Press release from Hockey NZ today regarding ex Newlands student Phil Burrows: Iconic Black Stick Phil Burrows retires from international hockey New Zealand’s most capped Black Sticks player of all time Phil Burrows has announced his retirement from international hockey. Burrows made his debut in 2000 and played a whopping 343 tests in a career […]

This morning ex student Luke Woodcock took to the field for his 121st First class game for Wellington cricket and thus became the highest appearance holder in history for Wellington. When he gets his chance to bat he only needs 9 more runs to also become the highest run scorer for Wellington.  Click here for […]

Congratulations are in order for Liam Collins and Milly Mackey who were winners at the College Sportsperson of the Year Awards that took place on Sunday. Liam received the award for the best male sports official whilst Milly was named the top female touch player. The night was an amazing celebration of the sporting ability […]

340 people packed into the hall for the biggest ever Celebration of Sport. Tickets sold out inside 2 days and due to unprecented demand extra capacity was made available. On the evening students heard from current Paralympian and former Newlands College parent Kate Horan talking about her journey through life and her achievements in reaching […]

Our mixed hockey team exceeded all expectations at the North Island Mixed Hockey Tournament by finishing third losing to eventual winners Huanui in the semi final. Last year the team only won one game and finished 8th and in their first tournament in 2014 they finished 10th. With a lot of the players having played […]

Ex-student Kyle Pontifex has yesterday announced his retirement from international hockey duty. Hockey NZ have put out the glowing article below: One of the Black Sticks’ greatest ever goalkeepers, Kyle Pontifex, has drawn the curtain on a fantastic international career. The 36-year-old Wellingtonian has decided it’s time to switch focus to an ongoing work career […]