive and unrealistic. It is hard to find the motivation to focus on the positive when positivity seems like nothing more than wishful thinking. This leads us to have a tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. Instead, define yourself by what you love and express your passion for these things. With so much negativity around, be pro stuff, not only anti-stuff. Having a positive attitude means people want to be around you. Just like a cheerful smile, positivity is contagious, so spread it.

Ask for help. Do not be afraid to ask for help. Too many people do not seek help because they are scared of looking silly and that others will think less of them. This is especially true with males, as many of us are just too staunch to ask. However, asking for advice is better than remaining silent and struggling on alone. As students here at John McGlashan, we are incredibly fortunate that teachers go out of their way to offer help. Next year, this guidance will not be so readily available, so it will be up to us as individuals to make an effort. Ask-

ing for help also goes far beyond the classroom or sports field, if you are feeling things are getting too difficult, and that life has you down, do not think that reaching out to someone is a sign of weakness. Asking for help is actually incredibly courageous and very tough. There are many tools out there; you need to find the ones that suit you. Do not let pride or fear get in the way of you achieving your very best.

Being grateful. Be grateful for what we have been given here at John McGlashan. We have been privileged indeed to attend such an incredible school with magnificent facilities. We need to acknowledge the wonderful teachers and be proud of what they have achieved to get us all here tonight. Take time to thank those people who have helped you this year and throughout your whole lives. Whether that be your teacher, parents, friends or coach. Be grateful for what you do have, not long for or crave what you do not. Having a realistic mindset, and acknowledging that we have it good here will also make you more humble, and help you to appreciate that you do have more.

Here at McGlashan, we are blessed to have amazing teachers who all go out of their way to see students succeed. To Mr Garry, thank you for your continuous wisdom and guidance, Ms Gardiner for her support, and my parents who encouraged me to come to McGlashan in the first place. Without them, my journey here may never have occurred. I would also like to thank my two deputies, Ness Scully, and Charlie Baker, for your assistance throughout the year.

Finally, to my fellow leavers. Five years of life at McGlashan and we have made it. We are now McGlashan Men. I wish you all the very best as you move on, and embark on the next stage of your lives. Remember to stay positive, ask for help if you need it, and be grateful for everything you have. It has been an absolute honour and privilege to have spent the past five years with you young men. I am extremely grateful for your all passion and your positivity. Thank you for making our time at John McGlashan College so memorable.

SENIOR PRIZE-GIVING 2017

PREMIER AWARDS

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Nathan Scott

Nathan studies the IB diploma and his exams have already begun. He is predicted 7s in all of his subjects as well as A grades in theory of knowledge and his extended essay. He has been the very model of persistent dedication in all of his subjects. He opted to undertake self-taught Japanese as his second language and moreover has an excellent record in sport and service. Next year, Nathan intends studying health sciences at Otago University with a view to becoming a physiotherapist.

Henry Ward

Henry is our top NCEA student this year with a perfect 100 grade point average in four of his subjects. And a GPA of 94 in his fifth. He is also sitting three scholarship subjects and is predicted to receive an outstanding scholarship in English. Henry is a member of the 100 and 200 club and is expected to join the elite 300 club – along with Nathan and one or two others – when final results come out in the new year. He has also contributed a great deal to McGlashan within the performing arts. Next year, Henry intends studying health sciences at Otago University with a view to pursuing a career in medicine

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Sebastian Sole

Sebastian has Excellence endorsements in six NCEA subjects. This is a bit unusual because he only really does five subjects. He independently studied and earned a perfect 100 GPA in digitech. In his other subjects, he scored a perfect 100 GPA twice and narrowly missed out on a perfect score by one standard in calculus.

Rex King Memorial Award

Charlie Baker

Charlie is Deputy Head Prefect and leader of the student council. He is both an outstanding athlete – especially in rugby and athletics – and an excellent scholar, predicted to score very highly in the IB Diploma. This year, he has also enjoyed being part of the debating team. Charlie is level-headed and modest and he tends to lead by example. His contribution to the school is greatly appreciated.

Rex King Memorial Award Alex Thomson

Alex is a top athlete – especially in surf life-saving – top Under-19 in Otago, and in football and futsal. He is an accomplished academic becoming a member of the 100 and the 200 club. Alex has had creative writing published, he has acted in the Shakespeare festival and he has been a model UN participant too.

TS Holme Award

Alfie Richardson

Alfie is an outstanding citizen and member of this college. As well as academic and cultural excellence, he has a great record of service and creativity – directing Shakespeare, treasurer of school council, leader of the theatresports team and nurturing junior improvisers. His dramatic performances have been just that – dramatic and his lead role in Rock of Ages this year was excellent. Alfie most definitely has contributed “to the life and spirit of the school.”

Gaze Family Cup Joe Brenssell

Joe’s record of service to the community is outstanding – and I have to say that when I read his CV, I was surprised. I didn’t know he was involved in so much. But that tells me a lot about his character. He’s not a boaster and he does not get involved in service projects for the kudos. He does it because it needs to be done.

Hes been involved this year with organising the 40 Hour Famine, and Easter gift baskets for rest homes. Hes collected and raised money and donations for Starship Foundation, Dunedin Hospital, the Cancer Society and others. He has an excellent record of service within school too – peer tutoring, ANZAC Day service, sports refereeing… the list goes on.

The Jonoel Award for supporting the college’s special character

Henry Bell

This award has been presented by John Anderson – an old boy and long serving member on both our boards. Rev Kelk has this to say about Henry - ‘Henry has exemplified, not just this year, but through out his time at the college, a deep understanding of our special character and its many parts. ‘ In particular, he has served in many areas including pastoral care, and been an excellent role model. Henry leads by serving others.

Principal’s Award to the Head Prefect Henry Bell

The award acknowledges the extra expectations, responsibilities and pressures that come with that rather prestigious, and sometimes demanding position. It is also called the Lead and Inspire Award and Henry has certainly led the boys in this college well and has been an inspiration to them. Henry has been an outstanding Head Prefect. He is rock solid – utterly dependable – and has been a pleasure to work with. He has a wisdom beyond his years, undertaking his duties with integrity and thoughtfulness. We thoroughly appreciate his contribution.

Highest Performing Athlete

The Three Brothers’ Cup Courtland Ellis

Courtland placed 5th in two New Zealand Men’s Open swimming events. His times place have earned him a Top 10 placing in 6 events at the youth commonwealth level. He has competed three times in the top 100, Open Men’s World! This means it’s not a school-age event, but open to Olympic swimmers too. His best placing being 66th in 100m individual medley. He has caught the attention of a number of universities in the United States and has four scholarship offers to consider

Best All-Round Athlete the Lloyd Cup

Leroy Ferguson

Leroy was MVP and Captain for his Otago Metro Under-16 rugby team, and MVP for his New Zealand Under-16 rugby league team. Leroy also won the Under-16 shot put at Otago/Southland athletics and was placed second at South Island level.

Most Outstanding Sports Team

The Gilchrist Family Shield

Maadi Cup Rowing Squad

As well as our curling team, two other teams stood out this year. The McGlashan swimming squad and the Maadi Cup rowing squad. This was a very close decision; one team placed 6th amongst all boys’ schools in the country and the other placed 4th. By the smallest of margins the team of the year for 2017 is the Maadi Cup rowing squad.

Boarding House Award

The Ford Family Award

Lochie Bain

Lochie is the head boy of the boarding house. He is a leader that many students look up to for guidance and support. Lochie is an all-rounder who has excelled in a number of sporting achievements this year, but his most remarkable was winning a silver medal at the Maadi Cup for rowing. He has backed this up with a solid academic performance, gaining a Merit endorsement. He is also a great public speaker, a skill that he has developed over his time at the college. Lochie is a true leader in the Boarding house, someone that the juniors aspire to be like.

Rural Student of the Year

Walter Godsall Trophy

Toby Hope & Mitchell Parks

Toby has displayed a passion for agriculture over his time at the college. Whether it be the practical skills of butchering meat, shearing animals and hunting, or the academic skills required in the classroom. Toby is also a keen sportsman and great contributor to the Boarding House. He has also completed a McGlashan Challenge raising over $3000 for two key community groups.

Mitchell has impressed this year with his academic record through his commitment and dedication to his work; which has been reflected with him already gaining a Merit endorsement, closing in on Excellence. He backs this up with his enthusiasm towards the many sports he plays and the service he does at school through being the Student Representative on the Board of Trustees. He has recently been recognised - along with Toby - for his completion of the McGlashan Challenge. Well done to you Mitchell.

The House of Travel Scholarship Kyle Clark

Kyle Clark has demonstrated resilience, empathy and the benefits of life long learning in pursuit of goals related to his chosen sport - golf. Kyle understands the processes required to achieve at the top level, both from a physical and mental perspective. The frustrations he has endured have made him stronger.

The Roslyn Physiotherapy Health Sciences Award Nathan Scott

For many years now, we have seen Nathan receive numerous awards for academic excellence – and in other areas too. He has certainly been one of our college’s top scholars for seven years running.

Premier Award for School Music

Sam Leaper

Sam has been dedicated to working hard in music and will never settle for second best. His results speak for themselves. He has performed at every possible occasion and for every possible group within the school. He was in the Brotherhood Choir, Jazz Band, Orchestra with Columba, Rock Quest and of course the rehearsal pianist and band member for our production.

This award is extremely well deserved and is a testament to the effort that Sam has put in. Especially as this is only his first year in the senior school. Congratulations Sam

Term by Term Highlights

Year 13 Leadership Day

I want to instil in our Year 13 group that this is a very important year for them; that they are all leaders and role models and that this is the year to push to leave a positive impression, make a contribution and work hard. So to start the year well, we spent a full, busy and fun day setting the scene.

After a goal setting task their team building, communication, problem-solving, trust and cooperation were tested throughout a series of challenges in which they did exceptionally well.

We hugely appreciated having Otago rugby player Luke Whitelock come out to talk about his career, goal setting and offer his advice.

Above all the day high-

lighted what amazing young men they are. The way they worked together, looked after each other, contributed and made the most of everything with the right energy and attitudes, makes

me excited about the year ahead. If they can maintain and build upon how they have started, then the Year 13 class of 2017 are going to have a great year.

IB Trip to Tomahawk Lagoon

McGlashan students have had a long history with this body of water. It has been the focus of the IB Diploma 3day science project run in November over many years. Last year however, ECOtago began a longitudinal monitoring study of the lagoon, looking at it’s biodiversity and water quality and this provided our students an excellent opportunity to become involved in environmental science in a real-world context.

On a perfect February morning, around 25 students from across Dunedin were trained in a wide range of techniques, enabling them to collect water samples, measure oxygen concentration, water salinity, temperature, depth, nitrogen & phosphate concentration, and E. coli contamination. Bird counts, and biodiversity observations of plant and animal life are also made of the lagoon. All data is logged and analysed to help create a meaningful story about the health of this important

local waterway.

Students were intrigued to discover that the overall health of the lagoon tends to go in 2-3 year cycles. Currently, there are two different algal blooms occurring in the two arms of the lagoon - one causing a green tinge and the other a maroon tinge (OKnot quite maroon, but I wasn’t about to pass up a rhyming opportunity like that!) Hopefully our monitoring will uncover the reasons for this interesting phenomenon.

RAIL TRAIL

Three weeks in to term and the Year 9 students have gone far: 152km through the vistas of Central Otago. Cycling through a painting comes with stories - the following are a few from the boys.

“Despite all the pain and biking of the bike ride, it was a really cool way to get to know everyone I’m going to school with this year. Although most boys were too sore to have a game of touch or run around, it was awesome to have a bit of banter with the lads at dinner time. For me the highlights of the trip were the scenery and views, sleeping on the floor in a tent with 2-4 people, swimming at the Ophir outdoor pool, our rest stops every 10-17kms for some quality home baking, the delicious meals we got from the awesome chefs, and spending time with everyone. Overall the trip was a painful but enjoyable way to spend three days.” – Toby Dean

“As I approached the viaduct a sense of excitement was brewing in me. Once I was around the bend there it was, the Poolburn Viaduct. I dismounted from my bike and began a slow trundle across the great bridge that a train once rushed over. I slowly walked across it, letting many other bikers

me was when we arrived at Middlemarch and started the bus ride home.” - William Tong

“On Wednesday the 15th of February 2017, we set off on our journey to Clyde. The first group had started on Monday in Middlemarch and met us in Clyde with the bikes. We arrived in Clyde at about lunchtime and the first group arrived about half an hour later. The first day was the shortest at only 37km to Omakau. The Omakau camp was great. It had a huge tennis court on which we played a big game of football. On day two, we got up at around 7:00am. After a good breakfast we departed the camp and began our journey to Ranfurly. In my opinion, that day was the most challenging with quite a climb up through Poolburn. In Ranfurly we had fish and chips for dinner, which was good. On day three we awoke early to a lot of fog. We had to start very early because we needed to catch the bus in Middlemarch at 1:00pm. The day turned out to be a stunner so we powered on, the last 14 kilometres were long and tiring but we made it. And thanks to all the parents and teachers that came along for the journey.” - Dan Kunac

pass me to get to the other side. Once off, there was a short distance into the first of two grand tunnels. Once again I dismounted, turned on my torch, and began my walk. As I walked, the wind was howling through the tunnel making a loud roaring noise just like a lion. After getting out of the tunnel, I remounted my bike and it was mere minutes before the next tunnel arrived. Then it was all down hill to Omakau, our next stop.” - Fergus Parks

“For me, the rail trail was alright, but also very challenging as I was at the back of the group most of the time. Although I was disappointed with my effort, I had my friends with me most of the way to Middlemarch. Falling off my bike a couple times definitely helped me realise that I needed to show grit to do well on the Rail Trail. Altogether the Rail Trail had awesome views from atop the mountains and it was a demanding journey. The highlight of this trip for

“On the 15th of February, the Year 9s started on what for some was the hardest challenge of their lives. We biked from Clyde to Middlemarch. The Manuka Gorge wasn’t too nice to a couple of boy’s stomachs, which ended with breakfast cereals on the floor of the bus. We had lunch at Clyde and collected our bikes from the

other group, which had come the other way. We started off with 8km to Alexandra to give us a taste of what was to come. It was pretty much straight and I thought: “Yeah this is going to be easy.” I regret saying that. I just stayed focused on getting to Omakau. I had an attitude that I was not going in the van no matter what. The uphills really took it out of me, especially in the Ida Valley. This was where I felt I couldn’t go any further, but after some stops I pulled myself together and said: “Just keep going”. Approximately 4km out of Wedderburn was about the highest point and then it was all downhill. I was over the moon that it was downhill from there. I was on top of the world and had a ‘can do’ attitude the rest of the way. We had fish and chips in Ranfurly which was very rewarding. The next day was 60km and it was the easiest way because it was all down hill. The ride was extremely tough but I recommend it to anyone for a challenge.” - Tom Procter

ATHLETICS 2017

Vital Statistics

The sports began with a Tuesday half-day in which senior athlete Taylor Mechen broke a 66 year old record in the triple jump.

From such an auspicious start, a further five records were to fall on the Friday in magnificent conditions with novice athlete Josh Hou setting three new records and juniors Dominic Morrison and George Bell one each.

Champion Ross House dominated across all events and all ages culminating in a decisive win in the senior relay. (Though some would suggest Burns were robbed - Ed)

The full list of new records is as follows:

Novice 400m: 59.24 800m: 2.13.70 3000m: 9.48.77

Josh Hou

Junior 800: 2.10.62 Dominic Morrison

Junior Shot: 13.70m George Bell

Senior Triple Jump:12.45 Taylor Mechen

Standard events continue to be the fun part of the day with the highlight being the tug of war between Houses and, eventually, each House versus Craig Knights our I.T.

Witchdoctor.

When boys are not competing they are cheering on their respective houses. The boys were going off like popcorn in a microwave as they witnessed some impressive finals events.

The following boys took home the trophies:

Primary Cup – Marshall Macready

Novice Cup – Josh Hou

Junior Cup – Nathan Harrison

Intermediate Cup – Nico Bowering

Senior Cup – Dominic Brosnan

Sprint Cup – Dominic Morrison

U16 Field Cup – Cam Forde

Senior Field Cup – Taylor Mechen

Mile Cup –Josh Stoddard

Champion of Champions – Nathan Harrison

Wallace 3000m Cup (Senior Race) Josh Stoddard

Inter-house Athletics Cup: ROSS

WAIHI SUMMER INTERCHANGE

The Waihi sporting exchange is widely anticipated and rightfully so. Like-minded young men enjoy healthy sporting competition amongst fantastic facilities.

The weather held and both schools enjoyed intense rivalry while displaying great sportsmanship at all times.

The competition kicked off with two touch matches played on the afternoon of Sunday 11th February. These matches were interesting with some unusual rule changes. Luckily, our boys adjusted well to having an extra man on the field and other abbreviations of the rules. Nevertheless, McGlashan won the first match 7–4. Waihi does not play a lot of touch rugby, so we appreciated their willingness to try a new sport and accommodate our love for touch. The next match was much closer with Waihi showing their natural athleticism and quickly went out to a 2-0 lead. McGlashan had to work hard to draw level and eventually close out the game 4-2. Nick Casey stood out, being very light on his feet.

Cricket Report

Upon arriving in the morning, the boys were dismayed at the sight of a grey sky and light drizzle hanging overhead. But the groundskeepers and staff were feeling optimistic and began taking off the covers about an hour before the scheduled start time. Thankfully, the weather soon cleared and allowed for a slightly delayed beginning, reducing the game to 35 overs per side. McGlashan won the toss and chose to bat first on a promising green, but hard wicket. Our opening partnership consisting of Seb Kyle and Mason Gain, set up a solid stand with both making scores in the teens. After a couple of quick wickets, Solomon Harcombe and Nick Friedlander set about resurrecting the innings and managed to stick around until lunch. At this point, we were going along nicely at 90/3 and eyeing up a big total. After adding a few more runs, Nick was dismissed for 25 trying to up the scoring rate, ending a great partnership of 72. This bought the tail in with about eight overs to go. All of them showed some fight adding some valuable runs and carrying the team through. Harcombe ended up on a well compiled 47 not out. The innings ended up on 143/8, a fairly disappointing score given the situation we were in but still a great effort from everyone. After a short break, we walked out to field and opened the bowling with the big man, Sheon

Luxmanan and Mason Gain. Sheon was fiery and bowling with pace while Mason had a bit of an off day at the other end. At the end of his spell Sheon had incredible figures of 3/16 off five overs. Our first change bowlers were little left armer, Mitchell ‘Thorny’ Thorn and Solomon Harcombe, they both kept the pressure on the Waihi batting line-up bowling tidily and picking up a couple of wickets. Off-spinner Jack Cotton bowled well with a couple of missed chances while Waihi was reduced to 50/7. A huge credit has to go out to all the Year 7 boys who handled the pressure well and provided excellent figures across the board. John Mengal picked up a crucial wicket while Caleb Forde (0/7), Harrison Meltzer (0/4) and Billy Bezett (0/10) made good contributions. Sheon finished them off, coming through with excellent overall figures of 4/16. Waihi ended up on 96 all out, handing us a 47 run win. The team thanks Waihi for the great facilities they provided for the fixture and we are all grateful for the experience we had.

Tennis Report

The McGlashan team consisted of Daniel Lund, Oscar Grey, Theo Hannagan and Liam Ruru. The top doubles pair of Daniel and Oscar had a good battle before coming out on top. Some good tennis played with a tense finish to this match. The second pairing of Theo and Liam had a more comfortable win. McGlashan won all of the singles matches apart from the number one men’s. Daniel came up against a very solid player, and their game went down to the wire. The Waihi boy prevailed in a third set tiebreaker.

After a welcome and fine afternoon tea, the boys headed for home with three good wins under their belt. More importantly, everyone enjoyed the experience. We look forward to hosting Waihi in the winter exchange, where we will renew friendship and battle once again.

German Exchange

Those that have been on exchanges would tell you that it is definitely worth it. It’s not just one amazing experience during the exchange that makes it worth it, but it is a culmination of all these wonderful experiences joined together. Sure, there might be times where it gets bad like when you are bored in school or when you are overwhelmed because you can’t understand the language. Overall, the good experiences definitely outweigh the challenging ones.

For all the students that went on the German exchange this year, we can all say, that it was an experience that we will never forget.

When you first arrive in Germany, you may feel slightly overwhelmed for a multitude of reasons. Leaving your family for the first time, or the 2 flights that ended up being over 26 hours long for example. Meeting your host family can also might prove interesting, perhaps because they’re speaking in a foreign language that your brain can’t quite process yet, leading to a lot of head nods without understanding anything.

However, as you slowly get used to the way of living in Germany, you get more confident in using the language and soon you’re able to form connections and have conversations with the people there (can’t use banter there though,

Germans don’t quite get it).

The German culture is very different to ours here in New Zealand and that in part was what made the exchange so special. Whether it was seeing BMWs, VWs and Audis everywhere on the street or experiencing a German Christmas, everything was very new to all of us.

For many of us, Berlin was the best experience. Being able to visit all sorts of places ranging from the German parliament building (Reichstagsgebäude) to the bomb shelters during the second world war was a fantastic experience. It’s also great to see all your friends from New Zealand again and you can meet the other people on the exchange as well.

In conclusion, I can definitely say that the German exchange is a wonderful way to spend your summer holidays. It is an opportunity here at McGlashan that we shouldn’t take for granted. Everyone that went on the exchange thoroughly enjoyed their experience there and would recommend it to anyone who is thinking of going. The exchange really allowed us to improve our German and gave us an experience that none of us will forget.

Mr Campbell’s Welcome

Head Boarder, Lochie Bain, welcomed the new boarding director Mr Andrew Campbell at an induction service earlier in the year.

One Monday evening, early Term One, as boarders were returning from mid-term break, boarding parents joined them for a short induction service in the Chapel to welcome and introduce the new director, Andrew Campbell.

In welcoming Mr Campbell, Lochie said the boys were committed to making a smooth transition and that the boarders were looking forward to working with Mr Campbell to ensure their boarding environment continues to be of the highest standard.

Mr Murray Munro will be farewelled later as he is working with Mr Campbell during this transition phase. He

did, however, hand over the ‘boarders roll’ as a symbol of handing the responsibility of the pastoral care over to the new director.

Principal, Neil Garry, and College Chaplain, Barry Kelk also contributed to the service. There was an encouraging turnout to meet Andrew and his family. We enjoyed each others company over supper before the parents began long journeys home and the boys settled in for the remainder of the term.

STAC Summer Exchange

Touch

We started our journey to St Andrews College with a six-hour bus trip to Christchurch. Once we arrived, we were billeted out to the host families. With the morning in Christchurch providing rain and other awful weather, we set out to North Hagley Park, where we began our first game in some trying touch conditions. The St Andrews team looked twice the size of some of our Year 9 boys as they were all chosen from Year 13 since this would be their last interchange. We stood up to them and stopped them in their tracks. In a close game, McGlashan managed to take the first game 5-3.

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n the second game, St Andrews put a more solid effort in, where the game ended as 5-4. It was a very close game with teams often scoring at each end. Once again the McGlashan boys had adapted to the weather and used it to their advantage. Unfortunately, the third game had to be cancelled due to ground conditions, but with two wins we had already sealed the win for McGlashan in the touch category. Overall it was a good exchange for McGlashan and was a lot of fun. We would like to thank all the parents and staff that helped out with this exchange and Scott Turner for coaching us. All the touch boys look forward to next year.

Volleyball

It was a wet couple of days for most teams at STAC. The only rain that fell in the gym, however, was the hurt that rained down from Sebastian Sole as he terrorised the opposition.

The Senior-A volleyball team took out the series 2-1 with Sebastian leading from the front, and assistance at the net from Joe Brenssell, and big man Oliver Mouat. The team played a strong serving game which put STAC under pressure, and McGlashan’s counter attack was too much for STAC to handle. Fergus Keiller chimed in with some great serve runs, and in the end, the boys were too strong. It was a satisfying win as STAC were seeded 8th in the South Island and so it capped off a very good season for the senior A’s

STAC Tennis

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It was a cloudy and miserable day on Sunday the 12th of March when the McGlashan top 8 tennis players travelled up to Christchurch to play St Andrews on the Monday and Tuesday. The team consisted of Lachlan Kenneally, Tom Shallard, Bailey Godkin, Henry Power, Jez Nicholson-Kelly, Thomas Warman, Thomas Larivee and Anton Stoddard.

With a bad spell of weather hitting Christchurch the tennis was moved inside to Wilding Park. The St Andrews team consisted of a very strong side including two players inside the top 8 for their age group in the country. The boys gave it their all and left everything on the court, however, St Andrews won the exchange comfortably. Stand out performances went to young Anton Stoddard who came the closest of the McGlashan players, going down in a tie-break 9-8. Jez Nicholson-Kelly also performed admirably coming back from 5-0 (with the aid of his one-handed backhand)

down, to make the match 7-7, before losing 9-7.

Despite the tough loss, the boys gained a lot of experience and enjoyment from the trip. It was a fantastic learning curve for a young side, and everyone was better off for the experience. The side will continue to train hard and improve over the rest of the season.

Golf

The golf was a tough gig in Christchurch this year. The McGlashan team consisted of Callum White, Robbie Perry, Hamish Brown and Jack Murray. Adam Woodhouse and Jaquan Mapusua also played in a separate competition. The rain was persistent, the course was sodden, but the spirits were high. Both courses, Pegasus and Clearwater, were in immaculate condition and scores were good considering the conditions.

After 18 holes both pairs were all square. In the afternoon, numbers one and two were paired together, while number three and four played together. These combinations resulted in the top pairing losing and second pairing winning.

Scores were all level going into day two, and the boys knew their results would be crucial to the overall exchange outcome. The format was match play at Clearwater, and the results were four clear wins to John McGlashan.

All the boys played well in difficult conditions. Some good friendships were developed, and the spirit between the two teams was great. We look forward to hosting STAC next year down here.

The overall result was three - one to John McGlashan College. It is not long before St Andrew’s College arrive in Dunedin for our winter exchange next term.

Special service to remember Robert Murray

Jill and Dave Murray along with family, classmates and friends joined us in Chapel to remember Robert who was lost in the Coral Sea while heading to a tall ships race off Japan.

Rev Roly Scott, who led the original memorial service, joined us as well. When the service ended, the boys went to lunch while the family, school sailors and guests spent time laying a wreath and praying at ‘Robert’s Garden’. The Murray family have a very long association with the College, and it was good to have them back with us, albeit tinged with sadness. We also enjoyed time over lunch in the dining room.

Old Collegians awarded at a special Chapel service

The John McGlashan College community acknowledged the achievements of two old boys, Bruce Guthrie and Ron Lewis. They were inducted into the Distinguished Old Collegians gallery at a special service in February recognising their service to business, the community and the College.

Bruce Guthrie attended the College from 1927-31, but his time as a pupil was a precursor to a lifetime’s involvement as a parent, President of the Old Collegians’ Association and for 20 years, on the Board of Governors including Chairman. His service included assisting the development of the Chapel and donating the Chapel organ. Careers as an engineer or the church were contemplated, but he chose to work for his family’s company Guthrie Bowron, a career that was interrupted by World War II when he served in Egypt and Italy as an official war photographer. He returned home in 1944 to run the family business, which had three branches. When Mr Guthrie retired in 1975 there were 30 branches. The business was sold in 1971. He was also chairman of the Otago Foundation Trust Board and chairman of St Margaret’s College.

Ron Lewis attended the College from 197175 but his contribution was to continue for many more years with his legacy the recent modernisation of the College campus. On leaving school, he completed an accountancy de-

gree at the University of Otago, a qualification the Board of Proprietors was keen to utilise. This began a 25-year involvement with the board, in which he was intimately involved in the rebuilding of the boarding hostel, Gilray House, the Edgar Learning Centre and the Davies Sport’s Centre. These were all considered revolutionary projects that improved the delivery of education or provision of boarders.

Mr Lewis was chairman of the Board of Proprietors for 18 of the 25 years of which he was a member. A share-broker, he held senior management and governance positions. In retirement, Mr Lewis volunteers for charity and non-profit organisations.

Agribusiness partners with Mount Difficulty Winery

In March, the 2017 agribusiness class were fortunate to spend three days at Mount Difficulty Winery to gain insights into the challenges of running, maintaining and growing a highly successful New Zealand agribusiness.

With the agribusiness course up and running it was time to connect with one of our major partners, Mount Difficulty Winery, to take theoretical learning of future-proofing businesses into a real-life context. After checking into the Cromwell Top Ten Holiday Park, we met up with founder and owner Robin Dicey at the Winery where he took us on a tour of the wine-making facilities. The students had prepared questions for the staff of Mount Difficulty under a number of categories including marketing, cash flow, business plans, agricultural technologies, fermentation processes and viticulture.

Queenstown) kindly invited all students and staff to enjoy a meal at their restaurant (their ‘shout’!). It was well worth the trip from Cromwell as the students were able to unwind at the Queenstown waterfront after a long and busy day that began at 6.30am in the vineyards! The return trip was somewhat quiet besides the odd sound of snoring here and there!

The daily programme that followed alternated between practical on-farm work and classroom sessions at the Central Otago Polytechnic as the students sought to integrate theory and practice throughout. Two onfarm activities we participated in were colour thinning and net clipping (see photos). Whilst appearing a ‘waste’ to the untrained eye, dropping the bunches that are not up to the colour standard (an indication of a lag in development with relation to the overall crop) actually improves the quality of the harvest and hence the bottom line, profit-wise, once the product is ready for the market. The vineyard work was conducted in warm Central Otago temperatures and the students quickly realized that planting, maintaining and harvesting was hard work for the winery staff each year!

Zoe, the winemaker, spent time explaining the science of making wine to the students on the final day of our trip. It was evident that wine-making is both a science and an art both of which this amazing young woman had mastered. She also explained how one could become a wine-maker emphasising the mix of academic and practical qualifications needed to do the job. Many students became intrigued by this career as they heard of the many countries Zoe had travelled to in order to learn her craft.

Notrip to Central is complete without icecream, and one of our students, Ellie Duncan, kindly offered to treat us all with ice-cream from the family’s farm shop near Wedderburn (many of you have probably stayed a night or two in their well-known cottages).

James Dicey, one of Robin’s sons, and the vineyards’ viticulturist, impressed with a session on the business management of the winery. James is a lawyer, accountant and a viticulturist and it soon became evident to the students and staff alike that running a business of this nature and reputation was not a stroll in the park. James uses every bit of his training in all three disciplines to ensure that Mount Difficulty maintains its reputation as a premier New Zealand agribusiness brand, and that a secure and future-proofed income is possible for years to come.

One of the student’s parents, Mark and Caroline Jessop (owners of the Prime Waterfront Restaurant and Bar in

It was an unforgettable trip, and provided an immense resource to the students’ future studies. We extend our thanks to Robin and Margie Dicey and their boys for partnering with us to provide this incredible experience for our students. Enjoy a sumptuous meal and a glass of Roaring Meg at the Winery restaurant in Bannockburn next time you pass through, before enjoying a seafood platter and unrivalled views at Prime Waterfront Restaurant and Bar when you arrive in Queenstown for the night.

12 Geography Trip to Aoraki/Mt Cook

With an extremely cold lunch stop in Omarama and a quick stop at the Salmon farm on the way, we arrived at Mt Cook Village at 1:30. Once we arrived we met up with Andrew from the Department of Conservation who took us on an hour long trip up the Red Tarns walk. Along the way, we stopped at three different spots to record various elements of our surrounding at the different altitudes. Once we reached the top of the walk half of us had a profile picture shoot. Photo shoots over and done with we wandered back down the mountain and drove to the Hermitage. At the Hermitage, we watched two movies, one showcasing Mt Cook

and the other about the Search and Rescue team. After we had woken up the boys who had fallen asleep we found our way to the Youth Hostel, in which we would be staying the night. That night many of us had a chill in the sauna.

Day 2 and we woke to the soothing voice of Mr Campbell far too early in the morning. Once we had all eaten our breakfast we went to the rubbish and recycling centre to meet up with Garry from DOC learn how one of the best waste and recycling centres in the country operates. From there we went down the hill to the effluent ponds to see how the sewage is dealt with. After we had soaked up all the information possible we got back on the bus and drove around the corner to the Tasman Lake. We first walked up to the lookout from which you could see the Tasman Glacier, Lake Tasman and Mt Cook and right the way down the valley towards Lake Pukaki. After that short stop, we walked further down to the boats that would take us up to the face of the Tasman Glacier. Once we were all aboard our two vessels we slowly made our way through the icebergs and through many taste testings of the ice to the face of the glacier. Along the way, we were learning

about the glacier from our boat drivers. After we had finished on the lake we headed on the bus to up behind the Hermitage where Mr Campbell once again imparted knowledge upon us about the bush and water systems. From there we all made our own way back to the Youth Hostel. Some of us went on a short track in the middle of the village called the Bowen bush tracks, while others went for the hike along the Governor’s bush track which took us through the original bush and the newly grown bush. That night was once again spent hanging in the sauna and having yarns with Mr Idour and Mr Campbell.

On the third and final day of our trip to the magnificent Mt Cook National Park, we woke up to no wind whatsoever and not a cloud to be seen. Perfect flying conditions. After we checked out we made the short drive along to Glentanner where some of the boys and girls would experience their first ever helicopter flight. We flew from where we were up onto the top of the Murchison Glacier where we had another photo shoot and threw a few snowballs. On the ride back down we chased many Tahr along a ridgeline before circling around the mountain and heading back to Glentanner. The flight was incredible and unlike anything else that many of the boys had ever experienced before. After all the excitement was over we faced the long drive home stopping for lunch in Oamaru.

The trip was a great success and a valuable resource to the Geography boys and girls who now have to sculpt their knowledge into our sustainability internal.

Huge thanks to Mike Idour, Don Campbell, Brian our bus driver also Garry and Andrew from DOC, without whom this trip would not have been possible.

Cross Country 2017

Loathed by some, enjoyed by many. No matter what your opinion on Cross Countries, this event is still a big part of the annual sporting calendar at McGlashan as well as generating intense competition for house points.

This year the course had to be changed for two reasons; the Ross Creek redevelopment and an attempt to preserve the school grounds.

This meant more road running than normal and some extra work for Ms Button with new maps and traffic management plans.

Originally scheduled for the morning, the races were postponed until the afternoon. This proved worthwhile as the sun came out and conditions were perfect.

The Year 7 and 8 race identified a strong crop of Year 7 boys who filled

the first four placings. Akira Itadani came home in first place, followed by Nick Casey. Harry Summer and Mason Gain had a great battle, and Harry just edged Mason on the line. The first Year 8 home was Xavier Edmonds followed by Oscar Grey and Thomas Meder.

Novice and junior’s raced together, and there was great interest in how Josh Hou would fair against his older rivals. The junior pack was strong with Dom Morrison, Ben Lund, Will Turner and Nathan Harrison all in contention. Although Josh led for most of the way, Will Turner and Nathan Harrison proved too strong and finished in that order , ahead of Josh who claimed first novice home.

Grayson Westgate was second novice home followed by Max Kirkwood and Zach Smith. In the Junior’s Will and Nathan were followed home by Ben Lund, Dom Morrison and Scott

Perkins in that order.

The senior and intermediate race is always interesting with some excellent distance runners competing against many fit athletes from different codes, along with a throne of participants. With the course change this year, senior and intermediate boys ran the steep zig-zag slope in Ross Creek, twice. The second time around the course was crowded with slower runners, and this made it difficult for the top athletes to maintain a good race pace. When the boys emerged from Ross Creek they sorted themselves out. Ruaidhri Brosnan finished first in the intermediate grade, then Lucas Dickison, Cade McRae, Jez Nicholson – Kelly, Alex Byars then Harrison Biggs.

There was much talk about who would take out the senior race this year. Not many had the

eventual winner, Sam Tomkins in their picks. He ran a canny race and came home strong to beat the more favoured runners. Dom Brosnan was second with Ben Mitchell, third. Ben who is recovering from injury was a surprise entry and obviously, couldn’t suppress his competitive instincts.

Yugen Miyahara, fourth was followed by Ben Carr who pushed the pace in the early stages. Fifth home was Jacob Annison, then Sebastian Sole.

The keenly contested House Trophy was won by Balmacewen, closely followed by Ross. Burns claimed third, and Gilray was a considerable margin back in fourth.

Year 11 and 12 Agriculture Field Trips

Apart of taking agriculture as a subject is the opportunity to visit farms, get out of the classroom and see some of the theory in action.

The Year 11 group have been away on two trips as well as frequenting a local small run to help with a handful of ewes and getting them into lamb.

Country Calendar, a staple television favorite, had a feature episode on one of our McGlashan families, the

Newland’s in North Otago. So we had to include their home on our calendar (especially to see if their cherry pie really is that good!). We travelled up on a gorgeous clear, sunny day and discussed grazing and feed options for cattle, animal health and handling. We took a tour of their beautiful property and where their gourmet dog biscuits are made. After sampling some dog biscuits (and fodder beet) we headed to the homestead for some cherry pie… which really was amazing.

Thank you to Snow and Nicola for hosting us.

We also took a trip out to the Taieri to visit a dairy farm and legendary Holstein-Fresian breeder Dennis Aitken to talk genetics and running a busy and highly productive farm. He was a wealth of knowledge and it was great to hear about the importance of sire selection and the kinds of traits he was looking for. Thanks Dennis and the Aitken family, John Anderson and the Taieri ‘Eat and Run’.

We also say thank you to the Yules, who have asked us to help keep their 5 acre block, not far from school, and its 14 ewes. David and Sarah Beattie very generously gave us a ram, Gordon, who has sired 17 lambs for us to look after. We culled some wethers and Toby Hope showed some interested and very impressed lads how to butcher. He also shore all the ewes and has been, with some other year 13 lads, an invaluable help.

The Year 12 class went up to Hurst’s dairy farm at Evansdale. We were glad to be outside on another cracker day to discuss calf growth, health and development (in their state-of-the-art robotic calf raising shed), land use and environmental impacts. We were deeply impressed with the impeccable system and management of their place. We left feeling absolutely chocker with knowledge (pies, filled rolls, cake and slices…).

Thank you Evan and the Hurst family, and the McLauchlins.

It is such a privilege to be able to come and visit and acknowledge that it takes time out of busy farming families lives to host us and we are so grateful.

Glen Clark

New Zealand Holocaust Centre Visit

John McGlashan Year 13 history students were privileged to host Rick Sahar and Chris Harris from the New Zealand Holocaust Centre.

Rick Sahar did not know his parents were Holocaust survivors. He did not know he had had twin brothers who did not survive the Holocaust. His parents did not tell him about their lives before he was born and he had to learn about what had happened from other people and other sources. He calls this an ‘inheritance of silence.’

Rick was kind enough to share his story and his parents’ stories with our Year 13 history class, and history students from King’s High School and Kaikorai Valley High School, in April this year. This was an incredibly valuable experience for our students who spend the year studying the Jewish experience of the Holocaust.

Chris Harris presented on the phenomenon of Holocaust denial. Denial is increasing, which is of tremendous concern as the last survivors of the Hol-

ocaust will not be with us for much longer. We discussed the arguments of deniers and their agendas. There was discussion around the evi-

dence that exists, making deniers’ claims absurd, and how they could persist with these arguments.

Year 13 history focuses on the Holocaust as a critical event of the twentieth century. We look at who the Jewish people are, their history, religion and culture, and the pattern of anti-Semitism throughout Europe. We study the circumstances, events and ideology that culminated in what we know as the Holocaust. We examine issues around justice, refugees, and denial. We also look at the history of racial ideology in New Zealand and the connection between New Zealand and the Holocaust.

We are grateful for Rick and Chris visiting with us on April 7th and sharing their experiences and knowledge and feel privileged to have had this day to spend on something so important.

Men’s Breakfast

On the 7th of June, 140 boys and guests came together for a meal and to hear Judge Michael Crosbie speak.

The John McGlashan ‘Men’s Breakfast’ is an annual event to raise funds for the McGlashan Sports Council. This year we were honoured to have Judge Crosbie join us to share some of his experiences and wisdom. Judge Crosbie is a resident Judge here in Dunedin and sits in the District Court throughout New Zealand. He is actively involved in the community and has been involved with schools in both Christchurch and Dunedin for many years.

At the start of the break-

fast, Mr Garry spoke to the boys and guests (mainly Dads, but also some Grandfathers, Uncles and brothers)

about the importance of relationships between family members as well as what John McGlashan College stands for. After this, we were all treated to a wonderful cooked breakfast, supplied by our school kitchen staff. Once everyone was settled, Judge Crosbie enlightened us with entertaining stories and plenty of ‘food for thought’ not only for our boys, but for men of all ages.

It was certainly a fantastic way to start the day and I’m sure there were some follow up discussions that night around the dinner table in many homes.

ANZAC Service

Our ANZAC service was held in the Chapel on the last day of Term One. As is our way at John McGlashan College, the service was traditional, respectful and honouring.

There were pipes and bugles, drums and wreaths, readers and speakers, biographies and poppies. Our speaker this year was friend of the college, Mr Dennis Aitken, and as always we ap-

preciated the contributions of old collegian, Mr John Anderson who read the roll of honour and laid the wreath with Henry Bell.

Go McGlashan Read

Every year this event has a theme that connects with our chosen charity. This year the theme was ‘Buddy Up with the Book’ as we were supporting Presbyterian Supports Big Buddy Programme. As always, the purpose of the event is threefold - to encourage even more personal reading at Year 7-10; to help buy new books for the library; and to raise funds for a local charity. We feel that final goal is an important component of the event as it encourages the boys to think about others who may not be as fortunate as they are.

Boys were sponsored for how many minutes or books they read over the 11 day period. This year a total of $3101 was raised which was fantastic. The class who raised the most money was 7 ATR (beating out 8 ADU for the first time in many years!). At each year level, the highest individual fundraisers were; Alexander Seaton (Year 7), Solomon Harcombe (Year 8), Ali Dohan (Year 9), and Harley Herbert (Year 10). Some of these boys have already helped Mrs Garry choose some new books for the library. Earlier this term we had Presbyterian Support in to receive their half of the money and

they were astounded to see how much we had raised for them. It will go towards buying a new van to help transport boys and their ‘buddies’. We really appreciate your support of this event and you encouraging the boys to up their ‘ready mile’.

Year 11 PE Camp

39 boys, 3 staff, 4 parents and some great tracks, make for an unforgettable Year 11 physical education Naseby bike camp. Designed to test boy’s safety in the outdoors, technical mountain biking ability, and effort levels, this camp has it all. Thrown into the mix are the three achievement standards being assessed.

The weather over the three days played its part, with typical cool, crisp starts easing into clear and warm days. All boys should be very proud of how they applied themselves on the

tracks.

Boys rode in three ability groups and completed a time-trial on the final morning. Congratulations have to go to Bailey Dowling who really showed his pedigree achieving the fastest time ever recorded on the course. Overall, the boys put in a huge effort to complete it and times were noticeably sharper this year.

Some highlights from the boys include:

“The downhill was great, jumps were on point, the uphill was a struggle but a great sense of achievement once you were at the top.” - Riley Hall

“The crashes were a favourite, including the one I did while avoiding Ollie Walker. “ – Thomas McCracken

“The speed of going downhill justifies the agony of the uphill. “ – Stewart Ashton

“The biking, the pain and the gain. “ –Drew Schievink

Aussie Rugby Tour

Early on the first Saturday of the Term One holidays, 39 young men, their coaching staff and parent supporters left for Australia for an 11-day tour.

The tour started with a couple of nights in Brisbane where on the first night the group went to the Suncorp Stadium to watch the Queensland Reds take on the Southern Kings. The next day we took a river cruise to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.

The next stop was Rockhampton, where our boys were billeted out by the Rockhampton boys. There is now a strong relationship forming between our two schools, which is wonderful to see. On the first day in Rockhampton, the Second XV had a very narrow loss to the Marist College First XV. After that, our First XV completely trounced a local rep side 78-12. The following day there were good victories by both teams over Rockhampton. The Second XV won 50–0, and the First XV won 36-12. On the last day, there was a trip to the local crocodile farm.

After Rockhampton, the tour party travelled to Great Keppel Island for a few days taking in some sunshine before starting to focus on the main task at hand, the John Elders Country Cup in Toowoomba.

The Second XV had some tough games against host Downlands College, St. Ignatius and Shore College. This set them up in a battle against Scots College in their final game, who they bet to gain some pride in a very tough competition. Charlie Dougherty was named the player of the tournament for our Second XV.

The First XV had another rematch versus Rockhampton,

who put up a bit of a fight in the beginning, but our team overpowered them in the second half to win comfortably. They also had big wins against Scots College and St. Ignatius. The grand final came down to the hosts, Downlands and our First XV. It was a fantastic finale as John McGlashan scored 4 tries to 1 and were the eventual winners 22-17. Captain Reon Lowry made a fine speech at the closing ceremony, and the icing on the cake was to have Jimmy Sinclair named ‘player of the final.’ Leroy Ferguson was named ‘player of the tournament.’

Afteran exhausting tournament, the group travelled to the Gold Coast for some rest and recovery. There was a trip to the ‘Wet n Wild’ theme park as well as time at the malls and on the beach. A real highlight was when a group of us attended the Dawn service on Anzac Day. There was a huge crowd down on the beach where it seemed that the Kiwis easily outnumbered the Aussies.

Overall, this was a very successful tournament in terms of not only preparing the boys for the rugby season ahead but also in terms of team bonding and seeing some sights in Australia. Thank you to Sandy Guy who spent many hours organising this trip as well as the other parents that helped us out on tour.

Waihi Winter Exchange

Football

The McGlashan Year 7 and 8 football team played their Waihi inter-school match in cold but favourable conditions, after school in Week Three of this term.

The side settled quickly and obtained the perfect start when Sheon Luxmanan swept home following a few minutes after great wing play from Quinn Coutts on the right. Luxmanan was not done though and the tall striker went on to score twice more in quick succession. His second, a sharp close range finish and his third goal a bullet header from close range that would have graced any televised match from the UK.

