The Wellingtonian 2016

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CONTENTS 02 BOARD of Trustees and Staff List

05 HEADMASTER'S Report

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HEAD PREFECT'S Report

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ACADEMIC Excellence

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BOARD of Trustees Report

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OUR Community

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43 ACADEMIC Departments Reports 80 THE Arts 118 SPORTS

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198 OLD Boys' Association 200 THE Archives 202 Y13 Tutor Class Photos 207 THE College Roll for 2016

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212 THE Y13 Class of 2016 I wish to express my thanks to the many people who have assisted in the production of the 2016 Wellingtonian.

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In particular I wish to thank Mr Gil Roper for proof reading all the text and all those who submitted reports and photos – staff, students, coaches, managers, BOT, parents and friends.

MS STEPHANIE KANE, Editor

WELLINGTON COLLEGE DUFFERIN STREET, WELLINGTON, NZ 6242 WEBSITE: WWW.WC.SCHOOL.NZ

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OUR PEOPLE

OUR PEOPLE

Wellington College BOARD and STAFF  BOARD of TRUSTEES Chairman Mr P Schuyt BCom Headmaster Mr R J Moses ONZM, MA(Hons), LTCL, FNZIM Parent Representatives Mr D Bean MPA, PGDipBu, BBS [May-October, 2016] Mrs T Bhana DipBusStuds [from May, 2016] Ms L Clark [from May, 2016] Mr G Crawford BCA, CA Mrs R Day BA, HDipEd, DCS Mr I Eruera NZCE, PostGradDipBus [to May, 2016] Mrs C Gendall BA, Cert.Journalism [to May, 2016] Mr J Mills BBSc, BArch(Hons), FNZIA [to May, 2016] Mr M Rees-Thomas LLB, BCA [to May, 2016] Mr P Retimanu [from October, 2016] Mr I Russon BA(Hons) [to May, 2016] Mr R Sidler BBS, JP Mr M Taufale BA [from May, 2016] Staff Representatives Mr C Green BEd(Hons), MAEd, NPQH [to May, 2016] Mr K White AdvTradeCert [from May, 2016] Student Representatives Mr M Wong [to September, 2016] Mr S Daellenbach [from September, 2016] Board Secretary Mrs P Basile SENIOR STAFF Headmaster Mr R Moses ONZM, MA(Hons), LTCL, FNZIM Associate Headmaster Mr D Ashby BSc, MEdAdmin(Hons), PGCE [Leeds] Deputy Principals Mr R Anderson BA(Hons) Mr P Bergin BSc Mr D J Harvey DipTchg Mr D Thorp BA, PGCE Business Manager Mrs H Benfield International Director Mr M Ellett BA, PGradEnvMgt Guidance Mr R Wither BCom,DipGrad, PGDipEd [Counselling], MNZAC Guidance Counsellor PhD.,MA(Hons).(Couns.),Dip.Ed.(Guid.),Dip.Tchg.,Supervision Dr S Slater Cert.,MNZAC,ITAA Assist. Guidance Counsellor [from May, 2016] Mrs L Pa’u Chaplain Deans Mrs J Caldwell DipVISCOM, PGradDes Y9 Dean Mr P Maitland MA(Hons) [Glasgow], PGCE [Strathclyde] Y13 Dean Ms A Shaw BSc Y12 Dean Mr P Smith BSocSc, GradDipTourMngt Y11 Dean

Mrs D Smithson MA[Appl] (Hons), DipTESOL International Dean [on leave, 2016] Miss A Tulitua BA Y10 Dean Heads of Department Dr H Abu Shanab PhD, BSc(Hons), PGCE [Leeds] Physics Mr J Belczacki BA Māori Mr C Blacklock MA [UEA Norwich] Geography & Social Studies Mr L Boyle BA, BMus, GDipTchg Music [Acting from July, 2016] Mr C Briggs BSc, MA, PGCAP Digital Technology Mrs J Caldwell DipVISCOM, PGradDes Art [Assistant HoD] Mr I Clark BSc Mathematics Mrs N Corbishley BFA(Hons) Art [Assistant HoD], ELearning Mr T Costeloe BEd(Hons) [Loughborough] Art, Art History Mr D Cournane BPhEd, PostGradDipEd Physical Education & Health [Assist. HoD] Dr R Dunn PhD, MEdLeadership [Plymouth State], BA Learning Support and SENCO, Māori/ Pasifika Mentor-Tutor Ms R Edmunds BA(Hons), MA, PGCE [Bristol] English [Assistant HoD] Mr M Ellett BA, PGradEnvMgt Tourism Mr R Everett BEd English Mr R Gilbertson BA Geography & Social Studies [Assist. HoD] Miss S Glover BCom(Hons) Commerce [from April, 2016] Mrs T Greenstreet BEd, DipCareer Guidance Careers & Transition [from May, 2016] Mr S Hann BSc(Hons), BA Biology & Science Ms K Howes BEd, ATCL Drama & Performing Arts Mr P Kendon BSc(Hons) [Durham] Chemistry, Assistant HoD, Science Miss K Macfarlane BMus(Hons), ATCL, PostGradDipEd Music [on leave from July, 2016] Mrs M Maddren BA, ATCL, Cert TESOL [Qld] English Language [Acting] Mr V Mau BA, CELTA English Language [Acting] Ms M O’Donnell BBS, NCB, PostGradDipMedStud Media Studies Mr L Rawles BPhEd Sports Academy Director Mr E Rosenthal BSc, JP Careers & Transition [to April, 2016] Mr G Sharland BPhEd Physical Education & Health Ms Z Sinclair BCom Commerce [to April, 2016]

Mrs D Smithson MA[Appl] (Hons), DipTESOL English Language [on leave, 2016] Mr J Taeao BMus Music [Acting from July, 2016] Mr K Tattersall MA(Hons), CAEFE (Grenoble) Languages Mr S Tester LLB, BA History Ms M Tornquist BA Languages [Assistant HoD] Mr M Vaughan BA Mathematics [Assistant HoD] Mr K White AdvTradeCert Technology and Design & Visual Communication  TEACHING STAFF Ms R Anderson BSc [Keele], PGCE Science & Physics Mrs S Baker BSc Science & Physics Mr M Bangma BE(Hons) Science & Physics Mr E Bar Shalom BA [Jerusalem], DipA’bic [Israel] History Mr O Baxter BA Social Studies Mr D Benseman BSc(Hons) Design Technology Mr H Boam BCom Commerce [from April, 2016] Ms J Bush-Daumec BEd(Hons) [Nottingham] Languages: French Mr M Caughley BSc Science & Chemistry Mr S Chapman BSc [Nebraska] Technology Mr J Coles Bsc, BTeach Science Mr R Corliss BSc(Hons) Mathematics Mrs E Cormack BEd Mathematics Mr G Cowie PGDipPE Trades Academy Mr S Dean BA/BTeach English & Social Studies Mr R Durant MA Geography & Social Studies Miss T Faulkner-Clayton BA(Hons) English Mrs K Fiedler-Muck BSc(Hons) Science & Chemistry Mr N Frew BPhEd Physical Education & Health Mr C Green BEd(Hons), MAEd, NPQH Mathematics Miss A Hammond BSc/BTeach Mathematics Mr T Harms BA(Hons), MA English & TIC Library Mr J Henderson BA, BCom Languages: French & Commerce

Mr M Houghton BA English Ms B Jutson MA(Hons) English Mr B Kipnis BPhEd Technology Mr J Koshy MA [India] Commerce: Business Studies & Economics Mr D Langrish BSc(Hons) PGCE Science & Physics Ms J Lea BBS Mathematics Mr C Leatherbarrow BMus. Grad.Dip.Tchg. Dip.Media Music Ms A Li MA, BA(Hons), Dip TESOL Languages: Chinese Mr S Lyster BSc Mathematics Mr P Maitland MA(Hons) [Glasgow], PGCE [Strathclyde] Languages: Classics & Latin Mr T Martin BA(Hons Tourism [to July, 2016] Mr R Mason BA(Hons), MA [Oxn] English Mrs J McLean BA English Mr C McNulty MA, BA(Hons), HDipEd History Mr B Moon BPhEd, BCom Physical Education & Health Mr K Moriarty BA(Hons), BBs Commerce Mr S Muroya BSc [Tokyo], CertTESOL Languages: Japanese Mr N Naran BA English Mrs N Parker BFA Technology Mr N Paul BSc, BPhEd Science & Physics Mr T Renna BA(Hons) [Loyola, LA Languages: Spanish Miss S Reynolds BA Science: Biology Mr D Roberts BA(Hons) [Sheffield], PGCE ICT Junior Tech. & Senior Digital Technology Ms S Roberts BA and GDip Social Studies, History & Music Mrs M Sampson Languages: Spanish [from Sept., 2016] Ms A Shaw BSc Science & Biology Mr A Shaw BSc Science & Biology Mr P Smith Geography & Social Studies Mrs E Steer English Miss R Stevenson BFA(Hons) Art, Photography & Art History Ms J Sun SBE, GradDipTESOL Mathematics Mr K Tamua BA, MTchgLn History & Media Studies Mr M Tinkle BA, CertBusStud Physical Education & Technology PPTA Representative

Ms J Towers BA(Hons), PGCE Languages: French & Spanish Ms A Tulitua BA English Miss R Veale BA/BTeach Drama & English Mr M Wallace BE(Hons) Mathematics Ms T Webley BDes Technology [on leave from April, 2016] Mr C Wells BEd Physical Ed., Tourism [from July, 2016] Mr J Woodland BEd [Manchester] Commerce: Business Studies Mr F Yu MA, BA, PostGradDipCom [Soochow] Languages: Chinese Mr E Zajko BA [Belgrade] Mathematics Miss G Zhang BCom, GradDipTchg(Secondary), PGDip Mathematics  SUPPORT STAFF Mrs P Basile PA to the Headmaster Mrs K Burn Reception Mrs A Buxton Bursary Assistant Mr T Climo Grounds Assistant Mr K D’Souza BBs Property Manager Mrs P Dustin Arts Assistant Mrs A Dyer BA(Hons) [Birmingham], BCA, CA Learning Support: Teacher Aide Mr H Fane De Salis MBA, PG Dip (Rehab), BA (Hons), ACMA Learning Support: ASD Adviser/ Student Mentor Mrs F Forrest Careers & Transition Administrator, STAR Co-ordinator Mr C Gallagher BCom Manager, Advancement [from Aug., 2016] Mr L Gallagher-Power BA Learning Support: Teacher Aide Mrs D Hall DipBusAdmin Manager, Gateway & Transition, Academic Monitor Ms K Hazledine BA Arts Director Mrs J Henderson Uniform Shop Assistant [to April, 2016] Mrs V Hughson Manager, Uniform Shop Ms H Jones Director, Information Technology Ms S Kane CertPRINZ Communications Manager, WCOBA Executive Officer Mr D Keat BEd Sports Director Ms S Kozyniak Attendance Officer Miss R Lindstrom Learning Support: Teacher Aide

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Mrs M MacLennan Copying Services Mrs S Manktelow Learning Support: Student Coordinator Mrs L Mason BA, PGDipIS(LIBS Library Assistant Mrs K McKenzie MLIS, BA Library Manager [from July, 2016] Mrs K McRae Uniform Shop Assistant Mr B Moodie BA, PGDipIS(LIBS), RLIANZA Library Manager [to July, 2016] Mrs P Neely QSM Archivist Mrs L Nguyen Science Technician Mr B Oosterbaan Learning Support: Teacher Aide Mrs P Patel Staffroom Services Ms R Peterson RN School Nurse & First Aid Mr A Robinson BA, MA(Hons) [Aberdeen], PGCE [Oxd. Development Manager [to April, 2016] Mr G Roper MSc(Hons) Systems Support Adviser Mrs M Sampson Music Assistant Mrs G Schmitt Advancement Administrator Ms K Scott BA Homestay and Int. Office Manager Ms C Shakespeare Uniform Shop Assistant Mrs A Sims BA, Dip Career Guidance Careers & Transition Coordinator Mr R Smith Property Assistant Ms J Stalknecht Bursary Assistant Mr P Tailor IT Services Support Ms C Tait Bursar Ms R Taylor Library Assistant Mr T Taylor Learning Support: Teacher Aide Miss V Thomson BA, PGDipEPP, MEdPsych Learning Support: Teacher Aide Mr D Tichbon IT Services Support Mr B Tie Groundsman Mr P Turner Learning Support: Teacher Aide Ms van der Meulen Learning Support: Student Coordinator Mrs A Wilkins Sports Coordinator Mrs L Woods Enrolments Officer Mr N Yeates BSc(Hons) Strength & Conditioning Coach

OUR PEOPLE

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Stephen Tester, Kim Tattersall, Sean Hann, Rob Everett, David Thorp, Darrell Harvey, Dave Ashby, Robert Anderson, Phil Bergin, Ian Clark, Craig Blacklock, Karl White, Greg Sharland Nikki Corbishely, Victor Mau, Steve Lyster, Tia Greenstreet, Arina Tulitua, Mike Ellett, Peter Maitland, Phil Kendon, Colin Green, Thorsten Harms, Patrick Smith, Jennifer Caldwell, Miriam Tornquist, Mary Maddren, Rebecca Edmunds Sarah Baker, Rachel Veale, Victoria Thompson, Joti Lea, Marilyn MacLennan, Kathi Scott, Tim Costeloe, Shinichi Muroya, Jono Belczacki, Mirsha O’Donnell, Saskia Manktelow, David Tichbon, Kevin Moriarty, Jennifer Bush-Daumec, Grace Zhang, Jane Sun, Aiqun Li, Sarah Reynolds Natalie Parker, Rhea Stevenson, Sophie Roberts, Matthew Caughley, Michael Bangma, Paul Turner, Oliver Jiang, Katie Howes, Tara Faulkner-Clayton, Liz Mason, Bernice Jutson, Graeme Cowie, Boris Kipnis, Bob Mason, Martin Vaughan, Amanda Hammond, Elizabeth Steer, Rachael Taylor Ruby Lindstrom, Cliff Leatherbarrow, Sam Dean, Stephanie Kane, Rachael Anderson, Bradley Moon, Neville Paul, Kilisimasi Tamau, Dave Keat, Ted Taylor, Amanda Wilkins, Nilesh Naran, Joseph Koshy, Oliver Baxter, Eli Bar Shalom, Ryan Gilbertson, Adrian Shaw Yu Feng, Charlie Gallagher, Esref Zajko, Craig Briggs, John Henderson, Johnson Taeao, Liam Boyle, David Roberts, Jack Coles, David Cournane, Mark Wallace, Liam GallagherPower, Tomas Renna, David Benseman, Mark Houghton, Nathan Frew, Steve Chapman, Mark Tinkle, Rob Corliss, Jim Woodland Hamid Abu-Shanab, Penny Basile, Heather Benfield, Harry Boam, Kathy Burn, Andrea Buxton, Edwina Cormack, Kelwyn D’Souza, Ross Dunn, Ross Durant, Penny Dustin, Alison Dyer, Henry Fane De Salis, Kerstin Fiedler-Muck, Fran Forrest, Stephanie Glover, Dawn Hall, Kirsty Hazledine, Vicky Hughson, Helen Jones, Stephanie Kozynaik, Dave Langrish, Katherine McKenzie, Jan McLean, Colm McNulty, Kim McRae, Roger Moses, Paddianne Neely, Lan Nguyen, Benson Oosterbaan, Liz Pa’u, Robyn Peterson, Lincoln Rawles, Gil Roper, Madeleine Sampson, Glenda Schmitt, Claire Shakespeare, Andrea Shaw, Anna Sims, Stuart Slater, Roy Smith, Diane Smithson, Jacqui Stalknecht, Pratik Tailor, Christine Tait, Bruce Tie, Jo Towers, Brenda van der Meulen, Chris Wells, Rob Wither, Lynda Woods

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Prize-Giving ADDRESS Members of the Board of Trustees, distinguished guests, parents and whanau, members of the staff and gentlemen of the school. Once again, it is my very real honour and privilege to present the annual Headmaster’s Report, the 149th in the history of the school and my 22nd as Headmaster.

I must confess to being somewhat gobsmacked on my return to Wellington College after a term’s sabbatical to be greeted by a cavernous void where once stood our Assembly Hall and my beloved office! It must have been a day of great excitement and little work when the demolition finally began. Such a momentous event in the history of our school reminds me of the words of the famous nineteenth century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, who said change is inevitable, change is constant.

And yet, as I reflect upon his words as they apply to Wellington College, it strikes me that while constant change is ever present, so too are those core values which have defined our school for nearly one hundred and fifty years. Let me illustrate my point by reminiscing briefly over two critical years in our history.

1928 was ten years after the conclusion of the carnage, now referred to as the First World War and it was a very different world.

Charles Kingsford Smith flew across the Tasman for the first time in 14 hours and 25 minutes, and was greeted in Christchurch by a crowd of 30,000. The All Blacks toured South Africa for the first time. Tom Heeney, the boy from Gisborne, fought Gene Tunney for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, in front of 46,000 spectators at Yankee Stadium. Massey University was opened in Palmerston North, and Wellington College Old Boy, Ted Morgan, won New Zealand’s first

ever Gold Medal at the Amsterdam Olympic Games, in the Welterweight Boxing division.

What of Wellington College in 1928? W.H. Armour had just begun his fourteen years as Headmaster. The roll was reduced to 720, after the opening of Rongotai College that same year to cater for boys living in the eastern suburbs. There were only twenty-seven teachers on the staff, all male. The College fielded twelve rugby teams (two more than today), but there was no Football (then known as ‘Soccer’) at all.

As in 2016, Christ’s College won the Quadrangular Tournament and also as in 2016, Wellington College won the McEvedy Shield, winning it back from Wairarapa College.

Unquestionably, however, the most important event of the year for Wellington College, was the opening of the magnificent new Memorial Hall and the unveiling of the Memorial Window, described in The Wellingtonian as a red letter day in the annals of the College.

The President of the Old Boys, in remembering the two hundred and twenty-four Old Boys who had perished in the war said this: We do not only make a memorial for the dead, but we look upon this Hall of Memories, chiefly as an inspiration to the living, and we doubt not that Mr Armour and his successors, will see that future generations of boys will never forget their glorious heritage. This magnificent hall would remain the spiritual centre of the College for many years.

However, little would those assembled at the time, have realised that this beautiful building, like so many human endeavours, would come crashing down in a spectacular fashion.

His Excellency, the Governor-General General Sir Charles Fergusson, Bt, GCMG, KCB, DSO, MVO speaking at the Opening of the Memorial Hall in 1928.

Fast forward forty years to 1968.

The Vietnam war was raging and student protest was at its height throughout the Western World.

Both Bobby Kennedy, frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, and Martin Luther King, hero of the Civil Rights Movement, fell victims to an assassin’s bullet. It was the year

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Wellington College Memorial Hall c 1960s with the demolition taking place in 1968.

of the Mexico Olympics and the famed Black Power salute given by Tommy Smith and Don Carlos, in the victory ceremony for the 200 metre sprint. Particularly tragic for Wellington was the Wahine disaster, in which the interisland ferry sank during a vicious storm with the loss of 53 lives.

Wellington College now had a roll of about 1,000 students. There were forty-seven teachers, but still no women on the staff.

According to The Wellingtonian, there were sixteen Rugby teams but only seven Football teams. There was no school Orchestra, no College Choir of any kind and no Ukulele Orchestra.

In what seems to have been a pretty ordinary year, Wellington College won the wooden spoon at Quad and Silverstream won McEvedy.

Only one Wellington College competitor won an event.

And it was, of course, the year in which the magnificent Memorial Hall was reduced to a pile of rubble, having been deemed an earthquake risk and knocked down as part of the Ministry of Education’s plan to rebuild

Wellington College. This move caused great anger and distress amongst generations of Old Boys, despite assurances by the Minister of Education, that when completed, the new Wellington College will be the most modern in New Zealand and will prove to be just as striking a landmark as the present college has been for so many years. Despite that assurance, I’m afraid that the standard issue replacement hall paled into insignificance when compared to its striking predecessor, and that the much vaunted Tower Block, forty-eight years later, still remains one of the ugliest buildings on the Wellington landscape.

And so onto 2016. Wellington College, in many ways is ostensibly a vastly different school.

There are now over 1650 students with over 100 teaching staff, one third of whom are women. We have over fifty support staff. The Arts are flourishing, as well as many new and

different sports. Our academic results are better than ever and our student leadership is richly diversified.

As an ongoing link with our heritage the wonderful memorial window will once again be the central feature of our new hall, completed we hope, in time for our 150th Celebrations in October 2017.

Ironically, perhaps, the window is symbolic of the fact that Wellington College is not so much about bricks and mortar, but rather those enduring core values and beliefs that define us and continue forever; a belief in the importance of academic achievement for all; a conviction that an active promotion of involvement in the arts is of inherent value in nurturing the human spirit; a view that participation in sport is not only valuable for an individual’s physical fitness, but also

However, despite having conducted nearly two thousand assemblies in the old hall, I am not in the least nostalgic about its demise. We deserve an auditorium where the whole school can meet together and celebrate our many successes.

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(L): The start of the demolition, July 2016. (R): Fast-forward to 2017 and the proposed Memorial Hall and Arts Centre.

in building capacity to work with others in a collaborative fashion. Most importantly, perhaps, at the heart of Wellington College has always been the importance of service.

At the opening of the Memorial Hall in 1928, the Governor General said this, The supreme glory of life is giving, not getting. Ambition is laudable, but the one who really triumphs is he who serves and loves. The hall of remembrance should be a hall of inspiration to those who came after. It should be the heart of the school, a place in which to dream dreams and see visions, a place where the spirit of the old boys should inspire to higher and nobler thoughts and actions.

The spirit of ‘Dub C’ is stronger than ever. Our new hall will be a wonderful venue in which this spirit can be celebrated and perpetuated.  2016 HIGHLIGHTS • NZ Scholarship Examinations Once again, our students performed brilliantly

in the 2015 NZ Scholarship Examinations, winning more scholarships than any other school in New Zealand for the fourth time in the last five years. The 165 scholarships achieved was 124 more than the next school in the Wellington region. Our Dux, James Hartshorn, was named as a Premier Scholar, one of the top 10 in the country, and six other students, Sebastian On, Callum Parker, Logan Wu, Charles Cox, Thomas Boyd and Nitay Ben-Shachar were all named as Outstanding Scholars, which means they were in the next group of 50 students in the country.

candidates to win scholarships in 20 different subjects. I know that the class of 2016 have got that target of 165 well in their sights!

As was the case in 2013, to have 10% of the best 60 students in New Zealand coming from Wellington College was a superlative effort.

Callum Parker was subsequently awarded The Sir Douglas Myers Scholarship to Cambridge University which is valued at about $210,000 over three years.

Tribute must also be given to the dedicated and very able staff who enabled our Our Dux for 2015, James Hartshorn won one of nine $10,000 Premier Scholarship awards which was presented to him at a function hosted by the then Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. John Key and the Minister of Education, Hon. Hekia Parata at Parliament.

James’ brilliant success included Outstanding Scholarships in English, Geography, Physical Education and Statistics and Scholarship in Biology, History and Physics. He was also the Top Subject Scholar in Physical Education.

LEFT: James is second from right in the back row. ABOVE: James with his Mother, Dr Sarah Hartshorn at the Parliamentary Function.

Memorial Hall just prior to its demise in July this year.

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• The Arts The Arts continue to thrive in many disciplines at Wellington College. Pablo Picasso, perhaps the most famous painter of the 20th century, described the purpose of the arts as washing the dust of daily life off our souls! For hundreds of young men at our school, the arts provide a wonderful outlet for creativity and individual expression.

The Music Department is, at all times throughout the year, a veritable hive of activity.

The Chorale, our auditioned choir from years 9-13, continues to provide a dynamic profile for Wellington College in the wider community.

They again performed superbly at the Big Sing, winning a certificate of excellence for their hugely entertaining rendition of Fred Dagg’s Gumboot Song. As well as this competitive forum, they also provided great entertainment for groups as diverse as the Stroke Association, a Samaritans’ concert, Old Boys’ Reunions and the Black and Gold Dinner.

The Jazz Band, with many new faces this year, also played with great panache at two festivals, and members of the group won best bass player, best saxophone, best trumpet, best drums, best piano and best overall musician at the Manawatu Jazz Festival. While members of the Ukulele Orchestra may be highly offended by my words, their exuberance and sheer fun at making music, demonstrates poignantly that musical performance is not just for the elite.

FROM THE HEADMASTER Our Debating Club continues to attract a large number of students from years 9-13 and our Premier A team won the Russell McVeagh Regional Debating Championship. As well as the interschool teams, over 80 students were involved in a popular in-house competition.

Our Kapa Haka group, Te Haeata Awatea, continued to perform with Wellington Girls’ College, and our Polynesian Club did Wellington College proud at the Tu Tangata Festival. Their many hours of practice were rewarded when they were chosen as Arts Group of the Year, a very popular and richly deserved recognition.

• Sport This year has been highly successful for our sports teams at both local and national level.

A win in the McEvedy Shield is always a great way to commence the sporting year, and our team retained the title in comprehensive fashion. Unlike 1968 when Wellington College won a solitary title, 20 events this year were won by Wellington College athletes.

After a couple of lean years, the 1st XV bounced back against the odds in 2016, to go through local competition undefeated, winning a nail-biting final against St Patrick’s (Town) by 12-9. The team then proceeded

FROM THE HEADMASTER to make the top eight in the country before losing to a fine Hastings Boys’ High School side that went within one point of winning the national title.

The 1st XI Hockey enjoyed another highly successful season, beating Wairarapa College in a pulsating final to win the local championship. For the fourth year in a row, the team then made the round of eight at the Rankin Cup, losing to the eventual winners, St Paul’s Collegiate, in a very close quarter-final when the winning goal was scored just two minutes from full-time.

Football continues to be our largest sport in participation with over 500 students.

Throughout the season, our 1st XI played with real credit, winning The Championship Trophy, before being pipped at the post by HIBS for the second year in a row, in the College Sport Wellington final. However, at nationals, the 1st XI were the top performers from Wellington, making it to the quarter-finals for the second year in succession.

Basketball continues to have a very strong following, and our Senior A team played consistently well throughout the year before losing in the Wellington final to perennial top performers, St Patrick’s (Town).

Our Senior A Underwater Hockey team regained the College Sport Wellington Premier title and also reached the quarter-finals of the NZ Secondary Schools’ Championship.

Every second year, alternating with Stage Challenge, the College enacts a major production. Lord of the Flies, a stage adaptation of William Golding’s classic novel about human depravity, was chillingly brought to life by a cast of over 40 students under the expert direction of Ms Katie Howes.

As well as showcasing the acting talents of our students and eight young women from Wellington Girls’ and Wellington East Girls’ Colleges, the cast mastered the art of stage combat and dance, with the powerful choreography of the Beast sequences.

A scene from ‘Lord of the Flies’.

Despite competing against schools nationally which enjoy much bigger budgets, our rowers again performed with real distinction at the Maadi Cup Regatta, with our Quadruple Sculls crew winning a Gold Medal. And under the evergreen inspiration of Mr Martin Vaughan, our swimmers dominated local competition, won the most medals at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Championships, and were runners up to Westlake Boys’ High School in the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Championship. So too were our Ultimate Frisbee team, which

team of parents and supporters who have done so much to ensure that school events are supported and sports clubs run efficiently. Without such vital engagement, Wellington College would be a much diminished place.

lost in the national final to Auckland Grammar School as did our Handball team to Scots College. These rapidly developing sports both enjoy a massive following throughout the world.

For all sports, traditional and modern, it has been a stellar year at Wellington College.  SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY The World Vision Runathon has now been a highlight on the school calendar for 18 years, and this year, our lads raised over $70,000. This is a phenomenal effort in an endeavour which combines both great enjoyment with raising awareness of those overseas who are living in dire poverty. I am sure that many of us have been deeply affected this year by images of children struggling to survive in the bombed out ruins of Aleppo. Many senior students have also been involved in collecting for charitable causes, serving as Peer Support leaders, coaching teams and working with organisations who support those that are struggling in our own community.

The words of St Francis of Assisi, spoken 800 years ago, still resonate when he said, Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.  APPRECIATION Any great school requires great governance. I am deeply grateful to Mr Peter Schuyt, and the members of the Board of Trustees, who continue to provide such sage advice, guidance and support in so selfless a manner.

With the triennial elections this year, we farewelled Mrs Charlotte Gendall, Mr Colin Green, Mr John Mills, Mr Mark Rees-Thomas and Mr Ian Russon. Continuing to serve on the Board are Mr Peter Schuyt, Mrs Rena Day, Mr Gary Crawford and Mr Sala Sidler.

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 CONCLUDING COMMENTS My very best wishes to those for whom this will be their last formal occasion at Wellington College. It has been an inspirational Year 13 and collectively, you have achieved a great deal. In one sense, you are the last of an era, leaders of the school when the second hall came down.

As you young men leave and the first stage of the new hall has begun, I am mindful of the memorable words of Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada who said, Each of us is a carving stone, erecting a column or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something bigger than ourselves.

For those who are returning in 2017,

McEvedy Captain, Liam Webb holds the shield aloft you will be the new leaders in a highly following the win by Wellington College. significant year, when hundreds of past and

They have been joined by Ms Linda Clark, Mr Daryn Bean, Mr Salo Taufale, Mrs Taruna Bhana and Mr Karl White.

With the major building developments on site, it is an exciting year ahead in prospect.

I am also deeply grateful to that expansive

present students will celebrate both 150 years of Wellington College’s distinguished history and, hopefully, the completion of a magnificent new hall that will launch us memorably into the next 150 years.

Good luck in the forthcoming examinations.

I look forward to next year’s prize-giving being celebrated in our eagerly anticipated new surroundings.

ROGER MOSES, OMNZ November, 2016

It is great to see both students and staff support our annual 40-Hour Runathon.

FROM THE HEAD PREFECT

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FROM THE HEAD PREFECT

Valedictory SPEECH Tihei mauriora!

Ko te pae tawhiti whaia kia tata, Ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tina.

E aku nui, e aku rahi, ki a koutou kua tae mai nei ki tenei hui whakahirahira.

Tena tatou katoa.

“Seek out distant horizons, and cherish those you attain”.

Headmaster, Members of the Board, Distinguished Guests, Staff, Parents, Caregivers, and most importantly tonight, boys of Wellington College - it is an honour to address you for the last time.

It doesn’t seem long ago that I was a Year 9, listening to the Head Prefect give his valedictory speech. At the time, I didn’t realise the significance of those words he spoke - they seemed more like a necessary formality.

However, now that I am here I realise how meaningful and important each word of his speech must have been, and for me, it’s been a real challenge to sum up what has been a phenomenal five years.

My journey through Wellington College has been a story of brotherhood. When I started here I had just one brother - my actual brother, Nick, and now leaving, I can say that I am part of a band of brothers, who are supportive through hard times, jubilant through good times, and just what lads are supposed to be.

I came from a small school of one hundred students over eight years - there were thirteen people in my Year 8 class. Needless to say that the transition to Wellington College was a change and a half. I don’t

recall specific events throughout Year 9 that are worth telling, or perhaps appropriate for telling, but what I do remember is feeling included, and this I attribute to the spirit of Wellington College; when we walked up that drive for the first time, it mattered not from where we came or what our backgrounds were. We were Coll boys, and Coll boys are brothers.

When I think of the Class of 2016, I have to admit, we have no stand-out strengths, because we have delivered strongly across all aspects of school life.

We are a year group that is not characterised by greatness, but by our strength of character and sense of brotherhood and it is through these that we have indeed achieved greatness.

We need only reflect on our achievements this year to recognise the truth behind this.

On the sporting front, we have seen success across all of our major codes. Winning McEvedy and having the whole school present to support was surely a highlight of the year and a great way to kick off sport in 2016.

1st XI Cricket made the Gillette Cup final for the first time in many years; 1st XI Football and Senior A Basketball also made their respective finals of the Wellington Competition; 1st XI Hockey and 1st XV Rugby both won the Wellington Premier One Competition for the first time in three years - incredible achievements.

As I said at the Year 13’s Leavers’ Lunch, one of my proudest moments as a Coll Boy this year, was watching the 1st XI Hockey team take out the Wellington Final against Wairarapa College.

To win, after losing twice in the

previous two years’ finals, with great support from the boys, for me sums up all that is good about Wellington College - we keep going until we reach our goals, and we support each other whole-heartedly to bring out the best in ourselves.

It is harder to measure the success of The Arts at Wellington College, but Junior and Senior Drama, as well as the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival and Lord of the Flies production were all great successes in their own rights. It is also clear to anyone who saw a performance from the Kapa Haka or our arts group of the year, the performing Pasifika boys, that both have had a great year.

Our involvement with the Wellington community this year has, in Mr Bergin’s words, been the best of any year, with the highest number of street collections and incredible all round community involvement, in particular with the Soup Kitchen and a newly founded Interact Club, which is rather like a Youth Rotary club.

One of the greatest successes of the year was Runathon, and for me this annual event has formed some of my best memories at Wellington College. This year, we raised over $70,000 for

I learnt that one of the most important things in life is to be yourself, and let others think what they want to about you. It is also important to constantly challenge yourself to be a better person. Be bold, take risks, and accept failures. Make the most of every day. It is only now we reach the end of Year 13 that we realise every cliché that anyone has ever said about leaving Wellington College is true. It flies by so quickly and leaving is the hardest part.

World Vision - the most in over a decade - however, I don’t believe that our success can be quantified by money. No - our success is immeasurable, yet it is still tangible. Yes, we support a community in Tanzania through World Vision. But arguably more importantly, we also gain an appreciation for the life we have here in New Zealand, and at the same time, the school is brought together in a truly unique way.

On the mid-afternoon of the Saturday of Runathon, I stood on the top of the Terraces and looked out over the Number One Field. What I saw was seniors and juniors running alongside each other, in the knowledge that they make the world a better place.

This is a sight that I will never forget, and the Runathon is one of the things I will miss most dearly about Wellington College.

I would like to briefly acknowledge the work of the other five members of the Super Six - Efrain, Colesy, Leach, Jake and Josh - we’ve achieved so much and I am so thankful to you boys for the experience we shared and the obstacles we overcame together. I’ll miss it.

On that note, the night wouldn’t be complete without expressing my gratitude for a few different groups of people.

To my parents, I owe you the world, and I thank you this year for being 100% supportive of me.

To my brother, Nick, once we got past the stage of fighting and disagreeing I think we’ve become great friends and you have helped to guide and mentor me into who I am today.

To my basketball coach and manager of three years, Sala and

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The 2016 Head Prefect Team (L-R): Gus McPherson, Harry Russon, Sebastian On and Efrain Villalobos Santana

Liz Sidler, through your support on and off the court, you nurtured my development as a person and a leader, and I can say that I do not believe I would be the same person today if not for you. And I don’t say that just because of the jet planes you brought to training - the world is truly blessed that you are a part of it.

To Mr Moses, your guidance over the past year has been invaluable and I have such great admiration and respect for how much of yourself you give to this College.

If the boys were to visualise what school pride looks like, they would need not look any further than you. Mr Moses, you embody WC Hoorah.

To our teachers, you go out of your way to help and support all of us and for that I am so grateful.

There are too many teachers to name who have helped me personally, but you know who you are.

To my deputies, Gus McPherson, Harry Russon and Efrain Villalobos Santana, my weaknesses are your strengths and without you, I don’t know how I would have made it

through this year alive. I am so thankful for your support and the great bants we’ve had along the way.

To think that this is the last speech I will ever make at the school that I love so much is terrifying and in a way, I never want to stop speaking so that we never have to leave. But thus is the nature of life.

To the Prefects, such an outstanding group of young men, and likewise, the chat was otherworldly.

To the boys returning next year, spend your time wisely and appreciate every day you have left at this school - you’ll be leaving before you know it.

Finally now, we come to the class of 2016 and the boys of Wellington College. It is not the buildings, nor the events, nor the tower block handrails that I will miss Wellington College for the most. It is the people and the culture of brotherhood. I thank you all from my heart - you make this place what it is.

To the Class of 2016, you don’t know how much I appreciate and respect all of you. Though our time in this place has come to an end, may we forever keep the Hoorah burning in our hearts.

As we move on and create new adventures and forge new paths in the world, let us go out together, as brothers.

It wasn’t until just the other day, when one of the deputies for 2017 said that they were scared for next year, that it occurred to me that I felt exactly the same way 12 months ago. Reflecting on 2016, I have grown so much as a person.

I used to get wobbly knees and a shaky voice in front of thirty Year 9s, and now I get wobbly knees and a shaky voice in front of the whole school. Public speaking, however, was not the only thing I learnt this year.

And so, it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to the school that has been our all for the past five years. Lumen accipe et imperti - may our own lights continue to grow as we now pass on the light.

SEBASTIAN ON November, 2016

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

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2016 NZ SCHOLARSHIP

2016 New Zealand SCHOLARSHIP Summary of our Results

Anderson, Isaac Barrett, Jordan

Sebastian On

Yiannis Fam

Oliver Sutcliffe

Taine Forster

Alexander Sharples

Bergin, Michael Betty, Arun Bellam, James Bennett, Karl Boston, Blake Bloor-Wilson, Ethan Chin, Jordan Clarke, Jac Day, Pierce Dick, Liam

Jordan Barrett

Barnard Patel

These again proved to be exceptional outcomes from a very capable and worthy group of students in 2016. This was admirably depicted in different ways.

Firstly, there were three students who were ‘Premier Scholars’ – Yiannis Fam, Sebastian On and Oliver Sutcliffe, meaning that of the 10 top academic students in New Zealand, three were from Wellington College.

Secondly, in the next 50 top students in NZ, termed ‘Outstanding Scholars’ – those who are immediately below the ten Premier Scholars, five were from Wellington College: Jordan Barrett, Barnard Patel, Hansaka Ranaweera, Matthew Robertson and Michael Williamson. This means that of the 60 top academic students in NZ Scholarship awards

Hansaka Ranaweera

Matthew Robertson

in 2016, eight or 13.3% were from Wellington College.

Thirdly and significantly, three students were ‘Top Subject Scholarship’ winners: Taine Forster: Accounting, Oliver Sutcliffe: Classical Studies and Alexander Sharples: Latin.

Overall, 160 scholarships were gained by the College, with 29 of these being Outstanding Scholarships, and 78 different students gained scholarships in 21 different subjects. These subjects were: Accounting, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Drama, Design and Visual Communication, Economics, English, Geography, German, History, Latin, Media Studies, Painting, Photography, Physical Education, Physics, Sculpture, Statistics and

Michael Williamson

Technology. Outstanding Scholarships were secured in Accounting, Biology, Calculus, Classical Studies, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, History, Physical Education, Physics, Statistics and Technology.

Dong, Joshua Dunbier, David Dunford, Roman Fam, Yiannis Frean, Giotto Forster, Taine

In the nine years, since the inception of the current NZ Scholarship examination in 2008, Wellington College has gained overall, the highest number of scholarships in the country. This superior attainment in academic distinction in the foremost New Zealand Secondary School qualification can be attributed to the repeated dedication and commitment of the students and staff, for which they are to be warmly commended.

MR ROGER MOSES ONZM, Headmaster

YIANNIS FAM: Outstanding Scholarship: Calculus, Chemistry, Economics, Physics, Statistics. Scholarship: Accounting, Biology SEBASTIAN ON: Outstanding Scholarship: Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics. Scholarship: Biology, Physical Education OLIVER SUTCLIFFE: Outstanding Scholarship: Classical Studies, Geography, Physics, Statistics. Scholarship: Calculus, Chemistry, English, History JORDAN BARRETT: Outstanding Scholarship: Physics. Scholarship: Accounting, Calculus, English, Geography, Statistics BARNARD PATEL: Outstanding Scholarship: Accounting, Calculus, Physics . Scholarship: Statistics HANSAKA RANAWEERA: Outstanding Scholarship: Physical Education. Scholarship: Calculus, Chemistry, English, Physics, Statistics MATTHEW ROBERTSON: Outstanding Scholarship: History, Statistics. Scholarship: English, Physical Education MICHAEL WILLIAMSON: Outstanding Scholarship: Physics. Scholarship: Calculus, Chemistry, English, Geography, Statistics

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Fung, Edward Gangakhedkar, Rohan Garrett,Campbell Goodwin, Tomas Graham, Justin Greig, Josiah Grice, Max Hann, Alexander Hong, Hans Huang, Yu Jie Hunn, Liam Jamieson, Samuel Kaltenberg, Szymon Kim, Ha Sung Lee, Calvin Lee, Juhan Li, YuanZhao Lim, Laurence Lowe, Walter Lynch, Joseph Mak, Daniel Marshall, John Masseurs, Jacob McNaughton, John McPherson, Angus Morse, Julian Munn, William

Scholarship in Media Studies Outstanding Scholarship in Physics.

Scholarships in Accounting, Calculus, English, Geography and Statistics Scholarship in English, Geography and History Scholarship in Physical Education Outstanding Scholarship in Geography Scholarship in Physics Scholarship in Drama Scholarship in Media Studies Scholarship in Calculus Scholarship in Physics Scholarship in Classical Studies, Geography and Media Studies Scholarship in English, Painting and Technology Scholarship in Biology, English, Geography and History Scholarship in History Scholarship in Geography Outstanding Scholarships in Calculus, Chemistry, Economics, Physics and Statistics.

Scholarships in Accounting and Biology Scholarship in English Outstanding Scholarship in Accounting, Scholarship in Economics Scholarship in Physics Scholarship in Physics and Technology Scholarship in Calculus and Statistics Outstanding Scholarship in Physical Ed. Scholarship in Physical Education Scholarship in Chemistry Scholarship in Classical Studies, English, Geography and History Scholarship in Biology, Calculus, Classical Studies, Physics and Statistics Scholarship in Design and Visual Communication Scholarship in Calculus Scholarship in History Scholarship in Classical Studies Scholarship in Chemistry and Physics Scholarship in Calculus and Statistics Scholarship in Calculus Scholarship in Technology Scholarship in Calculus Scholarship in English Scholarship in Calculus and Physics Scholarship in Calculus Scholarship in Biology and Chemistry Scholarship in Classical Studies Scholarship in History Scholarship in Calculus Scholarship in Physical Education Scholarship in English Scholarship in English

On, Sebastian O’Brien, Michael Orr, Alexander Parker, Charles Patel, Barnard Phillips, Angus Pollock, Craig Patterson, Isaac Ranaweera, Hansaka

Robertson, Matthew Robinson, Oscar Rolfe, Alex Saunders, Jack Salman, Muhammad Shackleton, Tom Sharples, Alexander Shen, Binghan Small, Zachary Snaddon, Thomas Stanley, Lukas Stockton, Ben Stroud, Harrison Sutcliffe, Oliver

Szeto, Wingyeung Templeton, Josef Webster, Hamish Webster, Nicholas Wellington, Jake Whitehead, Luke Williamson, Michael Wong, Matthew Wu, Jonathan Zhao, Yunfei

Outstanding Scholarships in Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and Statistics.

Scholarships in Biology and Physical Education Outstanding Scholarships in Classical Studies and History Scholarship in Media Studies Scholarship in Physical Education Outstanding Scholarships in Accounting, Calculus and Physics. Scholarship in Statistics Scholarship in Chemistry Scholarships in History, Media Studies and Physical Education Scholarship in Media Studies Outstanding Scholarship in Physical Education.

Scholarships in Calculus, Chemistry, English, Physics and Statistics Outstanding Scholarships in History and Statistics. Scholarships in English and Physical Education Scholarship in Biology, Chemistry, History and Statistics Scholarship in History Scholarship in Biology, Classical Studies, English and Statistics Scholarship in Geography Scholarship in Photography Outstanding Scholarship Latin. Scholarship in Calculus, Chemistry and Physics Scholarship in Calculus Scholarship in Sculpture Scholarship in History Scholarship in German Scholarship in Physics Scholarship in Media Studies Outstanding Scholarships in Classical Studies, Geography, Physics and Statistics.

Scholarships in Calculus, Chemistry, English and History Outstanding Scholarship in Biology, Scholarship in Statistics Scholarship in Chemistry and Physics Scholarship in History Scholarship in English Scholarship in Calculus and Physics Scholarship in Physics Outstanding Scholarship in Physics.

Scholarships in Calculus, Chemistry, English, Geography and Statistics Outstanding Scholarship in Technology, Scholarship in Economics and Statistics Scholarship in Accounting, Calculus, Physics and Statistics Scholarship in Statistics

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ACADEMIC SUCCESS

ACADEMIC SUCCESS

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2016 PRIZE-GIVING

2016 PRIZE-GIVING

Dux, The Mackay Scholarship And J R Cuddie Memorial Medal SEBASTIAN ON Joseph Mackay was Headmaster of Wellington College from 1881 to 1891. Prior to his appointment as Headmaster, he had been the Mathematics Master at Nelson College. Upon his death in his native Scotland in 1917, he left a bequest in his will to Wellington College. This bequest formed the basis of The Mackay Scholarship.

The Darryl Courtney-O’Connor Scholarship from the International School of Management ASHAD LANGDANA and THOMAS SNADDON The award is donated by Darryl Courtney-O'Connor who is an Old Boy of the College and founded the 'International College of Management' (ICMS), Sydney and continues in the role of Chairman of the College. The recipient receives significant financial support for study at ICMS, together with the opportunity for personal and professional growth.

The Gush Family ‘Ava Bowl’ for the Outstanding All-Round Y13 Pasifika Student LAURENCE LIM Four Gush boys - Daniel, Kane, David and Jordan attended Wellington College, spanning the years 2000 - 2012. All were Prefects in their final year at College. Their mother Tofa served on the Board of Trustees from 2007-2011.

The Jack Howard Memorial Cup for Drama CRAIG POLLOCK This Cup is presented by the family of Jack Howard who attended Wellington College between 2000 and 2004. Jack was killed in action in Afghanistan, 5 December 2010. The recipient is the top student in Y13 Drama.

The Sir William Pickering Prize for First in Year 12 YIANNIS FAM Sir William Pickering was a student at Wellington College in the 1920s. He became Director of the California Jet Propulsion Laboratory which designed and built the rockets for the American space programme. Sir William gained his love of space in the Wellington College Observatory during his school years. He memorably reopened the Observatory in 2002. Arguably, his contribution on the world stage, is the most significant by a Wellington College Old Boy. The Headmaster’s Special Award For Exemplary Service To Wellington College JAMES BELLAM, KARL BENNETT, JIM KAYE, ISAAC MILLER-JOSE, THOMAS SNADDON, LIAM STEVENS, BEN STOCKTON and NICHOLAS WEBSTER The Arthur W Griffin Prize For Excellence In Modern Languages JORDAN BARRETT and MICHAEL WILLIAMSON The Barnicoat Prize For Senior English Literature OSCAR ROBINSON The Bertram Mitford Prize For Year 13 Science MICHAEL WILLIAMSON The C&T Beetham Prize For Instrumental Music THOMAS PRINCE The C&T Beetham Prize For Piano FABIAN BEVERIDGE The Christine Smith Memorial Quaich For Senior Latin ALEXANDER HANN The Dean’s Prize For Academic Endeavour In Year 13 JUSTIN GRAHAM The Dean’s Prize For Academic Endeavour In Year 12 TAKATERANGI O’SULLIVAN The Graphics And Technology Prize For Outstanding Achievement In Design JUHAN LEE The John Beasley Memorial Prize For Contribution To Cultural Activities HARRY RUSSON The Liverton Prize For Senior Science SEBASTIAN ON The McAloon Prize For Senior English Literature NICHOLAS WEBSTER The McLernon Award For Community Service JAMIE McCLYMONT The Sefton Adams Essay Prize PIERCE DAY The Wakelin Prize For Creative Writing THOMAS SNADDON The Year 12 International Student Scholarship WONBIN CHOI and SHENGQI LI

The JR Cuddie Memorial medal is named in honour of ‘Jimmy’ Cuddie, an Old Boy of Wellington College from 1908-1911 who then went on to serve on the staff from 1916-1953. He was Deputy Headmaster from 1946 until his retirement. He then served on the Board of Governors, completing a 50-year association with the College.

Proxime Accessit JORDAN BARRETT Rhodes Scholarship OLIVER SUTCLIFFE The Rhodes Scholarship was bequeathed by the Hon. William Barnard Rhodes who arrived in Wellington in 1839. Rhodes was a Member of Parliament from 1853 until 1878 when he was elevated to the Legislative Council. The Scholarship was first awarded in 1878. Thus it is older than the much more celebrated namesake bequested by Cecil John Rhodes which has been awarded to eight Old Boys of the College.

Moore Scholarship MICHAEL WILLIAMSON The Moore Scholarship was bequeathed by one of Wellington’s earliest merchants, George Moore. The Scholarship was first awarded in 1878, a year after Moore’s death.

Turnbull Prizes JOSHUA DONG, ALEXANDER HANN and HANSAKA RANAWEERA The Turnbull Prizes were bequeathed in 1874 by successful Wellington businessman, Walter Turnbull. He was the father of Alexander, whose Library contains a collection of invaluable NZ books.

J P Firth Scholarship MICHAEL WILLIAMSON Joseph Firth began teaching at Wellington College in 1881. He took up a post at Christ’s College in 1886 only to return to Wellington College in 1892, this time as Headmaster. His Headmastership lasted 28 years. Following his retirement, JP Firth was active in raising the funds for the building of the Memorial Hall which was opened in 1928. His funeral service was held there in 1931. The J P Firth Scholarship is awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement in Y13 and influence upon the school, particularly in sport and is decided by staff vote.

J P Firth Bowl of Honour SEBASTIAN ON The bowl is an invaluable piece of Wellington College History. It was initially presented to Mr and Mrs Firth on the occasion of Mr Firth’s retirement in 1920. Upon his death, Mrs Firth returned it to the College to be presented each year to the Head Prefect.

Oscar and Victor Gallie Scholarship GUS McPHERSON Oscar and Victor Gallie were two brothers who attended Wellington College early last century. They both served as officers in WWI and were both highly decorated for bravery. Oscar was killed in action in 1917. Following the Armistice, Victor returned to Wellington where he died in 1929 as a result of his war wounds. The scholarship was first awarded in 1930 recognising good character, scholastic merit and games participation – qualities the Gallie brothers displayed when they attended College. The Oscar and Victor Gallie Scholarship is decided by staff vote.

The Lendrum Cup for the Prefect Endeavour and Citizenship Award JACK SAUNDERS The Lendrum Cup was donated by the Lendrum family in 1999. Their son, Christopher was Head Prefect of the College in 1998. The cup is awarded to the Prefect who displays a call above duty and recognises the efforts made in his involvement within the College life. The award is made on the basis of a Prefect vote.

The Eddie Charles Memorial Trophy for Exemplary Leadership CRAIG POLLOCK Eddie Charles was a key member of the 1st XI Football team and an avid pilot. He gained his pilot’s licence while still at College. After leaving College, he began his flying career in Papua New Guinea. He was about to begin a new job as a pilot for Cathay Pacific when he tragically died of a brain haemorrhage. His family bequeathed the trophy in 1994. It is awarded to the Year 13 student who displays exceptional leadership in various roles around the school – be it sporting, cultural or service.

The T M P (Hāmi) Grace Tankard for the Outstanding All-Round Year 13 Student HANSAKA RANAWEERA Hāmi Grace attended Wellington College from 1903-1906. He played in the 1st XV and was Captain of the 1st XI Cricket Team. On leaving school, Hāmi represented Wellington in both rugby and cricket. In 1914, he joined the Wellington Regiment and in October, sailed for Egypt.

He distinguished himself at Gallipoli. Hāmi was killed at Chunuk Bair in August, 1915 aged 25 years. The tankard was given to him by his family to acknowledge his 21st birthday. In 2009, Hāmi’s niece, Mrs Win McMillin presented the tankard to the College together with his diary and medals.

Te Ahi Mo Te Ao JOSHUA WALLIS This award recognises the contribution and academic success of a senior Māori student. The award was donated by the Katene family in 2002.

Te Puoho Katene was Head Prefect in 2002.

The Wellington Central MP’s Prize for Leadership EFRAIN VILLALOBOS SANTANA This award was donated by Mr Grant Robertson, the current MP for Wellington Central and recognises senior student leadership.

 YEAR 11 SPECIAL PRIZES

The Robert Bradley Prize For First In Year 11 The Cocks Memorial Prize For Year 11 Literature The Dean’s Prize For Academic Endeavour In Year 11 The E N Clayton Prize For Excellence In Languages

 YEAR 9 & YEAR 10 SPECIAL PRIZES

The Hing Prize For First In Year 10 The Hing Prize For First In Year 9 The Dean’s Prize For Academic Endeavour In Year 10 The Dean’s Prize For Academic Endeavour In Year 9 The Frank Crist Prize For The Outstanding Year 9 Student The Ellen Bradley Prize For Year 9 History The Foster Brook Crouch Prize For Junior Literature The HB Withers Prize For Year 10 Science The Levin Bursary For Year 9 Science The Levin Prize For Year 10 Languages The Richardson Prize For Year 10 Social Studies

MATTHEW SUTCLIFFE NICHOLAS HEYWORTH JARRED HODSON MATTHEW SUTCLIFFE NICHOLAS PATEL and CALLAN ROTHMETS ANDREW SUTCLIFFE DION YEN GEORGE MURRAY HENG LAY KALEB TEREI ASTIN MONASTRA NICHOLAS McDERMOTT HARRY JONES and ANDREW SUTCLIFFE GEORGE LETHBRIDGE CALLAN ROTHMETS

ACADEMIC SUCCESS

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ACADEMIC SUCCESS

First in Academic SUBJECTS SUBJECT Accounting Art Art Design Art History Biology Business Studies Chemistry Chinese Classical Studies Design Design and Visual Communication Drama Economics Employment Pathways English English Language French Gateway Geography German History Human Biology Japanese Latin Mathematics Mathematics with Calculus: CHRISTCHURCH OLD BOYS’ PRIZE Mathematics with Statistics THE NORMAN NICHOLLS PRIZE Mathematics: Cambridge A Level Mathematics: Cambridge AS Mathematics: Cambridge IGCSE Media Studies Music Painting Painting & Printmaking: THE C&T BEETHAM & RAMAGE PRIZE Performing Arts Photography Physical Education Physics Science: THE EDWARD ESPY MARTIN PRIZE Science: B Science: Certificate Spanish

YEAR 13 Yiannis Fam & Barnard Patel Zachary Small • Mahima Nanayakkara Oscar Robinson Thomas Snaddon Yiannis Fam Caleb Dunn Oliver Sutcliffe Guy van der Wilt Hans Hong THE LEN BEDFORD MEMORIAL PRIZE Craig Pollock THE JACK HOWARD MEMORIAL PRIZE Yiannis Fam THE RICHARDSON PRIZE • Nicholas Webster • Michael Williamson Anastasios Cordalis Campbell Garrett Lukas Stanley Michael O’Brien THE LIVERTON PRIZE • Shu Matsumoto Angus Phillips Owen Su

YEAR 12 Sean Beresford • • Edward Matthews Barnard Patel Jacob Barrett Barnard Patel Andy Chen Benjamin McCay Jeremy Ross

YEAR 11 Kevin Zhang • Jack MacCormick • Thomas Valentine • Jackson Jourdain William Chen • •

Sam Isbister

Joshua Mainwaring

Max Schuyt

Josimar Devereux

Rhys Kiwha Roman Dunford Haojun Lu Alexander King • Roman Dunford Sean Beresford

Ryan Chhun THE RICHARDSON PRIZE • Nicholas Heyworth William Wu Jacques Saker • Henry Cook Frederik Schwarz

Phuong Nguyen

Shaheer Salman

Beck McDonald Cedric Canlas Daniel Chapman Haojun Lu

• Kento Hirose Connor Smith Henry Chandler

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Jordan Barrett

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• • • Isaac Anderson Fabian Beveridge Efrain Villalobos Santana THE HALES PRIZE

Barnard Patel Kento Hirose • Max Schuyt Andy Yu

• • Nicholas Patel • Marcus Millad

Cameron Lee

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Nathan Carter

Jake Elston Tom Shackleton Sebastian On & Craig Pollock Barnard Patel • • • Efrain Villalobos Santana

Thomas Bramley Ishmael Banse Thomas Bramley Matthew Sutcliffe • • • Roman Dunford

• • Dylan Lynch Nikolai Heitger Nicholas Patel & Joshua McArdle Wilson Quinn Filemoni Sului Alex Geenty

Nicholas Lane

SUBJECT Te Reo Māori Technology: Digital Technology: Digital Media Technology: Digital Systems Technology: Materials Tourism: GEORGE SEYMOUR SCHOLARSHIP Trades Academy SUBJECT YEAR 10 Art Callum Benfell Chinese Ben Riley Commerce Jared Lebamoff Drama Sandesh Dias English Finn Mitchell English Language

Zhaocong Liang

French

Jesse Richardson

Geography German Health and Physical Education History

Callum Michie Ben Shea

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YEAR 13 YEAR 12 YEAR 11 Tahiwi Tuahinekore Yian Loader Mauriora te Kaupapa Shelford Sage Minarapa • • Matthew Rowling Josh Yuan Liam Webb • Jordan Barrett Luke Whitehead • THE JOSH BAILEY PRIZE Liam Hunn Connor Moore Josh-Hua Terei Jeremy Gray Sean Delaney • Thomas Smith • • YEAR 9 SUBJECT YEAR 10 YEAR 9 Shekinah Pratap Integrated Studies Logan Malthus Matthew Ifi Jaden Wong Japanese Nicholas Stephens Andrew Booth • Latin George Lethbridge Henry Hastings • Mathematics Finn Ashby Andrew Sutcliffe Aidan Homewood Music Arlo Doak Sam Toplis Harry Jones and Shin Kosaka Science Nicholas McDermott Andrew Sutcliffe Alex Jaquiery Social Studies Callan Rothmets Alexi Zangouropoulos Pablo Montes de Oca • Spanish Callan Rothmets Walker • Sports Academy Callan Rothmets Ben Stirling

Callan Rothmets

Aaron Rothmets

Te Reo Māori

Deepkrsna Arora

Jim Lockwood

Astin Monastra

Heng-yi Jiang

Technology

Astin Monastra

Andrew Sutcliffe

2016 DUX: Sebastian On When people think of Wellington College, among other things, one stand out aspect is our academic achievement. So it is both humbling and an honour to be awarded Dux of Wellington College amongst an exceptional cohort, many of whom could be duxes at other schools. In some ways I consider myself lucky to receive the award. We are so fortunate to have a supportive network of teachers who wholeheartedly encourage us to be our best during our years at school. Personally, I am blessed to have friends and family who guided me onto the right path when at times the way forward was unclear. However I believe that to an extent, you make your own luck, and this can contribute to success. In the context of academic achievement, luck stems from the right mindset, a balanced lifestyle, forward planning, and continual effort.

When I embarked on my journey through Wellington College, I started with the attitude that I would give everything a shot and see how it went. I think it is important not to necessarily measure your own success based on your grades, but rather on the effort and

pride you put into your work. At the end of the year, I was awarded the prize for the Most Outstanding All-Round Year 9 - a surprise though it reflected what I set out to achieve at the start of the year.

In the subsequent years, I continued to study hard and also be involved with extracurricular activities, in particular, Tennis, Basketball and Swimming. I believe that physical activity and a balanced lifestyle contributes immensely to our learning experience. This is particularly relevant at Wellington College, where everyone is encouraged to immerse themselves in a wide range of extracurricular activities. The College experience is more than academic results - it is learning about yourself, making friends, and discovering passions. As it happened for me, I developed my love of Basketball and Tennis, while academically ended up top of the year every year.

My final year was by far the most challenging.

It was incredibly difficult to find the balance between extracurricular activities, leadership

duties and studying, especially in Term One when many major annual events took place such as Runathon, which required a huge fundraising effort. The right balance came about when I started to plan my time in great detail. There is some truth in the saying that proper prior planning prevents poor performance.

Even if we were to do all the right things, success is not a road we walk alone. Without the ongoing support of my teachers, friends and family, I certainly would not have reached the same heights - for this I am so grateful.

2017 will see me head south to Otago University to complete the Health Science First Year course with the goal of making it into medicine and perhaps eventually specialising in sports medicine.

OUR COMMUNITY

OUR COMMUNITY

From the BOARD of TRUSTEES

The BLACK and GOLD AWARDS

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It is with pleasure that I can report, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, on another very positive year for Wellington College - across academic, cultural and sporting fields.

The risk for any successful organisation, in whatever form, is that it takes success for granted.

That is probably the forerunner of a change in fortunes. What we see at Wellington College is an ongoing challenge of what we can achieve, where we can improve, and ensuring that our student population is considered in assessing what we can do better. The prize for us is that all students grow and develop to enable them to fulfil their potential.

Hall and Performing Arts Centre.

The project has morphed over the last ten years into a building plan that should see Stage One completed in the latter part of 2017. Many people have been extremely generous with their time and money to enable us to get to this point. After careful assessment of the financing of the project, the Board elected to go for a Stage Two build.

Stage One is fully funded and the team is now working hard on meeting the funding needs of the second stage. Part of the job is complete, but there is no resting up.

A very inclusive approach was taken to the refreshment of the College’s Strategic Plan that was signed off and published in the first

We are very fortunate to have a Headmaster, leadership team, teaching group and support group that are hugely committed to achieving a set of common goals. We see the extra effort of our team at weekends and evenings around the playing fields, on the stage and in the classroom. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to thank you all for the leadership, teaching, support and guidance that you provide to our young men.

We are also very fortunate that we have a wide College community - parents, grandparents, caregivers, Old Boys and supporters - who work alongside our teaching and support staff. Organising clubs, coaching and managing teams, fundraising, supporting individuals, teams and events and most importantly, making sure their sons get to the right place at the right time. Again, thanks very much for all that support.

The annual report of the College contains a lot of facts, figures and information about what has happened during the year. I would like to reflect on a few of those matters that the Board has been heavily involved in and keeps close attention to.

After many years of fundraising, work has finally started on the build of the Memorial

quarter of 2016. This lays out our longer term view of what we would like the College to look like, the facilities that we want to make available to our students and how we will measure the progress that the College is making.

Regularly, during the year, the Board and the leadership team step back and look at the progress made against the plan and whether any changes are needed.

The College is in good financial heart. Like many public schools, government funding falls well short of being able to deliver the quality of education and personal development that we believe Wellington College should provide to its students. Without the financial support of our parents, through donations we receive, the Board and leadership team would have to

make significant changes to the curriculum and non-curriculum activities provided. We are very grateful for that financial support.

There are changes being promoted in school funding frameworks and we will continue to keep a close watch on these.

Like many organisations in New Zealand, the Board and College has a heightened interest in ensuring policies and processes are best positioned to manage the health and safety of our students and staff. Better structures have been put in place to effect that however, as we see at every Board meeting, we cannot entirely eliminate the risk of student injuries. This area will, however, continue to take a high priority in Board discussions.

Elections for the Board took place this year.

I would like to thank those whose terms as Board members retired - Charlotte Gendall, John Mills, Ian Russon, Mark Rees-Thomas, Colin Green, Daryn Bean and Matthew Wong.

Thanks very much for your support and guidance. I would also like to welcome Linda Clark, Taruna Bhana, Salo Taufale, Karl White, Paul Retimanu and Seb Daellenbach to the Board. To round out the picture, thanks to Rena Day, Gary Crawford and Sala Sidler for carrying on their Board roles - your continued commitment is much appreciated.

The end of the school year sees the end of their attendance at College for around 300 of our students. We wish you all the best for whatever you do and thank you for helping make the College what it is. 2017 will see another 300 plus students start their secondary education at Wellington College. We welcome you, in the year of our 150th anniversary, and look forward to your contribution to, what is, an outstanding College.

occasion of the last of the four brothers, Toka, coming to the end of his College and 1st XV years following in the footsteps of Lima (Class of 2009), who had just flown in from South Africa, Tupou (Class of 2010) and Zek (Class of 2012).

The Wellington College Foundation Black and Gold Awards, held at Te Papa this year, was a night of real celebration of Sport and The Arts.

Te Haeata Awatea opened the evening and set the tone. Thanks to all the performers who helped make it a great evening including the Pasifika Group, The Chorale, The Barbershop Chorus and The Jazz Band.

MC's Tim Rutherford and Hansaka Ranaweera held the evening together well and Old Boy, George Bridgewater (Class of 2000) inspired his audience, speaking about his Olympic rowing experiences. A highlight of the evening was a presentation to the Sopoaga family on the

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Another Old Boy also received a presentation on the evening. Congratulations to Mark Tinkle (Class of 2004) who was awarded the prize for Staff Contribution to Sport. Aside from teaching Physical Education and Technology, Mark also is one of the coaches the Athletics team. Miss Katie Howes won the prize for Staff Contribution to the Arts and Craig Pollock won the College Mothers’ Prize for the AllRound Student in arts and sport.

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Harry Russon and Craig Pollock jointly won the Senior Arts Award Sione Helu: Senior Sportsman of the Year The Pasifika Group: Arts Group of the Year 1st XV: Sports Team of the Year Mark Tinkle: Staff Contribution to Sport Katie Howes: Staff Contribution to the Arts Guest Speaker, George Bridgewater The Sopoaga Family (L-R): Lima, Lene, Vaseti and Toka.

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Nominees in the Arts Junior Nathan Carter: Jazz Band, Concert Band, Ukulele Orchestra.

Harry Crawford: WINNER Jazz Band, Chorale, Rockquest, Debating, School Production.

Jacob Hill: Chorale, Barbershop Quartet and Chorus.

Mackenzie HorwoodVerstappen: Chorale, Combined Choir, Junior Drama, Theatresports, Collab Project, In-house Debating.

Theo Hertzig: Jazz Band, Junior Jazz Combo, Chorale, Ukulele Orchestra, Junior Drama, Theatresports, Collab Project, In-house Debating.

Don MacKenzie: Rockquest, Sheilah Winn Shakespeare, Junior Drama, Class Comedians, In-house Debating.

TJ Shirtcliffe: Jazz Band, Junior Jazz Combo, Ukulele Orchestra, Combined Choir.

Daniel Stockton: Sheilah Winn Shakespeare, School Production, Collab Project.

Ben Shea: Sheilah Winn Shakespeare, School Production, Collab Project.

Brian Su: Chorale, Pasifika Group, Junior Drama, Collab Project.

Senior Remy Armitage: Senior Drama (script-writer and co-director), School Production, Debating (Senior Certificate winner), Arts Committee, 48 Hour Film Festival.

Jim Kaye: Chorale, Combined Choir, Rock Band, Arts Committee.

Hector McLachlan: NZSS Choir, Chorale, Barbershop Chorus, Jazz Combo.

Amipeliasi Paongo: Chorale (co-leader), Barbershop Chorus, Pasifika Group (co-leader).

Craig Pollock: WINNER Chorale (co-leader), Junior Drama (director), Collab Project (coordinator and director), School Production (lead), Senior Drama, Theatresports (co-leader), In-house Debating, 48 Hour Film Festival.

Thomas Prince: NZSS Orchestra (Deputy Concert Master), WC Orchestra (Concert Master).

Harry Russon: WINNER Collab Project (director), School Production (lead), Senior Drama (choreographer and actor), Arts Photographer, Arts Committee (head).

Ryan Simpkin: Sheilah Winn Shakespeare, Junior Drama (co-director), School Production, Collab Project (director).

Liam Stevens: Collab Project (director), School Production, Senior Drama (codirector and producer), In-house Debating, Theatresports (coleader), Arts Committee, 48 Hour Film Festival.

Ben Stockton: Member of Wellington Gold – NZSS Champions, Premier A Debating, In-house Debating convenor, Sheilah Winn Shakespeare.

Arlo Van Helden: Chorale, Barbershop Quartet, Barbershop Chorus, Collab Project (director), Hairspray lead (WGC Musical).

Josh Wallis: Chorale, Barbershop Chorus, Pasifika Group.

Nicholas Webster: Premier B Debating, UN Speech Competition (1st place regionally, runner-up nationally), School Production, Theatre Technical.

Gabriel Wee: NZSS Symphony Orchestra, Chorale, Combined Choir, Senior Drama, Hairspray lead (WGC Musical).

Group The Chorale An auditioned choir of 33 students from years 9-13, the Chorale plays an important role at school events and in the wider community.

They sing with the Sing Your Lungs Out Community Choir, have performed at Parliament for the NZ Youth Awards, at a Samaritans Concert, for the Stroke Association, Old Boys’ Reunions, at a Music Futures event and in the CupaDupa carnival. They are an important part of school

events, such as the Black and Gold Awards. In the Big Sing, they won a Certificate of Excellence for a performance of a NZ folk piece for The Gumboot Song.

Debating: Premier A and B The year began well for the A and B teams who took out the regional title in the Russell McVeagh Championships. From this competition, Ben Stockton and Michael O’Brien were selected to represent Wellington in the National Championships: Michael’s team, Wellington Black, reached the semifinals and Ben’s team, Wellington Gold, took out the national title.

Premier B did well in their grade and narrowly lost the final to HIBS. As well as this success, the Premier A team defeated PNBHS to retain the Blewitt Cup, won the staff vs student debate and the Premier B boys made up a very successful team to contest the Celebrity Debate. Ben Stockton and Tim Rutherford have run a popular and lively in-house competition which has given over 80 students the opportunity to debate.

The Jazz Band While a younger band than in previous years, the group has made some very good progress and will be very strong next year. Despite only one member being in Y13, the band has shown maturity both on and off the stage at the two festivals in which they performed. Members of the group received best bass player, best saxophone, best trumpet, best drums, best piano, and best overall musician at the Manawatu Jazz Festival and all performed exceptionally at the NZSM Jazz Project.

Pasifika Group WINNER The group reformed last year to enter the Tu Tangata Polynesian festival and this year, they have built on this great foundation, the numbers have grown and the student leaders have taken on the task of creating and organising the entire performance bracket.

Mr Taeao, along with Ms Howes,

have supported and guided the group but it is the boys themselves who produced the excellent performance.

The Pasifika group rose to the occasion once again at this year’s Tu Tangata festival, performing Samoan, Tongan and Tokelau dance flawlessly and representing their families and school with pride.

School Production: Lord of the Flies This year’s major production, a stage adaptation of William Golding’s classic Lord of the Flies, had a cast of over 40 students from years 9 to 13 and included students from Wellington East and Wellington Girls’ Colleges.

In addition, 17 students were involved in production: lighting and special effects, creating an original sound track, make-up, set design and construction.

The cast more than met the challenge of presenting a group of school children, who without any adult supervision, struggle with conflict between the physical demands of survival and asserting authority, and the moral demands of supporting and caring for each other. The outstanding lead actors were well supported by a lively ensemble cast and together they created their conflicted ‘world’ on the island. As well as acting talent, the cast mastered the skill of stage combat and of dance, with the original choreography of The Beast sequences.

Ukulele Orchestra This is a student-led group of 30 core students and on occasions with the ukulele players of Wellington Girls’ College. Led by Jordan Barrett, Jack Saunders and Jamie McClymont, the group was invited to play not only at school events, but also at events in the community such as The Relay for Life and the Commonwealth Service at St Paul’s Cathedral.

With a strong focus on fun and enthusiasm in performance, the group has had a successful and enjoyable year.

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Nominees in Sport Junior Tyler Auelua Basketball, Athletics and Rugby: Member Junior A team, Wellington U17 Basketball Team, NZU16 A Basketball team, U15A Rugby, McEvedy: Shot Put. Isaac Becroft Tennis: Member of the Senior A team and Men’s Premier One Interclub team for the Wellington Club. Gained five international Tennis Federation points due to two main draw wins at the ITF Tournament (U18).

Devenand Bhika WINNER Hockey: Member of 1st XI , Wellington U15 Representative Player of Tournament at the Miskimmin Cup. Marco Brown Hockey: Member of 1st XI, Wellington U15 Representative.

Tim Campbell Cricket: Member of 1st XI, Wellington U16 Representative.

Ethan Dombroski In Line Hockey: Selected for NZ 14 and Under Team to play at the Junior In Line Hockey Olympics in Hawaii where the team finished fourth.

Michael Heyworth Rugby: Member of 1st XV and U16 Hurricanes team.

Tom Hoskin Fencing: 1st in NZ U15 Championships, Ranked No.1 NZ U15 2016. NZ Team to Australian U15 team Championships.

Atakura Julian Swimming and Basketball: Fourth at NZ Champs in both the 50m and 100m Freestyle, fifth (50m Butterfly), eighth (200m Freestyle) and tenth (50m Backstroke). Member of Junior A Basketball team.

Jedi Morland Janes Swimming: Winner of a Gold Medal in the 14yr 200m Butterfly and Bronze in the 1500m Freestyle at the NZ Champs. Gold in 14yr 200m Butterfly and 400m Freestyle at NZSS Champs.

Ollie Petersen Cricket and Football: Member of both the 1st X1 Cricket and the 1st

X1 Football teams. Wellington U17 Cricket team.

Campbell Robinson Rugby and Athletics: Member of the 1st XV, Wellington U16 Hurricanes team. McEvedy Shield champion, winning U16 Javelin with a school record. Also won in the NISS, beating the national champion.

Ben Stirling Swimming and Underwater Hockey: Silver Medal in the 100m Breaststroke and Bronze in the 200m Breaststroke at NZ Champs, Gold in 13 and under 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke at the NZSS Champs. Member of Junior A Underwater Hockey team - Silver Medallists at NZSS Champs.

Devan Vishvaka Cricket: Member of 1st XI Cricket, U17 and U19 Wellington squads.

