Over the holidays Irwin Sports were in to upgrade the schools Basketball Goals. A big thanks to Pelorus Trust for their additional funding to get this project over the line. We look forward to the hoops being christened in the first Junior Basketball game taking place next Tuesday.
Aria Coleman – Artistic Roller Skating Success
Congratulations to Aria Coleman (Yr 10) who recently competed in the Regional Artistic Roller Skating championships. Aria’s results were as follows: Cadet Figures – 2nd Preliminary Loops – 2nd Aria is also member of the Cadet International Quartets team (Dreamskate) which also placed 1st. Last weekend Aria’s quartet, Dreamskate, travelled to Palmerston North to skate […]
Athletics Wrap Up
Over the last couple of weeks our students have been involved in both the Western Zone Athletics and Regional Athletics events. WESTERN ZONE ATHLETICS Western Zone athletics saw 9 students brave the wind and rain to compete. There were a number of stand out performances which saw the following students make it through to the […]
CSW Orienteering Series wrap up
Our Orienteerers were fortunately one of the only sports to get to finish their season completely. 20 Newlands students took part in the inaugural Sprint Championship where students got to compete in 5 sprint series events with their best 3 results counting towards the championship points table. Under the guidance of Mr Riddle we had […]
Milly Mackey wins Women’s Rugby player of year at CSW Awards
Congratulations to Milly Mackey and her family as she was named women’s rugby player of the year at the College Sport Awards last Sunday. Congratulations also to Melvin Rumere who was a finalist in Futsal and Jonny Cottle who was a finalist in Table Tennis.
Celebration of Sport 2019
The Newlands College Celebration of Sport was another great success with 420 people crammed into the school hall to hear from ex-student and Wellington Cricket legend Luke Woodcock talk about his time at the College. The Premier Award winners for this year are as follows: STUDENT COACH OF THE YEAR: awarded to the student coach […]
Newlands 1st XI win Rongotai Football Tournament
Last month the Newlands College 1st Boys were part of the second Rongotai Invitational Tournament along with the Newlands College 2nd XI. In earlier games NC 1st XI beat Hutt Valley High Development, Kapiti 2nd XI before beating Wellington College 3rd XI 4-0 in the final. The Newlands College 2nd XI entering for the first […]
Newlands Students go swimmingly at Regional Winter Champs
Miriama Kirby, Hannah Campbell and Amy Teekman competed in the 2019 Winter Championships, an annual, Regional, short course swimming competition. They achieved multiple top ten finishes including a total of 13 medal placings. Hannah’s haul included: 100 Fly – Silver 200 Fly – Gold 800 Free – Silver Amy’s haul included: 50 Free – Silver […]
Milly Mackey named in U18 Maori Wahine Squad
Congratulations to Milly Mackey who was recently named in the NZ18 Maori Wahine side. Unfortunately the side currently doesn’t have any games to play this season but congratulations on this great achievement.
Lauren Smith wins World Title
Lauren pictured 3rd from left at the back Congratulations to Lauren Smith who was part of the 21 and under NZ Netball team who won the WINA World Cup, Paarl 2019 Super 6’s and was also runner up in the Super 7’s final. In the Super 6’s event there was a double round robin competition […]