With confidence high, McGlashan dominated possession for large periods of the half. Midfielders Harrison Marshall and young Akara Itadani provided plenty of quality ball forward, and clever wing play from Tom Dyer and Coutts meant plenty of dangerous balls were put into the box. When Waihi did threaten strong defence from Thomas Meder, Oscar Grey, Jack Lewis and Charlie Bolton meant that keeper Seb Kyle had little to do but sweep up the odd long ball over the top. A few missed chances and some outstanding keeping from the Waihi goalie meant McGlashan didn’t find the net again till late in the half. However, a fine strike from a distance by Jackson Cole and a neat finish by George Barker, after good support play from Sam Sinclair, saw the eventual score reach a pleasing 5-0 margin at half time.

After the break, fresh legs were introduced, and formations changed. The McGlashan dominance of play continued with plenty of clever through balls and determined runs. Mitch Thorn worked well on the left, and Martin Brook added plenty of industry and creativity to the midfield. It was no surprise to see a flood of goals come throughout the second half. Two nicely taken efforts by Dyer were added to by strikes by Kyle, Intandi, Isaac McConachie and Coutts. A 25-metre wonder volley to captain Harrison Marshall fittingly rounded out the score to an even dozen to nil in favour of John McGlashan at full time.

Despite the uneven scoreline the game was played in excellent spirit by both teams. No doubt the result was a pleasing one, but there is still plenty to work on in preparation for the much harder challenge of Balmacewen that is to come later in the year. Finally, all the boys would like to thank the supporters who came despite the cold to watch, Mr Carruthers and Dr Button for their amazing organisation skills and Mr Luxmanan for being so kind to referee the match.

Rugby

John McGlashan made history in the Year 7 and 8 inter-school rugby match.

With the forecast predicting snow our hopes were not high for a Dunner stunner on the date of our historic Waihi rugby match. Defying the odds, the searing sun melted away the early morning frost and set up a stunning day. Having not tasted victory against the South Canterbury prep school in all our years of competition, we were fired up and raring to go. This showed in our warm up, by the end we found ourselves prepared and focused on our task, understanding the need to rise to the challenge ahead.

The game began for us with a hiss, a roar and a well-deserved try in the first play after the kickoff. This year, not from our rivals but one of our own. A pleasant surprise came not long after when we crashed over for yet another, going up 14-0 in no time. We were fighting hard with the help of our various waterboys’ inspirational messages.

After half time drinks Waihi came back at us hard, putting us under the pump for long periods of time. They had been a tough encounter, but we were still grasping the lead in the final few minutes, digging deep for ourselves and each other. A couple of last ditch efforts blew the final score out to 33-14. Much to the jubilation of the home side and our supporters.

A piece of history made in our minds that will remain forever. As a unit, we performed well, but some stand out performances came from Phoenix Abbott (captain), Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu, Mason Gain, Marshall Macready, Nic Casey, Tom Fowler, Solomon Harcombe and Ollie Sinclair, along with many others. Try scorers were Marshall Macready (2), Phoenix Abbott, Fynn Allison and Amani James. Also Mason Gain was 4 from 5 off the tee. The whole group would like to thank Toby Jarvie and Reon Lowery for giving up their time to coach.

Andy Duncan

Solomon Harcombe and Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu

Hockey

In the Waihi exchange, the hockey boys were expecting a tough fight, and that is exactly what they got. It was a great game all round with Seb Kyle scoring a good goal on the post. As a team, we operated very well with both sides having plenty of chances. However, on the day we couldn’t execute these chances and we went down 4-1. I would like to thank the Waihi boys for coming down and all the supporters, umpires and coaches. Finally, for the boys who will be here next year - good luck!

Thomas Meder

Sports’ Council Dinner

Thedinner serves two very important functions. The wider school communities get together and have a good night out, and along the way, funds are raised to support sport at the College.

Wecelebrate sporting success. The crowd is wined and dined and entertained. At the end of the evening, the Sports Council have a sizeable amount of money to put towards sport at the College. This year the dinner was held in the College Chapel - all agreed it was a wonderful venue. This allowed the Council to have more control over the meal and refreshments. Again, everyone concurred the catering was of a high standard.

GrantEdward spoke on behalf of the Sports Council. He welcomed the 220 strong crowd and thanked everyone for their support. He went onto highlight some of the achievements over the year. Grant was careful not to identify individual sports, but the audience was well aware that our 1st XV had created history last season along with our rowing squad at this year’s Maadi Cup. The Sports Council are equally focused on participation and are very proud that the College can boost a provincial wide high of 94%.

AlthoughKeith Quinn was booked to speak this year, he was belatedly called away, and we were very fortunate that Warren Alcock stepped in and did a great job. After playing over a hundred senior games

of club rugby in Dunedin, Warren became a lawyer and then progressed into becoming a player manager for professional sports people. His interesting story was told through a question and answer session with Paul Allison.

Final figures are not in yet to identify how much money was raised this year but we do know that over the past five years over $100000 has been raised. Every cent is going back into sport at the College with a focus firmly on coaching. We look forward to next years dinner with a reminder that the event has sold out every year for the past four years; be in quick to secure tickets for 2018.

11 Science Microbiology Field Trip

Mr Leitch and Mr Avis’s Year 11 science classes have been probing into the hidden world of microbes. To augment our understanding we attended a laboratory session run by Judith Bateup at the University of Otago’s Microbiology Department. At various stations the class learnt about concepts such as electron microscopy, the importance of microbes in food and alcohol production and microbial processes. Stage two of the session involved examination of pond water samples and tooth plaque. This revealed a range of interesting creatures from the dynamic rotifers with their curious duel spinning heads to the slowly pulsating volvox colonies. The students then examined their own microbial flora by staining plaque samples and examining them under a microscope. We would like to thank Judith Bateup and her team for providing this wonderful opportunity to get a deeper insight into the microbial world.

Senior Formal

OnJune 10th the senior students donned their dress shirts, suits, tuxedos, bow-ties and, in some cases, turtle-necks for the Year 12 and 13 John McGlashan formal. It was a wonderful evening, full of grace and style, with the theme being Ancient Greek. The traditional location of the Otago Museum once again proved to be an amazing venue for this event with decorations and lighting lining the atrium. The John McGlashan students and their partners were greeted on arrival by Henry Bell, the head boy, and were serenaded by the exceptional musical talents of Dr Preston on the keyboard. Mingling and drinking punch provided a very pleasant way to catch up with friends, introduce new partners and exchange banter with the teachers. Thereafter, the buffet catered by the Inspired Pantry, began.

The buffet food was nothing short of amazing: the Sticky Asian Short Ribs and the Raspberry Cheesecake Parfaits were particularly note-worthy and delicious. However, soon the meal was over and everyone began to line up for the traditional formal photos by Kelk Photography.

The boys and their partners featured in a range of photos from classic couple shots to more of the comedic variety. The teachers were also pulled into the fun with students getting their favourite classes together for group photos. This also provides valued mementos of the amazing evening that will be cherished. As the night went on the remarkable live band, The Plus Ones, started playing on the top floor of the atrium with students coming upstairs to dance.

Ofcourse putting on such an amazing night would not be possible without Stuart Van Turnhout’s work, designing the tickets and table-seating plan. Henry Ward’s help with the decorations, Courtland Ellis’s work with the logistics of the formal and especially to Mr Jones and his form class who helped with the setting up and packing away. All these people invested their time and guaranteed the success of the formal. All those attending the event appreciate their hard work.

Nick Page

Photos courtesy of Kelk Photography

STAC Winter Exchange

Sporting exchanges hold a special significance at John McGlashan College. We have only one winter sports exchange for the senior school, so it takes on extra importance.

Basketball

St Andrew’s arrived in two shifts: basketball and football on Sunday 18th June and all other codes on the following day. Basketball began on Sunday evening and Monday lunchtime. Both games pulled good crowds. STAC pulled away in the fourth quarter on Sunday night to win comfortably. The next match was a real crowd pleaser. With the gym packed at lunchtime, McGlashan hung tough and eventually tied the game up at full-time. Alex Byars started with a series of three point bombs that dragged McGlashan back into the game. The extra time went the way of STAC. Their two big guns were always a threat that drew many costly fouls.

Football

Our First XI savoured the chance to battle against one of Canterbury’s top-ranked secondary school football teams as part of the STAC exchange, with a key aim being to erase memories of a heavy defeat in 2016.

The match started ominously when our opponents scored with relative ease in the opening minutes; our keeper George Sinclair did well to dive right and block a strong initial shot from STAC but was powerless to stop the match’s first goal being scored off the rebound.

Despite this initial set back, the McGlashan lads soon found their composure and settled into playing quality football against a team that offered plenty of enterprise on the attack as well as a very solid defence.

Centre-backs Jordan Mitchell and Matt Johnstone were aided in their defensive efforts by Alex Thomson’s ag-

gressive and disruptive defensive midfield play, while Charlie Gruppelaar and Yugen Miyahara worked hard on both defence and attack from their wing back positions.

Match day captain, En Watanabe, was typically tireless in the central midfield, linking up well with our enterprising and committed attackers Harry Fraser, Harrison Biggs and Sam Tomkins. But it fell to our striker Dan Tan to bring McGlashan level with a spectacular long-range volley that looped high over the keeper’s head and dropped perfectly into the goal. This left the score locked up 1-1 at the break, with as little to pick between the teams as the scoreline suggested.

Breaking the deadlock in the second half proved no easy matter, despite the best efforts of the above players and our hard-working substitutes Ben Lund, Shay Veitch, Tom Warman (all who also enjoyed game time in the first half) and Callum Duncan. STAC was likewise struggling to find a win-

ner until, with just a few minutes to go, a single McGlashan defensive lapse allowed our visitors to tap in a soft second goal.

With McGlashan unable to find an answering goal before full-time, the game ended with a disappointing 2-1 victory to STAC when a draw would probably have been a fairer reflection of the match.

Even so, McGlashan had every reason to be satisfied with its competitiveness against classy opponents. The fine spirit of which 80 minutes of very intense football was played was also a credit to both teams, as well as our top-class match referee Jeff Clamp.

Thanks are also due to our non-playing reserves for the match – Jack Nicholls, Jaiden Tucker, and Joseph La Hood – and to Paddy Wennekes and Quinn Campbell for touch judge duties.

- David Thomson First XI Team Manager

Hockey

On 20 June, the boys woke to a very frosty morning which meant a very frosty hockey turf, unplayable in fact. With a slight delay for the sun to rise to thaw out the turf, the whistle finally blew, and we were under way.

One thing that we wanted to take into the game was a good start that contained a lot of energy and good composure. Unfortunately, the complete opposite happened and we never managed to string anything together from the back, and this led to a bundle of turnovers with a lethal counter attacking STAC team to come firing back at us. As a result of our lack of composure on the ball and the excessive amount of turnovers, STAC put four goals in the back of the net in the space of about four minutes. In most cases, teams would drop their heads completely; we managed to lift our heads and play some proper hockey. We kept even with STAC for the majority of the first half following the four quick goals and had some decent phases of play that resulted in some circle penetrations. Due to some lack of experience surrounding 35-minute halves, our fitness was tested, and we had a disappointing finish to the first half where STAC were able to slot another goal in following a slick PC.

Five-Nil was a very disappointing way to go into half-time and most definitely not what we had planned for. During the break, we addressed areas that we

needed to adjust; the structure that STAC were playing and our attitude. We came out firing at the start of the second half and put STAC under some real pressure. This pressure resulted in a PC where we were finally able to score our first goal. Following this was some nicely contested hockey, and the game had periods where we kept very even with STAC and dominated in many areas. However, our fitness was under the pump near the end of the second half as we were playing 20 extra minutes compared to what we normally play. STAC was able to put three more goals in behind us. The game ended in an eight, one loss for McGlashan.

On reflection, the loss was a real wake up call for the team and going forward we have already addressed many areas that need work. However, we cannot take anything away from STAC as they are a well-drilled side with a lot of experience and many representative players. They currently hold a national ranking of 4th in the country, and we are lucky to get the opportunity to play an unfamiliar team from outside of Dunedin. We can take this experience and build on this for the rest of the year as we prepare for the tournament in Hamilton at the end of the season.

- Jakob Annison

Table Tennis

The John McGlashan table tennis team to play St Andrews College was Charlie Gray, Jiacong Ruan, and Martin Pageexactly the Otago Under 15 representative team. The St Andrews team was Alex Wilson, Tony Zhao and Seeyoung Bang. The format of games was three singles and two doubles games per person, giving a total of 12 games. Overall, John McGlashan College won 7-5. Both sides played well, and the games were mostly very close.

- Martin Page

Badminton

Our McGlashan Badminton team of Andrew Goh, Jin Kim, Matthew Godfrey and Lachlan Kenneally fought well in their Inter-school match. All members of the team enjoyed the challenge, and all games were very close. Unfortunately, in the end, we were only able to win one game. We lost one, five with our heads up knowing we did the best we could. We look forward to the competition next year.

Rugby

The John McGlashan 1st XV had a convincing win over St Andrews 1st XV this year with a score of 43 - 17. The McGlashan team imposed their structure very well against STAC. In the first half, McGlashan got out to a comfortable lead of 29 - 5. In the second half STAC came back firing, scored a couple of quick tries to take them to 17 points, but in the end, McGlashan’s speed and strength were too much and finished with a comfortable win for the 5th time in a row. Young Andrew Mckenzie, only 14, had an exceptional game in the number 15 jersey for McGlashan where he managed to bag himself a try and a conversion. He also ran into the backline very well putting players around him in good holes. Overall an outstanding performance from the young man.

Trap Shooting

The STAC exchange started off with a hiss and a roar as Tuesday morning rolled around. STAC, coming down the previous day had one trapshooter in the hostel, and the others in the STAC squad were scattered throughout the day boys in the McGlashan team. We headed out to the Dunedin Clay Target Club to get the day started by 9:00 am. The bus ride out was enjoyable while having the opportunity to meet some of their boys such as their team captain Lawrence.

Coin toss time and John McGlashan choose to shoot first to try and set a high mark to beat. Things didn’t go to plan for McGlashan as we didn’t front up and ended up losing to the STAC boys by a mere 9 points. This loss helped to contribute to STAC’s 4-5 win for the inter-school competition, and I wish to congratulate them on coming down here and showing us where we need to improve. Congratulations to Alex Dodson on getting high overall for the day with 88 out of 90.

Debating

The subject was - This House would allow sport performance drugs in all sports

John McGlashan took the negative and convincingly won.

1st Speaker Charles Baker

2nd Speaker Paddy Hantler

3rd Speaker James MacPherson

Tournament of the Minds

Our team did us proud in our inaugural year in this competition. Combining humour with facts and props in a slick presentation proved a winning combination.

This year we have joined a worldwide movement to enhance the potential of our boys. By providing an opportunity to work collaboratively in a challenging and competitive environment we are fostering skills that are important for future success. For now, though, we will bask in the glory of our team’s recent success at the Regional Championships. Their first place in the Intermediate Social Sciences Division gained them an invite to the Nationals on the 23rd September in Wellington.

The victory was the culmination of six weeks work on finding a solution to the challenge of easing overcrowding by creating a new country. In their quest to blend icons and culture of two currently existing countries, to form a successful new country, Bacili (pronounced in the local Bacilian dialect of course - Ba-Si-lly) was created! The Belgium and Canada Ideal Lifestyle Island is a French speaking place of reindeer football, eco-farming, eco-engineering and maple waffles.

was impressive.

Under strict criteria, the boys had to collaborate together on the long term challenge mentioned above and on a spontaneous challenge given to them on the day. They could neither accept help from nor ask for it from anyone outside their group. The team ethos that developed be-

Averybig thank you to Sue Porter (for the spark that ignited the flame and organisation), and Lara Friedlander (for the expert driving and support for us and the boys).

Inter-House SINGING

The Inter-House Singing Competition is an event that you can simply not miss.

All houses wanted to bring their ‘A’ Game as they know that the Elvidge Cup can be won or lost on the results of this event. Since the middle of Term One, we have practised two pieces as a whole school. The two were: ‘Aotearoa’ - Stan Walker (sung in both Māori and English) and ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother - made popular by The Hollies.

We split into house groups at the beginning of Term Two to put the final touches on our performances, some even learning some harmony parts. Each house was asked to present the songs in which ever order they chose and were judged on Tempo, Pitch, Style, Group Effect and Clarity of Lyrics. Some houses had prepared a conductor to lead the boys. The Judges tallied the points, and a picture below has the overall results.

Special thanks to Phil and Fei Hsia Cahill and Steven McNulty who were our judges this year.

tween James Palmer, Nick Friedlander, Qwenton McKenzie, Sam Sinclair, Tom Dyer, Tom Rasmussen, and Xavier Edmond

Results were: First Place - Mighty Burns; Second - Gilray; Third - Ross; Forth - Balmacewan.

Polyfest

After the success of last years Polyfest performance, there was a high expectation for our Year 7 and 8 students to deliver yet another exciting bracket. We were not disappointed!

Arange of new waiata was introduced at the start of the year as part of the Te Reo programme. This allowed the students plenty of time to learn the kupu (words) and to fine-tune their vocals.

As term three rolled around, so did the full group practices where actions were taught and perfected. Although challenging at times, we were very impressed with the commitment shown by the 80 strong performers practice after practice.

It was during these sessions together that the kaea or leaders of our roopu (group) were identified and these boys always led by example, showing both mana and respect in all that they did.

On the night of the performance, the boys wore the rapaki provided last year by Gemma Tuhega and her mother and again they looked fantastic.

Theboys began their bracket with a medley consisting of E Kiwi E (hymn) and E Te Hokowhitu (action song). This was followed by Tau Ana (action song) and the school haka. The waiata, Aotearoa capped off what was a wonderful performance. An amazing solo effort by Rylan Urquhart also added to what was a memorable night by all those who participated.

Aspecial thanks goes out to all of the staff that were involved throughout the year, and to Reon Lowery and Charles Keenan, for their support with the school haka.

Kamau te wehi!

John McGlashan

Swimming Sports

The 2017 swimming sports were unusual in the fact that they clashed with the New Zealand Secondary Schools Swimming Sports. This unfortunate set of circumstances meant the unprecedented ruling was made that the four boys that attend the Nationals (Courtland Ellis, Ben Carr, Nathan Wolf and Geoffery Kemp) would have their times from the Nationals accepted to gain placings at the school sports. No records would be accepted from the National event. Another ruling, however, was to accept times from the Nationals for long course records, which have not been included as races at the school swimming sports since 2005. This would significantly alter the record books in 2017: Courtland Ellis broke six of the seven long course records.

Harry Summers, the rising star of the swimming ranks, cleaned up the Primary events, winning all races. Harry Morshuis and Nate Wisnesky filled many of the placings. Thomas Meder, Sam Sinclair and Nick Casey also placed. Oliver Sinclair won the diving.

In the year nine and ten grade, Max Wolf dominated, winning four of the five disciplines and placing second in the remainder. Tom Gold, recently back from injury, had one win, two seconds and a third. Eli Familton, Max Kirkwood and Tom Colbourne also placed. Ethan Farrow won the diving.

Atsenior level, the impressive Courtland Ellis won all the disciplines apart from the diving, which was won by the equally impressive Drew Schievink. Minor placings were shared around between Ben Carr, David Cannon, Oliver Walker, Cameron Moran, Geoffery Kemp and Tim Chirnside.

Gilray won the house competition from Burns, Balmacewen and Ross.

Year EIGHT Camp

Who knew Year 8 camp would be so much fun? From our SUV’s getting stuck in deep mud to the night games of spotlight, it was a great experience for all of us. Some of the highlights of the trip were the hockey and football games, a tour around a historical Chinese village in Arrowtown, four-wheel driving, a visit to a wine cave and gold panning.

The epic journey of a lifetime started back on Tuesday 29th August. Everyone was hyped and waiting for the bus to come. After what seemed like ages, the bus and driver finally arrived. Our luggage was loaded, and we all jumped on the bus ready for the long ride to Queenstown.

On the way, we had several stops, the first being in Roxburgh where we took a group photo up on a cliff top. We then had to pick up some rubbish (as always), and we left for the Kawarau Gorge.

and ready for the adventures ahead. Thanks to the many hands in the kitchen!

Over the whole three days, there were very few squabbles, which was great considering things can be a little wild with 46 boys at times. Most of us handled things pretty well.

Friday was the last day of camp. It was very sad because there were no more adventures to go on and we had to face a three-hour bus ride back to Dunedin. However, we were all thankful for the opportunity to go on camp and appreciated the chance to do something that not many schools get to do. Overall, I think Year 8 camp was very awesome, and it might have even been better than our Year 7 camp.

To get to the gold mining centre at Kawarau, we had to cross a swing bridge, which spanned the Clutha River. Once we were across to the other side, we learned how to pan for gold and were shown the sluicing equipment. I got to visit my ancestors’ homes, which were the old Chinese gold mining huts carved into the nearby cliffs.

After that, we went to Kelvin Heights Christian Camp in Queenstown. We packed away all our belongings and had some hockey matches down at the main hall. After dinner, we had spotlight games before going to bed.

Over the next few days of camp we went to many old mining places like Arrowtown, Skipper’s Canyon, and Queenstown. We went gold panning on three occasions, went to a museum, an old church and visited an old Chinese mining town. Being a pianist, I got to play on the pianos and a foot-powered organ at church.

There was some great food at camp. Some of the offerings were the delicious cottage pie, the big beef burger and ice cream and chocolate pudding – a favourite of the Year 8s. The delicious food ensured we were all well fed

Thanks to Mr Duncan and Dr McLeod for the organisation, and to Mrs Veitch, Mr Hore and Mr Veitch for joining us as teacher help. Also, big thanks to all the parents that gave up their time to come along and make camp so enjoyable. Mr Abbott, Mr Bolton, Mr Grey, Mr Harcombe, Mrs McArley, Mrs McConnell, Mr Vaitupu, and Mr Wafer.

Gary Yao

Rock of Ages

In 2017, Rock Of Ages was the headline act as the Davies’ Sports Centre was transformed into an arena.

Rock Of Ages tells the story of Sherrie, a smalltown girl livin’ in a lonely world. She moves to LA to make it big, meets a boy, gets a job, and then things get complicated. There’s a developer in town. She’s going to knock down the Bourbon Room, the altar at which all the rock groupies worship. They’re not happy. You get the idea.

The journey for our small-time rock stars is set to some of the best music the 1980s had to offer, with the lyrics and songs carefully chosen to echo their situation at different points in the narrative.

Our talented cast rocked out to classics from bands like Journey, Bon Jovi, REO Speed-wagon, Whitesnake, Foreigner and more. Their energy carried the show as an ensemble, but it is worth mentioning some of the lead performers; in particular, Alfie Richardson, Andrew Hughes, Nathan Harrison, Helen Knott, Maya Berg, and Stephanie Post. Many of the performances were as good as paid professionals can manage, showcasing the talent on offer. Matthew Fokkens, Mitchell Bruce and Olivier Page all showed immense maturity and talent behind the scenes, leading a dedicated stage management, sound and lighting crews.

Many thanks must go to our production team, especially Bruce and the band, Jordan, Kimberley, Melissa, Nigel, Anne, Geoff, Jordy, and Iain. The students always appreciate the time given, and efforts made by staff.

Check out the collage over for a closer look at Rock Of Ages through the lens of Barry Kelk and Kelk Photography.

Fête 2017

Each year the fête improves on the standard set the year before, and this year has been no exception.

Huge congratulations are due to Sandy Guy, Fête Convenor, and her team of amazing parents. While the final totals are being calculated, it appears the 2017 proceeds have set a record high. This money will be fed back into projects at John McGlashan College through the Parents and Friends’ Committee, led by Chairperson Julie-Ann Ross, and all proceeds will benefit the students of McGlashan.

There is something for everyone at the John McGlashan Fête and this means that people come from all over Dunedin, and beyond, to get a bargain, or nab a higher end item. The silent auction had beautiful artwork from Anna Reid, Central Otago wines, and a much-coveted jumbo Cadbury Caramilk block, to name only a few items. The baking was, as always, top-notch, and the candy floss enjoyed by many. There were some great bargains to be had at the White Elephant, books, and sports gear stalls. The hot food available hit the spot too - a favourite being the hot ham buns.

The stalls run by teachers and students are always popular, and Freddie the pony did a tremendous job ferrying smiling children up and down by the ELC. Strangely enough, the most popular activities seem to be the ones where people get to soak others with water. The water balloon throw warms them up for the main event - the dunk the clown. As always, we have some good sports on the staffing team who take part. This year, Mr Veitch, Mr Clark, Mr Knights, Ms Mullenger, Mr White and a few Year 13 students took turns in the hot seat.

Sandy’s team are spectacular, and include Jacinta Grey, Julie Ford, Marianne Hannagan, and Tracey Byars. The work the team does with sourcing donations, sorting items, coordinating communication and set up, is incredible and requires hours and hours of effort. The core team is hard at work early in the year to ensure the fête is successful. John

McGlashan College is very thankful and appreciative of the work that has gone into this.

ThePFA and McGlashan would like to thank the sponsors, stall convenors and volunteers, the businesses and individuals who donated items to the silent auction, the chocolate wheel, the raffle and the food items for the cafe and stalls. Of course, thanks is also due to the staff and the boys, especially the boarders who spend hours cleaning up once everyone has gone home.

The money from the Fête is used each year to support one large

project. The money from the 2017 fête will be used to support lighting for the sports grounds. The money is also used to support three funding rounds a year, where staff, students, and sports teams can apply for funding to support projects. This year, the Parents and Friends Committee has helped to fund Year 10 Arts Weeks, compasses and a satellite phone for Outdoor Education, costumes and support with travel for Drama, Edison Robots for Digital Technology, support with Maadi Cup, and many more projects and experiences that benefit our students.

Languages Week 2017

Every year the Languages Department celebrates all the languages we offer at the school and this year was no different. As has become a tradition in recent years, the Year 12 students organise and shape the activities and events of Languages Week and get to choose their very own flavour for the year.

In 2017, the students were from the German and Spanish classes, which made for an interesting mix of solid German and spicy Spanish. We started the week off with the movie and presentation in assembly, which raised the question of why students in the school took languages and what they enjoyed about it. Answers ranged from a general joy of learning to the more cultural experiences; namely food or creative cultural activities.

The Pinata was next and turned the library into a well organised rugby field - no injuries, no broken glasses but a lot of fun and sweets made everyone happy. The week then continued with traditional foods that represented all languages, ranging from the German ‘Brezeln’ and ‘Schneckennudeln’ to the Maori Hangi and finishing with the ever popular Spanish Churros.

many other lnternational languages that form our community.

Overall, it was a great celebration of diversity, culture and internationality.

Chapel that week, showcased more than just the languages taught at the school; it showcased the

This year’s Inter-house Haka final was eagerly anticipated, not only for the bragging rights for the best haka but also as the winner would determine which house would win the Elvidge cup for 2017.

In the weeks leading up to the final, practices were held where the leaders of each house endeavoured to find the edge that would give them the winning advantage.

On the day of the final, the houses positioned themselves around the four corners of the Quad and the boys began mentally preparing themselves for what is always a highlight of the year.

All four houses performed with mana and were led by their kaea or leader who did their utmost to encourage their house to haka stronger and louder.

The judges this year included Adrian Sem-Cheyne, Tyrin Tutaki and his friend Taina. After a lengthy deliberation between the judges, a winner was eventually decided upon where very little separated the two top houses!

Balmacewen, who were led powerfully by Reon Lowery and Charles Keenan, deservedly took out the competition by two points over Ross. Balmacewen then led the full school haka, which is always a spectacular ground-shaking end to an exciting event.

Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui.

First: Balmacewen

Second: Ross

Third: (Mighty) Burns

Fourth: Gilray

Inter-house Haka Mana Pounamu Awards 2017

On Friday Oct 27th, at the Dunedin College of Education Auditorium starting at 5.15pm , we celebrated the achievement of rakatahi Māori in secondary schools across Otago. The nominees for this award are assessed in the following areas: community and cultural involvement, leadership, academic and sporting achievements.

Congratulations to Max Gomez (senior) and Angus Kenny (junior) who were the recipients of Mana Pounamu Awards in 2017.

Results 2017 Mathematics Competitions

Gordon, Stanley and Bobby are, not necessarily in that order, the striker, defender and goalkeeper of the local soccer team. The goalkeeper, who is the shortest of the three is a bachelor. Gordon, who is Stanley’s father-in-law is taller than the defender. Who plays in each position?

This is an example of one of the many problems that have been solved throughout the year in Mathematics Competitions.

McGlashan has had another outstanding year of Mathematical achievements. Several competitions that run locally and nationally have had our students ranked highly in all aspects of these competitions.

The year started with the University of Otago Junior Maths Competition where Mason Prentice, Gary Yao and Harrison Biggs gained a place in the top 200 in their year groups nationally and Patrick Zhang was placed in the top 100 students. Boen Deng competed in the Casio University of Victoria Senior Maths Competition and gained a ranking in the top 100 students for Years 12 and 13 students.

Later in the year, the ICAS Maths Competition was held; 20 students gained Distinction and Callum Binns and Martin Brook gained High Distinctions with their 99th percentile ranking.

The local OMAthalon Competition had several challenging questions at all year levels but this did not deter some of our excellent mathematicians. Boen Deng, En Watanabe, Ben Wishart and Jaiden Tucker won First place in the senior competition and Phoenix Abbott, Martin Brook, Jack Murphy and Gary Yao were

placed Third in the Year 8 competition.

We will look to build on these successes next year.

Wellington Art Trip

In the early morning hours of Friday September 1st, A group of John McGlashan students and I made our way up to the capital to experience the university life and see first hand what it has to offer.

Starting off the day with a 4:50AM wake up call, the boys somehow managed to make their way to the airport on time and were ready for the big day ahead.

We were accompanied by two members of staff, Mr Jones and Mr Clarke. As the sun was just starting to peak over the horizon, we touched down in the big city. Then we’re straight onto the bus to our first destination.

The first stop was to check out what was on offer at Massey School of Design and the career paths to which it could lead. After listening to this talk, we went and checked out one of the many accommodation facilitiesThe Cube. This gave the boys a good insight into where they might spend the next chapter of their lives and what the different halls had to offer.

After seeing the Cube, we walked down the road into the central city and had a look what Victoria University was all about. We were lucky enough to have an old McGlashan boy show us around and see where the students study architecture.

When we were all finished looking at the different courses and facilities Victoria had, we all went and looked around the parliament buildings and took time to enjoy the atmosphere of this lively city. We all had time out to rest our legs, watch a movie and check out some of the amazing art around the city as well.

This trip is ‘a must do’ if you are considering doing any courses Massey or Victoria have to offer. It will make you really look forward to the years to come

Year 7 & 8 Balmacewen Inter-school

The schedule started at 9:15am down at the hockey turf. John McGlashan College was hoping they could continue their unbeaten form, having lost just once all season against a very classy Waihi outfit. The game started well as Jack Cotton scored a lovely goal early. McGlashan continued to dominate the first half and added three more goals from Thomas Mason, Nick Casey and Baxter Meder, to be 4-0 up at halftime. The boys knew Balmac are exactly like the Crusaders (they never go away) and they started the second half with a hiss and a roar, scoring virtually straight after halftime. This built confidence in the Balmac rank and they could well have had a few more goals if it wasn’t for some timely interventions by fullback Fynn Allison. In the end, however, McGlashan was just too good, running out 6-1 winners, with two further goals to Baxter Meder and Theo Hannagan rounding off the scoring. Everyone played well, but Nick Casey was immense for McGlashan, making some telling interceptions throughout the match.

The next activity of the day was back at John McGlashan College with the Chess. McGlashan were heavy favourites going into this and led by Martin Brook the team just confirmed this by thumping their opposition 8-0! The highlight was Brook’s last second, last move victory in his second match. The boys were very happy with this, and they will hope to perform like this in the two national tournaments they have qualified for later in the year.

The inter-school then moved to the gym for two basketball games. The Year 7 grudge match was up first. This fixture had just been played out a week earlier where McGlashan won to secure the Year 7 Basketball Championship. The game was very close the whole way through. Balmac lead 30-28 with moments remaining but trusty shooter Mason Gain had the ball and dropped what would normally be a three-pointer but due to the junior rules it was only a two-pointer and the game finished 30-30! The Year 8 Basketball however was a very one sided affair. Coaches Jordan Thorn and Harrison Jolly were all kitted out in suits but this made no difference as Balmac romped to a 52-16 victory! This was an unfortunate outcome but the boys had to get over it. It was pleasing to see that the team continued to work hard throughout the match despite the growing score against them.

Infootball, McGlashan was hoping to back up their victory against the same opposition last year and their win against Waihi last term. The team set up in a very classic 4-4-2, lead by skipper Harrison Marshall, but got off to a poor start as Balmac grabbed the first goal from the first corner of the match. McGlashan drew back to level quickly though with their first goal through excellent target man, Sheon Luxmanan. Then five minutes later Tom Dyer slotted home to give McGlashan the lead. George Barker scored again for McGlashan just before halftime, as they went in with a deserved 3-1 lead at the break.

In an exciting second half, McGlashan started strongly but could not score. As the game wore on players got tired, and several McGlashan players came off with injuries. Balmac’s never say die attitude came through, and they managed to sneak a 3-3 draw scoring with two long range efforts mid way through the half. There were some very strong performances in the game for both sides. The McGlashan midfielders Harrison Marshall and Jack Murphy played well, and winger Quinn Coutts was a handful throughout.

That draw meant that the inter-school would be decided in the final game, the rugby. Lead by skipper Phoenix Abbott and Coaches, Reon Lowry and Toby Jarvie; the team showed they were up for it from the start with Connor Aldrich pulling off a huge hit in the first tackle of the day. However, it was McGlashan who were left shell shocked as Balmac burst out of the gates into an early 17-0 lead.

McGlashan was very determined to win however and drew one back as Amani James muscled over from close in, and Mason Gain slotted over the conversion to put the score at 17-7. Balmac then grabbed a couple more tries to McGlashan, one (scored by William Smillie) to establish a comfortable lead 31-14 at the break.

McGlashan had a calm talk at halftime but the coaches obviously snapped them into gear as Aldrich burrowed over soon after the restart to make a game of it. With the scores at 31-19, an unlikely victory for McGlashan looked like it could be on the cards. This was not to be, as four more tries to Balmac was enough to give them the win. The final word though was McGlashan’s when half-back Ollie Sinclair’s brilliant snipe bagged a deserved late try.

Coach Lowery was pleased with the effort of his team and commended their effort and application. Many played well, but special mentions were made of prop Seb Kyle who held the scrum together well before being forced from the field late on with a bloody nose and Mason Gain, who was excellent with the boot.

So 2-2 was the final score in the whole exchange. It was an exciting affair, and all matches were played in a competitive and respectful manner. Ultimately I think both schools will just be pleased they didn’t lose, but McGlashan can be very happy that they were able to more than hold their own against their more populous neighbours from down the road!

Year 13 PE Snow-caving Trip

The Year 13 snow caving tradition continued this year with a group of sixteen boys and two staff travelling to the Snow Farm in Wanaka for three days. Great weather and excellent snow conditions made for an enjoyable and valuable time away from the regular classroom. The trip, which is used to assist with the teaching of a risk management achievement standard, always provides students with a degree of challenge which pushes them outside their comfort zone. Many of the boys are used to being in an alpine environment while skiing or snowboarding but staying on the mountain overnight is a more testing and hopefully rewarding learning experience.

The challenge of cross country skiing on skis that essentially don’t have edges can be frustrating for advanced downhill skiers and downright frightening for novices. I personally find that cross country skis keep my ego under control as years of honing downhill skiing technique proves to be utterly useless on skis designed for lightness and speed on the flat. Skiing off piste is a challenge that

we undertake each year, with mixed results and varied levels of resistance by the participants. However, all skiers survived and, apart from one of Jakob Annison’s poles and one of Henry South’s skis, there were no breakages. Olympic cross-country skiers make it look so easy.

Accommodation

on the mountain was mixed between alpine tents, snow mound shelters, snow caves and

the hut. The boys were all involved with digging snow shelters and preparing tent sites. Everyone worked hard and some good shelters were produced as a result. A takeaway lunch in Wanaka was well earned on our return journey to Dunedin. A special thanks must go to Mr Mike Brown who returned briefly to a McGlashan teaching role for the duration of our trip. I look forward to taking next year’s adventure.

Year 12PE TREBLE CONE Trip

Over the last two years, our Year 12 physical education trip to Treble Cone has been blessed with fine days and an abundance of fresh powder to drown in! While the off-piste skiing and riding was not quite at the same epic levels this year, we did enjoy mostly settled weather and a light touch of fresh snow.

The camp is based around a practical achievement standard which is assessed jointly between McGlashan staff and the Treble Cone instructors who take the boys for lessons each day. Ability levels ranged from the absolute beginner, bravely snow ploughing the learners slope, through to the seasoned veterans, back flipping on the steep-

er slopes of the saddle. Some boys and staff took the opportunity to fully earn their runs and hiked to the summit for fresh tracks.

The boys all put a great deal of effort into their slope based activi-

ties and also worked hard in the kitchen each evening to produce a fine dining experience. The dishes mostly got done as well! A few issues with the bus made for slow trips up the mountain and on the second day a ‘short’ walk to the base buildings was required. However, we safely made it up each day and full use was made of the opportunity to develop skills on and off piste.

Thanks to teachers Shannon McNatty and Richard Mountain assisting with the trip and ensuring that all 35 of the boys had the best possible experience. I look forward to next years trip away.

Cricket Tour: Melbourne

In the first week of the October school holidays the First XI travelled to Melbourne for a pre-season tour. We played four games. The first day we travelled down to Geelong Grammar and played a North Geelong club team. We batted first scoring 287 runs. The main contributors were Harrison Biggs (58), Jordan Gain (54) and Angus Simmers (49). We bowled well restricting them to 157. Lucas Reid and Ben Hatton took two wickets each.

The second day was one of the highlights of the tour. We played Nossal High School. This was the first ever cricket match to be played at their oval so one of their parents put up a trophy for the match. Although we eventually won by 30 runs it was a very tight game for most of it. Batting first we scored 190 with Harrison (69) and Jordan (48) once again the main contributors. They started well, racing to 39 for the first wicket. Their middle order then consolidated until part time bowler Charlie Davies came on and removed both of their inform

batsmen. The Nossal High SchoolJMC Challenge trophy sits proudly in Mr Carruther’s office.

Thenext game against Wesley College was also quite close. It was our first outing on grass which may explain the score of 107 all out. Although not a great score we didn’t go down without a fight. The bowling attack, led by Ness and ably backed up by our Year 11 young guns, Ben, George B, Tom and Daniel, who bowled well. It took Wesley seven wickets and 37 of their allotted 40 overs to get the runs. The winning runs were scored by B Fleming, son of former Australian cricketer Damien Fleming.

The last match was against Melbourne Grammar. This was also on a grass wicket but it was hard and true. Our top three were all amongst the runs, Harrison (56), Jordan (63) and Angus (33). We perhaps should’ve scored more than the 227 runs that we did but we thought that it would have been a competitive score. How-

ever, our bowling was such that most of their runs came from cross bat shots and we were not able to exert enough pressure in the field. Melbourne Grammar won comfortably by eight wickets.

Forseveral reasons, the tour was a real success. Firstly, the young men of McGlashan were a real credit to the school. They played well and they played fair. Off the field, their behaviour was exemplary. The parents were a great bunch to travel with and the hospitality of all the Australian schools was brilliant. We can’t thank them enough for having us.

The touring party consisted of Harrsion Biggs (Captain), George Bell, Sam Clulee, Charlie Davies, Tom Dempster, Angus Frew, Jordan Gain, Ben Hatton, George Johnston, Lucas Reid, Ness Scully, Angus Simmers, George Sinclair and Daniel Thom. The team was coached by Kevin Galliven.

Year 9 & 10 Speeches and Prepared Reading

Speaking and prepared reading continued to be aspects of English that our boys excelled at in 2017. We have a strong tradition of students happily engaging in these tasks and the finals for both formal speech and prepared reading are eagerly anticipated. Competition for spots in these finals is fierce, with many competent speakers missing out.

Firstup this year was our prepared reading competition. The goal for the boys was to select a 1-2 minute extract from a book they had read this year and deliver it to their peers in a way that both entertained them and made them want to read the book themselves. It was wonderful to see the books come to life and the variety of texts the boys are reading. This year we only had this task at Year 9, with the Year 10 having something similar built into their library programme. The finalists for prepared reading were; Tama Anthony - Whigham, Thomas Hill, Harry Scott, Ali Dohan, Matt Forde, Jed Thompson-Fawcett, William Tong, Oscar Sycamore, Ryan Johnson, Mason Prentice, Max Kirkwood, and Andre Radel. They presented a range of texts but there was a definite trend towards the scary and suspenseful; great for their audience. In first place was Ali Dohan, second place William Tong, and third place Andre Radel.

The next speaking task was the formal speeches. All boys in Year 9 and 10 were asked to research, write and present a persuasive speech on a topic of their choice. These were then presented to their class and finalists chosen. The Year 9 finalists were; Darcy Nevill, Ali Dohan, Mason Prentice, Grayson Westgate, Ryan Johnson, Archie Dunn, William Tong, and Tama Anthony-Whigham. The speeches ranged from the pros and cons of technology to the future of created languages like Klingon. In first place was Ali Dohan, second place was Archie Dunn, and third place was Darcy Nevill.

This year the Year 10 speeches took on a more sombre tone, with many boys basing their piece off of earlier research projects. The final was outstanding and there were moments when you could feel the impact the speeches were having on the audience. The boys are to be congratulated on how they expressed their thoughts on sensitive and controversial topics. The finalists were; Callum White, Fin Milne, Krishan Luxmanan, Gabe Ross, Tom Gold, Leo Park, Alex Parks, Josh Hou, and Nathan Dockety. In first place was Krishan Luxmanan, second place was Leo Park and third place Gabe Ross.

Abig thank you must go to the staff and prefects who gave up their time to judge these competitions:

Mr Veitch

Mr Schaumann

Mr Mc Gilchrist

Mrs Garry Paddy Hantler

Angus Simmers

Alfie Richardson

Henry Ward

Year Seven Camp

It was a Tuesday, but yet excitement radiated in the air. It was the day of camp. More and more people showed up but everyone was desperate to get on the bus. It was like a group of piranhas anxious for their prey. After everyone was prepared, we rushed on the bus. The bus started moving and off we went. Every single soul in the bus was excited, but dreading the long, tedious drive to camp. However, the ride wasn’t too long, and chatting definitely made it go quicker.

The camp appeared into view around the final bend and we were all desperate to get off. It felt as if we were trapped and we needed to breathe as the air conditioning wasn’t working very well on the bus.

After sorting everything else, we were called to go to the wooden deck assembly area. We were sorted into houses; that’s when the fun began. Each house rotated through one of the following activities, orienteering, abseiling, crazy swing and push cart/mini mud run. My house started off with orienteering. It was fun even thought the map was out-of-date. The second activity was push cart. It was both fun and extremely freezing. You just drove an old, metal push cart into an ice cold murky lake. This was followed by a mini mud run that we all enjoyed.

Then came dinner, we all waited patiently while the teachers would call up a house to get hand sanitizer and go and have dinner. The dinner was nachos and it was truly amazingly delicious. After the spectacular dinner, we played for an hour. Then came the dessert, it wasn’t my personal favourite but other people ate through it like it was nothing.

After dessert we were called once again to the wooden deck for night games. It was time for night tag spotlight with noodles. When hiding, the adrenaline was running through me. Seeing all those bright white lights shining in my direction made me start to wonder who was shining the light.

and go in a double kayak while more confident boys would go on a single. I really enjoyed this activity because the water was really still and it was very peaceful.

The second activity was the initiative course with Ms Trenberth. This activity was all about teamwork and patience. One of the activity’s was particularly challenging, where there was a yellow barrel with numerous holes around the side. The aim was to stop the holes with anything you had on you and your fingers and hands etc.

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in the day, we made our way over to the abseiling wall for cliff face rescue. This activity relied on teamwork because our team had to carefully lower a stretcher with a student in it down to the bottom of the abseiling wall, everyone had their own jobs like holding the brakes, screeching instructions and working as a team the whole time.

After each house did two fun activities we all had a delicious lunch and then did the other two activities. The remaining two activities were the best, starting with crazy swing and going to abseiling. Crazy swing is where you are attached to a woven rope and you swing around trying to catch coloured tags which each have a different value. You had to try and get as many points as possible in forty five seconds.

Abseiling involved one exhilarating turn followed by a lot of waiting. While doing these massively fun activities, time seemed to fly. Out of the four activities my favourite was easily crazy swing.

When it was over we all went to sleep. I had no idea how everyone else felt but all in all the first day was great.

Marek Leith Rickerby

Wednesday started off with what felt like a 5.am wake up after our night walk the night earlier. We all woke up for breakfast ready for the day.

We started the day with kayaking in the pond around the corner from camp where some boys would pair up

After that there was Land Rover driving out on the paddock, we all had a turn driving an old army Land Rover with a parent helping in the front doing the acceleration. It was challenging and fun because your whole house group were sitting in the back of the car getting bumped around.

Next was the tree climbing; we were strapped to a harness and were being belayed by one of the other students in our houses, about half of our group made it to the top of where the rope was tied, about halfway up the massive tree. After all the activities, we were exhausted and had some free time where we were allowed to use the confidence course, run around, kick a ball or just chill out.

The next activity was after dinner where we did a solo out in the bush in the dark. I really enjoyed this activity because of the peace and quiet listening to the nature and wildlife.

Caleb Farrow

Day 3. The day had come. We were all geared up with our packs, boots and waterproof gear. We all loaded

into the trucks, vans and cars ready for a long day. It took 15mins to reach our destination.

After all of the vehicles had manoeuvred up the tricky terrain and through the bull paddock at the Western Hills base (halfway up the Maungatua mountain range), we hopped out and Evan from Adventure Masters gave us the important safety briefing. Once the briefing concluded with helmets on we started off on our difficult journey. The trek was hard, weaving in and out of the rock filled creek, treading carefully on mossy rocks and weaving between huge trees in the extreme forest. At the fork in the trail we made a right turn, so that we were facing the final stretch of the hike. It was a dangerously steep hill that we had to zig-zag up holding a damp rope, stepping over slippery roots of dead trees. We were all extremely relieved when we saw the place that was to be our base for the rest of the hot day.

