2012 St Paul's Year Book

St Paul’s Collegiate School S TAT E

IN FIDE

Collegian 2012

Editorial The busy year of 2012 has reached its end all too quickly. I am wondering how to characterise the ‘year-that-was’ and the word that shouts from the cover of this magazine is ‘Dramatic’. We have been lucky enough to see the talents of a huge proportion of our student body involved in two major productions this year.

On pages of this Collegian you will see images of the highly successful Midsummer Night’s Dream. This incredible cast of students, in only one term, memorised and performed a major Shakespearean play, and they did so with passion and flair. No-one will forget Paul Newton-Jackson’s performance of Puck or the elegance in which David Rooney and Brenna Cockrem, the King and Queen of the Fairies graced the stage. We all laughed out loud at the capering fortunes, and misfortunes, of the Rude Mechanicals and loved Jasper Hankins’ rendition of ‘Die! Die! Die!’ For me, these students showed they not only have an incredible talent but reach the heights of performance with sheer hard work and dedication. The perseverance and tenacity of Mr Nick Clothier, our head of Drama, needs to be applauded as he not only directed the Shakespearean drama and the musical production but also performed in the starring role in an independent production of Rabbit Hole this year.

Many of our budding Shakespeareans then turned around in term two and took major roles in the musical production of Les Miserables. Both Mr Nick Clothier and Mr Francis Cowan, as true visionaries, directed this simply amazing musical. Many of you who attended will agree with me that this was yet another performance of professional standard. The images you will find in this Collegian will bring back memories of this French rebellion and no doubt leave you humming and singing those familiar tunes again. The standard of the singing and acting can only be described as faultless. This can be clearly attested to by the accolades sent to the school by many guests who attended one of our four performances.

The opportunity to perform in front of such large audiences is one available to few of us.

Our students grasped this opportunity and clearly made themselves, the school and most importantly their parents very proud indeed. However talent such as we saw this year is seldom accomplished without the vision, determination and an astounding dedication to practice and rehearsals. Only the staff and parents of our performers see the amount of work that goes into such seemingly effortless performance.

Our drama and music staff are especially proud that at least two of our departing cast are pursuing careers in the performing arts, Ryan McIntyre has been accepted into the incredibly prestigious Wellington Drama School of Toi Whakaari, and Jonathan Eyers received a Hillary Scholarship to attend the Waikato Academy of Performing Arts.

Our students are of course as dedicated to their studies as to their arts; we can now also boast that we have reached the academic heights of our best ever Scholarship results. Our students gained 43 Scholarships, 14 of which are at the Outstanding level. This ranks St Paul’s Collegiate as the top New Zealand Independent School for Scholarships gained in 2012.

So once again I offer you, the reader, this Collegian Magazine and a glimpse into our year.

Andrea Dela Rue

Contents OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY Board of Trustees and Staff Staff 2012 Introducing New Staff Farewell to Staff Prefects’ Commissioning Great Oaks Trading Reflection from Head Boy and Girl Induction of Fellows Our Gap Tutors

Dining Room Upgrade Grandparents’ Day 2 4 5 7 9 9 10 12 14

CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE KING St Paul’s Chaplaincy 2012 Chaplain’s Report Chapel Prefects’ Reflections Mission and Outreach Whesby Trust House Chapel Services

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OLD COLLEGIANS Daryl Lyes Michael Oehley Professor Gary Wilson Daniel Ammann Old Collegians’ Report

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ACADEMIC EXPOSURE Academic Results 2011 Scholarships Duncan Smith’s Award Mathematically Minded Scientifically Speaking International Centre

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SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS Rock Quest A Midsummer Night’s Dream Les Miserables School Ball – Casino Royale Celebration of Music

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Parents’ Association Visitors to St Paul's Leadership Camp House for Tihoi

THE POWER OF SPORT

HOUSE LIFE

Aerobics Badminton Athletics Basketball Chess Climbing Duathlon Cricket Cross Country Cycling Equestrian Football In-Line Hockey Hockey Mountain Biking Netball Rowing Rugby Skiing Softball Shooting Squash Swimming Weights Tennis Triathlon Touch Rugby Table Tennis Water Polo

House Competition Table Fashion Show 24 Hour Relay Arts Week Swimming House Music Athletics Day Road Relay Standards Winter Sports Haka Competition

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CULTURALLY CRUISING Kapa Haka Choir Senior Bands Junior Band Programme Chamber Music V48hr Film Festival Debating

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STUDENT PROFILES Our Acheivements

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Art and Design Creative Writing

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OUR STUDENTS’ WORK Furniture Engineering

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S TAT E

IN FIDE

St Paul’s Collegiate School Hamilton

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WE ARE THE SUM OF OUR PARTS Clark House Fitchett House Hall House Hamilton House Harington House Harington Boarding Sargood House School House Williams House Tihoi Venture School Clark House Photo Fitchett House Photo Hall House Photo Hamilton House Photo Harington House Photo Sargood House Photo School House Photo Williams House Photo

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CLASS OF 2012 Prefects for 2013 Prefect Pen Sketches

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FINAL AWARDS AND CELEBRATIONS Prizegiving Ceremony Prize Giving Address – Grant Lander, Headmaster Valedictory Speech – Liam Buchanan 2012 Leavers

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OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

NOTABLE EVENTS

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Board of Trustees and Staff BOARD OF TRUSTEES PJ Morgan (QC) – Chair SK Wootton – Deputy Chair ML Gutry

Sargood

C Neethling

School

ADR Gibbs

NE Clothier, BEd (Waikato), Dip PerfArts

Williams

J Rowlands

CA Coates, BFA (Auckland), Dip Tchg

Harington

JJ Lock

JJ Coley, BA (Waikato), Dip Ed

KL Rhymer

FJ Cowan, BMus (Victoria), Dip Tchg, LTCL

Harington Boarding

Dr KB Morris AD Johnson

Senior Boarding Administrator AJ Constable

GA Brown

AJ Dela Rue, BMS (Hons), MMS dist (Waikato), Grad DipTchg RM Don, BA (Canterbury), DipTchg

Rev AWL Hedge

HEADS OF DEPARTMENT

LG Harris RM Ludbrook

Headmaster – G.W. Lander, BA (Auckland), DipSchMan (Unitec), DipTchg

SENIOR FACULTY Deputy Headmaster CJ Luman, BA (UCT), PGDipSportMgt (Massey), HPTD Assistant Headmaster Senior School P Hampton, MEd, BSc, Dip Tchg Assistant Headmaster Junior School J Rowlands, BA (Otago), DipTchg Director of Teaching & Learning JE McGrath, MSc(Hons), PhD (Waikato), GradDipTchg Director of Appraisal & Professional Learning RG Bell, BEd (Waikato), DipTchg Director of Extra Curricular Activities PC Gilbert, DipSR (Waikato), DipTchg, TTC Chaplain Rev C Luccock, BA(Hons) (Simon Fraser), MDiv (VST) Guidance Counselor GJ Henley-Smith, BSc (Washington State), PGDipCouns (Waikato), DipTchg Asst Careers Advisor JA Oehley, BSc (Wits), DipCom (Waikato), TTHD, GradCertCareerCouns

HOUSEMASTERS

LM Elliott, BTchg (Waikato), Dip Ed, TTC

Visual Arts

KL Saunders

M Flint, BEd (Hons), ALCM (Tchg Dip Trumpet), AVCM

Biology

RG Bell

CJ Foot, BSc (Hons) (UCT)

Careers and Guidance

GJ Henley-Smith

PC Gilbert, DipSR, DipTchg, TTC

Chemistry

DD Smith

MP Groom, BEd (Waikato)

Commerce

MP Holmes

English

JJ Coley

B Hansen, BA, PG Dip ELT, Grad Dip Tchg

Geography

CI Morton

CM Hardman, BTchg, BSL (Waikato)

History / Social Studies

DH Williams

Instrumental Music

M Flint

International Students

H Richardson

Library

AJ Constable

LRU

AJ Tharratt

Mathematics

GL Judkins

Music

FJ Cowan

Physical Education

GL Judkins, BSc(Hons) (Montana State), DipTchg

CM Hardman

CJ Lewis, BED (South Africa)

Physics

DW Sole

JJ Lock, BSc (Hons) (Pretoria), HDE

Religious Studies

Rev C Luccock

Rev C Luccock, BA(Hons) (Simon Fraser), MDiv (VST)

Science

KB Hogg

M Markham, BA (Auckland), DipTchg

Second Languages

RJC Aldridge

RR McCarthy, BPEd (Otago), Grad DipTchg

Technology & Graphics

AD Harries

JE McGrath, MSc(Hons), PhD (Waikato), Grad DipTchg

ADR Gibbs, BEd (Massey), DipTchg

T Harfoot, BA, Grad Dip Tchg AS Harries, AdvTradeCert, DipTchg TA Hastie, HDE GJ Henley-Smith, BSc (Washington State), PGDipCouns, DipTchg KB Hogg, BSc (Waikato), DipTchg MP Holmes, BCom (Victoria), DipTchg JDF Howard, BA (Waikato), Grad Dip Tchg

L Morgan, BSocSc, REP, DipTchg

TEACHING STAFF

CI Morton, BA (Massey), DipTchg

RJC Aldridge, BA (Hons) (Victoria), DipSLT, DipArts, DipTchg, CELTA

NW Muirhead, HDE, FDE C Neethling, Bed Hons (Johannesburg)

H Munn, BSc (Massey), Grad Dip Tchg

Clark

M Markham

RG Bell, BEd (Waikato), DipTchg (Term 1 and 2)

Fitchett

GJ Henley-Smith

HM Bradford, BA (Massey), Dip Tchg

Hall

PJ Wilson

IS Campbell, BA (Otago), Dip Tchg

KL R h y m e r, BEng (Loughborough), PGCE

Hamilton

IS Campbell

PA Clement, AdvTradeCert, Dip Tchg

KL Saunders, BDes (Victoria), DipTchg

AS Reid, BBS, Grad Dip Tchg (Hons)

MC Simmonds, B Eng (Hons), PhD (Salford, UK), Grad Dip Tchg DD Smith, BScTech (Waikato), Dip Tchg DW Sole, BA (Massey), DipTchg AJ Tharratt, BA (UNISA), MEd(Psych) (Massey), PGDipSNRT (Waikato), DSE, HDE, DipTchg B van Meygaarden, BSc, MSc (Auckland), DipTchg LJ Varney, TradeCert AL Visagie, BSc (Potchefstroom), HDE DH Williams, BA (Canterbury), DipTchg H Wilson, ATC (Carpentry), Grad Dip Tchg PJ Wilson, BEd (Waikato), DipTchg

TEACHER AIDES

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Business Manager P Welham Administration Support DM Chapman, (Reception) SE Gibbs, (Accounts Payable) PE Nicholls, BCompt, AIMTA (Accountant) KM Rice, (Accounts Receivable) Director of Marketing T Bowler, PG Dip Mgt St Development Manager M Smith Marketing Support WW Cameron, BSocSc, MMS, DipCom (Facilities) DM McRae, (Marketing Assistant) Director of International Students H Richardson, Dip Bus Man

F van der Merwe, (Tutor, Clark House) B McCarthy, (Matron, Sargood House) G Thompson, (Matron, Williams House) H Barton, (Cricket Coaching & Grounds) M Cowley, (Tutor, Harington House) S Broadbent, (Tutor, Williams House) Z Hartley, (Tutor, Sargood House))

ITINERANT MUSIC STAFF Drums

Alan Grady

Piano

Chikako Komaki

Drums / Woodwind

Nathan Koretz

Guitar

Simon Koretz

Flute

Kathryn Orbell

Guitar

Derek Shaw

Drums

Sam Trenwith

Ian Parsons

MS Foulds, MLibSc (Dublin) BSc (Auckland), DipTchg

ADMINISTRATION STAFF

SV Langton, ASCON (UK)

SA Koopman, (Manager, School Shop)

BA Goggin, CEng, FIChE

T Ure, (Academic Secretary)

Clarinet / Saxophone / Bassoon

RC Porteous, (Resource Manager)

Brass

Bill Stoneham

JM Purvis, (Headmaster’s PA)

Piano

Melanie Hadley

D Shalloe, (Management Secretary)

Singing

Ian Campbell

Strings

Alison Hepburn

ICT STAFF

Guitar

Sam Koretz

MK O’Donnell, NZCD (Arch), Dip Tchg (Director of Digital Learning)

Guitar / Rock Band

Nathan Aish

TIHOI STAFF C Wynn, BPRMgt, DipTchg, NZOIA (Director) C Smith, BPRMgt, DipTchg, PG Dip Ed, NZOIA (Director) CW Findley, BPRMgt, DipTchg D Firth, BEd, DipTchg R Kersel, BPhysEd, NZOIA P Evans, BSc, Dip Tchg, NZOIA H McDonald, BA Hons, Dip Tchg, NZOIA BS Louie, BSR, DipORL, DipTchg S Grattan, NZOIA A Kendrick, NZOIA (intake 2) J Mann, (Tutor) J Frost, (Reception)

HEALTH CLINIC STAFF Dr Z Khouri, MBChB, DipObst, DipSportsMed (School Doctor) Mrs JM Williams, RN, RM (School Nurse) Ms R Hemsworth, DipTchg (First Aider)

G Pasco, (Chef)

SUPPORT STAFF

Organ Rachael GriffithsHughes Banjo

Paul Trenwith

Bagpipes

Bryan Mitchell

Percussion

Xinbo Duan

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT M Robinson, B Bus (Site Manager, Spotless Services) C Warner, (Executive Chef, Alliance Catering)

HORNSBY LIBRARY

R Keene, NZCE (Science Technician)

AJ Constable, MA (Macquarie), BLitt (Deakin), DipEdSt (Librarian)

L Morris, (Matron, Clark House) N Jensen, (Tutor, Clark House)

OLD COLLEGIANS EXECUTIVE OFFICER

C Luman, (Assistant)

A Dodd, (Tutor, Clark House)

DM McRae

OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

S Goodwin, BA Hons, NZOIA

DN Lyes, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+ (New Era ICT Support Technician)

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2nd Row: Front Row: Absent:

Back Row: 5th Row: 4th Row: 3rd Row:

Craig Morton, Martin Holmes, Paul Wilson, David Sole, Ben van Meygaarden Andrea Dela Rue, Francis Cowan, Ian Campbell, Roger Bell, Chris Foot, Joshua Howard, Andrew Gibbs, Rory Wells, William Seville, Jason McGrath, Carl Neethling Phil Clement, Gary Henley-Smith, Nicholas Clothier, Andrew Harries, Michael Groom, Haapi Wilson, Craig Hardman, Neil Muirhead, Les Varney, Colin Lewis, Andrew Tharratt, Gary Judkins Kelvin Hogg, Jan Kilmister, Bill Cameron, Hannah Munn, Rose Don, Deborah McRae, Michael Simmonds, Katie Rhymer, Helen Richardson, Jennifer Purvis, Duncan Smith, Ryan McCarthy, Amanda Reid Maureen Foulds, Jay-Rimus Rapana, Teresa Hastie, Elissa Cundy, Phil Dunn, Leeann Morgan, Donna Shalloe, Bridget Hansen, Carmel Luman, Michelle Flint, Sarah Langton, Lee Elliott Helen Bradford, Jeremy Coley, Mike O'Donnell, Peter Gilbert, Peter Hampton, Chris Luman, Grant Lander, Ian Bridge, Jed Rowlands, Tina Bowler, Craig Luccock, Defyd Williams, Matthew Markham Raewyn Keane

Staff 2012

Introducing New Staff MS BRIDGET HANSEN

MRS HANNAH MUNN

English Teacher and Assistant Housemaster of Harington Boarding

Science Teacher

Bridget Hansen’s most recent New Zealand teaching experience was at St Kentigern College, a school that she taught at from 2003-2009, firstly as Assistant HOD, then later as HOD of the English Department and for her final year, as a member of that independent school’s Senior Management Team.

For the past two and a half years, Ms Hansen has taught English at Yew Chung International Secondary School, where she was Year 11 Dean. Ms Hansen now joins our English department and moves on site to the girls’ boarding house. As she starts her first year here, so does her son Nicholas as a year nine student in School House.

Educated in the Hawkes Bay, Hannah

represented the province in both softball and netball and was selected in the New Zealand Development sides in both sporting codes. At the University of Massey, Mrs Munn completed a Bachelor of Science before being appointed to her first fulltime teaching position at St Paul’s Collegiate School. She is not only an asset to our academic department but also to our sports codes.

MR CARL NEETHLING Mathematics Teacher and Housemaster of Sargood House Educated at the University of Johannesburg, Carl Neethling gained a Bachelor of Education with honours. He first taught at Grey College for four years, before moving to St Stithians Boys’ Prep where he held the position of Director of Sport. Mr Neethling immigrated to New Zealand in 2009 and has taught mathematics at Hamilton Boys’ High School, where he was also Year 9 Dean. Mr Neethling, his wife and children now join us as part of our on-site staff.

Academic Secretary Educated in the Waikato at Hillcrest High School, Trish Ure for the past 11 years has worked at Te Awamutu College, firstly as a receptionist in their Student Centre and more recently for several years as the personal assistant to the principal. Mrs Ure has more than ably moved into this most demanding position and both staff and students appreciate her

OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

MRS TRISH URE

Spanish Teacher Tracey Harfoot was educated in the Waikato at Hillcrest High School and gained a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Spanish, at the University of Waikato. During her studies she spent one year at El Tec de Monterrey, Campus Colima in Mexico, where she studied Spanish language in conjunction with Mexican Literature, History and Culture. Mrs Harfoot has taught in a number of primary schools in the region. She has returned to teaching after having taken time out to have her family. It is wonderful to have a vibrant addition to the language department.

Head

School, during which time she

English Teacher

MRS TRACEY HARFOOT

was

Girl of Havelock North High

MR COLIN LEWIS Colin Lewis was educated in the University of South Africa where he gained a Bachelor of Education in English and History.

He then taught at Westville Boys’ High School for five years, before teaching in the United Kingdom.

He returned to Westville for two and a half years before immigrating to New Zealand. In 2011 he taught English at Matamata College. At the end of this year Mr Lewis, his wife and son will become part of the on-site staff and join Williams House as Assistant Housemaster.

Munn

efficient and conscientious management of our academic records.

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MR HAAPI WILSON Materials Technology Teacher Mr Wilson was educated in the Hawkes Bay, and completed his Carpentry Apprenticeship in Hastings, before undertaking his teacher training at Auckland College of Education. He has taught for the Royal New Zealand Army, at Kerikeri High School and Wainuiomata College before tutoring carpentry for six years at the Wellington Institute of Technology. For the past three years Mr Wilson has taught at Ngaruawahia High School. Mr Wilson is joined here at St Paul’s by his son TJ who has come to us as a year 12 student.

MRS AMANDA REID Digital Technology Teacher Educated in the Waikato at Hamilton’s Fraser High School, Amanda Reid gained her Bachelor of Business Studies in Accounting and Information Systems and Technology and then worked in business for over a decade. She then completed her teacher training and started her first teaching position at Cambridge High School where she was the teacher of Digital Technology for three years, before coming to St Paul’s Collegiate School.

MS TINA BOWLER Director of Marketing Tina Bowler joined the St Paul’s Collegiate team in April this year.

Her experience is in marketing and communications including website and digital communications. She previously worked for Westfield NZ for 7 years as a Marketing Manager. There she was actively involved with two major developments including the Farmers extension, and cinema/ foodcourt development. She led a high performing customer service team and introduced several new initiatives both locally and nationally within the company. She also has experience in working for local government, not-for-profit and health sectors. With a passion for “best practice” Tina would like to bring the school further into the 21st century by introducing some new marketing and communication initiatives.

Tina and her partner Andrew, have five children aged between 12 and 24. Being a mother of teenage children helps her to understand what families are looking for and what is important to them when they have the daunting task of choosing a secondary school for their children. Tina enjoys travel, keeping fit and spending time with family and friends.

DR MIKE SIMMONDS Physics Teacher Dr Simmonds joined our Science teaching staff this year having gained his PhD at the University of Salford and having undertaken research and tertiary teaching in both the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

Dr Simmonds first taught in New Zealand for three years at Matamata College before taking up a position as Head of the Physics department at Hamilton’s Fraser High School where he has taught for the past five years.

MRS HELEN RICHARDSON Director of International Students Helen Richardson joined us here at St Paul’s in May and has specific responsibility for the pastoral care, marketing and the management of homestay arrangements for our 31 international students from around the world. Mrs Richardson has worked with international students at Wintec, more recently as the person in charge of the pastoral care needs of 1,000 international students from 50 countries who attended that tertiary institute.

MRS MICHELLE SMITH Director of Development Michelle Smith has a background in communication and marketing where she has worked for almost twenty years. Mrs Smith’s most recent experience is at the Hamilton City Council where she worked in the specialised areas of destination, relationship and reputation marketing. She is a local, having lived in Hamilton all her life and is married with a nine year old son.

MR PETER WELHAM Business Manager Peter Welham is from South Africa and arrived in New Zealand in 1995. Mr Welham is familiar with the education sector having worked for St Margaret’s College in Christchurch, and most recently as the manager of the College for Science at the University of Canterbury. Peter and his family have settled into Hamilton and begun exploring the North Island.

Farewell to Staff IAN BRIDGE Business Manager

FAREWELL FROM THE HEADMASTER It is with genuine sadness that we farewell Ian Bridge, Business Manager of St Paul’s Collegiate School since 2002.

Through Ian’s wise and prudent oversight and input, the School has undergone significant redevelopment during his tenure with projects such as the upgrade of the Tihoi houses and dining room; the sports centre; the astroturf; and more recently projects such as the Old Collegians’ Pavilion upgrade, Clark House upgrade and the dining room expansion being just some of the many initiatives that Ian has overseen.

A committed Christian, Ian has always adhered to a strong set of personal values and principles. Extremely loyal, hardworking and utterly discrete, the School’s management and board have always been able to rely on the integrity and commitment of Ian to carry out what was in the best interests of St Paul’s and its community.

We have been very appreciative of the support that Ian has enjoyed from his wife Ruth and his family, given the huge number of hours that Ian has put in both on weekdays and on weekends. Ian Bridge has been a true professional.

A modest, humble, genuinely caring individual, with a fine sense of humour, it has been a real privilege to work alongside, and with, Ian Bridge. We wish him all the best in his retirement and thank him sincerely for the magnificent contribution that he has made to our School.

His work has been greatly appreciated and valued.

THE LAST WORD GOES TO IAN BRIDGE I offer my sincere thanks to the Headmaster for his comments and recognition

I would like to offer you some tips about what I have found out over time, which may be useful to you. What are these you may ask? I refer to these as the 4 P’s The first P is for people, Te Tangata. You will meet many people, some of whom you will get on very well with and others whom you will find difficult to relate to – get used to it – this is life.

Every person has different life histories, different experiences, different genetics, different cultures and different expectations. Try to respect others, really listen to them and recognise that the ‘other’ person may have

The second P is for persistence. Keep on keeping on.

Nothing that is truly worthwhile is ever achieved in just one second. It may take you years and years to achieve a goal – get used to it - that’s life. All the great inventors or creators - Einstein, Bell, Steven Jobs, J K Rowlands or whoever else that you may think of took years of development and refinement to achieve their goals. It is almost certain that before you become proficient at what you are to achieve you will take many years of study, and many years of practice so don’t rush it and miss out on the enjoyment of the journey of life.

The third P is for passion. You will find life more enjoyable if you attack each challenge with as much enthusiasm as you can muster. There is no better exemplar of this than your Headmaster, one of the most dynamic leaders I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Passion is about giving everything you have, all that you have got. The greater the passion, the better the result and the higher the level of fulfilment and satisfaction. Give it heaps every time you attempt something and don’t be afraid to admit to failure, it actually reflects confidence.

The fourth P is for prayer. The power of prayer is often overlooked. It is something you can do anytime, anywhere.

We have a great and truly gracious God. You can pray about anything: situations, circumstances, other people, yourselves. Thank God for what you have and what you achieve, lay down all of your concerns, seek wisdom, seek guidance and seek forgiveness. In a constantly changing world the only consistent thing is the love of Christ.

I personally thank and acknowledge God for bringing me to this School, also for providing me with the wisdom, every day, to enable me to do the work of the Business Manager.

You are a great School. You have a fantastic Headmaster who is supported by highly competent teaching and support staff.

I wish you all the very best for your future.

Thank you and good luck.

OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

I also thank my wife Ruth and family for their sacrifice made in allowing me to pursue a career that I was passionate about.

It has been my profound privilege to have held the position of Business Manager over the last 10 years – a time that has coincided with the redevelopment of this campus and Tihoi.

something to offer. Though it might be very very small – it could be the critical part to finding a solution. You do not really know what life experiences they possess unless you have walked in their shoes. The establishment of good relationships with the people you work and play with is essential to making your life easier and more satisfying.

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MIKE EASTER FAREWELL FROM JOHN OEHLEY I had the pleasure of working with Mike for the entirety of his time at St Paul’s. As a former Calculus teacher, expert timetabler and great mathematical intellect, he soon allied himself to the Mathematics Department and we became good friends.

Mike’s brief was to get the St Paul’s computer department into the twentieth century - but on the most limited of budgets. In his time at St Paul’s we went from a school that had never taught Computer Studies to two fully resourced computer rooms with four senior classes being taught together with numerous other subjects utilising the resources. We went from a school that had no network and very few computers, to a school that had a fibre optic network, a computer in every classroom and apart from the main computer labs, four computers pods around the school. Considering that many of the computers in the school were $50 “hand me downs”, and the staff had almost no training in the usage of the software and hardware, Mike had his work cut out from day one. An even bigger complication was that we shifted from the Macintosh platform to the PC platform – a change that was not well received by the staff at the time! In those days, transfer of data from Mac to PC was almost impossible.

He worked long hours both at home and at school to keep our network and hardware running and was regularly called back on weekends and in holidays to problem solve when things did not work out. Initially he was the sole operator and his health suffered as a consequence. Further issues were the introduction of NCEA, which mandated that we had to digitilise and do most of our NZQA admin on line. This was fraught with problems and Mike had to resolve these without the necessary hardware to do the job properly. Another huge development was the introduction of PC Schools.

This was an Australian software package and we were their beta testers for the software in NZ. Mike was at the centre of much of the development and bore the brunt of staff frustration at technology that failed regularly. Despite this, he always had a smile for all of those he came into contact with and made time to chat to everyone who approached him with a problem.

Personally, I really appreciated Mike’s help in so many areas of school administration.

Mike was also a passionate extra curricular supporter of St Paul’s. He coached basketball and swimming and could always be found at inter house swimming and athletics, either with the starter’s pistol or with a stopwatch or organising that the results were accurate.

Mike was exceptionally generous with both his time and his expertise in so many areas of St Paul’s life.

Personally, I was sad to see him leave us – he had helped the school through some tough times. He has many friends on the staff and we trust that he will keep in touch with the place that meant a lot to him over a long period of time.

Mike leaves us with the warm appreciation of all of the staff at St Paul’s – management, teaching, administration and support staff and we all wish him every success in his next venture.

JAMES BALLANTYNE After joining the staff at the beginning of 2011, James Ballantyne (Sargood 1992 – 1996) left us at the end of Term 1, 2012, and returned to Tauranga Boys’ High School.

While his stay here at St Paul’s was short, James certainly made the most of his time with us by getting involved in the wider life of St Paul’s. He was the Assistant Housemaster in Williams House and coach of the U15 hockey team. James was also a valued member of the Science and Physics departments where he built a strong rapport and contributed greatly to the development of resources. In all of these roles he showed dedication, enthusiasm, knowledge and skill, and was highly respected and liked by the students and staff.

JAY-RIMUS RAPANA Te Reo Maori Teacher Mr Jay-Rimus Rapana joined the school at the beginning of 2012. He has taught Year 9 – 13 Te Reo Maori as well as Year 9 and 10 Mathematics. Under Mr Rapana’s tutelage, the Kapa Haka group has gone from strength to strength performing with distinction at many events during the school year.

Mr Rapana has gained a promotion of Head of Te Reo Maori at Melville High School and we wish him all the best in his new position.

Prefects’ Commissioning Head of Harington Boarding House: Theresa Steiner Head of Harington Day House: Harrietanne Embling Head of Sargood House: Joshua Tye Head of School House: Jonathan Eyers Head of Williams House: Martyn Brown Chapel Prefects: David Rooney Patrice Forgeson Rose Spence and Liam Buchanan

This year we have had a dynamic group of young prefects leading our school. They have distinguished themselves by their dedication and hard work. They have provided our school with a positive atmosphere and have lead House competitions with enthusiasm. At last year’s prizegiving, it was announced that Liam O’Donoghue (Head Boy), Elizabeth Rajan (Head Girl), Jonty Wood (Deputy Head Boy) and Brenna Cockrem (Deputy Head Girl) would lead the full School Prefect team.

They were joined at the commissioning service by: Head of Clark House: Peter Grierson Head of Fitchett House: Jonty Rae Head of Hall House: Nikora Payne Head of Hamilton House: Aaron Keppler

Other Prefects: James Chenery (Boarding portfolio) Ryan McIntyre (Cultural portfolio) Josephine Reilly (Cultural portfolio) Tommy Moss (Environment portfolio) Jesper Mansson (Social portfolio) Sarah Cranswick (Social portfolio) Malcolm Luman (Social portfolio) Teagan Voykovich (Sports portfolio) Scott Hilliar (Sports portfolio) Melissa Gilmartin-Kara (Sports portfolio) We have increased the level of student involvement in the operation of the School by creating teams to assist us with the running of the Library, ICT, Media and the Website. The nature and wide range of activities at St Paul’s Collegiate means that we already have a huge number of students who play an active role in the School’s operation – be it as boarding or day Prefects. We value and appreciate the key role that the senior students play in supporting the holistic nature of the School.

Great Oaks Trading

Great Oaks works closely with the Tihoi Venture School to provide the necessary clothes and equipment for boys to begin their outdoor adventure. Shop staff have researched widely to procure equipment of the highest quality so that our students are well set up for the rigours of Tihoi. Sandy deals with her own suppliers so that she gets the best products at competitive prices for parents and caregivers. The shop staff have a comprehensive understanding of the products that are acceptable for use at Tihoi, and are more than happy to answer any queries.

Great Oaks provides parents of junior boys with a Tihoi information booklet and a priced catalogue. Many parents of Year 9 boys are now choosing to begin collecting and

purchasing for Tihoi over the year nine year, for birthdays and Christmases, spreading the cost of Tihoi over the year.

Assistant Manager, Linda Ryder is an integral part of the management of the shop and works with up to ten shop assistants during the busy season from November through to the end of February.

Perhaps, most importantly, Great Oaks Trading makes significant charitable contributions to St Paul’s. In past years the contributions have purchased the white seating round the school playing fields, musical instruments and sponsorship for first team sports every year.

OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Great Oaks is a limited liability company owned by the Waikato Anglican Boys’ Trust which is a registered charitable trust. Manager, Sandy Koopman and her staff, Linda Ryder and Bill Cameron, can be found in the light and air conditioned shop in the lower level of the school’s Student Centre. It is a progressive retail company stocking a wide range of clothing, toiletries, stationery and outdoor recreational requirements and can provide both new and second-hand clothing for both the Hamilton and Tihoi campuses.

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Reflection from Head Boy and Girl LIZZY RAJAN Good

morning

everyone.

I

are sadness to leave a place and people so familiar, mixed with

am

excitement for our years ahead, the years which we control.

going to share with

We realised that from now on our lives are completely up

you my own personal

to us. The people we socialise with, the work we decide to

experiences

complete, the responsibilities we will meet – all of these things

and

changes which have happened during my three years at St Paul’s.

are now in our hands.

My message to the students continuing at St Paul’s is to not take this opportunity for granted. This is something you all would have been told numerous times already but I want to

My first year at St

push this even more. I have had the experience during year

Paul’s was 2010. A

9 and 10 of the real world, and what goes on. St Paul’s is a

year that marked the

sanctuary, a place that shields you from all the harsh realities,

25th year since girls

and you have to keep this in mind. If there is ever a time that

began school at St Paul’s. Alice Fisher was the first ever Head Girl of St Paul’s in this year, and of course it was also the year 5th form girls joined the roll. I was one of the 34 year 11 girls, 24 of which are still here today. I was very hesitant about coming to St Paul’s to say the least, as I could count on one hand how many students I knew at this

you feel negative towards St Paul’s you are dreaming if you think any other school in New Zealand can offer you anything better. The resources available at St Paul’s give you the best opportunities for sport, academic and cultural success.

Every single one of the teachers puts their hearts and souls into their subjects and their students, and this is obvious for us to

school. It also took me a while to get used to the culture and

see. I can definitely say that each teacher I have had during

routines, such as roll call in Harington House every morning,

my 3 years at St Paul’s has pushed me to achieve my absolute

the novelty of having cooked lunches in the dining hall every

best, whilst making the subject enjoyable and interesting. I

day, chapel services twice a week, and sports practice which

want to thank you all for your dedication, enthusiasm and

every student would turn up to.

good-hearted humour in the classroom throughout the years.

St Paul’s was an extreme change for me, and I longed to return

The staff are extraordinary, and the support available for you in

to my previous school, something I’m sure many of us have

your chosen field is infinite. I know for a fact that every single

felt before. During that first year many factors bought our 5th

leaver, whether they want to admit it or not, will miss St Paul’s

form year group together, and by the end of the year the gap

next year, and so all you students remaining are lucky to have

between the boys and girls in the class room was no more. By

time left here. You will only be able to experience it once so

the end of 2010 I felt a part of the St Paul’s community, and

make the most of this time and do not waste it.

didn’t think of my previous school again.

I would like to thank the prefect body of 2012, who have made

2011 was all about enjoyment with no responsibilities for the

the year so much easier than we would have ever guessed

year 12 group; we were one step closer to senior priorities,

it would be.

and were no longer the juniors of Harington. The new fifth form girls who arrived into Harington were as petrified as we once were, and so we welcomed them with open arms, becoming their mentors and carers. The strong relationships between each girl in Harington House, throughout all year groups and housemasters is definitely something special, and

And now the most important thanks of all. To all the parents, thank you for making the decision to send your son or daughter to St Paul’s. We realise the sacrifices and commitments you have to go through to make it possible, and we want you all to know it is deeply appreciated.

is an aspect of St Paul’s which I will miss. It was during this

For the Leavers of 2012, good luck to you with wherever

year that I realised St Paul’s was such an amazing opportunity

life takes you, enjoy yourselves and never forget the special

for me, and so I began making the most of it.

memories you have of this place.

Then came 2012: the last leg of our time here. This year we

It has been my and Liam’s pleasure to be your head students

were the leaders, the seniors of the school. The year zoomed

of 2012. For the leaders of 2013, all the best and remember

by with no time to take a breath. The emotions we now feel

you have been chosen for a reason.

LIAM O'DONOGHUE Everyone who is here today, and everyone who has come before us, all have had a connection and relationship with St Paul’s.

The one aspect of everyone’s experience which is the same is that we all have undertaken a journey, we all have had many opportunities along the way, and, whether we like it or not, we all have left a legacy.

Now everyone in this room is special. You are special not because going to St Paul’s makes you better than anyone else, but because you are part of a family. This is part of the legacy that will follow you as you leave this place. As John-Scott Jones said three years ago, “There has been five years’ worth of leavers leaving while I have been at the school and the world has never fallen apart. We are not as important as we like to feel.” Perhaps he is right, but although the leavers do leave, their legacy lives on, and becomes another thread in the tapestry that has become St Paul’s over the last 53 years. I believe that it is the memories and legacies of all those who have gone before us which form the culture and essence that is St Paul’s today.

My journey began five years ago, walking in the gates as a small insignificant year nine, trembling in fear of the massive seventh form. During this time I have learnt many lessons, one of which is perspective. Every year the third form seems to get smaller and smaller, and we realise that the massive seventh form were just the same size as we are now. We were taught many things by the seventh form.

We were taught the traditional chants of our houses, which line in “Lord of the Dance” to sing, or rather, shout to the rooftops, and that you had to earn respect, it wasn’t freely given. The relationship between year 13 and year 9’s was a very important part of becoming a member of the St Paul’s

When I look back on my time at St Paul’s, it’s not the outstanding teaching, excellent sports team coaching, or the other various lines you could read in a prospectus, or hear at an open day that stick with me. It’s the people, the friendships I have made, and the memories I have shared with them that are what I reflect on with the greatest fondness.

I’d like to take this opportunity now to thank all those people who have been a mentor to me over the past five years, and to let them know that I truly value all that they have taught me and now at the end of my time at St Paul’s I consider them to be no longer just a teacher but a friend as well.

I would like to thank Jonty Wood, deputy head of school.

All the work you have done behind the scenes has been massively helpful, and instrumental to the smooth running of the prefect body and school as a whole. Like all of us, you have grown throughout the year, and have saved me on numerous occasions. I would also like to thank the prefects for being a tremendous group of young men and women who have been a pleasure to work with. Thank you Lizzy as Head Girl, for being a constant cheerful influence even when under pressure. You have been wonderful to work with, and I wish you all the best next year. I would like to thank the management group of the school for all the support that they have given me, and all the other prefects throughout the year, with special mention to Mr Luman, for his tireless efforts reminding us what needs to be done, and encouraging us to get the most out of our final year at school. The final, and perhaps most important thanks must go to the parents. No one would be here today if not for the support that has been given by the parents of St Paul’s.

I’m sure I speak for every student in the room when I say that we are very thankful for giving us the best start in life, through all the opportunities that St Paul’s offers.

And to my fellow leavers. Thank you all for being such an outstanding group of people to go through my schooling with. You have become some of my best friends, and I wish you every success going forward into your lives in the big wide world. I started by saying we are not as important as we like to feel, but to me every one of you are indeed special. You have shaped St Paul’s with you talents, with your personalities, and with your hard work. This place is your place, I hope you are as proud of it as I am. I would like to leave you with this as the conclusion to my last address as Head Boy of St Paul’s. “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh.

OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

We as students and staff have sat through many of Mr Lander’s trademark short assemblies, recognising members of the St Paul’s community who played a significant role in the creation of St Paul’s. And it is only now, that I, and I hope you, can realise the reason why we do it. It is because the spirit and tradition of the school that we have today didn’t just spring into being. It was built, brick by brick by those who had the vision and faith to create the place that we all enjoy to this day.

community, as they provided some excellent, and some somewhat more questionable role models for us to look up to. It is my hope, that in 4 years’ time, the year nines here today will reflect on the leavers of 2012 in the same way as we do of our year 13’s.

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Induction of Fellows In June this year five new Fellows were appointed at a Special Induction Ceremony in front of the current school. This year we celebrated the achievements of four Old Collegians and a past board member and look back on their contribution to the School, their community and society as a whole.

DR ROD CARR (Old Collegian 1972 – 1976) Dr Rod Carr came to St Paul’s Collegiate School in 1972 from St Kentigern.

An outstanding debater, he was part of the St Paul’s “dream team” that included: Simon Upton who became a Minister of the Crown, and John Allen who is currently Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

In his final year at St Paul’s, Rod was selected as Head Prefect of Williams House, a role that he excelled at. Mr Hill reports that he was, “Unbelievably mature, astute and a caring fellow, he knew every student inside out. At prefect meetings he showed a complete knowledge and understanding of every boy in his care in Williams House.”

On leaving St Paul’s, he topped his year group in his first year at the University of Otago, gaining Honours in his Undergraduate degree in Law and Economics, before gaining an MBA in Finance from Columbia University in New York and a MA in Applied Economics and Managerial Science, and a PhD in Insurance and Risk Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Rod went on to have a distinguished career in the banking sector as a Senior Executive at the National Australia Bank in Melbourne, and then as Deputy Reserve Bank Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for five years, including five months as Acting Governor. In this former role, he played a key part in formatting and implementing the country’s monetary policy in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

In 2009 he made a significant career direction change when he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury.

As a School community, we are proud of his business and banking achievements, and have been impressed by the leadership he has shown at the University of Canterbury and in the Christchurch region in what has been one of this country’s most challenging periods. Rod Carr has had an incredible career that has been a source of great pride for St Paul’s for which he has shown enduring commitment and loyalty.

DAVID GASQUOINE (Board of Trustees 2002 – 2012) David Gasquoine and his wife Cathy’s association with St Paul’s started in 2002, when their son, Mark, started as a Year 9 boarder in Williams House. Mark took up rowing and as a result David got actively involved in the Rowing Club, first as a committee member and then later on taking on the huge responsibility as the Club Chairman.

In 2005, David was appointed as a Board Member of the Waikato Anglican College Trust Board – a position he held until April 2012. More recently David has been Chairman of the Board’s Finance Sub-Committee and has played a crucial role in the key provision of financial oversight and stewardship for the School.

A hugely respected member of the dairy industry, David has taken an active governance and representation role at both local and national level as a councillor for the Shareholders’ Council for the Matamata ward, from the inception of Fonterra until 2007; and was Chair of the ‘Learning and Development Committee’ for three years - a key role on the Council Leadership Team. In the service of his community he has been a member of the Waihou-Piako River Catchment Liaison Committee for the Waikato Regional Council, the Pohlen Hospital Trust Board, and has been a longstanding and active member of the Matamata Rotary Club.

David’s considered and positive input around the Board table will be sorely missed and his selection as a Fellow reflects the high esteem he is held within our St Paul’s community.

HUMPHRY ROLLESTON (Old Collegian 1964 – 1967)

New Fellows

Humphry Rolleston came to St Paul’s Collegiate School from Cathedral Grammar in Christchurch in 1964. He was a boarder in Sargood House for his first three years, before his mentor, Mr Hornsby, approached him with a request that would have been hard for any boy to refuse, but must have posed a huge personal dilemma, to change House to be Head of

the new Clark Boarding House. A job that his Boarding Housemaster, Mr Robyn Bayley, said he did an exceptional job of managing. The organisational skills that have been so important in his business career were clearly evident as almost single-handedly he has managed the 40 or so boys who made up the House.

determination to make a real difference, saw him play an integral part in the establishment of and fundraising for the School’s world-class Hockey Astro-Turf, including being instrumental in securing the substantial sponsorship of a local business for the naming rights for this fantastic community resource.

An all-rounder, Humphry was in both the choir and the 1st XI cricket while a student and it was quite apparent when his parents donated the London-made choir robes that our singers use today, where his philanthropic tendencies developed from.

Jon’s contribution to St Paul’s continues today. In 2002 he took up a directorship of Great Oaks Holding Company Limited and has been the Chairman of the School’s investment arm since 2006.

In fact in leaving St Paul’s, he didn’t take the normal safe course in life, instead he worked in an Anglican Mission Station in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea doing voluntary work. The Mission Station had no road access and could only be approached by either three-days walking through the jungle or by flying by single-engine aircraft and landing on a fairly basic airstrip.

Humphry has maintained a tradition of community service with a heavy involvement in Cathedral Grammar School and St Margaret’s College; his Chairmanship of the Christchurch Cathedral Educational Trust; and his work as a trustee on the 180 Degrees Trust in Christchurch (helping at-risk young male teenagers re-engage with their community).

In addition, Humphry has maintained a close interest in St Paul’s Collegiate School, generously establishing The Rolleston Achievement Scholarship in 2006 that assists students who otherwise might have had to leave the School due to financial reasons; while in 2005, Humphry agreed to be Patron of the then newly formed St Paul’s Foundation.

As a School, we are proud of Humphry’s very significant achievements as a respected New Zealand businessman and influential Cantabrian. We appreciate his loyalty and on-going commitment to St Paul’s Collegiate School and believe his is a deserved appointment as a Fellow.

JON TANNER (Old Collegian 1973 – 1977 and Board Member 1998 – 2001 / 2006 – 2010)

Jon came to St Paul’s in 1973 from Fairfield Intermediate.

A talented sportsman, Jon, as a student, was a member of the School’s 1st XI hockey side, was a School Prefect and lead Hamilton House in his final year.

On leaving St Paul’s, he continued to enjoy success and he was selected for representation Hockey sides, playing for the National side, the Black Sticks between 1982 and 1985.

Upon his return to Hamilton following his University studies and OE, Jon reconnected with his own School, becoming coach of the 1st XI Hockey side and then Board of Trustees member first from 1998 to 2001 and then again from 2006 through to 2010. Jon’s financial skills, drive and

DANIEL VETTORI (Old Collegian 1992 – 1996) Daniel Vettori is one of our more well-known St Paul’s Old Collegians. Daniel came to our School in 1992 from Marian School, following in his brother Nicholas’ footsteps two years earlier, and as a consequence, was a Hall House man.

A highly talented sportsman, even at an early age, Daniel started off as a medium-quick pace bowler, before the Headmaster of the time, Mr Steve Cole, suggested that he had potential as a spinner – given the dearth of left arm spinners around the nation. As a Year 10 student, he was first selected in the 1st XI Cricket side, a team that he was to captain in his final two years at St Paul’s. It was not surprising that in his seventh form year he was chosen to lead Hall House. Daniel showed that he was a leader of men very early on at St Paul’s. Quietly assertive, he was able to bring people from all temperaments onside and proved an inspirational influence on both the soccer and cricket pitches. In both Year 12 and Year 13 he showed his football prowess as a talented member of the 1st XI soccer side, but it was on the cricket oval that he was to excel.

At many times in his career, it has been Daniel Vettori who has proved a crucial influence for the Black Caps side – one example was recently in Hamilton, when he walked out at 60 for six after lunch and sometime later he walked back to the Pavilion with 118 to his name. It seems that he could seldom afford to be a bit player – so often he has proved the rescuer of lost causes.

Daniel Vettori has played for New Zealand, Delhi Daredevils, ICC World XI, Northern Districts, Nottinghamshire, Queensland, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warwickshire and most importantly in this context, for the St Paul’s 1st XI Cricket side.

Daniel Vettori, by the way he has performed both on and off the field, has brought great credit and has been a source of great pride to St Paul’s. Humble, calm under pressure, confident and articulate in front of television cameras, he is married to Mary, with a son and a daughter, with another child due soon - as an Old Collegian we couldn’t have asked for a better role model for our current students. In all aspects, Daniel Vettori deserves his appointment as a Fellow.

OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

The Tanner family has had a long and close association with St Paul’s, stretching over three generations. Jon’s father, Keith Tanner, was Deputy Chairman and a valuable Board member and his sons Sam and Jon both attended the School as Hamilton House students in the 1970’s and Jon sent his own son, Benjamin, between 2004 – 2007.

Jon’s dedication and commitment to St Paul’s will have long reaching consequences and we are indebted to him for the loyalty and input he has given our School especially over the past two decades. Jon’s appointment as a Fellow is most deserved.

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Our Gap Tutors

TOM DESSAIN – CHELTENHAM COLLEGE

have to be working with and coaching the Colts Cricket XI who came third in the National Cup. Williams House has been my home for the year. I would like to thank the boys,

It is hard to believe that it has been 5 months since I first arrived here in January. I came from a very similar boarding school in the UK so settling in was not too much of an issue.

I have greatly enjoyed my time at St Paul’s, especially being part of a very tightly knit boarding community. This is the main quality that I think really sets this school apart from other schools. I would particularly like to thank the boys in Clark House, there are so many big characters in the House and they have all made me feel at home. When I return home I will start at the University of Exeter to study Geography and I am very grateful for this wonderful experience at St Paul’s and would like to thank everyone involved.

tutors and Housemasters, both Mr Smith and Mr Rowlands,

JACOB LEE – ST BEDES

for me but I feel privileged to have shared a house with

My year spent as a gap tutor at St Paul’s has, without doubt, been the best of my life so far. I have thrown myself wholeheartedly into school activities and have made the most of the long holidays to travel around beautiful New Zealand and sunny Australia. Whether I’ve been coaching cricket and football, or relieving lessons and working in Williams House I have loved almost every second of my time at St Paul’s and for that I am very thankful. My greatest achievement would

I’ve been offered many great opportunities which included

who have been so welcoming allowing me to truly feel at home away from home. It is with great sadness that I say goodbye to St Paul’s. I hope that sometime in the next few years I will have the opportunity to return to New Zealand and catch up with all the amazing people I have met this year.

EMILY TREVAIL – TRURO SCHOOL My time in New Zealand has certainly been better than I’d expected, and St Paul’s has provided me with a brilliant home for the year. Living in a boarding hostel was a new experience the great girls of Harington. Throughout the working year a brilliant hockey trip to Whangarei and an eye-opening weekend at Tihoi. Outside of St Paul’s, exploring the rest of this beautiful country and visiting Australia have definitely been some of the highlights. I thank everyone who has helped make this year what it’s been, especially my fellow gappies.

St Paul’s Chaplaincy 2012 Christians often talk about ‘sacred spaces’. This phrase recognises that while God can be experienced everywhere there are certain places in the world where the spirit of God resonates with people most deeply.

I believe the Chapel of Christ the King is that kind of space.

It is the place where we see our true potential, where we become that which God is calling us to be. Put another way, it is at chapel that we are at our best. When we come to sing, pray and worship together, we feel a deep sense of connectedness not only between one another but also between ourselves and God. In addition to the weekly services, there are special services that occur throughout the year that are part of the annual rhythm of the St Paul’s Collegiate community.

The following is a synopsis of some of the significant services that occurred in 2012.

COMMUNION SERVICES At the end of each term, the whole school community gathers for a service of Communion. It is a very important service of the Christian faith where the community gathers to re-present Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. Students are encouraged to come forward for either a Blessing or to receive the Bread and Wine.

WAITANGI DAY Mr Defyd Williams gave a passionate and thoughtprovoking sermon on the importance and significance of the Treaty of Waitangi for all New Zealanders. Melissa Gilmartin-Kara, a year 13 student, eloquently spoke of her experiences as a young Maori woman in New Zealand.

Rev. Craig Luccock and his prefects

ANZAC DAY Mr Craig Morton gave a powerful and eloquent reflection on what ANZAC Day means to him and why it is such an important day for all New Zealanders.

FOUNDERS SERVICE

EASTER SERVICE

BAPTISM AND CONFIRMATION

Term one ended with a chapel service in which the story of Holy Week and Easter—the story of Jesus’ arrest, death and resurrection—were told through story, songs, reflections and Bible readings. The service concluded with the prefects ‘Flowering the Cross.’ A symbolic image of resurrection whereby a weapon of destruction is turned into a thing of beauty.

In all, six students and one staff member re-committed their lives to Christ in receiving the Laying on of Hands for Communion. Bishop David Moxon preached and presided.

GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE

NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS This year-end service has become a treasure for the St Paul’s community. Through the use of Bible readings, carols and anthems, the service tells the story of the fulfilment of God’s promise to God’s people via the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

LEAVERS’ SERVICE A service of thank you and farewell for those who are leaving St Paul’s Collegiate and beginning new chapters in their lives.

CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE KING

The Garden of Remembrance service is held every year to remember and give thanks for those who died while they were members of the St Paul’s Collegiate community.

One of the most important services for St Paul’s Collegiate where we remember and give thanks for those who worked tirelessly to ensure that the dream of building an Anglican School in Hamilton would come to fruition. Mr Mike Shaw gave a very humourous account of his experiences at St Paul’s, in particular, the adventures he faced in starting the Tihoi Venture Program.

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Chaplain’s Report “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

– Confucius When people ask whether I enjoy my job as Chaplain at St Paul’s Collegiate, I always think of the quote above. I am truly blessed to have a job that gives me such great joy.

This is not to say that my job is easy - far from it. There is a constant challenge of balancing the demands of classroom teaching, leading chapel service and providing pastoral care to both staff and students. While it is a hard balance to maintain, the rewards and benefits of such a varied and exciting role make it highly worthwhile.

This year I have had the privilege of working with four truly outstanding chapel prefects. Liam Buchanan, Patrice Forgeson, David Rooney and Rose Spence have done a phenomenal job in representing both St Paul’s Collegiate School and the Chapel of Christ the King. These four talented and intelligent young men and women exemplify the values to which we should all aspire. Collectively they consistently performed their duties to an exceptional standard while always displaying virtues of humility, reliability, and integrity.

When one comes to a chapel service or Headmaster’s assembly, the people that are often given the most recognition are those who are sitting up front, or are standing at the lectern giving a speech, report or sermon. What many of us do not realise is that the engine room for ensuring the smooth running of chapels and assemblies is the chapel team. They are rarely noticed - except when something goes wrong, and, even then, it is rarely their fault! So it is, in many ways, a thankless job. However, the chapel team carries out their work with great diligence and care.

The chapel team consists of students ranging from year 9 to year 13 and is ably led by Sam Armstrong and Theo Macdonell. Their skill and dedication has made my job much easier. They are a creative and quick-thinking group who help ensure that my ideas for chapel services come to fruition as well as troubleshoot when problems arise.

In 2012, we continued to move forward in updating the audio-visual system in the chapel. We employed Marshall Day Acoustics as a consulting agency in both helping determine the best possible audio system for our chapel as well as supervising the tender process. This process is nearly complete and we should have a new audio system before the start of school in 2013 which will complement the video switching system that was installed last year.

In closing, I would like to wish everyone a safe and blessed Advent and Christmas Season and I look forward to seeing many of you in 2013.

Respectfully Submitted, Rev. Craig Luccock, Chaplain

Chapel Prefects’ Reflections PATRICE FORGESON

LIAM BUCHANAN

Being a Chapel Prefect in 2012 has been a huge highlight for me this year. Not only for the opportunities we are offered but also for the people I get to work with, being the other prefects and Rev. 2012 has been an exciting year for the chapel team as we got to go on a once in a life time experience to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury into New Zealand. This was an incredible experience and I feel very privileged to have been given this opportunity. Another highlight of being a chapel prefect is the opportunity to deliver a sermon to the staff and students, this is a very rewarding opportunity and it gave us a chance to talk about something that we are passionate about. Overall my time as a Chapel Prefect has been a positive and exciting experience and I would like to give my thanks to Rev for all his hard work and help over the year as well as Rose, David and Liam for being such a great team to work with. Thank you.

I entered this year still not entirely sure where exactly my faith lay, or how I was going to lead the school in chapel. However over the past 9-10 months I have benefitted immensely from being a part of the school services and have come to understand how to keep my mind open and more ready to grow in faith. The highlight for me was the chance to present a sermon to the whole school, as this meant I needed to have a strong understanding of how I felt about God before I could go and publically address others on this topic. I enjoyed being involved in the creativity that the Rev brought to the services, even if it was sometimes a little embarrassing. I hope I have been able to make a positive contribution to the chapel and the Christian dimension at St Paul’s over the last year.

ROSE SPENCE

Being chapel prefect this year has not only allowed me to experience many new things but has also taught me a new way of seeing life. Not coming from a religious family, being chapel prefect opened my eyes to the Anglican faith and the values and morals that come with it. It is these values and morals that I will treasure and take with me in the years to come. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to deliver a sermon in front of the school however, more-so enjoyed the trip to the Anglican convention in Auckland. Hearing such well-renowned religious figures speak so passionately about their faith truly inspired me. For me, chapel prefect was more than just a prefect portfolio, it helped me grow as a person and opened my eyes to a whole other world.

CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE KING

I was pleasantly surprised to be asked to be a Chapel Prefect at the end of last year, as I had never had any religious upbringing and was interested in exploring my ideas of faith. Through this role I have been able to gain further insight and broaden my views on the Anglican faith.

The morals behind chapel services were always enjoyable and I was excited to be a part of providing a positive energy into St Paul’s. I used this role as a chance to share my beliefs on how small things can make a big difference and hope that through my sermon on the topic, students can find their experience here a more enjoyable one.

DAVID ROONEY

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Mission and Outreach “We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer This year we made a decision to change the name of the Charities portfolio to Mission and Outreach. This was done for two reasons. First of all, while Charities implies offering a ‘hand out’ to those less fortunate, Mission and Outreach reminds us that our job is to reach out and provide not just a hand out but a ‘hand up’ to those in need. Secondly, Mission and Outreach reminds us that as an Anglican Christian school it is imperative that we take a role in God’s mission to try to create a world that better reflects the Kingdom of God. Our job as Christians is to work for a world in which values of peace, compassion, love and justice are not just good ideas, but are actively pursued by our school community.

By changing the name of the portfolio it is our hope that we also change the hearts of the St Paul’s community to carry out God’s mission not only by showing generosity but also by seeking to change parts of society where there is inequality and injustice. I am very pleased to report that we are starting to see this new vision for the St Paul’s community come to fruition.

Overall, our mufti-days raised over $6000 for the following charities: Cancer Society, Starship, Alopecia, Kidscan, and the Nawton Youth Project. All of our muft-day charities focused on very worthwhile charities within New Zealand.

On March 28, five St Paul’s students shaved their heads for Child Cancer. Collectively, Tyrell Martin, Harry Colonne, Sam Holmes, Callum Bowick, and Connor Steer raised in excess of $2000. Their heads were shaved in front of the entire school as part of the Prefects Assembly. A special vote of thanks must also go to Shannon and Sarah from Zibido Hair Salon in Glenview who volunteered their time to come to St Paul’s to shave the students’ heads. During the Term 3 break Hemashri Govender also made the decision to shave her head for Child Cancer, raising $1500.

On April 28 and 29, the Boarding Community at St Paul’s participated in the annual 24 Hour Relay. In this event, students raise money by walking laps around the St Paul’s campus. The intention is for students to complete as many laps as possible and to ensure that each boarding house has at least one person on the course at all times during the 24 hour period. As a community, the boarding houses raised in excess of $9000 for their charities. Williams House raised $1000 for Cystic Fibrosis, Sargood House raised $2000 for the Heart Foundation, Clark House raised $4500 for the Christchurch Earthquake Recovery, and Harington raised $1100 for Women’s Refuge. It was an outstanding effort by all the houses, and they can all be very proud of their achievements.

Not to be outdone, the day houses also worked hard over the course of the year to raise funds for their charities of choice. Hall House raised $750 for True Colours, Fitchett raised $700 for Starship, Hamilton raised $500 for Westpac Helicopters, School house raised $1000 for Child Cancer, and Harington raised $1600 for Waikato Hospice. In addition, the Cultural Prefects held a Variety Night concert in which all money raised went to Canteen - $968 in total, and many students participated in the World Vision 40 Hour Famine, raising well over $1000.

In May, several boarders took part in the annual Red Cross Street Appeal, raising over $1500 by going door-to-door asking for donations from the community. Finally, the school participated in Fairtrade Fortnight in May and encouraged Alliance Catering to move to sourcing Fairtrade tea, coffee and chocolate for the school. It is our hope that initiatives such as raising awareness about issues such as Fairtrade will become a common occurrence at St Paul’s in the future. In closing I would like to extend a big thank you to the Mission and Outreach team of Liam Buchanan, Patrice Forgeson, Josie Reilly, Tommy Moss, James Chenery, Claire Sayer, and Mrs Annelise Visagie for their work and commitment this year.

