Senior Boys Volleyball Team come runners up at Regionals

Our Volleyball boys can be rightly proud of their achievements at the Senior Volleyball Regionals that took place last weekend. They finished runners up in an amazing final against St Pats Town and a number of them made the tournament team which showed the level of ability that they had. Check out the photos in […]

Senior Touch Mixed team finish runner up at Regionals

The Newlands College Senior Mixed team finished runner up at last weeks Regional Championships. The team won the first 4 games (11-0 v Taita, 2-0 v Paraparaumu, 7-0 v Mana, 6-4 v Wainui) in the 5th round they lost 9-6 to TKW Rua Mano before losing a tight final against the same opponents 5-3. By finishing […]

Cricket 1st XI win a thriller against Onslow

The Newlands 1st XI Cricket team won a thriller against Onslow 2nd XI over the weekend. Set 240 to win after Onslow batter C Turner scored an unbeaten 109, Ishaq Idris (31) and Simon Pask (72) had a 132 run second wicket partnership which set up the opportunity for the victory. Following this partnership Newlands […]

Senior Volleyball teams win on Friday

Both the boys and girls senior volleyball teams remain unbeaten after the latest round of games. The girls had a tight 3-2 victory over Wellington Girls whilst the boys won their game convincingly 3-0 against Wellington Boys. This coming weekend both teams will be competing in the Regional Championships. Good luck to them.

Blair Thornton performs well at Kayak Nationals

Following the departure of Kurtis Imrie at the end of 2013 it seemed likely that Newlands College would not have someone to follow in the footsteps of the Imrie family at the Kayaking Nationals. Step up Blair Thornton (Y11) who, encouraged by Kurtis has recently taken up the sport. At his first nationals Blair made […]

Former student qualifies for U20 Women’s Football World Cup

Ex student Corina Brown was part of the victorious Junior Football Ferns team that booked their place at the U20 Women’s Football in Canada later this year by winning the Oceania Football U20 Championship at the weekend. Corina is currently the back up goalkeeper and played the 2nd game against Tonga. For more information on […]

Former student reaches special milestone

Luke Woodcock, a former Newlands College student and 1st XI cricketer reached a special milestone on Sunday when he became only the 5th Wellington player to make 100 first class appearances. Click Here for the Dominion Post article about this achievement. Congratulations to Luke on this fantastic achievement.