At base, we had morning tea consisting of cookies, cakes, slices and fruit. It was satisfying putting the delicious food past our lips. The rest of the day was spent in working in our houses (Gilray, Balmacewen, Burns and Ross) doing fun ‘outdoorsy’ activities including the .22 rifle shooting with Mr James, the archery with Mr Veitch, the high ropes course with Evan, Ms Trenberth, Phil Rasmussen, Mr Hore and Barbara Cuthill and of course the rock climbing, run by Ivan Diaz-Rainey and Year 12 awesome student Tyler Wilden, who had given up his time to be on camp with us. We did two activities then broke for lunch. Lunch was sandwiches with fruit and cookies we had made earlier that morning at camp. We all slumped down in the shade to get away from the penetrating heat and ate our food overlooking the spectacular view of the Taieri Plains.

Weall thought the fun for the day was over but then Evan said we could ride on the zip line down at the first base, so off we went down the ridge line to get to the zip line. Unfortunately one of our crew had a fall and hurt himself on the walk down and he had to go to A&E to get some medical assistance. When we got to the zip line we were pumped up and ready to go, the instructions were simple, attach your carabina to the wire’s carabina and you were set to go. The last thing we did after that was put our exhausted selves into the transport vehicles and drive home ready for the evening activities. Wow what a great day of adventure at Western Hills.

down for the night. Wow what a day.

Jack Howley

On the final day of camp we got to have a sleep in until 8:30 am and we all did. Once we had had our breakfast and cleaned out our cabins, some fast finishers helped clean the common spaces as well. Following this we had to choose to go with Mr Hore and play Pump-ball or stay with Mrs Trenbeth and go on the confidence course. There was an even split. At pump-ball we got into our house groups and the teams were Burns and Gilray vs Balmacewen and Ross. Balmacewen and Ross won. After a while we changed the teams to Burns and Ross VS. Balmacewen and Gilray. The games were really close and lasted longer once more people had left. Some people ran out of energy and returned to base. But the guys that stayed had some epic battles and some new legends of Pump-ball were established for yet another year.

WhenAfter lunch it was time for the other activities which doubled the fun of the day. All of the activities were exciting and an amazing challenge, with loads of boys gaining valuable confidence. Then it was afternoon tea, this was the same as morning tea.

we arrived at camp we were able to have some down time before dinner. Dinner was fantastic as we moved all the tables and benches outside in the sun. After main course we had a run around for an hour before having dessert. When dessert was tidied up we were able to play hide and seek spot light. All the houses had a turn at finding the other campers hiding in the dark and scored points for the number they found. Gilray came out on top of this challenge and we all enjoyed the fun and excitement of this activity.

Lights out, came after supper and we were all looking forward to bunking

Afterwe returned to camp and had lunch we tidied up and had some free time for the last time while we waited for the bus. Finally we packed the bus and had our camp photo on the flagpole mound and off we went back to McGlashan.

We all slept very well back in our own beds and recovered over the long weekend.

Harrison Summers

Acknowledgement: Without the dedicated and enthusiastic group of adult helpers on camp this year the camp would not have been such an amazing success.

Camp helpers include- Phillip Rasmussen, Barbara Cuthill, Paul Hubbard, Jonty Howley, Katrina Jones, Tyler Wilden (Y12 student), Mark Seaton, Ivan Diaz-Rainey, Karen Rickerby, Mr and Mrs McKenzie, JMC staff included: Ms Trenberth, and camp leader Mr Hore as well as Mr James and Mr Veitch on Western Hills day.

Year 13 Valedictorian Speeches

Each year our Year 13 students present their valedictory speeches to their teachers, classmates and parents. The purpose of these is not simply to be assessed against a speech achievement standard, but to express their gratitude to those who have helped them during their time at McGlashan, to reminisce about fond memories, and to say good bye as they transition into the next part of their lives.

Speech presentations do not tend to rank highly among students’ favourite pastimes. However, these presentations are the exception. The process of writing makes the students reflect upon their time at McGlashan, and share memories and experiences. The process itself is filled with laughter, and the actual presentations, even more so.

On the night, Friday 29 September, we had three rooms, with three teachers, and three groups of students and parents. Mr Schaumann, Mr McGilchrist, and Ms Gardiner each organised one of the three groups. A fourth, smaller, English class gave their speeches on Thursday and the room was filled with parents, grandparents, and their classmates who wanted to support them. The students performed exceptionally, proving themselves to be the incredible young men they have become.

The content and themes of the speeches were as diverse as the presenters themselves. Each speech was a perfect representation of each individual’s personality, values, and passions. We had extended metaphors of sandwiches, flying, tractors, music, and the evolution of car ownership. We had references to popular culture, Boarding House hijinks, and a comprehensive array of college sports and culture. It is certainly one of the English Department’s favourite times of the year, and I feel confident in saying that parents, grandparents, and the Year 13s themselves enjoy it immensely, as did Mr Garry, who joined us in the ELC and enjoyed a range of speeches from each of the groups.

The presentations managed to be hilarious, poignant, and stirring. They are so special to us as teachers as we say goodbye to the 2017 cohort. The tears in the eyes of some parents revealed how special they are to our McGlashan families. We will be showing several in our staff meetings for the rest of the staff to enjoy.

Senior Creative Writing

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Soaring wings of pristine steel

A Resplendent image of triumph.

Motionless, yet fast beyond comprehension.

The silent ferryman over the River Styx.

A Resplendent image of triumph.

The silent defiler.

Traitorous arteries carrying poison

To the organs of society.

The silent defiler

A decaying carcass

Bones fractured and broken

Long after flesh has rotted.

A decaying carcass

The remnants of a leviathan,

Petrified history

Painting a picture of opulence

The remnants of a leviathan, a symbol of all that was lost.

A searing brand thrust

Against the skin of heretics.

Stuart Van Turnhout, Year 13

Thud, thud.

Transference

The thing about time is that it’s not constant - it changes. Or your experience of it changes; time is all about how fast you can process the information available to you in that instant, the quicker you brain can process the information, the longer the instant.

Thud, thud.

This is the basis behind the saying ‘time flies when you’re having fun’. Your brain releases neurotransmitters to different stimuli. For example, if the stimulus is fun and interesting, then the neurotransmitters released focus you on that, processing more information on that stimuli, while less information is processed over all, and time is perceived to be faster.

Thud, thud.

The opposite is also true, however, if you are exposed to a fear inducing stimulus. Your brain goes into overdrive, you would experience time to be slower. This is often observed in soldiers during combat, who perceive it takes many seconds for a bullet casing to fall to the ground.

Thud, thud.

Your heart also pumps louder; you can hear it in your ears when exposed to fear. The seconds’ hand seems to drag itself around the clock. This state has been documented to last up to five minutes (that would feel like twenty perceived minutes for the person exposed to the stimuli.) Were I to describe it hours, would be more accurate.

Thud, ----

Nick Page, Year 13

Sonnet 81.5

This piece is intended to be a “missing work” from Shakespeare’s collection of Sonnets. It is intended to fit in the “Rival Poet” section of the “Fair Youth” sonnets, which number from 78-80 and 82-86.

The object of thine recent transgression, Thine beauty is greater when that muse write, His superiority; mine confession Of a crime I committed ‘gainst your might.

As thou hast a second time betrayed, Yet only one time betrayed, I did, Thine presence; a constable corrupted, For imprisonment by mine lust, forbid.

‘Though mine wife will still hinder my will, I’m always indebted to thine allure, Despite these cell walls, our love will not chill An imminent punishment with no cure.

Yet escaping mortal jail is my duty, By gazing upon thine eternal beauty

Jaiden Tucker, Year 12

Long Since Concluded Affairs

The fields of Europe waste away in a restless silence, Glory of Youth lies torn and rotting Heroic ichor suffocates the dirt, Turning all flowers into garish mockeries of poppies. Flashes of glowing violence linger in the dark As green gas causes soldiers to sputter and drown So real.

And yet a monochrome of black and white fills the world, The battle stutters and jerks as if you were watching an ancient film.

Where is the lingering stench of death? Where are the agonised cries of moribund soldiers And the tears drying on widow’s cheeks?

This hellish scene is laid out before us. But never do the dark words fully convince Those who lie in warm beds at night, Pampered by technology and quality. We do not know the bite Of frostbitten digits, Or the horror of battles fought long-since.

Though we stand in city squares, Staring with hushed prayers, At stone soldiers, Remembering long since concluded affairs. Do we truly understand what we lost All those years ago?

Alex Thomson, Year 13

Above

Clouds encompass the sky. I reach up for them and soar. The clouds are vitality.

Drip.

The wind brushes against me. Pink fingers slice through the air, making life as it was meant to be; pure and full of hope.

Drip.

I want it to go my way. I wake up startled and shut the faucet. It’s pointless to run from what you are...

Human.

Fulfilling life will have faults. Now, what will the next day bring?

AJ Visage, Year 12

Piano

A gentle melody sings from within the black box set upon the stage. Captivated in silence, they listen to the euphony its voice creates.

Eyes enchanted, the strings resonate, a vivid, vibrant recital and from the box, music emanates, dulcet, dynamic, delightful.

Crescendo: tone intensifies. A cascade of notes resound. The audience watch, mesmerised as the melodic performance surrounds.

The voice of the strings diminishes. The tempo begins to descend. Lost within, the audience witness as the masterpiece reaches its end.

Ben Wishart, Year 12

The Divide

A fire rages.

I may be poor but I still have enough. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to make up for what I don’t have. Having wants is part of living. I just have more than some. I find peace from my troubles in giving people hope. Hope found in faith. Faith is almost all I have now but it is the most precious gift of all. Not even the flames can take that from me. They came at night and lit up the dark. How they started, I may never know but they were swift and came for what little I had.

I gathered what I could and took my wife away. We ran away from the light, down thin streets surrounded by corregated iron. A dirty dark alley became our shelter and we rested. Looking up, I couldn’t see my wife’s face but her heat comforted me. A blanket of shade rested upon us and we closed our eyes. I had what I had and for that I was grateful. What I had lost; a home, a place to keep the faith. All of that tugged at my heart but for now, I was just grateful that she was well. Other wives and husbands may not have been so lucky.

I have lost and yet I still feel lucky, for some have lost more than I.

I may be rich but I’m not heartless.

I saw an orange glow coming from over the wall. The barbed wire ontop glistened like gold. I looked through the slats within the wall and saw a roaring fire outside. I called to the guards around the gate, ordering them to grab buckets of water. One made a move towards the blaze but I shouted him back. “Wait until it’s closer!” He stepped back into line, clearly aware of who paid his salary. The blaze moved around the wall, growing in size rapidly. The men desperately loosed their water upon the flames but to little effect. We fell back as the wall became fire.

My house burned and so did my status. My castle, situated upon the shanty hovels of our neighbours, crumbled. A beam collapsed and struck one of the surrounding houses. The cry that followed fell upon preocupied ears. We backed away from the fire and forced our way into one of the hous-

es far from the orange light. That’s all I could see. Orange. The bright glow of a house ablaze.

I have lost and I feel cursed for no one has lost as much as I.

Fire. I am not biased or cruel. Fire. I am not fair or kind. Fire. I am mearly there. I strip the brands of poverty and wealth, revealing only what lies beneath.

I am the equalizer.

I hurt those you love and those you hate. I am the middle ground.

A grey area in the orange glow.

Alfie Richardson, Year 13

The Ashen Path

Third day of the Eighth Moon

My condition is getting worse dear Journal, faster and faster. If I stopped to count the blisters and boils, I’d probably die before I finished. Though, I suppose they’re more like those lumps old trees get. I’ve been hearing stories about what happens to those that survive for too long. Stories about flesh stiffening up, not just on the outside, but the inside too. I don’t want that, I’d rather burn with the heathens.

I should never have left the village. At least then there’d be someone to put me down before it got really bad. Twenty-three days dear Journal, twenty-three bloody days I’ve been walking through this bloody forest. I can’t tell if the blisters on my feet are from the sickness or the walking anymore. The worst part is that it doesn’t even hurt; it’s like they’ve turned to stone. Bloody hell they’re probably too far along to be fixed, even if I find a way.

I know what I should have done, dear Journal. I should have brought a knife, just in case I didn’t find anything. The boils are hard, but not hard enough to stop cold iron.

Fifth day of the Eight Moon

I found the way, dear Journal. To hell with knives and cowardice, I found the bloody way!

It was around mid-morning I think, when I stumbled onto the path. Took me a while to notice, I must admit. Everything was so pale on the way, I guess everything turning grey wasn’t so shocking. Took me a while to cotton onto the plants dying as-well. I left in winter you see. Everything that doesn’t have a hundred pounds of fur on it dies around this time.

I was more surprised when I realised the snow had been replaced by ash.

Seemed quite ridiculous at first, snow doesn’t burn, it melts. Even a baby knows that. Then I remembered what the vagrants had said about their dreams. They had spoken of grey plains and the twisted mountains. I can’t see any mountains right now, what with all the husks around, but what’s greyer than ash! By god there’s a lot of it, dear Journal. It’s just ash and dead trees for miles around! At least, I think they’re trees. If they aren’t, I very much hope they’re dead. The vagrants didn’t say a lot about where this place was, which isn’t surprising. They probably didn’t even know if it was real! Most likely it’s just some hold-over from the Time of Creation. It’d explain all the ash. Who know’s, maybe there’s still some Demons around here somewhere. Maybe even some Angels!

Well, Journal, I won’t be finding out anytime soon. I’m

no grave-robbing adventurer. There’s only two wonders in this place that interest me. First is the light. I can’t see it very well, again, the husks are quite abundant, but it’s definitely there. It’s not a warm light, it’s just kind of pale and blinding. At first I thought it was just this place’s sun, but it hasn’t moved in hours. Maybe that’s just how it is here, but I can’t escape the feeling that the source is nothing so distant.

It’s probably all bollocks, but I can’t shake the hope that it’s just as the vagrants’ dreams said. Maybe, once I get out of these damned woods, I’ll find myself looking at a Marble Tower. Imagine that! The Marble Towers of Them in the Light!

The second thing I noticed was the path. The thing itself isn’t anything special, it’s only slightly less grey than everything else here, and even then that’s mostly just the absence of ash. No, dear Journal, what’s interesting about this path is the foot prints. They’re all a bit cracked, like the earth was only recently disturbed. Maybe I’m wrong, dear Journal, maybe I’m an idiot. But what these prints tell me is that, not only were there others here, but they were here recently. I do hope I can find them; renewed purpose doesn’t do much to alleviate sheer boredom.

Ninth Day of the Eight Moon

For the record, dear Journal, I was never under any illusions about this place being any sort of wonderland. I mean, granted, I was seeking a marble tower, but I hadn’t thought I’d wandered into paradise. More likely it was left over from the great war.

On the other-hand, I never thought there was anything wrong with this place either. I’d thought it was strange, of course I did. All this ash in one place yet with no hint of any recent fires? Of course it’s odd. But I’d always thought it to be a harmless sort of odd, like one of those mushroom circles in the woods.

Let me tell you, dear Journal, what it was that shattered that thought.

Yesterday afternoon, I was walking the path, as I have been for the past few days, despite the weakening protests from my legs. I must not have been paying attention, because I bumped into a tree. It didn’t seem strange at first, until It occurred to me that, for a burnt out husk, the thing was oddly leafy. My spirits soared!

“What if it has fruit?” I thought, that’d certainly make a change from these damned trail rations! Lucky for me, it did indeed bear fruit. Unfortunately, I couldn’t recognise the sort, so I tossed them aside (don’t worry Father, I haven’t forgotten). They looked sort of like apples, or maybe peaches, given their size. The difference is they were all dark, solid purple. Probably some sort of plum or oversized berry.

In any case, I tossed the fruit at my feet and got back to walking. Or at least I would have, had my foot not caught on what I believed to be an exposed root. Once I’d cleaned the ash off my face, and had started to stand up, I noticed an odd pressure around my Leg. I was hard to notice, given the spreading numbness, but It was definitely there. After a few moments of pointless struggling, I turned and looked at what exactly was holding me there.

It was a hand, dear Journal, there was a hand around my foot.

As you would expect, I cried out. With my free leg, I kicked at the things as hard as I could. I kicked so furiously that, if I could still feel my foot, I’d probably have caused myself a lot of pain. Nevertheless I did free myself. Despite my shock, I decided to take a look at the thing. Maybe this was the one who left those prints, and I’d just stepped on them in their sleep?

No such luck, dear Journal, no such bloody luck. It was a

withered, bump covered thing. Wrapped in roots, and jutting out from just under the tree. So withered in fact, that I wondered if I really had been caught on some roots, and this was all just some sort of hallucination. It looked like a corpse, dear Journal, how could it grab me? Still, fear compelled me to touch the thing, just to make sure that it was real.

Not only was it real, Journal, but it was warm. Whoever this hand belonged to, they were still alive.

Now, I like to call myself good-hearted, so I of course tried to help the poor soul. I called out to them, tugged at the hand with all my might. I even tried to push the whole tree over so they could climb out, but it was all for nought. At first, I resolved to stay with them for a while. However they came to be buried, there’s no way they could much longer. It certainly couldn’t hurt to give the poor soul some support. Their bumps were similar to mine, after all, it’d be criminal to abandon a fellow sufferer like that.

I held onto this idea for a grand total of five minutes, before I took another look at the hand.

The roots weren’t wrapped around it, dear Journal, they were growing out of it. You could see the skin warping where they connected.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but I legged it as fast as I could. This place is wrong, dear Journal, whatever happened here has twisted it. I don’t know how the tree could have grown on top of a man before time finished him off, and I don’t care. All I know, is that if I don’t reach that light, if I don’t rid myself of this plague, if I don’t get out of this place, I’ll end up just like them. Being drained of every last drop by a plum tree.

Tenth day of the Eighth Moon

I’ve been finding more and more live trees, dear Journal, all much older than the one I found yesterday. There’s almost as many trees as there are husks now. I haven’t bothered to look for anyone under them. If there is anyone there, they’re too far underneath for me to do anything for them.

The Light doesn’t seem to be getting any closer, dear Journal. I’ve been walking for five bloody days and it hasn’t gotten any closer! I probably sound mad, trying to walk to the sun, how stupid is that? But I swear hasn’t been moving, dear Journal. it’s like it’s fixed in the sky! It must be a tower, how else could it be stuck up there? But even if it is fixed, it should at least look like it’s moving, because I’m getting closer to it. Why isn’t it moving?

I need sleep. That’s what I need, I need sleep. I’ve been trying to get as much walking done as I can, but I don’t think it’s worth it anymore. Why bother saving your body if you ruin your mind? Still, it’s with no small amount of hesitation that I say that. I’ve been seeing dark figures amongst the trees, dear Journal. They’re probably just delusions (again, I haven’t been sleeping well), but real or not, they’re the last thing I need right now. They’ve all been man-shaped so far, but I don’t think they’re exactly human. They’re too damn thin, like they’re made of sticks. What’s really striking about them is the eyes. You ever see a cat’s eyes at night, dear Journal? It’s a lot like that.

The ones I’ve seen have mostly just been looking at the trees. Sometimes they’ve been picking the fruit. I’d say it’s harmless, if I didn’t know what lay under them.

I’ve not yet had the stomach to approach them yet, dear Journal. They show up all around me you see, and if they are real, what’s stopping them from tearing me apart if I upset one?

In any case, I don’t have time to exchange pleasantries with imaginary stick-people. My condition has gotten worse since I’ve last written, dear Journal. Some of my fingers have locked up, I can’t move any of my toes anymore, and

the sores are more abundant than ever.

I have to keep moving. I will not die here, not like that man.

Roughly the middle of the Sixth Moon

I’ve figured it out, dear Journal. It’s not that the light isn’t moving, it’s that I’m not moving!

I found out just this morning. I was walking, trying to ignore the figures, the usual. But then I came across another buried arm. I figured “I’ll try and help him, why not?” I’ve only found one other like him, maybe if you find them quick enough they can still be saved. So I knelt down to give him a tug, to see if he was still alive, and then I noticed something odd. You remember what I said about the other arm? Withered, Roots growing out of it? Of course you remember, you’re a book, it’s not like the words can just fall off the pages.

Well, this arm was eerily similar to that one. You might even say they were identical. The roots were even in the same places. That’s when it hit me, dear Journal. I looked around, and wouldn’t you know it, there it was. The same fruit I’d tossed aside days ago.

If I was still capable of it, I would have run off right then and there, just like before. Looking back, though, there’s no point. This path, this ashen place, it’s all a trap. I’ve been seeing more figures, bigger ones. Maybe they lead the little ones? It doesn’t matter, what does matter is that they’re getting a lot closer. What’s more, they obviously know I’m here.

The little ones peer at me from behind the trees, like they’re trying to hide, but the big ones? They just stand there staring, plain as day. I can see one right now, dear Journal, off in the distance.

They’re waiting, dear Journal, waiting for me to freeze up. This isn’t just a trap, dear Journal, it’s an Orchard. Or, at least it was. Something burnt it, and now they’re planting a new crop. The worst part is, they’re nowhere near done. For every tree I see there’s about three husks, and I’m seeing a lot of trees. I thought of burning some down, I’ve still got some flint from the trip here after all, but I decided against it. There’s so many, and I doubt the figures would just let all their hard work burn to the ground.

I’m not going to stop walking, dear Journal. If I’m going to end up buried alive you better believe I’m going to enjoy my last few hours as much as I can. Those worms want to use me as fertiliser? They’ll have to drag me down into the earth themselves. Though, given all the other trees, that Idea probably wouldn’t bother them would it, dear Journal?

Jack Craig-Pearson, Year 12

Extract from

A Conglomeration of Rebels and Fouler Things

“So… uh… who’re we waitin’ for, again, sir?” Cobb asked shakily, pacing across the clearing. I watched with dismay as the young druid nervously fidgeted with his bow. This was the tenth time he had asked that question. Cobb’s nerves had not subsided since we had got here, and the low growl of beasts lurking the woods did not help him. All he knew was that we were meeting an ally of the rebellion. That’s all he needed to know for now. I repeated this to him dismissively, and then turned my attention to the menacing song that the Rotwood sang to any soul unfortunate enough to set foot in this dreadful forest. A gravely howl echoed through the lifeless oaks. Wolf? Probably not. Distorted screeches of mutated owls rang from above, irri-

tatingly rattling through my plague mask. Distant murmurs of long dead men and women whispered in my ear, beckoning me to their side. The darkness of the woods nearly stamped out the pitiful glow of our campfire that grew weaker with every passing second. Ludd wasn’t fairing well either. He had made his fear of the dark clear to everyone the moment we got here. His hands shook relentlessly.

“C-can ye not light up this place, sir? Surely it’d do no ‘arm,” he said, trembling.

Pointing into the black void of the trees, I grumbled, “Look out there, and tell me, what do ye see?” The bushes rustled, causing the previously silent Sam to jump. I ignored it. Ludd frowned, and stared into the darkness. For nearly a minute, his eyes darted backward and forth, searching for some sort of feature or sign. Besides the occasional darting of a rat or fluttering of a moth, he saw nothing. After a while he shook his head and shrugged in a confused manner.

“Nothin’...?” he said cautiously, taking another long gaze into the wall of dark. After another minute, his frown was replaced with a sure look.

“Nothin,’” he said with a confident smile. I sighed at his blissful ignorance, raising my left hand. Sending tiny bolts of tickling energy into it, I commanded a ray of orange light to shoot forth into the blackness. Only about twenty feet of the Rotwood was illuminated, but this small area was enough to prove my point. The trees were leafless, instead covered in a thick black ichor that slowly dripped from the mangled branches. Rickety totems made of animal skulls and feathers, shoddily strung together by rotting daisy chains, swung lazily in the trees. Along the forest bed lay a countless number of gnawed bones and skulls that had gathered over many millennia of foolhardy adventurers thinking they could claim glory for their oh so holy Saint. Fools.

My four druid rebels stared at the horror without a single word. Their breaths became shallow and quick, showing that they had learnt their lesson. With a grunt I closed my palm and the light retreated, making way for the welcoming return of the darkness. “Looks a bit different than it did at sunset…” muttered Sam bitterly.

Cobb shuddered. “What in the Lady’s name could do this…?” he whispered. I sneered with a scornful chuckle.

“You think this is bad, my boy, ye ain’t seen the dungeon’s of the Becketts. Em’ knightly savages love to burn their prisoners to death, hear em’ scream; they call it purification. As if it they’re actually ‘elpin ‘em by searin’ their damn flesh off!” I spat in disgust. My men listened intently.

“What else did they do, sir?” Rob asked enthusiastically. He was always an eager lad. I chuckled bitterly.

“There’re many stories I could tell about each of the ‘Great’ Houses,” I paused, feeling a gust of freezing wind brush through my mask. Muffled thumps and grunts reached my ears. “But our allies’re approachin’...” I trailed off. Each of the druids took turns looking at each other. Sam tried to remain stone-faced, but that disappeared as the batting of wings began to echo through the woods, a rhythmic, guttural chant and stamping of hooves following it. Roars and jeers and growls rang out from all sides of the clearing. The beastial voices reminded me of a knight choking on a lance imbedded in his throat. The odor of cattle and burning flesh wafted from the shrouded party. Ludd gulped. Cobb whimpered. Rob raised his axe. I frowned.

With another biting gust of wind, a seething mass of crows burst from the trees, cawing ravenously. A tempest of air followed. My men grunted and cried out. The bird’s red, beady eyes flared past, resisting the temptation to peck our eyes out. Grimacing from the cold, I stood tall as the black swarm of birds squawked and cried. They brushed past me angrily, knocking me off balance. I could swear

some of them spoke words of blood and gore in the Country tongue. So many of them! Whenever a hundred had reached the end of the clearing, two hundred more would burst forth. The continuing chant of the beasts did nothing to relieve the tension. A wave of intense heat passed down my neck, a fiery glow soaring through the side of my vision. A fireball hit a tree at the side of the clearing. It exploded with a loud bang. I twisted around to see Sam holding flames in his hands, throwing them around like a madman. “Stop!” I yelled. He looked at me pleadingly, but reluctantly lowered his hands. For minutes, the flock continued to fly past relentlessly. It gave no sign of stopping. Or so I thought. With no warning, the hungry mass of crows ended, their cries dying down as they disappeared into the darkness. The chant also lowered to a deadly hum. I recognised the tune. Taker of Hearts (the title was not a metaphor). To most, the ominous hymn sounded like something that would be the bringer of death and danger. But to me it was the signal of a new order rising from, and within, the borders of the country. I turned to my rebels, giving a slightly amused smile at the sight of them huddling around the fire. They looked nothing short of terrified. Only Rob kept his composure, standing firm and tall with weapon in hand. He’d always been the bravest of the bunch, especially after facing down a charging horse and rider. He’d be my successor, I thought, if I were to be caught and promptly drawn and quartered.

The hymn deepened, the volume lowering to nothing more than a murmur. Bushes rustled as another song took its place, this one of an entirely different tone. High and happy voices of the parties leaders sang a joyous song. Or at least it was at first. This time I could discern the lyrics.

Sir Knight? Sir Knight?

Why dost thou fight?

For mother wants thee home by morning’s light!

Sir Knight? Sir Knight?

Dost thou wish a bite?

Stay in darkness,

You’ll earn a gory fright!

The two voices sang their haunting melody merrily. They were voices of girls, voices of-

“Kids!?” exclaimed Ludd. “What the bloody ‘ell are kids doin’ ‘ere?!” he screamed, earning no answer from me or anyone else. The singing stopped, and a deafening silence fell over the clearing. None of the Rotwood’s creatures uttered a squeak. The ghosts had ceased their beckoning call. Not even the crackling of twigs in the wind could be heard. I felt my chest rise and fall at an ever increasing rate. I’d met these, uh, children before. They inspired much fear in even the toughest of McAllen vampires, due to their idea of fun being not typical of most eight-year olds. They even sent ripples of dread down my own spine. The light, sweet scent of roses drifted from the darkness, a happy and ominous giggle following it. I cleared my throat.

Stewart Ashton, Year 11

Boarding House Life

Seventh row: Hugo Cochrane, Clayton Cochrane, Harrison Scott, Roy Feng, Darcy Nevill, Jack Miller, Henry Power, George Kerr, Cameron Leydon,

Sixth row: Ashley Stevenson, Thomas Sullivan, Robert Millar, Scott Perkins, Ned Hancox, Brian Parks, Caine Taylor, Josh Jukes, Thomas Crawford,

Fifth row: Harry McKenzie, Hamish Lowery, Harley Herbert, Michael Beattie, Jack Newlands, Will Turner, Morgan Sim, Oscar Cochrane,

Fourth row: Jack Hutton-Atkins, Bailey Dowling, Jez Nicholson-Kelly, Leroy Ferguson, Angus McKenzie, Fynn Duncan, Charlie Dougherty, Charlie Keenan

Third row: Angus McCutcheon, Alex Ng, Will Burdon, Ben Teviotdale, Patrick Larrivee, Jak Jessop, Tom Shallard, Johnny Shallard, Charlie Davies,

Second row: Mr Anthony Staples, Mitchell Parks, Hayden Gillespie, Nathan Wylie, Thomas Benny, Jackson Dempster, Jimmy Sinclair,

Front row: Mr Sam Doran, Mr Mark Alexander, Mr Thagana Riunga, Mr Nick Price (Assistant Manager), Reon Lowery (Boarding House Prefect), Lochie Bain (Boarding House Head Prefect), Mr Andrew Campbell (Director of Boarding), Mr Neil Garry (Principal), Angus Simmers (Deputy Boarding House Prefect), Mrs Rosemary Stevenson (Matron), Mr Bruce Genever, Mr Liam Jenkinson, Mrs Kay Dawson

Absent: Mr Connor Boreham, Miss Aslina Steel, Miss Jess Hepburn, Zach Smith

Back row: William Smillie, Angus McGregor, Jack Robertson, Harry Allen, Cory Beaumont, Harvey Brenssell, Archie Thompson, Kaleb Hill,

Eamon Flannery, Rex McLean, Flook Chinsaswat, Ryan Johnston, Josh Sanders

Cyrus Leung, Lachie Crowle, Thomas Larrivee, Josh Stevens, Fergus Parks, George Connor, Freddy Wright

Sam Knight, Angus Kenny, Caleb Moody, Liam Ferguson, Joe Mu, Tom Copland, Leo Parks, Jack Murray, Lucas Stalker

Zack Stalker, Jack Stevens, George Bell, Lucas Dickison, Cougan Brown, Tom Johnston, William Shallard, Will Duffy

Jacob Johnson, Hamish Robertson, James Miller, Henry Smillie, George Lowery, Angus Frew, Nic Chamberlain, Nico Bowering, Archie Calder,

Harry Russell, Fergus Hope, Harry Smith, Ben Macdonald, Sam Engelbrecht, Winston Brinsley, JB Lowery, Josh Stackhouse, Anson Peng

Robert Sangster, George Johnston, Hunter Cleland, Bradley Leydon, Campbell Adam, Jacob Cotton, Kyle Clark, Mr Eroni Sotutu

Toby Hope (Boarding House Prefect), Mr Murray Munro (Director of Boarding), Henry Bell (Deputy Boarding House Prefect / School Head Prefect), (International Matron)

Boarding House Life

Year 13

Wow, what a year. In the wise words of Nathan Wylie “It’s been the biggest I’ve ever seen.” The Year 13 boarders have had a fantastic finish to our boarding school career. We started off in Year 9 with a fairly small year group, and ended up even smaller, losing 11 of our comrades over the 5 years. To replace our numbers, we imported Adam Campbell from Heriot, who fitted right in and contributed to the Second XV rugby team this season.

One of the first big events for the year was the Maadi Cup, where Bradley Leydon and Lochie Bain picked up a bronze in the double, and then Bradley went on to take out a gold in the single. These strong results led Bradley to be selected in the New Zealand Junior Singles Team, meaning he was away in Europe for most of the year. He managed to get 12th in the world at the regatta, a great effort.

playing for Otago at the national tournament. In the October holidays Angus and George Johnston also travelled over to Melbourne with the First XI.

The rugby season for the Year 13s went very well, with 9 boys being chosen to play for the First XV. Reon Lowery captained the team to a 2nd place finish in the Otago Competition. Alongside Reon, vice captain Henry Bell, Jimmy Sinclair, Hunter Cleland and Jackson Dempster were selected to play for the Under-18 Otago Metro Team, where they won the South Island Under-18 Tournament.

Kyle spent countless hours on the golf course which paid off for him, being selected for the Under-19 Otago team playing in Invercargill and Cromwell. Kyle also played in the NZ Asia Faldo Series, placing in the top 10 overall.

Us Year 13 boarders have had a fantastic finish to our boarding school career.

The April holidays soon rolled around with 11 of the Year 13 boys heading over to Australia on the Queensland Rugby Tour. This was a big success with the First XV team going undefeated over the course of the tour. The tour featured many highlights both on and off the field with great experiences being had by all.

Three boys represented the hostel in the First XI cricket team in 2017. The highlight of the cricket season was coming 2nd in the annual Otago/Southland Gillette Cup qualifiers. Angus Simmers made representative honours

Hayden Gillespie and George Johnston played in the First XI hockey team, with the team placing 2nd in the top grade of Otago Secondary Schools. They then went up to Hamilton to compete in the National Tournament.

The latest McGlashan Challenge recipients were Mitchell Parks, Toby Hope and Jacob Cotton. They completed the Hollyford and Greenstone Caples tracks raising $3500.00 towards the Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust and Diabetes Research NZ.

Robert Sangster had a successful curling campaign for McGlashan, being unbeaten all season and Thomas Benny has continued to improve in his karate.

To top the year off, Bradley Leydon and Henry Bell were selected as the Class Act recipients for 2017, where they received a scholarship to Otago University.

Unfortunately, our time has come to an end. Some our greatest memories and friendships have been made here at 2 Pilkington Street. As a year group, we would like to thank some special people who have made life more manageable for us. Firstly, Murray Munro for sculpting us into fine McGlashan men from day one. Ms Steve for being our second mother and running us around town for various needs. Mr Campbell, even though our time together has been short, the development of the boarding house that you have brought along is very promising for future boarders. Debbie, for cleaning the multiple muddy rugby kits and various items of clothing year after year, and the kitchen staff for providing us with the good meals that us boys need. Finally, Mr Price and all of the past and current house-masters for putting up with us for the last five years.

Bradley Leydon, Robert Sangster and Henry Bell.

Year

12

Term One began with a blast. The boys eagerly returned from a great summer away, excited to catch up with a good bunch of fellas and kick the school year underway.

All the boys were sad to see Mr. Munro leave the hostel after many years of looking out for us

The much-awaited move into the Year 12 rooms was well received as boys could finally appreciate some sun while relaxing on the balcony and chatting amongst each other. The school year began with the serious approach that Level Two attracts, and boys quickly got down to the necessary task ahead. All the fellas were sad to see Mr Munro leave the hostel after many years of looking out for the boys. However, it didn’t take long for Mr Campbell to fit into the day to day routine.

As Term One progressed, sporting pursuits were quickly taken up as the opportunities presented themselves.

Competitive and social sport is a big part of the boarding house environment, and Year 12s were heavily involved. The light summer evenings saw many games of touch played on corner patch, and the pre-season training began early for rugby boys, who were working towards a trip to Australia in the first term holidays. Summer sport is a big part of Term One with involvement in tennis, cricket, rowing,

water skiing and volleyball. Charlie Davies and Angus Frew both played for the school’s top cricket side, and have just returned from the College’s cricket trip to Australia. Another prominent sporting endeavour is rowing, with Ben Teviotdale, Sam Engelbrecht, Ben Macdonald, Will Burdon and Winston Brinsley all taking part in multiple regattas. A squad was later selected to attend the prestigious Maadi Cup. Fine weather allowed the McGlashan water skiing squad, of which Angus Mckenzie is a keen member, to take part in a competition they subsequently won for the second year running.

ball at the gym, a classic feed of chips at the shop, or the many van trips to take in the scenic views of Dunedin. This year we sadly say goodbye to a number of boys who are off to join the workforce, or who have taken up apprenticeships. These include Henry Smillie, JB Lowery, Jonathan Shallard, Angus McCutcheon and Charlie Dougherty.

With the mock-exams serving as a strong reminder of the real-deal to come, the boys will seize the opportunity to knuckle down and get some

study done. The warmer weather on the horizon hints at the conclusion of another great year at the hostel.

Terms Two and Three flew by with the help of a heavy workload of internals and sport. Charlie Davies, Jak Jessop, Josh Stackhouse, Patrick Larrivee and Charlie Dougherty all gained selection to the First XV. These boys had a great season playing very competitive teams Otago wide. The College’s premier basketball team had Harry Russell and Angus Frew playing key roles. Frew’s three-point shot was an asset to the side. The vast majority of the lads all participated in the footy season, either manning the Second XV or Third XV sides. James Millar keenly participated in rugby refereeing, a service he enjoyed week in, week out. The inaugural hostel rugby game between the Wallace and McGregor Clans was the classic derby it is always hyped up to be. Ultimately, a stalemate broke out on the hooter and the fellas had to grudgingly accept a draw.

With daylight saving, and the warmer weather, a seasonal change in sporting equipment is just around the corner, although it will need to be juggled alongside the NCEA exams.

There were many memorable experiences everyone will fondly look back on as the year comes to a close, from the beach trips, to many a 2k16 basketball game, to the late night common room yarns. It has been an enjoyable year. Boys would pack into the common room on weekends to watch the footy on TV, with words from our own expert commentators, Angus Mckenzie and Josh Stackhouse. Other activities frequently included basket-

Tom Shallard, Angus Frew, Charlie Davies and Patrick Larrivee.

Year 11

What a year 2017 has been, full of many a tale to tell and experiences held. We started off with the big transition into Senior Hall. This went smoothly with our ‘good value’ group of lads slotting into the new systems flawlessly under lead man Mr Doran. The year cracked off at a fast pace. NCEA was new to the majority of us and the difference between that and Year 10 was huge. Our brains would be put to the test throughout the year as we tried to manage our time with so much happening around us.

With the return to school also came the return of summer sports. Michael Beattie played in the Senior Firsts touch team, George Bell played in the First XI cricket team and represented North Otago at provincial level, while Jez Nicholson-Kelly made the top tennis team. Hamish Robinson and Archie Calder made the Senior As for volleyball and then went on to make the Otago age-grade volleyball team.

The pre-season training for the tour of Australia that the 75

First and Seconds XV rugby teams would be traveling on during the first term holidays also started. A number of boys from Year 11 featured between these two teams. When asked about the tournament, Morgan Sim said “I reckon it was just really good bonding.” Nevertheless, the tournament was a great success with all the boys who participated really enjoying the trip.

Along with the rugby tour the rowers deserve a mention. Thanks to Mr Carruthers, they no longer can buy a Blues but must earn it. This was shown with Will Turner and Bailey Dowling earning a summer Blues after months of early starts and hours on the water, rewarding them also with medals at Maadi, a great accomplishment.

Along with all this, we somehow managed to fit school and representative athletics into the mix. Again a strong number of boarders made it to the South Island Secondary Schools for athletics across a range of disciplines. Notably, Nico Bowering punched well above his weight in the 100m and 200m races, earning gold in both, while Leroy Ferguson also claimed a silver in shot put. And with that, the first term was done and dusted, a great start to an incredible year to come.

down to Kings in a hard-fought final. He also travelled to the Rankin Cup, the national hockey tournament held this year in Hamilton. The three Maniototo boys coupled with one Wanaka lad also had a successful run in the curling rink. First in New Zealand is pretty decent I’d say (even if it was out of four teams). And yet again, Leroy Ferguson excelled in the sports field making the New Zealand Under-17 Rugby League team, picking up another MVP along the way.

Footy season is the highlight of the year for some. Although you could say it’s a year round sport now almost with the ground softening up and the boys having returned from across the ditch, teams had basically been selected. The Year 11s turned out in numbers with the majority of boys playing in any team between the 15Bs and the First XV. Five boys from the Boarding House in Year 11 made the Otago Under16 Metro team. They were Nico Bowering, George Bell, Bailey Dowling, Leroy Ferguson (captain and MVP) and Charles Keenan. These boys were part of the first ever Metro team to win the South Island tournament. Something to be very proud of.

But veering away from all this serious sport, we also provided a number of social teams to the sports field in a number of codes. The Gravediggers produced a number of memorable displays on the ice with Zack Stalker, Jack Newlands and Nick Chamberlain all being key members of the team. The JMC Wildcats lived up to their namesakes on the basketball court with Tom Johnston always delivering the goods even though they lost most of their games. The Battlers were a sight to see, however, with players such as Michael Beattie leaving no one safe with his skills.

The Year 11 lads also have a great balance when it comes to sport and academia. Some of the boys have already achieved Excellence or Merit endorsements for the year, the rewards from studying hard throughout the year.

Year 10

Overall the year was great. Many friendships were made or became stronger. We are a year group filled with amazing athletes and impressive scholars. Many memories were made in which we will all be able to have a laugh at later on in life. Next year in Year 12, it will also bring new challenges, but all the boys are eager to take these on.

Charles Keenan and George Bell

Along with this, the trap shooters also performed well, heading to many shoots over the season and then to Nationals in Hamilton. Lucas Dickinson represented the Year 11s on the hockey pitch for the First XI, who sadly went

2017 has been a great all-round year for Year 10 boarders. The boys were eager to get back to school, ready to receive our well deserved privileges as we took a step up the boarding house ladder. It was a sad time as we said our goodbyes to Mr Munro, but Mr Campbell quickly got things sorted out around the place.

When Mr Campbell arrived he made a really good effort to get to know the boys quickly and added new activities after prep such as futsal and dodge ball.

We soon found out who the sporty Year 9s were, as we put them through their paces playing touch on the corner patch. Angus Kenny and Cameron Leydon started off the year well by being selected for the Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro and winning a bronze medal in the Under 15 Coxed-quadruple Sculls. A lot of boys began pre-season training as rugby, cricket, hockey and various other sports gave the boys a busy schedule throughout the week. Term Two saw the introduction of the Colbourne brothers and Harley Herbert was also selected for the First XI, starting most games throughout the season. Rugby was a huge success for the year with Andrew McKenzie being the youngest to make the First XV and playing in most games this year. Rugby is also looking strong for the future with the Under-15 Tournament Team winning the South Island/Small Schools’ Tournament. Under-15 hockey is also looking bright for years to come, as they went to Tauranga and came up against some strong opposition, winning two games and ending up in ninth place out of all of New Zealand. Milton Concrete won the futsal title over the All Whites, Leo Park scored 20 goals in the tournament and Sam Knight took out the Year 10 table tennis title for 2017.

The annual Junior Clan rugby game was a tough fought battle again this year with both sides taking the lead at times during the game, but in the end the game ended in a 20 all draw.

As the year has been a good one for sporting performances, hopefully the Year 10s will be able to excel in their upcoming exams, with some people sitting NCEA Level One a year early. All the boys are looking forward to camp at the end of the year as a good challenge and a stepping stone to moving into the senior school and NCEA.

Caleb Moody and Caine Taylor

Year 9

2017 was a great year full of fun, action and success in all forms. The year was packed with activities varying from table tennis, pool, futsal competitions, clan sports, socials and Tournament Week.

On the first day, it was quite awkward not knowing people or their names, but Mr Munro made sure it wasn’t like that for long by pairing up complete strangers in group activities and taking us on a tour to show us the sights. When Mr Campbell arrived he made a really good effort to get to know the boys quickly and added new activities after prep , such as futsal and dodge ball. A pool table was also introduced to Junior Hall in Term Three which has been a hit with the boys. It is always in use and we might even need a second one.

“...on behalf of the year group I thank the hostel (and school) for all they have done for us.”

Clan Sports was thoroughly enjoyed by the lads and most events had a high participation rate. Early in Term Three, Tolcarne boarding residence came to John McGlashan for a sports exchange. It consisted of futsal, basketball and dodge ball, all in mixed gender teams . This was followed by a dinner swap , which were good opportunities to get to know the St Hilda’s girls before the social.

One of our highlights from the year was Tournament Week. Both our Under -15 rugby and hockey boys performed well. The rugby team coming out with the South Island title and the hockey team getting in the top 10 in an invitational tournament made up of the best sides in New Zealand. Both of these teams had a number of Year 9 boys in them, which will help build experience for next year.

We had some outstanding individual achievements from some of our year group with Freddie Wright making a NZ sailing team that competed in Hong Kong at a world event. Freddie picked up a top ten and top five finish in the races. Jack Robertson went to the Nationals for trap shooting and shot a perfect score to make it into the Otago team. William Smillie made it into the Under-13 Otago Metro Rugby Team and Zach Smith represented Otago at the Under-13 Nationals for athletics.

Overall we have got to know each other better, being involved in everything, made some great memories, learnt lots and had a laugh or two along the way. I’m sure we’ll all look forward to returning for Year 10 as ‘top dogs’ in the Junior Hall.

Angus McGregor and Tom Colbourne

Groups, Clubs, Cultural Activities

Gateway 2017

2017 has been a year of learning for our young men. We had 21 students enrolled in the programme this year, and we had 31 applications for those 21 positions which shows the high demand for programmes such as Gateway. Our students have had the benefit of small class sizes which was reflected in their learning, and being able to work with our students on a more personal basis has been extremely valuable for both teaching and learning. We have spent a lot of time this year working with our students on communication skills such as making phone calls to employers, letting them know if they are sick, late, or need something signed off. Communication is essential in the workforce, and this is something we hope to continue working on next year with the next cohort of Gateway students.

We have found that the most successful students this year have been the ones who have done the ground work. They have been out on the front line - contacting businesses, working extra hours, taking part in health and safety meetings and extra courses available, all to increase their experience in the industry that they are passionate about. As always, we recognise the commitment from employers in taking on work experience students, and would like to thank them wholeheartedly for supporting John McGlashan College in our endeavour to broaden the opportunities available to our students. Taking on Gateway students takes time and energy, and we appreciate our employers’ efforts throughout this year to help make the experience a success.