Respectfully Submitted Rev. Craig Luccock, Chaplain, St Paul’s Collegiate School

Whesby Trust

Andrew Mortimore

Robert Bretherton

Originally, the Whesby Trust was set-up in England, and its funds paid for the majority of the cost of our library, but more recently it has been used to fund the sons and daughters of Clergy, so that they might have the opportunity of attending St Paul’s Collegiate. Over the past four and a half decades, 43 recipients with connections to the Anglican Church have benefited from the generosity and foresight of Mr Reginald and Mrs Mary Hornsby.

MR DAVID KIDD (1972-1976) “I consider myself very fortunate to have been one of the first recipients of the Whesby Scholarship, just as I consider myself very fortunate to have attended St Paul's.

I was lucky to have some modest ability academically, musically, on the sports field and in debating, and the School offered opportunities in all these which matched or exceeded any I could have obtained elsewhere. I am grateful to have this opportunity to express appreciation for the invaluable support that the Whesby Scholarship provided to enable me to attend St Paul's. Due no doubt to the all-round education which I received, I have had a rewarding legal career on the international stage, most recently as a partner of one of the leading global law firms, based in Hong Kong. The faith that was nurtured at St Paul’s greatly helped me several years ago to deal with leukaemia, from which I am happily fully recovered.”

MR GRAHAM CORBAN (1984 – 1988)

H R Hornsby

MR MIKE BAKER (1974 – 1978) “Without a Whesby Scholarship I am sure my parents would never have afforded to send me to a school of the quality of St Paul’s. The education I received there stood me in very good stead for my onward studies at Canterbury University and my profession as an engineer in the construction industry, the vast majority of which has been spent in the UK working on fascinating projects in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. I remember my teachers with a huge amount of respect and am very grateful to them for laying an excellent foundation for my professional life.”

MR ANDREW LEOTA (1988 – 1992) For me it wasn't until I left St Paul’s that I got the full benefit of being part of the St Paul’s family. It was the life skills I learnt and the good role models and influences from the students and teachers some of who are still there and are no doubt demanding the same standards and values. Of course Tihoi was a life changer and is something all young people should experience - getting to see my own son experience Tihoi was amazing.

If it wasn't for Mr and Mrs Hornsby and the Whesby Trust I would have never had the opportunity to be part of the St Paul’s family and no doubt my life would have been very different. I’m so grateful I had that opportunity.

It is appropriate then that we recognised the legacy of the Hornsby’s at a special assembly, in the presence of Archbishop David Moxon. Bishop David’s two sons, Te Aro (2000-2002) and Tureia (2001-2005) have both attended St Paul’s in the past through the assistance of the Whesby Trust. In fact, in his last year at School, Te Aro was the Head Boy of the School, which is testimony to the way in which he embraced the opportunities presented to him over his five years at St Paul’s.

The example of Mary and Reg Hornsby can only be described as inspirational. I suppose the challenge for each and every one of the individuals in this community is what will be the legacy that we will leave in the lives of those around us and to the institution and organisation that provides support for us.

CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE KING

“I am extremely grateful for the Whesby Scholarship fund, which helped me to attend St Paul’s, and in particular the Tihoi Venture School, which for me was the highlight of my secondary schooling. I have often told people that if I had my way, a series of outdoor venture schools would be set up in the wild places of the New Zealand, and every 4th form boy in the country would be required to spend 6 months of their lives learning to challenge themselves and treasure our beautiful land like I did at Tihoi. I am also extremely grateful to my Chemistry teacher Mike Shaw, who passed his passion for the subject on to me.

Combining these two areas enabled me to complete a Masters Degree in Environmental Chemistry at Waikato University, and I now work at Hill Laboratories where I have spent the last 18 years of my working career.”

Tureia Moxon

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House Chapel Services House chapel services are an integral part of the Sunday evening chapel services at St Paul’s Collegiate School. Each house is given the opportunity to plan and lead the chapel services at some point in the year. In addition, prefects are often given the opportunity to preach at services over the course of the year. Every year I am continually impressed by the overall quality of the services and, in particular, the insightful and thought-provoking themes that our students choose to speak about. What follows are excerpts from some of the sermons that we have heard throughout the year.

“Being yourself is one thing that you can always do right.

No matter who you are, you have special things that make you unique and wonderful.”

Jessica Elliott, Arts Week Chapel “I view change as a joyous thing. To not change and to remain in stagnation is the equivalent to death. Nothing can be accomplished by not moving forward. Change is exciting, it leads down a new path of life that will be full of new opportunities so we should embrace this and have trust that the Lord is there to guide us. So take a risk, follow your dreams and achieve all you can achieve. Embrace change to make a difference in your life.”

Harrietanne Embling, Harington House “We can see that patience is not just suffering, that it may be joyful in itself, but also that there is something worth working for at the end of it. Waiting, whether it be for a reward, or for a time of hardship to end, helps build strength and character and can bring us closer to God, for it is in God that we can be truly patient with ourselves, and with others.”

Samuel Tharratt, Hamilton House “I choose to believe that by being alive I have been given an opportunity and that the best way to thank the God who gave me this is to make the most of it. That’s how I choose to live my life. Everything I do I endeavour to do as well as I can. Because I realise that I only have one chance to get it right and I owe it to God to be the best I can be.”

Liam Buchanan, Chapel Prefect

“By starting every day with something nice, you can truly make someone’s day, and they can be inspired to do the same. The little things we take for granted soon expand into a place where happiness and support are felt all around, just by passing on that smile. All good works are done the way ants do, little by little. Great things are done by a series of little things.”

Rose Spence, Chapel Prefect “I think this is a perfect representation of hope. Despite all that is happening we all have our (musical) notes floating towards heaven. Because the idea of heaven is our greatest hope, a place where nothing bad happens . . . a utopia. That is what our service is about, that no matter what happens, we can always hope.”

Dominic Scott-Jones, Clark House “On behalf of the student body, I thank you, mothers, for teaching us and guiding us, and for the most valuable gift you possess – unconditional love. Because when people say “Who could love a face like that?” we can proudly say that our mothers can.”

Brenna Cockrem, Mother’s Day Service “Our character is comprised of all the small decisions we make, every second, every minute and every hour of the day. Every action, thought and decision we make is a brushstroke on the canvas of our soul. When you go out of your way to make an effort to help someone; spend the extra time pushing through something you find hard; smile

at someone you know is lonely, give a compliment to someone who needs support; you create a positive image on that canvas.”

out. It will definitely change their life and it might change yours.”

Sam Armstrong, School House

Josie Reilly, Arts Week Chapel

“Remember that life is precious and like a miracle and that we must cherish and appreciate it. We are all going to face huge challenges in our lives but it is never too late to make the most of it. For those of you who are weaving a strong web of life, continue to weave your future and for those of you who are facing obstacles just remember you can do it and you are worth it.”

Patrice Forgeson, Chapel Prefect

“It is not always easy for us, adults included, to make the right choices. We all want to feel part of the crowd and fit in, but there are certainly many occasions when we need to be brave in order to do what is right.”

Nikora Payne, Hall House

“For those of you in year 9 you will be eating, sleeping, laughing and sometimes even crying with the boys in your year group for the next 5 years so enjoy every moment and don’t take a single second for granted because 5 years may seem like an extremely long time but it goes incredibly quickly so embrace every second and you will find that the St Paul’s family is stronger than you think.” – Josh Tye, Boarders Service “If we all put these cornerstones of effort, enthusiasm, and encouragement into our lives, the sky is the limit as to what we can achieve. So I ask you: if you see someone who looks glum, simply put in some effort and help them

“The best way to be (a Good Samaritan) is to slow down a bit, and take a look around you to see ways to help others.

Just seeing the need and ignoring it is not enough. You must act upon what you see. Don’t wait, don’t delay, don’t procrastinate about what could be done. You must be ready to risk yourself so don’t worry about who could judge you if you help someone in need.”

Daniel Kenna, Sargood House “Earning respect is a two-way street. We cannot just demand it from other people, but it is something that we have to earn. Being courageous and standing up to those doing wrong can be scary, but it is the people who have the guts to be themselves and stand up for what they are passionate about, that earn respect from others.”

Charlotte Dumble, Harington House

CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE KING

“In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours... because to be trusted, is a greater compliment than to be loved.”

David Rooney, Chapel Prefect

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Daryl Lyes (Sargood 2003-2005) Daryl joined the St Paul’s staff in 2008 as an ICT support technician and has since moved to New Era IT as a desktop network support technician. The most important part of the move is that he remains in a pivotal role to the teaching staff in their delivery of education to our students.

Interestingly Daryl has been a volunteer fire fighter in the Hamilton operational support unit for over five years. This means that he attends fire callouts to provide services such as emergency, lighting and salvage for the Waikato Region, from Te Kauwhata to Bennydale, from Raglan to the Coromandal Peninsula. Daryl has attended serious incidents such as the Tristram Marine fire, night time road accidents causing death and salvage operations such as civil emergency callouts.

Most callouts are at night but Daryl sometimes leaves St Paul’s during the day for emergency operations.

Daryl Lyes

You will notice in the photo that Daryl has been awarded a medal for International Year of the Volunteer. St Paul’s is very proud of the service that Daryl provides to our community. Staff dedicated to the safety of our students and our community are valued as part of our family here at St Paul’s and we are very glad to have Daryl on our staff.

Michael Oehley (Hamilton 1997 – 2001) Michael spent five weeks touring New Zealand through April and May to launch his second novel for young readers, The Vitality Code. He spoke to over 7,000 year 5-9 children at 35 schools, including year 9’s here at St Paul’s Collegiate. As part of the program, Michael conducted creative writing workshops in order to encourage and promote the art of writing in an age where television and video games reign supreme. Michael was pleased by the enthusiastic responses he got across the country, and sales of The Vitality Code have exceeded expectations.

Besides writing novels in his spare time, Michael practices emergency medicine in small Australian hospitals and has travelled extensively over the last decade to more than 50 countries. He and his Australian fiancée, Claire, trekked from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro, and then Asia, in the final six months of 2012. They will be married in April 2013 and plan on settling permanently in the Cambridge area. Michael says that New Zealand remains the best country in the world to live and to raise children in, and feels that the best lesson he has taken from his travels is 'to appreciate just how lucky New Zealanders are'.

Copies of Michael’s novels, The 4 Powers of Daren Saner and The Vitality Code are available at bookstores or online (www. michaeloehley.com), and are suitable for children aged 1015 with an interest in science-fiction or fantasy adventures.

Michael plans to write six books in this series, but has plenty of other ideas for future books in mind.

Michael and his dad John

Professor Gary Wilson (Hamilton 1980 – 1984) most important agent in delivering heat around the planet - even slight changes will have profound effects on climate.

This is what he’s focusing his attention on at the moment.

Understanding can only come from global scale study - so that’s Gary’s laboratory - the globe. The two most important agents are Antarctica and the oceans. Both are difficult and costly to access and much of his work has been in assembling teams, mounting expeditions to remote places and developing new technologies for accessing and studying the sedimentary record through sediment cores. By nature the teams are international and the scale of the fieldwork often involves tens to hundreds of people. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are unique so that’s where his teams need to go to research even though it’s expensive and hard to get there and once there hard to carry out the fieldwork.

Gary Wilson at Tate Peak Antarctica Gary went to Victoria University to start a science degree majoring in maths and physics. The physics didn't gel with him at the time, so in his second year Gary switched to a Music degree, but Geology had caught his attention so it became two degrees – Geology and Music.

During Gary’s honours year in Geology he was able to make the first of twenty-one visits to Antarctica. It was then that he realised that he wanted to get to grips with understanding global climate through the study of past climates – Paleoclimatology.

Some may say “Why might we care”? Well Gary unequivocally believes that the globe is warming and that will lead to melting ice in the Arctic and Antarctic and changing ocean and atmospheric circulation.

So what? Well melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica will result in rising sea levels - metres to tens of metres... and the circulating ocean is the single

Gary’s research is generally funded through grants from government agencies in America, the UK and New Zealand. Over the past 10 years, the University of Otago has invested in unique laboratory facilities and equipment to enable him and his graduate students to do their work.

Otago has also invested in research vessels that enable Gary’s teams to get out into the Southern Ocean.

Gary and his wife Kate live in Dunedin with their two boys - Jacob who is 7 and Adam who is 5. Gary holds a position at the University in Marine Science.

OLD COLLEGIANS

The compelling nature of Paleoclimatology is that with the threat of global warming it is important to be able to put the changes in global climate into some perspective, which can help with prediction future changes as well as pin down what’s driving the changes.

Working in remote places is not straightforward - it requires a certain level of practical skill, pragmatism and adaptability. Gary often works from tent camps in the Antarctic, where a good deal of time is spent just keeping alive - making water and cooking at 20 to 30 degrees below zero or working on boats where the floor is always moving. Meticulous expedition planning is required, as just nipping back to get something you forgot is not an option.

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Daniel Ammann (Sargood 1985 – 1989) as an analyst and associate in the banking team at Credit Suisse First Boston in 1993. “Danny is a very smart guy,” said Rob Hamilton, head of investment banking at the firm now known as First NZ Capital. “People don't find that Dan taking over from Liddell is surprising, because you have got two very talented people there. Knowing Liddell and his future planning I suspect he had an eye on the future CFO. Clearly he was succession planning for his retirement,” Hamilton said.

Someone who was surprised though, was his mum, Diane Ammann. She said her son had called home with the news.

“We are very excited for him. It’s lovely.”

She said his family had no idea that he would achieve this level of success but the family was thrilled.

Dan Ammann Ambition, hard work and talent took Dan Ammann from Eureka, just outside Hamilton, to the top finance job at giant American car maker General Motors.

The 39-year-old grew up on a farm in the Waikato and, after schooling in Eureka and here at St Paul’s Collegiate, Ammann studied management at the University of Waikato, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Management Studies with first class honours. “He was a very bright kid,” mum Diane said, “and he’s always been very ambitious.”

His career in New Zealand investment banking began when Chris Liddell, the Kiwi he is succeeding at GM, hired him

A local financier who worked with Ammann during his four years in New Zealand said not only is the Kiwi ambitious, but he is very determined. “He always worked incredibly hard. He’s relatively self-effacing but he is outgoing. He is not a wallflower.”

After leaving New Zealand in 1997 for New York, Ammann continued working at Credit Suisse before shifting to Morgan Stanley where he scaled the corporate ladder, being appointed a managing director of the bank in 2004. “He was made an MD at Morgan Stanley pretty young. He’s a very capable guy,” an industry source said.

At Morgan Stanley he covered the automotive industry and General Motors was one of his clients. He spent 11 years with Morgan Stanley and also spent plenty of time flying back and forth to Detroit. In March 2010 he shifted from the bank to General Motors, appointed as the giant carmaker’s treasurer reporting to Chris Liddell.

Old Collegians’ Report

Mr and Mrs Plant enjoy ing the evening

Richard Caulderwood

Champagne and Cupcakes

The Old Collegians’ Association has had another busy year. Our usual social events in Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton have been well attended with many new faces turning up to renew old school friendships. Deborah McRae, Evan McCulloch, the Headmaster Grant Lander and I, recently travelled to Christchurch and Wellington to attend Old Collegians gatherings in both centres. Thanks to Humphry Rolleston (Sargood/Clark 1966 – 1967) for hosting us in Christchurch and to Tim Clarke (Williams 1984 – 1988) for his hospitality in Wellington. Earlier in the year reunions in London and Sydney proved very enjoyable for those who attended them. The possibility of a reunion in USA is being looked into for 2013 with considerable interest coming from US based Old Collegians.

advice and goodie bags for everyone who attended.

The main event of the year was the Celebration of the 70’s. This was held on the 17 and 18 of August. It began with an impressive Powhiri and Haka performed by all of the students of St Paul’s Petera Hudson (School 1971 – 1976) replied on behalf of the guests and Mike Shaw regaled tales of and trials from the 70’s and Tihoi. Vic Matthews presented a new lectern that he had made to Clark house (this was a gift from Lex de Jong, Clark 1973 – 1975). Later at the cocktail evening many stories were told as were old friendships rekindled.

The other major project the committee is keen to progress

Saturday began with the Old Collegians watching our rugby teams win their games, tours of the school with current prefects and then a luncheon with some entertaining and moving speeches from our guest speakers, John Lloyd (Past Staff 1974 – 1994), Petera Hudson and Wilson Isaac (School 1966 – 1970). A similar event is planned for the 9th and 10th of August 2013 which will focus on the 80’s decade and also the 50th celebration of Williams House.

old Collegians banner.

that have been held during the year are featured on the school website under the Old Collegians tab.

Project wise, the committee has committed to a partnership with the Parents Association to build a mobile coffee and food cart for the school with construction about to begin.

This should be ready for use at the start of the 2013 school year. The cart will be available for fundraising by the various school organisations, Houses and sporting codes and can be used on and off site. Painted and sign written in the school colours, this will be a spectacular asset for the school. is the refurbishment of the lounge in the Old Collegians Pavilion. The expanded and rebuilt Pavilion has been a great asset since its completion but the upstairs lounge is looking tired and in need of an upgrade. The committee would welcome suggestions with regards to fundraising for this project once we have architects drawings and costing available.

All dates and venues for next year’s events and Networking evenings are posted on the St Paul’s website under the

Staff and ex Harington students

OLD COLLEGIANS

An event for our female Old Collegians, called ‘Champagne and Cupcakes’ was held on the 13th of November at Birds of a Feather Hamilton. It was a fun evening with fashion

Photos of this evening and all other Networking evenings

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Academic Results 2011 St Paul’s students once again gained outstanding results in the 2011 Scholarship examinations, NCEA examinations and Cambridge examinations

SCHOLARSHIP RESULTS The 2011 National examinations saw St Paul’s gain one of its best set of Scholarship examination results. Twenty of our senior students gained an impressive 37 subject Scholarships, of which four were “Scholarships with Outstanding Performance” (awarded to the top 0.04% of all students for the Level 3 cohort for a subject).

OUR TOP STUDENTS WERE: James Kennedy • Chemistry (Outstanding) • Physics • Science • Statistics • Calculus

Chang Zhai

St Paul’s students gained outstanding results in the 2011 National external examinations. Pass rates for National Certificate (NCEA): • Level 3 83% (9% above national average) • Level 2 89% (8% above national average) • Level 1 92% (16% above national average) Certificate Endorsements 2011 St Paul’s 2011

National Ave St Paul’s 2011 2012

• Physics

L1 Excellence

8.3

13.2

3.8

• Statistics (Outstanding)

L1 Merit

42.9

33.5

33.7

• Calculus

L2 Excellence

6.7

7.8

7.5

L2 Merit

38

25.1

24.5

L3 Excellence

11.4

7.5

5.7

L3 Merit

39

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25.5

James Lin • English • Chemistry • History

Melissa and James will receive the ‘Scholarship Award’ for gaining three or more Scholarships, which entitles them to $2,000 per annum for three years of their tertiary study.

Belinda Pedersen • Statistics (Outstanding) • Yr 12 Calculus

Jason Coventry • Statistics • Accounting

Sheng Cao • Statistics • Yr 11 Calculus

Catherine McRae • Media • Geography

Evan Wilson • Statistics • Calculus

Reece Patterson • Chemistry • Physics

OTHER SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESSES Lachlan Cooper - Biology Natalie Hong - Biology Grace Gatenby - Biology James Mason - Accounting

NCEA RESULTS

• Chemistry (Outstanding)

Both James and Chang gained ‘Outstanding Scholars Awards’ as a result of their performance in the 2010/2011 Scholarship examinations. Joint Duxes, James Kennedy (five Scholarships in 2011 – also gained Scholarship in Mathematics with Statistics in 2010) and Chang Zhai (four Scholarships in 2011 – also gained Scholarship in both Mathematics with Calculus and Mathematics with Statistics in 2010) were two of fifty-one students who were the National Top Scholars and will be awarded ‘Outstanding Scholars’ awards, which will entitle them to $5,000 per annum for their first three years of study at University.

Melissa Oosterwijk • Chemistry • Statistics • Calculus

Conor Robson - Yr 12 Calculus Connor Spence - English Fiora Stewart - English Olivia Thompson - Yr 12 Statistics Christopher Whiteley - Yr 11 Calculus Elizabeth Wilson - Biology

With many of our top students sitting up to three IGCSE (Cambridge) subjects at Level 1 and two AS (Cambridge) subjects at Level 2, the percentage of our students who would have gained Certificate Endorsement at Levels 1 and 2 is consequently lower than if they were sitting NCEA alone.

Nevertheless it is pleasing to see the increase in Excellence and Merit Endorsements at Level 1 and particularly pleasing to note the increase in Excellence and Merit at Level 3.

CAMBRIDGE RESULTS Our results in the IGCSE (Yr 11) and AS (Yr 12) examinations were again outstanding. Overall highlights included: • A 98% pass rate at IGCSE level.

• An 88% pass rate at AS level.

• 49% of IGCSE grades were at A or above (80% or above) • 21% of IGCSE grades were at A* (90% or above) IGCSE Music - Paul Newton-Jackson topped New Zealand in this examination. Two students gained A* grades (90% and above). They were Paul Newton-Jackson and Christopher Whiteley.

IGCSE Chemistry - Four students gained A* grades. They were Mark Davis, Hannah Clare, Quinn McKay and Jessica Reilly.

IGCSE English - Six students gained A* grades. They were Paul Newton-Jackson, Hannah Clare, Nicholas Don, Samuel Woolerton, Christopher Whiteley and Dominic Scott-Jones.

IGCSE Maths - Six students gained A* grades. They were Andrew Huang, Sharleen Lu, Mark Davis, Jessica Reilly, Geraldine Fish and Brittany Smith.

Our Top Scholars

IGCSE Physics - Eight students gained A* grades. They were Hannah Clare, Christopher Whiteley, Vincent Reilly, Samuel Woolerton, Mark Davis, Jessica Reilly, Andrew Huang and Quinn McKay.

EXCELLENCE ENDORSEMENTS AND SUBJECT CENTURIONS The improved performance of our top students is reflected in the numbers of Excellence Endorsements that they have been able to gain in the 2011 NCEA examinations.

YEAR 13 Level 3 with Excellence Endorsement (10 compared to 3 in 2010) Jason Coventry James Kennedy James Lin Catherine McRae Melissa Oosterwijk Reece Patterson Connor Spence Evan Wilson Elizabeth Wilson Chang Zhai

Level 3 100% in Subject (Centurions) Alexandra French Photography James Kennedy Chemistry Melissa Oosterwijk Statistics Evan Wilson - Calculus Chang Zhai - Calculus

YEAR 12

Level 2 with Excellence Endorsement (12 compared to 8 in 2010) Remy Campbell Jonathan Eyers Alex Hargreaves Daniel Kim Nina Lee Liam O’Donoghue Belinda Pedersen Mitchell Proudfoot Elizabeth Rajan Rosie Searle Rose Spence Maia Tapsell

Level 3 100% in Subject (Centurions) Olivia Thompson Statistics and Calculus Level 2 100% in Subject (Centurions) Scott Ham - Chemistry Daniel Kim - Chemistry Nina Lee - Japanese Linda Lin - Accounting Kieran Merriman Photography Liam O’Donoghue Chemistry Belinda Pedersen - French Bon Scott - Art Design Rosie Searle - Physics Maia Tapsell - English

Level 1 with Excellence Endorsement (13 compared to 3 in 2010) Antonia Anda Sheng Cao Hannah Clare Mark Davis Phoebe Earnshaw Holly Ho Sharleen Lu Meg Morbey Paul Newton-Jackson Vincent Reilly Jessica Reilly Fiona Thorp Samuel Woolerton

Level 1 100% in Subject (Centurions Hannah Clare Accounting Sharleen Lu - Maths Lucas Martin - PE Paul Newton-Jackson Music Jessica Reilly - PE Fiona Thorp - French Samuel Woolerton Accounting

SCHOLARS’ TIES – LEVEL ONE Grade point averages are calculated using a student’s best five subjects including English and Mathematics. A total of 46 awards were made to our 2011 Year 11 cohort.

The top ten students are listed below.

1. Paul Newton-Jackson 93% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Music, 100% Cambridge English and top NZ IGCSE Music student 1. Hannah Clare 93% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Accounting 3. Jessica Reilly 90% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Physical Ed 3. Christopher Whiteley 90% 3. Samuel Woolerton 90% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Accounting 6. Mark Davis 89% 6. Vincent Reilly 89% 8. Quinn McKay 88% 9. Antonia Anda 87% 9. Holly Ho 87% 10. Geraldine Fish 85% 10. Sharlene Lu 85% Including equivalent of 100% L1 Maths 10. Fiona Thorp 85% Including equivalent of 100% L1 French

ACADEMIC EXPOSURE

Level 3 with Excellence Endorsement Olivia Thompson

YEAR 11

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SCHOLARS’ TIES – LEVEL TWO A total of 45 awards were made to our 2011 Year 12 cohort.

The top ten students are listed below. Calculated using grade point average of best four subjects including English.

1. Olivia Thompson* 95% Including equivalent of 100% L3 Statistics and equivalent of 100% L3 Calculus 2. Maia Tapsell 92% Including equivalent of 100% L2 English 3. Charlotte Dumble 91% 3. Jonathan Eyers* 91% 3. Linda Lin* 91% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Accounting

3. Rosie Searle 91% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Physics 7. Alex Hargreaves* 90% 7. Liam O'Donoghue* 90% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Chemistry 7. Belinda Pedersen* 90% Including equivalent of 100% L2 French 10. Nina Lee* 88% Including equivalent of 100% L2 Japanese 10. Mitchell Proudfoot* 88% * Denotes a re-award

Scholarships

We are very proud of the significant number of senior students who have been awarded prestigious tertiary scholarships, which will help fund their university studies in 2013 and beyond.

UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO SIR EDMUND HILLARY SCHOLARSHIP:

Aaron Keppler

Jonathan Eyers

Scott Hilliar

Three scholarships were awarded to St Paul’s students by Dr Roger Moultzen of the University. These prestigious and highly competitive awards saw 300 year 13 students nationwide apply for 40 available scholarships. Applicants are assessed for excellence in sport or creative and performing arts, leadership and academic achievement. Hillary Scholars receive a full fees scholarship, as well as other support, up to the value of $50,000 for their time at the University of Waikato.

This year three St Paul’s students were awarded this scholarship, Aaron Keppler, Jonathan Eyers and Scott Hilliar.

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Belinda Pedersen has been awarded an undergraduate scholarship for $2,000 for one year.

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND JUBILEE SCHOLARSHIP Linda Lin has been awarded the Jubilee Award for her academic merit. The University received over 600 applications for 150 available awards nationwide.

This award is for $2,000 for the first three years of Linda’s undergraduate study.

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO

Maia Tapsell

Charlotte Dumble

Olivia Thompson

Mia Tapsell received a Maori and Pacific Island Entrance Scholarship valued at $10,000 for the first year of her study at Otago.

Charlotte Dumble received a Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship of $10,000 for the first year of her study.

Olivia Thompson was awarded the Dux Scholarship valued at $5,000 for her first year of tertiary study.

DAVID JOHNSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST SCHOLARSHIPS Nick McGuireHolcroft was awarded $5,000 for his first year of a Bachelor of Teaching and Louise Ford was awarded the same amount for her first year of a Bachelor of Nick McGuire-Holcroft Louise Ford Science course. Both of these students will study at the University of Waikato.

Duncan Smith’s Award FOR SERVICE TO CHEMISTRY TEACHING

OVERCOME THE FEAR OF FAILURE

St Paul’s is very proud of its consistently outstanding chemistry results. Duncan Smith, HOD Chemistry, is an exceptional practitioner, vastly experienced, innovative and considered by his peers nationally to be at the forefront of chemistry teaching. He started and runs the Waikato Chemistry Teachers’ Support Group, works with Waikato University School of Education, and is the “go to” chemistry person in the Waikato.

So many of us (me included) are too scared to actually start something.

This means we have already failed. In this regard, I suggest to you the most Duncan Smith and important subject Hon Hekia Parata in the entire school is Drama. By taking Drama you can develop the ability to be confident even when you are not. It gives you the skill to step outside your comfort zone, like speaking in front of a huge audience.

Mr Duncan Smith recently received an ISNZ Honours Award for his ‘Outstanding contribution to chemistry teaching’. Mr Smith was one of ten recipients at the ISNZ Honours Awards for 2012. ISNZ Honours Awards were established to honour exceptional teaching staff who demonstrate talent, service and commitment to Independent Schools that is truly above the ordinary.

Mr Smith received his Honours Award from the Minister of Education, Honorable Hekia Parata, during the opening of the ISNZ annual conference in Wellington.

Mr Smith’s award was very appropriate given his passion and commitment as a chemistry teacher at St Paul’s.

Innovative and always seeing ways to better engage his Science students in their learning, so it is not surprising that Mr Smith’s Year 13 chemistry students have enjoyed consistently impressive results in the National Scholarship examinations. As a School, we are fortunate to have a teacher such as Mr Smith on our staff and we are very proud of Duncan’s recognition on the National stage for his outstanding teaching ability.

DUNCAN SMITH’S ADDRESS TO STUDENTS Reach for the stars and if you try hard enough anything is possible. You are encouraged and celebrated to be successful. But what actually is success? So why are some people successful and how can I be successful?

Dare to dream, big dreams and small dreams, however as Dumbledore says, “It does not do, to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ‘Purpose and persistence.’ That’s what separates those who achieve from those who merely dream! So what do you have to actually do?

BE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT That means you need to find or create meaning in what you are doing. You may have to start out small but when what you love begins to consume your mind, your thoughts, your conversation and your schedule, then you are headed for success. Find something you feel passionate about, something that energises you, something worthy of building your life around.

In school, Napoleon was forty-second in a class of fortythree, yet he went on to build an army that conquered much of the world. Albert Einstein was such a slow learner that it was suggested he switch studies from physics to some other topic, yet he’s considered the father of the atomic age. Failure needs to be seen as a regular part of success. You and I need to get over it.

STOP WAITING FOR PERFECT CONDITIONS Too many of us stand on the dock waiting. We want the ship in place, the gangplank perfectly positioned, the weather right and an engraved invitation before we’re willing to launch out. It will never happen! Dreams don’t move toward us, we have to move toward them. ‘Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.’

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.’

YOU HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE – TIME AND EFFORT One of Michelangelo’s greatest masterpieces is the painting of the Sistine Chapel. He lay at uncomfortable angles on hard boards, breathing the suffocating air just under the vault and he suffered from inflamed eyes and skin irritation from the plaster dust. For four years he literally sweated in physical distress; but look at what he produced! He was focussed. For you and me, we need to continue to develop the right way of doing things. The right rituals, the right codes, the right thinking, the St Paul’s Way. As I said at the start, St Paul’s is an amazing place. The staff and you the students are so talented. If we dream, get passionate and embrace failure as but a stepping stone then we all can be successful.

I challenge you to one day stand where our scholars are because you too have reached your dreams.

ACADEMIC EXPOSURE

WELL I’M GOING TO SUGGEST A FEW STEPS YOU CAN TAKE

Until you overcome the fear of failure, you’ll be immobilised at the prospect of taking a risk. The important thing to remember when you fail, is not to quit.

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Mathematically Minded

Gained Scholarship in Year 11

This was an outstanding year for the mathematics department.

Mr Judkins has a very dedicated and experienced staff of seven full time teachers (Neil Muirhead, Tess Hastie, Annelise Visagie, Helen Bradford, Katie Rhymer and Carl Neethling) and three part time teachers (Paul Wilson, John Oehley and Andrew Tharratt). Mrs Hastie was appointed assistant HOD and she is in charge of the senior school and implementing the Level Two new curriculum. Mr Muirhead is teacher in charge of the junior school and picked up Mr Rapana’s Year 10 class when he left in term four. Also Jed Rowlands took over Mr Rapana’s Year 9 class for term four.

An innovative use of ICT was the Mathematics Department showing students in all classes how to use the free web site Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.org/) early in the year.

With the stated mission of "providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere", the website supplies a free online collection of more than 3,500 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on You Tube, teaching Mathematics along with sixteen other subjects. It also contains many other features such as progress tracking, practice exercises, and a variety of tools for teachers. This, along with the school Moodle site and Naylands Mathematics web site, (http://maths.nayland.school. nz/index.htm) provided extra help for all students.

In late February the results of the 2011 scholarship examinations were announced. Statistics and Modelling along with Calculus

Scholarship Stats 27 students!

Aust Math contest High Distinction

both had eight scholarships awarded to our top students.

These sixteen scholarships were by far the best results in our department’s history. Two years ago two Year 11 students gained Scholarship Statistics (Belinda Pedersen and Conor Robson) and a year ago we also had another two Year 11 students gain scholarship. However this time Sheng Cao and Christopher Whiteley were awarded scholarship Calculus with Sheng also gaining scholarship Statistics and Modelling.

Sheng Cao gaining both as a Year 11 student was also a record for the department. Included in the eight Statistics and Modelling were two Outstanding scholarship awards. On Saturday morning November 10 twenty seven students sat the Statistics and Modelling scholarship examination which is a record number for the school and department.

The annual Waimaths Mathematics Competition was held at the Hamilton Gardens on the 9th of August with the top three mathematicians from several Waikato schools competing.

Each team was given 20 questions which they worked on with only forty five minutes to finish. A correct answer on the first go was worth 3 points, 2 points if they got it right the second go and 1 point if they get it right on the third go. The questions for all three Year levels were much more difficult than in previous years.

The Year 9 team consisting of Blair Foster, Craig Scott and Craig Stocker and was tied third equal with St Peter’s after

the 45 minutes was up. A tie breaking question was given to decide the placing. Our team was first to give the correct answer placing them third out of twenty-six teams.

The Year 10 team consisting of Daniel Davis, Connor Gyde and Stephen Joe placed sixth equal in their event with twenty-one schools competing. The Year 11 team consisting of Youngmin Goo, Joseph Chen,and Jordan Ogilvy placed seventh. There were twenty four teams competing at this year level.

The University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition was sat 6 April with 173 schools taking part. The results were: Merit Award winners: (over the 90th percentile) Year 9 James Hay and Craig Scott and Year 11 Jordan Ogilvy. Top 200 award winners were in Year 9 James Krippner and Craig Stocker and in Year 10 Daniel Davis, Connor Gyde, Stephen Joe and Ruy Maldonado. The Top 100 award winners were Matthew Sweet in Year 9, Marcus Ground in Year 10 and Youngmin Goo in Year 11.

The 2012 Australian Mathematics Competition was sat by hundreds of thousands of students from over forty countries. Eighty six students from St Paul’s entered this competition on August 2nd with 54% gaining a Credit Certificate or better. Overall there were 24 Credit, 19 Distinction and 4 High Distinction certificates awarded.

High Distinction is top 2% and the following 4 students gained this certificate: Craig Scott in Year 9 with100 percentile and Prudence Award for achieving the school’s highest number of consecutive correct answers; Sheng Cao in Year 12 with 99 percentile; Belinda Pedersen in Year 13 with 98 percentile and Conor Robson in Year 13 with 99 percentile.

Chess is a valuable education tool which fits in well with the New Curriculum as it is learning which will remain with students long after they have left school. Key concepts for mathematics: Thinking – Chess provides students with opportunities to think flexibly, creatively, critically, effectively, strategically, and logically; Using language, symbols and texts – Chess uses symbols and diagrams to solve problems. It has a specific language and chess notation uses numbers and letters; Relating to others Students compare and contrast ideas, remain open to learning from others and accept that being wrong is part of learning to play chess; Managing self - Students are prepared to take risks, make decisions, and persevere with chess. Students are self-motivated, resilient, know their own strengths and weaknesses, and have a ‘can-do’ attitude playing chess. Participating and contributing Students contribute to a culture of inquiry and learning.

They share strategies and thinking and they empower and enable others with chess.

Chess lessons were structured around lessons created

by Grandmaster Susan Polgar at Texas Tech University in the USA. Since 2006, Susan’s "Chess Training Guide / Curriculum for Teachers and Parents" (http://www. chess-game-strategies.com/susan-polgars-free-chesstraining-guide-curriculum.html) has been distributed free to over 200,000 Chess Clubs, chess organisations, parents, teachers, and coaches, in over 120 countries.

There are seven significant factors why chess has such a positive impact on students in an article by Dr Robert Ferguson called “Chess in Education Research Summary”. http://www.gardinerchess.com/publications/ciers.pdf 1. Chess accommodates all modality strengths.

2. Chess provides a far greater quantity of problems for practice.

3. Chess offers immediate punishments and rewards for problem solving.

4. Chess creates a pattern or thinking system that breeds success. The chess playing students become accustomed to looking for more and different

ACADEMIC EXPOSURE

Mr Judkins, HOD of mathematics, and Andrew Tharratt, head of LRU, team taught 9GJ and 9HJ. There is a six day timetable and they shared these two classes. Mr Tharratt has each class for three periods of traditional mathematics teaching and Mr Judkins incorporated a structured chess course in his classroom for some of his three lessons.

Mathematics provides building blocks and foundations that students will need throughout their lives. The skills needed to be successful in today’s world are decision making, problem solving, critical thinking and deductive and inductive reasoning along with the ability to make judgements and good estimates. Chess is the perfect learning tool to increase higher thinking skills, advance mathematical and reading skills, and most importantly built self-confidence and self-belief.

alternatives, which results in higher scores in fluency and originality.

5. Competition fosters interest, promotes mental alertness, challenges all students, and elicits the highest levels of achievement (Stephan, 1988).

6. A learning environment organised around games has a positive effect on students’ attitudes to learning. This affective dimension acts as a facilitator of cognitive achievement (Allen & Main, 1976). Students love games. Chess motivates them to become willing problem solvers and spend time quietly immersed in logical thinking. These same young people often cannot sit still for fifteen minutes in the traditional classroom.

7. Chess supplies a variety and quality of problems. As Langen (1992) states, “The problems that arise in an average chess game are, moreover, new. Contexts are familiar, themes repeat, but game positions never do. This makes chess a great problem solving tool.”

Y9 Waimaths team

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Scientifically Speaking THE BRAIN BEE CHALLENGE 2012 On 27 July Joseph Chen, Sahil Patil, Chris Chilcott-Parker and Sean Vartiainen travelled to Auckland University Of Technology [AUT] to participate in the North Island finals of Brain Bee Challenge.

All our young men recorded first round results that placed them in the top 5% of the country enabling them to attend this final.

A great day was had, where students toured the medical facilities, met competitors from other schools and competed against each other for a chance to represent New Zealand internationally.

Unfortunately the Brain Bee team was unplaced but this competition was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the anatomy of the brain, its function and diseases which affect it.

Staff had the opportunity on the day to visit the Brain Research Laboratory to learn of the current research into Alzheimer’s and Parkinson diseases.

Congratulations to these students who represented St Paul’s proudly and we look forward to entering a team in the 2013 Brain Bee Challenge.

Duncan Smith and Raewyn Keene

ICAS GOLD MEDALS In December 2011, at a special ceremony in Auckland, two of our students received gold medals for their performance in the ICAS (International Competition and Assessments for Schools) Science examinations.

Chang Zhai repeated his achievement in 2010 as a Year 12 student, when he was awarded a Gold for Level Two Science when he topped New Zealand in Level Three Science. While Conor Robson topped New Zealand in Level Two Science.

ICAS is coordinated by the University of New South Wales.

Each year millions of students from over 20 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Pacific and the USA participate in ICAS assessment. ICAS medals are awarded to only the top student in each Year level for the learning areas of computer skills, english, mathematics, science, spelling and writing.

These medals are extremely prestigious and were the only gold medals in Science awarded to New Zealand students.

We are very proud of these two exceptional scholars.

Our other top achievers were: High Distinction Certificates (Top 1% in NZ) Year 10: Walter Tso, Michael Torrence, Year 12: Sheng Cao, Chris Whiteley.

Year 13: Charlotte Dumble, Conor Robson.

Distinction Certificates (Top 10% in NZ) Year 9: Matthew Sweet, James Krippner, Jimmy Christey, Craig Scott.

Year 10: Thomas Goodwin , Stefan Andreef, Marcus Ground, Hugo Brown, James Morritt.

Year 11: Joseph Chen.

Year 12: Paul Newton-Jackson, Mark Davis.

NATIONAL CHEMISTRY QUIZ FINALS – MASSEY UNIVERSITY On Tuesday 26th June, the St Paul’s Chemistry Quiz team travelled to Massey University for the National Finals of the NZIC Secondary School Chemistry Quiz competition. The team of Charlotte Dumble, Liam O’Donoghue, Belinda Pedersen and Olivia Thompson competed against teams from Auckland Grammar, Wellington College, Palmerston North Boys’ High and Christ’s College, each of which had won their respective regional competition.

During the afternoon, the team was given a tour of the various laboratories of the Science Faculty at Massey University.

After which, each team was shown how to undertake a specific chemistry practical which they had to learn and then demonstrate to the other teams the next morning.

The quiz itself started that evening and consisted of ten rounds of ten questions. St Paul’s and Palmerston North Boys’ High slowly eased away from the other schools as the rounds went by and after two and a half hours, Palmerston North Boys’ led by one 1 ½ points going into the last round.

St Paul’s were unable to bridge the gap and finished in second place on 81 pts behind Palmerston North’s 83 ½.

The school can feel justifiably proud of the team’s efforts in finishing second in the country, matching the performance of last year’s team. For their efforts, each member of the team received $175 in prize money courtesy of the competition sponsors.

HILL LABORATORIES

In 2011, Belinda Pedersen was successful in obtaining Rotary Club sponsorship to attend the Hill Laboratories Summer School, held at the University of Waikato in the first week of December. This year two St Paul’s students (Mark Swarbrick and Sharleen Lu) have been selected to attend this prestigious event. We wish them well and hope they enjoy this amazing opportunity.

BELINDA PEDERSEN REPORTS The Hill Laboratories Waikato Science Summer School was an amazing opportunity. There were people to meet, experiences to be had, equipment to learn about and of course, there was plenty of science to be done! The focus of all our research was the Waikato River – we travelled along it and took samples, studied its history and use, and eventually made presentations about it. My favourite part

was watching various microorganisms from our samples under a microscope. We challenged each other to see who could find the biggest and scariest, then trap it in a bubble. This may seem like a strange way to spend your holidays, but between all the science, we took trips to hot pools, bought ice creams, and had a final celebratory buffet dinner together. Everyone had a great time, and I would encourage anyone to give it a go!

This year two St Paul’s students have been successful is gaining Rotary Club support to attend the week long experience. I hope they have an amazing experience.

ENVIROGROUP This year’s EnviroGroup was led by Thomas Moss and Sarah Cranswick, who were ably supported by Josh Tye, Claire Sayer, Junting Wei, Non Seehamart and Ariki Thomson.

This was the second year of the EnviroGroup and the team continue the task to increase student awareness of environmental issues. The team’s focus this year, was how to improve the amount of paper recycling within the school.

To achieve this, new paper recycling bins were installed in every classroom and office. These were monitored over a term and staff were regularly reminded to recycle.

The bins were emptied every Friday afternoon and the volume collected by the recycling company ‘Full Circle’ was recorded. This resulted in an increase of paper recycling by 52% over term 3 and 4. We wish next year’s team well in continuing the process of becoming a EnviroSchool.

Louise Ford Kudos 2012

Louise Ford Sci Fair Award 2012

NIWA WAIKATO SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FAIR This year we had six students (Louise Ford, Andre Ofsoski, Craig Scott, Jack Glasson, Campbell Massey and James Krippner) enter the NIWA Waikato Science Fair.

The fair was held at the Hamilton Gardens Pavilion from the 23-25 August, with over 300 entries from the Waikato region. Our students represented the school well and can be very pleased with their projects. Also, Mr K Hogg (HOD Science) was invited to be a judge at this year’s fair.

The school was successful in winning awards again this year with Louise Ford being placed 2nd overall out of all the senior science entries and received a special prize from the New Zealand Soil Science Society for her project on ‘phosphate concentration in hillside soil’. Special thanks, goes to Raewyn Keene for her help and support with our students entries.

SCHOOLGEN This year has seen the continuation of our involvement in the SchoolGen programme.

Our solar panels have contributed significant savings in both the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions (72 tonnes saved) and also the amount of electricity required by the school (by generating over 370,000 kWh). This has enabled our year 10 students to appreciate alternative means of generating electricity as part of their science topic. At Tihoi, our students have completed group research reports on sustainability issues. Our thanks goes to Rob Duff of Genesis Energy for his support with SchoolGen.

ACADEMIC EXPOSURE

KuDos - the Hamilton Science Excellence Awards - were launched in June 2007 and are now an annual celebration of local scientific innovations impacting the Waikato region, New Zealand and the world.

This was a prestigious awards evening held at Southwell School and hosted by Te Radar. This year Louise Ford and three other Hamilton students were recognised for their ‘Excellence and enthusiasm in Science’. Louise was supported at the event by her proud parents, Catherine & John Ford, and school staff, Raewyn Keene and Mr Kelvin Hogg.

Classwork

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International Centre Our new International Centre was officially opened on the 17th of July this year.

We have a new name, new staff, a new location, and a new teaching structure to support our 33 amazing students.

Mrs Lee Elliott is our ESOL teacher with many years teaching experience across a broad range of levels and subject areas.

Lee has a great passion for the students as well as 23 years family association with the Studying in our new centre school. As Director of International Students my role is pastoral care and support of travel and the our students, homestay family management, international international student marketing and recruitment, and agent management. trivia questions A visiting dragon I previously worked at Wintec for 10 years as International generated much Student Affairs Manager and I am also the President of Waikato discussion and Education International. My son, his partner and my son-in-law debate amongst students and staff alike. are all past pupils of St Paul’s Collegiate.

In September I travelled offshore to Thailand, Vietnam, The International Centre is now centrally located in A Block China and Hong Kong. I was warmly welcomed by many in the old staff room that has been rennovated to meet our of our students’ families and was given the opportunity to needs. The space has large windows, a warm and sunny promote the school to prospective students and families, learning environment with ESOL classroom, Director’s office, building relationships with our International Agents and a multi-purpose function space and adjoining kitchenette. reinforcing the quality of the education provided by St As an International Centre we offer more than just a teaching Paul’s. In China I visited 3 schools (Chengdu Qing Yang space, but a hub that international students can call their Experimental Middle School, Shenzhen No.2 Experimental own. During morning break, lunchtime and after school the Middle School, and Shenzhen Yunding School) and met with students congregate, play games, watch videos, and bring principals and senior staff. My primary objective was to build their friends to socialise. When students are away from relationships, share ideas, and discuss opportunities and their family and support networks it is so important to have cultural celebrations as well as reciprocal teacher and student a space where they are always welcome. visits. China is a fascinating country and I was overwhelmed by the consideration and care that was extended to me by Our ESOL structure has also undergone some radical both students, staff and the general public. changes. When students arrive they are all assessed to determine their English levels. If they require ESOL classes We are looking forward to 2013; growing our numbers, they are placed into an appropriate stream – elementary, diversifying our international student population in particular intermediate or advanced. Each group has an Individual into the German and Japanese markets and continuing to identify Education and Learning Plan developed for them to enhance areas for improvement and development for our students. and progress their learning and language development.

The most important people in our department are our Many of our students are hosted either full or part time by international students. We have young men and women host families. These families open their homes and their from Thailand, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, hearts and embrace our students into their family. A good USA and Tuvalu who grow from strength to strength on a host family experience is essential for our students and often daily basis. They elect to learn in a second language, study crucial to their academic and overall success. Hosting an and live in a culture that is often quite different from their international student can be a most rewarding experience, own, thousands of miles away from their family and friends. and often lifelong friendships are formed with students They are all unique individuals and we never forget how and their families. To all our host families I offer you a very they enrich and enhance our school. Raising the level of sincere thank you from the school for your care of these competition in the classroom, often they have come from a young people. fiercely competitive learning environment where average is August provided an opportunity to celebrate our International just not ok. The sharing of their respective cultures, assists Week. Flags were hung in the Student Centre, the dining them and their peers to be better prepared for study, work hall was decorated and the International Centre was ablaze and a life in a global environment. NZ is at the bottom of with colourful posters and students’ work. Many of our the world, we can’t take our students worldwide but we can students chose to share information about their experiences invite the world to join us for shared learning experiences. and culture, including song, dance and visual presentations.

Our scholars of today are tomorrow’s leaders.

We welcomed the Hillcrest High School Lion Dancers to an Helen Richardson assembly, students and staff shared photos of worldwide

Rock Quest

BERMUDA SQUARE

Battle of the Bands, a competition open to bands of high

Bermuda Square formed early in 2011, now consists of: Jess Reilly – lead vocals, stage manoevers, and the occasional instrument; Shani Fernando – dance moves, backing vocals and some guitar; Paul Newton-Jackson – backing vocals, effect pedals and some guitar/keyboard; Jojo Stewart – plays bass and provides harmonies in sign language; Connor Johnson – backing vocals, cooking, and drums.

With an array of original songs under their belts, Bermuda Square play a unique mix of rock, pop, and progressive/ alternative genres, and are proud to make music that has popular appeal as well as musical depth and originality.

In 2012, they built on their success in the previous year (People’s Choice in 2011 Smokefree RockQuest regional heats) by placing in the top six nationally in the NZ Primal

school and university age.

In addition to this, Bermuda Square also made it to the highly competitive 2012 RockQuest regional final with their original songs 'What About Us?' and 'Missing Something'.

The judges at this huge event were impressed with the band’s performance, and commented on the 'dynamically creative songs', 'awesome vocals and backing vocals’ and a 'strong stage presence with great energy'. Thanks to the fantastic support of those who voted at St Paul’s and Dio, Bermuda Square won the 2012 People’s Choice Award, at the regional final, a step up from 2011. Bermuda Square look forward to stepping up to next year’s challenge of RockQuest, and are hoping to make it to the national final.

Paul Newton-Jackson

Bermuda Square

Shani Fernando on the Guitar

SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS

Paul Newton-Jackson on Guitar

Jess Reilly on Lead Vocals

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream At the end of term one, after a short but intensive rehearsal period, a cast of Shakespeare enthusiasts performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the St Paul’s community.

The play is one of Shakespeare’s most entertaining plays and the actors involved certainly presented a polished and assured rendition of the work. I think everyone who saw the show would agree that it was the best small show at St Paul’s yet, especially the poor woman who almost expired from oxygen starvation from laughing too much on the final night.

People say that modern audiences find it difficult to understand Shakespeare’s language but I feel that the problem is usually one of delivery. If the actors don’t understand then an audience is going to struggle. This show demonstrated that when the cast buys into the magic of the story then the audience is willing to be taken along for the ride. I really hope that this exposure to a different way of speaking and feeling has exposed the students involved with new insights into ways to communicate that don’t need to be 140 characters or less!

I look forward to taking the students who are still here in two years time, on another exciting journey into the understanding that not much has changed in the past 400 years. We still fall in love, fall out of love, perform strange plays and worry about superstitions. We now have the internet, cellphones, and all

sorts of technological gubbinnry but our souls are essentially the same as those of the original audiences of Shakespeare’s plays. For all of our evolution and ‘progress’ we still face the same issues that we faced all those centuries ago.

Humans strive for understanding and love and this play is an excellent example of what can happen when we’re “Looking for love in all the wrong places”.

Although I am loathe to select particular highlights I very much enjoyed seeing the development of the “Rude Mechanicals” and was exceedingly proud of them when they performed the final ‘play within a play’ at the Shielah Winn Shakespeare festival. I also really appreciated the assistance of Basil Luman who at the last minute stepped in to play a small but vital role. Also Brenna Cockrem’s luminous Titania in what will be her final role at St Paul’s was assured and professional in both her preparation and performance.

My lasting appreciation to all of the people who assisted with this undertaking. In particular, I’d like to thank Christine Coates for her art and Andrea Dela Rue for seeing that I needed help and taking the role of my logical brain when I was too busy being all arty and interesting.

Mr Nick Clothier

Jasper and Sean Daniel keeping apart the lovers

Evie McHugh and Jonathan Ring

Brenna Cockrem and David Rooney

Josie Reilly and Jaimee Hugo

Peter Winkelmann deep in thought

Paul Newton-Jackson

Mark Davis

Jaimee and Jonothan

Josie Reilly and Ryan McIntyre

Taylor Deakin

Evie, Mark and Jonathan

Aditya Sakalkale with Basil

David Rooney and Paul Newton-Jackson

Jaimee Hugo and Ryan McIntyre

SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS

Pyramus addresses the Moon

Jasper Hankins playing Bottom

Jasper Hankins takes centre stage

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Les Miserables A final word from the Director, Mr Nick Clothier: Once again St Paul’s Collegiate School has boxed above its weight when it comes to cultural pursuits! When the initial planning for this year’s production began, Mr Francis Cowan provided a list of shows he was interested in musically directing. The one we settled on was ‘Les Misérables’. A decision that was to involve the school community in a gargantuan undertaking but one that everyone who saw the show will agree, was a task well worth taking on.

From a technical point of view this show needed huge amounts of backstage support. This was provided both by staff, parents and students, all of whom had many other commitments to juggle. One staff member I would

like to mention in particular is Mr Duncan Smith who was instrumental in making the show what it became. Listening in the stage headphones one night, I heard Duncan giving instructions to the stage crew without which the wheels would have fallen off the juggernaut that this show undoubtedly is. I neglected to mention him in my final night speech.

Sorry Mr Smith.

I think you will agree that this show was a resounding success.

The highest praise received in feedback from audience members was the fact that they forgot whilst watching the show that the actors on stage were students and not professionals. I would like to close by thanking all of the people who gave of themselves.

Aaron on the dead side of life

Aaron Parkinson sees red

A scene of sadness Cast Singing

Chorus singing

Colourful Harrietanne Embling and David Rooney

Devastated Ladies

Aaron Parkinson

David Rooney Harrietanna and David dance

Ghosts watching over

Harrietanne Embling and David Rooney

Discussions

Holly Ho and Jonathan Eyers

Harrietanne watches on

Harrietanne, David and Sam

SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS

Jonathan and Connor lead the singing

Holly Ho

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Jonathan Eyers and Holly Ho

Jonathan, Sam and Connor Jonathan Eyers and Rosie Searle

Pickpocketing David

Josie being teased

Jonathan feeling down

Preparing for battle

Rosie Searle

Ryan and Jasper lead the cast

Ross Noble and David Rooney

Sam Armstrong

The woeful waiting

Sam Armstrong and Holly Ho

Ross Noble

The singing cast

Sam and the dead

Sam, Rosie and Jonathan

Sam Armstrong and Baby Colette

The boys discuss

The waving of the flag

Sam writing the letter

SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS

Sam being blessed

Sad Sam

Winners

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School Ball – Casino Royale This year’s school ball was themed “Casino Royale”. The entire evening was constructed around this with gaming tables, mocktails and decorations all with a casino element.

Over 300 students and 40 staff attended and the evening began with our latin dances that we had learnt over a month with Terry. We then moved onto less formal dancing and dinner and then prizegiving. The following students won the mentioned awards.

Best Dressed Couple – Peter Grierson and Patrice Forgeson Best 007 – Sam Armstrong and Alex Gudsell Best Bond Girl – Rose Spence King – Jonty Wood Queen – Jamie Hugo Prince – James Atherton Princess – Holly Ho. We acknowledge and thank the Ball Committee for all the hard work they put in leading up to the event; Sarah Cranswick, Brenna Cockrem, Malcolm Luman, Scott Hillier, Jesper Mansson, Nikora Payne and Aaron Keppler.

Adam, Jess and Alex

Ball Winners

Beautiful Girls

Harrietanne Embling and Remy Campbell

Charlotte in control of Liam and Harry

Jim Law and Sarah Ingham

Finn, Callum, Conner and Kyle

Conor Crowe and Rebecca Foster

Daniel and Josie

Daniel, Dominic and Joel

Ladies Man Rory

Ebony Tapara and Louise Ford

Kyle Dean and Tiana Collingwood

Fiona Thorpe and Jess Reilly

Jonathan Eyers and Phoebe Boyes

Livi Jackson and Alex Ashford

Emma, Phoebe and Libby hiding behind cards

Livi and the boys

SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS

Malcolm, Joseph and Aaron

Paul Newton-Jackson and Hannah Clare

Patrice Forgeson and Harrietanne Embling

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Leaning Ladies

David Rooney and Brenna Cockrem

Girls on the dance floor

One of the girls!

Katy, Jonathan and Shivani.

Pretty in Red Jonty and Rose

Rosie Searle and Jonathan Eyers

Laura McKenna and James Hunt

Lizzy Rajan and Claire Sayer

Lovely Dizon and Robert Carmichael

Sarah Cranswick and Martyn Brown

Pretty Ladies

Jonathan Ring and Fiona Thorp

Gracie Namana and Tessa De Thierry

Sarah Cranswick and Aaron Crow

William Lockwood-Geck and Lovely Dizon

Princess Holly Ho and Bert Lin Old Clark House Student Toni Anda and Conor Crowe

Theresa, Brittany and Danni

Rebecca and Alastair Shani Fernando and Jonny Moss The boys having a go

SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS

Teagan Voykovich and Lizzy Rajan

Peter Grierson and Shivani Thirayan

The Night Begins at the Black Jack Table

Winning numbers!

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Celebration of Music

Mrs Flint leads the orchestra

Rosie Searle multi tasking

The Choir

Ross, Sam, Jonathan and Cameron perform Queen

Hamish Malins performes Ocean

Cameron Downey

Francis Cowan leads the choir

Olivia Thompson and Holly Ho

Harrietanne Embling and her dance partner

Parents’ Association This year has been a remarkable and busy year for us.

We have enjoyed working closely with Mr Lander and his senior management team to support and add to the school at every opportunity. We had sufficient funds to meet most requests for funding. Another high point was that outgoing members of the committee remained as members - which is encouraged under the constitution - despite their children having left school.

2012 contributions to the school community Team travel and House grants:

$22,000.00

Half the cost of a cricket pitch cover

$1150.00

Music department instruments

music/stands/ $6365.00

Travelling gear trailer

$3913.00

Movable Carpet squares for the Gym $36,640.00 (most successful at the Ball) Audio visual system for the new dining $21,260.00 room and a sky dish (in time for the Olympics) 4 cycling Wind trainers

$348.00

Support for the V 48hr film festival team $650.00 2 new 4 burner barbeques 10 Coaches jackets And our $1000.00 student scholarship Projects that are ongoing include: • a food trailer; to be used around the school and at school outreach (in combination with the Old Collegians) • long run seating outside the Students Centre

• A Duke of Edinburgh Honours Board • The cook book – Plates for Mates We continued to host a number of activities including the leavers and new parents dinners, the parents’ ball dinner, the celebration of music supper and the inter-house choir competition. We provided stalls at Les Miserables, Under 15 hockey tournament and house rugby. Our only problem arose when quiz night clashed with the Chiefs Semi-final. NO Contest! We deferred!

