U15 Rugby team lose close final against Aotea

Our boys U15 Rugby team have done the school proud with a close-run final 17-12 loss against Aotea in the U15 Division 3 final last Saturday. Aotea were unbeaten and had beaten Newlands twice during the season but Newlands took the game to them and were ahead 12-10 till deep into the 2nd half when […]

Boys Hockey team win Reserve 1 Grade

       Congratulations to the Boys Hockey team and their coach Ian Norman on winning the Reserve 1 Grade against Kapiti  College last night and in doing so earning a promotion to the Premier 3 Grade for next season. The team contained no less than 7 players new to the sport so it was […]

Congratulations to our Junior Badminton teams

Today Newlands had 3 teams attending the Junior Badminton finals which was the most from any college alongside HIBS. Newlands 1 Boys had won the Junior Northern Zone Division 1 but unfortunately came unstuck against HIBS 1 in the semi final whilst our Boys Division 2 winners also came unstuck against another HIBS team in […]

Strong performances at Table Tennis Singles Champs

Newlands fielded the largest contingent of players at the Table Tennis Singles champs that took place at the Empire Stadium last Friday. There were a number of notable performances from our players. Helen Kuang finished runner up in the Senior Girls, Connor Smith made the semi final of the Senior Boys Championship with Jonny Cottle […]

Old Boys v Senior A Basketball Game

Last night we had the 2015 Senior Boys team come back to school to play the current team. Taane Koorey-Te Huki had organised the whole thing and 9 old boys showed up. Was a great night, and so cool to see the old boys support for the current group. The old guys just won by […]

Congratulations Caitlin Leatham

Congratulations to Caitlin Leatham (Y9) who was part of the Wellington Yr 9 team that finished 2nd in the B grade at the U15 Netball nationals and secured another spot for a Wellington team in the A grade for next year, meaning Wellington now has two teams competing in the A Grade. A pretty fantastic […]

Report from Orienteering Champs

The students had a great time running in some challenging and unfamiliar terrain. Our best result was Ben Smedinge (Y9) who was 5th in the Junior Boys.    

Lauren Smith wins U17 Netball Nationals

Congratulations to Lauren Smith (Y12) who was part of the Wellington U17 Netball team that won Nationals for the third year in a row against Auckland last week 40-29 (Auckland have been the opponents each time). This is the second year in a row that Lauren has  been part of the team. Click here for […]