Once again Gateway was made up of mainly trade-based careers, specifically construction and mechanical engineering. As Dunedin is forecast for a construction boom over the next five years with the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital, the Dental School modifications, changes at Macraes mine and the possibility of a new hotel, it is pleasing to see so many keen apprentices coming through to support this demand for trade staff. In short – it is a great time for Gateway, and an even better time to get a trade.

Speaking of ‘Got A Trade, Got It Made’, John McGlashan College attended the third BCITO Construction Tour in June this year – slightly earlier in the year than previous allowing our students to get an insight before making decisions about subjects for 2018. This year we took 10 Year 11 students along to give them an insight into the construction industry. This helps us target our Gateway market more accurately as students will have had some first hand insight into what a career in the trades is really like. As always, BCITO put on a superb day and we would especially like to thank Jacqui Colbert for organizing the event.

Looking forward to 2018, John McGlashan is excited about the changes to the construction

Gateway 2017

programme run by BCITO, and are currently planning how to deliver a more practical, hands on programme to our students when they are not out on placement. The new programme will allow students to work on projects, which will give back to the school and the community while gaining NCEA credits. We will also be collaborating with Columba College next year to support our sister school, which does not provide Gateway, to help one of their students become involved in the trades. It is always great to see women becoming involved in this industry, and John McGlashan is keen to do its part to help raise the number of women involved in trades from the current 5% mark.

The successes of this job are what keep the motivation high both for staff and students. In 2017 we are expecting to help transition all but three of our students into trades, the work force or tertiary education. This is the highest turnover for Gateway that we have ever had; and while it is somewhat difficult to see the students go, we know they are moving on to do great things in their field of interest and wish them every success for the future. As a school this means that we will have many fresh faces in the programme, and we know this will bring a new perspective

to Gateway with many possibilities.

Gateway has finished up slightly earlier this year to give our students some more time in school to tidy up loose ends, prepare for end of year exams and to begin to make plans for next year. There are big changes coming for our school leavers, and the anticipation can be felt in the air, as they get ready to transition from secondary school into the next stage of their lives. We would like to take this opportunity now that the placement part of the programme is completed to thank everybody involved with the John McGlashan Gateway programme. Once again it has been an extremely successful year, and we look forward to 2018 and all the exciting opportunities it will bring for our future Gateway students.

If you are interested in becoming a Gateway employer and supporting our valuable programme, please get in touch with Rebecca Rapson, Gateway Coordinator at: rebecca. rapson@mcglashan.school.nz

Peer Support 2017

Akey aspect of the boys’ education at John McGlashan College is social interaction, team-building and pastoral care. Relationships are at the heart of teaching and learning, and so the support systems we can create between senior and junior students are very important.

The Peer Support programme lasts for eight weeks, beginning early, after the Year 9 students have completed the Rail Trail. Once a week these junior boys are teamed up with senior peer leaders (Year 13 in 2017), and complete a range of activities and tasks focusing on relevant topics, such as co-operation, communication, and building confidence within a group. This year, due to other curricular interruptions, the programme met some logistical ‘snags’ due to timing and the availability of the senior boys. An innovation this year was to involve all Year 13 students, instead of just focusing

on one form class; this was to foster connections across both cohorts, Year 9 and 13, in their entirety, and is a philosophy which we would like to continue in 2018.

The purpose is to allow the Year 9 boys to settle into their classes by working closely and forming friendships with classmates, and also to forge links and networks between the senior and junior boys. This is invaluable for a sense of school community, and providing a safe learning environment for all students.

The groups are entirely the responsibility of the senior boys, apart from brief observational visits from myself or Glen Clark in order to give constructive feedback.

The juniors really enjoy their contact with the senior boys, and the Year 13s are able to develop their skills with

small group management and consider the importance of planning; valuable skills as they leave the college as independent adults.

Peer Support has been a mainstay of the leadership programme at McGlashan for many years now, and maintains its relevance as a positive experience for all involved. For 2018, Glen Clark will be looking to both tweak and revitalise the programme in terms of timing (alas - the timetable and its vagaries) and refreshing the topics for our Year 9 boys.

Many thanks are due to Glen for his passion and vigour as Senior Dean, and I look forward to working with him to re-vamp the programme for next year.

Andrew Morrison Peer Support

THEATRESPORTS

Most could attest that the weekly Theatresports sessions are heard far before they are seen. For those of you who do not know, Theatresports is improvised drama. By asking for offers from the audience and adhering to the rules of many Theatresports games, you must create scenes on the spot. The shouts of amusement and wonder never lost the initial enthusiasm, and even now, any student finding himself outside the drama room on a Thursday lunchtime is at risk of bursting an eardrum. In addition to this, the senior team spends its Wednesday lunchtimes practising and honing its skills (and sometimes mucking around).

Since life rarely goes as planned, the improvisation skills learned in Theatresports can be applied to the wider world as well as on the stage. Team work, quick thinking and positivity are just a few of the many aspects taught and practised at Theatresports.

Although the whole year at Theatresports is fantastic, a highlight for many of our members is likely to be the visit to our school of Improsaurus. Two improvisers from the Fortune Theatre came up to run a 90-minute session focusing on theatresports skills and games. It was both an enlightening and incredibly fun experience for all members and certainly something for many to look forward to next year. This year, St Andrews failed to come up with a team, and so we were unable to participate in the STAC exchange. More recently, the John McGlashan team of Henry Ward, Alfie Richardson, AJ Visage, Alex Leckie-Zaharic and James Burchell put on a spectacular show in the regional Theatresports semi-final, unfortunately falling just short of reaching the finals. The competition saw competitive showering, a love triangle horror

story and more. We didn’t leave empty handed, however, as the team captain won MVP for our semi-final. The future is bright for theatresports at McGlashan, with next year’s group of senior thespians ready to take future competitions by the horns and bring glory to our ever-vibrant drama room. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come along to our weekly sessions, even if it’s just to watch - we need an audience!

All in all, 2017 has been another great year for the Theatresports crew, and it will only continue to get better in years to come. We all look forward to the future endeavours of some of the College’s most creative minds in the years to come.

Debating 2017

Debating is fundamentally an organised argument. It is a sport that requires quick thinking, a good grasp of politics and current affairs, and a big mouth. Debates cover such areas as international relations, ethics, economics, government and hypothetical topics - most debates are not prepared and written in advance. Most of the time the teams only know the topic 30 minutes in advance. This makes it a real challenge to develop an eight minute speech in only half an hour.

In the senior college, this year, we had two senior teams consisting of Paddy Hantler, Charlie Baker and James McPherson, and AJ Visagie, Jack Craig-Pearson and Boen Deng. Special mention must also go to Tahir Singh, Ben Monaghan and Nathan Harrison. Nathan and Charlie competed in both the Russell McVeagh competition and the South Island athletics at the same time, racing from the track to the debating chamber and then back to the track. Impressive.

In the junior college, we were very much in a building phase this year and each Monday saw junior coaching and learning sessions led by oldboy Josh Mackay and some senior students who are always enthusiastic to take on a leadership role with the junior students.

Of particular note this year is the success of Paddy Hantler, who was selected to represent Otago-Southland at the nationals. This saw Paddy work alongside university debaters and gain valuable feedback from some of the very best debaters in New Zealand.

Pipe Band 2017

It has been a very busy year for the band. We started off the year with about five pipers and now have 24 pipers and four tenor drummers.

The main focus for the band has been building up the repertoire of parading tunes so the band can get out and play in front of people.

The key parades that we have played at for the school have been the Junior and Senior Chapel and Senior prize giving.

Our goals for next year are to increase the drumming numbers and focus on getting the band out in front of the public. All going well, we hope to compete in pipe band competitions towards the end of the year and ultimately the New Zealand Pipe Band Championships in March 2019 in Dunedin.

Senior B Aj Visagie, Jack Craig-Pearson, Boen Deng

Senior A Debating

Junior Front Row Aj Visagie, (Coach) Flook Chinsaswat, Archie Dunn, Jack Craig-Pearson (Coach)

Paddy Hantler, Charlie Baker,

Absent James McPherson

Duke of Edinburgh

Wearrived at the Mavora Lakes at sunset. With the darkness of night coming in, it was time to set up the tents and cook some dinner.

Gascookers were cranked up, the pans were heated and the bag of sausages came out. After dinner, there was time for a walk around our campsite before we hit the sack. We were kept awake by the cackling of possums and the cry of morepork, so not a lot of sleep was had that night.

Calls from the morning birds woke us and we knew we were in for a good day with crisp air temperatures and clear skies. After a nice warm breakfast of sausages, bacon butties and eggs, we packed our gear and headed off.

Down the lakeside we trudged until we hit the

bush edge. Then we turned and headed up to the base of the mountain. We started to ascend – with a few stops along the way to let the tail catch up. By 11:45, we had reached the saddle for lunch. With lunch down and a great view to admire, we set off up the ridge towards the summit of Mt Campbell.

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of fake summits tricked us into thinking we had made it. After a razorback trek across a ridgeline, we had to cross under the summit of Mt Campbell through a big shingle scree. Following a tough climb through rocks and slides we reached the summit. The feeling of success was sweet. Photos were taken and then it was time for the descent. Weaving our way through the bluffs, rocks and more rocks, we made

our way towards the massive shingle scree that would take us down to the bush edge. Lining up in two groups we were off down the scree as fast as we could go. Reaching the bottom we were exhausted and we regrouped before heading into the bush.

Traveling

through the bush, it was amazing to see all the old native beech forests and the bird life. As light started to fade, we had to keep within range of each other so we had visual contact and communication. Bush bashing our way along, we finally came out to the lake edge about 500m from

our camp.

Onday three, we woke to another beautiful day with blue sky and no wind. We set out around the South Lake with a small pack and a bit of food. Walking along the edge of the lake in the bush, we made our way to the swing bridge at the end of the South Lake. After lunch, we decided it was nice enough to have a swim. The water was cold but we enjoyed it. We assembled at the vans and it was time to head back to Dunedin to unpack.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Thisyear we have had our biggest ever number of international students here at John McGlashan College. With our ceiling raised to 40, we now have 36 boys from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Germany and Saudi Arabia. We have 5 boys currently studying IB, with a further 4 considering it for 2018.

2017 has been a very busy year for us in the International Department. Mrs Temple has been doing a fantastic job looking after the boys and coordinating their homestays. She has worked tirelessly to make sure that they are happy and comfortable in the best homestays we can find.

There have been a number of school trips this year which the boys have had the opportunity to attend. In May I took them to Doubtful Sound for an overnight cruise with Real Journeys. Roy Feng from China reports.

“Galeforce winds buffeted the boat and horizontal rain stung our faces but the experience was exhilarating, as we stood at the front of the ship riding the 2-metre swells. Once we were out in the open sea, we turned around and looked for somewhere with some calm waters to go kayaking and nature watching. We found some calm waters and

went for a twilight kayak and nature watch on the aluminium tender craft. It was awesome!!”

Later in the year, Mrs Noble, Mr Wang, Mr Garry and I took the boys on an international ski-trip to Wanaka. We stayed at the Glendhu Bay Holiday Park and had two days up Cardrona Ski-Field. Cyrus Leung from Hong Kong reports.

“Roy, Flook, Heema and I looked at the map and chose our route. We skied for a while, when suddenly a snow storm came. We couldn’t see anything. When the snow storm had stopped, I opened my eyes and saw Roy in front of me. When we looked around, there was no one nearby. We decided to follow the track to find the others. Suddenly, a strong wind blew us in a different direction. Once the wind had stopped, we were facing the advanced track so we decided to ski down. We couldn’t go back up because the track was too steep. We skied so fast,trying to use the skills that the teacher taught us. We couldn’t stop so we decided to lay down and use our body to slow down the speed. Finally, we stopped at the end of the advanced track, but my back was full of snow. Luckily, we found a beginner track which was near us, so we followed the track and got back to our restroom where everyone else was. We were glad that everyone was fine. It was a fun adventure.”

Thisyear also saw the highest number of international students attending both sports day, and the senior formal. Nearly all of our international students are playing a sport of some description.

Apart from the cultural activities, the core business of the department remains the academic work around the school. Last year we had the highest ever exam pass rate of international students. Jerry Chen got joint DUX with Louis Jennings in his IB diploma. The ESOL department now has a new L2 Academic English course which is a continuation of the L1 ENGSOL course. It starts the students thinking about their future career choices and equips them with the skills they will need at university and in the workplace. It leads into the L3 English for Academic Purposes course. In addition to this, international students can now study school supported, self-taught native tongue languages. This enables the students to retain their mother tongue languages, as they tend to deteriorate after being submersed in a different culture.

InTerm Three we had record number of 30 students conducting their OCESOL (Oral Communication for English Speakers of Other Languages) speech exams over two days. Student’s topics ranged from virtual reality vs augmented reality, to shark finning in NZ waters, child poverty in NZ, the dangers of artificial intelligence and Chinese food.

Our goals for next year are to increase the cultural diversity of the school. Mrs Noble and Mr Garry have just returned from Japan where they went to Itchikawa Gakuen (High School), whom we have had an exchange program with for over a decade. We hope to develop our relationship with Japan and are excited to see what comes out of it in the future.

Richard Mountain International Dean

Library 2017

2017 has been a year of behind-the-scenes development for the library. By the end of the year, the digitisation of our JMC school magazines from 1918 onwards will be accessible through the library’s web-based catalogue, as will many of our historical documents. The McGlashan Library WebApp has been under construction for the last two years, but after the 2016 Board of Trustees review, it was agreed that extra staffing would be needed before it could be made available to the McGlashan community online. As a result, the college has employed Mrs Ruth North one day a week to make this happen. Ruth knows many of the boys from her work as Librarian at Maori Hill School and has quickly become a valued member of the library team. She also produces brochures for book promotion and can turn her hand to anything and everything in the library.

utes every day which promotes reading and encourages good reading habits for the future. In Term Two, Years 7 to 9 participated in Go McGlashan Read which raised money for a worthy cause and promoted reading for pleasure. Special thanks, to Jo Mullenger, Head of Junior English for her organisation and enthusiasm again this year. The library’s share of the funds was used to buy 80 new books, mostly recommendations from junior boys.

On Tuesday nights, Ms Mullenger and Mrs Garry have been sharing their bookish passions by reading aloud to the Year 9 boarders. We have concentrated on highlighting specific sections of the library to give the boys a glimpse of the huge array of fabulous books they have at their fingertips, just for the taking. We started with Picture Books and found that we all knew the words to the iconic Hairy Maclary but

Over 30 enthusiastic Student Librarians have completed their badge work this year and have been crucial to the day-to-day running of the library. We have an influential group of Year 13 Librarians leaving us at the end of the year, many of whom have been involved in the library since arriving at the college. Head Librarian Henry Ward and Senior Librarians Se-

bastian Sole, Nick Page, Hayden Gillespie, Daniel Tan, Alfie Richardson, Alex Thomson and more recently, Jasper Jin, have always been willing to help out and have exerted a calm and steadying presence in the library. Special thanks also to James Burchell and Jack Craig-Pearson for the extra contributions they have made throughout the year.

All year levels have enjoyed Sustained Silent Reading for 15 min-

this was soon replaced by Hunting, Biographies, NZ History, World Records and Sports books, which the boys found better suited their more mature interests.

Amongst the many and varied functions hosted by the Library throughout the year are:

•Art Department displays – Year 10 cardboard sculpture and senior portfolios •Languages Week

•Peer Tutoring Programme

•Two week visit by Ichikawa High School

•Access-it Library Roadshow

• Display highlights – Treaty of Waitangi, Bugs, Maori Language Week, JMC Annual Fishing Challenge, Cold War

regularly pops into the library to offer a word of encouragement and keep up with the play. And to the families of Matt Ford, Cameron Moran, Josh and Anton Stoddard, Ben Mitchell and many others who generously donated their collections of pre-loved books.

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f frequent flyer points were rewarded every time we issued a book, then Year 9 pupil Fergus Parks would be winging his way to Hawaii for the summer. Fergus has read over 200 books since coming to McGlashan as a boarder at the beginning of the year, twice as many as his nearest competitor.

According to Biggles, Fergus’s favourite fictional character, “If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything.”

So Fergus, if you can read 200 books in a year, you can do anything. Well done.

Thanks are due to all the people who supported the library in various ways - the awesome team of library staff, Linda Sizemore, Jennie Archer and Ruth North; the members of the Board of Trustees, Board of Proprietors and Parents and Friends Committee for their financial and moral support, particularly John Anderson who

Earlier in the year, we were honoured by a visit from library royalty,

are reducing their library budgets, space and staffing, our Board and Senior Management has had the foresight to listen and respond to the needs of our reading community. In keeping our library the heart and hub of McGlashan culture we are giving the boys every opportunity to access the very best resources in a very special learning space.

Rachel Van Riel, a highly respected library consultant from the United Kingdom who works with public and school libraries around the world. Rachel was very complimentary about the energy she felt in our library space and the fact that our emphasis is on BOYS before books, rather than BOOKS before boys. She finished her consultation with some inspiring advice: “Observe and listen.” Wise words for us all.

Aswe head into next year, we look forward to our part in the Centenary celebrations and the exciting challenges the next 100 years will bring. Our vision for the future is to maintain strong engagement between the boys and the physical library, as well as ensuring that the library is relevant and accessible in the digital age. While other schools around the world

Peer Reading

Anumber of Year 7 an 8 students were very fortunate to take part in the peer reading program in Term Two. The Year 10 tutors were very keen to work with the younger students to help them build on their reading, writing and vocabulary skills. The school library provides an excellent environment for the students to work in, with a variety of learning spaces to utilise. To celebrate the progress made by the younger students and to thank the tutors for their hard work, a delicious morning tea organised by Mrs Garry is always much appreciated.

Mary Guthrie

Pam Garry Library Manager

Student Council

The relationship between John McGlashan and Columba College continues to grow every year, resulting in further collaboration between the two Councils. This allows for our shared goals and projects to be achieved efficiently. The first project for this year was when both prefect groups delivered Easter Basket Gifts to the elderly. We filled the baskets with chocolates, jams, soaps, and handkerchiefs. We then delivered these at the end of Term One to retirement homes including Red Roofs and also individual homes. This was a very rewarding experience for all the prefects and is something which truly echoes the values held by both John McGlashan and Columba College.

The second project was the fundraising for a LifePod. LifePods are infant incubators. Designed by Sir Ray Avery, they purify their own air and water, run up to 10 years, and can save many little lives. They cost $2000. Last year the council completed the same project and I am pleased to report that in nearly three months time, after extensive testing and some minor issues, that LifePod will be delivered to its designated hospital and be put to use. I would like to thank the Student Council at Columba and also their prefects for their efforts in 2017.

The Student Council’s main focus is still aligned with the student body. Therefore, alongside Mr Jones’ form class, we have been extremely busy in setting up, running, and cleaning up the socials that are held for the Year 7 and 8s, and Year 9 and10s. The junior boys were also able to put on their ‘Number Ones’ and join the girls at Columba College and St Hilda’s Collegiate for their two socials.

The Student Council is also responsible for the numerous mufti days throughout the year. Some of the most significant mufti days have been used to help fundraise for the Bangladeshi Hospital that Richard Mountain visited, Rare Diseases Day, and the Octacan Appeal, where we were able to collect 628 cans. There have also been numerous other mufti days including the fête trio of Tombola, Chocolate, and Books helping the Parents and Friends Association.

The Council has again decided to purchase a gift for the school. A piece of art, which is currently being sourced, will be given to the school on behalf of the Student Council. This is possible because of the numerous fundraising projects that we have held. Early in the summer, we continued Lochie Chittock’s Bring Back The Boater campaign, selling boaters from the school office and also on the Athletics days. These are still being sold today and are a great sun smart alternative. The Council along with the significant help of Mr Jones’ form class, have also organised the year’s many sausage sizzles, raising funds for a variety of projects.

Wehave also chosen to acquire the cover art for the school’s centenary publication: a painting by Ben Mitchell. The Council has purchased this amazing piece of art to add to the school’s collection. We think this is a great investment and something the school will cherish.

Atheart, the successes the Student Council has achieved this year are due to the hard work and dedication of all those involved. I would especially like to thank Mr. Jones for his guidance and enthusiasm, which has been extremely beneficial. Lastly, I would like to wish Andrew Hughes, the 2018 Chairperson, and the whole Student Council all the best for next year.

Charles Baker

INKSTER 2017

There are others like me. Others with a passion for words. Others who understand the joy of creating something wonderful with their writing. In the McGlashan creative writing group, there are poets, short story writers and novelists, all with two things in common - a love of language and our youth. Being part of the group means more than just coming to Room 203 every Tuesday lunchtime to write, it means having a place for my writer side to belong. It is more than just a room and some people, much like a school is more than just a building. We are a class of students, ranging from the younger students to the very oldest, every one of us different, yet alike. The group is a flock of birds; some young, others older; some similar, some different; but with one common goal. We all come to Room 203 every Tuesday lunchtime to write. It doesn’t matter what we write - fantasy, mystery, non-fiction, or poetry. It doesn’t matter how much we write - thirty words or several thousand. We all are sharing our words, and our love of them, with our readers. Some of us have larger audiences,

commanding the attention of many readers due to external publications, while others may only have a handful of other people read their work. But we all have one common audience - the readers of the JMC Inkster magazine.

-Nathan Dockerty

Even though it’s clichéd, the best part of, and the main reason why I keep coming back to Inkster is just sitting back and letting your imagination run wild as your fingers fly across your keyboard quicker than the speed of sound. Writing worlds containing Scottish Vampire knights, fanatical shape-shifting peasants and huge, gothic castles shall never, ever get old. The experience of simply thinking of a setting, expanding it, then writing it down, is nothing short of a marvellous feeling, and is something I’ve been able to explore in great detail with my time at Inkster. If you enjoy dreaming up mad worlds and crazy characters, then Inkster is the group for you.

- Stewart Ashton

Junior Creative Writing

The All Seeing Eyes

The All Seeing Eyes, They are watching. They presume to see everything. Everything they say Is right to their ears, And those of the Numerous gullible ones.

The All Seeing Eyes Make us change More than we should About ourselves, As though they Speak only truth, Rather than hissing lies, Like the snakes they are.

They believe that They are protected from Corruption. That they are safe Behind walls.

And that those they see, Will corrupt them. False.

Their lies, Are not only to others, But directed inwards, As though they Want to remain ignorant Of the monstrosity Inside them. They are oblivious to this. To them, Their words are truth.

That is wrong. They know nothing. Unable to see beyond a glimpse, They are truly blind.

Nathan Dockerty, Year 10

The Returning Soldier

The train came to a screeching halt and people flooded out of the doors. Even though I was supposed to be looking for Mum, I took particular interest in another man.

It might have been his features or maybe his oversized luggage. He wasn’t tall like Daddy, but he looked strong and he was very young. I would have guessed that he was in his twenties. His frowning jaw seemed uneven on his dirty cheeks. It seemed that his nose was blistering even though it was the middle of November and it hadn’t fully cooled yet. The man’s clothes were covered in mud and he was slouching from the crushing weight of the enormous rucksack over his shoulder.

There was something not right about this man. It was as if a ghost had patted him on the back on the way out of the train. Little did I know that was exactly what had happened. Mothers were grabbing their kids and rushing away from this ghoul, who was drifting slowly through the station. Dad was nowhere to be seen which meant he had probably had wandered off with Mum, or gone to the lavatory.

As the man turned looking for someone, I saw something else over his shoulder. A rifle. I had already started walking towards him when Dad yelled out to me; screaming at me to come back. “Why are you sad?” I whimpered softly to the

man. He crouched down in front of me and looked down at his feet. His eyes rose to mine and I saw something that was missing. His right ear. Tears rolled down his face as he stared into my curious eyes. Slowly but surely, he rose to his feet. “Daniel we have to go. Now!” Dad was screaming at me. The man swiftly turned around and disappeared into the midst of the station. A hand grabbed my arm and I was snapped back to reality. The man was gone and dad was leading me out of the station into the mist of London.

Darcy Nevill, Year 9

Twilight Years

The icy grey sky grumbled restlessly. The thick blackened clouds were dragged down by the heavy rain. Tantalising smells wafted through the thick snow flurry from the local market. People bustling everywhere. Shopkeepers screamed out offers on the top of their voices to attract customers who desperately tried to bargain for the best possible prices.

He left early to give the jostling crowds the slip, so he didn’t get trampled when the stalls ran out of stock. He looked down his nose at the children’s antics and always tried to get in a good “thwack” with his walking stick before he left. In turn, whenever they caught sight of him hobbling around scattering multigrain for the twitching pigeons, they would jeer, and mock him out of spite and malice.

He raised a shaking hand to shield his eyes. The ice and the snow obscured almost everything in sight. As the wind whipped round, the careworn cap that sat on top of his greying fringe hurtled away out of sight. He shuffled forward, scraping his shabby boots through the piling snow. A ragged cough sounded and echoed faintly off the ice capped glacier tops. He pulled his moth-eaten jerkin tightly around his frail torso to unsuccessfully fend off the cutting sub-zero temperatures.

After a fierce struggle against the gnawing gales, he reached his shabby homestead. The old house seemed to have collapsed inwardly on itself somewhat, like a loaf of bread taken out of the oven too soon. The roof sagged and the cedar shingles stuck up in places like wonky teeth. The windows had no glass in them now and they seemed not to be quite rectangular anymore. The dingy brick walls were streaked by the drippage from the leaky tin gutter. The leanto shed on the side hung downwards, as if the fight had left it and it could no longer bring itself to stand up against the elements. In the high winds of the season the old house could be heard to creak as if in its death throes. The grass grew long and unkempt around it

He hunched over in his crinkled leather armchair, leaning closer to the fire, shuffling his hands towards the flames to warm them from the bitter evening. The light from the flames illuminated his tired, worn face, wrinkles boring deeply into his skin. His expression was of frustration and fatigue. The world seemed no place for this man; he’d had enough. His yew stave lay forgotten in the corner. The oak floorboards creaked, as the blizzard thrashed outside, pummelling everything in sight.

He felt the blackness cloud over him - like a blanket of cold, making him shiver. But somehow it made his eyes feel heavier and heavier. The crackling fire licked the smoke infused bricks, casting shadows around the room as he fell deep into the claws of sleep, consciousness ebbing away. Never was he to wake again as the glowing embers lost the last of their light, washing the room in blackness.

Max Kirkwood, Year 9

Arrival

The echo of horseshoes on cobblestone carried through the valley, breaking the peace of the crisp Central Otago dusk. The stallion trotted up the final stretch of road into town, its movements clearly laboured. Just as the last glows of the sun slipped into the grasp of night. Reaching the building, the heavy clad traveller rolled off and stretched his legs, aching after hours in the saddle, and staggered toward the light.

The heavy doors flung open and a rush of chilled air filled the room. In the doorway he stood; a shadowy figure, silhouetted in the dim glow of the wall lamps. He removed his coat to reveal a bald scalp, skin, a smooth, brownish tone. His face portrayed some curious features, a large flatish nose, slanted eyes and a thin mouth, tightly pursed.

The cacophony of gatherers silenced as the intruder made his way through the hazy smoke of the Dunstan Hotel. Gamblers looked up from their cards and drinkers stopped their conversations to study this queer new phenomenon. Not a soul in the room made eye contact, keeping their heads bowed as he surveyed his surroundings. Reaching the bar he requested a drink in faltering English. The young bar attendant just stared for a moment, struck into bewilderment. Eventually he came to his senses and disappeared through the saloon doors to the kitchen. All the tables were now incidentally full, leaving the isolated man to stand, elbow resting on the bar. The fresh-faced boy soon returned, his face stern. “Sorry, we can’t serve you” he proclaimed in an even tone. “The house requests you to leave the premises.” The unique customer stared back, his glare blank. Getting anxious, his face reddening and sweat trickling down in waves, the barman repeated himself. Unfazed, was the newcomer. Eyes drooping. Seemingly oblivious. The onlookers just stared, momentarily dumbstruck by the confrontation. Reaching beneath the bench, the deathly silence pounding upon him, the young man pulled up a shaking hand to reveal a pistol, fully loaded. “I said, get out”. The wide-eyed boy’s attempted gruffness came out quiet and stuttered.

“You heard the man, leave” a disgruntled man called out, drink in hand. “All you’re going to do is take our jobs you dirty chinaman.” This struck up a stir, some younger souls nodding their heads in agreement. The braver men even downing their beer and moving in towards the new customer. The foreigner slunk back, his eyes radiating fear. “No, p-p-please”, the words eked from his mouth, strained and high pitched. At the head of the hissing, jeering advance was a burly figure, eyes blazing. Picking him up by his collar, the heavy-set man held his bulbous nose inches from the other customer’s, close enough for him to feel the heavy breath on his neck. Without warning the lesser frame was flung to the ground with a single flourish of a thick arm. Sprawled in a heap of toppled chairs, glazed eyes peered up. Towering over him were merciless features and a heavy, steel-toed boot hovering above his throat, ready for the final blow.

“Wait,” a deep voice called out from the back of the room. Everyone swiveled to identify it. They found themselves looking at a short, bearded man. “Leave him alone Joe”, he grunted as he began to approach the befallen traveller. “Sorry Sir” the head perpetrator cowered to the side, cheeks glowing and sheepish. Reaching down with a wrinkled hand, the aged man whispered soothingly “you come with me.” Placing an arm around his bruised shoulders, they hobbled toward the exit. The room once again, fell into impenetrable silence.

Solomon

Harcombe, Year 8

Never and Ever

It was not common for somebody to be walking around the streets of Incarnadon in the dead of night. But, as you may have guessed, somebody was.

The person in question had large round eyes and a pronounced nose. Quite a rare combination, one that would be hardly ever seen in a human community and one that would be even less common in a Zanganian one. Unfortunately for the person, (who was a male), he was Zanganian. His parents had named him Ovio, (which is Zanganian for obvious), because of his strange features. He had a condition called Facio Bitigro, which means ‘baby tiger face’. He also had a bino, which means a big nose. (Technically, his nose wasn’t big, it was pronounced, but Zanganians don’t dwell on technicalities). He was wearing a tight military uniform, black boots, a white captain’s cape and several war medals.

It was probably about 5 degrees Celsius; only one of the eight sun towers was on. The night was cold but Ovio was sweating. He had been called out in the middle of the night, and that only happened in emergencies. He had been given a rushed briefing about a human entering Incarnadon without permission. “Normally this wouldn’t be an emergency, but he was seen with a weapon,” his commander had told him. This was the reason that Ovio had been sweating. The human had been paid to murder somebody, no doubt.

Ovio’s mission was to track down the human, and restrain him for long enough for reinforcements to arrive. The reinforcements would then take him back to the palace for questioning. Simple enough. Ovio was a military prodigy, he should be able to restrain a mere human.

But that was the problem. Why get a mere human to do your work? They where pathetic. Pathetic muscles. Pathetic immune system. Pathetic brain. Pathetic everything. Even their prodigys were pathetic. They lived on a pathetic planet in pathetic cities with pathetic people walking all over the place, talking about pathetic things and pathetic events. In short, it was safe to say that they were pathetic. And that was what was worrying Ovio. Why get a human to do your work when it would be a whole lot safer if you could do it yourself? The answer was probably that some Centanian was feeling lazy so they hired a human. Ovio’s thoughts were interrupted when he heard a bang. A searing pain cut through his chest. Afraid, he looked down. There was a gaping hole in his chest.

When Comuna lost contact, she knew something was wrong. Ovio had stopped contacting her hours ago, and the sun towers were activating, meaning that he should be on his way back to base. But he wasn’t. Something was wrong. Very wrong. Ovio was an experienced officer, at age five hundred and twenty-nine, and his unusual features allowed him to detect things other Zanganians couldn’t. According to Comuna’s calculations, there was a ninety-nine point nine nine nine per cent chance of Ovio’s attacker not being human.

But, as luck would have it, Ovio’s attacker was a human, and a smart one, too. He had shot Ovio in the heart (or core, as a Zanganians heart was really just a ball of energy). In such a place that Ovio would not wake up for the next five hours. There was plenty of time. After all, all he had to do was kill a baby. He had to kill a baby. A baby. This was going to be a pushover. If only he knew...

Zac Brooking, Year 7

College Sports 2017

Compiled by Tony Gomez

Archery, an ancient art that every great civilisation utilised to turn the tide of war in their favour. Nowadays the sport of the aristocracy or at least it is in my eyes. Although this year has been challenging due to a lack of fellow archers, I have been able to keep the school in the top five nationallyit for group shooting and top ten when it comes to individual shooting. Even though the school archery team is not as good as in the past, I see a bright future for those who wish to pick up this noble sport.

-Tahir Singh

Archery Athletics

ARCHERY

ATHLETICS (OTAGO)

Tahir Singh

Back Row Charles Keenan George Bell Cade McRae Caine Taylor Archie Calder Jack Newlands

Middle Row Thomas Sullivan Leroy Ferguson Hamish Brown Riley Hall Nico Bowering Dominic Morrison

Ann Burtom

Front Row Max Gutry Jed Thompson-Fawcett Josh Hou Charlie Baker Eli Darling Zach Smith

Nathan Harrison Absent Lachie Crowle

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Otago Secondary School Athletics

John McGlashan College boys had a successful weekend at the Otago Secondary School Athletics Championships. 43 of our boys competed in the recent Otago Secondary School Athletics championships held in Dunedin. The boys performed well across the events with 33 top three placings.

A special mention to Joshua Hou and Dominic Morrison. Josh broke records in both the boys’ Under-14 1500m and 3000m events. Josh began the event by smashing Josh Browne’s 3000m record by 10sec with a time of 9min 42.30secs before also breaking his 1500m record by two seconds. In his final event, Josh continued his winning ways with victory in the 800m and narrowly missed out on a hat-trick of records (missing Chris McNoe’s 800m record by less than a second). Dom Morrison won the Under-14 800m event and set a new record of 2min 06.34 secs.

Well done to the twenty-one boys that qualified to compete at the Otago/Southland Secondary School Championships

ATHLETICS (SOUTH ISLAND)

Leroy Ferguson - Shot Put

Nathan Harrison - High Jump

The Under-16 boys also won both the 4x100m (Dom Morrison, Johnny Baker, Hamish Brown & Nico Bowering) and 4x400m (Dominic Morrison, Nathan Harrison, Josh Hou & Johnny Baker) relays.

South Island Secondary School Athletics

South Island Secondary School

Sixteen of our boys qualified and competed in the recent South Island Secondary School Athletics championships held in Dunedin over the weekend of 31st March – 2nd April. The boys performed extremely well across all their events with ten top three placings achieved.

Gold:

• Nathan Harrison, High Jump

• Josh Hou, 3000m

• Nico Bowering, both 100m and 200m

• Dominic Morrison, 800m

• 4 x 100m Relay comprising of Dominic Morrison, Johnny Baker, Hamish Brown and Nico Bowering

Silver:

• Josh Hou, 1500m

• Leroy Ferguson, Shot Put

Bronze:

• Nathan Harrison, 800m

• Dominic Morrison, 400m

It was great to see a fantastic support crew of parents, staff members and students spurring the boys on. The next step for these boys is the New Zealand Secondary School Athletics Championships, which will be held at the end of the year in the Hawkes Bay.

Otago/ Southland Athletics

Twenty-two of our boys competed recently at the Otago/Southland Athletics held in Invercargill. Josh Hou again showed his class breaking both the 800m and 3000m records. The following boys achieved first places:

Nico Bowering - 100m and 200m

Dom Morrison - 800m

Josh Hou - 800m (Record, 4mins 30.93secs) and 3000m (9mins 59.37secs)

Back Row Charles Keenan Thomas Sullivan

Leroy Ferguson

Middle Row Ann Burton Archie Calder Nico Bowering

Dominic Morrison

Front Row Max Gutry Josh Hou Nathan Harrison

Zach Smith Hamish Brown

Badminton

SENIOR BADMINTON

JUNIOR BADMINTON

Badminton at John McGlashan did not always go smoothly this year. Our challenge began when we lost a few of our experienced players due to them changing schools and graduating, leaving us with many roster changes. We also had a lot of new players this year, more than in any other year I have seen. Unfortunately, the skill level this year could not rival the other schools who were more ex-

perienced. However, the amount of enthusiasm and effort contributed by all players was outstanding. This year was worthwhile as it provided a learning curve, which helped the new players, as they were able to gain experience. In addition to this, the core of the teams is now established and with sufficient experience will provide hope to be a bigger challenge for the other schools in 2018. - Andrew Goh

Basketball

Basketball Senior A

The 2017 season started in February with good a turn out to trials for the Senior A and B teams. Last time I coached at John McGlashan we used the old gym so I was excited by both the new facilities and the abilities of the players.

There were initially a couple of tough choices for the final ‘A’ playing roster but we had a solid looking team. Representative players Max Gomez, Josh Stoddard, Alex Byars, Will Edwards and Hamish Robinson were well supported by Oliver Mouet and Angus Frew. And there were three Year 13 students in Ness Scully, Jimmy Sinclair and Angus Simmers.

Our Year 13 men developed into the heart of the team with all three of them playing their way with determination and passion into the starting line up over the course of the season. An early season injury to Josh Stoddard was disappointing for him and the team but provided an opportunity for Ben Timmings to step up to the ‘A’ team.

We started the season positively with some close grading games and cemented our spot in the secondary schools ‘A’ grade competition. This turned out to be a very even competition this year with most games close - and after the round robin games the team missed out on the top four by

only a couple of baskets goal difference.

We fought two very close inter-school games against STAC this year with the second going to overtime on the back of some late game shooting heroics by Alex Byers. I think we were all disappointed to lose both games but the team showed good progress from one game to the next . This was a real feature of our whole season.

Our goal that we set at the start of the season was to qualify for Nationals (as it will be every year) and we went into the end of season qualifying tournament a much better team than when we started the year.

Along the way we added Josh Hope and Harry Russell to the roster. Their commitment to accept the invitation to keep practising with the ‘A’s while playing for the ‘B’s is something I’d like to see in all our senior players.

We had a tough start to the tournament having to face eventual winners Christs College, but with them out of the way we were competitive in a strong pool. More experience from both the players and coach could have seen some of the results go in our favour, and those returning next year will be better for it.

In the cross-over game we met STAC once more, which

Back Row Charlie Bolton Gregory Jones Kaleb Durant Front Row Jackson Cole Rylan Urquhart Akira Itadani

Back Row Kevin Sachdev Flook Chinsaswat Front Row Matthew Godfrey Andrew Goh Elias Weinberger

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BASKETBALL SENIOR A & STAC

we treated as our final, making it a barometer for how far we’d come over the season. Again the game went to overtime, but this time we prevailed for a very good win. We finished the tournament with a win over a tough St Thomas team which was an apt send off for our senior players.

It’s difficult to single out players in a team sport and I thought every single player made good progress in some aspect of his game over the season. Oliver and Harry both grew in confidence as big men playing close to the hoop, Max was our communicator and mid-range shooter, and Hamish our shot blocker, As for Will Edwards, I had to keep reminding myself he was only 15 and yet he carried out his defensive responsibilities on much older players while Alex and Angus F’s shooting kept us in most games.

And finally the rugby-looking fellas - Jimmy ran and ran and ran, giving 100% every single game without complaint and usually with a smile. Ness provided the spark on attack and often lifted the tempo of our game.

At the start of the season we weren’t sure where to fit Angus in but by the end of it he was the first name in the starting line-up and he’d developed into a very good point

guard who was tough to stop going to the hole. He lead the team every game through his actions (but very few words!) and he was an easy choice for our MVP.

It’s fair to say, that all the results weren’t as good as we’d have liked but this was a team that played every minute of every quarter as hard as they could. As a coach I don’t think you can ask for more than that and I thank every one of the boys for their commitment and efforts.

My thanks also to assistant coach Liam Aston for all his help, support and time spent sharing his knowledge with the team.

To Tiny and the basketball committee, thanks for making it very easy to turn up and only have to worry about coaching. And to Lisa Edwards for her excellent efforts as team manager with great support from everyone who provided help with transport and some delicious baking!

There are many lessons I’ll take out of this year as we look to build more success into the future seasons and I look forward to continuing my own development with a good core of returning players in 2018.

In closing, I’ll steal Jimmy’s words from my card this year

Back Row Josh Hope Hamish Robinson Oliver Mouat Jimmy Sinclair Ness Scully Nathan Scott Front Row Angus Simmers Will Edwards Max Gomez Alex Byars Angus Frew

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and offer them back to the team for your efforts - thanks for making it fun.

- Karl Andrews

Basketball Junior A

The 2017 season was a challenging one for the boys, with all players missing games due to either injuries or sickness. Our first game saw us lose to King’s Yr10s while Max Walker played his best game of the season first up. We followed this up with three weeks of wins beating Taieri College, Kings Year 9s and Kavanagh College, with Josh Hou showing some strong play from the guard position over these weeks. We next played the very strong Waitaki Boys team who beat us, but strong defensive contributions from Tu Bull and Callum White kept the game close.

The next game was competitive and against St Kevins, with us managing a close win in the last week of the term despite being short handed. In this game Anton Stoddard cemented himself as our best scorer, having five three-pointers, one of which tied the game in the final minute. The boys had a really great game both defensively and offensively against the Otago Boys Yr10s playing three strong quarters, eventually losing by only 8 points. Oscar Sycamore began to show his ability to knock down shots that left all shaking their heads in disbelief. Another couple of very convincing wins against Kavanagh and Otago Boys’ Yr 9s, led by Sam Hope making five from five three-pointers, led us to face the challenge of playing Waitaki Boys in the semi-finals who beat us fairly convincingly - Dominic Morrison being the standout player defensively in this game. This saw us playing off for 3rd/4th position in the grade against Kings Yr 10s. The boys battled well in a physical game with Mason Calvert being a strong presence on the boards, but in the end we lost 68-52 to earn 4th place.

Due to injury and boys’ commitments to other tournament sports, our junior team did not attend the South Island Tournament this year. However we played friendly games against Wakatipu High School who came down from Queenstown. Our team won that game behind 34 points contribution from Dominic Morrison and a marathon full game effort from Oscar Sycamore (five three-pointers).

Many thanks must go to Mr Adam Facer for his commitment of time and effort in coaching the boys this season. Your hard work is much appreciated. John McGlashan junior basketball will miss you and we wish you well in Christchurch next year.

Well done to the boys for a great season!

- Liz Hope and Sam Hope

JUNIOR B TEAM

BASKETBALL JUNIOR A

The ‘Rocket Lungs’ - a story of brotherhood, friendship, hard work, and dedication two years in the making. If I had been asked whether I would be prouder to have attended John McGlashan College or played for a social basketball team, you may be surprised to be told that playing ball was the answer. The ‘Rocket Lungs’ added new players to its roster this year creating, what is on paper, one of the most menacing starting five and gut-wrenching benches that the ‘B’ grade would have ever seen. But unfortunately, under the Friday night lights, this was not to be the case, with multiple flops during the season.

Often there were flurries of pure magic like a twenty point comeback win against Kavanagh College or bringing

Back Row Adam Harbott Cam Forde LaQuan SemCheyne

Front Row Elias O’Kane Harley Herbert Max Wolf Caine Taylor Sam Graamans

Back Row Anton Stoddard Max Walker Josh Hou

Adam Facer

Front Row Oscar Sycamore Callum White Dominic Morrison Tu Bull Mason Calvert

Basketball Continued

the number one seed known as the ‘Hoop Menace’, to a one-point game on the final buzzer. Inbetween the wins, we always held our heads high. If I ever have children or even grandchildren, I will not be telling them about my time at McGlashan. I’ll be telling them about the wars we fought on the court every Friday night as a ‘Rocket Lung’. Cheers, boys.

- Mitchell Tozer

BASKETBALL SENIOR SOCIAL ROCKET LUNGS

BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO WARRIORS

BASKETBALL SENIOR SOCIAL BATTLERS

Back Row Morgan Sim Nico Bowering Tom Dempster Jez Nicholson-Kelly

Front Row George Bell Will Turner Michael Beattie

Back Row Joe Brenssell Fergus Keiller Thomas Hazlett Jakob Annison

Front Row Mitchell Tozer Henry South Mitchell Bruce

Back Row: Angus Frew Sam Knight Liam Ferguson Scott Perkins George Lowery

Front Row: Caleb Moody Tom Copland

Andrew McKenzie George Kerr

Hamish Lowery

BASKETBALL HEAT

BASKETBALL PELICANS

The John McGlashan Heat had two great coaches this year, and thus having a perfect platform to play on, the team took advantage by having a very solid season. Ashley Stevenson carried us for a majority of the season, but in the end, our sucess came down to the team’s ability to get the ball in the hoop. - Charlie Grey

Back Row Brian Park Robert Millar Leo Park

William Cotton Front Row Ashley Stevenson Cameron Leydon Charlie Grey William Shallard Ben Guilford

Back Row Jack Miller Lachie Crowle Harry Scott Front Row Daniel Lund Eamon Flannery Jack Robertson George Conner Liam Casey

Basketball continued

BASKETBALL ROOSTERS

Back Row Hugo Cochrane Angus McGregor

Josh Whaanga Thomas Larrivee Zach Smith

Ryan Johnston

Front Row Tom Colbourne William Smillie

Josh Sanders Kaleb Hill Clayton Cochrane

The Roosters had quite a good season with a few wins and a few losses. Overall we represented John McGlashan College and ourselves really well both home and away.

Jack Hutton-Atkins and Jack Newlands really helped us organise to the games on time, as well as handling substitutions. They helped improve both our skills and our technique, and I know that the boys are a lot better because of them. Overall we had a great season with a few laughs along the way.