The parent contribution has been our main source of income, closely followed by the cattle scheme. We are very, very grateful the our cattle scheme committee ably led by Rick and Di Donaghue and Dave and Sue Fish and also to the families who have donated calves, grazing, time and skill to keep it going well.

The cookbook has been an ongoing project. It is a well presented exciting cook book with sensible, successful recipes and continues to be useful both as a present or a memento.

It is timely to remember that our official title is The St Paul’s Association Inc. While we are usually known as the Parents’ Association, we in fact welcome anyone to be part of our group who has an interest in the school. We particularly wish to remind former parents and grandparents of the school that their link does not need to be severed once their son or daughter has left school. They can remain full members of the Association and keep in touch with, and contribute to, school activities.

Wishing everyone a safe and successful 2013.

Tim Elliott, Chairperson

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Visitors to St Paul's MICHAEL OEHLEY

KASHKA TUNSTALL

Michael Oehley came to St Paul’s this year as part of his launch tour for his new book The Vitality Code. Michael came and spoke to our juniors and did a reading from his book. Some of our staff and students already had this book and he was more than happy to sign them. Other students took the opportunity to purchase the book and everyone has thoroughly enjoyed Daren Saner’s latest

Kashka’s love of words and stories led her to St Paul’s to show our students the joy of poetry slam. In an interview for the Waikato Independent she said, “I’ve always loved poetry, but if you write a sonnet, you write a sonnet, if you write a haiku it’s a haiku, there’s not a lot of style variation. With spoken word there’s not really any rules. I think that is the thing that’s really nice. It can be about anything, and you can write it any way you want and no one can tell you that it’s not really spoken word.”

As part of his visit, Michael offered to teach a creative writing class; two of the year 9 classes were lucky enough to have this opportunity. They were occupied with thoughts of characters, complications, desires and how to write the most interesting opening line. Michael Oehley has always been very generous with his time and talents here at St Paul’s and we are very grateful that he spent the time to encourage creative writing in our school.

Here at St Paul’s during Artsweek she took the stage in the chapel and, without notes, started reciting the spoken word poetry that she loves. She told or students that she has an African name, “How were my parents to know that I would feel akin to Langston Hughes, that I would extol his virtues?

How would they know that I would have the same views as Zora Neale Hurston? That Nelson Mandela would become an idol to me and teach me about grace and the promise of equality? How would they know?”

adventures.

THE UGLY SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

Kashka’s enthusiasm for this form of expression is impressive.

She invited our students to become part of the poetry slam movement as she is a performer and organiser of the Hamilton Poetry Slam. In her interview with the Waikato Independent she said that ‘she first became interested in spoken word or slam poetry – a combination of poetry and performance – after stumbling across a talk by American spoken word poet Sarah Kay online. She quickly became addicted to the fast paced, energetic, and often rude, style of the performances, and spent hours watching them on Youtube.’

Kashka is passionate about this form of performance and she certainly made an impact during her visit to St Paul’s.

THE CHIEFS Ugly Shakespeare has a unique approach to both Shakespeare and live performance. They are believers in getting amongst the students and relating to them on a level that is both contemporary and accessible. Their success lies in their ability to utilise teen culture within the shows. This includes using current teen vernacular, references to film, TV or music that is relevant, as well as adapting the show on the road to fit changing trends.

This year Ugly Shakespeare came and gave an entertaining performance to our juniors. It is useful for students to experience the 'fun' side of Shakespeare, and it makes studying his plays so much less daunting and more understandable.

The humour was a great mixture of slapstick and sharp wit and kept both students and staff enthralled all morning.

The coaches for the triumphant Chiefs Rugby team came to St Paul’s and brought with them the trophy the team had successfully won in the final of the Super 15 Championship.

At an assembly Wayne Smith spoke on behalf of the team and co-coach Dave Rennie who also attended. They wished to do

this as a thank you to St Paul’s for allowing them train for two months in the school while they waited for their new training facilities that are now open at Ruakura. Mr Smith said that they were indebted to St Paul’s as the use of the school’s facilities were an integral part of the Chief’s success.

ARCHBISHOP DAVID MOXON

Later that afternoon the Chiefs displayed the trophy here at school and the 1st XV captain Jonty Wood proudly held aloft the SANZAR Super 15 trophy.

HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL LION DANCERS

This year during International Week we were amazed and entertained as the incredibly talented Lion Dancers from Hillcrest High School performed at an school assembly. Two performers became the spectacular lion who was tamed by the third actor. This form of Chinese art is ancient and Hillcrest High gave an accomplished performance.

JAMES PICKERNELL

This relationship is fostered and strengthened through the relationship that the school has with the Most Reverend David Moxon, Bishop of Waikato and Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses. This relationship has several components. First of all, while the Chaplain is hired by the Waikato Anglican College Trust Board, he is appointed to the role by the Bishop of Waikato. In addition, he can only carry out the duties of Chaplain if he has a license to officiate, which is also provided by the Bishop. Secondly, the Trust Board has a representative who is also chosen by the Bishop.

James has been a full time sculptor and art furniture maker since 1997 and is dedicated to excellence in these fields.

His furniture blurs the boundaries between sculpture and furniture and is represented in private collections here and around the world. Impressively, he has two pieces in Te Papa’s permanent furniture collection.

Thirdly, and most importantly, this relationship is nurtured and promoted through Bishop David Moxon’s regular visits to the school. Bishop David is invited to several very special events in the life of the school, including Founders’ Services, special assemblies, Baptism and Confirmation Service, and prizegiving.

The rigours of being a full time artist supporting a young family make one have a “can do” attitude! Most importantly, James Pickernell’s work speaks clearly about our country; its materials, ingenuity, culture, history, flora, fauna and landscape.

Bishop David has very strong personal bonds of affection to the school as his two sons Tureia and Te Aro are old Collegians of St Paul’s. It is always a joy and privilege to have Bishop David visit us and we know that he also receives a great deal of joy from his visits to the school.

NOTABLE EVENTS

Mr Pickernell is a parent of a current student and graciously came to St Paul’s to speak to our students about being a sculptor of functional art and the sculptural form, exploring NZ themes in wood, steel and stone.

I am sure that many of you have heard St Paul’s Collegiate being referred to as an “Anglican Special Character” school, but have you ever wondered what this means.

Generally speaking, it means that while St Paul’s is an independent school, it has a special relationship with the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, Polynesia and New Zealand, and this relationship has specific ties to the Diocese (region) of Waikato.

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Leadership Camp

NOTABLE EVENTS

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House for Tihoi In the beginning the most memorable moment was seeing the boys on site, on their first day, wearing new aprons and flash new tools. Looking around, none had a clue what they were doing. They have come a long way since then.

The actual erecting of the house commenced conveniently in February. The first day was an overcast day with showers but the blessing by The Reverend Craig Luccock was held anyway and that set the platform for the year. The progress of the house has been steady. The boys managed to get the roof on by the end of term two then closing in with shadow clad, fitting windows and hanging doors. More recently the ceilings and walls have been lined, interior doors hung and kitchen fittings onsite ready to position. All there is to do now are finishings, architraves, skirting, bathrooms fitted, replace cladding on the end wall and a few small jobs like plastering and painting. The house is due to be finished at the end of November.

AN UPDATE ON RELOCATION With regard to the relocation of the house; a member of the School community, Mr John Oliver, has donated a threebedroom house to the school which is currently sited near Taupo. We will move this house to Tihoi early next year and the TOLA house that is currently being constructed here will remain on site and be moved next to Harington Boarding House. The house that we have constructed this year will be used to accommodate the boarding tutors who currently live in Rose Cottage. Rose Cottage will be replaced by the 2013 Construction class. The following year, the TOLA House will probably be used for accommodation for Year 13 boarding girls and it is quite likely that over the next five years it will eventually be shifted down to Tihoi. Wherever the House that we have built is located, we are sure it will prove a real asset to the school.

Thanks!!

Principal builder: Gavin Jakes - Building Contractor Tradesmen: Mark May - Mark May Builders ltd, Martin Dobbe - Urbo Homes, Nick Holcroft - Prestige Construction, Cole Weston - Contractor, Richard Hull - RichardHull Builders Plumber: Gavin Loye - Gavin Loye Plumbing Electrician: Tangi Glassie - Waikato Electrical Services Scaffolding: Jeff Hinds - Central Scaffolding Building Supplies: Shorty and Rob - Bunnings Fence supplies: Jennifer Cowan

House Relocation: Jason Night - Dean Namana The House Movers Ltd A huge thanks to all who willingly gave of their time, resources and support throughout the year.

The boys that stood out the most as suitable for taking up positions of responsibility were Sam Savage and Patrick Sauni. Early in Term 3 Gavin recognised them as being the ones who had a positive influence over the others. They were given team leader roles onsite and as it turns out Gavin was right. They put their hands up as they say, and performed really well in their positions.

NEXT YEAR The construction class project for 2013 will be a house erected at St Paul’s behind the Medical Centre. This will be accommodation for a number of house tutors to live in. We have a group of 12 boys ready to go again for 2013. Just quietly, we can’t wait!

THE BBQ A big thanks to the team at Bunnings for all the work and assistance they have provided to the St Paul’s Construction class in 2012. Thanks also to the tradesmen, parents and students in attendance.

The Construction class consisted of; Jack Kelly, Louis Cronin, Gerard Needham, Arie Brogden, Patrick Sauni, Andrew Anderson, Dylan Coull, Jonty Rae, Sam Savage, Adam Langdon, Aaron Elliott and David Glover. Away with other commitments were Malcolm Luman and Matt Tingey. Sadly Josh Smith and Andrew Collier were unable to finish the course for personal reasons this year. We wish them all the best for the future.

FINALLY It has been a privilege to work with the young gentlemen of the construction class 2012. I appreciated that they were polite, willing to give it a go and most of all they had a desire to succeed. May the future hold all that they desire and may it be full of success and great experiences.

Haapi Wilson

Dining Room Upgrade In June, Mr John Mortimer, longstanding Trustee, past Chairman of the Waikato Anglican College Trust Board and Fellow of St Paul’s, officially reopened the newly renovated and expanded Dining Room.

The original room was constructed in 1966 during the Hornsby era, when we had a school roll of 305 students.

It seated just less than 250 people, was utilitarian in its design, with lino on the floor and exposed concrete block on the walls. Extremely hot in the summer and very cold, especially for boarders’ breakfasts in the winter, it was built at a time when we had no female students and so the toilet facilities were fairly basic. Aesthetically and acoustically, it didn’t meet the modern needs of a school of 670 students.

The newly expanded and refurbished Dining Room has a seating capacity of 350 diners and is more easily able to accommodate the need to cater for just less than 800 meals at lunchtime. The rimu panelling around the walls replicates the finish in the management centre and the wall colours and carpet make it a much more pleasant place to eat. With sound-proof dividing doors in the centre of the room, it can be split into two separate dining areas, which is especially important for the end-of-year House dinners and to cater for the needs of boarders when a special evening function is hosted at the school.

Initial comments have been extremely complimentary with acoustic tiles on the ceiling making for a calmer and quieter place for the school community to share a meal in.

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Grandparents’ Day

Rose Spence and her grandmother Ruth Dodd

Devon Nolan and his family

Geordie Migo’s family

Blair Foster and his grandparents, Rosemary and Neville Harris and Elaine and Robin Foster

Anne Searle, Rosie Searle and Judi Marsden

Aerobics Aerobics is a fun and exciting sport offered to the girls as a summer sport option. It is challenging and also lots of fun. Every Tuesday and Thursday the girls did a one hour workout which focused on fitness and toning.

Mrs Lock is the instructor and is very encouraging and enthusiastic. The girls were pushed to improve every session. Aerobics prepares us for our winter sport by improving general aerobic fitness and strengthening the muscles. It is also a great way to interact with other girls from different year levels while getting an overall body workout.

Sarah Ingham Aerobics Back Row: 2nd Row: Front Row:

Badminton

Jessica Peart, Patrice Forgeson, Josie Wilson, Rosie Searle, Evie McHugh Josie Reilly, Cathy Zhang, Sharleen Lu, Holly Ho, Leandra Singh, Mrs Jackie Lock Amelia Jarvis-Hall, Sarah Ingham, (Captain), Emma Ferguson, Shivani Thirayan, Lucy Roberts

BOYS’ TEAMS St Paul’s entered two boys’ teams in Division 2 of the Inter-Secondary Schools Competition. Chanon Sutharoj, Panasann Pattanakulchai, Connor Roycroft and Pat SrisaAn made up the top team and the outstanding player of the year was Chanon. This team qualified to play off for 5th to 9th place and narrowly lost to Hillcrest and Boys’ High in the final rounds.

Our second team players were David Hsiao, Ryan Lindsay, Tony Kittirudeekul, Jacky Joe and Poonnasint Pattanakulchai. This team also had a successful year and played off for 10th – 14th place. The team had quite a few close matches and on numerous times just missed out on the win. The boys were, however, always determined to do their best and were very positive about their games.

GIRLS’ TEAM

Badminton Boys Back Row: Ryan Lindsay, David Hsiao, Mrs T. Hastie Front Row: Panasann Pattanakulchai, Chanon Sutharoj, Pat Srisa-An Absent: Connor Roycroft, Jacky Joe, Poonnasint Pattanakulchai, Tony Kittirudeekul

The girls had their fair share of victories this season in Division 2. Combinations for doubles and reverse doubles were experimented with as the season progressed.

Competitive play and sportsmanship was demonstrated at all times. A big “thank you” must go to Lily for all her efforts over the last three years. We wish her well for the future.

THE POWER OF SPORT

The girls’ team was a blend of experienced but predominantly novice players. Lily Kang captained the side and provided the stability needed to lead the rest of the girls. She organised the girls responsibly and anchored the team with her superb playing skills. New players included: Navroz Gill, Natasha Sue, Jessica Peart and Rachel Brandt. Jessica played for the first half of the season and then, due to other commitments, made way for Rachel who ably stepped in as the number four player.

Badminton Girls Back Row:

Navroz Gill, Rachel Brandt

Front Row:

Lily Kang, Mrs T. Hastie, Natasha Sue

Absent:

Jessica Peart

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Athletics SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS The weather was kind for this year’s St Paul’s Athletics Championships held at Porritt Stadium on 29 February. There was a very positive and supportive culture for the event, with a constant barrage of chants and encouragement from those seated in the grandstand. In a close contest, Clark House finished in first place for House points, followed by Hall, with Fitchett and Hamilton placed in third equal. Special thanks go to Mr Paul Wilson and Mr Gary Henley-Smith who took over the organisation and coordination of the event with Mr Martin Holmes unavailable due to injury.

Cups and Trophies

Event

Winner

House

Cup

Jnr Individual Field Events Champion

Jackson Morgan

WL

Gregg Cup

Jnr Individual Athletics Champion

Jackson Morgan

WL

Hewitt Cup

Int Individual Field Events Champion

Todd Barry

HM

Tauranga Cup

Int Individual Athletics Champion

Tom Smith

CL

Thorrold Cup

Snr Individual Field Events Champion

Nikora Payne

HL

Yarndley Cup

Snr Individual Athletics Champion

Scott Hilliar

CL

James Hunt

HL

Sherriff Cup

Girls’ Field Events Champion

Teagan Voykovich

SC

Pieneman Cup

Girls’ Athletics Champion

Katelyn Matthews

HL

Jonathon Ward Trophy

Open 4x400m Inter-House Relay Champions

CL

Henley-Smith Trophy

Open 4x100m Inter-House Relay Champions

HL

Meiklejohn Cup

Overall Inter-House Athletics Champions

CL

ELEVEN TITLES AT THE ZONE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS On 6 March this year, St Paul’s students once again competed with distinction at the Zone Athletics event with thirty-three of the School’s athletes qualifying to compete at the Waikato/ Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools’ Athletic Championships.

There were a number of highlights on the day with some of the stand out performances being: • Tom Smith winning the intermediate boys 400m, running 50.32 s and breaking the record by over a second. He also won the 100m

• James Hunt winning both the open boys 300m Hurdles and the senior boys 110 hurdles. He also placed 3rd in the 400m • Scott Hilliar - 1st in the senior boys 800 and 2nd in the 400m • Ryan Ballantyne – 1st in the junior boys 300m and 2nd in the 800m • Jack Davies – 1st in the 3000m and 2nd in the 1500m • Jack Tatton – 1st in the senior boys 3000m • Jonty Rae – 1st in the senior boys 400m • Josh Tye – 1st in the senior boys javelin • Laura McKenna – 2nd in the senior girls 200, 100m hurdles and 3rd in the 100m • Katelyn Matthews – 2nd in the senior girls 400m and 800m • Michael Gutry - 3rd senior boys 100m and 200m • Teagan Voykovich – 2nd senior girls long jump, 3rd 400m • St Paul’s placing second in three of the relays and finishing third in the senior boys event.

Despite the high standard of competition, our athletes performed with distinction, gaining eleven first placings, fifteen second placings and eleven third placings – an indication of the strength of the Athletics Programme at St Paul’s.

WAIKATO/BAY OF PLENTY SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS The School athletic team once again performed exceptionally well. We recorded nine firsts, four seconds and six thirds, with a number of athletes placing in the top six. The weather conditions were very good and a number of our athletes, particularly in finals on the track, achieved personal bests.

The following athletes were selected to represent the region at the North Island Championships: • Scott Hilliar was in fine form winning convincingly both Senior Boys 800m and 1500m (he received the John Walker shoes/ trophy for his efforts); • James Hunt won easily the Open Boys 300m hurdles and the Senior Boys 110 hurdles in personal best times (39.23 seconds and 14.03 seconds); • Tom Smith broke the Intermediate Boys 400m record, which had stood since 1975 in a personal best time of 49.73 seconds. Twenty minutes later he won the 100m Intermediate Boys – a fantastic achievement!; • Michael Gutry won the Senior Boys 100m and ran a personal best in the 200m to place second in a time of 22.61 seconds; • The Senior Boys 4x100m relay team of Michael Gutry, Sean Henley-Smith, James Hunt and Jonty Rae showed exceptional relay skills to break the meet record held by St Paul’s since 1999; • Ryan Ballantyne ran with great determination to win the Junior Boys 300m injuring his hamstring for his efforts.

He placed second in the 800m earlier in the day;

Athletics Back Row: 4th Row: 3rd Row: 2nd Row: Front Row:

Sean Henley-Smith, Jesse Ruri, Jackson Morgan, Caleb Lingman, James Hunt Josie Wilson, Michael Gutry, Bennet Rogers, Ezra Berridge, Daniel Kenna, Jonty Rae, Fransois Eksteen, Josh Tye Rose Spence, Libby Main, Dan Goodwin, Aaron Crow, Jordan Sanders, Jack Tatton, Joel Taylor, Logan Jakes, Connor Gordon Hannah Lockwood-Geck, Mr P. Wilson, (Coach), Nathan Cleaver, Jack Davies, Danyon Fernando, Ben McColgan, Rebecca Foster, Dillon Kelliher, Andrew Finlayson, Kenan Grant, Mr G. Henley-Smith, (Coach) Teagan Voykovich, Laura McKenna, Ezekiel Crawford, Ryan Ballantyne, Scott Hilliar, Conor Crowe, Tom Smith, Katelyn Matthews, Geraldine Fish

ST PAUL’S STUDENTS WIN FOUR NZ TITLES IN THE NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS We had seven athletes competing for Waikato/Bay of Plenty at the National Age Group Athletic Championships held in Auckland on 24 and 25 March. They achieved the best results in the School’s history, winning a total of 11 medals, comprising eight gold, two silver and one bronze

from individual events and relays. A fantastic weekend of achievement!

Results: • James Hunt competing in his first nationals in the men’s under 17 age group had an amazing weekend running a personal best by .5 of a second and achieving gold medals in 110 hurdles, 300m hurdles and 4x400 relay and silver medal 4x100m relay; • Tom Smith ran strongly in the men’s under 17 age group to run another personal best in the 400m in 49.53 seconds to win gold medal and he followed this up with another gold medal in the 4x400 relay; • Scott Hilliar showed maturity and excellent race sense to convincingly win gold in the men’s under 20 800m and bronze in the 1500m. He also was part of a Waikato Bay of Plenty 4x400m relay team that placed 4th in men’s under 20 age group; • Katelyn Matthews ran a sensible race to gain a silver medal in the women’s under 17 800m and gold in the 4x400m women’s under 17 relay; • Jonty Rae won a gold medal in the men’s under 20 4x400m relay and narrowly missed a medal in the 400m men’s under 20 by placing fourth; • Michael Gutry had a good weekend narrowly missing out on medals in men’s under 20 age group by placing 5th in the 200m, 6th in the 100m and 4th in the 4x400m relay; • Bennet Rogers ran well considering his lack of training due to an injury and placed 6th in the final of men’s under17 400m.

THE POWER OF SPORT

• Jack Tatton ran personal bests placing second in both the Senior Boys 3000m and 2000m steeplechase; • Katelyn Matthews showed good form in placing second in the Senior Girls 800m in a personal best of 2min.13seconds and second in the 400m of 60.03 seconds; • Jonty Rae ran out hard only to be passed with 20m to go. He placed third in the Senior Boys 400m in 50.63 seconds; • Laura McKenna ran season best times to place third in the Senior Girls 100m and 200m; • Senior Girls 4x100m relay team (Rebecca Foster, Katelyn Matthews, Teagan Voykovich, and Laura McKenna) ran well to place third; • Jack Davies ran a good race to place third in the Junior boys 3000m in a personal best time; • Jackson Morgan threw 12.38m to place third in the Junior Boys shot put.

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James Hunt

Scott Hilliar

Katelyn Matthews

Tom Smith

NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ ATHLETICS This year the North Island Secondary Schools’ Track and Field Championships were held in Tauranga on the weekend of 31st March. This athletics meeting represents the end of a long track and field season that started for many of our athletes with the first local club meet in October.

Thirteen of our St Paul’s students had earned the right to represent Waikato Bay of Plenty at this event and once again they performed with distinction. James Hunt was probably the stand-out performer with two individual 1st place finishes in the senior boys 110m hurdles and open boys 300m hurdles. He was also a member of the victorious Waikato Bay of Plenty 4 x 400m relay team.

Relay success was experienced by Michael Gutry and Laura McKenna in the 4 x 100m relays as their senior teams were victorious also. Michael also placed third in the senior boys 200m final and 4th in the 100m final. Laura was 7th in the senior girls 100 final.

Ryan Ballantyne was also part of a 4 x 100m relay team that placed 3rd in the junior boys and he also did well to place 8th in the 800m final.

James Hunt

Rio Squad Athletes

Scott Hilliar had another weekend of quality running where he placed 2nd in both the senior boys 800m and 1500m. In the 1500m final it required a record breaking performance by an athlete from Wellington to beat Scott, as both the winner and Scott went under the old North Island record by over two seconds.

In the senior boys 400m final Jonty Rae dead-heated for 2nd place and also just missed going under 50 seconds for the first time.

Katelyn Matthews lowered her school record in the senior girls 800m when placing 4th in a personal best time of two minutes and eleven seconds.

Tom Smith easily qualified for the intermediate boys 200m final but in the process aggravated a knee injury which saw him being unable to take his place in the final.

Jackson Morgan narrowly missed out on a top three placing in finishing 4th in the junior boys shot put and Rebecca Foster did well to place 6th in the senior girls 400m final.

Jack Tatton also had a successful weekend with personal best performances in the senior boys 3000m and open boys 2000m steeplechase.

To round out the performance of the team Ezra Berridge and Jack Davies both ran creditably in the intermediate and junior boys 3000m respectively.

Basketball Jeremy Coley (Assistant Coach) 2012 started with an enthusiastic squad arriving to pre-season training. With the return of Keegan Fly to the school for the academic year, the team had lost only two senior players from 2011. This was offset by the acquisition of Conor Crowe to the side for 2012 and the development of those returning promised much.

The Premier team played in the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Competition which took place on Friday evenings at St Paul’s Collegiate, Cambridge High School and St Peter’s gymnasiums.

Coach Agnew’s mantra for the boys was the need to put in a “winning effort”. This would consist of giving it their utmost on the floor and in practice. As with any team dynamic, the proof of these words would best be judged at season’s end and the boys themselves now know if they did this or not.

The season started with their first grading game against Hamilton Boys’ High School B team. It was a chance to blow off the cobwebs from the extended break and implement our offensive and defensive patterns.

The Hamilton Boys’ team came out strongly but were quickly overcome as they trailed 44-21 at halftime. Coach Agnew was able to use the entire bench during the game as the score ballooned to the inevitable win: 81-44. The team successfully navigated grading and went into the upper tier of the competition and would be playing teams such as St John’s College, Melville High School, Hamilton Boys’ High School, Nga Taiatea and Te Aroha.

The season, in the local competition, was a successful one with the boys navigating their way into the Waikato Final against St John’s College which is outlined below.

WAIKATO SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ BASKETBALL FINAL

Thursday, September 28 at St Paul’s against St John’s College.

It is the first time in the history of St Paul’s that we have made the final of this prestigious competition and the boys had their work cut out for them.

St John’s beat St Paul’s at the recent regionals by 15 and did so by pulling away in the final quarter. The crowd buoyed by a large contingent of St John’s supporters got in behind both teams as they traded baskets early on to be 12 apiece. St John’s then made a mini break of 6 before Blake Agnew fired a timely 3 pointer to bring us back within striking distance.

The first half saw St Paul’s get out rebounded and turnovers in the open court led to layups as St John’s mounted pressure with their press.

By halftime, St John’s had built up a 10 point lead with a Hail Mary shot on the buzzer that went in for St John’s. From there on in, it was one of those nights as the 3rd quarter saw the St John’s team pull away by as much as 18. The boys, determined to claw back the deficit, started the final quarter fired up and gave it everything they had, especially in the final 4 minutes where they picked up man to man full court to break down the deficit. They fought hard and were rewarded, but altogether it was too little too late and St John’s ran out winners 83-66.

The boys had done exceptionally well getting to the final of this very tough local competition and despite finishing with a disappointing loss can hold their heads up and look back on a very successful competition overall.

SECONDARY SCHOOL REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Basketball Senior Premier Back Row: Tom Schicker, Tom Dobbe 2nd Row: Fransois Eksteen, Conor Crowe, Blake Agnew, Josh Tye, Mr J. Coley, (Assistant Coach) Front Row: Daniel Ruri, Keegan Fly, Aaron Keppler, (Captain), Nikora Payne, James Atherton Inset Steve Agnew, (Coach) Absent: Simroop Singh-Thandi

Basketball Senior B Back Row: Fransois Eksteen, Tom Schicker 2nd Row: Mr Davies, (Coach), Paul Day, Andrew Huang, Liam Jackson, Jordan Davies, Mr Hampton, (Coach) Front Row: Adam Ballantyne, Kim Miller, Mitchell O’Connell, Daniel Ruri, Patrick Sauni Absent: Bradley Morton, Qiwen Fan, Simroop Singh-Thandi, Keegan Frost-Jones

THE POWER OF SPORT

The St Paul’s Premier Basketball Team played in the final of the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Basketball competition on

The St Paul’s basketball team competed in the Basketball Secondary Schools’ AA tournament in Taupo on September 5-9. The boys have worked hard all year and the promise of being the first St Paul’s team to make it to premiership Nationals was in their reach.

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DAY 1 Coach Agnew reminded the boys before the first game not to take any team lightly. The first game was against Maclean’s College who had won the South Auckland Competition. It was a fast paced game and the boys had a real battle on their hands.

Aaron Keppler topped the scoring with 24 points followed by Blake Agnew with 20. However, the defensive effort was all important and the boys boxed out well and limited the fiery Maclean’s boys second shots. They were visibly frustrated and we ran out winners 74-66 to start the tournament well.

After a three hour break, we played against a much talked up and very athletic Rotorua Boys’ team. The boys played superbly as a team and transition buckets benefitted the team. Conor Crowe scored 25, whilst Aaron Keppler scored 22 and Keegan Fly who had a strong game collected 12. Josh Tye played physically and managed to muscle up with the bigger Rotorua boys, as did Tom Schicker and Nikora Payne. Rotorua dropped their heads and we ran away 79-52 winners.

DAY 2 Day 2 started with an easy game against St Peter’s and all the boys chimed in to win 85-41. The next game against Hamilton Boys’ would decide who was top of the pool. It was a crucial match and the boys rose to the challenge. We played with composure and looked to stifle their offence and limit second shots. The boys had another gear compared to HBHS and we quickly led.

Blake Agnew had a stunning game and led all scorers with 33; he was deadly beyond the arc and stepped up immeasurably once Conor Crowe was taken from the court and to hospital with a seemingly very serious injury. The senior players all stepped up after the 20 minute break for injury: Keegan, Nikora, Josh and Aaron. HBHS made a run but were nullified at every turn with defence and composure winning out. Final score 96-86 to St Paul’s.

DAY 3 Crossover time at Regionals began against Melville. If we won, we would go to Nationals. High stakes and the game was going

to be intense. Courageously, Conor Crowe took the court after getting the all clear from the doctor and though not at 100%, this lifted the boys. The game seesawed and was close the majority of the game with Melville pulling away in the final 5 minutes of the final quarter. Their depth saw them secure a spot at nationals and win 78-64. The boys gave it everything and could not be faulted for their efforts.

DAY 4 Despite the setback, we had another chance against St John’s to qualify. The game saw a rent-a-crowd arrive from Clark House who were in the region for a ski camp. This was a huge boon and they lifted the boys. We started slowly and trailed 24-16 after the first quarter. A powerful 2nd quarter saw us trail by 1 at halftime 33-32. This was the same story in the 3rd as we again trailed by 1. It was a case of our season coming down to the final quarter.

Unfortunately, despite all our best efforts, St John’s outscored us significantly in the final quarter and ran out winners 68-53.

This was hugely disappointing for the boys and we had to back up again that afternoon and play a dead rubber against a devastated HBHS. A carnival type game saw them eke out a win and the boys finished 8th. All the boys can be commended on the way they represented the school and begin the process of looking forward to next year where hopefully history will be made.

The team would like to sincerely thank Coach Agnew for all the time and effort that he exerted to help the team improve and see the boys develop and try to reach their goal of making Nationals.

There is always next year. To Angela Agnew who managed the team at Regionals and who tirelessly did the score bench every Friday, thanks very much for the time you put in. It was very much appreciated.

To the boys who played their final game for the school: Captain Aaron Keppler, Josh Tye, Keegan Fly and in his absence Nikora Payne, they should feel justifiably proud of their efforts over the years and giving it their all. To the boys returning, next year promises much and we hope we can go 2 steps further, nationals and a local title.

JUNIOR BASKETBALL This year the St Paul’s Junior basketball programme can look back at a very successful campaign in the A-Grade of Waikato Secondary Schools’ Basketball, with both teams placing well in the competition.

JUNIOR BLACK

JUNIOR GOLD

Basketball Junior Black Back Row: Tom Brown, Ben McColgan, Cameron Smale, Dean George, Mr J. McGrath, (Coach) Front Row: Ben Dobbe, James Krippner, Blake Phillips, Matthew Hill, Jackson Morgan

Basketball Junior Gold Back Row: Connor Egan, Anthony Chilcott-Parker, Josh Balme, Mr Joshua Howard, (Coach) Front Row: James Kenna, Joshua McClay, Filip Wills Absent: Corban O’Connor-Harris, Luke Van Den Broek, Alan Huang, Charles Christey, Jimmy Christey, Jackson Raos, Andrew Finlayson, Andre Eksteen, Mrs Amy Howard, (Assistant Coach)

The team used its size to good effect throughout the season, scoring a good number of points in the paint during every game. Jackson Morgan, Ben Dobbe and James Krippner also forced teams to shy away from driving the ball down low as they consistently blocked shots and rebounded well. Cameron Smale would typically come off the bench and rebound strongly at both ends of the floor.

The team was fortunate to have the services of some very skilful players in the backcourt. Kerwan Rose, William Te Tomo, Blake Phillips, Ben McColgan and latterly Wade Paniora all controlled the ball well and scored plenty of points generated from turnovers created by their strong man-to-man defence. They were ably supported off the bench at various times by Tom Brown, Dean George and Matthew Hill and, before being hampered by injury, Logan Spaans.

The team worked hard all season long, taking extra trainings when they could, to stay competitive in the competition. This was reflected on court with a very aggressive defence, which disrupted the opposition play.

Stand out players for the team were Alan Huang, with his ability to penetrate the offence in any situation, Josh McClay with speed down court and Josh Balme’s work under the hoop.

The team’s dedication in practice and ability to bounce back strongly from defeats allowed them to finish 4th in the tournament behind Boys’ High.

THE POWER OF SPORT

After winning consistently throughout the season, the team earned the right to play in the championship decider against Hamilton Boys’ High School, a team that had beaten them four weeks earlier in round-robin play. St Paul’s trailed by 2 points entering the final quarter but slowly gained control of the game with strong defensive rebounding and limited turnovers. In the end, it was a six point win for St Paul’s and they were crowned Waikato A-Grade champions. A very good season for the team who overcame the loss of key players due to Tihoi midseason. The team finished with a fine 12 win, 2 loss record for the season.

The season went very well for this developing junior side.

The team was led ably by Charles Christey in the first half of the season, before losing our year 10 players to Tihoi.

The second half of the season the team was led by cocaptains Josh Balme and Luke Van Den Broek.

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Chess The first NZ Chess Federation chess tournament was held in February in Tauranga with two students playing in the Bay of Plenty Rapid event. All players played six games which could last up to one hour each. Craig Scott played in the junior grade and gained valuable tournament experience winning two games.

Sheng Cao played in the B Division with the adult players and won two games. He had good chances in a couple of games but just could not pull off a win in them.

The annual Chess Simul was held on our March Open Day against one of the country’s highest rated players. This was the thirteenth year that Alexi Kulasho has played students in this event. Joseph Chen, Ben Andrews, Walter Tso, Craig Scott, Stephen Pitts, Campbell and Oliver Massey joined twelve students from Southwell. Joseph Chen was the last to finish his game but once again Alexi was undefeated.

The NZ Chess Federation annual Latvian Rapid Tournament (one hour matches) was held in March in Auckland. Two students played and as this was a class 1 tournament the competition was against good players. Playing in the C Division was Sheng Cao who scored 2.5 points and in the D Division was Craig Scott with 3 points.

The first NZ Chess Federation tournament at the school was held in May. It was a nationally rated 6 round Swiss paring tournament, with each player having 25 minutes plus 5 seconds added from move one. Some of the top adult players in the country competed along with students. They ranged from one who was selected as a member of five representing NZ at this year’s chess Olympiad to those who were playing their first official tournament. Joseph Chen in his first game got a stalemate with Mr Judkins and scored two and half points which was the same score as Sheng Cao. Luke Halliwell played his first ever national tournament and won one game which was a very good effort.

Craig Scott did very well winning three out of six games placing second in his division. He won a cash prize and a book called Winning Chess Explained.

Chess Back Row: Front Row: Absent:

Oliver Massey, Junting Wei, Non Seehamart, Campbell Massey, Mr Gary Judkins Anthony Chilcott-Parker, Joseph Chen, Sheng Cao, Daniel Davis, Craig Scott Connor Gyde, Michael Torrance, Christopher Chilcott-Parker, Luke Halliwell

The Waikato Regional Interschool Chess Tournament was held in July at Southwell School organised and run by Mr and Mrs Judkins. The winners of the Primary, Intermediate and Secondary teams qualified for the National finals to be held at Palmerston North High School in late September. St Paul’s had two teams entered and they did very well. The top team was Sheng Cao on board 1, Joseph Chen on board 2, Daniel Davis on board 3 and Craig Scott on board 4. The second team was Junting Wei on board 1, Non Seehamart on board 2, Connor Gyde on board 3 and Anthony Chillcott-Parker on board 4. The high schools played a round-robin tournament and after the final round our top team was tied with Boys’ High School top team as Joseph Chen and Daniel Davis won their games. A rapid playoff game was agreed to decide who goes to nationals and we came out second best. Our B team did well placing third in this competition.

The Waikato Open is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the NZCF calendar and was held at St Paul’s on the 3rd, 4th and 5th August. Forty six participants competed in two divisions: the Open with 22 players and the Under 1800 with 24 players.

Some of the top players in the country competed, from as far away as the South Island, including one International Master and three Federation Masters. Six games with a time control of one hour and a half per player plus 30 seconds added per move were played. Sheng Cao and Daniel Davis played against a very strong field with both taking a bye in round 1. Sheng only lost two games – one to Daniel Davis in round 2 and his last game to Mr Judkins. In round 3 he drew and was unlucky not to win.

In Round 4 he won against a higher rated player and in round 5 drew with a player who was 561 rating points higher than him which was a fantastic effort. Daniel Davis won his round 2 match with Sheng. In round 3 he was paired with the top player in this Division with a rating of 1798 and lost. In round 4 he beat a player 231 rating points higher than him. He lost a close game in round 5 and in the last round had to play the second highest rated player who was a Women’s Federation Master who had represented NZ in several Olympiads. Needless to say, he lost that round. They both ended up with 2.5 points out of 6 which was good enough for them to share the trophy for the best Waikato Junior player.

The Waikato School Pupils’ Chess Tournament was held Sunday the 28th of October at St Paul’s. This was an individual tournament with 38 students playing in the primary, intermediate and secondary divisions. Craig Scott and Daniel Davis played in this event with Daniel gaining third place.

Climbing Climbing is a year-round sporting option for St Paul’s students in Years 11–13. Generally, students climb at the Extreme Edge Indoor Climbing Centre after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students will choose climbing for a number of reasons such as fitness and conditioning, or simply for the joy of climbing. An increasing number of students are getting involved in climbing on a competitive

Paddy Hennessey

level, and are participating in local competitions. One of the goals at St Paul’s is to continue to grow and develop the sport of climbing so that students will see it as a serious sport option. Plans for the future include skills training by Extreme Edge staff for students who attend climbing, weekend day trips to local outdoor climbing areas, and entry of more St Paul’s students regional and national climbing competitions.

William Heald

Duathlon

WAIKATO/BAY OF PLENTY INDIVIDUAL During June St Paul’s had four students participating in the regional duathlon championships. The fields for each race were relatively small but strong. The event was held at the Karapiro Domain and fortunately, the weather was mild and dry.

Adam McCarthy competed in the U16 division: the race for this age group consisted of a 2.5 km run, followed by a 16 km bike leg and finished with a 2.5 km run. Adam performed very well achieving a 5th placing.

Well done to all of these students and in particular congratulations to Jack Davies on winning the silver medal in his age group.

WAIKATO/BAY OF PLENTY TEAMS During September St Paul’s had three teams participating in the regional duathlon championships. The fields for each race were relatively small but strong. The event was held at the Karapiro Domain and the conditions were fine but very windy.

Logan Fortescue competed as the runner and Logan Spaans competed as the cyclist in the U16 division: their race consisted of two 3.2km run legs, plus a 20km bike leg. The two Logans put in strong performances and achieved a highly meritorious 4th placing.

In the U19 division Geraldine Fish competed as the runner and Meg Morbey competed as the cyclist in one team whilst the second team consisted of Livi Jackson as the runner and Kendal Buchanan as the cyclist. The distances for run leg and the bike leg were the same as in the U16 race. Due to the small numbers of entries in the U16 and U19 fields, the two age groups started their race at the same time. As the competitors finished, we were not sure of our teams’ placings, so at the prizegiving, there was great excitement when it was announced that Geraldine and Meg had finished 1st and Livi and Kendal had finished 2nd.

NATIONAL COMPETITION Harri Draper-Kidd took part in the U14 division of the National Schools Duathlon Championships. The event was held in Taupo and was based at the Motorsport Park. The event consisted of a 2.5k run followed by 10k bike and concluded with another 2.5k run. Harri achieved the 5th fastest bike leg and was in 5th position in the final run leg until unfortunately he was slowed down by cramp. He completed the event in 7th place out of a field of 10 competitors.

THE POWER OF SPORT

In the U14 division we had Jack Davies, Harri Draper-Kidd and Ben Negus competing. Their race consisted of a 1.5 km run, a 12 km bike and concluded with a 2.5 km run. Jack finished the first run leg in first place but was closely followed by two other competitors. During the bike leg he was passed by these two students. However, in the final run leg, Jack ran very strongly and was able to pass one student and gain a second placing.

Harri and Ben also performed highly creditably, gaining 4th and 5th placings respectively.

Tyler Gurnell and Aran Geerts

Harri is to be congratulated on his excellent result against very strong competition.

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Cricket 1ST XI CRICKET

1ST XI AWARDS FOR 2012

Author and Co-Coach: Mr Garth Littlejohn Co-Coach: Mr Chris Luman

Highest Batting Aggregate – Chris Swanson (551)

2012 saw the 1st XI play 23 matches for 18 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw. The team became more and more consistent as the year progressed under the able leadership of captain James Chenery and vice-captain Freddy Walker.

Term one’s Saturday competition saw good wins against St John’s, Hillcrest, Matamata and Morrinsville. However losses to St Peter’s and Boys’ High Development in probably the worst display of the year consigned St Paul’s to the 3rd and 4th playoff. There the boys bounced back with a good win against Hillcrest to take 3rd in the competition.

Bowling Average of the Season – Scott Finlayson (13.59) Tim Smithells Cup for Fielder of the Season – Jacob Robb Loyalty Award – Freddy Walker Contribution to 1st XI Cricket – James Chenery Littlejohn/Johl Cup for the Most Improved Player – Guy Wilkins

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS Freddy Walker 116 not out v Rathkeale Baxter Mackay 100 v Cambridge High School Scott Finlayson 163 not out v HBHS Development (4th highest ever individual score)

In traditional fixtures St Paul’s played out a very low scoring draw with Lindisfarne in the Hawkes Bay, where no team scored above 100 with the weather having the final say late in the game. St Paul’s saved their best display for Rathkeale, demolishing them by 192 runs, largely due to a superb 116 not out by Freddy Walker.

Scott Finlayson (163*) & Alastair Blackett (55) a record 4th wicket partnership of 185 against HBHS Development.

The Gillette Cup fixture against Whangarei Boys had to be rescheduled three times due to bad weather. Eventually the boys made the long trip to Whangarei and scored an excellent win, based on an all-round team effort to finish term one.

Northern Districts (2011)

Term four started with the team scoring two consecutive victories against St Kentigern, the first wins for St Paul’s in four years of exchanges between the two schools. Wanganui Collegiate were then routed for 56 as St Paul’s won by 151 runs.

Secondary Schools (2012 Squads)

After having swept aside the staff XI to prevent them scoring 3 wins in a row against the 1st XI, hopes were high heading into the Gillette Cup play off with Hamilton Boys’. After having won the toss and batting on a good surface, our batting line up simply didn’t fire with only Chris Swanson with a gutsy 48 showing resistance as St Paul’s made 138. Although St Paul’s bowled and fielded well, Boys’ High reached the target 4 down in 42 overs. St Peter’s who we had beaten comfortably only a week earlier, subsequently beat Boys’ High to qualify for the Gillette Cup finals, which was extremely disappointing as it showed we clearly had had the ability to qualify in 2012.

The team then bounced back with a comprehensive demolition of the Boys’ High Development side to win the Dave Hoskins Trophy for only the second time with Scott Finlayson scoring a stunning 163 not out, the fourth highest score in School history.

At the time of writing St Paul’s needs to win their remaining three matches against Hillcrest, Matamata and Cambridge to have their name engraved on the trophy.

Special mention must go to curator Ian Boyle who has worked long hours to provide the boys with outstanding wickets and outfields, as good as anything I have seen at secondary school level in New Zealand. Also many thanks to “The Godfather” of St Paul’s cricket Hugh Barton, who provided so many of the cricketers at St Paul’s at all levels with expert one-on-one coaching.

On behalf of Co-Coach Chris Luman, I would like to thank all the boys, parents and supporters of the 1st XI for what has been a thoroughly enjoyable 2012.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS U17 Development – Freddy Walker U15 Development – Chris Swanson

Hamilton – Scott Finlayson Waikato Valley South – Joshua Malpas Poverty Bay – Baxter Mackay & Freddy Walker Junior Secondary Schools (2012 Squads) Hamilton Chris Swanson Dillon Kelliher Simon Morbey

BOP Lakelands Alastair Blackett Thomas Yarrall

Waikato Valley Plains

Waikato Valley South

Bede Higgens

Jackson Morgan

Reuben Andrews

Joshua McLaughlin

TEAM NOTES Note: Aggregates for wickets and runs given below are for the summer season of 2011/1.

James “Cherney” Chenery (Captain) James’ leadership has grown immensely; the way he addresses his team, leads warm ups, puts other players’ interests first and calls for extra effort from his players when needed is superb. He has used the resources of the coaching staff and vice-captain Freddy Walker expertly and developed his tactical appreciation of cricket immensely. James’ “golden arm” bowling was crucial taking 37 wickets, the most of our bowlers. A brilliant set of hands.

Freddy Walker (Vice Captain) Freddy took the disappointment of missing out on the team captaincy with much dignity and to his credit threw his immense knowledge of the game and support of younger players squarely behind James Chenery. Batting at 3, Freddy was the team’s

batting ‘rock’ playing a big part in victories. Freddy is probably the classiest spin bowler to have come through St Paul’s in my time, taking 33 wickets and well over 100 in his career. Freddy is a sound catcher and bowling advisor at mid-off.

Malcolm Luman Due to injuries and technical issues, Malcolm has had to rebrand himself as an immensely powerful lower order hitter and expert fielder. The best displays of his power came in the Gillette Cup match against Whangarei where he scored a rapid fire 34, including some massive blows to turn the match and by batting at 3 in our 20/20 matches regularly bludgeoning unsuspecting new ball bowlers. Malcolm has been one of our hardest trainers and most athletic fielders with sound hands and a bullet throw.

Josh Malpas Josh has been the ‘Mr Reliable’ of our seam bowling attack, being second in the economy stakes behind Freddy Walker and taking 31 wickets, the most of our seam bowlers. He is blessed with all the attributes to be an extremely good fast bowler and could develop into a very useful middle order batsman. Josh is extremely quick in the outfield and has one of the most powerful arms in the team.

Scott Finlayson Scott is one of the batting jewels in our crown. Possessing a keen eye and superb timing, he didn’t have the best of times in term one by his standards, but he worked hard to correct some technical issues over the winter. This was shown to devastating effect in his 163* against Boys’ High Development.

Scott is also an accurate medium pacer, with the ability to bowl quickly when the mood takes him. He took 27 wickets at the best average for the team of 13.59.

Baxter Mackay Our starts were always bright and breezy with Baxter opening and he scored 427 runs at a healthy average of 30.5. Baxter also made a superb start to term four with a succession of useful scores, capped with a brutal 100 off 55 balls against Cambridge. Easily the most vocal and one of the most gifted fielders in the side, he has prowled the point region to tremendous effect in 2012.

Chris “Kippa” Fawcett An elegant stroke player, particularly strong off the back foot on the cut and pull, Chris found runs a little hard to come by in term one as he struggled with his footwork. Provided he can put in the hard work outside of team training, Chris will recapture the stunning form he enjoyed at Colts level. A good mover and catcher in the field, Chris will play a crucial role at the top of the order in the coming years.

Guy Wilkins Joining the team in term one, Guy enjoyed almost instant success taking 22 wickets at a healthy average of 18.41. He is one of the team’s most accurate and miserly bowlers and progressed to opening the bowling in term four. Guy’s fielding has improved markedly through 2012 and he is now one of our more reliable fielders. Guy is one of our best trainers, who readily helps with covers and any other duties needed by the team.

Devon Nolan Arriving fresh from South Africa in term one, Devon instantly impressed with his raw speed, ruffling plenty of feathers in the nets. Given the new ball against Lindisfarne, he knocked the top off with 3 for 9 in the second innings and is on the point of earning his 1st XI cap when he took 4 for 26 in our term four victory against St Peter’s. Devon is another who works hard on his game and has much promise as a middle order batsman.

Andrew Collie Andrew was our wicket keeper in term one. A good trainer who did the basics of wicket keeping very well, Andrew was tidy throughout the term. He played some useful late innings knocks, with the ability to hit the ball very hard.

Joel Kosoof Joel was asked to step up to wicket keep in term four with the departure of Andrew Collie. He instantly impressed with his natural ‘soft hands’, sharp foot movement and concentration.

The mark of a good wicket keeper is when he goes unnoticed in a fielding effort which is what Joel has done. Joel will be a key member in 2013, when asked to step up in terms of motivating the players around him in the fielding effort.

Chris Swanson

Jacob Robb The esteem Jacob is held in by the team was shown when he was voted Fielder of the Year by his team mates. Quick, alert, possessing excellent hands and a strong throw, he is a live wire in the field. Jacob has provided solidity in the middle order on several occasions, most notably in our Gillette Cup win over Whangarei, scoring 26 at a vital time. An off spinner with ability, it is hoped Jacob will be able to step up with the ball in 2013 now we are losing left armers Walker and Chenery.

Cricket 1st XI Back Row: Baxter Mackay, Guy Wilkins, Andrew Collie, Chris Swanson, Devon Nolan 2nd Row: Mr Chris Luman, (Co-Coach), Billee van Beek, (Scorer), Christopher (Kip) Fawcett, Jacob Robb, Dillon Kelliher, Mr Garth Littlejohn (Co-Coach) Front Row: Joshua Malpas, Freddy Walker, (Vice Captain), James Chenery, (Captain), Malcolm Luman, Scott Finlayson

THE POWER OF SPORT

No-one works harder on his game than Chris and he was rewarded by being the top run scorer in the side with 551 at an average of 30.61, an outstanding achievement for a year 10 boy. Chris has been the ‘glue’ in our middle order, consistently ensuring we bat our overs and wring every last run out of the innings. Chris is a sound fielder and will take on increasing responsibility with the ball as his 1st XI career progresses.

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Also Played: Dillon Kelliher who kept wicket and opened the batting in our Gillette Cup win over Whangarei Boys’, Sam Holmes a useful all-rounder, Tom Harsant a leg spinner of the future, Peter Winkelmann 2nd XI stalwart who debuted opening the batting against the staff XI and Alastair Blackett, a year 9 debuting late in term four scoring 55 in his second match and featuring in a record 4th wicket partnership.

2ND XI CRICKET Ian Boyle and Jason McGrath This was indeed a proud year in the history of the St Paul’s Collegiate School 2nd XI. The team, led by captain Robert Carmichael, went through the Waikato Secondary Schools’ 2nd Division competition undefeated to claim a much deserved title.

The team’s success was built around a balanced and committed team roster. The batting contained the right mix of stroke-players and those willing to bat long periods to ensure the team batted through the overs. Peter Winkelmann provided stability at the top of the order as his immense concentration and attention to technique allowed him to blunt the new ball attack on numerous occasions throughout the season to allow the stroke-players after him to enjoy the more benign bowlers.

Aditya Sakalkale, usually batting at three, used his expansive style to score runs at typically a run-a-ball throughout the season and boost the run rate during the early overs. Sam Holmes and Martin Kerr provided the run-scoring punch in the middle over and often took to the opposition change-bowlers as if they believed they had no right being at the bowling crease. Both players provided many highlights throughout the season and were the purveyors of some wonderful shot-making.

The lower-middle order of Tom Harsant, Joel Kosoof and Josh Walpole-Smith would often bat well in concert with the more belligerent style of the middle order players.

All were adept at turning over the strike and keeping the run rate moving during the middle to late stages of the innings. Each of the players also possessed a good range of shots that afforded the team many boundaries later in the innings.

Cricket 2nd XI Back Row: Dr J. McGrath, Tom Harsant, Samuel Holmes, Arjun Singh, Liam Jackson, Mr I. Boyle Front Row: Ross Noble, Josh Walpole-Smith, Robert Carmichael, (Captain), Simrin Rai, Cameron Wratt

The 2nd XI was blessed with a superbly balanced bowling attack consisting of a mixture of genuine pace and skilful spin bowling.

Ross Noble, with his aggressive left-arm over the wicket, typically opened the attack and caused problems for all the batsmen with his genuine pace. No opener was ever comfortable facing Ross and he often had the opposition on the back-foot from the outset.

Opening the bowling at the other end was Arjun Singh. He was one of the very few genuine swing-bowlers in the competition and his big ‘in-duckers’ coupled with good pace gave him a large number of wickets, particularly later in the season. His deliveries were always attacking the stumps and he bowled many top order batsmen.

Cameron Wratt was the most consistent of the bowlers. He bowled an immaculate line and length with a hint of leg-cut. He proved to be the most difficult of all the bowlers to score off and often put a halt to any good start the opposition teams had made.

Tom Harsant and Simrin Rai both provided excellent spin-bowling options throughout the season. It is not common to find a legspinner in schoolboy cricket, and we were fortunate to have two of them in the team. Both used flight very well and both could turn the ball prodigiously on the grass wickets. They typically got their wickets by defeating the opposition in flight and inducing miss-hits, classic leg-spin bowling.

Captain Robert Carmichael led from the front in all aspects of his play. He looked at his best when playing his vast array of shots when opening the batting, and played his best knock in the final. Robert led the team with enthusiasm and was a deserving skipper of the championship winning team.

This was a great season from the boys who trained hard and were fully committed. Also, a big thank-you from the coaches for the wonderful parent support throughout the season. It was great to see that the team actually had a ‘crowd’ to support them in the final away from home.

3RD XI CRICKET A good number of players turned out to the first net session in term one. It was obvious that there was a good level of skill within the squad. We had good top order batsmen, spin bowlers and real pace at our disposal.

Cricket 3rd XI Back Row: Alex Fullerton, Sean Rooney, Thomas Burt, Caleb Lingman 2nd Row: Ben Donaldson, Ben Clark, Ollie Tomic, Lane Fisher, Mr C. Neethling Front Row: Dan Goodwin, Ayush Lakhera, Danyon Fernando, Petera Tapsell, Toby Way

COLT CRICKET Jacob Lee The season was just 10 weeks long. The Colts played 14 games of which they won eleven, were defeated in only three and most importantly achieved 3rd position in the NZCT National Junior Boys’ Cup. The season can be split up into three segments; the league, the cup and the friendly school exchanges (or not so friendly as it turned out).

As there were only four teams in our competition it meant that we would play each of Fairfield College and the two Hamilton Boys’ High teams twice. The boys made a strong start to the season with a 19 run victory in their first game against Hamilton Boys’. More success followed in the next four games. In the final round-robin match we beat Hamilton Boys’ by 54 runs.

Danyon Fernando, Ben Donaldson, Brad Morton and Ayush Lakhera scored many runs at the top of the order. This enabled players like Dan Goodwin, Lane Fisher and Alex Fullerton to accelerate the run rate in the closing overs. Petera Tapsell, Danyon Fernando and Ayush Lakhera were the standout bowlers, but they were ably assisted by the other bowlers in either restricting the run rate or by taking wickets.

After five games the team was still undefeated and we had managed to beat both the Hamilton Boys’ teams twice. This meant that we had qualified for the final against Hamilton Boys’. The final would be a disappointment however. The team of Hamilton Boys’ we came up against had a different look to the team we beat only a week before. We bowled well enough and restricted them to 123 runs. Unfortunately, we batted poorly in our chase, losing wickets at regular intervals.

Only Oliver Tomic managed a reasonable score of 35 batting at number 10. We were all out for 116.

Danyon Fernando scored the most runs for the season with an average of 26.5 runs. Ayush Lakhera and Danyon Fernando took the most wickets with 8 each.

Overall it was a most enjoyable season and the boys can be most pleased with their efforts.

The first away school exchange was against the mighty Lindisfarne School who the St Paul’s Colts XI had failed to defeat the five previous years. This however did not play on the boys’ minds as they bowled well removing the entire Lindisfarne batting line up for just 80 runs. The Colts made life difficult for themselves in the chase but resisted the Lindisfarne attack just well enough in the end to achieve a victory by 6 wickets. Reed Fisher and Chris Higgins won the MVP award for steering the team to victory under immense pressure.

While the league was still being keenly contested on Saturdays, during the week the Colts were competing in the National Cup. In term four the Colts had been successful in winning the first two rounds of the cup against firstly Hamilton Boys’ High Y9 Gold and then St John’s. The boys then drew Pukekohe College, the strength of which was relatively unknown. In response to this threat the boys came out firing, batting first and putting 237 on the scoreboard in just 40 overs. They were assisted by the performance of Chris Swanson who was playing for the 1st XI in the league as he raced to 103 runs; he was later awarded MVP for the astonishing effort. The net result of the blazing attack was a mind-boggling victory by 207 runs.

The last two league games of the season were against Cambridge College Colts and Hamilton Boys’ High Y10 Silver.

The fixture was won with ease by a 190 runs and Tom Yarrell won the MVP award for probably the best league bowling performance of the season taking 6 wickets for just 8 runs. The Hamilton Boys’ game was the playoff for 3rd and 4th position in the league despite the fact that the Colts had only lost one game. This resulted in a half-hearted loss and a fourth position finish in the league. It was certainly an ironic result after their placing in the national cup only days earlier.

Cricket Colts Back Row: Alastair Blackett, Chris Swanson, Aubrey Fish 2nd Row: Mr M. Markham, Tom Yarrall, Bede Higgens, Christopher Higgens, Reuben Andrews, Mr J. Lee Front Row: Reed Fisher, Scott Spence, Simon Morbey, (Captain), Dillon Kelliher, Simranjit Singh

The hugely successful season was a testament to the boys’ determination, fighting spirit and companionship. There were many St Paul’s firsts in the season but all of them appear insignificant when consideration is taken of what was really important, the boys’ enjoyment and love of cricket and each other which shone through every game. Lifelong friends were made and charming memories were engrained in the boys’ minds of the season none of us will forget.

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The highlight of the season was the National Final Week. In the play off for 3rd and 4th position we drew Christchurch Boys’ who had been favourites for the title as they were defending champions. We won the game bowling Christchurch out for 158. Alistair Blackett took 3 wickets for 25 of his five overs while I achieved figures of 4 for 22. The boys, coaches and parents were delighted with the result placing St Paul’s Colts XI 3rd in the country. The player of the tournament was Chris Swanson who averaged 223 with the bat and won overall batsman for the whole tournament.

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GIRLS’ CRICKET For the first time in several years, we entered a girls’ team in the secondary school competition. The team brought with them a mixture of cricketing skills and experiences and plenty of enthusiasm. For some of the team it was their first experience of playing cricket. The 2012 season can be considered a successful one for the SPC girls with the team winning three games and losing two.