Selected for the NZ Team to Junior Indoor World Cup. Seth Ward Football and Futsal: Member of 1st XI, also Olympic U17s and U19s.

Member of the Futsal Senior A team.

Felix Williamson Athletics, Cross-Country and Orienteering: Won Junior 1500m and 3000m at McEvedy Shield.

Member of Y9 National CrossCountry team, second at the NZSS Champs (fourth individual overall). First in the College’s Y9 Cross-Country and Karori Relays. Winner of the CSW Junior Orienteering Champs.

Luca Young Fencing: Sixth in the NZ Champs U17 Foil, and currently ranked sixth. NZ Cadets Fencing Team, competed in the Australasia Cadets in Sydney and Oceania Champs.

Senior Naitoa Ah Kuoi Rugby: Member of 1st XV, Wellington Schools, Hurricanes and NZSS Barbarians. Senior Volleyball, Senior Handball.

Isaac Anderson Ultimate Frisbee: Captain, WC Senior Ultimate Team, second NZSS Champs. Member Vic

Wildcats, 1st NZ Champs NZ U20 team to World Junior Ultimate Championships (13th Place).

Jacob Bhula Cricket: Captain 1st XI, Wellington U19 Rep. Kailin Dayal Hockey: Member of 1st XI, U18 Capital Team, Indians Premier Men’s Team and the College’s Senior Player of the Year.

Sam Green AFL and Rugby: Selected for NZ AFL U18 Premiership making Tournament team. Five times team of the week player. NZ U18 team to Melbourne. Man of the Match for the game in Melbourne against Beaconsfield U19s.

Member of 1st XV Rugby.

Henry Griffiths Underwater Hockey: Member of Senior A team, winners of CSW League. At NZSS Champs, was selected for the Senior Open Tournament Team. NZ U18 Team to the Trans Tasman Champs, selected for the trial squad for the 2017 NZ U19 Team.

Sione Helu WINNER Basketball: Member of Senior A Basketball, Saints Development Team, Wellington U19 Team, NZ U18 Development Team to Australia, NZ Junior Tall Black team to NZ U23 Tournament.

Senior Volleyball, McEvedy Shield, Coach, Junior C Basketball team.

Joseph Lynch Orienteering: Second in the CSW Senior Wellington Series. Sixth at NZSS Long-Course. Selected to accompany NZ team to Australia.

Cameron Manuel-Arnold Underwater Hockey: Vice-Captain of the Senior A team, winners of CSW League. At NZSS Champs, elected in the Senior Open Tournament team (Tournament team consists of the top 10 players in each grade). NZ U18 Team to the Trans Tasman Champs, Selected for the trial squad for the 2017 NZ U19 Team.

Jacob Masseurs Football: Member of 1st XI, Olympic Men’s 1st team - Central League. NZSS U19 Football team,

toured Australia in July 2016.

Jacob played in all games. This is his 3rd season for the 1st XI. Isaac Miller-Jose Athletics and Basketball: Top point scorer at McEvedy Shield and at the Regionals, first in High Jump, 110m Hurdles and Triple Jump. At the NISS Championships, first in High Jump, fourth in Hurdles and second in Triple Jump. Member of Senior A Basketball team and U23 Porirua rep team.

Elian Pagalilawan Karate: NZ National Karate Champion. Junior Kata (16-17 years old) and Junior Male Kumite - 65kg. NZSS Champion U16 Male Kata NZ Team to Oceania Champs.

Ranked fifth in World Junior Kata.

Joshua Peake Cricket and Football: Member of 1st XI Cricket. Wellington U19 Representative squad. University A cricket team. Member of 1st XI Football.

Matt Petersen Swimming: Captain of the Swim team and a Senior Champion. Five gold Medals at the NISS Champs, Gold at the Wellington Short Course in 50m Breaststroke and three Silvers at the Wellington Long Course champs. At the NZSS Champs, where the team finished second, won Gold in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke.

Ish Perkins Rugby, Athletics and Surf Life Saving: Member of 1st XV. Selected for U16 Development team, Wellington Rugby Football Union (WRFU) and U16 Williment development week. McEvedy Shield team with a first in U16 Hurdles, also competed at Regionals and NISS. Maranui Surf Life Saving Club Lifeguard and senior squad member for NZ National Championships. Gold Medal for U16 Beach Flags SLSNZ Champs.

Reece Plumtree Rugby: Member of the 1st XV, Wellington Schools Rugby, Hurricanes schools, NZSS Triallist.

Tim Schulpen Hockey: Captain of 1st X1. Member of Capital U18 Men’s team.

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Nominees in Sport TEAM Basketball Senior A Runners-up in CSW Premiership.

Cross-Country Y9 Team Winners Karori Relays, Wellington Relay Championships, second threeand-six-to-count at NZSS Championships.

Football 1st XI Winners Championships Trophy - CSW Premier League, Runners Up CSW Premiership. Eighth in NZSS Championships.

Hockey 1st XI Winners Wellington SS Hockey Premiership, 6th in NZSS Championships.

McEvedy Athletics Winners of 2016 McEvedy Shield.

Rowing Quadruple Sculls Crew Winners U17 Maadi Title, third in U18 Maadi. Silver at NISS Championships.

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Shield of DREAMS

Every year, on the first Tuesday of March, four Wellington colleges compete in athletics for the McEvedy Shield. It's the most important sports date on their calendar. It's also one of the most spirited and special sporting events anywhere in New Zealand. Mike White witnessed the 94th McEvedy Shield and tells the story of battles, brotherhood, teen dreams - and a day in the lives of these young men.

MIKE WHITE IS A NORTH & SOUTH SENIOR WRITER . PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE WHITE. [May, 2016]

Rugby 1st XV WINNER Undefeated in the local competition. Winners of CSW Premiership.

Runners-up in the Hurricanes Schools’ Competition (top 8 country).

Swimming Team Winners Huia Relays, most medals in CSW Individual Championships, top of the medal table NISS Championships. Second in NZSS Championships.

Underwater Hockey Senior A Winners CSW Premier Championships. Third Centrals. Sixth in NZSS Championships.

NZ Representatives and Champions Tyler Auelua Isaac Anderson Naitoa Ah Kuoi Harry Beasley Nathan Carter Aran Coveny Ethan Dombroski Wiko Du Toit Sam Green Henry Griffiths Seb Hamilton Callum Hawthorne Sione Helu Thomas Hoskin Andrew Loverad Cameron Manuel–Arnold Jacob Masseurs Hector McLachlan Isaac Miller-Jose Connor Moore

NZ U16A Basketball NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee NZSS Barbarians Rugby NZSS U17 Rowing Champion NZ U15 Stacking NZ U20 Handball (2017) NZ U15 In-line Hockey NZSS Shooting NZ U18 AFL NZ U18 Underwater Hockey NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee NZ U19 In-line Hockey NZ U19 Basketball NZ U15 Fencing Team & Champion NZSS U 17 Rowing Champion NZ U18 Underwater Hockey NZSS U19 Football NZSS Choir NZSS Senior High Jump Champion NZSS U 17 Rowing Champion

Theo Moore Josh Morgan-Ranui Jedi Morland-Jones Rhys Mountain Fergus Murray Elian Pagalilawan Ish Perkins Matt Peterson Thomas Prince Oscar Quin Oscar Robinson Felix Sanders Eden Singe Liam Stevens Ben Stockton Callum Treweek–Stephen Deven Vishvaka Gabriel Wee Luca Young Andy Yu

NZ Ultimate Frisbee NZ U18 AFL NZ & NZSS 14 yrs Swim Champion NZ U20 Handball (2017) NZSS U17 Rowing Champion NZ 16-17 yrs Karate Team & Champion NZ U16 Surf Lifesaving NZ Champion NZSS Senior Swim Champion NZSS Symphony Orchestra NZ Senior Boys Judo Champion NZSS Shooting NZ Climbing (2017) NZ U18 Baseball NZSS U 17 Rowing Champion NZSS Debating NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee NZ U16 Indoor Cricket NZSS Symphony Orchestra NZ U17 Fencing NZSS Symphony Orchestra

Wellington College students sing, chant and roar in support of their athletes. The cheering continues for more than five hours.

"OKAY BOYS, quieten down. Take your bags off," says Leigh Lidstone, head of PE and athletics coach at Welling­ton's St Patrick's College.

"Stand up and tuck yourselves in," he continues, weary at endless entreaties about neatness. Lidstone's own shirt is hardly a model, half stuffed into his shorts, but the 60 kids in the classroom slowly obey and oblige him. They're the St Pat's track and field team, the kids who've made it through elimina­tions to be in the top two in their age and event for the school.

They're a fidgeting mix of dweebs and heavyweights, all hair product and Roman sandals, and suffused insecu­rities. Tomorrow, they'll join boys from brother school St Pat's Silverstream, Rongotai College and Wellington College in front of 4000 spectators to compete for the McEvedy Shield, a rivalry that's run for nearly a century and has evolved into an extraordinary pageant of youthful machismo and school pride.

"To win a McEvedy, guys," begins Lidstone in earnest, "all the stars in the universe have to be lined up - it's that hard. To win a McEvedy, you have to perform to the best you can be - it has to be a personal best tomorrow.

"Guys, I will feel it, I'll know if we're going to win it. I'll know it if I see someone dying to get up from fifth to a fourth. I laugh sometimes when peo­ple say, 'Oh, I was unlucky.'

Well, guys, top sportspeople make their own luck. And last year we let ourselves down.''

Last year, St Pat's were gunning for an extraordinary fourth title in a row.

They had the strength, on paper, and were coming off a record-winning margin in 2014. But things went askew in the lead­up: one star broke his leg playing sevens, another gashed his foot the weekend before McEvedy. In the end, Lidstone had five former champs sitting injured in the stands. Things went wrong on the day, too. Boys had peaked too early, some dropped their head after a

couple of duff throws or jumps, and they lost to Wellington College by just 11 points.

"We let it get away from us, to be honest with you," remembers Lidstone. "No question about it. And that's the sad thing, because we knew we had a real chance. But maybe it was a case of Wellington College wanting it more.”

Lidstone knows all about wanting to win the McEvedy. St Pat’s had won the shield the year Lidstone joined the school in 1998. For the next 10 years, with Lidstone in charge, they didn’t win it again. That was a hell of a drought for the school and a hell of a time for Lidstone. People began murmuring, then they started speaking out, and a few fronted Lidstone, suggesting he wasn’t up to the job. In the end, Lidstone offered his resignation to the school’s rector.

It wasn’t anything to do with commit­ment or effort - he was out there during lunchtimes, after school and at week­ends with the athletes,

driving them on and up and further. “I can remember my daughter ringing up one Saturday morning saying, ‘Dad, you said you were only going to be two hours; and I’d been down at the track from nine to 12.30, with the babysitter at home.”

The rector didn’t accept his resignation and Lidstone changed his approach - called in others to help and to spread the coaching load. In 2008, St Pat’s fi­nally won back the shield.

“When you lose, you walk round the track pretty lonely and empty. I can re­member in 2008 walking round that track and I was feeling pretty empty - but it was a different sort of empty, just drained, holy heck, but it was an amaz­ing feeling.”

Since then, Lidstone and St Pat’s won the shield four more times. The loss in 2015 hurt everyone, and this year they dubbed their campaign “The Resurrection”.

But Lidstone admits they are up against it. They are weak in the junior

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grades, particularly the middle distance events, and are going in as underdogs to Wellington College.

“We know that. But we’ve still got the belief, there’s no question about it. If everything goes our way and everyone does their best, collectively it will come together for us.”

At 55, Lidstone hasn’t got an illustri­ ous athletics career to draw on, though his mother was a New Zealand 60-yards sprint champ. “My brothers were fast, my sons are fast, but you could beat me.” He reckons the fast­ twitch genes triple-jumped him.

He’s got four children, including six­ and eight-year-old boys, and a full roster at school, yet for two months before McEvedy he’s squeezed in five extra training sessions a week. “Why do I do it? The philosophy is that if you can help a young guy to do his best, it’s a high­light. I don’t want to be on a New Zealand coaching panel, I want to do my best for my college and these young guys that come to St Pat’s. To be honest, if our team captain holds up that shield, that would be an incredible highlight for me.”

That team captain is Siosaia Paese, a top rugby player who is also a talented sprinter and jumper. As the St Pat’s ath­letes prepare to go to a final assembly where they’ll be hailed by the rest of the school and perform a charged haka from the stage, Paese rises and congratulates them all for making the team.

“Be pumped, be excited about it.

But just remember - be humble.

Gracious if we lose, humble in victory tomorrow. Just keep that in mind. Say your prayers before you go to bed.”

WINNING THE McEvedy Shield is a sporting pinnacle for any of the colleg­es but perhaps has more significance for St Pat’s. Patrick McEvedy, a prom­inent doctor and St Pat’s old boy, do­nated the shield in 1922. McEvedy had played for the British Lions rugby team, been chairman of New Zealand’s Rugby Union and Boxing Council and sought to encourage sport and sports­ manship among college students.

“If McEvedy came back and looked at where it is now, he’d be amazed at what it’s turned into,” says Lidstone.

“It’s re­ally important to our school,

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OUR COMMUNITY and his name’s mentioned all the time at assem­bly and what his values mean to us.”

What the shield has become is the larg­est annual athletics event in New Zealand, five hours of relentless competition , cheered and chanted from the stands and embankments of Newtown Park by each school’s pupils, staff and old boys. It’s manic and raucous; chaos cordoned by watchful teachers and repeated reminders of the need for decorum.

But it’s bigger than just the day or the race - it’s a platform for school rivalry, an arena of teenage tribalism.

And some­times, things spill over.

There have been graffiti attacks, food fights, damage to buses, exuberant public haka, chants that slid beyond decency. Wellington College has sometimes banned its students from attending, due to their behaviour.

This year, there was a major spraypainting attack on Wellington College a week before the event, with whoever did it signing off “SPC” - St Pat’s College. Then someone tagged St Pat’s in reprisal, leav­ing their own mark, “WC”.

In an effort to calm things, each school’s principals and head students visited the other colleges and pledged to act responsibly. But beyond the as­semblies and solemn undertakings, kids seethed and tensions grew. On social media, bravado and bullshit flew. It had become more than a game. As one Wellington College pupil wrote, “This means war.”

WAR BEGAN PUNCTUALLY at 9.30am with the under-14 boys 3000m.

True to Lidstone’s predictions, Wellington College filled three of the first four spots, diminutive winner Felix Williamson able to grin and raise his arm as he skipped to the finishing line. But St Pat’s hit back in the field events, Zion Trigger-Faitele smashing the McEvedy under-14 shot put record in beating second place by four metres, then following that with victory in the discus. After the first round of events, St Pat’s had nudged to a narrow lead.

ABOVE: Wellington College students arrive at the stadium after marching 4km from their school.

BELOW: A Wellington College student drums in support of his team.

The McEvedy Shield has been battled for since 1922, by a range of Wellington colleges, but for the past 35 years has been contested by: ST PATRICK'S COLLEGE Also known as ‘Town’, with a roll of just over 800, and the oldest Catholic boys' school in New Zealand. Students are nicknamed Dooleys in a nod to its IrishCatholic origins.

ST PATRICK'S SILVERSTREAM Town's brother school in Upper Hutt, with a roll of 720.

RONGOTAI COLLEGE A state school in south Wellington, with a roll of 650.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE Located near the Basin Reserve, dating back to 1867, and with a roll of around 1600.

ABOVE: Wellington College students react as one of their runners falls during the hurdles.

BELOW: Old Boy, Jock Ryder, 82, who competed in the 1950 McEvedy high jump, with 2016 high jump winner Isaac Miller-Jose.

Other schools have sought to join the annual competition, including Scots College, a private school which opted out after 1980, whose pupils again this year petitioned to take part.

Each school enters two athletes in each event (three for the 3000m).

There are four grades - Ul4, Ul5, Ul6 and open. The winner gains four points, second place gets three, third gets two and fourth place gets one point. There are no heats - every race is the final.

Wellington College has won the shield 50 times, St Pat's Town 20, St Pat's Silverstream 14 and Rongotai Seven.

But the fiercest battles, and the ones that make McEvedy unique, were tak­ing place off the track, with nearly all the four colleges’ pupils having con­verged on the park. St Pat’s boys had arrived first in a wave of blue blazers, the “Dooley boys” hanging their banners on the perimeter fence and taking up position on the bank beside the grandstand. Rongotai students filled half the stand and St Pat’s Silverstream boys bussed in and settled on the bank. And then came Wellington College - “Coll”’, “Dub-Cee”, the boys school of choice for the capital, the one that if you’re in its zone, your borerkissed bungalow goes up by $100k.

As per tradition, they’d marched the 4km from school en masse, a black ‘’WC Hoorah!” banner at the front, boys making “W” signs with their fingers. The chanting was shrill and constant. “If I should die before I get old,’’ yelled the leader, the refrain echoed by the 1000-strong contingent, “wrap me up in black and gold.” It was all done to the cadence of Marines on drill, the lyrics adapted, but the energy overwhelming. “I don’t need no teenage queen, just my boots and a field that’s green.”

Teachers and police cars kept them in reasonable order, but they over­whelmed the suburbs they passed through, they overwhelmed the park as they entered, they overwhelmed the grandstand as they filled its eastern end, all grey shorts and shirts and die-for­ my-school spirit. “See this emblem on my chest,’’ they chorused, “everybody knows Dub-Cee’s the best.”

They swayed in unison, there were choreographed moves as the sprints started, there was a dose of Dooley­bashing, and a curious and fevered homage to SpongeBob SquarePants. Beside them, Rongotai answered the challenge.

“Who stole our chants? Coll’ stole our chants.”

The intensity of the St Pat’s boys lifted and they whipped their ties in the air, crying, “We’re from St Pat’s, mighty, mighty St Pat’s... we bleed blue,” taunt­ing opponents to

“get down and boogie with the blue and white Dooleys”.

The chants had been practised for weeks at lunchtime meetings, and now the boys barely paused. It was a pulsing cacophony. It boomed past the sur­rounding pohutukawa and pine trees, it drowned out the late-summer cicadas, it spread over Wellington’s southern suburbs like a squall sulking along the horizon. It was mad and magnificent.

“They mightn‘t remember their maths lessons, but they’ll remember this,” bellowed St Pat’s rector Neal Swindells in the din.

“And it’s got this whole traditional Wellington history, where all the 40-year-old accountants are having coffee arguing about who should win, because they’re all old boys of one school or another.’’

By lunchtime, Wellington College had taken the lead from St Pat’s.

When the St Pat’s team met that morning, Lidstone had predicted this would happen, that they’d have to chase down Wellington College in the afternoon, claw back points in the 400m and hurdles races.

Father Matt Crawford had read from St Paul: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith...’’ He’d then led a prayer and, heads bowed, the boys intoned, “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee...”

Lidstone reiterated they’d win by accumulating thirds and fourths, by everyone snatching every point avail­able. Even as those points slipped away and Wellington College pulled ahead, Lidstone remained positive. “You’ve got to absorb it. What we’ve got, I’m delighted with. It’s not easy to win.”

His Wellington College counterpart, Chris Wells, paced the track’s edge anxiously, one eye on a thrilling four­way finish in the senior boys 3000m, the other on his charge in the discus.

“Oh, it’s five hours of nerves, but it’s five hours of excitement. It’s a great event - best event in the country.”

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loved the intensity of competition.

“Look, it’s the best and worst of a boys’ school. It’s fantastic - the enthusiasm is brilliant.

But sometimes the shenanigans leading up to it test you. It’s more than an athletics event, it’s a celebration of school pride.”

And really, did it matter who won?

Moses paused for a moment. “Oh yes. Of course it matters,” he said, bursting into the brilliant laughter of a man who knew his school was well in the lead.

HURDLES. IT HAS to be the cruellest event. Ironically, the McEvedy Shield itself features three hurdlers at its heart, frozen mid-leap, graceful in sil­ver. But there’s a mere millimetre be­tween effortless floating and ungainly catastrophe. And it all happened in the home straight, in front of the baying grandstand .

At the blast of the starter’s gun, the under-14 boys raced from their blocks, roared along by the crowd. The Wellington College lad in lane one cleared from the field, cleared the pe­nultimate hurdle - then catapulted into the final obstacle. The rest of the runners swept past him, his dreams of being a champion, just metres ahead, having vanished with a single misstep.

Every kid who comes to McEvedy has dreams. Why not? What’s sport with­out being able to glimpse glory, how­ever improbable?

For St Pat’s sprinter Yasheek Rosario, it wasn’t improbable. One of the coun­try’s fastest college athletes, he’d been run down in the last metres of the 200m, banging his fist into the track as he collapsed over the line - but still came into the 100m as favourite. A split-second before the starter’s gun fired, Rosario bolted. He immediately knew what he’d done, knew there were no second chances and he’d be disqualified, and tore off his singlet in agonised frustration. Inconsolable, he pushed aside teammates who sought to comfort him and had to be led outside the sta­dium to settle. Nobody had anything but

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“It’s an awesome feeling to lift that shield and hear the crowd roar - you get all the emotions going through you”.

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sympathy for him - these things mean everything.

When the race restarted, St Pat’s cap­tain Paese gave consolation to Rosario’s distress, winning by six100ths of a second.

But it was never going to be enough. As the afternoon continued, Wellington College went further and further into the lead. At first 30 points, then 40, then 60. “Look at the scoreboard;’ clap-clap, clap­clapclap, “Look at the scoreboard,” their supporters chanted from the stand.

In the day’s final event, Paese an­ chored St Pat’s senior 4xl00m relay team to victory and, as had been the case throughout competition, imme­diately turned to congratulate the other finishers. That crosscollege spirit had been distilled in the under-15 hurdles when a Rongotai runner tripped on the third-to-last hurdle. He got up, clam­bered over it and the remaining two hurdles, and finished 30 seconds after the winner.

But waiting for him, to shake his hand and commiserate, were all the other runners.

That’s the McEvedy. A day of hugs and heartbreak and heroes.

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shield has been clasped in countless sweaty teenage hands over nearly a century. Wellington College captain Liam Webb was the latest to hoist it in victory, raising it with his left wrist still in plaster from a hurdles calamity a month before.

His teammates piled on top of him, his school mates in the stand hoorahed in jubilation , and everyone grabbed selfies.

Then the haka, each team challenging the others and then turning to their supporters who responded likewise. As a finale, it eclipsed “rousing” - it was emotional and immense. The athletes mingled , the stand emptied, vol­unteers swept up rubbish, and a few boys hung around the caterer’s van hoping for leftovers.

Paese shrugged off any regret.

“Nah, I’m proud. As long as the boys did their best, that’s pretty much what we ask. Hard out. Yeah, I’m proud .”

There was rugby to focus on now, with first XV trials on Thursday.

Leigh Lidstone denied disappoint­ ment, too. “No, no, not at all. We gave it everything but they just had too much depth, too much talent in certain areas and we couldn’t do it.”

He glanced at the points board and did a quick, uncomfortable calculation of the gap. “Two-twenty, what’s that - sixty - yeah, that’s too much to make up. Deserved winners, to be honest.”

Lidstone left the stadium, a pair of fluorescent track shoes in one hand, the other on Paese’s shoulder. He’d have loved to have won, of course. But more important was how the boys, these “young Marist guys”, handled themselves whatever happened.

After everything in the lead-up, the tagging and slagging, he felt they had a lot to make up to the community.

He’d have been proud of the short­ stuff who left the park just after him, a St Pat’s boy with shirt tucked in, greet­he encountered with,

“Congratulations, congratulations on your winnings.”

Some of these boys will end up in high places, some will end up in courts, others may die young in tragedies. Some will flare for brief moments, oth­ers will spend lifetimes in suburban anonymity. But for one day, this was something special and good they were involved in and shared.

The last boys meandered out, a mix of the delirious and disconsolate. For the first time since early morning, you could hear the cicadas.

Our thanks to North & South for kindly allowing this story to be reproduced.

BEST OF BOYHOOD North & South Letters to the Editor: June, 2016 My warmest congratulations to Mike White on his inspirational feature story on the McEvedy Shield (Shield of Dreams, May). It is, quite simply, the finest piece of writing that I have seen in 21 years as a Headmaster, capturing so poignantly the quintessence of what a boys' school is all about.

McEvedy Shield day is a unique event. It is both loved and dreaded by the four principals who hope for the best but anticipate the worst!

The weeks leading up to the event create an uneasy juxtaposition of conflicting emotions. Will the school spirit exhibited by the boys enhance the reputation of the college, or will untrammelled youthful enthusiasm prove to be an unmitigated disaster?

Such outcomes, year by year, are almost impossible to predict despite earnest imprecations and dire threats. McEvedy 2016, however, proved to be a superb occasion, in which the joy and fun of being a young man, proud of his school, was on display for all to see. Mike White's insightful account provides us with a wonderful memory of a great day.

ROGER MOSES, HEADMASTER, WELLINGTON COLLEGE

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This year the Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre (Soup Kitchen) in Tory Street received an overwhelming amount of support from our students. Over 80 boys initially put their hands up to help out. In doing so, they gave up one or more of their precious late starts on a Friday morning to help do some good for the less fortunate members of the Wellington Community.

The volunteers programme was assisted this year in particular by Sophie Goulter – a member of the Compassion Centre who came in and briefed the boys regarding sensitivity training. It was important to remember that people who needed breakfasts are from an entirely different facet of life to most of the boys volunteering, and being a part of the scheme allowed everyone to gain a valuable perspective on life - not only in Wellington, but in general.

The Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre works in particular with the homeless people of Wellington.

People who are homeless include those we may think of first – people that we know as ‘roughsleepers’ – sleeping out on the streets, in public spaces such as parks, or maybe carparks or abandoned buildings. It is not known how many people are in this situation in Wellington with estimates ranging from 50 to 200, but the issue of homelessness is more complex, and a much wider community problem.

The boys helped out by volunteering in pairs and going in on Friday mornings to assist in the serving of breakfast. They helped with the preparation, drink serving and food serving as well, having to interact and cater for the people coming in. The sense of gratification and overwhelmingly positive feedback we had from everyone was incredible - it was fantastic seeing altruism holding such precedence within the lives of our boys, and next year looks set to be even better.

JACK SAUNDERS

The Interact Club of Port Nicholson was founded by Head Prefect, Seb On and Hinepounamu-Apanui Barr under the guidance of a Rotarian, Gillian Robertson midway through 2016. In effect, it’s a youth Rotary Club that aims to integrate students from both Wellington College and Wellington Girls’ College with the intention of bettering the Wellington community. The Club is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Port Nicholson.

The group then handed leadership over to myself and Hinepounamu, voted in as co-presidents. The rather official chartering event took place at the InterContinental Hotel - which was also the location of all the meetings - and had more than 100 people in attendance! The Club itself consisted of around 40 members from both schools.

The Club participated in a plethora of events and activities towards the end of the year. We worked with the City Mission to assist with housing, food, refugee allocation, and bonded with each other through our shared altruism. Alongside this, the Club also got involved with toy sorting through the City Mission, preparing and sorting toys for children around Wellington. We were also all involved in a range of collections for various organisations, and really just helping out where we could.

The largest event for 2016 was the ‘Interact Hangout Day’, where we implored members from all facets of the community to come to socialise and network for the day. We ran events such as sports, amazing races, arts and crafts, board games and some jump jam! Around 40 people attended the event, and we had free food provided to us by the Rotary Club of Port Nicholson.

Overall, the Club helped forge friendships, gave us opportunities to do good, and really just have fun with each other. The Club looks set to be even more successful next year - we had rather limited time this year, and so the prospects are only looking up!

JACK SAUNDERS

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40-Hour World Vision RUNATHON Almost half a year prior to the event itself, it was in a stuffy World Vision office at the top of Cuba Street where six inspired boys took over a mammoth duty: organise the 2016 Wellington College 40Hour Runathon. With nothing more than a whiteboard, a pen, and a room full of ideas, lofty goals were set, and the promise was made to make some serious change in the world we live in.

Looking back, it proved to be the success we envisioned - for us as the Super Six, for the lads of Wellington College, and most importantly for Ibwera, Tanzania.

After months of behindthe- scenes groundwork with corporate sponsors, T-shirt manufacturers, and everything in between, March had quickly rolled around and the road to the Runathon ramped up. The annual Valentine's Day rose exchange helped the boys put in some preliminary work of their own, and with the Y9 Dance being a night to remember, it was hard to tell whether the supervisors or the juniors were frothing harder.

The traditional Water Walk left the team leaders with mightily sore shoulders, but not without a sense of gratefulness – the walk replicates the daily struggles many have to endure every day for clean water. The inaugural Super Six Netball Tour of the girls’ schools around Wellington was enjoyably competitive, and soon enough, the actual event was just around the corner.

On the Friday, 18 March, as is tradition, the 2016 Runathon kicked off at 6.00am. It was amazing to see so many sleepy eyed students dragging

themselves out of bed to get amongst those bright and early.

As the day progressed and the laps ticked over, the numbers just kept increasing – by midday, it would not be an exaggeration to say 500 strong were out on the circuit. In light of one of Mr Moses’ favourite anecdotes, it is no question the power of Runathon lies in the school spirit it elucidates; not everyone can be a McEvedy sprinter or a star actor, but absolutely everyone can be a part of Runathon and be a part of Wellington College.

As you’ll see, courtesy of the official Photographer, Harry Russon, everyone looked to be having a genuinely great time. As darkness fell on the first day, the dedicated runners fuelled up on

complimentary Hell’s pizza, ready to take on the graveyard shift and keep the baton going overnight.

The Saturday of the Runathon weekend has routinely been the event’s climax, and this year was no exception. The course was moved down to the first field, and with the girls’ schools joining the party early morning, the company and atmosphere grew as the day went on. ZM brought the Black Thunders and free food, and the accompanying live concert (organised by Jim Kaye) made for

an awesome vibe.

Conveniently (and thankfully) timed right before the new Health and Safety Act was passed, this year’s event saw the first ever Runathon Water Slide; reckless, dicey, but a whole lot of WC styled fun. Credit to Tim Schulpen, Paul Horrocks and Sam ‘The Mongrel’ Dearsly for single-handedly putting the slide together.

As always, to the disgust of many aggrieved parents, some absolutely criminal haircuts were dished out. As the sun set, as too did the realisation it was all coming to an end. The ritualised ‘Undy 8 Hundy’ lap was taken a step up this year, with close to 100 boys stripping down and parading their naked bodies to nauseated drivers around the Basin Reserve. A

testosterone filled Haka and impromptu chant practice finalised the night – a bittersweet and tired ending to such a great 40 hours.

While the 2016 Runathon was a flying success in terms of fun, it is easy to forget the people continually running and getting those sponsored laps under their belts. This, of course, is the ultimate purpose of the Runathon, and we are so proud to say we raised a stunning $70,731.58 this year - the first time in over a decade we have eclipsed 70K!

This could not have been done without the amazing generosity of our Corporate Sponsors and the school’s overall support of the event. In particular, a shout out must be given to James MacDiarmid (aka. The G.O.A.T) – the living Runathon legend finished his outstanding career with an untouchable 267 lap (213 km), $2,517.45 performance.

This year, we collaborated with a number of other schools for the build-up events and the Runathon itself, and without them it would not have been the same; big thanks must go out to Queen Margaret’s, Samuel Marsden, St Mark’s Church School, Wellington East Girls’ and Wellington Girls’ Colleges for their support.

Our Runathon teachers, Messrs John Henderson and Adrian Shaw and Miss Sarah Reynolds, were also a great help and integral to the smooth running of the event.

Thanks to our counterparts at World Vision, in particular Chris Jupp and Britney Marsh, for instilling the passion that drove us all the way to the finish line.

Finally, thanks to my fellow Super Six brothers: Efrain Villalobos Santana, George Coles, George Leach, Jake Elston and Sebastian On. We said at the start, above all else, that we wanted to leave a lasting legacy on both life in Ibwera and life at Wellington College. I can say with certainty, after a long and challenging, but phenomenally rewarding journey, we leave having done just that.

JOSH DONG On behalf of the Super Six

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‘ The ISA of 2016 undoubtedly had a very memorable 2016. At the beginning of the year, we set ourselves three main goals: to increase the cultural awareness of Wellington College students, to create lasting relationships with our international students, and finally to raise money for the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation.

Looking back at what we were able to do as a group, Clemens and I can proudly say we made great strides in all these areas.

We started off the year in usual fashion with our after-school sports evening. ISA members of many Wellington schools were all invited to come and enjoy a relaxed evening of sports, music and of course the free BBQ. Being fortunate enough to have mostly good weather, many students remarked on how they quickly made new friends and got to know a wider range of Wellingtonians, both international and domestic. These meet-ups carried over into the school holidays too.

Our first major event was the International Quiz Night. With priority given to international students, the event was open to all College students. More than 400 people filled out the online registrations (we even ended up having to close the page down in case the hall over-filled) and turned up for a fun night of

questions, musical performances and 200 pizzas! The $3500 worth of prizes which we were grateful to receive from local businesses were given out to many lucky winners. Each and every task was done by committed members of the ISA. Whether it was helping set up the hall, the ushering on the night or creating our music playlist, it truly was a team effort that helped us raise almost $4000.

Judging by the feedback we received, it certainly was a night to remember.

In Term Three, we held our much anticipated ‘International Week’ which was designed to further promote the international presence of our school.

The week began with an exciting Basketball match between international students, Prefects and staff, much to the delight of a packed Sports Centre. During Tuesday and Wednesday, we opened the doors of the Language Block to hold an International Film Festival showcasing five different

films with a BBQ outside. On the Thursday, we arranged our Assembly where a welldecorated hall played host to Yassa and Mr Tomas Renna as they spoke about their overseas experiences. The real highlight however was the Food Festival.

Thanks to the efforts of the ISA as well as some staff, there were over 15 different stalls.

The many hours planning the event,

promoting it and preparing the food all paid off as everything sold out raising close to $1500.

The money raised throughout the year went directly to the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, a charity which the school has been supporting for many years.

Set up by Michael Brosowski in 2004, the organisation helps Vietnamese children in crisis (such as those being used in child labour and human trafficking). We were fortunate enough to even have Michael visit us early on in the year to speak about the work they do and how we are helping them. It truly was

an eye-opening experience.

An exciting initiative that was in its testing phase this year was the online peer tutoring system. This was designed so that international students who needed academic help could be put in touch with volunteer tutors.

We look forward to this becoming fully operational in the coming years as Wellington College welcomes an increasing amount of international students.

To the leaving ISA members, Clemens Pfefferkorn and I could not thank you enough for all the work that you have done this year.

In particular, we would like to acknowledge the tireless effort of Wingyeung Szeto and Wonbin Choi (the two Vice-Presidents), and Michael Williamson and Hussein Hamed (the Secretaries).

It also goes without saying that nothing would have been possible without the continuous support of Mr Mike Ellett and Ms Kathi Scott.

To those who are remaining, we wish you all the best and hope that not only do you emulate our successes but rather improve on what we did.

HANSAKA RANAWEERA, President

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 Y9 International Students and good friends, Heng Lay from Cambodia and Shin Kosaka from Japan both did well in the end of year awards. Hang won the Frank Crist Trophy for Outstanding Y9 Student and Shins’ award was a Certificate of Excellence for Y9 English Language.

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CAREERS Department 2016 has been a year of change.

The Careers and Transition Department sadly farewelled Mr Ernie Rosenthal in May and I was made most welcome as the new HOD and Career Counsellor.

Mr Tommy Martin also departed in Term Three for a fantastic opportunity in the Manawatu.

We were delighted that Mr Chris Wells was able to step in and teach the Gateway, Employment Skills and Tourism classes that Mr Martin had vacated. We also welcomed part-time Careers Assistant Mrs Anna Sims late in Term Three to work with Mrs Fran Forrest.

New to the school this year has been the addition of a Trades

Academy class ably taught by Mr Graeme Cowie. This class has run on its own timetable to coincide with a two-day curriculum based at either Whitireia or Weltec in Construction, Automotive Engineering, Fitness and Social and Community training for those interested in Paramedic or Police careers. The three day programme in school has been really successful for the twelve Y13 students with all students ultimately gaining full-time employment, apprenticeships or being engaged in further study in 2017. Look out for changes to the Trades Academy as we develop the opportunities for students and engage them in meaningful and hands on learning.

brew cafe In the 2015 Wellingtonian, we featured the opening of the College’s new Barrista Training School as part of our BreWCafe Shop. Both staff and students continue to enjoy their daily Havana caffeine (and Hot Chocolate) fix and sales are shooting through the roof.

This year, with the demolition of the Hall and Atrium, the Canteen moved to its new state-of-the-art premises and the fresh new look and new service areas have been well received by the students.

A big shout out to Hurricane representatives Regge Goodes (Class of 2009) and Leni Apisai (Class of 2013) who took time out from training to visit the College, coinciding when the new Canteen opened. In a instant, they pulled their sleeves up and volunteered to ‘work for free’ during interval.

The Gateway programme has had another successful year. Mrs Dawn Hall has really developed connections in the community and has a real sense of the right fit for both students and employers. Students are really fortunate to have the opportunity to try out jobs of interest in a real world setting before embarking into further study and or employment.

The Brew Café also gained a full-time manager - Mr Anthony Magulque - who also added a Coffee cart to game days and special events on site, giving our Barista boys more opportunities to hone their craft. We thank the ladies from Wellington East Girls’ College who have been assessing and teaching the coffee skills course this year. Through this, they have managed to train and retain over 30 baristas this year.

A special thanks to the staff and students who have stepped up and helped out whenever they

needed too.

A new system has been introduced in the way career appointments are made via the ‘you can book me’ app and we have also set up a “Well Coll Careers” facebook page which showcases opportunities for work, what is happening in the job market and also events in school. Like the page for updates in this area.

The Department is really excited about the changes this year and hopes to build on these in 2017.

The emphasis is on enabling students to enhance their Career management competencies 1.

Developing self-awareness 2.

Exploring opportunities and 3.

Being able to make decisions and act upon them. Look out for the new Career management system called ‘Career Central’ the students will use to develop their online career e-portfolios.

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TRANSITION and GATEWAY 2016 was the eleventh year that Wellington College has provided students with the wonderful opportunity to enter the workforce one day a week, and experience first-hand the world of work.

The Wellington and Porirua business community have worked together, alongside the college, to ensure that this programme has been a resounding success.

Students have participated in Gateway in various ways. It is designed to adapt to the needs of the student. The most popular student option has been to select Gateway as a subject choice. Students have then attended a work placement, based on their preference, one day a week.

This has allowed them the opportunity to experience first-hand the jobs they have been considering for their future and has significantly enhanced their probability of employment when they leave College.

While at school, they continued with their other subjects as well as working on specific qualifications targeted at their chosen career during the Gateway class.

Many students have now moved on to pursue a career in their chosen area, and some have been offered jobs and apprenticeships due to their participation in this initiative.

The Gateway programme is quite adaptable and students have chosen

to attend the placement for the whole year, a term or even during the school holidays or on a Saturday.

If the academic load has been quite high, some students have opted for the ‘Gateway Alternative Programme' where they did not have Gateway as a subject, but still completed the work placement. This has worked well for those students studying for University who needed to ensure that they are making the right choice in their chosen field.

Finally, I would like to thank all the employers (listed below) who generously supported this initiative throughout the year. Without their continued assistance the programme would cease to assist.

Hutt City Mitsubishi. Zeal. Mojo Coffee. Johnsonville Police Station.

Rutherford & Bond Toyota. YHA Wellington. The Hearing Association.

Cam's Carpentry Ltd. Armstrong Prestige. Luke Davis Construction.

Mitsubishi/ Mercedes-Benz. Evolve youth Services. Briscoes. Steve Shields Building. Rebel Sport. Youthline. Graeme Henderson Builders.

Honda Cars. The Warehouse. Trembling Sky Entertainment. The Motor Doctors. Woburn Masonic Village. Scooter Design. Clark Building and Alterations. Stewart & Rogers Electrical. Charity Builders. Civic Video.

Capital City Ford. St Mark's School. Black & Foothead Construction.

Ascent Electrical. Aspen Landscapes. Atech Computers. Capital Football.

Edwards Panel & Paint.

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 After almost 50 years in Education, Wellington College's Careers’ Adviser (and passionate Old Boy [Class of 1961]), Ernie Rosenthal retired in June, after 18 years in the job at the College. A farewell function was held for Ernie with many anecdotes were told of Ernie's career which included teaching across a range of academic subjects before taking up the Careers and Transition portfolio.

A number of Old Boys owe their success to Ernie - assisting them with their career path over the past 18 years. As Ernie himself said: I like to help young people by giving them a chance to explore their options and plan their journey. While Ernie may not be a regular face at the College these days, he has no plans to ‘slow down’. He has just returned from Israel and has a number of plans in the pipeline. Pictured Above (L-R); Dawn Hall, [Gateway Manager}, Ernie Rosenthal, Fran Forrest [Transition] and Roger Moses [Headmaster].

Sacchi Prema - YHA Wellington City Josiah Denham - Graeme Henderson Builders George Engleback - Mojo Coffee Toka Sopoaga - Hutt City Mitsubishi

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GIRVAN Library 2016 has been a very productive year for the Girvan Library, a year that saw both consolidation of our existing collection and further expansion, particularly in the area of digital resources. At the heart of it all, however, towers the idea that the Library is first and foremost a transformative learning space, a space that provides opportunities for silent study, but also an active learning space as a classroom away from class. Moreover, the Library has been an active partner in complimenting the school’s overall environment by a varied and ever-changing array of thought-provoking displays, daily challenges, reading competitions and cross-curricular events. The Girvan Library can proudly claim to be right at the heart of the Wellington College community.  HIGHLIGHTS Think of the Library as a quiet space and then think of the opposite, NZ Music Month - Live and Loud in the Library. We opened its doors to showcase some great talents from the rock band Rebar supported by the Music Prefects. Our very own jazz combo Feijoa provided a cool contrast to the grunge of the rockers.

The Hell Pizza Reading Challenge slid gently into the pizza oven with reader stats certainly way hotter than in other winter terms where no pizza challenge was on, providing both intellectual and culinary experience. 63 pizzas were awarded in total. Thanks again to our Hell Pizza founders (and Wellington College Old Boys) who make this fun and delicious

competition in support of literacy possible every year.

The Staff versus Student Debate was another one of those magic moments where the Library was full to its capacity with almost every student wanting to see Messrs Mason, Vaughan, and Gallagher-Power do battle with their student counterparts.

itself on the brink of war. We look forward to the next instalment of the saga.

Displays this year included Dylan Thomas versus Bob Dylan, 50 years of Batman, NZ on Screen, Lost and Found (inspired by an Old Boy returning his collection of Wellington College books from 1983), a Cluedo crime scene, and many, many more.

The ever popular History Talks continued, now a staple of the Library calendar. Organised by Mr McNulty, the Library was delighted to host Karl Maddaford, Dr Gavin McLean and Gerald Hensley on the topic of Turning Points in New Zealand History, supported by a keen and dedicated audience.

In October, the Library was fortunate to host R. J. Francis (a nom du plume and the father of one of our senior students) author of The Orphan’s Secret, the first in a three-part series on three young heroes of royal blood who must unravel secrets as Arra finds

 STUDENT LIBRARIANS Student Librarians hold an important position in the daily routine of the Library. Under the direction of the joint Head Librarians Stephen Espino and William Munn, each team was tasked with essential functions that needed their attention: filing, shelving, and customer service.

This is a wonderful opportunity to acquire relevant leadership skills.

A big thank you to all Student Librarians including Thomas Bailey, Taine Bird, Wonbin Choi, Hunter Dobbie, Stephen Espino, Michael Galvin, George Garnett,

The ‘Numbers’ for 2016

Total Books Issued Total DVDs Issued Headphones Issued Most Active Borrower Most Active Class

Most Popular Books

Total Books in the Library Total eBooks in the Library

4,512 237 453 Jim Zhu with 89 books issued 1. 9CA - 210 books issued 2. 10SCR - 159 books issued 3. 10AVH - 156 books issued 1. The Gone Series: Michael Grant 2. A Game of Thrones: George R R Martin 3. The CHERUM Serues: Robert Muchamore 4. 1984: George Orwell 5. The CHERUB Series 2: Robert Muchamore 14,214 1,378

Mat Hill, Vincent Hsiao, Tahiwi Loader, Darwisy Lokman, Louis Lu, Thomas Mace, William Munn, Karan Naidu, Amey Nanote, Angus Philips, Cameron Rose, and Duncan and Emerson Tabor.  STAFFING The Library has seen a few changes in personnel this year, beginning with Mr Thorsten Harms taking on the role of Teacher with Library Responsibility and bringing theatrical and creative writing credentials, not to mention knowledge of German history and Star Wars, to our mix.

Miss Rachael Taylor joined the team shortly afterwards as a very creative and adaptable Library Assistant responsible, along with Mrs Liz Mason, for many of our wonderful displays highlighting the jewels in our collection. Mrs Mason continues to be the driving force behind many of our information literacy workshops for both students and staff, and has taken on the added responsibility of Assistant Library Manager (aka fountain of all institutional knowledge) when Library Manager, Mr Brett Moodie left in May for the fair shores of the British Isles. Mrs Katherine McKenzie started as the new Library Manager in June and comes from a Research Librarian background working at Parliament, and most recently as a full-time Mum, sharing the love of literature with her two primary school aged children.

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Miss Rachael Taylor (Library Assistant), Vincent Hsiao, Thomas Mace, Hunter Dobbie, Amey Nanote, Mat Hill, Mr Thorsten Harms (Teacher with Library Responsibility), Mrs Liz Mason (Assistant Library Manager) Darwisy Lokman, Tahiwi Loader, German exchange student, Stephen Espino (Head Student Librarian - Personnel), William Munn (Head Student Librarian - Collections), Wonbin Choi, Cameron Rose Mrs Katherine McKenzie (Library Manager), Thomas Bailey, Taine Bird, Michael Galvin, George Garnett, Louis Lu, Karan Naidu, Angus Philips, Duncan and Emerson Tabor

Gary the victim of a Cluedo whodunit Gary, the Olympian Gary as William Shakespeare

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Duke of Edinburgh HILLARY AWARD In Term One, two tramps were completed by Wellington College students. In late February, 31 Y11 – Y13 students accompanied by a cluster of teachers and parents headed for Arthur’s Pass where we spent four days enjoying some of the upper South Island’s most spectacular scenery. Highlights included the stunning Edwards Valley and a blue-sky day for a side trip up Falling Mountain. Wildlife abounded with whio, kakaruwai (robins) and kea seen by day while we heard kiwi at night.

In early April, a group of 24 Y10 – Y12 students and several staff had a successful two-day trip in the Tararuas, camping in the beautiful upper Tauherenikau Valley, approaching via Cone Saddle and leaving via Mount Reeves, complete with superb views.

Term Two saw us head into the Tararuas again, this time the north-west corner where we were met with cloud and rain for a couple of days, followed by a stunning final day with snow on the tops.

A tributary of the Mangahao River proved too difficult to cross, so both groups were faced with a one-and-a-half day back-track back to

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where we had started from. This was a most valuable experience for the students, to see what a flooded river looks like, to experience the power of water and to be part of a decision making process as to what is crossable and what isn’t. Lighting a fire at Te Matawai Hut with wet wood and, importantly, some bicycle inner tube, was also a challenging but successful process.

In August, a record number for a Wellington College Duke of Edinburgh trip – 49 students in all, headed to the Queen Charlotte track where we split into two with one group heading north to south while the other went south to north. The weather was mixed with three superb clear days and one extremely wet one. Winter trips can provide stunning scenes and this trip was no exception with mist hovering above the sounds, clear blue skies and calm conditions for at least part of the time. On the rainy day, the boys did very well to maintain their commitment and enthusiasm in reaching the (muddy) camp-site late in the day.

MR PHIL KENDON, Convenor

In early December 2016, our Y10 students completed three to four days of outdoor pursuits in various locations in the lower North and upper South Islands. They were treated to a variety of weather, hay fever-inducing grass that sprouted to the extreme during the wet spring, and some great learning experiences in the outdoors.

Among the discoveries that students made along the way were included a large rectangular shaped cooker doesn’t fit in a small round entrance to a kayak compartment, rafting can be hard work when the rapids run out, you need a torch when you go caving, a tent fly works best when you’ve got pegs to hold it up and it’s hard to balance on a stand-up paddle board when you’re looking at the girls on the beach instead of the wave in front of you.

representative of the whole year group, then a lot of good times were had in addition to the physical and mental challenges that were faced and overcome, the amount of sleep was variable, and many friendships were strengthened throughout the experience.

Maybe those students who went on one of the overnight trips returned with a few extra culinary skills as well.

I would like to thank all the staff involved, especially those on the longer trips who gave up time with their families. Equally a lot of work goes in behind the scenes, so thanks to those support staff involved, you know who you are!

MR PHIL KENDON, Convenor

If the students that I took away to the Tararuas and the Wairarapa were

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Student SUPPORT It could be said that Wellington College is a collection of diverse individuals being built within the context of community. The Student Support Department then has the humble role of nurturing and supporting ākonga, students, in their becoming so that a sense of self, success and perhaps happiness is forged within the wider College environment. Our Team operates together as a whanau within the school community and support each student on an individual basis in partnership with home and school. The Tiriti o Waitangi sets out the need for partnership between peoples and this is our Department’s praxis from a whanau basis also.

He aha te mea nui o te ao What is the most important thing in the world?

He tangata, he tangata, he tangata It is the people, it is the people, it is the people Maori proverb Bearing this opening statement in mind, we had a positive start to the 2016 year with the publishing of the NCEA results for those students on our Special Education Needs (SEN) Register. Student academic success was evident in the following 2015 results for our students: The Level 1 cohort had a perfect 100% pass rate, seven students with Merit Endorsements and three students with Excellence Endorsements. The Level 2 grouping had an 80% pass rate, with four Merit and three Excellent Endorsements, and the Level 3 students achieved a 95% pass rate with one student gaining an Excellent Endorsement.

Kindness and compassion go a long way to grease the wheels of learning, but there is also the need for negotiated but firm boundaries with adolescents. The two Student Support

Student COUNCIL Wellington College volunteers, who offer their time to help out with SACs – thank you! You see, it takes a village …

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Coordinators in our Team, Saskia Manktelow and Brenda van der Meulen, easily traverse these two ideas of structured support. Henry Fane De Salis is our ASD Advisor/Student Mentor, providing individual guidance and mentoring, but also a social skills and social cues programme to small groups of students to develop confidence in social settings.

Students may have particular support needs in the areas of learning, sensory, medical/ mental health, high anxiety and behaviour. Our Team administers NZQA-approved Special Assessment Conditions (SACs) for both internal and external NCEA assessments so that students with barriers to self-expression are able to effectively communicate what it is they have learned. These SACs may include a Reader, Writer/Computer, Extra Time, Separate Accommodation or in some cases, Rest Breaks. We are absolutely grateful to our

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For our Team, inclusion, safety, care and concern must lead any support given and this arises from the fusion of student, teacher and parental perspectives. We use a solutions-based approach, which involves working together with all parties. With this in mind, we liaise with the year-level Deans, the Careers’ team, school nurse and guidance counsellor. We also work beside the teachers and subject department heads to put in place strategies that enable student success.

Our Student Support whanau contains a diverse range of Teacher Aides, who complement one another in terms of experience and talents. In 2016, this elite group of stunning professionals included the following folk: Alison Dyer, Liam GallagherPower, Ruby Lindstrom, Benson Oosterbaan, Ted Taylor, Minnie (Victoria) Thomson and Paul Turner; many department members are university students, savvy and fast-paced, who draw out the best from the students they work with on an individual basis, but who also provide unobtrusive, in-class coverage where student-learning needs are high. Next year, we lose Liam to film directing, Paul to a call to work in London, and Minnie to a career as an Educational Psychologist in the Hawkes Bay. They will be sorely missed!

You’d have to agree that support for ākonga engagement in learning takes a number of forms at Wellington College and the Student Support Hub is proud to be part of this.

DR. ROSS DUNN HoD Student Support, SENCO

IN THE BEGINNING… Two Y13 students arrived one day on my door step at lunch time, not wanting to talk about the usual things such as their feelings, instead they had heard that I was possibly interested in helping start a Student Council.

A more accurate version of events, they wanted to start the Council and asked me to be the potential liaison staff member for their venture. This all took place in early 2015. They were very keen, unfortunately, so I could only say yes or again more accurately I wasn’t given much of a choice. Democracy at its best.

It took many months of planning at scattered lunchtimes with several delays, neither of the students ever did go on to become became Student Counsellors unfortunately. But through their sense of altruism, Dhul-Kifl Ahmed (BOT student Representative 2015) and Jay Deshpande (International Students’ President 2015), now both Old Boys, were instrumental in the process of building a framework for the proposed reformation of the student council after an absence of several years.

THE FRAME WORK We decided that we needed a framework bigger enough for effective communication to all corners of the student population.

With some debate on how to effectively meet this goal, we decided on our modified version of a two-tiered representative house system to fit our needs, with tutor representatives elected in tutor groups, each member receives a badge. Once elected, each tutor representative faced a year cohort online election

process for two executive positions, per year cohort on the student council executive, again receiving a badge.

The communication process is two ways with tutor reps talking with executive reps and vice versa so that the Council can operate reasonably efficiently.

The executive normally comprises a total of ten, two at each year group. Although there is a capacity to have and over hang with co-opted members.

STUDENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE FOCUS IN 2016 To establish itself as a measured and viable group into the future, that could represent students' interests with other parties within the school community and beyond.

The first important task was working on a constitution, which was successfully completed. The second task was specific role elections within the executive, that took some time but we managed to complete this process.

Each elected member took responsibility in his area extremely well this year.

From here, the Council Executive has liaised with Senior Management on a variety of issues from IT and canteen food, through to security cameras on behalf of students.

Executive members started the communication channels with tutor reps in different year cohorts informing them of executive council’s decisions and listening also to the tutor reps input.

One of our priorities was to secure funding for small projects that the

Council may want to take on into the future. This was a struggle but thanks to a generous donation from our outgoing President, Mathew Wong we have the initial funds to build upon. Thanks Mathew.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all students and staff that were involved with the Student Council. Without your assistance, the Council would have struggled to reform.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Seb Daellenbach has been elected as BOT Student Representative for 2017. He assumes the President’s role within the Student Council for

2017. Congratulations Seb. We plan to hold elections within the first few weeks of Term One of 2017. From there, it’s our intention to hold Executive Student Council elections for each cohort online by the middle of the term.

With these procedures, the full Council will hopefully be operating by the end of the first term.

MR ROB WITHER Guidance Counsellor The Students within the Student Council this Year 2015/16 are as follows: Student President (always the elected student representative on the Board of Trustees): Mathew Wong Vice President Senior: Rahul Rahubadde Vice President Junior: Rory Tarpley Secretary: Seb Daellenbach Treasurer: Timothy Rutherford Executive Student Council Members: Alexi Zangouropoulos, George Simms, Aidan Homewood, Lachlan Bruce, Eddy Martin Hugh Morrison, Mackenzie Horwood Verstappen, Clement Kong, Finn Kara, Rahul Rahubadde, Seb Daellenbach, Rory Tarpley, Mathew Wong and Timothy Rutherford.

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Back Row: Third Row: Second Row: Front Row: Absent:

Jakob Morgan-Ranui, Joshua Peake, George Leach, George Coles, Craig Pollock Hansaka Ranaweera, Timothy Rutherford, Pierce Day, Laurence Lim, Amipeliasi Paongo, Jack Saunders Max Grice, Michael Williamson, Tokahirere Sopoaga, Liam Brandwood, Bruce Graham, Remy Armitage, Joshua Dong Ashad Langdana, Connor Goggin, Efrain Villalobos Santana (Deputy Head Prefect), Sebastian On (Head Prefect), Harry Russon (Deputy Head Prefect), Gus McPherson (Deputy Head Prefect), Michael Bergin Isaac Anderson, George Nesus-Stainton, Tim Schulpen, Wingyeung Szeto, Lucian Lau Young

The 2016 Y13 students carried out their leadership responsibilities with a minimum of fuss. They displayed initiative and were reliable and polite.

Many of these students assisted with tutoring, coaching teams and organising activities in the Arts. It was fantastic to see the Prefects resurrect our connections with The Salvation Army and consequently the assistance we gave them by cooking a meal on a Wednesday evening. In fact, there was a real growth in the whole aspect of community service with our student leaders continuing their great work with The Soup Kitchen as well as organising numerous collections for different community organisations.

On a different note, it was pleasing that the Arts leaders carried on with the Soap Box tradition as well as coordinating a fantastic ‘Coll Has Talent’ and the Y9 Wearable Arts competition.

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ALEX BIRKETT, Y13 PAINTING 2016 Alex studied Painting, Photography, and Design in his final year at College. He is now working for a design company. His work is influenced by contemporary youth culture.

BEN WILKINS, Y11 DESIGN 2016.

Ben’s images are in response to a brief on supporting endangered birds in New Zealand.

Leaders. Under the watchful eye of our Chaplain, Mrs Liz Pa’u, this group continues to grow from strength-to-strength. The powerful influence that a group of senior students can have on our Y9 cohort can never be under-estimated. The work these seniors do in assimilating the junior boys into life at Wellington College is wonderful.

A big thank-you to the 2016 Prefect team. Thanks for the rolemodelling, the carrying out of the more mundane duties such as gate-duty, the readings in Assembly but most importantly, for showing wonderful spirit and leading Wellington College with pride.

Thanks must also go to the super organised and efficient Head Prefect, Sebastian On who was ably supported by the Deputies, Efrain Villalobos Santana, Harry Russon and Gus McPherson.

MR PHIL BERGIN, DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

FRED SMALL, YEAR 11 ART 2016.

Fred’s images is in response to a brief on a surrealist theme in which imaginary worlds were explored.

Rahul Rahubadde, Y12 Painting 2016 Rahul did Level 3 Painting as a Y12 student. His work is an investigation into his own cultural identity and racial stereotyping.

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EFRAIN VILLALOBOS SANTANA, Y13 PAINTING 2016 Efrain was the top student in Y13 Painting in 2016. His work is an investigation into his own cultural identity and masculinity within Mexican culture.

ALEXEY ALIASHKEVICH, Y11 DESIGN

CAM HALL, Y11 ART 2016.

Cam’s images are in response to a brief on a surrealist theme in which imaginary worlds were explored.

HANS HONG, Y13 PAINTING 2016 Hans Hong studied Painting in 2016. His work is an investigation into his own cultural identity and childhood.

WILSON QUINN, Y11 DESIGN

AUSH WICKREMESEKERA, Y12 PAINTING 2016 Aush did Level 3 Painting as a Y12 student. His work is an investigation into ‘selfie’ culture.

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THOMAS KEARNS-HILL, PHOTOGRAPHY 2016 Thomas paid tribute to “old-school” photography techniques by shooting exclusively on 35mm film in 2016. A few key objects tied his investigation together, including skulls and flora.

SHEKINAH PRATAP, TOP Y9 ART STUDENT IN 2016.

This was the print Shekinah made during the year. The print was on an expressionistic theme.

NATHAN CARTER, Y11 ART 2016.

Nathan’s images are in response to a brief on a surrealist theme in which imaginary worlds were explored. Nathan was the top Art student in 2016.

STEFAN HENSEL, Y11 ART IN 2016.

This was an image made by Stefan during the year on a surrealist theme.

FINN KARA, Y11 DESIGN 2016. Finn’s images are in response to a brief in support of endangered land creatures in New Zealand.

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JACK MACCORMICK, Y11 DESIGN 2016

FABIAN BEVERIDGE, Y13 PHOTOGRAPHY 2016 Fabian created a surreal narrative involving water and the Wellington Harbour for his Year 13 Photography project. This shot was a key piece in his end of year portfolio.

TOM SHACKLETON, Y13 PHOTOGRAPHY 2016 Tom was the top student in Y13 Photography in 2016 and is now a student of Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. His work is influenced by contemporary fashion and documentary photography.

TOM HOSKIN, Y13 PHOTOGRAPHY 2016 Tom studied both Art Design and Photography at Y13 in 2016. His Photography investigation explored the idea of sporting injuries, and drew influence from photographers such as Jerry Takigawa. He is currently studying Design at Massey University’s College of Creative Arts.

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Commerce 2016 proved to be another busy and successful year for the Commerce Department. Results in the 2015 NCEA examinations were consistently above the national statistics when compared to similar decile and boys’ schools.

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Our congratulations to the following students who gained scholarships in 2015: Mason Kelliher (Economics), Callum Parker (Economics and Outstanding in Accounting), Tom Schuyt (Economics), Jaiden Baker (Accounting) and Jordan Barrett (Accounting). Congratulations also go to Taine Forster and Matthew Wong for achieving A grades in the Canterbury University Economics paper they completed this year.

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Y10 COMMERCE This course continues to be a ‘taster’ course so that students can make more informed choices when deciding their Y11 subjects.

The business section of the course culminated in ‘Market Day’. This gives students hands-on experience of being an entrepreneur in a relatively low risk environment. The group with the highest profit this year and the best stall presentation made crepes and was made up of Andre Dearsley, Lucas Morton, Jayden Bhigharidas, Aidan O’Connor and Ollie Christie. Approximately $1100 profit was donated to the charity KidsCan. Y11 COMMERCE As in the past, all students participated in an intensive two-day business challenge in the College Hall. In groups, they developed a food product, prepared a business plan and then presented their plans to parents and staff. The following Friday evening, the students ran their food stalls making a profit of $1904.90 for World Vision. Papa Tim’s, led by Timothy Kent-Royds, made the most profit and sold ice cream sandwiches.

The classes also went on a field trip to Toyworld as part of their External Factors standard to gather information about how the theory they have learnt is applied in a real world context. Our thanks to Philip and Kimberley Bramley for hosting us.

Y12 AND Y13 BUSINESS The year started with a very successful innovation workshop run by Empathy.com. This really inspired the students and started them thinking about potential business ideas for their YES (Young Enterprise Scheme) companies. Innovative ideas included a kiwiana themed neoprene lunch bags aimed to tackle childhood obesity within New Zealand designed by Happy Packs. They went on to win the Financial

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Other business ideas which did eventuate were: Backwood Clothing who had two type of fashionable caps for men, Blue Balls Chocolate, who made luxury chocolates – a rich, dark ganache infused with blueberries and topped off with white chocolate shavings; to raise awareness and funds for the prostate cancer foundation, Nevada Lewis, selling casual uniform option to promote a sense of pride and belonging; on-line businesses like GardeNZ and Fit Meals did not eventuate due to the time taken and challenges along the way.

Tutor Corp – a company that provides tutoring services by enabling students to find a tutor best suited to them at an affordable price, was successful in the Dragon’s Den regional finals. Their presentation and business idea won them $200 in start-up capital.

Once again, the Y13 field trip was successful. The students visited Sileni Wines, Wine Works, T&G (Apollo Apples) and Furnware Furniture Ltd (a small company exporting to 15 countries throughout the world).

This trip is integral to the students’ understanding of the internal and

 external factors that impact on the export potential of a company. The Y12 classes also had business visits to assist them in their learning – Wellington Zoo, the focus was staff motivation.

MONETARY POLICY CHALLENGE This is a competition where the students work as a team to provide simulated monetary policy advice. This year’s team of Tim Rutherford (Governor), Nicholas Lane, Muizz Shah, and Matthew Wong, trained by Mr Kevin Moriarty, performed creditably in the Wellington competition.

2017 TRIP TO USA 50 Commerce students and six staff will visit the USA in April 2017. The group will spend most of their time in New York - visiting places like the Federal Reserve Bank, the Museum of American Financial History and Wall Street; taking part in seminars, classes and virtual trading.

The itinerary also includes sight-seeing tours, a Broadway show and a basketball game.

MISS STEPHANIE GLOVER HOD Commerce 1 2 3 4 5 6

Y11 Commerce Business Challenge presentations Staff member from Wellington Zoo addresses the students Y11 Business Challenge Workshops Y10 Market Day Stall Y11 Field Trip to Toyworld Y12 Business students visit Wellington Zoo Y11 Food Stall ‘Papa Tim’s’ ice-cream sandwiches won the 7 challenge 8 13 Students visit T&G (Apollo Apples)

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“"Live, Love, Drama"”

Drama In 2016 record numbers took Y10 Drama and what a talented bunch of young men they proved to be. A highlight of the year was seeing them devise their own Soap Opera dramas; there are definitely some future Shortland Street actors out there! They finished the year extending their creative talents to the making of shadow puppets and using these to present stories with a twist.

In the senior school was the Wellington Arts Festival and many of these students were lucky enough to attend some fantastic shows, including the highly energetic production of Dead Dog in the Suitcase. A number of other theatre visits happened during the year and a highlight was attending Old Boy Finn Teppett’s play My Dad’s Boy, also starring another Old Boy, Jimmy Russell.

The Y11 Drama started their year with a Pasifika flavour and were fortunate enough to work with Liz Pa’u and Dave Armstrong in preparation for their performance of excerpts from Dave’s play Niu Sila. This was contrasted with their process drama as the street children of Brazil in which the senior students relished in their powerful policemen roles. Their experiences from this created some interesting devised drama pieces.

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This year also saw the revival of the Performing Arts programme and they started the year with a combined production with the Y12 Drama class. This programme is designed to give students a practical course across the performance arts, and students worked with a number of industry based practitioners including Pump Dance Studio teachers and Lighting experts. A final highlight was to see students’ own choreography presented at the end of year showcase in Term Four.

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The Y13 Drama class also put on a production this year. Students Liam Stevens and Craig Pollock directed their class in their performance of NZ play Wheeler’s Luck, and the class certainly learnt a few lessons in teamwork and time management. 2016 marks the end of an era for this highly talented and involved year group and we wish them all the best with their future endeavours. We are particularly excited at the high numbers of students undertaking future study in the Arts and we look forward to hearing more from you all.

All in all 2016 was a highly successful year in the Drama Department and no doubt 2017 will continue in the same vein. In the words of Samuel Beckett, Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again.

Fail better.

MISS KATIE HOWES, HoD Drama

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Remy Armitage as Richard in Wheeler’s Luck.

The Performing Arts Class rugby dance.

Isaac Anderson as Trish in Wheeler’s Luck.

Y10 Commedia Dell’Arte masked performers.

The Performing Arts Class dance performance.

Soap Opera Cast photo Y10’s (L-R) Sandesh Dias, Will Hausmann, Mackenzie Horwood-Verstappen, Hugh Morrison and Angus Kerr.

7 Hegel Douds and Nick Russell presenting their Shadow Puppet Drama.

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English The English Department started 2016 with two additions to its staff; both of whom are excellent teachers with infectious senses of humour to boot.

Elizabeth Steer came in on a permanent English contract from Auckland and Rachel Veale took up the position of LTR English and Drama. Both of these teachers brought a specific vibrancy and energy to both the classroom and English office. Marking panels were always amusing with Elizabeth on them and I know how much the boys enjoyed Rachel’s Drama-focussed English lessons. It’s a loss for us that they’re already exiting the department, but very exciting for Drama at Sacred Heart in Lower Hutt while Elizabeth has taken up the hardest teaching job of all – Motherhood.

We also said goodbye to Mrs Jan McLean as she took retirement part way through this year. She has given the College and department 33 years of unwavering service.

Her knowledge of Shakespeare remains unsurpassed and we’re very conscious of the gap her leaving has created. Her

Mrs Jan McLean, who retired after 33 years at the College.

kind wisdom and cheer will be irreplaceable, as will her Melting Moments! We wish her adieu and hope to enjoy her popping in on us in an informal basis.

We remain unashamedly proud of the students’ academic results and we’re thrilled to see the growing confidence and literacy of the students in all classes.

Nowhere was this more in evidence than in 9K’s production of Romeo and Julius. This play was their contribution to the end of year Y9 Shakespeare Festival.

They performed the play with a truly impressive level of aplomb while gracefully presenting to the audience a series of challenging scenarios design to prompt thought and reflection.

But all of the Year 9 Drama performances deserve to be celebrated in what was one of the best, if not the hottest, Y9 Festivals ever! All the teachers and Drama tutors out did themselves in terms of the energy and commitment they put into making them the professional and captivating performances that they were. The students loved performing in them and, even more, loved watching them.

Junior Public Speaking Winner: Zac Dean

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The English Department has continued to streamline the integration of BYOD into both the junior and the senior classroom.

Our focus is always on using devices to enhance student learning, not to supplement it.

We, as teachers, were up-skilled this year when we attended a presentation by the Library on how to use research data bases on our own devices. This provided a splendid opportunity to pass this knowledge on to our own students. The students of Y9 and Y10 now have a much better understanding of how to use their devices as tools of research and learning discovery enabling them to be better equipped as lifelong learners.

The skill of the teachers and students are no more clear than

anywhere than in the extracurricular English activities which display the sophisticated reading, writing and speaking skills of the students in our school. The achievements of students and staff in areas like speech competitions, debating and creative writing really are something we continue to be very proud of. They’re testimony to the dedication of the students, parents and teachers.

On Tuesday, 23 August, the annual Speech Finals evening was held in the Girvan Library.

We were delighted to welcome back two former Wellington College teachers to judge the competition; Matt Jarry (HOD Arts, Scots College) and Nic Gorman (Film maker). Speech Finals night was, as always, a

night of excellent speeches and good entertainment. Public Speaking is a skill we value highly at Wellington College so all who made it through the class competitions, the semi-finals and to the finals can feel very proud of their efforts.

Max Grice went on to represent the College at the Stockley Cup, the Wellington regional interschool competition the following week and did very well to be named runner-up.

We have enjoyed a great deal of success in other speech competitions too.

Mason. Ms Tara Faulkner-Clayton managed to prepare the Premier B team to the finals but lost in the last instance to HIBS. Ms Elizabeth Steer’s team (Senior Certificate 1) won their grade and beat QMC in the finals.

Ashad Langdana

Ashad Langdana represented the school very well at the Race Unity Speech Competition as did Michael Galvin in RSA Cyril Bassett Speech Competition. The topic was New Zealanders in WW1 and he is looked at the legacy of All Black captain Dave Gallagher – famous rugby player or a soldier who died for his country.

PUBLIC SPEAKING FINALISTS

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Andrew Sutcliffe, Roshi Sneyd, Daniel Stockton, Astin Monastra, Sandesh Dias and Zac Dean Zac Dean: Do you know who I like?

Clement King, Matthew Sutcliffe and Harry Crawford Matthew Sutcliffe: The Knight in Shining Armour Roman Dunford, Te Moananui Bradley Moore, Oscar Robinson and Max Grice Max Grice: What is Truth?

Intermediate Public Speaking Winner: Matthew Sutcliffe

Senior Public Speaking Winner: Max Grice

Nick Webster

Nick Webster won the Wellington regional section of the United National Association of NZ Speech Competition with an excellent speech about the importance of education in ensuring global security. He flew to Auckland to compete in the national competition and was placed a very close second to a Diocesan College Auckland student. Nick was praised for his superior presentation and for delivering his speech with impact and superb pacing. He also represented the school at the Lions Young Speechmaker competition.

Michael Galvin

Wellington College’s English teachers proved their mettle as among the best of debating coaches: The Premier A Debating team won the Russell McVeagh Regional competition at the start of the year then faded somewhat but they beat PNBHS in the traditional and dazzled against the staff. This articulate group of young men were coached to such greatness by no less than Mr Bob

Senior Certificate 3 coached by Ms Hazledine got to the semifinals while Mr Naran was an awesome Junior Premier team coach - they got to quarterfinals.

In 2016, Massey University held its second Creative Activism Conference in which students were invited to present a creative response to an international dilemma. Students from all over New Zealand attended, presenting a vast array of original creative products from poetry to plays, to songs, films and short stories, all at a very high standard.

Andy Dowell, (Y12), won the Creative Writing section with a short story written for his Level 2 writing portfolio. Andy's piece, based on a single mother living in poverty, impressed the judges because it gave a big problem facing New Zealanders a real human connection - something media coverage of the issue lacks.

His writing follows. Matthew Canlas and Thomas Kearns-Hill won the Media Studies section with a moving stop-motion animation film about the impact of the Syrian war on children and their families.

Our students showed off another type of writing skill as Wellington College's student-run magazine Coll Hub returned again in 2016

under the guidance of the English Department’s Mr Dave Thorp.

Following on from the relaunch the previous year, Coll Hub aimed to continue on its worldrenowned success. Over the course of the year twelve students were involved in submitting articles, overseen by co-editors Thomas Snaddon and Daniel Burgin. A focus for the year was on trying to ensure that all students would be able to relate to the magazine, so more attention was placed on articles rather than opinion-style pieces. Stories that were covered included McEvedy Shield, the 40-Hour Runathon, cultural and sporting groups, music reviews, and exclusive interviews with members of staff. Heading into 2017, Coll Hub looks set to continue, with the aim being to push out more issues during the year.

All in all, a busy year and a creative one. We hope to maximise our time and potential in much the same way in 2017.

MS REBECCA EDMUNDS Assistant HoD, English

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English: ORIGINAL WORKS T his place is so strange. The clouds coat the area in shadow. No glass case. No red velvet platform. Pieces of paper wave around beneath me, strung to the ground. And all these people.

They walk past without notice. Have they no respect for history? The dust on my amber brown lips serves as a reminder of my time in battle. It remains there only of my will. These black images of heroes and villains, legends of war and stories of love and loss. They coat my rounded exterior. Do they not carry lustre? I have displayed them for millennia, they have barely seen more than a day! It must be because of all these new novelties.

I doubt those pink shoes have travelled through Greece. That contraption takes no pride in its presentation. Alas, at least I’m where I belong.