- Josh Sanders

BASKETBALL SOSSY ROLLS

BASKETBALL WILDCATS

Back Row Tom Johnston Max Pacey

Quinn Ravenga-Taouma

Nicholas Chamberlain

Front Row Ruaidhri Brosnan Harry Tourelle

Archie Calder Lucas Dickison Zack Stalker

BASKETBALL BUCKS

Back Row Tim Chirnside Geoffrey Bennani

Hugh Jenkins Maarten De Ridder

Front Row Robbie Perry Adam Tait Matthew Garry

Back Row Ali Dohan Miro Williams

Juan Garcia-Quiroga

Front Row Ethan Farrow Hayden Elliot Sam Tait

Basketball continued

BASKETBALL OATS 11

Back Row Billy Sheard Ben Hatton Tim Chirnside Harrison Biggs

Front Row Jake South Ben Porter Ollie Gilmour Elliot Chamberlain Hamish Sinclair

BASKETBALL GUILLOTINES

Front

Basketball Guillotines

The John McGlashan Guillotines achieved something quite remarkable this year placing 14th in the Division D Boys which I think is last place. We had just one narrow win but did manage to prevent any team from scorring 100 points against us. Top scorer for the season was Willy King Begg followed by Tom Elliott. The team would like to thank Tanya for keeping us in line and reminding us of game times. - Angus Cotton

BASKETBALL $OUTHERNERS

BASKETBALL RAZOR BACKS

Back Row Tom Elliott Cam Johnstone Campbell McKenzie Nick Guilford

Row Angus Cotton Hugh Ross Josef Van Plateringen Absent Will King Begg

Back Row Anson Peng Ben Teviotdale Boen Deng Front Row Cyrus Leung Rix Chung James Millar

Back Row Thomas Sullivan Tom Crawford Joshua Jukes Ned Hancox Billy Ellwood Front Row Lucas Stalker Henry Power Angus Kenny Jack Murray Harry McKenzie

Chess

JMC CHESS

Back Row

Front Row

Mary Gutherie Joseph Grace Oscar Lobb Krishan Luxmanan Sheon Luxmanan

Fraser Reynolds Archie Dunn Caleb Oakley

Martin Brook Gary Yao Andrē Radel Harrison Biggs John Mengel

Rock Chotphatcharachaikul Jack Murphy

JMC Chess Club

The chess club has had a very busy year. The chess year began with the intermediate team winning the ‘Chesspower’ competition held in Dunedin and securing a place to compete in the Nationals in Hamilton. Three senior chess teams took part in the Otago and Southland Secondary Schools Chess Competition held at Otago Boys’ High School, with the ‘A’ team winning a place to attend the South Island Championships held in Ashburton in September. The intermediate team also competed in Ashburton having won the intermediate schools’ championship held at Kavanagh College in June and then at the Nationals held in Christchurch at the end of Term three. A large number of boys attend chess club each week with many hoping to be able to compete for the first time in 2018.

- Mary Guthrie

Cricket

What a great end to the season! Beating Waitaki and Wakitipu to make the final of the Gillette Cup qualifying tournament was an excellent finish to a pretty disappointing campaign. Eventually losing to a very good Otago Boys’ side who were carried to victory on the back of two outstanding performances by their two NZU19 representatives. However, the result leaves us ranked the number two schoolboy side in Otago/Southland and gives us automatic qualification into next seasons tournament - a positive way to finish the season.

Unfortunately, those last three days of cricket aside, it was very much a season of frustration through lack of consistency and missed opportunities.

We epitomised the age-old adage of “catches win matches”. Our inability in this area was such that we dedicated Tuesdays solely to fielding/catching practice - with very little improvement. Dropped catches probably cost us a victory in at least four matches. It is the area that MUST markedly improve if we are to be a consistently competitive side.

Consistency with both bat and ball was also an issue. Whilst there were a number of excellent individual performances, they didn’t happen with regularity. The fact we had one century and only seven fifties over the whole season pays testament to that.

Our very average fielding certainly didn’t do our bowlers any favours. With no one ultra quick, our bolwers relied heavily on support from the field and the occassional LBW. With neither of these areas of support forthcoming, they all toiled hard, often without the success they possibly deserved.

However, it was not all doom and gloom. Of the old hand; Jordy played a few cameos, but I am sure he would agree he needed to kick on to a few BIG scores. Angus scored a couple of fifties but falls into the same class as Jordy. The one shining light was Lucas “Sergio” Reid our top run scorer by a considerable margin. He producing an excellent hundred against Waitaki Boys and a number of other innings where he held the team together - well batted Serge !!!

Back Row Angus Frew Ben Hatton George Bell Middle Row Harrison Biggs George Sinclair Charlie Davies George Johnston Tom Dempster Front Row Lucas Reid Angus Simmers Jordon Gain Ness Scully Henry Bell

Cricket

There are also a number of promising younger player coming through. Harrison looks good behind the stumps and his batting improved as the season went on. Tom Dempster and George Bell are going to take wickets and score plenty of runs and Ben Hatton is looking a very promising medium pacer. With another year under their belts, I am sure these boys will perform exceptionally well this coming season.

So let’s park last year, learn from our shortcomings and look forward to next season. We have a pre-season tour to Melbourne to look forward to, not only because it will be great fun and give us some excellent competition, but it gives us a head start on all teams when we get back.

Before signing off can I firstly say a massive thank you to Adam Gain. He did a mountain of behind the scenes work, every bit of it vital but not seen by many. And just as big a thanks to all the parents for their support, not only of the kids, but also myself. How you find the time to travel and be there each weekend as well as run your farms/businesses etcetera, I will never know. It certainly made for a more enjoyable Saturday.

- Gully (the coach)

Cricket U17 Carnival

An invitational side from John McGlashan College took part in the inaugural Under-17 Cricket Carnival in Queenstown in January and what an event this turned out to be. Having secured the welcome return of Mr Andrew Hore to the John McGlashan College cricketing fold, Mr Hore, his deputies (Phil Sheard and Ron Bull), and the team set off with a group of fine young cricketers ranging from Year 10 through to Year 13.

The festival itself comprised of eight teams, including a team from Australia, competing in competitions over four days which meant that a full schedule ensued to complete both the declaration and 20/20 games. Hosted at the internationally recognised and picturesque Queenstown Events Centre, our boys were treated to a great festival of cricket.

As for myself, a simple tourist, parent and unofficial scorer for the event, I naturally assumed that the warm-up 20/20 game on Sunday prior to the event would be cancelled due to the bitter cold and driving rain. So, I made an early retreat to allow the team to settle into their digs only to find out later from Phil that they had indeed pressed ahead with the game on an artificial pitch at Millbrook. Still, a good omen and warm up win for the boys.

Day one and not even the gloomy weather could dampen the spirit of the teams and organisers as we managed a full fixture list. We opened up with two good wins in the 20/20 tournament against Wakatipu High School and Taieri College to ensure a place in the 20/20 final the following evening against our friendly foe, Otago Boys High School. Day two was a special day for our boys, starting off with

a comprehensive win in the declaration game against Otago Country where Jordan Gain scored a magnificent century but only by the grace of Daniel Thom who stood by him during an impressive 75 ball 18 not out. McGlashan went on to score 169/7 having bowled out Otago Country for 137 where young Benedict Kyle bowled possibly his best spell to take the prize wicket of their best batsman for one run. Tired as the team might have been, we were back on the main oval shortly after the completion of this game to face Otago Boys’ in the final of the 20/20 tournament. Catching up with some Otago Boys’ parents and hearing the banter from their boys, most of whom were well known to us, the atmosphere and spirit in which the game was played was fantastic. Batting first, McGlashan amassed 171 runs. In reply, Otago Boys’ got off to a great start but faded in their run chase to be all out for 121, thanks in part to four wickets from George Johnston, and two great outfield catches from Harry Smith. First tournament win to McGlashan.

Day three, in terms of facilities, was a bit of a leveller for the team as we headed out to Millbrook to play on an artificial pitch on a sloping, agricultural outfield. Great pavilion, though! This did not diminish the team’s spirits though with the game providing us with the most entertaining match of the tournament. Batting first, we found ourselves in trouble at 43 for five. Billy Sheard was tremendously unlucky having somehow managed to header the ball with his helmet into the air and onto his stumps, before the middle order set about rebuilding the innings and reaching a total of 173. Ben Hatton was our top scorer with 69 while Harry Tourelle added a valuable and patient 22. In reply, McGlashan bowled out Wakatipu High School for 63, thanks in part to an inspired spell of bowling by Ness

Cricket continued

Scully who finished with figures of 15 for five off seven overs. Ness was assisted, not for the first time, from Angus Frew charging in from the other end during six hostile and accurate overs. Having taken first innings points, Mr Hore then graciously forfeited the McGlashan second innings, allowing Wakatipu High School the opportunity to chase down 111 in their second innings for an outright win in 24 overs. Game on. However, a further four wickets for Ness (nine for the match) and three run outs ensured that JMC were victorious and awarded full points for the outright win with but a few overs to spare.

Day four, and it’s all to play for with McGlashan, Otago Boys’ and Southland High School all in with a shout of winning the main trophy in the final declaration game of the tournament. In the end, though, and despite a reasonably good start where Tu Bull once again showed his potential and determination at the top of the order, our boys simply ran out of steam. Batting first, McGlashan were dismissed by Taieri College for 136 who then comfortably chased down our total, but not before young Krishan Luxmanan bowled his best spell for figures of 11 for two off his five overs. Having been put in to bat again, Harrison Biggs resumed normal service with a confident 81 not out off just 75 balls in the second inning, before the rain finally brought an end to the day’s play and the tournament.

And so ended a great tournament with McGlashan winning the 20/20 competition and finishing as runners-up to Otago Boys, who won their final match in the last over before rain stopped play to pip us at the post.

All in all, though, it wasn’t about the results, and it wasn’t about the winners. This was a showcase event in which Mr Hore, Phil, Ron and the boys played every game in the spirit of the carnival and ensured equal opportunity for all our players, Year 10 through to Year 13.

Of all the many highlights during this event, surely the most memorable of all would be the experience and ca-

CRICKET SECOND XI

maraderie shared between the younger boys and the older boys both on and off the field. What a great advertisement for John McGlashan College. To see some more photos of the boys in action visit https://flic.kr/s/aHskTZZG3w.

Final thanks to Mr Hore for giving up his time for the boys, Phil and Ron for their assistance, the parents who travelled up and offered their support and finally the school for supporting this event.

Back Row Daniel Thom Josh Hope Max Pacey Charles Keenan Front Row Jack Newlands Sam Clulee Harry Tourelle Billy Sheard Tom Johnston

CRICKET 4TH XI

Back Row Will Duffy Jack Murray Cam Forde Benedict Kyle Fynn Duncan Front Row Patrick Bezett William McLauchlan Tu Bull Sam Knight Sam Hope Absent Harley Herbert

CRICKET 3RD XI

Back Row Charlie Baker Hamish Sinclair Angus Simmers Front Row Jordan Thorn Archie Calder Morgan Sim Tom Johnston Bruno Marsh Absent Jake South Jack Hutton-Atkins Max Pacey

Cricket

CRICKET 5TH XI

Back Row Julian Hamilton Robert Millar

Front Row William Cotton George Kerr

William Shallard

Absent Liam Ferguson Cameron Leydon

Scott Perkins Caleb Moody

Ashley Stevenson Caine Taylor Henry Power

CRICKET YEAR 9

Back Row Kaleb Hill Toby Dean Josh Whaanga Joshua Stevens

Front Row Oscar Sycamore Eamon Flannery

Ryan Johnston William Smillie

Absent Hugo Cochrane Angus McGregor

Cross Country

John McGlashan boys (and spectators) braved the cold and wet weather at the recent Otago Secondary School Cross-Country event.

The Cross-Country Championships was held at Kaikorai Valley College on June 1st. The Under-14 boys completed a 3km course whilst the Under-15 and Under-16 runner completed a 4km course.

John McGlashan boys once again showed their strength. Josh Hou won the Under-14 boys race and Grayson Westgate also put in a strong performance to finish fourth. Nathan Harrison finished third in the Under-15 event closely followed by Will Turner (fifth) and Ben Lund (seventh). In the Under-16 event Lucas Dickison, Ruaidhri Brosnan

and Cade McRae ran strongly as a team finishing seventh, eight and ninth respectively.

These strong individual performances resulted in some excellent team placings for John McGlashan College. In the Under-14 age group, McGlashan finished in first and third place. McGlashan also achieved a second and third placing in the Under-15 team event and a third placing in the Under-16 team event.

Under-14 Team A - First:

Josh Hou (1st); Grayson Westgate (4th); Max Kirkwood (6th;

Under-14 Team B – Third:

Thomas Sullivan (13th); Liam Casey (14th); Calvin Ruru (17th)

Under-15 Team A – Second:

Nathan Harrison (3rd); Will Turner (5th); Ben Lund (7th)

Under-15 Team B - Third: Will Morshuis (11th); Dom Morrison (12th); Tom Gold (18th)

Under-16 Team – Third: Lucas Dickison (7th); Ruaidhri Brosnan (8th); Cade McRae (9th)

Baxter Meder Isaac McConachie Nick Casey Harry Summers

OTAGO

Back Row Ruaidhri Brosnan Lucas Dickison

Dominic Morrison Harrison Biggs

Will Morshuis

Front Row Will Turner Liam Casey Josh Hou

Grayson Westgate Cade McRae

Back Row Harry Summers Isaac McConachie Sam Sinclair

Front Row Baxter Meder Akira Itadani Nick Casey

Curling

NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOL

McGlashan curlers entered four competitions this year. A team comprised of Year 13 students competed in the experienced grade of the local school competition and a team of Year 11 students won the novice section.

The most notable success in the history of curling at McGlashan to date was this year Octobers National school championship event. Bailey Dowling, Tom Johnston, Jack Hutton-Aitkins and Will Turner travelled to Auckland and took out the NZ Boys’ title. The bulk of the team is now playing in what is their third year together and winning the title is a significant achievement. They look forward to further successes in their last two years together at school.

CURLING JMC 1

This same team also came fourth in the SISS event held in Dunedin in September. A big thank you to Rachel Hutton-Atkins and Jo Dowling who travelled to Auckland with the team. Both teams have been regularly complimented on their conduct and sportsmanship.

Tom Johnston Will Turner Bailey Dowling Jack Hutton-Atkins

Mitchell Parks George Johnston Robert Sangster Jackson Dempster

Fencing

Fencing

Row Nathan Dockerty Hyunsok Lee Aidan Hung

Middle Row Iain McGilcrest Aj Visagie Philip Yarnall Nick Worathongchai

Front Row Mingyu Jeong Tim Scott Barend Jenkins Edward Temple Michael Jang

Fencing is not a new sport at McGlashan. It was a popular sport in the 1960s and 70s and is now making a strong comeback. The McGlashan Fencing Club comprises every Jedi, every pirate and every Zorro in the school and every Tuesday, under the tutelage of champion fencer Jason Sim, our boys wield foil, épée and sabre. And it is fantastic. Fencers will tell you that the modern sport of fencing resembles a game of high-speed chess, played in three dimensions. Like chess players, fencers draw from a repertoire of well-rehearsed moves. However, unlike chess, thinking and reaction times in fencing are measured in microseconds - the point of a foil can be travelling over 200 kph when a hit is made, so making a response to an opponent’s attack must be instantaneous.

Fencing

Row Iain McGilchrist Nathan Dockerty Mingyu Jeong Aj Visagie Thomas Dodson Tama Anthony-Whigham

Front Row Edward Temple Barend Jenkins Tim Scott Michael Jang Aidan Hung

Our college has several accomplished fencers and many more up-and-coming. Both Tim Scott and Barend Jenkins, in particular, have achieved highly. We have a strong number of regular fencers and it is great to see that many of them are international students. Michael Jang, in particular, shows great promise, especially with the sabre. All our fencers are highly competitive – aggressive even when their blades are drawn – but once off the piste, they are the epitome of gentlemen. Just what we expect from McGlashan students.

- Iain McGilchrist

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Football

First XI Senior Football

While unable to scale the trophy-winning heights of 2016, the McGlashan football firsts still enjoyed plenty of success in 2017 reaching the semi-finals of both the Otago secondary schools league and the Jim Wishart Cup tournament, and performing well in a tough interschool exchange match against St Andrew’s College.

The coaching and management personnel remained unchanged from last year (being Jude Fitzpatrick and David Thomson respectively), but there was plenty of new blood on the pitch, with six of 2017’s First XI having finished school. A further place for a new face became available when captain-designate Bradley Holdridge suffered a season-ending injury at futsal nationals, just before the first XI season kicked off.

The established First XI players carrying on into 2017 comprised of Matt Johnstone, Harry Fraser, Alex Thomson, Yugen Miyahara, Callum Duncan, Dan Tan and Tom Warman. En Watanabe rejoined the team after a year in

Wellington, as did the four other boys – Ben Lund, Sam Tomkins, Charlie Gruppelaar, and Jordan Mitchell – who had been part of last year’s tournament week squad. The allnew faces in the regular first XI squad were Jack Nicholls, George Sinclair, Harrison Biggs, and Shay Veitch.

The first focus of the team was the Otago Secondary Schools League. This was much tougher week-to-week than in previous years, as several schools elected not to place their First XI in the premier section of the competition. This left that section as a five-team competition, featuring the Otago Boys’ and Kavanagh First XI teams, the King’s First and Second XI teams, and McGlashan.

The highlight of pool play for McGlashan was a decisive 5-1 victory over the King’s First XI, this being the first time Johnnies have beaten them in First XI football for several years. A draw in the return match (1-1), and two wins against the King’s Second XI (5-2 and 4-1) were our other results against the South Dunedin school. The 4-1 win over

Football JMC First XI

Back Row Charlie Gruppelaar Ben Lund Sam Sinclair Alex Thomson Middle Row Jude Fitzpatick Tom Warman Harry Fraser Jordan Mitchell Yugen Miyahara David Thomson Front Row Daniel Tan Harrison Biggs Matt Johnstone George Sinclair En Watanabe Shay Veitch Jack Nicholls

the King’s second XI was also notable for the senior school football debut of Year 9 lad Joseph La Hood, who showed future star quality.

Beating Kavanagh and Otago Boys’ in pool play proved a big challenge

First time up against Kavanagh, we went down 3-4, and we then lost our return match 2-3. Johnnies had a couple of key players injured for our first match against Otago Boys’, which was a close-run game that ended up with Otago Boys’ winning 3-2. Our return match in pool play was a default win to McGlashan, as Otago Boys’ had deferred the match, and we then ran out of time to play it due to a run of bad weather that closed the grounds.

These results earned McGlashan a semi-final play-off against Otago Boys’. We started strong but failed to capitalise on several early breaks and chances before our rival scored twice in the space of five minutes, firstly through a goal in general play, and then by an unfortunate penalty. The deficit was pegged back to one goal courtesy of a fine goal by Harrison Biggs, and we came close but couldn’t find the equaliser needed to take the match into extra time.

While Otago Boys’ went on to beat Kavanagh in the final, we had to play for pride in the third-fourth playoff against Kings. A number of key first players were rested for this game, giving Quinn Campbell, Cam Johnstone, Cade McRae, Paddy Wennekes and Jaiden Tucker a chance to step up to First XI football. All five played well, but the goals in a 2-0 McGlashan victory went to Harry Fraser and Harrison Biggs.

The annual match-up against St Andrews College was the other key match of the pre-tournament period. STAC has been the top-ranked Canterbury school for football in 2017, and we knew hard work would be required to avoid

a repeat of the heavy defeat we suffered at their hands last year.

Things looked ominous when STAC scored in the opening minute, but the Johnnies lads eventually settled into their work, and the equaliser came midway through the first half when Dan Tan skilfully lobbed the STAC keeper with a volley from 30 metres out.

With the score locked 1-1 at the break, the second half produced some intense football, with each team dominating periods of play. Two strong chances for McGlashan to take the lead were denied by some excellent STAC goalkeeping, and it was gutting to lose the match by conceding a soft goal a couple of minutes from the final whistle.

After winning the Linwood Cup in Invercargill last season, the First XI decided to try a fresh challenge by entering the tougher Jim Wishart Cup tournament for 2017.

With three regular first XI players unavailable for the week, second XI regulars Quinn Campbell, Cam Johnstone, and Paddy Wennekes were selected to join a squad that also comprised Matt Johnstone, Harry Fraser, Alex Thomson, Yugen Miyahara, Callum Duncan, En Watanabe, Ben Lund, Sam Tomkins, Jordan Mitchell, Jack Nicholls, George Sinclair, Harrison Biggs, and Shay Veitch.

McGlashan started strongly with wins against St Bede’s (5-0) and Nayland College (2-0) and confirmed their place at the top of their pool group by beating Geraldine High School 7-0. This secured a quarter-final berth against Kaiapoi High School, which McGlashan won at a canter, scoring 10 goals.

Played in very windy conditions, the semi-final against Kapiti College was McGlashan’s toughest match of the tournament. Kapiti had the better of the game but was unable to score against the stalwart McGlashan defence in regular

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time. With the score 0-0 at full time, this took the game to a penalty shootout, which Kapiti unfortunately won 5-4.

While Kapiti went on to meet and defeat Kings High School in the final (again by penalty shootout), the Johnnies boys had to lift themselves for the third/fourth playoff, against Wakatipu High School.

For the ten Year 13 lads in the squad, this was their final game of football in school colours, and the approach was to have them all start, and simply enjoy playing their last of many games for the school together. Wakatipu was left reeling as McGlashan scored three times in the first half before Wakatipu pulled one back though a penalty.

McGlashan scored a fourth goal early in the second half, and the score remained at 4-1 until Wakatipu scored a consolation second goal moments before full time.

McGlashan’s top scorers for the tournament were Harry Fraser (9 goals including two hat tricks), Harrison Biggs (5 goals), Sam Tomkins and Shay Veitch (4 goals each) and

Cam Johnstone (3 goals). Quinn Campbell, Ben Lund and Matt Johnstone picked up a goal each. En Watanabe was voted Johnnies’ most valuable player by opposition coaches.

This years tournament team was also notable for having the best defensive record in the competition by far. Credit for this was due to the hard work of goalkeeper George Sinclair, and core defensive players Matt Johnstone, Alex Thomson, Jordan Mitchell, Yugen Miyahara, Jack Nicholls and Paddy Wennekes.

Third place at the Jim Wishart Tournament followed a trophy win at last years Linwood Cup tournament and runner-up honours at the Linwood Cup in 2015.

Alongside coach Jude Fitzpatrick and manager David Thomson, the team was accompanied at this year’s tournament by Tiny Carruthers, Rose Sinclair and Russell Lund.

Tallying up the stats for the full season our football Firsts ended 2017 having played 17 games for 10 wins, a draw

Back Row Ben Lund Samuel Tomkins Alex Thomson Cam Johnstone

Middle Row Jude Fitzpatick Harry Fraser Quinn Campbell Jordan Mitchell Yugen Miyahara

David Thomson

Front Row Harrison Biggs Paddy Wennekes Matt Johnstone George Sinclair En Watanabe

Shay Veitch Jack Nicholls

FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

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and 6 losses. We scored 54 goals and conceded 23. Harry Fraser (20 goals) was our Golden Boot.

Of special note, the season saw five Year 13 players pass the 40-match mark that earns a special First XI cap: Harry Fraser (47), Alex Thomson (45), Matt Johnstone and Yugen Miyahara (43), and Callum Duncan (42).

FOOTBALL JUNIOR 1STS

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FOOTBALL JUNIOR 2NDS

FOOTBALL SENIOR SECONDS

Toby

Liam

Quinn Campbell Jaiden Tucker

Paddy Wennekes Seongwoo Kim Cam Johnstone

FOOTBALL BALMAC AND WAIHI

Sheon Luxmanan Sebastian

Thomas Meder Quinn Campbell

Front

Harrison Marshall Martin Brook

Jackson Cole Thomas Mason

Back Row Pete McCall

Middle Row Andrē Radel Matthew Godfrey Joe Mu Ned Hancox Adam Harbott Brooke Mitchell

Front Row Harvey Brenssell Harry Allen Lachie Crowle George Conner Hudson Ross

Back Row Joseph La Hood Noah Coutts Patrick Bezett

Middle Row Pete McCall Leo Park Charlie Grey Julian Hamilton Grayson Westgate

Row Jonathan Brook Levi James Benedict Kyle

Mawhinney Daniel Lund

Back Row Jack Lewis George Barker Charlie Bolton Mitchell Thorn Jack Murphy

Middle Row Peter MacNab Oscar Grey

Back Row Cade McRae Timmy Fok Stefano Clara Rock Chotphatcharachaikul

Middle Row Ainslie Anderson Ben Teviotdale

McDonald Paddy Hantler

McHenry Isaac Cooper

Front Row Michael Jang Mingyu Jeong

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Junior Football 1st

This season had its ups and downs for our team. With a predominately Year 9 team the Year 10 really had to lead from the front this year. Our season started with a tough loss to Otago Boys 9A. We definitely learnt from our mistakes that week and came back the next week to thrash Kavanagh Junior Firsts. Our form did not carry into the next few weeks, however, and the boys looked tired going into games against Otago Boys’ 10A and also the favourites to take out the competition, Kings Junior Firsts. After this slump, our season began to look up, and we again beat Kavanagh. In the second round of matches, we played the King’s 9A, who we hadn't played yet due to rain. This game was hard fought by the whole team until the end but we, unfortunately, went down by one goal. In the next few weeks, it was a fight, but we ended up losing three games by one goal or less. Despite our losses, I believe the team has lots of talent and potential going forward. The future of McGlashan football is looking bright. - Benedict Kyle

Junior Football 2nd

The junior football seconds team had a good season this year. We came in around the middle of our pool and gave some of the strongest teams a run for their money. We had multiple draws and a few wins but at the end of the day, we all had a lot of fun. We had some amazing plays from the players; Ned’s amazing slide tackle, Harry McKenzie’s super pace when he was filling in and some interesting kicks from Robert from the back. Our team had some ‘non-footballers’ who had never played before, and we also had some rugby players filling in for some of the games. However, everyone played well and showed some great skills in passing, defending, dribbling and shooting. We would like to thank all the people who helped fill in for our team during the season, our coach George McCall and manager Mr Peter McCall.

- Ned and Joe

Futsal

FUTSAL SENIOR A

Futsal

Futsal, JMC 1

It was an eventful year for the Senior A futsal boys, mostly filled with success. We won the league in the first term by beating Logan Park 5-0 in the final and again won the league in term three by beating Otago Boys 7-1 in our final game. In the middle of those two victories, we were lucky enough to become the first team to represent the college at the National Secondary Schools Futsal Tournament. We had good wins against Kapiti College, Logan Park, and St Bedes before heavy losses against finalists,

FUTSAL JMC OWN GOAL

FUTSAL JMC GEORGE KERR

Napier Boys and the eventual winners St Patricks, which resulted in us coming 14th in New Zealand. Overall, it was a great year for the lads and with the majority of the team moving on next year, we wish success to the Senior A futsal team in the coming years.

- George Sinclair

FUTSAL YEAR 8 BLUE

FUTSAL YEAR 11 QPR

Back Row Sam Sinclair Charlie Bolton Front Row Martin Brook Harrison Marshall Mitchell Thorn Absent Oscar Grey

Back Row: Jake South Shay Veitch Harrison Biggs Ben Lund Wei Loh

Front Row: Ollie Gilmour Hamish Sinclair Patrick Zhang

Back Row Mingyu Jeong Nick Worathongchai Seongwoo Kim

Front Row Stefano Clara Timmy Fok Rock Chotphatcharachaikul

Back Row William Shallard Harry McKenzie Jack Murray

Front Row Henry Power George Kerr Billy Ellwood

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FUTSAL YEAR 7&8 ORANGE

FUTSAL YEAR 11 TIMBERWOLVES

Top Corner

Thrust unceremoniously into the ranks of Division 1 futsal, JMC Top Corner entered this year’s season brighteyed and with the hopes of making it in the big time. Bolstered by the acquisition and sheer lethality of striker Oliver Gilmour, we hit the ground running, notching up several hard-fought victories in the opening rounds of competition.

However in an unfortunate turn of events for both the team and its fanbase, the wheels began to fall off mid-season disappointing string of results including tough losses to John McGlashan and Otago Boys’ left us fourth head-

FUTSAL BLACK

Paddy Wennekes Benjamin Hall

Front Row Josef Van Plateringen Jaiden Tucker Cam Johnstone

Absent Isaac Cooper

FUTSAL TOP CORNER

ing into the playoffs. Inevitably this set up a daunting third and fourth playoff against a full strength Otago Boys’ team, and in what was truly a great battle, Otago Boys’ came out on top leaving us to accept fourth place honours. Overall the season was one filled with many great times, I would like to thank the boys personally alongside player/manager Wei Loh for organising us week in and week out.

- Harrison Biggs

Back Row Max Stowell Mitchell Lobb Gregory Jones Front Row James Palmer Benedict Brosnan Marek Rickerby

Back Row Samuel Leaper Nathan Harrison Geoffrey Bennani Thomas McCracken Front Row Cade McRae Braedyn Arbuckle Adam Tait

Back Row Charlie Gruppelaar Tom Elliott

Middle Row Ben Lund Wei Loh Front Row Ollie Gilmour Harrison Biggs Shay Veitch

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FUTSAL YEAR 7 GOLD

Back

Jack Lewis William Hubbard Isaac McConachie Thomas Rasmussen

Front Row Luke Bezett Tom Dyer Billy Bezett

FUTSAL YEAR 7&8 GREEN

FUTSAL YEAR 9 BATTLERS

Front

Jack Robertson George Conner Ryan Johnston

Absent Lachie Crowle Hugo Cochrane

FUTSAL YEAR 7 RED

Back Row Thomas Mason Liam Ruru George Barker Jacob Hall Front Row Baxter Meder Jackson Cole Akira Itadani

Back Row Eli Gepte Front Row Joshua Penno Matthew Taylor Edward Diaz-Farron Absent Nicholas Tucker

Row

Back Row William Smillie Darcy Nevill Joshua Stevens

Row

FUTSAL YEAR 1O

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STRICKERS

FUTSAL YEAR 9 BANTERISTIC

FUTSAL YEAR 10 RED DEVILS

FUTSAL YEAR 1O BEAVER BEVERAGES

Back Row Angus McGregor Hayden Elliot Aaron Jones Matthew Ford

Front Row Joseph La Hood Zach Smith Saul Mawhinney

Back Row Caleb Moodie Caine Taylor Front Row Liam Ferguson Sam Knight Hamish Lowery Absent Tom Cochlan Scott Perkins Andrew McKenzie

Back Row Patrick Bezett Krishan Luxmanan Benedict Kyle Front Row William Cotton Ned Hancox Charlie Grey

Back Row Joe Mu Oliver Bolton Ben Monaghan Front Row Fin Milne Lourenco Botafogo Julian Hamilton Absent Jonathan Brook

Get2Go

On Friday September 15 the dream team of Tom Crawford, Will Duffy, George Kerr, Harry Mackenzie, Jack Murray, Henry Power, William Shallard and Tom Sullivan set off to defend their 2016 Get2Go Challenge title.

First up was orienteering in the Redwoods which the boys were pretty confident they had covered well and came out 5th overall.

Next door was the mountain biking which they absolutely blitzed completing more laps than any other team to take a convincing win on that discipline.

After a fuel up en route to Macandrew Bay, the boys were ready to take on the Problem Solving. Again their fantastic teamwork, support and encouragement of each other shone through and they top-scored for the day with one other team.

Kayaking in double kayaks was the last stage where they relay raced in the bay. They worked hard, were remarkably organised and lapped the other teams several times. A great effort to share the top score with two other teams.

The final standings saw JMC with an impressive score of 347 which was a very slim 16 points behind Otago Boys to give them a brilliant second place overall out of 19 teams from throughout Otago.

Soooo close! I was immensley proud of all the boys, their sportsmanship, and conduct over the day. They were an absolute credit to John Macglashan College and fantastic ambassadors.

Thank you to Rosie Sullivan and Rach Mackenzie for their support.

- Sally Kerr

Middle Row Jack Murray Thomas Sullivan Will Duffy Front Row William Shallard Henry Power Tom Crawford George Kerr Harry McKenzie

JMC Golf Team

SISS GOLF TEAM

The 2017 John McGlashan Golf team has had a very good year and have had some great achievements throughout the year. The team of Kyle Clark, Callum White, Robbie Perry and Hamish Brown with reserves of Jack Murray and Baxter Meder have all had a successful year.

The school golfing calendar started with the Otago Eagles Intercollegiate Finals at North Otago with the team of Kyle Clark, Callum White, Robbie Perry and Hamish Brown winning the tournament by 3 shots over Wakatipu High School. Kyle finished second in the overall event whilst Robbie and Callum finished in the top two of the Under 17 players leading to them being selected for an Otago two man team to play at the National Eagles Intercollegiate. This was a great achievement from the team as it was the first time a John McGlashan team had won the event since the inauguration of the tournament in 1981. This win meant that they had qualified for the National Secondary Schools Finals in Hawkes Bay later in the year.

The team also won the STAC exchange up at the Clearwater and Pegasus Golf Courses in testing conditions. The next event for the team was the South Island Secondary Schools tournament held at Lower Waitaki. The team played well including great efforts from Jack Murray and Baxter Meder who placed third in the net. The team of Kyle Clark, Callum White, Robbie Perry and Hamish Brown placed a commendable third overall with great efforts from Robbie and Callum in the foursomes and a good final round of even par 72 by Kyle.

The final school event for the year was the National Secondary Schools Finals in Hawkes Bay which was played in September. The team of Kyle Clark, Callum White and Robbie Perry battled the elements of a difficult course and changing weather to place thirteenth within the top schools in the country. This was a great achievement from the team as it introduced John McGlashan Golf to the national scene.

Some of the individual results during the year were also great achievements. Kyle qualified for the Otago Order of Merit Finals and placed sixth out of the top 12 Under 21 aged golfers in Otago over a weekend at Millbrook. Callum and Robbie also were selected for the Otago Under 16 aged team to play in the South Island regional tournament. Kyle and Callum were selected in the 4 man Under 18 aged Otago team who played in Invercargill against regional teams. Kyle achieved an impressive undefeated record as Callum secured the point that halved the overall match for the tournament. The team had a very successful year and have achieved more than expected throughout the 2017 season. The team would like to thank all of the parents who helped out throughout the year and took the team away in tournaments. - Kyle Clark

Callum White Kyle Clark Hamish Brown Robbie Perry

STAC GOLF TEAM

Back Row Hamish Brown Callum White Robbie Perry Front Row Jack Murray Baxter Meder Kyle Clark

Hockey

FIRST XI & WINTER TOURNAMENT HOCKEY TEAM

Billy Ellwood Lucas Dickison

Hockey Tournament

The First XI hockey side competed in the Rankin Cup/ India Shield tournament in Hamilton. This tournament was contested by the top 32 teams in New Zealand out of approximately 130 schools that compete at tournament level.

McGlashan opened its tournament with a loss to Christchurch Boys’ High School. While this was a disappointing result, Christchurch Boys ultimately went on to play in the final of Rankin Cup, only losing to eventual winners Christ’s College in a penalty shoot out. Tough games against Auckland Grammar, who won the Auckland competition, St Bedes and St Kentigerns left us without a win from pool play and the first cross-over match. However, we certainly gained some valuable experience from playing these highly ranked teams.

Our ‘must win’ cross-over match against Lindisfarne ended in a 2-1 loss which means that we will need to gain promotion back to the top tournament next year. A task that we are confident we can accomplish. We finished the

tournament with a good 3-1 win over St Patricks and a narrow 3-2 loss to Whanganui Boys High School. While not the result we were aiming for, McGlashan hockey is still in a strong position and our young First XI squad, half of whom are Year 10 and 11 boys, will be ready for next years challenge of regaining our place at the top tournament. McGlashan has consistently maintained its national ranking from 23rd to 33rd place over the last 8 years. The challenge now is to lower this ranking further to compete consistently with the top New Zealand hockey schools.

We are looking forward to good results next year after we complete our hockey tour to Argentina and see some of our Under 15A players with Tanner Cup experience the move into the First XI. Thanks must go to our experienced and hard working management team of James Nation, Kishan Naran and Trish Morrison. They have done excellent work with the 1st XI and have added greatly to the positive environment that exists within McGlashan hockey.

- Stewart McDonald

Back Row Henry South Angus Cotton Taylor McRae Daniel Thom Marcus Beagley

Middle Row Billy Sheard Hugh Jenkins Eli Darling George Johnston Oliver Bachop

Front Row Matt Johnstone Harley Herbert Jakob Annison Sam Clulee Hayden Gillespie

Hockey First XI

Over the past few seasons, the First XI has aimed to consolidate its position in the top tier of New Zealand hockey. This has been achieved through a combination of excellent coaching, committed players, increased practice, implementation of an international tour and a belief that we can perform at the highest level. We have competed well against numerous top-level teams and have set a benchmark of what is an acceptable level of hockey for us to be playing at.

After a positive pre-season tournament in Timaru, the regular season saw us mostly playing against Otago Boys’, King’s High School and a selection of club teams. We recorded wins over Otago Boys’ and were able to draw with King’s. After round robin play, we made it to the final against Kings where we were fighting to regain our Dunedin schoolboy title. Unfortunately, we were unable to produce the result of previous years and ultimately lost 2-0 in a tough match.

The next week the First XI hockey side competed in the Rankin Cup/India Shield tournament in Hamilton. This tournament was contested by the top 32 teams in New Zealand out of approximately 130 schools that compete at tournament level.

Congratulations must go to a number of First XI boys who made representative teams. Jakob Annison, Hayden Gillespie and Angus Cotton were selected for the Southern Under 18 representative side. Daniel Thom also played for the Southern Under 18 development team. Billy Sheard, Billy Ellwood and Harley Herbert all played for the Otago Under 15A team.

Hockey Second XI

This season started with plenty of promise. We had half a squad of new recruits to replace the experienced Year 13’s of 2016. There were some early signs that, goals might be hard to find this season. We had a run of games against the bottom half teams from last year and it took time for the players to start working as a unit. A number of these games were closely fought, but lapses in concentration cost the team dearly. By not taking our chances in front of goal and making some simple defensive errors, we failed to pick

up enough points to be in the top 4. As it turned out, this wasn’t a prerequisite for getting to the final, as it was last year.

The team practised hard and there were always plenty of participants at Sunday training. The younger boys were enthusiastic and they were challenged by a range of new skills and drills. Jake South, Cameron Durant, Jack Hutton-Atkins and Tom Johnston made significant progress throughout the season. All of them made the starting line up most weeks. Tyler Wilden was again solid in goal and it was great to have Charles Keenan, to keep the pressure on him over the season. Toby McDonald had a superb season as the driving force in our midfield. He kept us in games with his continuous running and his ability to catch, then stop opposition attacks before they became dangerous.

Once Kyle Clark became fit enough to join the squad, he took over the captaincy and our game control improved significantly. His skill set gave us options in attack after the defensive frailties were sorted out. We scored wins over teams below us and put pressure on those teams above us in the competition. Steadily we moved up the competition ladder to finish 5th.

The next stage was a quarterfinal match against the 4th placed Logan Park High School. This was a close game which demonstrated the progress our boys had made over the season. Mr Clark’s influential pre-game talk encouraged all of them to give 100% they did, and our defence was solid, holding out a strong finish from Logan Park. The teams were separated by a brilliant goal. This was set-up with an exceptional pass by Kyle Clark, which gave Cameron Durant a clear run to the circle and he buried a crisp shot past their keeper. A 1–0 win, and still in with a chance to win the overall competiton

The semi-final match against Otago Boys’ came next. This was a tight game for 50 minutes and the lads were giving their all. Once Otago Boys’ scored our chances of pro-

HOCKEY 2ND XI

Back Row Tom Johnston Will Palmer Kyle Clark

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gressing in the competition hinged on the team’s response. To our credit, we hung in, but the pressure from the opposition teamwork began to take its toll. As some individuals tired, they were replaced. During the time it takes these new players to get up to game speed, Otago Boys’ pounced. A flourish of late goals broke our spirit and they ran out worthy 4 – 0 winners.

The final game was a playoff for 3rd place. This was against the well-coached John McGlashan Under 15’s, who had lost to Kavanagh College in the other semi-final. We set out to continue our unbeaten record against the Under 15’s, as well as to give them some hard competition so they were ready for the tournament. The second XI team was solid and grew in confidence over the first half. Tyler Wilden was called on to make a series of fine saves, as our defence gave the opposition too much room. Midway through the half and against the run of play, we managed to control the ball on attack and Cameron Durant gave us the lead. From this position, the team got stronger and better at moving the ball to unmarked players. The boys pushed on in the second half and the whole season was capped off with a brilliant team goal, started and scored by the always dependable A.J. Visagie.

The overall review of the 2017 season was a little disappointing, but to develop a good team always takes time. Those new players who have come into the squad, now have opportunities to go further in the sport. The chances for some of these boys to make the First XI next year have increased, as their Year 13s depart. Our thanks go to all the players and parents who have supported the Second XI this year. We would especially like to thank all the officials, who turn out each week and make the competition what it is.

The last duty is to name Jake South as the Most Improved Player, although Jack Hutton-Atkins performances are worthy of a mention too. Mr Clark and I couldn’t separate the efforts of Toby McDonald and Kyle Clark and so, they are both awarded The Player of the Year title.

- Bruce Genever (Coach)

This year the John McGlashan Year 9 hockey team was a strong side that competed very well as a part of division Four Secondary Schools Hockey Competition. We started the season strongly having big wins over Otago Boys’ teams, South Otago and Bayfield. During the mid-season, we were faced with interruptions and a couple of our senior players were called up to the Under 15 John McGlashan team meaning some weeks we lacked some skill and experience, but it did give the opportunity for many others to step up. However, the team battled through this phase and still managed to find some good results. As a reward for the hard work and dedication shown by the team throughout the season, we were lucky enough to earn our spot in the Division Four final against a tough Logan Park Second XI.

Throughout the season we had two tough losses to Logan Park, one being a big 6-0 loss. In the final we found ourselves 1-1 with five minutes to go and unfortunately, we just let it slip resulting in a 2-1 loss. Our team showed guts in this fight as we were up against kids twice our height and others that were much older and experienced.

We would like to very much thank our awesome coaches Jakob Annison and Hayden Gillespie as well as our manager Kathy Tucker.

We learned a lot this season and there is definitely some serious talent coming through the McGlashan ranks.

- Jakob Annison

Hockey continued

HOCKEY YEAR 10

Middle Row William Shallard Tom Crawford

Angus Kenny Robert Millar

Front Row Jackson McBreen Henry Power

Caleb Moody Hamish Lowery Ben Guilford

HOCKEY U15

Harry McKenzie

Middle Row Russell Cotton Angus McGregor

Lachie Crowle Caleb Le Cong Scott Perkins

Zack Matthews Angus Webster

Front Row Tom Procter Levi James Liam Casey

George Kerr Will Duffy

Absent Toby Dean Sam Doran (Coach)

Hockey JMC 10

The JMC 10 team started the competition well with a win in our first game in Division 3 against the Bayfield –KVC team. This was a real confidence booster and from the start to the end of the season we all had a great attitude and really encouraged each other to play the best we could. Although we were often the underdog we had some close and competitive games against many teams made up of older and more experienced players.

The highlights of the season were our wins against the Otago Boys’ Blue team and the Kings Junior team. Our last game in the competition against South Otago Second XI finished on a real high with a nerve-racking penalty shootout in the last minute of the game giving us a 2-1 victory.

The team was led exceptionally well by both Angus Kenny and Caleb Moody. While there were many standout performances special mention must be made of Will Shallard who took up the Goalie mantle having never played in that position before. He was fantastic! Robert Millar was recognised as the Most Valued Player and Fin Milne as Most Improved.

A huge thanks to our Coach Magic Mike aka Michael Sewell who gave his time, support, advice and enthusiasm. He not only helped us to really improve but also made the season great fun. Also thanks to Kate Milne who both managed and supported the team. - Fin Milne

HOCKEY YEAR 9

Josh Sanders Hugo Cochrane

Middle Row Jakob Annison Angus McGregor

Aaron Jones Sam Graamans Tom Colbourne

Zach Smith Hayden Gillespie

Front Row Ben Wilden Oscar Lobb Tom Procter

Harry Scott Ryan Johnston

Back Row Fin Milne Jack Murray Will Morshuis

Back Row Joshua Stevens William Cotton

Back Row Daniel Tucker Jack Miller Thomas Larrivee

Hockey Continued

Hockey Year 7&8

We started off well with our first practice as a team. I could tell this was going be a good season. Our first game went well with a win against DNI C 12-0; a good game, and our opponents played hard.

Next, we played the defending champs Tahuna A. We started the first half a bit shaky but in the second half we got our heads in the game and won 2-0.

The feeling when we beat them was indescribable. Beating the champs was great.

Next, we had the biggest game againist Balmac A. We went into the game with our heads high and played a great game-winning 5-0. That was one of the best of the season, so we were buzzing after that win, but then came our rivals, Columba Dove. We had a lot of fun playing them,.We came out on top with a 9-0 victory. Now we only had one thing on our minds and that was getting to the final. One of our best games was against South Otago where we won 16-0. Jack Cotton scored 9 goals - that was one to remember for Jack.

Our last game before the semi finals was against Tahuna A. It was a well-fought game but John McGlashan came out on top with a 7-1 victory.

With winning all our games some close and some easy, it came down to the semi-final against Outram. A tough game battling the weather. Outram put up a good fight, but once again John McGlashan came out on top with an 8-1 win.

It all came down to the final. With Dunedin weather being what it is we were playing in rain, hail or snow. No matter what.

It rained, and it rained hard. We began with the walk out and handshakes at the start of the game, then the whistle went, and we were off. Baxter Meder scored a tomahawk from a field goal in the 18th minute of the first half, and the lads were pumped. The halftime whistle blew, and the boys huddled together for a chat. The half time words from coach Carl Thom were. “Go out there and represent John McGlashan well”. The final whistle blew, and the lads had done it, we were crowned the Year 7&8 Intermediate Schools Champs. The lads did well with the score in the second half 0-0, leaving the final score 1 – 0 to JMC. The warm down was great with all the boys still fizzing.

Our team would like to give a huge thank you to Carl Thom and Rick Meder for being our great coaches, we really appreciated all their time and effort.

- Nick Casey and Baxter Meder

Hockey U15A

Thanks to the team for a great season - this has without doubt been the best group I have coached. The commitment and improvement shown over the season were awesome to watch. A huge thank you to the legendary parents dropping kids off for those 6.30am trainings. Russ, myself and Sam are all very grateful for this, so thanks a billion for everything you did over the season.