The team was ably led by Shani Fernando, who also batted and bowled exceedingly well. Tori Blomfield and Tina Forde also batted impressively over the season. Lovely Dizon bowled well while Libby Main was the outstanding bowler later in the season, taking out the trophy for the best bowling average at the Hamilton Cricket Association awards. Team spirit was excellent with Clare Reeves and Eliza Larkman leading the fielding efforts and all the girls really enjoyed their cricket.

The girls are keen to continue with cricket next season and will be working hard on improving their batting skills in particular.

YEAR 10 CRICKET

The team consisted of: Jack Davies, Hugh Jackson, Harry Porritt, Aakaash Chimanlal, Cameron Smale, Jackson Morgan, Bailey Read, Callum Brown, Amrit Rai, Andrew Finlayson, Rijinder Randhawa, Phillip Luman, Ben O’ Sullivan, Seton Mason and Caleb Fotheringham.

YEAR 9 CRICKET We had a busy season, but never managed to consolidate or dominate our position in the league. This was due to St Paul’s fielding a large squad of 19 players and also due to the late start to the season in which we only played four games.

Special mention must be made of Seb Ellice, Craig Stocker, Joshua McLaughlin and Michael Weir for captaining the side and Ben Russell, for contributing to the success of the team, as a batsman and bowler. Other players of note are: Nick Hansen (fielding and bowling), Aidan O’Connor (fielding, batting and bowling); Luke Halliwell (fielding) and Billee van Beek (scoring).

Thanks to all of the parents for their support and to Mr Russell, Mr Cooper, Mr O’Connor and Ms Hansen for helping with the umpiring and scoring.

Coached by Mr Colin Lewis The year 10 cricket team displayed immense maturity and teamwork throughout term one of 2012 to end up unbeaten and winners of the division. This maturity was epitomised in the finals against Te Awamutu after the St Paul’s year 10 cricket team had set a modest total with the bat. Te Awamutu looked destined to win, and it was only after Jack Davies proved his leadership with crucial bowling changes, that our team’s cohesion and focus improved. The young men from St Paul’s ‘skittled’ Te Awamutu and claimed the title of victors.

Cricket looks to have a bright future at St Paul’s Collegiate School with the pool of talent in cricket being immense.

Amrit Rai – 95 runs in the season.

Cricket Year 9 Back Row: Ryan Wilkins, Ryan Crawford, Ben Russell, Aneil Khatkar, Taine Groube 2nd Row: Mr A.J. Tharratt, (Coach), Luke Halliwell, Joshua McLaughlin, Nicholas Hansen, Aidan O’Connor, Hilton Dawson, Oliver Soar, Mr T. Dessain, (Coach) Front Row: Billee van Beek, Fintan Cooper, Sebastian Ellice, Michael Weir, Craig Stocker, Shaun Cox, Sahil Patel

Cricket Girls 1st XI Back Row: Clare Reeves 2nd Row: Eden Richardson, Tina Forde, Abbey Walling, Mili Posa, Mr P. Hampton Front Row: Libby Main, Victoria Blomfield, Shani Fernando, (Captain), Lovely Dizon, Eliza Larkman

Cricket Year 10 Back Row: Bailey Read, Aakaash Chimanlal, Cameron Smale, Ben O’Sullivan, Amrit Rai 2nd Row: Philip Luman, Callum Brown, Seton Mason, Andrew Finlayson, Harry Porritt, Mr C. Lewis, (Coach) Front Row: Jackson Morgan, Caleb Fotheringham, Jack Davies, (Captain), Rjinder Randhawa, Hugh Jackson, (Vice Captain)

Noteworthy performers were: Bowling – Hugh Jackson 6 wickets for 7 runs against Hamilton Boys’.

Batting – Callum Brown – 102 runs in the season.

Cross Country WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ A group of 16 students competed at this event on a demanding course at Porritt Stadium. The course was tougher than the one we use for the School cross country with more hill climbs and longer race distances.

Jack Davies, Connor Egan, Harri Draper-Kidd and Ryan Wilkins lined up in the junior boys’ race over 3,000m with Jack being the first St Paul’s finisher in 12th place; this was a particularly good effort as he was sick in the days leading up to the race. Connor placed 15th and these two results combined with the efforts of Harri and Ryan saw the team place sixth.

In the intermediate boys’ race Ezra Berridge had his best race of the cross country season to place 7th. He was closely followed in by Adam McCarthy and Hamish Black in 13th and 14th place respectively. Hamish’s performance needs special mention as he ran over three quarters of the 4,000m distance with a gash in the side of his foot, after being spiked. The injury was so severe that it required stitches once he had finished. Solid runs from Dan Goodwin, William Reeves and Sam Masterson helped this team to place third in this age group.

Katelyn Matthews lined up in the senior girls’ race over 4000m but unfortunately illness saw her pull out after a strong first lap that saw her comfortably placed in the top 6.

The senior boys’ race over 6,000m saw five of our students lining up in this event. The 6,000m distance means this race is close to twice the length of our school cross country, making it a demanding run. A steady performance from the St Paul’s runners in this age group resulted in the team

placing third. Jared McCarthy finished 9th, Toby Way 10th, Liam Buchanan 15th and Jonty MacPherson 30th. There was also some bad luck in this race with Jack Tatton, who was running comfortably and looking good for a top 5 placing, having to pull out as he slipped and twisted his ankle as he headed into the last 1500m of the race.

NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ CROSS COUNTY On Saturday 16th June the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships were held at St Kentigern College in Auckland. A small team of 4 students from St Paul’s raced at this event.

Connor Egan competed in the Year 9 race over 3000m.

He found the race very demanding and it didn’t help that he was suffering from a cold, but he performed creditably to place 84th in a field of 171 runners.

In the senior boys’ race Jack Tatton, Ezra Berridge and Liam Buchanan lined up for the 6,000m they were to compete over. This was another tough course with close to 2,000m of it involving hill climbs with some challenging gradients.

221 starters lined up in this race and Jack was the best performed of our athletes placing 59th. He ran a smart race to work his way steadily through the field, picking off runners who were suffering from running the first section of the race too fast. Ezra placed 93rd in his first race over this distance and he is well placed to make significant improvements over the next 12 months. Liam running in his first competition at this level ran honestly for 183rd.

The boys have trained hard for this event and the efforts they have put in will make them stronger when their focus turns to the track later in the year.

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Cross Country Back Row: Jared McCarthy, Bennet Rogers, Jack Tatton, M. Holmes, (Coach) Front Row: Ezra Berridge, Dan Goodwin, Katelyn Matthews, Liam Buchanan, Toby Way

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Cycling The year started well with riders progressing through their training and heading into a Waikato competition at Paterangi in May to give an indication of their level early in the season. In the U15’s an early break away gave the riders an opportunity to chase. Harri and Ben worked over the 20 km to pull them in. In a tight finish they came in 5th and 6th.

Craig had a good ride and found out what racing is like. In the U17’s Kendal rode well in her first race.

In June, the next event was billed as a mini tour and involved the three classic components of full touring: an individual time trial, a hill climb and a criterium. This would prove to be a challenging race as it would involve three events on the same day. The first event was the individual time trial and riders began early on what was a very cold Waikato morning. Harri had a good start with good gear selection and posted a strong ride. Ben had a slower start but also rode well. The next event was a 2 km hill climb at the notorious Sanatorium Hill. Riders had a fast downhill start and then a long winding climb. Again both rode well with Ben posting the faster time.

frosty 8am start. The pack surged at the start and a crash occurred, this blocked Ben from the main peloton who broke away. This group of almost 40 riders stayed together and proved impossible for the others to catch.

Just back from Tihoi, Logan rode in the U16 race and started well moving quickly up the pack. The tempo was continually raised and he weathered 4 attacks before the first hill. On the 5th attack he struggled with the pace and fell away from the peloton. He rode the rest of the race chasing them.

Logan went on to ride in the Individual Time Trial and Hill Climb in Auckland in August and Nationals in Levin in September, working up his form and gaining valuable race experience.

Showing promise this year, the goal must be towards building on this foundation and growing the depth in the sport.

The last event of the day was a criterium, where cyclists would ride around a short track for a number of laps.

This is a fast race and involves jockeying for position in what is typically a narrow course. Both riders started towards the back of the pack in an unfamiliar rolling start.

Ben suffered a flat tyre and as with any shorter race this meant his race was over. Harri gradually moved up in position and after each lap gutsed it out to move up the pack. Taking it too easy on the last turn before the finish and not using his excellent placement meant giving up a probable top placing.

Cycling Back Row:

In June Ben and Logan competed at the North Island Individual Road Race in Cambridge. Ben rode in the U15 race with a

Front Row: Absent:

Equestrian

Andre Stokes and Jackson Bovill had a very successful day at the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Show Hunter Championships held on the 20th May. They were in a combined team of four with Matamata College. Andre placed 3rd and 6th and Jackson got two 2nd placings; a great effort from both boys and their hacks. The team managed to place second overall and were only 1 point behind 1st place.

Kendal Buchanan, James Atherton, Mr B. van Meygaarden, Deanna Morse, Meg Morbey Harri Draper-Kidd, Ben Negus Henry Draper, Mark Davis

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style transcends the physical and transports the game to another level… When this rhythm is attained the eleven players become one, like a musical ensemble; in the midst of this music, certain players have solos… I could go on and on and on… but space does not permit me.

All I can say to finish this little football summary, is that there were so many instances when the way this group of boys played that it gave me goose bumps. When this happens football is more than a game. It is a rhythm and rhythm is the force of the universe.

Football 1st XI Back Row: Conor Crowe, Anthony Sauni, Elliot Collier, Sean Rooney, Jared McCarthy 2nd Row: Jacob Robb, Sam Masterson, Ayush Lakhera, Dan Goodwin, Ollie Tomic, Mr M. Groom Front Row: John Penyas, Scott Hilliar, Scott Finlayson, Peter Grierson, Lane Fisher Absent: Waikato Ball, Matthew Fielding

Coach: Mike Groom Manager: Julie Goodwin Games

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Finishing top of their pool at the Nationals was also noteworthy as the team that finished 12th in the final standings was ‘Bounced’ 4-1 by SPC. I have thoroughly enjoyed coaching this committed bunch of boys who bought into the Bounce with real belief. They have enabled me to further discover the essence of the jogo bonito. What is the Bounce many may ask? As well as an upbeat and effervescent song about football sung by excaptain Sam Hewat, it is when a team possesses the ball and players share the joy of passing it to one another to the extent it establishes a rhythm. They possess the ball.

They love the ball and share it; they may pass the ball four times to and fro to one another over a very short space, so the players and the ball awaken to the rhythm. This

Mr Groom would like to thank Julie Goodwin for her incredible energy and organisational skills which were the foundation for a fantastic season.

In addition, Mr Groom would like to say OBRIGADO to all the boys who believed in the Bounce; this belief was evident everytime they trained or played. It was powerful and palpable! During the season we had lots of fun, had some incredible highs and some hearbreaking lows. This is why football is a metaphor for life and the BOUNCE attitude can always triumph and transcend in the end. As the lines from the BOUNCE Brigade’s mantra clearly states: B.O.U.N.C.E That’s how we play at S.P.C Never mind adversity We got bounce, bounce backability!

Below are the rhyming couplets that characterise each member of the 2012 1st XI squad.

Matt Fielding Our top class keeper and his name is Matt Between the posts, he moves just like a cat Ayush Lakhera An important player on our bounce team sheet He can bounce the ball, like it’s to a beat Dan Goodwin Dan gives everything to the cause of SPC That’s why next year, the Captain he will be Peter Grierson There’s no other word but inspiration To describe Pete and his dedication Jared McCarthy He’s motivated and he’s Jared Mc He had a great season as our left back

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The First Eleven had a season in which on countless occasions they characterised the qualities of BOUNCE that forms the essence of their footballing ethos. One of the most noteworthy demonstrations of this was the 4-0 demolition of Tauranga in the National Tournament Qualifier; this was the first win over Tauranga in seventeen years and the extent of it was evident when the boys unleashed the bounce. They were unplayable! Tauranga had no answer to the extraordinary power of the Bounce.

A 4-0 win over Rotorua in the Qualifiers was another Bounciful occasion, as was the last League game of the season when the Bounce brigade beat HBHS 2-0. Any season that can reflect on results like this is a positive one and enabled all involved with the team to transcend those times when injuries and other instances of adversity interrupted the music the team was capable of playing.

It is a thing of beauty. We call that beauty THE BOUNCE!!!!!

The bounce is sure to be at the essence of the team’s aspirations in 2013, where a top two finish in the National Play-offs for this region is the goal. Fitness training has already commenced in earnest with this in mind.

Conor Crowe What a contribution CC made With his speed, we always won when he played

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Anthony Sauni

John Penyas

A great season he had for SPC We were blessed, when he came from Fiji

So many times, John took our breath away

Elliot Collier Like a magician, he conjures up his goals In his feet, there’s rhythm in his soles

Electrifying, describes how he can play Scott Hilliar Scott bounced back, from his tragic injury

Sean Rooney

Giving his all, so phenomenally

Sean became a stalwart in our defence At tournament, his play was so immense

Scott Finlayson When our goalie options kept falling

Jacob Robb He was on fire, with his purple patches 27 goals in all of his matches

The word went out and great Scott came calling Lane Fisher

Sam Masterson

Lane just keeps on getting better and better

A joy to watch on the SPC grass The way he plays, his style is all class

His left foot’s so good, it can write a letter Waikato Ball

Ollie Tomic Injury problems, for the oracle Off the field though, his line was lyrical

He’s amazing, that’s what everyone says Just like the ‘Dinho, he smiles when he plays

Colts Football Champions

Waikato Ball

Scott Hilliar

Our Captain goes for the header

Peter Greirson

Dan Goodwin

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them drained and they lost 3-0 to Wanganui in the last pool game. This left St Paul’s to play for 17th – 22nd place. With two wins and a loss they eventually finished 19th. The girls’ performances were a credit to themselves and the school.

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Football 1st XI Girls Back Row: Courteney Lee, Ashleigh Porritt, Eliza Larkman 2nd Row: Dr. Simmonds, (Manager), Hannah Lockwood-Geck, Rebecca Foster, Jody Thompson, Maia Tapsell, Mike Reilly, (Coach) Front Row: Shani Fernando, Claire Sayer, Libby Main, Jess Reilly, (Captain), Phoebe Boyes

Coach: Mike Reilly Manager: Mike Simmonds Games

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St Paul’s first eleven girls’ football have performed extremely well under quite difficult circumstances. They have had a limited number in the squad, which has made it quite hard for the girls, with some having to turn out to play even though they had niggling injuries.

The Waikato Secondary Schools’ Girls’ 2nd division has been very competitive this year, and of a very high standard. Our girls placed 3rd after the round robins, so played off in the top 4 where they ended up finishing 3rd.

St Paul’s can be very proud of their girls’ football team, as they have represented their school with dedication and a very sporting attitude. I believe that most of the girls have upskilled during this season, and will continue to do so in the future.

It has been a pleasure to be involved with such a great group of girls.

KATHY SEAWARD NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Coach: Craig Luccock Manager: Marg Forde Games

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This year has certainly had its high points and low points for the 2nd XI Football team. Overall, it has been a pleasure to coach such a talented and dedicated team. We quickly showed our dominance in league play by winning our first three games comfortably, although there were some areas of concern in our play as well. First of all, while we often dominated possession and territory, we lacked finish. Secondly, we often fell victim to slow starts and had to rely on a strong second half to secure a win. We also won our first Knockout Cup match, dominating Te Awamutu 2nd XI for most of the game.

Unfortunately, after winning 6 of our first 7 games, the wheels started to fall off. After losing badly to Tauranga Boys’ 3rd XI team in a friendly, we lost our confidence and struggled through the middle portion of our season.

From our low point, we reached the high point of our season when we beat our top of the table rivals, Morrinsville 1st XI, thanks to a brilliant last minute goal by Rory Forde.

Thanks must go to Marg Forde for her work as team manager – her organisation and dedication to the team is greatly appreciated. Thank you must also go out to Harry Colonne, our Captain and his leadership presence, determination, and skill will be sorely missed next year. Finally, I owe a debt of gratitude to both Jacob Lee and Keri O’Connell who helped with the coaching this year. Their expertise and coaching skills had a huge impact on the team.

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The Girls’ 1st XI Football team travelled to Whangarei with the hopes of reproducing the solid form of the preceding games.

The team was drawn in a tough pool with strong opponents generally used to playing in a higher grade. Before the first game, the venue was struck by a downpour that turned the pitches into a lake. Play was called off which left the girls with the tough proposition of playing 8 matches in 4 days. The first game versus Alfrisiton was a gritty affair with few chances; unfortunately a narrow 1-0 loss resulted. The second game versus Kamo was a much more open affair. The girls played some quality football and should have been more than the 3-1 up that they were at half time. Kamo came back but St Paul’s were the 4-3 winners. The next day we fell to a 2-3 loss to Papakura. This was to be a pattern repeated with St Paul’s deserving at least a draw but falling to a narrow loss. In the afternoon, we played a blinder, only losing 1-0 to a strong Cambridge side that eventually finished 4th in the tournament.

However, the huge energy that St Paul’s put into this game left

Football 2nd XI Back Row: William Guest, Thomas Burt, Scott Finlayson 2nd Row: William Heald, Rory Forde, Tie Temboonsak, Cameron Downey, Sean Keliher, Pat Srisa-An, Rev C. Luccock Front Row: Ben Bowden, Ben Clark, Daniel Johnson, Aditya Sakalkale, Harshitha Colonne, Sam Woolerton, Jasper Hankins Absent: Conor Aldridge, Patrick Graham, Simroop Singh-Thandi

As most of our team will be returning next year and there will be very strong additions from this year’s Colts team, I look forward to coaching a very strong 2nd XI in 2013 where we hope to build upon the successes of 2012.

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against us. The boys who stepped up from the Colts B team Scott Mitchell, Liam Cooper-Nayland, Suvarn Naidoo, and Shaun Cox were a great asset to the team as were the boys who came back from Tihoi: Sam Treloar and Tanakhan Turapongpipat. The year nines of our team, Ryan Crawford, Harry Porritt, Hamish Comber, Touch Hemmondharop and Michael Weir weathered the storm well and will prove to be up and coming First XI footballers in the years to come.

Following the pre-season grading games Colts A were placed in Division 1. In the first game we played our old rivals Hamilton Boys’ High Yr10 Colts B. We lost this game 3 -1 which was a good result considering we had only played as

Taking the kick for SPC

a team a couple of times. The following Saturday we played a whole lot better and drew with St Peter’s. We then had to

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face the formidable HBHS Yr 10 Colts A. They were winning every game they played at least 10-0 and in some games they won by over 20 goals. Not so for the St Paul’s Colts

Coach: Ian Boyle Games

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The Senior Black side found themselves in Division 5 for the season, a rise of four divisions from where we plied our trade last season, a rise perhaps not quite as dramatic as Glasgow Rangers demise to the bottom tier of Scottish football. The side set out to be competitive in the new division and most weeks the matches were hard fought with St Paul’s passing the ball around with skill to open up the opposition regularly. The problem then was the shooting which was generally adrift of the target and regular acquaintances were made with the posts and crossbar. At the other end of the park it would be fair to say at times the team struggled in defence in the light of some good attacking play from our opponents.

At the time of writing the team has one league game left to play and are currently in 5th place. The side have won two games, been hammered 3 times and lost the remaining 4 games by one goal.

A boys; we lost but the score line was a respectable 3–5.

The Colts A boys headed off to the Hillsdene Tournament held in Tauranga; it was with pure belief in their ability to play the beautiful game that our boys won the Trophy. We beat HBHS in the semi- final and Tauranga in the final. One of the boys was overheard saying “the win against HBHS was better than winning the trophy.”

During the school holidays, the boys continued to train. Their first game following the holidays was against HBHS Colts Yr 10 B. The score line did not reflect how the boys fought during the game. We lost 6-0 and the rest of the season saw us losing every game but the boys continued to develop their skills under the excellent coaching of Warrick Gibson.

They can be very proud of their achievements throughout the season.

Although the results may not have gone our way most weeks it has been far better to play in a higher division and have tough matches. The side has kept their spirits up and played and trained each week with a high level of commitment, skill and hunger. These are the three essential ingredients to make progress on the park.

COLTS A FOOTBALL Coach: Warrick Gibson Manager Julie Goodwin Games

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This season for the Colts A has proved to be a challenge.

Over half the team departed to Tihoi in June and we only gained a couple of players in return so the odds were

Football Colts A Back Row: Hamish Comber, Matthew Collier, Shaun Cox, Samuel Lockwood-Geck, Suvarn Naidoo, Fintan Cooper 2nd Row: Tanakhan Turapongpipat, Michael Weir, Touch Hemmondharop, Sal M’Boge, Luke Goodwin, Ryan Crawford Front Row: Samuel Treloar, Scott Mitchell, Thomas Goodwin, Harry Porritt, Chris Swanson, Stefan Andreef, Reed Fisher Absent: Josh Cave, Mr Warrick Gibson, (Coach)

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Football Colts B Back Row: Luke Halliwell, Aaron Parkinson, Oliver Soar 2nd Row: Craig Scott, Clemens Weinzettl, Daniel Davis, Joshua Yee, Brandon Harrison, Kevin Hwang, Mr Kelvin Hogg, (Coach) Front Row: Matthew Tindall, Jesse Guscott, Paul Ferguson, Andre Ofsoski, Timothy Husband-Dravitzki, Campbell Peart, Harrison Newdick Absent: James Morritt, Rjinder Randhawa, Simranjit Singh

Coach: Kelvin Hogg Games

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I am so proud to have had the opportunity to coach the Colts B this year. Proud to be involved with the success in the first half of the season and proud to see the huge improvement in the skills and team work of the team in the latter half of the season.

The Colts B team started the season very strongly and qualified for division 4. This is the highest division the Colts B has ever competed in so the boys were expecting to find the season challenging. We started well with wins over St John’s (4-1), Otororanga (2-0) and a draw (1-1) against HBHS Maroon.

At the end of the second term we said farewell to those leaving for Tihoi; James Morritt, our outstanding central defender, Tim Husband-Dravitzki, our captain and key defensive player both as defender and goalkeeper, and Rjinder Randhawa, the fastest and most skilful player on the field. It was common for an opposition player to be 3 to 5 metres ahead of Rjinder and he would speed past them as if they with standing still. We also lost Simranjit Singh, a determined player who developed into a key play maker on the right wing.

This provided the opportunity for the remaining players to stand out in the team; Andre Ofsoski took over the captaincy and was dynamic in defence with superb assistance of Harrison Newdick and Joshua Yee. Aaron Parkinson and Luke Halliwell also took up the challenge and played with determination. The find of term 3 was Clem Weinzettl; he was a wonderful goalkeeper and played with real passion in the field.

Overall, a tough division in which the players performed admirably. I would like to thank all the parents and family friends who came to our games on Saturdays. There were always a good number of supporters, encouraging the team to perform at its best. I know the players greatly appreciated seeing you there.

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We look forward to building on our success in 2013, and possibly moving back into the top division. Most of our team will remain intact for 2013, and we know there are several new players coming to St Paul’s in Year 9.

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The In-Line hockey team was in a rebuilding phase as a result of losing several key players in 2011. In addition, two of our players were at Tihoi for the first half of the year. The team however, did compete in the Waikato In-Line Hockey League in term 3. Due to the youth and inexperience of the team, we competed in Division B, where we were very successful. Following the round robin play, the team finished 2nd in the Division, earning a berth in the Division final against Fraser High School. In the final, the team played one of the best games of the season; however Fraser High was too strong an opponent and we lost 3-1.

In-Line Hockey Standing: Kiel Griffiths, Josh Humble, Ryan McIntyre, Jacob Nelson Absent: Ruy Maldonado

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Hockey 1ST X1 BOYS’ HOCKEY The boys’ 1st XI hockey team had a mixed start but ultimately delivered a successful season. This was due in large part to the hard work put in by players and coach but also due to the wonderful support of caregivers and others who have contributed in the background and enthusiastically cheered for us on from the side-line. The highlight of the season was making top 4 at the India Shield Tournament and thereby gaining promotion to the top tournament (Rankin Cup) in 2013.

SPC v Rosmini College (won 3-0) For the first few minutes of the match Romini camped in our half but the SPC defence held and absorbed all the initial pressure. As the half progressed St Paul’s steadily increased their share of possession and territory resulting in 3 penalty corners being awarded to SPC during the half from which two goals were scored. The first came from a nice dribble and lay off pass by Matt Tingey to Sean Henley-Smith who put the ball into the net. The second was again scored by Sean off a rebound.

U18 Waikato – Alec Wilson, Sam Holmes

The second half continued in much the same pattern. The third score was a field goal and came from a skilful dribble towards the circle by Sean with Devon Nolan eventually deflecting the ball into the net.

U18 Waikato development – Joel Kosoof

SPC v Bethlehem College (won 1-0)

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SPC needed a win from this encounter to take the pressure off the next game and ensure advancing to the quarter final cross over matches. The bulk of the match was a midfield ‘arm-wrestle’ with SPC having a slight edge. We had a few more opportunities to score field goals but did not slot one in the net until the dying minutes of the game, thanks to Byron Muirhead.

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The St Paul’s 1st XI travelled to Auckland Grammar for a preseason Anzac Hockey Tournament. Playing five full games of hockey in 48 hours was very challenging but provided valuable preparation for the season ahead. A big thank you goes to Nick Ross (assistant coach) and all the parents who supported this trip.

ST PAUL’S JULY QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT The highlight of this tournament was the win against Lindisfarne (1-0).

The intensity of quad hockey was taking its toll on SPC by this time. Lindisfarne is a good counter-attacking side and was quick to turn our mistakes into turnovers. Fortunately our keeper Robert was in fine form and kept them out of our goal with some brilliant saves. Aakaash Chimanlal slotted the only goal of the match late in the second half. Man of the match was Sam Holmes who tirelessly covered a tremendous amount of ground in mid field effectively setting up the forward line and frequently assisting the defence.

SPC v Mt Albert Grammar (won 1-0) This match was crucial to both teams as it would determine who was top of the pool and would therefore get the easier crossover match in the next round. MAGs were a very aggressive and physical side and this coupled with many poor umpiring decisions put SPC under huge pressure for most of the game. Midway through the second half, SPC were awarded a penalty and Sam Holmes expertly deflected a shot from Matt Tingey into the goal. Although this made MAGS even more desperate the score remained at 1-0 to SPC. This was an outstanding performance by the whole team who still had no goals scored against them in the tournament.

This match had an extra special significance as it was Matt Tingey’s 100th game for the school. Well done Matt!

ST PAUL’S AUGUST QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT In our second quad tournament the best game was against Maclean’s College (drew 1–1). Overall SPC had the edge in terms of possession and territory and despite several incursions into the opposition circle we were unable to score during the first half. We were much relieved when Joel Kosoof slotted a goal after a good team build up. Liam O’Donoghue was “player of the day” for his consistent defence and his ultra-reliable ball distribution.

INDIA SHIELD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT This is a 16 team tournament, with initial competition divided into 4 pools of 4 teams. Our primary goal was to at least make the top 4 and gain automatic entry into the Rankin Cup next year.

Hockey 1st XI Back Row: Jackson Brown, Joel Kosoof, Jonathan Bloor, Reuben Andrews, Aakaash Chimanlal 2nd Row: Nick Ross, (Coach), Samuel Holmes, Callum Windley, Devon Nolan, Ezekiel Crawford, Mr D. Sole, (Manager), Mr C. Hardman, (Coach) Front Row: Ross Noble, Sean Henley-Smith, Liam O'Donoghue, Robert Carmichael, Matt Tingey, Luke David, Byron Muirhead

SPC v Maclean’s College (won 3-0) This match would decide which team would go on to the semi-finals and gain promotion to the Rankin Cup tournament next year. The first half was an intense but fairly even contest with both teams getting opportunities, but neither side being able to score.

Fortunately SPC gained the psychological advantage of scoring first in the second half when Matt Tingey laid the ball off to Liam O’Donoghue who swept it into the goal. From that point on SPC dominated the match and Maclean’s were unable to get back into the game. This victory was a particularly emotional one for all those who have been associated with the team over the past few years because despite fielding some very strong sides in the past, the semi-finals and promotion to Rankin had somehow always eluded us.

Overall results for the Tournament TOP PLACES: St Kentigern College (first), Scotts College (second), Wellington College (third), and SPC (fourth).

Sean Henley-Smith received a tournament “Player of the Day” award and Joel Kosoof received “the Most Valuable Player” award for the SPC team.

The players, coaches and manager would like to thank all the caregivers and others who either assisted directly with our participation in the tournament or supported us from the side-lines.

WAIKATO SECONDARY SCHOOLS BOYS’ A GRADE COMPETITION SPC had some disappointing results in the early part of the season and this coupled with the vagaries of competition draws meant that, for the first time in many years, we were unable to make the competition final.

Hockey 2nd XI Back Row: Tom Wilson, Cameron Wratt, William Kenna, Simrin Rai 2nd Row: Tor Pedersen, Robert Simmons, Non Seehamart, Aodan Wyndham-Smith, Mr P. Clement Front Row: Blair Foster, Ethan Kimpton, Alastair Carmichael, Guy Wilkins, Connor Steer

The 2nd XI started the season with plenty of enthusiasm.

The first game against a strong Morrinsville 1st XI resulted in a 1-0 loss even with Hamish McGill playing superbly in goal. Alastair Carmichael and Cameron Wratt proved their worth defending the back line, not only in this game but throughout the season. We had a number of games against Hamilton Boys’ High Development A and their Red team. All games resulted in close results. Sometimes we came away with a win or a close loss.

Also, St Paul’s Gold played in the same grade. They were mainly junior players, but a very talented team, who had the upper hand with one win and a draw.

I would like to say a big thank-you to Coach Luke Coxhead who came and developed this team. He did a fantastic job. Also Mrs Carmichael for the jelly beans at half time and not least of all the parents who supported their sons throughout the season.

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While this was very disappointing, the team can be very proud of the quality of hockey they were producing by the end of the season. To a certain degree this has been a re-building year but the team spirit, among this year’s squad, has been nothing short of exceptional. The coaches and management have been very proud to be associated with such a fine group of individuals and wish the senior leavers well for the future and look forward to seeing the continued success of next year’s team.

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We were again able to field two girls’ hockey teams this year and I extend a special thank you to those netballers and footballers who played hockey as their second sport, and gave us this opportunity.

GIRLS’ 1ST XI Coach: Shiloh Gloyn Manager: N Muirhead Captain: Lizzy Rajan The 1st XI played in the Waikato B-division and finished at the top of the table at the end of the first round robin. We played Matamata in a promotion/relegation game and we suffered our first defeat of the domestic season. So the goal now … win the B-division!

We started the championship round with a win over St Peter’s 3rd XI (7-0) and worked hard from there on, to win every game in the lead up to the semi-finals. We played Girls’ High 3rd XI in the last of our round robin games and it was only in the last 10 minutes or so that we were able to secure the win. So … a semi against HGHS meant a big match ahead. There was intensity evident in the match that had the feel of a tournament game.

Our girls proved the more hungry and scored through Toni Anda in the 5th minute and again through Phoebe Boyes in the 11th.

After half time we came out with just that little more intensity and we scored through Dani LeSueur in the 8th minute. Girls’ High managed to claw one goal back but we put them under pressure again and scored once more through Toni in the 21st minute. A 4–1 win saw us through to the final against Dio 3rd!

Although we threw everything at Dio in the first half, their goalie had a great game and we could not find the back of the goal.

The girls continued to pressure the opposition and we scored twice through Dani LeSueur to win 2–0. A wonderful effort from all members of the team to win the B-division championship.

The team also won the trophy for the most goals scored across all divisions in the Waikato!

At the 1st XI end of season shared dinner a number of awards were made: Most improved player went to Hannah Clare. Most improved newbie went to Emily Bryant. Dani LeSueur was our top goal scorer with 15 goals for the domestic season. Toni Anda received her award for her enthusiastic commitment to hockey.

Brenna Cockrem received a ‘Service’ award for all she has put into girls’ hockey, especially this season. Lizzy Rajan captained our team and was the season’s most valuable player, receiving an ‘Excellence’ award.

TOURNAMENT Our 1st XI team played in the Rosemary O’Brien Tournament held in Tauranga. Unfortunately we did not start off too well, after two big games in our domestic season. Our third match against Whakatane (eventual tournament winners) was a great game and we were playing to our potential. We lost to them, which meant that we were in the bottom half of the table for the crossover matches. Our best place from here was ninth and that is precisely where we came.

Congratulations to Lizzy Rajan who was our tournament team MVP. Congratulations too to Amelia Jarvis-Hall who umpired six games as well as playing six matches for us – she umpired the final match based on her umpiring performance during the week!

GIRLS’ HOCKEY CAPS Amelia Jarvis-Hall Amelia has been a member of the St Paul’s 1st XI Hockey team for three full seasons. She has been a stalwart on defence for the three seasons and has been very much a part of the leadership on defence. Her contribution to St Paul’s hockey has included umpiring our 2nd XI this season and she was our school umpire at tournament this year and last, culminating in her umpiring the final at tournament this year. She has played 65 games for St Paul’s.

Brenna Cockrem Brenna has been a member of the St Paul’s 1st XI Hockey team for three full seasons. She has played most of her hockey for St Paul’s in the half line, giving confidence to our defence by way of her very solid support play. This season she has also played as an inner for part of many games, and always injects a little more excitement into our attacks when moving forward. Brenna’s commitment to girls’ hockey has been unquestionable and she is to be commended for her efforts on the organisational front, including her input at warm ups and for organising the tournament gear this year. She has played 67 games for St Paul’s.

Lizzy Rajan

Hockey 1st XI Girls Back Row: Josie Wilson, Brenna Cockrem, Danielle LeSueur, Toni Anda, Laura McKenna 2nd Row: Hannah Clare, Phoebe Boyes, Jordan Birt, Kendal Buchanan, Rosie Searle, N. Muirhead, (Manager) Front Row: Amelia Jarvis-Hall, Emma Bryant, Theresa Steiner, Lizzy Rajan, (Captain), Rebecca Fortscue

Lizzy has also been a member of the St Paul’s 1st XI Hockey team for three full seasons and along with Amelia and Brenna has created our first ‘three year continuity’. Lizzy has captained our championship winning 1st XI this year and has lead from the front by way of example, commitment to the sport and commitment in each and every match. The amount of work that she has got through match after match has been immense! As centre-half this season, she has directed much of our play and she has often been the needed help, either back on defence or in building an attack.

Lizzy was invited to play for the Waikato U18 development side but was unable to attend the tournament and so had to withdraw.

She was our MVP at tournament and will be sorely missed next season. She has played 66 games for St Paul’s.

GIRLS’ 2ND XI Coach: K Rhymer Manager: N Muirhead Captain: Courteney Lee We had a good start to the season with 4 wins and a draw in our first 5 matches. The first match of the championship round was rained out, so the girls were really keen to get back on the turf the following week. The team continued to go well with individuals and combinations improving week by week.

We made the semi’s but were up against the top side in our division. From the outset it was obvious that both sides had come to win and the effort was evident. Girls’ High had some strong combinations midfield and it was through them that they scored in the 9th minute of the game. We were able to penetrate their defensive quarter but progress no further. 1 – 0 down at the break. The second half saw our attacks more penetrating, but we were unable to convert any opportunities. At the same time our defence stood firm and there was no further breech. A final score of 1–0 down was disappointing on the day, but the progress and development of the team and individuals over the season is something that the whole team can be justifiably proud.

When one considers how many players there were that were new to the game of hockey, then the progress has been superb. A great team effort over the season and their final match!

UNDER 15 HOCKEY GOLD This Under 15 Gold hockey team can be proud of the effort and results they achieved in the B division. Most other schools we played were 1st and 2nd XI teams with much bigger players. With good skills being taught by Coach Cam Hayde and clever game plans, opposition size was not always a problem. Throughout the season we had a tendency to be slow starters and in some games this allowed the opposition to build up an advantage. As the season progressed we became very good at applying pressure in the last 10–15 minutes of the game. This allowed us to win a few games minutes from the end.

Hockey 2nd XI Girls Back Row: Livi Jackson, Fiona Thorp, Amelia Jarvis-Hall, (Umpire), Belinda Pedersen, Ella Strack 2nd Row: N. Muirhead, (Manager), Claire Sayer, Phoebe Boyes, Georgia Hunt, Emma Bryant, K. Rhymer, (Coach) Front Row: Jordan Birt, Geraldine Fish, Nicole Parry, Libby Main, Courteney Lee, (Captain), Josie Wilson, Kendal Buchanan Absent: Eden Richardson

Hockey U15 Gold Back Row: Joshua Voigt, Jonathan Bloor, Aodan WyndhamSmith, Michail Andreef 2nd Row: Maks Wyndham-Smith, Callum Brown, Conor Fuller, Callum Jarvis-Hall, Mr A. Harries, (Manager) Front Row: Hilton Dawson, Ryan Steer, Hamish McGill, Jack Oliver, Bede Higgens Absent: Cam Hayde, (Coach), Conor Shalloe, (Captain), Isaac Van der Vossen

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A special ‘thank you’ to all the girls who played for us in both our teams this season. Your commitment, enthusiasm and enjoyment encourage others to remain involved. Thank you also to all parents and spectators for their support on the sidelines and behind the scenes. Lastly, and most importantly, thanks to Shiloh Gloyn and Ms Rhymer, for their coaching of the girls this season, and to Ms Rhymer for her early morning fitness sessions.

We played 14 games in the season with 8 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses to come 5th in the B division. We lost 6 players to Tihoi midway through the season. Players returned from Tihoi and slotted seamlessly into the team and were able to continue the open passing style of play that the team was used too. Maks Wyndham-Smith was the highest goal scorer getting 12 goals for the season. Reuben Andrews, Aakaash Chimanlal, Bede Higgens, Conor Shalloe, Simon Morbey and Isaac Van der Vossen were consistent high performers throughout the season and were well supported by the rest of the team. The team can be proud of their effort and it gives us more to build on for next year.

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minutes of the 1st half, after numerous attempts, Te Kuiti managed to get a ball passed our Goalie, Hamish McGill, making the score 2-1.

The 2nd half started with the boys all fired up and keen to make this a clear win. Callum McNaughton took over the game and intercepted the ball every time it looked as though Te Kuiti was starting to gain momentum, giving St Paul’s the majority of possession. All the team members on the sideline were eager to get back out on the turf – desperate to be a part of the exciting match – pestering Coach Tom to sub them back in. In the 2nd half Te Kuiti started to look more confident and started to put pressure on St Paul’s but our goalie Hamish was confident and defended the goal with force.

Hockey U15 Development Back Row: Aneil Khatkar, Mr W. Seville, (Coach), Ben Russell 2nd Row: Phoebe Boyes, Billee van Beek, Jacob Nelson, Alex Potter, Finn McDonald, Geraldine Fish Front Row: Connor Steer, Sahil Patel, Tom Wilson, Hamish Haycock, Dominic Nathan Absent: Mrs Saunders, Callum McNaughton

This year the Under15 Development squad was coached by Tom (Gappie) and was assisted by Mrs Saunders as manager.

It was a team of unique characters and a variety of skill levels, including a few players completely new to the game.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON – SPC V TE KUITI In the first 12 minutes of the game we saw ‘Captain Fantastic’ Tom Wilson fire the ball into the net - setting up what would be the pace for the rest of the game. The strong teamwork from St Paul’s made Te Kuiti work for every ball. Shortly after the first goal, Alex Potter slotted the ball into the back of the net; Te Kuiti’s goalie never saw it coming. The goal was set-up by Billie Van Beek who smashed the ball across the width of the turf to Alex. Unfortunately, in the last few

Finally after numerous (nail biting) near misses Andre Stokes slotted the ball into the net for the third goal. This goal was a real team effort with the ball having been intercepted by Callum, who swiftly passed it onto Captain Tom, who craftily slotted the ball right to Andre, who slammed it into the net for our third goal of the night.

The final play of the night started with Jacob Nelson stealing the ball twice right out of Te Kuiti’s circle and up into our own. Another stunning example of how well this team work was watching Jacob Nelson working with Finn McDonald and Alastair Blackett, passing the ball, running circles around the Te Kuiti defense, finally passing it to Finn who scored our final goal of the night ending the game 4-2 to St Paul’s.

At the end of term two we sadly lost Coach Tom who left St Paul’s to return to the UK. We also lost the Year 10s in the team to Tihoi: Andre Stokes, Campbell Stuart and James Ashenden. However, the boys who remained continued to fight hard and were focused on regaining the ‘flow’ of the team.

It has been an enjoyable season and one which the boys should be proud of – they never let a result get them down and showed great commitment and always remembered to have fun.

Mountain Biking The National Secondary Schools’ Mountain Biking Championships were held in Levin this year. Two students travelled down, Liam Hunter and Cole Lucas. Liam competed in two U15 events – the Hill Climb and the Cross Country. The Cross Country course was 12.5 kilometres long with the highest climb of 200 metres. Liam placed 43rd in this event with a time of 1.07.55. The Hill Climb was a real battle to get to the top where he placed 37th.

Cole Lucas competed in two events, the Downhill and the Cross Country.

The Cross Country course was 10.5 kilometres long with the highest climb of 160 metres. Cole placed 33rd in this event with a time of 55.52.

The downhill event was the main event for Cole. He was racing against the clock and 28 other riders. He placed a time of 3.35.54 which was good enough for 3rd place, 15.81 seconds behind 1st place. Cole can be very proud to be 3rd in New Zealand U14 boys’ downhill mountain biking. He will be one to watch in the future.

Cole Lucus

Netball INTERNATIONAL QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT This year began with our annual Quadrangular Tournament being hosted on site at St Paul’s. This tournament is played annually between two New Zealand teams: St Kentigern College and St Paul’s; and two Australian schools: Scotch College (Adelaide) and John Paul College (Brisbane).

This year’s competition was again very challenging and the standard of netball was very high. John Paul College was unable to bring over their top team and in order to not have a bye each day we invited a different local Premier team, on each of the days, to assist with the competition.

These teams were from Sacred Heart College, Cambridge High School and John Paul College from Rotorua. Each of the teams played two matches per day except for the last day of competition where they played two games plus the final.

Last year the Open A team was placed third in this competition and we were motivated to improve on this result. St Paul’s managed to make the final against St Kentigern College which proved an intense game, starting out extremely even, but St Kentigern seemed to keep themselves together throughout, while St Paul’s let the pressure get to them in the final quarter. St Kentigern came out the eventual tournament winners. The final score was 37-24. For St Paul’s, second place was a great achievement, as we improved on last year’s result and proved competitive against St Kentigern College who is one of the top 20 sides in the country.

St Paul’s hosted a formal dinner in the newly renovated dining room where the girls had the opportunity to meet a lot of people from the other teams. This tournament proved a real success and was a great start to the Open A season. The team is looking very promising.

Congratulations to Teagan Voykovich, Hemashri Govender and Theresa Steiner who made the tournament team,

On behalf of the Open A and Development squads, we would like to thank Mrs Lock, Mrs Bradford, Mrs Munn, Mrs Kilmister and Mrs Keene for their superb organisation.

The tournament ran extremely smoothly. Thank you to all the volunteers for giving up their free time and coming to School to help out.

OPEN A NETBALL MONDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY COMPETITION St Paul’s Open A placed 5th in the Waikato Secondary Schools’ A Grade competition held in the second term.

With top umpires and full hour games the competition proved to be fierce. On Saturdays St Paul’s Open A also competed in a club grade - Premier Two Open. We gained 3rd place in this division after losing the semi final.

UPPER NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ TOURNAMENT The St Paul’s Open A netball team attended the Upper North Island Secondary Schools’ tournament along with 99 other schools. The first three games were vital to secure our place in the top half of A grade. These three games were against teams that had all placed higher than us at last year’s tournament (Botany Downs 24th, Trident 8th and Whangarei 9th). With the team quote, “do it for yourself before you expect from others”, the girls won all three pool play games, resulting in us coming first in our pool. One of the highlights was beating Trident High School who ended up coming fourth overall.

Comments from parents and other coaches had the same theme; the girls were playing as a team and had the fighting spirit from the start whistle right till the end.

By lunch time on day two we knew we had already accomplished a major goal-the best placing a St Paul’s netball team has ever done at nationals. Over the next few days the girls played some outstanding netball. Although we lost most games by one or two, it was against teams who in regular season had beaten us by 15. One of the highlights were losing to St Kent’s by 1 who in the past few years has always beaten us by 20.

This shows the massive progress the girls have made. One other pleasing aspect was how close we came to beating the local teams we came up against, e.g. Cambridge, Hamilton Girls’ and Sacred Heart who we took to extra time. Overall all we placed 16th, 9 higher than last year. Teagan and Melissa’s captaincy was pivotal to the results. Rose’s passion will be sorely missed next year. Well done to Grace Namana who not only made the tournament team but also the A grade Team Talk tournament team.

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The Development Team came together for the Quad, after just two practices, so were a bit nervous to start with.

They played Scotch College in the first game and secured a promising win. In the afternoon, in pouring rain, they played John Paul College. This game should have been theirs as the Australian girls apparently do not play in the rain in Brisbane. While the result was close, St Paul’s lost, due to too many errors. Thursday’s games were played inside due to the bad weather and resulted in two losses.

St Kentigern College was always going to be difficult.

However, the three remaining fixtures produced more encouraging results. The final rounds were played with injuries and no reserves. Special thanks to Deanna Morse for her determination in our final round after being injured.

St Paul’s finished third overall and worked well as a team.

This year the goal was to improve on the placing from last year, which was the first year the team had played in this quad and the Development team achieved that target.

which is where the most outstanding players at the tournament are voted by the opposition.

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The team started the season by competing in our annual quadrangular Netball Tournament in April. This year we had the privilege of hosting this prestigious tournament.

We played very well, moving up one position and ending third overall in Division Two. The tournament was a wonderful opportunity to try out new combinations before our actual season started. The competition is against much bigger schools than us, which made our improved placing an even better achievement.

Netball Open A Back Row: Grace Namana 2nd Row: Pare Gilmartin-Kara, Geraldine Fish, Tina Forde, Kate Wilkins, Mrs Hannah Munn, (Coach) Front Row: Tessa De Thierry, Teagan Voykovich, (Captain), Libby Sutcliffe, (Co-Captain), Melissa Gilmartin-Kara, (Captain), Rose Spence

Thanks to Hannah Munn, Vicky Joy Voykovich, Helen Bradford and Hugh Spence for all their work during tournament week.

Special mention needs to be made of the huge parental support for the team. The presence of parents at every game was inspiring.

Teagan Voykovich is a part of the Hamilton Elite Netball squad along with Pare and Grace. Rose Spence and Teagan played in the Hamilton City U19 Netball team. Tessa de Thierry was selected in the Hamilton City U17 B team.

Thanks must go to Dale Atkinson who began the season as head coach. We thank her for her time, expertise and commitment over many years to St Paul’s. Due to other commitments Dale stepped down and encouraged Hannah Munn to take up the position of Head Coach. Hannah has excelled in this role, with the support and guidance of Maree Wipiiti. Thanks must go not only to Maree, but also to Vicky Joy Voykovich for her time and dedication as manager over a number of years.

DEVELOPMENT NETBALL TEAM The St Paul’s Development Netball team was coached by Mrs Jackie Lock and managed by Mrs Helen Bradford. The captain was Savanna Singh-Hundal with Victoria Blomfield as vice-captain.

Netball Development Back Row: Mrs Helen Bradford, (Manager), Sarah Ingham, Theresa Steiner, Deanna Morse, Mrs Jackie Lock, (Coach) Front Row: Pippa Lewis, Hemashri Govender, Savanna Singh-Hundal, Danielle McGregor, Victoria Blomfield

The season started with three grading games to determine our division for the Saturday competition. We were placed in the 3rd division for the first round of 7 games. The players were still very new to each other, but gradually our skills and communication improved. As we progressed through the season, the girls became more familiar with each other’s play and friendships were made. Both attack and defence improved which was shown in our 2nd place in this division at the end of the 1st round of games. This resulted in us moving up to the 2nd division for the final 7 games. The girls had to lift their game as we competed against more skilled teams. This was quite challenging, but the team managed to put up a huge fight and can be proud of a wonderful season.

Special thanks to Mrs Lock for her commitment and hard work over the season.

SENIOR A The St Paul’s Senior A Netball team began the season coached

by Marilyn Cowley and managed by Mrs Helen Bradford. As many girls had not played for a number of years, some games proved challenging, however the team always played with spirit.

As we were short of actual goal shooters many girls had to step up and perform on Saturdays.

In term two we welcomed a new coach, Shane Thompson. Under his guidance a number of girls flourished and showed improved skills. The team had mixed results initially, and then with Katie’s injury, once again our shooting strength became an on-going challenge. Towards the end of the season however, the team worked more cohesively and earned some respectful results.

Special thanks to Shane for stepping in when needed, and also to Gillian Cockerell for her assistance with games and practices.

Netball Senior A Back Row: Hannah Raza, Tiana Collingwood, Catherine Moser, Helen Bradford, (Manager) Front Row: Cathy Zhang, Micayla Kim, Katie Griffen, Abbey Walling, Brielle O'Connor Absent: Mili Posa, Sofie Harbottle-Villasol, Adrienne Turner

Rowing The 2011/2012 rowing season has been very successful on three fronts. The mood or culture amongst the rowers this season has been pleasing. Everyone’s behaviour at training, regattas and especially Maadi has been exceptional. The second aspect of our success has been the effort and hard work put into training and the positive way in which the rowers accepted the changes to the training programme.

The third measure of our success is our results. Most of the crews that raced at Maadi had their best races ever. Our North Island and Maadi medal results involved a lot more rowers from the club than the usual one or two crews. More crews have met the school criteria for colours and caps in one season than we have ever had. This season has been the epitome of great teamwork.

Everyone plays an integral part in the operation of the club, from coxes, rowers, senior boys and girls, enthusiastic and dedicated coaches and long suffering, hard working parents and committee. It wouldn’t work without the collective effort of all concerned. Special thanks to the coaches. The hours spent coaching on the water are only a fraction of the time they actually spend thinking about the crews. It includes many sleepless nights, and endless discussions, conjuring up ways to make crews and their boats go a little quicker. Thanks go to Les Varney, Brett Smith, Kirsty Dunhill, Alex Mason, Abby Johnston and Rob Clarke (UK gap tutors), Martin Ewen and Matt Markham who together with the assistance of senior rowers, especially Louise Ford are responsible for getting this season’s U15s off to their rowing careers. It’s this support behind the scenes that helps set the club up and ensures that the new rowers have an early sense of belonging that hopefully will give them an edge over other clubs.

Special mention must be made of our leaving senior boys and girls. Their efforts over the past three or four years have been tremendous. They have been competitive in girls U18, boys and girls novice U18, girls U17, as well as boys U17 and 18 Fours and lightweights and whilst not necessarily winning gold medals, they have finished in the top 3 - 6 in the country in these top divisions. This is a real credit to their efforts. Last season we were making

fewer A Finals and finishing 7th and 8th in most (one 2nd and two 4ths), but this year of our 8 A finals, seven SPC crews finished in the top 6. Of these five crews finished in the top 5, and 4 of them finished in the top four. We are moving forward and the goal for next season must be to consistently make the top two or three.

NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Despite atrocious weather for the heats and fierce competition, all St Paul’s crews raced well; they went into the finals day with nine crews in the A finals. We won six medals (one Gold, three Silver and two Bronze) and ranked 10th out of the 90 competing schools. This is one of the most successful results in a number of years.

The Girls’ U18 Quad raced confidently and took the Gold medal in their A final; racing were Antonia Anda, Theresa Steiner, Danielle LeSueur and Brittany Smith coxed by Jesper Mansson.

After a close fight with Macleans College, who finished 1st, the Boys’ U17 Four of Jack Kelly,Tom Schicker, Alex Hargreaves, Cameron Bartley and cox Jesper Mansson took the Silver medal.

The Girls’ U18 Novice Double of Livi Jackson and Sarah Cranswick also won Silver, finishing behind St Peter’s but well ahead of the rest of the field.

The Boys’ U18 Lightweight Four of William Guest, Jonty MacPherson, Callum Windley, Lucas Martin and Jesper Mansson brought home the Bronze medal after a gutsy row, confirming that they would be an exciting medal prospect at Maadi.

The U15s also raced well. The Eight punched well above its weight to take the Bronze medal, beating much heavier crews.

Racing were Jack Schicker, Tom Goodwin, Ryan Marsh, Tim Husband-Dravitzki, Lachlan Lee, Willis Webb, Hugo Brown and Henry Wills. The cox was Logan Birt.

The U15 Four of Hugo Brown, Willis Webb, Lachlan Lee and Henry Wills, this time coxed by Marcus Ground, raced maturely and excelled themselves by taking the Silver after finishing 6th at the last regatta. The regatta’s strong results are testament not only to a good few days of racing but to the superb work ethic that has emerged in the squad this year.

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This last season our U15s did us proud - they were very competitive right from the start and in the end didn’t make the medal podium at Maadi not through lack of trying, but from a lack of genetics!! They were midgets compared to their opposition. They gave all the other big boys a huge shock at North Island’s though. Of course the unsung U15 heroes are the guys who trained and trained just like everyone else, but didn’t necessarily make the top boats. They can be very proud of the way in which they still continued to try their hardest right up until their last races. The same can be said for our U16 boys, who made tremendous improvements over the season, especially considering they missed out on half of the season because of Tihoi. These boys stepped up hugely and if their Maadi had been two months later they would have made the A final.

Boys' U17 coxed four, Bronze medalists NZ Secondary Schools Rowing Championships, Jack Kelly, Tom Schicker, Alex Hargreaves, Cam Bartley, Jesper Manson cox

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Back Row: Front Row:

Tom Schicker, Alex Hargreaves, Mr Rob Clarke, (Coach) Cameron Bartley, Jesper Mansson, (Cox), Jack Kelly

MAADI CUP REGATTA After one of the most successful performances in recent history, at the North Island Championships, a 36 strong St Paul’s Rowing Squad joined 1,800 athletes from over 120 schools at Lake Ruataniwha, at Twizel in the South Island, for what is the world’s biggest rowing regatta. In glorious weather conditions, our crews made a commendable eight ‘A’ finals (up from five in 2011) and six ‘B’ finals. Impressively 13 of our crews finished in the top 12 in the country, a great effort given the calibre and the professionalism of the rowing programmes around the country. The most positive feature of the regatta was the high placings of the crews who finished outside a podium position.

The boys’ U15 Eight of Jack Schicker, Thomas Goodwin, Ryan Marsh, Tim Husband-Dravitzki, Lachlan Lee, Willis Webb, Hugo Brown, Henry Wills and Logan Birt finished fourth in their heat followed by a second in the repechage to make the ‘A’ final. In this, they finished a very credible sixth place.

The U15 Four of Hugo Brown, Willis Webb, Lachlan Lee, Henry Wills coxed by Marcus Ground had a strong showing to make the ‘A’ final. They finished third in their heat and backed that up with a second in the repechage. They were disappointed to only finish in fifth in the final. However they can be proud of the performances they put in to make the final and proved extremely competitive with some of the best junior crews in the country.

Back Row: Front Row:

Jonty MacPherson, Callum Windley, Mr Rob Clarke, (Coach) William Guest, Jesper Mansson, (Cox), Lucas Martin

The U18 Pair of Cameron Bartley and Alex Hargreaves had previously trained in the boat twice prior to Twizel. However, after a fourth in the heats and a first in the repechage, they managed to make the ‘A’ final. They placed seventh which was pleasing due to their lack of practice together and the fact that they were competing in a higher age group. The U17 Four of Jack Kelly, Tom Schicker, Alex Hargreaves, Cameron Bartley, coxed by Jesper Mansson placed third in their heat which put them in the must win repechage. They finished a comfortable first to make the ‘A’ final. In the final it was a tightly fought race amongst the leading crews and after sustained pressure they finished third and earned a bronze medal.

There appears to be a much greater depth and breadth of talent in the Rowing Club this year. The contribution of the ‘learn to Row programme’ implemented by Mr Matthew Markham; the conditioning work of Mr Brett Smith and the coaching input of two superbly mature and knowledgeable GAP tutors, Mr Robert Clarke and Miss Abby Johnston, and the wisdom and experience of Ms Kirsty Dunhill, Mr Alex Mason, Mr Les Varney, Mr Chris Foot; support by Club Manager, Mr Martin Ewan; all who have played a crucial part in the squad’s success. The impressive performances by our crews were a reflection of the many camps, the early morning and evening training sessions by the crews and coaches ably supported by an enthusiastic and committed parents’ group. It has been a real team effort and we are proud of the achievements of our rowers in what is an extremely competitive sport.

The U16 Quad of William Reeves, Sam Rush, James Ingham, Edward Johnstone, coxed by Jackson Brown placed a promising third in their heat. However a seventh placing in the repechage meant they were unlucky to miss out on a final. The quad also split into two Doubles to compete.

Both managed to make semi-finals, however fifth and eighth placings respectively were not enough to earn a place in the final. Tyler Gyde also had a big ask in racing the U16 Single and was unlucky to miss out on a semi-final after his two fifth places in the heat and repechage.

2012 ROWING AWARDS

The lightweight four of Callum Windley, William Guest, Jonty MacPherson and Lucas Martin coxed by Jesper Mansson made the ‘A’ final, after a third place in the heat and a dominant first in the repecharge. In the final they were locked in a close race against St John’s for a place on the podium and were unfortunate to miss out and placed fourth by only two seconds.

Les Varney Trophy

Sarah Cranswick

Coxswains Cup

Jesper Mansson

Veterans Trophy

Matt Husband-Dravitski

St Paul’s Shield

Jonty MacPherson

The “ERG” Trophy

Alex Hargreaves 6 mins 35.7

Women’s ERG Trophy

Danielle LeSueur 7 mins 31.0

School Oar

Girls U 18 4x

The Arkell Cup

Lucas Martin

Seath Cup

Cam Bartley

Presidents Cup

Jesper Mansson

Steiner Trophy

Theresa Steiner

1x Trophy

Danielle LeSueur

CAPS AWARDED TO Alex Hargreaves, Cam Bartley, Jack Kelly, Tom Shicker, Danielle LeSueur, Brittany Smith, Toni Anda , Lucas Martin, Callum Windley, William Guest, Jonty MacPherson Reawards to Jepser Mansson, Theresa Steiner

SUMMER ROWING REPORT Following a highly successful December Camp at Mangakino, the St Paul’s Collegiate Rowing Club travelled to Lake Karapiro to pit our crews against the best competition that the North Island has to offer. St Paul’s took an early lead over our local rivals Hamilton Boys’ High School and a drag race soon emerged with crews exchanging the lead. In the end though Boys’ High managed to steal the victory by only a slim one-second margin, so we had to settle for 2nd. The Girls’ U17 Quad delivered a stellar performance, dominating the field from start to finish to win by over 13 seconds. The Boys’ U15 8+ completed a gutsy race to finish in 2nd and earn a place in the A Final. The final race for St Paul’s on the first day also delivered a pleasing result. Although only U17’s competed in the U18 4+ they managed to place 3rd, having beaten other schools’ top crews, which proved a pleasing result.