Wow, look at all these people! They must be here to look at me! And who wouldn’t, I am Valentino after all! But what’s with that old flower pot? He always looks so mad… Maybe he just needs to live a little.

I should go over and- Hey! It’s Coffee! He’s looking a little bitter.

Maybe I can cheer him up? I’ll tell him about this new thing I’ve been doing with my- Oh! Am I being whisked away? I’m sorry everyone but I guess you just have to keep up with the trends. Well, ciao!

They took the heels over me? The heels?! What can that pair of footwear do? It is small and weak, not to mention a tremendous eyesore. I am grandeur! This is against the laws of nature! I hold myself high, I present myself appropriately. I respect those that deserve it. So by jupiter, where is my reward? Why else would I be kept in the highest point of the house? Kept in a burial room, like an overturned pyramid, where the royalty sleeps. The warriors painted on my breast writhe with anger, and their memory shall not be in vain. They will attend my needs! They must...

Another? Don’t they remember what happened last time? The weather in Welly never holds up. Something always happens. Just like last night when I tipped over and spilt on everyone. Or like when I was made. I mean, why must I be called a plunger? Why me?

Plungers belong in bathrooms. I belong on a tabletop. And now that she’s gone there’s no one left worth talking to. Except for that old bugger, but I’m not in the mood for a cup of condescending.

Now what? What kind of music is this? How horrible, is that what attracts attention in this era? And that miserable thing, what does it want? It stares at me. What? What is it? Tell me, boy! Do I humour you?

English: ORIGINAL WORKS Is that it? Very well then, we’ll see who has the last laugh when I leave this god awful place and ascend to a far greater pedestal. I was sculpted with care and shall be treated as such, just you wait!

These poor fools. They have no clue. People have come and gone for hours, some taking a peek or a glance. But they aren’t being shown off. They’re being replaced. I’ve seen a lot in my time here.

I saw them all arrive, I saw them get out of the car. Coming in and out of me. But then they brought out that smaller one. Wailing and making a mess. Then they took bag after bag of white things. Hair frizzed out, wrinkles showing, eyes drooping. And yet, despite it all, they were… happy. Either way, hopefully they close up soon. The wind is sending chills through my insides.

As the day goes on, fewer and fewer of us remain. Drums seem to be coming from the paintings on the geezer, leaving many smaller items to cower behind their price notes. To the people walking past it is as if a “beware of dog” sign had been pinned into the middle of the ground. Fewer and fewer people have come by and fewer still even notice him. This can’t be good. I’ve been waiting for a while, but a lifetime of waiting must be hell for the guy. The wind is howling, the day is ending and it’s getting cold! Hopefully we wrap this up. And now they're turning the volume up! No wonder they don’t get business… The drumming is getting louder and louder, and the old man is shaking! Is this the power he speaks of? He’s getting closer and closer to the edge…

As the day has past I have seen many leave. But why not I? These war drums I hear, they shall be the symphony of my destruction.

The paintings on my side shall come alive as I rain terror. They will hear my roar! The thunder shall strike! My power will be infinite! I will not be- Ahhhhhh! *Crash* What? Is this… Death? Is that…The heels? They… They still haven’t left? How dare they… Laugh at me…

I… Am… Power… Incarnate…

I… Am… Eternal…

LAURENCE LIM

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A HOUSEWIFE WHO HAD FORGOTTEN THE PILL AND STUCK HER TV SET IN THE RUBBISH CAN. The TV flickered to life, illuminating the dark, stuffy room. A beautiful

her head. She went to wash up, like she always did

woman in a bright yellow sundress held a griller aloft, a gift to

when she and Henry had shared a room. Her

whatever god of consumerism looked over her. Jane felt her

birth control was on her left, right next to

eyes adjust to the new sight and slowly glaze over as the

her old pastel-pink toothbrush. It had just

ad ran its course, showing off the power of the InstaMax

been one moment of forgetfulness, one

griller alongside a bright jingle. She briefly glanced at the

slip-up, and the damage was done. She

piles of unwashed dishes littering the kitchen

cursed Henry too, for his cowardice and for

counter, and the overflowing rubbish bins

his failure to accept responsibility. He left

silhouetted beneath her tiny window. That

days after their child was born, escaping

really needed taking care of, and she almost

late in the night without leaving so much as a

rose before a new commercial dragged her

note. It was taking all her willpower, and all her

attention inexorably back to the screen in front of her. A new

love for her son, to keep her from doing the same.

woman stood before her, perhaps even more lovely than the last. She was arm in arm with a smiling man, one hand holding a glass of wine

The TV again cut through the boy’s cries, blaring

while the other waved gaily at the camera. A sharp cry snapped Jane out

out into the blackness of her flat. This commercial

of her stupor, grating against her ears as she wearily prepared to move.

was advertising family insurance. It showed a series

The dishes would have to wait, she supposed.`

of snapshots of family life while a similar, joyous jingle looped in the background. There, a father and his boy tossing a rugby ball between

As she stumbled blearily into the next room, the crying intensified. Jane

them while the mother looked on with pride. The same boy’s first day at

picked up her only son, taking him into her arms and moving back to

school, accepting a hug from both parents in turn. The ad showed the

the other room of her flat. Wrinkling her nose at the smell that filled the

family eating, laughing and running. The picture began to distort and

air, Jane slumped back into her seat. She walked to the fridge, the watery

shimmer through the tears that ran down Jane’s face. In a fit of rage, she

light illuminating her face as its door opened. She ran her eyes along its

pulled the TV plug from the wall and shoved it down next to the bins in the

trays, searching for a bottle of baby formula. All that greeted her was

corner. As the picture compressed and disappeared, Jane saw the final

the remains of an old loaf of bread, the rest of the murky fridge bare. The

image of the happy family waving, saying goodbye to her and her child.

wails intensified and Jane dragged her hand across her eyes, wondering

The jingle abruptly cut out, and the noise of their combined wailing was

what was setting him off this time. He had never been a particularly happy

the only sound in the dark night.

baby, but ever since Henry had left it seemed all he did was cry and sleep.

She cursed herself for the umpteenth time, running the situation through

ANDY DOWELL

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French Wellington students researched their own ancestors or students who played in the rugby team. They produced newspaper articles, recordings, power points and letters. These results will be taken with us to France next year and displayed, along with initial work produced by the class in France, in an exhibition at Lycée Madeleine Michelis.

 We continue our involvement with the Shared Histories Project and this year we hosted the students from Lycée Européen de Villers-Cotterêts for three weeks in Term One. Although the individual Y12 reciprocal exchange will continue with the Lycée Européen, they were unable to continue on the class project with us. So we are very fortunate to have been welcomed by Lycée Madeleine Michelis, based in Amiens. Our bi-annual group exchanges and this project will continue with the French students. This work continues to form part of the NCEA Y11 course.

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In 2016, due to the late pairing of our schools, New Zealand students were introduced to their French partners near the end of their research. They recorded a short video in which they introduced themselves and explained their project focus. This, along with a class photo, was shared via Google with the French class. The French students asked the New Zealanders questions about our country.

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1 Y11 students in front of the display of Wellington College Old Boys involved in WWI. 2 Ambassador Florence Jeanblanc-Risler and (to her left), Minister Jean-Marc Todeschini during their visit to the College.

3 Some of the students taking part in the 2017 visit to Lycée Madeleine Michelis. They are standing in the botanical gardens, in front of the NZ sculpture to be presented to France in commemoration of New Zealanders liberating Le Quesnoy in WWI. 4 Students from Lycée Européen with Wellington College students after a friendly return touch rugby match during their visit in Term One.

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French Exchange In March this year, students from the school Lycée Européen came to Wellington for over three weeks. They stayed with Wellington College families as part of the exchange programme between Wellington College and Lycée Européen.

In 2017, the focus of the project will once again be WWI but the end product will be a visual portrait of the rugby team of 1909 and ancestors of today's students. Information about them will be located on a map of northern France alongside the battles and sites where Old Boys or ancestors fought.

The trip was based around a Shared Histories project which focused on WW1, the ANZAC experience and the French-Kiwi connection during the war. As part of this project we joined the French students in visiting the War Memorial and Te Papa where we learnt about how the war affected people from different professions and backgrounds. These stories were eye opening for us all and we left understanding more of what life must have been like for young people during the war.

In September, Wellington College was invited to take part in the WWI commemorations at Pukeahu Park. Alexander Sinclair, Campbell Garrett, Conor Occleshaw, Filip Pavkovic, Eduard Bradley and Sam Dearsly who visited France last year spoke about their experiences and the long-lasting effect of the project for them. During question time, members of the public noted how proud they were to find Wellington College boys keeping tradition alive and leaving records of their visit on WW1 graves of Old Boys in France.

During their visit, we joined the French students on a tour around the lower North Island which allowed us to show our new friends some of the sights and was a great bonding experience. Highlights included the thermal pools in Taupo and a night at the New Zealand Military Camp in Waiouru, which was a first for most of us kiwi boys as well. It was great to have time together away from school and allowed us to get to know students from other host families.

In November, we hosted a French delegation on the occasion of the visit of French Cabinet minister, Monsieur Jean-Marc Todeschini, the Minister of War Veterans and Commemorations, who had requested that he meet students taking part in Shared Histories. The delegation was very impressed by the magnificent Haka the Y10 boys, under the direction of Matua Jonathan Belzacki, performed at the powhiri.

Once again, we had 20 students, from Y10 to Y13 sat the different levels (A1, A2, B1, B2) of the internationally recognised DELF examinations. All of the students were successful at their particular level.

We are delighted that once again we have students who obtained a B2 (university level) certificate Campbell Garrett, Michael Williamson and Michael O'Brien. A particularly stand out achievement was a Y12 student, Michael O'Brien, achieving top in the Wellington region. These students now have access to a French university without sitting the language entrance examination.

MS JENNIFER BUSH-DAUMEC, TIC French

I had the pleasure of hosting one of the boys, Theo, and while he lived with us we enjoyed sharing our life in New Zealand with him. For me it was an interesting insight into how similar and/or different life is as a French teenager. Although I first thought that the language barrier would be difficult to overcome, I soon found out that Theo and all of the French students spoke great English. We bonded with the French over things like sport, music, and school life. We took our new friends to plenty of Hurrricanes matches and made sure they left the city with lots of great memories of Wellington and New Zealand.

In my opinion the best things that I have taken from the visit are the memories and friends that I have made. It opened up endless opportunities for not only the French students but also us Kiwi students to experience a new culture and create moments and bonds with people whom we will always remember.

SAM EDLUND

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WELLINGTON COLLEGE STUDENTS ON EXCHANGE IN GERMANY Y12 students have the opportunity to travel to Germany on exchange at the end of each year. This is a programme approved by the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the Ministries of Culture and Education in the German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Students stay with a host family, attend school, and are immersed in the German language for two months over the New Zealand summer.

Below are accounts by some of our Y13 students who returned from Germany at the end of January, 2016.

MS MIRIAM TORNQUIST, HoD Languages

HARRY GREGG The 2015/16 Germany exchange was, for me, an unforgettable trip.

I was living in Ulm, Germany which has a population of about 100,000 and is in between the major cities Munich and Stuttgart.

As soon as we arrived, we started school. I found it was quite difficult initially to understand the teachers or students, but after a few weeks I started to understand more and by the end I could understand almost everything.

A few highlights of the trip included skiing in Austria, watching the Bundesliga (German football league) in which Stuttgart played against Wolfsburg (see photo above), visiting the car museums in Stuttgart, as well as many more adventures we had.

I found life in a different country very interesting, as everything was different, but my host family were very accommodating and helped me to feel at home. Since a few of my friends were on the exchange as well, we were able to meet up at a football game.

The food in Germany was also amazing. At the end of the exchange I had the opportunity to visit family in London.

AMIN HARRINGTON-LINES My exchange trip to Germany was a great experience. I stayed with my host brother and host parents in a small town called Öhringen. Öhringen is a town in Bavaria with a population of approximately 20,000 people.

While I was in Germany, I attended school which was very different to Wellington College. The main differences at Kaufmännsiche Schule were the school being coeducational and the fact that there was no uniform. Another surprising difference was that when a teacher is unwell and unable to teach, you skip that lesson and finish the school day early.

A main highlight of my trip was going to a Bundesliga football game in Stuttgart. Stuttgart won that game 3-1 against Wolfsburg. Another major highlight was skiing in Austria with a large group of my host family’s friends (see the picture below).

Overall, I found the trip very rewarding and it helped me improve my German immensely.

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German LUCAS WESTENRA I went to Germany on exchange for two months over Christmas and New Year. During my time in Germany, I saw a lot of sights, met a lot of new and interesting people and explored a whole new culture.

I’ve learnt a lot during my time in Germany, not only in the language but also in regards to travelling and through entirely new experiences.

During my two months at school, I visited family and went sightseeing. A highlight of the sightseeing was definitely seeing Berlin including it’s Cathedral. The atmosphere, the noise and the scale of that city was overwhelming.

I’ve met people that I’ll stay in touch with and I was able to be reunited with family that I hadn’t seen for many years, which I loved. My time in Germany was incredible, and I loved every day there.

SEAN McELWAINWILSON It is impossible to properly compress 58 days into a few lines, but I’ll do my best.

Even as I begin to recollect and piece together all the many things I saw and did: eating lunch in the Reichstag in Berlin, visiting Munich’s most famed beer-hall, attending school in a language I am still learning to perfect, and enjoying frog-legs and wine in France; I definitely can’t begin to comprehend it all.

To all those with the chance to go overseas and experience a language and culture first-hand, I honestly can’t recommend it enough and would love to return to Germany and see my host family again.

PHOTO: The glass dome on the Reichstag in Berlin.

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Geography and Social Studies HIGHLIGHTS Every year, around mid-February, our Department eagerly awaits the release of the NZ Scholarship results. Nationally, 6700 students attempted the Geography Scholarship exam in 2015 with a total of 188 Scholarships (including those in the Outstanding category) being awarded. We are pleased to report that the Wellington College Geography Scholarship cohort of 2015 (43 students in total) performed exceptionally well, picking up a total of 14 Scholarships (one of those was an Outstanding Scholarship as well). These results ensured that Wellington College students topped the number of Geography Scholarships awarded for any school in New Zealand.

To give Wellington College’s results some context it is useful to identify some of the other schools that we are up against (here they are listed in terms of total Geography Scholarships gained in 2015): St Cuthbert’s College (9), Auckland Grammar (8), Macleans College (7), Westlake Girls’ High School (6), and Rangitoto College (6). These are all schools located in the Auckland region which are often larger and have a bigger pool of students to draw from, yet

we managed to beat our closest rival, St Cuthbert’s College, by five Scholarships in 2015 - quite an achievement by our boys!

There were some particularly pleasing individual successes in the Scholarship Geography examination that the Department would like to publicly recognise: • James Hartshorn (Outstanding Scholarship) • George Coles (Scholarship as a Y12 student) • Pierce Day (Scholarship as a Y12 student) • Luke Whitehead (Scholarship as a Y11 student) We are very proud of all our boys who gave NZ Scholarship a go in 2015 and we can only hope that the Class of 2016 will continue to ‘bring it home’ for the College.

There are some exciting things ahead for the Geography and Social Studies Departments over the next few years and we look forward to sharing these with you as they come on board. In the meantime, here are some photos from the mainstay of any good Geography department; field trips!

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Y10 Geography Field Trip Report The morning started with everyone meeting at the Tripod in Courtenay Place. I’m sure we were all excited to not be lining up for Period 1, but there was still a sense of anxiousness because although it was a trip, it was also our final test for Geography.

The first thing everyone noticed was seeing each other in mufti, and it definitely lightened the mood when the teachers showed up looking very… casual. (I would be lying if I said there wasn’t talk of Mr Smith turning up in a suit).

The roll was called, we were given our booklets and a small briefing, then the group set off in pairs. I was surprised how much I learnt by just taking notes on restaurants, identifying the patterns, things I never would have looked for. After a rush to get down as much as I could for the side streets, everyone was called back to get on the buses.

Our second destination was Mount Victoria to do sketching of the airport and surrounding hills. I remember when I pointed out a storm to Mr Smith, and was surprised when he replied That’s where we’re going! Luckily it was towards the end of our sketching that it started to bucket down with rain and everyone ‘walked sensibly’ back to the buses.

Then it came to the part of the day all of us were looking forward to. After an easy choice of what’s for lunch, we had the queue for KFC going out the door, which definitely turned a few eyes from the public. After our feasting, we returned to the buses and headed to Moa Point to analyse the hills, beach and the shore. With the wind still apparent, it was a difficult task keeping all the sheets of paper from blowing away and you could hear the yelling when the wind caught someone’s booklet.

For me, Moa Point was the most difficult part of the trip because it relies on you looking for things that aren’t directly there. For example, the angle of the beach or naming the types of waves and the velocity. Our last destination was Lyall Bay, but we didn’t spend as much time as planned here because the storm caught up with us. What I do remember is everyone sitting in the bus clapping for Louis who had for some reason ran halfway across the beach to get to the toilets. We clapped him back onto the bus and then were dropped off outside school. Tired, wet and slightly confused but happy because it was an awesome trip!

HENRY ANDERSON, 10JB

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Y13 students check out Lyall Bay. Y13 students with teacher Mr Ross Durant at Moa Point on Wellington’s South Coast.

Prospective Geography students learn the benefits of the subject from Headmaster, Mr Moses

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ABOVE: Y10 students in action around Wellington’s South Coast.

BELOW: Y11 students investigate the form of the Hutt Valley from the Wainuiomata Lookout and then the Wellington faultline at Upper Hutt’s Clouston Park.

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Health and Physical Education

Japanese

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2016 ACADEMIC SUCCESS First in Physical Education A congratulation to this year’s first in Senior Physical Education recipients: • Y11 – Dylan Lynch • Y12 – Thomas Bramley • Y13 – Sebastian On and Craig Pollock Y13 PE Aquathlon (400m swim, 10km run) In difficult conditions, a competitive field of Y13 Physical Education students performed well in this year’s addition of the aquathlon. In an extremely tight finish, James Watkins managed to hold off Sebastian On by just two seconds. Toby Fuller sneaked in for third place, showing he’s just as good on his feet as he is on his bike.

NZ Scholarship in Physical Education Congratulations to the following students who achieved a NZ Scholarship in Physical Education in 2015. These boys produced high quality reports that demonstrated a high level of knowledge and critical thought: Adam Blackwell, Tommy Boyd, Tom Cummack, Harry Delany, Robbie Delany, James Hartshorn (Outstanding), James Walton and Sebastian On (Outstanding).

Further congratulations to James Hartshorn whose report on the changing phenomenon of sport and society received the highest grade possible of 24/24 and took out the Top Scholar award in Physical Education. ACADEMY OF SPORT This year saw the exciting appointment of a strength and conditioning coach, whose key role is to help prepare our young athletes for the future challenges their sports may hold. Mr Neil Yeates worked alongside the senior academy students designing specialised programmes and reviewing their progress. For the Y9 and Y10 classes, he delivered conditioning tutorials in preparation for more individualised programming the following year. He also worked closely with the number of codes preparing teams for tournaments, regattas and general conditioning work. This is a significant development for the academy programme and an incredible asset for our athletes and teams exposing them to new level of professionalism that will enhance their future capabilities. We look forward to developing this resource further in 2017.

All 180 students across five academy year groups represented the school well in their respective age grade teams, assisting those teams achieve a great deal of success. I would like to specifically acknowledge those students in the Academy that have achieved national honours: • Harry Beasley (Y12) NZSS U17 Rowing Champion • Naitoa Ah Kuoi (Y12) NZSS Barbarians Rugby • Josh Morgan-Ranui (Y12) NZ U18 AFL • Ish Perkins (Y12) NZ U16 SLSNZ Champion • Tyler Auelua (Y10) NZ U16A Basketball.

Two other students have achieved national honours competing outside of the traditional schools sports: • Ethan Dombroski NZ U15 In-line Hockey • Oscar Quin NZ Junior Boys Judo Champion.

It is a great pleasure to see so many of the Academy's young men achieve at this level. Their achievements are an inspiration for next generation of Wellington College athletes as well as a reminder all our current athletes that there is a professional and supportive environment at the school that is here to assist our young men achieve their sporting goals and dreams.

MR GREG SHARLAND, HoD, Health and Physical Education

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THE SEVENTH ANNUAL WELLINGTON JAPANESE SPEECH COMPETITION In June, 32 students, including three university students from the Wellington region attended the annual Japanese Speech Competition which was held at Wellington High School. This year featured a wide range of different speech topics from cuisine, to pop-culture, to personal experiences and much more. The participants were separated into five groups from Y10 students to University Students - who all delivered great speeches and made evident that this year’s speeches were the best that the competition has had. The speeches were very informative and fun to watch and the structure of each speech was unique.

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The judges this year were Akiko Harada (National Japanese Language Advisor), Bryan James (Te Kura - The Correspondence School), Felicity Walker (Te Kura - The Correspondence School) and Yushi Ito, a special guest.

As in previous years, the judges continued to use the four category marking system. This marking system consisted of content, language, communication and memorisation. In each division, participants could receive first place, second place, third place, and the special award to one student who stood out to the judges but did not place in their division. The Ambassador’s Award could also be received which was awarded to a participant whose speech was the favourite of the Japanese Ambassador out of all divisions.

This year, we entered five students: Alex Huang (Y10), Nathan Carter (Y11), Jason Tam (Y11), Rowan Blaikie (Y12) and Dhruv Kharkar (Y13). Alex Huang delivered an interesting and entertaining speech about his pet which placed him third in the Y10 division. In the Y11 division, Nathan Carter spoke about his personal interests and told the audience more about himself through a wellstructured speech. Jason Tam received the special award in the Y11 division for his speech about his exchange trip to Japan in which he spoke about the places he went and the things he did in Japan. Rowan Blaikie from the Y12 division spoke about his friend Kazu and received the special award for that division as he spoke about his experiences with Kazu and what he learnt from him. In the Y13 division, Dhruv Kharkar did a presentation about Japanese street food and made good use of his slideshow to display the colourful food that Japan had to offer.

The Wellington Regional Japanese Speech Competition is a great way to see how your use of the Japanese language compares to others around the Wellington region. It offers participants a chance to share their ideas and opinions and listen to the ideas and opinions of others. Overall, this competition allows individuals to test their skills against some of the best Japanese speakers around Wellington and gain confidence in their speaking ability. The coming years should see even more interesting and engaging speeches plus further opportunities for participants to prove that they are the best in the Wellington region.

JASON TAM (Y11)

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2.Rowan Blaikie 4. Dhrun Kharkar

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“In 2015 we obtained the third highest number of Calculus NZ Scholarships in the country.”

 University of Cambridge Mathematics Examinations CIE Once again our Cambridge Mathematics classes have performed at the highest level nationally and internationally by attaining the following class averages at each level:

83.10%

67.57%

78.84%

IGCSE Mathematics (A+)

Advanced Subsidiary Mathematics (A)

Advanced Level Mathematics

Student Wonbin Choi Luke Whitehead Matthew Sutcliffe Aush Wickremesekera Viraaj Patel William Chen Connor Smith Pere Wi Rutene-Pomare Kento Hirose Darren Tang Yovan Rasiah Harry Crawford Jacob Kizito Sebastian Thompson Malin Walpola Andy Chen Zane Goggin

CIE 97 96 96 94 94 93 93 92 92 92 91 91 90 90 90 90 90

The 2016 International

The New Zealand team performed very well finishing a credible 53rd, with Yiannis qualifying for a Bronze Medal with his performance.

This is the first time that Wellington College has had students selected into the New Zealand team and is an exceptional result for two of our top Mathematics students.

In 2015, Yiannis obtained an outstanding NZ Scholarship in Calculus as a Y11 student, while in 2014, Barnard was the top student in Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics.

He continued this form into 2015 where he scored a near perfect 98% Cambridge AS Mathematics.

Grade

A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A* A*

Student Barnard Patel Angus Phillips Alex Sharples Rahul Rahubadde Shi Ian Arthur Chia Josef Templeton Oscar Robinson Joseph Lynch Ben Stockton Calvin Lee

CIE 98 89 89 87 85 85 84 82 81 81

A* means the highest possible grade

Grade

A A A A A A A A A A

Student Jordan Barrett Michael Williamson Yiannis Fam Oliver Sutcliffe Joshua Dong Hansaka Ranaweera Rohan Gangakhedkar Jaiden Baker Kevin Chen Hans Hong Juhan Lee

CIE 96 96 96 92 89 87 86 85 85 85 80

Grade

A* A* A* A* A A A A A A A

 Y9 Maths Project Competition Again in 2016, we ran our annual Y9 research project competition. The quality of projects was of a very high standard with the following students being awarded the top honours.

Maori & Pasifika: Mathematics or Scientific Discoveries History of Mathematics Famous Theorems of Discoveries in Mathematics

William Stevenson, Jack Smith and Johanius Eteuati Andrew Booth Andrew Sknar

Harrison Schubert, Fraser MacAulay, Damon Lendrum and David Nguyen Logan Forsyth, Xander Manktelow and George Open Topic [Joint Winners] Parker and Mathew McCabe Overall Year Level Winners First Place Andrew Sknar Logan Forsyth, Xander Manktelow Second Place and George Parker Third Place Mathew McCabe Geometry in Mathematics

Credit

Thirty-nine scholarships were attained in Mathematics in 2015 – nineteen in Statistics and twenty in Calculus.

Thirty-nine scholarships place the Department third in the country. These are exceptional scholarship results and just reward for a very dedicated and committed Mathematics Department whose teaching staff continually go above and beyond to cater for our gifted and elite students.

Distinction

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In 2016, Wellington College had one of its most successful years in the competition with one Prize winner (top in New Zealand), ten High Distinctions and 30 Distinctions.

High Distinction

 NZ Scholarship Results The Mathematics Department has had one of its most successful and busy years again and all our staff were thrilled with our success in NZ Scholarship, NCEA and the International Cambridge Examinations.

Mathematical Olympiad Competition came from of 109 countries with more than 600 students participating. The teams had to solve a number of very challenging problems over a series of days.

Prize Winner

During the past summer holidays two of our Y12 students Yiannis Fam (1) and Barnard Patel (2) were invited to attend the New Zealand Mathematical Olympiad training camp held at the University of Auckland. Yiannis and Barnard were two out of the top twentyeight students selected nationally to attend the training camp. From this point Yiannis and Bernard have competed in the Australian and Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad Competitions as part of the final selection process. Both of them performed exceptionally well and as a direct result both of them were selected to be in the final team of six students to represent New Zealand at the international Mathematical Olympiad Competition in Hong Kong.

 Australian Mathematics Competition This event was introduced in Australia in 1978 as the first Competition in Australian Schools. It has since then become a truly international event, with countries throughout the Pacific and South East Asia, and some from even further afield taking part.

Total

Mathematics

New Zealand Mathematical Olympiad Team 2016

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THE TOP STUDENTS AT EACH LEVEL WERE: Andrew Sutcliffe, Wiktor Tumilowicz, Shekinah Pratap, Matthew McCabe, George He, Scott Gillard and Oliver Lynch Jesse Richardson, Oscar Sheppard, Morrison, Ryan In, Matthew Sutcliffe, Nicholas Patel, Matthew Yi, Finn Ashby and Saumya Sajwan Thomas Bailey, Teik-Jin Chua, William Chen and Kento Hirose Yiannis Fam (Prize Winner)*, Barnard Patel, Louis Lu, Joseph Lynch, Angus Phillips, Calvin Lee, Edward Fung and Thomas Stewart Oliver Sutcliffe, Yujie Huang, Kevin Chen, Alexander Hann, Hans Hong and John McNaughton

* Yiannis Fam was awarded a Gold Medal in the senior division in this year’s AMC competition. This medal is awarded to the top Senior student in NZ

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Media Studies In April, 2016 a group of 24 senior students and three staff embarked on the first Wellington College Arts Trip to New York and Los Angeles.

 Victoria University Mathematics Competition (VUWMA) in association with the Wellington Mathematics Association Challenge Run jointly by the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research and the Wellington Mathematics Association, the competition gave students a chance to work on mathematical problems that are quite different from those studied in school. Dr Dillon Mayhew, a senior lecturer in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, says students often get the impression that mathematics is all about applying rules. An event like this shows them that mathematics requires creativity and imagination as well as technical ability. Hopefully some will be encouraged to think about studying mathematics at university.

In the morning, teams were quizzed with shorter questions, similar to those posed in the International Mathematical Olympiad. The dynamic changed in the afternoon where students were introduced to theoretical ‘Turing Machines’. The teams were challenged to design and test a number of different Touring Machines that could solve a series of problems.

The judging panel was impressed with the efforts of all the teams, but the Wellington College team was singled out as the top performing college for the third successive year in a row. The members of the winning team were Jordan Barrett, Oliver Sutcliffe, Yiannis Fam, Barnard Patel, Kento Hirose, Andrew Booth and Toby Marks.

To get a feeling for the types of questions posed, try the following: Q1: The diagram shows three squares, with sides of length, respectively, 3, 5 and 7 centimetres.

What is the difference in area between the black region and the grey region?

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The purpose of the trip was to allow the boys to engage in a range of art experiences so that they could develop an appreciation for the global opportunities which exist in the creative arts. After an extremely long but hassle free journey direct to New York, we arrived at our hostel which was to be home for the next nine days. The boys were 12 to a room which provided the opportunity for them to get to know other members of the group well. This, was, in fact a highlight for many of them as they made friendships they admitted would ’not have otherwise happened’.

The hostel itself was designed specifically for school groups and this gave the boys a chance to meet and socialise with students

from other parts the US and the world. This in itself was a learning experience for all. Each day had two organised events with some time to explore parts of New York independently.

Initially the boys were not too confident to navigate New York independently but after acclimatising to the geography and culture each student developed a sense of confidence and by the end of the experience they were all very adept at using a range of transport options and confidently navigating Manhattan.

The highlights of our excursions included the Museum of Modern Art where the boys got to see Andy Warhol’s original soup cans, an installation of Pollock, Lichinstein’s pop art and the famous street art of Basquiat among some of the more historical artists such as Monet and Van Gogh. This was followed with a walk up the famous

5th Avenue providing a photo opportunity of Trump Towers to arrive at the Guggenheim. The walking street tour of Brooklyn’s incredible street art was also a visual feast albeit in unseasonably hot weather.

As indicated by most all of the boys the Broadway show The Lion King was a definite treat and for those who were very interested in the dramatic arts The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time provided a good contrast to showcase the range of theatre on offer.

An afternoon at Yankee Stadium to watch the New York Yankees

also provided a different type of entertainment but one which is saturated in American culture and media. I believe everyone came home with a Yankees baseball cap.

Our final highlight was most definitely The Brooklyn Museum.

A contemporary museum/ gallery where the installation

by Tom Sachs entitled Boombox Retrospective signifying the developing sound of DJ’s delighted most as did the floor to ceiling collaborative work of more than 50 artists entitled Agitprop, which explored politically engaged art from five historical moments of political urgency.

Our final destination was the September 11 memorial, although not on our schedule, was definitely worth the visit.

 Mathswell Competitions Each year the College enters teams from Y9 – Y11 to compete against other schools from the Wellington region. The College has performed very well again securing first place in the Y10 competition, second place in the Y9 Competition and a credible sixth place in the Y11 competition. These results secure the College as the top performing secondary school in the Wellington region in 2016, a result the College has maintained for the past four years.

• Y9 team: Andrew Sutcliffe, Ethan Henry, Toby Marks, Joseph Galinski, Wiktor Tumilowicz and Matthew McCabe.

• Y10 team: Nicholas Patel, Elliot Baguley, Jim Zhu, Jesse Richardson, Daniel Luo and Matthew Yi. MR IAN CLARK, HoD Mathematics

At the conclusion of our whirlwind tour of New York city we departed for five days in Los Angeles. This allowed us to explore the theme parks - so well-known from our childhood. For many this was a dream come true; to experience Disneyland, be terrified at Six Flags Extreme Roller Coaster Park (the highlight for many), and interact with our most wellknown and beloved characters

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On our return from the trip we were delighted to learn that the boys felt they had developed a deep appreciation of the possibilities which exist in the creative arts. They felt encouraged to continue to participate in their own creative endeavours and for some, to

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translate their experiences into aspects of their assessment work.

We were also delighted to learn that for many the experience provided opportunity to expand their cultural understanding, have an increased appreciation for the freedom New Zealand society allows and how we are blessed with such fantastic food and coffee. We witnessed students go outside their comfort zone, develop new relationships,

The Science Department had another successful year academically, with excellent results in NCEA and NZ Scholarship. Twenty-eight students achieved Scholarships, seventeen in Physics including five Outstanding (Nitay Ben Shachar, Nikolas Majic, Sebastian On, Logan Wu and Jordan Barrett), five in Biology including one Outstanding (Logan Wu) and eight in Chemistry.  NIWA Wellington Regional Science Fair Results 2016 The NIWA Regional Science Fair was held at Victoria University in Week 6 of Term Three. This year, students from Wellington College did well.

Dilan Mgaan Andrew Latta become more self-reliant and show more concern for the well-being of others. This endeavour was an exhaustive amount of work but the rewards are immeasurable and I believe

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the boys will remember this experience always.

MS MIRSHA O’DONNELL HoD Media Studies

Liam Anderson Will Holmes

Colours of Elements Highly Commended Heisenberg’s Victoria University of uncertainty principle Wellington Faculty of Education and Highly Commended Electrolysis with a NZ Institute of Chemistry magnetic twist and Highly Commended Collateral chairs IPENZ and Highly Commended

 Australian Schools Science Competition 2016 The “International Competitions and Assessments for schools – Science competition” is a held annually throughout New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Thirty-three students entered. Twenty-nine achieved Credit or higher.

Five students achieved High Distinction certificates placing them in the top 1% of NZ and 11 students achieved Distinction certificates placing them in next 10% of students.

George He (Y9) achieved a top mark for a Y9 student in New Zealand, for which he received a Gold medal.

Y9 Distinction Y9 High Distinction Y10 Distinction Y10 High Distinction Y11 Distinction Y12 Distinction Y12 High Distinction Y13 Distinction Y13 High Distinction

Jacob Hockley, Matthew McCabe, Yuri Sidorov, Andrew Sutcliffe and Jayden Wong George He (Gold Medal) Liam Anderson and Nicholas Patel Matthew Yi Matthew Sutcliffe and William Chen Oscar Robinson Yiannis Fam and Bernard Patel Oliver Sutcliffe Sebastian On  New Zealand Biology Olympiad Oscar Robinson (Y12) was awarded a Silver Award which recognises his achievement in the 2015-16 New Zealand Biology Olympiad team selection process. This is awarded to the top 19 Biology students in New Zealand who were selected to attend an intensive residential training and selection camp. This is a fine achievement from one of our top

Biology students.

MR SEAN HANN, HOD Science  Victoria University Chemistry Quiz In June, Victoria University hosted the annual hard-fought Chemistry Quiz for local Secondary schools. This is always a popular evening with more or less every college represented, including those from the Hutt Valley and the Kapiti coast.

(L-R): Liam Anderson and Will Holmes with their Science Fair Prizes.

This year, Wellington College teams placed first and third.

Congratulations to the winning team of Alex Sharples and Seb Thompson, and also to the third placed team of Rohan Gangakhedkar, Henry Horwood-Verstappen, Oliver Sutcliffe, Szymon Kaltenberg and Jordan Chin.

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A very productive day in early July saw three Y10 classes and the Y11 Biology class planted over 1000 trees. Our students were a credit to themselves and it was great to continue this team effort, which started on Arbor Day in 2015. A few more trees were planted in September. Next year, the Rotary Club are stepping up their tree-planting campaign on Mount Victoria, so we look forward to continuing this valuable partnership.

In November, 22 Y10 students boated across to Kapiti Island to learn about and participate in the ongoing conservation work there. Their contribution involved clearing out the gullies alongside the track to help prevent erosion, and digging out some slips that had come down across the track as a result of recent rain.

 Tuhono i te Ao In October, a group of 17 Y9 and Y10 Māori and Pasifika students spent a half day at Te Rauparaha arena in Porirua at an event entitled Tuhono I te Ao - Connecting the worlds. This event was an outreach programme partnered by the Society of Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions and Victoria University. The event involved a variety of speakers and hands-on activities, with an aim of encouraging Māori and Pasifika rangatahi (youth) to pursue studies in science and engineering when they leave school.

space camp Wellington College Physics students travelled to Orlando Florida for two weeks departing at the end of Term Two. The NASA Robotics and Astronaut training camps placed the students in a real-world environment of scientific problem solving. The students built, programmed and then tested their robots on a mock lunar surface.

 Chemistry Olympiad Three Y12 students reached the NZ training group for the 2017 International Chemistry Olympiad. Congratulations to Yiannis Fam, Oscar Robinson and Josef Templeton. At the time of writing, these three students have some serious work ahead of them, as the challenge to find the top four to represent New Zealand is eventually decided in April 2017.  Conservation work: Tree Planting – Wellington Town Belt and Kapiti Island track maintenance Wellington College has once again collaborated with Wellington City Council, Rotary and Conservation Volunteers NZ to plant native trees on council land above the College on the slopes below Alexandra Park.

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 EPro8 In November, we held an ePro8 Challenge for our Y10 classes. ePro8 stands for ‘engineer, programme and innovate’ and is a concept designed by Kelvin Thiele, a Wellington-based engineer and entrepreneur. This is the second year that Kelvin has run this event for us. Challenges included building an animated dog that could wag its tail and bark, plus a bridge at least 1m high that could hold a certain weight, among others.

This year, three teams tied for first place: Digby Carroll, Hunter Dann, Sashin Parag and Ijaan Yudana from 10H; Oliver Cassidy, Joseph Hewson, Sam West and Tom Colson from 10C and Jack Baines, Lucas Morton, Heath Haydock and Arnold Chia from 10E.

 Wellington Junior Young Physics Tournament Four teams from 9A, each comprising four to five students, competed in the Wellington Junior Young Physicists’ Tournament at St Patrick’s (Town) in late November. The students had spent a number of hours in the preceding weeks’ Science classes preparing solutions to three Physics problems – for example placing a ruler over the edge of a desk and investigating the parameters that enable the ruler to fly furthest, and investigating the light produced when adhesive tape is ripped from a smooth surface. Congratulations to the team consisting of Max Abbott, Andrew Latta, Bryn Jones, Aidan Homewood and Joseph Galinski, who placed third in the event.

MR PHIL KENDON, TIC Year 9 and 10 Science

Our young scientists experienced the training programme undertaken by astronauts. A highlight was meeting an astronaut who had actually lived on the space station! Other highlights included an in depth history of the space programme, seeing the first rocket/missile that took Alan Shepard into space, the space shuttle Atlantis and then viewing the new generation of rockets that are capable of reusing their launch system by landing them back on barges in the sea. It is remarkable that the technology now exists to land a huge pencil shaped traditional looking rocket backwards onto a landing pad. No need for those shuttles anymore!

You can't go to Florida without a visit to Disney World and Universal Studios, where the students took part in Education courses and of course the other experiences Disney World has!

Here they learnt about the forces and the magnetic launch systems utilised on the Roller Coasters and then experienced Space Mountain and the spider man simulator in the daylight to see how all these ideas are used in practice. Harry Potter World was a hit with all our wizard apprentices and then I-Fly let the boys

experience terminal velocity in a vertical wind tunnel which could reach speeds up to 233km/hr.

Of course, lots of large American meals were eaten, alligators were seen, amazing Floridian sunrises and the NBA Orlando Magic game was definitely a very different experience from a trip to the Cake Tin in Wellington.

MS RACHAEL ANDERSON, Convenor Highlights from some of the students include: Space camp was a fantastic experience where we could enjoy physics in practice. In the rides and at NASA, we learned how important it is to not go too fast around corners and what astronauts experience when they go into space. The whole adventure was truly amazing especially experiencing a new culture and I would definitely go on it again.

SEB DAELLENBACH Visiting NASA was a great learning experience, as well as good fun.

We learnt about how the various rockets were designed for their missions, and how space travel has evolved over the past 50 years. Astronaut training, and

experiencing (simulated) zerogravity was also a highlight. I was very privileged to get the opportunity to go.

YOVAN RASIAH The trip was a very enjoyable experience; not only did we have a great time around Orlando we also got to learn a whole lot.

Our trip to NASA was by far my favourite. We got to take a look inside the extremely complex process of putting a person in space. We also got into some hands-on work at NASA with the three-day robotics course. Our skills and teamwork were tested as we were given four challenges - each with varying difficulty. It was our job to communicate with our team and innovate in new ways to overcome the challenges given, which proved to be very fun and educational.

Our trips to the theme parks were also not only fun and games as we got to take a look at the ‘behind the scenes action’ of the roller coasters at Disney World and Universal Studios. We were shown how they operate from the inside, and we quickly learned that it is no easy job to design and build these. Extreme thought and a lot of physics theory is used in

designing these coasters. Overall the experience in Florida was a very good one. Anyone is who is passionate about Physics and has a thirst for knowledge would absolutely love this trip.

ROHAN GANGAKHEDKAR Going to Orlando was definitely a highlight of my year. Being able to experience the sights and touch the memories that shaped a country truly amplified my dream of becoming an astronaut. While visiting NASA, we got to meet former astronaut, John Bartoe and he answered many of our questions. He talked about how hard it is to achieve your dreams in life and that if you fail that doesn’t mean you give up, but rather you try again even harder. By visiting NASA, I have more confidence and more determination in my goal to becoming an astronaut.

JOHNNY DESSOULAVY Going to Orlando was a life changing experience for me, being able to visit all the theme parks and going behind the scenes to learn about how things functioned, experiencing the American lifestyle of bacon and waffles for breakfast every day, and above all, visiting the

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Spanish One weekend in early June, nineteen senior students plus myself and fellow Spanish teacher, Mr John Henderson joined about 80 other students and 25 teachers and Spanish language assistants for the second Spanish Immersion Camp for senior students to be held in New Zealand. Also present at the camp there were professors from the Spanish Department at Massey University, Palmerston North.

The camp began on Friday afternoon and ended before lunch on Sunday. Besides students from Wellington College and Wellington High School, there were students from One Tree Hill High School, Macleans College, New Plymouth Boys' and Girls' High Schools, Napier Girls' High School and Lindisfarne College. We were the largest school to attend.

Kennedy Space Center, really brought out the physics nerd in me. We got to see the real Atlantis Shuttle, a real Saturn 5 Rocket, and have lunch with an astronaut, who shared his experiences in the NASA organisation, allowing us to learn about possible career paths in Science. One thing that was especially cool on the trip was the IFly Indoor Wind Tunnel.

The wind tunnel went up to speeds of 140mph and simulated the experience of travelling at terminal velocity like you would in a skydive. The NBA game was definitely a nice bonus too. All I could say is that 2016 Space Camp definitely cleared a lot of things off of my bucket list.

ARIE SCOTT Orlando is a great place to visit for a school trip. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with my friends and favourite teachers. I was able to visit places where many

of my family members have visited before. Universal Studios and Disney World were great experiences because of all the attractions that dragged us to adventure around and explore more. The three days visiting the Kennedy Space Center I admit was the best part for me as a photographer and as a person who is very interested in aerodynamics.

The group had seen the Atlantis with one of the best presentations that I have ever seen. We all did a simulation of a rocket launch.

We also visited the Saturn 5 which was too big to get a picture all at once but to be in its presence is a once and a lifetime feeling. The hands-on course we did while we were learning in the Space Center was also great. They had very nice staff and activities to create and test our rover that we had made.

To finish the off course, we were

tested to control a rover over a land that the instructors had created and our task was to go to certain points in the land. I really appreciated the trip.

NICOLI YAMOG Space Camp was an incredible opportunity. Getting to go to all the various parks at Orlando was a huge highlight. I especially enjoyed exploring behind the scenes that we did at Disney World. Seeing the mechanics involved in the park operation was quite intriguing. But the main attraction of the trip for me was the few days we spent at the Kennedy Space Center. I really enjoyed the rover challenges our robotics programme provided.

Getting to know the NASA organisation was also really interesting. Touching an actual moon rock, and seeing an actual space shuttle that had been into

space, were just mind-blowing.

Another highlight was meeting an astronaut in person and having the opportunity to hear his insight into all aspects of being an astronaut. Overall, Space Camp was the trip of a lifetime, and I would definitely recommend this experience to anyone.

DAVID DUNBIER Going to Florida for Space Camp was an incredible experience. I managed to learn a lot about space travel and it has opened my eyes to a possible new career path. I also had a great time touring around with my friends and meeting new people, inside the group and out. The highlight of my trip was touring the NASA museum and learning how engineers solved the problem of the spacecraft not being able to withstand re-entry by inventing new ways of using ceramics.

DANIEL MAK

The weekend programme included a lesson of history about the indigenous peoples of the Americas, cooking lessons, salsa and merengue dance lessons, movie discussions, traditional Basque dance and plenty of sports and games.

There was also a Spanish-themed fashion show and a dance. The programme was fun-filled and provided many opportunities for students to mingle, learn, communicate and use their Spanish in a really welcoming and supportive environment.

I have to say that I cannot be more proud of our students as they were fantastic all throughout the weekend. They really embraced the challenge of speaking only Spanish for the whole weekend (some English was spoken too to be honest!) and were positive, involved and constructive members of the camp. Their friendly attitude towards each other (three from Y11, five from Y12 and the rest were Y13 students, and towards other students and teachers alike.

Our students gave their best in each lesson, workshops and activities and the same when their help was required to clean the breakfast area, the bathroom or their bedrooms. They were quick to join in and generous when giving of themselves to be part of the camp. Many of the other teachers commented on the good attitude and fun nature of our boys and how contagious their positive attitude was.

The camp was not only fun and games for them.

Some found the Spanish immersion challenging but they all did try and ended up embracing the idea and giving their best. For us teachers attending, it was really fulfilling to see our students interact at camp using Spanish, have fun with it, make mistakes but still try again, look for words and ways to express themselves.

Upon our return to School, all students could not stop talking about the good time they had at camp and sharing their very positive impressions experiences.

The camp gave our students a great boost in their confidence to speak Spanish and use the language.

The trips could have not happened without the help and guidance of Head of Languages, Mr Kim Tattersall and the commitment of Mr Henderson who came and supported the boys with great generosity from the moment we left until we came back. Without him it would have been impossible to take so many students.

The images provided hopefully will express how important and successful this weekend was.

MR TOMAS RENNA, TIC Spanish

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Awards The Arts Overview Once again we have much to celebrate in the Arts and all involved can be proud of what they have done to help make our school a more creative and vibrant place.

It has been an outstanding year for student-led initiative and this is one of the defining aspects of the extra-curricular Arts at Wellington College. Students are encouraged to take risks, try new things and create new opportunities. The Junior one-Act Play festival is a case in point – a new initiative that I hope will continue.

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It was great to see a return of Has Coll Got Talent; the Ukulele Orchestra has been an exuberant student-led group and the very successful Wellington College Arts Showcase was another

new venture run by students.

Junior and Senior Drama also fall into this student- created and student-led category, both creative and engaging. Special mention should be made of Senior Drama, taking the already highly entertaining American presidential election and making it more so.

So thank you to the senior students who have driven these activities but thank you also to the huge junior talent we have seen this year – you have all very much impressed us. Special highlights have included being on stage in the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival and in the major production, Lord of the Flies; as a strong cohort in the Pasifika Group; as a group of developing talent in the Jazz Band and

Chorale; and also as a keen and skilled group of junior debaters.

We very much look forward to your continuing and developing involvement.

Te Haeata Awatea has once again been an integral part of school events such as the Black and Gold Awards and Prize-giving and all performances demonstrate a total commitment to the group and excellence of performance.

The Pasifika Group has thrived this year under excellent student leadership and has enriched many school events. Also the Music groups continue to enliven so many aspects of school life.

That we excel in the Arts is evidenced by the fact that for the second year, The Arts Foundation

of NZ chose us, as one of three schools nation-wide, to take part in the Laureates on Stage programme – a memorable event, especially for those senior students chosen to take part in masterclasses with Arts Laureates at the top of their game. I’m sure, in particular those of you who rehearsed and played with Don McGlashan will forever value that experience, as did your audience.

The building of the new Memorial Hall and Performing Arts Centre makes this an exciting time for the College but those of us in the Arts community are doubly excited to think that we will have a new performance space where our talent can shine even brighter.

The Richard Campion Award for outstanding performance in the major dramatic production.

HARRY RUSSON

The College Mothers’ Association Cup for outstanding overall contribution to the major production.

CRAIG POLLOCK

The McLean Cup for significant contribution to the major production.

DANIEL STOCKTON

The Lendrum Cup for dramatic achievement.

REMY ARMITAGE

The Wallbridge Cup for Debating/Public Speaking NICK WEBSTER

The Headmaster's Cup for Debating TIM RUTHERFORD

The Sir Paul Reeves Cup for Debating BEN STOCKTON

The Senior Drama Cup for excellence in a performance.

EZRA MCINTYRE

MS KIRSTY HAZLEDINE, Arts Director

Drama Award Winners Thomas Prince NZSS Orchestra

Debating Drama Kapa Haka Music Pasifika Theatre: Technical

Andy Yu NZSS Orchestra

Gabriel Wee NZSS Orchestra

Hector McLachlan NZSS Choir

Ryan Winter (L) and Michael Sole

Ben Stockton NZSS Debating

Michael O'Brien, Tim Rutherford, Hansaka Ranaweera, Alex Sinclair and Nick Webster Harry Russon, Craig Pollock, Ezra McIntyre, Henry LaHatte, Remy Armitage and Liam Stevens George Nesus-Stainton, Heta Kaka and Rawiri Pairama-Hegglun Amipeliasi Paongo, Jim Kaye, Elian Pagalilawan and Hector McLachlan Amipeliasa Paongo and Toka Sopoaga Jamie McClymont and Nick Webster

(L-R): Ben Stockton, Tim Rutherford and Nick Webster

Special Drama Awards

For significant roles in Lord of the Flies: Ethan Henry, William Antrobus, Ben Shea

Chess Awards

Wellington College Chess Champion: Michael Sole, Runner-up: Ryan Winter

(L-R): Gabriel Wee, Thomas Prince and Andy Yu

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Arts Laureates Wellington College was once again very fortunate to be chosen by the Arts Foundation as one of three schools in the country to be involved with their Arts Laureates in schools and on stage programme. Through this programme, 16 of our students with talents in the areas of Drama, Music and Photography got to work with Laureates Jo Randerson (Drama), Don McGlashan (Music) and Laurence Aberhart (Photography).

In the build-up to the event the laureates issued students with a challenge to complete and on the 31 August, they were involved in a two-hour masterclass together exploring their work and creating a presentation piece.

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The students and laureates presented their work in two sessions; in the afternoon to a group of select arts students from Wellington College and in the evening to parents, teachers, sponsors, artists and other valued members of the arts community. The evening was a great success with many commenting on the talent of the students, demonstrated not only through what had developed in their skill area over the course of the afternoon, but also their ability to present their ideas to the invited audience and reflect on the experience.

The Drama students had to write dream sequences based on characters that they had created.

They focused on NZ stereotypes and during their session created a five-minute devised piece that reflected the inner dreams of 'the lad', 'the rich, white boy', 'the bogan', 'the blender' and 'the rugby player'.

The Music students had to choose a Don McGlashan song and create a rendition of this. Our boys chose Anchor Me and during their session they put their own spin on it, using a combination of vocals, piano, trumpet, guitar and violin. They also spent time looking at songwriting with Don.

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Ami Paongo with Don McGlashan perform Anchor Me Harry Russon in discussion with Laurence Aberhart In rehearsal: (L-R): Rimu Goodisson, Ryan Simpkin, Ezra McIntyre and Louis Collins Dramatists planning with Jo Randerson Jim Kaye jamming with Don McGlashan.

Arts Showcase The Photographers had to snap a sequence with the title Dinnertime. In their session with Laurence they spent time looking at their photos as well as discussing the art of photography and Laurence’s personal journey with photography.

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Getting to meet, work and perform alongside famous names like these was an incredible opportunity for our students and many of them hope to continue in their chosen artistic fields.

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Some of the Arts Laureates Students including Jim Kaye, Tejas Menon, Maxwell Young, Louis Collins, Rimu Goodisson, Ryan Simpkin, Josh Wallis, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Ami Paongo, Tom Shackleton,Harry Crawford, Harry Russon, Noah Mirkin, Thomas Kearns-Hill, Finn Wright and Ezra McIntyre

The Wellington College Arts Showcase was a new initiative, brought together by the Music Prefects this year. Organised and run by students for student-led groups, it turned out to be an explosive evening of Rock Bands, vocalists and dance groups all taking to the stage to showcase their skills.

As a final performance of the year for most of the groups, it was a great opportunity for the participants to bring family to show what they had accomplished in the performing arts in 2016. As a bonus, the teachers got to put down the organising for a night and sit back and watch the students lead the way.

Taking to the stage first were the Rock Bands, partaking for the second time this year in a school showcase. Rebar was the only official Wellington College band, with the rest of the groups coming from the Collab Initiative, where musicians were given the chance to join others they might not otherwise perform with.

Playing possibly at the cost of the audience’s ears, the groups performed strongly while enjoying the opportunity to be on stage again. Despite being in their first years at Wellington College, Tejas Menon (Y11) and Roshi Sneyd (Y9) performed comfortably, backed by performance veterans and other fresh faces.

Between them, they sang songs from Enter Sandman, to Feel Good Inc. before handing over the stage.

The Barbershop Quartet

The Ukulele Orchestra brought everything that the crowd was expecting: energy, fun, and a presence that no other group can bring to the stage. Performing Love Love Love and Hey Ya, the Ukulele Orchestra was very well received and thoroughly enjoyed their final performance of the year.

The Ukulele Orchestra

The Dance groups made a nice break from the musical acts, and showcased the talent of both the Wellington College and Wellington Girls' College Dancers.

Representing Wellington Girls' College, the Spice Girls Trio performed a Spice Girls dance, while D.A.O. from Wellington College, performed their own dance called Technology Controls Us. Both dance groups were very engaging and showed great talent.

The vocalist part of the night showed great diversity, from the Barbershop Quartet, to a Hairspray item, to soloists and duos. The crowd thoroughly enjoyed the singers, with loud cheers in particular for Gabe Wee, who performed Stars.

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Roshi Sneyd

Jim Kaye

Tejas Menan

The night closed with the Rock Collab Initiative performing Stairway to Heaven, where they once again 'hit the nail on the head'.

The night was a huge success, and of course that was not only because of the performers, but also our MC, Tim Rutherford, who kept the audience entertained between acts, and contributing his own banter along the way.

With such a successful première, hopes are high for the Wellington College Arts Showcase to return next year, even bigger and better.

JIM KAYE

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Celebrity Debate The Celebrity Debate held in April, was an entertaining evening for those who attended. The Parents’ Association, in particular Karla and Dallas Paotonu, together with the Development Office, pulled together a great celebrity team and support from the wider school community.

The evening began with an auction of goods which were generously supplied by New World Wakefield Street, McDonalds Basin Reserve, and Road Trip Kit. There was spirited bidding, encouraged by auctioneer Craig Oliver.

Mystery envelopes were snapped up by parents and families who attended and there were expressions of genuine delight as people discovered they had won one of the very generous prizes donated by a number of local business owners. Funds raised will go towards the Hall project.

Wearable Arts: 9KMH Medieval Knight [Craig Pollock]

Wearable Arts: Joshua Alofia

The celebrity team of Old Boy and comedian Raybon Kan, playwright, actor and also an Old Boy, Arthur Meek and City Councillor, photographer and Wellington College parent, Simon Woolf were set the task of affirming the moot That life is too easy for young people. Facing this formidable team were three of our Premier B and Senior Certificate debaters, the Premier A boys being unavailable due to a competition debate. The boys certainly rose to the occasion.

With a great deal of rebuttal and banter between the two teams, the debate came down to being excellent entertainment and a goodhearted reflection of the ethos of Wellington College.

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Jim Kaye: Winner of 'Has Coll Got Talent'

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Deputy Principal, Robert Anderson was a most entertaining Chairman and his decision to decide the winner by the enthusiasm of the cheers of the audience, conveniently declared the debate a draw.

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Coll Hub Wellington College's studentrun magazine Coll Hub returned again in 2016. Following on from the relaunch the previous year, Coll Hub aimed to continue on its world-renowned success.

Over the course of the year, twelve students were involved in submitting articles, overseen by myself and fellow co-editor, Daniel Burgin.

A focus for the year was to try and ensure that all students could relate to the magazine, so more attention was placed on articles rather than opinion-style pieces. Stories that were covered included McEvedy, Runathon, cultural and sporting groups, music reviews, and exclusive interviews with members of staff. Heading into 2017, Coll Hub looks set to continue, with the aim being to publish out more issues during the year.

TOM SNADDON

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Chess  OVERVIEW: I have had the pleasure of overseeing the College's Chess Club this year. The Club met on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes with around 50 boys regularly turning up for a strategic battle.

The Club was generally operated by the Senior leaders and I am grateful for their assistance.

These seniors were Karl Bennett, Ethan Bloor-Wilson, Giotto Frean, Alex Hill and John McNaughton.

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• Power Chess competition at Newlands College Twenty-four players in three teams of eight took part in the first Chess Competition of the season. The local hosts at Newlands College provided the strongest opposition and it was not until the team started the last round of competition that the result was known. However, the individual champion was still to be decided on the number 1 board. Ethan Bloor-Wilson started with a well-balanced aggressive strategy, matched by his Newlands opponent. It was looking like a mammoth contest until Ethan struck with a

rapid charge not spotted by his disappointed rival. Ethan took out the individual title with 4.5 points from five and the team won the overall competition by a clear four points.

• Regional Competition at HIBS Ryan Winter 3.5 points Michael Sole 4.5 points Satwik Meravanage 4 points Ethan Bloor-Wilson 5 points Total 17 points from a possible 20 Our top four Chess players went to HIBS to play in the Regional competition. They played five games throughout the day.

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• Nationals competition at Palmerston North Boys' High School The same team from the Regional competition took part in the Nationals competition held in Palmerston North over the first weekend of the October holidays.

We stayed in a town centre motel so we could be close to eateries and the school, keeping the price to a minimum! Unfortunately, the town was a little noisy on the Friday night and a couple of the boys awoke several times throughout the night and looked a little jaded throughout the day.

This had a an impact on a couple of the boys that was evident by

a few poor moves and decisions resulting in under-achievement in games.

However, they all tried their best, had some fantastic encounters and eventually ended up eighth in the country, a competition dominated by the big Auckland schools. Ryan played very well on the number 1 board and Michael was the pick of our team with six points from seven.

Well played boys. This is now your target to beat next year!

MR COLIN GREEN, Convenor

This placed the team in first position and put them through to the National finals in Palmerston North. Ethan backed up his Power Chess performance with a maximum here. They also won the Skip Hardy Memorial Trophy.

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Throughout this year, the members of the Club have had the opportunity to try many activities from China. We were very lucky to have Mr Jiang, our Chinese language assistant and a very talented artist, to help teach us many forms of Chinese art. A highlight was Chinese Paper Cut, where we fashioned amazing works of paper art from monkeys to fans. Another was learning and

mastering Chinese Chess and Mahjong and many of the younger students were taught by some of our large group of Chinese international students who were very experienced.

Another focus of this year was learning about the history and culture of China. Mr Jiang organised many lessons and he was devoted to teaching us the history of many of China’s cities and provinces, from the big cities like Beijing and Shanghai to

lesser known places like Harbin in Heilongjiang where we have now learnt that the largest ice festival in the world takes place. As well as this we watched many Chinese films and cartoons to teach us about the vast number of Chinese myths and legends.

Finally, the most important part of Chinese Club - the food. This year, we had several lessons where we made and then ate some particularly delicious Chinese dishes, from Zongzi to

fried rice and the ever popular dumplings. Oddly enough, the number of members of Chinese Club always seemed to explode for these lessons, but Mr Jiang and Ms Li always made sure that there was more than enough food to go around and everyone managed to have a good time learning to make some of their favourite dishes.

It was a great year for the Club, with all of its members learning heaps and enjoying themselves in the process.

DANIEL MAK

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The Combined Production In conjunction with Wellington Girls' College

This year, nine extremely talented students from Wellington College had the great privilege of being a part of the Wellington Girls' College 2016 production Hairspray.

Jake and I were cast as the comical couple - Wilbur and Edna Turnblad. The charming TV host, Corny Collins, was played by none other than Arlo van Helden. Jonathan Buenaobra, with his smooth dancing was cast as Seaweed. And finally Link, the famous teenage dreamboat of Baltimore, was played by the famous teenage dreamboat of Wellington College. Shashwath Joji. Laurence Lim, Gabriel Dykes, Ben Cox and Mackenzie Harwood Verstappen all had their acting skills put to the test as they were given the challenge of playing various different characters in the musical (with some having to play multiple different characters!).

We started rehearsing in February and for about seven months, we spent tireless hours learning our parts, practising dances and really becoming our characters.

The hardest part was the first term where we would come in week after week to sit down and learn the chorus parts of each song. We really have to thank Ms Nicola Sutherland, the HOD of Music at WGC, for getting the chorus to such a high standard and being so committed despite our somewhat lack of enthusiasm.

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However, the tedious work was essential for the musical to reach the highest standard possible.

The rest of our rehearsals were directed by the brilliant Linzi Heighway and Kate Marshall.

With their theatre expertise, we were able to put on a truly unforgettable show. Despite having seven months to rehearse there was really no room for messing around. Punctuality was crucial for each rehearsal as there would always be new material we had to get through. Being under this sort of pressure was interestingly very rewarding as it brought everyone closer and allowed us all to connect as a community.

would also like to thank everyone in the cast and crew (teachers and students alike). I truly had an amazing experience working with everyone of them and after spending so many hours with them we definitely came out of it with an undeniable bond.

Arlo van Helden

This definitely paid off when the tickets for all five shows were sold out before we even had our first performance! Night after night, the audience gave us their deafening applause and approached us to congratulate us on such a brilliant production.

I really must take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in Hairspray. Nicola Sutherland did a fabulous job teaching us the chorus parts, Linzi Heighway and Kate Marshall for coming in every week without fail to make sure we performed to the best of our potential and Chris Hayward for running the lighting and sound and ensuring our presence on stage had a real depth to it. I

 INTERSCHOOL SUMMARY In 2016, we had two Junior Certificate teams. Certificate 2, coached by Mr Liam Gallagher-Power did particularly well to reach the octofinals of this enormous grade. Junior Premier, coached by Mr Nilesh Naran and Alex Sinclair also did well to get to the quarter-finals.

Certificate 3, a team of Y11 star debaters in the Y11-13 grade, did brilliantly to get to the semi-finals but Certificate 2 were the stars of the show, winning their grade with James Bellam providing a boost mid-season and Remy joining for the semis and finals when things got interesting.

You’re (all) Timeless to Me GABRIEL WEE [WILBUR TURNBLAD]

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Senior Certificate 1, coached by Miss Bernice Jutson, imploded slightly apart from Remy Armitage who made his way into Certificate 2 at the later stages of the competition when they looked like winning!

I’m sure I speak on behalf of the cast from Wellington College when I say that we are all grateful for being given the privilege of meeting and performing with everyone.

Gabriel Wee

SENIOR CERTIFICATE 2 Back: Remy Armitage, Matthew Wong Front: James Bellam, Oscar Robinson Absent: Mrs Elizabeth Steer [Coach]

PREMIER A Back: Ben Stockton, Tim Rutherford Front: Alex Sinclair, Hansaka Ranaweera Absent: Mr B Mason [Coach]

At the top level, Premier B reached the finals and although Premier A didn’t necessarily reach the heights suggested by their potential, they were a great group of young men who coached, mentored and organised debating, providing opportunities and challenges for the younger students. Such is the spirit of Wellington College Debating.

• Premier A The Wellington College Premier A team consisted of Ben Stockton [1st Speaker], Hansaka Ranaweera [2nd Speaker], Tim Rutherford [3rd Speaker] and Alex Sinclair [3rd Speaker]. The team was coached by Mr Bob Mason.

SENIOR CERTIFICATE 3 L-R: Ed Twomey, Ollie Michie,

Harry Crawford Absent: Ms Kirsty Hazledine [Coach]

PREMIER B Back: Michael O'Brien, Miss T Faulkner- Clayton Front: Will Sims, Nick Webster Absent: Sam Walker

The team began the year with a hiss and roar, as we managed to work our way through the Russell McVeagh Secondary Schools' Tournament, which took place over two days,

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(L-R): Ben Stockton, Tim Rutherford and Nick Webster with the Russell McVeagh Debating Trophy.

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Debating and beat Scots College in the final with the help of Nick Webster as second speaker. This was a confidenceboosting start to the year, as this competition put us up against the best teams that all the other schools in the Wellington Region had to offer, and we came out on top.

In high spirits, we progressed on to the Secondary Schools' Competition, the main competition of the year, in which we were promptly thrashed, winning only two of our five round-robin debates while narrowly losing the others, and subsequently we didn’t make the break into the knockout rounds.

Being eliminated this early in the main tournament definitely deflated our spirits, but individual success was found throughout the year with Ben Stockton being selected to represent Wellington in the NZSS tournament, and beating Auckland in the final to win the national title. Nick Webster, who helped us win the Russell McVeagh competition, came runner-up in the National UN Association of NZ Speech Competition in Auckland, with a speech on how education is the key to achieving global security. And of course, Hansaka Ranaweera took home the trophy for the prestigious Wellington College Impromptu Speech competition, with a powerfully moving speech on how Dora the Explorer held the key to life’s problems.

We found some more team-wide success in the Traditional against Palmerston North Boys’ High School, where we managed to beat their Premier team by negating the moot: This House would ban the advertising of alcohol.

This was another trophy brought home to our modest collection of silverware, and picked us up again after being knocked out of the regional competition. It was a good debate to end the year on as a team.

But by far the most prestigious event of all, the 'highlight of the debating year' as some would put it, was the Wellington College Staff versus Student Debate.

Debating • Premier B It has been a great year for the Premier B Team, consisting of Michael O'Brien, Nick Webster, Will Sims, and Sam Walker.

The Premier A and B teams.

Messrs Liam Gallagher-Power, Martin Vaughan and Premier A Coach, Bob Mason affirmed the moot: This House believes that teachers are overpaid, while Ben, Hansaka and Tim negated. The debate was fierce with no holding back from either side, and featured many personal attacks, groan-inducing puns and even a David Attenborough impression, but in the end, the two-adjudicator panel of Mr Rob Anderson and myself unanimously gave the debate to the students. The mighty mug that was presented to the boys that day has been proudly on display ever since.

It was a good year for us overall, we had a member win the national competition, we won the Russell McVeagh competition, defeated Palmerston North Boys’ High and even managed to best the teachers in the Staff versus Student Debate. Most of us had been in the same debating team since Y11, so it was a satisfying conclusion to our three-year long saga of debating at Wellington College. We are thankful for the good memories it has left us with, the friends we’ve made, and of course the guidance of our McDonald's supplier and coach Mr Mason, and the behind-the-scenes hero that is Ms Kirsty Hazledine.

We wish all the best to next year’s Premier A team, and hope that they can defend the trophies we won, and bring home the ones we couldn’t.

ALEXANDER SINCLAIR

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The year started with the Regional Russell McVeagh Debating Competition.

Both Premier A and Premier B debated as WC1 (Ben Stockton, Nick Webster, Tim Rutherford, and Alexander Sinclair) and WC2 (Michael O'Brien, Sam Walker, Will Sims, and Hansaka Ranaweera). Both teams performed excellently with WC1 winning the competition and Premier Bs Michael O'Brien being selected to be in one of the Wellington Debating teams.

The season continued well with the Premier B competition, starting with a win against Nga Tawa on a debate about euthanasia. As the season progressed, Premier B emerged undefeated until the final. Some highlights from the season included motions about the censorship of cultural works created by people who have done great moral wrongs, an unconventional debate about the morality of a 'love repressing drug', and the semi-final about affirmative action in regards to LGBTQI+ representation.

The season finished with a wonderful final debate against Hutt International Boys' School, with Premier B affirming the motion: This House believes that, the New Zealand government should prioritise addressing present day inequality, over (and to the exclusion of) compensating Māori for historical injustices.

The debate was of great quality and interesting points were brought up from both sides, making an interesting end to the season, albeit dampened due to HIBS winning the debate.

Overall, Premier B Debating has done well this year, especially under the much-needed guidance of Miss Tara Faulkner-Clayton, who has dedicated many hours of lunchtime and time after school to help us develop our skills

and understanding. Thanks must also go to Ms Kirsty Hazledine who somehow managed to wrangle together the team, and ensured that everything ran smoothly.

To finish, I want to wish the very best to the 2017 Premier B Team, and I hope they can get just as much, if not more, out of this than I did.

NICK WEBSTER • Senior Certificate Two The Senior Certificate Two team had a great season this year. Under the guidance of Mrs Elizabeth Steer, the initial team was Oscar Robinson, Ethan Bloor-Wilson, Mathew Wong and Andy Dowell. It was a new team, with many members who hadn’t competed at the interschool level before.

Some of the first debates covered topics like online voting, sugar taxes, and abstinence only sex ed. Undefeated, the team qualified for the quarter-finals. The moot was American Democracy is in Crisis (a topic that may be worth revisiting). With the help of James Bellam, a late addition as second speaker, the team pulled off a win negating the moot against St Bernard’s College.

During the semi-finals, the team had to scramble for new members due to many being busy with internal examinations. Fortunately Remy Armitage, who previously debated on the Senior Certificate 1 team, joined the team as first speaker, helping to win the semis against St Oran’s College.

Through to the finals, the team negated the moot Voluntary euthanasia should be legalised in Parliament against Queen Margaret's College. With the help of Ben Stockton, a Premier A debater who coached the team, Remy, James and Matt successfully argued the moot, winning Wellington College the Rennie Cup for the first time since 2007. This was a great success in a highly competitive division with over 80 teams. Hopefully this bodes well for continued success for Wellington College teams in the Senior Certificate division.

JAMES BELLAM

 IN-HOUSE DEBATING Tim Rutherford, Ms Kirsty Hazledine and I organised the 2016 In-House Debating Competitions. I focused my efforts on the Junior branch of the competition, and this is my summary of the year.

For those reading who don’t know much about Junior In-House, it’s a debating competition run over the course of the year for over 80 Y9 and Y10 students, with five debates in a round-robin, then three knockout rounds, and a final. Nine times this year, we came up with a moot, took over Level 2 of the Tower Block, printed off a lot of judging sheets, and whittled down the 22 teams that started into the one team that won.

In most years, the quality of Junior Inhouse is exactly what you’d expect from a group of enthusiastic guys without any experience debating - not particularly high. Yet even the jaded seniors who Tim and I could press into service were raving about their talents after one debate. We set a topical moot on increasing refugee quotas for the first round, and gave the teams two weeks to prepare.

Four speakers in and the debate I judged was of a higher quality than the Senior Cert grade, a mostly Y11 Interschool grade.

I ended up weighing the economic and moral benefits against the transport, longterm concerns and the reduced capacity to respond to looming environmental disaster in the Pacific. Some context would be my own Y11

Junior Team Runners-Up: Lithium Candy Junior Team Winners: Antigrade Amnesia

trial on a similar topic, where I could barely talk about the topic, eventually resorting to Trans-Tasman rivalry to make my point.

We were all impressed beyond belief by the raw talent that we had in this cohort. The student coaches showed outstanding dedication as well, providing direction and honing groups of mates into debating teams. There were mature debates about the President-Elect, on Turkey and geopolitics. We ended the competition with the debate This house would reintroduce national service, with excellent arguments made and a victory for the team Antigrade Amnesia, a team of Alex Coomber, Adam Muir, Karl Greaves and Cameron Cunningham and coached by Eddy Horwood.

With no losses and five Best Speaker Awards in the competition, we gave the Top Speaker award to Alex Coomber. There for his unwavering persistence in coaching his team this year, we gave Top Coach to Ollie Mitchie.

Organising Junior In-house this year is the most rewarding thing that without exception I have ever done. There is absolutely no doubt that Sam Walker and Ollie Mitchie, two hardworking debaters and great guys, will as convenors, take In-house Debating to new heights in 2017. I’m looking forward to hearing all the moots I wish I’d thought of for 2016 coming out for next year’s Junior school. I’ll be following the Senior debating of 2019 and 2021 extremely closely for sure.

BEN STOCKTON, Co-Convenor

IN-HOUSE RESULTS

Junior of the Year Nominees: Junior of the Year Winner: Senior of the Year Nominees: Senior of the Year Winner: Coach of the Year Nominees: Coach of the Year Winner Senior Team Runners-Up: Senior Team Winners:

Joshua Kemp Whimp, Ben Stirling, Jim Lockwood and Hugo Wiles. Coach: Jesse Richardson Alex Coomber, Adam Muir, Karl Grieves and Cameron Cunningham. Coach: Eddy Horwood Alex Coomber, Adam Muir, Joshua Kemp Whip, Ben Stirling and Pablo Montes de Oca Walker Alex Coomber Roman Dunford, Ed Matthews and Hugh Lockwood Hugh Lockwood Jesse Richardson, Eddy Horwood, Ollie Michie and Sam Walker Ollie Michie Will Sims, Ed Matthews and Max Schuyt Ben McCay, Roman Dunford and Hugh Lockwood

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Bonjour à tous, Another great year at the French Club has come to an end. With the help of Michael O’Brien and Alexander Sinclair as leaders with me, the Club has been a great success.

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The French Club is organised by senior French students who wish to engage with younger students through French culture and activities.