We have had some highs and lows along the way, but with the array of personalities on display, it has made for a very entertaining, eventful, fun loving season. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

We had a solid school campaign with a fourth place finish in the local competition. The Tanner Cup competition was unreal and the team really stepped up to play the best hockey of the season. Getting tenth place at Tanner Cup was not quite what we were after, but we can be proud of that result as the team played some amazing hockey.

Most importantly it’s about the lessons learned and the friendships made throughout the season. I look forward to being involved with the team again next year as we aim for a top tournament placing. All the best to those players who will be moving on to the First XI.

- Angus Webster Coach Under 15A

HOCKEY YEAR 7&8 A

Back Row Baxter Meder Thomas Mason

Angus McMillan

Joshua Thom

Middle Row Karl Thom Daniel Thom Harrison Meltzer

Mitchell Lobb Nicholas Friedlander

Fynn Allison Rick Meder

Front Row Matthew Taylor Nick Casey Thomas Meder

Jack Cotton Theo Hannagan

HOCKEY YEAR 7&8 B

Back Row Baxter Meder Thomas Mason

Oliver Matthews Angus McMillan

Joshua Thom

Middle Row Karl Thom Daniel Thom Harrison Meltzer

Mitchell Lobb Nicholas Friedlander

Fynn Allison Rick Meder

Front Row Xavier Edmond Sebastian Kyle

Thomas Meder Jack Cotton Theo Hannagan

Absent Mattew Taylor Nick Casey

In the Waihi exchange, the hockey boys were expecting a tough fight, and that is exactly what they got. It was a great game all round with Seb Kyle scoring a good goal on the post. As a team, we operated very well with both teams having lots of chances. However, on the day we couldn't execute these chances and we went down 4-1. I would like to thank the Waihi boys for coming down and all the supporters, umpires and coaches. Finally, for the boys who will be here next year - good luck!

Back Row Samuel Hore Hunter Cockerill

Charlie Bolton Nicholas Tucker

Gregory Jones

Middle Row Marcus Beagley Phoenix Abbott Enzo Hood

Xavier Edmond Sebastian Kyle

Nathan McKnight Sam Clulee

Front Row Angus Cuthill Xavier Radel Sam Sinclair

Joshua Penno Kaleb Durant

HOCKEY WAHI & BALMAC

Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey A

This year, although we lost a couple experienced players, we gained a couple young new players Jack and Andrew, joining the rest of our team, Aidan, Oliver, Billy, myself and 3 other boys from outside of school. I think having such a young team this past year has been a great learning experience, we had some close losses and wins and we look to forward to the next season. This year we chose a younger captain, Oliver, due to his excellence in the sport and his dedication on and off the ice. We hope this may build a winning team environment as he and the team grow. As one of the oldest members of the team, I enjoyed helping out in defence and nurturing the younger players. The management and I are looking forward to seeing how this team progresses over the next few years and we look forward to another hard season in 2018

-Padraig MacKenzie

This season for the Gravediggers was a mighty improvement from last year. We went from no wins and few goals to 5 wins and making it to the semi-finals of our competition, finishing 4th overall. New additions to the team Archie Calder and Hemi Keenan as well as our core players, all showed splendid improvement. Some of our boys had standout seasons such as Will Turner top goal scorer and Tom Johnston with top assists. This duo was an unstoppable force. Jez Nicholson Kelly and Bailey Dowling were a dynamic duo back on defence. Overall the entire Gravediggers team came together and improved which showed in our result.

- Tom Johnston and Will Turner

ICE HOCKEY A

Padraig MacKenzie Ollie Gilmour Andrew Cochrane Billy Sheard

ICE HOCKEY GRAVEDIGGERS

Back Row Will Turner Tom Johnston

Jez Nicholson-Kelly Zack Stalker

Front Row Nicholas Chamberlain Bailey Dowling Jack Newlands Morgan Sim Jack Hutton-Atkins

Karate

For karate we started off the year by going to the Auckland National Training camp to train with the national competitors and coaches for two days. We also got to train with a coach from the UK. This is where we learned a new way to train called Fit2Fite. Basically, it is Zumba but with karate focused movements and a lot of body weight strength work. Fit2Fite was fun because it was set to music instead of just line training. The first tournament we competed at this year was the New Zealand open in Christchurch. After the tournament we had another two days of training with the national coaches and competitors.

After the New Zealand Open my brother Keegan and I were lucky enough to be selected to go to the World Karate Federation Youth Cup in Croatia in late June. That trip was truly a once in a lifetime experience because we had 3 days to train with the world champions and most of our competitors from different countries then, of course, a 3-day competition. Croatia was an amazing experience and we were grateful to be able to attend. Thank you again to those who supported our fundraising efforts.

After Croatia, we had the New Zealand Nationals and Secondary Schools Nationals a couple of weeks later in Wellington followed by another 2-day training camp with the national competitors and coaches. Soon we are going to finish off the year by going to the South Island Secondary Schools Championships in early October and the Otago/Southland Championships labour weekend. This year we did not compete in as many tournaments as we usually do in New Zealand because we were focusing on the Cro-

atia trip and getting lots of training in. The highlight of the year for both of us was definitely Croatia, and it was an amazing experience to compete alongside my brother who had never been overseas representing New Zealand before. This year’s focus on training means next year we hope to attend more tournaments and achieve even better results. We have also been teaching a primary school age class in the gym on Sundays and would love to see some of those kids coming along to regional competition with us. We have coached some of our club kids regionally and been pleased with their success as well. Next year we hope to see more John McGlashan kids get into karate.

- Reily Hall

Miniball

There was a feeling of optimism at the beginning of the miniball season in Term 2, with rookie head coaches Jordan Thorn and Harrison Jolly being appointed to run the 8A miniball team. Other coaches this year were Adrian Cheyne - a veteran coach of basketball at John McGlashan College this year running the 7As, and Ben Timmings and Nathan Scott also new to the sport, taking control of the 8B team.

The season started off with many positives as the 8As won their first two games showing strong teamwork and excellent leadership from their coaches. Many highlights followed this early success for all teams including the dominating midweek win against Waihi. Unfortunately, Balmacewen were a force to be reckoned with and beat both the 7A and 8A teams. However all players gave their heart and soul on the court, and the same can be said for the coaches involved with the sport this year. We may have been outplayed in the overall competition but we were never out coached, and this shows the dedication and commitment to John McGlashan sport that our community has.

Miniball at McGlashan is an opportunity for young

men to participate in a strong team sport which helps build commitment, time management and team spirit. It is always great to see future basketball stars starting their career early and demonstrating their skills on the court. Many students continue their sporting endeavours into basketball at Year 9, and expert referee analyst Alex Byars offers this golden advice to young players: “keep practising the fundamentals of basketball and you will go far”.

As 2017 comes to an end we would like to thank all the coaches and parents for their support for miniball. Without them, things just would not run. We are sad to say that Miss Rapson, who has been the manager of miniball at John McGlashan College for the past three years has decided to step down from her role to focus on other sporting areas at the school.

We would like to say a special thank you to Miss Rapson for her organisation and time spent helping to make the sport a success. A new manager will be appointed to miniball for 2018, and we look forward to a fresh and energetic season with more successes to come.

- Rebeeca Rapson

Riley Hall Keegan Hall

KARATE

Miniball

MINIBALL YEAR 7 A

Miniball year 8

The Year 8A Team of 2017 was comprised largely of inexperienced players. Pulling in a varied contingent of boys with high hopes for the season ahead, we were in a phase many in the basketball world like to refer to as the ‘Philadelphia 76ers organization.’ A promising team with a single-glazed glass ceiling to break.

The start of the season proved a little shaky with a couple of tight losses. But the standard was soon lifted and the wins came regularly. While these were very good we had our sights set on bigger things. The likes of the formidable powerhouses Tahuna and Balmacewen were our prime targets. The whole team showed much commitment and tenacity throughout these fixtures and while the victories weren’t always there every game proved satisfying.

High points came in moments of strife where we dug deep and came out on top. Games against Fairfield and Taieri College were perfect examples. In the spirit of the aforementioned 76ers, we were constantly hampered by injury and unavailability throughout the season. Even so, we still managed to have plenty of fun along the way.

We would like to thank our dedicated coaches who were constant inspirations to us. Head Coach Harrison Jolly and General Manager Jordan Thorn.

- Solomon Harcombe

MINIBALL YEAR 8A

MINIBALL YEAR 8B

Back Row Caleb Forde William Hubbard Jack Howley Front Row Jacob Hall Harry Summers Malachi Sem-Cheyne

Back Row Oscar Grey Middle Row Harrison Jolly James Stephen Marshall Macready Solomon Harcombe

Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu Jordan Thorn

Front Row Oliver Sinclair Phoenix Abbott Mitchell Thorn

Middle Row Connor Aldrich Xavier Edmond

Mitchell Lobb Enzo Hood

Front Row Charlie Bolton Harrison Marshall

Zachary Duff Nate Wisnesky

Multisport

John McGlashan College students compete in the Dunedin Primary and Intermediate Triathlon Championships.

John McGlashan had five individual and three team entries compete in the Dunedin Primary and Intermediate Triathlon event on Wednesday, March 16. Our Year 7 boys did especially well with the first four boys across the finish line all from John McGlashan College! This meant that John McGlashan achieved the top three placings in the individual event and also won the Year 7 team event (see below for full McGlashan results).

Year 7 Boys

Harry Summers - 1st

Akira Itadani - 2nd

Nick Casey - 3rd

TRIATHLON SENIORS OSSSA

Year 7 Boys (Team)

JMC Jaguars - 1st (Baxter Meder, run; Harry Morshuis, bike; Xavier Bachop, swim)

JMC Warriors - 5th (Mason Gain, run; Caleb Farrow, bike; Liam Ruru, swim)

Year 8 Boys

Peter McNab - 8th

Ollie Sinclair - 10th

Year 8 Boys (team)

JMC Rockets - 4th (Xavier Edmond, run; Angus McMillan, bike; Sam Sinclair, swim)

TRIATHLON INTERMEDIATE DUNEDIN

TRIATHLON JUNIORS OTAGO

Grayson Westgate Oliver Walker Nathan Harrison Thomas McCracken

Back Row Peter MacNab Liam Casey Harry Morshuis

Xavier Edmond Sam Sinclair

Angus McMillan

Front Row Caleb Farrow Akira Itadani Nick Casey

Harrison Meltzer Harry Summers

TRIATHLON OTAGO Yr 7&8

Back Row Harry Summers Harry Morshuis Front Row Baxter Meder Akira Itadani Nick Casey

Courtland Ellis Tiny Carruthers Ben Carr

A small contingent of students contested the Dunedin Summer Orienteering Series for schools. Notable finishes included Elias Weinberger (3rd in senior boys), Tom McCracken (4th in senior boys) and Ethan Leitch (2nd in intermediate boys). Overall McGlashan came 3rd in the senior boys and 4th in the intermediate boys. The only entrant in the Otago Schools competition was Elias Weinberger who came a creditable first place in the senior boys’ standard event.

- Andrew Leitch

Orienteering Road Racing

The John McGlashan College Under-15 boys dominated the 2017 Secondary School Road Racing season.

The Secondary School Road Racing series started with the Logan Park road races. This race is an individual event run over 2.5km for junior boys (Under-15) and 5k for our senior boys. Our Under-15 boys showed their depth with four boys finishing in the top six places.

Josh Hou – First

Nathan Harrison – Fourth Dom Morrison – Fifth Grayson Westgate – Sixth

ORIENTEERING

With these results, things looked promising for our four-man Under-15 relay team at the upcoming Kings and Milton Relay Events. The boys did not disappoint!

At the Caversham Harriers Relays, each of the four-man team completes a 2km leg. Our junior boys (Under-15) team of Nathan Harrison, Dom Morrison, Grayson Westgate and Josh Hou once again showed their class by finishing 53 seconds ahead of the second-placed Kings team. Our depth of talent was apparent with our Junior B team of Max Kirkwood, Will Turner, Ben Lund and Harry McKenzie also running strongly to finish in fourth position. Josh Hou ran the fastest time (5 minutes 43 seconds) and Nathan Harrison the second fastest time (5 minutes 48 seconds) of the day in the Under-15 age group. In the senior race, our team of Dom Brosnan, Paddy Wennekes, Nicholson-Kelly and Ben Carr was pushed back into sixth place by three strong Otago Boys and two strong Kings teams.

At the Milton Relays our Junior A team of Nathan Harrison, Com Morrison, Will Turner and Josh Hou once again took the title finishing an impressive 1 minute and 12 seconds ahead of their closest rival, Kings Junior A. Our Junior B team of Max Kirkwood, Will Morshuis, Grayson Westgate and Harry McKenzie finished in fifth position. Josh Hou ran the second fastest Under-15 time of the day. Our Senior team of Dom Brosnan, Ruaidhri Brosnan, Jez Nicholson-Kelly and Cade McRae finished seventh.

Thomas McCracken Nathan Harrison Elias Weinberger

ROAD RACING TEAM

Back Row Ben Lund Ruaidhri Brosnan Will Turner Will Morshuis Front Row Cade McRae Josh Hou Grayson Westgate

JMC ROWING MAADI SQUAD

The 2016–17 John McGlashan rowing campaign was the most successful ever, with athletes, coaches and parents working very hard to make some big improvements on the great progress that had been made over the last few years. The school rowing program has matured to a point where it can take on much larger outfits such as Hamilton Boys’ and Christ’s College with some confidence, due to the increasingly professional approach being taken by athletes and support staff alike.

A solid base was formed during the spring and early summer with a punishing training program in place. This meant that the rowers hit the main regatta season almost at full speed.

Over the Christmas break, most boys committed to extra, individual training at gyms and other rowing clubs, and even in the rural back blocks of Otago, and came back in late January pushing for places at the Maadi Cup. This commitment meant that all rowers within the McGlashan rowing squad were selected to attend national level regattas. Age group squads were chosen to attend the Maadi

Cup week on Lake Karapiro, and a determined group of athletes also attended the National Club Championships in Twizel, competing against the top club rowers from around the country.

The results from the late season regattas are outstanding. John McGlashan was the overall winner of the Dunedin Head of the Harbour regatta. This really was a special day, with all rowers giving absolutely everything to ensure the school finished with the most points. The regatta was only decided on the very last race – the Senior Boys 8. There are no records of John McGlashan ever winning this event, which has been dominated by Otago Boys’ for decades. However, the number 1 John McGlashan crew, stroked by Lachie Bain and ably coxed by Michael Beattie, took a commanding lead from the start and won convincingly over the 1000m course. The determination of this squad was epitomised by the John McGlashan number 2 crew, stroked by Jack McLaughlan and coxed by Cameron Leydon, which was not content to just make up the numbers, and also raced outstandingly well, to finish in second place,

Back Row Lochie Bain Bailey Dowling Will Edwards Angus Kenny Thomas Benny Middle Row Jack McLaughlan Jez Nicholson-Kelly Max Gomez Alex Byars Nicholas Chamberlain Mitchell Parks Front Row Will Turner Cameron Leydon Ben Macdonald Josh Smith Michael Beattie Absent Bradley Leydon

Back Row Josh Smith Bailey Dowling Thomas Benny Alex Byars

Middle Row Michael Beattie Patrick Larrivee Ben Timmings Max Gomez Robert Sangster Joshua Jukes Sam Engelbrecht Oscar Cochrane Front Row Cameron Leydon Winston Brinsley Nick Casey Will Turner Will Edwards Will Burdon Absent Bradley Leydon

just ahead of the top Otago Boys’ crew.

4 gold medals at the South Island Club Champs: Josh Smith, T. Benny, Max Gomez and Ben Macdon ald in the Under17 quad.

Will Turner, Will Edwards, Bayley Dowling and Angus Kenny in the Under15 quad.

Jack McLaughlan and Alex Byars in the Under16 double.

Will Turner and Will Edwards in the Under15 double.

• Bradley Leydon also placed second in the Under19 single, and the Under16 quad of McLaughlan, Byars, Jez Nicholson-Kelly and Nic Chamberlain placed third.

5 gold medals at the South Island Secondary School Champs:

Turner and Edwards in the Under15 Double.

Turner, Edwards, Dowling and Kenny in the Under15 Quad.

McLaughlan and Byars in the Under16 Double, McLaughlan in the Under16 Single.

Bradley Leydon in the Under18 Single.

The squad also picked up 2 silver medals at South Island Secondary Schools. The first was a gutsy effort in the Under17 Eight (comprising Bayley and Kenny, Ben Timmings, Will Burdon, Winston Brinsley, Sam Englebrecht, Oscar Cochrane and Ben Teviotdale). The second was Bradley Leydon and Lochie Bain in the Under18 Double.

Jack McLaughlan Angus Kenny Ben Teviotdale Lochie Bain

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A bronze medal at the National Club Championships (Bradley Leydon)

5 medals at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Regatta (the Maadi Cup):

• Gold in the Under18 Single (Bradley Leydon).

• Silver in the Under15 Double (Turner and Edwards),

• Silver in the Under16 Single (McLaughlan), with an amazing comeback from last at the 500m mark!

• Bronze in the Under18 Double (Leydon, Bain).

• Bronze in the Quad (Turner, Edwards, Dowling, Kenny, Cox: C. Leydon).

Special mention must go to the 3 coxswains: Michael Beattie, Cameron Leydon and Cory Beaumont, who worked incredibly hard, often with little reward, and in cramped, uncomfortable conditions, to inspire these winning crews – who would volunteer to be a coxswain! Other athletes not mentioned above, but who also made important contributions to the squad were powerhouse sculler Robert Sangster, and two novices with big futures - Patrick Larrivee and Josh Dukes.

The squad was managed by some very committed coaches, ex-McGlashan rowers Mitchell Parks and Pete Benny, along with Mike Goldsmith, Bryce Abernethy and Andrew Potter. The squad was managed superbly by Tony Gomez, with special mention to parents Lisa Edwards and Jo McLaughlan for early morning deliveries of boys to training, and Maadi Cup Camp Mum Jo Dowling.

The final mention must go to Bradley Leydon, who finished off a highly successful campaign by winning the Under18 Single at Maadi and then going on to be se-

lected for the New Zealand Junior Squad to compete in Lithuania in August. Bradley spent 3 months in Cambridge over the winter, training alongside New Zealand rowers. This is a truly exceptional performance from a talented rower with a professional approach to this great sport.

- Michael Goldsmith

Rugby

FIRST XV RUGBY TEAM

FIRST XV RUGBY

This year the John McGlashan First XV began the season in the spotlight as competition favourites after being back to back winners in 2015-2016.

Preseason came along and we managed to find a preseason game at home against an Australian school team from Toowoomba called Downlands College. Other than Jimmy Sinclair’s ankle injury from basketball two days prior to the game it was a great start for us, and we managed to down them comfortably.

Following that, we went on a great footy tour to Queensland Australia. Over there our first game was against Central Queensland Under19 where we beat them 78 -0. The following day we were hosted by Rockhampton Grammar and we managed to bet them on their own stomping ground as well. At this point, the boys were all loving the tour and the hot weather that came with it. Later on in the tour we headed down to Toowoomba where we competed in a tournament and managed to make the final against Downlands. We left that tournament with our name en-

graved on their trophy after a very close and thrilling final score 22 - 17.

Back home now came the start of our actual season. We played againist Dunstan, winning that game and the many games that followed it. It was round six of the first round where the top two unbeaten teams of the competition matched up. We were away from home, and you could feel the nerves in the room of all the boys. It was going to be a close game! We were down 19-8 at halftime, before we came back and were leading the game 22-19 with five mins to go, before giving up two marginal penalties that cost us the game and losing 25-22.

We were back to our winning streak again when it came to the top of the table clash again against King’s High, supposedly a home game but our field wasn’t up to standards so it ended up being moved down to the beach. Already it was going against us. We started the game with a hiss and a roar and managed to put the big man Henry Bell under the sticks 7-0, five mins into the game. Usually the referees are good, but that day it felt like he had it in for us because we were getting penalised for anything and everything - even

4th Row Charlie Dougherty Toby Jarvie Josh Stackhouse Patrick Larrivee Lochie Bain Jacob Cotton Andrew McKenzie

3rd Row Sandy Guy Lucas Reid Nico Bowering Sam Engelbrecht Jak Jessop George Bell Oliver Geddes

2nd Row Mike Idour Mark Scully Tom Dempster Jared Burns George Johnston Charlie Davies John Kyle Thagana Riunga Front Row Ness Scully Jackson Dempster Charlie Baker Jimmy Sinclair Reon Lowery Henry Bell Hunter Cleland Angus Simmers

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for things that they were doing. In the end, the referee is never the one to blame and we lost that game 22-17. Also in this game our centre (13), Jimmy Sinclair, cracked his 50 games for the First XV.

Finals soon rolled around and we had South Otago in the semi-final. We displayed a rusty start to the game and were down at half time 6-5, but then in the second half we played some of the best rugby we have played as a team and we came back to win 46-18. In this game we had another player crack his 50 games for the First XV and this was our Prop (3) and captain Reon Lowery.

The Final! This is what every rugby player and team dreams of playing. King’s had won both of the last two matchups and had the home advantage, but it was the same story as the whole season: their field wasn’t up to scratch. So the venue was changed to the same ground as the last time we played them with the same referee so it was an opportunity to turn the tables.

As in every final, it was a close game. Half time saw a 5 - 7 scoreline to King’s. 10 mins into the second half we got a kickable penalty, Hunter knocked it over, making the score 8-7 to McGlashan. The game goes on. There were two very marginal calls against us where we had two definite tries denied. King’s are awarded a penalty with 15 mins to go, giving the lead 10-8 to King’s. We battled away and eventually got a penalty come our way with two minutes to go. It was kickable but a tough kick, which Hunter missed, mantaining the score 10-8 to Kings. We lost the ball, which King’s hold onto it for the last minute before kicking it out - full-time score 10-8.

We couldn’t get the threepeat, but all in all, we had a great season with a great bunch of staff and supporters, and also with a great bunch of lads.

- Reon Lowery

SECOND XV RUGBY

This year was a hugely successful one for the Second XV. There were some newcomers to the Under 18 grade in the form of the Waitaki Boys’ High School seconds and a West Otago Under-18 team. This made for a very competitive grade and some tight games. The team finished up second overall (after gaining the wooden spoon last year) with close losses to Otago Boys’ Thirds in the first game of the season and Waitaki Boys’ late in the season, making the difference in the end. With a large pool of talented boys to choose from it was hard picking a team every week but this meant competition for places was high.

Player of the season was awarded to Jez Nicholson Kelly, who made a successful move from the forwards to the backs. Try of the season went to Campbell Adams who found himself on the end of a Mr Veitch special move. Max Gomez was named Most Valuable Player and Hamish Robinson as ‘Future First XV Star’. A big thank you has to

RUGBY SECOND XV

Hamish Brown Angus McKenzie

Middle Row Drew Campbell Harry Smith Max Gomez

Toby Hope Harry Russell Campbell Adam

Jo Mullenger John Veitch

Front Row Jez Nicholson-Kelly Hamish Robinson

Morgan Sim Tom Shallard Mitchell Parks

Jack McLaughlan Fynn Duncan

go to Mr John Veitch and Mr Drew Campbell who gave up much time to coach and travel away with the team, and Rob Watson who helped with travel and coached our forwards. Bring on 2018!

- Jo Mullenger

THIRD XV RUGBY

Me oh my I have enjoyed that yes boy. Well, that season had everything, from a prop scoring 12 points, a ginger becoming an outstanding captain, to the fastest yellow card I’ve ever seen … two seconds. It was a great season for the boys with five wins from 12 games, including an absolute magic tussle with Otago Boys national tournament team. The season was fun for the lads with many highlights but one game stood out, beating Otago Boys’ national tournament team by one point.

The lads fronted up every game and didn’t stand down against anyone despite playing teams full of balding men who forgot to shave. In all seriousness, it was a great year for the 3rds and I expect to see you all back next year.

- Harry Tourelle

Back Row Winston Brinsley Tom Warman

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RUGBY THIRD XV

Back Row Jordan Thorn Jez Nicholson-Kelly

Quinn Ravenga-Taouma

Nicholas Chamberlain Jack McLaughlan

Will Edwards Trevor Au

Middle Row Harry Tourelle Hugh Jenkins

Hamish Robinson Fergus Hope

Harry Russell Sam Clulee Max Gomez

Front Row Fynn Duncan Josef Van Plateringen

Michael Beattie Angus Frew Mitchell Parks

Andrew McKenzie Sam Tait

Seated Ruaidhri Brosnan Andrew McKenzie

Caleb Moody Lucas Dickison

George Lowery Tom Johnston

Campbell Adam

Tournament Under16

This year Christ’s College and St Andrew’s College hosted a four team invitational tournament aimed at player development.

Three games of rugby in three days is a big ask at the end of the long season so there were some pretty tired and sore bodies this week.

The team travelled to Christchurch on Sunday and were billeted with boys from Christ’s College for the next three nights. These families were fantastic, and one dad even came to the last game as he really wanted to see his billets play.

First up was Christ’s College on the Monday afternoon. It was a warm 17 degrees which made it tough going in the second half. A hat-trick for Nico and intercept for Jack McLaughlan were not quite enough and after a nail-biting last five minutes, the score was 22-20 to Christ’s College.

Next was St Andrew’s and the weather could not have been more different. The cold and wind made it hard to keep up momentum. After a tough first half, and losing Archie Calder to a dislocated shoulder, it was another close one with the boys going down 21-20.

The final game was against a strong Nelson Boys’ side who had been playing together all season. By this stage,

our bench was down to three and almost everyone was carrying a niggly injury or feeling unwell so they did well to stick with Nelson Boys in the first half. Tries to Leroy and Nico keep us in the game in the first half but unfortunately, the final score came in at 39-12 to Nelson.

The close scores highlight what a great development opportunity it was and the boys did well considering they had only had one game and three trainings together before the tournament. Nico Bowering was our MVP and Fynn Duncan our Most Improved Player. Captain’s pick for Player of the Tournament was Charles Keenan. A big thank you to Mr Staples and Thagana for coaching, and to all the parents who travelled so far to support us.

Under-16 team:

Leroy Ferguson (C), Charles Keenan, Hamish Robinson, Michael Beattie, Archie Calder, Nic Chamberlain, J.B. Lowery, Oscar Cochrane, Hamish Brown, Nico Bowering, Jack McLaughlan, Tom Dempster, Tom Warman, Josh Stackhouse, Fynn Duncan, Jacob Yee, Angus McKenzie, Jez Nicholson-Kelly, Fergus Hope, Henry Smillie, Morgan Sim.

RUGBY COLTS

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Sam Knight Henry Smillie Michael Beattie

Middle Row Oscar Cochrane Tom Copland

Jack Colbourne Fergus Hope Joshua Jukes

Jacob Johnson Robert Millar

Front Row Bailey Dowling Henry Power Jack Newlands

Dominic Morrison Caine Taylor

Andrew McKenzie Archie Calder

Row Caleb Moody Liam Ferguson Callum White

Rugby continued

Under-15 Rural Livestock Rugby Tournament

Twenty four teams converge on Greymouth to find the South Island Under15 Champs

It was a good first day on the Coast, with two wins from two games. Game one Lincoln

Lincoln was in the finals last year and proved to be tough competition. To be fair, we were the better team it was just that our unforced error rate kept the score too close for comfort. Notably, Mt Aspiring only just beat Lincoln later in the day. Bailey Dowling was in rampaging form and made huge metres up the paddock leaving, opposition players distraught on the ground behind him.

Tries: Dowling (1) McKenzie (1)Conversions: McKenzie (1)Player of the Game: Dowling

The second game was against Ashburton College

Twenty minutes each way is a long time at the end of the day! We played well from 1–22 and come away with a good win. This left one game left in the pool against Darfield, who had yet to record a win. Sam Knight had a blinder both on defence and attack. It was the sort of no-nonsense attitude we have seen at times during the season.

Tries: Dowling (2) Taylor (1) Conversions: McKenzie (2)Player of the Game: Knight

The weather was brilliant and the hospitality and food at the Recreation Hotel were awesome. The boys were well fed, that’s for sure. There is a pool across the road from the Hotel that unfortunately was closed for three months, so we braved the Greymouth beach which is not exactly picture perfect but did the trick that tonight.

Day three: the Championships

An amazing day of adrenalin, excitement, and reward. The boys kept getting stronger and stronger every game, especially on defence which in the end won us the final. Unreal effort, boys, after 6 tough games over the last 3 days.

The Semi Final was against South Otago

Started well and stayed solid throughout, with South Otago scoring from random opportunities. Good to have this win over our southern rivals who have won this tournament a few times over the years.

Tries: Bell (1) McKenzie (2) Ferguson (1) Conversions: McKenzie (4)

The Final was played against Gore High

We started intensely and rocked the Gorons by being in front by 10 to nil after only 10 minutes, with our first try to George Bell (The Terminator) from driving play and well supported in the tight by Liam Ferguson and Jack Murray. Zach Smith scored a short time later out wide after a massive John McGlashan attack within Gores 22. Gore scored right at half time to bring the score to 10-5 at the break. Their forwards put relentless pressure on us in the second half but the boys defended well. Sam Knight slammed his

opposite in the back line time after time and Henry Power lowered some of the biggest boys on the paddock with awesome tackling around the boot laces. We stole a number of their lineouts through Caine Taylor’s prodigious timing and lifters Tom Copland and Sheep. Jack Colborne won all his lineout ball to provide our backs with the best clean pill for attacking.

RUGBY UNDER 15 RURAL LIVESTOCK TOURNAMENT

Caleb Moody Robert Millar

Middle Row Jack Hutton-Atkins Tom Colbourne

Jack Colbourne Dominic Morrison

Joshua Jukes Drew Campbell

Front Row Bailey Dowling Jack Murray Henry Power

George Bell Caine Taylor Hamish Lowery

Andrew McKenzie

Front Row Elias O’Kane Kaleb Hill Zach Smith

Tom Colbourne LaQuan Sem-Cheyne

With the score now 10 all - Tom Colborne attempted to steal Gore ball at a breakdown (as he did all day) and they were pinged for not releasing. Andrew McKenzie stepped up and slotted the perfect penalty goal. Elias O’Kane made some great breaks with his silky stepping. Caleb Moody was hungry and went looking for work all day.

Dominic Morrison maintained the rear guard with a couple of break ups over the advantage line. The last five minutes were nail biting! It felt like the referee wanted Gore to win and he awarded them a penalty 45 yards out. The score was 13-10 to us and if the kick went over, and at the end of play it was a draw, Gore would win as they got more points in pool play. Thank goodness it was too far for their goal kicker but a short time later, one minute to go, we were penalised again, this time only 25 yards out.

Our hearts in our mouths, the kick was launched and the ball swung towards the left hand upright only to hit it and bounce into the field of play where it was brilliantly caught by Josh Jukes who set up the ruck for McGlashan to clear the ball. 30 seconds to go and somehow the Gorons got the

Back Row Liam Ferguson Tom Crawford Sam Knight

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ball and drove towards our line, time and time again only to hit our wall.

Suddenly they changed tact and pushed the ball wide, which was intercepted by Zac Smith and off he went towards the other end of the paddock – he was run down and the ball went out – whistle blew - GAME OVER! Our reserves Robert Millar, Tom Crawford, Hamish Lowery, Kaleb Hill, Riley Meason and LaQuan Sem-Cheyne played a huge supporting role in this win along with Bailey Dowling who could not play this game due to a broken wing.

Tries: Bell (1) Smith (1)Penalty: McKenzie (1) Our MVP for the Tournament was Bailey Dowling.

A tournament team was announced after the game and we were very proud to hear threes names from JMC:· George Bell, Bailey Dowling, Andrew McKenzie

Thanks to the many parents supporters here and once again thanks to our sponsors: Ferguson Trucking, Southern Vegetation control, Central Seeds and Chemical Ltd, Southen Baling Ltd, and and Biostart.

- Jeffery Morrison

RUGBY UNDER 15

Back Row Tom Johnston Jack Hutton-Atkins

Angus Kenny Robert Millar Ned Hancox

Middle Row Murry Shallard Tu Bull Mitchell Joint

Cam Forde Joshua Jukes Tom Crawford

Harley Herbert Tom Woodhouse

Front Row Dominic Morrison Max Walker

Hamish Lowery Adam Woodhouse

Jack Murray Will Duffy Jacob Yee

Absent Thomas Greenaway William Shallard

Harry McKenzie

Rugby Under 14A

Our rugby season started mid-February, with early morning pre-season training. Mr Carruthers and JT (Jason Taylor) initiated a strength and conditioning programme that involved several thousand press-ups. If you had just moved into the hostel as a Year nine student, these press ups were on top of the several thousand already meted out by the seniors to keep us in line.

With preseason done and dusted, we were ready for the season proper. We had a structure similar to many premier teams, with two pods of forwards in centre field. This structure and variations took some time to learn.

Our first game of the season was against Otago Boys. Played on a Thursday after school, we only had a few minutes to warm up and prepare before kick off. This didn’t help us and the reality of the size difference between teams was clearly evident. We did regroup and had a better second half. This game also signalled the loss of our big man, Bailey Gillian from East Otago. The rest of the season saw gradual improvement. We improved our skills and understanding of how to play the game. Our best performance was probably against Dunstan A where we put a complete performance together. All members of the team were involved with good continuity, off loads and vision shown.

In Term 3 our big match was against Otago Boys’ again. We had high hopes as we had been playing well with good success. We started well, retaining the ball and moving it wide. We scored first and had them under pressure. Unfortunately, their size and strength took a toll and our defence let us down. Otago Boys’ won comfortably and it was back to the drawing board.

We didn’t play King’s Under 14 A which was just as well as they were a massive side. We suffered a loss to Dunstan in Alexandra which was disappointing after waiting two hours on our bus. Other than that we won most of our games. All the boys improved and played some good rugby. It was very noticeable that at Under 14 level there is a huge range of size amongst the boys and this was a significant factor in results and enjoyment of the game.

Boys to stand out were Tom Colbourne, Thomas Larrivee, Riley Meason and Aaron Jones in the forwards. In the backs, Kaleb Hill and Captain Elias O’Kane also played well.

- Tiny Carruthers

Rugby

RUGBY UNDER 14A

Back Row Hugo Cochrane William Smillie

Josh Whaanga Thomas Sullivan Jack Miller

Middle Row Tiny Carruthers Thomas Larrivee

Tom Colbourne Aaron Jones

Ashley Stevenson Max Smith

Front Row LaQuan Sem-Cheyne Eamon Flannery

Kaleb Hill Elias O’Kane Josh Sanders

Manawa Dewes Ryan Johnston

Absent Riley Meason Clayton Cochrane

RUGBY UNDER 14B

Back Row Fynn Allison Rex McLean Lucas Stalker

Middle Row Leo Park Hayden Elliot Jack Basham

Tom Procter Jed Thompson-Fawcett

Fin Milne

Front Row Matthew Ford Levi James Cameron Leydon

Oscar Sycamore Jack Robertson

Ethan Farrow Archie Thomson

Hugh Jenkins Ben McBreen

Sailing

It was a successful year for the McGlashan sailing team with many keen boys having a go and great success at the annual South Island Sunburst Secondary Schools’ Championships. We had three teams entered into the South Island event. The boys had a few weeks to prepare for the event, and that came in handy as the McGlashan boats were at the head of the fleet throughout the regatta.

The team of Ollie Gilmour and Ollie Page had a great regatta dominating throughout winning the Spinnaker division, and taking out the overall title. Henry and Jake South also had a successful regatta winning the non-spinnaker division comfortably and coming in at fourth overall. The rookie combo of Freddy Wright and Daniel Tucker did very well to finish in a very respectable position. The boys fell short in the teams category coming in second by only a couple points.

It was disappointing for the team as they no doubt would have taken it out if the South boys sailed a spinnaker. It was a great experience and a fun time for the boys. Big thanks to Mr Jones for supervision and organization and Gwyn Gilmour for mentoring the boys and going way beyond our expectations to help the boys succeed and enjoy the season.

- Henry South

SOUTH ISLAND SAILING TEAM

JMC SAILING SQUAD

Back Row Aaron Jones Elias Weinberger Olivier Pagē Stewart Ashton Front Row Freddy Wright Jake South Henry South Ollie Gilmour Daniel Tucker

Middle Row Bryn Jones Daniel Tucker Freddy Wright Olivier Pagē Front Row Jake South Henry South Ollie Gilmour

Skiing

JMC Ski Team

For the first time in recent McGlashan history, the school had a proper ski team led by coach Jason Stewart. For the weeks preceding our first competition, Jason put us through our paces, giving us an intense and rigorous training regime that pushed us to our limits and tested both our physical and mental strength.

However, this also helped to prepare us as Jason got us to do exercises that targeted our skiing muscles, without any snow or even a proper mountain to train on within a reasonable distance (or maybe we lacked dedication). After our weekly training the time for the competition drew near. On a Thursday evening the four members of the ski team plus Jason set off for Wanaka in a rather cramped car.

The next day we headed up the mountain for a morning lesson. After a day of race training, we then had the Saturday and Sunday to ski as we wished, doing crazy flips and hucking cliffs. Finally, race day had come. We did some warm-up runs in the morning and then got in line to run the course. After the team had two runs down the course we were done with the competition and so ran a few runs while we awaited the results.

The team didn’t do great, but that’s to be expected when half of us had never raced before. Despite this, the weekend was still fun, as skiing usually is, and so the experience was worth it.

MCGLASHAN OTAGO SKIING TEAM

Seongwoo Kim Fraser Reid Elias Weinberger Stefano Clara

Swimming

South Island Secondary School Championships

A team of eight swimmers attended this competition and again came away as the top boys’ school in the South Island. This is at least the third year in a row taking out this title.

It was an arduous trip of over 800km to Blenheim. Despite the distance the boys performed exceptionally. On reaching Blenheim on Friday afternoon the boys had an impromptu water polo game against Marlborough, which they won.

The Senior A medley relay team of Max Wolf, Geoffrey Kemp, Courtland Ellis and Nathan Wolf took out first place, while the B team of David Cannon, Eli Familton, Oliver Waker and Max Kirkwood placed third in the same event. The final event of the competition was the 200m freestyle relay where the A team, comprising of Nathan Wolf, Geoffrey Kemp, David Cannon and Courtland Ellis, took out first, while the “B team” placed third.

In the 15 and over age group all swimmers gained podium results. Courtland Ellis was our top performer gaining six First Places. Nathan Wolf placed first in 200m fly and gained three second places, while Geoffrey Kemp won the 200m breaststroke and placed second in three other events. Max Wolf was first in the 50 and 100m backstroke events. David Cannon was first in the 100m breaststroke and Oliver Walker Gained two third placings.

In the under 14 age group, both Eli Familton and Max

Kirkwood gained podium placings. Eli placed second and third in the 50 and 200m breast stroke respectively. Max gained a third placing in the 100m individual medley. With racing over it was time to relax and watch the All Blacks draw with the Lions. The next morning we departed for Dunedin at 8.15am arriving back in town at 6.30pm. I would like to thank Warren Kemp for helping with driving and managing the team. - Brent Wolf

Back Row Grayson Westgate David Cannon Max Wolf Geoffrey Kemp Oliver Walker Max Kirkwood Brent Wolf

Front Row Nathan Wolf Ben Carr Courtland Ellis Harry Summers Eli Familton MCGLASHAN

Swimming

Junior swimming

2017 begins a new format for junior swimming in New Zealand.

The country is divided into four zones with the South Island comprising one zone. Each zone held a swim meet at different venues around the country at the same time. Harry Summers of 7AHO returned with a tally of seven gold, two silver and one bronze medal from the South Island zone in the Under 10 age group. Harry performed so well that when his times were compared with the oth-

er three zones, he was placed first in New Zealand across three events, second in three events and a host of other top ten placings.

First in the 50m and 100m fly, 100m and 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke and 100m and 200m individual medley

Second in 50m breaststroke and freestyle

Third in 50m backstroke

NZ Secondary School Swimming Championships

Continuing from the excellent results in Blenheim South Island Champs, four John McGlashan College boys travelled to Hamilton to compete in the NZ Secondary School Champs. Courtland Ellis, Ben Carr, Nathan Wolf and Geoffrey Kemp were racing against 580 of the top swimmers in the country from 147 schools.

Our school finished sixth of the 55 male only schools, an amazing result for our four boys, considering most schools had over 20 swimmers.

Our boys were third in both the Over-16 relays 200m free and medleys, of the 16 teams that were racing. The first three teams were separated by one-hundredth of a second.

In most races, our swimmers were placed in the fastest

finals, again a great reflection on them.

Courtland achieved three golds, six silvers and two bronze.

Geoffrey won one gold, one silver and four bronzes. Ben won three bronzes.

Nathan won two bronzes.

Tennis

On Wednesday February 15 our top McGlashan tennis team played in the Regional Secondary Schools’ Tennis Tournament.

The team, consisting of Lachlan Kenneally, Tom Shallard, Bailey Godkin, Henry Power and Jez Nicholson Kelly played Taieri College in the first round, winning the tie 5-1. All boys won their singles matches with strong performances.

After winning the first round with a convincing performance, the boys were lined up to play Otago Boys’ High School. The Otago Boys’ team were a very strong side with

THURSDAY TENNIS

Back Row Calvin Ruru Stephen Jannink Jasper Jin Cameron Leydon Lucas Stalker

Middle Row Fraser Reid Tom Crawford Joshua Jukes Archie Calder Robert Millar Don Campbell

Front Row Tahir Singh Liam Casey Thomas Greenaway Will Duffy Jack Miller

TENNIS OTAGO QUALIFIERS

players who had a wealth of experience playing top level tennis. On the day the Otago Boys’ team got the better of the boys with a solid win. Everyone showed plenty of character and determination and stepped up to the occasion, and this was reflected with a great doubles win in the final match of the day. Tom Shallard and Lachlan Kenneally had a 6-3 2-6 (10-7) win over the Otago Boys’ top doubles pairing.

Although the result wasn’t what we wanted on the day, it was great for the younger boys in the team to get a taste of secondary school tennis so that next year we can come back with a stronger side and take home the Otago title.

Anton Stoddard Tom

Kenneally Henry Power

SATURDAY TENNIS

Back Row Henry Power Jez Nicholson-Kelly Bailey Godkin Front Row Tom Shallard Geoff Murdoch Lachlan Kenneally

Back Row Tiny Carruthers Tom Crawford Caine Taylor Front Row Angus McKenzie Henry Power Harry McKenzie

TENNIS STAC

Back Row Thomas Larrivee Tom Warman Jez Nicholson-Kelly Jack Murray Front Row

Shallard Lachlan

TOUCH SENIOR A

This year has been a real building year for senior touch at the College. We have had a lot of good Year 9 players who have had to step up into the team for us to be competitive. Our aim over the next few years is to take a team to Nationals, hopefully in 2020.

We took this young team to STAC at the start of the year for our Summer Exchange.Coach Scott Turner gave them some good competitive games coming away with the ‘W’ in each game.

Our junior (Year 7 and 8) team has also had some good wins during the season, making the school touch finals and also thrashing Waihi in three games during the summer exchange. Again the team is a very talented side and we’ll look forward to them developing over the next few years to help us push for that Nationals spot in 2020.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the boys who have played for Otago over the year and also to those who have been selected in the Metro squads for this year.

I would also like to thank Skott Turner, our senior coach for summer 2016-2017, Cam McLennan, senior coach 20172018 and Mr Carruthers for all the work they put into Touch at the College. - Bruce James

Back Row Oscar Sycamore Andrew McKenzie Levi James Middle Row William Smillie Clayton Cochrane Josh Whaanga Liam Ferguson Mason Prentice Bruce James Front Row Charlie Gruppelaar Jimmy Sinclair Hunter Cleland Toby Jarvie Dominic Morrison Absent Andrew McKenzie

TOUCH SENIOR SOCIAL

Bailey Dowling Jack Newlands Jack Hutton-Atikins

TOUCH WAIHI

TOUCH YEAR 9 GOLD

TOUCH 10A

TOUCH 9A

TOUCH 9 BLUE

TOUCH YEAR 7/8 ALL STARS

Back Row Hayden Elliot Sam Graamans Lachie Crowle George Conner Front Row Eamon Flannery Harry Allen Cory Beaumont Ted Brenssell

Back Row Calvin Ruru Max Kirkwood Jack Robertson Joshua Stevens Front Row Freddy Wright Jack Miller Aaron Jones Ethan Farrow

Back Row Phoenix Abbott Fynn Allison Mason Gain

Middle Row Bruce James Solomon Harcombe Jackson McBreen Marshall Macready

Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu

Front Row Malachi Sem-Cheyne Thomas Meder Jack Cotton Nick Casey Oliver Sinclair

Back Row Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu Phoenix Abbott Solomon Harcombe Marshall Macready Jackson McEwan Fynn Allison Front Row Thomas Meder Jack Cotton Ollie Gilmour Nick Casey Mason Gain

Back Row Bruce James Clayton Cochrane Mason Prentice Josh Whaanga Front Row Oscar Sycamore Elias O’Kane Levi James William Smillie

Back Row Bruce James Caine Taylor Dominic Brosnan Front Row Liam Ferguson Callum White Caleb Moody Absent Max Walker Sam Knight Andrew Mckenzie

TOUCH YEAR 10 RED

TOUCH YEAR 7&8 BRONCOS

TOUCH YEAR 9B

TOUCH YEAR 10 YELLOW

TOUCH YEAR 7&8 BROTHERS

Back Row Harry McKenzie Luka Barson-McLean Adam Woodhouse Jacob Yee

Middle Row Jackson McBreen William Shallard George Kerr William McLauchlan

Back Row Ned Hancox Tom Crawford Bailey Phizacklea Ashley Stevenson

Front Row Sam Hope Will Duffy Henry Power Thomas Greenaway Ben Guilford

Back Row Zachary Duff Connor Aldrich Liam Ruru Luke Bezett

Front Row Billy Bezett Hunter Cockerill Baxter Meder Zach Smith Joshua Penno

Back Row Eli Gepte Michael Jang Xavier Edmond Amani James Front Row Caleb Farrow Harrison Meltzer Benedict Brosnan Joshua Thom

Back Row Saul Mawhinney Jed Thompson-Fawcett Matthew Ford Bruce James

Front Row Kaleb Hill Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu Zach Smith Ryan Johnston Liam Casey

Trapshooting

We have had a change in management this year with trap shooting, and some very big shoes to fill as Murray Munro retired at the end of Term One. For Miss Rapson, who is a competitive shooter herself, the new challenge of trap shooting was one to embrace and she has loved the challenge of a new sport.