Saturday also provided much exciting racing. The Boys’ U17 4+ comfortably won their heat to earn a spot in the final’s lineup. Another highlight of the day’s racing was for the Girls’ U18 4X, delivering a dominating performance to win their heat by a significant margin. Also the Boys’ U15 4+ qualified as the fastest crew going into finals’ day after winning their heat.

Sunday Finals’ Day was highly anticipated as we made 9 A Finals and 2 B Finals. The crews were psyched up to contest races against fierce competition but alas it was not to be. The thundery rain and powerful gales made the conditions completely un-rowable and as a result the regatta was called off. We were definitely disappointed to miss out on finals but all rowers could be proud of how they performed in the first regatta of the season.

Secondary

Following the major disappointment of having the Christmas Regatta rained off and on the back of another successful rowing camp, the St Paul’s Collegiate Rowing Club returned to Karapiro to compete in the Cambridge Town Cup. Once again the competition would be fierce and we certainly felt as though we had unfinished business for losing finals’ day last time out.

Having made an impressive 13 A Finals there was a high level of anticipation with the rowing squad going into the final day of racing. The Boys’ U15 2x finished 7th in the final. This was a highly commendable result considering that this crew had only trained together once prior to the regatta. The first top three finish came from the Girls’ Novice double who rowed a solid race to finish 3rd.

Another top three finish occurred for the Club early in the afternoon with the Girls’ U18 4x claiming 3rd in a highly competitive race.

Soon it was time for the final of the U17 4+. After the results of the heats we went in as favorites but we knew that this race would require another step up. The conditions were quite choppy which would close up the field. After a relatively strong start we found ourselves at the front of the pack, however the rough water and a strong challenge from Auckland Grammar prevented us from moving away. In the third 500 hundred we were caught napping as Auckland moved through to get a boat length lead. With 350m to go we had to make our move. Cameron Bartley cranked up the rating and we moved into our sprint phase. This move was effective, as Grammar had expended too much to get the lead. We pushed up as Gus Black urged us on. With only 100m to go he was screaming: “Yes, Yes”, as we overtook them and pushed for the line to take the win.

The U15 4+ was hopeful to claim a similar result. However a steering error caused them to have a crash with another crew and they had to yield. This put an end to their chances and they were extremely disappointed to have to settle for 6th place. So overall it was a very successful weekend for St Paul’s rowing, claiming 13 A Final spots, 4 top three places and one first place. These results are a good reflection on how the season is going and all rowers can be proud of their efforts.

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Girls' U18 Qaudruple sculls Bronze Medallist, NZ Schools Rowing Championships

Headmaster helping out

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Rugby 1ST XV RUGBY Coaches: Jed Rowlands, Andrew Gibbs Manager: Gary Henley-Smith

PRE-SEASON TOURNAMENT, NEW PLYMOUTH The team first played Marlborough Boys’. We were very unlucky to lose the game 20 – 23 with Caleb Lingman scoring a try in the last minute but the referee was blind and the winning try was not awarded. On the Friday morning the team trained hard with a special guest and close friend of Mr Rowlands, Dale Atkins (Ex Canterbury player of the 1980’s – he played 94 games for his province). The management were pleased with what was achieved. A number of players were given an opportunity to play against quality opposition and time to develop individual skills, team patterns and culture.

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND COMPETITION The 1st XV played in the inaugural Central North Island competition which included teams from Francis Douglas, Fielding High School, Wanganui Collegiate School, Rathkeale College, Lindisfarne College, and St John’s College.

In Hastings, at Elwood Park, playing against St John’s College, St Paul’s performed the Haka with passion and pride. St Paul’s dominated field position at times and they excelled in their attack. We took our opportunities by scoring seven good tries during the game. The final result 52 – 17, a great way to start the new competition! Players of the day: Arie Brogden, Caleb Lingman, Conner Fullerton, Baxter Mackay.

We played Wanganui Collegiate in the second round game, and for the Coleman Cup. St Paul’s dominated the game with good ball retention and skills at the breakdown. Forwards ran and passed well, and they presented good phase ball for the backs who finished off by scoring tries; the final score a win to St Paul’s 36-nil. Players of day: Josh Tye, Graydon Scheres and Aaron Crow.

The 1st XV playing in their third round game knew that this game was going to be a hard one. From the onset Francis Douglas made their presence felt by dominating the game with good ball retention in the St Paul’s half. Francis Douglas kicked five penalties – all resulting from a number of indiscretions. St Paul’s did have opportunities to score 2 or 3 tries, but due to a lack of accuracy were unable to do so. The final score 15 – 8 to Francis Douglas. Players of day: Josh Tye, Hamish Burt and Caleb Lingman.

The 1st XV travelled to Rathkeale College to play their fourth round. The forwards set a good platform for the backs to move the ball and to score outstanding tries. Overall, the coaches were pleased with the positive play and accuracy of passing to score a total of eight tries. Final score 50-10.

Players of the day: Jaden Verryt, James Hunt and Aaron Crow.

The 1st XV played on a well-prepared field against Lindisfarne College, an old traditional rival. The 1st XV started well with backs and forwards combining to pressurise their opposition.

St Paul’s deserved to be up by more points but failed to turn territory and ball possession into points. In the second half Graydon Scheres showed his elusive skills to break through the opposition backline and to pass to Aaron Crow who scored in the corner. St Paul’s defended well as the opposition tried to attack from all parts of the field. The 1st XV finally won 14 – 7. Players of the day: Josh Tye, Caleb Lingman and Graydon Scheres.

In the final game of the competition against Fielding High School, St Paul’s had a great opportunity to win the entire competition. The game was highly entertaining with St Paul’s showing at times what they are a capable of. However, Fielding proved to be too good for St Paul’s, winning the game 37 – 24. Players of the day; Jared Newing – an outstanding performer, Josh Tye – the most consistent performer at a high level. The loss against Fielding pushed St Paul’s into third place with Lindisfarne College becoming the inaugural winners of the competition.

Rugby 1st XV Back Row: Rhodri Mackenzie, Baxter Mackay, Kyle Dean, Conner Fullerton 3rd Row: Brody Rennie, Theo Macdonell, Harry Larkman, Malcolm Luman, Aaron Cleland, Hamish Burt, James Hunt 2nd Row: A. Gibbs, (Coach), Jared Newing, Adam Ballantyne, Jonty Rae, Arie Brogden, Samuel Bowley, Jaden Verryt, J. Rowlands, (Coach) Front Row: G. Henley-Smith, (Manager), James Chenery, Dylan Coull, Josh Tye, (Vice Captain), Jonty Wood, (Captain), Graydon Scheres, (Vice Captain), Caleb Lingman, Aaron Elliott Inset: Aaron Crow

TRADITIONAL GAMES Palmerston North Boys’ High School We started well with backs and forwards combining to pressurise the Palmerston Boys’ and scored 13 points.

However, Palmerston Boys’ took control for the last 15 minutes to lead 14 – 13 at half time. Unfortunately, the second half, St Paul’s failed to take their opportunities, and Palmy Boys’ did by scoring 12 points in the last 10 minutes.

This came about due to a lack of intensity in the defence line. PNBHS won 26 – 13. Players of the day: Jonty Wood, Dylan Coull and Baxter Mackay.

Hamilton Boys’ High School

was well led by Jonty Wood playing his best rugby of the season. It was great to see the draw and pass skills that the team has worked on for so long, pay off. Players of the day: Josh Tye, Caleb Lingman, Jonty Wood.

It was an excellent way to end the season, making the coaching staff and supporters very pleased and proud of what the boys have accomplished this season in beating Whangarei Boys’ High School, the Northland U18 champions, in style and placing third in the Central North Island Championship. The number of major injuries this year has enabled a number of Year 12 and Year 11 players an opportunity to play 1st XV rugby. This will pay huge dividends for the 2013 season.

1st XV played against their traditional rival HBHS and were outplayed by a well-organised and skilful Super 8 team. St Paul’s had their opportunities to score several times but they lacked cohesion through inaccurate passing and poor catching skills. The team was well lead by Jonty Wood and Josh Tye. The final score 68 – 6 to HBHS. Players of the Day: Aaron Cleland (Outstanding game), Josh Tye and James Chenery.

Once again, the coaches and manager would like to thank our parents and supporters for their fantastic support. Also, our sponsors PGG Wrightson (Pete Lissington and John Sisley) and Rural Business Solutions (Julie and Duncan Coull) for their generous sponsorship of the 1st XV team.

Matamata College

McCulloch Trophy: Highest Points Scored – Baxter Mackay 94 points

Our forwards took control of the game from the kick off.

The backs defended strongly and took their opportunities by scoring seven tries and Jared Newing playing at No 8 scored another two. Baxter Mackay kicked five conversions.

The final score 53-3. Players of the Day: Dylan Coull, Graydon Scheres, Hamish Burt and Jared Newing.

St Peter’s College

Whangarei Boys’ High School In the last game of the season the 1st XV played Whangarei Boys’ on a field that was in poor condition due to weeks of rain. St Paul’s slowly adapted to the poor conditions, and started to exert pressure and build some momentum.

They did this by retaining the ball and using their runners effectively. The wind and rain increased in strength, making the playing conditions very difficult. However St Paul’s adapted and played some of their best rugby. The accuracy of passing and support play was outstanding both on attack and defence. Whangarei Boys’ had no answers to the attacking force of St Paul’s who scored 22 points in the second half to win the game convincingly 27–8. The team

Coaches Award: Most tries – Aaron Crow 13 tries

Rouse Award: Best Tight Five Player – Dylan Coull 1st XV Cup: Sportsmanship – Jonty Rae GS Baillie Award: Most Promising Player – Josh Tye 1st XV Cup: Most Improved Player – Caleb Lingman Ballymore Ball Trophy: Greatest Contribution to the Team – Jonty Wood Scheres Family Trophy: Deserved Higher Honours – Graydon Scheres Player of the year – Josh Tye

REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS U18 Waikato: J.Tye (Captain); J.Wood, J.Newing, A. Cleland U17 Waikato: Harlequinns: A. Crow, C.Fullerton, B.Rennie U16 Waikato: C.Lingman (Captain), A.Ballantyne

DEVELOPMENT TEAM RUGBY The development XV season started very soon after summer sport and the short turn-around meant the team went into the grading games slightly unprepared. The first grading game was against Tokoroa 1st XV and we eventually went down 24-12.

The following three grading games were against Te Awamutu 1st, Putararu 1st and Hamilton Boys’ High school 4th. The team played extremely well in these last three matches, resulting in three wins. This qualified them for the second division, which was the team’s goal for 2012.

After the very positive pre-season the boys were really looking forward to playing some high quality rugby. First up was Te Awamutu, who we had previously beaten in the pre-season fixture. They were looking for revenge and proved too strong on the day wining 30-6. This was a timely wake up call for the team and made them realise that division two was going to be a step up from what they were used to.

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St Peter’s took the initiative and controlled the first half by leading 6–0. In the second half St Paul’s played with more accuracy at the breakdown and tightened up their defence. Baxter Mackay kicked two penalties to even up the score. St Peter’s then bounced back to score a try. St Paul’s regrouped quickly as a team and came back into the game by pressurising the opposition which created a try scoring opportunity. Jared Newing secured the ball from a loose pass and off-loaded (Sonny Bill like) to Aaron Crow who ran 20m to score next to the posts, Baxter Mackay converted. For the next 12 minutes St Paul’s defended extremely well, showing great courage, commitment and support for each other. The final score was a 13-11 win to St Paul’s. A great result! Players of the Day: Josh Tye and Rhodri Mackenzie.

1ST XV TROPHIES

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The next two games were again tough affairs with the team going down to Hamilton Boys’ High School 3rd and Hillcrest 1st.

The development team were feeling a bit down after these three big losses but were keen to bounce back against Malcolm Luman Taumarunui 1st. The first half saw St Paul’s attack very well, putting together many phases and establishing a lead at the break. The second half saw St Paul’s intensity drop and errors creep into their game. Taumarunui eventually won with a penalty right on full time. The end of the first round highlighted a few keys areas the team needed to work on and they were keen to improve on these areas for the second round.

The second round started with a home game against Te Awamutu 1st XV. After a hard fought battle the opposition just snuck home 14-10. St Paul’s dominated much of the match against Hillcrest and had possession for long periods but was unable to cross the line and again went down in a thrilling game 7-5.

The Development XV now had to head over to Tauranga to play Tauranga Boys’ High School 2nd XV in the annual traditional fixture. This was going to be a tough encounter as this school plays in the Super Eight competition. St Paul’s started the match well, making good decisions on attack and defence. We lead at the break but knew we would have to play well in the second half to hold on for the victory. Straight after half time Malcolm Luman scored an excellent individual try to increase the lead. Further strong runs from Luman, Rhodri Mackenzie and Shneil Singh saw St Paul’s dominate much of the second half. St Paul’s held on in the dying minutes to win a well-deserved victory.

UNDER 16 BLACK RUGBY The season for the under 16 team was always going to be fun. The team was an interesting mix. This came about after a quick trial and a brief discussion between the coaches, of which two were new to the school. The introduction to the season of having a game one week back from holidays with only half a training session was a big wakeup call for many, coaches included. The 16 Blacks were a team made up of flankers and a surplus of wings in waiting, and the middle of the field in the end was made of surplus-to-requirement locks and fairly inexperienced backs.

At times the team came together and performed with an enthusiasm that was inspiring. Often however, the team was incomplete which caused problems for developing team moves. The team definitely had its share of shoulder, leg and head clashes which in a way showed the commitment of many. In one game against Te Kuiti there were three team members needing serious first aid.

Playing a number of teams from around the Waikato and traveling down country the team always gave their best.

Although we didn’t win many games there was a sense that at many games we reached our own personal little milestones.

The feeling that if we had just a little more kick or a bit more speed to get the gap we could have won that game. The team always exercised fair play towards the opposition.

We can all take something away from this year and ponder what we can do next time to be bigger and better for next season. All can take away from this season the fact that we all have had the experience of getting outside and doing something physical and challenging which in many ways is what it’s all about. The coaches wish the team all the best for their future rugby careers.

Despite not making the semi-finals the Development XV made huge improvements over the season and the focus of the team to develop players definitely occurred. Many of the players had previously played U14 or U16, so to take the step up to play in a first XV competition was great. The boys proved on many occasions that they were really competitive in this division and were very unlucky that a few results didn’t go their way in the second round. The highlight of the season was beating Tauranga 2nd XV on their home ground which is a great win against a strong boys’ school.

Overall a very enjoyable season was had by all. Thanks to all the players for their hard work and commitment over a long season. Thanks also to Colin Lewis for assistance and coaching.

He developed the forwards into a strong, well-organised unit that were a force against often much larger forward packs. Thank you to Maree McCarthy for her help with managing the team and providing the half time goodies, parents for the support all season and finally thanks to Lucas Martin for his leadership, commitment, his never-say-die attitude and the manner in which he lead the team superbly on and off the field.

Rugby U16 Black Back Row: David Glover, Josh Moss, Callum Bowick, Ben Donaldson 3rd Row: Jonny Moss, Hayden Gill, Sam Robinson, Riley Kissling-Hemsworth, Courtland Lee, William Fraser, Mr C. Neethling 2nd Row: Mr M. Markham, Josh Lemon, James Ingham, Sukhjit Sarai, Cameron Wratt, Oli Clausen, Alex Fullerton, Mr H. Wilson Front Row: Guy Wilkins, Daniel Kenna, Asher Paul, Taylor Rae, Peter Winkelmann, Oliver Roberts, Ben Scott

UNDER 16 GOLD RUGBY The Waikato Secondary Schools’ Union decided to allow this grade to be an open age grade after schools were struggling to make up player numbers.

Early season numbers made it difficult for us to field a 3rd XV, so players trialing for this grade ended up supplementing the two Courtland and Kip Under 16 sides. After three grading rounds we fielded a Gold and Black team in this grade.

The Gold side improved throughout the season and key wins against Te Kuiti, Hillcrest and Te Awamutu had us placed in the top four for the second round. This was our early season goal. Our next motivation was to play more competitively against these top sides, given we had lost by considerable margins to them in the first round. Defensive lapses and slow starts were our Achilles heel. Perhaps the best lesson taken from the season was that to be competitive against the more talented sides in any grade, you have to train hard.

Fitness and dedication at trainings were not our strengths.

The highlights of the season were our close losses to the two Hamilton Boys’ High School sides in the second round and our win against the big physical Tokoroa side, to come third overall in the division. This was above expectations given our early season form and the team can be congratulated on a successful season.

Notable features of the season were Alex Gudsell’s fine captaincy and the excellent coaching contributions made

by Mike Voykovich, who improved the skill level of the players.

The Hedgehogs Black rugby team was rather unique as it was made up of mostly year 9 players and players that had not played rugby before. Often they faced much older and bigger opposition but they always played with determination and passion.

It was difficult to get continuity as there were a number of players that were often drafted into the Hedgehogs Gold team. This was not helped by a number of boys that went to Tihoi in the second half of the season. We had a core group of about eighteen players but during the latter part of the season injuries and illness took its toll and we were unable to field a full team.

I was impressed with the skill level and positional play of the players. There was always a player willing to play in a position that was new or unfamiliar to him. This provided a chance for players to play in new positions.

I would like to thank all the parents for their ongoing encouragement and support. Special thanks to Tarj Singh for his help with coaching and refereeing skills. Thanks to Joe Velsian and Martin Brown for their help with the coaching.

Most Valuable Players: Aidan O’Connor (captain); Caleb Fortheringham.

Most improved: Baiden Thompson; Pete Smit.

Best Forward Players: Harrison Moss; Sajin Singh.

Best Backline Players: Cole Lucas; Callum Brown, Michael Walker.

Rugby U55 Hedgehogs Black Back Row:

Joshua McLaughlin, Henry Crawford,

2nd Row:

Billee van Beek, Michael Walker,

Carter Brydon, Pete Smit, Connor Joyce Aneil Khatkar, Sajin Singh, Alex Winkelmann,

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Rugby U16 Gold Back Row: Mr D. Williams, (Coach), Tom Harsant, Gordon Fullerton, Wade Paniora, Josh WalpoleSmith, James Finch, Callum Bowick, William Broderick 2nd Row: Danyon Fernando, Courtland Lee, Dylan Wallbank, Luke Bowers, Petera Tapsell, Anthony Simpson, Sam Rush, Mr C. Morton, (Coach) Front Row: Salesi Leota, William Reeves, Campbell Ware, (Vice Captain), Alex Gudsell, (Captain), Liam Jackson, Toby Way, Mitchell O'Connell Absent: Mr M. Voykovich, (Coach), Edward Johnston

HEDGEHOGS BLACK RUGBY U55KG

Mr A. J. Tharratt, (Coach) Front Row:

Harrison Moss, Baiden Thompson, Cole Lucas, Aidan O'Connor, Jake Tasker, Cullin Fache, Andrew Barr

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HEDGEHOGS GOLD TEAM The mighty Gold U55Kg team went where no Hedgehog side had gone since 1986, when they won the Waikato Secondary Schools’ U55kg Competition in 2012.

Playing 14 matches over the season (including a game against Southwell’s 1st XV), the team maintained an undefeated record, scoring an impressive 512 points and having just 32 points scored against them – conceding just six tries over the season to achieve an impressive defence record.

In Round Robin play, the Hedgehogs played 11 games, with Matamata College (25-10), St Johns (5-0) and Hamilton Boys’ (10-5) providing the strongest competition. In the semi-final they easily defeated the fourth qualifying Matamata College 34-0, before playing Hamilton Boys’ High School in the final.

In the final, Hamilton Boys’ started strongly and scored first through a penalty, but at half-time St Paul’s led through a wellworked try by half-back Callum Brown. A penalty by wing, Hamish Black, extended the lead out to 8-3, as St Paul’s dominated both territory and possession, scoring just before fulltime from a try by prop, Jordan Mulholland, to run out winners of the Pat Bennett trophy for the U55Kg grade, by a 15-3 score line.

The Hedgehogs Gold side played exciting rugby over the season, running onto the ball and moving it at pace in the backs. First Jack Davies and then the elusive Callum Brown provided us with excellent service at half-back. Seb Ellice and Marc Bradford provided us with a myriad of options, both defensive and offensive, at first five-eight. Nothing got past Hunter Johnson at second-five, his tackling was ferocious and his jinking runs and cuts provided the forwards with the momentum they needed. The versatile Hamish Black, and levelheaded Ryan Van Straalen proved the best option at Centre, while Bailey Read’s pace delivered regular tries. Ryan Wilkins grew in confidence as the season progressed and Logan Birt and Philip Luman proved a safe pair of hands at wing. Standout fullback was Dean Fullerton, whose positional play and kicking skills proved crucial in the latter part of the season.

Rugby Hedgehogs Waikato U55KG Champions Back Row: Adam McCarthy, Rudi Grace, Ryan Wilkins, Mr James Wilkins, (Coach), Jordan Mulholland-Tonar, Dean Fullerton, Bailey Read 2nd Row: Mr Ivan Posa (Coach), Drew Gordon, Marc Bradford, Ryan Van Straalen, James Wilkins, Hunter Johnson, Brad Hermsen, Mr Grant Lander (Coach) Front Row: Philip Luman, Callum Brown, Hugh Jackson, Hamish Te Whare, Jaden Rouse, Matthew Bailey, Sebastian Ellice

The forward pack was formidable; recycling quick ruck ball, taking the ball up powerfully at “pick and goes” and tackling the opposition with real commitment. The front row of Danny O’Hara, Matthew Stewart, Jaden Rouse, Brad Hermsen and Jordan Mulholland were never bettered and provided a powerful platform in scrums and around the field. Rudi Grace and Hugh Jackson at lock were ever active at the breakdown with Hugh doing a great job in securing most of the team’s ball at lineouts. While the loose forwards, James Wilkins, Drew Gordon, Hamish Te Whare and Adam McCarthy provided us with the crucial continuity of possession and the impetus to go forward. Hamish Te Whare influences at No.8 was a season clincher, his frequent jinking runs provided the side with forward momentum.

All in all, a great season. Our thanks go to Mr Ivan Posa and Mr James Wilkins for their dedication and commitment to the team. We really appreciated their coaching influence.

U14 RUGBY The U14 Rugby team are the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Champions. They suffered only 2 narrrow losses in the Waikato competition but made amends by defeating both of these teams, HBHS and St Peter’s, comprehensively in the latter part of the season. They amassed 477 points while conceding only 90 with the top try scorers being Tom Yarrell with 17 tries and Ben McColgan who in one game kicked 11 from 12 attempts at goal. The Grand Final match for the Steve Gordon Trophy epitomised the resolve of the team this season where they defeated St Peter’s by 34 points to nil.

The team was led superbly by Conner Gordon who has gone on to captain the Waikato Harlequins representative team.

Others to be selected for the U14 rep teams are: Conner Collins, Ben McColgan, Alastair Blackett, Romke Hoogstra, Jackson Morgan, Cameron Smale, Ryan Ballantyne, Josh Balme. Dillon Kelliher was also selected but is at Tihoi.

Rugby U14 Back Row: 3rd Row: 2nd Row:

Front Row: Absent:

Josh Balme, Jackson Morgan, Dominic Belfield John Deroles, Romke Hoogstra, Cameron Smale, Sam Porritt, Ryan Ballantyne Mr Peter Gilbert (Coach), Angus Kelly, Phoenix Keyte-Williams, Tom Yarrall, Ben O’Sullivan, Alastair Blackett, Ben McColgan, Mr Paul Wilson (Coach) Connor Collins, Jack Gordon, Corban Batters, Connor Gordon, (Captain), Dillon Kelliher, Toby Wallbank, Nicholas Hansen Tawhiri Cruickshank, Matthew Sweet, Max Collingwood, Andre Eksteen

Skiing SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS The North Island Secondary Schools’ Champs, run by Ruapehu College was held in September at the Turoa Ski Field.

The downhill race event consists of two components - a giant slalom race in age groups, followed by a dual slalom, where competitors race their closest rival based on the giant slalom results. Over 100 schools attended the two day competition.

All five competitors’ results combine for the team competition.

The slope style competition was on a course with ramps and rails allowing the competitors to display a variety of jumps and tricks. The best of two runs is scored for each competitor.

This year St Paul’s had one race team and one freestyle team.

The race team consisted of Remy Campbell, Louis Cronin, Brittany Smith, Matthew Sweet and Cole Lucas. In the free style team were Guy Wilkins, Cole Lucas and Euan Reynolds.

The first day began with great weather conditions and clear blue skies. However, due to overnight rain and freezing conditions the snow was hard packed and icy. It remained like this throughout the day making racing very challenging. After a long and difficult day, the senior boys and girls managed to complete their races, the last competitor going down just before 5pm. Louis Cronin raced superbly and was the fastest senior by over a second. Remy placed a commendable 4th

Softball

The senior softball team enjoyed a good measure of success in the school’s first ever softball exchange, against Lindisfarne.

Captain Aaron Cleland took on the important role of pitcher and Waikato Ball stepped up as catcher. The game was played in extremely good spirits, both teams definitely had their eye on the prize. In the first innings Lindisfarne opted to bat first and managed to bat three runs home. Superb

despite nearly falling. Brittany started towards the end of the event and skied well to finish the course. Unfortunately the junior competition was halted mid-way through due to icy conditions and a number of injuries.

The next day the weather conditions were excellent. The snow had softened overnight creating much better racing conditions. The juniors re-ran their giant slalom race. Matthew Sweet flew down the course but unfortunately crashed on the final gate. Cole Lucas skiing 140th had a great run placing 34th and earning the team a valuable 14 points.

In the dual slalom St Paul’s seniors had a mixed day, winning two races and losing one. These results did not count for the team placing as the juniors did not get to race the dual slalom event.

The combined results from the giant slalom put the team in 4th place. This was a very pleasing performance and maintained St Paul’s proud record in this competition.

Performances at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Ski Champs: Louis Cronin – 1st senior boys’ Giant Slalom Remy Campbell – 2nd senior boys’ Giant Slalom Euan Reynolds – 3rd senior boys’ Slope-style

The final innings saw a change of pitching for both teams with Tawhiri Cruikshank (Year 9) and catcher Ben Clare proving to be the finds of the exchange. Both teams were able to score only a few runs in this final innings and the final score saw Lindisfarne winning 16-14.

Players of the day were: Tawhiri Cruickshank and Aaron Cleland

work in the field by Tawhiri Cruickshank and Kerwan Rose, Cleland ensured we kept their run-scoring to a minimum.

We then replied to score two very good runs as Riley Kissling and Caleb Lingman showed their talent with the bat.

The second innings was one which we hope to forget very quickly and inevitably was our undoing. Some ordinary pitching and fielding saw Lindisfarne stroll around the bases for a feast of easy runs and we were looking down and out.

We finally managed to get them out and it was our turn to

Softball Back Row:

bat again. From out of nowhere came a firm desire to claw back the runs we had lost and get ourselves back in the

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game. Almost every player was able to get home and that

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put us two points behind Lindisfarne.

Mr J. Howard, Andre Ofsoski, Oli Clausen, Tom Slater, Taylor Hayes, Aodan Wyndham-Smith Harrison Newdick, Jack Glasson, Vincent Lu, Filip Wills, Mr A. Gibbs Tawhiri Cruickshank, Finn Jackson, Aaron Cleland, Nathan Bush, Benjamin Clare

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as well as some accurate pitching from powerhouse Aaron

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Shooting This year saw a number of new faces join our ranks. We quietly set about rebuilding our teams for another exciting year and the hope that we could emulate the heroics and successes of last year.

This season opened with the school shooting team travelling to Pukekohe to compete in the Auckland Metropolitan clay target shoot. Our team this year is very inexperienced, with four members competing at this level for the first time. As a result, we struggled to find both form and timing and eventually the pressure got to us. Our more experienced shooters performed solidly but were unable to post scores that would take them into contention. Our team score of 257/300 was below what we were hoping for but good enough to gain a sixth place overall.

The second shoot saw us heading to Thames for the Hauraki Plains inter-school competition. The single rise event once again proved difficult with none of our shooters being able to complete the possible 20/20. Our aim in the teams’ points event was to shoot a 270/300. This would mean we needed to be more consistent. With Sean leading the way, scoring 59/60 we managed a credible 271/300 which was good enough for third placing.

Sean who had been our most reliable shooter throughout the day made it through to the individual HOA shoot-offs. With only 4 points down and on a score of 91/95 he continued to shoot well under final’s pressure and came away with a solid 4th placing out of 111 shooters. Overall the team was very happy with its performance.

For our third competition the shooting team travelled to Taupo.

Weather conditions were surprisingly fine with no rain and little wind. This led to a number of good scores being posted through the day. The highlights being: Sean Collinson-Smith dropped just 5 points over the day to score 95/100 and miss out on the shoot off by just one point.

Liam Buchanan followed closely behind on 94/100.

Overall the team placed 5th equal in the teams’ event shooting 333/375.

It was pleasing to see our new year 9 shooter Max MitchellClifford shoot well to post credible scores of 9/10 in the single rise and 12/15 single barrel.

NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ COMPETITION In the opening individual Single Rise event Anthony Simpson got the team off to a very positive start shooting the possible 20/20 with Sean Collinson-Smith dropping only one target on his way to scoring a very creditable 19/20.

Anthony now would progress to the shoot-offs later in the afternoon.

The second event was the Individual and Team Points competition. Liam Buchanan led the way with an excellent 59 from a possible 60 and with Sean Collinson-Smith scoring 56, Anthony Simpson 53 and Fransois Eksteen 51, the team had set themselves up with a respectable and competitive score.

Liam’s score would mean he advanced through to the shootoffs and the team’s overall score of 266 gave us a chance at the medals. When all the teams’ scores were finally posted we were placed a very creditable 5th with only 3 points separating 2nd and 5th positions.

Sean Collinson-Smith came to the fore in the last event of the morning, scoring a possible 10/10 in the Single Barrel event with Anthony Simpson completing a good morning’s work scoring a solid 9/10.

The afternoon shoot-offs began with the Skeet event. Liam Buchanan who was our only entrant in this discipline gained a 5th equal placing. Anthony Simpson, shooting in a large field of competitors showed great determination and composure to gain our first medal of the day, winning bronze in the Single Rise.

Unfortunately Sean Collinson-Smith just missed out on a medal in the Single Barrel shoot-off but gained a very well deserved 4th place in the event.

In the final event of the day Liam Buchanan quickly exerted his dominance, putting the other competitors under early pressure in the shoot-off for the individual points title. In the end it was a quick and decisive win to Liam who took the gold medal and HOA in this event.

The team can be very pleased with these results. Even though the team had to be reconstructed with the loss of both Henry Wills and Jonathon Simpson to Tihoi, these results gave us confidence in the lead up to the NZ Nationals in Christchurch later in the year.

Our final shoot-out before Nationals was at Thames and this proved to be one of our best performances of the year. St Paul’s started well in the single rise with three possible 20/20 scores coming from Sean, Fransois and Liam, while Anthony followed closely behind on 19/20. This good form was continued into the second round with all of Sean, Fransois and Liam shooting the round clean with no second shots to score the possible 60 from 60. Again Anthony was close behind with just three seconds to put him on 57. Unfortunately some of our less-experienced shooters struggled under the pressure but despite this we were able to gain a score of 277/300.

The third and final round was ten targets single barrel. Sean continued in fine form shooting the round clean, making him clean for the day with no points dropped and a combined score of 90/90. Fransois dropped just one target to score 9/10 giving him 89/90 for the day. Max Mitchell-Clifford also shot well, scoring the possible ten from ten.

Sean’s score of 90/90 over the day was good enough for him to take the high overall place. Fransois shot off with two others for the first to third boys’ placings and managed a very credible second after a lengthy shoot off.

Overall we can be reasonably happy with our results. The team shot consistently well throughout the day posting good scores in a number of rounds.

NATIONALS AND SISS COMPETITION The A team travelled to Christchurch this year to compete in the NZ Nationals and SISS tournament and we were looking to try and emulate the success of last year’s team.

The first day of competition began with a stiff easterly wind blowing across the traps. This made the flight of the targets somewhat unpredictable and consequently the scores were lower than expected. The first event was the Single Rise and Liam Buchanan, Anthony Simpson and Sean Collinson–Smith all made a solid start scoring 19/20. The second event was the Individual and Team Points contest and everyone made a sound contribution posting scores in the mid 50’s.

Henry Wills, Fransois Eksteen and Sean Collinson-Smith each scored 55/60. Our team score of 269/300 was a little lower than we had hoped but placed us 9th overall. Lindisfarne were the clear winners on 287 but a log-jam of only 9 points separated the next 10 places.

inconsistent in these conditions. Although the team score of 274 was an improvement on the previous day, we found ourselves a good 10 points off the pace. A disappointing score but one that still placed us 11th equal.

The shoot-offs for medal placings is one of the highlights of the tournament and pits the best shooters head to head.

Anthony Simpson shot well under pressure to gain a very creditable 10th place in the Individual Points competition.

Sean Collinson-Smith kept his concentration and composure to emerge from what was a large field of competitors to gain a respectable 9th placing.

Our final combined two day team’s points score of 543 gave us a national ranking of 8th. Considering the range of ages and experience of this team we can be proud of this achievement. A special thanks must go to Henry Wills who although being at Tihoi for the second intake was prepared to take his place in the team with what was a minimal amount of practice leading up to this tournament.

The third and final event of the day was the Single Barrel and although we shot well we had difficulty scoring the necessary points to advance through to the shoot-offs. Liam, Anthony and Henry were the best performers each with a score of 9/10.

Day two saw the wind drop away and conditions improve.

The Single Rise event once again started proceedings.

Sean Collinson-Smith got us off to a great start shooting the possible 20/20 and he would progress through to the shootoff for the medal placings later in the day. Unfortunately Liam dropped a target to once again shoot a frustrating 19/20.

The Individual Points event saw Anthony Simpson gain the possible 60/60 and proceed through to the medal rounds. Unfortunately our other scores although sound were

Squash

Claybird Shooting Back Row: Hunter Johnson, Jonathon Simpson, Sean Collinson-Smith, Mr I. Campbell Front Row: Patrick Bowie, Anthony Simpson, Liam Buchanan, Fransois Eksteen, Max Mitchell-Clifford

have a team in the boys’ division and for the first time it is possible we will be able to send a girls’ team also.

This has been a great building year for squash at St Paul’s, with between 30 to 40 students training regularly every week, with coaching sessions being held most days. Many different students have attended this year ranging in ability from absolute beginner through to E1.

There are 128 junior boys competing in squash in Waikato and two St Paul’s students finished very high in ‘most points gained’ for a season. Sam Lockwood-Geck gained 355 points finishing 12th and Conor Gawith gained 595 finishing 4th. Of the 90 junior girls, Claire Sayer finished 4th gaining 475 points.

In term two St Paul’s fielded 6 boys’ teams and one girls’ team in the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Competition. St Paul’s A consisting of Conor Gawith, Sam Rush and Alistair Blackett played 3 matches, winning one and losing two to finish in 7th in Division 1. In Division 2 St Paul’s had 5 boys’ teams and one girls’ team competing. The girls’ team finished 4th and the boys’ teams finished 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th.

Conor and Claire also competed for local clubs in the senior interclub competition. Conor was a member of a team that won their division in both their competitions played this year.

Next year the Secondary School Nationals will be held in Hamilton. With the growth in squash at St Paul’s, we will

For those students wishing to play squash in 2013 there will be a number of competitions available such as Waikato Secondary Schools’ in June and Nationals in August. Some students will be participating in local tournaments and senior students can enter the local interclub. A ladder will be started in 2013 which will lead into a school champs later in the year.

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Coach: Brendon Woodhead Manager: Garth Littlejohn

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Swimming The sensational news that Cam Voykovich (Year 12, School House) has been selected to swim for New Zealand in the Open Water Championships in Australia has capped off another superb year for St Paul’s swimmers. The on-going support of the St Paul’s Swimming Club and the year-round use of our heated pool has enabled our swimmers to continue their training throughout the winter months meaning that preparation for both swimming and triathlon events has been continued.

The Tuesday and Thursday sessions have seen an increase in participation by swimmers of all abilities; from those with little skill and endurance right up to championship level ability. The use of the club coaches for these times has greatly assisted me in managing these increasing numbers. This has certainly boosted participation and performance at the annual School Swimming Championships. The PE Department also need to take credit for their encouragement and support of swimming as an essential survival skill for all New Zealanders as well as the pool’s use for their multi-sport events.

WAIKATO SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS True to form, the St Paul’s Collegiate School Swimming Squad continued their proud tradition of past successes at this event and reaffirmed their high standing among the 30 other competing regional secondary schools.

There were some excellent individual results but the real highlight was how St Paul’s acquitted itself as a team, a team of 14 boys and 4 girls. By the end of a day’s swimming the girls had a final ranking of 16th out of 23 schools, a wonderful result considering there were just 4 in the team.

The boys’ team finished the day in 3rd place out of the 27 schools, a fantastic achievement considering there were only 14 in the team.

With participation points and the school roll factor applied, the final result saw St Paul’s second overall. What a wonderful achievement.

Congratulations to all the other swimmers who gained top 8 placings in their events and in so doing, adding valuable points to their team’s tally.

NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Having met the required national qualifying times, a team of 8 young men represented St Paul’s at this top New Zealand Secondary Schools’ event along with 440 other qualifying swimmers from 104 other secondary schools throughout the country.

The scale of the event needed to be seen to be believed and the four sessions of timed finals were spread over the three days. Nick McGuire-Holcroft read the Oath of Athletes at the opening ceremony and Connor Egan carried the Waikato banner during the parade of schools.

Many of our swimmers had spent their winter furthering their training and while most of us were still in bed on cold winter mornings or inside watching TV during cold, dark evenings, these guys were in the pool churning out the kilometres in their rigorous training programmes.

Just to be at these champs is an honour and these eight fine young men did us proud. With some of our medal-winning stars

For the past 6 years St Paul’s boys have always been in the top three. Our aim for the future is to encourage more girls into swimming to support the aerobic training for their other sports and to lift the girls’ ranking at next year’s Waikato championships.

Stand out performances included: Sam Armstrong - Broke his previous 3 records in the 25m AWD events Connor Egan - 2nd U14 100 Free, 1st U14 200 Free, 3rd U14 50 Free Tom Dobbe - 1st U19 50 Back, 2nd U19 100 Back James Atherton - 3rd U16 50 Fly, 2nd U16 50 Free Hamish Black - 2nd U16 100 IM, 4th U16 50 Breast., 3rd U16 100 Breast.

Swimming Back Row: 2nd Row:

Nick McGuire- Holcroft - 2nd U19 100 Free, 3rd U19 100 Back., 4th U19 50 Free.

Front Row:

Jimmy Christie - 2nd U14 50 Fly

Absent:

James Atherton, Sam Armstrong, Tom Dobbe Hannah Clare, Hamish Black, Connor Egan, Josh Lemon, Cam Voykovich, Fintan Cooper, Mr R. Bell (Coach/Manager) Tully Dickson, Meg Morbey, Mark Swarbrick, Teagan Voykovich, Nick McGuire-Holcroft, Maia Tapsell, Jimmy Christey Charles Christey, Simroop Singh-Thandi

from 2011 at Tihoi, our 2012 swimmers were Connor Egan, Jimmy Christie, Tully Dickson, Rudi Grace, Mark Swarbrick, Cam Voykovich, James Atherton and Nick McGuire-Holcroft.

While this year we did not get in the medals, we did achieve ten top 10 finishes from finals across the age divisions, four of these in the relays. Given the size of the event and the number in our qualifying team, this was a truly great achievement.

Well done gentlemen for your sportsmanship, the proud way that you represented your school and for the results that you achieved, not only in the finals, but also in the fact that you each scored new PB’s. Roll on 2013!!

THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS We had two students participating in the U14 age group: Connor Egan and Jimmy Christey and three students in the U16 age group: James Atherton, Hayden Gill and Charles Christey. Both age groups were racing over 1000 metres.

Swimmers were fortunate to be competing in perfect conditions in this inaugural event organised by TriNZ. In the U14 race, Connor showed outstanding form finishing 3rd in a virtual deadheat with the first two placegetters.

Jimmy also had an awesome swim finishing near the front of the field of 17 swimmers in 9th place.

In the U16 race which consisted of 33 swimmers, Charles Christey finished closely behind the leaders in 7th place.

James Atherton and Hayden Gill both swam very strongly achieving personal best times over this distance.

Weights

The great thing about the Weights Club is that there are so many options available to help students achieve their goals as well as keep them interested. A number of boys were eager to learn the complex Olympic lifts to develop strength, power and speed to increase their sporting

performance. 1st XV squad players used the Weights Club four days a week to increase their strength and power in the pre-season and a hugely popular session was the Strongman Circuit. These were held on Saturday mornings and involved the boys lifting, dragging and throwing, heavy awkward objects including concrete blocks and tyres to help build the skills necessary for contact sport.

Many students set personal goals and trained on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons under the watchful eye of Mr McCarthy and Mr Oehley to reach their goals. They worked hard to develop their physical capabilities but also worked to develop their personal knowledge of exercise technique, posture and how to develop a routine suitable for their goals.

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Term one rolled around quickly and we had forty students join the Weights Club for their summer sport option. The Weights Club provides students with the opportunity to develop their health, fitness and wellbeing using the school weight room. Many students use the Weights Club to supplement their performance in their summer or winter sporting endeavours. Other students join the Weights Club to improve their personal health and fitness and learn correct exercise technique.

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Tennis

Tennis Senior Boys A Back Row: Harry Larkman, Harshitha Colonne Front Row: Timothy Fletcher, Mr Craig Hardman, Logan Cowie

Tennis Senior Boys B Back Row: Youngmin Goo, Rhodri Mackenzie Front Row: Bradley Nieper, Mr N.W. Muirhead, (Manager), Remy Campbell

Tennis Girls Back Row: Front Row:

Tennis Junior Boys A Back Row: Conor Fuller, Ryan Wilkins, Mr P. Gilbert Front Row: Joshua Yee, Josh Cave, Andre Stokes

Kate Wilkins, Phoebe Boyes Harrietanne Embling, Mrs A. Reid, Rachel Brandt

SENIOR TENNIS This year the Senior Boys’ Tennis Team had an up and down season. With the school top players often unavailable this made things tough with regards to putting the strongest team on the court. However, the team who consisted of Harshitha Colonne, Logan Cowie, Harry Larkman and Tim Fletcher did put in some creditable performances.

The senior team travelled to Lindisfarne to participate in an annual exchange. We had a good trip down on the bus and the boys were collected by their billets. Being billeted is a really unique experience. You get to stay with another family for a night and create good relationships that can last for years. A few of our boys were lucky enough to be taken wakeboarding on their family’s lake.

Our senior team really found the going tough. Scott Hilliar thought he was in luck when he got matched against a young tennis player only to find out that he was number one in New Zealand for his age group. Connor Fullerton worked hard in his singles to win the second set but finally lost in the third. Logan Cowie had a real battle on his hands and eventually won 2 sets to 1. All the rest of our players unfortunately lost in straight sets.

Our senior doubles lost all their games. We were close in a couple of sets but just did not take our chances to win vital points. Top performances were by Connor and Logan in the seniors.

In the local schools’ competition St Paul’s did well to take it to all the top teams and ended up in the middle of the table. With the strength of tennis in the Junior area of the school I am pretty excited about talent that we do have coming through as this will bode well for the future.

Tennis Junior Boys B Back Row: Matthew Fielding, Jack Oliver, Mrs T. Hastie Front Row: Tom Wilson, Hemi McLaren-Mellars, Jake Tasker

JUNIOR TENNIS Once again this competition was a battle between St Paul’s and HBHS. HBHS had entered several teams in this division and no other schools were represented, a disappointing trend from the five or so schools competing several years ago.

Hemi McLaren-Mellars and Matthew Fielding played positions one and two respectively due to their experience from 2011 and success in the ladder challenges. They were ably supported

by Jake Tasker and Tom Wilson, both in year 9. With the early departure of Matthew due to his football commitments, Jack Oliver keenly stepped in to take up the fourth spot. All these boys represented the school well; they were reliable and sporting in all their encounters with HBHS and were rewarded with a playoff for third or fourth in this division. On the day St Paul’s had a comfortable win to take out third position overall. Special mention must be made of Hemi’s mature leadership of the team and the great way in which the boys supported each other. They were a pleasure to manage and a credit to the school.

Triathlon WAIKATO TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS

WAIKATO INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

St Paul’s had eight teams each consisting of three members entered in this event which was held at Lake Karapiro during February.

During March, nine students from St Paul’s participated in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools’ Triathlon Individual Championships. The venue was the Karapiro Domain, near Cambridge, and the competitors were fortunate to enjoy near perfect conditions.

In the U19 age group, the race consisted of a 750m swim, a 20km cycle and a 4.8km run. We were represented by two girls’ teams which finished 5th and 6th. Meg Morbey and Jess Reilly did the swim leg for their respective teams; Deanna Morse and Kendal Buchanan the bike leg; and Toni Anda and Geraldine Fish did the run leg. We also had two boys’ teams. The first St Paul’s team to finish placed 6th, a mere 29 seconds behind the 4th placed team after one hour and eight minutes of racing. This team consisted of Nick McGuire-Holcroft (swim), Alex Hargreaves (bike) and Dan Goodwin (run). Our second team finished in 8th place – this team consisted of Tom Dobbe (swim), James Atherton(bike) and Fransois Eksteen (run).

In the U16 age group, competitors had a 500m swim, a 16km bike and a 4.2km run. Our two teams placed 7th and 9th. In the St Paul’s A team, Hamish Black completed both the swim and run legs and Jack Davies - competing in an age group above his own age - the bike leg. This was a very promising performance as these boys will be able to compete in this age group again next year. In the B team, we had Jimmy Christey doing the swim, Henry Draper the bike leg and Seton Mason the run. Again, this was a meritorious performance especially as Jimmy was also competing in a higher age group.

In the U14 age group, the swim was 300m, the bike 12km and the run 3.2km. The St Paul’s A team consisting of Connor Egan, Tom Wilson and Ben Negus finished 5th. The St Paul’s B team consisting of Ben McColgan, Harri Draper-Kidd and Ryan Nicholson placed 4th - our best finish out of all of our teams on the day.

Due to a low number of entries in the U19 age group, the U19 and U16 races were combined. Competitors were racing over a 500 metre swim leg, a 16 km bike leg and a 4.2 km run leg. Hamish Black was consistently near the front of the U16 field throughout his race and did extremely well to achieve a third placing in his first year in this age group. Adam McCarthy, also competing in the U16 age group for the first time was not far behind and gained 5th place. Meg Morbey, Geraldine Fish, James Atherton and Seton Mason were all competing in their first official triathlon and were all successful in completing their events.

In the U14 age group race, competitors had a 300 metre swim, followed by a 12km bike and finished with a 3km run. Jack Davies placed second. After starting the bike leg two minutes behind the leading competitor, Jack managed to close the gap down to 6 seconds towards the end of the run leg. Harri Draper-Kidd performed well to finish near the front of the field and Ryan Nicholson also had a consistent race across all three stages to finish in the middle of the field.

Triathlon is essentially three races performed one after the other over long distances. Congratulations must go to all students competing – both to the experienced triathletes and to the first timers – for not only completing this very demanding event but also for these excellent results!

NEW ZEALAND SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS This event was held at the Karapiro Domain on during March.

Competitors were fortunate to have near-perfect conditions in which they would be competing against the best triathletes in their age groups from throughout the country.

2nd Row:

Front Row:

Absent:

Tom Wilson, Fransois Eksteen, Tom Dobbe, James Atherton, Connor Egan, Hamish Black Ben Negus, Harri Draper-Kidd, Adam McCarthy, Jimmy Christey, Ryan Nicholson, Jack Davies, Mr R. Aldridge Geraldine Fish, Nick McGuire-Holcroft, Meg Morbey, Kendal Buchanan, Jess Reilly, Ben McColgan, Deanna Morse Henry Draper, Seton Mason, Alex Hargreaves, Dan Goodwin, Toni Anda

St Paul’s had two teams entered in the U14 teams’ triathlon event.

Our first team of Connor Egan, Harri Draper-Kidd and Jack Davies finished 8th and our second team of Jimmy Christey, Ben Negus and Ben McColgan placed 18th.

Congratulations must go to all of our students who performed so creditably in this very competitive and demanding event.

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Triathlon Back Row:

In the individual events, St Paul’s was represented by Jack Davies and Adam McCarthy. Jack competed in the U14 Individual event, which consisted of a 350m swim, a 11.4km bike and a 3.2km run while Adam was competing in the U16 event, which had slightly longer distances – a 500m swim, a 14km bike and a 4km run. Jack put in a strong effort maintaining a consistent pace throughout his race, placing 17th out of 40 competitors. Adam, competing in the U16 age group for the first time, also had an excellent race finishing 26th out of 45 competitors.

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Touch Rugby SENIOR BOYS’ Coach: Mr C. Morton Manager: Jonty Wood The season consisted of six games and did not start well after a surprising loss to Morrinsville, who had a team that had been playing together over a number of seasons. This was a wakeup call as we were feeling pretty confident having a number of 1st XV trialist within our ranks. After this initial setback the team, ably captained by Scott Hilliar, then comfortably won the remainder of their games. Scott, Graydon, Yui and Tyrell created space up the middle, while Baxter, Dylan, Andrew and Jared provided the link to our electrifying speed out wide in Conor and Aaron. Aaron Crowe was the top try scorer for the season showing testimony to the wide expansive play from an improving side. The last game was a solid win against a skilful Fraser High School side. We were placed second overall in our grade. This was a creditable performance given the lack of practices due to the pre-season training programme for the 1st XV. Thanks must go to Mark Hodson (a New Zealand Touch Rep) for assisting in the trainings we did have.

Touch Senior Boys Back Row: Campbell Ware, Jared Newing, Sajin Singh, Anthony Sauni, Andrew Collie 2nd Row: Mr C. Morton, Hamish Te Whare, Tyrell Martin, Baxter Mackay, James Chenery, William Fraser, Corban Morison, Mr D. Sole Front Row: Aaron Crow, Sukhjit Sarai, Samuel Bowley, Scott Hilliar, Graydon Scheres, Dylan Coull, Kyle Dean

SENIOR MIXED TOUCH The mixed team was made up from boys who did not play in the Senior Boys’ team plus a number of girls from the Senior Girls’ team who wanted the challenge of playing touch at a senior boys’ level.

The local touch association did not start the competition until we were well into term 1. This, combined with clashes with school based arrangements, meant it was going to be a short season for the St Paul’s team. In the end the team played 5 games and while they did not get any wins some results were reasonably close.

They can be complimented for approaching their matches with enthusiasm, a determination to do their best and most importantly a desire to simply enjoy the game. As representatives of the school they were always well turned out in the correct gear and played all their games in a very sporting spirit.

Touch Senior Boys A Back Row: Andrew Collie 2nd Row: Dylan Coull, Kyle Dean, Tyrell Martin, Jared Newing, Mr C. Morton Front Row: Baxter Mackay, Aaron Crow, Scott Hilliar, (Captain), Graydon Scheres, James Chenery

GIRLS’ TOUCH Coach: Ms Rhymer The girls’ touch team had a wide range of ability and experience from very talented players, the Gilmartin-Kara sisters, to some girls who had only played house touch.

We had a very positive and enjoyable season and the team improved quite significantly from their first game to their last game. They were committed to their training and we were lucky to get some help from experienced touch player Mark Hodson. He gave the girls some good strategies that they could put in place on match days. The most improved player was Pippa Lewis who showed the skills she had learnt as part of the winning Sargood side in the House competition.

We look forward to building on our performance next year.

Girls Touch Back Row: 2nd Row: Front Row:

Rose Spence, Rebecca Wilson Savanna Singh-Hundal, Hannah Lockwood-Geck, Pippa Lewis, Brenna Cockrem, Ms K. Rhymer Jessica Elliott, Pareraukura Gilmartin-Kara, Melissa Gilmartin-Kara, Belinda Pedersen, Brielle O’Connor

JUNIOR TOUCH The season started with good numbers. The enthusiasm shown by year 9 raised our hopes for a promising season.

The squad was divided into two sections, those with some experience and novices.

The weather was against us this season as a number of the early games were cancelled. Our opposing teams always showed natural flair and this was an eye-opener for a number of our boys with little experience. Throughout the season the boys’ skills improved and we managed to win a couple of games. At the end of the season we actually played only four games in total which was disappointing for the teams. Hopefully the weather will improve for the end of year games. Thanks to Mr Clement, Mrs Bradford and Mrs Morgan for their time and enthusiasm for the game. An enjoyable start to the season because of the commitment made by a number of players.

Table Tennis

This year the school entered three teams for the 2012 Waikato Interschool Competition. The A and B teams consisted of 3 experienced players each, while the C team was made up of 3 players who had no previous experience of playing competitive table tennis.

Touch Junior Boys Back Row: Henry Crawford, Danny O’Hara, Joshua McClay, Romke Hoogstra, Simranjit Singh, Matthew Stewart, Dominic Nathan 2nd Row: Andrew Barr, Mrs L. Morgan, Connor Collins, Campbell Stuart, Hunter Johnson, Brad Hermsen, Drew Gordon, Mrs H. Bradford Front Row: Harrison Moss, Angus Kelly, Toby Wallbank, Benjamin Clare, Ben McColgan, Jack Gordon, Callum McNaughton

mainly a social event for the players, but they learned about the rules, scoring and techniques of the game.

The competition was played on Friday afternoons from 4pm to 7pm at the Edgecumbe Stadium and the players committed themselves to be available every Friday. Every Tuesday afternoon, a Waikato coach, Tom Liu, came to the school to coach the players.

The A team and B team both played in the A grade competition. The A team came 4th and the B team came 8th out of 10 teams. Having played against some of the best teams in the Waikato, the players were satisfied with their placings. The C team played in the B grade competition and came 6th out of 8 teams. The latter was

Table Tennis B Standing: Ben Weake, Connor Johnson, Tom Weake Absent: Jacky Joe

THE POWER OF SPORT

Table Tennis A Standing: Paul Newton-Jackson, (Captain), Sheng Cao, Joseph Chen Absent: Louis Suk

Table Tennis C Standing: Kenan Grant, Nathan Cleaver, (Captain), Vincent Lu

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Water Polo

SENIOR WATER POLO

JUNIOR WATER POLO

As a result of winning the B Division in 2011, the St Paul’s Senior Water Polo Team was automatically placed in the A Division in 2012. This meant we were in a much tougher competition.

However, thanks to a new coach and an increased number of practice sessions, we continued to make solid progress and managed a number of victories as the season progressed.

St Paul’s Junior Water Polo has enjoyed one of its most

Our attack sometimes lacked concentration and drive against larger, fitter, more experienced players. This resulted in loss of momentum and slower reaction times, which in turn negated any chance we had of scoring off quick ball. However, there were occasions when the team showed glimpses of brilliance and style, combining slick passing and good swimming with some ingenuity to score a number of very solid goals against what was always a strong defence.

of tough games in the round robin St Paul’s finished first on

successful seasons. A team that started as a mixture of assorted individuals finished as a team who were prepared to work hard for each other, displaying with a spirit the school can be proud of. This spirit became increasingly evident as the season progressed, so much so that following a series the points table. This augured well for the finals, where we were drawn to play St John’s. Unfortunately, our one goal win against the same team the previous week had lulled us into a false sense of security, because this result was reversed in the semi-final.

Our last match was the play-off for third against a well-

In contrast to our attack, our defence was consistently strong and we were never afraid to get physical with a number of intimidating opponents. Unfortunately, too often we failed to identify and shut down key opposition playmakers, thus allowing several teams to win by margins that did not reflect the true nature of the game.

drilled and physical Cambridge team. Goals were traded

The team made it into the semi -finals, but it was here that our momentum faltered. We lost our next two games quite decisively to place fourth in the Waikato.

ahead and held our lead to win 12-11, thereby securing third

throughout with neither side ahead by more than two, and at the end of the fourth quarter the scores were level. This led to extra time, where goals were once again exchanged.

However, several strong, well-executed attacking moves by St Paul’s during the last 60 seconds paid dividends: we went place. The celebrations were capped when Wade Paniora, our goalkeeper, was named by Waikato Water Polo as the

The 2012 season was always going to be a challenging one. Overall, the players should be proud of their efforts, especially considering the extremely high level of competition brought to the pool by teams such as Hamilton Boys’. Our thanks are extended to Elisha Sutcliffe for coaching the team and helping us to improve our game, and to Mr Constable for managing the team and organising transport and pool sessions.

Most Valuable Player in this year’s Junior Boys’ Competition.

Liam Buchanan

further develop their skills.

Thanks are extended to Rory Forde, Euan Reynolds and Mitch O’Connell, who acted as managers, and to Mr John Pike, whose vast experience as a coach led to the success of the junior team this year. Now that a core of enthusiastic players has been established, St Paul’s can look forward to a bright future in water polo as these competent players

Back Row:

Anthony Simpson, Hamish Burt, Oliver Roberts, Tom Dobbe, Salesi Leota, James Atherton, Dominic Scott-Jones

2nd Row:

Rory Forde, Courteney Lee, Jonathon Simpson, Michael Weir, Euan Reynolds, Jonny Moss, Riley Chick, TJ Wilson

Front Row:

Kate Wilkins, Mitchell O’Connell, Callum Connell, Liam Buchanan, Mark Swarbrick, Damon Hayward, Adrienne Turner

Kapa Haka ANGLICAN CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL One of the highlights of the year was St Paul’s involvement in the powhiri for the Anglican Consultative Council which met in Auckland for two weeks in late October and early November. The powhiri took place on October 27 at the TelstraClear Events Centre, in Manukau. In total 16 students made the journey up to Auckland to take part in this ‘once in a lifetime’ event. Nine members of our Kapa Haka group, led my Martyn Brown and Melissa Gilmartin-Kara, were part of a 200 strong interschool Kapa Haka group that would take a lead role in welcoming prominent Anglicans from around the world. The other seven students were part of a Youth Forum that took place immediately following the powhiri where students would ask questions of several high profile Anglicans, including the Archbishop of Canterbury.