This year, these activities included French Karaoke, an authentic French breakfast, French movie watching, French quizzes, Tour De France activities, April Fish and the making of crêpes.

In Term One, the Club members made crêpes and experienced the French diet which taught us about the diversity in cultures. It was a typical idea to try Nutella on our crêpes as the French are very big on eating chocolate with most meals. We also held a French Quiz on historians, philosophers, scientists, artists and sports players. This really tested our general knowledge of France and connected the

Alex Sinclair plays the 'Fish Game'

juniors and seniors as it was a team event.

When the French students visited us, they showed us how to make April Fish - a tradition on April Fool's Day where you try to pin or stick one on the back of another person.

In Term Two, the bad weather hit us hard which meant that we would watch some French movies and enjoy the authentic French cuisine.

The warm, and crunchy baguettes brought smiles to the members of the Club on a wet Friday lunchtime. We also watched the film Les Choristes which is a movie about a school for boys who sing in a choir. This really brought us all together and made us really appreciate the fact that we have the opportunity to learn French. It also made us really test our French as we didn’t have the subtitles in English! We also tried playing French scrabble with a junior and senior student in each team - another challenge.

In Term Three, the French tunes kept us

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smiling as we had lollies up for grabs and we all know teenage boys love food... The Karaoke had as all hitting those high notes and challenging our pronunciation. The speed of the songs got our tongues in a twist.

The Club had a successful turnout and we hope to get yet more members along next year. If it wasn’t for Mme Bush-Daumec’s help, the Club wouldn’t have been as successful as it was. It was a great experience being a leader and I would also like to thank my fellow leaders for doing a great job in their assigned roles, and also to the members for turning up and or being very passionate about all things French.

Our goal for 2017 is to recruit more members and to create French study sessions for the students who need help with some assignments or internals for French.

Merci FILIP PAVKOVIC

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(L-R): Ben Stockton, Hansaka Ranaweera and Tim Rutherford

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The German Club Club members enjoyed great food all year round, particularly the cake and the pretzels! It was a very different cultural environment to the one just outside the door; German board games, German music, German quizzes and most importantly an environment where everyone could speak German and enjoy themselves.

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Gugelhopf (a south German/Swiss cake recipe), chocolate cake, raclette, Berliners (Berlin doughnuts), brezels and mini pretzels.

Lunchtimes were spent playing music competitions, board games, language Sudoku, culture quizzes on Kahoot, German tongue-twister games and watching German films.

I had a great time with the Club, especially with all the other leaders!

LIAM MCGOVERN, Y13 German Club Co-Leader The 2016 team of Y13 German Club leaders collaborated in Term One to plan the German Club agenda for the year. The leaders formed two teams and each team ran German Club every alternate Day 6.

Some samples of German Club Lunches included chocolate fondue,

It was fun and we owe a big thank you to our awesome team leaders and to Frau Tornquist.

Team leaders 2016 included Liam McGovern, Amin HarringtonLines, Harry Gregg, Zac Small, Felix Ramsden, Eli Cherian, Clemens Pfefferkorn and Alex Sinclair.

We enjoyed another highly successful year running the Japanese Club. With the help of Mr Muroya, the Club saw a record number of attendees thanks to a growing interest in Japan and Japanese culture.

Every member was given the opportunity to present to the Club an aspect of Japanese culture they are familiar with, or something they found intriguing. This meant that the students were learning from the knowledge

of their peers; and was a great way for all members to further their understanding of Japanese culture. This year’s topics included Japanese history with Sengoku Jidai; wildlife such as the Kabutomushi Beetles and the culture of beetle fighting; and Japan’s tallest building, the Skytree.

As per tradition, the Japanese Club hosted a shared lunch which garnered high praise from the students. Members could order an

obento, with flavours such as teriyaki chicken, tonkatsu pork and yakiniku beef. The shared lunch stands as one of the many highlights of the year.

Overall, with such a large member count, the Club will surely grow to even greater heights in the future.

DHRUV KHARKAR and JACK WU

Theatre Sports Did you know in 2016 the Eiffel Tower moved to the deserts of Mexico, the biggest NZ tourist attraction was a run down motorcamp in Levin, Cinderella was actually a sci-fi robot, transport to Disneyland was voted emotionally traumatic and Team Tiger competed at the Olympics?

Okay - so none of these ACTUALLY happened but altering the facts of world is all part of the fun in Theatresports.

This activity was run by Y13 students Liam Stevens and Craig Pollock every Thursday lunchtime. And what is it you ask? Well unlike the name suggests, no field, weights or lycra are involved, but rather Theatre Sports is the art of improvised story-telling. Students learn a bunch of games with names like 'genre replay', 'hitch-hiker' and 'alphabet’, and their fellow students give them circumstances which they must use to tell a story, all within a 2-3 minute timeframe. In house competitions were regularly held and based on the wit, banter and outlandish suggestions made this year, 2017 will be another year of entertainment.

MISS KATIE HOWES HoD, Drama

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Junior Drama the fellowship of aisle four

As Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, Life is a journey not a destination. In a sense I believe the same rings true of Junior Drama in terms of how in my opinion, it was ultimately more about the process than the performance.

Ensuring that the rehearsal period that the Junior Drama cast and crew journeyed through together was fun, engaging and educational was more important than whether or not the performance was a success. Having said this thankfully the young talent in the performing arts at Wellington College is second-to-none and so they not only proved their enthusiasm and abilities during rehearsals but their full potential was also successfully realised on the stage.

The pride and passion that has become synonymous with Junior Drama over the years was displayed once again as the group of years 9, 10 and 11 students came together to present an entertaining performance that was warmly and well received by its audience.

The script is often wacky and this year was no exception. The very clever and creative Blake Boston wrote a story combining a modern shopping mall setting with a Lord of the Rings theme.

Essentially the plot followed young Fred (Cameron Cunningham) as he tried to pick up his Mum’s recently

fixed necklace at the Mall. However he did not know of the prophecy of the sacred necklace and he soon found himself fighting off all sort of people from a dwarf called Gumleaf (Theo Hertzig) and his friends Borrasparre (Mackenzie Horwood-Verstappen) and Walker (Clement Kong) to a gang of orcs lead by the War Chief (Brian Su) alongside Bonaparte (Jos Devereux), Dave (Jayden Taufale) and a cowboy (Louis Schwer) to the mafia boss Tony Pepperoni (Chester Young). The highlight of the entire production undoubtedly has to go to Nicholas McDermott who championed the role of the Disgruntled Employee with an amazing rendition of Drake’s Hotline Bling.

This production would not have been possible without the support and help of a number of different people. To Miss Rachel Veale thank you for your help with organising Junior Drama this year. To Ms Katie Howes. Thank you for all of your behind-the-scenes work especially helping to construct the set. To Ms Kirsty Hazledine. Thank you for your ongoing support and help throughout the production process and for providing opportunities like this across the Arts. To Ryan Simpkin and Callum Prowse - thank you for your all help directing Junior Drama and for all the other things you have done to help make Junior Drama reach its full potential from lighting to costume to even ◀ Felix Sanders

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Junior Drama filling in on Friday night when people were sick.

Finally to the Cast. Thank you for putting up with me during the rehearsal process and for all the passion, energy and commitment you gave to Junior Drama throughout. You are an exceptionally talented bunch and I wish you the very best in your future endeavours at the College especially those in the Arts. Please continue to throw yourself at all of the different opportunities that are on offer.

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J.R.R Tolkien writes in his own version of the Fellowship of the Ring, Don't adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story. As my own adventure at Wellington College comes to a close it is now time for me to pass the light on to the immensely talented and passionate group who remain to carry on the story of Junior Drama.

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Kapa Haka After a very busy 2015, 2016 was a reasonably quiet year for Te Haeata Awatea. The theme for 2016 was ‘rebuild’ and Te Haeata Awatea was lucky to welcome two new tutors, Old Boy and Te Haeata Awatea student, Ben McGee (Ngāti Porou) and his partner, Soraya Kamau (Ngāti Kahungunu).

One of the highlights was Te Haeata Awatea’s participation in the parade through Wellington City to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori language week). The secondary schools of Wellington were asked to take part in a mass haka pōwhiri at Te Papa to honour and participate in this. It was a great day for our students of Wellington College to engage in te ao Māori. They got to experience whakawhanaungatanga while also practising manaakitanga in the form of welcoming through haka pōwhiri. At the conclusion of the parade, the students were also able to take part in the festivities around Te Papa.

Another highlight was the kapa haka noho marae at Maraeroa in Waitangirua, Porirua. The noho went from Friday night to Sunday lunchtime. The students had a lot of fun and were introduced to many new waiata including a waiata a ringa medley that included iwi affiliated waiata to celebrate the many iwi in our pan-tribal kapa haka group. This was a great experience and practice for the many noho Te Haeata Awatea will be having in 2017, a regional competition year.

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The biggest highlight for 2016 was this year's Black and Gold Awards Dinner. Te Haeata Awatea practised hard in our Monday after school sessions. Ben and Soraya put a lot of work into the students and the benefits showed at the performance, especially with the students’ confidence in singing. The group is finding their 'sound', and with the regional competition in 2017, things are looking good for the future.

They started their bracket with a strong haka pōwhiri to welcome all those attending the Dinner. I followed the haka pōwhiri with a mihi whakatau to reinforce the welcome and also follow the appropriate tikanga. The next item was a waiata a ringa that celebrated the many iwi that are represented in our kapa haka group. The group helped sing the National Anthem before the Headmaster made his opening address. We then performed the haka 'Hikitia' to tautoko the Headmaster's kōrero to finish.

Reflecting on 2016, it is evident that the new tutors have been the key to the success and growth of Te Haeata Awatea. 2017 will be an exciting year for Te Haeata Awatea with the influx of new students and also the big regional competition held in Ōtaki at the end of Term Two. MR JONO BELCZACKI, HoD, Māori

 OVERVIEW Looking across past reports on the musical year, a common theme seems to be change, and 2016 in the Music Department has most definitely seen it’s fair share. It is a testament to the dynamic and creative students that we have that they continue to bring new and challenging ideas to music.

While there are a number of strong traditions in Music at Wellington College, it is exciting to see new focuses and directions being forged by both the students and staff.

Something that sets our Department apart is the depth of knowledge and experience in the teaching and support staff.

I certainly felt able to hit the ground running coming in at the beginning of the year. We also welcomed Ms Sophie Roberts who joined Mr Johnson Taeao, Miss Katie Macfarlane, and Mrs Madeleine Sampson.

At the end of Term Two, Miss Macfarlane took maternity leave and with a slight reshuffle of classes, we welcomed Mr Cliff Leatherbarrow to the team.

This year we have also been lucky enough to have Ms Hannah Gilmour, a Masters of Teaching and Learning student from Victoria University as part of the staff.

We are sad to say farewell to Johnson at the end of this year as he moves on to Head of Music at Taita College in 2017. We thank him for his huge contribution that goes far beyond the Department.

He has brought us energy, passion, and creativity and we as staff, along with the students will greatly miss working with him.

It has been great year for our cocurricular groups with a number of strong performances at a number of events. Huge thanks go to our group directors – Andre Paris and Peter McClymont (Concert Band), Andrew Atkins (Orchestra), Michael Fletcher and Nicky Sutherland (Combined Choir), Alistair Isdale (Jazz Band), and Katie Macfarlane (Chorale). These groups are a big commitment on the part of these people and we are incredibly grateful for the time and energy they put into giving our students experiences and opportunities to perform as young musicians. With the dedicated help from our itinerant teachers and guest tutors, we feel very lucky to be supported by such a fantastic group of musicians.

We have a strong tradition of collaboration with Wellington Girls’ College that stretches from curriculum assessments to the combined groups (Orchestra, Concert Band, Choir, and Ukulele Orchestra).

Working together allows for

greater opportunities for the students outside of what we might be able to offer individually and it provides the students with valuable growth both musically and socially. We were also able to continue our close working relationship with Wellington East Girls’ College with students participating in a number of the combined groups and collaborating with the Chorale in for their end-of-year performances. We are hugely indebted to Brent Stewart, the Head of Music at WEGC for his support and expertise.

Nothing in the Arts happens in isolation and without the support of Ms Kirsty Hazledine we would not have the fantastic arts activities and events in the school.

We are lucky to have this kind of dedicated focus supporting and growing the Arts at Wellington College and we are incredibly thankful to Kirsty for her guidance and help throughout the year.

Finally, special thanks to our Music Prefects for 2016: Fabian Beveridge, Oscar Dome, Jim Kaye, Hector McLachlan, Amipeliasi Paongo, Thomas Prince, Josh Wallis, and Gabriel Wee. This superb group of Y13 students are all exceptional musicians in their own right, but have also been leaders within the various co-curricular groups, led student organised groups, mentored

younger students, and arranged opportunities for musical collaboration and sharing. They have done a wonderful job of providing a student voice and supporting the staff throughout the year.

Though they have often been left to their own devices, the group has worked hard throughout the year for their peers while still maintaining excellent results themselves.

It has been a privilege to see them grow musically throughout the year and we wish them all the best for the future.

With such a strong 2016 in Music, it is exciting to continue the great work that has been done and build on our successes for 2017.

MR LIAM BOYLE Acting Head of Music

The BARBERSHOP CHORUS

2016 marked another successful year for the Barbershop Chorus.

With our first taste of the regional competition in 2015, we again entered this year’s festivities performing two very enthusiastic renditions of You’re Sixteen and Somewhere over the Rainbow.

Despite improving on last year’s performance score of 53.3 with this year’s 55.8, we narrowly missed out once again on securing a place for the National

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convention. However there is still a positive vibe among the group members, hungry for improvement.

As well as the Chorus we also entered a quartet called Basin Boys for the first time in over ten years, made up of senior students Arlo van Helden (lead), Elian Pagalilawan (baritone), Karl Bennett (bass) and Y9 student Jacob Hill (tenor). The boys eventually went on to place ninth overall with a score of 58.2, only eight points behind first place winners Eclipse from Aotea College.

It has been another enjoyable year for acapella singing under the guidance of Mr Johnson Taeao, and we look forward to future opportunities in 2017.

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The BARBERSHOP CHORUS Daniel Luo, Arlo van Helden, Sione Helu, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Gabriel Dykes, Lisione Tu’amoheloa, Jake Hockley, Mr Johnson Taeao (TiC) Jacob Hill, Karl Bennett, Al-Yasaa Ahmed, Joshua Wallis, Amipeliasi Paongo, Arlo Doak, Elian Pagalilawan

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The JAZZ BAND Alex Sharples, Andy Dowell, Nathan Carter, Daniel Burgin, TJ Shirtcliffe, Yovan Rasiah, Christian Ailao, Mr Liam Boyle (TiC) Marino Doyle, Louis Regnault, Harry Crawford, George Sellwood, Theo Hertzig Jamie Webb, Doug Majic

JOSH WALLIS

The JAZZ BAND AND JAZZ COMBO

The Jazz Band and Combo have had another great year in 2016, attending both the Manawatu Regional Jazz Festival and the Wellington National Jazz Festival competitions.

Despite the young age of many of our members, the Jazz Band and Combo performed very well this year under the fantastic tutoring and guidance of our band director Alastair Isdale.

THE BASIN BOYS BARBERSHOP QUARTET: (L-R): Jacob Hill, Arlo van Helden, Karl Bennett, Elian Pagalilawan

The band began with a longestablished trend of success at Manawatu, picking up top individual awards for Trumpet,

Saxophone, Piano, Drums, Bass and the Best Overall Musician at the Festival. The Jazz Combo also placed first overall at the competition.

The national festival in Wellington was a step up in quality across the board, but nevertheless the Band had an excellent performance and received a lot of valuable feedback from the experienced judges.

We have also enjoyed playing at a variety of school events culminating at the Music Department Soiree and Black and Gold Awards. The Combo even played at Parliament earlier

this year, which was definitely an unforgettable experience.

It was with sadness however that the band farewelled Alistair as Band Director who finished up after ten years of leading the band. The band played their final performance for the Wellington College Music Department dinner and we were able to publicly thank Alistair for his tremendous contribution to Jazz at the school.

ANDY DOWELL

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The CONCERT BAND

The COMBINED CHOIR

The Concert Band is a group of 30 students, who play a variety of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. We play a range of classical, jazz and pop music, as well as ‘traditional’ concert band arrangements. Armed with our very notable eight-strong alto saxophone section.

We began the year with a workshop at Wellesley College, culminating in a performance in front of their assembly. As well as enjoying imparting our musical knowledge upon the Wellesley students, we enjoyed deafening their teachers.

The Concert Band joined up with its Wellington Girls' College counterparts for the Wellington Bands and Orchestra Festival. Our dubbed ‘Super Band’ benefited from the contrasting instruments from the two schools, and were commended by the judges in their feedback of our rendition of Captain America March.

The Concert Band's final exploit for the year was learning to march. This was an interesting challenge, which we thoroughly enjoyed. Our marching practice took place around the outside the music block and provided great entertainment and amusement for the teachers exiting Firth Hall.

The Concert Band has had an amazing year, which has helped us fully shelve our 'Practice Band' tag. A very big thank you to Mr Andre Paris who has directed and conducted the Band this year. We look forward to building on this year’s successes in 2017.

YOVAN RASIAH

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2016 was a good year which saw Wellington College and Wellington Girls’ College come together to represent our schools in the Combined Choir once again. Members old and new had a great time working together to build new friendships and make great music.

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The CONCERT BAND Louis Cooper, Charlie Teagle, Daniel Luo, Luke Whitehead, Oliver Peake, Jacob Barrett, Ben Johnstone Tony Xie, Toby Marks, Sam Toplis, Joseph Galinski, Louis Thomas, Philipp Morgenstern, Tom Green, Logan Kinajil-Moran, Mr Liam Boyle Andrew Sutcliffe, Scott Yee Nathan Carter, Yovan Rasiah, Harper Doak, Alex Coomber, Hanning Qu

The COMBINED ORCHESTRA

The Combined Wellington College, Wellington Girls’ College and Wellington East Girls’ College Orchestra saw a successful year for both junior and senior musicians alike.

We started the year with the first concert featuring the full orchestra and soloists, including Emily Paterson’s cello solo in Saint Saens’ Allegro Appassionato, a Wellington College chamber music item and Alina Zhang on a traditional Chinese instrument called the Guzheng.

The percussion ensemble led

by Jeremy Fitzsimons also had the opportunity to perform two pieces they had been working on in Term One. WeBO was one of the highlights for the Orchestra where we had the privilege to workshop with Dr Roberts who had travelled from the USA to adjudicate. We performed a challenging yet rewarding programme of pieces from Vaughan Williams, Rossini and Ravel and received some very encouraging feedback from the adjudicator who commended the Orchestra on our very high technical level of playing.

The year concluded with the Soiree where we showcased our favourite pieces from the year and joined forces with the other combined musical ensembles to perform a mass item, Porgy and Bess. We were lucky enough to have Brent Stewart conduct this piece and contribute towards an experience that we will value and remember for years to come.

A very big thank you to Andrew Atkins for his conducting and contribution to the Combined Orchestra. We are looking forward to another positive year in 2017.

MS SOPHIE ROBERTS Orchestra Manager

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The ORCHESTRA Caerwyn Ross, Vincent Hsiao, Philipp Morgenstern, Louis Thomas, Viraaj Patel, Darren Tang, Joel Tebbs George He, Frank Irinco, Jim Zhu, Sam Toplis, Liam Anderson, Amir Zakaria, Miguel Yap, Ms S Roberts (Teacher) Eric Shi, David Li, Thomas Prince, Daniel Kim, Gabriel Wee, Andy Yu, Elliot Baguley

In Term Two, the Combined Choir competed in the annual Big Sing, in which we gained an adjudicator’s award for our category one piece – a New Zealand composition – called A Blessing. We had a great time performing at the competition and everyone returning in 2017 is looking forward to the competition again next year.

At the Term Three Soiree, the Combined Choir sang Your Face, A Blessing and Bonse Aba, as well as the final piece with the combined orchestras, Porgy and Bess. This was a fun event in which students in Combined Choir were able to mingle with other musicians from various WC and WGC groups. Some of the members then came together in a mini-choir to perform at a retirement home after the closing of the Combined Choir year, which was a great experience both for the students and the elderly who watched.

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The COMBINED CHOIR Paul McDonald Jacob Barrett, TJ Shirtcliffe, Stephen Espino, Charlie Teagle, Stephen Szakats, Heath Haydock Nicholas McDermott, George Egerton, Ben Cox, Dugal Thomson, Will Hastings, Filip Pavkovic, Andrew Latta, Rochi Sneyd, Will Saunders, Cameron Keenan, Nishan Rasiah, Lucas Phillips-Beck, Sandesh Dias, Thomas Mander, George Baker Felix Sanders, Karl Bennett,James Kaye, Gabriel Dykes, Justin Graham, Tristan Tong, Mackenzie Horwood-Verstappen, Elian Pagalilawan

JIM KAYE and ELIAN PAGALILAWAN

ROCK BANDS and ROCK QUEST

2016 was a good year for the Wellington College Rock Bands.

We saw a growing interest in the Rock Band faculty, particularly from the Junior school with a very

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Jack Saunders, and (occasionally) Jamie McClymont, met every Thursday lunchtime without fail, showing the extreme level of dedication and commitment from our members.

big turnout at the information lunch meeting in Term One. Though only a few bands were present this year, the growing interest bodes well for the presence of Rock music at Wellington College in the future.

Term Two saw College bands, Jessica Sprev, Rebar and Valve, enter the annual Smoke Free Rock Quest competition. All performed well, but unfortunately none of the bands made it through to regional finals. However, we look forward to seeing these talented musicians take their hard work on to Smoke Free Rock Quest 2017.

Another successful part of the year was the Rock Band Collab initiative, in which members from various bands and solo musicians were given the opportunity to mix and match to perform with people they normally would not.

The outcome was far better than expected, and resulted in the Rock Band showcase.

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ROCK QUEST Christian Ailao, Don Mackenzie, Oscar Dome, Jacob Barrett Harry Crawford, Tejas Menon, TJ Shirtcliffe, Troy Woods, Jim Kaye

The UKULELE ORCHESTRA

Wellington College's 'Cultural 1st XV', the mighty Ukulele Orchestra, retained our sky-high reputation this year.

reaching as many as 50, the Ukulele Orchestra engaged audiences with what can safely be said to be the most enthusiastic performances by any cultural group at Wellington College, ever.

Comprised of around 30 ubertalented students, but often

The student-led group, run by our wonderful Y13s Jordan Barrett,

Alongside this, we also joined with our Wellington Girls' College counterparts of equal enthusiasm, every Friday after school. The combination of heavenly vocals from both groups, coupled with some expertlyexecuted ukulele playing, led to a range of thoroughly polished performances.

Uke performed independently, without the Wellington Girls' College crew, at Has WC Got Talent? which was very wellreceived by a roaring and enthusiastic crowd. Unfortunately, this did not result in a placing, and bribery was suspected from the other entrants, especially Jim Kaye.

Held in Term Three, we had the Rock Band Show Case, where an expanded cohort from the Collab project played a mixed repertoire from Led Zeppelin to Metallica.

They enjoyed performing with one another, making for a great, fun lunchtime for both those who took part and those who watched.

The year culminated with the Wellington College Arts Showcase - a Friday night that highlighted the enormous student driven talent in the school. We hope that this will become an annual event in the future.

JIM KAYE and OSCAR DOME

However, we were at our strongest when coupled with Wellington Girls' College, and our performances soared to new heights. The combined group, of up to 80 members, performed at the Relay for Life Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as the International Students' Association Quiz Night, Wellington East Girls' College Food Fair, and the World Vision Runathon.

The Uke Orchestra's outstanding year was topped off by an incredible performance at the Commonwealth Service, playing for government officials at St Paul's Cathedral of Wellington.

Our masterful strumming was the main event in a ceremony where the Prime Minister. Right Hon. John Key was also scheduled to speak, but was not able to attend in the end.

Overall, Uke's emphasis on fun and excitement was incredibly well received, not only by the members of the group, but also by every spectator watching the performances. Without a fret of doubt, the Ukulele Orchestra's year can be considered an immense success.

JACK SAUNDERS and JORDAN BARRETT

The CHORALE

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The UKULELE ORCHESTRA Daniel Mak, Thomas Mackenzie, Daniel Luo, TJ Shirtcliffe, Dugal Thomson, Paul McDonald, Charlie Teagle Will Atkinson-Moses, James Bidwell, Harper Doak, James Kaye, Al-Yasaa Ahmed, Gabriel Dykes, Jake Hockley, Nishan Rasiah William Antrobus, Bead Bennett, Andrew Latta, Ethan Joe, Sandesh Dias, Nicholas McDermott, Andrew Booth, Justin Graham, Theo Hertzig, Nathan Carter, Jack Saunders, Jordan Barrett, Arlo van Helden, Arlo Doak, Elian Pagalilawan

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As Roy Ayers once said, The true beauty of music is that it connects people. The Chorale serves as an illustration of this notion, that music can connect different people from all walks of life.

This year, the Chorale was an amalgamation of 34 extraordinary young men ranging from Y9 up through to Y13. There were strong connections formed within the group but there were also interactions with a variety of different choral groups and

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The CHORALE Maxwell Young, Gabriel Dykes, Zack Small, Fred Small, Craig Pollock, Amipeliasi Paongo, Sione Paongo Queran de Vos, Arlo Doak, Clement Kong, Josh Wallis, Edward Twomey, Harper Doak, Shashwath Joji, Arlo van Helden James Kaye, Gabriel Wee, Roman Dunford, Marcus Millad, Chris Wong, Mackenzie Horwood-Verstappen, George Nepia, Brian Su Theo Hertzig, Jacob Hill, Felix Sanders, Karl Bennett, Harry Crawford, Elian Pagalilawan, Braeden Peters

audiences at numerous functions and events.

Under the dedicated leadership of Miss Katie Macfarlane, the group has gone from strength-tostrength this year and continued to challenge the high standards set by preceding years.

As with every year, the Wellington College Chorale placed heavy emphasis on the Big Sing Regional Festival. The extensive rehearsal period culminated in the performance of three exciting pieces. Firstly we performed a Māori waiata, Whaka moi me tetia, which was choreographed

by Old Boy, Tanemahuta Gray. This was followed by the exquisitely beautiful Latin piece Musica.

We concluded our bracket with the New Zealand Fred Dagg classic, The Gumboot Song, which proved to be a real crowd pleaser with much laughter and

applause. The adjudicator also seemed to enjoy our final song as we were awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the piece. The nature of judging music is that at the end of the day it boils down to a level of subjectivity.

So although we did not make the national finale the boys can take pride in knowing that we walked off the Michael Fowler stage to rapturous applause having performed to an exceptionally high standard.

Community service continues to be a main focus of the Wellington College Chorale in 2016. The group continued to build on its partnership with the Sing Your Lungs Out (SYLO) Community Choir. SYLO is a choir comprised of patients with various chronic lung diseases. The interaction with this choir has proven to be an eye-opening experience for many

of the students in the Chorale, and has been an excellent opportunity to support our local community through singing.

Another highlight of the Chorale’s community service calendar continues to be the annual performance for the Stroke Association who are always very enthusiastic about our group. The Chorale also had the privilege and pleasure of performing at various awards and fundraisers, including the New Zealand Youth Awards at Parliament, a Samaritans concert, an Old Boys Reunion, and a Music Futures event to name a few.

The Chorale has continued to partner with other school groups, singing alongside the Wellington East Girls’ College Cantala at the opening of Cuba Dupa and at a fundraising Gala for a Kōhanga Reo in Newtown as well as with the Wellington Girls’ College Teal Voices at the WC and WGC Combined Soiree.

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The Pasifika Group It was with great sadness that the Chorale farewelled the outstanding director and conductor, Katie Macfarlane who established the Wellington College Chorale in 2005. Your patience and perseverance combined with your musical knowledge has allowed Chorale to flourish both on the competitive and community stages. The boys that you have taught have the utmost respect for your

hard work and dedication that you have put in over the last eleven years running this Choir.

Bringing along your new-born baby George to rehearsals so that everything continued to run smoothly serves as a vivid illustration of your commitment and unfailing enthusiasm for the Chorale. The strength and calibre of the Wellington College Music Department and the Chorale is a testament to your ability to garner

the very best from the people you have worked with. We thank you for your selfless service to the group and instilling your enjoyment and love of singing into so many young men over the last eleven years.

The end of one chapter is just the beginning of another. The departure of Miss Macfarlane and the Y13 cohort marks the end of their chapter in the Wellington

College Chorale as they embark on the next chapter of their own lives. However it is not the end of the story for the Chorale and we wish those who remain the very best as you turn the page and start an exciting new chapter for the group.

JIM KAYE and CRAIG POLLOCK

The Spanish Club Hola. Early on in 2016 Señor Henderson got in touch with me and asked if I would like to be involved with the Hispanic Club. It was perfect timing as I was looking for a way to continue to learn about the Spanish culture, and the Club provided the perfect way for me to do this.

Under the guidance and support of Señor Henderson, Efrain Villalobos Santana, Tom Mckenzie and myself, we began to organise the fortnightly Spanish Club meetings.

At the first meeting, a solid group of students turned up which formed the backbone of the group throughout the year. We realised from this first meeting, that the group was going to be predominantly Y9 and Y10 students, so from there on, we aimed the meetings at their current level of vocabulary, with the purpose of creating a safe and positive learning environment, and inspiring a passion for the language and culture which may motivate them to continue their Spanish studies into their senior years.

Throughout the course of the year, we ran many activities, meeting fortnightly on a Friday lunchtime, up in the Language Block. We ran quizzes, watched movies, tried our hand at some impromptu Spanish speeches, played games and listened to some Spanish music. We also celebrated a few Spanish and South American festivals including Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with sessions based around the

traditions of these holidays. As well as these events, we always made sure that there was plenty of good food for the members to eat!

The Spanish Club provided a good environment for the younger members of the school to try out their Spanish skills, eat some good food, hang out with other like-minded individuals in their year groups, as well as meet some of the older guys at the school. For the leaders, the Club provided a good opportunity to develop some leadership skills that will help us out when we leave school, as well as explore aspects of the Spanish culture which were of particular interest to us.

Everyone involved thoroughly enjoyed the good times at the Club this year.

My acknowledgements to Señor Henderson, who was actively involved in the running and promotion of the Spanish Club in the early stages of 2016 – until the Commerce Department poached him! – and to Señor Renna for stepping up into his role and helping as run the Club for the rest of the year. As well, I’d like to thank Efrain and Tom for working with me to run the Club, and Josh Chirayath who joined us as a leader half way through the year to help us out. Was a great team effort in organising the events, and it was awesome working with you guys.

NICHOLAS LANE

2016 marked another successful year for the Pasifika Group.

Returning to perform at Tu Tangata back in 2015 was a positive experience and a taste of what we could achieve together. As a result this year, there was more anticipation and interest in the group, with growing numbers keen to take the stage once again.

Under the leadership of Amipeliasi Paongo, Toka Sopoaga, Laurence Lim, Lucian Lau Young and myself, together with other Y13 students, the performance bracket was completely student-led. It comprised songs and dances reflecting Samoan, Tongan and Tokelauan cultures.

Through the guidance and support of staff members including Mr Johnson Taeao, Miss Katie Howes, Mr Kili Tamua and the Pasifika Parents' Support Group, the boys flourished once again.

In addition to Tu Tangata, the Pasifika Group was also more involved with the community this year, performing for local charity fundraisers as well as the Black & Gold Awards, where they received the award for ‘Arts Group of the Year’.

PIO LUPO

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Public Speaking School Competition On Tuesday, 23 August the annual Speech Finals evening was held in the Girvan Library.

We were delighted to welcome back two former Wellington College teachers to judge the competition; Matt Jarry (HOD Arts, Scots College) and Nic Gorman (Film maker). Speech Finals night was, as always, a night of excellent speeches and good entertainment.

Public Speaking is a skill we value highly at Wellington College so all who made it through the class competitions, the semi-finals and to the finals can feel very proud of their efforts.

BELOW: Nick Webster.

RIGHT: Wellington College Speech winners: (L-R): Matthew Sutcliffe, Max Grice, Zac Dean

Junior Finalists: Intermediate Finalists: Senior Finalists: JUNIOR WINNER: INTERMEDIATE WINNER: SENIOR WINNER:

 External Competitions With an excellent speech about the importance of education in ensuring global security, Nick Webster won the Wellington regional section of the United National Association of NZ

Shakespeare Excerpts

Andrew Sutcliffe, Roshi Sneyd, Daniel Stockton, Astin Monastra, Sandesh Dias and Zac Dean Clement King, Matthew Sutcliffe and Harry Crawford Roman Dunford, Te Moananui Bradley Moore, Oscar Robinson and Max Grice Zac Dean • You Know Who I Like Matthew Sutcliffe • The Knight in Shining Armour Max Grice • What is Truth?

Max Grice represented the College at the Stockley Cup, the Wellington regional interschool competition and did very well to be named runner-up.

speech competition. He flew to Auckland to compete in the national competition and was placed a very close second to a Diocesan College Auckland student. Nick was praised for his superior presentation and for delivering his speech with impact and superb pacing. He also represented the school at the Lions Young Speechmaker competition.

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Ashad Langdana represented the school very well at the Race Unity Speech Competition as did Michael Galvin in RSA Cyril Bassett Speech Competition. The topic was New Zealanders in WWI and he looked at the legacy of All Black captain, Dave Gallagher – famous rugby player or a soldier who died for his country.

MS KIRSTY HAZLEDINE Arts Director

Sheilah Winn Festival

LOVE’S LABOURS LOST The annual Sheliah Winn Shakespeare Festival that occurs at the end Term One is definitely a highlight of the year for the students who are involved. This year, our group of Y13s presented an excerpt from Shakespeare play Loves Labours Lost. The piece is based on four men, Ferdinand, King of Navarre (Blake Boston), and his three noble companions, the Lords Berowne (Graham Dickie), Dumaine (Ezra McIntyre), and Longaville (Feodor Tarrant-Hill), who take an oath not to give in to the company of women. However, each man doesn’t want one another to know their secret love for their specific women in their lives and as the play progresses, everything starts to fall apart.

This performance was incredibly enjoyable for the actors with many highlight moments, including the funny rehearsals as we played with the piece and put our own thoughts and ideas into it, followed by many play sword fights in between. Sadly, this year we didn’t come away with

any awards but we were still very proud with our performance.

EZRA MCINTYRE

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW The time I had at Sheilah Winn was definitely a new experience for me and for everyone in our group. We had the honour of being tutored and directed by both Bop Murdoch and Sarah Tuck, the two most flamboyant and fun people to be around.

Taming of the Shrew was a Shakespeare play that no one in our group had heard of before, but by the end of this magnificent experience it is now well-known to me. Max Schuyt (having a great time acting as himself), Ryan Simpkin (the best at acting as the best) and I played the three, hilariously misogynistic husbands to their wives who were played

by Don Mackenzie (performing an amazing monologue) and Callum Prowse (doing a fantastic job of playing two characters at once). Add to this, the two servants played by Michael

Galvin (who did a charming job of being a bartender) and the father, Karan Naidu (who put on a suave performance). We performed an act from Taming of the Shrew, where the three men; Lucentio, Petruchio and Tranio had a competition to see who had the most loyal wife. To everyone’s surprise the shrew ended up winning, making everyone look rather dumbfounded at the outcome. If you love acting and performing on stage then this is a perfect way to show off your skills, to meet new people and have a wonderful time. I cannot wait to do it again next year and I hope to see many others from this school to join me on this awesome, Shakespearean experience!

OLI COOK

RICHARD III Sheilah Winn Shakespeare has been an amazing opportunity for me this year. It has allowed me to meet new people all of whom made a huge effort into putting our fifteen minute excerpt on stage. It has allowed me to experience Shakespeare as it was meant to be experienced rather than the way that we read it in class. However the thing that I am most grateful for is purely the opportunity to stand on a stage

and feel everything that we had worked for come together.

The piece that we performed was from Richard III where two armies are preparing for the Battle of Bosworth field the next morning. On the eve of this battle, the opposing leaders are met in their sleep by a selection of ghosts of people who Richard (Daniel Stockton) had killed. The spirits threaten and shame him for his actions. They then turn to Richmond (Ben Shea) and begin to encourage and inspire him for the battle the next morning in the hope that he may avenge their deaths. When the two leaders awake, they have very different reactions, Richard is scared and begins to rant and rave to himself questioning his actions.

In the other camp, Richmond wakes ready and is refreshed. He presents a stirring speech to his troops gearing them up for the battle.

I think that this write-up would not be complete unless we thanked Miss Veale for all the hard work she did preparing us, helping us and generally yelling at us when we needed it, also thank you to Miss Meade who also helped us out. The last thank you I have is for all the boys who worked so hard to make our performance what it was.

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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man. – Solzhenitsyn. This quote perfectly captures the idea explored in this year’s major school production Lord Of the Flies.

It was originally written by William Golding and adapted for the stage

by Nigel Williams and directed by our very own Ms Katie Howes. This production had a cast of 45 students from years 9 to 13, with the help of many teachers and students involved behind the scenes. The cast not only included boys, but also had eleven students from Wellington East Girls' and Wellington Girls' Colleges. The choice to add females to the cast and switch the gender of some roles certainly wasn’t an easy task.

The decision was made to break the idea that violence was only a male thing - evil is in inherent in all of us, given the right circumstances. The end result presented an interesting twist on the classic story.

Auditions were early in the year and rehearsals began soon after. One of the highlights of these rehearsals was the talented professionals we worked with. A group of dancers, who played ‘the beast’, and myself, were lucky enough to work with New Zealand School of dance graduate and Old Boy, Felix Sampson. He created a challenging dance which was used in one of the darkest scenes in the play.

A group from the cast was also lucky enough to learn stage combat from Luke Hawker, a professional stunt man. Luke pushed all of the actors out of their comfort zone with some very intense and physical activities. To convincingly look like you are hurting someone or being hurt certainly wasn’t easy.

We were also lucky enough to have the added direction from the talented Emma Draper. She worked on building the tension between the two different groups and how to transition from scared school children to savage killers.

Personally, I found the character of Simon a very difficult one to play. His personality was very distinct and I had to spend a fair amount of time working with Ms Howes to get it right. Performing on stage by myself was something I had never done before, but an experience I am very grateful to have had.

Special mention must be made of the performances of Henry LaHatte, Ben Shea, William Antrobus and Daniel Stockton. And that of the three leads, Ethan Henry, Julia Roberts and Craig Pollock, who all put in huge amounts of time and effort for their performance.

Overall, I know everyone involved in this performance gained so much knowledge and experience. This was unlike any other performance most of the cast ever had been involved in, and to be pushed out of your comfort zone, (especially with physical combat) was a lucky experience to have had. I know I can say on behalf of the cast that we are incredibly grateful to all the staff involved for making the production a possibility for us.

Thanks go especially to Ms Kirsty Hazledine for producing this whole production and putting in countless hours of work. And to Miss Katie Howes, for the amount of energy and time you put into every single element of this play. Your knowledge and humour made this an enjoyable experience both on and off the stage.

HARRY RUSSON

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The Sci-Fi Club

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The Sci-Fi Club was a fantastic programme originally created by Mr Blacklock and Mr Harms in 2014 to express and share their love of science fiction, and especially Star Wars, with the students of Wellington College. This year, Mr Harms stepped away because of his lunchtime Library commitments to allow Mr Blacklock to take full charge.

The Sci-Fi Club certainly bred new ideas in the minds of eager and excited students. But the best part of the Club was having it student-led.

Every Day 3 during the winter, students gathered in Room 303 to listen to someone speak or present about their favourite science

fiction passion, be it Star Wars, Marvel or DC Comics, or Dungeons and Dragons. Even Mr Harms came back to do a presentation on the new Star Wars Battlefront III video game!

The students could choose their favourite topic, as long as it stuck with the general theme of science fiction, and presented on it.

But the topic we enjoyed most was of course the absolutely fantastic, loved by all, rivaled by none, Star Wars franchise. We had discussions on our thoughts of the latest film, Episode VII: The Force Awakens and the upcoming spinoff, Rogue One. We had explanations of the animated cartoons of the Star Wars Expanded Universe such as The Clone Wars. We even had

a student created Star Wars meets Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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But although Star Wars was the classic franchise to present on, we also had some new topics. We had a presentation done on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a brief outline of DC Comics, and a presentation on Warhammer 40k Chaos Gods.

Every year Wellington College has a wide range of extracurricular 'Arts' activities, but in general, these are orchestrated by various drama or music teachers. People with experience running various productions and choirs will definitely increase the chance of success, and yet it is quite limiting in terms of student involvement. It has always been very important to allow the students to have a voice at the College, and that is why it is key that we continue to run the annual Senior Drama, which I had the privilege of writing and co-directing this year.

The real reason people joined Sci-Fi Club was because it was a safe space to come and express true and pure joy for our passions of the science fiction genre without fear of judgement or insecurity.

Everyone is accepted at Sci-Fi Club, no matter their ethnicity, religion or year group. And although it is often seen by some as nerdy to obsess over something as fantastic as Star Wars, or comics, or any other science fiction type thing, it shows a true value that is most of the time hard to express; passion for the things we love, something that not everyone finds easy to show off. And after thirteen weeks of these things, I, and the other members of Sci-Fi Club, look forward to seeing what else we can bring to the table in 2017.

CHESTER YOUNG, Y9

 Sci-Fi Club Group Photo  A Star Wars role-playing game in full swing.  Jack MacCormick - winner of the 2016 International Star Wars Day Competition

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Scripting will always be, let's face it, a mess. Even people experienced in watching plays and critiquing structure will have massive problems in diving into the deep end, as I found this year. What makes it even more challenging is the fact that Senior Drama isn’t just about the Director, or the Writer. Senior Drama is about the cast, it’s about trying to keep it as much of an open and enjoyable experience as possible (within reason of course). Filling the plot with caricatures and 'random' side characters is as integral to the experience as the actual story. It is always about finding that balance between being fun for the cast and being enjoyable for the audience.

The four-week rehearsal deadline is the main thing dampening the actors’ experience.

Alas, Senior Drama isn’t given quite the same time-frame as the school's major production. Often the actors will have other commitments, including academic work and sport, and this only works to add to the stress of the production. Actors are people, they all have their own problems, their own questions, and their own complaints. Going from the typical teenage boy, with a very limited responsibility to having forty or so people relying you to make the show ready is a massive shift, but it’s very enjoyable.

This year, Senior Drama was lucky enough to have the ridiculous state of US politics to make fun of, and while the production was very stressful, I wouldn’t have changed anything, except maybe a few scenes as well as a line or two. But outside of that, I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Just like seemingly in all productions, Senior Drama managed to pull itself together just in time for opening night. The actors all tried really hard, and the audience seemed to have a good time. For a student-run production, this is all we could hope for. Ezra Mcintyre especially had an exceedingly popular Donald Trump impression. This was about as productive as any Senior or Junior production I’ve had the pleasure of being part of, and actually managing to get it into a watchable state has been one of my favourite things about this year.

While Senior Drama might often go a little too far on the line between ridiculousness and quality, it is incredibly important to give students a chance to go behind the scenes, and see what it’s really like. For actors and directors alike, Senior Drama always manages to provide a unique flavour each year, and my time doing it has been essential to my learning of the craft and structure. Despite not being strictly academic ('strictly'), the fact that students have the opportunity to try something that they never really get a chance to do (whether it’s directing or acting) makes Senior Drama an essential piece of the Arts department at Wellington College. It offers a different experience to anything else.

REMY ARMITAGE

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Y9 Drama Festival

Y9 Drama Festival

responsible for the costumes, props, poster, trailer, pre filmed scenes and the script itself. Some of their jobs included scouting cheesy music for our hospital music, choreographing our finale dance and filming our trailer, then editing on première pro, a professional video editing software.

Shakespeare is most certainly not dead at Wellington College! could not do without the help and skill of our two Y13 tech experts Jamie McClymont and Nick Webster, our Y10 assistant directors Ben Shea, Dan Stockton and Thomas Mander, photographers Bede Bennett and Ben Waldron and videographers Caelan Elliot and Sam Nelson. Our judges were Miss Katie Howes (HOD Drama) and Y13 Arts leaders Ed Matthews and Callum Prowse.

Once again, the Y9 Drama Festival was a raging success – eleven versions of eleven Shakespeare plays appeared on the Brierley Theatre stage in the last week of Term Four and thoroughly entertained the audience of over 300 students.

This was Shakespeare with a difference – awesome audio-visual effects, live music, dance, a helicopter with a rotating rotor blade, incredible Wellington College-made armour and helmets – a very entertaining visual feast with outstanding acting and sophisticated technology.

Why is it such a success with the interest and the standard of productions leaping up ever higher every year? It is due to a combination of factors: creative English teachers, huge practical support from the Music and Arts Departments, enthusiastic and talented students and six superb tutors who inject youthful energy, theatre expertise and boundless creativity into the two-week process. Sarah Tuck, Bop Murdoch, Keagan Fransch, Jack Trevella, Brendan West and Claudia Murdoch are themselves actors, directors, students of theatre and there is even an armourer amongst them. It’s a team effort and we

The performances were outstanding, demonstrating a real understanding of the essence of the plays with some truly Shakespearean moments with the famous soliloquies, but also great inventiveness and risk taking – Macbeth became a Trump-esque Macbig, A Midsummer Night’s Dream became a video game and the famous love story with two opposing factions became a WC vs St Pat’s Romeo and Julien.

This is a great way for the Y9 students to end the year and we congratulate them on their commitment to the process and the success of their performances.

Some of the major awards are as follows:

Best Poster

9E Titus Andronicus

Best Improvised Line

9K Romeo and Julien “Don’t laugh, it’s a funeral”

Best Costumes

9E Titus Andronicus

Best Dance

9F Richard III

Best Understudy

9K Jacob Sadgrove

Best Supporting Actress

Charlie Hawkins (Miranda)

Best Technical Contribution

Nominees: Hieu Nguyen and Ageu Ramos Lay E Silva (9J) Ethan Kedzlie and Yuri Sidorov (9G), Duncan Tabor (9I) Winner: Duncan Tabor

Best Supporting Actor

Stefan Millard (Puck)

Best Musical Contribution

Ben Elkinson, Nishan Rasiah (9F) Caerwyn Ross (9I) , Jia Wei Leong and Sammi Ammar (9J) Winner: Ben Elkinson and Nishan Rasiah

Best Actor

Nominees: William Antrobus, Macbig (9A), Riley Cherian, Don Othello (9H), Katieri Sului,Coach (9K) and Josh Kemp Whimp, Richard III (9F). Winner: Josh Kemp Whimp

Best Actress

Jack Smith, Helena (9J), Andrew Booth, Lady Macbig (9A), Jakob Vandenberg, Luciana (9G), Will Sanders, Hero (9B) Winner: Will Sanders Hero

Best Performance

Nominees: 9J A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 9F Richard III, 9K Romeo and Julien, 9C Henry V. Winners: Richard III AND Romeo and Julien

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Will Sanders Best Actress Hero in Much Ado About Nothing

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or two weeks, eleven classes of Y9 students - of all dramatic abilities created a modern Shakespearean drama performance. While some worked on stage, others worked just as hard in technical roles. The final performances were shown in front their peers, an audience of three hundred and fifty. The final products were outstanding, creating an awesome two-days of shows. Performances ranged from monstrous medieval fights resulting in mass killings in Titus Andronicus to our own play, Much Ado About Nothing set on the set of a cheesy soap opera about scandal to do with love and romance.

We adapted our play, Much Ado About Nothing making the characters the cast and crew of a fictional medical soap opera drama 'Dr Sexy MD'. The opening sequence consisted of an intense hospital scene with the audience unaware that the show was being filmed and that the characters were 'acting'. The scene started with Claudio collapsing in the hospital reception and a failed CPR attempt failed to save his life. The cliffhangers continued to arise when Claudio’s friend Martin, finds out his lover was his

sister. After these strange events, 'Dr Sexy' the bogus protagonist of the show, rips his shirt off and the saves the day. He is then about to make out with Claudio’s real life girlfriend, Hero. The take of the scene is abruptly stopped as Claudio stops the kiss between Hero and Dr Sexy, meaning the audience are now aware that the characters are actors on a show.

Camera crew suddenly emerged, and strong willed Benedick and Beatrice who were the director and assistant director respectively. They then had a very philosophical conversation about whether to get a body double for Claudio. They were shown to be enemies but were brought together romantically by thinking that the other one loved them deeply, courtesy of the cast.

Meanwhile, Claudio and Hero had now made up and all was well until Don John, the producer of the show and his accomplice planned to raise the ratings by creating a heavily photoshopped image of Hero eating a McMuffin with a fellow cast member Don Pedro, Don John’s brother. The line A McMuffin can only be shared between the most erotic of lovers, earned a nomination in the prestigious award category 'Best one-liner'.

Claudio then found out live on camera and failed to believe Hero courtesy of Brittany, a white trash TMZ reporter giving a gossipy detailed video report.

Beatrice, after seeing Hero’s dismay tries to persuade Benedick that the pictures are fake and then leaves. Benedick is adamant that the pictures are real until he gets information from an inside source, Don Johns accomplice PA Steve. He says he regrets making the 'scandalous scandal'. After this, Benedick makes his plan to 'fire' Hero from the play and introduce a Hero again as a woman called 'Emily'.

Benedick then makes Claudio understand his mistakes but then quickly introduces Emily to Claudio in, then in private Emily tells Claudio that Emily is actually Hero and in turn diverts from Benedick's plan. The play ends with all the characters reunited for one last dance and a humorous goodbye from Brittany, the TMZ reporter.

The technical cohort did a phenomenal job backstage.

Although they weren’t seen onstage they were an integral part to our play and such a big factor for all our awards we won. The technical cohort was

The whole performance was overseen by our amazing drama tutor Brendan. From the very start we knew we were in good hands as Brendan is a professional actor and fight choreographer.

He brought invaluable skills and advice to all our departments.

Also, our English teacher, Mrs Lendrum, provided much needed advice in all areas of our play.

With the help from Brendan and Mrs Lendrum we managed to entertain the whole crowd of Y9s and members of the staff.

Our performance went smoothly and gained wild cheers and clapping at the end of most scenes. After a few days wait we went to the awards ceremony, and this proved to be successful.

Our play Much Ado About Nothing won the best scripted play due to its humour and student written nature (written by Logan Forsyth, George Parker and Alexi Zangouropoulos). Also, Will Saunders who played Hero was awarded our sole Oscar for “Best Actress”. We also were nominated and won both onstage and technical certificates in an array of categories.

ALEXI ZANGOUROPOULOS and DILAN MAGAN (9B)

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n December every year, the rite of passage for Y9 students is to produce a Shakespearean play with their own touch of panache to make it more entertaining for an audience of 350 14-year-old boys.

This year’s productions resulted in an interesting smorgasbord of approaches to Shakespeare including a Mafia action drama (Othello), an American-themed Macbeth that followed the American election and a Romeo and Juliet love affair between Wellington College and its school rival, St Patrick's College.

9MH was tasked with adapting the historical drama of Richard III (who became more lovingly known by our class as Dick Trio), which follows one of Great Britain’s less admired members of royalty as he attempts to gain ownership over the British throne. His claim to fame was as a hunchbacked, incestuous paedophile who murdered a large portion of his family and attempted to marry his sevenyear-old niece.

We kept the setting of our play in 1483, but the play was given a modern twist through adapting the script and some contemporary pun usage. Our

play starts out at the coronation of King Edward IV, Richard’s brother, after a long English civil war - where Richard informs the audience of his plan to become King. He then attempts to seduce Lady Anne Neville as he needs a respectable wife - and she very reluctantly accepts his hand in marriage. Richard then decides he must kill his brother Clarence who is the heir to the throne. He does so and informs the king about the death of Clarence.

Consumed with grief, King Edward IV dies by an epileptic fit (well in our play anyway!).

However there are still two people ahead of Richard in the line to the throne - the two young princes.

So Richard hires two hit-men to kill the princes (dressed as Santa and his elf) and becomes King of England. Finally to solidify his position he decides he must marry his niece, Elizabeth. He then proceeds to kill his wife (with a sugary energy drink!) and flirts with Elizabeth. Elizabeth is initially apprehensive about the situation, but Richard woos her over with a dance number to Bruno Mars’ Marry you. However, a challenger to the throne named Richmond meets Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, where Richard III finally

gets killed - after a slow motion fight scene. The play ends with Richmond giving an inspirational monologue to the audience.

Our drama tutor, Keagan, was exceptional at directing. She took over the reins of the class and ensured that everything was flowing in all aspects of the production while still thinking up ingenious ways to kill off Richard’s victims.

Keagan brought a real sense of encouragement and enthusiasm to the class and constantly asked for our input which gave us a real sense of ownership of the production.

More than half of the class put their hands up to play a major acting role in the production.

The acting cohort spent most of their drama periods with Keagan meticulously going through each scene. It was made particularly difficult by the time period, but that ultimately made us more focused and determined to see the production through.

All of the actors had a strong sense of camaraderie with one another and that helped with our performance on stage.

Best Actor, Josh Kemp Whimp as Richard III

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While the actors were working on their parts with Keagan, the production crew worked with Mr Houghton on important behind the scenes tasks and did an outstanding job. This included creating a PowerPoint for the backdrop of the play, creating a trailer, creating props and costumes and working on lighting and sound. Technical highlights included appearances from Donald Trump and Deputy Principal Dave Ashby in our PowerPoint - as well as two musical performances (with impeccable comic timing) from our musicians; Nishan Rasiah and Ben Elkinson.

Despite a few minor hiccups and a few unexpected reactions from the audience, the performance went very smoothly and our class was very proud of the final product on stage. Everyone had a role which was crucial to the success of the show. At the conclusion of the production we all felt closer with one another - and all the nerves and stressful moments turned out to be worth it.

Our class was delighted with our haul of trophies which included; first equal Best Overall Performance; Best Actor (Josh Kemp Whimp a.k.a. Richard III); Best Line (‘I incest on it’ – with thanks to, Emerson Tabor), Best Musical Performance (Nishan Rasiah, Ben Elkinson) and first equal Best Death (a spectacular epileptic seizure by Xander Manktelow). With big thanks to our executive producer Keagan and director Mr Houghton - we couldn’t have done it without you!

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Sam Green

Cameron Manuel-Arnold

Rhys Mountain

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Isaac Anderson

Henry Griffiths

Jacob Masseurs

Matthew Peterson

Aran Coveny

Sebastian Hamilton

Isaac Millar-Jose

Oscar Robinson

Kailin Dayal

Calum Hawthorne

Theo Moore

Tim Schulpen

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Blues Recipients ISAAC ANDERSON Ultimate Frisbee Isaac was one of four Wellington College students selected for the NZ Men’s U20 team in May, 2015. The team travelled to Poland in July, 2016 to play in the World Junior Champs.

Wiko Du Toit

Sione Helu

Joshua Morgan-Ranui

Callum Treweek-Stephen

Blue is awarded to any student who has achieved at the highest level in his chosen code. He must have been selected for New Zealand at the highest secondary school or above age-group level, won a national title or set a New Zealand record at the above level or won a gold medal at an open Men’s competition. The student must represent the school in this activity and be a good role model.

ARAN COVENY Handball Aran is member of the College Senior A team which won the local Championships and finished second at nationals. He played in the Wellington U18 team at the Australian Junior State Championships and has been selected for the NZ U20 team to play in the Oceania Championships in December in the Cook Islands.

KAILIN DAYAL Hockey Following the completion of the local tournaments 1st XI Vice-Captain, Kailin Dayal was selected for the Junior Black Sticks squad.

Kailin had an outstanding season with our 1st XI and this is just reward for his commitment and dedication.

WIKO DU TOIT Shooting A member of the College team and Wellington Secondary Schools' team, Wiko was second in the NZ Indoor and Closed D grade Champs. He was also part of the College team who came second in the Inter Island Secondary Schools' Champs and sixth in the NZSS Champs. He was selected for the North Island team and went on

to represent NZSS in the shoot versus Great Britain.

SAM GREEN AFL Sam played for the NZ U18 AFL team which travelled to Melbourne, playing an Australian Developmental team. He was awarded player of the match.

Sam’s season involved playing in the inaugural AFL NZ Premiership for the Central Giants as one of 120 athletes drafted to four teams playing a nine-week national competition.

HENRY GRIFFITHS Underwater Hockey Henry was selected to represent New Zealand in the NZ U18 Men's team competing in the 2016 Age Group Trans Tasman Championship in Hobart in July. His selection followed some outstanding form representing not only the College's Senior A team but also the Central Region (lower North Island).

SEBASTIAN HAMILTON Ultimate Frisbee Seb was one of four Wellington College students selected for the NZ Men’s U20 team in May, 2015. The team travelled to Poland in July, 2016 to play in the World Junior Champs.

CALUM HAWTHORNE Inline Hockey A member of the Wellington Penguins U16 and U19 teams, Calum also plays for the U17 and U21 Lower North Island teams.

He played for the NZ U18 team that competed in the

Youth Olympics played in Hawaii in July where he started in every game. The team finished fourth.

SIONE HELU Basketball A member of the Senior A team, Sione has been part of the Saints Development team and the Wellington U19 team. He travelled to Australia as a member of the NZ U18 development team and was selected for the NZ U19 team - the Junior Tall Blacks to play in the NZ U23 Tournament.

CAMERON MANUEL-ARNOLD Underwater Hockey Cameron was selected to represent his country in the NZ U18 Men's team competing in the 2016 Age Group Trans Tasman Championship in Hobart in July. His selection followed some outstanding form representing not only the College's Senior A team but also the Central Region (lower North Island).

JACOB MASSEURS Football A member of the 1st XI, Jacob also plays for the Olympic Men's Central League team. He was selected for the NZSS U19 team that played Australian Schools' and three Academy teams.

Jacob returned with high praise from the coaching staff after the tour.

ISAAC MILLER-JOSE Athletics Isaac was a dominant force at McEvedy Shield where he won the Senior High Jump, Triple Jump

and Hurdles. His form continued throughout the season, winning the Senior High Jump at Regionals, at the North Island Championships and finally at the NZSS Championships.

THEO MOORE Ultimate Frisbee Theo was one of four Wellington College students selected for the NZ Men’s U20 team in May, 2015. The team travelled to Poland in July, 2016 to play in the World Junior Champs.

JOSHUA MORGAN-RANUI AFL Josh played for the NZ U18 AFL team which travelled to Melbourne, playing an Australian Developmental team. He also played in the U16 competition and represented NZ against a visiting Australian team. He was drafted into the U18 team as a late replacement making full use of the opportunity.

RHYS MOUNTAIN Handball Rhys is a member of the Senior A team that won the local Championships and finished second nationally. Rhys was also selected for the NZ U20 team to play in the Oceania Championships in December in the Cook Islands.

MATT PETERSON Swimming Matt is Captain of the College's Swim team and a Senior Swimming Champion. He won five Gold Medals at the NISS Champs, Gold at the Wellington Short Course in

the 50m breaststroke and three Silver Medals in the Wellington Long Course champs.

At the NZSS Champs, where the team finished second, Matt won Gold at the 100m and 200m breaststroke.

OSCAR ROBINSON Shooting A member of the College team and Wellington Secondary Schools team, Oscar has improved rapidly over the year, winning the Wellington D grade Title. He was fourth highest shot in the NZSS Inter Island competition in which Wellington College finished second. He was selected for the North Island Team and went on to represent NZSS against Great Britain.

TIM SCHULPEN Hockey Following the completion of the domestic tournaments, Tim Schulpen was selected for the Junior Black Sticks squad.

Tim had an outstanding seasons as Captain of our 1st XI and this is just reward for his commitment and dedication.

CALLUM TREWEEK-STEPHEN Ultimate Frisbee Callum was one of four Wellington College students selected for the NZ Men’s U20 team in May, 2015. The team travelled to Poland in July, 2016 to play in the World Junior Champs.

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Honours Recipients

HONOURS

ATHLETICS BASKETBALL CRICKET FUTSAL HOCKEY ORIENTEERING ROWING RUGBY SWIMMING TENNIS UNDERWATER HOCKEY ULTIMATE FRISBEE VOLLEYBALL

Liam Webb and Isaac Miller-Jose Effrain Villalobos Santana, Ethan Roache, Joshua Dong and Sione Helu Jacob Bhula, Nico Brooky, Joshua Peake, Liam Brandwood, Finnian Chemis and George Leach Sean Beresford, Jack Barlow and Michael Plim Jeetan Mavji, Jaylin Dayal, Kailimn Dayal, Zion Dayal, Sam Dearsley, Paul Horrocks, Hiren Mani, Sam McPherson, Craig Pollock, Hansaka Ranaweera and Tim Schulpen Jo Lynch and George Engleback Liam Stevens, Henry Horwood Verstappen, Andrew Loveard, Connor Moore, Fergus Murray and Harry Beasley Qualen Asi, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Callum Watts-Pointer, Gus McPherson, Adrian Seumanufagai, Toka Sopoaga, Reece Plumtree, Connor Fuli and James Watkins Matt Peterson, Jarod de Vos, Louis Regnault, Finn Speirs and Thomas Watkins Seb On and Rory Murchland Henry Griffiths, Cameron Manuel-Arnold, Jarod de Vos, Josh Scott and Taka O’Sullivan Isaac Anderson Graham Dickie

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hese are normally awarded to Senior students in Y12 and Y13 who have either made an outstanding contribution or service over a number of years or who achieved at a high level. This student should also be a good role model in the code.

Dominion Post College Sport Awards

Isaac Anderson Ultimate Frisbee Play of the Year

Frank Fu Table Tennis Player of the Year

Cameron Manuel-Arnold Underwater Hockey Player of the Year

Captain of Wellington College team that were runners up at New Zealand Secondary School nationals Member New Zealand U20 team

College Sport Wellington Individual Champion Member of the Wellington Men's Senior Team

Member Wellington College Senior team – College Sport Wellington Champions Member New Zealand U18 team

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Athletics  McEVEDY SHIELD For the first time in quite a few years, Wellington College was not the under-dog going in to McEvedy after winning back the coveted Shield in 2015.

For all the athletes in the team, defending the Shield was a new experience. However, with months of training under their belt and an exciting new crop of Y9 athletes joining the team, everyone was extremely excited and up for the challenge.

The day started off well with the U14 3000m, where Felix Williamson and Eddy Martin finished first and second and Barker Carroll came fourth. This race and the crowd reaction set the standard for the rest of the day and rallied the team to some outstanding performances.

However, some in the Wellington College team were a bit worried after the first points tally of the day saw St Patrick's (Town) with a lead of 41 points to our 34, thanks to their strength in many of the early field events.

It soon became evident that Wellington College was too strong in the track events where we traditionally do well, such as the 400m and 1500m. The key to this year’s win was not only picking up two placings in many of these events but also in events such as hurdles. It has been a long time since Wellington College has won three out of the four hurdles grades!

As the competition neared the end, it was a relief that it would not come down to the relays as in 2015.

With only two members of the team being Y13s, this was an exciting group of young athletes led by captain Liam Webb. Liam has had big spikes to fill after the Delaney twins led the team to victory last year. He has done a stellar job as the first Y12 in this position in a very long time. Even Mr Paul cannot remember one!

A huge thanks must go to the coaches - Messrs Neville Paul and Adrian Shaw for the countless hours they spent, stopwatch in hand, keeping the distance runners on track. Mr Lincoln Rawles kept the javelin throwers on point. Finally, thanks to Mr Chris Wells for the passion he puts in to working with the throwers and sacrificing his flash running shoes year after year, digging the sand pit for the horizontal jumpers.

Top Points Scorers: U14: Harry Jones with 12 points.

U15: Tupono Pahi with 8 points.

U16: Islam Khaled-Abbas with 16 points (including relay).

Open: Isaac Miller-Jose with 12 points.  CSW REGIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 16 March, 2016 Based on their performances at McEvedy, a large number of Wellington College athletes were selected to compete at the Regional Champs.

On a very cold and wet March day, our athletes performed with distinction across many events. As at McEvedy, Isaac Miller-Jose was a stand-out performer winning his three favoured events.

CSW RESULTS Junior 100m Junior 800m Junior 3000m Junior 80m Hurdles Junior 80m Hurdles Junior 4x100m Relay Junior High Jump Junior Shot Put Junior Javelin Intermediate 100m Intermediate 100m Intermediate 200m Intermediate 400m Intermediate 400m Intermediate 3000m Intermediate 100m Hurdles Intermediate Long Jump Intermediate Triple Jump Intermediate Shot Put Intermediate Discus Intermediate Discus Intermediate Javelin Senior 400m Senior 400m Senior 110m Hurdles Senior 110m Hurdles Senior High Jump Senior Long Jump Senior Triple Jump Senior Shot Put Senior Javelin

Joshua Williams Harry Jones Eddy Martin Harry Jones Harley Patel-Muxlow Wellington College Xander Manktelow Pese Fa'aumasili Tim Robinson Ben Murphy Islam Khaled-Abbas Islam Khaled-Abbas Rowan Blaikie Patrick White Dylan Lynch Ish Perkins Banse Islam Khaled-Abbas Tupono Pahi Sean Howe Bronson Rees Harry Cook Cam Robinson Liam Webb Thomas Stewart Isaac Miller-Jose Kieran Andrews-Paul Isaac Miller-Jose Kieran Andrews-Paul Isaac Miller-Jose La'au Finau Joshua MorganRanui

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U14 100m U14 400m U14 400m U14 800m U14 800m U14 1500m U14 1500m U14 3000m U14 3000m U14 3000m U14 80m Hurdles U14 High Jump U14 High Jump U14 Long Jump U14 Triple Jump U14 Shot Put U14 Shot Put U14 Discus U14 Javelin U15 100m U15 200m U15 400m U15 800m U15 800m U15 1500m U15 1500m U15 100m Hurdles U15 High Jump U15 High Jump U15 Long Jump U15 Long Jump U15 Triple Jump U15 Triple Jump U15 Shot Put U15 Discus U15 Javelin U15 Javelin U16 100m U16 100m U16 200m U16 200m U16 400m U16 400m

Joshua Williams Harry Jones Daniel Fleming Harry Jones Ruaridh Ferguson Felix Williamson Bruno McKnight Felix Williamson Eddy Martin Barker Carroll Harry Jones Griffin Maaka Xander Manktelow Henry Hamilton Xander Manktelow Tim Robinson Pese Fa'amausili Tim Robinson Tim Robinson Reuben Puckey Jack Howat Jack Howat Marino Doyle Callan Rothmets Marino Doyle Dylan Lynch Liam Collet Flynn Crampton Tyler Collicoat Tupono Pahi Reuben Puckey Tupono Pahi Flynn Crampton Sean Howe Sean Howe Haven Dixon Adam Smith Islam Khaled-Abbas Ben Murphy Islam Khaled-Abbas Finley Tohill Patrick White Rowan Blaikie

ST PATRICK’S (TOWN)

160.5 Time Distance Height 11.93 56.83 59.91 2.15.80 2.17.54 4.46.53 4.48.37 10.20.31 10.26.17 10.44.81 12.21 1.50m 1.50m 5.44m 10.78m 11.33m 10.83m 37.30m 40.22m 12.21 24.57 56.28 2.07.34 2.12.32 4.35.61 4.36.42 17.08 1.74m 1.60m 5.85m 5.70m 11.85m 11.76m 11.79m 36.24m 40.00m 33.64 11.77 11.79 23.6 23.95 53.11 53.82

Place 1st 1st 4th 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 1st 4th= 4th= 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 4th 1st 3rd= 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

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U16 800m U16 800m U16 1500m U16 1500m U16 3000m U16 100m Hurdles U16 100m Hurdles U16 High Jump U16 High Jump U16 Long Jump U16 Long Jump U16 Triple Jump U16 Triple Jump U15 Shot Put U16 Discus U16 Discus U16 Javelin U16 Javelin Open 100m Open 100m Open 200m Open 400m Open 400m Open 1500m Open 3000m Open 110m Hurdles Open 110m Hurdles Open High Jump Open Long Jump Open Long Jump Open Triple Jump Open Triple Jump Open Shot Put Open Discus Open Javelin Open Javelin Relays U14 4x100m Relay U16 4x100m Relay Open 4x100m Relay

Patrick White Ricky Kiddle Ricky Kiddle Matthew Sutcliffe Dylan Lynch Ish Perkins Banse Oliver Sharpe Joel Washington Harry Cook Islam Khaled-Abbas James Knott James Knott Harry Cook Elim Liko Harry Cook Bronson Rees Cam Robinson Harry Cook Oscar Szeto Reece Plumtree Oscar Szeto Thomas Stewart Liam Webb Connor Davidson Tomas Goodwin

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2.01.63 2.04.43 4.21.15 4.22.48 9.19.26 14.79 15.45 1.73m 1.73m 6.04m 5.83m 11.86m 11.85m 11.94m 42.70m 42.04m 49.81m 41.64m 11.67 11.91 23.41 52.7 52.87 4.15.98 9.37.15

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Isaac Miller-Jose

16.02

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Kieran Andrews-Paul

16.43

2nd

Isaac Miller-Jose Sione Helu Kieran Andrews-Paul Isaac Miller-Jose Sione Helu La'au Finau Elim Liko Joshua MorganRanui Jakob Bhula

1.89m 6.44m 6.41m 13.11m 12.82m 13.52m 38.98

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Wellington College

44.74

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McEVEDY TEAM 2016 Elim Liko, Sione Helu, Bronson Rees, Joshua Morgna-Ranui, Oliver Sharp, Joel Washington, Tyler Auelua, Flynn Crampton, Ben Murphy, Patrick White, Connor Goggin, Cam Robinson, Pese Fa'amausili Conor Jacobs, John-Ross Moyer, Xander Manktelow, Oscar Szeto, Jack Marshall, Rowan Blaikie, Harry Sellwood, Callan Rothmets, Max Rodgers, Tupono Pahi, Ruaridh Ferguson, Wingyeung Szeto, Dylan Lynch, Zach Hough Mr Chris Wells, Mr Neville Paul, Sean Howe, Jack Howat, Hamish Webster, Ricky Kiddle, Adam Smith, Connor Davidson, Islam Khaled-Abbas, Finley Tohill, Tom Goodwin, Carlos Parkinson, Mr Adrian Shaw Mr Lincoln Rawles, Hayden Rumble, Harry Jones, Henry Hamilton, Reuben Puckey, Dylan Reid, Liam Webb(captain), Max Wickens, Joshua Williams, Zac McSweeney, Aaron Rothmets, Bruno McKnight, Mr Mark Tinkle

Athletics Awards Wellington College Old Boys’ Challenge Cup P. Marshall Cup Discus Ross Cup Form 3 1500m Champion Challenge Cup for Jumps McClay Cup presented by A. McClay for 440 yards J. R. Finch Cup 1928 presented by Finch O.G. Kember Cup for 220 yards Championship Stout Junior Championship Challenge Cup Mrs F.W. MacKenzie Champion Shot Cup Webster Challenge Cup R A Longley Cup 100m Oliver Lane Cup - 100 yards Intermediate Baird Cup J.A. Baird 1941 for 220 yards Luke Challenge Cup 440 yards Gawen Holden Challenge Cup 100 yards Championship Trafford Nicol Memorial Cup 440 yards Scr U16 T.N. Bush Memorial Cup One Mile Championship Oram Long Distance Championship Calvin Wright Memorial Trophy Lieut. A.B. Sievwright Mile Walk U14 100 metres Earl of Ranfurly Challenge Cup Wellington College Challenge Cup

Best Under 16 @ McEvedy Under 16 Under 14 Best Jumper Under 14 400m Senior Hurdles Under 14 200m Best Under 15 @ McEvedy Under 15 Shot Put Best Under 15 @ McEvedy Under 15 100m Under 16100m Under 15 400m Senior 400m Senior 100m Under 16 400m Senior 1500m Senior 3000m Top McEvedy Points U14 100m Best Jumper Best Senior @ McEvedy

Islam Khaled Abbas Harry Cook Felix Williamson Isaac Miller-Jose Harry Jones Isaac Miller-Jose Rakaia Pahi Harry Jones Sean Howe Tupono Pahi Rueben Puckey Islam Khaled Abbas Jack Howat Thomas Stewart Oscar Szeto Patrick White Connor Davidson Tomas Goodwin Islam Khaled Abbas Josh Williams Isaac Miller-Jose Isaac Miller-Jose

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Athletics  NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS' ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 -3 April, 2016 Due to a number of excellent performances at both McEvedy and Regionals, many of our athletes were selected to compete at the North Island Champs. A number had to withdraw due to injury and other commitments but Messrs Mark Tinkle and Neville Paul took a strong team up to Auckland to compete at Mt Smart Stadium.

Joshua Williams ran very well to come second in the Junior 100m.

He is an exciting prospect in the sprints, especially as he is still eligible to compete in the junior grade next year.

Isaac Miller-Jose continued his fine form with a win in the Senior High Jump and a second placing in the Senior Triple Jump.

A highlight of the trip was the two Robinson brothers, Cam and Tim both breaking Wellington College Javelin records in their respective grades. This was a special achievement for them to both share.

The Team included Harry Cook, Tim Robinson, Harry Jones, Joshua Williams, Patrick White, Ish Perkins Banse, Isaac MillerJose, Cam Robinson, Liam Webb, Flynn Crampton, Islam KhaledAbbas and Thomas Stewart.  NZ SECONDARY SCHOOLS' ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2-4 December, 2016 For the first time, the NZSS Athletics Champs were held at

NISS RESULTS Junior 100m Junior 4x100m Relay Junior Javelin

Joshua Williams Joshua Williams Tim Robinson

Intermediate 200m Islam KhaledAbbas Intermediate Cam Robinson Javelin Senior High Jump Isaac Miller-Jose Senior Triple Jump Isaac Miller-Jose Trusts Stadium in Waitakere. Also for the first time in many years, the competition was held over three days rather than two. The 27 athletes from Wellington College performed with distinction on the newly laid track in balmy Auckland weather. The majority of the team either set new personal bests or made it through the first round of competition.

