Lateefah Idris wins Cricket Title

Congratulations to Lateefah Idris (Y12) who won the Cooper Wakefield Trophy as part of the Johnsonville Girls Cricket team who beat Hutt Districts at the weekend. See Page 19 of this weeks Independent Herald for the full story.

Elisia Wong makes a splash at Division 2 Swimming Champs

Elisia Wong (Y9) recently competed at the Division Two swimming competition in Invercargill for Tawa Swim Club, Elisia achieved one gold medal (for 50metre backstroke), two silver medals (for 100metre breaststroke & girls 13-14 year old medley relay) and two bronze medals (for 100metre backstroke & 200metre girls freestyle relay). She was also picked to […]

Karate success

2 siblings have had success at the recent National Shotokan Karate Federation Championship and training in Auckland last month. The training was taken by Shihan Takahashi, 9 Dan black belt from Japan. Bryn Gates is a brown belt, and placed 3rd in Kumate. (fighting) Mackenzie Gates is an orange belt, and place 1st in Kumate, […]

Northern Hills Football Pathway Open Day

Northern Hills Football Pathway Open Day – Alex Moore Park – Sunday 20 March Next Sunday, there is an open day at Alex Moore artificial to launch what is know as the Northern Hills Football Pathway. The junior clubs of Onslow and North Wellington plus the senior club at North Wellington and Onslow and Newlands […]

Haydon Smith scores 154

Haydon Smith (Y12) scored a cracking 154 in the 1st XI win against Kapiti College last weekend. This score helped him to the top of the batting stats table with an impressive average of 141 having scored 423 runs in 6 innings. The Newlands team has a semi final against Paraparaumu this coming weekend Good […]

Dragonboating 2016

Last Sunday, a Y13 girls team and a mixed Year 12 team were involved in the Secondary Schools Dragonboating Festival at the Wellington Harbour. Both teams had a great time and whilst they didn’t win any trophies on the water they did walk away with the coveted ‘Friendliest Team’ title. Liam Collins (Y12) has put […]

Teachers in the sporting news

In recent days, 3 Newlands College teachers have been making the news. Claire Kersten looks like she will make it back into the Central Pulse Netball squad for 2016 with the new Coach making some encouraging comments about her pre-season performances so far. Chris Hueston was part of a Johnsonville Bowls triples team that took […]