Trap shooting has always had a strong reputation at John McGlashan, and this year we are pleased to have some younger members of the school join our team. With strong leadership from George Lowery (the captain) the team performed well and the new members have been part of a solid mentoring programme to develop their shooting skills and represent the school.

The year started off with a bang, literally, at the Invercargill Intercollegiate where the team came home with the Jenkinson Team Trophy for best team at the event. Other highlights from the year include the STAC interchange, where we were just pipped to the mark by 30 points, a devastating loss for the team. However, it only motivated them to train hard and beat them in the South Islands in Timaru later in the year.

The Bodkin event in Wanaka and Alexandra is a three day competition where teams have the opportunity to compete for money in an open shoot. The competition was tough with many grown men who have been shooting for years entering. The McGlashan team cleaned up with every member receiving a monetary prize. The national competition in Hamilton was a great way to finish off the year, and the team had a great time over four days, competing and exploring Hamilton.

In 2018, we will have a new coach for the B Team and starting regular weekday practices, meaning more consistency and training for those hoping to make it into the

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prestigious A Team one day. The A Team in the meantime continued its strong reputation and brought up some of its younger members to the high standard that is expected by their coach, the school and the community.

We would like to thank all the parents and coach John Fooks for their time and effort they have put in this year. The supporters involved with sports such as trap shooting are what can make this a success or a failure, and we sincerely thank you all for your commitment to trap shooting at John McGlashan College.

- Rebbeca Rapson

Back Row Jack Robertson Will Morshuis Harry Smith

Alex Dodson Eli Darling Rebecca Rapson

Front Row William Shallard Archie Calder George Lowery

Michael Beattie Dan Kunac

Volleyball

Despite being the best Otago team in the regional competition, the John McGlashan College volleyball boys ended up competing this year in the Division two section of the South Island Champs.

Held in Christchurch last month, this year's competition had 10 teams competing from around the South Island. In pool play, the boys played extremely well and won their pool easily, the highlight being a 3-0 win over a talented Shirley Boys’ team.

In an all-Dunedin semi-final, the boys took on Otago Boys’ High and easily accounted for them with a score line of 3-0. After a long wait, the final was between John McGlashan and Ellesmere College, from Canterbury. The Ellesmere team focused on error-free volleyball, however, they could not handle the huge hitting from Sebastian Sole, Jo Brenssell and Fergus Keiller, who were being set up nicely by Matt Johnson. Our two big middles, Oli Mouat and Hamish Robinson were dominant on the block and Josh Stackhouse and Patrick Zhang gave a massive contribution on defence. Super-sub Archie Calder kept the mood upbeat and showed a strong serving game.

With many Year 13 boys in the team this year, there will need to be some rebuilding of the team later on this year.

Middle Row Tom Casey Patrick Zhang Josh Stackhouse Oliver Mouat Fergus Keiller Front Row Hamish Robinson Matt Johnstone Joe Brenssell Sebastian Sole Archie Calder

VOLLEYBALL SENIOR SCOCAL

Back Row En Watanabe Jamie Shand Isaac Cooper Josef Van Plateringen

Front Row Benjamin Hall Will Paterson Cam Johnstone

Volleyball

VOLLEYBALL SENIOR B

Jez Nicholson-Kelly

MINIVOLLEY YEAR 7 & 8

Zhang

Enzo Hood Amani James Jack Howley

Ruaidhri Brosnan

Front Row Alexander Seaton Oliver Bamford

Theo Hannagan Angus McMillan

William Shallard

VOLLEYBALL YEAR 10

VOLLEYBALL YEAR 9

Back Row Patrick Bezett Archie Calder

Ruaidhri Brosnan

Front Row Will Turner Hamish Robinson

Back Row Saul Mawhinney Lachie Crowle Front Row Cory Beaumont Mr Casey Levi James

Back Row Patrick

Jez Nicholson-Kelly Fynn Allison

Middle Row Mr Casey Caine Taylor Joshua Jukes Mason Calvert Cyrus Leung Front Row Robert Millar Danny Adams Billy Ellwood Henry Power Cameron Leydon

Water Polo

Water polo, at McGlashan, is a sport which is not only increasing in terms of popularity but increasing in strength as well. John McGlashan has numerous teams in grades amongst the school competition from Year 7 through to Year 13 and is making a statement here in Dunedin. John McGlashan has come in second in the A grade division for many years, only being pipped at the post by Otago Boys’ High School during many finals.

The firsts team also travels for competitions such as South Island Secondary Schools Competition, in which the boys do well with top four placings consistently. The seconds team is also in the A grade competition, making it the only seconds team within this grade. These boys put up a great fight and compete with many top teams, often showing why they deserve to be there. McGlashan also has teams within the Year 7 and 8 intermediate grade and often put up great score lines. This is helped by the team's top performing athlete Harry Summers. Harry is a swimmer who loves the sport and is clearly going to succeed in it. Harry uses his speed to his advantage, simply swimming

around opponents until the ball is in the back of the net. This young and upcoming team is set for a good result this season, so look out for them on Thursday nights at Moana pool.

McGlashan have been given a great number of opportunities within the sport, with Tim Chirnside, Max Wolf, David Cannon, Stijn Lamberts and Ben Monaghan playing for the Under 16 Otago team which represented their region at nationals in Auckland. Year 13 Nathan Wolf also made the Under 21 Otago representative side which managed to come fourth at their age grade nationals in Auckland.

Year 11 Tim Chirnside and Year 10 Max Wolf were also chosen to take part in a week-long Under 16 New Zealand training camp following the national competition in Auckland. This may lead to the further association within national teams for the two boys who are hoping to make McGlashan proud.

Another great opportunity came for Tim who was offered a position in a successful Auckland club team trav-

Back Row Tim Chirnside Stijn Lamberts Ben Monaghan

Middle Row Tevita Schaaf Tom Gold Gene Turner Max Wolf Brent Wolf

Front Row Oliver Walker Ben Carr Nathan Wolf David Cannon Eli Familton

elling to Serbia and Montenegro for a month, in order to improve their skills within the sport of water polo. This trip took place in July and allowed Tim to play against and be taught by many world class players, pick up many skills which he has brought back to the College, make many new mates; it was an experience he will never forget.

Water Polo at the college is a sport which many students love and enjoy. Whether it's chucking a ball around with your mates or trying to outplay your opponent during a

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heated game, the sport caters for all. Friday night water polo is something many look forward too and is something we would suggest for anybody interested.

- Tim Chirnside

Waterskiing

The Otago Southland Secondary Schools Water Ski Championships were held on Sunday 19th February, at Perkins Pond near Millers Flat.

This was the eighth year this event has been held and the fifth year as a joint Southland and Otago event. The event

is focussed on water ski slalom in which skiers make their way through a course of six turns laid out with buoys, from speeds ranging from 37 km/h to 55 km/h for girls and 37 km/h to 58 km/h for boys.

The event was open to all students Year 9 and above enrolled at an Otago or Southland secondary school, and under 19 years of age as of 1st January 2017, in three age groups for both girls and boys. Skiers nominate whether they are able to ski the full championship course or the novice course.

Henry Power entered the full championship course and finished second in the Boys Under-16 category. In the Boys Under-16 Novice event, John McGlashan College had three entries. Mitchell Joint finished first, Angus McKenzie finished sixth and Sam Taylor finished eighth. These solid performances from all four boys saw John McGlashan College take the Don Mackay Memorial Trophy for the top team.

WATERSKIING

Sam Taylor Henry Power Mitchell Joint

WATERPOLO YEAR 7&8

Back Row Tim Chirnside Jackson McBreen Caleb Forde Max Wolf

Front Row Nicholas Tucker Harry Summers Edward Diaz-Farron

Back Row Cade McRae Lucas Dickison Oscar Lobb Middle Row Tim Chirnside Angus Kenny Zack Stalker Aj Visagie Cameron Moran Max Wolf

Front Row Fin Milne Harry Scott Max Baldwin George Conner Anton Stoddard

School Awards

Subject & Special 2017 Awards

Senior Agriculture

Norwood New Holland Prize for Academic Excellence in Agricultural Sciences

Lochie Bain

Senior Art

Artzone Award for Senior Art

Will Palmer

Senior Biology

Sir Charles and Lady Alice Ferguson Trophy

Sam Tomkins

Henry Ward

Senior Chemistry Prize

Henry Ward

Senior Physics Prize

Sebastian Sole Stuart Van Turnhout

Year 12 Maths & Physics Prize

Ben Mitchell

Top Y12 Science Student

Ben Mitchell

Digital Technology

Senior Digitech Award

Sebastian Sole

Year 12 Digitech Award Labes Brothers Cup

Mitchell Botting

Year 11 Digitech Award Labes Brothers Cup

Daniel Robinson

Senior Mathematics A A Paulin Prize

Sebastian Sole Alex Thomson

Senior English A E Hartill Prize

Henry Ward

Senior ESOL

Rix Chung

Senior Commerce Prize

Joe Brenssell

Forsythe Barr CETA medal for commerce

Joe Brenssell

Senior Geography Prize

Fergus Keiller

Y12 Geography Prize

Tyler Wilden

Y11 Geography Prize

Billy Sheard

Senior History Prize

Nathan Scott Alex Thomson

Senior Languages Prize Commitment to Spanish

Jack Craig-Pearson

Senior Languages Prize Commitment to German Reidstra Cup

Charlie Baker

Senior Award for Workshop Technology

Thomas Sime

Senior Award for DVC

Stuart van Turnhout

Studies in Physical Education Senior Award

Hayden Gillespie Lucas Reid

Y12 Physical Education Prize

Marcus Beagley Liam McHenry

Creative Writing Year 12 & 13 Dr F R Riley Award

Alex Thomson

Creative Writing Year 11

Stewart Ashton

Speech Year 12 & 13 Sir John White Award

Alfie Richardson

Speech Year 11

David Cannon

Debating

Top College Speaker Reid Trophy

Paddy Hantler

Chess

Contribution to College Chess Guthrie Cup

Harrison Biggs

Drama

Contribution to school drama

Harrison Cup

Henry Ward

The College Award for Service to the Performing Arts

Alfie Richardson

Library

Head Librarian

Henry Ward

J N Lemon Prize

Contribution and service to the library

James Burchell

Jack Craig-Pearson

Contribution to

Senior School Music Alistair Wright Prize

Nathan Harrison

Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Awards

Bronze: Samuel Leaper

Martin Page

Thomas Sime

Sam Tomkins

Winner House Competition Elvidge Cup - 2017

Balmacewen House

Academic 2017 Awards

Year 13 General Excellence

Charlie Baker: Excellence in English, Chemistry, German, Mathematics and Physics. Merit in Biology.

Ryan Boult: Excellence in Biology and English. Merit in Chemistry and Physics.

Joe Brenssell: Excellence in Economics and Statistics. Merit in Calculus.

Paddy Hantler: Excellence in Economics, English and History

Fergus Keiller: Excellence in Geography and Visual Art. Merit in English.

Fraser Reid: Excellence in Digital Technology, Economics and Physics. Merit in German, Calculus and English.

Alfred Richardson: Excellence in Classical Studies, English, History, Geography, Statistics, and Scholarship English.

Nathan Scott: Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Japanese and Mathematics.

Sebastian Sole: Excellence in Calculus, Digital Technology, Economics, English, German and Physics.

Daniel Tan: Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, English, German, Mathematics and Physics.

Alex Thomson: Excellence in Biology, English, History, Physics and Statistics.

Samuel Tomkins: Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, English, German and Physics. Merit in Mathematics.

Stuart van Turnhout: Excellence in Chemistry, DVC, English, Physics and Calculus.

Henry Ward: Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, English, Physics, Statistics and Scholarship English.

Matt Johnstone: Merit in DVC.

Bradley Leydon: Excellence in Visual Art. Merit in Accounting and Economics.

Year 13

Academic Awards

Campbell Adam: Merit in Economics and Statistics.

Jakob Annison: Excellence in Physical Education.

Lochie Bain: Excellence in Agriculture, Merit in Biology, English and Physical Education.

Zak Beck: Excellence in English. Merit in History, Geography and Statistics.

Henry Bell: Merit in English, History and Statistics.

Tom Berg: Excellence in Statistics. Merit in Calculus and Physics.

Quinn Campbell: Merit in English, History and Statistics.

Ben Carr: Merit in German.

Courtland Ellis: Excellence in Visual Art. Merit in Biology and Calculus.

Harry Fraser: Excellence in Statistics, Merit in English, Geography and History.

Jordan Gain: Merit in Statistics.

Hayden Gillespie: Excellence in Physical Education. Merit in Statistics.

Bradley Holdridge: Excellence in Statistics. Merit in Biology and English.

Caleb Homersham: Excellence in Statistics. Merit in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Chia-Fu Hsu: Merit in English and Mathematics.

Stephen Jannink: Merit in English, Geography and Statistics.

Jasper Jin: Merit in Accounting, Calculus, Economics and Statistics.

George Johnston: Merit in Agriculture.

Harry Matthews: Excellence in Visual Art.

Hamish Maunsell: Excellence in Visual Art. Merit in Technology.

Toby McDonald: Merit in History.

James McPherson: Excellence in Biology. Merit in History and Statistics.

Taylor McRae: Merit in Music.

Jordan Mitchell: Merit in Accounting and DVC.

Yugen Miyahara: Excellence in English. Merit in Biology and German.

Nick Page: Excellence in Physics. Merit in Biology, Calculus, Chemistry and English.

Will Palmer: Excellence in Visual Art. Merit in Technology.

Mitchell Parks: Excellence in Agriculture. Merit in Accounting, English and Statistics.

Lucas Reid: Excellence in Physical Education. Merit in Accounting, English, History and Statistics.

Fraser Reynolds: Merit in Physics.

Robert Sangster: Merit in Accounting, Economics, English and History.

Ness Scully: Excellence in English. Merit in Economics and History.

Angus Simmers: Merit in Statistics.

George Sinclair: Excellence in Statistics. Merit in History.

Tahir Singh: Excellence in History.

Max Smith: Merit in Accounting and Statistics.

Kyle Tompkins: Merit in Statistics.

Bryant Wang: Merit in Calculus,

Chinese, DVC and Statistics.

Andrew Wierda: Merit in English.

Philip Yarnall: Merit in Geography.

Year 12 General Excellence

Johnny Baker: Excellence in Economics and History. Merit in Biology and English.

Alex Byars: Excellence in Accounting, Economics and German. Merit in English and IB Business & Management.

Jack Craig-Pearson: Excellence in Biology, English, Math Studies and Spanish. Merit in Economics and History

Thomas Cross: Excellence in Biology and Physical Education. Merit in Agribusiness and English.

Boen Deng: Excellence in German, Biology, Chemistry, English and Mathematics. Merit in Physics.

Sam Engelbrecht: Excellence in Art and English. Merit in Biology, History and Math Studies.

Jack Grey: Excellence in Chemistry, English, Mathematics and Physics.

Benjamin Hall: Excellence in Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, English and Physics.

Andrew Hughes: Excellence in Chemistry, English, History and Mathematics. Merit in Art and Physics.

Lachlan Kenneally: Excellence in Accounting, Biology and Physics. Merit in Chemistry and English.

Alex Leckie-Zaharic: Excellence in English. Merit in L3 Statistics, Biology, Chemistry and Digital Technology.

Ben Mitchell: Excellence in L3 Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, English, German and Physics.

Jack Pacey: Excellence in Biology, English, History, Physics. Merit in Art.

Tom Shallard: Excellence in English, History and Physics.

Daniel Shen: Excellence in English B, Mathematics. Merit in Chemistry and Physics.

Matthew Silvey: Excellence in Biology, French and Physics. Merit in Chemistry, English and L3 Calculus.

Josh Stoddard: Excellence in L3 Calculus, Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, English and Physics.

Sam Taylor: Excellence in Art, Geography,. Merit in English and Physical Education.

Jaiden Tucker: Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, English, History and Mathematics.

En Watanabe: Excellence in German, Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics and Physics.

Ben Wishart: Excellence in German, Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics and Physics

Year 12

Academic Awards

George Adamson: Merit in Geography.

Oliver Bachop: Merit in Statistics.

Robbie Baxter: Merit in Geography.

Marcus Beagley: Excellence in Physical Education. Merit in Physics.

Mitchell Botting: Excellence in Digital Technology. Merit in Geography and Mathematics.

Winston Brinsley: Excellence in Art. Merit in Physical Education.

James Burchell: Merit in English, History and Math Studies.

Will Burdon: Merit in Agriculture.

Isaac Cooper: Merit in English and Physical Education.

Angus Cotton: Excellence in Phys Ed. Merit in Agribusiness, Economics and Statistics.

Charlie Davies: Merit in Physical Education and Statistics.

Tom Elliott: Merit in Art and Physical Education.

Matthew Fokkens: Merit in Business & Management, English and Math Studies.

Angus Frew: Merit in Accounting, Biology, History and Physics.

Oliver Geddes: Excellence in Agriculture. Merit in Economics, English and Physical Education.

Bailey Godkin: Merit in Drama.

Andrew Goh: Merit in Biology.

Max Gomez: Excellence in Physics. Merit in Biology, Chemistry and English.

Charlie Gruppelaar: Excellence in Visual Art. Merit in DVC.

Nick Guilford: Excellence in Art. Merit in Biology.

Michael Jang: Merit in Economics.

Toby Jarvie: Merit in Business & Management, English and Math Studies.

Mingyu Jeong: Excellence in Mathematics.

Jak Jessop: Merit in Statistics.

Cam Johnstone: Merit in Geography and Statistics.

Joseph Kim: Excellence in Mathematics. Merit in Digital Technology and physics.

Patrick Larrivee: Excellence in History. Merit in English and Physical Education.

Hyunsok Lee: Excellence in Japanese.

Jayvan Liu: Merit in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics.

George Lowery: Merit in Statistics.

Padraig MacKenzie: Merit in Physical Education.

Ben McBreen: Merit in Art and DVC.

Liam McHenry: Excellence in Physical Education. Merit in Physics, Biology and Economics. Campbell McKenzie: Merit in DVC.

Angus McKenzie: Merit in Agriculture.

Jack McLaughlan: Excellence in Agriculture. Merit in Agribusiness and English.

James Millar: Merit in Art.

Cameron Moran: Merit in Chemistry, English, Maths and Physics.

Will Paterson: Excellence in English. Merit in History.

Harry Russell: Merit in Art.

Jamie Shand: Merit in Art, English and Physical Education.

Thomas Sime: Merit in Agriculture, DVC, and Statistics.

Harry Smith: Merit in Geography and Art.

Michael Sun: Excellence in Mathematics. Merit in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Ben Timmings: Excellence in Biology. Merit in Business and Management, and Spanish.

Josef van Plateringen: Merit in DVC.

Aj Visagie: Excellence in Biology.

Tyler Wilden: Excellence in Geography,.Merit in Physical Education, Statistics and Art.

Jake Willsman: Excellence in Geography. Merit in Art.

Nick Worathongchai: Excellence in DVC. Merit in Economics and Mathematics.

Year 11

General Excellence

Stewart Ashton: Excellence in Drama and English. Merit in Physical Education.

George Bell: Excellence in Science. Merit in L2 Mathematics, Accounting, Economics, English and History.

Geoffrey Bennani: Excellence in L2 French, Physical Education. Merit in Chemistry, DVC, English and Mathematics.

Harrison Biggs: Excellence in L2 Maths, Chemistry, English, Phys Ed, Science and Spanish.

David Cannon: Excellence in Accounting, English, German, L2 Maths, Science. Merit in Music.

Elliot Chamberlain: Excellence in Physics. Merit in L2 Mathematics, DVC and Science.

Sam Clulee: Excellence in Tech, Art. Merit in L2 Maths and DVC.

Tom Dempster: Excellence in History and Physical Education. Merit in Accounting and Maths.

Will Edwards: Excellence in L2 Maths, Economics, English, History, Phys Ed and Science.

Matthew Garry: Excellence in Phys Ed, Science. Merit in Economics, English, Geography and Mathematics.

Nathan Harrison: Excellence in L2 Mathematics, Accounting, English, Music, Science and Spanish.

Josh Hope: Excellence in L2 Maths, Accounting, Economics, English, Science. Merit in Art.

Neil Hutton: Excellence in Digi Tech, English, Science. Merit in L2 Mathematics and Spanish.

Geoffrey Kemp: Excellence in English, German, Science and Art.

Wei Loh: Excellence in English and Science. Merit in Economics and Spanish.

Ben Lund: Excellence in L2 Maths, Chemistry, English, German, Phys Ed and Physics.

Bruno Marsh: Excellence in Economics, Geography, History, Science. Merit in English.

Max Pacey: Excellence in Economics and Science. Merit in English, Geography and History.

Olivier Pagé: Excellence in History, Science. Merit in DVC and Economics.

Daniel Robinson: Excellence in Accounting, Digital Technology, English, History and Science.

Hamish Robinson: Excellence in English. Merit in L2 Mathematics, Economics, History, Science and Visual Art.

Tim Scott: Excellence in Mathematics, Chemistry, English, Physics and Art. Merit in German.

Billy Sheard: Excellence in Mathematics, Chemistry, English, Geography, Phys Ed, and Science.

Adam Tait: Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Music, Phys Ed, Science. Merit in Mathematics.

Will Turner: Excellence in English, History, Phys Ed, Science. Merit in Mathematics & Economics.

Shay Veitch: Excellence in Science. Merit in L3 Chinese, Agriculture, Chemistry and English

Patrick Zhang: Excellence in Mathematics, Economics, English, German, Phys Ed and Science.

Year 11

Academic Awards

Braedyn Arbuckle: Merit in Mathematics.

Christian Avis: Excellence in English. Merit in History and Music.

Michael Beattie: Excellence in Agriculture. Merit in Accounting.

Raunaq Bhabra: Merit in Accounting, Mathematics and Physics.

Ruaidhri Brosnan: Excellence in Physical Education. Merit in English and Geography.

Cougan Brown: Excellence in Geography. Merit in Accounting and Mathematics.

Archie Calder: Merit in Agriculture, DVC and Mathematics.

Nicholas Chamberlain: Merit in English and Mathematics.

Tim Chirnside: Merit in English, Economics, History and Science.

Rock Chotphatcharachaikul: Merit in Mathematics and Science.

Stefano Clara: Merit in Maths.

Oscar Cochrane: Excellence in Agriculture. Merit in English

Adrian Crampton: Merit in History, English, Mathematics and Spanish

Eli Darling: Merit in Geography, English, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics.

Maarten De Ridder: Excellence in Phys Ed. Merit in DVC, Mathematics, Science and Visual Art.

Lucas Dickison: Merit in English and Physical Education.

Ollie Gilmour: Excellence in Phys Ed. Merit in DVC, English, Science and Visual Art.

Max Gutry: Merit in Mathematics.

Riley Hall: Merit in Phys Ed and Physics.

Ben Hatton: Excellence in Phys Ed. Merit in English and Mathematics.

Jack Hutton-Atkins: Merit in Accounting and Agriculture.

Barend Jenkins: Merit in English and History.

Hugh Jenkins: Excellence in Physical Education. Merit in Economics, English and Mathematics.

Jacob Johnson: Excellence in History. Merit in Economics, Mathematics and Science.

Tom Johnston: Merit in Agriculture and Physical Education.

Harrison Jolly: Merit in Phys Ed.

Charles Keenan: Excellence in English. Merit in Agriculture, Economics and Mathematics.

Stijn Lamberts: Merit in English, Mathematics and Science.

Samuel Leaper: Excellence in Music. Merit in Chemistry, Drama, English and Spanish.

Levi Liu: Merit in Digital Technology.

Thomas McCracken: Merit in English, History & Phys Ed.

Cade McRae: Excellence in Phys Ed. Merit in English and History.

Jack Newlands: Merit in Agriculture and Geography.

Jez Nicholson-Kelly: Excellence in Phys Ed. Merit in Accounting, Chemistry and Mathematics. Ezekiel Nielsen: Excellence in English.

Martin Page: Merit in Mathematics and Science.

Robbie Perry: Merit in English, Maths, Physics and Spanish.

Ben Porter: Excellence in Science. Merit in Drama, Economics, English and Mathematics.

Quinn Ravenga-Taouma: Merit in Physical Education.

Harry Ross: Merit in Digital Technology.

Jiacong Ruan: Merit in L2 Mathematics and Accounting.

Hamish Sinclair: Merit in Accounting, DVC, Economics, English, Mathematics and Science.

ATHLETICS

Jack Stevens: Merit in English

Daniel Thom: Excellence in Digital Technology. Merit in English, Mathematics and Music.

Jordan Thorn: Merit in English, History, Mathematics, Physical Education and Science.

Harry Tourelle: Merit in DVC and Mathematics.

Oliver Walker: Excellence in Physical Education and Merit in DVC

Tom Warman: Merit in English, History and Mathematics

Patrick Wilson-Stewart: Merit in English and History

Sporting 2017 Awards

Alex Byars

Senior Athletics Champion

Charles White Esquire Challenge Cup

Dominic Brosnan

Mile Championship Cup Presented by Noel McGregor in 1928

Josh Stoddard

Intermediate Athletics Champion College Association Cup

Nico Bowering

3000m - Wallace Cup

Josh Stoddard

Champion of Champions PJE Robertson Cup

Nathan Harrison

BADMINTON

Singles Trophy

Andrew Goh

BASKETBALL

Most Outstanding Player W P Leslie Trophy

Angus Simmers

Contribution and Commitment to Basketball Sem-Cheyne Cup

Most Improved Player Ross Family Cup

Oliver Mouat

CRICKET

Best Bowling Record

J M Fraser Esquire Award

Henry Bell

Best Batting Record J M Fraser Esquire Award

Lucas Reid

Loyalty, service and sportsmanship in 1st XI A S M Smith Cup

Jordan Gain

CROSS

COUNTRY

Senior Cross Country Champion R M Greenslade Esquire Challenge Cup

Sam Tomkins

Intermediate Cross Country Champion H A A Stevely Esquire Cup

Ruaidhri Brosnan

FENCING

Most Promising Fencer

Louis Jennings Cup

Tim Scott

FOOTBALL

Most Improved 1st XI Player R A Smith Cup

Harrison Biggs

Contribution to First XI Alistair Wright Cup

Matt Johnstone

GOLF

Senior Match-play DJ Horn Esq Cup

Kyle Clark

HOCKEY

Service To School Hockey Collins Trophy

Hayden Gillespie

Most Valuable Player Blenheim Trophy

Jakob Annison

Most Improved Player Harrex Cup

Lucas Dickison

ICE HOCKEY

Contribution to ice hockey The Bradfield Cup

Padraig MacKenzie

MOUNTAIN BIKING

Tim Mackersy Trophy

Zach White

ROWING

Rower of the Year

Saville Family Cup

Bradley Leydon

Most Promising Junior Rower Kirkwood-Chittock Cup

Will Edwards Will Turner

Outstanding attitude as a novice or cox - Leydon Family Cup

Angus Kenny

RUGBY

Most Improved Player Ralph Edmund Wilson Memorial Cup

Angus Simmers

Most Valuable Player in 1st XV Affleck Trophy

Reon Lowery

Services to the 1st XV

Cameron Family Trophy

Reon Lowery

Most promising player Hamish Russell Trophy

Josh Stackhouse

SAILING

McSkimming Trophy

Ollie Gilmour

College Award for Commitment and Service to Sailing

Olivier Pagé Henry South

SHOOTING

Trapshooting The OCA Cup

George Lowery

SNOW SPORTS

Treble Cone Snow Sports Award

Elias Weinberger

SWIMMING

Senior Swimming Champion

Mr and Mrs H D Skinner Cup

Courtland Ellis

Champion of Champions

Courtland Ellis

TENNIS

Top Ranked Tennis Player

Lawn Tennis Challenge Bowl presented by A E Harraway

Lachlan Kenneally

VOLLEYBALL

Most Outstanding Player Otago Stationery Trophy

Sebastian Sole

Most Promising Senior Player Joe Brenssell

WATERPOLO

Most valuable player

Tim Chirnside

2016 Junior Prizegiving

PREMIER AWARDS

Band of Brothers Awards

Thomas Fowler

Charles Keenan

Angus Kenny Callum White

Best All-round Year 7 & 8 sportsman:

Grayson Westgate

Best All-round Year 9 & 10 sportsman:

Dominic Morrison

Y9 Boarders’ Award:

Jack Murray

Award for mathematics and science in Year 8:

Mason Prentice

Academic excellence in Year 7:

Martin Brook Soloman Harcombe

Highest Aggregate marks Yr 8.

William Tong

Academic excellence in Year 9:

Nathan Dockerty

Academic excellence in Year 10:

Harrison Biggs

SPECIAL PRIZES

CREATIVE WRITING:

Year 7 Martin Brook

Year 8 William Tong

Year 9 Ben Monaghan

Year 10 Harrison Biggs

PREPARED READING:

Yr 7 & 8

Alex Wilson

Year 9 Krishan Luxmanan

Year 10 Nathan Harrison

Olivier Pagé

SPEECH:

Yr 7 & 8

William Tong

Year 9 Krishan Luxmanan

Year 10 Ben Porter

LIBRARY

Year 9 and 10 Prize Service to the Library

Aidan Hung

Zach Stalker

Year 7 and 8 Prize Service to the Library

Joshua Thom

Daniel Johnson

Library Reading Prizes

Nathan Dockerty

Xavier Edmond

Daniel Johnson

Max Kirkwood

Peter McNabb

Nicholas Tucker

Toby Wafer

ESOL Joe Mu

JUNIOR ART

Artzone Award for Excellence

Yr 7 & 8

Ossian Lowery

Hudson Ross

Yr 9 & 10

Jack Murray

Sam Clulee

JUNIOR MUSIC

Contribution to college music

Sam Leaper

Nathan Harrison

GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARDS:

7AHO Thomas Fowler

7ATR Timothy Bradfield

7MBE Harrison Marshall

8ADU Mason Prentice

8JRO Matthew Ford

8MRU Ethan Farrow

9RRA Max Walker

9PMC Callum White

9JCU Krishan Luxmanan

9MBR Angus Kenny

10DC Charles Keenan

10TM Adam Tait

10JMU Archie Calder

10TC Nicholas Chamberlain

Most Improved Yr 10 Academic: Presented by the Power Family

Bailey Dowling

Greatest contribution to community service: Manins Shield Award

Matthew Ford

Year 10 BOOK PRIZES for ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Stewart Ashton - Merit in: English, Social Studies, Film and CAD; General Diligence

Harrison Biggs - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Music, Film, Digital Technology, Spanish and Level 1 Mathematics

Archie Calder - Merit in: Physical Education, Visual Art, Rural Studies, Technology; General Diligence

David Cannon - Merit in: English, Science, Music, Film, DVC, German and Level 1 Mathematics; General Diligence

Elliot Chamberlain - Merit in: Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Film and DVC; General Diligence

Tim Chirnside - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art and Level 1 Mathematics

Will Edwards - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Visual Art and Level 1 Mathematics; General Diligence Ollie Gilmour - Merit in: Science,

Social Studies, Visual Art, DVC and Level 1 Mathematics

Nathan Harrison - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Visual Art, Music, CAD and Level 1 Mathematics

Josh Hope - Merit in: Merit in Level 1 Mathematics, English, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Rural Studies

Neil Hutton - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Spanish and Level 1 Mathematics

Geoffrey Kemp - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Music, DVC and German; General Diligence,

Wei Loh - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Film, Digital Technology, CAD and Spanish

Ben Lund - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Music, CAD, German and Level 1 Mathematics

Robbie Perry - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Spanish

Hamish Robinson - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies, Visual Art, Technology, CAD, German and Level 1 Mathematics

Daniel Robinson - Merit in: English, Science, Visual Art, Film, CAD and Level 1 Mathematics; General Diligence

Tim Scott - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, DVC, German and Level 1 Mathematics; General Diligence

Billy Sheard - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education and Level 1 Maths

Adam Tait - Merit in: English, Physical Education, Music, Digital Technology and CAD

Will Turner - Merit in: English, Science, Physical Education, Visual Art, Technology and Level 1 Mathematics

Patrick Zhang - Merit in: English, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Music, Film, Digital Technology, German and Level 1 Mathematics

Year 10 ACADEMIC AWARDS

Braedyn Arbuckle - Merit in: German

Christian Avis - Merit in: English, Film and General Diligence

Michael Beattie - Merit in: Technology, Rural Studies and Numeracy; General Diligence

George Bell - Merit in: Social Studies and Level 1 Mathematics

Geoffrey Bennani - Excellence in Lvl 1 French, Merit in Soc Studies

Raunaq Bhabra - Merit in: Maths

Nico Bowering: Merit in Phys Ed

Ruaidhri Brosnan - Merit in: Physical Education, Visual Art, Technology and Level 1 Maths

Cougan Brown - Merit in: Mathematics, Film and Numeracy

Nicholas Chamberlain - Merit in: Social Studies

Sam Clulee - Merit in: Art, Tech, Rural Studies and Level 1 Maths

Adrian Crampton - Merit in: Social Studies, Visual Art and Film; General Diligence

Eli Darling - Merit in: Science, Maths, Phys Ed, & General Diligence

Maarten De Ridder - Merit in: Mathematics

Tom Dempster - Merit in: Mathematics and Physical Education

Lucas Dickison - Merit in: Physical Education and Rural Studies

Alex Dodson - Merit in: Tech

Bailey Dowling - Merit in: Tech

Cameron Durant - Merit in: Film and DVC; General Diligence

Matthew Garry - Merit in: Maths

Max Gutry - Merit in: Science, Physical Education and Art

Riley Hall - Merit in: Mathematics, Social Studies and Film

Ben Hatton - Merit in: English and Spanish

Jack Hutton-Atkins - Merit in: German and Level 1 Mathematics

Barend Jenkins - Merit in: Social Studies

Hugh Jenkins - Merit in: Visual Art; General Diligence

Harrison Jolly - Merit in: Film; General Diligence

Charles Keenan - Merit in: English, Maths and Rural Studies

Stijn Lamberts - Merit in: Science, Visual Art and CAD; General Diligence

Samuel Leaper - Merit in: Science, Music, CAD, Lvl 1 Maths

Bruno Marsh - Merit in: English, Science and Social Studies

Thomas McCracken - Merit in: English, Social Studies and Film; General Diligence

Cade McRae - Merit in: English, Social Studies, Phys Ed & Music

Jez Nicholson-Kelly - Merit in: Science and Social Studies

Olivier Pagé - Merit in: Science and Digital Technology

Martin Page - Merit in: Visual Art

Perb Pongpol - Merit in: Maths

Ben Porter - Merit in: Film and Technology; General Diligence

Jiacong Ruan - Merit in: Science, Social Studies and Level 1 Maths

Hamish Sinclair - Merit in: Visual Art and Film

Zack Stalker - Merit in: Film

Daniel Thom - Merit in: English, Physical Education and Music

Jordan Thorn - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Physical Education and Film

Oliver Walker - Merit in: Physical Education and Film; General Diligence

Tom Warman - Merit in: Science and Physical Education

Patrick Wilson-Stewart - Merit in: Social Studies and Film

Year 9 BOOK PRIZES for ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Oliver Bolton - Merit in: English, Maths, Social Studies, Music, Digital Technology and Literacy

Lourenco Botafogo - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Music and Drama

Jonathan Brook - Merit in: English, Maths, Science, Social Studies, Art, Digital Tech, DVC and Spanish; General Diligence.

William Cotton - Merit in: Social Studies, Visual Art, Drama and DVC; General Diligence

Tom Crawford - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Physical Education, Drama and Spanish; General Diligence

Chris Denton - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art and Drama

Nathan Dockerty - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Drama, Digital Technology and German; General Diligence.

Will Duffy - Merit in: English, Science, Visual Art, Digital Technology, DVC and German; General Diligence

Billy Ellwood - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Visual Art, Drama, Technology and Te Reo Maori

Ned Hancox - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Digital Technology and German; General Diligence

Sam Hope - Merit in: Mathematics, Social Studies, Physical Education, Visual Art and German; General Diligence

Josh Hou - Merit in: Mathematics, Social Studies, Physical Education, Music and Drama,

Matthew Kerruish - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Digital Technology, DVC and Spanish

Benedict Kyle - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Digital Technology and German

Jack Lundy - Merit in: Social Studies, Music, Numeracy and English; General Diligence

Krishan Luxmanan - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Music, Drama, Technology, Digital Technology and DVC.

Robert Millar - Merit in: Mathematics, Science, Visual Art, Literacy and DVC

Ben Monaghan - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Music, Drama, Digital Technology, DVC and German.

Dominic Morrison - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education and Art

Will Morshuis - Merit in: Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Digital Technology, DVC and Spanish

Joe Mu - Merit in: Maths, Science, Art, Technology and Digital Technology; General Diligence

Jack Murray - Merit in: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Art, Music, Technology and DVC.

Henry Power - Merit in: Social Studies, Physical Education, Art, Drama, DVC and Numeracy

Thomas Sullivan - Merit in: English, Maths, Science, Social Studies, Phys Ed, Digital Technology and German; General Diligence

Edward Temple - Merit in: Science, Social Studies, Visual Art, Music, Digital Technology and German; General Diligence

Year 9 ACADEMIC AWARDS

Danny Adams - Merit in: Maths; General Diligence

Luka Barson-McLean - Merit in: English, Science and Social Studies

Zachary Bowmar - Merit in: Music and English

Tu Bull - Merit in: Mathematics, Physical Education, Visual Art and Te Reo Maori

Mason Calvert - Merit in: Mathematics, Visual Art and DVC

Felix Coutts - Merit in: Drama

Aidan Dougherty - Merit in Art

Eli Familton - Merit in: Music

Cam Forde - Merit in: English, Physical Education and English

Jaquan Fraser-Mapusua - Merit in: Physical Education

Liam George - Merit in: English and Social Studies

Tom Gold - Merit in: Social Studies; General Diligence

Charlie Grey - Merit in: Social Studies and Digital Technology

Keegan Hall - Merit in: Mathematics and Drama

Julian Hamilton - Merit in: Te Reo Maori

Luka Homersham - Merit in: Mathematics, Visual Visual Art and Digital Technology

Alex Hopgood - Merit in: Music, DVC and English

Aidan Hung - Merit in: English, Music and Drama; General Diligence

Mitchell Joint - Merit in: English, Social Studies, Drama and Tech

Joshua Jukes - Merit in: Visual Art and Digital Technology

Angus Kenny - Merit in: English

George Kerr - Merit in: Art & DVC

Sam Knight - Merit in: English, Phys Ed, DVC and Te Reo Maori

Caleb Le Cong - Merit in: Visual Art and Technology

Cameron Leydon - Merit in: Visual Art and Drama

Hamish Lowery - Merit in: Physical Education, Art and Tech

Jackson McBreen - Merit in: Social Studies and English

Zach McConnon - Merit in: Music

Andrew McKenzie - Merit in: Physical Education

Harry McKenzie - Merit in: Mathematics, Physical Education, Visual Art and Numeracy.

Fin Milne - Merit in: Art, Music and Spanish; General Diligence

Caleb Moody - Merit in: English, Physical Education and Spanish

Alex Parks - Merit in: English, Maths, Drama; General Diligence

Scott Perkins - Merit in: Phys Ed

Tevita Schaaf - Merit in: Te Reo Maori and English

William Shallard - Merit in: Tech

Ashley Stevenson - Merit in: Mathematics, Science and DVC

Caine Taylor - Merit in: Physical Education and DVC

Max Walker - Merit in: Physical Education, Drama and Spanish; General Diligence.

Macauley Ward - Merit in: Drama

Callum White - Merit in: Phys Ed and Drama; General Diligence

Max Wolf - Merit in: Phys Ed

Adam Woodhouse - Merit in: Physical Education

Year 8 BOOK PRIZES for ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Tama Anthony-Whigham - Merit in: Drama, Te Reo Maori, Music and Spanish; General Diligence.

Reuben Cook - Merit in: Maths, Numeracy, Science, Physical Education, Drama, Technology, Art and German; General Diligence.

Manawa Dewes - Merit in: Social English, Numeracy, Science, Te Reo Maori and Visual Art.

Daniel Johnson - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Science, Tech and German; General Diligence.

Aaron Jones - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy, Science and Physical Education.

Jinyoung Kim - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Numeracy, Science, Spanish and German; General Diligence.

Max Kirkwood - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Numeracy, Art, Phys Ed, Drama, Tech, German.

Dan Kunac - Merit in: Social English, Science, Drama and Technology; General Diligence.

Daniel Lund - Merit in: Social English, Science, Physical Education, Drama and Technology.

Caleb Oakley - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy, Te Reo Maori and German.

Mason Prentice - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Numeracy, Science, Phys Ed, Drama, Te Reo Maori, Music and German.

Hudson Ross - Merit in: Social English, Science, Physical Education, Technology, Te Reo Maori, Music, Art, Spanish and German.

Calvin Ruru - Merit in: Drama, Te Reo Maori, Music, Art, Spanish and German; General Diligence.

Oscar Sycamore - Merit in: Numeracy, Te Reo Maori, Physical Education, Spanish and German.

William Tong - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Numeracy, Science, Music, Phys Ed, Art and German; General Diligence.

Grayson Westgate - Merit in: Phys Ed, Drama, Tech, Te Reo Maori, Art; General Diligence.

Year 8 ACADEMIC AWARDS

Max Baldwin - Merit in: Science.

Cory Beaumont - Merit in: Tech

LaQuan Cheyne - Merit in: Physical Education.

Flook Chinsaswat - Merit in: Technology, Art and Spanish.

Noah Coutts - General Diligence.

Ali Dohan - Merit in: Mathematics, Numeracy, Drama and Te Reo Maori.

Archie Dunn - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Numeracy and German.

Matthew Ford - Merit in: Social English and Technology.

Juan Garcia-Quiroga - Merit in: Te Reo Maori, Spanish and German.

Adam Harbott - Merit in: Art.

Thomas Hill - Merit in: Social English, Science, Drama and Spanish.

Levi James - Merit in: Phys Ed

Hunter Jolly - General Diligence.

Mikey Kelly - Merit in: Mathematics and Science.

Ossian Lawrie - Merit in: Art.

Oscar Lobb - Merit in: Mathematics; General Diligence.

Saul Mawhinney - Merit in: Physical Education and Te Reo Maori.

Elias O’Kane - Merit in: Phys Ed

Noah Oseki - Merit in: Drama; General Diligence.

Tom Procter - Merit in: Te Reo Maori; General Diligence.

André Radel - Merit in: Drama, Te Reo Maori and Spanish.

Peter Sewell - Merit in: Maths, Science, PhysEd & Te Reo Maori.

Anton Stoddard Merit in Phys Ed

Sam Tait - Merit in: German.

Jed Thompson-Fawcett - Merit in: Maths, Numeracy and Phys Ed

Miro Williams - Merit in: Social English, Maths and Science.

Alex Wilson - Merit in: Numeracy, Phys Ed and Drama.

Jacob Wilson - Merit in: Drama.

Year 7 BOOK PRIZES for ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Zachary Duff - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy, Science and Te Reo Maori.

Xavier Edmond - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy, Science, Physical Education, Drama and Music; General Diligence.

Solomon Harcombe - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy, Science, Physical Education, Technology, Te Reo Maori and Music; General Diligence.

Ben Joseph - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Science, Physical Education, Technology and Te Reo Maori; General Diligence.

Sheon Luxmanan - Merit in: Social English, Drama, Te Reo Maori and Art; General Diligence.

Angus McMillan - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Science, Tech, Music, Art; General Diligence.

Jack Murphy - Merit in: Social English, Maths, Numeracy, Science, Phys Ed, Art; General Diligence.

Sam Sinclair - Merit in: Social English, Numeracy, Science, Physical Education, Te Reo Maori and Music; General Diligence.

Nicholas Tucker - Merit in: Mathematics, Numeracy, Science and Music; General Diligence.

Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu - Merit in: Social English, Physical Education, Technology and Te Reo Maori; General Diligence.

Year 7 ACADEMIC AWARDS

Feilim Dougherty - Merit in Drama.

Tom Fowler - Merit in: Technology; General Diligence.

Nicholas Friedlander - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy and Drama.

Oscar Grey - Merit in: Social English, Maths and Drama.

Theo Hannagan - Merit in: Drama & Art; General Diligence.

Enzo Hood - Merit in: Tech

Sebastian Kyle - Merit in: Social English and Mathematics.

Mitchell Lobb - Merit in: Drama; General Diligence.

Peter MacNab - Merit in: Science and Drama.

Marshall Macready - Merit in: Phys Ed, Drama & Te Reo Maori.

Harrison Marshall - Merit in: Science and Physical Education; General Diligence.

Oliver Matthews - Merit in: Phys Ed; General Diligence.

Thomas Meder - Merit in: Drama; General Diligence.

James Palmer - Merit in: Social English & Maths; General Diligence.

Anton Parker - Merit in: Maths, Tech, Physical Education and Art.

Oliver Sinclair - Merit in: Mathematics, Numeracy, Science and Physical Education.

Zachary Smith - Merit in: Drama.

Martin Brook - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy, Science, Drama, Technology and Te Reo Maori; General Diligence.

Phoenix Abbott - Merit in: Physical Education.

Connor Aldrich - Merit in: Physical Education.

Fynn Allison - Merit in: Physical Education; General Diligence.

Oliver Bamford - Merit in: Science, Drama, Tech & Te Reo

Timothy Bradfield - Merit in: Science.

Jack Cotton - Merit in: Phys Ed, Drama and Tech; General Diligence.

Max Stowell - Merit in: Drama and Te Reo Maori; General Diligence.

Joshua Thom - Merit in: Science and Te Reo Maori.

Mitchell Thorn - Merit in: Science and Physical Education.

Nate Wisnesky - Merit in: Te Reo Maori; General Diligence.

Gary Yao - Merit in: Social English, Mathematics, Numeracy and Science.