NZSS RESULTS Junior 100m Junior 3000m Junior 4x400m Relay

Junior Road Race 4km Junior Road Race Three person team Junior Shot Put Junior Discus Senior 400m Senior 110m Hurdles Senior 1500m Senior 4x100m

Senior 4x400m

Senior High Jump Senior Javelin

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Highlights: Joshua Williams cruised through the qualifying stages of the Junior 100m in his usual casual but focused style. In his heat, he ran 11.60 to set a new Wellington College U14 record (11.71 set by Ben Murphy in 2014).

Joshua should be pleased with his seventh place in the final, especially considering the fact

Joshua Williams Dylan Lynch Jack Howat, Callan Rothmets, Will Goodwin, Dylan Lynch Dylan Lynch Dylan Lynch, Callan Rothmets, Bruno McKnight Pese Fa'amausili Sean Howe Liam Webb Isaac Miller-Jose Matthew Sutcliffe Joshua Williams, Islam Khaled-Abbas, Liam Webb and Ben Murphy Liam Webb, Patrick White, Thomas Stewart and Rowan Blaikie Isaac Miller-Jose Cam Robinson

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7th 5th 5th

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that he still has two more years in the junior grade. It must also be mentioned that Joshua was the first runner of the Senior 4x100m relay. Highly likely that he was the only 13-year-old in the race!

Dylan Lynch’s lead up to the nationals was not ideal, with sickness and injury hampering his preparation. However, he did not let this stop him running a gutsy finish to the Junior 3000m and getting fifth in a very strong field. He then backed this up with a second place in the Junior 4km Road Race.

Pese Fa’amausili has improved significantly since the beginning of the year and should be pleased with his big personal best of 12.50m which gained him seventh place in the Junior Shot Put. He will no doubt go away from his first big competition at this level with a renewed drive to do well.

Sean Howe has worked extremely hard this year with Mr Shaka Sola and it is beginning to pay off. Not only was his sixth place in the Junior Discus a personal best (43.92m) but he was one of the better looking throwers technically on the day. This was a testament to Sean’s focus in the winter months.

Over the weekend, Liam Webb gave everything he had in his events. He ran a personal best (50.40) in the semi-final of the Senior 400m. Unfortunately, he ran out of steam in a final stacked with some very high quality runners, but will be back again next year. If you include the relays Liam took part in, he ended up running six races over three days, setting an example for the

younger runners about what it means to give it all in a Wellington College singlet.

Matthew Sutcliffe is one of the team’s major improvers. With a successful winter of CrossCountry under his belt, he qualified for the Senior 1500m final with a big personal best. He managed a twelfth placing and like many others in the team, he will be back next year.

Cam Robinson’s lead up to the competition could not have gone better. In the weekend prior to the event, he threw a new school U17 and Senior record for the Javelin (59.98m). He finished a credible fourth place. Fun fact: All of the Wellington College javelin records are now held by the two Robinson brothers.

Isaac Miller-Jose finished off his Wellington College athletics career in the best way possible,

winning Gold in the Senior High Jump with a height of 1.99m. He is the first student to win Gold in this event since Billy Crayford in 2005 (seven times NZ High Jump champ). Isaac also narrowly missed out on the 110m Hurdles final. Isaac has been one of our top athletes for the last few years and has the potential to be a great jumper.

Junior 4km Road Race: threeman-team: Anchored by the

aforementioned individual second place by Dylan Lynch, and brought home by Callan Rothmets and Bruno McKnight was a silver medal in the three-to-count.

Senior 4x400m Relay: A solid sixth place by a very handy team. All of whom are returning next year.

MR MARK TINKLE Athletics Coach

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Basketball  OVERVIEW Basketball at Wellington College continued to thrive in 2016. Ten competitive teams represented the school as well as another eight social grade teams. The CSW league was well represented by Wellington College with four of the five senior teams making the semi-finals in their respective grades.

The highlights of the year were the Senior C and Senior E teams winning their grades. The five junior teams competed well with the Junior A team finishing tenth in the Regional North Island Tournament. Congratulations to Felix Chan and Calvin Wong who coached the Senior C team to a championship as well as Tony Allen who coached the Senior E team to a Division title.

Fuji Xerox continues to offer the financial support that enables the large number of young men at the College to play Basketball. We are very grateful for their generous contribution.

The Basketball Committee would also like to express its gratitude and thanks to retiring committee members Lisa Dong, Jane Yates and Kevin Stroud for all the time and effort they have contributed to making Basketball a success at the College. Special thanks is also due to Mr Bar Eli Shalom who refereed all our home games and trained our junior referees. Thanks again to Mr Bar Shalom and Cade Young for travelling to regional tournaments as our referees.

Thanks to Mrs Amanda Wilkins and Mr Dave Keat for all the support they have given to our Club this season. The Basketball Club would like to express their best wishes to all departing players and we look forward to another successful season for those players returning next year.

MR STEVE CHAPMAN, Chairman J NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS Junior Tall Blacks Sione Helu and NZ U18 NZ A U16 Tyler Auelua J REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS Wellington Saints Ethan Roache Wellington U19 Sione Helu, Efrain Villalobos-Santana and Billy Thompkinson Wellington U17 Haven Dixon, Brooklyn Stowers and Tyler Auelua Wellington U15 James Quinn, Ben Pilbrow and Alex Heeney Hutt Valley U17 Alisana Morris and Kaleb McDonald Porirua U23 Isaac Miller-Jose and Matthew Yates Porirua U17 Jayden Taufale, Nathan Luapo, Frederick Guttenbiel

J CSW GRADE RESULTS Senior A Senior Premier Boys Senior B Senior Boys Division 1 Senior C Senior Boys Division 2 Senior D Senior Boys Division 3 Senior E Senior Boys Division 6 Junior A Junior Premier Boys Junior B Junior Boys Division 1 Junior C Junior Boys Division 2 Junior D Junior Boys Division 3 Junior E Junior Boys Division 5 J PRIZE-GIVING SENIOR A MVP Runner Up 1 Runner Up 2 Best Defender Most Improved Vic Paulson Cup SENIOR B MVP Best Defender Most Improved SENIOR C MVP Best Defender Most Improved SENIOR D MVP Best Defender Most Improved SENIOR E MVP Best Defender Most Improved JUNIOR A MVP Best Defender Most Improved JUNIOR B MVP Best Defender Most Improved JUNIOR C MVP Best Defender Most Improved JUNIOR D MVP Best Defender Most Improved JUNIOR E MVP Best Defender Most Improved

Sione Helu Ethan Roache Efrain Villalobos Santana Efrain Villalobos Santana Isaac Miller-Jose Paul Breber Josh Dong Michael Rudge Jack Allen-Russell Rawiri Pairama-Hegglun Cade Young Tim Kent-Royds Joel Washington Eli Richards Charlie Parker The Team Zeke Weston-Webb Sophearvuth Veng Haven Dixon Tyler Auelua Harry Summers Hunter Dann Griffin Maaka Kade Campbell Riley Cherian Josiah Katene Max Abbott Harrison Schubert Josiah Matagi Nic Plim Miguel Garcia Jamie Webb Elijah Faletolu

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Basketball SENIOR A 2nd 3rd= 1st 6th= 1st 5th 3rd= 8th 7th 5th

The 2016 Senior A team featured a lot of new faces, and the returning players all played off the bench in 2015, while four players got promoted from the Championship winning 2015 B team, one from the C team and one 2015 Junior joined with six returning to round out a squad with a new coaching and management team.

Pre-season saw everyone get a chance to get big minutes and saw a mix of results. The season proper featured great close games with last minute wins over Rongotai College, St Patrick's (Town) in the Traditional, Aotea, Scots and an overtime win over Onslow Colleges. The semi-final was set for a show down with Scots having won two of the three previous games, the game swung multiple times with Wellington College winning by six. None of the current students had seen Wellington College in a Senior Basketball final, the win would go to Town on the day and both teams would head to Regionals.

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BASKETBALL: SENIOR A Mr Steve Chapman (Manager), William Tompkinson, Isaac Miller-Jose, Jock Gordon Mr Masalo Taufale (Assistant Coach), James Haydock, Sione Helu, Mathew Yates, Connor Goggin, Mr Danny Page (Coach) Jasef Villalobos, Ethan Roache, Efrain Villalobos Santana, Jayden Taufale, Kieran Andrews-Paul

Drawn in a pool of death, the team started with an comfortable win over Tawa College, before a last minute loss to Scots, followed by a 80 point win and then setting up for a must win clash with Palmerston North Boys' High

School, down by one at the half, PNBHS pulled away in the second half and went on to second place at Nationals.

The season would finish with three placing games, with several

players dropping out with injuries, and Wellington College taking the chance to play our graduating Seniors who hadn't played as much previously. A tough loss to St John's College followed up by a big win over HIBS with James Haydock breaking the record for threes in a game by a Wellington College player, and then an overtime win over Rongotai in the last game of the season.

Overall, the season was a positive progression and the returning players have already shown a high level of motivation to advance further next year and end the 21-year-Championship wait for 2017.

DANNY PAGE, Head Coach

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Basketball picked up in the second quarter, leading to a half time score of 22-13. The game was effectively won in the third quarter as the scoring improved including four three-pointers, which was a real strength of the team throughout the season. The team were deserved winners of the final 5338, winning the Division and the Club 55 Cup.

SENIOR B John Wooden said that the most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example.

This is a true reflection of our two captains Sebastian On and Josh Dong. Both played their final season with an enormous study and senior leadership workload and both always led by example. Their immeasurable performances and commitment were significant in the team making the Semi’s.

Harrison owned the paint rebounding and boxing despite being battered and bruised each week. Jae, always played with a gutsy attitude using his court vision to his team’s advantage.

Oscar’s speed and agility sets him apart from other players in the league and Michael continued to be relentless on defence, where his intercepts helped to keep us in the hunt.

Jasper, a superb defender, used his playing minutes to make a difference on defence. Ian always played with determination and enthusiasm, his three-point shot developing well. Jack, straight out of the juniors, fitted seamlessly into the Bs, his pure shot and positioning paid dividends for this team.

He has plenty of capability to attain higher selection. A natural athlete, Aran’s blocks and rebounds saw him clear much needed ball during the tough games. Jason continued to intimidate the opposition with his blocks and injured early in the season, Rory’s Euro step was sadly missed by us all.

Talent doesn’t beat attitude and

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BASKETBALL: SENIOR C - DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS Calvin Wong (Coach), Danny Lee, Cade Young, Mr Etano Moananu, Frederick Guttenbeil, Nathan Luapo, Felix Chan (Coach) Sebastian Thompson, Campbell Young, Joshua Wallis, Timothy Kent-Royds, Owen Su

commitment to hard work, nor is it an excuse to set oneself apart from teammates. Above all things, a team needs to work as a single unit, the 2016 Senior B team knew that and played for each other, not for themselves, even in the most challenging games they hung in there. The parents of these exceptional young men can be congratulated on how their sons wore their Wellington College colours with pride and respect and always displayed the highest level of sportsmanship.

SALA SIDLER (Head Coach) GARRY SZETO (Assistant Coach) LIZ SIDLER, KEVIN and CHRISTINE STROUD (Managers) SENIOR C The Senior Cs had an impressive season, building progressively through the regular season to produce their best performances at the end of the season.

After a strong grading performance, the team were placed in Division 2, with six other A teams and one B team, a division higher than the team played in the previous year.

were under pressure. The team won their three top four games beating: Porirua College 63-58, Bishop Viard 65-58 and Wainui 68-44, reversing two previous losses.

The team won five of its games in the first round by about ten points, ‘wins’ but not always that convincing. Late in the first round, the team lost two very close games to Bishop Viard College and Wainuiomata High School by one and two points respectively, teams they would meet again in the top four and finals.

The semi-finals saw the Senior Cs face Bishop Viard As for the third time. The team started strongly, scoring five three-pointers in the first quarter and led 269. This lead was maintained through the game, which was won 83-67. Bishop Viard played with intensity until the end, with noisy supporters from both sides adding to the semi-finals pressure.

A good start to the season but improvement was required if they were to be in the finals. However, the team really stepped up after the July holiday break as they played the top four round. The players adapted to their roles in the team and played with more skill and intensity throughout the games rather than just when they

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The final was against Wainui As. This game was low scoring, reflecting the pressure that finals bring. The first quarter saw very low scores as both teams settled into the game, with the Senior Cs leading 9-2 at the end of the quarter. The scoring

This was the first time a C team had won the Club 55 Cup in the Cup’s 23 year history and the first time a Wellington College team had won the cup.

Thanks to the coaches, Felix Chan and Calvin Wong for all the time and energy they put in to the team, making the Senior Cs greater than the sum of its parts.

RICHARD THOMPSON, Manager SENIOR D The Senior D team set out to have fun, improve our defence and introduce some systems into our play. For some reason, the boys decided to name our moves after African animals so there was a lot of hyena, hippo and zebras going down this year. The moves definitely helped our overall performance and the boys now understand there is a system to basketball which complements individual skills.

Our team came together well and we looked after each other. It was fun to watch the boys recount some of the famous moves of the various games of which there were many. The most memorable event was the first quarter of play against Tawa College where we played the best basketball of the season in incredibly cold

conditions. The least memorable was travelling all the way to Otaki College to play their Senior A team on their home turf.

Thanks to Martin for managing us all and keeping things flowing.

Thanks to the parents, some of whom were legendary on the score bench and turning up to support their sons with total trust in our operation. And special mention to Eli Bar-Shalom who unselfishly refereed a truck load of games for us.

COLIN CRAMPTON, Head Coach SENIOR E As the bottom selected senior team in the school, the Es season started with a decent amount of attitude and incriminations. This quickly dissipated when constant pressure from others trying to join the team implied competition on the roster.

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The team incorporated a diverse cross section of the school and as the season went on, showed how diverse cultural and social backgrounds came together through Basketball. The joy expressed from the whole team when the team’s least confident player hit a 20 foot jumper in the semi-final was for me one of the highlights of the season. This team showed me the true benefit of sport i.e. understanding and friendship based on a mutual interest.

The eleven-man squad remained together for the whole season and the policy of equal court time for all helped facilitate the strong team ethos. Sure we won the grade, but what was more important was how we won the grade - in extra time with the starting five all fouled out or injured - the bench got the job done. Bruce Springsteen’s E Street band was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2014,

likewise these young men should always remember their efforts of the 2016 season. I certainly will.

JAMES ALLEN, Head Coach JUNIOR A The Junior A Basketball team placed fifth in the Thompson Cup and ninth in the 2016 Zone 3 Regional tournament.

The Thompson Cup was a tough competition with five top-tier teams in the competition. The pre-season went well with wins against Tawa College and St Patrick's (Silverstream). Rongotai College was the form team this year and went on to win the Cup and the regional tournament but the next four teams were very evenly matched. Unfortunately the Junior As couldn’t overcome these teams. Every game was closely contested and it seemed each of these teams played their best games against us.

BASKETBALL: SENIOR E - DIVISION 6 CHAMPIONS Mr Tony Allen (Coach), James Yu, Zeke Weston-Webb, Ziwei Wang, Dylan Eftimov, Ahikaroa Adds Stefan Gay, Sagar Solanky, James Allen, Anlun Li, Prakash Bhanq

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Basketball Black (Team Managers), Steve Chapman and all the parents who supported the team throughout the year.

MIKE LUCAS, Head Coach JUNIOR B

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BASKETBALL: JUNIOR A Haven Dixon, Heath Haydock, Oli Black, Tyler Auelua, Atakura Julian, Harry Summers, Mr Mike Lucas (Head Coach) Sana Morris, Jake Young, Jackson Brow, Kaleb McDonald, Jonathan Tai Mrs Debbie Summers (Assistant Coach)

The first game against St Patrick's (Town) was tightly contested which we lost 57-63. We were tied with one minute to go but it was anybody’s game right to the very end. The next game against Silverstream was a heart breaker.

We didn’t handle the travel very well with players getting caught in traffic which gave us a short warm-up affecting our game preparation. This transferred into a very slow start. Silverstream came to play and we found ourselves down by twelve at the half. We pushed the ball in the second half and played solid defence and found ourselves tied with 30 seconds to go. We hit a clutch three-pointer to take the lead but Silverstream hit back with another crazy threepointer to bring the game into overtime. We struggled in the overtime period as we had given everything to overcome the deficit which resulted in yet another

close loss.

We proceeded to win the next few games against the weaker teams and then lost to a dominant Rongotai team. Our next game against Scots College was a game of two halves. We played the best Basketball we have ever played in the first half and led by 19 at the break. We went to sleep in the second half, stopped playing good defence and missed crucial shots. We were thoroughly out-played in that second half and Scots emerged the winners 74-65. That meant we were out of top four contention, our season over. A win in any of these three close games would have seen us into the top four but the season slipped away on a number of 'what if’s'.

While the team was disappointed, the players showed good sportsmanship and dealt with

these defeats with maturity and integrity and proceeded to win the remaining games.

The Regional tournament in New Plymouth saw the team draw the pool of death, with three Wellington teams in the pool including the finalists of the Thompson Cup. First up was Rongotai. With a new game plan utilising our size and a strong defensive plan, we held Rongotai for three quarters only to see the game slip away at the end.

The next game against Scots found a determined Scots team playing their best Basketball of the season. This resulted in a loss putting us in the bottom eight.

We won the next four games placing us ninth overall.

On behalf on the team, we wish to give huge thanks to Debbie Summers (Assistant Coach), Margo Neas and Dennis

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The 2016 Junior Bs were a fantastic group of young men who came together as a team early and continued to make improvements as the season progressed. The team was made up of five Y10s and seven Y9s. Unfortunately Will had to withdraw from the team due to other commitments and Luis left us for Austria in the middle of the top four round and we missed his presence in the middle.

Our goals were simple: 1. Get promoted from Division 2 to Division 1 – achieved 2. Make the Top 4 – achieved and ended up third overall 3. Grow as a team and develop as individual players – we achieved an overall seven win seven loss record for the season coming third overall, and several boys made regional representative teams.

Highlights were the close games we either won or loss against Kapiti College, Aotea College and Hutt International Boys' School – where you tend to learn more about yourself, your team mates and gain insights from the game.

In these situations, it's where the boys needed to execute their systems well, support each other and keep each other accountable.

They should be proud of their season’s result.

My thanks to Rom Irinco for his

counsel and coaching help, Claire Quinn for managing the boys, Liane Young for keeping the stats. Thanks to the parents and supporters who turned up each Tuesday to help with transport, score benching and encouraging the boys when things got close.

Special thanks to Felix 'the cat' for being our away ref and Mr Eli Bar Shalom for refereeing the home games.

MALCOLM YOUNG, Head Coach JUNIOR C We had a new team, new coaches and a steep mountain to climb as it turned out.

After winning our grading games,

in some cases pretty comfortably, the Junior C found themselves in Division 2 – the only C team in this division.

Our division consisted of no fewer than five A teams and two B teams.

Our squad consisted of seven Y9 players and four Y10 players.

Many of the Y9s were having their first season in competitive Basketball. Illness and injury also saw our squad reduced many times to just seven against a full team and a full bench. This left us swimming against the tide on many occasions.

In our competition season, the team amassed an average score

of 39 points but sadly lost by an average of 33 points for the season. The most memorable performance has to be the legendary match against Taita College in the third round where the Cs were 57 all at full-time and won 71-62 in extra time scoring an incredible 33 points in the final 15 minutes of the match – I am sure that all who were there will remember the crescendo of noise and atmosphere.

The season was a wonderful opportunity for the players to learn new skills and familiarise themselves with the game of basketball.

Special thanks to the coaches, James Haydock supported by Jae

Morse and Sione Helu. A difficult job with a diminished young team well out of its depth.

Thanks so much for never giving up. It is said that one learns more from defeat than from victory, the Junior C team learnt a lot this season.

As Manager, this was my first time managing any team in any code. I have found the Basketball community to be incredibly welcoming, understanding, patient and really hard working. I have come to realise what a great game it is. I am looking forward to helping the mighty Wellington College in the future.

FINLAY ABBOT, Manager

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Cricket President's Overview Wellington College continued to dominate College Cricket in Wellington in terms of player and team numbers. In 2016, we had 18 teams playing in the College School competition. There were ten teams in the Premier and Senior grades, three in the Intermediate grade and five in the Junior grade. Given the fall off in participation in other sports, this is a comforting and good result.

The high number of teams remains a challenge in terms of ensuring that all players get a fair and reasonable opportunity to progress and enjoy their Cricket.

However, in that regard the Club has made very good progress in 2016.

After many years of undertaking various open wicket trials which have always been problematical and the subject of criticism, we have now completed the roll-out of our skills assessment approach. This involves our professional coaches assessing each boy over a 20-minute period. When the assessment results are added to the statistics and the coaches' and managers' feedback, it provides the selectors with better visibility of the players. This in turn results in more informed selection decisions. It is far from perfect but it is has improved our selection process and in this regard the club owes significant thanks to Andrew Dunford who has been the driving force behind the implementation of this change. Andrew currently chairs the Senior Selection Panel that makes selection decisions for the senior teams. The panel consists of our professional coaches and our Club Captain and senior convenor, Mr Jim Woodland. We thank Jim also for all his time and effort for the Club over many years. Jim is going to teach at Hutt Valley High School and we wish him well.

Results for 2016 were mixed. The 1st XI were top equal on the leader board for the Term One competition, but were pipped by St Patrick's

(Silverstream) to whom they lost their first game in January.

However, they won the grade for 2016 by beating Silverstream convincingly in the final held at Wellington College in late November. This is the first time Wellington College has won the Premier Youth Grade since 2008.

Very favourable results were also achieved by a number of other teams. These included Junior 1 (Black) winning the Junior 1 Grade with Junior 1 (Gold) coming second; 3rd XI won Premier 2 in both terms one and four; 4th XI won Premier 3 in Term One; the 5th XI won Premier 3 in Term Four; 7th XI won Premier 4 in Term One; 8th XI won the senior T20 Northern grade in Term Four; Intermediate 1 beat Intermediate 2 in the Intermediate 1 grade in Term Four and Intermediate 4 were the winners in Intermediate 2 grade in Term Four.

Off the field, the Committee continued to work hard to develop the Club's systems and processes and we are getting incremental and real improvement in most areas, particularly with our selection processes as referred to above.

Overall, the Club is in good heart and once again this stems in large part from the sterling and relentless efforts of Mrs Lynne Bremner, the Club Administrator.

Lynne left the Club in August to pursue other opportunities.

We owe her a great deal of gratitude for the many things she did so well for the Club. We welcome Mrs Penny Dustin as her replacement. Penny has quickly picked up the challenge.

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Cricket The Committee itself is a very strong one at present with each of its members giving up much of their time and providing useful inputs. It is fair to say we are better organised than we have ever been - in all areas including fundraising. The hope in the medium term is that this fundraising improves further, allowing us to lower the costs to the boys or at least subsidise trips and winter or spring training sessions.

The Club remains grateful to our Patron and passionate supporter, Mr Roger Moses. Mr Moses always displays a real interest in the Club and in Cricket in general.

CRICKET CLUB AWARDS Junior Grade Player of the Year Intermediate Grade Player of the Year Senior Grade Player of the Year Umpire of the Year REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS Wellington U19 Wellington U17

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: TERM ONE J3 Flynn Stevenson J2 Barker Carroll Gold Jacob Troughton Black Matthew McCallum

Max Sargentina Ben Arbuckle Josh Peake John Dent Jakob Bhula, Josh Peake Tim Campbell, Nick Greenwood, Ollie Petersen, Deven Vishvaka

Int 3 Int 2 Int 1 8th XI

Joseph Aldridge Abhishek Maisuria Ben Arbuckle William Shaw

Max Sargentina

7th XI 6th XI 5th XI 4th XI

Joe Cook Alex Hann Henry Chandler Nathan Dowle

Ben Arbuckle

3rd XI 2nd XI 1st XI

Josh Peake

Harry Hunter Connor Jarden Devan Vishvaka

I again would like to thank Mr Ivan Tissera, the 1st XI coach. Ivan left us at the end of Term One to take up the head coach role for the Johnsonville Premier Men's team. Ivan gave our Club many years of dedicated service and we wish him well. Ivan helped set the scene for this year's Premier 1 finals win which was completed by our new 1st XI Coach, Mr Harry Boam. Harry was formerly the 2nd XI coach and a well known Old Boy. It's fabulous to have an Old Boy take on this important role, particularly an Old Boy who has been a successful professional cricketer.

The Club remains committed to the success of its top teams, but also to ensuring that all boys who play cricket feel involved, get opportunities to develop and progress and, most importantly, enjoy themselves. I believe these to be the Club's most important goals.

MR PETER CHEMIS, President

CRICKET: 1ST XI Back Row: Front Row:

Mr Ivan Tissera (Coach), Liam Brandwood, Joshua Peake, Isaac Nimmo, Ollie Petersen, Connor Goggin, Niko Brooky, Mr Peter Chemis (Manager) Tom Valentine, Tim Campbell, Jakob Bhula (Captain), Nick Greenwood, Devan Vishvaka, Finnian Chemis

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premier'youth'grade

2016 was a mixed year for the 1st XI but overall a very successful one. In the first half we won all the preliminary rounds in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Cup, and made it through to the final.

We also topped the table with St Patrick's (Silverstream) for the first round of the Premier Youth Grade competition and were ahead on net run rate.

Unfortunately, as we had lost to Silverstream in our first game and they won the first round completion. However, with the last match of the season, we won the Premier Youth Grade by beating Silverstream convincingly.

PREMIER 1 GAMES: TERM ONE 30 January v Silverstream at Silverstream We were slow out of the blocks in our first game. We lost the toss to Silverstream who put on a very credible 237 in the 50 overs. Sadly, we could only take six wickets with the pick of the bowlers being Ollie Petersen taking 2 for 36 off his ten overs in his first match for the 1st XI, and Finnian Chemis taking 2 for 40 in his spell. Unfortunately we lost wickets early and regularly and were all out in the 47th over for a dismal 146. Devan Vishvaka made a patient 45, Liam Brandwood 31 and Nick Greenwood 21. Not a great start to our season.

7 February v Tawa College at Tawa While we weren't facing a strong opposition we batted very strongly against Tawa making 249 for 8. The highlight was a magnificent 115 runs off 140

balls by Devan Vishvaka who was unfortunately run out late in his innings.

We quickly dispensed with Tawa having them all out for 78 in the 25th over. As with the batting, there was only one bowler to talk about and that was Josh Peake who took an amazing 8 for 30 off his ten overs – a feat not achieved for many years in College cricket.

8 February v Onslow College at Home While Onslow College have become one of our main rivals in recent years, this was a match we won convincingly. We batted first, and again Devan Vishvaka batted strongly for 70 runs off 113 balls and Jakob Bhula coming in at three made a fantastic 86 off 82 balls.

In reply, we subdued Onslow having them all out in the 38th over for a mere 120. The pick of the bowlers were Nick Greenwood with 3 for 30 and Jakob Bhula 3 for 11.

20 February v 2nd XI at Home We went into this match with some confidence after our two wins. Unfortunately that confidence did not translate into a great performance. While we started strong with Devan Vishvaka making 41 and Tim Campbell 58, there were no other scores of note and we lost the last six wickets for five runs, which included four ducks. We finished on a meagre 156 with Connor Jarden taking a well-deserved 50 with the last ball of his strong spell.

The 2nd XI started very strongly without losing wickets. Things were looking ominous and an upset looked likely. In particular, George Leach was batting confidently and anchoring the chase. Unfortunately, in the over before the second drinks break he was caught on the boundary for 65 – the breakthrough the 1st XI desperately needed.

Nonetheless, George had set the match up well for the 2nd XI and it really looked as though there would be an upset.

However, some tight bowling and exceptionally good fielding late in the game, saw the 2nd XI all out in the 47th over and short by 19 runs.

Connor Goggin took an important 4 for 35 and Nick Greenwood 3 for 28. It has to be said that the 1st XI were very lucky to win this match.

27 February v St Patrick's (Town) at Home We batted first in this match and lost wickets quickly. Four of our top five made a total of eight. We were saved only by Nick Greenwood who, with a little luck on his side, brought up his 100 on the last ball of the innings.

He was well supported by Liam Brandwood who made 30 off 43 balls. We were all out for 181 and quite lucky to be anywhere near that total. Had Town taken their catches, we probably would have been out for less than 100.

However, we picked ourselves up after that and bowled extremely well and had Town all out for 118 in the 41st over. Nick Greenwood took 3 for 26, Jakob Bhula and Niko Brooky took 2 for 26 and Connor Goggin 2 for 25.

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Cricket 5 March v HIBS at HIBS This was a big game for us with HIBS having all their best players back from representative duties.

We won the toss and elected to bat and fought hard for our 189 for 9. Devan Vishvaka anchored the innings with 72 off 88, supported by Tim Campbell with 31. It was not a big total but still defendable.

of the top order chipping in with reasonable scores. Tim Campbell top scored with 44 and Tom Valentine contributed well late in the innings with 35 off 23 balls.

Unfortunately, while we bowled well we were let down by our fielding. We put down four catches, two at crucial times in relation to their best batsmen.

HIBS sneaked home halfway through the 48th over with five wickets in hand. It was a disappointing day with a potential win literally slipping between our fingers.

NZ SECONDARY SCHOOLS' CUP Despite the loss to HIBS we felt confident that we could perform well in this competition and make a long awaited finals appearance and win.

12 March v HVHS at HVHS We won the toss and batted strong, making 270 for 7. Our two openers put on a significant first wicket stand with Devan Vishvaka making 41 and Nick Greenwood 89. They were ably supported by Tim Campbell with 56 and Liam Brandwood with 33.

We bowled strongly and had HVHS out in the 36th over for 142 with Jakob Bhula taking 5 for 22 off his ten overs.

22 March v Scots College at Rongotai We played the last game of the first round in Term Four.

Unfortunately, due to the weather we had to play on an artificial pitch at Rongotai College.

We batted first and made a reasonable 215 for 8, with most

We bowled and fielded reasonably well having Scots College all out for 136 in the 42nd over with the pick of the bowlers being Josh Peake who took 3 for 22 off his eight overs.

17 March v Scots College at Petone Rec. While Scots were not a strong team, the wicket was not an easy one. Scots batted first and made a slow 123 for 9 off their 50 overs. Josh Peake did most of the damage taking 4 for 24 off his ten overs.

It was slow going in reply, but we got there four down in the 36th over with Devan Vishvaka making 39 and Jakob Bhula 30.

18 March v Tawa College at Petone Rec. It was not the strongest opposition for our second match, but again the wicket made for slow scoring. We had Tawa all out in the 49th over for 122 with Nick Green taking 3 for 21 off his ten overs. We fielded well with three good catches and made four run outs.

We made reasonably easy work of things in reply, reaching Tawa's total in the 17th over with Nick Greenwood making 30 and Jakob

Bhula 44 not out.

19 March v Onslow College at Petone Rec. This was a big match and a must win if we were to go through to the final. We won the toss and elected to bat. Onslow bowled and fielded very tightly and runs were hard to find. We also lost a number of wickets after reasonable and patient starts. It was an important and tenacious 76 off 93 balls by Jakob Bhula that saw us through to a reasonable total of 188 for 9.

In reply, we bowled extremely well. We took a wicket in our first over and regularly thereafter. We kept the pressure on throughout and were too good for Onslow on the day who were all out in the 30th over for 83. We were strong in the field with five good catches taken and three run outs.

Nick Greenwood, Josh Peake and Connor Goggin each took two wickets. This was a very good win and one that put us through to the final.

4 April 2016 v HIBS at The Basin [the final] This was a big match for us and one we thought we had a good chance of winning. We won the toss and elected to put HIBS in to bat. Unfortunately, we did not back that up with a strong bowling performance and we let their openers get off to a very good start. Subsequently, we let their star batsman, Rachin Ravindra dictate terms and he went on to make a well-deserved and very important century. That said, we dropped him three times and HIBS went on to make 232.

This was a good score but quite

gettable on a flat Basin wicket.

Unfortunately, in reply we batted tentatively and lost early wickets, and never really looked like reaching the required total.

Tim Campbell put up a good fight in the middle order making 55 off 74 balls and there were some reasonable contributions lower in the order but it was all a little too late. This was a very disappointing performance and one that did not reflect the quality of this team. Nonetheless it was a great experience to play on the Basin before a reasonable crowd.

THE TRADITIONALS The 1st XI had a reasonable success in its Traditionals, finishing strongly with a fabulous win against New Plymouth Boys' High School in a three-day match.

However, it was hard going early on.

21 February v Palmerston North Boys' High School at Palmerston North We won the toss and put PNBHS into bat. The wicket was sticky and difficult. We got off to a flying start with the wickets coming quickly. Ultimately we had the opposition all out for 82 in the 36th over with Niko Brooky taking a magnificent 7 for 35 off his 16 overs – an honours board performance. In reply, we had to be patient and work very hard for every run. While we lost early wickets, Jakob Bhula (49 off 141 balls) and Tim Campbell (66 off 171 balls) set us up for a reasonable total of 163 for 10.

In reply, PNBHS batted much as we did, making 179 for 8 off 67 overs with the match ending in a draw. The wickets were shared

amongst seven bowlers with Connor Goggin taking 2 for 32 and Finnian Chemis 2 for 28.

6 March v Wanganui Collegiate at home We won the toss and put on a sensational 399 for 5 off 83 overs.

Nick Greenwood top-scored with 122 off 176 balls, Tim Campbell 75 off 62 balls, Tom Valentine 57 off 61 balls, Jakob Bhula 55 off 119 balls and Isaac Nimmo 59 off 77 balls. A very good start.

In reply, we had Collegiate all out for 209 with each of Niko Brooky, Joshua Peake and Ollie Petersen taking three wickets.

We made Collegiate follow on but our seam attack made little progress. However, the spinners came on and considerably slowed the scoring and got a number of breakthroughs. Between them, Jakob Bhula and Finnian Chemis bowled 33 overs for 72 runs including eleven maidens and five wickets (Jakob three and Finnian two). A win was looking possible.

However, Collegiate hung on and for the draw by getting through to 215 for 8 just surpassing our first innings score.

14 March v Napier Boys' High School at Napier This was a match best forgotten.

While the pitch was utterly substandard, we made it look worse than it was and were all out for 74, with six batsmen recording ducks. In response, NBHS reached our target in the 27th over with only two wickets down.

It was not a good day.

5 to 7 December v New Plymouth Boys' High School at home This is the big traditional every

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We were sent into bat on a green wicket and batting conditions soon proved to be difficult. The NPBHS bowlers bowled very well and were able to gain a large amount of movement, both in the air and off the wicket. We battled hard and managed to make it through to 180-odd all out with small contributions from many batsmen. Even though this was a good effort in the conditions, it was still a below par score on a wicket that looked to be getting flatter.

While the bowlers bowled well and were able to make two early breakthroughs, NPBHS, with their two best batsmen at the crease, they were putting any bad balls away easily. During this time, the 180 scored by Wellington College didn't look like being nearly enough, until a brilliant direct hit run-out from the boundary by Tim Campbell broke the partnership and swung the momentum. Some tight bowling towards the end of the first day gave us another wicket. At the end of the first day, NPBHS were around 50 runs behind with six wickets in hand and their best player still at the crease.

In a crucial first session on day two, Josh Peake managed to remove their best player early on with a great spell of fast swing bowling. Wickets then fell regularly until NPBHS put a reasonable ninth wicket partnership together. In the end, we had them out for around 230 giving them a 50 run lead.

We needed to bat well in our second innings to stay in the

game. Some positive stroke play from our openers got us off to a good start, followed by excellent half centuries from Captain, Jakob Bhula, Nick Greenwood, and Isaac Nimmo. At one stage we looked like we might be able to set up a declaration for the final day, but a late flurry of wickets meant that we were bowled out at the very end of day two, leaving NPBHS around 240 runs to get in 70 overs on the final day.

The beginning of day three couldn't have gone better for us with Josh Peake taking a wicket on the first ball of the day. This set the tone for an impressive spell of bowling from both he and Niko Brooky. Despite losing early wickets, NPBHS were able to recover and begin to form a partnership, until a critical wicket from Nick Greenwood just before lunch swung the game back in our favour and heading into lunch, the game was ours to win.

After lunch, NPBHS put together an excellent partnership, that not only looked like getting them a draw, but even put them back in contention for a win.

However, we were able to break the partnership and take the remaining wickets to win the game, mostly thanks to Connor 'Golden Arm' Goggin, who took a five-wicket bag with some excellent bowling.

To win a traditional was a significant achievement for the team, particularly after having conceded a 50 run lead, and this was a reflection of the hard work and fight the team showed throughout the match.

OTHER MATCHES In October, we were lucky enough to travel to Christchurch to play at the Willows and against Christchurch Boys' High School. While this was not a successful trip in terms of the two matches we played, it was a great experience, particularly the Willows match.

23 October v Willows at Willows Willows batted first on a very slow wicket. They got off to a reasonable start and were 103 for 4 after 29 overs and looking quite comfortable. However, after drinks our spinners put on a good display and took the remaining six wickets for 35 runs leaving Willows all out for 138. The pick of the bowlers were Nick Greenwood with 3 for 34 and Finnian Chemis 4 for 11.

In reply, we did not learn from our innings and struggled against the spinners with only Isaac Nimmo reaching double figures. We were all out for 60 with former student and 1st XI Captain Henry Bogard taking 4 for 16 off his eight overs, including three LBWs. It was a disappointing end but a fabulous environment and experience for the team.

24 October v Christchurch Boys' High School at CBHS This was a big test for us against a strong school at home.

Unfortunately, we lost the toss on a wicket that was damp from the rain during the night. This coupled with a very strong bowling attack meant we were in trouble early and consistently lost wickets. We were all out in the 43rd over for 87, with only Isaac Nimmo (24 off 73 balls) and

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In reply, we started very strongly with the openers playing and missing on numerous occasions.

Unfortunately, we could not get the breakthroughs we needed and CBHS reached our total in the 35th over with three wickets down.

PREMIER 1 GAMES: TERM FOUR In Term Four, the four Premier 1 sides played off for the title. All four teams (Wellington College, Silverstream, Town and Onslow) had ended the first half on six wins and two losses and therefore it was anyone's title to win.

5 November 2016 v Town at Kilbirnie We won the toss and batted first on a ground with small boundaries. We got off to a flying start going at over six an over for the first 15 overs with Devan Vishvaka making 58 off 100 balls and Nick Greenwood 49 off 49.

We continued to put on the runs but not at the same rate and ultimately we were all out on the last ball of the day for 224. It was a moderate total on this ground.

We bowled reasonably well but let Town dictate and they cruised to our total in the 48th over with five wickets to spare. This was not a good start to hopes of our first Premier 1 title in eight years.

Our next match against Onslow was washed out which put us as the fourth qualifier playing Onslow, the third qualifier, in the semi-finals.

19 November v Onslow semi-final at Rongotai Because of the poor weather, this semi-final was played at Rongotai College. We elected to bat and were in trouble early, losing our two openers in the first few overs.

Thereafter we continued to lose quick wickets with our top six batsmen scoring 41 between them with Tim Campbell scoring 25 of these.

However some late partnerships, first between Liam Brandwood (41) and Joshua Peake (32) and then subsequently Joshua Peake and Finnian Chemis pushed our score to 151 which seemed most unlikely earlier on. In the scheme of things the partnership between Liam and Josh was critical.

Fortunately we bowled and fielded well and quickly had Onslow under some pressure.

We kept it on with some strong fielding and bowling and this led to consistent wickets. Eventually Onslow folded and were all out for 104 in the 40th over with Connor Goggin taking 3 for 18 and Ollie Petersen 3 for 27. Despite the

score this was a close match and it was hard fought win against a quality side. We showed some very good fight under pressure in this match.

26 November v Silverstream at Home – the final!

It was great to be home for our last match of the season and with a chance of winning a Premier 1 title. We had lost to Silverstream in our first game of the season and were pipped by them for the first half title. It was therefore well set up for a big match. The Wellington College ground was looking magnificent and the pitch was playing well. There was also a good crowd present.

We won the toss and elected to bat. It was a steady innings with most of the top over getting off to a good start but failing to convert.

Nonetheless we reached 191 in our 50 overs with Devan Vishvaka top-scoring with 42. He was ably supported by Tim Campbell on 35 with a strong finish by Josh Peake and Tom Valentine with 24 and 30 respectively.

In reply, Silverstream started well and we let their star batsman, Callum McLaughlin bed himself in. We also looked tentative with some very important catches going down. At the second drinks break they were just over 100 and ahead of our score at the same time, with Callum having reached his 50. However, in the last 16 overs we showed real grit and determination and we kept the pressure on them. We eventually got Callum and once that occurred the remaining wickets fell relatively quickly with Silverstream all out in the 46th over for 155. It was a 36 run win and finally – a Premier 1 title.

We then received our winners medals for the Premier 1 title presented by CSW in front of our Pavilion – a great way for the boys to finish the season, especially for the Y13 players. It was also fitting that the last time we won this competition was in 2008 when Harry Boam was our skipper – now our coach.

SUMMARY All in all this was a successful

season for the 1st XI, having all but won the first half of the competition, by winning the Premier 1 title and by making the final in the New Zealand Secondary Schools' Cup. The highlights were of course the Premier 1 title win and the win against NPBHS in the three-day Traditional.

There were also some lost opportunities out there, perhaps most notably the loss to HIBS in the final of the NZSS Cup. However, all in all this team can be very proud of its achievements.

They can also be proud of how they played as a team and the relationships and team spirit that they developed.

Six of the team are returning in 2017 and it seems quite possible that the 2017 team will go on and have a good year and possibly take another step forward from the 2016 team. We hope they do.

Thanks to all those parents who went the distance. Special thanks to Ivan Tissera who lived through the ups and down with Wellington College Cricket for many years prior to leaving us at the end of the first term. We owe Ivan a significant debt of gratitude for many years of fantastic service.

Thanks also to Harry Boam, the new 1st XI Coach, who picked up a strong team at the end of first term. He brought his skill-set and kept the momentum going, helping to fashion this team into a stronger one by the end of Term Four.

PETER CHEMIS, 1st XI Manager

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Cricket Connor Jarden (84) proved what an intriguing game cricket can be. We ended up all out on the last ball of the 50th over for a very credible 222, especially considering precarious position we had been in.

2nd¥XI

Team: Beck McDonald, Charles Porteous, Connor Jarden, George Coles, George Leach, Hansaka Ranaweera, Jake Halstead, James Wallace, Jeremy Ross, Malin Walpola, Matthew Robertson and Taine Forster.

Results: Matches 18 (including Premier Youth Grade PromotionRelegation), won 7, lost 11.

Notable performances: Connor Jarden 5 for 34, George Leach 5 for 22.

MVP: Connor Jarden January 2016 saw the 2nd XI competing in the Premier 1 Promotion and Relegation Tournament, playing to earn the right to return to the PYG, after 2015 spent in Premier 2.

The team went into the tournament reasonably well prepared and coming off a good win a few days earlier in a friendly match against a fairly strong St Patrick's (Silverstream) 1st XI. The boys carried that good form into the promotion and relegation tournament with a comfortable first up win over Tawa College 1st XI. A close loss to Scots College 1st XI in the next game was followed by a comfortable win over the Wellington College's 3rd XI. Two wins from three games was enough to see the season’s first objective completed and a return to the PYG was secured.

Round 1 of the competition proper a week later saw the 2nd XI playing Silverstream again, and this time Silverstream got their revenge, wining an agonisingly close match by one wicket.

The bowlers then stepped up and played their part, led by George Coles who took 4 for 35 from ten overs. HVHS were all out for 154, to give our 2nd XI a memorable victory.

Back Row: Front Row: Absent:

CRICKET: 2nd XI Mr Harry Boam (Coach), Connor Jarden, Charlie Porteous, Malin Walpola, Beck Mcdonald, George Coles, Jeremy Ross, Taine Forster Jake Halstead, Hansaka Ranaweera, George Leach (Captain), Matthew Robertson, James Wallace Mr Kevin Dillion (Manager)

This was followed by a match against the highly favoured Town's 1st XI. Batting first, the 2nd XI posted a respectable 222/8 in their 50 overs with Jake Halstead (68) and Matt Robertson (59), leading the way. Town were forced to work very hard to get the runs, eventually scraping home for the loss of eight wickets. Although winless after two games, the team was proving that they deserved to be in the Premier 1 grade.

A big win over Tawa College 1st XI followed with Wellington College posting 272/5 in 50 overs batting first. This was a great total which was built on a 104-run first wicket partnership between George Leach (51) and Beck McDonald (39). That momentum was carried on through to the end of the innings by Hansaka Ranaweera, who scored an unbeaten 55.

Tawa never looked like chasing down the score and were eventually bowled out for 196.

The following week saw what was arguably one of the best games of the season. The local derby against the Wellington College 1st XI was a big game for both teams. The 1st XI facing the tricky prospect of a game they were expected to win and the 2nd XI playing with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Batting first, the 1st XI got off to a good start but lost wickets at regular intervals. They were eventually bowled out in the 47th over for 156. Good bowling from Connor Jarden saw him finish with figures of 5 for 34 from ten overs.

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be, as the strength of the 1st XI bowling attack proved too much.

The 2nd XI were dismissed in the 47th over for a disappointing 137.

A doggedly determined 58 from opener George Leach was the only real batting highlight.

The boys bounced back from this disappointment a few days later, to win away in the traditional match against Palmerston North Boys' High School 2nd XI. A win in the following week over Hutt Valley High School 1st XI was notable for it’s ‘Houdini-like’ escape qualities. Batting first, we collapsed to be 59 for 6 in the 14th over and some of us were wondering if we could struggle through to the second drinks break. However a seveth wicket partnership of 120 between Matthew Robertson (75) and

The remainder of the Term One half of the season was rounded out with losses to Onslow and Scots Colleges. This saw the team finish with a six win, six loss record from all games played.

The Term Four portion of the season kicked off with four pre-season games. This turned out to be a great bonus, as the remainder of the season was badly affected by atrocious weather.

A friendly match against a Karori Cricket Club Senior Reserve team saw the 2nd XI get the season off to a winning start. The highlight of the match was undoubtedly a century from opener George Leach, who scored 103 from 147 balls.

Following this, the team travelled to the Hawkes Bay for a preseason tournament where they played the first XIs of Hastings Boys' High School, Napier Boys' High School and Lindisfarne College. Three wins from all three matches was a very satisfying result and capped off an enjoyable and worthwhile trip.

Unfortunately the good pre-

season form didn’t carry over into the start of the PYG competition games. A first up loss to HIBS was followed by a loss to Tawa College which was somewhat against the form book as they were the same team we had beaten twice comfortably in Term One. Batting first, Tawa racked up an imposing 270/5 in their 50 overs. In reply, Wellington College could only muster 238/8 with Matt Roberston (53), Connor Jarden (44) and Taine Forster (35) the main contributors.

A good win in the next game against Scots College was heavily reliant on another 50 from Matt Robertson (58) and great bowling from George Leach (18/3 from ten overs).

With the season’s end in sight, the team then played Newlands College in what was the arguably the ‘lowlight’ of the season.

Unfavoured Newlands were yet to record a win in the competition and that record looked set to continue as Wellington College bowled them out for 128. Great bowling from the newly promoted Harry Hunter with 2/12 runs from ten overs, backed up by George Leach (3/22) and Connor Jarden (3/16) looked to have set up the win.

However once again it was demonstrated that cricket can be a cruel game and Wellington College crashed to be all out for 120. Only Jarden (38) and Beck McDonald (30) provided much resistance.

The team didn’t seem to recover from this shock defeat and failed to fire the last game of the season

against HVHS. Batting first, the 2nd XI compiled 197/7 in 50 overs, led by a gritty 54 from Beck McDonald and supported by Matt Robertson (43).

In reply HVHS never looked troubled, cruising to victory in the 45th over with 201/3, (Connor Jarden 3/44 ) Although this was a disappointing end to the season in terms of the last PYG games played, it should be remembered that the overall win and loss record of the team across 2016 in all games played, remained at around 50%.

Overall, the team preformed very creditably and punched well above their weight, especially when considering that they were invariably up against 1st XI oppositions.

The team was fortunate to have the services of two excellent coaches over 2016. In Term One, Mr Harry Boam and in Term Four, Mr Matt Roche. While they displayed contrasting styles, both were able to impart their considerable knowledge and experience to the players and the massive benefits of a full-time coach for the 2nd XI was again evident.

A very big thank you goes to parents who supported this team so well, especially during the home games. Special mention to the ever-reliable Mr Hugh Robertson for all his scoring and to our designated umpire, Mr Greg Wallace for the several long, cold afternoons spent out in the middle during Term Four.

Finally, a special mention to the players. As a group, these boys

were a pleasure to be around and consistently demonstrated a strong team spirit and proudly upheld the Wellington College traditions. This was achieved in no small part due to the captaincy of George Leach. Although there were some frustrations along the way, I hope you are all able to look back and reflect on an enjoyable year.

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Team: Angus McRae, Connor McArdle (Term Four), Harrad Seyton-Walker (Term One), Harrison Clark, Harry Hunter, Henry Chandler (Term Four), Hugh Morrison (Term Four), Jeremy Gray (Term One), Joel Washington, Joshua McArdle, Louis Worthington, Luca Hart Ferrari, Patrick White (Term Four), Shivam Patel, Stefan Swartz, Taine Plumtree (Term One), Timothy Robinson (Term Four), Zack Scott-Howman (Term Four).

Results: Matches Played 15, Won 15 Notable Performances: Hugh Morrison, Joshua McArdle – centuries; Harrison Clark 5 for 21, Harry Hunter 6 for 32, Joel Washington 5 for 13, Luca Hart Ferrari 5 for 42 MVP: Harry Hunter The 3rd XI’s Term One performances saw them dominate the grade (with seven wins from seven games) and making the semi-finals versus HIBS 2nd XI. A comfortable victory against HIBS then saw us meet Newlands College 1st XI in the final. Although it should have been a home game for us, due to Wellington College ground issues, the final was played at Newlands College. Batting first, a modest 179 was all we could muster. The bowlers then defended the total,

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supported well by outstanding fielding and chances being held well behind the stumps and in the slips.

The key theme in our nine wins from nine games in our Term One performances were ‘Partnerships’.

In both our batting and bowling, which resulted in our success.

Taine and Luca represented a menacing and miserly opening combination with one usually strangling the batsmen of runs while the other creating the wicket-taking chances. Also our first and second bowling change partnerships did the same (Luca and Joel regularly taking five wickets apiece). Likewise, our batting usually involved strong partnerships anchored by either Louis or Josh (Josh reaching 108* in the semi against HIBS 2nd XI).

Josh finished Term One fourth on the grade’s batting leaderboard with an average of 53.14 and a strike rate of 80.87 from nine innings.

Louis finished sixth on the same leaderboard with an average of 42.83 and a strike rate of 78.59 from nine innings. Four of our bowlers featured in the top ten for the grade’s bowling leaderboard, including Harrison (#2, with 17 wickets from nine games and best figures of 5-21), Luca (#4, with 16 wickets from nine games and best figures of 5-42), Harry (#8, with 14 wickets from nine games and best figures of 5-29) and Taine (#9, with 13 wickets from eight games and best figures of 4-23).

Jeremy Gray topped the grade in the field with ten catches.

Our first half performances meant the 3rd XI deserved a spot in the

Joel's performance earned him a promotion to the 3rd XI and the team suffered a little reality check then in the third game with most of the batsmen failing to fire and we were in trouble at 42 for 7. Wil and Connor were able to offer some resistance to the Upper Hutt College bowlers but the total of 137 wasn't enough and the team had their first loss of the season.

A good win against the College 6th XI was followed by a game against Scots College 2nd XI.

The 3rd XI

Premier Youth grade. However, due to the CSW rules, no college is able to field three teams in one grade. With our 1st and 2nd XIs in Premier Youth, this meant the 3rd XI would remain in Premier 2 grade for Term Four.

The loss of Taine Plumtree, Angus McRae, Jeremy Gray and Stefan Swartz in Term Four left a big hole in the team, both talent-and personality-wise. However, this presented a great opportunity for four deserving additions to the team in Harry Chandler, Tim Robinson, Hugh Morrison and Zac Scott-Howman.

Old Boy and Collegians 1st XI Captain, AJ Royee, took on the role of Coach in Term Four, which resulted in another round of strong performances with the team finishing top of the grade achieving six wins from the six games played. Again, partnerships were key to our success. With a couple of outstanding performances in

the form of Hugh Morrison’s 104* against Silverstream 2nd XI and Harry Hunter’s 6-32 against Town 2nd XI. Many of the mid-order batsmen were not called upon due to the consistent and strong performances from the higherorder batsmen, and bowling honours were evenly spread with wickets coming from all bowlers.

The year finished on a high, with the team taking their cricket seriously, performing well as a unit and individuals in great form.

Bring on the 2017 season!

A special farewell and thank you to the three Y13 Leavers from the team: Shivam Patel, Jeremy Gray (Term One keeper) and Louis Worthington (Captain). Thanks from the team and Club for your commitment, passion and contribution over the years. All the best for your cricketing futures.

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Team: Christopher Bramley (Term Four), Connor McArdle, Fin Baker, Hasitha Hettiarachchi (Term One), Kristian Kielland (Term Four), Nathan Dowle, Oliver Peake, Oliver Sharp, Patrick White (Term One), Ravindu Lamahewa, Rithwick Negi (Term Four), Samuel Edlund, Samuel Porter, Wil Baker, Zack Scott-Howman (Term One).

Results: Matches 14, won 9, lost 5.

Notable performances: Joel Washington, Oliver Sharp – centuries; Nathan Dowle 5 for 14, Samuel Edlund 5 for 19 (including a hat trick), Samuel Porter 5 for 25 MVP: Nathan Dowle.

Wellington College's 4th XI started Term One with a very strong team captained by Hasitha Hettiarachchi and showed this by producing dominant batting performances in the first two games. Joel, with a fine 101 in the first game and Hasitha a quick 84 off 46 balls in the second.

Games against Scots are always competitively fought and this game was no different. Batting first, a solid opening 58 from Zac got the team off to a good start, but then the Scots bowlers started to get on top and runs were very hard to come by. Wil and Oliver Peake had to dig in and weather the storm. Wil eventually got on top of the Scots bowlers and scored 68 runs. Defending a total of 237 on the small Scots pitch was going to be tough but then Nathan Dowle put in an inspired bowling performance taking five wickets for 14 runs off eight overs and the 4th XI won the game, bowling Scots out for 110.

Two really strong performances by the whole team followed in the next two games with victories against St Patrick's (Town) 3rd XI and Onslow College 2nd XI. Our bowlers were too strong for Town and bowled them out for 65 and it didn't take the 4th XI openers very long to get the runs.

Onslow batted first and put up a bit more of a resistance than Town but a fine five wickets for 25 runs off eight overs by Sam Porter kept

Onslow to just under 200. The 4th XI opening batsmen were in the mood to score runs again and an opening partnership of 106 between Zac and Oliver Peake got the boys off to a great start. Then Hasitha finished the match with a rapid 59 off 35 balls.

The final game of the season with the 4th XI on top of the Premier 3 table and clear of the second placed team, saw them play against Tawa College 2nd XI which was a repeat of their first game.

The stage was set for the boys to finish the term in style. However a bit of over confidence and batting first on a green skidding wicket and some very good bowling by Tawa put a spanner in the works and the 4th XI were bowled out for 39 runs. Tawa made no mistakes in getting the runs required for victory. So a disappointing last game, but overall with six wins and finishing top of Premier 3, it was a very successful term of Cricket for the 4th XI team.

After coming top of the Premier 3 grade in Term One, the 4th XI team was promoted to Premier 2 for Term Four. As is usual for this time of year, there were a couple of changes to the team.

Hasitha, Zac and Patrick were replaced by Christopher, Rithwick and Kristian. Oliver Sharp was the Captain for this term. The weather had a big influence on the games, with a number of games and practices cancelled and grass wickets not being available. The most anticipated game of the term was the one against the 3rd XI. Unfortunately it was postponed and then with a mammoth amount of organisation to get the rescheduled game

played, the weather had the final word again and the rescheduled game was cancelled.

In terms of match statistics, the 4th XI won three and lost three games, so not too bad given the stop and start nature of the season, playing at a higher standard than we played in Term One and never having the same team available for more than one match. In all three of the games that the 4th XI lost, there really wasn’t much in it. These were especially the game against Paraparaumu College, batting first and with Wellington College wickets frequently falling, at 53 for 8 it wasn't looking good. Wil and Saumya were at the crease and put on a partnership of 52 for the ninth wicket which give the team a total over 100 to defend. Our bowling was great, steadily taking wickets, then with a few runs to go, it looked like Oliver Sharpe with a full delivery had taken the last wicket.

It was not to be though, a no ball was called and Paraparaumu went on to get the remaining runs required to win the game.

The final game of the season against Rongotai College 1st XI saw a culmination of the improvements in the team's play over the term and all the hard work the boys had done in training under their coach Matt come to fruition. After losing the toss and being put in to bat on a very green pitch and in overcast conditions, and runs being hard to come by in recent games, there were some nervous parents on the sidelines. Chris and Oliver Peake got the team off to a great start and then Oliver Sharp came in and a brilliant dominant batting performance followed with a fantastic score of 131 not out.

Oliver had great support from Chris and Rithwick and a total score of 250 runs was amazing. Rongotai, with a very strong batting line up were not out of the game though.

The two Sam’s opened the bowling and had a great start with two early wickets assisted by Chris behind the stumps and a brilliant catch at first slip by Oliver Peake.

However Sam Mycock was still in and batting really well. A good spell from Boston and Nathan kept the pressure on Rongotai and Nathan got the key wicket of Sam M. Rongotai's No. 4 batsman, was still there and he made a nice 50.

If someone could stay with him, Rongotai still had a chance to win the game. However an inspired bowling change from Oliver bought on Wil and the change worked and Wil got the wicket. Nathan finished off taking the last wickets. So it was a fantastic all round performance from the whole team and a great way to finish the season.

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Team: Adam Richardson, Boston Hart, Christopher Bramley (Term One), Cody Hornsby (Term Four), Harrison Summers (Term Four), Henry Chandler (Term One), Hugh Morrison (Term One), Jonty Cameron, Kristian Kielland (Term One), Lachlan Krebs, Max Rodgers, Maximus Petrie (Term Four), Olivier Carbonatto Cassidy (Term Four), Rithwick Negi (Term One), Thomas Hoskin (Term Four), Timothy Robinson (Term One), Will Ferrier.

Results: Matches 14, won 8, lost 4, abandoned 2.

Notable performances: Harrison Summers, Hugh Morrison – centuries; Henry Chandler 7 for 14 and 7 for 47.

MVP: Henry Chandler

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Team: Alexander Hann, Campbell Clarke (Term One), Campbell Robinson, Cody Hornsby (Term One), Conor Butler (Term Four), Harrison Summers (Term One), Hasitha Hettiarachchi (Term Four), James Pengelly, Jeeten Mavji, Joseph Cook (Term Four), Joshua Morgan-Ranui (Term Four), Khallum Vithal (Term Four), Max Grice (Term One), Maximus Petrie (Term One), Nathan Middleton (Term Four), Olivier Carbonatto Cassidy (Term One), Samuel Waayer (Term Four), Sean Beresford (Term One), Taine Plumtree (Term Four), Thomas Hoskin (Term One), Tom Sutton.

Results: Matches 10, won 1, lost 7, abandoned 2.

MVP: Alex Hann

6th¥XI

Term One Team: Dylan Meek, Edward Matthews, Eli Moore, Gabriel Dykes, Joseph Cook, Joshua Morgan-Ranui, Nalin Aswani, Nathan Middleton, Rahul Rahubadde, Roman Dunford, Samuel Waayer, Shaun Corfield, Yovan Rasiah.

Results: Matches 7, won 6, lost 1.

Notable performances: Centuries for Dylan Meek, Joshua Morgan-Ranui (210) and Nathan Middleton; Bowling: Nalin Aswani 6 for 16, Samuel Waayer 5 for 12 MVP: Joe Cook

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Term Four Team: Campbell Clarke, Connor Larsen-Cross, James Eastwood, James Habershon, Liam Habershon, Max Grice, Ravin Pitawala, Roman Dunford, Sam Keogh, Satwik Meravanage, Sean Beresford, William Shaw, Xavier Kerr, Yovan Rasiah Results: Matches 7, won 2, lost 4,

abandoned 1.

Notable performance: Campbell Clarke 6 for 9.

One measure of a team’s success was the number of players who returned to the sport the following season. All Y11 and Y12 players from Term Four's 7th XI are returning in 2017, partly because the Captain (Max Grice) made sure that everyone was given a fair chance to bat and bowl and partly because Max also kept everyone entertained throughout the games with his chatter in the field. Harking back to a commonly heard comment often heard from more boring teams, Max’s best line during a cold, windy and damp November game – This isn’t a library, libraries have central heating.

Max was the first to congratulate Yovan after he took a great catch.

8th¥XI

Term One Team: Caleb Robson, Connor Larsen-Cross, Harry Troughton, Jackson Jourdain, James Eastwood, James Habershon, Liam Habershon, Nikolai Heitger, Ravin Pitawala, Sam Keogh, Satwik Meravanage, William Shaw, Xavier Kerr Results: Matches 7, won 2, tied 1, lost 4.

MVP: William Shaw – 211 runs avg 42.2

intermediate'1¥XI

Team: Aaristarcus Baskaran, Apisaloma Tulua (Term Four), Benjamin Arbuckle, Harry Williams, James Cameron, Kobe Moeung, Lennox Moyes (Term Four), Logan Kinajil-Moran (Term One), Logan Malthus, Max Goodwin, Oliver Christie (Term One), Saumya Sajwan, Tom Colson

(Term One), Tom Robertson (Term One).

Results: Matches 11, won 7, lost 4 Notable performance: Logan Malthus – 6 for 21 MVP: Ben Arbuckle

intermediate'2¥XI

Term One Team: Aaryan Patel (Term Four), Abhishek Maisuria, Anant Paranjpe, Anish Patel, Anurag Vyas, Apisaloma Tulua (Term One), Joseph Hewson, Joshua Naylor, Morgan Felix, Nicholas Trlin, Praneel Vallabh, Shivaan Prema, William Durkin Results: Matches 12, won 7, lost 4, abandoned 1.

Notable performances: Abhishek Maisuria, Apisaloma Tulua – centuries, Anish Patel 5 for 11 MVP: Abhishek Maisuria Following minor reshuffling of players, Wellington College Intermediate 2 evolved into Intermediate 4 in the second half of the season. Despite the unpredictably of early Wellington summer weather, we were able to sustain our strong performances leading on from the latter success in Term One. Intermediate 4 were unbeaten in their four completed games, winning convincingly in all matches. Overwhelmingly, the whole team’s passion for cricket, camaraderie and combined skills, cheered on by faithful parental support contributed strongly to the successes in 2016.

MVP was awarded to Abishek Maisuria with strong batting and bowling performances most notably in Term One including a maiden century, a well crafted 113 off 117 balls against Silverstream.

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Rain again robbed us of the final game which this time was against the top of the table Wellington College Intermediate 1 team, a royal battle it promised to be.

Term Four Team: Alex Blacktop, Ben Baker, George Sims, Jacob Troughton, Jakob Vandenberg, Kyle Foo, Matthew McCallum, Max Sargentina, Mika Lawrence, Sam French, Toby Cook, William Stevenson Results: Matches 4, won 3, lost 1.

Across the two terms, Max Sargentina was awarded the Y9 Player of the Year and Matthew McCallum the J1 Black MVP.

With the usual Term Four re-swizzle of the teams and Silverstream’s withdrawal from J1, a Y9 team was selected from the Term One Black and Gold squads to play in the Y10 Intermediate Grade to help stretch and develop the boys. The combined team was a strong squad and even with batting and bowling rotation and retiring policies, the team was still very competitive, only losing one very close game to Scots.

For Term Four, some special performances include: • Game 1 v St Bernard's team total 6/348, winning the game by 281 runs, Ben Baker 45 no runs off 27 balls and Toby 43 of 33 balls and Wills Aitkinson-Moses 3/9.

• Game 4 v Silverstream, as a normal opener, Sammie French holding the innings together batting #8 scoring 47no to get us to a competitive total and Jacob Troughton’s 4/3 off six overs knocking off the top batters.

• Max Sargentina, four innings, 130 runs, strike rate 120%, including two scores over 50.

• the extra focus on fielding practice resulted in six run outs, averaging 1.5/game leaving run outs as the equal highest wicket taker.

On behalf of the Term One and Term Four teams thanks to the coaches, Matt Roche and Jack Sargentina for helping the boys developed their skills and to the parents who scored, umpired, taxied, supported and took the time to watch the cricket over the season.

Managers : Michelle Sargentina, Kevin Baker and Scott McCallum

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Team: Bodhi McCall, George Lethbridge, Isaac Sutherland, Jasper Ash, Joseph Aldridge, Joshua Groot, Kane Austin (Term One), Lennox Moyes (Term One), Milo Crispin (Term One), Nicholas McDermott, Sailish Parbhu, Sam Forsyth, Sashin Parag (Term One), Thomas Saxton, Tom Robertson (Term Four).

Results: Matches 12, won 6, lost 5, abandoned 1.

Notable performance: Sailish Parbhu 5 for 10.

MVP: Joseph Aldridge

Term Four Team: Aaron Rothmets, Alex Brown, Ben Morton, Liam Amrein, Mackenzie Preston, Nathan Samson, Oliver Lynch, Samuel Toplis, Willem Oppenhuis, William Atkinson-Moses, William Stevenson Results: Matches 4, won 1, lost 2, abandoned 1.

The first term of the 2016 season saw the J1 Black team emerge as a very strong team, winning six of their seven games, most by ten wickets or over 100 runs and only losing the one game to the very competitive Wellington College Gold team. Black ended up finishing clear on top of the table winning the grade after the final against Gold was washed out.

A performance like this requires a strong team effort with special mentions to: • Matthew McCallum, seven innings, 270 runs, avg 54 and highest score 86 no • Sam French, seven innings, 235 runs, avg 47 and highest score 60 • Max Sargentina, five innings, 175

runs, avg 58 and strike rate (SR) 92% and with the ball 38 overs 10 wickets at average 11.

• Toby Cook, five innings, 151 runs at a SR of 102%.

• Kyle Foo, 37 overs, 19 wickets at average 8.

• Matt and Sam opening partnership of 154 to run down Scots total of 153.

Unfortunately, both Tyler and Alex suffered injuries and could not play many of the games. A special call out to the team’s spirit that both boys showed their colours by attending all games anyway.

Thanks to McKenzie Preston, Barker Carroll and Willem Oppenhuis who ably filled in for us. All up a great start to the boys' cricket journey at the College.

Term Four Team: Team: Aaron Rothmets, Alex Brown, Ben Morton, Liam Amrein, Mackenzie Preston, Nathan Samson, Oliver Lynch, Sam Toplis, Willem Oppenhuis, William AtkinsonMoses, William Stevenson (c)

The goals for the season were to give as many players opportunities in positions they needed experience and to engender team spirit. Without a full-time keeper, four players shared this duty. Joining me as co-manager was Diona Juris who took control of team order and strategy.

The weather wasn’t kind to us.

Our first game was a bye, and due to consistent bad weather and a lack of pitches, the start of the season moved and brought our bye along with it. We were three weeks into the season before a ball was bowled.

Our first full match against Scots

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Term One Team: Aaron Rothmets, Alex Blacktop, Ben Morton, Ethan John Graham, Jack Smith, James Martin, Kyle Foo, Mackenzie Preston, Matthew McCallum, Max Sargentina, Sam French, Toby Cook, Tyler Hornsby Results: Matches 7, won 6, lost 1 – (Grade Winners)

While WCCC had intended on fielding the same Black and Gold teams for Term Four that we’d fielded in Term One, an urgent request for another Intermediate team meant that our Junior 1 grade boys split grades. This is how the new WC Junior 1 team came to be.

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College saw us down to nine players due to injury, but the group of boys that hadn’t played together batted an impressive 230/5. Sadly the day wasn’t ours with Scots overtaking us in the 36th over. Promise was shown however. Of note in this match were batting efforts from Oliver Lynch (41), Nathan Samson (33), Willem Oppenhuis (29) and William Atkinson-Moses (27).

Also, two wickets each from Ben Morton and William AtkinsonMoses in the second innings.

Again down to nine (and sometimes eight due to injury), we had another loss against HIBS in the only other full match of the truncated season. Of note in this match were William Stevenson’s 46 runs, ably supported with sound batting from Aaron Rothmets, Ben Morton and Sam Toplis.

Overall we were happy with the way the boys played as a team.

We saw same excellent talent from all players no matter where they were put in the order, or

whether they had the bat or the ball, the gloves or out in the field.

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Term One Team: Alex Brown, Ben Baker, Dilan Magan, George Sims, Jacob Troughton, Jakob Vandenberg, Kavindu Fernando, Liam Amrein, Mika Lawrence, Oliver Lynch, William AtkinsonMoses, William Stevenson Results: Matches 7, won 5, lost 2.

MVP: Jacob Troughton Junior 1 Gold finished Term One with the narrowest of losses to Silverstream, going all the way to the 40th over and missing out by seven runs. However that game was a rare result in a season that showed the depth of talent we had.

At the beginning of the season, the Junior 1 Gold team was largely made up of boys who hadn’t played together in previous clubs or teams. This made teamwork the highest priority followed by ensuring that we showed we were worthy of playing in the Junior 1 grade.

Five solid wins and two (avoidable according to the team managers) losses allowed our boys to shine in the Junior 1 grade. In batting, we had five 50s (Jakob Vandenberg had three of those with Jacob Troughton and Mika Lawrence also giving a good showing). Bowling figures were likewise impressive with Ben Baker finishing the term with ten wickets, George Sims 9 and Jakob Vandenberg and Will AtkinsonMoses 6 apiece.

One memorable game against Onslow saw Gold scoring 230 off our 40 overs then bowling the opposition out for 46!

We ended the season second on the table, beaten by the WC Junior 1 Black team based on season points. But more than that, the boys finished the season as a team, and Kevin and I would like to personally thank them and their parents for an exciting and rewarding term.

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Junior 3 (Term One)/Junior 2 (Term Four)Team: Barker Carroll, Ethan Kedzlie, Fraser MacAulay, George Baker (Term Four), Henry Murray, James Martin (Term Four), Jaynesh Bhana, Kasheef Morgan, Lennon Waghorn (Term Four), Luka Chisholm (Term Four), Nathan Samson (Term One), Piper Hanning, Samuel Toplis (Term One), Stefan Millard (Term One), Willem Oppenhuis (Term One), Willis Moore, Flynn Stevenson (Term One).

Results: Matches 11, won 4, lost 6, abandoned 1 MVP: Barker Carroll

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Junior 4 (Term One)/Junior 3 (Term Four)Team: Amal Pitawala, Ananda Acharya, Awatea CarsonKing, Christopher Scheepers (Term One), Dugal Thomson, Federico Matisse Pinna, Flynn Stevenson, Harrison Schubert, Jacob Hockley, Jamie Webb (Term One), Sam Cook, Samuel PaviourSmith, William Collins Results: Matches 11, won 4, lost 6, abandoned 1 MVP: Flynn Stevenson

Cross-Country was in good heart this year. Led by the wit and wisdom of Coach, Mr Neville Paul, aided and abetted by Messrs Phil Bergin and Adrian Shaw, the year's results and the boys' efforts have been pleasing.

The programme got off to a stella start on the back of a good McEvedy performance in the middle distance events: a clean sweep at the 'Karori Relays', at Ian Galloway Park on an interesting and challenging course. Of the

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In December, the Intermediate 2 team, with the inclusion of Ben Morton, represented Wellington College in the NZCT regional qualifiers [pictured left]. The team played some great cricket and recorded comprehensive wins over Rongotai, St Pats Town and HIBS. This now places them in the regional final against Silverstream which will be held early in 2017.

The winner will go on to represent Wellington in the Nationals in April.

The Karori Relays Squad Intermediate 2 Team

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The victorious WC team - half the job done.

three triumphant teams, the most remarkable performance was the Y9 team who won their grade in a time which would have been second to our own U16 team had they run a grade up. Senior runner, Matt Sutcliffe and U16

member, Dylan Lynch recorded fastest lap times in their events, Matt's being shared with a runner from Scots College. Dylan Reid was third fastest in the U16 event and Felix Wiliamson and Lachlan Bruce were second and third fastest in the Y9 grade. This was all very pleasing since winning all three events has not happened for a while.

This form continued into the Wellington Regional Championship, held at Trentham.

We won the three-and-sixperson teams in all three boys' grades. Again, it has been quite some time since this has been the case. Individuals in the top 10 for the Y9 grade were Eddie Martin (2), Felix Williamson (3), Lachlan Bruce (6), Jamie Barnes (7), Harry Jones (8) and Damon Lendrum (10). Dylan Lynch took out the indidual title in the U16 grade,

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supported by top ten finishers Dylan Reid (3), Callan Rothmets (5), Henry Chandler (6) and Bruno McKnight (9). In the Senior Grade, high places were gained by Matt Sutcliffe (4) and Captain, Tom Goodwin (9).