While the kapa haka group practiced the students involved in the Youth Forum met to discuss possible questions that could be asked of the panel. This discussion proved to be highly worthwhile as the students came up with several thought-provoking questions as well as forging positive relationships with representatives from the other schools.

The event attracted over 2000 guests, including a contingent of approximately 800 students from the various Anglican School in Auckland. The powhiri was an amazing event. The kapa haka group was outstanding and all the speakers were truly inspirational. One highlight was the speech by the Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown, in which he concluded by leading a stirring rendition of Whakaaria Mai as his waiata.

The true highlight was the Youth Forum where students asked questions of a panel of three very prominent Anglicans, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams; the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the USA, Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori; and

Melissa Gilmartin-Kara the Archbishop of Cape Town, Bishop Thabo Makgoba.

The questions ranged from the cute (“What is your favourite bible story?”) to the quirky (“If God would wear shoes, what kind of shoes would he wear?”) to the challenging (“What is the church’s viewpoint on gay marriage? Can science and religion co-exist?). In all the questions, people were astounded by the thoughtfulness, care, and integrity in which the panel answered the questions. It was a privilege to be in the presence of such articulate, intelligent, and erudite speakers.

The St Paul’s students who participated in this special event had a fantastic experience and were grateful for the opportunity to participate. It was certainly an event that they will never forget.

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Kapa Haka

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Choir This year the St Paul’s Collegiate Choir continued to grow from the experiences of the previous year. With a membership of 38 singers we sang in up to eight parts.

This represents a huge improvement in the confidence of the singers ably meeting the challenge of singing more complex music.

Our choices of music for the New Zealand Choral Federation Big Sing Competition for Secondary School Choirs on June 15 provided opportunity for musical and technical demonstration. The students worked very hard and focused on presenting the very best performance of these pieces.

Our New Zealand work was ‘Matariki’ by

The Choir singing at the Celebration of Music 2012 led by Mr Francis Cowan

Dr Janet Jennings. This piece featured a strong contrast between the chant like

whole choir was expected it was decided that due to trial

music of the soprano and alto voices and the haka influenced

exams being so close only 12 students would go. Having

rhythmic music for the tenors and basses. Seven members of

never rehearsed in this form until arrival in Thames it was a

the choir also were required to play bells at several places in

stressful morning. With one hour to rehearse, the reduced

the music. These were affectionately referred to as the ding

choir managed to present a stunning concert. Choir items

dongs by the choir. We appreciated the fine accompaniment

framed scholarship performances by Jonathan Eyers (voice),

of Melanie Lina.

Christopher Whiteley (piano), and Paul Newton-Jackson’s

We sang David’s Lamentation by Joshua Shank for the 20th Century work. This A Cappella work featured huge variety of dynamics and some eight part writing. A memorable moment was the audience reaction to a sudden massive fortissimo chord at the text ‘O My Son’. At the Big Sing in Tauranga the choir noticed students pinned to the back of their seats as we sang this section.

composition with Luke David (trumpet) and Fiona Thorp (violin), Paul playing piano.

The choir also sang at the Celebration of Music.

Jonathan Eyers and Ebony Tapara have done an excellent job as Head Choristers. They have helped by taking warm-up exercises, assisted with management and provided support to the choir. Section leaders Ross Noble and Harrietanne

Our pre twentieth century piece was Joseph Rheinberger’s

Embling have ably led and supported their parts of the

famous evening motet ‘Abendlied’. This six part piece

choir. Jonathan Eyers and Rosie Searle were privileged

really challenged the choir but once learnt was performed

to be chosen last year for the National Secondary School

successfully, once again showcasing improved control of part

Students’ Choir. This culminated in a tour of South Africa in

singing and phrasing. The Judge Anthony Ritchie awarded

August this year.

‘commended’ to the choir coming second to Petra Voce from St Peter’s School. I felt very proud of the choir’s performance, superb behaviour and team spirit.

Apart from composing our NZ work Dr Jennings has also come on board as a coach to help with sectional rehearsals and support for music learning. Dr Jennings has been a member of Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, Director of Music at St Kentigern College, Macleans College, a member of the Secondary

Sam Armstrong and Cameron Downey have both sung in concerts with the Hamilton Civic Choir.

Ross Noble, Sam Armstrong, Jonathan Eyers, and Christopher Whiteley all sang in the Accelerando Programme at the University of Waikato. This involved seven weeks intensive training with some of New Zealand’s top voice teachers including Dame Malvina Major.

Outcomes Committee for the Ministry of Education and more

I thank all members of the choir and supporters for what has

recently Deputy Principal at One Tree Hill College. He is now

been a very positive year and wish our Y13 leavers all success

based in Hamilton as a fulltime composer.

in the future. Your contribution to the development in culture

The choir was invited to sing at St George’s in Thames on July 29 by the Thames Music Group. Although the

at St Paul’s has been great and we will definitely miss you.

Francis Cowan, Director of Music

Senior Bands

Big Band Concert Orchestra

had the instruments or music to bring St Paul’s back into the musical ‘Market’ and limelight once again.

CONCERT ORCHESTRA, BIG BAND AND TRAD BAND

During September the St Paul’s Big Band were invited to perform in two concerts with the Hamilton Civic Choir and Soprano Soloist, Tizane McEvoy. The Saturday concert was performed in the chapel at St Paul’s Collegiate School and the Sunday concert was at St George’s Church, Thames.

The Big Band was well received and reviewer Andrew Buchanan-Smart spoke of how impressive the ensemble work was with attention to detail, improvisations by our young musicians and sense of swing as they performed Springs Awakening, Bossa Madeira and Minnie the Moocher. Kath Barnsley, Treasurer of the Hamilton Civic Choir, spoke of the excellent level of musicianship involved and thanked Mr Ian Parsons for all the hard work he put into preparing these talented young musicians. Mr Parsons and Mrs Flint were extremely proud of this group of young musicians as they impressed the audience with their musical maturity and professionalism.

Next year the school Concert Orchestra, Big Band, Trad Band are going to be performing in the local Schools’ Band and Orchestra Festival. In addition we will have students performing in the Te Awamutu Performing Arts Festival and the Hamilton Chamber Music Competition. In addition our big Band and Trad Band have been invited, by request, to perform at the Hamilton Jazz Club.

All this has been made possible because of the generous donation of money from Lion Foundation and Parents’ Association. The Parents’ Association donation enabled us to buy music, new music stands, a trolly and a Baritone Saxophone. Without these donations we would not have

Junior Band Programme

The Concert Band has been making the most of their new chime bars, cymbals and vibraphone purchased thanks to the generous grant donation of $10,000 by the Lion Foundation. They performed at the Celebration of Music and have been invited to play for prize-giving!

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This programme has gone from strength to strength since we received our band instruments. Four students a term have the opportunity to learn a brass or woodwind instrument. At the end of the term they perform a concert to parents to show off their skills.

This is also an opportunity for us to get students interested in carrying on with lessons. So far the uptake has been 25% per term with students taking up clarinet, saxophone or trumpet. This means we have been able to establish a saxophone choir, clarinet choir and brass ensemble. We hope that these students will be able to join our Big Band and Concert Orchestra in the near future.

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Chamber Music

At the regional NZCT Chamber Music Contest in June three groups performed. Fiona Thorp, Michael Torrance and Christopher Whiteley (Ternio Musica) received participation certificates. Jonathan Eyers, Rosie Searle, Nina Lee and Naomi Whalley (of Hillcrest High School) received a Highly Commended Award and Paul Newton-Jackson, Michael Torrance and Luke David (The Fake Plastic Trio) received the Statham Award for the Best Performance of a New Zealand Work at a District Contest, winning $400 for the School. The trio performed Paul’s own composition, Ruglaour Snuast Dyr. The depth and quality of musicianships were particularly noticeable this year and our thanks go to the Director of Instrumental Music, Mrs Michelle Flint, for her assistance with the various groups.

Chamber Music Ensemble

V48hr Film Festival During a weekend in May the School was abuzz with creative energy. For the second year, St Paul’s had entered the V48 Hour Film Festival, an opportunity for aspiring film makers and actors to have a voice in the New Zealand film industry.

With thousands of dollars of prizes, and the chance to have your film judged by Sir Peter Jackson on the table, there was a lot at stake for all involved.

After a great year in 2011, we had eager students returning for a second opportunity. The event this year was so popular that students split into two teams. ‘Midnight Oil Productions’ was led by Jaimee Hugo and Sam Armstrong. This team consisted mainly of senior students and had the challenge of making a film in only one shot. ‘Grasshopper Studios’, our junior team, was led by David Tharratt and Sean Vartiainen.

They got the task of filing an ‘End of the World’ movie.

After initially freaking out at the thought of filming entirely in one shot, Midnight Oil got down to the process of figuring out the story they wanted to tell. Ideas ranged from a musical about an unlucky leprechaun, through to the one finally selected, the story of Nicky Brick being stalked on her way home from a night on the town. The team got down to scripting, composing music and casting, in preparation for

the following night’s filming. The challenge however with a one shot film is getting the timing right, not only of the acting, but also the camera work. This lead to about two hours of filming to get a three minute scene.

Grasshopper Studios meanwhile had been filming throughout the day. The team decided to take the idea of the end of the world and show how various people might cope with it. This approach meant that the team need to film a wide variety of scenes, in a number of locations and with multiple actors, in a very short space of time. The amount of work for the editors was also very high, as they tried to edit the three storylines together coherently. A challenging task which came together very well.

At the city heats, both teams received positive reviews; Grasshopper Studios were especially commended on the mature way they handled their theme. Although neither team made it through to the city finals, Grasshopper Studios were nominated for the best school team in the region. While no prizes were awarded to the School, both teams can be very proud of their performances as the levels of both quality and commitment were a big step up from last year.

Debating Senior Debating for St Paul’s in 2012 was a mixed bag.

In the local inter-school round robin competition the two teams were unsuccessful, with each of our two teams winning only one debate each, both in the final round of the year. St Paul’s was more successful in the prestigious Russell McVeagh Debating Competition, winning two of the three debates in which we participated. This shows that we have the ability to do better and with several talented Year 12’s staying on next year, we hope to reach at least the semi-finals in next year’s competition. Well done to Hannah Clare, Liam Buchanan and Mark Davis for their participation in this event, which marked St Paul’s greatest success in this prominent competition.

Another highlight in 2012 was inter-house debating, which took place in Arts Week. Congratulations to Williams House, who won, and to the runners-up, School House.

Mark Davis of School House was chosen as the best speaker of the final debate, which was on the moot: “This House Would Ban Beauty Pageants”. All houses put in a strong showing, with senior and junior debaters combining with those who had never debated before to represent their houses in an incredibly enjoyable spectacle.

First Round – “This House Would Legalise the Sale of Human Organs” Affirmative

Negative

Best Speaker

School

Hamilton

Mark Davis

Hall

Fitchett

Lovely Dizon

Williams

Clark

Liam Buchanan

Second Round – “This House Believes that We Should use the Death Penalty as a Punishment for the Worst Crimes” Affirmative

Negative

Best Speaker

Fitchett

Williams

Liam Buchanan

School

Sargood

Tully Dickson

Final – “This House Would Ban Beauty Pageants” Affirmative

Negative

Best Speaker

Williams

School

Mark Davis

Outside of the local competition and the Russell McVeagh competition, St Paul’s participated in two inter-school competitions.

The first of these was the Rotary Club debate, in which the St Paul’s team, consisting of Hannah Clare, Lovely Dizon and Liam Buchanan debated against a team from Waikato Diocesan School for Girls on the moot, “It is Wrong to Keep Wild Animals in Captivity”. St Paul’s had an enjoyable evening with the Rotary Club members but were ultimately unable to secure victory.

The second inter-school debate in which St Paul’s participated was part of the Tauranga Exchange. In this event St Paul’s was able to achieve victory, successfully negating the moot, “This House Believes that We Should use the Death Penalty as a Punishment for the Worst Crimes”. Congratulations to the team of Liam Buchanan, Fiona Thorp and Mark Davis for this achievement.

2012 has been a promising year for St Paul’s debating and all the students would like to thank Ms Hansen for her excellent support over the year and look forward to continuing achievements under her guidance next year.

JUNIOR DEBATING Over the course of the past three school terms, the junior debating team has been competing after school on Tuesdays at Hamilton Boys’ against a number of other junior teams from schools around the Waikato. They have debated a wide range of moots including ‘That fast food should be banned in NZ’, ‘The right of all nations to have nuclear weapons’ and ‘Banning Facebook to prevent bullying’.

Unfortunately the junior debating team narrowly missed out on being able to get through to the semi-finals in the current round of competition. We hope to see these students continue debating over the coming years so that they can develop their skill in public speaking to its highest potential.

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The St Paul’s Junior Debating team consists of Campbell Massey, Oliver Massey, Tully Dickson and Nick Winkelmann.

For all of these students this has been their first experience of debating and they have shown great potential winning four of the seven debates. Both Campbell and Oliver have also been awarded ‘Best Speaker’ for some of the debates.

All of the members of the team have shown a great deal of confidence and intelligent reasoning in presenting some informative and amusing ideas in a persuasive fashion.

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Our Achievements RIO 2016 ATHLETICS SQUAD

JAMES HUNT

To be selected for this squad athletes have had to perform at a high level and meet certain performance criteria as set out by Athletics New Zealand. Athletes and their coaches receive support from national coaches and are given further support at training camps run by those responsible for high performance at Athletics New Zealand.

• Selected as a member of the Rio 2016 Squad • 1st 300m hurdles Men 17 and Under Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships • 1st 110m hurdles Men 17 and Under Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships • 1st 4 x 400m as a member of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Men 17 and Under relay team at Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships • 1st 300m hurdles Open Boys North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships • 1st 110m hurdles Open Boys North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships • 1st 4 x 400m as part of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Open Boys relay team at the North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships • 2nd 4 x 400m as part of the St Paul’s Senior Boys team at the National Secondary School Track and Field Championships

The official information from the Athletics New Zealand high performance web page says, “The Rio 2016 Squad is a High Performance Development Programme run by Athletics NZ. Athletes selected for this squad have indicated, via performance levels, deemed as indicators of potential, an ability to achieve top 16 status at the 2016 Olympic Games.”

The direct target is the 2016 Olympics and an athlete would be chosen due to tracking towards a top 16 finish. It is primarily a programme based support system, to affect those athletes who show sufficient ability or potential to be able to move to the SPARC funded levels within 2 years at a maximum.

SCOTT HILLIAR • Selected as a Gold member of the Rio 2016 Squad • 1st 800m Men Under 20 Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships (has another two years in this age group) • 3rd 1500m Men Under 20 Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships (has another two years in this age group) • 2nd 800m Senior Boys North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships • 2nd 1500m Senior Boys North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships • 2nd 4 x 400m relay as part of the St Paul’s Senior Boys team at the National Secondary School Track and Field Championships

TOM SMITH • Selected as a Gold member of the Rio 2016 Squad • 1st 400m Men 17 and Under Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships • 1st 4 x 400m as a member of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Men 17 and Under relay team at Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships

James Hunt

Tom Smith

KATELYN MATTHEWS • Selected as a member of the Rio 2016 Squad • Selected as a Women Under 20 athlete to the New Zealand team at the Oceania Regional Track and Field Championships • 2nd 800m Women 17 and Under Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships • 1st 4 x 400m as a member of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Women 17 and Under relay team at Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships • 1st 4 x 400m as part of the St Paul’s Senior Girls team at the National Secondary School Track and Field Championships

NOTE RE STAFF INVOLVEMENT Gary Henley-Smith has just been appointed as one of the New Zealand team coaches to the Oceania Regional Track and Field Championships. Gary along with Paul Wilson and Martin Holmes as coaches of Tom, Scott and James are invited to participate in the Rio 2016 squad camps.

Scott Hilliar

Katelyn Matthews

BLAIR FOSTER In April I competed in the New Zealand Barefoot Waterski Competition at Lake Inspiration in Otaki. I competed in two events; tricks and slalom. In both events there is a time limit of 15 seconds. In slalom you have to get as many crossings as possible but you get more points for doing it on one foot. In tricks you have to get the highest number of points, each trick worth a different number of points based on its complexity. In tricks I placed 3rd and in slalom 1st. Unfortunately I fell in my tricks run so I missed out on valuable time and points.

Overall the competition was a great event enjoyed by all. Sadly next year I will not be able to compete due to being at Tihoi at the time.

ELLIOT COLLIER Since he was four years old, Elliot Collier has played football. It’s just a part of his life. When Elliot started at St Paul’s, he received a signed ball from his coach Mike Groom, a former All White. The script said “love the ball” and, although he has been playing football for so long, these words still resound as a mantra to inspire him to keep his selection this year into the New Zealand Men’s Futsal team otherwise known as the ‘Futsal Whites’. Futsal is a variation of football which is played indoors with a team of five. Next year, the team will tour the Solomon Islands or Fiji, however, he has to keep performing well and stay at the top of his game to stay in the team. His place is ‘not safe’. So it’s more hard work ahead of him but he is spurred on with his goal to work hard over the next four years and be selected for the team to play in the 2016 Futsal World Cup. Next year, Elliot is considering attending a university in America where he can continue with his Fustal career and study sciences.

Grace Namana was in the Waikato Lois Muir team and Hamilton City U17 Team. She was selected in the U17 Netball New Zealand Age Groups tournament team. At Upper North Island Secondary Schools’ Competition she was selected as one of the top ten players in A Grade and in the top 20 overall tournament team. Recently Grace also has been selected for the Emerging Talent Netball Identification Squad, from which the secondary school team for 2013 will be selected.

HARRIETANNE EMBLING I have competed nationally and inter nationally throughout this year in preparation for the New Zealand Dancesport championships (New Zealand Nationals) over Labour weekend.

A big competition in preparation for nationals was in August in Sydney where I made the finals in all of my events and gained a 1st, a 2nd, a 4th and a 6th, which I was extremely happy with. After a year of extremely hard work it all paid off at nationals where we became national champions, winning the national title in the Level One New Vogue. We again made all the finals and gained a 5th in the Latin American section and a 5th in the Ballroom Standard. To get through to the finals in these events we had to dance through at least 4-5 rounds.

I am also competing in Melbourne in December of this year, which is a massive competition that I am really looking forward to.

How do I fit everything in? With very little sleep. On Tuesday nights I don’t finish dancing until around 11:30pm, then return home and complete any homework that needs to be done. I have become very used to working late at night and working very hard. I have very good time management skills and I fill up every moment of my days and afternoons, I never have a moment free. But this is only possible because I enjoy my dancing so much, I love working hard and it is all worth it in the end. I think I am very internally motivated which also allows me to keep pushing myself. It is all about passion. If you have the passion to do something you will make it work no matter what. I am passionate about my dancing and I am passionate about doing well at school so as a result I find the time to make it work. With a positive attitude anything is possible.

STUDENT PROFILES

going. Hard work and dedication have now paid off with

GRACE NAMANA

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JOSHUA BALME

JAMES HUNT

Sargood House Year 9

student

Joshua

Balme created history at the 52nd Golden Shears at Masterton on February 29th, 2012 by becoming the youngest ever competitor to win an event there. The 13 year old was one of 52 competitors in the Novice Shearing Grade.

This grade is not determined by age but by the number of sheep able to be shorn in an eight hour day, i.e. 50 adult sheep. The other competitors were 18 to 20 year olds.

Two weeks prior to the Golden Shears while doing PE at school Josh ruptured a ligament in his ring finger on his right hand and had to adapt his technique to compensate for this finger being in a splint. He progressed through the heats to the top 12 for a semi- final, then qualified into the final six. He had to shear two sheep in the final under the watchful eye of the judges and after all points were collated his superior quality outclassed the faster shearers. This was a tremendous effort.

PARERAUKURA GILMARTINKARA Pareraukura GilmartinKara was selected for both

the

Hamilton

City U17 A Team and Tainui Waka U17 Team who placed first in their age group in the Aotearoa Maori Netball Tournament earlier this year. At age group Nationals Pare was selected in the U17 Netball New Zealand and Aotearoa Maori Netball U17 tournament teams. Recently Pare has been selected for the Emerging Talent Netball Identification Squad from which the secondary school team for 2013 will be selected. We congratulate Pare on being named St Paul’s Sportswoman of the year 2012.

When James Hunt first decided to try hurdles at a school athletics day two years ago, he had no idea that he was starting down a track that would make him a national champion. ‘‘I just thought I’d give it a try, it’s something a bit different from what I’ve usually done,’’ he said.

A sporting enthusiast already playing cricket and rugby for St Paul’s Collegiate, James was surprised when he did well in the event. He started training with the school track and field team, practising jumping over almost metrehigh hurdles daily to see how far he could go.

Two years on, the 17-year-old has achieved a few milestones and has been singled out as a potential candidate to represent New Zealand internationally and at future Olympic campaigns. At his first serious competitive meet at the Secondary Schools’ Track and Field Nationals at the end of last year, James placed fourth in the open boys’ 300m.

He opted out of cricket to work on improving his hurdling over the summer and while he still plays rugby for the St Paul’s 1st XV as a wing, athletics is his biggest focus now, with six days a week training. With meets this year, James showed the hard work he had put into summer training by registering multiple wins at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Championships.

He followed that up with club nationals in March where, representing the Waikato-Bay of Plenty area, James won the under-17 110m and 300m events, beating opponents who have been competing in the events for years. He said the wins were the highlight of his sporting career. ‘‘Not many people knew of me because I haven’t been doing it for that long and I sort of came from nowhere,’’ he said. ‘‘I wasn’t really sure if I had the potential to actually win so I was pretty stoked when I did.’’ His success so far has led to selection for the Rio 2016 Development Squad, a development team of possible athletes for New Zealand’s 2016 Olympics contingent. ‘‘There’s 20 of us, maybe a little more, that they see as having the potential to make it [to Rio] and so they help us out and we go to camps to develop our skills,’’ James explained. ‘‘I was pretty stoked. You get more coaching and people who can help you out.’’

With the rugby season starting up, James has been focussed on preparing for the 1st XV. But the athletics training never stops and he finds that training for the two sports at the same time works well. ‘‘My athletics actually really helps my rugby, gets me faster,’’ he said. ‘‘During the winter we do endurance sort of stuff and then once we get in to the season we get into speed work and practising going over hurdles, so I’m always training.’’

The next big win James is gunning for is dual titles at the National Secondary Schools’ Field and Track Champs, held in term four.

JOSH CAVE Our St Paul’s tennis boys have had an outstanding season. They defeated St Peter’s for the first time in ten years and their win against Hamilton Boys’ High School in the final in March, provided the first Division One Junior title for St Paul’s in 15 years.

RYAN LEWIS This BMX season has overall been a good one for Ryan Lewis. Winning the Oceania Championships in March, set him up with a good mind set for the national championships in North Harbour. Training went well for the few weeks leading up to Nationals, but when it came down to the final the result he was after slipped away leaving him a close second.

However Nationals weren’t Ryan’s main focus – UCI Supercross and the World Championships were. He spent the next three months for the European campaign with the New Zealand High Performance BMX team. This team is a combination of the top 12 BMX racers from across the country, aged 16 and over, including Sarah Walker and Marc Willers, two of the top elite BMX riders on the world stage.

As soon as school closed in July the whole team spent a week at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Switzerland. The Supercross track in Switzerland had big ‘gaps’ (jumps), a huge starting ramp and smooth rhythm sections. Some of the ‘gaps’ at Supercross were getting close to 40ft. With 97 riders racing in the 16-year-old boys’ age group, there were a few riders to pick through to find the top eight in the world. Ryan got through the first three qualifying races with three firsts. He rode well to go on through to the quarter finals.

TOMMY MOSS YOUNG SPEECHMAKER OF THE YEAR Year 13 student, Tommy Moss, won the very prestigious New Zealand Lions Club Young Speechmaker contest.

At the national finals, Tommy was required to give both an impromptu and a prepared speech. For the impromptu speech, he was given a minute to prepare and had to speak for a maximum of two minutes on the topic, ‘Leaders are born not made’.

While for the prepared speech section, he delivered a six minute speech on the topic of ‘Gingas’.

Mr Kerry Beach is the national coordinator of this competition and thinks that, “Tommy was a popular winner of this most demanding of oratory contests and as a result of his win, he will receive a six week all expenses paid trip to Canada and the United States.” Tommy was awarded his shield by Kerry Beach and Mrs Janet Williams, the president of the Hamilton Chartwell Lions Club, the club that sponsored Tommy into this competition.

Tommy has spoken to clubs around the upper North Island about what this win means for him and is looking forward to leaving on his trip closer to new year. New York was supposed to be one of Tommy’s first stops but the super storm has meant a change of plans. The Lions are determined to give him a wonderful international experience and we will cover Tommy’s trip in next year’s Collegian.

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Unfortunately, Ryan drew lane eight which meant he started on the outside of the track, not so good when you have seven world-class riders on the inside of you leading into the first berm. He came out of the gate in third and moved across as quickly as possible. Being on the outside of the rest of the field, he was pushed wide on the first corner by the leaders. This let two more riders get underneath him, putting him into fifth, one place out from the transfer spot. Ryan almost passed the Ecuadorian rider for fourth but made a mistake and lost some momentum for the next straight. He crossed the line in fifth, one away from the transfer spot. His performance over the day puts him in the top 20 of 16-year-old BMX racers in the world. While not the result Ryan was looking for; he was nevertheless happy with how he went and can be very proud of his world ranking.

Impressively, our number one ranked junior player, Joshua Cave, contested the Waikato Schools’ Tennis Champions. In the semi-finals he defeated Hamilton Boys’ High School #1 seed and in the finals the St John’s #2 seed to become the first St Paul’s Collegiate student to take out a Waikato Singles title, also in the past 15 years.

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OLIVER SOAR I was in the Hamilton Operatic Society Production of Oliver Twist. I auditioned in March for the part as “The Artful Dodger” but didn’t get the part and got put in Fagin’s gang instead. Fagin’s gang consisted of 16 boys aged from 6 to 15 years old. The rehearsals started soon after in mid-April and became longer and more full-on as we got closer to the opening night on Saturday 23rd June. I performed in all thirteen shows which lasted 2 weeks starting with the opening night on Saturday 23rd June and finishing with the closing night on Saturday 7th July.

What made the Oliver Twist production even more exciting and special is that we had the one and only Richard O’Brien starring in the show as Fagin. Richard O’Brien is an amazing actor and has great stage presence which helped him do an amazing job playing Fagin. Performing in this show was a great experience which helped me improve my acting skills and stage presence.

NICK MCGUIREHOLCROFT Nick began swimming when he was quite young and began to compete at the age of 10. He was selected to represent Waikato in regional competitions from age 12 onwards. Nick has won numerous medals and trophies over the years. He qualified and competed at Division 2 National Championships winning gold, silver and bronze.

He qualified and competed at 2010/2011 New Zealand Age Group Championship and Swimming New Zealand National Short Course Championships in Wellington. This year Nick was the recipient of the Bob Frankham Trophy for Male 14–16 years with the highest number of Championship points for 2010 in the Waikato Region.

He has completed three years of the Waikato Academy for Young Achievers.

Nick is currently a member of the Fairfield Swimming Club and is coached by Ken Nixon. Nick enjoys the sport of swimming because of the people he swims with daily and the high degree of fitness it offers.

TOM SWARBRICK AND MANTEZ SINGH-THANDI 2012 saw Tom Swarbrick and Mantez Singh-Thandi receive their Gold Awards from the Governor General at Government House, Wellington. Tom also had the privilege in speaking on behalf of all awardees. His speech follows: Good afternoon Your Excellency, members of the official party, award recipients, families, friends, coordinators and representatives.

On behalf of all of the gold award recipients here today, I would like to thank His Excellency for his generous hospitality in hosting our award ceremony here at Government House.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award scheme encourages young people to challenge themselves to do things they otherwise might not have done and to strive to be the best that they can be.

Through completing the ‘The Award’ I have discovered and developed many new skills.

I had barely used a camera before I went to the national scout photography school for my residential course last year. However with their tuition I managed to produce some impressive photographs.

I found being a cub leader for my Gold Award service very rewarding as teaching the cubs some of the skills that I had learnt in scouts, gave me a sense of achievement. To be able to pass on my knowledge to the cubs helped me to understand the importance of teaching and the reward that it brings. It feels great to be able to give back and I will be combining both these skills when I go back to the scout photography school as a mentor to this year’s students.

Exploring the great outdoors with others is another important part of the award scheme and I enjoyed going on some great adventures.

I will always remember the challenges we met, the amazing beauty of our country and the enjoyment we found, when we kayaked down the Whanganui River.

I have learnt a great deal through these experiences and I would not be the person I am today if I had not completed The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award.

Congratulations to the three students – Remy Campbell, Ross Noble and Euan Reynolds who have qualified for the Gold award this year.

Congratulations go also to the following students who have achieved their Silver Award in the past 12 months. They were given a Mayoral reception by her worship, Julie Hardaker.

Ross Noble Remy Campbell Mark Swarbrick Toby Way

Euan Reynolds Sahil Patil Alex Hargreaves Trent Ganley

Brendon Carrick Cameron Downey

at a church service, and this was definitely one of the most memorable parts of the trip. Even in such hardship, the people were so happy and we had never seen music bring people together so much. The people of Soweto, even in their darkest of circumstances were so happy with what they had and they would happily wave back or say hello. It really opened our eyes to see how much we have.

ROSIE SEARLE AND JONATHAN EYERS During 2011 and 2012 Jonathan and I were members of the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir, which is an auditioned choir of 61 from all around the country.

We both auditioned for the choir at the beginning of 2011, with Jonathan auditioning in Hamilton and I auditioned in Auckland. As part of the audition process, we had to prepare an unaccompanied song and we also had aural tests where we had to sing a melody played on the piano and distinguish notes in a chord. We also had to sight read a piece of music.

It was exciting to receive our letters of acceptance. I was made a member of the Altos and Jonathan was chosen to be the leader of the Tenors. Our first course was held in the April holidays last year with us rehearsing at Queen Margaret College. After the first course I swapped sections with another member and so for the rest of my time in the choir I was a Soprano.

As members of the choir we rehearsed for a week in each of the school holidays. We also had a four day trip to Christchurch during term 3 last year where we sang in ‘Christchurch Sings’ as part of the anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake. In our courses, most days, we were singing from 9.30 until 6.30 with an hour and a half for lunch, and some days we stayed on until 9.30 and also had dinner with the choir. At the end of each course we had a concert where we performed items which we had been working on. By the end of our time in the choir we were able to sing around 30 pieces by memory.

We landed in Johannesburg early in the morning after hardly any sleep for two days, and immediately caught the bus to Pretoria, where we were going to be staying for the next few days and had a full day of activity. That night we had our first workshop for the ‘Ihlombe Festival’ with an African Choral Conductor named Sidumo Jacobs who taught us three African pieces.

The following night we had our first concert which was at the University of Pretoria at the Groenkloof Campus Auditorium where we sang with the University of Pretoria Youth Choir and four Ihlombe festival choirs.

When we were staying in Pretoria we visited the township of Soweto which was shocking for every choir member with its poverty and dilapidation. While in Soweto the choir sang

The next highlight was staying in the Safari Ranch. On the ranch we stayed in huts of 3 and between the huts there were zebra, giraffes, springbok and buffalo walking around. We also went on a safari and saw buffalo, springbok, rhinos, zebra, white lions, cheetah, wild dogs and ostriches. One lunch time we were sitting outside at the lodge and zebra started drinking from the swimming pool.

After two nights in the Safari Ranch we flew to Cape Town.

There we went to the top of Table Mountain on cable cars where we could see an amazing view of Cape Town, which has been chosen as the most beautiful city in the world. On the same day we also went to the southern most point of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope.

We had our third concert on July 11th at Toringkerk, Paarl where the Paarl Boys’ High School Choir also sang. That same day we had a Cultural Exchange with the Amy Biehl Foundation and their after school choral programme. We all went into a small classroom where we shared our music with members of the programme and they shared their music with us which felt very electric. Afterwards, other members of the programme did a dance which was over ten minutes. The boys did a dance with gumboots and it was simply amazing!

Perhaps the most memorable part of the trip was our visit to an orphanage in Cape Town run by Mama Rosie. The orphans had been abandoned in boxes by their mothers, and Mama Rosie had taken them in and raised them as her own. There were over 50 orphans there, and they ranged from newly born to 18 years of age. It was really cool to hang out with the kids and see how happy they were with the presents we gave them. It was also very moving to visit the AIDS ward of the orphanage and it was sad to see the hardship these people go through every day.

Our last concert for the festival was at Kenmere School in Kensington. We sang a South African piece as a whole and after the concert we all started singing the African pieces which we had learnt on the first night. Singing in choirs is such a community and it provides so much joy for people.

Both of us agree that this was definitely the trip of a lifetime.

We loved the place and the people, and had an amazing time that we will remember forever.

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In July we went on an international tour to South Africa. We had our final rehearsals and concert in Auckland before leaving for South Africa on July 5. There was a total of 22 hours flying to get there, plus a 7 hour stopover in Singapore, which was tiring for everyone.

The same day that we sang in the Sunday Service we had our second concert in Uncle Tom’s Hall in Soweto. In this concert the Imilonji KaNtu Choral Society and four touring choirs sang. Straight after the concert we had a workshop where we experienced the different cultural dances and singing traditions of South African tribes, which was truly amazing.

We are so privileged to have been part of NZSSC with so many amazing members and inspiring tutors. If we were able to, I’m sure we would both do it all again!

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Creative Writing THE HUNT The door creaks slightly as I force it open. An ugly sound, like scratching on a chalkboard, or the sound of a knife as it cuts through a piece of meat and hits the porcelain plate beneath it. It’s a kind of high pitched squeak. First mistake.

This disturbance to the beast’s habitat causes it to rear its head like a cobra going in for the kill. It prowls out of its den, its mane fully in my view.

Awestruck, I am glued to the floor, unable to run as the beast stalks me. I am its prey. It outstretches a paw, the size of a baseball mitt, and roars “hey man, I’m Mr. B, and I’ll be your ‘ousemaster for this year.” Reluctantly, I shake the giant hand. Second mistake. It crushes mine, bones crunch as his hand overpowers mine. I wince. Third mistake.

This sign of weakness causes the beast to laugh, mocking me. “Man, have you never ‘ad a South African ‘andshake before?” Quickly, I shake my head. He laughs again, that mocking, menacing laugh. It is the type of laugh of someone you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alleyway late at night.

“Anyways man, welcome to Fitchett ‘ouse. We only have one rule ‘ere, and that is that we are a family. If you disrespect this, man, I throw you out the window!” He laughs again, like an emperor laughing at a servant. The prospect of throwing someone out the window seems to amuse him, and although the prospect of being thrown out the window doesn’t exactly appeal to me, I laugh along too, my mousy squeak nothing compared to his manly roar.

Other students arrive like lambs to the slaughter. Some big, small, fat, skinny, it doesn’t matter at all to him. They all reluctantly accept that handshake, and laugh as this beast is threatening them to throw them out the window. Each one of these boys is as scared of Mr. Beast as I am. We all sit around on the couches, quietly chatting as the beast walks back into his office.

He sits there, typing away on his laptop like a mad scientist, plotting each of the boys’ doom. I wish the couch would swallow me between its cracks, down into the darkness, safe from this hungry jungle cat. However, as I begin to contemplate escape he storms back out of his office like an angry bull and stares every one of us in the eye, as we all try and avoid his gaze. If anyone had dared to meet his stare it could have turned any one of us into rubble on the spot.

“Now, you will each go and get changed into your P.E. gear, and when you get back I will tell you what you are to do.”

After getting changed we all sit on the couches as the Beast struts around in front of us, ready to pounce on any sign of weakness. The ground shakes with each of his huge strides as his foot crashes back down to the earth. The floor shivers with fright. His sharp, threatening tone cuts the silence like

a foghorn. “You are all required to go down to the field for Tabloid sports. This will be your first activity as a ‘ouse, so you are all to give your utmost best.” He starts staring at us, daring anyone to talk out of turn, to challenge what he is saying, so he can tear the hypothetical challenger limb from limb. No one dares to even make eye contact with him. “Go now, and if you don’t do your best, there will be consequences.”

He follows us down. We are the sheep, he the shepherd, threatening us that nothing will be accepted but a first place. “We never lose, we never give up, man, don’t start on a bad note.” He threatens us with a barbaric tone, as wild as an axe-man.

The first activity starts, ‘the medicine ball” and everyone is scared of failure, as the beast watches us from afar. Soon it is my turn to throw the medicine ball. I try to pick it up.

Heaving, I realise the ball is much heavier than I thought. I throw it pathetically, barely getting it past my feet. All I can see as I turn back is his face, a glare. Menacing. Threatening.

Quickly, I turn my back to him, unable to meet his glare.

The day quickly ends, and throughout it all he has not said anything, just stood there and watched like a hawk, noticing each blemish, each bad performance. His silence sends more shivers down the spines of each boy than his yell. We all walk back to the house, haunted by thoughts of being thrown out windows like we are made of cardboard.

We trek back into the house; he is already there, looking ready to explode. I prepare for the onslaught. I close my eyes.

Instead of hearing airplanes exploding, buildings collapsing, my world ending, all I hear is a soft, calm voice saying “well done lads, you put in a great effort today. It was all I wanted.

You forgot about fat, juicy steaks, or your girlfriends, and instead put in your greatest effort.”

All my thoughts about this angry beast, this hungry lion are washing away. I see a calm, funny, compassionate man who cares deeply for his boys, and his house. Shaking each of our hands, I make sure to meet his vice-like grip. He nods, a sign of new-found mutual respect, and begins walking back into his office, happy with his days work.

Silently, I stand as the office door squeaks shut. I am now sure of what I think of this man. Compassionate, happy, but driven for success. He is like a martyr to each of these new recruits. Thoughts pass through me as I am trudging out of the student centre. I meet my parents, who are anxiously waiting to hear about my first day at my new school, and I tell them with confidence that “my new housemaster is scary, he will often threaten to throw me out the window, but he is a great man, and one day I will be like him too.”

Freddy Walker

THE BEAST’S SANCTUARY The Ocean Sparkles and shimmers with crystalline beauty.

The radiant beams fall onto its surface and glisten as if hitting the smooth scales of a mighty beast. The serene waves ebb and flow, and lap onto the craggy rocks, smoothing their rough edges. The sea is calm today. The waves forgivingly break onto the rough rocks of Slipper Island, giving them a break from their eternal battle.

Vast blue Ocean expands away from this Island with little silhouettes visible on the horizon.

The boat gently comes to a sojourn and the roar of the motor softly fades. Our wake disrupts the smooth surface of the miniature bay, sending waves that collapse onto the golden beach. The anchor chain drops with a ‘sploosh’ and the metal chain links thunder as they are fed out of the boat and into the water, their loud sound cancelling out the squawking of hungry seagulls. We spring into action and get our gear ready, the soft rocking of the boat making it difficult to organise ourselves.

The mighty Ocean’s cool salty breath flows over our boat. The frosty breeze refreshingly blows over my face, soothing against the roasting sun. I tie the blue and white flag onto the end of the rusted metallic Hawaiian sling and slot it into the fishing rod hole at the end of our boat and leave it to flap in the wind. The blue and white flag warns other boats of divers.

I peer down over the side full of uncertainty and nervousness and unable to see the bottom. The powerful creature is cradling its hidden mysteries and treasure, protective of its delicate fortune and unsure of human interference. I check my gear one last time and hoist it up onto my shoulders then tighten the straps so that the coarse fabric is close to my thick wetsuit. I feel like an astronaut, geared up to survive in a foreign atmosphere.

I awkwardly walk to the side of the boat; my long blue flippers make me waddle like a penguin marching to the water. I rest myself up on the weathered worn wood side of the boat and heave a sigh of relief as the weight is relieved from my shoulders. I prepare myself for the plunge and firmly grip my blue mask. My vivid pink regulator is held securely in my mouth. I lean back and drop off the side, falling down into a foreign world and into the beast’s lair.

I descend full of uncertainty of what the foreign world of the ocean floor will be like, and what ambassadors we will

The bottom rises to greet us. Our fins disturb the stone still floor, causing the top sedimentary layer to explode, sending a flurry of sand and shells. Forests of seaweed and algae sway and dance to the never ending tune of the tide. The bright and florid colours are the first thing I notice. Bright oranges, purples and reds decorate this picturesque place, groups of fish soaring all around us curiously watching us with their big fish eyes.

It’s quiet, the sound of air rushing in and out of my regulator and the roar of a passing boat’s motor are the only sounds to disturb the languid silence. Our only gateway into the outside world is through our eyes. Never ending ocean surrounds us, except for the rugged rock side of Slipper Island behind us, which look like stone shelves home to all sorts of crustaceans.

The plants are sprawled out like an orchard, the graceful fish the farmers. They dart and weave through with the delicacy of a surgeons touch, trying not to disturb their waving strands. Each fish’s vivacious colour and pattern looks as if Leonardo Da Vinci spent hours designing and painting each individual fish. The wide spectrum of his vivid palette evident as these fish glide and float in the water around and above us. Their beautiful colours streak above us like tropical birds swooping overhead. The beauty and tranquillity melts away the feelings of fear and uncertainty, and they float back up to the surface like bubbles.

We glide through the water like observing rockets, travelling over a foreign planet, discovering more of the beast’s secret sanctuary. Sea urchins are scattered like green emeralds through a chest of treasure. Their array of piercing spikes protecting them from thieves. We hover over the small villages hidden in the colourful mixture of coral and sea anemones, their rainbow colours reflect onto our clear clean masks. The residents below scurry and scuttle for cover and clamber down into their dark crevasses and cracks. A maze of sea anemones covers them. Their protective mother, the Ocean, hides them.

Orange tails and purple legs disappear down away from reach.

Not all of the ocean’s residents are as approving of our entry. A menacing stingray rests amongst a bed of seaweed, as if watching over this small community. His skin looks like a midnight sky, his sleek jet black skin embedded with dots of silvery white. His dark foreboding eyes watch us, as we intrude on his territory. His long powerful barbed tail ready to strike like a mouse trap sprung to strike its prey.

I travel further into the ocean’s bountiful and beautiful garden, its keepers and residents glide, dart and scuttle past me. Each time a new creature appears, I feel less anxiety and more safe in the wonderland under the sea. I peer down to my dive computer which is like my underwater life support. 40bar, it’s time to leave. We

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I pierce through the surface, shattering the smooth glass and sink down; bubbles cloak my vision and leave me feeling disorientated. I burst back through the surface, the skin of the beast, and wait for my Dad and brothers to join me. We group together and I nervously peer down through the water, faintly seeing the outlines of fish, all different shapes and sizes. We sink and start to plummet down into the unknown depths, like abseiling thieves into a high security bank. Air whistles out from our BCDs (Buoyancy control device) and bubbles the surface. Down.

The coarse and cut away side of the volcanic island starts to disappear. Brown and grey sedimentary layers start to fade away, and the orchestra of sea birds becomes faint.

encounter. The further we descend the more colours start to change. Our red scratched and battered aluminium dive tanks are drained of their red, the red colour too frightened to descend with us.

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group together once again and then inflate our BCD’s and start to rise to the surface like hot air balloons. Bubbles rush up, surround us and then flee to the surface with us. The vibrant colours of the underwater sanctuary start to fade as we ascend, and the sun’s light intensifies. I burst back through the surface, a wide grin implanted on my face. I had dived down into the beast’s protected sanctuary, full of anxiety and fear, but returned to the surface knowing that diving was for me.

Andre Hay

THE CHAMBER Seated. Frozen. I hear her footsteps, the sound of inevitability.

Images flash through my mind; freshly sharpened blades and jagged drill tips. My mouth seizes shut as if it can already feel the pain about to be admitted. Still the footsteps loom, closer, louder. The walls bearing down on me and all eyes in the waiting room fixed on me, piercing through my skin like laser beams. Is it my fear they sense?

The sound of footsteps abruptly halt. “Joshua Kolettis?”A withered voice moans from the corridor. I have heard the voice, seen the figure. Like a scene from my nightmares, however her pointed hat and broomstick exchanged for a bleach white lab coat and the stench of sterility. Adrenaline courses through my veins. Fight or flight. Standing, against my will, I acknowledge her call and start my uncontrollable march towards her chamber. She has bewitched my body.

I am a mere slave to her wishes, incapable of resistance.

The entrance nears, my eyes surveying the room for an exit, a fire escape, a way out. It’s too late, her laboratory is upon us. I have no choice but to enter. An alien world, sterile, with the life choked out of it. The only sign of a world once left is through the window. A tree standing alone amongst barked gardens and pavements is all that reminds me where I am. She proceeds to shut the door behind me. It closes with a slight click. The computer jumps to life, a file full of my private information and an x-ray image of a set of teeth, my teeth. She scans her eyes over the obscured, black and white image, searching for the right tooth, the perfect tooth to cause the perfect amount of pain. I have heard about these people before, met a few in my time as well. Sadistic.

A reflection of her face appears on the computer screen. A wry grin distorts her otherwise emotionless face.

“It looks to me like your lateral incisors need some work Joshua.” I slip into her slanted chair, the type you see in the movies, in the hospitals and mental asylums. The lubricated surface slips me deeper into its midst. The unnatural position locks my body into paralysis, a lamb for the slaughter. Unable to sit back up, I realise hope is lost. The door opens and a new set of footsteps enter. The face of a nurse appears above, looking down on me. Through her lip-sticked smile, her teeth appear gritted.

Utensils clash like giant symbols in the background. A tray is presented in my peripheral. Slowly my eyes focus in on it.

Drills lined up from coarse tips to fine, blades and mirrors glinting from the artificial glow. A large needle lies still, separate from the other apparatus. A small glass vial is passed over my head from the nurse, the anaesthetic. The needle

slides to the edge of the tray and into her hand. Slowly she screws the vial into its compartment on the delivery device and then adds the needle. All this done right above my head, right in the centre of my vision. Psychological torture. With every turn of the vial being screwed on, I wince. After what seems like a couple of hours, the vial screws tight.

“Say aaahhh.” Her enchanted words wrench open my jaw.

The needle moves towards me, the tip dripping as it gets closer to my mouth. Mouth dry, heart pounding, the prick of the needle pierces through my gum. Wincing in pain, eyes watering, she proceeds to drive the needle deeper and release the anaesthetic. The foreign liquid disperses through my upper lip, a chilling sensation followed by numbness. Flashes of metallic devices race into my mouth.

My face begins to vibrate. My vision swirling, tunnelling into nothingness. A drill burrows deeper. I try to close my mouth, wincing, twisting, turning, squirming until it stops.

I will not stand for this any longer, I have to say something. My face grows red and my mouth begins to open. As we meet eyes, I halt. An expression of empathy and sorrow directed back at me, the face of a caring soul. The feelings of fear and hatred are no more. Surprise and realisation emerge in my subconscious. Is it she who has transformed from evil to goodness or me who has transformed, a psychological evolution from ignorance to enlightenment?

The dentist apologizes for her work. She has no need to apologize which adds to my new appreciation for this virtuous and caring lady. The door stands open, the door to freedom.

No longer do I feel the need to run. I exit slowly saying my thanks and move down the hallway changed, liberated, free.

Sebastian Colson

REACHING FOR FREEDOM The chains fastened around my ankles and wrists jingle as I shuffle up to the platform. The rough wooden board that advertises my worth scratches my bare skin and hangs awkwardly around my neck. I take my place with the seven or so others. Our breaths cloud around us in the cold, dark pre-dawn. While we wait for the slave ships to come into the harbor, I replay the conversation between me and my mistress, late last night. She had summoned me into her bedchamber, but I went rather reluctantly, expecting to be scalded for yet another one of my mistakes. I went in to the dim room, the flickering shadows of the candles giving it an eerie feeling.

“I know that you want to leave. I can see it in your eyes, petit garçon,” she said. I gasped. How did she know?! I thought.

“You are surprised, oui? But I know you well enough, and I want to help you escape. Take this and slip it under your tongue.” She held out her palm. My trembling hand grasped the lock-pick my mistress offered. Her smiling, loving face told me I should trust her. I thought of sailing away in my brother’s boat, sailing to freedom. I quickly thanked her and scurried out of the room.

The deep voices of men snap me back into reality. The slave dealers had arrived. The men thoroughly look us over, checking our teeth, our eyes and our limbs like animals up

for slaughter. They mumble ever so often; nodding with approval or spitting with disgust. When a blob of one of the men’s spit lands on my cheek, I knew my decision to leave was the right one. No longer do I want to be treated like an unfeeling piece of dirt. I want to get out of this foreign country and breathe the air of my homeland once more. My mistress guides the men over to a spot where we cannot make out their conversation, their backs to us. I feel the lock-pick under my tongue, and I knew I had to act fast. I slip it out and efficiently pick the locks on the chains around my ankles and wrists. I silently slip the price board from around my neck and place it on the ground next to the withered feet of a man who was like a grandfather to me. I am going to miss him.

“Are you sure you don’t want to come with me?” I whispered. He slowly shakes his head and looks at me with eyes full of pity.

“I wouldn’t even try to escape, son. I’m too old to start afresh.” I shake his hand for what I feel was the last time, then bolt off into the trees lining the harbor. As my feet slap the dirt in a fast sprint, I can’t help but let a smile slowly stretch across my face. I’m doing it! I thought. I can be with my brother and live happily for once!

Instead of the soft murmurs of my mistress talking with the men fading out, her voice quickly reaches a deafening pitch as she screams in rapid French. I risk a glance behind me and see her pointing at me. The men start to run in my direction. I am nearly at the other end of the harbor. I can see my brother’s little boat. I can see freedom. I can almost taste it, almost reach it. Thundering footsteps pound the earth behind me. In my haste to move faster, I trip and come crashing down. I put my arm out to break my fall, only to feel it snap and a searing pain went shooting up my arm. I had to keep moving! I got up with tears in my eyes and stumble blindly forward.

The first icy hand grabbed the back of my neck like the claw of a bird of prey. Other hands grab and pull me as if I weigh nothing, as if I was a rag-doll. My arm is surely beyond repair by now, but that is the least of my worries.

I try to resist the strong hands that hold me. As they brought me passed my mistress, her sneer sent a chill down my spine. A heavy feeling of defeat washes over me and I resist no more.

Rachel Brandt

MY BAD EXPERIENCE, A LESSON TO BE LEARNT The night air is filled with dense fog. I slump out onto the field. The thick gluggy mud grasps my boots. The stands surround me, like four walls around a prisoner. The smell and taste of defeat haunts me to this day …

I was a 13 year old boy. The grand final of the season.

Not a great start. We kit up, we chant, we jump, we amp.

“This is us boys, our time to shine.” Still not a great start.

Something was going through my mind, a voice. It wasn’t

As the team marches out onto the field as a strong, sustained, unified team, I linger in the back. Like a bad smell. Bearing all the history that has passed by the years.

The crowd stands with applause welcoming us on to the field, the “dance floor.” Voice boxes reach their limits.

A track of thick gluggy mud lies before us. The night air fills the stadium, the flood lights struggle to peak through the dense fog. Here I am waiting, trying to get ready for the biggest game of a 13 year old boy’s life. And I am trying to find a way to get through these voices, to get past the nerves. Paths are going everywhere, I am being guided down one that has a dark ending, and I can’t see the light. Were we about to create history?!

We gather to stand staunch in silence. My nervous body still not yet calmed. Referee blows his whistle, times up boys …

The ball sails high, “MINE!!!” I scream. Stop for a second, have you ever been put in a situation where you feel that you need to impress, but you’re just too nervous. You need to be the star; the whole world’s at your back, you need to find a way to prove it, to prove yourself. You want it; you want it as much as you want the next breath. At this stage, I felt like I just couldn’t have it, I couldn’t find the right path to choose. I didn’t want to find it. But I had no choice. Here I was being force fed. I felt like a helpless young man in search of the light that lies deep within the four walls that surround me. I cannot find it, a helpless prisoner in search of the life that he had left behind, but he cannot go back.

Usually I would get it, usually I would find that light, and usually it wouldn’t be forced down my throat. Usually, yes usually I would just catch it, hold it with a firm grasp and run towards the chalked line at the other end. This was common procedure, however … This was not the case.

As the ball sailed above that voice was still there. It was playing tricks on me. “Get out! I say to myself” BOOM! I was gutted. From floating to squashed in the mud. That shimmer of light vanished. My fault, yes my entire fault.

As if anything could get any worse.

30 seconds to go, 17-23 to us. Pakaurangi, otherwise known as “the red team” in possession. Mid-field crash from the monstrous centre. Ball held up. “Maul” yell the ref. driving forwards. Ball being fed back 9 to 10, 10 to 12, and 12 to … ME, yes me. From the daunting start, I wonder what I was still doing on the field.

Loud voices turn to quiet mumbles. I faintly hear my coach, Wayne was his name; we all called him Mr Kerr though. “Go Caleb, go!!” he yells and screams. With all my power and might I rumble my way to the line. Metres away, shrugging boys off left right and centre. Suddenly they all rush in, it felt like walls were closing in, the roof

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The steady crack of a whip shatters the night.

right. The boys are raring, the crowd is roaring, that sound of sprigs on concrete wraps Goosebumps around my nervous body. Yet still, not a great start. That thing on my mind, that little voice telling me something. It plays back over and over again, like a broken record. It was all getting to me. When was I going to crack?!

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was caving in. That helpless prisoner, crushed. The dream, crushed. The history in our veins vanished.

There I lay, helpless. Head in the ground, where it felt it belonged. I had played worse than Stephen Donald on a “good” day. I felt useless, helpless. Defeat lay there before me, written in the dirt, swirling in the air. Disappointment fills the atmosphere. But why, why on earth? What was going through my mind? And then it hit me …

The voice, it was out to show me, to teach me a lesson. I play back. What was it saying? That thing … Come to me … “Boys you will never make it anywhere if you are greedy, if you don’t have desire and if you don’t stay humble, be proud of who you are.” I’d had my teacher telling me this the day prior to the game. I remember being a stuck up, right twat. A lesson to be learnt I guess.

I lay in the mud disappointed, but true to myself I take it on the hand and carry on with life. Don’t take anything for granted, treat others with respect, have the desire, and most important be humble but also proud.

Caleb Lingman

CONTROLLING PERFECTION The body looking back at me was not my own.

The image in my mind did not match.

Why was it not perfect?

I didn’t need to be here. They all had it wrong.

I’m fine.

This place is like a prison, except worse. At least in prison you have some freedom. There is a piercing “beep” breaking the clean silence. My anger grows. The ultimate strength of my will power kicks in as I block out the “beep” and focus on gaining control of my life.

Continuing to stare I feel it’s back, it never left, it is everywhere and never leaves. The abstract cloudy mist that clings to me - I can’t touch it - I can’t feel it, but it’s there. A monster in the mist. An evil conscious manipulating my mind, changing my thoughts and ideas. It knows my weakness and it is not afraid to fight, but nor am I. This is a battle, and a battle I will not lose. I will fight to be on top again and to feel normal. But what is normal, and what is the truth? The monster of the mist is taking control of my life, taking my humanity and clouding the vision I have for myself, the perfection I am reaching.

I am never alone in this place. I have realised the mist has an army. They approach my side each day just to tell me I’m wrong.

“You’re just skin and bones my girl! It isn’t pretty.”

“You don’t have to be this way, just eat this food and it will help you.”

The criticism never stops; the abuse is thrown at me from every direction.

But they don’t know. They don’t really care about me, they just pretend to because it is their job. They bring in the tray, I wriggle, I squirm. There is no hope, they have clipped my wings and I am left to drown in my own thoughts. There is no mistake they don’t understand. No one does, they never will.

They treat me like a child as though it is all an act. As if I want to be this way. It’s not my choice. It’s not that simple.

They are wrong. If they listened to me I could help them understand but they run, they run and hide from the truth. I am not worth their time, just a waste of resources. I want to get out of here. This is a place I have never wanted to be. It is equal with death. I can get better on my own. They just don’t trust me. I don’t matter to anyone; I cause more problems than good so why can’t they leave me to be this way.

I have been lying here for hours, the piercing “beep” is constantly there, I want to rip the peg off my finger to make it stop. The “beep” speeds up until it almost sounds like a blur. I lay in fear, frozen, unable to move a muscle. It is fear beyond anything else, the fear of death. Doctors and nurses rush into the room, everyone surrounding me. Everything around me is moving in slow motion while the beeping overpowers all other sounds in the room, reducing them to a muffled whisper. The beep directly telling me I’m dying, my life is ending. This isn’t what I wanted. The lights are out.

I can see myself but it isn’t as I remember. I see moments of my life, smiling, laughing. I am happy. Surrounded by friends, family and people who care. But this was before, before everything changed. I want my life back and it wasn’t until it was gone that I realised. I loved my family and I never said goodbye.

Something in my heart clicked, and I knew I was wrong.

I am embarrassed, cold and weak. I gaze round the concrete walls that are closing in on me. The hate is everywhere. The unforgiving walls look down at me in disgust.

Images of me projected all around the walls, tubes and drips entering my body everywhere possible.

This is it. I have reached rock bottom, a complete failure, so where does life lead now? Someone or something has given me another chance, a chance to show the things I could achieve. A chance for me to realise the mistakes I made and redeem myself.

Something inside me has changed the mist begins to fade I can feel it evaporate around me and the tension is released.

I begin to feel at peace with my own mind once again.

This opportunity is something magical and I can now see the importance in making the most of every second I am alive. The machine was telling me all along, telling me I was wrong but I wouldn’t listen, I couldn’t face the truth. Things are different now, I want to be with my friends and family, I want a normal life. I close my eyes and open them to see a new day, a new beginning, a new me.

Harrietanne Embling

LETTING GO The cheap leather office chair squeaks uncomfortably as I regretfully sink into it, drowning in its rough upholstery.

My hands grip to its arms, wet with anxiety and unease.

Why must I do this? I erratically glance around the room, hoping to distract my mind from what is to come. My eyes, my nose, my hands, all my senses, clogged and choked with the plastic life invading this office. Is it a competition

of the wealthy, to see who can lead the fakest life? The winner melting in the sun as they are more plastic than man? This is not who I am. I don’t want this. I want to feel the hot blood course through my corroded veins, and the cool breeze against my weathered, collapsed face. I want to feel human, not plastic. I WANT TO BE REAL. The chair arms bite into my hands. Pain flows through my body like a welcome remedy, reminding me, reassuring me of my mortality. With shaking hand I retrieve the small blue medical container, and warily tip out two minute triangular pills. Hydro-Ether-Lycano-Phenelanine. My Saviour. Even medical companies are struggling to think of names now, mashing together random scientific words. But I don’t care. As long as it helps.

I throw back the pills and drown them in the foul glass of water sitting on my fake reconstituted desk. Ahhhhh.

Relief. Thank God. A nervous rap at the door breaks me from my rapture.