2016 Junior Sports Awards

ATHLETICS

Y 7 & 8 Athletics Champion

J H Fulton Cup

Peter Sewell

Novice Athletics Champion T C Ross Cup

Nathan Harrison

Junior Athletics Challenge Cup Arthur M Sidey Cup

Nico Bowering Ruaidhri Brosnan

Champion of Champions presented by PJE Robinson in 1924

Peter Sewell

BASKETBALL

Most Promising Year 7 & 8 Player Barkman Trophy

Anton Stoddard

Oscar Sycamore

Most Promising Junior Player Brendan Sparrow Cup

Dominic Morrison Will Edwards

CRICKET

Most Outstanding Contribution to Y7 & 8 Cricket

Alex Wilson

Best Bowler Yr 7 & 8

Roly Scott Cup

Oscar Sycamore

Best Batsman Yr 7 & 8

Roly Scott Cup

Alex Wilson

Most Promising Junior Cricketer College Association Award

Tom Dempster

CROSS COUNTRY

Year 7 & 8 Cross Country College Association Cup

Grayson Westgate

Novice Cross Country Champion Gibson Family Cup

Josh Hou

Junior Cross Country Champion College Cup

Ruaidhri Brosnan

FENCING

The Louis Jennings Cup for Most Promising Fencer Tim Scott

FOOTBALL

Best Junior Soccer Player Schmidt Trophy

Ben Lund

Most Improved Player Baxter Cup

Benedict Kyle

GOLF

Junior Match-play Champion Watson Barkman Junior Cup

Robbie Perry

Junior Stroke-play Champion Parents and Friends Cup

Callum White

Y7 & 8 Golf Champion

Alex Wilson

HOCKEY

Most Valuable Primary Player

Alex Wilson

Most Improved Primary Player

Aaron Jones

Most Improved Y9/10 Player Bayne Cup

Eli Darling

ICE HOCKEY

Most Promising Player Henderson-Harbott Cup

Billy Sheard

Most Improved Junior Player

Josh Inder

RUGBY

Most Promising Under 14 Rugby Player - Robertson Trophy 1991

Andrew McKenzie

Most Improved U15 Player Nick Noone Trophy

Leroy Ferguson

SAILING

Top Sailor in the junior school Robert Murray Memorial Cup

Jake South Ollie Gilmour

SWIMMING

Junior Champion O.C.A. Cup 1929

Geoffrey Kemp

Year 7 & 8 Champion W P Edmonds Esq Cup

Max Kirkwood

TENNIS

Year 7 & 8 Tennis Singles

Anton Stoddard

Year 7 & 8 Doubles Champions

Anton Stoddard

Daniel Lund

Junior Tennis Singles

Presented by L H Patton Esq.

Henry Power

TOUCH

Best and Fairest Player

JMC Junior Touch Cup

Dominic Morrison

VOLLEYBALL

Most Promising Yr 9 Player

Billy Ellwood

Most Valuable Yr 10 Player presented by the Glichrist Family

Will Turner

WATERPOLO

Y7 and 8 Most improved player

Turner Family Cup

Anton Stoddard

Y9 and 10 Most Promising player

Turner Family Cup

Max Wolf

Sebastian Sole and Nick Page

Jacob Cotton, Toby Hope and Mitchell Parks

John McGlashan College Blues Recipients 2017

Johnny Baker Athletics**

Nico Bowering Athletics

Nathan Harrison Athletics

Gain, Cricket **

Ness Scully, Cricket**

Angus Simmers, Cricket**

Kyle Clark, Golf**

Lochie Bain, Rowing**

Alex Byars, Rowing**

Bailey Dowling, Rowing

Will Edwards, Rowing

Jack McLaughlan, Rowing**

Will Turner, Rowing

Ollie Gilmour, Sailing

Jordan

Tom Dempster, Cricket

Robbie Perry, Golf

Maarten De Ridder, Judo

Bradley Leydon, Rowing**

Olivier Pag’e, Sailing

Henry South, Sailing**

John McGlashan College Blues Recipients 2017

Nathan Wolf Surf Life Saving**

David Cannon Swimming

Ben Carr, Swimming**

Courtland Ellis, Swimming**

Geoffery Kemp, Swimming

Lachlan Ellis, Taekwon

Lachlan Kenneally, Tennis**

Hunter Cleland, Touch**

Jimmy Sinclair, Touch**

Brenssell,

Sebastian Sole, Volleyball

Bailey Dowling, Curling

Drew Schievink, Diving

Yugen Miyaha, Football

En Watanabe, Football

Jakob Annison, Hockey

Angus Cotton, Hockey

Hayden Gillispie, Hockey

Joe

Volleyball

Padraig McKenzie Ice Hockey**

Billy Sheard Ice Hockey

John McGlashan College Blues Recipients 2017

Riley

Henry

Hall, Karate

Bell, Rugby**

Hunter Cleland, Rugby

Leroy Ferguson, Rugby

Jimmy Sinclair, Rugby**

Leroy Ferguson, Rugby League

Martin Page, Table Tennis

Nathan Wolf, Water Polo

Ben Mitchell, Visual Art**

Nick Guilford, Visual Art

Charlie Dougherty Visual Art

Adam Tait, Music

Samuel Leaper, Music

James Burchell, Music**

Yugen Miyahara, Music

Nathan Harrison Music

Geoffrey Kemp, Music

Paddy Hantler, Debating

Mitchell Bruce, Drama

Matthew Fokkens, Drama

John McGlashan College Blues Recipients 2017

Alfie Richardson, Drama**

Johnny Baker, Languages

Jaiden Tucker, Languages

Year 7 Sculpture

** Blue with Endorsement

Back Row: Thomas Mason, Amani James, Caleb Forde, Harrison Meltzer, John Mengel

2nd Row: George Barker, Andrew Cochrane, Malachi Sem-Cheyne, Harrison Summers, Thomas Rasmussen, Mr A. Hore

Front Row: Jackson Cole, Tom Dyer, Ethan Leitch, Kaleb Durant, Marek Leith-Rickerby, Matthew Taylor

Back Row: William Macpherson, Jacob Cushen, Xavier Bachop, William Hubbard, Jack Howley

2nd Row: Eli Gepte, Billy Bezett, Callum Binns, Qwenton McKenzie, Max Jones, Ms A. Trenberth

Front Row: Joshua Penno, Benedict Brosnan, Edward Diaz-Farron, Luke Bezett, Alexander Seaton

Absent: Quinn Coutts

Back Row: Mason Gain, Harry Morshuis, David Wang, Isaac McConachie, Liam Ruru

2nd Row: Samuel Hore, Rylan Urquhart, Zac Brooking, Jacob Hall, Jack Lewis, Ms M. Bell

Front Row: Joseph Knopp, Akira Itadani, Baxter Meder, Nick Casey, Caleb Farrow, Xavier Radel, Angus Cuthill

Back Row: Will Baron, Phoenix Abbott, Orlando Tuhega-Vaitupu, Nicholas Tucker

2nd Row: Mr A. Duncan, Nick Friedlander, Solomon Harcombe, Enzo Hood, Jackson McEwen, James Stephen

Front Row: Charlie Bolton, Theo Hannagan, Harrison Marshall, Thomas Meder, Martin Brook, Mitchell Thorn, Gregory Jones

Absent: Sebastian Kyle

Back Row: Sam Sinclair, Xavier Edmond, Mitchell Lobb, Fynn Allison, Tom Fowler

Second Row: Ms M. Rodger, Feilim Dougerty, Angus McMillan, Nate Wisnesky

Front Row: Zachary Smith, Ollie Sinclair, Joshua Thom, James Palmer, Hunter Cockerill

Back Row: Nathan McKnight, Marshall Macready, Sheon Luxmanan, Connor Aldrich, Max Stowell

2nd Row: Jack Cotton, Timothy Bradfield, Anton Parker, Oscar Grey, Gary Yao, Toby Wafer, Ms M. Ruru

Front Row: Peter MacNab, Oliver Bamford, Jack Murphy, Zachary Duff, Oliver Matthews

9PMc

9RRa

Back Row: Ossian Lawrie, Joseph La Hood, Sam Tait, Hayden Elliot, Joshua Stevens, Darcy Nevill, George Conner

2nd Row: Mrs J. Mullenger, Manawa Dewes, Calvin Ruru, Jed Thompson-Fawcett, Jack Miller, Max Kirkwood, Freddy Wright

Front Row: Harry Allen, Daniel Lund, Thomas Hill, Ethan Farrow, Max Baldwin, Ryan Johnston, Saul Mawhinney

Absent: Jack Craig

Back Row: Levi James, Dan Kunac, Thomas Dodson, Tom Procter, Thomas Larrivee, Harrison Scott

Middle Row: Mr P. McCall, William Tong, Matthew Godfrey, LaQuan Sem-Cheyne, Mason Prentice, Lachie Crowle, Roy Feng, Adam Harbott

Front Row: Archie Thomson, Anton Stoddard, Brooke Mitchell, Elias O’Kane, Cory Beaumont, Liam Casey, Josh Sanders, Harvey Brenssell

Back Row: Clayton Cochrane, Jack Basham, Jinyoung Kim, Max Hudson, Samuel Garry, Eamon Flannery

2nd Row: Daniel Tucker, Ben Wilden, Grayson Westgate, Juan Garcia-Quiroga, Hunter Jolly, Ted Brenssell, Jack Robertson, Ms R. Rapson

Front Row: Alex Robinson, Jacob Wilson, Leo Clark, Matthew Ford, William Smillie, Hudson Ross,Angus McGregor, Tama Anthony-Whigham

Back Row: Fergus Parks, Caleb Oakley, Josh Whaanga, Miro Williams, Archie Dunn, Joseph Grace, Toby Dean

2nd Row: Ali Dohan, Sam Graamans, Aaron Jones, Zach Smith, Oscar Lobb, Paolo Corona, Mr T. Marshall

Front Row: Flook Chinsaswat, Oscar Sycamore, Rex McLean, Kaleb Hill, André Radel, Hugo Cochrane, Hamish Ross

Absent: Noah Coutts

Back Row: Jackson McBreen, Max Wolf, Joshua Jukes, Tevita Schaaf, Callum White, Gavin Jia, Hamish Lowery

2nd Row: Dr C. Preston, William McLauchlan, Caleb Le Cong, Jacob Yee, Keegan Hall, Tom Gold, Harley Herbert, Patrick Bezett

Front Row: Zachary Bowmar, Charlie Grey, Adam Woodhouse, William Shallard, Harry McKenzie, Cyrus Leung, William Cotton

Back Row: Ashley Stevenson, Scott Perkins, Mitchell Joint, Dominic Morrison, Zach McConnon, Angus Kenny

2nd Row: Mr D. Campbell, Julian Hamilton, Ned Hancox, Max Walker, Thomas McIver, Tom Copland, Benedict Kyle, Mrs P. Ferguson

Front Row: Lucas Stalker, Henry Power, Jonathan Brook, Aidan Hung, Will Morshuis, Josh Hou, Chris Denton

Absent: Felix Coutts

Back Row: Tu Bull, Krishan Luxmanan, Cam Forde, Oliver Bolton, Caine Taylor, Bailey Phizacklea, Matthew Kerruish

2nd Row: Mr J. Cuthbert, Luka Homersham, Flynn Cooper-Forster, Joe Mu, Luka Barson-McLean, Thomas Sullivan, Connor Seyb, Liam Ferguson

Front Row: Jaquan Fraser-Mapusua, Ben Guilford, Cameron Leydon, Sam Hope, Lourenco Botafogo, Billy Ellwood, Edward Temple

Back Row: Caleb Moody, Sam Knight, Liam George, Tom Crawford, Mason Calvert, Ben Monaghan, Alex Parks

2nd Row: Mr J. Kim, Fin Milne, Nathan Dockerty, Will Duffy, Macauley Ward, Danny Adams, Jack Murray, Robert Millar

Front Row: Thomas Greenaway, Jack Lundy, Jedidiah Gilchrist, Eli Familton, Alex Hopgood, Andrew McKenzie, Aidan Dougherty

Back Row: Josh Hope, Olivier Pagē, Geoffrey Kemp, Hamish Robinson, Neil Hutton, Nathan Harrison

3rd Row: Billy Sheard, Shay Veitch, Bruno Marsh, Ruaidhri Brosnan, Tim Chirnside, Will Edwards

2nd Row: George Bell, Elliot Chamberlain, Ben Lund, Sam Clulee, Jack Hutton-Atkins, Harrison Biggs, Mrs A. Anderson

Front Row: Wei Loh, Ollie Gilmour, Patrick Zhang, David Cannon, Daniel Robinson, Jiacong Ruan, Tim Scott. Absent: Samuel Leaper, Will Turner

11ABu

Back Row: Max Pacey, Alex Dodson, Jacob Johnson, Nicholas Chamberlain

3rd Row: Seongwoo Kim, Morgan Sim, Barend Jenkins, Timmy Fok, Ezekiel Nielsen

2nd Row: Oscar Cochrane, Daniel Thom, Jack Stevens, Archie Calder, Adrian Crampton, Stewart Ashton, Ms A. Burton

Front Row: Oliver Walker, Thomas McCracken, Max Gutry, Jack Newlands, Lucas Dickison, Harrison Jolly, Jake South

Absent: Braedyn Arbuckle

Back Row: Cougan Brown, Jordan Thorn, Tom Warman, Tom Dempster, Ben Hatton, Charlie Keenan

3rd Row: Martin Page, Adam Tait, Riley Hall, Eli Darling, Jez Nicholson-Kelly, Hugh Jenkins

2nd Row: Mr A. Facer, Stijn Lamberts, Geoffrey Bennani, Matthew Garry, Levi Liu, Robbie Perry, Raunaq Bhabra

Front Row: Ben Porter, Hamish Sinclair, Michael Beattie, Maarten De Ridder, Harry Tourelle,Rock Chotphatcharachaikul, Cade McRae

Back Row: Christian Avis, Bailey Dowling, Zack Stalker, Josh Inder

2nd Row: Mr C. Wang, Zach White, Patrick Wilson-Stewart, Nico Bowering, Quinn Ravenga-Taouma, Leroy Ferguson

Front Row: Harry Ross, Cameron Durant, Drew Schievink, Tom Johnston, Zack Matthews, Stefano Clara

Year 12 Class of 2017

Back Row: Max Gomez, Tyler Wilden Thomas Sime, Liam Robinson Jack McLaughlan, Charlie Davies, Alex Byars, Michael Sun, Elias Weinberger, Ben Wishart, Nick Worathongchai, AJ Visagie, Daniel

Shen 6th Row: Nick Guilford, Mitchell Botting, Toby Jarvie, Tom Shallard, Sam Engelbrecht, Jonathan Shallard, Kevin Sachdev, Andrew Goh, Jack Pacey, Ben Teviotdale, Jin Kim, Cameron Moran, Ben Macdonald, Oliver Geddes, James Burchell 5th Row: Oliver Mouat, Harry Russell, Jack Grey, Matthew Fokkens, Terance Yau, Thomas Cross, Jamie Shand, Lachlan Ellis, Ben Timmings, Ben McBreen, Oliver Bachop, Javke Willsman, Sam Taylor, Alex Leckie-Zaharic, Matthew Silvey 4th Row: Hyunsok Lee, Eric Cao, Campbell McKenzie, Max Roche, Will Paterson, Liam McHenry, Hugh Ross, Trevor Au, Harry Smith, Angus Frew, Patrick Larrivee, Jak Jessop, Robbie Baxter, Willy King-Begg, Jack Craig-Pearson 3rd Row: Carson Chan, Anson Peng, J.B Lowery, Andrew Hughes, Johnny Baxter, Tom Elliott, Will Burdon, Cameron Johnstone, Marcus Beagley, Hamish Brown, Henry Smillie, Bailey Godkin, George Adamson, Jaiden Tucker, Fergus Hope, Rowan Whyte 2nd Row: Alex Ng, Charlie Gruppelaar, Charlie Dougherty, Fynn Duncan, Paddy Wennekes, Isaac Cooper, Jayvan Liu, Angus McKenzie, Angus McCutcheon, James Millar, Evan Pan, Angus Cotton, Callum Struthers, Rix Chung, Joseph Kim Front Row: Isaac Scott, Ben Mitchell, Padraig MacKenzie, Winston Brinsley, Josef Van Plateringen, Josh Stoddard, Benjamin Hall, Boen Deng, En Watanabe, Alex Brenssell, George Lowery, Michael Jang, Josh Stackhouse

Absent: Mingyu Jeong, Lachlan Kenneally, Minsu Kim

Year 13 Class of 2017

Back Row: Robert Sangster, Kyle Tompkins, Bryant Wang, Jackson Dempster, Nick Page, Toby Hope, Sebatian Sole, Quinn Campbell, George Johnston, George Sinclair 6th Row: Philip Yarnall, Thomas Hazlett, Harry Matthews, Jimmy Sinclair, Hamish Maunsell, Hunter Cleland, Harry Fraser, Jared Burns, Gene Turner, Ben Carr, Jordan Mitchell 5th Row: Fergus Keiller, Joe Brenssell, Jakob Annison, Campbell Adam, Fraser Reid, Nathan Scott, Henry Ward, Courtland Ellis, Stephen Jannink, Alfie Richardson, Bradley Leydon 4th Row: Tom Berg, Thomas Benny, Stuart Van Turnhout, Stijn De Ridder, Alex Thomson, Zak Beck, Bradley Holdridge, Lucas Reid, Charlie Baker, Ness Scully, Angus Simmers, Ryan Boult 3rd Row: Hayden Gillespie, Taylor Mechen, Henry Bell, Jordan Gain, James McPherson, Jiro Chen, Jasper Jin, Nathan Wolf, Will Palmer, Josh Smith, Chia-Fu Hsu, Nathan Wylie 2nd Row: Reon Lowery, Paddy Hantler, Fraser Reynolds, Yugen Miyahara, Max Smith, Dominic Brosnan, Kyle Clark, Sean McKenzie, Josh Mullin, Matt Johnstone, Sam Tomkins, Andrew Wierda

Front Row: Lochie Bain, Callum Duncan, Caleb Homersham, Tahir Singh, Jack Nicholls, Daniel Tan, Mitchell Parks, Willem van Plateringen, Taylor McRae, Mitchell Tozer, Henry South, Jacob Cotton, Toby McDonald Absent: Mitchell Bruce

Name: Campbell Adam

Claim to Fame: Being Ginger

Favourite Saying:

“Me and my grandma take meds, ohh” -Lil

Pump

Theme Song:

iCarly theme song

Proposed Career:

Own custom computer building company

Prob. Career:

Dole Rider

Cherished Memory: Common room antics

Name: Lochie Bain

Claim to Fame:

Having the lowest batting average in Yr 13

Favourite Saying: “Horn”

Theme Song:

This Afternoon - Nickleback

Proposed Career:

Rural Banker

Prob. Career:

Stock Agent

Cherished Memory:

Common room antics, Footy 2017

Name: Zachary Beck

Claim to Fame:

Always “sick” on every Swimming Sports

Favourite Saying:

Just Stop Doggin’ Me Around

Theme Song:

China Grove - The Doobie Brothers

Proposed Career:

Professional Italian

Prob. Career: On the Dole

Cherished Memory: Hanoi

Name: Thomas Benny

Claim to Fame:

Sending it

Favourite Saying:

What are Saturdays for?

Theme Song: Black Betty

Proposed Career:

Farm owner

Prob. Career:

Being a Tradie

Cherished Memory: The hostel life throughout my time at JMC

Name: Jakob Annison

Claim to Fame: Captain of the 3rd XI cricket team in Year 10!

Favourite Saying:

Goodness gracious

Theme Song: The Castle Street Song

Proposed Career: Not a PE teacher

Prob. Career:

Stew’s apprentice

Cherished Memory: Asia hockey tour, Year 10 camp and yarns with Stew

Name: Charles Baker

Claim to Fame:

The Better Deputy Head

Favourite Saying: “Is heeeee?”

Theme Song:

The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala

Proposed Career:

Diplomat

Prob. Career: Vicar

Cherished Memory: Rugby Tournament Queenstown, Cambridge Maths

Name: Henry Bell

Claim to Fame:

Being obese

Favourite Saying: School Stand

Theme Song:

Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses

Proposed Career: Dane Coles

Prob. Career: Andrew Hore

Cherished Memory: Aussie and Vietnam trips with the boys

Name: Tom Berg

Claim to Fame: My favourite base is Thymine

Favourite Saying: Are you chewing a brick

Theme Song: Lateralus - Tool

Proposed Career: The next Bill Gates

Prob. Career:

Code monkey

Cherished Memory: Finding out that the chemistry I learned was disproved a 100 years ago.

Name: Ryan Boult

Claim to Fame:

Programming minesweeper on the calculator

Favourite Saying: Is that you ____

Theme Song: Baahubali soundtrack

Proposed Career:

Software engineer

Prob. Career:

Calculator repair man

Cherished Memory: Golden age of fives and making cardboard

Name: Dom Brosnan

Claim to Fame:

Favourite Saying: fun fact - .....

Theme Song:

Pumped up Kicks - Foster the People

Proposed Career:

Dictator

Prob. Career:

Dictator

Cherished Memory: Maccas trips

Name: Jared Burns

Claim to Fame:

Having the best broken bone story ever

Favourite Saying:

Glorious!

Theme Song:

Savior - Rise Against

Proposed Career:

Architect

Prob. Career:

Builder/Tradie

Cherished Memory: Winning John Elders cup in Australia

Name: Ben Carr

Claim to Fame:

Second in swimming sports every year to Courtland Ellis

Favourite Saying: Believe me, 5am ain’t early

Theme Song:

Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns ‘N’ Roses

Proposed Career:

Professional Swimmer

Prob. Career:

Swim Coach/Physio

Cherished Memory:

German Exchange, “Tiger Country”

Name: Joe Brenssell

Claim to Fame:

Smiling all the time

Favourite Saying: How are we?

Theme Song:

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

Proposed Career: The next Harvey Specter

Prob. Career:

Pita maker at Pita Pit

Cherished Memory: Volleyball tournaments

Name: Mitch Bruce

Claim to Fame:

Blues in drama

Favourite Saying: Soccer practice?

Theme Song:

Love song 4 Jack - By me.

Proposed Career:

Professional Uni Hock player

Prob. Career:

Gardener

Name: Quinn Campbell

Claim to Fame:

Tall and lanky

Favourite Saying: “I’ve got stretch”

Theme Song:

You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

Proposed Career:

Average Clinical Psychologist

Prob. Career:

Below average history teacher

Cherished Memory: Vietnam with Sally and co

Name: Jiro Chen

Claim to Fame: The 2017 John

McGlashan International Prefect

Favourite Saying: “What is that mean?”

Theme Song: Rich Chigga - Dat $tick

Proposed Career: New Zealand Farmer

Prob. Career:

Pharmacist

Cherished Memory: The top student in 2017 IB Music in Otago

Name: Kyle Clark

Claim to Fame:

Having 9 Fingers

Favourite Saying:

Cashmoney

Theme Song:

Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Proposed Career:

Golf Caddy

Prob. Career:

Milton Supervalue Trolley Collector.

Cherished Memory:

School Sports Days, Hostel Yarns and Trips.

Name: Stijn De Ridder

Claim to Fame:

I once ate 63 chicken nuggets

Favourite Saying: Wait this isn’t tennis...!

Theme Song:

Cape of our hero - Volbeat

Proposed Career:

Neurosurgery

Prob. Career:

Divorced

Name: Courtland Ellis

Claim to Fame:

My knee

Favourite Saying:

“Insert excuse here”

Theme Song:

Fifteen - Taylor Swift

Proposed Career:

National Athlete

Prob. Career:

Forced retirement

Cherished Memory: Relay medals NZSSSC, Bush Maths, Fives with the bois

Name: Jordan Gain

Claim to Fame:

Best aftermatch captains speech

Favourite Saying:

Nah couldn’t have done much more the pitch was moving all over the place

Theme Song: Under The Bridge - Red

Hot Chilli Peppers

Proposed Career:

1st class Cricketer

Prob. Career:

Coach of JMC Second XI

Cherished Memory:

Cricket trips to Melbourne

Name: Hunter Cleland

Claim to Fame:

Being the best driver

Favourite Saying: Haha what a pinner

Theme Song:

Thrift Shop- Macklemore

Proposed Career:

Agricultural contractor

Prob. Career:

Tractor driver

Cherished Memory: Sending it with the boys

Name: Jackson Dempster

Claim to Fame:

Bowling George Johnston out for a duck at U17 tournament

Favourite Saying: I’ll do it tomorrow

Theme Song: Africa by Toto

Proposed Career: Plumber

Prob. Career: Farmer

Cherished Memory: Ben Morris asking Reon if he wears jersey

Name: Harry Fraser

Claim to Fame:

Having autographs of 3 Southern United players

Favourite Saying: Geo is actually a serious subject

Theme Song:

Champions League Anthem

Proposed Career:

Surveyor

Prob. Career:

High school football coach

Cherished Memory: Tournament week

Invercargill 2016 and Christchurch 2017

Name: Hayden Gillespie

Claim to Fame: Being able to talk backwards and speaking in the voice of Gollum, Running everywhere.

Favourite Saying:

You know I do PE right??

Theme Song: The Bard’s Secret - Dan Bull

Proposed Career:

Author working part-time as a game designer and animator

Prob. Career:

Manga story designer

Cherished Memory: JMC Malaysia and Singapore hockey tour in 2015.

Name: Harry Matthews

Claim to Fame:

Never making a first’s team

Favourite Saying:

Just what the doctor ordered

Theme Song:

Axel F - Crazy Frog

Proposed Career:

Architect

Prob. Career:

Kitchen hand

Cherished Memory: Every day in Year 13

Name: Bradley Holdridge

Claim to Fame:

Dropping IB for NCEA

Favourite Saying:

Step, stop, shot.

Theme Song:

Gucci Gang - Lil Pump

Proposed Career:

Professional Footballer

Prob. Career:

Sunday League Ronaldo

Cherished Memory: Year 7&8 Cricket Nationals

Name: Toby Hope

Claim to Fame:

Being the most successful Hope, being tall, and rocking the fringe.

Favourite Saying:

Another day, another dollar

Theme Song:

Country Calendar Theme Song

Proposed Career:

Builder

Prob. Career:

Farmer

Cherished Memory: Yr 12 Ski Camp

Name: James McPherson

Claim to Fame:

Got fives banned from beside the gym.

Favourite Saying:

“This stardust won’t settle” - Jacinda Adern

Theme Song:

Kahoot music - various artists

Proposed Career:

Prime Minister

Prob. Career:

David Seymour

Cherished Memory: ICT free Tuesdays

Name: Thomas Hazlett

Claim to Fame:

Consuming more chicken wraps than anyone else

Favourite Saying: “BRAAAAAAAAAP sutututu” - Subaru

Theme Song:

Down Under - Men at work

Proposed Career:

Astronaut

Prob. Career: Used Subaru salesman

Cherished Memory: Mr Idour

Name: Caleb Homersham

Claim to Fame: I started off with straight A’s but now I’m not even straight

Favourite Saying: “Be who you are, not what others want you to be”

Theme Song:

“It’s Raining Men” - The Weather Girls

Proposed Career:

Surgeon

Prob. Career:

GP

Cherished Memory:

My table group in English - Thomas Hazlett, Caitlin Deans and Katie Morris

Name: Chia-Fu Hsu

Claim to Fame:

Doing IB and probably almost failed.

Favourite Saying:

Please Min Jeong!!! I have work to do!!!

Theme Song:

Thunder - Imagine Dragons

Proposed Career:

Scientist of something

Prob. Career: Computer Engineer

Cherished Memory: Almost doing the wrong mock exam paper three times in a row because the teacher printed the wrong one.

Name: Stephen Jannink

Claim to Fame:

Jack in Fight Club is Jesus???

Favourite Saying:

“It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? “

Theme Song:

Never gonna give you up

Proposed Career:

Diplomat

Prob. Career:

Caravan Salesmen

Cherished Memory: The Fives Journey

Name: George Johnston

Claim to Fame:

Olivia George liking my comment

Favourite Saying:

“Yeah I’m 1/8th Maori bro”

Theme Song:

Poi E Patea Maori Club

Proposed Career:

Chemistry teacher in Poland

Prob. Career:

Cup of tea tester

Cherished Memory:

Being bowled out by Jackson at U17’s

Name: Matt Johnstone

Claim to Fame:

In 4 JMC first teams

Favourite Saying:

“I’ll get it down”

Theme Song:

My House - Flo Rida

Proposed Career:

Architect

Prob. Career:

Berry Picker

Cherished Memory: National Futsal Tournament 2017, Asia Hockey Tour 2015

Name: Lucas Reid

Claim to

Fame: Having a batting average of 80 runs for Albion Jets, 2011

Favourite Saying:

Backslash, backslash, jaipur

Theme Song:

I’m The Ish (mix 2) - DJ Godfather

Proposed Career: CEO at TAB

Prob. Career: On the benefit, living at the Edgar Centre, & being a keyboard warrior on Facebook

Cherished Memory: Science with Shanndy in Year 9, Vietnam trip 2016

Name: Jordan Mitchell

Claim to Fame: Not only do I co-own a firewood business, I also hosted the most entertaining Year 12 pre-formal ever

Favourite Saying:

“This year is Liverpool’s year”

Theme Song: Bob The Builder

Proposed Career:

Architect

Prob. Career: “The Supervisor”

Cherished Memory: Year 10 camp and being the fastest class ever to climb to the top of Mt Mason and back.

Name: Patrick Hantler

Claim to Fame: Speaking fluent vietnamese to a waitress in Saigon

Favourite Saying: *Clicks heels* - Charles

Emerson Dunbar Baker

Theme Song:

Go Square Go - Glasvegas

Proposed Career:

Patrick Gower

Prob. Career:

Patrick Bateman

Cherished Memory: Year 12 Pre-formal

Name: Bradley Leydon

Claim to Fame:

Rowing

Favourite Saying: “Heeelo, I am from Kazakstan”

Theme Song:

Elephant - Tame Impala

Proposed Career:

Retired by the age of 30

Prob. Career:

Rowing coach

Cherished Memory: The boarding house

Name: Taylor McRae

Claim to Fame: Being chased by a homeless man on hockey tournament

Favourite Saying: Nah, I’ll do it this weekend

Theme Song:

The Eagles - Hotel California

Proposed Career: Famous musician

Prob. Career: Musician

Cherished Memory: Camp

Name: Yugen Miyahara

Claim to Fame:

Yuigbeast YouTube 100 Subscribers

Favourite Saying: What’s up guys YBT here

Theme Song: It Ain’t Me - Kygo ft. Selena Gomez

Proposed Career:

Sports Doctor

Prob. Career:

Primary School Football Coach

Cherished Memory: German Exchange

Name: Joshua Mullin

Claim to Fame:

Missing Year 11 Physics exam

Favourite Saying:

Howdy.

Theme Song: Flying Kitty - Never gonna follow that train.

Proposed Career: Computer program

project development person, coding stuff

Prob. Career:

IT Help guy

Cherished Memory:

Year 9 Thursday last periods in 9DCA

Social Studies

Name: Nick Page

Claim to Fame: Destroying the senior art room sink and still not been charged for it.

Favourite Saying:

Well that didn’t go as planned

Theme Song:

The sound of silence

Proposed Career:

Researcher in Chemistry or Physics

Prob. Career:

Creature

Cherished Memory: Banter with everyone

Name: Mitchell Parks

Claim to Fame:

Using my GoldCard at the canteen, Ranger

Favourite Saying:

Ah well, she’ll be right

Theme Song:

Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins

Proposed Career:

Commercial pilot

Prob. Career:

Dairy farm assistant, assistant rowing coach at St Hildas

Cherished Memory: Driving lads around the show, hostel banter and breathing

Name: Fraser Reynolds

Claim to Fame:

The less successful IB dropout

Favourite Saying:

“I’m in”

Theme Song:

Nothin’ But A Good Time - Poison

Proposed Career:

The next Ed Sheeran

Prob. Career:

The next Nick Yates Henderson

Cherished Memory:

When Tussock and David scared an entire year 10 group with a chess piece

Name: Nathan Wylie

Claim to Fame:

Failing level One

Favourite Saying: Fight me, na na didn’t mean it

Theme Song:

Rockstar- post Malone

Proposed Career:

Aircraft engineer

Prob. Career:

Working in a retirement village

Cherished Memory: Prospect Park

Name: Will Palmer

Claim to Fame:

Driving a Saab

Favourite Saying: If there’s a will there’s a way

Theme Song:

Candy paint - Post Malone

Proposed Career:

Industrial Design

Prob. Career:

Stay at home Dad

Cherished Memory: Senior Art Room

Name: Fraser Reid

Claim to Fame:

On the John McGlashan international (and only) ski team

Favourite Saying: Never do tomorrow what you can just as easily do the day after.

Theme Song: The Man Who Sold the World - Midge Ure

Proposed Career:

Professional CS:GO player

Prob. Career:

Physics researcher

Cherished Memory: 2017 ski trip to Cardrona

Name: Alfred Richardson

Claim to Fame:

The token Brit

Favourite Saying: “I’m on a fast camel now boys”

Theme Song: God Save the Queen

Proposed Career:

Actor

Prob. Career: Librarian

Cherished Memory: Year 10 camp

Name: Robert Sangster

Claim to Fame:

Most Capped 3rd XV Player

Favourite Saying:

Sabotage, Crossfire

Theme Song:

All I Ever Wanted - Bass Hunter

Proposed Career:

Valuer

Prob. Career:

Goat Farmer

Cherished Memory: Vietnam Trip, Language Perfect

Name: Ness Scully

Claim to Fame:

The Better Deputy Head

Favourite Saying: In the 2015 NBA Finals, when Kanter and Adams were on the floor, they secured 71% of all shot rebounds, offensive and defensive.

Theme Song: Shut Up - Stormzy

Proposed Career:

Jordan Belfort

Prob. Career:

Mark Scully

Cherished Memory: Australia Rugby Tour

Name: Jimmy Sinclair

Claim to Fame:

JMC Contractors

Favourite Saying:

Better to burn out than to fade away

Theme Song:

Ski mask, the Slump God - Catch me

Outside

Proposed Career:

Live at home till I’m 40

Prob. Career:

Anime director

Cherished Memory: Year 10 camp

Name: Tahir Singh

Claim to Fame: Being a supreme being and the Imperial Emperor and an excellent

Archer

Favourite Saying: I am the Emperor

Theme Song: Georges Bizet - L’Arlesienne

Suite No. 2: Farandole

Proposed Career: Lawyer

Prob. Career: Lawyer and Emperor

Cherished Memory:

Mr Morrison and his passion for Tahiti

Indulging in the world of IB History

Being part of the McGlashan community

Name: Nathan Scott

Claim to Fame: Aiming to be a physio through health sciences.

Favourite Saying: “We must Imagine Sisyphus happy”- Albert Camus

Theme Song:

Original Pokemon theme song.

Proposed Career: Physio

Prob. Career:

Sports Columnist

Cherished Memory: Last ever period of Chemistry, making slime and blowing stuff up.

Name: Angus Simmers

Claim to Fame:

Best COD player in the year

Favourite Saying: Oh no no no, you take it, you take it

Theme Song: It wasn’t Me - Shaggy

Proposed Career:

Professional canoe polo player

Prob. Career: Farmer

Cherished Memory: Burns house taking out the singing

Name: George Sinclair

Claim to Fame:

Year 12 Formal.

Favourite Saying: D’oh!

Theme Song: Try Everything - Shakira

Proposed Career:

Northern Prems Legend

Prob. Career: Northern 5ths Battler

Cherished Memory: Futsal Nationals

Name: Max Smith

Claim to Fame:

Used to be able to backflip off stuff

Favourite Saying: I’ll just go to maccas for the ride, but I won’t get anything

Theme Song: Epic- Faith No More

Proposed Career: Businessman

Prob. Career:

Uni student for life

Cherished Memory: Year 10 camp. playing in the under 13’s. Unihock with Stew

Name: Sebastian Sole

Claim to Fame:

South African

Favourite Saying:

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark”Ralph Waldo Emerson

Theme Song: Beethoven’s Symphony No.

7 in A Major Op. 92: II Allegretto

Proposed Career:

Cyber security consultant

Prob. Career:

Software engineer

Cherished Memory: 2016-17 German Exchange

Name: Daniel Tan

Claim to Fame: Sent out of Mr Murdoch’s class into the world of unreal numbers.

Favourite Saying:

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift...that’s why they call it the present.

Theme Song:

More than you know- Axwell

Proposed Career: Football Player

Prob. Career: Sports Physio

Cherished Memory: German Exchange and Mr Murdoch’s classes

Name: Tobias McDonald

Claim to Fame:

Mountain antics

Favourite Saying: You should go to Kapiti youth support

Theme Song:

The Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Proposed Career:

Lazy builder

Prob. Career:

Even lazier builder

Cherished Memory: Vietnam trip

Name: Kyle Tompkins

Favourite Saying: *yeet*

Theme Song: Ween - “Ocean Man” - The Mollusk Sessions.

Proposed Career: Achieving a high level of wealth, status and prosperity through hard work and dedication.

Prob. Career:

Marrying Rich.

Cherished Memory: The beep test.

Name: Henry South

Claim to Fame:

Winning long jump in Year 8

Favourite Saying: It’s not cheating if you don’t get caught

Theme Song:

Come as you are - Nivarna

Proposed Career:

Living off TAB

Prob. Career: Struggling to make a living due to gambling debt

Cherished Memory: Hockey tournaments, Asia tour, Unihoc with Stew

Name: Alex Thomson

Claim to Fame:

Introduced Baahubali to the West.

Favourite Saying:

“Yeah the Boiz”

Theme Song:

State Anthem of the Soviet Union

Proposed Career:

Governor-General of New Zealand

Prob. Career:

Full time homelessness.

Cherished Memory: Year 10 Cambridge Mathematics. “French” classes.

Name: Samuel Tomkins

Claim to Fame:

Never purchased something from the canteen

Favourite Saying: “Boomtown”

Theme Song: Im still here (Jim’s theme) - John Rzeznik

Proposed Career:

Doctor

Prob. Career:

Stay-at-home dad

Cherished Memory: Year 9 foursquare master (w/ Bradley Holdridge)

Name: Gene Turner

Claim to Fame:

Getting away with long hair for far too long

Favourite Saying: free bobby

Theme Song: I Don’t Like - Chief Keef

Proposed Career:

Soundcloud rapper

Prob. Career:

Replacing Shaggy in Scooby Doo

Cherished Memory: Art room lads

Name: Willem Johannes Jacobus van Plateringen

Claim to Fame: Johnnys car enthusiast, more commonly known as a bogan.

Favourite Saying:

Chur kooze

Theme Song: Crank that - Soulja Boy

OOOUUU - Young M.A, Dogs at the pad

Proposed Career: Helicopter and Fixed wing maintenance engineer and pilot

Prob. Career:

On da bene for da dogs

Cherished Memory: Being the skuxx

Name: Henry Ward

Claim to Fame:

Being a tied down dude.

Favourite Saying: “Where there’s a Ward there’s a way” - ancient Chinese proverb

Theme Song: Kahoot songs

Proposed Career:

Scientist

Prob. Career:

Mad scientist

Cherished Memory: Four square with the boys, Ward vs Wild documentary

Name: Philip Yarnall

Claim to Fame:

Headphones and I’M SORRY.

Favourite Saying: “Never could words of mine express His honor, his bounty, his gentleness, ‘Twas God who graced him with gifts so high. Ere I leave his vassalage I will die.”

Theme Song: Take On Me - A-Ha

Proposed Career: Lord Of All Darkness

Prob. Career: Ecologist.

Cherished Memory: All the times I disrupted Mr McGilchrist’s work by walking into his office and having a conversation.

Name: Jasper Jin

Claim to Fame: 2017, the first year at Johnnies

Favourite Saying: Keep hungry, stay foolish

Theme Song: I don’t wanna live forever

Proposed Career: International businessman

Prob. Career: accountant, economist

Cherished Memory: Became a librarian, studied economics and accounting at school, participated cross country, swimming, tennis.

Name: Stuart van Turnhout

Claim to Fame: Having a job at an architecture firm since I was 15.

Making a cardboard mini gun.

Favourite Saying:

“He who wields a mini-gun, fears not” -Ancient Japanese proverb

Theme Song: “My Way” -Frank Sinatra

Proposed Career: Design Engineer.

Prob. Career: Dog Handler.

Cherished Memory: -Cardboard Warfare in year 10 CAD, -Ward vs Wild -Four square with the boys

Name: Andrew Weirda

Claim to Fame:

Mediocre card tricks

Favourite Saying: But why

Theme Song: Harry Potter theme song

Proposed Career: Magician

Prob. Career: Beggar

Cherished Memory: My magic show in Year 10

Name: Bryant Wang

Claim to Fame: Travel and ski.

Favourite Saying: Okay

Theme Song:

Proposed Career:

Graphics/User interface designer

Prob. Career:

Product Manager

Cherished Memory: Everything about this country, this place and my friends. A memorable experience in this school.

Name: Jack Nicholls

Claim to Fame:

Best COD 4 player at school

Favourite Saying: Pull your head in

Theme Song: Garry come homeSpongebob Squarepants

Proposed Career: Profesional gamer

Prob. Career:

Waste management

Cherished Memory: Dodge ball in Year 7

Name: Reon Lowery

Claim to Fame:

Going viral for rugby

Favourite Saying:

Oi whata ewes up2

Theme Song:

Pretty boy Swag - Soulja boy

Colt 45 - Afroman

Proposed Career:

Rugby player

Prob. Career:

Pig Hunter

Cherished Memory:

Term Four Year 12

Back Row: Stephen Jannink, William Kelly, Bradley Leydon, Charlie Baker, Quinn Campbell, Angus Simmers

Middle Row: Gene Turner, Daniel Kim, Alfie Richardson, Jimmy Sinclair, Harry Matthews, Lewis Ross, Harry Fraser, Ms Burton

Front Row: Philip Yarnall, Toby McDonald, Max Smith, Andrew Wierda, Daniel Tan, Tahir Singh, Jack Nicholls, Patrick Williams

Absent: Lucas Reid

Row: Thomas Benny, Hayden Gillespie, Fraser Reid, Yugen Miyahara, Reon Lowery, Bradley Holdridge

Middle Row: Mr Jeremy Cuthbert, Joe Brensell, Fergus Keiller, Michael Johnstone, Sebastian Sole, Max Chu, Sean Mckenzie

Front Row: Taylor Mechen, Jordan Gain, Hunter Cleland, Nathan Wylie, Nathan Wolf, Samuel Tomkins, Lochie Bain

Absent: Wade Adams, Angus Scott

Name: Wolf Nathan

Claim to Fame:

Working hard in class all day and not getting distracted

Favourite Saying: Struth

Theme Song: Arabella

Proposed Career:

Life guard

Prob. Career:

Unemployed surfer bum

Back Row: Thomas Hazlett, Jordan Mitchell, Henry Ward, Thomas Berg, Nicholas Page, Ben Morris, Morgan Jones, Alex Thomson

Middle Row: Stijn De Ridder, Zachary Beck, Jared Burns, Joshua Grills, Thomas Stevich, Henry Bell, Mr Don Campbell

Front Row: Stuart Van Turnhout, Callum Duncan, Patrick Hantler, George Sinclair, Kyle Clark, Matthew Johnstone, Joshua Mullin, Willem Van Plateringen

Absent: Jiro Chen

Row: Mitchell Tozer, Ryan Boult, Taylor McRae, Mitchell Parks, Courtland Ellis, Kyle Tompkins, George Johnston, Caleb Homersham

Middle Row: Ben Carr, Robert Sangster, Ness Scully, Toby Hope, Richard Ratcliff, Nathan Scott, Mrs Sue Porter (Teacher)

Front Row: Hamish Maunsell, Mason Lee, Dominic Brosnan, Will Palmer, Fraser Reynolds, Henry South, James McPherson, Jakob Annison

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The Last Word: Sue Porter - Assistant Principal

The Rhinoceros and The Flying Fish by Sue Porter (Inspired by a Metro Magazine article Oct 2017)

From the first day students start school they are categorised.

“At”, “Above” or “Below”.

Some are lucky enough to be classified as ‘lions’ or ‘cheetahs’. Generally, these students are seen as fast learners, who demonstrate their intellectual potential early on. For these students succes is believed to be a certainty. Others might be referred to as belonging to the “rhinoceros” group. These tend to be the highly noticeable, but perhaps slower progressing students, who may be ‘weighed” down by a learning difference.

Then of course there are the “Flying fish”, who are metaphorically like fish out of water in the school setting. These are quirky, left field thinkers. The ones who may have a passion for dinosaurs, Greek Mythology, Minecraft or local body politics.

The future success of ALL these students hinges on one key factor. No – It’s not cutting-edge technology.

Nor is it modern buildings and furnishings.

It is, however, heavily influenced by the values and mind-set of every staff member they will encounter on their educational journey.

As educators we can choose to put a lid on our expectations for specific groups of students OR we can choose to believe in the power of possibility and strive to keep pathways open for success.

Success? Actually, what is success?

Success might be sitting through a performance when you are hypersensitive to noise OR delivering a speech in front of your English class when you are crippled by anxiety OR restraining your urge to blurt out whatever comes into your head. It might be gaining the building apprenticeship you always dreamed of, attending the chess nationals or making it into the ‘100 Club’ for academic achievement.

I want to say thank you to every one of my colleagues for showing that you care about the ‘rhinoceros’ and the ‘flying flsh’, not just the ‘lions’ and ‘cheetahs’ here at McGlashan. A very special aspect of the culture here at McGlashan is how we embrace and value diversity. The boys are encouraged to develop and advance their talents and interests at their own pace. Some may progress at lightning speed, while others might be slow burners who come into their own as they reach higher levels in the school or when they leave school.

John McGlashan is not an over-sized commercial operation that produces clones, rather, it is a boutique organisation that endeavours to personalise learning opportunities to help students to become the best version of themselves.

I know that you all of you here at McGlashan will continue to treat every student as a unique individual. After all, some of us may have been classified as these ‘creatures’ ourselves at school. Hmm… perhaps some of us still are? Of course I was never a lion or a cheetah, nor a rhinoceros or a flying fish. I was more likely to be a… ‘Jack Russell’. Small, yappy and hard to train.