Nationals were held in Rotorua at the Agrodome on a fairly flat course. The whole weekend was a great trip which everone seemed to enjoy. It featured cooking, racing, swimming and a pizza event - all part of a runner's education at Wellington College. On the course, the team performed well, with the Y9 team gaining second place in threeand-six-person events, kept from the title by Westlake Boys' High School. Felix Williamson gained fourth - a great effort especially when in 12th place 500m from the finish. The silver medal threeperson team was team was Felix Williamson, Ruaridh Ferguson, Barker Carroll supported by Lachlan Bruce, Jamie Barnes Eddy Martinin the six-person event.

The U16 team gained fourth in both three-and-six-person events, with Dylan Lynch placing fifth as an individual. The Seniors were seventh and fourth, with Matt Sutcliffe again our fastest finisher. These results suggest how competitive the sport is nationwide, especially when no Wellington team gained higher placings than our own six-person teams.

seconds after four tough 2.2km laps. The Junior B race was also won by Wellington College, as was the Junior A race. In fact, the Junior A team was second fastest over all, in the Senior and Junior race, only 15 seconds behind New Plymouth Boys' High School senior team. Our own senior team was fourth, 22 seconds behind the U16 team. A safe road-trip back to the Capital rounded off a great year.

The final event of the year was the Wanganui Collegiate Round the Lake relay at Virginia Lake, Wanganui. The weather was not so good, but the day started well with our Y9 teams coming first and third, only separated by Napier Boys' High School and 40

Thanks as ever go to the staff for their contribution, the boys for their work and parents, whanau and caregivers for their support with early mornings, meeting travel costs and providing motivation. In a world where education can seem like

The Y9 Team

a competition to gain success in an ever-narrowing field of performance indicators and achievement statistics, we are proud to be able to offer an education in Cross-Country which is broad. This features physical training, opportunities to travel and meet others, cook and self manage, care for others, bond and provide encouragement as a team and the selfknowledge which comes with all of this. Well done to the team for a great year. Next year we will give of our best again.

MR MARTYN REYNOLDS Convenor

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Football continues to be the pre-eminent sport at Wellington College both in numbers and (across all grades) results. In 2016, well over 500 students were registered to play Football. Our results were first class within all 34 teams competing in both College Sport and Capital Football competitions. Seven of those teams won their Division/Grade and six finished second.

The continued development of the Academy is also noteworthy.

The Director, Sam Smith has made a first class contribution (and he leaves at the end of this year for further study in Europe). We acknowledge his contribution.

We now have the benefit of a specialist strength and conditioning coach with Mr Neil Yates, who has been attached to a professional club in England.

The Club continues in its twofold commitment. First, to develop elite players to ensure that our most talented players reach their potential and develop their skills.

Second, to encourage and cater for the majority of boys who simply want to enjoy Football with their mates.

The Club’s electronic scoreboard for Football’s main ground at the College - the Sir Ron Brierly artificial pitch, which was sponsored by the ANZ Bank, opened this year.

In both cases we are committed to helping to grow all our boys into young men with good character and values which will equip them for life. We hope their experience helps turn them into mature adult members of our community.

HIGHLIGHTS The development of our top teams will always remain an understandably important area for the Club. In that respect, the performance of the 1st XI in finishing eighth at the National Secondary Schools' Football Tournament in Napier (after battling a serious stomach bug which ran through the whole team) and as runner’s up in the Wellington Competition, deserves special mention, as does the performance of the 2nd XI having done so well at Wellington secondary school level.

Custom Cutz, a Wellington Hairdressing chain owned by Wellington College Old Boys, provided significant sponsorship and generously made regular Player of the Day awards.

The introduction of an Old Boys' representative to the Club’s structure and Committee represents the first steps towards a stronger development of a real 'Old Boys' link with, and contribution to the Club. This year, Wiremu Patrick, a former 1st XI star was a regular and important Committee member. The second annual Old Boys clash with the 1st XI was hard fought with a win this year to the Old Boys.

The student coaching scheme has now become a feature of our Club’s administration. There are not sufficient parent coaches to work with our 34 teams. Our response for some years now, has been to develop a group of trained

student coaches who work, in pairs or groups of three, with the junior teams. This also gives a chance to develop Y12 and Y13 students in their own coaching skills – and wider leadership abilities. It is another of the Club’s contribution to turning boys into young men. However we need to continually develop a better support system for our student coaches especially as the season nears its end and to fine tune this part of the Club’s activities.

getting golden boot. The juniors finished fifth. We had seven players selected to represent Wellington at the NZ Futsal Youth Championships and two are currently part of the Wellington Senior Men’s training squad.

In a similar way, under the leadership of Committee Members Graeme Peters and Andrew Butler, we have continued to develop our Student Referees Scheme.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Club relies on parent volunteers who make a superb contribution as coaches, managers, and committee members.

The appointment of a coPatron for the Club (along with the College’s very supportive Headmaster) – Mr Dave Burgess – a former 1st XI Captain (1980), NZSS U19 Representative, and All White (1983-84).

FUTSAL Interest in Futsal has continued to grow in the school, with over 200 playing in Term One. Fourteen teams played in the senior leagues, while another 16 teams played in the junior grades. A number of these teams made the finals of their respective grades, with WC Senior 11 and WC Junior 9 winning their respective grades.

At the CSW regional championships, Wellington College came third in the senior grade and first in the junior grade – which was the first time we had won this tournament.

At the NZSS Championships, Wellington College finished 17th in the senior grade, with Jaro Langer

The continued success of Futsal in no small way due to the amount to the continued time and effort put in by parent and committee member, Mr Stu Beresford. I would like to thank Stu for this input.

My sincere thanks to the very hard-working parent-led committee, who made a superb contribution. In particular, can I thank Mr Dave Keat, our hard working Club Captain who also doubled as 1st XI Manager, and Ms Clare Shakespeare, our very efficient part-time paid administrator. Mrs Liz Bergin retires at the end of this year after two years excellent service as the Club’s Secretary.

Again Rob Greenfield has made a wonderful contribution as Communication’s Director.

The balance of the committee members include Mr Stuart Beresford (Futsal Convenor, Trials Convenor) Ms Kath Gabites (Sponsorship and Fundraising, Academy, Governance and Strategy). Bryan Shepherd (Academy, Sponsorship and Fundraising), Messrs Graeme Peters (Referee Development), Andrew Butler (Referee Development, Governance and

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Football Strategy), Ken Orr (Grade 14 convenor), Richard Ulusele (Youth Streamed Teams Convenor), Blair Mainwaring (Grade 15 Convenor), Nigel Corry (Student Coaches), Wiremu Patrick (Old Boys' Representative), Sam Smith (Academy Coach), Michael Williamson and Jimmy Bellam (Student Representatives).

We look forward to another successful year in 2017. There are several challenges however.

All is not well with the national and regional operation of

Football – at least in the way in which it will increasingly impact on the quality of secondary school Football. One growing issue is the threat to secondary school Football posed by the continuing expansion of U17 Club Football and this year’s decision

by Capital Football to exclude secondary school teams from the Grade 13 and 14 Wellington competitions. Wellington College has participated in these junior competitions for over a decade.

Another threat is the plans by

Football NZ to develop a standalone, national competition for elite college-aged players. Both these steps will make it very difficult for secondary schools to develop whole of Football approach and may well deprive schools of their best junior and senior players. This will not be good for secondary school Football and could spell its eventual doom – at least as a serious college orientated sport.

Nor does it assist the student’s wider development.

Football The secondary school experience is once in a lifetime – a time of significant growth and development. Schools are quite capable of developing excellent (and well rounded) players who can then move into the club and national structure. The national 1st XV Rugby structure is an excellent model which well serves New Zealand Rugby. A similar model for Football could have real advantages, and we think deserves careful consideration.

JUDGE ANDREW BECROFT

CLUB AWARDS SENIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR: RYAN MATTHEWS In his third year in the 1st XI, Ryan is an automatic starter.

He has been troubled by injury throughout the season but even when not 100%, has made a huge difference to the team. His solid tackling and positional sense makes him the ideal anchor in midfield. For commitment to the cause, no one has given more when you realise that he has trained at 6.45am, three mornings per week and travels in from Waikanae. The team certainly plays better when 'Ryno' is on the park.

PLAYER WITH MOST POTENTIAL: JACOB MASSEURS Jacob has been identified as an exceptional talent. In 2016, Jacob (Y12) played for the NZSS U19 team against the Australian Schools' team and was a regular starter for the Wellington Olympic Central League team. This is Jacob's second year in the 1st XI. INTERMEDIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: ZAC DEAN Zac has shown potential since coming to WC. He has been involved with Capital Football FTC programme and has gone on

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FOOTBALL: 1ST XI Mr Rodger Gray (Assistant Coach), Joshua Peake, Jacob Masseurs, George Leach, Ollie Petersen, Nick Gerondis, Mr Neil Yeates (Strength and Conditioning Coach) Mr James Webb (Coach), Seth Ward, Hayato Takada, Michael Bergin, Tyler Collicoat, Baqer Ali, Mr Dave Keat (Manager) Tor Davenport Petersen, Jack Barlow (Vice Captain), Ellery Peters, Michael Williamson (Captain), James Bellam, Ryan Matthews, Conor Butler Rado Stojanovic, Henry Hamilton

to be selected to attend the NZ Football NTC programme too.

One of several quality keepers in WC at the moment he is a leader in the 15/1 team inspiring the players around him with a level of maturity beyond his years. He has also filled in on occasions for the 2nd and 3rd XI teams. An undoubted talent.

JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR: KAEA CHURCHWARD KAHU Kaea is a well balanced footballer with lighting pace and an eye for a spectacular shot on goal. A season-long committed player who worked hard for his team and loved the Football environment he was part of. He is part of the College's Academy programme.

THE COLLEGE OLD BOYS' TROPHY: JIMMY BELLAM This year, with the development of greater links with our Old Boys, it was decided to present a new annual trophy. This is presented to the Y13 student who has shown outstanding commitment in 2016.

This year’s inaugural winner epitomises commitment to the College and the sport. As the second string keeper in the 1st XI, he had very little chance to get on the field but still kept coming to trainings and the games, showing a real team spirit and commitment

to the cause.

He was assistant coach to the 15/1 team and also took goalie coaching sessions. On top of this, he has served on the Football Committee as a Student Representative.

THE PRESIDENT'S MEDAL: MIKE WILLIAMSON This is presented to a student has contributed to Football during his time here at Wellington College.

This year, it goes to an outstanding young man who is well liked by his peers as well as the younger members of the Club. Throughout his time at the College, he has played for and represented the College with great pride and commitment.

This year, he has led by example as Captain of the 1st XI, and even when injured, rarely missed an early morning training session. He has been an assistant coach with the 15/1 team and has played a full role on the Football committee as a Student Representative. A worthy recipient.

MOST VALUABLE COACHES:MAX GRICE and LIAM HUNN 15/2 Their contribution went well past devoting many hours to running training sessions and looking after the team on game days.

The real magic came from how

they interacted with the players.

They managed to foster a true sense of fun, while being serious and focused when needed.

Throughout the season, they helped develop each player's skills, but most importantly they brought the boys together as a true team who played for each other.

LIAM MCGOVERN, CHARLIE PARKER and MATTHEW ROBERTSON: G13 BURGESS. They have been available at all practices and most games (only missing due to their own games).

They have the respect of the players, manager and parents for their strategic oversight and good feedback. The Burgess team have performed very well this year at Wellington Combined level.

Matthew also refereed.

MOST VALUABLE REFEREE: SALVY FUNG Salvy has committed to taking refeering to the next level. Having taken his CBR course, he has passed the Level 1 Award and has shown an aptitude for the position. He took the sideline in the traditional versus New Plymouth and among other games refereed the all Wellington College final between WC 20 and WC 2.

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Second: CSW Premier One, Winners: Champs League Trophy James Webb

Coach Assistant Rodger Gray Coach Manager Dave Keat MVP Ellery We entered the 2016Peters season confident that we could bring the team together having lost a number of the stars of 2015 from the Y13 cohort.

In his second season as coach, James Webb continued to build a programme designed to create every opportunity for each player to improve and learn about the game and Neil Yeates, in the strength and conditioning role provided great support. We were also grateful for the input from Rodger Gray when he was available.

Bellam unfortunately to a few appearances. Full credit to Jimmy who maintained his commitment throughout – he will have found this hard.

The defence was marshalled by Jack Barlow whose enthusiasm sometimes got the better of him but his passion could not be faulted. Conor Butler, Josh Peake, Nik Gerondis and George Leach all combined to create a solid platform. Ollie Petersen certainly stood up and showed his potential as a leader and player for the future while Jacob Masseurs was a class act when he was able to play and not on call for Olympic.

Mike Williamson led the team by example but was plagued by injury throughout the season. His commitment through these tough times still saw his attendance at most early morning trainings.

The midfield base was structured around Ryan Matthews whose performances through the year deservedly won him Senior Club player of the Year. Tor Davenport Petersen was a great play-maker while Hayato Takada added the X factor when he came to play. Mike Williamson, playing midfield and up front made a huge difference when he was on the park and Michael Bergin proved to be the workhorse as a box to box midfielder with a 'huge ticker'.

The senior boys in the team rallied around to cover the absence of the Captain with Ryan Matthews, Jack Barlow and Ellery Peters playing important roles during the season.

Seth Ward was another of the young guns who showed huge potential both in midfield and up front. He has a real talent that will undoubtedly make the grade at senior level.

A roller coaster season saw injuries to key players at various times affecting the opportunity to play a consistent team but the Wellington College spirit held firm and the most was made of the opportunities we had. In goal, Ellery Peters performed well throughout, restricting Jimmy

Baqer Ali started slowly but showed he had the goal scoring genes of his older brother Mehdi – also taking out the CSW Golden Boot Award. He was supported by the enigma that was our German import, Rado Stojanovic, brilliant one minute gone the next.

With the injuries during the

season, we also needed to call on players from outside the squad – none more so than Henry Hamilton (Y10) and Tyler Collicoat (Y11) who came to Nationals and were integral to the team performance there.

TRADITIONALS Wellington College v St Patrick’s (Town) (H) 1 June 2016: Score 0-0 A large number of supporters turned out to watch a solid exhibition of Football in very cold conditions.

Town started off as the stronger of the two teams, but gradually, Wellington College gathered their stride and worked their way back into the match.

In the second half it was Wellington College who had the upper hand, but as had been the case in the first half, neither team could turn their opportunities into goals.

Captain, Michael Williamson, in his post match comments observed that despite the goalless draw his team had, at times, produced some of their best football this season.

Wellington College v St Patrick’s (Silverstream) (A) 8 June 2016: Score 1-4 The 1st XI suffered their first defeat in a significant College Traditional during 2016 when they were out played today by Silverstream.

The match started in Silverstream's favour when they scored in the first minute and then again, a few minutes later.

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Football Eventually, Rado Stojanovic found the back of the net but that was the only Wellington College goal for the game.

Silverstream scored somewhat against the run of play eight minutes later and then added one further goal to make the final score 1-4 Wellington College v Christchurch Boys’ High School (H) 14 June 2016: Score 3-1 Wellington College played a determined Christchurch Boys' High School on a windy, but sunny Wellington day.

From the outset, Wellington College looked to impose themselves and had the lion's share of possession, but they could not turn this into attacking opportunities. CBHS struck first with a long free kick into the box which eventually found its way into the net.

Wellington College got back into the game with a goal by Ollie Petersen. Further goals were then scored by Seth Ward and Ryan Matthews to make it 3-1 to Wellington College. CHBS came back with their own goal from a free kick but Wellington College hung on for a 3-2 win at fulltime.

Wellington College v Palmerston North Boys' School High 1st XI (A) 27 July: Score 0-0 For the Wellington College 1st XI, the PNBHS Traditional is now in its third decade and is regarded as the toughest of our annual Traditionals.

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saw the sides battle it out for a 0-0 draw. Seth Ward put the ball in the back of the net finishing a sweeping move from one end of the field to the other but it was deemed off side.

Both teams looked to play Football and the score reflected the closeness of the game.

Overall, it was a good team performance with the 1st Xl showing considerable grit and determination.

Wellington College v New Plymouth Boys’ High School (H) 1 August: Score 0-3 The Wellington College line-up for this match was, unfortunately, affected by injury with three senior players unavailable but it was still a keen and committed group that started, playing into a stiff Wellington breeze.

The beginning of the first half saw a bit of back and forth between the teams. NPBHS scored first when, in the 36th minute, an opportunist shot from 25-metres out on the right hand side was then headed into goal.

The second half was a test of character for Wellington College as NPBHS quickly scored from a corner. Another setback occurred when a free kick unfortunately beat keeper Ellery Peters. It was pleasing to see that Wellington College tried hard to rally and did place pressure on the NPBHS defence but NPBHS showed they were equal to the task in both open play and at set pieces, and were still three goals ahead when the final whistle blew.

CSW LEAGUES The grading rounds threw up a few stiff challenges as we looked to qualify for the NZSS Nationals at the end of the season. HIBS, Rongotai College, Hutt Valley High School Tawa College, Onslow College, Scots College, Silverstream and Upper Hutt College were all keen to qualify.

After a slow start, Wellington College came through to take the CSW Youth League and retain the Champs Trophy and qualify top seed from Wellington for Nationals.

1-0 win. This coupled with PNBHS beating Tauranga meant we qualified second and into the Top 8. From here it was a matter of 'last man standing’ as we fought hard but we were barely able to field a full team in each of the games and the last game we had several playing who should have been in bed.

Wellington College, Scots, Tawa and HIBS then played a roundrobin to decide the finalists for the CSW Premiership Final.

A loss to HIBS first up put the pressure on, but wins over Scots and Tawa saw the team through to the final. Unfortunately, the old nemesis of HIBS once again proved too strong on the night, squeezing through in a hardfought game 1-0. Baqer Ali picked up Golden Boot (co winner with Simon Belcher from HIBS).

The team, while disappointed should be very proud of their efforts and their commitment, passion for the cause and the 'never say die' attitude was wonderful to watch. Big raps for everybody with special mention to Henry Hamilton who although the youngest proved he certainly 'has the goods'.

With a 2-0 loss to Westlake Boys' High School in the quarters, a 1-0 loss to Napier Boys' High School, and finally 6-2 to Mt Roskill saw us finish eighth.

MR DAVE KEAT, Manager

2nd XI Result

NZSS NATIONALS The draw saw us pitched against Palmerston North Boys' High School, Tauranga Boys' College and Mount Roskill Grammar School. We were confident going into the Tournament but a gastric virus which spread through the team from day one meant that we were up against it.

A 0-0 draw with PNBHS and a close 2-3 loss to Tauranga saw it come down to the last game of pool play.

The team were outstanding with several key players under the weather but they ground out a

Coach Manager MVP

4th: CSW Senior Division 1 Sam Smith Kevin Dickins Harry Cook

In any other local school, the majority of this team would have been in a 1st XI. As it was, they played in Division 1 which also involved the very good Wellington College 3rd XI to create some serious inter-school rivalry.

It went down to the wire at the end of the season with the 2nd XI playing the 3rd XI to see who would go through to make the semi-final. The match, played in atrocious conditions on the turf

saw the 2nd XI come from behind to win 3-1 in one of the best games of the season played at the College.

Unfortunately, the winner of this match then played eventual winners Rathkeale College away and this proved a big ask going down 5-0. Having said that, a fourth place finish amongst these teams was a great effort all round.

A big shout to all the players leaving including Captain, Luke Fowler, Jack Dickins, Seb Halikias, Jeremy Gray, Bernard Walker and Pierce Day. These players have all committed to Wellington College Football over five years and the majority have filled in as cover for the 1st XI at times during the season. We look forward to a number of the team taking the step up to the 1st XI in 2017.

3rd XI Result Coach MVP

7th: CSW Senior Division 1 Sam Dean and Liam Gallagher-Power James Kent-Wilson

Under a new College Sport Football structure, the 3rd XI found themselves competing in the Division 1 Players Trophy for the first time. This meant that they would be competing against mostly 1st XI sides from around the Wellington region, as well as the Wellington College 2nd XI. This made for an intense rivalry all season, culminating in a tightly fought match between the two College teams near the end of the season.

Co-coached by myself and Liam Gallagher-Power, and captained

by James Kent-Wilson, the 3rd XI made the decision to fully

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Football dedicate themselves to the opportunity of playing against such high quality sides. This was a tough ask, but one that was grabbed in both hands by the players. Basing their game around resilient defence and a fast paced counter-attack, the 3rd XI caught many teams unawares as they embraced the title of underdogs in nearly every match. They were rewarded for their dedication with some fantastic wins and very close losses against some quality 1st XI sides. Although they missed out on the Trophy semi-final due to their close 2-1 loss to the 2nd XI, they responded well and were unlucky to miss out on the chance to play for the Plate.

Overall, it was a fantastic season which demonstrated the depth and quality of the Wellington College Football Club. Special mention must be made of the leadership shown by a number of senior players both on and off the pitch, embodying the fighting yet respectful attitude that was the core of the team’s ethos.

MR SAM DEAN, Co-Coach

4th XI: President's XI Result Coach

MVP

4th: CSW Senior Division 4 Matt Rhodes and Sam TamihanaMorris Luke Austin

The President’s XI learnt much from this season, which produced a mixed bag of results and resulted in a mid-table finish. In grading, we faced some tough opponents and, while remaining competitive, we were put in Division 4. With an even amount of wins and losses under our belt, we went into our final game

as a must win against Newlands College 2 to put ourselves in an all Wellington College final, but sadly, we failed to turn up and play the Football that we knew we could.

Throughout the season the 4th XI, worked hard to play a nice brand of Football – focusing on keeping the ball on the deck and using our talented central midfielders to get the ball to our rapid wingers.

We also took pride in playing the game in good spirits and wearing the College colours with maturity.

The team was full of players who are all keen to work hard and make the step up to the next level.

As first time coaches, Sam and I would like to thank the team for working hard to develop their game and making it a pleasure to turn up twice a week at 6.45am in order to become better footballers.

MATT RHODES, Co-Coach

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15 games. A few key performers in the attacking play were the pair of Nicks - new signing Nick Greenwood and Nick Douglas, who managed to score 27 goals between them. These two were crucial for the 8th XI attack, as a common occurrence in the season was a Nick Greenwood longshot followed up by an Emile Heskeyesk finish from Nick Douglas.

The Most Improved Player was Hamish Jeram whose level of cardiovascular fitness, as well as his speed enabled him to be an ‘engine’ up and down the left flank. Hamish played both left wing and left back - a real utility player. Well done Hamish and keep up the hard work.

Goal of the season went to Ben O'Donovan, who made a run down the right-hand wing to cut inside and finish top corner from outside the box. All generated from a precise through ball by the maestro Yash Singh.

THEO VIATOS, Coach

WC 8 Result

WC 7 1st: CSW Senior Division 4 Denny Viatos Isaac Patterson

We had good set of results this season. Having started strongly with early wins during the grading games, the team won Division 4 of the College Sport Youth Competition.

The league campaign produced some promising performances, with close encounters against several local rivals. One focus this season was to develop a ‘pressing game’ ie, pressurising the opposition when in possession.

This tactic helped us win the division. I was impressed with

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the determination and ‘never give up’ attitude the team displayed in every game. This was seen as the team came from 3-0 down to win 5-3 against Onslow College.

MVP, Isaac Patterson was top goal scorer with 32 goals and this, combined with his developing strength, meant his influence up front was invaluable. Well done Isaac.

Well done to all the players who represented the team this year.

Manager MVP

1st: CSW Senior Division 5 Dave Baker Nick Greenwood

A dominant season was required from the 8th XI. Paired up against the likes of rivals St Patrick's (Town) 3rd XI and Onslow College's 3rd XI, the 8th XI would need to play a season like no other. Week in week out, the 8th XI took to the pitch with the Wellington College crest on their chest, leaving the other teams trembling in fear as an arsenal of attacking power and defensive composure left their opposition in a state of sheer misery.

The arsenal of forward play was an 8th XI trademark as the forwards accumulated 54 goals in

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As the final dawned, the 8th XI advanced. Matched up against the Onslow 3XI in the final, the 8th XI played with composure in a self-controlled game, taking out the Division 5 Championship.

Goals from Ben Peacock, Nick Greenwood and Angus Crampton sealed the title hopes in a commanding 3-0 win.

Apart from a few keeper runs from Baxter Lamble, and the pre-match warm up of debating who was the fittest in the team, the 8th XI showed persistent sportsmanship in the utmost manner throughout the whole season.

On behalf of the team, I’d like to give a huge thank you to Manager, Dave Baker and the parents who got behind our athletes. I’m sure WC8 can replicate the dominance of 2016 in a hopeful and promising 2017 season.

ISAAC NIMMO, Team Member

WC 9 Result Manager MVP

1st: CSW Senior Division 6 Helen Ravine Max Grice

Three seasons together as a self-selected team ended in style by the 9th XI, with a spirited win against St Patrick's (Town) 5th XI in the competition final.

A couple of wins by default had helped the 9th XI on their way to the final and although they were top of the table going into that game, a win against Town was always going to be a challenge.

The Town team played a hard and fast game, had narrowly lost their first encounter against the 9th XI 4-5 after conceding a last minute penalty, and had pretty well demolished the 9th XI 4-0 in a very wet night game on the College turf.

The final was equally hard fought.

Town made more of their early chances and were ahead 2-0 at half time. The 9th XI remained undaunted, confident that if they drew level at the end of the game, they could win a penalty shootout. Both teams had plenty of supporters there, making for a great atmosphere as the 9th XI drew level and then took the game out with two goals plus a well-executed penalty by Michael Wood, our season’s 'golden boot'.

As happened the previous three years, I was complimented by the match officials on the spirit the 9th XI brought to the game.

This has been one of the really enjoyable features of this group of players throughout the three seasons I have managed them.

They were proud to be 'Coll' boys and invariably did the College proud. The 'never-say-die' attitude that enabled them to come from behind in that final game has rarely deserted them.

Their love of banter was always there, ensuring the manager’s role was never boring!

Picking just one player as MVP was as difficult and unpopular a task as ever, as it has always been a team effort. In the end, Max Grice was chosen in appreciation of the 110% effort he always put in both on and off the field. His co-captain Henry HorwoodVerstappen, whose skill in goal has always been a joy to watch and whose leadership helped his team to two wins in three finals, should also be mentioned.

It has been a really pleasure being involved with this group of young men and their families.

I wish them well in all they undertake as they leave their school days behind.

HELEN RAVINE, Manager

WC 10 Result Manager MVP

4th: CSW Senior Division 8 Hamish Mountford Hamish Mountford

WC 11 Result Manager MVP

2nd: CSW Senior Division 8 Robyn Noble-Cambell Liam Brandwood

WC 12 Result Manager MVP

3rd: CSW Senior Division 9 Jono Hastings Jack Sanders

WC 13 Result Manager MVP

4th: CSW Senior Division 9 Vanessa Lyall Justin Grant

It was the final year to play for Wellington College for the lads in WC13, and it was full of tough matches, wild weather and the odd win.

Some of the lads summed up the season in their own words: Great bunch of lads to play Football with, some of them for our whole five years of College life. Great memories and a decent amount of medals, thanks team!

(T. Simmons).

I had quite the season. We had a lot of fun in the first few games but not much success. The scores were punishing and we dropped down a grade or two. Now in Division 9, we were much more matched to our opponents.

Overall, it was a fun season in which I met some new friends and played some good games.

(K. Bennett).

We lost a lot of the time but we kept it, no matter what, discretion is the greater part of Valour.

(J. Wyeth) This was the best season I've had playing social Football. Every game was surprisingly competitive and although we got stomped most games, we still left the pitch with a smile on our dial. I would like to give my thanks to every member of the team for being dedicated to the team and really being a part of it, creating an enjoyable atmosphere we could learn from.

From my years playing Football for Wellington College, I've got close with the guys in my team, and we've had fun playing instead of being super competitive which I love. Even though we didn't have the same success this season I'm going to miss playing with these guys and for Wellington College a lot - it's been a great few years.

(J. Grant) In a season full of tough matches, wild weather and a couple of wins, these lads have been positive and full of enthusiasm.

They have displayed some great football skills and sportsmanship.

I hope the boys continue to play Football in the years to come. A big thanks to all those parents that braved the elements with me week after week to support these awesome lads.

VANESSA LYALL, Manager

WC 14 Result Manager MVP

5th: CSW Senior Division 11 Tomas Renna Isaac Athfield

WC 15 Result Manager MVP

8th: CSW Senior Division 13 Ajit Rasiah Cameron Simmons

WC15 was a very social team that had a thoroughly enjoyable season, which included some better-than-expected results.

The highlight was undoubtedly a 17-1 victory. We did, however, suffer from some varied levels of goalkeeping ability as a result of not having a permanent goalkeeper which,

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Congratulations to Cameron Simmonds for being our Most Valuable Player. Thank you to Ajit for ably managing our team, ensuring that we had eleven players to field each week (which was sometimes a bit of a struggle given our small team size of twelve).

WC 16 Result Manager MVP

team man all season and played with top level skill, pace and determination. The team was unbeaten and this reflected strong commitment and great communication amongst all the players who enjoyed playing together.

ROBERT TEMPLETON, Manager

WC 17 Result Manager MVP

1st: CSW Senior Division 10 Robert Templeton Logan Braakhuis

WC16's season culminated in a terrific final 5-4 win over St Patrick's (Silverstream) 5 who had been our toughest opponents in the earlier rounds.

Tom Goodwin was man of the match in the final (scoring twice) and also top scorer for the season (seven goals). Twelve different players scored for us during the season which reflected that we had a large enthusiastic squad who were all given a fair turn on the field by the team leaders of Josef Templeton and Tom. The team had an excellent base of parent referee all season Richard Ulusele (Isaac's Dad), did most games. Showing sound judgement, calmness and balance, he provided a great basis for the games which were played with good sportsmanship all year.

Logan Brakhuis was our MVP for the season. He was a great

6th: CSW Senior Division 12 Rudi van der Velden Jeremy Ross

WC17 was made up of a group of great guys the majority of whom had played little or no Football previously but were keen to give it a go. It was always going to be tough to play against other teams who appeared to have individual players that were likely to have played more Football than our whole team combined. Although no games were won, WC17 came a long way from their first game with immense improvement shown by the whole team.

The players stuck together where other teams may have fallen apart through frustration.

They all showed determination and perseverance from the beginning to the end of each game even when a few players were absent due to injury or other commitments. The boys all played hard and fairly, showing a sporting spirit which measured up to any Wellington College standards and tradition.

WC17 showed that even as a social team they had a great team spirit and didn't lose sight of the other important goal – that as

well as giving it a good go they were out there to have fun.

Thanks guys. It was an excellent pleasure to be WC17 Team manager.

RUDI VAN DER VELDEN, Manager

WC 18 Result Manager MVP

1st: CSW Senior Division 12 Gareth Johnson Laurence McKnight

WC 19 Result Manager MVP

2nd: CSW Senior Division 12 John McArdle Patrick White

WC 20 Result Manager MVP

2nd: CSW Senior Division 13 Neave Fraser Hugo Rickermann

WC 21 Result Manager MVP

1st: CSW Senior Division 13 Graham Dray Jaimin Govind

WC21 ended the season as winners of the Youth Championship Grade 13 Division.

The season started winning against Kapiti College, 20-1, setting the tone for the season to come. With an impressive winning streak, we placed ourselves at the top of the Division 13 table.

Throughout the season, we continued to grow as a team and this showed in our results.

The pinnacle of the season was a Friday night final against the highly competitive WC20, one of the few teams to beat us. However

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Football we reversed the result from the previous encounter and ended the season on a high, winning the Division 13 title, 6-2.

WC 21's MVP went to Jamin Govind. He showed his dominance all over the field, as his pace and ball control made him a valuable player wherever he played. Jamin's nomination for MVP was truly solidified however, when he showed his talent as a stand-in goal keeper for a large part of the season. In some cases, he saved the game and kept the team in the match.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Manager, Graham Dray for taking time out of his busy schedule to manage and help the team and the parents for getting us to the games. Overall, WC 21 had a very successful season and some wonderful moments. For the boys - I hope to see you again next season and I trust that our 2017 season will also be one to remember.

OLIVER PEAKE, Captain

15/1 Result Coaches Manager MVP

2nd: CSW Junior Premier Division Mike Williamson and Mike Bergin Steve Wong Tyler Collicoat

The 15/1s had 16 wins, one draw and four losses in the 21 games played during the season. In those games, they scored 79 goals, and conceded 24 – making for an average of 3.76 for and 1.14 against per game.

The season got off to a cracking start with the 15/1 XI winning the Scots College pre-season

tournament played over two days at Wakefield Park.

Confidence grew within the team as the CSW grading and competition rounds progressed.

Scores such as 16-0 against Paraparaumu College, 6-1 against Tawa College and 7-1 against St Patrick's (Town) fuelled that confidence.

and every player left the pitch absolutely buzzing. An awesome effort.

Unfortunately, Scots had the last say in the competition final, but hey, there will be other opportunities. Well done lads, and thanks too for the support from parents.

member of the team play great football as individuals and as a collective. As the season progressed the boys developed a greater understanding of the game and everyone improved in their respective roles. I am confident this team is full of future 1st Xl players.

BERNARD WALKER, Student Coach

STEVE WONG, Manager The first defeat of the season came at the hands of Scots College who beat us 3-1. It was played on a soft Scots pitch.

We shrugged that one off. The following week resulted in another loss, this time to Tawa.

Two weeks later, a similar thing… a loss to Onslow. What was going on?

The 15/1s had found a playing formula that netted them wins… they continued to play to that formula and didn’t adapt to grass pitches. That early confidence had led to complacency.

Following the loss to Onslow, we were second to last on the table.

Getting to the final would involve everyone digging deep in what was to be ‘must-win’ games against Scots, Tawa and HIBS. To their credit, and after ‘that email’, the boys dug deep and turned things around. The ability to dig deep and turn things around is about attitude, and applies not only to sport, but to life as well.

The boys nailed it.

For me, the best game of the season was the first ‘come-back’ game against Scots. The game was played at a crazy pace and with an intensity that we had not seen before from the lads. They turned around their losing streak

15/4

15/2 Result Coaches Manager MVP

3rd: CSW Junior Division 1 Max Grice and Liam Hunn Al Cooper Gabe Cooper

15/3 Result Coaches

Manager MVP

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Manager MVP

3rd: CSW Junior Division 2 Johnny Dessoulavy, Daniel Mak and Michael Wood Blair Mainwaring Joshua Mainwaring

15/5 1st: CSW Junior Division 3 Harry Furnsih, Alex Rolfe and Bernard Walker Karen Collings Oliver Greig

Wellington College 15/3s had a very good season, only losing one game and winning Division 3 of the Youth Competition. Oliver Greig, the attacking midfielder of the team showcased fantastic finishing and throughout the season scored several goals from outside of the box. Wesley Kiwha, one of the centre backs in the the team proved to be an exceptionally gifted player helping out in both attack and defence. Connor Scott was the top scorer, scoring ten goals over the season. The team, captained by the centre back free-kick specialist Ben Irving, is full of talent and had great chemistry.

The 2016 season saw every

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6th: CSW Junior Division 2 Toyesh Gadgil and Hans Hong Dave Baker Nicholas Trlin

WC15/5 made a roaring start to the season in the Division 2/3 grading games. Playing against a number of College 1st teams, WC15/5 quickly worked together effectively and won three out of their four games to top the group, scoring 18 goals and only conceding four goals.

The team then went into a playoff game for promotion to Division 1 against St Bernard’s College 1st XI. The game was away at St Bernard’s and the long grass on the pitch probably favoured the home team. In a close first half, WC15/5 were 1-0 down from a long range shot. In the second half, the boys played really well and were unlucky when one shot hit the inside of the post and

unbelievably didn't go in and a shot from Conor was brilliantly saved by their keeper at full stretch. Caelan got a goal back to make it 1-1 and it looked like we were heading for penalties when St Bernard's scored two late goals in stoppage time to win the game. The boys put in a fantastic performance and gave everything in the game, so it was heart-breaking to lose in the last seconds.

In the second half of the season, the team were hit by injuries, sickness and absences and scrambled to get eleven players for most games.

The team played really well at times over the first three games, but with the absences, the boys couldn't maintain the high level of attacking play of earlier in the season and lost the games.

With confidence dropping, the game against 15/4 was a mustwin game. There was no shortage of commitment from both teams and 15/5 rediscovered their early season form with some fine attacking play to take the lead and then with resolute defending in the second half against a succession of 15/4 corners, 15/5 came out on top with a 3-1 victory.

Next up was a tough game against an unbeaten top of the table Paraparaumu College side.

The boys played really well in the first half and kept a very good Paraparaumu scoreless. In the second half, two penalties to Paraparaumu, with one being converted, turned the game in their favour, but 15/5 continued to fight until the last minute and

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The next two games were against Kapiti College and Rongotai College, teams that we had lost heavily to the last time we played them. However this time with most of our players back we were a different team. Both games were drawn but we had good chances to win both the games. Against Rongotai, Caelan scored probably the goal of the season, shooting from the edge of the penalty box on the right and curling it into the top right hand corner.

Our last game was against WC15/4 and having beaten them twice in the season, 15/4 were determined to get their revenge and they came out on top with a 4-2 victory. Mariusz scored a nice goal for us on the volley from a corner.

It was great to see the WC15/5 team develop over the season and play some really good Football with a high level of skill from all players. At the back, Nick Trlin was outstanding in goal, making so many saves to keep us in games. The back line of Matthew, Raihan, Joe Hands, Saffan, and Padraig showed character, skill and determination and improved considerably throughout the season. At the heart of the midfield was Danish and playing box-to-box he was everywhere. Zak, great skills, and never stopped running the whole game. Samuel and Logan were great utility players with very good all-round skills and due to injuries probably played in every position over the season. Mariusz played down the left and as well as his strong runs, his reading

of the game was really good. In attack, we had three top quality strikers, Caelan, Joe Reddiex and Conor. When these three were playing together and you could get the ball to them in and around the box, goals were often the result. It was a close contest for the golden boot with Caelan just edging it with ten, Joe with nine and Conor on eight.

Lastly, a big thanks to Hans, Oliver and Toyesh for giving up their time to coach the boys during the week and to the parents for their support from the sidelines.

Thanks must go to Manager, Ann Thomson, for doing a fantastic job organising us and the team, and Jon Matthews, who did a fantastic job as referee for the whole season. Hopefully the boys enjoyed it and will continue playing Football next year.

CAMPBELL GARRETT, SOLOMON GURR and REMY ARMITAGE, Student Coaches

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DAVE BAKER, Manager

15/6 6th: CSW Junior Division 4 Coaches Remy Armitage, Campbell Garrett and Solomon Gurr Manager Ann Thompson MVP William Firth 15/6 started the season well in the WC 15th grade pre-season, notably with a 5-3 ‘come from behind win’ over 15/4. They also dominated the grading process, scoring 17 goals in their first three games. The great play in grading meant we were placed in Division 4, with several first teams from other schools in the division with us. We managed to be competitive in most games, with the best performance of the season coming against Heretaunga College 15/1, in a hard-fought 2-1 win. Some fantastic team play developed throughout the season, as well as great camaraderie in the team.

The team was captained well by Andy Park, and MVP William Firth and the rest of the team did WC 15/6 proud.

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Football winning ways, meaning the team can look back positively on the 2016 season.

James Eaton was the MVP of the team as he scored several match winning goals.

MUIZZ SHAH, OLIVER SUTCLIFFE and AMIN HARRINGTON-LINES, Student Coaches

15/8 Result

15/7 3rd: CSW Junior Division 5 Muizz Shah, Oliver Sutcliffe and Amin Harrington-Lines Hannah Martis James Eaton

It was a bit of a rollercoaster of a season with some shaky moments but the team managed to pick up some good wins and ended up in a very respectable third place on the table, behind two very good sides.

James Eaton, the centre forward of the team showcased exemplary skills and scored several goals.

Other players such as Anu Vyas who was the season long goalkeeper, played exceptionally well throughout the season, along with great leadership from Ollie Knight who wore the Captain’s armband. The 15/7s became a team with great chemistry and a good style of Football.

Every player now has a better understanding of the game and their specific roles in their respective positions.

Even though things didn't go the team's way in some games, the boys bounced back well and showed heart to get back to their

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Manager MVP

3rd: CSW Junior Division 3 Josef Templeton, Daniel Lu and Tom Goodwin John Chandler and Mark Williams Sam Tyson

The 15/8 had a very enjoyable season, finishing third in a competitive Division 3. Team members showed great dedication and commitment throughout the season that translated to quality on-field play.

Our season began with 'hiss and roar' as the boys picked apart weaker teams in the grading rounds. Their rise to the higher level proved a better match for the team’s ability. Mixed results, with good wins over Naenae, Tawa and Newlands Colleges, were highlightd. However, we fell short against better opposition in the form of 15/3 and Scots College.

Sam Tyson was deservedly awarded MVP for his resonant displays in the midfield, successfully combining solid defensive work along with creative attacking play. Special mention must go to Captain, Andre Dearsly, for his outstanding leadership motivating the boys both on and off the field.

Despite a handful of low scoring games, we kept a consistently positive goal difference, largely credit to the joint Golden Boot winners - Jonty Cameron and Logan Malthus, each finishing with 16 goals apiece.

but they kept their composure, never gave up and came back to win convincingly. In the first games, the team won all but one of their games and had one draw, meaning they were promoted to Travel League A.

Finally, thanks to John Chandler and Mark Williams for their ongoing support and management of the team. We wish the boys all the best in their future footballing pursuits.

Before the promotion, though, was the low point of the season where during consecutive games, the team had two broken bones, both from bad tackles. It was horrible to see both boys injured and very hard for them (and the rest of the team) to be out for many weeks. It was great to see both boys back playing again by the end of the season. The team was very grateful to the players who came from other teams week after week to fill in for the injured players.

JOSEF TEMPLETON, TOM GOODWIN and DANIEL LU, Student Coaches

14 A Coaches Manager MVP

Tom Withnall and Jack Barlow Sheena Hunt Kaea ChurchwardKahu

The 14A team had a great season.

A group of boys, most of whom had not previously played together, very quickly began to show excellent team work and communication, strong passing and positional play, excellent defending and some wonderful goals resulted.

The team was placed in Travel League B at the start of the season. The boys quickly topped the league with some fantastic wins. Two of the early games saw the boys a couple of goals down

After the mid-season regrade, 14A found it tough in the top league against the best teams in the region. In spite of a number of losses, the boys remained upbeat and always played competitively.

The boys and parents are extremely grateful to the coaches, Tom and Jack, who gave up so much of their time and energy to give the boys excellent training and support during games.

Overall it was a fantastic season with a really great group of boys.

SHEENA HUNT, Manager

14 PRESTON Result Coaches

Manager MVP

1st: CSW Junior Division 3 Harry Furnsih, Alex Rolfe and Bernard Walker Karen Collings Oliver Greig

Preston were place in the Travel League C at the beginning of the season. The team’s goal was to get promoted out of this Division and compete with other club’s top A teams at a higher level.

The season started brightly with high scoring wins against most of the Division. One loss to a strong Miramar A team was the only blemish. As a freshly formed team with two student coaches, Tuscany and Josh, it took a few games to gel into a cohesive group. Promotion was achieved in the B division, the new team goal was to stay there! Defeats against some tough opposition only made Preston stronger.

Cameron Keenan took on the Captain’s armband for the season and his vocal contribution was second to none. Our two main strikers, Leo Kelly and Roshi Sneyd contributed key goals and turned games with their desire and penalty box skill. Creative and attacking midfielders Xander Manktelow, Max Sargentina, Josh Rania and Ben Clarke-Lewis all had moments of brilliance

during the season when the team needed it. The midfield platform and engine room was impressive all season - Lewis Ault, Ben Arbuckle, Toby Hurly and Lochlann Orr covered a million miles, made a million tackles and injected forward drive to give Preston a solid and steely middle.

The defensive unit of Noah Adler, Kyle Foo, Cameron and Minsoo Kim were tough to break down and were calm under pressure.

The lonely spot between the posts was filled with the incredible Calvin Li; quick and fearless our keeper kept us in many a game with flying fingertip saves.

A pivotal point of the season was a Friday night a long way from home in Upper Hutt against the current table toppers.

Preston needed a win to keep their dreams of staying in the B Division alive. It seemed unlikely when a star filled Upper Hutt side took the lead early in the first half.

I have never seen a team lift each other up the way Preston did in that game, where every boy found another gear, an extra leg and a sense of belief. A goal before half time made it 1-1, maybe not enough to keep us from relegation.

The half time team talk was full of a desire to win this game and we all knew we could. A rampant Preston played the Football of their season running out 5-1 winners on a night when we found out how good we could be.

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Football For the rest of the season Preston competed strongly in the B Division, even beating a Miramar side who twice previously had beaten us. It was a testament to the growth in football ability, tactical awareness and, most of all, team unity of a great bunch of boys.

KEN ORR, Manager

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1st: Capital Football, 14th Grade Combined League - Yellow James Kent-Wilson, Ryan Simpkin and Rowan Blaikie Karen Collings Tim Robinson

14 Bertos had a super season, the highlight of which was a purple patch of eight wins and one draw in the middle of the season which saw them win some cracking games with a mixture of excellent team work, strong passing and positional play, and some brilliant goal scoring.

After a mixed start where they had a couple of losses, a team of boys who had never really played together before really started to gel as a team and win some tight games. Perhaps the most exciting of these was the 3-2 win over the previously unbeaten Miramar which came with a last minute winner and great excitement after a pulsating match. This win had Bertos finishing second after the first round of games.

After the mid-season re-grade, Bertos really hit their straps. The second round of games started with a highly bizarre but exciting

8-8 draw with Upper Hutt where the lead must have changed about six times, which was followed by a series of really strong performances where they played their best Football of the season.

A crucial come from behind 4-3 victory against Stop Out was followed by a 3-1 win over the previously top of the table and unbeaten Wests, and then a big win against Miramar. Then came a super entertaining, vocal and exciting 3-2 win and school derby over 14 Oughton who had been promoted in the regrade. This was a really entertaining, high quality and ferociously contested game that took Bertos to the top of the table. This was where they stayed after two more wins and they deservedly won the second round of games, and a very fine achievement for all the boys.

In this period, the team was guided by some excellent goalkeeping and a very strong defensive back four, some good creativity and speed in the midfield, and deadly finishing up front. Best of all, a real team spirit and competitiveness emerged as well.

The season wrap would not be complete without acknowledging the fantastic work of the student coaches, James, Rowan and Ryan.

They guided the boys during training and the games superbly all season and left every one of the team better players at the end of the year. From a personal perspective, it was a real pleasure to work with the student coaches and the boys in the team, and the parents who came along to support the team.

NIGEL CORRY, Manager

14 OUGHTON Coaches

Manager MVP

Sam ClarkeRaynor, Jorge Marsden and Ezequiel Misa Peter Hood Ollie Matthews

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Coaches

Manager MVP

1st: Capital Football, 14th Grade Combined League – Red Max Schuyt, Stephen Szakats and Salvy Fung Richard Sinnott Pablo Montes de Oca

14 Harris had a great season winning the Grade 14 Combined Red League and have been a great team to watch throughout the year. They started off the season as team of Y9 players, many of whom did not know each other, some having not played Football before.

After losing to very strong competition for the first half of the season, Harris rebounded and won nearly all of their matches and secured a first place finish to the season.

It has been great to watch the boys develop in all aspects of their skills as they played through their first season at the College.

Every single one of them has worked hard for what I believe is a well-deserved first place.

SALVY FUNG, Student Coach

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Futsal 13 BURGESS Coaches

Manager MVP

Liam McGovern, Charlie Parker and Matthew Robertson Jim Obren William Flodin

13 Burgess had a solid season, with six losses out of 17 games.

The Burgess lads overcame a plethora of adverse circumstances throughout the season and pulled off some magnificent triumphs.

A perfect illustration of this was the occasion of the penultimate game of the season. As we arrived at the characterful Melrose ground, adjacent to the raucous zoo animals, it was apparent that the boys were primed for the game of the season. The game started exquisitely with a pair of well slotted goals but as the game went on the opposition got back into it. This was mostly due to having a somewhat depleted side and some interesting decisions by the referee. However, despite the adversity, the Burgess boys stuck at it and ground out a wellearned 2-2 draw.

The whole team developed nicely over the season and will continue to do so through their careers.

We would also like to thank our Manager, Jim Obren and the grade coordinator, Rob Greenfield.

CHARLIE PARKER, LIAM MCGOVERN and MATT ROBERTSON, Student Coaches

13 KERSHAW Coaches

Manager MVP

Mark Clare, Michael Plim, Sean Beresford and Matthew Wong Chris Moore Lachlan Fraser

Wellington College saw another year of growth in the numbers playing Futsal at both the junior and senior levels. Across both terms, around 350 students played Futsal for the school. The school has the largest number of players in the country.

Elliott, Lucas Hippisley, Daniel Stockton, Jesse Richardsonand George Lethbridge) • WC Junior 20 – Division 5 (Theo Kaptein Kirker, Oscar Best, Kavindu Fernado, Hugo Kilsby, Billy Moore, Ethan Henry and Chris Davenport)

• CSW FUTSAL LEAGUES The CSW Terms One and Four Futsal leagues were each played over six weeks. Wellington College had 30 teams playing in the Term One leagues (16 junior and 14 senior teams). WC Senior 2, WC Junior 4, WC Junior 9 and WC Junior 15 made their respective finals.

Honourable mention should also go to WC Senior 6 and WC Junior 19, who made the final of their respective grades.

In Term Four, Wellington College had 34 teams playing (20 junior and 14 senior teams).

The following teams won their respective grades: • WC Senior 1 – Division 1 (Cameron Irving, Tor Davenport Peterson, Arun Betty, Oliver Harding, Jack Dickins, Jack Barlow and Luke Fowler) • WC Senior 7 – Division 2 (Tipene Johnson, Edward Matthews, Eli Moore, Jack Scott, Joe Cook, Nathan Dowle, Diego Rodriguez and Phillip Ruwhiu) • WC Senior 9 – Division 3 (Theo Viatos, Toby Fuller, Jaan Turia, Clemens Pfefferkorn plus Bakar Ali, Sean Beresford, Isaac Patterson and Amin HarringtonLines) • WC Junior 4 – Division 2 (Fletcher Wong, Callan Rothmets, Michael Reilly, Willian Goodwin, Arnan Jeram, Theo CastleMcLean, Jacques Saker, Scott Yee and Bruno McKnight) • WC Junior 12 – Division 3 (Saumya Sajwan, Oscar Horsley, Matt Edwards, Caelan Hopkirk-

• CSW FUTSAL REGIONALS Wellington College had two teams playing in both the junior and senior competitions at the CSW Regional Futsal Tournament, held in March.

The WC Junior A team won the junior competition, which was the first time the school has won this event. On the way to the title, they played Heretaunga College (7-2 win); Rongotai College (1-2 loss); Onslow College (3-1 win); St

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Patrick's (Town) (3-2 semi-final win) and Rongotai (2-2 won on penalties). The College's Junior B team played well and finished a credible sixth place.

The WC Senior A team came third after playing Taita College (13-1 win); Wainuiomata High School (1-0 win); Town (0-4 loss); Wellington High School (6-3 win) and Onslow (4-1 3rd/4th play-off win). The WC Senior B team came ninth.

• NZSS FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sometimes Futsal can be a cruel game. Both our senior and junior teams experienced this first-hand at the NZSS Futsal Championships, held in Wellington in April.

The WC Seniors were in a pool with Otago Boys' High School, Fielding High School and St Andrew's College. Their first game was against OBHS. We started

well but soon found ourselves down 3-0. Wellington College managed to get back into the match, scoring two quick goals but a couple of defensive errors ended our comeback and the game finished 6-3. This meant we had to win both remaining games to advance to the playoffs. We beat Fielding (15-1) with Jaro Langer scoring six goals. In our last game, we scored early against St Andrew's, courtesy of a goal from Rado Stojanovic.

Although St Andrew's equalised, Jaro put us ahead. As we entered the final minute, it looked like we might make it out of the pool. Unfortunately, one of our defenders handled the ball in the box. With twelve seconds to go, goalkeeper Sean Beresford saved the penalty. The ball went out of play and St Andrew's quickly kicked it back in. As we scrambled to clear it away, we conceded a foul. As this was our sixth foul of the half, St Andrew's were

FUTSAL: SENIOR 1 Tor Davenport-Peterson, Jaro Langer, Jack Barlow, Conor Butler,, Rado Stojanovice Front row: Michael Plim, Michael Bergin, Sean Beresford, Tom Miller, Seth Ward

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Futsal awarded a long penalty (which is taken at the 10m mark), which they duly converted.

This meant Wellington College were placed in the plate competition against Taradale, Mt Aspiring and Pukekohe. We totally dominated these games and won 5-0 against Taradale; 9-1 against Mt Aspiring and 11-2 against Pukekohe. We finished 17th out of the 32 teams competing. Had luck been on our side, we would have finished much higher.

Nonetheless, the team played well and some unselfish play by his teammates allowed Jaro to claim the golden boot (he scored 18 goals in the tournament).

The WC Juniors were in a pool with Lindisfarne, Onslow, Mt Roskill, Cashmere, St Thomas of Canterbury and Havelock North.

Only one team from each pool

would advance to the play-offs (and the best second placed team). We therefore could only afford to lose one game. The team won their first game against Lindisfarne (6-1) but lost to Onslow 3-4. The boys hit the post five times, and twice had goals disallowed as the referee was not certain the ball had fully crossed the line. The team bounced back with wins over Mt Roskill (4-3) and Cashmere High (4-3). However, we lost our must-win match against St Thomas of Canterbury (2-8). Our final game was against Havelock North, which we won 5-1. While we were unlucky not to advance to the play-offs, the boys played well and proudly represented the school. We finished 7th out of 21 teams.

The WC senior team was Jack Barlow, Sean Beresford, Michael

Bergin, Conor Butler, Tor Davenport Petersen, Will Forrest, Jaro Langer, Thomas Miller, Michael Plim, Radovan Stojanovic, Hayato Takada, and Seth Ward.

The WC junior team was Toby Barlow, Christopher Bramley, Kaea Churchward Kahu, Mathew Garbett, Lukas Halikias, Henry Hamilton, Corey Jones, John-Ross Moyer, Frederik Schwarz, Julius Searancke, Jonathan Tai and Fletcher Wong.

• REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Several Wellington College players were selected to represent Wellington in the New Zealand Youth Futsal Championships, which were held in Palmerston North in July. Corey Jones was part of the Wellington U14 team that won their age-group title. Our other representative players were

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Golf Michael Plim and Will Forrest (U16) and Sean Beresford and Hayato Takada (U19) Michael Plim and Sean Beresford were subsequently selected to represent Wellington in the national Futsal league, playing games in Christchurch, Wellington, Palmerston North and Auckland.

Finally, Sean Beresford was invited to attend the NZ Futsal Whites training camp that was held in Lower Hutt in September.

This was one of four training camps the Futsal Whites held as part of its build up to the 2020 world cup. A small number of emerging players were invited to each of these camps, which included games against local sides.

It has been a very challenging year for Golf at Wellington College. The Phillips Cup format was changed to a pairs competition with the intention of creating fewer difficulties getting teams out when they had other commitments – by having pairs rather than four in a team.

However, this actually resulted in similar difficulties and the weather took its toll. It resulted in a shortened competition for us as we did not manage to make the final for the first time in any years.

The CSW Championships at Royal Wellington proved to be another challenging event for our team and other individuals. On this very demanding course, the competition was fierce and the pace of the greens proved a little too much.

Our first Traditional fixture of the year was away to Napier Boys' High School. They hosted us this year at the Hastings Golf Club, Bridge Pa. This was a change from previous years and was a beautiful venue and a good experience for the boys.

With a couple of young lads in the team, we were never really going to be competitive but the experience with hopefully enhance their games and provide experience for next year’s return fixture. It ended up with a close defeat and I am hopeful of a reversal of the result next year.

Caerwyn Ross (Y9) demonstrated the talent he has at various stages around the course but Matt Wong and James Watkins were our best performers.

The second Traditional of the

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Matthew Wong, Thomas Watkins, Mr Colin Green, Convenor Caerwyn Ross, Tom Green

season was against our local rivals St Patrick's (Town) and this was a woeful day at Miramar.

The southerly was howling and the rain was being driven into the face of the players along the fairways. It took an hour to play the first three holes as the boys were buffeted by the wind for much of this time. The conditions did improve as the round went on and finished in reasonably pleasant conditions, considering it was the middle of Term Two. The result also went against us. The Town team has been together for a number of years now and has formed into a very steady unit.

The final traditional fixture was at home to New Plymouth Boys' High School. The previous match was two years ago, as we were unable to send a team last year.

Previously, we had faced a very strong team with all six players with a handicap of under 8. This time, they were not as strong but

still better on paper and I was expecting another comprehensive thrashing.

However, the team fought incredibly hard and ended up gaining several points, only going down in the last pairing.

As well this year, I have been able to arrange golf lessons for over 40 juniors through the golf professionals at Miramar Golf Club. Hopefully this has ignited a passion for the sport and after the long summer break, I will return to school to find several keen to represent the College in the Phillips Cup, CSW Championships and the Traditionals.

I would like to say a particular thank you to Matt Wong and James Watkins for the many years you have dedicated to representing Wellington College in Golf. Your positive attitudes and etiquette around the courses have been a fine example to others and

a reflection of your pride in the school.

Finally, I would also like to thank Renee, Chris and Andrew in the golf shop at Miramar, the committee and members at Miramar for supporting school golf and the parents of the players who give so much time to driving the boys around.

I am looking forward to a positive golfing year in 2017 and hopefully better weather conditions!

MR COLIN GREEN, Convenor

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Hockey getting it dirty and off the field keeping it clean. Off the field pride in our school in the way we represent them by wearing correct uniform and being hospitable guests/hosts.

Positivity: Encourage one another so we can perform to the best of our ability. We remain composed and execute the game plan. Praise people for good work and do not dwell on mistakes. Not everyone has his best day on the pitch however we can always continue to keep a positive attitude and not criticise others.

You can see from the way this is written that Zion’s interest in sports journalism is not misplaced.

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HOCKEY: 1ST XI Sam Mcpherson, Ashley Harris, Craig Pollock, Jaylin Dayal, Samuel Dearsly Mr Frank Schulpen (Manager), Marco Brown, Zion Dayal, Paul Horrocks, Devanand Bhikha, Hiren Mani, Mr Nigel Pollock (Head Coach) Hansaka Ranaweera, Kailin Dayal, Tim Schulpen (Captain), Hunter Stent, Thomas Stewart Ms Pam Olver (Co-Manager), Ollie Logan (Assistant Coach)

1st XI The 1st XI had a very successful season.

This was evidenced in a great team culture, positive improvements in player ability and team tactics and some excellent results including finishing sixth in New Zealand at the Rankin Cup and a fine team performance to win the Wellington Regional Competition Final over a strong Wairarapa College side. Many of our players made Wellington and Capital teams and Tim Schulpen and Kailin Dayal were selected for the Junior Black Sticks.

• ANZAC FESTIVAL The season started with us attending the ANZAC Festival in Hamilton. This is the fourth season we have played a pre-season

tournament and it has been invaluable. For the first time we were undefeated over the five games and scored some really good goals. The real benefit was in establishing a collaborative and supportive culture. The team discussed their aims for the year and what processes and commitments would be important in achieving these. Zion Dayal and Kailin Dayal produced a clear summary of these discussions. It is worth quoting the headlines from this document as it laid the foundation for the year.

Values: Dedication: To give 110% during games and put your body on the line. Ensure that you turn up to trainings and games giving your full effort. Make sure this team is prioritised appropriately and we work on our fitness,

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nutrition and time management.

Respect: All banter and fun is to always stay off the field and never taken to far, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE TEAM, we are only as strong as our weakest link. At all times we treat management, staff, umpires and the opposition with the utmost respect.

Trust: Trust in our processes, game plans and within the playing group. Everyone has earned the right to be here so we must put our faith in each other. Trust that off the field we stick up for the team and one another in the tough times.

Pride: Remember those who wore the jumper before you and honour the shirt, on the field

• GRADING ROUND We started our local campaign at Kapiti against a Paraparaumu College team who had been going well in pre season. We were a little flattered by the score but played strongly and won 8-1. We kept this winning sequence going, topped our pool and won our crossover.

On 3 June, we played Wairarapa College in the grading round final for the Dominion Post Cup. They had the better of the game and we lost our first game of the year 2-1.

• TRADITIONALS Traditionals are great opportunities to participate in exchanges within a wider school context. We won against St Patrick's (Town) and New Plymouth Boys' High School, drew a game with Christchurch Boys' High School that we should really have won and lost a game against Palmerston North Boys' High School when we missed a penalty stroke in the last minute which would have earned us a draw.

• WELLINGTON COMPETITION We won our first six games in the Wellington Competition mostly securing a bonus point for winning by five clear goals. In the last roundrobin, we went over the hill to play Wairarapa College but did not have our best night and lost 5-3. We won our quarter-final and then beat Rongotai College 3-0 in the semi-final.

This meant we would play Wairarapa in the Regional Final.

We knew they had beaten us in the previous two years finals and had also won both of our encounters this season. It was a final played at high tempo with a very good standard of play on display from both sides.

Paul Horrocks scored on the stroke of half

BELOW: Wellington College supporters celebrate the 1st XI's Premier One win.

time to put us 1-0 up. They fought back and equalised. We had a Hunter Stent shot saved off the line at the end but it was locked up at 1-1 so we went to golden goal extra time.

We showed good patience and the ball fell to Jaylin Dayal slotted the winner in a manner that was much more composed than the celebration that followed it. It was great to have so many supporters there and a fantastic achievement to take out the final against such quality opposition, who were to go on and finish second at the Rankin Cup. • RANKIN CUP The Rankin Cup was help in Wellington and we were excited to be on our home turf and to test ourselves against the best 32 schools in New Zealand. We started strongly with an 8-0 win over Otago Boys' High School and followed up with a workman like 4-2 win over local rivals Scots College. The final pool game was against St Kentigen College where we squandered a 2-0 lead, to go 3-2 down, only for Hiren Mani to score an equaliser in the dying seconds.

This meant we had to play defending Champions Westlake Boys' High School in the round of 16. We went 2-0 up after a fantastic opening 15 minutes only to concede a soft

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Hockey goal on the stroke of half time. We started the second half strongly and scored two more goals to be 4-1 up and then conceded two goals to make it 4-3 with ten minutes to go.

We weathered the storm and held on for a famous win to make the top 8 in New Zealand for the fourth year in a row.

contributed four goals and six assists.

In the quarter-final we played a strong St Paul's Collegiate side from Hamilton. We were 1-0 down at half time but were playing really well and had the better of the second half to level at 1-1. With four minutes to go, we were on the wrong end of a terrible umpiring mistake and were disappointed that the goal scored stood. St Pauls went on to win the final and we showed good character to bounce back and finish sixth.

#5 Sam McPherson: In his first season with the team, Sam demonstrated a great attitude.

He learned very good positional awareness and was a popular member of the team. He scored one magnificent goal and made one assist.

• SEASON STATISTICS Our final record for the season was: Played 31, Won 23, Drawn 3, Lost 4, Robbed 1.

For 135, Against 32.

This gave us a win percentage of 75% and an average score of over 4 to 1. This was reflective of some very impressive play where we moved the ball well and put together some breathtaking moves. So it was a season where we achieved a lot and came close to achieving even more.

• TEAM SUMMARY #1 Sam Dearsley: Sam was an outstanding goalkeeper in his second year in the 1st XI. His communication got better and better, he made some great saves and was our player of the tournament at the Rankin Cup. #2 Hansaka Ranaweera: Hansaka played at the back in his second year in the team. He showed good aerial control, made some brave saves on the line and many clean tackles. He did not score despite our best efforts but contributed one assist. #3 Paul Horrocks: Paul was the most improved player in his first season in the 2016 team. He showed great go forward on the overlap, made some great tackles and controlled the right side of the pitch. He

#4 Zion Dayal: Again in his second year in the team, Zion displayed a growing maturity. He always worked hard and showed great spirit as well as accurate passing. He scored four goals and made four assists from midfield.

#6 Ashley Harris: Ashley developed a lot in his first year in the team. He had good economy on the ball and had a very low turn over rate.

His versatility saw him performing well in midfield and defence and he added 1 goal and four assists. #7 Hunter Stent: Hunter has cemented his place in the team over a number of years. He has a high work rate, great control of the ball and is unselfish in front of goal. He contributed 25 goals and 13 assists. #8 Jaylin Dayal: Jaylin completed three seasons in the 1st XI. He has a great receive and many of his goals were conjured from improbable angles or when under pressure.

His reverse shot is something to behold and he finished the year with 25 goals and six assists. #9 Hiren Mani: Hiren made his debut last season but this was his first full year in the team. He has improved significantly and finished the season as top scorer. Many of these goals came through his movement and ability to deflect the ball on the post. He scored 26 goals and eight assists. #10 Craig Polllock: Craig improved in his second year in the 1st XI. He secured a high number of turnovers, had good linking play and a great work rate. He contributed 15 goals and ten assists. #11 Tim Schulpen: In his third season in the 1st XI, Tim was an inspirational Captain. His

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Hockey outletting and distribution were superb and his cover defence consistently excellent. He scored seven goals and added ten assists. #12 Kailin Dayal: Kailin had his third and best season in the 1st XI. He was a highly effective vice-captain and was a very good tactician as well as giving on-field leadership. His ball control was frequently amazing and he contributed 13 goals and twelve assists. #13 Marco Brown: Marco is one of the younger players and he already has very good ball control. His passing got stronger through the season and this made his contribution even more effective. He scored seven goals from mid-field and also made one assist. #14 Devanand Bhikha: DVD is another rising star in his first year in the team. He has superb ball control and good vision. He has a great attitude and scored three goals from midfield and added three assists. #15 Thomas Stewart: Tom was the revelation of the year. His speed over the ground was a major asset and his PC defence also very good. He is always keen to learn and made excellent progress through the year.

I would also like to record my thanks to the committee and especially to Frank Schulpen and Pam Oliver for managing the team with efficiency and good humour. Old Boy, Ollie Logan was a tremendous Assistant Coach and we are all very grateful for his investment back into the team.

The final word though belongs with the boys.

To those who are leaving, you have been part of a special cohort at Wellington College, your hard work and the support of your families have left a huge legacy and I know this team and this season will live long in our memories.

To those who are coming back I wish you all the best for the season to come and those boys who will join you in the new 1st XI. I am confident you will continue to do well.

MR NIGEL POLLOCK, Coach

2nd XI The 2016 season for the 2nd XI saw a level of success although it wasn’t as successful as what was hoped. The boys and coaches entered the season with high hopes of winning the local competition and a top four finish at tournament. While the end goal wasn’t achieved, the boys should be immensely proud of what they have achieved and the way they competed this year.

Firstly, I would like to thank my fellow coaches, Shanti Govind and Jagdip Parag for their hard work, guidance and teaching. I would also like to give a big thank you to Jacinda Paice and Xav Paice for all the behind the scenes management and organisation you arranged, making the job of the coaches much easier.

The results that we as a team achieved this year would not have been possible without the generous support you all provided.

Special thanks also goes to the support from parents Ange and Atul Prema, Anu Langdana and Serge Kramar. Tournament would not have been possible without your support.

The year, result-wise can be summed up with the old adage good but not great. The boys played a high level of Hockey from the jump and continually made improvements both big and small and individually and as a team, even if some training sessions involved more yelling than coaching. What was most impressive was that the boys never let the unfortunate luck that constantly hampered our team this year get them down. They constantly stepped up when called upon and grew together as a team even when injuries struck or there was some dubious umpiring.

When the most crucial part of the season came to head, we had peaked at just the right time. The team went on a five-game winning streak and only narrowly lost in the semi-finals of the local competition. A top three finish in this competition is nothing to be diminished especially seeing as this team was the only 2nd XI team in the competition.

The team then turned to focus on Tournament, which again wasn’t as successful as what was hoped. Just like in the local competition, the team couldn’t quite finish at crucial aspects of the games and this meant that our goal wasn’t achieved. However, the boys showed real heart and character as they gave it their all in the final games which mattered the most, resulting in a top 5 finish and what should be considered a successful tournament.

Honourable mentions must go to Joe Cook who was awarded the team MVP due to his stellar play. He was thrown in all positions and performed successfully whenever he was on the field. Also to Sacchi Prema and Ashad Langdana for leading from the back and being great examples of what a Wellington College Hockey player is supposed to be. The heart and dedication you showed both in games and at trainings were admirable. Other standouts include Jaimin Govind and Praneel Vallabh, two junior students who performed to an extremely high standard.

To the boys. I hope you have learnt as much from me as I have from you. Whether this be about Hockey or other aspects of life it was without a doubt an absolute pleasure coaching you all this year. For those of you returning to school in 2017, I hope to see you back playing Hockey. For those that are leaving, I wish you the best of luck in your life’s ventures and I hope that you keep up with the Hockey.

DARSHAN PATEL, Coach

3rd XI The 2016 season saw great success for the 3rd XI. Coached by myself, with Raj Parbhu, the team developed their skills and were able to improve on their general Hockey game.

The boys were undoubtedly the smallest team in the Premier 3 competition comprised of mainly Y9 and Y10 students. They played mostly against 1st XIs and the occasional 2nd XI, with the season starting slowly with relegation being narrowly avoided by beating Scots College 1-0.

Our main purposes this year were to play using the entirety of the field and to execute good passes. Our team aimed to expand in our formation when attacking and compacting when defending. This tactic was extremely useful and helped us to overcome some highly skilled individuals, especially when attacking down the flanks which was often a vulnerable place for our oppositions.

What we may have lacked in size we made up for in skill. To beat teams, we had to execute good passing and this was often the case for many games. Our other area of success was penalty corners, the old one-two from the top of the circle was a real game winner when we were struggling to score.

At the business end of the season, the 3rd XI was placed fourth, having won two games and drawn one. We managed a close win over rivals

ABOVE: Premier 3 Champions, the 3rd XI

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Hockey HIBS on strokes before playing our best game of the season in the semi-final beating favourites Newlands College who had only lost one game during the entire season. The final against Naenae College was won 2-0, making us the Wellington College 3rd XI Premier 3 Champions.

On behalf of the team, I would like to thank the coaches and Megan Richards for managing.

MR MICHAEL BANGMA, Coach

4th XI Alongside Mahesh Kanji as the Coach, I had the role as Manager of the team.

The 4th XI comprised a mixture of new players and some who would be leaving the school this year including my son Alexander Hill, who once again played in goal.

It’s fair to say that for a variety of reasons we did not have a good season and we only won a handful of games. Individual players certainly tried their hardest but as a team, despite trying different people in different positions, we just could not score goals. While we had a good defence and a midfield that performed reasonably well, we just could not find that extra bit of luck that would have allowed us to score and win. We certainly had several chances every game but for whatever reason the ball never hit the back of the net.

It’s to the credit of the team that given this frustrating performance week in and week out nobody left the team. Everybody (who could) turned up every week and the players gave it their best for the whole season.

For me, that’s a true test of the commitment of the team that given our performance they didn’t give up and I’m sure for those boys who are continuing to play next year they will have a much better season.

This is my last season as Manager as Alex is off to University so I wish all the boys the best for future seasons.

NICK HILL, Manager

5th XI The 2016 season for the 5th XI was great. Even though we didn’t quite get the results we wanted, everybody in the team improved and showed great potential for the next season.

Throughout the season, the boys managed to play some great Hockey and get wins, though at times it seemed as if they weren’t on the turf. We managed to get two great wins against the College's 4th XI which boosted the boys’ morale and gave them confidence to finish the season well.

After suffering a large 7-0 loss to Heretaunga College, it meant that we would be facing our 4th XI again to see who would finish ahead of each other. Unfortunately, the 5th XI were unable to get the win which therefore meant that we would be playing in the 7th/8th position playoff against Silverstream. The boys were able to get a 2-1 victory and secure seventh place in the R1 grade.

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Orienteering every week. You definitely made our jobs much easier. Also thanks to Ethan Richardson who was the 5th XI Coach at the start of the season and helped us fit in at practices leading up to his departure.

SAM MCPHERSON, 1ST XI and JEETEN MAVJI, 2nd XI, Student Coaches

6th XI The 6th XI had a great season. They showed some good skills and improved as a team throughout the year.

The final result for the season was coming third in the R3 grade.

We all had fun coaching the team. Thanks to Mr Dave Thorp for all his support as Manager.

TIM SCHULPEN, KAILIN DAYAL, PAUL HORROCKS and SAM DEARSLY, Student Coaches [1st XI]

It was pleasing to see such a big influx of new students, particularly Y9 students, into the sport of Orienteering in 2016. It is also pleasing to retain a hardcore group of orienteers at the senior level who continue to encourage and push each other.

Results in the previous year had been encouraging and hinted that the College had the ingredients for some promising results at the top level from some of the senior students.

While not all of our students are competing at the pointy end of the field each weekend, they are all improving and developing some great skills. Aside from the competitive aspect of the sport, the skills of Orienteering are valuable and can potentially introduce a person to a love of the outdoors, arming them with some of the skills required to be confident in the back country.

This is evident in the number of orienteers who also get involved in Adventure Racing, Tramping and Duke of Edinburgh at the College.

CSW SERIES 22 students from the College took part in the CSW Series in 2016, most of whom competed consistently throughout the competition and did so with distinction.