“Come in”. The faux brass door handle twists uncertainly and then pauses. I can see the man on the other side of the frosted glass, whispering a quick prayer to whatever gods he can think of: Jesus Christ, NAZDAQ and the Media. He takes a deep breath, lies to himself that he is okay, and meekly opens the door, a mouse entering the dragon’s cave.

As he stumbles into the room, my heart sinks. I know him.

Oh God, I know him. How could I do this to him? How could God do this to me? God playing with our conscience like it’s a sick game. This man is Paul. Everything about him is sunken. Sunken eyes, sunken shoulders, sunken hopes, sunken dreams. His wife of 12 years had just left him, taking the children with her, and yet the gold band still clings to his finger, just as Paul clings to the last hopes of his failing marriage. He is in a dark recess of his life, he does not need this, not now. His forced smile is almost as fake as the lily on my desk. Yet it is infectious. I feel obliged to mirror it, and it feels sickly sweet on my lips.

“Please, sit.”

“Th-th-th-thank you, sir.”

His lips were already trembling, his anxious stutter starting up.

“Oh, y-y-yes, I’m gr-great, thank you Sir.” Lies. He knows it, and I know it. I can see the pain that the lies are causing him, wincing at every falsehood as they thrust the knife deeper. “Good, good. I’m glad Paul. I’m glad to know that you are…alright.” I could hardly spit out that last venomous word, knowing that it would only dig into the wound.

“Th-thank you.”

I take a deep breath, trying to calm myself. The time for pleasantries is over. If I am to deal this murderous blow, I need to do it now, get it over with, for his sake and mine.

As I begin, I can imagine the gun I am levelling at his

“So, Paul, no doubt you’re wondering why you’ve been called here today. Well. Let me just begin by saying that, here at Matthew & Son’s, we really do appreciate your hard work and, uh…dedication, yes, dedication to the company.”

I can see it in his eyes. There. A spark, a glimmer, beginning to ignite something inside. What is it? Oh God. Hope. No, no, this can not happen. The gun is cocked.

I begin delicately, defusing the situation like a member of a bomb squad. “Well, you see, the company…well, everyone really, we’re going through, y’know, tough economic times. Y’know, this is happening all over, people being let go left right and centre…”

I force out a shaky laugh to lighten the mood. It isn’t working. I can see the corners of his mouth beginning to weigh down his lips.

“Wh-wh-what? What do you mean, sir?”

This was it. Finger on the trigger. “I’m sorry Paul; we have to let you go.”

Bang. The bullet hits him, right between the eyes. His head rocks back with the recoil, his body beginning to convulse. And I can see, it’s gone. That spark, the small pool of colour left in his eyes, is gone. His hope leaks out of the bullet wound and collects on the overly shiny floor, leaving him completely.

“I’m…we’re really sorry Paul.” No response. His lips are dumb from the shot. He is nothing more than an emotionless husk. His skin seems to be growing grey and clammy right before my eyes. Oh God, I’m so sorry Paul, sorry for your job, sorry for your wife, sorry for your sad little life. I feel like I should comfort him, but we both know there is nothing I can do. A solitary tear leaps from his devoid eyes, the only sign of any feeling left inside.

“You’ll have to, um, collect your things and leave…today.”

No movement. No sound. “Goodbye Paul.”

I can see the struggle out of the chair, and almost hear his legs groaning with the strain, like a rusty joint, laden with the weight of grief. As he leaves, I whisper the only true thing left I could think of. “Truly Paul, I’m sorry.”

And he, the hollow man, is gone. Thank god. The air is no longer thick with anguish and despair, and I can breathe again with a sense of purpose and security. I can even smell the sharp immortal stench of new furniture and appliances again. I am returning to my plastic life, and it is comforting. But, to be sure, another dose of HydroEther-Lycano-Phenelanine. Down the hatch, with all my worry and memory of Paul. Gone. Ahhhhh. Relief. What department did he even work in again? *

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“How are you today Paul?”

head. “Yes, I’m glad, yeah. So Paul, so…yeah.” God, his naïve eyes are spinning me in my own circles of doubt.

Spinning, spinning, round and round. No. Stop. Stop.

Another deep breath.

*

The strong wind sculpts his dank, greasy hair in all directions. The cold metal is hard in his grasp, biting at the

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pink flesh of his splotchy, useless hands. He glances below, the turbulent water a deep navy ribbon rolling beneath him.

He looks at his name badge. Paul, it says. He unpins it and lets the wind take hold of it. He wouldn’t need a name anymore, not where he is going. As a sign of finality, he wrenches off his wedding band and drops it sadly, to break the surface, and to heal his heart.

The wind blows stronger, no longer asking, but telling. He lets go of the metal struts, and steps off. His life flies past as gravity pulls him down, the river transforming in to a flowing black cloaked figure, never-ending and omnipotent, embracing Paul, and leading him to the end.

Jonathan Eyers

THE ICE MAIDEN It’s nearly lunch time; I furtively glance at my wrist watch, trying to escape from the all knowing gaze of my physics teacher. Just ten minutes till the bell, yet he expects us to be ENGAGED with mechanics as if it is a dessert that we want to devour it. With exuberance he sets up the final problem on the board, completely ignoring a collective yet almost inaudible sign that ripples through the class.

The nerds furiously lap up the opportunity to outshine each other. Others pretend to be working out the answer, while most, including me, sit blankly praying for the lunch bell to ring. The classroom is silent. Not wanting to get caught by the teacher’s expectant eyes, our eyes are fixed on our books.

The door flings open and we jerk our heads towards it as an ice-maiden glides in; pale, flawless skin, swirling curls of blonde hair falling on her forehead and uncrackable composure on the cool face. Just the distraction we need.

We gape at her. No sign of timidity of a newcomer. No trace of awkwardness for walking in so late in the class. No friendly smile desiring acceptance.

“Sorry, I had to sort out something at the office before I could be assigned to this class.” Her confident words ooze out in the direction of the whiteboard, compelling the teacher to blink. He stares at her as she finds a vacant seat at the front row, an unusual seating arrangement for the physics class.

The teacher seems taken aback by this icy coolness that he forgets to belt out his customary dressing down reserved for those who are late or in any manner cause distraction.

There are murmurs heard. I mumble under my breath to myself, “So, SHE is the new girl. The smart blonde who people talk about during interval. The subject of admiration and envy.” The physics problem gets tossed out of my mind. I am amazed at her nonchalance. An image of me a few years ago, when I made an awkward tentative entrance as a new girl into the class, flashes through my mind. What a contrast!

What confidence! I secretly envy her and busy myself noticing how easily she has immersed herself in trying to work out the answer. She seems completely oblivious of others’ presence.

A cool iceberg surrounded by non-significant tiny ripples in the sea. The ice-maiden does not seem to believe in polite introductions.

Her face is lit. The eyes glitter. She smiles triumphantly.

“Sir!” She looks up from her desk, her silky long hair cascades from her slender neck with a toss of her head. As the teacher acknowledges her right answer, “That’s correct!” with a hint of amusement on his face and turns towards the rest of the class. Suddenly, the atmosphere chills.

“Who does she think she is?” I can hear the nerds muttering, who immediately tag her as a foe. Even if she senses the resentment, she does not let it be seen on her face. The bell goes shrilly, breaking her spell on me.

Most students dash out of the door, happy to escape from the humiliation and awkwardness of their intelligence getting crushed under the weight of ice. I hesitate. I remember the loneliness I felt as a newcomer, as an outsider. I was an outsider because of my colour, my accent. Here is an outsider with a difference. Someone who stands out from the crowd because she is too smart, too pretty, too cool.

All the admirable qualities, but still an outlier on the scale of teenage coolness. The result is the same for both of us; cold shouldering by the classmates. I want to talk to her. Is all this unbreakable mask of a solid ice sculpture a façade?

Inspite of her intelligence and beauty, she’s just a teenager probably desperately busy hiding her insecurities. Should I give her a hand of friendship? What if I am wrong and she truly is an ice queen who does not need any warmth of friendship? What if she rejects me? What if she makes fun of me? Is she as arrogant as she projects herself?

I remember the sadness that engulfed me as I was going home after my first day in a New Zealand school. A feeling of rejection that poked at my heart as no one truly bothered to offer me a hand of friendship. I hesitate and wait by the door instead of following the exodus of my classmates.

She is busy trying to squeeze her oversized physics folder into her schoolbag. Flinging the schoolbag onto her slender shoulder and balancing a pile of textbooks in the other hand, she strides towards the door. I am not ready to let go of the golden opportunity to break the ice.

“Hi, I’m Nina. What’s your name?” The ice melts. The intensity in the sea blue eyes softens and a genuine relief bursts out of her cool face.

“Hi, I’m Olivia. So glad to meet you.”

Nina Lee

House Competition Table 2012

Standards & Athletics CLARK 8 FITCHETT 4 HALL 5 HAMILTON 3 SARGOOD 6 SCHOOL 1 WILLIAMS 2

Haka

Swimming

Cross Country

1 2 5 6 8 3 4

4 2 8 1 3 5 6

2 4 6 1 5 3 8

Arts Week 4 2 1 8 6 5 4

Road Relay 6 5 2 4 3 1 8

Music

1 5 3 6 2 8 4

Hockey & Soccer 2 5 5 6 8 5 1

Rugby

3 2 1 5 8 4 6

Combined Chess, Quiz & Rowing 8 6 3 1 4 5 2

Academic

TOTAL

2 8 1 5 4 3 6

41 45 40 46 57 43 51

PLACE

6 4 7 3 1 5 2

Fashion Show

24 Hour Relay HOUSE LIFE

Harington House

Williams House

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Arts Week

Swimming

House Music

Athletics Day

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Road Relay

Standards

Winter Sports

Haka Competition

On Wednesday, 14 March 2012, the Inter-House Haka Competition was held in the Sports Centre last thing in the afternoon. As a Chief ERO reviewer commented, “No one within ten blocks of St Paul’s could doubt the School’s commitment to Maori culture after experiencing the sound levels emanating from the venue”. The following is a report from Kapa Haka Prefect, Melissa Gilmartin-Kara:

The ground was shaking, lightning struck on the grounds of the stage from the haka performed yesterday.

The eyes widened, tongues were extended and excitement rushed through our spirits.

Tūtūru Āpiti whakamaua kia tina!

Tina! Haumi e, hui e! Taiki e!

HOUSE LIFE

E ngā mana, e ngā reo.

Rū ana te whenua, hikohiko te uira ō ngā papa ō te ātamira I ngā haka inanahi rā.

Pukana mai ngā whatu, tukua ngā ārero, hikākā katoa ngā wairua.

Overall, comparing the first year the haka competition, which was brought in in 2010, I personally think that we as a School have set a new and improved high standard of haka for the following years to come. And after seeing it performed, it has opened our eyes in understanding the challenges, demands and unifying influence of Haka.

We were judged on our performance, pronunciation, stance and much more.

Each House presented their haka in many shapes and forms.

Original, thinking outside the box, triangles, circles.

No matter how flash you were, it all came down to the basics.

The final placings saw Sargood adjudged the winner of the competition, with Harington Girls a close second, and Hamilton in third place.

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Clark House Housemaster: Matthew Markham Assistant Housemaster: Leeann Morgan House Tutors: Nick Jensen, Andy Dodd Gap Tutors: Rory Wells, Ben Chorley Matron: Lovona Morris Head of House: Peter Grierson Deputy Head of House: Theo Macdonell Harington Leader: Rose Spence This has been a very successful year for Clark House. While we have not been as successful in the house competition as we would have liked, the spirit and comradeship in the house is strong and bodes well for 2013.

The house started off with a hiss and roar in the house competition, finishing second in standards and winning Athletics. After a disappointing performance in the House Haka competition we took to the pool determined to do well in Swimming. This has been Clark’s traditional bogie event but with the disappointment of the haka still in our thoughts we fired up in the pool and produced one of our better performances, finishing fourth. With a limited number of swimmers in the house this was a tremendous performance.

The next event was Cross Country and this proved to be our biggest disappointment of the year. Despite having some excellent runners we could only manage sixth. Individually we did well though, with Scott Hilliar winning the senior title and Jack Davies the junior. Jack Tatton also ran strongly to finish second in the senior competition and Ryan Wilkins finished third in the juniors.

A solid fourth in Arts Week got our year back on track and in the Road Relay event, we managed to retain the title with Jack Tatton running an excellent finishing leg despite having previously been off school sick. Everything was looking positive but then came House Music. Despite having not won House Music since the 1970’s, Clark House entered House Music full of confidence having chosen the catchy tune Life Is a Highway. On the day however, we seemed to get stage fright and did not perform the song with the gusto that we had in practice.

In Arts Week, House Rugby, Soccer/Hockey and Rowing we had solid performances but due to some poor performances in the early house events it looks like we will have to settle for a middle of the pack finish in the overall house competition.

Outside of the house competition several of our boys have done extremely well. Tom Smith and Scott Hilliar won national age group titles in Athletics and Matt Tingey became only the third boy in the school’s history to play 100 games for the 1st XI in Hockey. Blair Foster won the National Barefoot Water Ski Champs and Conor Gordon and Romke Hoogstra won representative honours in rugby. Simon Morbey represented Hamilton for junior cricket and Marcus Ground, Henry Wills, Logan Birt and Willis Webb won medals at the rowing North Island Secondary Schools’ Rowing Regatta.

Our house camp was a great success once again despite the weather and I would like to thank all those parents who came and helped out, in particular Terry and Jenny Gawith.

2012 saw the development of a new outdoor area on the western side of the house. A fence was built by the Parents’ Association to create a private courtyard area for the boys to relax in. I would like to thank the Headmaster and the Board of Trustees for funding this project. Thanks also to all of those parents who have helped with this, especially James Wilkins, Graeme Wills and Graeme Rush. 2013 will see us further develop this area with the addition of some picnic tables and other outdoor furniture.

We have seen several staff changes this year. Leeann Morgan and Andy Dodd have joined us as Assistant Housemaster and House Tutor respectively. They have both done a fantastic job and the boys have really benefited from their involvement.

Nick Jensen has once again been invaluable to the house and as I mentioned at our House Dinner in November, he does far more for the boys than what his job description suggests. Thank you also to Lovona Morris for all the work you do for the boys in your role as Matron.

I would also like to thank the Clark House parents. The house would not be in such a healthy state if it wasn’t for your support. To Terry and Jenny Gawith and the other members of the Parents’ Association Executive, thank you for all the time you gave up to make the house a better place and for your contribution to the House in 2012.

This year I have been incredibly lucky to have such a strong and able Prefect team to work with. You have all been consistently reliable and have displayed strong, supportive and caring leadership qualities. A special thank you must go to the 2012 Head of House, Peter Grierson. Peter has worked tirelessly for Clark House this year. Peter is very much a behind the scenes leader and his work in organising Arts Week and House Music was outstanding.

To the leavers - thank you for your contribution to the house, especially to those who have been in the house for the full five years. I wish you the very best of luck for the future, whether it be in the workforce or university. Remember you will always be a Clarkman and are welcome back anytime to visit.

Ramke & James

Theo Macdonell

Sam Eillerton-Smith

Blair Foster

Artsweek Body Painting

Sam Jeffries

Jesse Ruri

WE ARE THE SUM OF OUR PARTS

Peter

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Fitchett House Housemaster: Mr Gary Henley-Smith Assistant Housemaster: Dr Jason McGrath Mentors: Mike O’Donnell, Francis Cowan, Andrew Harries, Annelise Visagie, Robert Aldridge Head of House: Jonty Rae Deputy Heads of House: Nick McGuire-Holcroft, Ryan Macintyre Harington Leader: Lizzy Rajan Fitchett House has had a very successful year in 2012. This year has seen the introduction of a new Housemaster, Mr Gary Henley-Smith. His expertise was clearly evident from the start as Fitchett had a very successful first term and this great start flowed on throughout the rest of the year. In term one following the first Fitchett House chapel service we held drinks and nibbles in the long room. This was planned to allow parents and caregivers the opportunity to get to know the House leaders and meet others within the Fitchett House community.

The highlights from this year include placing 3rd in House music, 4th in athletic sports, 3rd in road relay, 2nd in House hockey, 1st in House chess, and a creditable 4th in House rowing. These results have flowed on from the sporting pursuits of individuals within the house. Nick McGuireHolcroft winning the overall senior swimming, Louis Cronin winning the North Island Secondary School Skiing, Ryan Ballantyne placing 3rd in the 300m at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Athletics, Adam Ballantyne, Conner Fullerton and Jared Newing making Waikato 16s, 17s, and 18s rugby teams. Kipper Fawcett and Freddy Walker being vital members of the 1st Cricket XI, and Robert Carmichael, Sean Henley-Smith, Sam Holmes, Reuben Andrews and Byron Muirhead played in the 1st XI Hockey team that gained promotion to the Rankin Cup in 2013. Also, Jared McCarthy, Dan Goodwin played in the highly successful 1st Soccer team.

Academically the House has been very studious; this has been led by the academic success of House members such as Sheng Cao, Alastair Carmichael and Zac Watson. As a House we were able to raise $1000 dollars for the Starship Foundation through the wheelbarrow raffle in term 3. A large number of parents and caregivers supported our charity by donating goods and purchasing tickets.

There has been a significant change in attitude within the House across all competitions. Especially, in the House tidiness competition, the house did extremely well with this competition winning out right, which reflects the positive attitude and pride the boys are taking in their house.

Everyone has given 100% and we have supported each other when someone is giving their all. This has been a year that all members of the house can be proud of, and we hope that this will be the same in the coming years.

TROPHIES: Matt Atkinson Trophy for Junior Sportsman of the Year: Ryan Ballantyne Mr B Jester Trophy: Pete Smit Martin Ewen Trophy for Cultural Excellence: Alistair Carmichael Nick Jensen Trophy for 3rd Former of the Year: Andre Ofsoski Peter Gilbert Trophy for Sporting Excellence: Louis Cronin Duncan Hall Trophy for Outstanding Service to the House: Jonty Rae Jason McGrath Trophy for Academic Excellence: Sheng Cao David Mayne Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to House Competition: Ezra Berridge Mark Mills Gentlemen Trophy: Robert Carmichael Codey Nepe Spirit Trophy: Freddy Walker

ents Jared Newing with his grandpar

John and Heather Dickson with grandson Ezra Berridge

Harrison Newdick

Lizzy

Sean Henley-Smith

Ryan McCathy

Jonty McPhersan

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Hall House Housemaster – Mr Wilson Deputy Housemaster – Mr Van Meygaarden Head of House - Nikora Payne Deputy Heads of House – Jesper Mansson, Michael Gutry Harington Leader – Josie Reilly

NIKORA PAYNE’S REPORT I can’t believe this is the end of the year. This school has offered all of us leaving an extraordinary experience, including a once in a life time opportunity at Tihoi.

This has been an outstanding and a swiftly passing year for Hall House. Although Hall no longer remains at the top of the points chart there have been many amazing memories that I’ll never forget. It began with House Standards in the first week which helped to determine how strong our House would be.

The results from standards showed that we still had potential to top not only on athletics day but throughout the year.

Athletics Day was a closely fought competition with Hall House dominating the majority of the day with many outstanding athletes. I would like to congratulate James Hunt, Michael Gutry, Conor Crowe and Jimmy Christey for their outstanding performances on Athletics Day. An introduction of a new chant system proved to show the Houses’ potential on Swimming Sports Day. Having no individual members win a trophy we still managed to walk away with not only the swimming sports trophy but also the Spirit Cup. Outstanding individual members on the day were Mark Swarbrick, Hamish Black, Jimmy Christey and Rudi Grace.

To the House Prefects I would like to thank all of you for what you have contributed to the House and for making the year enjoyable, which included the weekly renovations in the prefects’ room.

Mr Wilson and Mr Van Meygaarden; it has been a pleasure working with both of you, not only to help me keep the House in line but as mentors to help me become a better leader.

Also on behalf of the House I would like to thank you for the time, effort and support you have provided to the House through the year. Lastly I would like to recognise the efforts of every member in the House, for the participation and performances which enabled us as a House to accomplish what we have.

Again Thank You all and I wish you the best of luck, wherever your next challenge takes you in 2013.

COMMENT FROM MR PAUL WILSON This has been another positive, eventful year for Hall House and while we may not have won the Shaw Trophy we have achieved our goals of participating with effort and enjoyment.

The House continues to be a happy and safe environment for all students and we pride ourselves on being a ‘family’ not just a place to hang out.

The spirit continued amongst the electric blues in the House Haka Competition which was inspiring and I would like to thank each member of Hall for the perseverance and dedication to the long practices. It was from each and every one of you that we were able to maintain our high standard and deliver a spine-chilling performance.

I would like to thank Nikora Payne who has been inspirational in his leadership this year. He has worked tirelessly for the students of Hall House and the success that has been achieved is largely due to his efforts. He has led by example to motivate and encourage participation of his peers in every House activity. House Music was again one of the highlights.

The senior leaders coaxed and persuaded the House over a number of weeks and fashioned a flat monotone into a superb performance.

Arts Week had a few promising moments with a welldeserved first equal in the short film and I would like to congratulate all the members who contributed towards the final clip. Also a big thanks to all the members that were brave enough to perform in the House Lip-sync competition from which we placed 3rd.

Nikora has been ably assisted by Michael Gutry and Jesper Mansson as Deputy Heads of House. I commend them on their enthusiasm and willingness to carry out any task asked of them. The prefects have contributed to the efficient functioning of the House and I have appreciated their involvement this year.

Traditionally Hall House boys and girls haven’t mixed as freely as this year. With regular meetings and shared lunches at the beginning of the year we were able to get to know each other and work together productively. I would like to thank Josie and the girls for their contribution in the House and for the support and motivation they provided in House events.

The House Mentor teachers provided another avenue to help in the pastoral care of our students. I thank them for their involvement with the students during House and tutor periods – Andrew Tharratt, Michael Groom, Tess Hastie, Jeremy Coley and Phil Clement.

I would like to thank the Deputy Heads of House Jesper and Michael, who deserve a special mention. Being one of the top athletes in the school Michael continuously proved to be a major help throughout the year, for both competing and also organisation, especially on Athletics Day. Jesper also managed to help carry the weight throughout the year with his huge spirit and motivation. I would particularly like to thank him for the time and effort he put into House Music.

Finally I would like to commend the efforts of Ben Van Meygaarden – our Assistant Housemaster. Thanks to Mr Van Meygaarden who has again been great to work with this year. He has involved himself fully in House life and has been genuinely interested in the students’ wellbeing. I have appreciated his efforts in helping run the house – particularly his organisational skills.

“Go Hall – Go you good thing!”

Andreef Michail

Mr Clements

Hannah Lockwood-Geck Jumps for Hall

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Hamilton House Housemaster: Mr Ian Campbell Assistant Housemaster: Mr Martin Holmes Head of House: Aaron Keppler Deputy Head of House: David Rooney Harington Leader: Brenna Cockren Hamilton House has had another fantastic year with many achievements, such as winning lip sync for the 7th year in a row and subsequently winning Arts Week. Before that we started off with a very respectable 3rd in House Haka.

Unfortunately I was unable to be there for both house Haka and swimming due to an operation I had earlier this year; but I heard David had a good time receiving the paddle from School House. For the parents who haven’t heard of this tradition, the Head of House from either School or Hamilton gets the honour of being paddled into the pool if they lose this competition. Luckily for David, I was unable to be there for this fun experience so he got the opportunity to take one for the House.

At the beginning of the year we were missing a key member of Hamilton House with Mr Holmes out with a broken Achilles, but we didn’t get long to relax before he was back organising students and constantly reminding us to study.

Other memorable moments of the year are surprisingly doing very well at House rugby AGAIN, for a House with very minimal rugby players we are fierce on the field coming 3rd. We have to give a big thank you for the juniors making their final. Also another good effort in hockey and soccer as these top 4 placings have been crucial to where we are on the table now.

We must mention Paul Newton-Jackson and his music magic, another successful year of House Music and although we were robbed of first place we have great potential to take back our trophy next year as School Houses choir departs, and we still have musical genius Paul and our twelve string guitar boy Hamish; who also showed off his singing talents when he and Mr Morton battled it out. It’s safe to say, stick to playing guitar.

As usual Hamilton House chose the Westpac Air Ambulance for House charity and we raised over $500 for this good cause which will be used as fuel for the helicopter to save someone’s life. But it wasn’t a walk in the park collecting this money; good luck boys for next time, maybe bring back the waffles.

Now we can’t have a end of year wrap-up without mentioning Alex Armstrong and his late excuses which are all still in my phone. Everyday a new one, but his best and what happened to be the most creative and unrealistic excuse of them all turns out to be the truth! How does one drive into a cow on the way to school?

Ian Campbell Now some words from the seniors: David’s highlight of the year was winning lip sync, Cameron’s was taking charge of the sculpture and coming out victorious, Hayden enjoyed the

Mana we all showed at House Haka. Luke enjoyed it when Jono marched into our House and challenged us to the first battle for the paddle in a match of Tug-o-War and no one said anything. To make Brad feel masculine again after a sad ending early in the year he enjoyed having power over the younger House members. Jono liked letting off steam fighting for music rights and Sam liked seeing his brother David succeed having a major role in short film doing all the recording and helping with the editing but Sam also enjoyed the sweet taste of victory as he took out the title of short story champion during Arts Week. I personally enjoyed leaping out of my comfort zone and conducting House music.

Some outstanding achievements by individuals have been Paul Newton-Jackson receiving the Altrusa Award and music, Ryan Lewis still representing NZ in BMX, me for basketball.

Other colour awards are as follows: Todd Barry, BMX; Ryan Lewis, BMX; David Rooney, drama and production; Luke David, music; John Penyas, football; and Lucas Martin, rowing.

I would like to finish off with advice for future leaders of Hamilton House. The year goes super fast so if you have any initiatives such as finally creating an original Hamilton House chant, ‘hint, hint’, or finding a way to get the year nines to do their house tidiness duties; whatever it is do it as soon as possible because the year gets busier and busier.

What you achieve in your last year at St Paul’s is the ending of your legacy and is what most people will remember you by, even if you are not a cultural person or a sporty person, give everything a go. It may just end up being a highlight of the year as mine was conducting House Music for the first time ever. This has been another fantastic year and having the opportunity to lead Hamilton House has been awesome. Being a leader within the school and out is something every one of you can strive for, if you put in the effort.

Good luck for next year and bring the house cup back home.

Aaron Keppler

David Rooney

Paul a la Puk

Paul a la Puk

Luke David

Harrietanne

Brad Nieper

Brenna

Luke David

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Harington House Housemaster: Miss Jackie Lock Assistant Housemasters: Mrs Helen Bradford and Miss Andrea Dela Rue Head of House: Harrietanne Embling Deputy Head: Theresa Steiner Mentor Teachers: Mrs Christine Coates, Mr Roger Bell, Ms Rose Don, Mrs Kelly Saunders, Ms Katie Rhymer and Ms Bridget Hansen

REPORT FROM HARRIETANNE EMBLING Another year being a girl at St Paul’s began in January at Tihoi. The feeling within the 7th form was one of excitement to meet the highly talented new girls and to watch the rest of the girls step up. It didn’t take long this year for me to realise that I was working with a wonderful group of girls full of talent and enthusiasm.

The first inter-House activities included athletics and swimming sports. These can be daunting events for the new girls and even for the existing girls, having to get into the pool or out on the track and give it your all in front of a large group of boys. However the prefects and I were extremely impressed with the participation and involvement of the girls. Everyone could see that the girls were willing to give everything a go and if they were less into sport they were still getting involved by supporting and taking photos.

It was a fantastic start to the year.

All of the girls have been amazing to work with this year and I will miss watching the year 11’s and 12’s ‘grow up’ in the school and do extremely well. The year 13’s have been remarkable to work with, especially all the other prefects, who have been able to organise their own responsibilities but still, always be open to help with anything to do within the House. So thank you to all the prefects for their hard work and support. Also to Jess Elliott for her help with the Girl of the Week awards, as well as the Harington web page in Moodle, this is always looking fantastic.

The house would not have run so smoothly if it wasn’t for the amazing work of Mrs Lock. She is the most amazing Housemaster anyone could ever ask for, very understanding and supporting while also keeping everyone in line. The girls all really appreciate having Mrs Lock and she has a lot of respect. Having Ms Rhymer back in the house was also lovely this year and together the two of them have made a fabulous team to create a lovely environment for the girls.

I also really appreciate our other staff that are always very supportive and encourage the girls to do their best. Overall I have thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this year and have loved working with everyone and I will miss it all next year when I leave. I am also thankful that I have had the opportunity to be Head of Harington and it has really helped me grow as a person. The Harington girls who a fantastic group of girls who will do great things in years to come.

We also had a very successful day with both of the compulsory running events, Cross Country and Road Relay. The worst part of the day was the weather; rain and freezing cold winds. The girls fought hard against the elements to gain points for their house. The spirit of the girls was not affected by the weather, instead the excitement of competition took over.

Arts Week was the cultural highlight of the year, with the theme of Dr Seuss. This was a perfect time where the girls with artistic talent could shine and everyone else could enjoy a week of creativity and fun. The week had something for everyone with photography, painting, sculpture, body painting, physical challenge, chalk art, lip sync and the introduction of a short essay competition. Everyone once again got involved and overall really enjoyed the day of arts.

Another cultural highlight of this year was the School Haka competition. This was a very big event for Harington House who felt that we deserved to have done better than what we did last year. All the girls were motivated to show the boys that we deserve to win. Huge thanks go to Melissa Gilmartin-Kara for her outstanding contribution to make this event so successful.

In the end we were awarded second place, we felt that we had made a clear statement showing the strength of the girls’ House.

We also introduced the “Girl of the week” award, which had a positive reaction from the girls. This was to notice and appreciate the achievements of girls inside and outside of school and also encouraged gestures of kindness between the girls of the House.

Dani, Eden and Toni

Tihoi Kayaking

Charlotte

Eden transforms

Hannah

Toni and Geraldine

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Amanda Barr

Hannah and Josie

Josie Reilly

House Loyalty

Tori, Ebony and Lizzy

Livi Jackson

Jamie Hugo

Sarah Imgham

Harington Boarding Housemaster: Katie Rhymer Assistant Housemaster: Bridget Hansen Head of Boarding: Theresa Steiner Deputy Head of Boarding: Patrice Forgeson Boarding Prefects: Lucy Roberts, Rebecca Foster, Rose Spence, Sarah Cranswick Harington Tutor: Marilyn Cowley Harington Gap Tutor: Elissa Cundy My year in Harington boarding, Has been very rewarding, Thanks to the girls for the part they have played, And supporting me on all the changes made.

I know they think some were cool, Like the tag board as a signing in and out tool, But others though they thought weren’t so great, Like having to do lines when they were late.

The year 11’s have fitted in so well, And we are going to have great times I can tell, Next year they get supper time and their mobile phone, They deserve to be trusted as this they have shown.

I have enjoyed getting to know the year 12’s over the year, And they’ll be glad to realise I have no fear, That across the busy year ahead, Harington Boarding will be strongly led.

Year 13’s I realise how hard their year must have been, As Mrs Wells over two years had observed and seen, That they were a great year group with plenty of maturity, And to her they would have shown their loyalty.

The changes and structure must have seemed bad, And re-earning that trust that they already had, I hope it wasn’t too much of a nightmare!

As through this hard exterior I do care.

The year has gone so quick, which is sad, Let’s look though at the adventures we have had, Starting with the joys of the house competition, This saw from the boarding girls a complete domination.

Boarding House girls ready for a night out

On to the Sargood girls who won the house touch, And in the house rowing they helped so much, In every event the girls never gave up, And no doubt were key in Sargood winning the cup.

The Clark girl’s contribution in Athletics was convincing, But they’re not just sporty as culture is also their thing, With their lyp sync performance and Rosie Searle’s voice, And Mr Markhan thinks that they all been choice!

We had lots of fun in the bake off with the boys, And if they didn’t win they threw out their toys, What a crazy time we had in the 24hr run relay, Where Kendal and Holly ran all night and day.

Whatever we have done there is always a story to tell Like our skating trip to Auckland when Louise fell, She made no fuss and continued on her way, But we found out her elbow was cracked later on that day.

For me what an experience wearing my pj’s around school site, As everything always happens in the middle of the night, Opening the front gates after the last night of production, And Rose Spence’s car alarm, what a mission!

I would like to acknowledge Patrice and T, Who in the boarding house have been key, T and Patrice make an awesome combination, And together have the personalities for every situation.

Also the success in boarding is down to my team, Elissa since she joined us has been supreme, Marilyn for all the help and knowledge she has brought, And Bridget her empathy for the girls and her continual support.

Finally thanks to all my girls for the fun and laughter I have had And they have been like 37 sisters to TJ, he is a lucky lad, They have all shown me that Harington Boarding is a great base, And it is all the girls that make this place.

Katie Rhymer

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The Williams girls won the house soccer and road relay, And the board by Phoebe and Geraldine was a great display,

Not forgetting the Talent show chorus item, Where the girls and Eden were absolutely awesome!

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Sargood House Housemaster: Mr Carl Neethling Head of House: Josh Tye Deputy Head of House: Daniel Kenna Assistant Housemaster: Mr Ryan McCarthy Matron: Mrs Bev McCarthy Tutors: Mr Ian Boyle; Mr Mark Hodson; Mr Sam Gardner; Mr Will Seville Mentors: Mr Peter Gilbert; Mr Defyd Williams; Mr Duncan Smith; Mr Haapi Wilson Harington Leader: Theresa Steiner This has been a stellar year for Sargood House. For me personally 2012 was about finding my feet in Sargood House and getting to know each of the young men in our care.

At the start of the year I put a few challenges to the boys. My first challenge was to ‘talk up’ the House at every possible opportunity. In doing this we could start changing the things people hear about Sargood. More importantly though would be to ‘walk the talk’ so that people could see from our actions that Sargood is a force to be reckoned with, and in doing so change what they say about the house.

We set a goal of finishing in the top three in the house competition and to get every boy to do his best in everything they did. How we underestimated just what these boys are capable of! In every competition and in every event the boys tried their absolute best and soon results started to go our way. Winning standards at athletics where every boy competed indeed set the standard. A real highlight was winning the House Haka competition where Josh Tye showed what being a true Sargoodian is really about.

event was factored in we lead by 8 points. Now we knew that Sargood would be the 2012 House Champions.

The success in the House competition restored real pride amongst the boys and brought a desire for Sargood to be the best. Although winning the competition is amazing, I am more pleased about the journey it took to get there.

The boys have blown me away with their determined effort and co-operation throughout the year.

Success also brought a real positive feeling within the House.

I can honestly say that the majority, if not all of boys, are really happy in their House. Things are by no means perfect and lots of hard work still lies ahead, but the strides taken by all involved has left a real legacy and we keenly await the challenges ahead in 2013.

I would like to thank the Sargood Parents Committee and all our other parents for their wonderful support. Through my interaction with the parents I have grown to know them as people who truly care about their sons and that they are prepared to make a big sacrifice to provide their boys with a quality education. It has been fantastic to see the Sargood Gazebo go up at every event, the huge amount of baking supplied and the enthusiastic support for our boys.

The renovations to Sargood House are well on track and once completed the boys will have a building they can be truly proud of. We will have a nice mix of the old and new.

At the end of Term 1 we were a few points off the lead in the overall standings in the House Competition. Then at the end of Term 2 we were 3 points behind Williams House. I was immensely proud of the boys’ efforts in House Music and Arts Week. Singing has not been a strength in recent years, but the boys proved to all, and more importantly to themselves that they can indeed sing very well. Credit must go to Mr Haapi Wilson for his efforts in this regard.

Term 3 would be a vital term for us. The two big events of House Soccer Hockey and Rugby lay ahead. Again the boys performed extremely well and when the combined results were in, I was pleasantly surprised that we had won Soccer and Hockey. At this stage we had closed the gap between us and Williams House. A huge event – House Rugby was to follow. As things turned out it boiled down to Sargood vs Williams on the day. The seniors, intermediates and girls all played Williams House in the finals. The outcome would have a huge impact on the overall standings in the House Competition. After some gutsy performances all three teams won and Sargood won House Rugby. Now we were 5 points clear of Williams.

The composite event of Chess, Quiz and Rowing lay ahead.

We finished last and second last in chess and quiz which made rowing an extremely important event. Once again the boys turned it on when it mattered and with the help of the girls we won rowing in a convincing manner. After this

Melissa and Theresa

Salesi Leota

24 Hour Run

Arie Brogden

Jonty Wood

Tom Schicker

Jack McDonald

Pippa Lewis

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School House Housemaster: Mr Andrew Gibbs Assistant Housemaster: Mr Chris Foot Head of House: Jonathan Eyers Deputy Head of House: Joe Velzian Harington Leader: Teagan Voykovich This has been one of the busiest years that I have seen in School House, and it was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable. Although we may not have dominated in the House competition, School House has a special character that sets us apart from others. There is a relaxed, caring environment and positive atmosphere in the house that truly helps to create and strengthen long-lasting friendships.

School House is unique for having the ‘Big E’ award for Energy, Enthusiasm, Effort and Encouragement which promotes these qualities both during and outside House competitions and helps knit the house together as one.

Having been together as a house for less than a week, we launched into the year without delay into Athletic standards and the Athletics championship, where we hoped to fully show off our sporting prowess. Sadly we appeared to be lacking this, gaining an overall placing of 7th. Clearly we were merely warming up for the competition, and allowing the other Houses a fair chance.

The next competition was House Haka, and although it is one of the newest additions to the competition, it is undoubtedly one of the most passionate of the events. Under the wise tutelage of Matua Gudsell, we were able to create an extremely powerful haka, and as the only house to do the haka shirtless, we could feel the mana flowing through our veins. Unfortunately we were only placed 5th, and although Creighton collapsed partway through, we knew that we were undoubtedly one of the best there.

The Swimming Champs saw School House rise to the occasion and show off our talent in the pool, including our miniature newcomer Tully Dickson. We had fine displays from throughout the House, and especially thanks to the mersiblings Teagan and Cam Voykovich, we gained a respectable 3rd place in the competition, a great boost for morale and House spirit. It was most satisfying to have defeated longstanding rivals Hamilton House, and to return ‘The Paddle’ to the rightful owners by smashing them into the pool.

Still reeling from our swimming success, term 2 came quickly around with more house competitions on the horizon. Cross country proved to be cold and wet as per usual, and was equally unsuccessful as we placed 5th, although there was a standout performance from Will Guest.

The road to redemption lay in the arts activities, and with Arts Week approaching, we had an opportunity to unleash our inner creativity. From paintings and chalk art that Picasso and Da Vinci would have been proud of, to rousing debates straight from the courtroom, and a heartwrenching film directed by School’s very own Spielberg, Bon Scott, the house truly excelled, gaining a rightfully deserved 3rd place.

One of the ultimate goals for the year was to win House Music, defending our title of the past two years, and with practically the entire choir in our house, we had confidence. With the theme of ‘Disney’ we immediately chose the ‘Lion King’ classic ‘The Circle of Life’. With immense help from our very own Rafiki, Harry Colonne, we mastered a traditional South African song ‘Shosholoza’ as our rousing intro, something that has now become a School House tradition. Full of passion, drama, rhythmic choreography and angelic singing and harmonies, School House’s song was set above the rest, with Liam O’Donoghue conducting with grace and beauty.

We would surely have made Mufasa proud, as we won the House item, as well as winning the group item with Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and the solo item, with me performing ‘I can’t make you love me’. For the first time ever, School House had won all three House Music events, and as Head of House, this was undoubtedly my proudest moment.

Having dominated in the music, we turned back to sports with the hockey and soccer competition. With a range of talented players from both 1st XI teams, we were sure to succeed, and we did. The junior hockey players did not lose a single game, and the senior soccer team also won by a penalty shootout, which was expertly clinched by Connor, with a beautiful performance from Scott in goal. The senior hockey team also did exceedingly well, placing second in their division. Overall, the house placed 3rd in the combined competition, and along with swimming, was our best sporting result of the year.

Recently, School House has not been known for our physical dominance, and with House Rugby next, we were not expecting great results. However, this did not stop us from giving it our all, and with a stand-out performance from future All Black Mark Davis, we performed admirably. The junior side did amazingly well, thrashing their opponents, and in a rousing final, defeated Williams House. They became the junior champions, a School House first and a proud moment in history. We finished in 4th place, a very respectable placing for a day House.

First, I would like to thank the talented team of House prefects, Horshitha, Alex, Andre, Bon, Sam, Gudsell, Kieran, Ross and Malcolm, who have helped throughout the year to organise and run house activities. I would like to especially thank Joe, as Deputy Head of House, and Liam, as Head Boy, for their support and organisation, and for stepping up and carrying the house, and Teagan for her leadership of School House’s contingent of girls.

Secondly I would like to thank the house tutors Mr Clothier, Mrs Flint, Mr Judkins, Mr Lewis and Ms Reid, for your work in mentor groups, as well as your encouragement and enthusiastic input during house activities; it is greatly appreciated.

A huge thank you goes to Mr Foot, who this year stepped up as Deputy Housemaster, and did a fantastic job. Mr Foot would always be communicating with the Year 13’s, giving us constant support and ideas, and I would like to thank him for his huge involvement and energy in leading the House.

School House would not be anywhere near as great as it is without Mr Gibbs. Mr Gibbs is the rock of School House, without whom, it would surely collapse. He is not only the best, most enthusiastic and caring Housemaster at St Paul’s, but he is also a great friend, with no other teacher at the school like him. He does not treat the people in this House as boys, but as men. He deserves the greatest thanks for all of his tireless work, and we are lucky to have him as our Housemaster.

I would also like to thank all of our parents and family who have continually encouraged and supported us

throughout our time here at St Paul’s, and without whom we would not have been able to experience the incredible opportunities available here.

Finally, I would like to thank, the 2012 students of School House. You are the ones who have made this year so enjoyable and memorable for me, and it has truly been a privilege to lead you this year as your Head of House. I wish School House the best of luck for the years to come, and I look forward to hearing of your future successes.

Jonathan Eyers

Mr Judkins

Up and Over

Alex Gudsell gives his all

Josie Wilson

• Malcolm T Luman

Tegan Voykovich

• Tully T Dickson

• Phillip T Luman watches on

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Williams House Housemaster: Mr Jed Rowlands Assistant Housemaster: Mr Andrew Constable Head of House: Martyn Brown Deputy Heads of House: Tommy Moss, Graydon Scheres Matron: Mrs Gloria Thompson House Tutors: Sam Broadbent, Zane Hartley, Jamie Smith Gap Tutors: Jacob Lee (Terms 1 & 2); Phil Dunn (Terms 3 & 4) Mentors: Mrs Lee Elliot, Mr Craig Hardman, Rev Luccock, Mrs Hannah Munn Junior Dorm Prefect: Liam Buchanan Harington Leader: Sarah Cranswick Williams House started the year with a new Housemaster, Mr Rowlands, and it was not long before they also had a new Assistant Housemaster, Mr Constable. However, it is testament to the quality of the housemen and staff in Williams that these changes did not have any negative effects on performance in the House Competition, academic progress of the students, nor the all-round growth of the young men in the House.

The year began with the traditional ‘First In-Weekend’ and it became obvious through the swimming trials, the interHouse touch competition, and the shortened trip to Raglan Beach, that while not always going to be at the top in all the inter-House sports competitions, Williams would not lack for spirit or attitude when competing against the other Houses.

A seventh in Athletics sports and Athletic Standards combined was a disappointing start to the 2012 House Competition, but probably more disappointing was a fourth placing in the Haka. Nerves on the day and too much adrenalin meant that our performance when it counted did not match the quality of performance shown during the many hours of practice.

Swimming came next and an unlucky second placing gave us the boost needed and showed that the smallest House could really dish it up to the other Houses.

The next event was Cross Country and this really was a performance worth mentioning. First placing was never in doubt after so many green shirts finished each of the four categories (girls, juniors, intermediates and seniors) in the top 30. It has been a long time since a House dominated an event like Williams did this day.

A change to culture and art didn’t stop the progress the House was making up the points ladder. Arts Week showed we have real talent in acting, painting, photography and design. Sandwiched between Arts Week and House Music was the Road Relay event and a fourth, first, and fourth placing in each of these events saw us reach the number one spot with three events to go.

These events were Hockey/Soccer, Rugby and the combined event (Quiz, Chess and Rowing). Our placings were eighth, second and seventh respectively, meaning a drop to second overall behind our fellow boarding house, Sargood.

At prizegiving the House points for Academics will be announced and Williams will perform very well in this. It has been heartening reading the reports written by the teachers and watching the boys in the House prepare for exams. They have worked very hard and treat the academic side of their life in the House very seriously.

Overall a second placing is a fantastic effort and one which gives the House the confidence to try for one place higher next year.

While Williams has excelled as one large group there have been some outstanding individual performances during the year in a number of areas. Jackson Morgan winning the junior athletics field event trophy, James Atherton winning the intermediate swimming title, Graydon Scheres being named vice captain of the First XV, Bede Higgens making both hockey and cricket representative sides, Wade Paniora being named Most Valuable Player in the Waikato Junior Secondary Schools’ Water Polo competition, Jasper Hankins performances in both A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream and Les Miserables, and Hugo Brown being the top academic in the whole of Year 10 are some examples of the talent that exists in the House.

Another major event for 2012 was the 24 Hour Relay. A special mention must be made of the effort the boys put into the sponsored run, where they raised close to $2000, half of which went to the charity of their choice, the Cystic Fibrosis Association. This was another impressive effort and thanks must go to parents, family and friends who supported us.

Such a positive and successful year cannot occur without good leadership and good role models. Both the staff and the prefect body have demonstrated these qualities and have given huge amounts of their time, skill and knowledge to the House. Many thanks must go to Mr Rowlands and his team of staff and to Martyn Brown and his team of prefects for their dedication to what is a fantastic House, and one all members are proud to be a part of.

Livi, Patrice and Eden

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Tihoi Venture School 2012 has been another successful year for Tihoi Venture School with students enjoying many opportunities to discover this unique part of New Zealand and also an adventurous spirit, which we hope they have been inspired to continue with.

Along with the new intakes of students we also welcomed new staff.

Simon Goodwin joined the Tihoi staff as an instructor in January. Simon is a keen outdoorsman, with a range of valuable pursuits but his passions are kayaking and caving.

Simon has a great deal of outdoor experience in a number of pursuits and is a very valuable member of the Tihoi community.

Andrew Kendrick returned for the second intake of 2012 due to the large intake of students. Andrew injected plenty of enthusiasm and energy in the intake and we thank him for his contribution. We wish Andrew all the very best for his new role as an instructor at the Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits Centre in 2013.

Josh Mann joined us a tutor after completing his year 13 in 2011 at St Paul’s. Josh is hard working and gives all aspects of his role his best efforts. Josh will continue with us in 2013.

Leaving us after seven excellent years of service is Richard Kersel. Rich has been Tihoi’s Chief Instructor since January 2006. We thank Rich for the commitment and passion he has shown towards all areas over the past 7 years. Rich has moved Tihoi into a new era of safety management and excellent systems within the outdoor programme, and can take full credit in the knowledge that Tihoi students and staff have been kept safe under his watch.

We have enjoyed being a part of his family, watching his kids grow, working with Rich and watching him develop into a classroom teacher and educator. Rich’s role has been diverse with a lot to juggle at once and he has managed this always with a smile and in good humour. We would like to wish Rich all the very best with his new role in Waitomo, the exciting project ahead of building his family home with wife Biddy.

The centre has continued to develop with the help of the students and parents during both school jobs and community days. Native trees have replaced exotic trees around the centre and large areas of scrub have continued to be cleared and developed into lawn. Large amounts of firewood have been cut and students have shown a real caring attitude toward the way equipment is looked after. We would like to thank Roy Noble for his generous efforts in organising and donating firewood logs to the centre over a number of years.

We wish Roy all the very best for his new role in Wellington.

Other developments have included the early re-development of the Tihoi rugby field and fitness circuit course. The trees which have acted as “goal posts” for the past 20 years have been removed and the field sprayed, ploughed and levelled. We will replace the goal posts which have been sourced from Owen Delany Park in Taupo, and re seed and

paint the field. We hope that this may attract rugby training camps to come and stay and maybe even host a couple of St Paul’s “home” games in the future.

The circuits course is being upgraded with a number of assault course elements along the re-grassed track. Most of the blackberry has been removed and these areas planted in native trees. Funding for both these projects has been from the kind donations from parents of both intakes in 2012. We thank you all for you generosity.

We would also like to thank Paul and Margot Tindall, owners of Trailer World in Pukekohe for an incredible donation of Tihoi’s new tandem mountain bike trailer. This has enabled us to transport up to 18 mountain bikes, and with gear storage allows us to expand this new pursuit. The trailer is sign written and looks fantastic as part of our fleet.

With Colin and Dale Armer’s generosity, in allowing us to utilise their neighbouring property, the opportunity for mountain biking around the centre is amazing. The students from both intakes have enjoyed the challenges of this new activity and it has added a new excitement to the fitness programme. The St Paul’s Parents Association was also involved in this with further financial support. We would like to extend our thanks for the on-going support with these initiatives. Currently we have 12 mountain bikes but will look to add to this number in the future.

Gee and his team of Sandra and Anne have again successfully fed the boys and staff for another year. Gee works incredibly hard to improve the quality of food being presented to the boys and we thank all the kitchen staff for a great year.

The Outdoor Programme has run smoothly with every boy accepting the challenges of new activities and learning to support others as they have faced fears, developed skills and gained self-confidence. The Outdoor Programme is often some of the fondest and vivid memories for the students and we encourage the boys to get involved at school or in a club for outdoor activities they have enjoyed and gained skills in.

Parent Tramps were enjoyed by all. It was great to have such a big turnout. The boys were delighted in taking you tramping and we encourage you to take on another adventure as a family as your son has the skills to do this.

The social development of every student has been significant during 2012. Physically the boys have all grown and many have lost substantial amounts of weight.

Increased fitness levels have given the boys the ability to cope with the physical demands of the programme.

Improved fitness has seen self-confidence and self-efficacy develop. Make the most of being so fit; it is easier to maintain that gain.

The students have worked together as a team. They have had to in their house groups, to ensure everyone is fed and basic hygiene is maintained. In the out-doors, the tent groups change weekly and the boys accept their group and get on with the outdoor activity. The boys have gotten to know each other very well throughout their time here. The bonds

formed are substantial and will empower this group as they return to St Paul’s.

We encourage you to create opportunities for your son to continue to develop his independence, perhaps cooking a meal fortnightly for the family and taking responsibility for aspects of family life.

Expeditions were once again a highlight for the students.

The focus of the second intake expedition trips was wilderness journeys. Trips included – Sailing on Lake Tarawera, the first time this has run for 7 years; White water kayaking the Ngaruroro River - involving a fly-in four night wilderness trip to the headwaters; Canadian canoeing down the Whanganui River; Sea Kayaking and Mountain Biking adventures to the Marlborough Sounds and Rock climbing and caving around the Central North Island.

The visits to our local Marae at Whanganui Bay have again given the boys an appreciation of our cultural heritage within the area. All students this year presented their pepeha to the tangata whenua and took part in the laying and consuming of a hangi.

The students of 2012 can be proud of their achievements with over 100 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze awards gained and all students have started their NCEA journey gaining credits on both campuses during the year. Mount Tongariro erupted during the second intake and reminded us of how close we are to active volcanoes. It has been a great year at the Tihoi Venture School.

We wish the students of 2012 well in the senior years of their schooling. We will watch their futures with interest.