Back Row: Front Row:

Josh Corry, Oliver Michie, Dugal Thomson, Oscar Sheppard-Morrison, Rowan Sinclair, Joseph Lynch, Finn Mitchell Andrew Booth, Darwisy Lokman, Edward Twomey, Seb Daellenbach, Felix Williamson

Felix Williamson dominated the Junior Series, winning three of the four events that he competed in with a close second in the other.

Josh Corry was the only person to challenge Felix’s dominance by taking one victory over him while recording a second victory in Felix’s absence. Finn Mitchell was in the running for a top three finish right up until the final round before finishing in fourth place.

Nowhere was the influx of Y9 orienteers more obvious than in this grade where the College was represented by no less 2016 CSW COMPETITION than 14 boys, just three of whom were in Y10. It was Junior 1st Felix Williamson great to see so many of 2nd Josh Corry them out there encouraging 4th Finn Mitchell each other to be involved.

Intermediate 4th Edward Twomey I look forward to their Senior 2nd Joseph Lynch continued involvement and 4th Seb Daellenbach development in the sport.

The best and most consistent

performer in the Intermediate Category was Edward Twomey who finished the series in third place. While Edward had done some Orienteering with the College in previous years, he began to take the sport more seriously during 2016 and was certainly encouraged to see his results improve accordingly.

The College offered four competitive orienteers in the senior ranks, more than any other Wellington school. These boys have stuck with the sport and their skills have elevated to such a level that they are now some of the best in the region and, in some cases, challenging the best in the country.

Having won the senior title the previous year, Joseph Lynch had a season long battle for the top spot in the series only to be pipped into second place. Seb Daellenbach should also be commended for

some good results that were enough to see him take fourth spot in the final series standings, despite being young enough to be able to run at intermediate level.

NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS The North Island Championships were held in the Hawkes Bay region.

The highlights from the day one Sprint event included sixth place for Felix Williamson and 20th spot for Josh Corry in the Junior competition, while George Engleback took tenth place in the Senior Boys' competition.

In the long event on day two, Felix enjoyed another outstanding result with fifth place in the Junior competition, Seb Daellenbach took 20th in the Intermediate event and at Senior level the plaudits went to Joseph Lynch for

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Orienteering taking out sixth place.

The Championships concluded with the day three relays where hopes were high considering that we had three high performing athletes in each of the two teams.

First up Josh, Finn Mitchell and Felix did wonderfully well to take second place in an exciting come from behind race. At senior level, the experienced trio of Seb, Joseph and George also took second place in their competition.

In the Sprint Championships on day one, George Engleback had a great result to finish twelth and Joseph Lynch was outstanding to finish fifth.

The following day in the long distance championships, George finished an excellent ninth in his last individual representative outing for the College. However, Joseph managed to better that with a sixth place to round out an excellent individual championships for both of these athletes.

2016 NISS HIGHLIGHTS Individual Felix Williamson, 6th Sprint Junior Josh Corry, 20th Junior George Engleback, 10th Senior Individual Felix Williamson, 5th Long Junior Seb Daellenbach, 20th Intermediate Joseph Lynch, 6th Senior Relays Junior relay team, 2nd Senior relay team, 2nd NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS It has been a pleasure to observe the growth of a number of students through the junior, intermediate and then senior ranks. In 2016, we took our strongest senior team ever to the National Championships.

While the College has talent and depth across all levels, we were missing a number of likely contenders at junior level. A team of seven made the trip to Waikato for the 2016 NZSS Orienteering Championships.

The highlights of the individual championship were all about the senior members of the team.

will perform nationally.

GEORGE ENGLEBACK'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2016 was George’s [pictured below] final year at Wellington College. Without intending to do so, he has done a great service for the sport of Orienteering over a long time. When he arrived at the College in 2012, Orienteering was in its third year on offer at the College and as with all minority sports, was competing for recognition against the more traditional sports.

2016 NZSS HIGHLIGHTS Individual Joseph Lynch, 5th Senior Sprint George Engleback, 12th Senior Individual Joseph Lynch, 6th Senior Long George Engleback, 9th Senior

I am hopeful that in 2017 we can continue to retain boys in the sport and continue to attract healthy numbers at junior level. We will again have a good number of senior boys who are now very experienced orienteers and it is exciting to see how some of them

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Rowing While we had some other orienteers that did well locally during those early years, George’s exploits helped get Orienteering into the consciousness of other students through his results both locally and nationally, inspiring others to give it a go.

George’s mother, Anna Engleback also deserves recognition for her efforts during George’s time at the College. She was instrumental in ensuring that our boys had an opportunity to compete at major national events. Her efforts were greatly appreciated by many boys throughout the last five years.

MR MARK WALLACE, Convenor

2012 CSW Series: 1st Intermediate Championship North Island Schools: 1st Junior Relay North Island Schools: 9th Junior Individual 2013 CSW Series: 1st Intermediate Championship New Zealand Schools: 1st Junior Sprint New Zealand Schools: 2nd Junior Long 2014 CSW Series: 2nd Senior Championship North Island Schools: 6th Intermediate Individual 2015 CSW Series: 3rd Senior Championship North Island Schools: 4th Intermediate Sprint North Island Schools: 6th Intermediate Long New Zealand Schools: 1st Intermediate Long 2016 North Island Schools: 10th Senior Sprint North Island Schools: 2nd Senior Relay New Zealand Schools: 9th Senior Long

Back Row: Second Row: Front Row:

Adam Hill, Peter Te Paa, Cillian Butler, Cameron Hall, George Harding, Zane Goggin, Adam Smith, Josiah Duffield, Ricky Kiddle, Tim Hall, Josh Dray, Edwin Laurenson,Charlie Lynch-Gerrard Edward Dunne, Ben Laurie, Ben Ross, James Dunne, Fergus Murray, Harry Beasley, Mathew Johnstone, Andrew Loveard, Thomas Murray, Alex Laurenson, Felix Lowndes, Hayden Rumble Ethan Sampson, Hugo Hibberd, Zach Hough, Ben Strowger-Turnock, Liam Stevens (captain), Henry Horwood Verstappen, Thomas Bramley, Jack Allen-Russell, Caleb Meijer

President's Report The 2015-16 Rowing season been a truly wonderful year for our Club.

There have been the obvious successes on the water with five A Finals, four B Finals, one C Final, one D Final, and medals including a Gold and a Bronze at Maadi, along with solid performances at the other North Island Regattas.

It has been a pleasure in sharing the successes of our various squads from novice to seniors, not just in the results achieved, but the improvement in the quality of rowing.

Although I am very proud of what the rowers and coxswains have achieved, I am equally proud of what has gone on behind the scenes to make this all happen.

The countless early morning starts, massive food bills, and keeping the boys organised so that studies didn’t fall behind could not have happened without their parents.

We always say at the 'Welcome to Rowing' function - Rowing is not for the faint hearted (not just the athletes) but the families that support them as well. Even though it is the rowers who are

the 'members' of the Club, it is their entire families who are part of our team.

As a Club, we have come together as a group of families united in our goal of maximising enjoyment and performance. What I am particularly happy with is the evolving culture of our Club we are striving for it to be less hierarchical and hard to 'break in to', to be more inclusive. However, we must continue to build on this - that is where we rely heavily on the returning rowers and their parents, to encourage and make welcome new members to our Club.

To our coaches Max, Sean, Kerry,

Brook, Jack, and Robbie - they are a sports clubs 'dream team', level headed but inspirational. They have extracted the best from our boys while maintaining respect, and their organisational skills are without fault. Their skills on and off the water are a huge part of the developing culture we now have. We are very grateful that the core coaching group is staying on to build on this year’s success, and that is already started with a strength and conditioning programme through winter.

Anne Harbutt, Edwina Hough, Lyn Moore, Kaye Kiddle and Sam Murray have transformed the catering side of our Club - the hours of organisation and

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Rowing preparation they have put in are now locked in. We have a solid database of meals, quantities, shopping lists that means we are not starting from scratch each regatta.

Thanks must also be given to John Verstappen, Grant Kiddle, Barry Hall and Bruce Shelley who have ensured our gear is in tip top shape. These gentlemen have been the unsung heroes of the Club, quietly ensuring all is well with our kit. We have just refurbished Trappits and Joy so currently our entire fleet is in excellent condition. We continue to budget for an ongoing maintenance programme.

There are two families I would like to make special mention of - the Toovey Family - Lucas left Wellington College to finish school at Mount Aspiring College, and it was really great to catch up with him at the Maadi Cup. Lucas medalled at Maadi (and although not officially on the table) I think Wellington College can claim part of that medal. He was awarded a trial for the South Island squad based on his season's performance.

Lucas’ father, Chris Toovey has been a quiet force behind the scenes with some practical advice and skill in gear maintenance.

It was not uncommon for Chris to be towing something be it a coaching boat or the food trailer.

Logistics Lisa is one of those rare people you can just rely on to get it right. Stuff just happens, and Lisa makes sure of it. The organisational skills put in to coordinating parent help, transport, and accommodation were truly impressive.

Thank you Lisa and Chris for your endless energy these past two years.

Edwina Hough has done a fine job taking over the transport side of things, and we are extremely pleased that Julie Gerrard is stepping up to take on the remaining logistics duties for the coming season.

The other family I want to acknowledge is the Wilkins Family - Sam and Ben have both been members of WCRC, with Sam as a former Club Captain, Maadi medallist, and now going on to represent NZ Universities this year.

Kerry has given up countless hours for our sons as a coach, and as a valued colleague for the other coaches. Kerry has been a vital link with our co-Club Star.

Kerry’s skills are particularly to the fore at the regattas, ensuring our boys are at the right place, right time in the right boat.

Amanda has been a prominent person of Wellington College Rowing these past six years.

Setting up the website, getting

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our accounts on to Xero, and more recently as Convener. Amanda remains a key link between the Club and the College with her role in the Sports Department. A lot of our institutional knowledge is with Amanda, and she has been instrumental in WCRC successfully obtaining several grants.

our own boat trailer this year has been a tremendous advance for our Club. We need to be nimble, chasing the flat water to keep up the results that we have. This coming year we have a fundraising programme in place, having our own coaching boat and trailer is the next goal.

Amanda has stepped off the committee at the end of this past season, however we felt it was appropriate that we recognised the tremendous contributions that Kerry and Amanda have made by making them both Life Members of the Club.

The College’s on-going support is essential to the recognition and promotion of the Club within the College. In particular, we have strong advocates for us in Roger Moses as Headmaster and Patron of the Club. Dave Keat and Amanda Wilkins will continue to be the vital operational connection between the Club and College and we are grateful for their input.

I want to thank our Committee: Anne, Mark, John, Edwina, Bridget, Julie, Kaye, Scott and Liam - you are a great team, and a pleasure to work with. Some of you have become great friends.

The existing committee has all indicated they are happy to continue into the coming season which is wonderful.

Where to next – what does 2016 - 2017 hold?

There are some changes to College Sport, driven by the school board regarding how sport is governed and we are work closely with the Sports Department to ensure we can continue to perform to the highest level.

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Finally, to the boys. I’m incredibly proud of all of you. You are a fine group of young men and have represented yourselves, your parents, and your school with great pride. You are the core of what could grow to be a significant legacy to Wellington College Sport. With the results we have been seeing, there is no reason to think we cannot continue to build on that success.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.

See you next season ANDREW MURRAY, President

Overview from the Coach I want to note first of all the efforts of all those on the committee, President Andrew Murray and committee members Mark Loveard, John Moore, Kaye Kiddle, Anne Harbutt and Edwina Hough.

We are very lucky at the Wellington College Rowing Club (the Rowing Club) to have a highly functional and supportive committee that undertakes and completes its core functions well.

This makes it so much easier for the coaches to get on with the job of coaching and getting the best out of the rowers.

I would also like to thank everyone else who contributed greatly to the success of the season and in particular Lisa Toovey, Amanda Wilkins, Grant Kiddle, Barry Hall, John Verstappen, Lyn Phillips and Kimberley Bramley.

I also note that it is important to note the effort and commitment that everyone involved with the Rowing Club puts into its running and its success. In Wellington where the weather, the access issues, the water conditions and the constant need to travel to compete and train make the season a difficult and tiring one to navigate at times. It literally needs everyone to be on board and contributing positively for any rowing club to be successful. It is a real tribute to all involved with the Rowing Club, therefore, that we have been able to have the success that we have had over the last couple of seasons.

In terms of how the season went,

it is gratifying to note that the boys had very consistent success throughout the year with Wellington College being far and above the dominant boys rowing programme in the Wellington region but also right up there with any of the boys school rowing programmes in the New Zealand.

This is evidenced by our results at the NZSS Rowing Championships (Maadi).

Throughout the season, nearly all of the boys at the Rowing Club were in crews which made A Finals at the Karapiro regattas and with many challenging there for medals and ultimately winning medals and other events throughout the season.

Special mention needs to be made of the boys who went to Maadi this past April. This is the most important regatta on our season's calendar and it was gratifying to see that the U15, U16, U17 and U18 Quad crews all made the A final and with the U17 Quad winning the A final and the U18 Quad coming third in their A Final. This represents great consistency across the whole rowing programme and it

is pertinent to note that no other school managed this feat.

Special mention should be made of the boys who won the U17 Quad and who backed up to come third in the U18 Quad as well. These boys were the winners of the U17 Quad the year after winning the U16 Quad at Maadi. This is a great testament to the work ethic and determination of those boys and the squad as a whole.

I would like to expressly acknowledge all of the coaches who put in such sterling effort on behalf of the Rowing Club this past season. I can honestly say that it was a credit to all of the coaches, and in fact all concerned that this season was as enjoyable as it was and ultimately as successful as it was. Throughout the entire season, and especially at regattas, we were organised, disciplined and competitive across the whole range of age groups and categories we competed in and we did it with a sense of humour and very good grace indeed.

So to Jack, Robbie, Sean, Brook and Kerry for your good humour and most of all your commitment and hard work. Thank you.

I also want to mention the contribution of Liam Stevens, the Rowing Club Captain this past season. I think it’s fair to say that all of us within the Rowing Club appreciated Liam’s efforts in this regard. Liam did a great job as Club Captain this past season and I know that all of the coaches and the committee appreciate the way he continually stepped up to the mark throughout the season.

Finally, the old saying in relation to the raising of children which is that it takes a village to raise a child is very pertinent here. To have a successful rowing season it takes a huge commitment from everybody involved, the rowers, the coaches, the parents, the committee members, maintenance crews etc. It’s a mammoth undertaking and a credit to all concerned at the Rowing Club that we not only come out of the rowing season with our sanity still intact, mostly, but as has proven to be the case, with also significant successes.

Thank you.

MAURICE MAXWELL

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Rowing FINALS - NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, KARAPIRO FEBRUARY 2016 Boys U17 Single Sculls: B Strowger-Turnock A Final: placed 8th (7:45.65) Boys U15 Double Sculls: G Harding, T Murray A Final: placed 8th (7:42.71) Boys U18 Coxless Pair Oars: C Moore, A Loveard A Final: placed 6th (7:05.38) Boys U16 Coxed Quad Sculls R Kiddle, J Duffield, Z Hough, Z Goggin + L Stevens A Final: placed 5th (6:43.07) Boys U18 Coxed Quad Sculls: H Beasley, A Loveard, C Moore, F Murray + L Stevens A Final: placed 4th (6:24.22) Boys U18 Novice Coxed Eight: H Hibbert, J Bahr, H HorwoodVerstappen, B McHardy, F Lowndes, E Laurenson, J Dunne, A Laurenson + B Ross A Final: placed 7th (6:48.78) Boys U16 Double Sculls: R Kiddle, J Duffield A Final: placed 8th (7:19.78) Boys U15 Coxed Quad Sculls: B McHardy, T Murray, G Harding, T Hall + L Stevens A Final: placed 8th (7:36.01)) Boys U18 Lightweight Double Sculls: F Murray, H Beasley A Final: placed 7th (7:14.78) Boys U17 Coxed Quad Sculls: H Beasley, A Loveard, C Moore, F Murray + L Stevens A Final: placed 2nd (6:38.27) Boys U15 Coxed Octuple Sculls: W Hausmann, C Butler, B McHardy, C Lynch-Gerrard, C Meijer, B Laurie, H Rumble, E Dunne + E Sampson A Final: placed 7th (7:26.58)

RESULTS NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, MAADI CUP, LAKE RUATANIWHA, APRIL 2016 (A AND B FINALS) Boys U15 Double Sculls: A Smith, T Murray A Final: placed 4th (7:45.91) Boys U18 Coxless Pair Oars: H Horwood Verstappen, T Bramley B Final: placed 5th (7:43.23) Boys U16 Coxed Quad Sculls: R Kiddle, J Duffield, Z Hough, Z Goggin + L Stevens A Final: placed 8th (7:12.89) Boys U18 Lightweight Coxed Four: M Johnson, T Bramley, Z Hough, Z Goggin + J Dunne B Final: placed 4th (7:19.21) Boys U18 Coxed Quad Sculls: H Beasley, C Moore, A Loveard, F Murray + L Stevens A Final: placed 3rd (6:37.47) Boys U18 Coxed Four: M Johnson, B Strowger-Turnock, H Horwood Verstappen, T Bramley + J Dunne B Final: placed 5th (7:11.56) Boys U16 Double Sculls: R Kiddle, J Duffield B Final: placed 2nd (7:30.96) Boys U15 Coxed Quad Sculls: A Smith, T Murray, G Hardin, T Hall + J Dunne A Final: placed 7th (7:06.70) Boys U17 Coxed Quad Sculls: H Beasley, C Moore, A Loveard, F Murray + L Stevens A Final: placed 1st (6:30.77)

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Rowing ROWING SQUADS: 2015-2016 Senior: H Horwood Verstappen, L Stevens, H Beasley, T Bramley, M Johnson, A Loveard, C Moore, F Murray, B Strowger-Turnock Coxswains: L Stevens, J Dunne, E Sampson, C Cunningham, B Ross Junior: J Allen-Russell, D Ash (to Feb 2016), T Barber, J Dray, J Duffield, J Dunne *, Z Goggin, C Hall, T Hall, G Harding, A Hill, Z

Hough, R Kiddle, T Murray *, E Sampson *, A Smith, P te Paa

Novices: J Bahr, C Butler, C Cunningham *, E Dunne, W Hausmann, H Hibbert, M Horwood-Verstappen, A Laurenson, E Laurenson, F Lowndes, B McHardy, B Laurie, C Lynch-Gerrard, C Meijer, B Ross *, H Rumble

HONOURS AWARDS:2015-2016 Novice Rower of the Year: Thomas Murray U16 (Junior): Ricky Kiddle Peter Taylor Cup for Best Performer Connor Moore U17: Noel Lynch Memorial Cup for Henry Horwood Verstappen Senior Rower: Best Erg Time: Connor Moore Team Member of the Year: Edward Dunne

* Previously/current coxswain and novice rower

Gold Medal Winners: (L-R): Harry Beasley, Connor Moore, Andrew Loveard, Fergus Murray and Liam Stevens (Coxswain and Club Captain).

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Rugby The 2016 season saw Wellington College Rugby have ten teams competing, and as you will read, all were highly competitive sides. They were assisted by our Director of Rugby, Mr Lincoln Rawles. He has helped develop a rugby curriculum and facilitate greater consistency between all teams. All teams were given access to a strength and conditioning coach, while the numbers at academy sessions increased.

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Rugby At the annual Black and Gold awards, we recognised the Sopoaga family for their amazing contribution to Wellington College.

We are certainly going to miss them! Four brothers who all captained the 1st XV will be hard to replicate.

Congratulations also to the 1st XV for winning the Wellington College Team of the Year award. It was very well deserved.

There were nearly fifty The International Development volunteers who actively supported Programme continued to grow with the Club. Thank you to each and every mainly Japanese students staying with us for coach, manager and volunteer for your efforts, two-week and 16-week stays. Thank but special thanks should go to our Some of the Sopoaga Family (L-R): Lene, Vaseti, Lima and Toka. you to all whanau who hosted them and outgoing Chairman, Mr David Forster. to those who volunteered to help them The inordinate amount of time he enjoy their visit. has given over the past seven years has been exceptional. This year, he was recognised Thank you to all of our sponsors including with the Outstanding Contribution to Fuji Xerox for their ongoing support of WCRFC award. We welcome Mr Andrew the 1st XV and for the new electronic Sturgeon who has taken on the scoreboard; Old Boys University Chairmanship this year.

RFC for supporting the Director of Rugby role, support for 1st 2017 is shaping up to be a very XV caps and warm up jerseys; exciting year for the Rugby Club.

Cape Physio’s on site facilities We will be hosting the National for all players and for providing U15 Tournament during Winter a physio for 1st XV matches; NZ Tournament Week and the Uniforms for sponsoring team touring British and Irish Lions gear; the Village Goldsmith and are booked in to use our facilities.

Wellington College Old Boys' Adding in the 150th Celebrations Association for their continuing and the normal excitement of the financial support. local competitions, I hope that we will see many former players and supporters Our main fundraising event was a return to the College to celebrate with us. fascinating evening with former All Black's Coach, John Mitchell, Referee, Jaco Peyper, I also hope that the various season reports which Hurricanes Coach, John Plumtree, Old Boy and current follow, provide enjoyable reading.

Hurricane, Reg Goodes, and Referee, Shaun Veldsman. Thanks to Dallas and Karla Paotonu for running a wonderful night. Thanks also to MR PETER MAITLAND, Rugby Convenor Paul Smith for organising the Chasing Great movie night.

Wellington College Rugby experienced a resurgence in the 2016.

Five teams (1st XV, 3rd XV, U80s U15 Black and the U55As) deservedly qualified for the their respective finals while two teams (2nd XV and the U15As ) were unfortunate to get knocked out at the semi-finals stage.

Some notable highlights leading into the finals were the dominance of the 3rd XV in Premier 5 and the character which the young U15 Black team displayed throughout the season. The 1st XV showed tremendous grit to win Premier 1 and make the Hurricanes finals, ultimately losing to the Top 4 finalists, Hastings Boys' High School. The U55As complete demolition of all opposition in their grade was par excellence, amassing 611 points on attack and only conceding 48 points in their ten competition games this year. This is a team that played with tremendous passion and has a great deal of talent which bodes well for the future.

At the National Tournaments, the U15A side, that has been improving all year, placed a creditable tenth. In doing so, they beat St Patrick’s (Town), that won the local competition, which was a great effort. The U14 team, a composite side selected late in the season, put in some brave performances, but were beaten by teams that have played together all season. They will have learnt a great deal and will be better U15 players for the experience next season.

Post finals, the 'Jimmy Lawler Trophy' exchange continues to be a fantastic season closer for teams that only play in the Wellington

competition. The 3rd XV, U15 Black, U80s and the Weight Restricted 65/55 team won the Trophy against Palmerston North Boys' High School three games to one. The 2nd XV closed their season with a hard fought 24-13 loss against Peterhouse Boys' School, a Zimbabwean touring school team. Thanks to all the families who welcomed these young men into their homes and showed them wonderful New Zealand hospitality.

Congratulations to the following players who were selected for the following representative teams: NZ Schools' Barbarian NZ Schools' Camp Hurricanes Schools Wellington U18s

Naitoa Ah Kuoi Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Reece Plumtree Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Reece Plumtree Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Qualen Asi, Reece Plumtree, Adrian Seumanufagai, Toka Sopoaga, Stone Warren-Robinson Wellington U16A Michael Heyworth, Ish Perkins-Banse, Taine Plumtree Wellington U16 Development Ben Murphy Wellington U13 (U65kg) Ollie Lau Young This is talented group of players who will no doubt make a significant impact on the Wellington rugby scene for years to come.

MR LINCOLN RAWLES, Director of Rugby

Individual Awards MVP

BEST TEAM PLAYER

MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER

CAPTAIN

Alex Blacktop

Andrew Latta

Oliver Hall

Matt Edwards and Alex Blacktop

Harry Jones

Lachie Bruce

George Murray

Ben Laurie

Jack Wayman

Oliver Michie

Lachie Krebs

Leo Williams

U65A

Thomas Murray

Ciaran Cook

Tom Fischer

Tom Bell

U80A

Kenshiro Ueno

Jack Walton-France

Arun Betty

Sam Edlund

U15 Black

Adam Smith

Dan Hoare

George Nepia

George Nepia

U14 - Player of the Tournament

Josh Williams

U15A

Elijah Siaosi

Koloa Aisake

Reuben Puckey

Marino Doyle

3rd XV

Taine Forster

Elijah Logologo

Caleb Robson

Taine Forster

2nd XV

Fergus Murray

Laurence Lim

Stefan Swartz

George Nesus-Stainton

1st XV

Naitoa Ah Kuoi

Adrian Seumanufagai

Tokahiere Sopoaga

Tokahiere Sopoaga

TEAM U55 Black U55A U65 Black

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Rugby Awards INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: The International Player Trophy is for the stand out international student.

Awarded to: Shin Kosaka (U15 Black and U14 Tournament team) THE KICKERS TROPHY: The Kickers trophy is for the Club player who consistently demonstrates effective and accurate kicking in a range of kicking techniques including shots at goal, touch finding, kicking for territory, attacking kicks, restarts and drop goals. It was donated by the Ware Family in 2016.

Awarded to: Taine Forster (3rd XV) ANDREW DUNN MEMORIAL CUP: Andrew played Fullback for the 2A (now U80As) team in 1990. He was a dedicated and committed member of the team. Tragically, Andrew died in a motor vehicle accident two years after leaving Wellington College. The Andrew Dunn Memorial Cup was first presented in 1995. It is awarded to the U80As player who has shown the same sort of dedication and commitment to the team.

Awarded to: Sam Edlund

Back Row: Second Row: Front Row:

THE WCRFC TEAM OF THE YEAR 2016 • U55A Sam Waayer (Student Coach), Bryn Jones, Cody Hornsby, Oli Black, Ollie Lau-Young, Kaleb McDonald, Lachie Bruce, Joe McDonald (Coach) Mr Rob Corliss (Coach), Sam French, Owen Garrett, Harry Jones, George Murray, Jack Smith, Zenith Matthews, Eddie Martin Jacob Braakhuis, Aaron Rothmets, Alex Laurenson, Ben Laurie, Ben Ross, Alex Kendall, Angus Cooper

WELLINGTON COLLEGE CLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR This award is presented to a player whose actions on and off the field exemplify the strong character that all members of the Club should aspire to.

It is clear that the recipient has immense pride in the school and plays his rugby with true passion. He served his team playing wherever they needed him, and served this Club coaching a junior team. He led on the field as a Vice-Captain and led at school as a Prefect.

The Wellington College Rugby Club Player of the Year is: Gus McPherson LEFT: Mr Dave Loveridge (Old Boys' University RFC), Gus McPherson (Club Player of the Year), Mr Lincoln Rawles (Director of Rugby)

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JAMES CHURCHWARD MEMORIAL CUP: James was a member of the 1st XV for two years. In 1989, he was vice-captain of the 1st XV. James went on to represent Wellington at U19 and U21 level. In 1991, he was selected for the Wellington B team and was later named a reserve for the Wellington A team. James died tragically late in 1991. The James Churchward Memorial Cup was first presented in 1992. It is awarded to the player leaving school who is most likely to achieve higher honours.

Awarded to: Reece Plumtree

WELLINGTON COLLEGE CLUB HEADMASTER’S MEDAL: Established as a new award in 2015, it is engraved with ‘Lumen accipe et imperti'. It is awarded to recognise the Rugby Club Volunteer of the Year.

The recipient and Wellington College student combined playing for the 3rd XV with volunteering to coach the U 65kg B team. He has been a dedicated and enthusiastic contributor to the Rugby Club.

Awarded to: Hamish Webster ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE 1st XV - Wellington College's Sports Team of the Year for 2016.

The 1st XV played 20 games this season, winning 15 and losing five.

They won all of their traditional fixtures.

The 1st XV’s season came to an end against Hastings Boys' High School in the Hurricanes Final. Successes were: • Hurricanes Regional Finalists • Winners of the Wellington Weltec Premier 1 Competition • Winners of the Williment Trophy • Winners of the Traditional Shield versus St Patrick’s College (Town) • Winners of the Ken Gray Trophy versus St Patrick’s College (Silverstream) • Winners of the Heron Cup Traditional versus Rongotai College • Winners of the Amner Trophy versus Napier Boys’ High School • Winners of the Steve Letica Trophy versus Old Boys’

University Rugby Club • Winners of the Annual versus Christchurch Boys High School They were coached by Messrs Greg Sharland, Lincoln Rawles, Alex Taimalietane and managed by Mr Pete Maitland.

Rugby Reunion 71 Years’ On It was a special reunion for Morrie Deterte [Class of 1945] and Roy Sinclair at the Wellington College and St Patrick’s (Silverstream) traditional this year. The two were opposing captains 71 years ago.

Roy captained Silverstream in 1945 when the team drew with Wellington College 15 - all.

Remarkably, the Wellington Captain from that 1945 match, Morrie Deterte - came out to Silverstream to watch his old school win 29-26 in 2016.

Roy and Morrie were guests of the 1st XV for their pre-match luncheon in preparation for the 84th 1st XV traditional Wellington College match.

Fellow Old Boy, Keith Quinn [Class of 1964],

welcomed the two former Captains and acknowledged their commitment to their old schools.

In late October, Headmaster, Roger Moses hosted Morrie and members of his family including sons, Wayne [Class of 1969] and Ian [ Class of 1977] and grandson Finlay [Class of 2011] to mark the occasion of Morrie’s 90th Birthday.

Members and staff of the College’s 1st XV also attended and presented Morrie with a 1st XV jersey and at the same time, acknowledged his side-line support to the Rugby Club for over 70 years.

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Rugby of positions that they could play well at this level. We had good experienced players, with more than half the team having played at least one season playing the premiership, while the young guys offered their enthusiasm and energy. This was just what the team needed when injuries threatened to slow our progress to the top.

Anything for the Brotherhood was the catchphrase for this team.

This helped with selection with so many players covering more than one position. After Quadrangular Tournament, we were two hookers down by the time we played the local competition final games, relying on our fourth and fifth hookers while still competing at lineouts and eventually scrums.

This is also where Reece Plumtree excelled, probably most at home

Back Row: Third Row: Second Row: Front Row:

1ST XV Callum Watts-Pointer, Sam Green, Reece Plumtree, Taine Plumtree, Oliver Dawson, La'au Finau Ben Murphy, Bronson Aiono, James Watkins, Cam Robinson, Noaese Foaitua, Michael Heyworth, Connor Fuli, Oliver Paotonu Mr Alex Taimalietane (Coach), Dylan Meek, Ishmael Perkins, Qualen Asi, Tom Hoskin, Adrian Seumanufagai, Stone WarrenRobinson, Qori Gucake, Mr Peter Maitland (Manager) Mr Greg Sharland (Coach), Mellenniumma Leota, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Tokahirere Sopoaga (Captain), Gus McPherson, Joshua Morgan-Ranui, Mr Lincoln Rawles (Coach)

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“One out of the bag” It took some time for the 2017 season to get going. Such is the impact of the overlapping summer and winter codes. This makes it difficult to develop combinations through the early preseason games. Also, while many players were fitter than previous years, others still had a lot of work to do to reach the standard to consistently compete at the top end of the competition.

When the team came together

at the Camp at Orongorongo Station in Wainuiomata, the unit swung into action. The camp proved to the perfect experience to bring the team together to face the challenges ahead. They set the standards that their performance could be judged and improved upon throughout the season. The extra sessions were locked in to improve the fitness and skills. Many thanks to the Absolom family for allowing us the opportunity experience life on the coast for a couple of days.

Game by game, the team developed into a formidable

Quality leadership was the key to the level of improvement that this team achieved. This team had number of good leaders who spurred the team on, held them together when they were under the pump or gave them a lift when they were down. Ultimately it was the positive influence of the leadership group that helped to win the clinch matches that made our season.

composure in the closing minutes of the final was immense. Backing him up were two outstanding lieutenants. Naitoa Ah Kuoi’s reliability around the field but particularly at line-out time and restarts provided stability and confidence to the team performance. Gus McPherson’s all round leadership on and of the field was outstanding and there is no doubt the team was stronger with #Gusfactor week in and week out.

Captain, Tokahiere Sopoaga set the commitment benchmark early in preseason training and his

Another strength of the team was the mix of players we had and their versatility across a range

attacking and defensive unit.

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at fullback with more room to run. However he played as many games at centre, where he demonstrated an excellent array of skills and kicked the winning penalties in the final.

THE DEEDS OF THE 2017 Wellington College 1st XV will be remembered for their grit and determination, for the way in which they came together, the pride they had for their team and school. Their attitude in defence was testimony to this in that they only conceded five tries in the Wellington College Premier One competition and the opposition failed to cross the line in the last in four games of that competition. The progress they made throughout the season was spectacular but ultimately not enough to overcome a ruthless Hastings side in the Hurricane

OPPONENT Old Boys' University [Steve Letica Cup] Hastings Boys' High School Tu Toa School Palmerston North Boys' High School Napier Boys' High School [Amner Trophy] Gisborne Boys' High School Wairarapa College [Premier One] St Patrick's College (Town) [Traditional Shield] St Patrick's College (Silverstream) [Traditional: Ken Grey Trophy] Christchurch Boys' High School [Annual] Rongotai College [Traditional and Heron Cup] Scots College [Premier One] Wanganui Collegiate School [Quadrangular Tournament] Christ's College [Quadrangular Tournament] St Bernard's College [Premier One] Viard College [Premier One] WBD Wairarapa College [Premier One] St Patrick's College (Town) [Premier One] Napier Boys' High School [Hurricanes Schools'] Hastings Boys' High School [Hurricanes Schools']

schools playoffs who dismantled a magnificent end-of-season run.

It has been a privilege to coach a side that has been so passionate about their Rugby and their school. We wish our leavers every success in the teams they are involved in the future. For those returning, I hope you can use the lessons learned in 2017 to inspire you even greater things in 2018.

Cape Physio and their team, led by Mike did a fantastic job keeping the lads on the track over the long season. Your professionalism and friendship is much appreciated.

To the management team, it was refreshing to have Alex Taimalietane from OBU on board with his dedication and love of the game which definitely rubbed off on the players. Many thanks to Mr Peter Maitland who after four seasons will be taking a welldeserved break. Your work behind the scenes to keep this machine rolling throughout the season is very much appreciated. Mr Greg RESULT W L W L W L W W W W W W W W W W W W W L

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Sharland was the mastermind behind the Wellington College attack which proved to be a handful for all opponents in 2017.

None of this would be possible without the strong support of the players’ families getting the boys to games and keeping them fit and healthy. A special thanks to our sponsors: Fuji Xerox, The Village Goldsmith, Cape Physio, WCOBA and Old Boys' University Rugby Club. Without your support the tasks the players and management face would be so much harder.

MR LINCOLN RAWLES, Coach

OPPONENT 10 33 0 35 19 31 0 16 26 10 5 6 8 19 0 0 0 9 31 40

Played 20 Won 15 Lost 5 Points For 514 Points Against 492

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Rugby Captain's Report The Wellington College 1st XV set about the 2016 season with a fresh approach. Most teams at the start of the season come up with the goals and ambitions to be the best team in Wellington.

While the team were keen to do well, at the beginning of the season, we focused more on the values we wanted to live by both on and off the field. Our values were: 1) The "Hoorah" attitude - play and train with pride and passion to have courage to be honest, hardworking and committed 2) "Brotherhood" It’s all about the brothers, those who have gone before, those that will play in the future, those school mates on the sidelines and the ones beside you, 3) "Earn" you have to earn everything, which included your jersey, respect from team-mates and coaches. 4) "1%" You have to do all the little things right, like eating right before games to learning the calls and doing your best in simple catch and pass drills etc.

These helped us to win critical games such as the St Patrick's (Town) traditional played at home.

It was a game where we would see whether we could win against a team that won the previous year. It was a very intense game, very messy and no complete performance. Holding Town out to one try and two great tries by second-five Stone WarrenRobinson and centre Reece Plumtree sealed the win and saw the shield return home after being in Town’s hands for three long years.

Another key game of the season was the Quadrangular final at Christ’s College against Christ’s College. This was our first "final" of the season. We came up a against very organised and wellrounded team. While we had a few injuries in our team, we were able to remodel the team to put a strong unit on the field. All of the Christ’s College students were on the sidelines at the game which created a great atmosphere to play rugby. The field was in great

condition and it was the best day to play. It was an intense 70 minutes of rugby.

Neither side gave an inch and both teams put everything on the line. With every rugby game there must be a winner and a loser and unfortunately we were unable to get the win on this occasion. It was a very memorable game with Christ’s College being in the final and winning on their home field for the first time in many years.

It was also good for our guys to experience the pressure of finals footy. The most important game for the team was the Wellington Premiership Final against St Patrick's (Town). The reigning champs coming up against us were undefeated the whole season against all Wellington teams. The game was televised and felt like the whole of Wellington was there. It was the most intense game I have played.

We lost our way in the first half but lucky for our unbreakable defence, we held them out to a tryless score the whole game.

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Rugby either team with all the points coming from penalties. As the clock was ticking down and the score tied at 9-9, Gus "Maddog" McPherson got us a penalty and Reece Plumtree kicked the winning goal. This meant we were the best team in Wellington.

All the hard work, training, preparation all came to this very moment for us to win and write our own history. We weren't the best team or the flashiest team but we were a team that grinded out our wins.

Cheers to the Coaches and Management, Messrs Lincoln Rawles, Greg Sharland, Alex Taimalietane and Peter Maitland.

It was great to have Alex on board the coaching staff this year. He made a big impact with the lads.

To the boys, thanks for the best season I've ever had so far. To those leaving Wellington College, I am sure you will agree this was a season to remember. From climbing up 'Mount Doom' at our camp, to doing fitness at trainings and then winning Prem 1. We had our ups and downs, but I wouldn't have it any other way. We made lifelong memories and lifelong friendships. To all those players returning or wanting to be in 1st XV, I wish you the best year in 2017. Lumen accipe et Imperti.

Tokahiere Sopoaga

3rd XV Club Day marked the beginning of the season and the weather turned it on for the traditional first up hit-out against our old foe, St Patrick's (Town)on the Wellington College turf.

Strong performances from several individuals, including a very rampant Etano Moananu with ball in hand, ensured that we closed out a tough encounter 7-5. It also indicated a positive attitude among the players who held on against a valiant Town combined team.

For our first grading game, we were left thinking - what a difference a week can make, and we found ourselves down convincingly 50-7 on our number 2 ground, again against a Town combined team who were desperate to make amends from the previous week’s loss.

The importance of attending trainings and developing cohesion amongst each other was starting to become apparent and communication about availability each week needed to be sharper. Our final grading game was almost a decider against a resurgent, but settled Town 4th XV who had some talent out wide and some real size up front. The boys rallied tremendously in the second half after finding themselves down 22-0 at the break. Some classy plays from Taine Forster and a strong defensive effort from Elijah Logologo and McKay Finlay bought us home to be eventual winners 33-22 and our fitness looked good. Taine’s deft touches and sensible decisions, not to mention reliable kicking solved

our problem of captaincy and he was awarded the role of skipper.

Our first official game found ourselves away to a mysterious Wainuiomata 2nd XV who we knew little about. It was raining in the valley and we resorted to a tight, forward dominating approach to the game. This suited us nicely, with several players including Carlos Tia and Eden Singe laying down a solid platform to out-muscle Wainui on set piece moves. David Ash’s lineout capabilities would prove hugely valuable as the game and season continued, and we closed out a convincing 37-7 victory with the catalyst starting with the flying Brandon Absalom’s left wing run on the cut from thirty out to a wonderfully deserved try.

Game two bought us out to sunny Otaki where we played a committed, fit and skilful team on a beautiful playing surface at the Otaki Domain. Otaki College played sensible rugby and counteracted our size by moving the ball laterally with some fine distribution among the backs. Our fitness waned towards the end and we succumbed a 10-0 lead at half time through poor decisionmaking and getting pushed off the ball. The final score was 17-15 and we had been exposed.

A more structured game plan along with fitness needed to be implemented.

Our first official game at home had us against Town's 3rd XV and we knew what we were up against. They proved disorganised and we capitalised with an excellent win (58-7) where Eden Singe, William Johnston, Heta Kaka and David

Ash provided a strong platform to let our backs flourish in open space. Elijah Logologo and Zayden Wineera proved a handful with strong, straight running and Hilmi Halim finished moves with flair. Filemoni Sului also used his size and aggression with some powerful bustling runs around the rucks. The team was starting to believe in themselves and the consistent tackling practice and fitness during trainings was definitely improving.

Game four had us on the road again against a fancied HIBS 2nd XV. The boys played an expansive and open game to expose HIBS weak defence and we came away with a big victory 63-7. Standout performances from Luke Boyd who fetched everything at his new found position of number seven and strong forward running and set piece foundations from Logan Siaosi and Filemoni overpowered HIBS. Cahon Holden was his mercurial best at the back, linking well with Elijah Logologo, Hamish Webster and Taine Forster to beat players with a turn of pace and strong running.

The team was really gathering momentum and the boys were playing for each other. The team culture was developing nicely and the players were starting to learn each other’s play. We took Kapiti College to the sword and swamped them with rush defence and starved them of the ball. Taine was starting to implement a solid kicking game plan and we were running the ball at appropriate times and cutting opposition backlines to shreds.

Fred Gutenbiel had a strong game, and Xaviar Mauriahoohoo made some fine touches mixed

with strong ball carries to link well with Cahon out wide. Dedicated efforts up front from Caleb Robson and David ensured we dominated their forward pack.

This was an impressive win at home and marked our third in a row. The team was gelling together superbly.

On the road again and our sixth official game was scheduled for Paraparaumu College's 2nd XV. This was a much more physical encounter with both teams quite even up front. Luke proved the difference, securing loose ball effectively and making strong metres up the centre. Luke was a harrier and proved immense in the tight exchanges. Eden proved his value by always challenging for the ball and making some solid runs and tackles. Caleb was effective around the loose and Kazuki also showed silky touches with ball in hand. Xaviar’s ability to play anywhere on the field was brilliant and he didn’t hesitate to jump into prop, showing he is just as devastating in the tight as he is at centre. The 43-0 win was a great victory for us over a wellregarded 2nd XV and the winning attitude had gathered momentum among the players.

Our final round-robin clash had us return home to face a dangerous Hutt Valley High School 2nd XV on our Number 2 ground. Taine executed an excellent game plan and the team strangled HVHS through sensible kicking and accurate set-piece moves. Keeping it simple was the call of the day and the boys were seeing how effective it could be.

HVHS's classy backs were not able to compete and we starved them of possession and ran their

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Luke and Eden were tireless in the loose and David combined with Carlos to coordinate the lineout perfectly and Will’s strong clearing pass helped. Cahon’s huge boot proved more than useful, getting us out of trouble on several occasions. The boys were ecstatic to have made the semi-finals with a 39-0 win and deserved to finish top of the table.

After a long lay-off including mid-year holidays and inclement weather the boys had to reevaluate their goals. We had qualified for the semi-finals but we needed to capitalise on our progress and not waste the success of the season so far. It had been five weeks since we had last played and the boys were getting sick of just training.

An organised friendly game against St Patrick's (Silverstream) almost proved a disaster for our confidence even though we only went down by two tries.

We put this behind us and the team mantra was to keep things positive heading onto Otaki in the semi.

The 1st XV played the curtain raiser to us on our hallowed Number 1 ground and our boys were keen to play well in front

of a big home crowd. Things started evenly with Otaki making their intentions known from the outset. They appeared to be a much improved side but our tackling was relentless and intimidated their inside runners.

Luke was tireless in defence and Xaviar and Tyrique made some telling hits on their forwards.

David won us valuable lineout ball and we were able to free up our speed merchant out wide Hilmi, who dotted down for two classic wingers tries. Eden was his dynamic best in this game and Taine directed our team around the field superbly. This was our most convincing win, and Otaki were left defeated 30-5 after fancying their chances from their victory earlier in the season.

The team was triumphant and was now only one win away from winning the division.

The final had us out at Silverstream to play a resurgent Kapiti team who had disposed of opposition in a similar fashion to us. The boys appeared very nervous in the earlier exchanges and were forcing passes and not playing with confidence. Kapiti rallied with us and managed to outflank us with pace to go over for what would be the winning try. The heavy presence of Kapiti supporters probably swayed the young referee’s decisions

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on occasions but we had our chances throughout the game to capitalise on Kapiti’s mistakes and not to mention a superb piece of strength from Caleb to take the opposition’s ball. Final whistle blew and we found ourselves defeated 17-19. Much respect has to be paid to Kapiti who came back to beat us after we had trounced them by fifty points in the regular season. The final was when it mattered and they bought their A-game to us. It was an exciting final with a high level of rugby on display after the initial nerves settled down.

him all the best and recognise his huge contribution to Wellington College rugby over his committed time at the school.

Our final game was a visit from Palmerston North Boys' High School in the traditional James Lawler Shield where we showed huge guts to come back from a finals loss and a half time deficit to secure a win. It was this game that marked the end for our Y13 players: Carlos Tia, Jayden Patterson, Hamish Webster, Eden Singe proving to be the last time they would wear the Wellington College colours. It was also the final time for Hilmi who heads to his native country to complete military commitments there, we wish him well. To Kazuki and Kan – our Japanese players we wish you all the best back in Japan and thank you for your contribution to the team. Finally, to Taine Forster who developed into a superb captain and we wish

We also want to thank the whole Ash family, the Holden family and all the parents and friends who helped out in any way possible.

It was a brilliant season, with a lot of lifelong learning to be taken away from the final loss. Special thanks have to go to Mr David Ash for his unwavering support and positive influence on the team.

Also, to Mr Dave Forster who was a brilliant manager and organised the team kit well and was a committed supporter of the team also made life for us coaches much easier!

Overall it was an excellent season and would not have been as successful without Mr Rob Wither who was 100% committed at trainings and games and proved an excellent tactical coach and backline facilitator. His role as coach and his knowledge of some of the boy’s backgrounds and temperaments was imperative in building a strong team ethos and getting the boys playing for each other. Our goal is to keep all the boys involved in rugby at some stage and hope they continue to play the game we love.

MR ADRIAN SHAW, Coach

U15 A I think the season is best summed up by saying that it was a season of intense learning for each and every player. The team endeavoured to play a positive style of open and attractive rugby at all times. Occasionally things did tend to fall apart during games, but mostly, when the players concentrated and stuck to the practised structure, success would come. The team generally played their games at higher and more skilled level than their opposition and were able to dominate with better skills, faster pace and had superior fitness.

Our young team embraced the positive culture of the U15 team environment and became very supportive teammates to one another. They were great representatives of the school throughout the year, but especially so, at Tournament, where, they were exemplary representatives of Wellington College throughout the week.

The size of opposition this year was definitely a step up for most players from what they were previously used to playing against previously.

With only two players having experienced U15 last year, it took a while for players to overcome the self-imposed, mental hurdle, of playing against bigger opposition. Every player equipped himself well and the team, as a whole, played skilful, open, quality rugby and endeavoured to push themselves and apply what they were learning off the field during the week into the games

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Jack Howat, Apisaloma Tulua, Flynn Crampton, Tyler Auelua, Esene Moananu, Elijah Siaosi, Geordie Bean Mr Andrew Rich (Coach), Sean Peetz, Elliot Willis, Hugh Morrison, Mitchell Stokes, Toby Cook, Christopher Bramley, Reuben Puckey, Mr David Cournane (Manager) Liam Collett, Patrick Malu, Dom Beaglehole, Marino Doyle (Captain), Jonathan Rich, Riley Fraser, George Sims Koloamatangi Aisake, Jaydin Tiatia

on Saturdays. Players eventually realised, that just because an opposition player or team was bigger, they are often able to be beaten with superior fitness, skill, structure, game sense, attitude and commitment. All facets of the game that our group learned and applied regularly as we found ourselves always smaller than the opposition.

It was pleasing to see that many players were committed to joining a gym this year and undertook extra training outside what the College provides.

This was an important part of the team’s success. It helped foster player camaraderie and enhanced our positive culture and self-motivation. Pparticularly pleasing was the way some of

our more senior and experienced players, helped and supported the juniors with their strength and conditioning and training motivation.

The team was backed up by a dedicated coaching and management group and my sincere thanks must go to Mr David Cournane (aka, DC) for the superb organising and communication throughout the year. I would also like to thank the awesome group of parents and supporters who worked hard with fundraising and supported our team throughout the season. I’d especially like to thank Anna Sims and Ginny Morrison, who, without their drive, determination and commitment to fundraising, our season and end-of-year 'tour'

would not have been as fun and relaxing as it was, because the activities arranged outside rugby time were awesome. A special mention here must go to Anna, (aka, camp mum) on behalf of the team, a very big thank you, you are absolutely awesome!

Although results didn’t quite go the way we had hoped in the local competition, we did make the semi-final play offs, but unfortunately lost another very close game against St Patrick’s (Town) in the last few minutes.

Town went on to deservedly win the competition.

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Rugby U15 B The U15 B Team came a close second to Newlands College in the local competition this year. The season started very well with an away win of 84-7 against Wainuiomata High School and we never looked back from there.

Under 15 A Team

convincingly defeated Town in the playoffs and finally the lads could put some demons to bed. Once again it was our superb discipline and sportsmanship that came to the fore. We stuck to our guns and registered a great win with a total team performance.

The highlight of the year was undoubtedly the National U15 tournament at Massey Rugby Club in Auckland at the beginning of September. This end-of-season tournament sees the top 16 teams from all over New Zealand play six games in five days, in what is a very intense, fun, rugby week.

We had a tough pool, which was always going to be hard. Wesley College, Tauranga Boys' College and Hamilton Boys' High School all featured in last year’s play offs. We took Hamilton to the wire in our first up game, with a narrow 7-0 loss, in a game we had the opportunity to win. This committed, first up performance, typified the teams attitude and set the scene for our remaining games during the week. The lads were determined that they were not going to just lie down and be the easy beats. HBHS later went on that week to play off in the

finals. That shows how close we came.

We had further narrow pool play losses to Wesley and Tauranga, where we we punched well above our weight and played our hearts out. We even got a sniff to win both of these pool games, but it was not to be, only winning bonus points for our efforts.

However, we definitely played the better rugby style and gave their colossal oppositions a real run around. The lads really enjoyed gassing out their big opposition and running in some quality tries. Unfortunately the shorter time games suited the bigger opposition slightly, as they tended to tire towards the end and that was when we were able to dominate most effectively.

With only bonus points in hand we were placed in the plate section.

We then picked up solid wins against both Palmerston North Boys' High School and Town to advance into a playoff for top position in the plate section of 9/10th and a trophy at stake.

Again we were to meet Wesley where, with five minutes remaining we had a solid lead

and control of the game, some might even say that we 'managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory', as Wesley College stormed back with two late tries, and a take out a two point win in the dying seconds.

But although the lads where extremely disappointed at the loss, nobody could have asked for a more committed effort. They emptied the tank and were all completely out on their feet at the end of the game.

We could not have been a more proud team of coaches, managers and supporters as we watched our players perform a rousing and emotional farewell Haka in front of all their supporters. It was a fitting end to a wonderful team and a great week of Rugby.

It was enjoyable and a privilege to coach this team. They are a fine bunch of young Wellington College Rugby men.

On behalf of the coaches, manager, supporters and school, thank you team and we wish you all the best.

ANDY RICH, Coach

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We played ten games this season with six wins, one win by default, one draw and two losses and over the course of those games scored close to 400 points.

As the Coach, I am very proud of the way the team conducted themselves and represented the College both on and off the field.

The team culture was great and the commitment to training (even on Friday afternoons) stemmed from this.

It’s not an easy task running a team with some larger than life year 9, 10 and 11 students but I loved (nearly) every minute of it. I think back to the torrential downpours on the training paddock, fitness punishments and nagging reminders around maturity and behaviour, but they pale in comparison with the overwhelmingly positive aspects of our season.

We had a considerable number of players who were playing their first year of serious rugby and others who have only just started to develop physically. I believe that every individual in this team of young men has the capability to develop into a fine member of the Wellington College Rugby Club if they put in the hard work.

Each player who wants to be part of higher honours at the College must make sacrifices and commit

to the Rugby Academy and/or athletics training or other sports that will help develop the skills and fitness to become better players.

Our local season was characterised by some very good performances followed by ones that were perhaps not as good as they should have been.

Structure was the key factor that contributed to our strong performances and this team had the potential on its day to knock over some tough opposition.

I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t gutted with the close 22-23 result of the final against Newlands College. At the end of the day we were our own worst enemy and we unfortunately made some silly errors at crucial points in the game. However, we shouldn’t let this team, or this season, be defined by that final few seconds of rugby and those measly points. It was an intense final, which is the way finals are meant to be. Learn your lessons from this year and take those experiences into next season.

We certainly finished the season on a high with Tupono Pahi running in too many tries for the coaches to count, Cruz Winter scoring an unbelievable try on the wing (his ‘natural’ position according to him) and some brilliant team play. It was certainly a nice way to flush out the tough loss of that previous weekend.

A huge thank you must go out to my co-coach George Nepia, Manager (and photographer) Richard Quin and finally Pen and Ruth Manase for their contributions to the photo haul as well. Best media team a coach could ever wish for! I also appreciate all the support by parents on the sidelines and behind the scenes.

I would like to thank Captain George Nepia for his fine season at halfback and in acknowledgement of this he received the Most Consistent Player of the Year award. Adam Smith, Tupono Pahi, Joshua Williams, Lujan Manase, Oscar Quin, Dan Hoare, Shin Kosaka,

Caleb Stanley, Iverson MapuSatiu, Rakaia Pahi and Levi Logologo all had outstanding seasons as well. However, in the end only one player could be named Most Valuable and take home the chocolates. Adam Smith received this award for some outstanding team play, leadership and solo tries throughout the season. Dan Hoare also received Best Team Player of the Year for his impressions of Dane Coles on the field and his much valued kicks at goal.

You guys have played some great rugby this year, you've had some fun along the way (sometimes too much), and you just about capped it all off with a win in the finals! Whatever you do - hold your heads high and be proud of what you've achieved. Enjoy the break, let your bodies recover and if you intend to continue playing next year, work hard during the off season and get set for preseason. I look forward to coaching some of you in the future!

MR RYAN GILBERTSON, Coach

U80kg The U80s this year were made up of a group of skilful and competitive rugby players who also liked to have fun while playing. Though at the start of the season numbers were low at practice which led to the future of the team being uncertain. Thankfully we were able to establish a core group of hardworking players that would all contribute greatly to the team.

Fortunately, we also received three Japanese exchange students who joined our team at the start of the season. Yuta Fujimatsu, Kenshiro Ueno and Yasuki Takai took our team to another level and allowed us to win many more games and reach the final. Their contribution combined with the original members of the squad created a team that looked to be one of the strongest in the competition.

This presumption was proved true as we were able to win our games against Wellington High School and Naenae College by at least forty each time. Our games against St Patrick's (Town and (Silverstream B) proved to be more difficult but we were still able to beat them both times that we came up against them. I think that our 20-19 win against Town was one of our season's highlights as it was in front of many of their supporters. We played a hightempo attacking game that tore them apart during some periods of the game. We also matched this with excellent defence that showed that we match teams physically as well as in the skill department. These two elements mixed together allowed us to

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there were some probably tiring and tedious moments throughout the season, you stuck by us till the final, coaching us brilliantly throughout the season. I hope you had as much fun as we did.

We ended up playing Silverstream B in our semi-final. This game was tough as they had improved a lot throughout the season and we even conceded a red card but this seemed to lift our game to a higher level and we ended up as victors 36-12.

SAM EDLUND

Unsurprisingly, we were up against Silverstream A in the final - they who had demolished Town in their semi-final by over 100 points. In the week leading up to the final, we were able to put in two good practices that saw us fully prepared for the task on Saturday. Unfortunately the game didn't turn out how we hoped it would, although we were able to reply to Silverstream's early try in the game to level it up at 7-7.

We were never able to kick on from that and lift our game to the next level. Holes opened up in our defence which led to a flow of tries. Although we were still giving our all it just wasn't enough on the day and Silverstream ended up the deserving winners at 79-12.

Despite this, I would say that we had a very successful season and we were able to come together as a team and ended up winning eight out of our ten roundrobin games, while scoring 354 points in the progress and only conceding 139.

I would like to give a big thank you to our coaches and manager this year: Justin Mace, Ian Tulloch and also Mr Tamua. Although

U65 A kg Sometimes results don’t always tell the whole story of a Rugby season. This year we finished fifth in the competition, but with a little luck, we could easily have gone to the final playoff series. But it was not to be and so we had to settle for fifth place after defeating Scots College at Scots for the third time in the season.

Of the four teams who made the finals, we defeated one comfortably and lost to the other three teams in the last play of each game, something I have never seen before. The difference for us however, was a loss to the bottom ranked team on the first Saturday of the holidays with four of our team away. Up 15-0 and to lose 24-15 cost us any chance of points and was also a factor in us missing the finals.

While that seems like a lot of hard luck stories, to judge a team’s season only on wins and losses is one thing, but the development of our players’ ability to play creative and exciting Rugby still remains a major priority. I would like to think that all of the boys grew as players and learned valuable Rugby skills which they can carry on into their future careers at Wellington College and beyond.

We played a great brand of Rugby and ran the ball a great deal. Our

lineout was dominant and our scrum never beaten. By the end of the season we were very capable tacklers and found our way to the try line more than any other team.

We were the top points scoring team by the end of the season in the entire grade with 319 points for and 164 against from just twelve games. Had there been bonus points awarded for scoring four or more tries, we would have received ten more championship points. That would have been handy.

I would like to thank our Captain, Tom Bell who performed week in and week out at first five eight and was our top points scorer.

He was ably supported by Hugo Hibbert as forward pack leader and Vice-Captain at number 8.

The awards below reflect our choices over the season, but I would like to reflect on the efforts of our Y9 players who will have found this grade challenging as it is a grade dominated by Y11 students.

Our top try scorer was Finlay Tohill with 13 tries over the season, closely followed by a number of other players. I would like to thank our Manager, Mr Kevin Baker for his excellent support and commitment over the season and to Assistant Coach and forward maestro Mr Pete Hausmann. He was able to develop a group of forwards with good technique and old fashioned hard work.

Something that never changes over the generations.

I have thoroughly enjoyed coaching this group of fine young men. I am proud to have been a part of this group and wish them

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MR CHRIS WELLS, Coach

U55 A kg I remember watching the two trials to select the U55A and B teams and being blown away by the calibre and quality of the players. Their skill sets were outstanding, and I commented to friends that the team had the potential to be something special.

It was going to be tough to select an Under 55A team with all that talent. A preliminary squad was selected, and now for the real deal.

In the first match, a traditional against St Patrick's (Town), there was a real sense of anticipation and curiosity as to how we would perform. The Town B team had thrashed our Bs by 50 points in the earlier match, so that lifted levels of anxiety. This was short lived, as the boys completely dominated in every facet of play, producing some scintillating rugby. The forwards dominated the set pieces and laid a platform up front, while the backs scored some brilliant long range tries, demonstrating skill and pace to demoralise the opposition. A great start I thought.

We won 74-7.

Next up was a grading game against traditional arch enemy St Patrick's (Silverstream). Mr Rob Corliss left us under no illusions about the strength of Silverstream, and that this would

be a significant step up.

With ease, they were brushed aside like brussel sprouts at a kid’s birthday party and the result was an emphatic 69-0 hiding.

Looking good I thought. Then our match against Kapiti College was cancelled as they were unable to field a side. Positive news was that they offered to put together a composite U55 and U65 kg team to play mid-week. It was a very tough match. Bigger boys. Hard contact. Physical contest. Despite only playing with about 20% of the pill, we showed tremendous grit and determination, and good old fashioned defence to win 14-12. A real battle. I thought they will learn plenty from that match. The team then backed up that performance with another impressive display overwhelming Hutt Valley High School 74-0.

Four from four, and looking good.

So grading was complete, and Town, Silverstream, St Bernard's, Onslow and Rongotai Colleges were to join us in the Premier A Division. I browsed the results section from the website, and noticed that Silverstream had won other games easily, and likewise Town, and St Bernard’s had looked strong in preseason and were undefeated, but the other two teams we were due to play had lost, so I felt confident that we were looking ominous.

Still, Mr Corliss and Mr McDonald reminded us that other teams would improve. By how much I thought? Can they close the gap?

First up it’s back to a familiar foe - Silverstream. They were once again dispatched with comparative ease, although

the score line didn’t reflect the pressure they applied at times.

We won 60-0. Then another familiar rival - Town. Thanks for coming. 67-0. They left the field dejected thinking what can we do to score against these boys and compete? Then a new fresh team we hadn’t played, Onslow.

In tough conditions, it was a close match, and with the boys missing three players who were off at the National Cross-Country Champs, and being subjected to some interesting interpretations of the law, they dug deep to prevail 44-0.

Still no points scored against us.

As soon as you mention such a record, that old chestnut prevails and inevitably someone does. So it was to be. St Bernard’s scored three tries, and for the first time, our boys were eyeballing the opposition from an unfamiliar place under our own sticks. It was a testing game, with the opposition coaches rather vocal and as a result licking their wounds on the street after having a player red carded. They also had another player cooling his heels with a red card, and one with a yellow. To our credit, we stayed

strong. Although St Bernard’s managed three tries, we scored 15 of our own to convincingly win 85-19. Then the heavens opened up all week, and our match against Rongotai was cancelled.

Now for Round Two. Back to Town for the third time, and a similar outcome. This time 60-0. A good forward battle unravelled, but our backs had too much gas, showing more toe than a Roman sandal to run rampant. Then once again it was Silverstream. There was mutual respect with these boys, and we expected them to rise to the occasion. So they did.

Scoring two tries, and celebrating like they’d won the match, it reminded our boys of what some confidence and self-belief can bring to the opposition. Still, we hung in and won a closer battle 39-12. Only a couple of late tries put the score out of reach. I was certain that we would meet again in the final. How much confidence would they get from this performance I thought? Quite a bit I suspected.

It was then back to St Bernard’s.

I’d heard that their coaches

thought they deserved to beat us in the first round, and that they were hard done by. 85-19 was the score I recollected? Hmm, they must have been unlucky.

So, this match would prove interesting. Well it wasn’t to be.

Demonstrating some sensational rugby, the boys went berserk, and won 105-0. A massive victory.

The score-line would have been even larger had the lads not had some fun with attempts to kick their own conversions. Yes there was the odd wobbly fluke, but more often than not, the only thing in danger were the worms of being toppled over as they popped their heads out of the dirt. All good fun though.

Then it was Rongotai. We hadn’t played them yet, so the boys were looking forward to it. But Rongotai were not. On a bitterly cold day, they decided it was much more appealing to stay home wrapped up in bed, so sadly during a pre-game warm up they defaulted. Bother. We had one more game to prepare for the finals. Unfortunately, Onslow had only 13 boys fit. I scrambled around trying to arrange the match, as we needed to have one final hit out. So, it all went ahead, and two of our boys played for the opposition. We won 74-0, and it was an important build up for the final.

Now for the real deal. Playing Silverstream in the final on their home turf. Our victories over them had been 69-0, 60-0 and 39-12, so each time Silverstream were improving. And they knew our game and strengths well. In the last match, they had raced up on defence and shut down

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Our boys had not scored 765 points for and only 62 against all season for no reason. They were a class outfit. No weaknesses, and a squad all capable of breaking the game wide open either as a collective unit, or through individual class. I was confident and optimistic, but very nervous.

It didn’t help that I had to remain behind the dead ball area, unable to pace up and down the sidelines.

I felt like a caged lion. Not good.

We started strongly, maintained possession, applied pressure and scored two early tries. Great start. But Silverstream bounced back with a kick over the top that caught us napping. Damn it I thought. We regathered our composure, and with the forwards laying a platform, we scored two more tries to lead 24-5 with time up on the clock at half-time. Then Silverstream score a converted try.

Ouch. 24-12 into the break and they had some momentum.

I had a quiet word to a couple of the boys who were having unusually quiet games. We needed them to step up, and play with the freedom and confidence that they had all year. Turns out they were feeling the pressure, but they didn’t need my motivation or inspiration, they knew what to do.

And Mr Corliss and Mr MacDonald provided the wise words during the half-time interval.

Second half. Boom. The boys were on fire. Long range well executed tries, superb interchange and passing, charging up the middle, big hits. You name it, they delivered, running in seven second half tries to produce an outstanding victory overwhelming Silverstream with a comprehensive and very well deserved 61-19 score line.

They celebrate and enjoyed the moment and received their medals and trophy. A brilliant year. The team played 13. Won 13. Lost 0. Points for 826. Points against 81. An average score line of 64-6.

And then to top it all off, fittingly and deservedly, the team pipped the 1st XV for Wellington College Rugby Team of the Year at the Club Awards celebration. Harry was adjudged Most Valuable Player. Lachie Best Team Player.

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Shooting Player. Yes these three deserved their awards, and Lachie with 43 tries and Harry 25 tries were the top two try scorers. However, they couldn’t perform without the contribution of the entire squad.

The forwards laid the platform up front at the set piece, and they delivered quality ball, and then the insides backs and midfield created the space for the glory boys out wide to run rampant. On defence, the boys were relentless and technically brilliant, and the opposition teams could never get any momentum. The key to their success was playing as a team, with a squad of immensely talented players, who had fun, were good friends, and backed each other. Well done, and what a privilege and pleasure to be involved in the season.

MR ALLAN BRUCE

This was an outstanding year for Wellington College shooting. The season began in February, with huge interest from students trialling for selection over a one month period.

Just 13 were selected for our College teams, with many taking up the sport for the first time.

Over the next few months, our shooters were well supported and received one-on-one teaching and tips from our club coaches. This saw many of us make great improvements in our accuracy!

As Wellington College shooting is run in conjunction with the Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club, we were offered regular opportunities to compete at varying levels - as a team, individually, regionally, nationally and even internationally. Wellington College team members participated in a number of interclub and inter-school competitions. The highlights and results included: INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS' INTER-ISLAND MATCH (BLENHEIM) Competing against a number of schools with very experienced shooters, three students represented Wellington College in the annual intercollegiate shoot held in Blenheim. Despite the team of Wiko Du Toit, Oscar Robinson and Amalamo Simi being all first year shooters, Wellington College came an impressive second overall, with Wiko and Oscar selected for both the North Island and New Zealand teams.

Wiko and Oscar shot against Great Britain, the results of which will be available early next year. Amalamo also scored second highest for 'Team Roger' which won the Plate Match.

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Oscar Robinson, Wiko Du Toit, Yiannis Fam Ben Cox, Amalamo Simi, Jack MacCormick

The students’ performance at the competition earned Wiko du Toit and Oscar Robinson Blues awards in Shooting.

NZ SECONDARY SCHOOLS' SHOOTING CHAMPS All 13 shooters represented the school in the NZSS Champs, which was contested by 25 different secondary schools from across the country. All three teams shot well, with the Wellington College #1 team placing sixth overall.

The Wellington College #1 comprised Ben Cox, Wiko du Toit, Rhys Mountain, Oscar Robinson and Amalamo Simi.

The Wellington College #2 comprised Matthew Canlas, Jack MacCormick, Blake Hynson and Nicoli Yamog.

The Wellington College #3 comprised Yiannis Fam, Arnold Chia, Theo Lynch and George Egerton.

WELLINGTON SECONDARY SCHOOLS' COMPETITION Wiko Du Toit, Jack MacCormick and Oscar

Robinson were selected for the team which overall came second.

WELLINGTON OPEN SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP Most of the College shooters competed in the Wellington Open Competition. Overall, Oscar Robinson placed first, with Amalamo Simi coming a very narrow second.

While some of our College shooters were completely new to shooting and starting out at an entrant ‘D grade’, many made remarkable progress through the season, shooting consistently at ‘A grade’ levels by the end of the year. Personal Bests were still being scored on the final training session of the year!

A big ‘Thank you’ must be given to our coaches Dianne, David, Craig, Mark, Evan, Luisa, and the rest of the Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club. Your organisation, dedication and knowledge made shooting a great experience this year. Thanks also to the Marsden College shooters – your friendship and support has been amazing!

OSCAR ROBINSON, Captain

The Wellington College team at NZSS Champs (L-R): Amalamo Simi, Oscar Robinson, Wiko Du Toit and David Grain (Coach)

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Swimming Our swimmers had a very successful year.

They won all their local, regional and North Island competitions and placed second at the NZ Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships (by a narrow margin to Westlake Boys' High School).

A number of our swimmers have also performed very well in national club competition.

becoming National Champion in the 14 year age group in three events (200m Butterfly, 400m and 1500m Freestyle). Thomas Watkins and Ben Stirling were others who were just shy of securing National titles. Thomas won two Silver and a Bronze Medal in the 16 year age group at the NZ Short Course Champs and Ben won Silver and Bronze Medals in the 13 year age group at the NZ Long Course Champs.

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Swimming WELLINGTON COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS U14 Champion Sean Register Runners-Up Eamon Robins Ben Stirling U15 Champion Atakura Julian Runner-Up Jedi Morland Janes U16 Champion Thomas Watkins Runner-Up Harrison Neal Senior Champion Matthew Peterson Runner-Up Jarod de Vos

MR MARTIN VAUGHAN, Convenor Jedi Morland Janes is to be congratulated for

WELLINGTON COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

UNDER 14 CHAMPIONSHIP - FITZGERALD CUP S Register D Luo E Robins B Stirling 33⅓m Freestyle S Register E Robins B Stirling Q Seah 33⅓m Backstroke B Stirling E Robins D Luo S Register 33⅓m Breaststroke S Register B Stirling E Robins D Luo 33⅓m Butterfly S Register E Robins B Stirling D Luo 66⅔m Freestyle 100m Freestyle S Register E Robins B Stirling D Luo Individual Medley S Register B Stirling E Robins D Luo 1 Championship : S Register (21pts) E Robins (15.5pts) B Stirling (15.5pts) D Luo (7pts) UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP - HELLABY CUP A Julian J Morland Janes L Maxwell S Porter 33⅓m Freestyle L Maxwell A Julian J Morland Janes W Duggan 33⅓m Backstroke J Morland Janes A Julian O Sheppard-Morison 33⅓m Breaststroke W Duggan A Julian J Morland Janes L Maxwell Q de Vos 33⅓m Butterfly A Julian J Morland Janes W Duggan L Maxwell 66⅔m Freestyle 100m Freestyle A Julian J Morland Janes W Duggan L Maxwell Individual Medley A Julian J Morland Janes W Duggan L Maxwell Championship: A Julian (21pts) J Morland Jans (17pts) W Duggan (10pts) L Maxwell (9.5pts) UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIP - NEWMAN AND BRAMWELL CUPS T Watkins H Neal T Miller T Collins 33⅓m Freestyle T Watkins H Neal T Miller M Wickens 33⅓m Backstroke T Watkins T Miller M Fraser 33⅓m Breaststroke H Neal H Neal T Watkins T Miller T Collins 33⅓m Butterfly T Watkins H Neal T Miller M Wickens 66⅔m Freestyle 100m Freestyle T Watkins H Neal T Miller Individual Medley T Watkins H Neal Championship: T Watkins (22pts) H Neal (20pts) T Miller (10pts) SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - FITZGERALD CUP J de Vos M Petersen L Regnault J Watkins 33⅓m Freestyle L Regnault M Petersen J Watkins F Speirs 33⅓m Backstroke F Speirs J de Vos R Sasaki 33⅓m Breaststroke M Petersen M Petersen J de Vos L Regnault F Speirs 33⅓m Butterfly J de Vos M Petersen L Regnault J Watkins 66⅔m Freestyle 100m Freestyle J de Vos M Petersen J Watkins L Regnault Individual Medley M Peterson F Speirs L Regnault J Watkins Championship: M Peterson (16pts) J de Vos (13pts) L Regnault (11pts) F Speirs (8pts) 1 For Points, the 1 and 2 Lengths Freestyle count as one race (the average of their points being awarded).

19.34s 21.33s 23.59s 21.25s 41.78s 1:04.94s 1:41.62s 17.69s 21.27s 24.38s 18.91s 37.69s 59.70s 1:37.84s

WELLINGTON BOYS' ZONE SWIMMING COMPETITION The College team won 30 of the 46 events in this annual Wellington Boys' Zone competition between St Patrick's (Town), Scots College and ourselves.

• Under 14 The U14 grade won six of their eight events. Ben Stirling had two fine wins (one-Length Breaststroke, one-Length Butterfly) and both Daniel Luo (one-Length Freestyle) and Eamon Robins (two-lengths Freestyle) pitched in with one apiece. Luke Grover, Aidan Homewood and Quincy Seah ensured competition was kept honest and contributed good points with their second and third placings. Both Medley and Freestyle relays were won convincingly.

• Under 15 The U15 grade were very strong and won all of their events.

Atakura Julian was in dominant form and won his three events by significant margins (one-Length Butterfly, two-lengths Freestyle,

17.78s 20.53s 23.38s 19.85s 37.88s 58.84s 1:32.74s 16.83s 20.54s 20.68s 18.94s 36.47s 58.82s 1:32.74s Jedi Morland Janes

Junior Individual Medley).

William Duggan (one-Length Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle), Luther Maxwell (one-Length Backstroke and Jedi Morland Janes (one-Length Freestyle) were others to record fine wins.

Oscar Sheppard-Morison and Queran de Vos also reached the podium in their respective events and all four relays were won by solid margins (Medley, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freeestyle).

Breaststroke and a second placing in the Individual Medley.

Vice-Captain Jarod de Vos was also prominent with fine wins in the one and two Lengths Freestyle.

Our College swim team was dominant and won all of the ten relays to retain the Huia Cup as winners of the male competition.

The first three places on the points table were:

Louis Regnault, James Watkins, Finn Speirs, David Long, Seb On and Finn O’Neill were others to feature positively with their second and third placings in a grade where Scots College were particularly strong.

Wellington College Tawa College Kapiti College

• Under 16 Harrison Neal (one-Length Breaststroke, two-lengths Freestyle) and Thomas Watkins (100m Freestyle) recorded solid wins in a very competitive U15 grade. Thomas Miller, Maric Fraser and Stefan Gay all pushed hard throughout competition and contributed several second placings between them. The won the Medley relay by a large margin.

The Senior Medley and Breaststroke relays were won by good margins as was the last event of the competition – The Flying Squadron Relay (an exciting eight x one-Length Freestyle relay comprising two swimmers from each age group) – were our A and B teams placed first and second.

• Seniors Captain Matthew Peterson stood out in the senior with three dominant wins in his favoured

CSW REGIONAL RELAY CHAMPS This Regional Relay competition incorporates Medley, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Freestyle relays in U15 and Senior age-groups.

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CSW REGIONAL CHAMPS 24 of our swimmers competed in the CSW Regional Champs at Naenae Pool. They won medals in all bar one of the 20 events to top the medal table and many who did not feature in the medals did very well to record significant personal best times.

Medal Table Top 5: Male Competition Ten of our Swimmers were amongst the medals: Matthew Peterson featured prominently in the Senior Grade (15 Yrs and Over) to win three Gold Medals (50m and 100m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly) and a Silver in the 100m Individual Medley.

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Swimming NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS' CHAMPS A team of 15 travelled to Palmerston North for the North Island Secondary Schools' Champs and their results were outstanding. They topped the medal table for both gold and total medal counts.

Gold 100m Butterfly

Gold 200m Butterfly

(New NISS Record)

Silver 200m Individual Medley Jedi set an impressive new record in the 200m Butterfly (2:15.32s).

He took nearly five seconds off the old record.

Medal Table Top 5 – Male Competition Place 1 2 3 4 5

Back Row: Third Row: Second Row: Front Row:

Place 1 2 3 4 5

Oscar Sheppard-Morison, Atakura Julian, Connor Moore, Finn Speirs, Thomas Watkins, Luther Maxwell Jedi Morland Janes, Thomas Miller, William Duggan, Daniel Luo, Sean Register, David Long, Maric Fraser Harrison Neal, Ryan O'Connor, Louis Regnault, Queran de Vos, Andrew Loveard, James Watkins, Finn Wright, Stefan Gay, Mr Martin Vaughan (Convenor) Aidain Homewood, Quincy Seah, Jarod de Vos (Vice Captain), Matthew Peterson (Captain), Rick Sasaki, Luke Grover, Benjamin Sterling

School Wellington College Scots College Kapiti College Tawa College Rongotai College

Thomas Watkins won Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals in the100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle respectively while Jarod de Vos won Silver and Bronze Medals in the 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle. Louis Regnault (Silver – 50m Backstroke), James Watkins (Bronze – 50m Backstroke) and Finn Speirs (Bronze – 100m Butterfly) were

G 12 5 1 1 1

S 6 2 4 3 2

B 5 3 3 4 1

Total 23 10 8 8 4

others to reach the podium in this grade with their solid efforts.

Atakura Julian emulated the feats of his Captain, Matthew, in the Junior Age Group (U15yrs). He won three Gold Medals (50m and 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly) and one Silver Medal (200m Freestyle) to round off an impressive set of competition results. Jedi Morland

Janes was also successful with two Gold Medals (200m Freestyle, 100m Individual Medley) plus Silver and Bronze Medals in the 100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle respectively. Ben Stirling’s two Gold Medals (50m and 100m Matt Peterson

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Breaststroke) were excellent returns for a 13-year-old in the U15 competition and Luther Maxwell’s Gold and Bronze Medals in the 50m and 100m Backstroke respectively were also fine efforts.

School Wellington College Palmerston North BHS Tawa College Hamilton Boys' High School New Plymouth BHS

The relays provided some great highlights for us. In the Freestyle Relay, our A and B teams were dominant and took out first and third place respectively. They backed this up in the Medley Relay to place first and fourth against all the other colleges.

SUMMARY OF INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: Matthew Peterson (Captain) – Three Gold Medals (Senior age group)

Gold 50m Breaststroke

Gold 100m Breaststroke

Gold 200m Breaststroke Matthew also placed fourth in the 50m Freestyle.

Ben Stirling – Three Gold Medals (Junior age group)

Gold 50m Breaststroke

Gold 100m Breaststroke

Gold 200m Breaststroke Ben also placed sixth in the 200m Individual Medley. Great results from a 13-year-old in the U15 competition.

Jedi Morland Janes – Two Gold and one Silver Medal (Junior age group)

G 10 4 4 4 2

S 2 6 2 1 2

B 7 7 -

Total 19 17 6 5 4

Thomas Watkins – One Silver and one Bronze Medal (Senior age group)

Silver 400m Freestyle

Bronze 50m Freestyle Thomas also placed fourth in the 200m Backstroke and will compete in the Senior grade for another two years.

Atakura Julian –Three Bronze Medals (Senior age group)

Bronze 50m Butterfly

Bronze 100m Butterfly

Bronze 100m Freestyle These are outstanding results from a Y10 student in Senior competition.

Louis Regnault – Two Bronze Medals (Senior age group) Bronze 100m Backstroke

Bronze 200m Backstroke Louis also placed fourth and sixth in the 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle respectively.

Others to compete in the Senior age group were: Finn Speirs, fifth (100m Freestyle), sixth (100m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle), eighth (50m Freestyle).

Jarod de Vos, fifth (50m Freestyle), eighth (50m Butterfly) Harrison Neal, fourth (200m Individual Medley), ninth (100m Backstroke). Harry has another two years to compete in this grade.

David Long, best place of 13th (50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly).

William Duggan, best place of 13th (400m Freestyle).

William has another two years to compete in this grade.

Others to compete in the Junior age group were: Luke Grover, seventh (100m Butterfly), eighth (50m Butterfly).

These are fine results from a 12-year-old in the U15 competition.

Oscar Sheppard-Morison, best place of eighth (50m Freestyle – PB by 1.5s) Eamon Robins, best place of eighth (200m Freestyle). Eamon will compete in this grade again next year.

Ryan O’Connor, best place of ninth (200m Freestyle).

NZSS CHAMPIONSHIPS A team of 20 competed at this year's NZSS Champs. The challenge of toppling the strong Westlake Boys' High School team (last year’s champions) became that much harder with Atakura Julian’s withdrawal due to illness prior to competition.

As it transpired, Westlake were deserving winners of this year’s competition. Even so, we gave them a real fright and did outstandingly well to place second in this year's national championship.

13 Year Grade Ben Stirling was impressive and won three Gold Medals (50m,

100m and 200m Breaststroke) and a Silver Medal (200m Individual Medley) in this age group. He contributed further points with his fourth (100m Butterfly) and fifth (50m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle) placings in other events. Eamon Robins also featured prominently with high placings in a very full schedule of events. He won a Bronze Medal (50m Breaststroke) and recorded further placings of fourth (200m Individual Medley, 50m and 200m Freestyle), fifth (100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke) and seventh (50m and 100m Backstroke). Luke Grover was another to reach the podium. He secured a Bronze Medal with a fine swim in the gruelling 200m Butterfly.

14 Year Grade Jedi Morland Janes was in excellent form and won five medals across a range of events.

He won two Gold (200m Butterfly, 400m Freestyle), two Silver (200m Freestyle, 200m Individual Medley) and one Bronze Medal (100m Breaststroke). In other events, he placed fifth (100m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly) and sixth (200m Breaststroke) to round off a very successful meet.

Sean Register was also strong in this grade and won Silver and Bronze Medals in the 200m Backstroke and 100m Backstroke respectively. He secured top 10 placings in three other events – sixth (50m Backstroke), seventh (200m Individual Medley) and tenth (100m Butterfly). While not amongst the medals, Luther Maxwell swam significantly above his seeding and contributed valuable points with his seventh (200m Backstroke), eighth (100m Freestyle), ninth (100m Backstroke, 400m Freestyle) and

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Swimming 15 Year Grade Harrison Neal placed sixth in the 100m Butterfly and eighth in both the 50m and 200m Freestyle.

In the U16 Medley Relay, Wellington College A and B teams placed third (Harrison Neal, Jedi Morland Janes, Sean Register, Ben Stirling) and eighth (Luther Maxwell, William Duggan, Eamon Robins, Queran de Vos).

In the U16 Freestyle Relay, Wellington College A and B teams placed third (Harrison Neal, Jedi Morland Janes, Sean Register, Luther Maxwell) and ninth The Huia Pool Squad

(William Duggan, Queran de Vos, Ben Stirling, Eamon Robins).

16 Years & Over Team Captain, Matthew Peterson and Thomas Watkins both scored valuable points in what was a very competitive senior grade.

Matthew dominated a strong senior Breaststroke field to win two Gold (100m and 200m Breaststroke) and one Silver Medal (50m Breaststroke). He also placed tenth in the 200m Individual Medley. Thomas did extremely well as a Y11 student in the Senior competition. He placed fifth three times (100m and 200m Backstroke, 400m Freestyle)

and recorded three more top ten finishes in other events – eighth (200m Individual Medley), ninth (200m Freestyle) and tenth (50m Backstroke).

In the Senior Medley Relay, Wellington College placed fourth (Thomas Watkins, Matthew Peterson, Louis Regnault, Jarod de Vos).

Place 1 2 3 4 5

Tennis In the Senior Freestyle relay, Wellington College A and B teams placed fourth (Thomas Watkins, Matthew Peterson, Louis Regnault, Jarod de Vos) and tenth (Finn Speirs, Finn O’Neill, David Long, Daniel Luo).

School Westlake Boys' High School Wellington College Palmerston North Boys' High School St Andrew's College Napier Boys' High School

Points 2043 1974 1425 1370 1146

Fifty students represented Wellington College at Tennis in 2016 with the majority playing in the Junior Y9 and Y10 competition. A new format was introduced with each interschool fixture consisting of one Doubles and two Singles, the reasoning being to reduce the number of defaults.

Term One saw both Seniors and Juniors compete. Term Four was Junior only.

The senior teams, led by Captain and Head Prefect, Sebastian On were not able to match it with a very strong Scots College team but had an exceptional year otherwise, winning all Traditionals very comfortably.

This began with an away trip to Napier Boys' High School where they dropped one match against the home team.

Hosting the 39th Quadrangular Tennis Tournament at Hutt Valley's Mitchell Park Tennis Centre, the boys beat Hamilton Boys' High School, Palmerston North Boys' High School and Auckland Grammar School to retain their title.

Table Tennis

tenth (200m Freestyle) placings.

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Senior Tennis Team

They beat HBHS 8-1, PNBHS 7-2 and AGS 7-2. The team was Seb, Rory Murchland, Isaac Becroft, Josh Smith, Jin Dassanayake, and Trent Young. This was a great team performance all round, beating teams that qualified for the Nationals (incidentally, Palmerston North finished third).

Quadrangular for the first time.

The Junior Tennis teams performed creditably with the top juniors - Dan Fleming, Trent Young and Ugrin Vucovich playing in the senior teams locally. They too convincingly beat Napier Boys' High School and in Term Four, won the Junior

Coming back from this, the boys played in the CSW Junior Championship singles event. Dan Fleming was outstanding, making it through to the final.

The team, consisting of Dan, Trent and Ugrin along with Ollie Hall (injured early in the year) beat HBHS, PNBHS and AGS 5-1 in each fixture, held at Te Aroha near Hamilton. It was another excellent result against strong opposition.

The doubles saw an all-Wellington College affair with Andrew Sutcliffe

and Tom Green beating Digby Carroll and Jasper Ash in the final.

These four boys also won the CSW Junior teams event in Term Four, playing as WC 1.

All these students play Tennis for outside clubs, with the top players all playing Senior Mens at one level or another. Particular mention should be made of Isaac Becroft who this year, won five ITF points and was nominated for Junior Sportsman of the Year.

We are looking forward to 2017 with all these boys playing so well.

During Term Two, Frank Fu (Y13) and Calvin Li and Liam Buckrell (both Y9) competed in the local College Sport Wellington Table Tennis competition. They did very well, winning the vast majority of their singles and doubles games and eventually they won the title comfortably.

Term THREE saw CSW run its Table Tennis teams and individual championships for secondary schools in the Greater Wellington region. Students from far and wide congregated on the Empire Table Tennis Stadium in Petone to battle it out for bragging rights. While these competitions provided Frank, Calvin and Liam with more of a challenge (with some very strong table tennis players currently enrolled in schools in the Hutt Valley), these three again excelled with Frank winning the Senior Boys’ title, Calvin beating Liam in the final to take the Junior Boys’ title, and all three combining to win the Boys’ teams title.

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Class of 2016: Leaver's Lunch

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2016 saw the reintroduction of a Junior Volleyball team to Wellington College.

Competing at the Junior Regional Championships in November was a highlight for this team.

Under the excellent coaching of Mr Fa Taupau, the Junior team developed into a coordinated

and functioning unit who were competitive against teams who had been playing together over the past three seasons. We look forward to the 2017 season so the Y9 players can build on their skills and new Y9 students can be welcomed into an exciting and developing sport at the College.

The Senior team was a group

of determined young men, who committed to hours of training over the months of January through to March under the guidance of Mr Tonga Paonga at the start of 2016.

Regionals provided a real test of our teams playing ability, with some long rallies, the boys enjoyed the challenge that

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traditionally strong Volleyball schools provided. With the majority of the team returning in 2017 as Y13 students, Senior Volleyball looks well placed to do very well in the local competitions and at Regionals and hopefully to make a good placement at Nationals.

Above: Ann Courtney-O’Connor, Ashad Langdana, Tom Snaddon and Darryl Courtney-O’Connor. Left: The Class of 2016 on their last day.

MS ANDREA SHAW, Manager

Five years of hard work and dedication to education boiled down to a two-hour Leavers’ Lunch for the Class of 2016.

While these young men are starting a new and exciting adventure in their lives, the Lunch was a time to reminisce over the past five years with some great speeches and recollections related to fellow students.

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Guest speaker was Darryl Courtney-O’Connor (1962-1967) who was visiting the College with his wife Ann to interview candidates for a prestigious two-year scholarship at his International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS), a leading business management college

located in Manly. Darryl first awarded this scholarship in 2005 and since then, 12 students have been the recipients. This year, Darryl and Ann presented joint scholarships to both Ashad Langdana and Tom Snaddon.

Closing formalities included a few words of wisdom from Head Prefect, Seb On, Y13 Dean, Peter Maitland and Headmaster, Roger Moses, followed by a rousing rendition of Forty Years On. A big thanks also to MC’s Gus McPherson, Harry Russon and Efrain Villabolos-Santana.

Wellington College’s Most Popular Student First Names For 2016 2016 Place 1= 1= 1= 4= 4=

Name Ben, Benjamin Jamie, James, Jim, Jimmy Wil, Will, Willy, William, Billy Sam, Sammy, Samuel Tom, Tommy, Thomas

2015 Place 2 3 4 5 1

2016 Place 6 7 8 9 10

Name Mat, Matt, Mathew, Matthew Josh, Joshua Dan, Danny, Daniel Jac, Jack Oli, Ollie, Olly, Oliver

2015 Place 6 7 10 8 New

The official school roll records student’s names in full. However, in some cases the preferred name is derived from the full name.

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 The Wellington College Rugby Club launched its inaugural Supporters Club in conjunction with the Christchurch Boys’ High School annual fixture in fine style, welcoming a number of Old Boys along to the lunch before the game kicked off.

Fuelled by hearty soup and savouries, the gathering enjoyed the opportunity of meeting up prior to the game. The WCRFC look forward to similar events taking place in 2017 and will advertise these occasions on both their Facebook page and the WCOBA page.

Greetings to the Wellington College Community.

Our 150th Celebrations take place in October, 2017. A large number of schoolmates are well along in planning their attendance at this monumental event. It is going to be truly special. Don't miss it!

We expect to have a record turnout for these celebrations so I ask you now, to please mark your calendars and register to secure your place.

Be sure to also check our reunion website, and/or Facebook to keep up-to-date on the programme and to see the register of those who plan to attend. [www.wc.school.nz].

Most importantly, however, our 150th Celebrations will be an extraordinary chance for each of us to re-connect with old friends and staff, some of whom we have not seen since we left school. It is also a great opportunity to come together and celebrate just what a great school Wellington College is.

MATT BEATTIE, WCOBA President Dear friends I hope you can join me in October, 2017 as we celebrate 150 years of excellence in boys’ education; 150 years of proud traditions sitting easily with being at the cutting edge of learning; 150 years of timeless core values and a sense of community; 150 years of pride and passion for Wellington College and all that it represents.

While the Old Boy events take place mainly off-site, it gives me great pleasure and pride to invite you to also to take a tour of the College and enjoy a plethora of extracurricular activities showcasing our significant development at their best. Whether you left quite recently, five years ago or even seventy years ago plus, you’ll find that buildings have come and gone but our heart and soul traditions remain in place.

I look forward to your company at our celebrations and, as always, remain grateful for your continued and ongoing support as we move towards this most important year of celebration.

ROGER MOSES ONZM Headmaster

Digitalising our History Our thanks to our Old Boys who have kindly sponsored a digital issue of the Wellingtonian spanning 140 years and which will soon become a on-line version for one and all to access. We have loaded a few magazines for your to read at your leisure - www.wc.school.nz/wcoba/ wcoba-news-publications

Reunions

  Head Prefect 1975, Peter Morrison kindly hosted the Quadrangular Tournament Function at his fine establishment, The Classic Villa on Worcester Boulevard in Christchurch and it was great to welcome both local and visiting Old Boys to the event.

We hosted two decade reunion in 2016. First up in March, was the Class of 1966 Reunion, celebrating fifty years since finishing at Wellington College which attracted a good turn-out, with classmates travelling from all corners of the globe to attend. It also included a few new faces not able to attend their forty years on reunion ten years ago.

Representing ‘Head Office’ was Headmaster, Roger Moses, 1st XV Coaches; Lincoln Rawles and Greg Sharland, together with senior members of the 1st XV. Old and young intermingled, sharing stories of previous triumphs and losses in a very convivial atmosphere.

A Welcome Morning Tea was served in College Hall and then the Headmaster, accompanied by current students led a tour of the campus, including the new impressive Frank Crist Sports Academy Centre and the Archives Museum - impressive facilities for the twentyfirst century student and historian buffs.

With the lack of function venues due to the construction work at the College, both the Class of 1966 and 1976 respectively met up for dinner at the Wellington Club on The Terrace - New Zealand’s oldest private Club, founded in December 1841 - some 26 years before Wellington College was established. The ambience and superb service of The Wellington Club made up for not being able to dine at the College.

The Class of 1976 Reunion took place in October and more than 50 classmates returned to the College for a weekend of renewed friendships, shared memories, intellectual stimulation, and for a few, a late night. Highlights included a tour of the College. It was quite an eye-opener for those who hadn’t seen the school since 1976 as many of the facilities did not exist then and were a far cry from what the current students now enjoy.

Over dinner - interspersed with a performance from the College’s Chorale and Toasts, the conversation was, stimulating and enjoyable - inspiring many great memories most of which were surrounded by mirth. The years may have greyed the hair but not the wit! It was a wonderful celebration of the fact that 40 years on, the Class of 1976 is enjoying life and still remember their time and friendships made at Wellington College with great affection.

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Andrew Wells, Jeff Toomaga Allen, Reggie Goodes, Roger Moses and Michael Hobbs

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Sione Stanley, Malcolm Perrett and Bryan Shepherd

Our 2016 Olympians

George Bridgewater Rowing: Quadruple Scull

Marty McDowell Canoeing: Sprint 1000m

Peter Taylor Rowing: Lightweight Four

 In the midst of his overseas travel, recently retired Careers’ Adviser, Ernie Rosenthal [Class of 1961] met up with Max Harris (L) at Oxford University. Max was Dux of Wellington College in 2005 and has gone on to become one of the College’s most outstanding recent academic successes. He received his Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 2011 and in 2014 was elected as an Examination Fellow (also known as a Prize fellow), at All Souls College at Oxford where he is currently completing his PhD. Also in the photo, (R), is classmate and Old Boy, Professor Robert Wade [Class of 1961] of the London School of Economics. Max gave Ernie and Robert a privileged guided tour of some of parts of one of the top Universities in the world.

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WELLINGTON COLLEGE ARCHIVES

WELLINGTON COLLEGE ARCHIVES

‘a goodly heritage, proud traditions, cherished memories’ An exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery ‘The Māori Portraits’ by Gottried Lindauer included one guest of honour, Mrs Wene McMillin, niece of Old Boy Hāmi Grace (1904-1908). Wene was overcome when she viewed the portrait of her grandmother Te Kahui Te Heu Heu, aged only 23 and later to become the mother of Hāmi Grace and his brothers William and Richard.

It was Wene McMillin who so kindly gifted Hāmi’s beautifully written WWI diary, medals, memorial medal and small cigarette tin to Wellington College. These precious articles are housed in the College Archives. I had the great pleasure of meeting Wene again in Taupo in October, the day after the exhibition and hearing about her experience. She kindly gave me a photograph of Hāmi and his brothers.

The Old Boys’ University Rugby Football Club has also gifted more items for the Grace Collection. The wooden Lee Enfield rifle so splendidly carved by Dr Takirirangi Smith was received last year. Now a mounted and polished half artillery shell dedicated to Hāmi Grace and a framed acknowledgement to all the generous people who commissioned and presented this worthy project have been added.

Physical Education Class 1930 on the main field with the Cricket Pavilion, Firth House and the East School in the back ground.

was unable to donate his 1st XV cap as Jack insisted it be cremated with him.

Rachael Hadlow, the 92-year old grandmother of Caroline Abbott (a College parent) and former wife of Old Boy Charles Roy Bush, asked her granddaughter to give 22 Bronze, Silver and Gold medals she had kept for many years to the College. Caroline passed over this amazing collection. The medals had been awarded to the three brothers Bruce Bush (1936-1937), Noel Bush (1928-1932) and Rachael’s former husband Roy Bush (19321935) - all exceptional athletes at College.

Another special gift, the Tom Paul family clock, a beautifully decorated ornate chiming mantel clock c. 1929, now graces the front entrance to the Archives and greets all visitors. Miss Violet Dunn, fiancé of Tom Paul (1931-1935) gave the clock to Maxine and Ron Smyth. Violet did not marry when Tom was killed during WWII. She gave the College a substantial sum $1,500,000, towards the rebuilding of the College Assembly Hall as well as a scholarship in Tom Paul’s name. The Smyth family, in downsizing their home this year felt the clock should be given to the College to join the other valued items.

Janet Wills, daughter of Jack Hallewell (1928-1932) has donated a stunningly sharp 1930 image of a Physical Education class in action, along with Jack’s neatly written science exercise book. She mentioned that she

Sadly, Noel died of an asthma attack aged 20.

Bruce died in WWII as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm. Roy was a Squadron Leader in the Battle of Britain. He flew with Douglas Bader and is featured in the books Reach for the Sky and a Class of Few. He was awarded the D.F.C. While at College, Roy was a member of the 1st XI Cricket team for three years. He held the cup for the best performance in school matches. He played in the 1st XV, was runnerup for the Senior Swimming Championship and was a crack athlete. As a junior in 1932, he won the Knox Gilmer Cup for long-distance running and broke the 1/2 mile and 1 mile records that had stood since 1903 and were held by Brian Goodbehere. Regrettably Roy was killed in a plane crash in the Ruahine Ranges in 1948.

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imperative that images to be viewed are received during the first term as the work involved to plan the exhibition is enormous.

Original photos are best. These can then be scanned and returned or placed in the Archives if donated. Make certain identification is as full as possible with names, dates and occasions. This saves hours of research.

Thanks to Headmaster Roger Moses, his PA, Penny Basile, Marilyn MacLennan, Kelwyn D’Souza, Roy Smith, Stephanie Kane, Glenda Schmitt, the staff in Reception and finally my friend Ted Clayton for all their support.

Ted continues to organise the Newspaper Collection. He has drawn up the College timeline and is happy to contribute in any way he can. I am exceedingly grateful to Ted and these good people.

PADDIANNE W. NEELY, College Archivist

Charles Gifford, a mathematics teacher at Wellington College, developed one of the bestequipped school observatories in New Zealand. He is shown standing by its door on the day of its opening, 1 December 1924.

The School Athletic Sports held at the College. Intermediate 100 yards, 1969.

Note the Headmaster’s House in the background, now the home of the College Archives.

Athletic Record Breakers: 1925 (L-R): A F Chorlton [U15 100 yards] O B Roberts [Senior Cross-Country], J C Hardie [U16 400 yards], H G Avery U15 100 yards, 200yards], A E Burd [½ Mile Open].

A Selmer clarinet and attachments in a velvet lined case along with musical scores have been donated by Barry Brooks (1946-1950).

The NZ Secondary Schools’ 2012 Rugby jerseys of Etimone Sului and Vince Sakasia along with William Helu’s 2011 Tongan World Cup Rugby jerseys now feature in the Museum Collection, providing modern day items of interest.

Old Boy, C R Bush with his young son. Roy’s and his brothers’ athletic medals have been kindly donated to the Archives.

The visual history of Wellington College has not been forgotten either. To prepare a photographic display for the 150th celebrations next year, Old Boys and families are invited to send photographs to the Archives as soon as possible please. It is

The Tom Paul family clock. Given to Maxine and Ron Smyth by Violet Dunn and donated by them to the College Archives.

Rodney Callender, first in the Long Jump at the College Sports 1956.

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13BD

13BSM

Back Row: Ms J Bush-Daumec (Teacher), Toby Fuller, Tane Murphy, Jozef Cordwell, Lyon Willman, Carlos Tia, Muizz Shah Front Row: Gabriel Ahkit, Cheye Parker, Jamie McClymont, Hector McLachlan, Walter Lowe, Alexander Hill, Daniel Kim Absent: Liam Campbell, Samuel Dearsly, Wazim Draver, Braden Bird, Clemens Pfefferkorn

Back Row: Jack Dickins, Harrison Stroud, Johnny Wyeth, Oliver Dawson, James Bellam Middle Row: Mr B Moon (Teacher), Troy Simmons, Juhan Lee, William Johnston, Matthew Peterson, Jeeten Mavji, Tom Hoskin Front Row: Gabriel Wee, Jamie O'Rourke, Zeke WestonWebb, Oliver Harding, Jay Goatley, Heta Kaka Absent: Matthew Robertson, Sam Fox, Reece Ford

13BK Back Row: Mr B Kipnis (Teacher), Liam Stevens, Ben Dewes, Leo Gaynor, Tristin Tong, Frederick Nelson, Finn Wright, Baqer Ali Front Row: Tommy Denisov, James Watkins, Harrad Seyton Walker, Cole Bowden, Ethan Roache, Sam McPherson, Dylan Lee Absent: Luke Chen, Chas Hollands-Teariki, Justin Imswang, Kaine Feterika, Seb Halikias

13CG Back Row: Harry Gregg, Henry Horwood Verstappen, Jaydon Patterson, Callum Watts-Pointer, James Aldridge Middle Row: Mr C Green (Teacher), Sean Fergusson, Dev Desai, Adrian Seumanufagai, Campbell Garrett, Hiren Mani Front Row: Mourad Bourakna, Hamish Jeram, Ross Crawford, Harrison Rees-Thomas, James Budge, Louis Worthington, Isaac Miller-Jose Absent: Ethan Bloor-Wilson, Kevin Chen, Maclean Standring

13BM

13GS

Back Row: Maioha Totoro, George McIntyre, Sam Green, Rory Murchland Middle Row: Brendan Looi, Tass Cordalis, Iain Burnett, Fauzaan Abdul, Frank Fu Front Row: Hamish Webster, Jarod de Vos, Yeojun Yoon, Thomas Snaddon, Charlie Parker, Jack Barlow, Vincent Hsiao Absent: Mr M Bangma (Teacher), Jakob Bhula, Josh Hickman, Gus Edmond, Abdalla Samin

Back Row: Nathan Lee, Ezra McIntyre, Karl Bennett, Oscar Dome, Taine Forster, Alex Birkett, Kailin Dayal Front Row: Jae Morse, Justin Chiu, Reece Plumtree, Amin Harrington-Lines, Szymon Kaltenberg, Jake Wellington Absent: Mr G Sharland (Teacher), Qualen Asi, Matias Figueroa, Rawiri Pairama-Hegglun, Tom Robinson, Alexander Sinclair, Andres Su

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13KT

Back Row: James Haydock, Ellery Peters, Eduard Bradley, Jonathan Wu, Matthew Fisk Front Row: Daniel Shen, Jeremy Anton Lee, Jackson Straugheir, Ryan Matthews, Nicholas Webster Absent: Mrs J McLean, (Teacher) Jordan Chin, Tor Davenport Petersen, Findlay Jacques Dowrick, Dai Robertson, Christopher JoseyKerr, Graham Dickie, Connor Fuli, Theo Moore

Back Row: Levi McElwain, Jakob Jung, Alex Rolfe, Niko Brooky, Richie Prak Middle Row: Mr K Tattersall (Teacher), Moritz Fiedler, Zac Small, Matthew Yates, Jake Elston, Alexander Hann Front Row: Dhruv Kharkar, Justin Graham, Jacky Huang, William Munn, Louis Berzins Absent: Gene Anderson, Jac Clarke, Antonio Salter, Haige Sun, Theodoros Viatos, Jason Wester

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13MRT

Back Row: Noaese Foaitua, Luke Fowler, Guy van der Wilt, Jaylin Dayal, Sanny Orr Middle Row: Mr J Taeao (Teacher), Pio Lupo, Jim Kaye, Quinton Puloka, Hussein Hamed, Eden Singe Front Row: Adam Lewis, Lucas Westenra, Owen Su, Cameron Clark, Rhys Mountain Absent: Jack Brodie, Mahima Yapa, Jeisson Rodriguez, La'au Finau

Back Row: Arun Betty, Sean Tonga, Baxter Brow, Yu Jie Huang, Mr M Tinkle (Teacher) Front Row: Max Pierce, Michael Rudge, Cameron Irving, Louis Munt, Jack Duncan Absent: Ronan Balm, Justin Grant, Sean McElwainWilson, Oliver Sutcliffe, Treya Henare, Zion Dayal, Sacchida Prema, Ben Kiddle, Giotto Frean, YuanZhao Li, Harry Smith

13KM

13NJC

Back Row: John McNaughton, Jeremy Lee, Joshua Alofia, Louis Darrall, Cole Hosking Berge, Elizen Cherian Middle Row: Miss K Macfarlane (Teacher), Tom Shackleton, McKay Findlay, Gabriel Robbins, Thomas Prince, Denis Stalla, Shu Matsumoto Front Row: Joshua Wallis, Liam Dick, Ben Stockton, Te Moananui Bradley Moore, Jack Wu, Joseph Jones, Igor Socheleau Absent: Seb Hamilton, Etano Moananu, James Pengelly

Back Row: Ms N Corbishley (Teacher), Edd Barot, Karan Naidu, James Macdiarmid, Tristan Cotter, Josiah Denham, Harry Furnish, Carlos Parkinson, Dhan-Nun Ahmed Front Row: Feodor Tarrant-Hill, Benjamin Feng, Nick Wills, Johnny Dessoulavy, Henry LaHatte, Stephen Espino, Felix Ramsden Absent: Charlie Wang, Callum Treweek-Stephen, Jinsheng Zhang

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2016 Wellington College ROLL

13RC Back Row: Blake Boston, George Engleback, Samuel Jamieson, Toyesh Gadgil, Shivam Patel, Mr R Corliss (Teacher) Front Row: Josh Yuan, Alex Murray, Moetu Williams, Maxwell Cowley, Mathew Wong

13RD Back Row: Stone Warren-Robinson, Jordan Soderberg, Henry Kreuz, Isaac Patterson, Stefanos Boulieris, Tuscany Neale, Rohan Gangakhedkar Middle Row: Tusca Howes, Solomon Gurr, Rocky Feng, Lawrence Micallef, Michael Wood, Paul Horrocks, Connor Jarden-Dillon Front Row: Yunfei Zhao, Daniel Mak, Jaro Langer, Zusheng Zhou, Rong Zhu, Chayapol AkeRarerngsaen, Hayato Takada Absent: Mr R Durant (Teacher), Sam Barson, Finnian Chemis

13SD Back Row: Jihoon Park, Joshua Fuhrer, Ha Sung Kim, Liam Hunn Middle Row: Mr S Dean (Teacher), David Dunbier, Bernard Walker, Jeremy Gray, Ben de Silva Front Row: Liam McGovern, Jerry Cai, Thomas Sutton, Hayden Balmain, Patrick Li Absent: Michael Smith, Howard Wang, Lewis Conroy, Fabian Beveridge, Johannes Geiger

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9CA Mr Matthew Caughley Baxter, Josh Brown, Alexander Cherian, Riley Fern, Ryol Fraser, Lachlan Freeman-Gray, Rhiley Grover, Luke Hastings, Sam Homewood, Aidan Jeon, Minjay Jones, Bryn Keenan, Cameron Kendall, Alex Mackenzie, Gus Mallett, James Mansell, Zeke McCarty, Matt McRae, Ethan Nguyen, Nam Parker, George Pitawala, Amal

9DB Mr David Benseman

Best, Oscar Clare, Jonathan Collison, Thomas Eang, Willy Fantham, Jack Harper, Matthew Johnstone, Ben Leahy, Blake Maheridis, Iraklis Mavropoulos, Damon Morton, Ben Paviour-Smith, Sam Plim, Nicholas Ross, Caerwyn Sidorov, Yuri Sims, George Sneyd, Roshi Tabor, Emerson Toplis, Sam Whiting, Patrick Yumul, Johnne

9DL Mr Dave Langrish

Chhun, Damien Jourdain, Reede Millard, Stefan Minchin, Lucas Murray, George Nguyen, Tommy Pahi, Rakaia Pilbrow, Ben Rania, Josh Robins, Eamon Schoeler, Lukas Simi, Henry Siolo, Savon Stathokostas, Konstantino Sutcliffe, Andrew Tebbs, Joel Troughton, Jake Way, Ethan Williamson, Felix Woolloff, Rowan Zangouropoulos, Alexi

9EB Mr Eli Bar Shalom Amrein, Liam Becker, Lachlan Bidwell, James

Booth, Andrew Buckrell, Liam Carson-King, Awatea Cordwell, Daniel Crisford, Adam Eteuati, Johanius Far, Daniel Foo, Kyle Heeney, Alex Hough, Oscar Jama, Yonis Jones, Corey Kedzlie, Ethan MacAulay, Fraser Mahoney-Wearne, Harrison Mairs, Christopher O’Leary, Hugh Peart, Oliver Stevenson, Flynn

9GZ Miss Grace Zhang

Carroll, Barker Davenport, Chris Duffield, Asher Geenty, Oliver Hall, Oliver Hanning, Piper Hay, Jackson Hockley, Jake Kilsby, Hugo Laurenson, Will Lawrence, Mika Looi, Timothy Matagi, Jared McCallum, Matthew Newton-Howes, James Rayner, Ken Roskam, Arie Sinclair, Henry Smith, Jack Stirling, Ben Szabo, Nicholas Zhu, Stephen

9JK Mr Joseph Koshy

Arnedo, Sam Cohen, Danny Coventry, Zach Elkinson, Ben Galinski, Joseph He, George Irinco, Frank Lawrence, Michael McCabe, Matthew Moore, Billy Paice, George Patel-Muxlow, Harley Potter, Justin Rasiah, Nishan Rothmets, Aaron Schubert, Harrison Sinkins, Dominic Stanley, Caleb Tabor, Duncan Thomson, Dugal Wiles, Hugo Wong, Eden Yap, Miguel Young, Jaiden

9JW Mr Jim Woodland Abbot, Max Bagalay, Alfie Barlow, Toby Buckley, Hugo

Cheung, Johannes Egerton, George Evans, Toby Fa’asalele, Jerome Fernando, Kavindu Foster, Brendon Goed, Luis Harris, Tim Hodson, Louis Jones, Harry Katene-Percival, Logan Law, Charles Lynch, Ollie Nguyen, Hieu Paterson, Elijah Sargentina, Max Webb, Jamie Zhu, Alan

9KMH Ms Katie Howes

Antrobus, William Baker, George Braakhuis, Jakob Carpenter, Luke Clatin, Mathieu Cooper, Angus Dance, Luke Espiritu, Jarred Forsyth, Logan Harland, Finn Henry, Ethan Hunt, Toby Katene, Josiah Kerr, Hamish Lai, Victor Lendrum, Damon Lithaisong, Guitar Morris, Toby Murrey, Austin Orr, Lochlann Pinna, Federico

9MAU Mr Victor Mau

Acton, Hugh Baker, Ben Chisholm, Luka Coyle, Aj Fermanis, Jared Garcia, Miguel Henry, Matthew Hu, Hardy Jefferys, Nikau Kelly, Leo Lay, Heng Maaka, Griffin Martin, James McKenzie-Bridle, Henry McKinnon, Angus Oppenhuis, Willem Park, Seojun Ryan, Bo Samson, Nathan Shahadah, Sameer Shi, Eric Shi, Sky Sun, Ethan Wilson, Marshall Young, Chester

9MR Mr Kevin Moriaty Baxter, Fergus Carman, Harrison Dornan, Arunan Fa’amausili, Pese French, Sammy

Gjelsten, Peter Hall-Fernandez, Chester Hawken, Charlie Jaquiery, Alex Johnson, Tom Kaptein Kirker, Theo La, James Li, Calvin Magan, Dilan Martin, Eddy Nguyen, David Patrick, Stuart Qu, Hanning Rhodes, Jacob Te Kere, Te Roera Williams, Joshua Yeung, Ryan Young, Ethan

9OB Mr Oliver Baxter

Acharya, Ananda Baimba-Rivers, Koi Bhana, Jaynesh Clancey, Wyatt Clarke, Bryce Collins, William Cook, Toby Cooper, Tahiwi Emanuel, Jonathan Frost, William Hassim, Shefan Henry-Paiti, Luke Keelan, Darien Lim, Somana Murray, Henry Obren, Spencer Pakau-Narayan, Jaxon Preston, Mackenzie Saunders, Will Stevenson, William Tahu, Braydon Wong, Jaden

Li, Johnny Montes de Oca Walker, Pablo Morris, Sana Pegg, Jay Ramos Lay E Silva, Ageu Robson, Joel Simpson, Daniel Steward, Isaac Sului, Katieri Tolo-Kent, Luke Tumilowicz, Wiktor Waghorn, Lennon Williams, Petera Winter, Ryan Wong, Jared

9TQ

Ms Miriam Tornquist Ammar, Sammi Carmona, Lestat Flodin, William Gillard, Scott Hornsby, Tyler Hynson, Blake Ifi, Matthew Jury, Lewis Lockwood, Jim Manktelow, Xander Marx, Moritz McSweeney, Zac Morais, Ethan Nilsen, Seb Quinn, James Sharma, Laksh Sohani, Aditya Stockler, Max Su, Raymond Trass, Finn Whimp Thompson, Sam Xie, Tianyi Zhang, Leo Atkinson-Moses, Will

9SJB Mrs Sarah Parker

9ZS Ms Zsu Sinclair

9SMC Mr Steve Chapman

10AAS Mr Adrian Shaw

Anderson, Wilson Bayliss Tremain, Conor Carmichael, Adam Gulliver, Luke Hastings, Henry Hill, Jacob Hiroki, Javarn Kosaka, Shin Kramar, Lauri Maiava, Josh McDonald, Kaleb Peach, Fraser Pratap, Shekinah Reid, Angus Scheepers, Chris Sknar, Andrew Statham, Rhys Taupau-Leota, Ethan Terei, Kaleb Thorpe, William Vandenberg, Jakob Willis, Jackson

Blacktop, Alex Bruce, Lachlan Chi, Frank Cook, Samuel Hosking Berge, Reef Kemp Whimp, Joshua Lau Young, Ollie

Mr Ian Clark Barnes, Jamie Brodie, Max Chua, Teik Hin Crafts, Victor Edmonds, Walt Ferguson, Rory Graham, Ethan Hil, Michael Jiang, Heng-yi Latta, Andrew Leong, Jia Wei Marks, Toby Morgan, Kasheef Richardson, Theo Robertson, Thomas Sadgrove, Jacob Simpson, Manda Spencer, Jasper Studt, Frank Wang, Raymond Xiong, Frankie

Auelua, Tyler Austin, Ryan Bismo, Raihan Cai, Eric Carson-King, Atakura Cooper, Louis Dick, Jack Faletolu, Elijah

Greig, Oliver Hewitson, Liam Houliston, Samuel Kivi, Danny Liu, Barry Lowndes, Felix Matagi, Jos Mercer, Edward Neale, Kylen Nguyen, An Duy Penty, James Reid, Max Rumble, Hayden Shirtcliffe, Tj Summers, Harry Waldron, Ben Young, Isaac

10AN Ms Rachael Anderson Adler, Noah Ault, Lewis Black, Oli Cassidy, Olivier Dillon, Meihana Ferrier, Will Griffiths, Wills Hewson, Joseph Huang, Alex Klinkum, Theo Luo, Daniel Matthews, Sam Michie, Callum Negi, Rithwick Oh, Anthony Peters, Braeden Reilly, Michael Renner, Arie Russell, Nick Short, August Sutherland, Isaac Wema, Hezekiah Young, Jake

10AVH Miss Amanda Hammond Arbuckle, Ben Baskaran, Aaris Bunny, Lucas Churchward Kahu, Kaea Dal Sasso, Alvise Dunne, Edward Garbett, Matthew Harrington-Lines, Quinn Hopkirk-Elliott, Caelan Jung, Jason Kaltenberg, Daniel Lebamoff, Jared Lu, Steve Manalo, Joseph McDonald, Paul Morton, Lukas Osipov, James Parag, Sashin Prowse, Kieran Robertson, Tom Seah, Quincy Shahadah, Mohammad Stairmand, Charlie Turner, Nathan Walter, Luca Wong, Fletcher

10BG Mr Craig Briggs

Ahmad Shahri, Danish Bolton, Logan Castle-McLean, Theo

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10EZ Mr Esref Zajko

Aldridge, Joseph Ashby, Finn Baguley, Elliot Brooky, Stelio Chandler, Henry Coy, Felix Doak, Harper Gurr, Jai Holmes, Will Hutton, Hamish Langley, William Maisuria, Abhishek McCall, Bodhi Moeung, Kobe Netherclift, Ben Pisa-Oliver, Christian Richardson, Jesse Sanders, Felix Simonsen, Will Thomas, Louis Williams, Ollie Willis, Elliot Yudana, Ijaan

10JB Mr Jonathan Belczacki Anderson, Henry Bahr, Joseph Brow, Jackson Chia, Arnold Crampton, Flynn Dombroski, Ethan Forsyth, Sam Halikias, Lukas Hood, Luke In, Ryan Lau Young, Noah Liu, James Mallett, Tim McCurley, Dante Monastra, Astin O'Connor, Aidan Ponter-Amor, Thomas Purewa, Ua Rieser, Julius Sapeas, Zachery Solakof, Marco Tresidder, Theo Wilson, Elliot

10JMH Mr John Henderson

Ansell-Jones, Finlay Baker, Samuel Buick-Constable, Tom Christie, Ollie Cunningham, Cameron Douds, Hegel Galvin, Kane Hamilton, Henry Hopkins, Sam Israelson, Casey

Julian, Atakura Laurie, Ben Malu, Patrick McDermott, Tim Morgenstern, Philipp Morrison, Hugh O'Neill, Ryder Prema, Shivaan Riley, Ben Schwarz, Frederik St Clair, James Tulua, Apisaloma Wong, Antony

10MN Mr Bob Mason

Archer, Hayden Ariyagusolsuthi, Karn Beaglehole, Dom Butler, Cillian Clark-Rayner, Nick Dann, Hunter Durkin, William Fleming, Daniel Garrett, Owen Hart, Boston He, Kevin Hornsby, Cody Karaitiana-Houghton, Kristian Lethbridge, George Manase, Lujan McHardy, Ben Moyer, John-Ross Paranjpe, Anant Robinson, Tim Searancke, Julius Stephens, Nicholas Tyler, Daniel Wattanagitseree, Pun Woodnorth, Max Yin, Jack

10NP Mr Neville Paul

Arora, Deepkrsna Bao, Howard Beckett, Jonathan Cameron, James Clarke-Lewis, Ben de Vos, Queran Eaton, James Goatley, Logan Hassen, Zak Horsley, Oscar Kerr, Angus Liang, Zhaocong Mander, Thomas McKnight, Bruno Moyes, Lennox Parbhu, Sailish Quin, Oscar Roche, George Sellwood, Harry Solarz, Tom Stockton, Daniel Tyson, Sam Xie, Tony

10NSP Mrs Natalie Parker

Ash, Jasper Benfell, Callum Cameron, Jonty Collins, Steven Dean, Zac Eden, Isley Goodwin, Max Hastings, Will Horwood, Eddy Khamsisavatdy, Quang Lim, Aidan Mapu-Satiu, Iverson McLaren, Liam Muir, Adam Patel, Aaryan

2016 WELLINGTON COLLEGE ROLL Rahman, Farhan Rodgers, Max Seuala, Julius Stokes, Mitchell Uluiburotu, Jiko Williams, Henry Yee, Scott Young, Trent

10RCS Miss Rhea Stevenson Asi, Flynn Bennett, Bede Bhikharidas, Jayden Carnegie, Padraig Colson, Tom Dearsly, Andre Edwards, Matthew Goodwin, Will Hausmann, Will Horwood Verstappen, Mackenzie Kielland, Kristian Lin, Ming Marett, Duncan Matson, Andre Mead, Finlay Murphy, Keith Patel, Anish Rampton, James Shaker, Finley Stonehouse, Felix Vallabh, Praneel Van Dam, Andre Vyas, Anu Yen, Dion

10RG Mr Ryan Gilbertson

Anderson, Liam Baines, Jack Choi, Heanu Crispin, Milo Dewhurst, Conor Dometakis, Mihaly Felix, Morgan Foye, Ethan Halliday, James Hooper, Benjamin Jeram, Arnan Laurenson, Alex Malthus, Logan McDermott, Nicholas Morland Janes, Jedi O'Connor, Ryan Powell, Gabes Register, Sean Rigby, Ole Saxton, Tommy Sparks, Ari Trlin, Nick Winter, Cruz

10SCR Miss Sarah Reynolds

Aisake, Koloamatangi Bagci, Cormac Bramley, Christopher Chamberlain, Sean Cox, Ben Doak, Arlo Firth, William Guile, Isaac Hobbs, Ben Husson, Zac Kuroda, Shotaro Lynch-Gerrard, Charlie Maxwell, Luther Moananu, Tristan-Perry Nepia, George Pike, Finnley Richardson, Adam Saker, Jacques Shahadah, Abdulrahman Simmonds, Emerson Takeuchi, Hyuma

Williams, Harry Zhu, Jim

10SG Miss Stephanie Glover Aberi, Brian Asi-Enari, Cypras Bernard, Daniel Buckley, Oscar Campbell, Kade Cook, Ciaran Elliott, Caelan Fortuin-Tiraha, Joshua Greaves, Karl Haydock, Heath Hoskin, Gabriel Kim, Alex Logologo, Levi Markland, Daniel Mei, James Nagel, Felix Patel, Nicholas Ravji, Shaam Ross, Ben Shea, Ben Sturgeon, Ben Vuckovic, Ugrin Yi, Matthew

10SN Ms Jane Sun

Austin, Kane Birkett, Jim Carroll, Digby Coomber, Alex Dias, Sandesh Fabian, Matthew Green, Tom Harris, Michael Hertzig, Theo Hoskin, Thomas Kinajil-Moran, Logan Lotomaulalo, Marshall Meijer, Caleb Moananu, Esene Murphy, Kynan Naylor, Joshua Peel, Luke Qi, Danni Reddiex, Joe Rong, Xiaodong Rothmets, Callan Sheppard-Morison, Oscar Su, Brian Sutton, Sam Yiavasis, Nicholas

11BJ Ms Bernice Jutson

Cameron, Matthew Crawford, Harry Cutter, Ronin Dunne, James Edlund, Sam Gay, Stefan Geenty, Alex Heitger, Nicky Hibbert, Hugo Joji, Shashwath Jones, Cameron Laurenson, Edwin Licul, Luka Mathew, Samuel McClelland, Oscar Patel, Viraaj Pezin, Theo Sharp, Oliver Small, Fred Tang, Darren Thomas, Henry Twomey, Edward Watkins, Thomas Wild, Jesse Woods, Troy

2016 WELLINGTON COLLEGE ROLL

11CB Mr Craig Blacklock

Allen-Russell, Jack Bliem Marull, Christopher Carmichael, Matt Chan, Aj Chen, Ray Cherian, Tazman Deen, Thys Devereux, Jos Ekambaram, Vaibhav Fraser, Maric Govind, Jaimin Hill, Mat Hodson, Jarred Kennedy, Sean MacKenzie, Don Marshall, Lucas Salman, Shaheer Small, Ryan Taiaroa-Campbell, Peter Williams, Andrew Woolf, Noah Worthington, Ben Zhou, Yun

11CM Mr Colm McNulty

Aliashkevich, Alexey Angell, Jackson Brantley, Jay Duffield, Josiah Dunlop, Luke Garnett, George Guttenbeil, Frederick Hunter, Harry Jo, Daniel Jourdain, Jackson Kanji, Rupesh Luapo, Nathan Marshall, Rowan May, Harry McArdle, Connor McGregor, Joshua Millad, Marcus Schwer, Louis Scott-Howman, Zack Somerville, Conor Te Paa, Peter Volpicelli, Ben Young, Adrian

11DR Mr David Roberts

Autapa, Sumet Clayton, Alex Collicoat, Tyler Fermanis, William Fraser, Riley Goggin, Zane Harding, George Irvine-Ford, Charles Knott, James Lalloo, Caylib Minarapa, Sage Neal, Harrison Peake, Oliver Puckey, Reuben Rees, Bronson Retimanu, Eruera Shelford-Morrell, Mauriora Stairs, Connor Tam, Jason Wang, Timothy Williams, Leo Wineera, Zadyn Young, Calvin

11ES Mrs Elizabeth Steer Baker, Fin Cassemiche, Eloi Coop, Frank Cooper, Gabe Cooper, Wareti

Daymond-King, John de Terte, Zac Deng, Nelson Dray, Josh Hewett, Kieran Kara, Finn Koonkaew, Mark Letoa, Timothy Mainwaring, Josh Marris, Josh Milne, Jordan Shaw, William Simi, Amalamo Smith, Adam Solanky, Sagar Tohill, Finley Turia-Bennett, Amaru Veng, Sophearvuth

11JLL Ms Joti Lea

Beard, Zander Braakhuis, Logan Consedine, Ethan Deng, Cody Dong, James Frean, Dante Habershon, Liam Hensel, Stefan Jama, Yaxya Jamieson-Tod, Rhiaan Jennings, Toby Joe, Ethan Kerjean, Loick Micallef, Rhys Perry, Stanley Phillips Beck, Lucas Ratcliff, Roman Rowling, Matt Saddler, Benjamin Simpson, Joel Valentine, Tom Van Dam, Marcus Wu, William Young, Matthew

11LB Mr Liam Boyle

Barber, Theo Bidgood, Matt Binnie, Matthew Birnie-Smail, Luca Callaghan, William Carter, Isaac Tamatoa Cordwell, Stefan Davenport-Thomas, Luca Firdaus, Saffan Forrest, Will Heyworth, Nicholas Jones, Zac Kent-Royds, Tim Lazou, Pani Matthews, Bradley Menon, Tejas Munn, Tom O'Brien-Spargo, Tim Parmar, Akshay Robson, Cai Robson, Caleb Setiawan, Ruben Wallace, James

11LR Mr Lincoln Rawles

Barlow, Luca Beard, Sam Boyd, Luke Brown, Marco Cass, Oliver Chen, William Fischer, Tommy Hall, Tim Itula, Zion Johanson, Matthew Kikuchi, Toshi Knight, George

Kong, Clement Lamahewa, Ravindu Lee, Daniel Michie, Oliver Murphy, Will Rees-Thomas, Will Rich, Jonathan Sasaki, Rick Shallcrass-Wong, Jonathan Sului, Filemoni White, Patrick Wooller, Samuel

Reid, Dylan Schaub, Jonas Scholten, William Scott, Connor Stairmand, Matthew Terei, Josh Wickens, Maxwell Yang, Irving Young, Luca Zarif, Rakib

11MH Mr Mark Houghton

Barson, Josh Bhana, Prakash Bhikha, Devanand Boonen, Matthew Corbett, Tai Doyle, Marino Fraser, Shamus Habershon, James Holyoake, Bram Honda, Masanori Jacob, Connor Kanicki, Mariusz Kiddle, Ricky Kilroy, Thomas Netherclift, Sam Nobata, Hirokazu Pahi, Tupono Patterson, Caleb Robinson, Cam Sole, Michael Troughton, Harry Wilson, Isaac Wong, Chris Zhang, Kevin

Absalom, Brandon Ansell, Patrick Bean, Geordie Bell, Tom Carroll, Adam Carter, Nathan Chen, Andy Chua, Teik Jin Collett, Liam Dassanayake, Jin Guo, Justin Heyworth, Michael Kiwha, Wesley Larsen-Cross, Connor Lealamisa, Philip Li, Cameron Lynch, Dylan McSweeney, Sam Rieser, Edmund Townsend, Raven Vishvaka, Devan Ward, Seth Yusanthia, Nattawat Zhang, John

11MM Mrs Mary Maddren

Bishop, Cameron Chan, Brian Chhun, Ryan Dickins, Max Fa'amausili, Tyrique Hall, Cam Hill, Adam Hirose, Kento Hunter, Mihali Kerr, Xavier Lei, Ray Leigh, Dylan MacCormick, Jack Meravanage, Satwik Murray, Thomas O'Connor, Dillon Pitawala, Ravin Riley, Andrew Rodriguez Sarmiento, Diego Smith, Will Sutcliffe, Matthew Taufale, Jayden Wang, Ziwei Washington, Joel Wester, Michael Wolf, Finn

11MV Mr Martin Vaughan

Ash, David Batisan, Ely Clarke, Campbell Cook, Harry Crawford-Vito, Tennessee Fa'asalele, James Hopper, Matthew Hosking Berge, Torr Howat, Jack Keogh, Samuel Liu, Mike McArdle, Josh McKnight, Dylan Porter, Sam

11NF Mr Nathan Frew

11RV Miss Rachel Veale

Ashby, Stefan Bentley, Sam Campbell, Alex Chapman, Dan Charman, Simon Duggan, William Hanifan-Oaks, Reilly Hannah, Liam Hemopo, Teone Henry, Justin Hoare, Daniel Howe, Sean Mackay, Connor Metcalf-MacDonald, Andrew Pho, Arith Ryu, Brett Sampson, Ethan Smith, Connor Smith, Joshua Tarpley, Rory Tu'amoheloa, Lisione Walker, Aidan Zakaria, Amir

11TH Mr Thorsten Harms

Becroft, Isaac Bostrovas, Zach Campbell, Tim Devane, William Du Toit, Wiko Eastwood, James Herrick-Jones, Harry Irving, Ben Johnston, Alex Kirikiri, Baxter Knight, Ollie Li, Raymond Miller, Thomas Monroe, Max Park, Johannes Petersen, Ollie Quinn, Wilson Ross, Jack Smith, Benjamin Tiatia, Jaydin

Walton-France, Jack Wilkins, Ben Yang, Ian

11TR Mr Tomas Renna

Bailey, Thomas Cheng, Ziheng Clunie, Scott Fu, Felix Hands, Joe Hikawa, Kurodo Ito, Kotaro Kamei, Rin Karaski, Henri Kauone Logologo, Elijah Kerdmueng, Dom Kim, Mike Kinoshita, Genki Ladores, Xavier Llanes, Hance Mao, Yuming Mashkov, Ilya Nakayama, Rinpei Newell, Tim Okuda, Reo Paongo, Sione Park, Andy Park, Yeonjae Peetz, Sean Poata, Joe Rieckermann, Hugo Robertson, Izzy Sharma, Dylan Shigetome, Ikki Singe, Ryan Stowers, Brooklyn Tucke, Paul Wayman, Jack Wongwaisayawan, Guy Yamamoto, Reijiro Zhao, Andy

12EM Ms Rebecca Edmunds

Berkalitzky, Daniel Bird, Taine Carmona, Lloyd Choi, Wonbin Coldstream, Arthur Delaney, Sean Dobbie, Hunter Draper, Conrad Fehrenbach, Paul Hartshorn, Tom Horrocks, Michael Huang, Chen Qin Lippoldt, Jan Loader, Tahiwi Tuahinekore Yian Mace, Thomas Mirkin, Noah Murray, Robbie Nash, Kayil Norman, Hadley Ou, Andy Rose, Cameron Shackleton, Thomas Tang, Lixing Too, Jonathan Wickremesekera, Aush Zamanpoor, Mohammad

12HA Dr Hamid Abu-Shanab

Adds, Ahikaroa Agam, Fahri Arse, Nuru Bartholomeusz, Damian Beverley, Patrick Chan, Ah Kar Hughes, Josh Johnson, Matthew Manuel-Arnold, Cameron Marsden, Jorge Marshall, Jack

Matthews, Edward McDonald, Beck McLean, Daniel Millburn, Spenser Nguyen, Devin O'Brien, Michael Patel, Barnard Ruwhiu, Joshua Sharples, Alex Wainwright, Sydney Wang, Oliver

12JWC Mr Jack Coles

Barrett, Jacob Bramley, Thomas Drubigny, Paul-Emile Gaualofa, Reegan Gibson, Louis Halim, Hilmi Hey, Samuel Holst, Theodore James, Jasper Lee, Calvin Lesa, Xaviah Looi, Samuel Lu, Daniel Occleshaw, Conor O'Donovan, Ben Pagalilawan, Elian Peacock, Ben Plumtree, Taine Por, Pech Rucker, Axel Villalobos, Jasef Vivenot, Bastien Walpola, Malin Warn, Tony Warner, Jack Zhou, Alvin

12KFM Mrs Kerstin Fiedler-Muck Baker, Wil Butler, Conor Cook, Oli Davidson, Connor Ensor, Thomas Fox, Jacob Greenwood, Nick Halstead, Jake Kent-Wilson, James Long, David Masseurs, Jacob Mohammed, Fraz Ngaoluangraj, Nilandohn O'Donoghue-Price, Jacob Paice, Hamish Pavkovic, Filip Riad, Nader Robinson, Oscar Siaosi, Logan Spain, Calvin van Erpers Roijaards, Josh Yu, Andy

12KVT Mr Kilisimasi Tamua

Ahmed, Al-Yasaa Clark-Rayner, Sam Fuller, Luke Gordon, Jock Hart Ferrari, Luca Hawthorne, Callum Koshin, Abu-Bakar Liko, Elim Maihi, Latrell Mauriohooho, Xaviar McStay, Ryan Meek, Dylan Morgan-Ranui, Joshua Nelson, Joel Perkins Banse, Ishmael Phillips, Angus Rhee, Jae Sellwood, George

Wellingtonian 2016 | 209 Sims, Will Steel, Jack Swartz, Stefan Uitime, Christopher Walford-Collier, Ducati

12KW Mr Karl White

Ailao, Christian Collins, Tylan de Castro, Adriano Faletolu, Ma'ole Greig, Josiah Griffiths, Henry Hooper, David Johnson, Tipene Lee, Young Li, Lucas O'Connor, Lachie Pigott, William Prins, Laurence Robinson, Jaxon Sercombe, Max Slater, Dan Templeton, Josef Tompkinson, William Ulusele, Isaac Waayer, Sam Yeo, Adam Young, Campbell

12MO Ms Mirsha O’Donnell

Austin, Luke Blaikie, Rowan Buck, Freddy Burgin, Daniel Canlas, Matthew Chew, Christopher Chin, Matt Cooper, St John Dent, John Entwisle, Thomas Goodwin, Tom Hough, Zach Jin, Chengbo Lee, Cameron Lim, Trent Scott, Finn Scott, Josh Sercombe, Sam Stanley, Lukas Tebbs, Isaac Whimp Thompson, Edward Wi Rutene-Pomare, Pere Yamog, Nicoli

12MW Mr Mark Wallace

Daellenbach, Seb Forsyth, Finlay Galvin, Michael Goodisson, Rimu Han, Kevin Keenan, Hamish Le Marquand, Jonte Li, Anlun Li, Jonathan Ze-Lin Lokman, Darwisy Lu, Louis McElwain-Wilson, Ben McKenzie-Bridle, Thomas Miyauchi, Ko Moore, Eli Nanote, Amey Neira Pinochet, Vicente Scott, Jack Shepherd, Timothy Simpkin, Ryan Stent, Hunter Su, Junde Szakats, Stephen Ward, Benjamin Withers, Callum Zaher, Benjamin

12NN Mr Nilesh Naran

Allen, James Banerjee, Soumya Beresford, Sean Bird, Ryan Broughton, Neihana Butterfield, Matthew Devane, Harrison Gemuhluoglu, Kaan Jiang, Zejian Khaled-Abbas, Islam Khun, Pangna Loveard, Andrew McKenzie, Michael McRae, Angus O'Leary, James Parker, Jazhan Prowse, Callum Siladi, Brendan Silvey-McCaw, Oscar Stonyer, Jack Strowger-Turnock, Ben

12PK Mr Phil Kendon

Athfield, Isaac Chirayath, Joshua Cooper, Clive Di Leva, Dominic Dykes, Gabriel Fay, Adam Harris, Ashley Holden, Cahon Hopkins, George James, Bryan James, Rory Kearns-Hill, Thomas Mountfort, Hamish Ren, Botian Scott, Arie Smith, Seth Stewart, Thomas Stojanovic, Rado Teagle, Charlie van Helden, Arlo Vithal, Khallum Wong, Matthew Zhuang, Yan

12SL Mr Steve Lyster

Al-Kaabi, Michael Allan, John Candadai, Amruth Collins, Louis Cook, Joe Corfield, Shaun Dowell, Andy Dowle, Nathan Eftimov, Dylan Goatley, Caleb Haigh, Ethan Jacobs, Conor Kim, Yoon Tae McKenzie, Tom Singh, Yash Stamp, Dan Wang, Tian Wu, Zhaolin Yang, Jun Yao, Aaron Yu, James Zong, Dongming

12SMT Mr Stephen Tester

Aswani, Nalin Beasley, Harry Choudhry, Zain Dixon, Liam Helu, Sione Hetet, Wi Holt, Oscar Leota, Mellenniumma

210 | Wellingtonian 2016 Lockwood, Hugh Lynch, Joseph McCay, Ben Misa, Ezequiel Morris, Kent Murray, Fergus O'Neill, Finn Paotonu, Oliver Regnault, Louis Reid, Kallan Ruwhiu, Phillip Scheu, Felix Simmonds, Cameron Van der Velden, Tristan

12TC Mr Tim Costeloe

Brantley, Logan Dunn, Caleb Fam, Yiannis Fung, Salvy Hughes, Benjamin King, Jacob Kiwha, Rhys Kizito, Jacob Lallement, Aurelien Middleton, Nathan Nimmo, Isaac Parata, Balin Partridge, Jack Rahubadde, Rahul Richards, Eli Rolfe, William Sathiyandra, Arvalan Schuyt, Max Simes, Liam Sinclair, Rowan Speirs, Finn Young, Maxwell

12TFC Miss Tara Faulkner-Clayton Andrews-Paul, Kieran Bhana, Roshaan Douglas, Nick Gerondis, Nick Halliday, Calvin Hartley, Liam Hettiarachchi, Hasitha Isbister, Sam Killalea, Jaden Lamble, Baxter Lane, Nicholas Leikis, Matthew Liu, Jason Mitchell, Ben Moore, Connor Nicol, Keiha Porteous, Charlie Ross, Jeremy Shennan, Matthew Szeto, Oscar Thompson, Sebastian Walker, Sam Webb, Liam Whitehead, Luke

12TM Mr Tom Martin

Mr Chris Wells Ah Kuoi, Naitoa Ando, Gakuto Buenaobra, Jonathan Clark, Harrison Collier, Ben Coveny, Aran Crampton, Angus Dunford, Roman Federighi Bryant, Lawrence Fujimatsu, Yuta Guo, Shane Harada, Kowa He, Ning King, Alexander Li, David McKnight, Laurence

Moller, Alama Morande, Agustin Murphy, Ben Nakajima, Junichiro O'Sullivan, Takaterangi Plim, Michael Rasiah, Yovan Rivera, River Suwa, Kazuki Takahashi, Satoshi Takahashi, Suguru Takai, Yasuki Teramoto, Kan Tobari, Seiji Ueno, Kenshiro Vignon, Louis Wang, Chongyu Watson-Siloata, Star Wu, Joe Young, Cade Yu, Caden

13BD Ms Jennifer Bush-Daumec Ahkit, Gabriel Bird, Braden Campbell, Liam Cordwell, Jozef Dearsly, Samuel Depelsemacker, Karl Draver, Wazim Fuller, Toby Hill, Alexander Kim, Daniel Lowe, Walter McClymont, Jamie McLachlan, Hector Murphy, Tane Parker, Cheye Pfefferkorn, Clemens Shah, Muizz Tia, Carlos Willman, Lyon

13BK Mr Boris Kipnis

Ali, Baqer Bowden, Cole Chen, Luke Denisov, Tommy Dewes, Ben Feterika, Kaine Gaynor, Leo Halikias, Seb Hollands-Teariki, Chas Imswang, Justin Lee, Dylan McPherson, Sam Nelson, Frederick Roache, Ethan Seyton Walker, Harrad Stevens, Liam Tong, Tristin Watkins, James Wright, Finn

13BM Mr Michael Bangma Abdul, Fauzaan Barlow, Jack Bhula, Jakob Burnett, Iain Cordalis, Tass de Vos, Jarod Edmond, Gus Fu, Frank Green, Sam Hickman, Josh Hsiao, Vincent Looi, Brendan McIntyre, George Murchland, Rory Parker, Charlie Samin, Abdalla Snaddon, Thomas Totoro, Maioha

2016 WELLINGTON COLLEGE ROLL Webster, Hamish Yoon, Yeojun

13BSM Mr Bradley Moon

Bellam, James Dawson, Oliver Dickins, Jack Ford, Reece Fox, Sam Goatley, Jay Harding, Oliver Hoskin, Tom Johnston, William Kaka, Heta Lee, Juhan Mavji, Jeeten O'Rourke, Jamie Peterson, Matthew Ravin, Theo Robertson, Matthew Simmons, Troy Stroud, Harrison Wee, Gabriel Weston-Webb, Zeke Wyeth, Johnny

13CG Mr Colin Green

Aldridge, James Bloor-Wilson, Ethan Bourakna, Mourad Budge, James Chen, Kevin Crawford, Ross Desai, Dev Fergusson, Sean Garrett, Campbell Gregg, Harry Horwood Verstappen, Henry Jeram, Hamish Mani, Hiren Miller-Jose, Isaac Patterson, Jaydon Rees-Thomas, Harrison Sainte, Remy Seumanufagai, Adrian Standring, Maclean Watts-Pointer, Callum Worthington, Louis

13DTC Mr Dave Cournane

Anderson, Isaac Armitage, Remy Bergin, Michael Brandwood, Liam Coles, George Day, Pierce Dong, Joshua Goggin, Connor Graham, Bruce Grice, Max Langdana, Ashad Lau Young, Lucian Leach, George Lim, Laurence McPherson, Gus Morgan-Ranui, Jakob Nesus-Stainton, George On, Sebastian Paongo, Amipeliasi Peake, Joshua Pollock, Craig Ranaweera, Hansaka Russon, Harry Rutherford, Timothy Saunders, Jack Schulpen, Tim Schwindenhammer, Paul Sopoaga, Toka Szeto, Wingyeung Villalobos Santana, Efrain Williamson, Michael

13GS Mr Greg Sharland

Asi, Qualen Bennett, Karl Birkett, Alex Chiu, Justin Dayal, Kailin Dome, Oscar Figueroa, Matias Forster, Taine Fuli, Connor Harrington-Lines, Amin Kaltenberg, Szymon Lee, Nathan McIntyre, Ezra Morse, Jae Pairama-Hegglun, Rawiri Plumtree, Reece Robinson, Tom Sinclair, Alexander Sommer, Samuel Su, Andres Turia, Jaan Wellington, Jake

13JM Mrs Jan McLean

Bradley, Eduard Davenport Petersen, Tor Dickie, Graham Fisk, Matthew Haydock, James Jacques Dowrick, Findlay Josey-Kerr, Christopher Lee, Jeremy Anton Matthews, Ryan Moore, Theo Peters, Ellery Robertson, Dai Shen, Daniel Straugheir, Jackson Webster, Nicholas Wu, Jonathan

13JOT Mr Johnson Taeao

Brodie, Jack Clark, Cameron Dayal, Jaylin Finau, La'au Foaitua, Noaese Fowler, Luke Hamed, Hussein Kaye, Jim Lewis, Adam Lupo, Pio Mountain, Rhys Orr, Sanny Puloka, Quinton Rodriguez, Jeisson Singe, Eden Su, Owen van der Wilt, Guy Westenra, Lucas Yapa, Mahima

13KM Miss Katie Macfarlane

Mr Rob Everett Alofia, Joshua Bradley Moore, Te Moananui Cherian, Elizen Darrall, Louis Dick, Liam Findlay, McKay Hamilton, Seb Hosking Berge, Cole Jones, Joseph Lee, Jeremy Matsumoto, Shu McNaughton, John Moananu, Etano Pengelly, James Prince, Thomas

Wellingtonian 2016 | 211 Robbins, Gabriel Shackleton, Tom Socheleau, Igor Stalla, Denis Stockton, Ben Van de Walle, Flavien Wallis, Joshua Wu, Jack

13KT Mr Kim Tattersall

Anderson, Gene Berzins, Louis Brooky, Niko Clarke, Jac Elston, Jake Fiedler, Moritz Graham, Justin Hann, Alexander Harvey, Ryan Huang, Jacky Jung, Jakob Kharkar, Dhruv McElwain, Levi Monk, Bailey Munn, William Prak, Richie Rolfe, Alex Sandoval, Antonio Small, Zac Sun, Haige Viatos, Theodoros Wester, Jason Yates, Matthew

13MRT Mr Mark Tinkle

Balm, Ronan Betty, Arun Brow, Baxter Dayal, Zion Duncan, Jack Frean, Giotto Grant, Justin Henare, Treya Huang, Yu Jie Irving, Cameron Kiddle, Ben Li, YuanZhao McElwain-Wilson, Sean Munt, Louis Pierce, Max Prema, Sacchida Rudge, Michael Smith, Harry Sutcliffe, Oliver Tonga, Sean

13NJC Mrs Nikki Corbishley

Ahmed, Dhan-Nun Barot, Edd Cotter, Tristan Denham, Josiah Dessoulavy, Johnny Espino, Stephen Feng, Benjamin Furnish, Harry Gillion, Bastien LaHatte, Henry Macdiarmid, James Naidu, Karan Parkinson, Carlos Ramsden, Felix Tarrant-Hill, Feodor Treweek-Stephen, Callum Wang, Charlie Wills, Nick Zhang, Jinsheng

13RC Mr Rob Corliss

Aiono, Bronson Barrett, Jordan Boston, Blake

Chin, Jordan Cowley, Maxwell Engleback, George Gadgil, Toyesh Gucake, Qori Hong, Hans Jamieson, Samuel Li, Guannan Majic, Douglas Murray, Alex Patel, Shivam Reddiex, Ethan Sorensen, Hugo Thomas, Luke Williams, Moetu Wong, Mathew Yuan, Josh

Art: ORIGINAL WORKS

13RD Mr Ross Durant

Ake-Rarerngsaen, Chayapol Barson, Sam Boulieris, Stefanos Chemis, Finnian Feng, Rocky Gangakhedkar, Rohan Gurr, Solomon Horrocks, Paul Howes, Tusca Jarden-Dillon, Connor Kreuz, Henry Langer, Jaro Mak, Daniel Micallef, Lawrence Neale, Tuscany Patterson, Isaac Soderberg, Jordan Stamp, Peter Takada, Hayato Warren-Robinson, Stone Wood, Michael Zhao, Yunfei Zhou, Zusheng Zhu, Rong

13SD Mr Sam Dean

Balmain, Hayden Beveridge, Fabian Cai, Jerry Conroy, Lewis de Silva, Ben Dunbier, David Fuhrer, Joshua Geiger, Johannes Gray, Jeremy Hunn, Liam Kim, Ha Sung Li, Patrick McGovern, Liam Park, Jihoon Riad, Sherif Smith, Michael Sutton, Thomas Walker, Bernard Wang, Howard

JOSH TEREI, Y11 ART 2016.

Josh’s images is in response to a brief on a surrealist theme in which imaginary worlds were explored.

JOZEF CORDWELL, Y13 PAINTING 2016 Jozef’s work is an investigation into self-portraiture and personal identity.

JEETEN MAVJI, Y13 PAINTING 2016 Jeeten’s work is an investigation into consumerism and capitalism using pop culture icons and everyday objects

212 | Wellingtonian 2016

FAREWELL TO Y13

Year 13, Class of 2016