Mortimer House

Villa House

Frank’s House

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Polly’s House

Hart House

Gill’s House

Jocks House

Purple House

Frank’s House

Callum Jarvis Hall

Molly’s House

Polly’s House

Mortimer House Purple House

Jock’s House

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Absent:

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Callum Connell, Jung Xue, Willis Webb, Jesse Ruri, Pat Srisa-An, Henry Wills, Christopher Holden, Romke Hoogstra, Touch Hemmondharop Connor Gordon, Jeremy Doneghue, Daniel Ruri, Aran Geerts, Nick Redpath, Chris Tindall, Conor Gawith, Kim Miller, Dominic Scott-Jones, George Koreman, Cameron Wratt Mr N. Muirhead, Simon Morbey, Tyler Gyde, James Ingham, Keegan Frost-Jones, Tom Smith, Daniel Kerr, Thomas Gordon, Matt MacLeod, Joel Taylor, Asher Paul, Jason Liddell Mr J. Howard, Henry Draper, Jesse Guscott, Andrew Huang, Caleb Guscott, Jamieson Madgwick, Jacob van den Broek, Sam Rush, Mitchell O’Connell, Baxter Mackay, Sam Fullerton-Smith, Joshua McClay, Billee van Beek, Mr G. Littlejohn Harrison Moss, Logan Birt, Oliver Massey, Seton Mason, Shaun Cox, Ryan Wilkins, Filip Wills, Matthew Tindall, Marcus Ground, Harri Draper-Kidd, Campbell Massey, Jack Davies, Blair Foster James Chenery, Patrick Graham, Mr T. Dessant, Scott Hilliar, Mrs L. Morgan, Theo Macdonell, Mr M. Markham, Peter Grierson, Mrs K. Dunhill, N. Markham, Jack Tatton, Mrs L. Morris, Matt Tingey, Mr M. Hoegh, Harry Larkman Mr N. Jensen

Clark House

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Daniel Chegwidden, Samuel Holmes, Courtland Lee, Thomas Goodwin, Matthew Fielding, Lachlan Lee, Dan Goodwin, David Hsiao, Hayden Gill, Christopher (Kip) Fawcett, Simranjit Singh Alex Fullerton, Jared McCarthy, Ryan Ballantyne, William Wen, Sheng Cao, Heath Blyde, Taylor Hayes, Rory Devlin, Youngmin Goo, Josh Humble, Sean Henley-Smith, Jordan Sanders Tian Li, Simrin Rai, William McLaughlin, Ezra Berridge, Arjun Singh, Adam Ballantyne, Shneil Singh, Christopher Chilcott-Parker, Taylor Rae, Luke Bowers, Dilawar Singh, Ryan Marsh, Jared Newing Michael Walker, Hemi McLaren-Mellars, Max Collingwood, Finnbar Claridge, Jayneil Mistry, Andre Ofsoski, Sam Woolerton, Luke Hastie, David Ho, Josh Tapara, Luke Goodwin, Zac Watson Ryan Crawford, Daniel Kim, Jonathan Mayer, Ryan Lindsay, Scott Ham, Max Meng, Jeff Fuller, Harrison Newdick, Phoenix Keyte-Williams, Reuben Andrews, Amrit Rai, Louis Suk, Kavishay Prasad Oliver Soar, Sam Goodey, Adam McCarthy, Henry Heng, Nickolas Baldwin, (Prefect), Max Baker, (Prefect), Jonty MacPherson, (Prefect), Robert Carmichael, (Prefect), Stephen Pitts, Nicholas Hansen, Conor Fuller, Andrew Barr Mrs A. Visagie, (House Tutor), Byron Muirhead, (Prefect), Mr A. Harries, (House Tutor), Andrew Bishop, (Prefect), Mr F. Cowan, (House Tutor), Nick McGuire-Holcroft, (Deputy Head of House), Mr G. Henley-Smith, (Housemaster), Jonty Rae, (Head of House), Mr J. McGrath, (Assistant Housemaster), Ryan McIntyre, (Deputy Head of House), Mr M. O’Donnell, (House Tutor), Freddy Walker, (Prefect), Alastair Carmichael, (Prefect)

Fitchett House

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Ollie Tomic, Tom Weake, Jacob Robb, Tyrell Martin, Walter Tso Ben Clark, Matthew Thomas, Cam Elliott, Aaron Crow, Conor Robson, Jordan Davies, William Lockwood-Geck, Mark Swarbrick, Daniel Johnson, Yoon Im, Charles Christey, Blake Agnew Zach Walling, Ben Wilson, James Hunt, Matthew Husband-Dravitzki, Bennet Rogers, Connor Roycroft, Elliot Collier, Timothy Fletcher, Devon Kyle, Alec Wilson, Jordan Ogilvy, Timothy HusbandDravitzki, Vincent Reilly Aidan O’Connor, Tom Slater, Hamish Black, Nathan Cleaver, Stefan Andreef, Ngaru Joyce-Te Wake, Ben Weake, William Te Tomo, Sam Masterson, Joel Kosoof, Sahil Patel, Rjinder Randhawa Matthew Collier, Hayden Trow, Clemens Weinzettl, Jimmy Christey, Conner Graham, Joshua Yee, Michail Andreef, Connor Johnson, Alex Jackson, Rudi Grace, Craig Stocker, Caleb Fotheringham, Sam Bowden Mr J. Coley, Kenan Grant, Campbell Stuart, Samuel Lockwood-Geck, Ben Bowden, David Glover, Conor Crowe, Mitch Proudfoot, Jim Law, Jack Glasson, Dominic Nathan, Ben Savage, Hamish Comber, Mr P. Clement Sam Savage, Mr A. Tharratt, Aaron Elliott, Michael Gutry, (Deputy Head of House), Mr B. Van Meygaarden, (Assistant Housemaster), Nikora Payne, (Head of House), Mr P. Wilson, (Housemaster), Jesper Mansson, (Deputy Head of House), Carl Brandt, Mr M. Groom, Cameron Rowland, Ms T. Hastie, Seb Colson

Hall House

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James Krippner, Lucas Martin, Drew Reid, Hamish Malins, Jaden Verryt, Thomas Hislop, Sean Rooney, David Tharratt, Todd Barry, Matthew Moana, Rory Forde, Ezekiel Crawford Waikato Ball, TJ Wilson, Hayden Middlemiss, Geordie Migo, Jordan Fache, Ayush Lakhera, Josh Walpole-Smith, Jonathan Harkness, Keaton Myburgh, Martin Kerr, Alex Armstrong, Tyler Gurnell, Ben Russell Devon Nolan, Callum Bowick, James Finch, Edward Johnstone, Logan Jakes, Sam Crawford, Sal M’Boge, James Morritt, Michael Weir, Paul Day, Ryan Lewis, Top Choochuay James Ashenden, Max Mitchell-Clifford, Danyon Fernando, Julius Drosten, Ben Donaldson, Dillon Kelliher, Thomas Elliott, Leon Chiew, Marcus King, Mason Zhou, Scott Spence, Henry Crawford, Rory McGregor Cullin Fache, Sebastian Ellice, Fintan Cooper, Harry Porritt, John Penyas, Bailey Read, Mitchell Graham, Matthew Sweet, Cole Lucas, Connor Steer, Aaron Parkinson, Luke Halliwell Paul Newton-Jackson, Remy Campbell, (House Prefect), Mr J-R. Rapana, (Mentor), Cameron Blue, (House Prefect), Mr C. Morton, (Mentor), David Rooney, (Deputy Head of House), Mr I. Campbell, (Housemaster), Aaron Keppler, (Head of House), Mr L. Varney, (Mentor), Samuel Tharratt, (House Prefect), Mr K. Hogg, (Mentor), Luke David, (House Prefect), Bradley Nieper Mr M. Holmes, (Assistant Housemaster)

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Jess Reilly, Shivani Thirayan, Alexandria Ashford, Kate Bishop, Courteney Lee, Geraldine Fish, Holly Irwin, Kate Wilkins, Navroz Gill, Catherine Moser, Savanna Singh-Hundal, Rebecca Foster, Jaimee Hugo, Maia Tapsell, Olivia Thompson Laura McKenna, Katelyn Matthews, Brittany Smith, Linda Lin, Tiana Collingwood, Eliza Larkman, Tamsyn Johnston, Fiona Thorp, Livi Jackson, Toni Anda, Jessica Peart, Adrienne Turner, Katie Griffen, Nina Lee, Hannah Lockwood-Geck Emma Ferguson, Louise Ford, Libby Main, Sarah Ingham, Ashleigh Porritt, Tessa De Thierry, Holly Hardie, Grace Namana, Rebecca Wilson, Danielle LeSueur, Belinda Pedersen, Deanna Morse, Rachel Brandt, Pareraukura Gilmartin-Kara, Ella Strack Kendal Buchanan, Victoria Blomfield, Jody Thompson, Holly Ho, Tina Forde, Libby Sutcliffe, Georgia Hunt, Natasha Sue, Meg Morbey, Jordan Birt, Mili Posa, Eden Richardson, Sharleen Lu, Phoebe Earnshaw, Danielle McGregor, Josie Wilson Mrs Kelly Saunders, (Clark), Abbey Walling, Jill Wang, Ebony Tapara, Rosie Searle, Josephine Walsh, Pippa Lewis, Micayla Kim, Hemashri Govender, Phoebe Boyes, Emma Bryant, Charlotte Dumble, Claire Sayer, Evie McHugh, Becca Fortescue, Leandra Singh, Ms Rose Don, (Sargood) Amelia Jarvis-Hall, Cathy Zhang, Shani Fernando, Jessica Elliott, Hannah Clare, Lily Kang, Teagan Voykovich, Lizzy Rajan, Nicole Parry, Brielle O’Connor, Amanda Barr, Xiaojing Wang, Lucy Roberts, Lovely Dizon Rose Spence, Mrs Christine Coates, (Hall), Brenna Cockrem, Ms Bridget Hansen, (Williams), Sarah Cranswick, Mrs Helen Bradford, (Assistant Housemaster), Theresa Steiner, (Deputy Head of Harington Day), Mrs Jackie Lock, (Housemaster), Harrietanne Embling, (Head of Harington Day), Ms Andrea Dela Rue, (Assistant Housemaster), Patrice Forgeson, Ms Katie Rhymer, (Housemaster Harington Boarding), Melissa Gilmartin-Kara, Mr Roger Bell, (School), Josie Reilly Sam Jefferis, Hannah Raza, Sofie Harbottle-Villasol, Clare Reeves

Harington House

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Kyle Dean, Caleb Lingman, Guy Wilkins, Cameron Smale, Taylor Ashe, Connor Egan, Sam Porritt, Panasann Pattanakulchai Ben Brogden, Anthony Sauni, Josh Balme, Salesi Leota, Ben Scott, Tom Schicker, Samuel Bowley, Cameron Bartley, Oliver Roberts, William Kenna, Sukhjit Sarai, Liam Hunter Rhodri Mackenzie, Tom Yarrall, Riley Kissling-Hemsworth, Sam Robinson, Peter Winkelmann, Qiwen Fan, Joshua Malpas, Paddy Hennessy, Josh Lemon, Poonnasint Pattanakulchai, Ke Shi, William Fraser Riley Chick, Hamish McGill, Benjamin Clare, Danny O’Hara, Jack McDonald, Corban Morison, Alastair Blackett, James Kenna, Nick Winkelmann, Matthew Stewart, Zach Posa, Taine Groube, Taylor Deakin Mr Peter Gilbert, Ben Negus, Baiden Thompson, Hilton Dawson, Hugh Jackson, Finn McDonald, Ben McColgan, Jack Schicker, Jack Gordon, Hamish Te Whare, Patrick Bowie, Brad Hermsen, Callum McNaughton, Mr Duncan Smith Mr Ian Boyle, (Tutor), Robert Clarke, (Tutor), Patrick Sauni, Bev McCarthy, (Matron), Jonty Wood, Mr Ryan McCarthy, (Assistant Housemaster), Josh Tye, (Head of House), Mr Carl Neethling, (Housemaster), Daniel Kenna, Mr Haapi Wilson, Arie Brogden, Sam Gardner, (Tutor), Mark Hodson, (Tutor) Ryk Hermsen, Jaden Rouse, Tony Kittirudeekul, Lennart Lahrs, Mr Defyd Williams

Sargood House

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Back Row: 6th Row: 5th Row: 4th Row: 3rd Row:

Ben Andrews, Sahil Patil, Andre Stokes, Aubrey Fish, Aodan Wyndham-Smith, Mitchell Cleland, Campbell Peart Damon Hayward, Jacky Joe, Matthew Begbie, Sajin Singh, Brody Rennie, Creighton Winiata-Dunster, Campbell Ware, Christopher Whiteley, Ben O’Sullivan, Nick Don, Jacob Andrews, Josh Cave Brendon Carrick, Jack Kelly, Aaron Cleland, Callum Brown, Chris Swanson, Nic Lamont, Logan Cowie, Scott Finlayson, William Heald, Nathan Bush, William Guest, Liam Mickell, Mark Davis Corban Batters, Lane Fisher, Leo Xiong, David Back, Bradley Morton, William Armstrong, Aneil Khatkar, Tle Temboonsak, Douglas McMullin, Seb Day, Joseph Chen, Tawhiri Cruickshank Connor Collins, Jacob Nelson, James Hay, Vincent Lu, Cam Voykovich, Sean Collinson-Smith, Cameron Downey, Aakaash Chimanlal, Andrew Finlayson, Angus Kelly, Jackson Brown, Ryan Nicholson, Craig Scott, Conor Merriman Maks Wyndham-Smith, Reed Fisher, Michael Torrance, Bon Scott, Liam O’Donoghue, Kieran Merriman, Malcolm Luman, Alex Gudsell, Harshitha Colonne, Philip Luman, Callum Brown, Tully Dickson Mr G. Judkins, Ross Noble, Mr C. Lewis, Sam Armstrong, Mrs A. Reid, Joseph Velzian, (Deputy Head of House), Mr A. Gibbs, (Housemaster), Jonathan Eyers, (Head of House), Mr C. Foot, (Deputy Housemaster), Alex Hargreaves, Mrs M. Flint, Andre Hay, Mr N. Clothier

School House

Absent:

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Back Row: 4th Row: 3rd Row: 2nd Row:

Ben Chai, Trent Ganley, Toby Way, Marc Laurich, James Atherton, Jackson Morgan, Tom Dobbe, Thomas Burt, Hayden Watt, Fransois Eksteen, Cailean Poole, Hamish Burt, Petera Tapsell Kerwan Rose, Jonny Moss, Michael Scott, Jonathan Ring, Anthony Simpson, Dylan Wallbank, William Reeves, Oli Clausen, Andre Eksteen, Sean Vartiainen, Jack Oliver, Jonathon Simpson William Broderick, Tom Harsant, Jasper Hankins, Euan Reynolds, Josh Moss, Tom Wilson, David Reeves, Hugo Brown, Liam Jackson, Hamish Haycock, Carter Brydon, Joey Belcaster, Toby Wallbank Drew Gordon, Christopher Higgens, Bede Higgens, Hunter Johnson, Gerard Needham, Dylan Coull, Hayden Fahey, Yui Yokoyama, Jake Tasker, Chanon Sutharoj, Joshua McLaughlin, Alex Potter, Mrs M.J. Smith, (Staff Tutor) Mr C.M. Hardman, (Staff Tutor), Andrew Collie, Mrs G. Thompson, (Matron), Rev C. Luccock, (Staff Tutor), Graydon Scheres, (Deputy Head of House), Martyn Brown, (Head of House), Mr J. Rowlands, (Housemaster), Tommy Moss, (Deputy Head of House), Liam Buchanan, Jacob Lee, (Gap Tutor), Mrs H. Munn, (Staff Tutor), Adam Langdon, Mr A. Constable, (Acting Assistant Housemaster) Harry Pickernell, Mat Burke, Ben Dobbe, Alan Huang, Connor Joyce, Scott Mitchell, Wade Paniora, Tanakhan Turapongpipat

Williams House

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Prefects for 2013 HEADS OF SCHOOL Head Boy Deputy Head Boy Head Girl Deputy Head Girl

Lucas Martin Paul Newton -Jackson Jessica Reilly Toni Anda

HEAD OF HOUSES Head of Clark Head of Fitchett Head of Hall Head of Hamilton Head of Sargood

Mitchell O’Connell Sean Henley-Smith James Hunt Ezekiel Crawford Caleb Lingman

Head of School Head of Williams Head of Harington Day House Head of Harington Boarding

William Guest Toby Way Victoria Blomfield Hannah Clare

SCHOOL PREFECTS Scott-Jones, Dominic Srisa-An, Pat Crow, Aaron Crowe, Conor Boyes, Phoebe Fish, Geraldine

Morbey, Meg Thorp, Fiona Fernando, Shani Schicker, Tom Atherton, James

Prefect Pen Sketches LIAM O’DONOGHUE Liam was Head Boy of a very strong prefect group and was well supported by a superb head girl and deputies.

He was chair of the ICT Committee and a member of the Academic portfolio. Liam’s highlights of the year were working with such a great bunch of leaders who were very supportive and an outstanding School Ball. On the sporting front he was vice-captain of the very successful 1st XI Hockey team which gained promotion to the Rankin Cup for 2013. Liam always presented himself in an immaculate manner and delivered a number of excellent speeches as Head Boy. Liam plans to study for a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Auckland University.

LIZZY RAJAN Lizzy was an outstanding Head Girl who led from the front in all aspects of school life. Lizzy’s highlight of the year was international week as she was so involved with the setting up and the activities during the week, and it turned out to be very successful. She also loved captaining the girls’ 1st XI Hockey team who won their Waikato Division. Lizzy was deservedly awarded Most Valuable Player for the St Paul’s Collegiate Girls’ 1st XI Hockey team during tournament week. Next year Lizzy is going on a GAP year to Norfolk, England, where she will be working as a Gap Tutor at Gresham’s School. When she returns in 2014 she will attend Waikato University studying Accounting and Business.

JONTY WOOD Jonty has been a superb deputy head boy and prefect in Sargood House.

He has led the school from the front in all his endeavours and has done particularly well on the rugby front representing Waikato U18. Jonty has done a superb job in his various portfolios of organising the duty rosters, international portfolio and school spirit. At the time of writing Jonty was not a 100% sure where he would be next year, but both Otago and BOP were an option.

BRENNA COCKREM Brenna has been an outstanding deputy head girl this year, showing her leadership abilities and organisation skills in all aspects of her school life.

She has been a major part of the social committee, contributing ideas and actions to the year 9 socials and the school ball. Over her three years she has been heavily involved in the cultural side of school and this year was no exception, gaining a lead role of Queen Titania in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has been an avid member of the St Paul’s girls’ 1st XI hockey team this year who won their Waikato division and it is a team she has loved being a part of. Next year Brenna is going to Landovery College, Wales where she will be a ‘gappie’ for the school.

JONTY RAE

SAM ARMSTRONG

Jonty has had a successful year in his role as a school prefect and head of Fitchett House. He was also a valuable member of the sport and mission portfolios. Jonty has been an excellent sportsman and has continued this in 2012.

He was a key member of the 1st XV rugby, as well as impressing on the athletics track. His highlights include placing third in the 400m at the North Island Secondary Schools’. He also gained his cap for the school 1st XV in recognition of his outstanding contribution to rugby at St Paul’s. Next year Jonty plans to study quantity surveying at Waikato University, as he would like to progress onto a career in project management.

Sam has had an equally busy and successful year in 2012. He has done an excellent job as the head of the chapel team, and impressed as Jean Valjean in the production of Les Miserables.

These outstanding contributions to the school were recognised with Sam being appointed a school prefect part way through the year, and Sam has seized the opportunities to become an active member of the school community. Next year Sam is going to Otago University to undertake a Bachelor of Health Science degree.

JESPER MANSSON

Tommy has had a very good year in Williams House as well as the head of the environmental portfolio.

Tommy was also a member of the mission and spirit portfolios.

He has been working towards St Paul’s becoming an enviro school bringing in numerous new initiatives. Tommy’s highlight of the year was his outstanding achievement of winning the New Zealand Lions Speech Competition. As a result of this win he will spend 5 weeks in America over the summer holiday break. Next year Tommy is going to Otago University to study a BA in English and Communications.

Jesper has had an excellent year in Hall House and the social portfolio.

He has also been a member of the spirit and junior sport portfolios.

Jesper was an indispensable member of the social portfolio with his organisation of the junior socials; even being the DJ for them. His highlights for the year included the success of the ball and the junior socials. Jesper was also the captain of rowing and his leadership in this area has surely contributed to the successful season they had. Next year Jesper is heading to Sweden on a gap year while he decides what to do in the following years.

MALCOLM LUMAN

LIAM BUCHANAN Liam has been a highly motivated and active member of the prefect body, who has excelled in all areas that he has taken part in.

He was the head of the academic portfolio, chapel prefect, and co-chair of the mission outreach portfolio. He dealt with all of these responsibilities admirably.

Liam has personally achieved very highly in shooting, with many impressive results, namely the North Island U18 Triples Champion. More impressive than his personal achievements however were his contributions to charity within the school, coordinating blood donations, shave for a cure, and the Williams House charity. Liam has also been a tremendous orator presenting an excellent sermon to the school as chapel prefect and was deservingly named Valedictorian for 2012. Next year Liam plans to undertake a Bachelor of Engineering at Canterbury University.

CLASS OF 2012

Malcolm has enjoyed a tremendous year as chair of the social committee and member of School House. He has also been a member of the publications committee producing quarterly newsletters and the social portfolio. His proudest moment for the year was seeing the class house for Tihoi being secured into place and the legacy that it will leave. Malcolm is also to be commended for his role in producing the highly successful school ball. Next year Malcolm is heading off to St Bede’s in England where he will take up a position as a Gap Tutor.

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DAVID ROONEY David has had a very memorable last year at school as chapel prefect and member of the cultural and social portfolios. Many highlights make the year a memorable success. This year he has enjoyed the school production of Les Miserables playing the character of Thenadier. As part of the cultural portfolio he was a fundamental member in organising the Variety Show. The show itself was an extraordinary night showcasing much of the unspotted talent at St Paul’s and being given the task to organise the show was an amazing challenge and test of character. Next year David will be heading to the UK in early January to take up a position as a Gap Tutor. He will be at Oswestry School in Shropshire, England.

AARON KEPPLER Aaron has had a tremendous year as the head of Hamilton House. He has also been a member of the junior sport and social portfolios, taking a prominent role in the junior socials.

He has excelled on the sports field and has represented New Zealand in basketball. His highlights for the year include the St Paul’s basketball team having a very good season and being the first recipient of a basketball cap in St Paul’s history. Next year Aaron is either going to Waikato University to study or going on a gap year to Europe.

PETER GRIERSON Peter has enjoyed great success as the head of Clarke House and chair of the junior sport portfolio. He was also a member of the spirit portfolio and led from the front promoting this both within the House and on the sports field. Peter has also been an inspirational captain of the 1st XI football showing great leadership.

During the year the junior sport portfolio has organised the extremely popular dodge ball competition at lunchtimes which has helped to bring the year 9 group together. Next year Peter is going to Victoria University in Wellington to study Law and Business.

JONATHAN EYERS Jonathan has had a fantastic year in 2012 being an inspirational leader of School House and the head of the cultural portfolio. He was also a member of the publications committee. Throughout the year Jonathan gave full commitment to the House and has gained tremendous support from the students because of it. The cultural achievements of Jonathan this year have been nothing short of amazing.

As well as being the head of the choir and having a lead role in the production of Les Miserables, Jonathan has had tremendous success with his individual singing. He was the Lead Tenor for the New Zealand Secondary School Choir, as well as winning the U18 age group overall at the National Aria Competition. Jonathan’s highlights for the year were his trip to South Africa with the New Zealand Choir and winning all three House music events. Next year Jonathan is going to the University of Waikato to undertake a Bachelor of Music majoring in performance voice.

JAMES CHENERY James has had a very good year in Clark House this year, being the chair of the boarding portfolio as well as a member of the sport and mission portfolios. James has been noted throughout the year for his positive attitude and maintaining the morale of the whole prefect group. He has done an excellent job of captaining the 1st XI cricket, taking over 100 wickets himself. Also a member of the 1st XV rugby he demonstrated his all-round sporting ability receiving his rugby cap. James has made a lasting change to the cricket honours system introducing ‘pocketed’ caps from 2013 onwards. Next year James has secured a tutoring position at Bishops Prep in Cape Town, South Africa.

MARTYN BROWN Martyn has proven to be a very talented leader in 2012 as the head of Williams House, as well as being a member of the publications and social portfolio. Martyn has done a particularly good job producing videos for assemblies that have captured the attention of the entire school. He has always been one to lead from the front, whether it is on the rugby field or on the stage, and this versatility has been very impressive throughout the year. Next year Martyn is going to Otago University to study surveying and hopes to do further study in engineering.

SCOTT HILLIAR Scott has been one of the most outstanding athletes at St Paul’s and has done tremendously well to also be a fine member of the prefect body. He has been the cochair of the sports portfolio as well as a member of the boarding and social portfolios. Scott has been a key member of the 1st XI football, but even more impressive has been his outstanding athletics results. Winning the National U20 800m title, placing 3rd in the U20 1500m final as well as making the training squad for Rio 2016 are true testaments to his outstanding ability. Next year Scott is hoping to study in the United States on an athletics scholarship or study at Waikato University.

NIKORA PAYNE Nikora has had a very positive year being the head of Hall House as well as a member of the spirit and social portfolios. He has been an integral member of the St Paul’s basketball team who made history by making the Waikato competition final. Nikora has been vital in the spirit portfolio for his role in integrating the school haka into everyday school life, and led from the front of Hall House in the house haka competition. Next year Nikora is studying at Waikato University towards a Bachelor of Management studies.

JOSH TYE

Graydon has been an impressive figure in the St Paul’s community which was reflected with his appointment as a school prefect part way through the year. Since then, he has gone from strength to strength, demonstrating outstanding leadership both in Williams House, and on the rugby field. His highlight for the year was beating St Peter’s 1st XV in the dying seconds, as well as receiving his rugby cap. Graydon has been a key member of the 1st XV with his inspirational attitude and this has extended into all aspects of his life at St Paul’s. Next year Graydon is going to the Auckland University of Technology to study a conjoint Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Sport and Recreation.

HARRIETANNE EMBLING Harrietanne has been head of Harington Day and a member of the cultural portfolio and academic portfolio. Being a part of the cultural portfolio Harriet was involved in the organisation of the variety concert and had a major part in the production of Les Miserables as Mme Thenardier. Harriet has been a strong independent leader of Harington House and says a highlight of the year for her was getting to know all the girls a lot better. Next year Harriet is going to Waikato University to study primary school teaching.

MELISSA GILMARTIN-KARA This year Melissa was the cohead of sport portfolio, member of spirit porftolio and cultural portfolio. Melissa has been a key leader of the Kapa Haka group this year and also led the Harington House haka. Her dedication and enthusiasm to these roles earns her the utmost respect from the girls. Melissa has also loved being co-head of the sport portfolio this year and promoted the various sporting achievements to the school well. She also co-captained the Open A netball squad for 2012, showing leadership and commitment to the team. Next year she is hoping to go into the navy as a steward.

CLASS OF 2012

Josh has had a fantastic year in 2012, both in Sargood House and on the rugby field. His inspirational lead from the front style leadership has inspired Sargood House to do tremendously well in the House Competition, which is one of his proudest achievements. Personally Josh has achieved outstanding honours especially in rugby where he Captained the Waikato U18 team, was a member of the Chief’s Camp and Squad, as well as being in the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Squad and the New Zealand U17 squad. Next year Josh will be attending either Otago or Lincoln University depending on rugby selections.

GRAYDON SCHERES

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SARAH CRANSWICK Sarah has been the co-head of social portfolio, member of sport and environment portfolios. Sarah has had a very busy year this year, full of achievements and highlights. Being co-head of the social portfolio meant she had a very large contribution to the term socials and the school ball.

All of these events she has organised with diligence and enthusiasm which has attributed to the success of such events. She was also very involved in rowing in the start of the year, and her hard work and training gained her a 4th place at Maadi and a Silver medal at North Island Secondary Schools. Next year she will be attending Waikato University doing a double major in finance and communications.

Claire has been a member of the sport, social and environmental portfolios. Claire was inducted as a prefect in term 1 for showing exceptional leadership skills and values. Since then she has not degraded her high standards and has gained the respect of female and male students and staff throughout the school. She was a member of the girls 1st XI football squad in which she was co-captain, and achieved a football cap for her efforts in this team. She was named Most Valuable Player at their tournament this year which shows her outstanding commitment to the squad. Next year she is going to Victoria University of Wellington to study a conjoint Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Arts.

JOSIE REILLY

ROSE SPENCE Rose has been the co-head of the spirit portfolio, and member of academics and boarding portfolios.

This year Rose had the difficult task of promoting school spirit in House competitions and sports games – both of which she worked hard at.

She was a part of the Open A netball team this year, where her netball skills allowed her to gain a place on the Waikato U19 Development Team and the Hamilton City U19 development squad for 2012. Rose is a lovely, friendly girl who has enjoyed seeing the change in other girls in the boarding house, and the day house flourish over her years here. Next year she is going to Otago to study first year health science.

THERESA STEINER This year Theresa has been the head of Harington Boarding, and a member of the boarding and junior sports portfolios. Theresa has had a very successful year in both sport and leadership. She was captain of the rowing team this year which achieved a gold medal at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Rowing Competition and a Bronze medal at the Maadi Cup. She was goalie for the girls’ 1st XI hockey team who won their B division in the Waikato Secondary Schools’ Hockey Competition. Theresa has had huge commitments within the school being head of Harington Boarding, all of which she has completed with healthy good humour. Next year she is doing primary school teaching and sport and leisure studies at Waikato University.

Josie has been a head strong, independent member of Harington House this year and has done everything asked of her with integrity and diligence. Josie has been involved with the school production this year, Les Miserables, gaining the lead role of Fantine, which she played spectacularly. She was also a lead in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and loved performing this year. Josie has had a major part in organising the Variety Show, and other charity events. Next year Josie is going to Victoria University to study psychology and political studies in a Bachelor of Arts double major. She has got into Weir house which is the halls of residence she wanted to be in.

Prefects Back Row: 3rd Row:

2nd Row:

Front Row:

Scott Hilliar, Aaron Keppler, David Rooney, Sam Armstrong, Jonathan Eyers, Nikora Payne, Jonty Rae Graydon Scheres, Rose Spence, Tommy Moss, Martyn Brown, Malcolm Luman, Josh Tye, Peter Grierson, Jesper Mansson Claire Sayer, Patrice Forgeson, Melissa Gilmartin-Kara, Liam Buchanan, Theresa Steiner, Sarah Cranswick, Harrietanne Embling Jonty Wood, Rev Craig Luccock, Lizzy Rajan, Mr Grant Lander, Liam O’Donoghue, Mr Chris Luman, Brenna Cockrem, Mr Peter Gilbert

Prizegiving Ceremony

Sam Armstrong

Liam O’Donoghue

Lizzy Rajan

Joint Dux – Belinda Pedersen and Olivia Thompson

Ross Noble

Jasper Hankins

Tully Dickson

Paul Newton-Jackson

Jonathan Eyes with pround parents

FINAL AWARDS AND CELEBRATIONS

Liam O’Donoghue and Jonty Wood

Liam Buchanan

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TIHOI PRIZES THE PAVLOVICH CUP Stephen Joe Awarded to a student who showed real development at Tihoi—first intake.

MURRAY HARINGTON CUP Bradley Hermsen Awarded to a student who showed real development at Tihoi—second intake.

SETON PRIZE Nonthiwat Seehamart Awarded to a student who was outstanding in most areas of activity, academic and others, at Tihoi—first intake.

MORTIMER PRIZE Jack Davies Awarded to a student who was outstanding in most areas of activity, academic and others, at Tihoi—second intake.

ACADEMIC PRIZES Industry Awards are made to students who have narrowly missed winning a prize in a number of subjects, or are recognised for their consistent effort throughout the year in the classroom.

Te Reo Maori

Art Design (Share)

William Te Tomo

Panasann Pattanakulchai

YEAR 11

Art Design (Share), Graphics, 3rd English (NCEA)

YEAR 9

SUBJECT PRIZES

Biology, 3rd Advanced Physical Education

INDUSTRY AWARDS Matthew Begbie, Suvarn Naidoo, Hayden Trow

Accounting, Music, 2nd English (IGCSE), 2nd Mathematics (IGCSE), 2nd Physics (IGCSE)

Computer Studies (201), 2nd Economics

SUBJECT PRIZES Art, 3rd Graphics

Benjamin Negus Drama, Graphics, Religious Education, Science (Share), Spanish, 2nd English, 2nd Materials Technology, 3rd Mathematics

Tully Dickson English

James Christey French

SPORTS & CULTURE AWARDS

Nathan Cleaver

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH GOLD AWARD Remy Campbell Ross Noble Euan Reynolds

Romke Hoogstra

THE GUMMER GAVEL Liam Buchanan

Physical Education

For excellence in Debating.

Science (Share), Social Studies (Share), 3rd Spanish

THE JANET COLE CUP Jonathan Eyers

Materials Technology, 2nd Graphics Mathematics, 2nd Spanish, 3rd Art

Craig Scott Music

Oliver Massey Connor Gordon

Blair Foster

For excellence in the Performing Arts.

Social Studies (Share), 2nd Religious Education

THE RODNEY HAMEL CUP Samuel Armstrong

Te Reo Maori

For the most significant contribution to Culture.

THE WAYNE O’BRIEN TROPHY Aaron Keppler In recognition of all-round personal success in sport and the contribution towards others reaching their potential.

Michael Weir Rudi Grace

YEAR 10 INDUSTRY AWARDS Matthew Hill, Isaac van der Vossen, Joshua Voigt, Junting Wei SUBJECT PRIZES

INDUSTRY AWARDS Hemashri Govender, Min Jae (Micayla) Kim, Jack McDonald, Dylan Wallbank

Computer Studies (203)

William Broderick

Drama, English (AS), Music, 3rd Chemistry

Art, Graphics

Paul Newton-Jackson

Biology

Economics, Physics, 3rd Accounting

Evie McHugh Chemistry, French, Mathematics (IGCSE), 3rd Accounting, 3rd English (NCEA), 3rd Physics (IGCSE)

Tzu-l (Andrew) Huang

Sahil Patil Drama, English (NCEA) (Share), 3rd Physical Education

Jasper Hankins Economics, 3rd Art, 3rd Science

Sean Vartiainen English (NCEA) (Share), 2nd Mathematics (NCEA)

Catherine Zhang Geography

Christopher Chilcott-Parker History, 2nd French

Samuel Masterson Materials Technology (Furniture)

Ben Savage Materials Technology (Engineering), 2nd Agriculture/ Horitculture

Riley Chick Mathematics (NCEA), 3rd Geography,

THE MARGARET FORSYTH TROPHY Pareraukura Gilmartin-Kara

Connor Gyde

THE COLE CUP Elliot Collier

Mathematics

Yu-Ying (Sharleen) Lu Electronics, 2nd Mathematics (AS)

English, Graphics (Share), 2nd French, 2nd Mathematics, 2nd Social Studies, 3rd Art

Henry Wills

English (NCEA), 3rd Mathematics (AS)

Computer Studies, 2nd Accounting, 2nd Chemistry (IGCSE), 3rd Mathematics (IGCSE)

(For their silver Medal at the National Secondary School Championships).

Materials Technology

Samuel Woolerton

Youngmin Goo

Benjamin Brogden

Jack Schicker

Natasha Sue

Harry Pickernell

Non Seehamart

Awarded to the most outstanding sportswoman of the year.

Jessica Reilly

Agriculture/Horticulture, Science (Share), 3rd Mathematics (NCEA)

Aditya Sakalkale

Graphics (Share), 2nd Physical Education, 2nd Te Reo Maori

Jordan Davies

Vincent Reilly

Art, French, Social Studies, 2nd English

Joseph Belcaster

Art Photography

Jordan Ogilvy

THE DIRECTOR OF SPORT AWARD FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING TEAM OF THE YEAR. Athletics Squad

Drama

Ezekiel Crawford

Physical Education (Share) Physical Education (Share)

Benjamin Donaldson Physics (IGCSE), 2nd Drama, 3rd English NCEA (Share)

Daniel Johnson Science (Share), 2nd Geography, 3rd History

Taylor Deakin Te Reo Maori

Brielle O’Connor

YEAR 12

French

Fiona Thorp Geography

Geraldine Fish History

Dominic Scott-Jones Materials Technology (Furniture), 2nd Graphics, 3rd Art Design

Sean Henley-Smith Materials Technology (Engineering)

Joshua Humble Mathematics (NCEA) (Share), 2nd Music, 3rd History, 3rd Physics

Joshua Walpole-Smith Mathematics (NCEA) (Share)

Jie (Jill) Wang Mathematics (AS), Level 1 English (NCEA) (Share), 3rd Level 2 Chemistry 2nd Level 2 Physics

Joseph Chen Media Studies

Holly Ho Advanced Physical Education

James Atherton Science

Caleb Lingman Tourism

Antonia Anda

YEAR 13 INDUSTRY AWARDS Seung Chan (David) Back, Jaimee Hugo, Yu-Nung (Nina) Lee, Rongrong (Linda) Lin SUBJECT PRIZES Accounting (Share), 3rd Biology, 3rd Advanced Physical Education

To the most outstanding Individual Sports Person. (For his silver Medal at the Junior World Rowing championships).

Daniel Davis

THE SHAW TROPHY Sargood House

Jack Davies

SUBJECT PRIZES

Science, 3rd English, 3rd French, 3rd Social Studies

Accounting, Chemistry, 2nd Biology

Art Design (Share), Art History, 3rd Art Photography

Hugo Brown

Hannah Clare

Harrietanne Embling

Awarded to the House accumulating the most points

Music

Michael Torrance Physical Education

INDUSTRY AWARDS Rory Devlin, William Guest, William Heald, Corban Morison

Elizabeth Rajan Accounting (Share), 2nd Mathematics with Calculus, 3rd Chemistry

Nam Heon (Daniel) Kim

Art Design (share)

Bon Scott Art Painting, Advanced Physical Education (Share), (The Wintec Sports Studies Trophy)

Claire Sayer Art, Photography, Drama, 2nd Media Studies, 3rd Art History

David Rooney Biology, Mathematics with Calculus, Mathematics with Statistics, 3rd Chemistry

Charlotte Dumble Chemistry, Economics, Science, 2nd Physics

Olivia Thompson Classics, History, Music

Jonathan Eyers Computer Studies

Ross Noble English

Andre Hay French, Physics, 2nd Biology, 2nd Chemistry

Belinda Pedersen Geography (Share), (The Waikato Geographical Society Trophy)

Samuel Holmes Geography (Share), (The Waikato Geographical Society Trophy )

Mantez Singh-Thandi Graphics, 2nd Tourism

Hayden Fahey Materials Technology (Construction)

Sam Savage Media, 3rd French

Robert Carmichael Advanced Physical Education (Share), (The Wintec Sports Studies Trophy)

Rose Spence Te Reo Maori

Pareraukura Gilmartin-Kara Tourism

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Maori & Pacific Island Entrance Scholarship

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Jonty Wood, Josh Tye Sports Scholarship

THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO Jonathan Eyers, Scott Hilliar, Aaron Keppler Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarships

SPECIAL PRIZES JOHN VAN GROOTEL MEMORIAL TROPHY Sam Goodey Awarded for outstanding diligence and persistence in the Junior School.

This trophy was donated to the School by the Goldsbury family and is dedicated to the memory of staff member John van Grootel.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PRIZE Pat Srisa-An Awarded to the student who has contributed most positively to fostering international relations in the School.

TE REO TROPHY Melissa Gilmartin-Kara Awarded to an individual who walks in te ao Maori (the Maori world) for cultural well-being and who applies themselves to all facets of school life

SHORT STORY PRIZE Jonathan Eyers Awarded for the most outstanding piece of writing produced by a student during the school year.

BECKETT PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Jonathan Eyers Awarded to the student who excelled in the study of Literature in Level 3 English.

SENIOR ORATORY PRIZE Ezekiel Crawford

THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND Belinda Pedersen

Awarded for the most outstanding public speaker in the School student body.

Edward Connelly Faculty of Engineering Entry Level Undergraduate Scholarship

DAVID HARRIES MEMORIAL TROPHY Hayden Fahey

THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND Rongrong (Linda) Lin

Awarded to the most outstanding Graphics student in the School, across all levels.

Jubilee Scholarship

DAVID JOHNSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST SCHOLARSHIPS Louise Ford, Nick McGuire-Holcroft

MIKE POWELL MEMORIAL TROPHY Sean Henley-Smith Awarded to the student who displays the most outstanding craftsmanship in the School, across all levels.

ST PAUL’S GRAPHICS & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WAIKATO MASTER BUILDER’S AWARD Sam Savage Awarded to the senior student in the Construction Course who has shown: Enthusiasm, team work, a great attitude to all aspects of the course, pride in their finished work and have completed all the theory and practical units to a very high standard.

NEW ERA ICT CUP William Moreland Awarded to a member of the iTeam who has displayed dedication and commitment to ICT support.

THE THORNTON GALLERY TROPHY Panasann Pattanakulchai Awarded to the most promising artist at St Paul’s.

KAUERANGA PLAQUE Charlotte Dumble Awarded to the student who has excelled in the area of a Practical Science.

DELOITTE PRIZE Michael Gutry Awarded to the top student in the Business Sciences area who is continuing with his/her study of the Economic Sciences at University.

ST PAUL’S PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP Callum Windley Awarded to a year twelve student who started at St Paul’s in the lower band and has now qualified for a full NCEA Level 3 (Achievement Standards) course next year.

ST PAUL’S AWARD FOR YEAR NINE Tom Yarrall Awarded to the top year nine student who has excelled in all areas of school life, academics, sport, cultural and leadership.

ST PAUL’S AWARD FOR YEAR TWELVE AND THE JOHN OEHLEY CUP Paul Newton-Jackson Awarded to the top academic year twelve student who has excelled in all areas of school life, aca- demics, sport, cultural and leadership.

BNZ AWARDS Charlotte Dumble, Ross Noble, Rosie Searle Awarded to Year 13 students who have excelled academically and/or in leadership, sport and cultural areas.

HEADMASTER’S PRIZES Sam Armstrong, Martyn Brown, Alastair Carmichael, Harrietanne Embling, Patrice Forgeson, Peter Grierson, Alex Hargreaves, Aaron Keppler, Malcolm Luman, David Rooney, Rose Spence Awarded for outstanding service to the School in a wide variety of areas, academics, leader- ship, sporting, cultural and/or service – each of these students has made an extraordinary contribution to the School in their respective areas.

DE JONG TROPHY Liam Buchanan Awarded to the student who has put in a really consistent effort into all areas of school life.

Some- one who always gives of their best in everything they do.

THE LUMAN FAMILY TROPHY Jonty Wood Awarded in recognition of outstanding leadership both inside and outside of the classroom.

THE FITCHETT TROPHY Brenna Cockrem Awarded to the most outstanding female leader in the School.

ANDREA JEAN JENKINS CUP FOR THE HEAD GIRL Elizabeth Rajan

ST PAUL’S AWARD FOR YEAR TEN Jack Davies

Awarded to the Head Girl, for her outstanding leadership and commitment, in all areas of School life.

Awarded to the top year ten student who has excelled in all areas of school life, academics, sport, cultural and leadership.

LEGGAT PRIZE & OLD COLLEGIANS TROPHY FOR THE HEAD BOY Liam O’Donoghue

ST PAUL’S AWARD FOR YEAR ELEVEN AND THE HAYLETTPETTY MEMORIAL TROPHY Jasper Hankins

Awarded to the Head Boy, for his outstanding leadership and commitment, in all areas of School life.

Awarded to the top academic year eleven student who has excelled in all areas of school life, academics, sport, cultural and leadership. The Haylett Petty Memorial Trophy was donated to the school by the Oliver family and is dedicated to the memory of former staff member, Paul Haylett Petty.

SEAVILL CUP Jonathan Eyers Awarded to the student, either girl or boy, who has contributed most to the School in a wide variety of activities.

KATRINA L WARD CUP FOR DUX OF THE SCHOOL Belinda Pedersen, Olivia Thompson

FINAL AWARDS AND CELEBRATIONS

Sarah Ingham

THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Maia Tapsell

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Prize Giving Address – Grant Lander, Headmaster I would like to start my address by looking at our crucial points of difference when comparing St Paul’s Collegiate with many of its state school counterparts.

Sure the opportunity posed by the Tihoi Venture campus, our small class sizes, the expectation of personal growth through a holistic educational experience are seen as important factors in our Special Character, but the defining ingredient must be the fact that we are a Church School and as such, have to be custodians and transmitters of core values.

In today’s world of lightning-speed technology and economic and social flux, the development of a strong set of personal values is even more crucial than ever before. Young people need to understand and appreciate their natural habitat. They need to develop their innate capacity for love and friendship, for caring and caretaking, for creativity, for sensitivity to their own real needs and just as importantly, sensitivity to the needs of those around them.

At a time when the mass media and the internet are seemingly young people’s first teachers about the larger world, when so much time is spent in front of a screen and less and less on outside activities, they need to understand at times how shallow and disconnected from reality many of their main sources of information can potentially be.

For the young teenagers in this room, as for so many of their peers, it can be, at times, difficult to gain some sense of reality. It can be challenging to recognise their violence only begets violence and solves nothing, that obtaining material goods, while necessary for living, is not an end in itself – no matter how many commercial messages they receive to the contrary. Young people need to know that suffering is real, that hurting others often has terrible and at times lifelong consequences.

They see and receive conflicting messages from television and computer games, DVDs, U-Tube and the internet – where mayhem and brutality can be portrayed as ‘normal’, exciting or even at times as funny. It can be difficult to distinguish between being hyped up and the feeling of real joy; between frantic fun and real pleasure and satisfaction; between healthy questioning and indifference, diffidence or cynicism.

If they are to retain their essential humanity, the young of today need to return to the essentials of humanity.

Teenagers need to be able to hold fast to their dreams, rather than give into cynicism and the “me first” attitude that is so often perceived or considered as ‘cool’. But they need most of all to have a sensitivity to these issues, not just for themselves, but also for their children, lest they raise another Generation “X” – a generation that has struggled in these uncertain and challenging times to often find an identity and purpose and which all too often has lacked the strength and courage to give their own sons and daughters meaningful direction or correction.

Our role as a Church School is to assist our young people to find that purpose and to help them to decide what they stand for. The narrow focus on the “me” generation has, in many respects, corrupted our key social fabric.

Looking out for the common good of others is a value that must be viewed as timeless. If a school is to effectively deliver to the core needs of its students, parents and society as a whole, then a values based emphasis must be integral to its operation. Coaching young people in character and personal development should be just as important as tutoring them in reading, writing and Mathematics.

In other words, we need to recognise that spiritual development is the third leg of the educational stool.

Without the support of this crucial platform, the other two goals – intellectual and emotional development, will struggle to occur. Sure “character” education as provided by Church Schools cannot cure the ills of the world, but it can provide a format from which young people have some direction in their lives and maybe help our young future leaders to open their hearts and minds to fundamental human issues. In order to be

successful, global citizens, our St Paul’s students must develop some understanding of cultural and religious differences, they must be able to display human kindness and an ability to respect individuals, irrespective of whom they are or where they come from.

On any given Sunday, just fewer than 400,000 New Zealanders – about 10% of our population as a nation, are in church. This contrasts markedly from a figure of around 40% in the United States. But the evidence is that while church attendance has declined, people in New Zealand remain overwhelmingly religious.

So is there a conflict between church attendance and a declaration of Christian faith? Not really, because people are increasingly drawn to Christian values in trying to make sense of a world which seems increasingly dysfunctional.

As a Church School community, our motto is ‘State in Fide’ or ‘Stand Firm in the Faith’. That can often be easier said than done. In 2013, St Paul’s Collegiate Year 9 students will all be required to have an iPad as their ‘Internet learning companion’. This teaching and learning initiative makes it all the more important that we as a school are effective custodians and transmitters of core values.

“At a time when the mass media and the internet are seemingly young people’s first teachers about the larger world, when so much time is spent in front of a screen and less and less on outside activities, they need to understand at times how shallow and disconnected from reality many of their main sources of information can potentially be.”

The review in this year’s highly complementary ERO report articulated what we are striving to achieve, when they commented that there ‘was a strong recognition and reinforcement of core Christian values consistent with the precepts of the Anglican faith’ … that ‘high quality, inclusive pastoral care networks … support … social, physical and emotional wellbeing’ … There is a ‘strong house system that fosters leadership skills and promotes a sense of responsibility and service to others’.

As the Head of our Church School, I would not say that we have fully achieved our goals in this area. But we are aware of the key issues and our responsibilities and are working hard to promote both positive, supportive peer and adult role models and to foster the values which all of our young people will need for future life.

Taking responsibility for your own personal growth and achievement a crucial function of both secular and non-secular schools and this is an area that St Paul’s Collegiate has always exhibited strength. When the results of the 2011 external examinations were published earlier this year, it showed our seniors had once again performed impressively.

St Paul’s gained close to its best results for the nation’s top secondary school educational qualifications, with an impressive 37 subject Scholarships. James Kennedy gained five scholarships (including one outstanding) and Chang Zhai, four scholarships (including two outstanding), so it was not surprising that they were two of fifty-one students throughout the country who were recognised as ‘National Top Scholars’.

In years to come, 2012 will be seen as one of the most successful in the School’s history for the milestones we enjoyed in our School’s sporting and cultural cornerstones. This year, so many students have represented our nation or won national titles, while sports teams have performed impressively, both regionally and nationally and the quality of musical and dramatic performances and achievements has been awe inspiring.

2012 saw the Cultural Cornerstone rise to a new level of excellence. We put on two ambitious and highly successful productions – Shakespeare’s production of ‘Mid-Summer Nights Dream’ and Victor Hugo’s famous musical ‘Les Misérables’.

FINAL AWARDS AND CELEBRATIONS

Our youngest students will need to be responsible digital citizens. They may potentially have access to information which for generations adults have strived to protect their teenagers from access to.

How much of what is on the internet is opinion, views or actually fact. How do we develop discernment and critical thinking in our adults of the future? We must either master modern technology or it will master us.

Contemporary technology has brought us closer to people of different cultures and we must acquire a knowledge of (and a respect for) our new neighbours in this very global economy. Of course, our world is changing but that change has been happening for a long time – as in ‘forever’. There is a tablet in the Cairo museum which states “Our society is degenerate. People no longer hold to the old values.”

The Egyptian craftsman was describing the same challenges we are experiencing today.

But do we need new values in order to live successfully in today’s society? – I think not. We want to promote students who have servant hearts and who are prepared to serve our community; individuals who do things for God’s glory or for others, rather than for personal gratification. The experience of communal living in the Boarding House or down at Tihoi will hopefully develop the skills essential for living harmoniously and successfully together with others. It is our hope that thought provoking Chapel Service delivered by Reverend Craig Luccock or by their peers and the Virtues Programme at our Venture campus all help to hone their sense of what is important in later life.

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Mid-Summer Nights Dream, directed by Mr Nick Clothier, involved a cast of just over 30 students and three impressive and entertaining performances. The actors showed a superb grasp of what for many was a challenging set of lines and produced a polished and assured rendition of the work. Humourous and appealing, the audiences really enjoyed the experience.

Many of the same cast also took part in Les Misérables - an ambitious choice given the complexity of the music and the fact that so many of the adult audience would have previously seen it performed by professional companies.

Based around the adversity in 19th century France, Les Misérables was clearly one of the best musicals put on

by St Paul’s. The standard of the singing and acting can only be described as faultless and the cast played to full houses over the four evening performances, eliciting a huge amount of positive feedback. With 51 students on stage and 31 others needed to assist backstage, the quality of the shows was such that it was of a standard, if not better, than anything put on by professionals.

Night after night, the cast under the tutelage of Messrs Frances Cowan and Nick Clothier and producer, Mrs Tracey Harfoot, provided consistently outstanding performances.

Our musical groups continued to go from strength to strength, with our Year 9 boys really enjoying the Band programme and a high percentage opting to continue their lessons in their chosen instrument. The School’s Symphonic, Dixie, Big Bands, and the Saxophone Choir, along with a myriad of other musical groups fostered

by Mrs Michelle Flint and Mr Ian Parsons, provided magnificent opportunities for the over 250 students currently taking instrumental music lessons. Our musical groups enjoyed success in both the Regional Rockquest and Chamber Music finals. With one Chamber Group receiving a highly commended award and the award for the ‘Best Performance of a New Zealand Work’. While in Rockquest, “Bermuda Square” won the ‘People’s Choice Award’, narrowly missing out on a place in the National finals. The Choir, ably directed by Mr Cowan, continued to go from strength to strength, regularly performing around the region and impressively at the Waikato/BOP Big Sing competition, where they gained a ‘Commended Award’ and proved to be one of the top two coeducational choirs in the region.

Individual cultural highlights included the selection of both Jonathan Eyers and Rosie Searle in the NZSS Choir who, in July, participated in the South African Choral Festival, performing in Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town. This unique, life changing opportunity provided Jonathan and Rosie the ultimate musical challenge in their seventh form year. Jonathan went on to win the NZ Aria competition in the 16 to under 18 age section. We were also extremely proud of Tommy Moss’ magnificent achievement in winning the prestigious National final of the NZ Lions Young Speechmaker Contest in August in Auckland, where he excelled in the delivery of his impromptu and in the prepared speech section and deservedly will enjoy his

prize of a six-week all expenses trip to Canada and the United States in December-January.

Ten St Paul’s students have been selected to represent our country this year, nine gained National titles, while five groups won regional or provincial titles. A superb set of co-curricular achievements for a School with just 670 secondary students.

Mid-year saw Mr Greg Thompson and Mr David Gasquoine step down after giving a decade of dedicated, excellent service each to the Board of Trustees. Five new Fellows were inducted in July with Old Collegians’ Rod Carr, Humphry Rolleston, Daniel Vettori and Jon Tanner; along with Mr Gasquoine honored for their commitment and contribution to St Paul’s. In October we held a special thanksgiving Chapel Service for the Honikiwi Forestry Investors, in recognition and celebration for their faith and foresight in helping to ensure the future financial viability of our School. The Old Collegians’ Association, through the passionate leadership of Ivan Posa and their very popular Executive Officer, Deborah McRae, continues to show strong support for their old school and hosted an extremely successful 1970s past pupil’s reunion and regional reunions both around the country and in Australia and the United Kingdom.

The ERO reviewers commented in an understated manner that the “Trust Board has carefully selected trustees to ensure that there is a range of complementary skills and expertise, to provide highly effective and efficient governance and strategic oversight for the College”.

The influence of the current Board, ably led by Mr Philip Morgan QC, has been hugely influential in helping to set the direction and contributing to the positive culture which we have within the School at present and I thank all of the Trustees for the incredibly huge number of hours that they have put in this year in plotting the School’s strategic direction.

Another special feature of St Paul’s is the enthusiastic and passionate support it receives from its community. Our Parents’ Association is ‘the glue’ that facilitates many special events hosted at the School. I want to thank Mr Tim Elliott and his team of dedicated parents for their crucial assistance this year at so many School events and for the very important grants made for things such as the new dining room sound system, outdoor seating in front of the student centre, lighting for the pavilion, an equipment trailer for groups travelling away, the carpet flooring of the gym used at this year’s School Ball, along with financial assistance for the various House initiatives you have supported.

We are indeed fortunate on both the Tihoi and St Paul’s campuses to have such a committed, enthusiastic and professional group of individuals working with our young people. Given this, we were not surprised, but very proud of HOF Science, Mr Duncan Smith’s National recognition for his ‘outstanding contribution to Chemistry teaching’. Mr Smith was one of ten recipients of a prestigious ISNZ Honors Award in 2012.

One of the most significant staff changes occurred in mid-November when Mr Ian Bridge, our long-serving

and capable Business Manager, retired after just over a decade of loyal, committed service to St Paul’s. His financial acumen, analytical and project management skills proved very important assets for our school and he played a crucial role in the redevelopment of the Tihoi and Hamilton’s campuses buildings and facilities.

To Liam O’Donoghue and Lizzy Rajan and their team of Prefects, I also offer my thanks on behalf of all those assembled here today. You have proved a reliable, trustworthy and effective group of senior student leaders. You have done an excellent job in coordinating a wide range of activities that have made a really positive impact on both the culture and the operation of the School. You have successfully maintained and in many ways enhanced the special character and standards of St Paul’s Collegiate over the year.

To all the leavers, I would like to thank you for your contribution and commitment to our School over the past few years. It is our desire that you will fondly reflect on your time at St Paul’s and you will continue to promote the School with real pride. It is our collective hope that St Paul’s teaching has contributed more than just to the development of your academic potential or to raising your awareness of the cultural

and sporting talents you possess. We hope it has played an important part in moulding your character and the values that you will use throughout your life.

It is my wish, that as you leave St Paul’s Collegiate, that you take with you the values you have learnt and been taught and that we hear of your achievements not just on a personal level, but in what you have been able to achieve in serving others.

We hope that you reflect on your time at St Paul’s with satisfaction and a real sense of pride. That we have succeeded in playing an important part in moulding your character and influencing the pathways you take in the future.

2012 will be remembered fondly in the annals of the School’s history and I conclude by thanking all the students, staff, parents, Old Collegians and Trustees who have made the many achievements possible.

I want to publically thank my wife, Judith, for her ongoing patience, support and encouragement and on behalf of us both, we wish you an enjoyable and fulfilling Christmas break with your respective families.

Until we meet again, may Our Lord provide us with his guidance, encouragement, strength for the many challenges that await us all.

Valedictory Speech – Liam Buchanan The role of a Valedictorian is to farewell their class at the end of their senior year. But before I move into this I would like to pause a little and consider some other topics before giving the final good bye.

As a leaver myself I know I speak for all of us when I say that we are excited at the prospects the future holds for us. We have the whole of our adult lives stretching before us; the world is full of possibilities,

FINAL AWARDS AND CELEBRATIONS

Firstly I would like to congratulate all of the leavers on the achievement of simply being here. Yes that’s right, being here right now is a success, for a number of different reasons. For a start it has required considerable financial contribution on behalf of our parents, for which we are all eternally grateful.

However as students we have become part of a greater whole. We are no longer individuals, instead the last five years has shaped us into a unique group of young adults that has bonded over time and continual positive interaction, to become parts of a larger whole; part of ‘The Class of 2012’.

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waiting for us to take them on. But what do we want from our lives? How will we get the most out of our lives and where should we all end up?

What matters is balance. Balance between work and fun.

The basis of a successful person is one who is happy in everything they do. It can be all too easy to get caught up in the daily grind and forget to stop awhile and smell the roses. As Abraham Lincoln once said “it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

By placing importance on happiness and enjoyment we are able to enjoy our time and prosper as individuals.

Our past has a great effect on how we approach and deal with our future, and as a leaver of St Paul’s I feel I can safely say we’re pretty well set up for the future.

To be best poised to take on the challenges of life, one needs to be a well-rounded, whole person, with strengths outside of just academics. This is where St Paul’s has been exceptional in influencing our lives for the better. Few secondary schools place so much emphasis on outside class development, focusing on building people able to live and experience life instead of just robots able to whizz off perfect NCEA excellence equivalent answers.

And it has been through this focus and dedication that we have benefited.

The very ethos of this school runs deep in its roots and has been ingrained within us. The crests we wear upon our blazers, inscribed with the Latin passage ‘State in Fide’ has had a major impact upon our lives. ‘Stand firm in your faith’. A small passage that allows so much.

The best way I think I can sum this passage up would be with the example of Purple House at Tihoi intake 09/2. In this house of 8 people we had 3 Christians, a Sri Lankan Buddhist, a Mormon, 2 atheists and me, who didn’t really know what to believe. Yet despite our huge differences we never had any problems, (apart from inadvertently setting our kitchen on fire.) In fact we worked really well together. We got along so well that we won the golden sofa for most of the weeks we were at Tihoi and eventually ended up winning the Luder Trophy for overall points. But the thing is, Purple House intake 09/2 isn’t really an exception. Indeed we are more or less the norm. This is one of the great things about St Paul’s. Here everyone has their place. Everyone fits in and is accepted for who they are. At this school it is cool to succeed. Students are encouraged to be proud of their own and their peers’ achievements.

Looking back, the last five years have had a major effect on me. I came here a complete social misfit, more interested in spending my time working through the piles of homework that Mrs Hastie issued that actually hanging out with the other guys, and to be honest I leave now, not much less of a nerd. But I have learnt how to fit in, how to be part of a social group and how to go

along with the next great scheme that Tommy Moss has dreamed up.

However the road to this point hasn’t always been plain sailing. During my time at St Paul’s I have survived through 4 Assistant Housemasters, 3 Housemasters, 2 school Chaplains and two Headmasters. However it is a credit to the strength of the school that we have been able to deal with this change so well.

Grief is a harsh reality of life, and in the first half of 2009 Williams House experienced a huge force of grief in the passing of Mr Van. He was a massively influential and inspirational person in our lives and is still sorely missed to this day.

In conclusion St Paul’s has been a journey of ups and downs. The highs of succeeding at Tihoi, the lows when you walk into yr 13 Calc and realise you’ve forgotten to study for the 6 credit internal you have that period.

Yes even boffins forget to study occasionally. The highs of being the first group of year 11’s to have girls in our classes. The low that quickly followed when you realise they’re not interested, unless you’re name is Jonty Wood or Peter Grierson.

Like many of you here, I came to this school hoping to get a solid secondary school education. And like all of us here, I have received this. But St Paul’s has also delivered so much more. I have learned much more than the how to write essays, derive formula and produce a full set of financial statements including notes for Mr Holmes. I have learned how to enjoy my life, how to balance my time between study and fun, how to place importance on happiness and enjoyment. I have learned what it means to have good friends and how to be one myself.

So, now as Valedictorian it is time for me to say goodbye and farewell. To the teachers, I would like to take this occasion to formally thank you on behalf of the students.

As Nick Holcroft recently said, “I wouldn’t like to have to teach myself”. So thank you for your dedication, patience and passion over the last five years. You are an inspirational group of professionals and it has been a privilege to be educated by you.

Once again to the parents, thank you. Our time at St Paul’s isn’t possible without your contribution and this is most definitely respected and appreciated.

And finally to my fellow students. Thank you for being the fun group of guys and girls who I’ve had the pleasure of being friends with over the past 5 or so years.

Now it’s time to say goodbye. Tomorrow we will hear the school bell for the last time, and then we will leave and begin the course of our adult lives. So farewell friends, may the pathways of your lives be decorated with success and careers you choose be prosperous and enjoyable.

Good evening and God Bless. Thank you.

2012 Leavers

Samuel Armstrong

David Back

Max Baker

Nickolas Baldwin

Andrew Bishop

Cameron Blue

Carl Brandt

Arie Brogden

Martyn Brown

Liam Buchanan

Mathew Burke

Remy Campbell

Alastair Carmichael

Robert Carmichael

James Chenery

Brenna Cockrem

Elliot Collier

Harshitha Colonne

Sebastian Colson

Dylan Coull

Logan Cowie

Sarah Cranswick

Louis Cronin

Conor Crowe

Luke David

Charlotte Dumble

Aaron Elliott

Jessica Elliott

Harrietanne Embling

Jonathan Eyers

Hayden Fahey

Emma Ferguson

Louise Ford

Patrice Forgeson

Rebecca Fortescue

Rebecca Foster

Jeffery Fuller

Melissa Gilmartin-Kara

David Glover

Patrick Graham

Peter Grierson

David Gudsell

Michael Gutry

Scott Ham

Alex Hargreaves

Jonathan Harkness

Luke Hastie

Andre Hay

Scott Hilliar

David Ho

Jaimee Hugo

Sarah Ingham

Olivia Jackson

Amelia JarvisHall

Samantha Jefferis

FINAL AWARDS AND CELEBRATIONS

Alex Armstrong

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Lilly Kang

Jack Kelly

Daniel Kenna

Aaron Keppler

Martin Kerr

Daniel Kim

Nicholas Lamont

Adam Langdon

Harry Larkman

Jim Law

Danielle LeSueur

Nina Lee

Tian Li

Linda Lin

Malcolm Luman

Matthew MacLeod

Douglas McMullin

Conor Merriman

Johannes MacPherson

Theo Macdonell Jesper Mansson

Katelyn Matthews

Nicholas Ryan McIntyre McGuire-Holcroft

Kieran Merriman

Liam Mickell

Hayden Middlemiss

Jayneil Mistry

Catherine Moser

Thomas Moss

Byron Muirhead

Gerard Needham

Jared Newing

Bradley Nieper

Ross Noble

Liam O'Donoghue

Nikora Payne

Belinda Pedersen

Mili Posa

Mitchell Proudfoot

Jonty Rae

Simrin Rai

Elizabeth Rajan

Hannah Raza

Clare Reeves

Drew Reid

Josephine Reilly

Eden Richardson

Lucy Roberts

Conor Robson

David Rooney

Cameron Rowland

Connor Roycroft

Patrick Sauni

Sam Savage

Claire Sayer

Graydon Scheres

Bon Scott

Rosie Searle

Ebony Tapara

Maia Tapsell

Jackson Tatton Samuel Tharratt

Joseph Velzian

Teagan Voykovich

Frederick Walker

Savanna SinghHundal

Rebecca Wilson

Mantez Singh- Sofia HarbottleThandi Villasol

Rose Spence

Theresa Steiner

Joshua Tye

Shivani Thirayan

Olivia Thompson

Matthew Tingey

Jonty Wood

Jung Xue

Yui Yokoyama

St Paul’s Collegiate Musical Production 2013 Little Shop of Horrors to be performed at Southwell School 9th to 12th July, 2013 Tickets will be available at reception

Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh.

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