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Excelling
Culture
Drama
Frances Campbell (Year 13) and William
Lu (Year 13) have been selected to
go to The Globe Theatre in London to
work with professional Shakespearean
actors and directors. They are among a
group of 24 students chosen from 550
students that performed in the Sheilah
Winn Shakespeare National Festival.
Music
Harry Grigg (Year 13) is the 2013–14
co-student leader of the New Zealand
Secondary Schools Choir.
Isaac Shatford (Year 13), Jooyoung
Kim (Year 10), William Muir (Year 11),
Joseph Yoon (Year 10), and Ben Rainey
(Year 12) were selected to play in the
New Zealand Secondary Schools’
Orchestra.
Pipe Band
Josh Smith (Year 13) was selected for
the New Zealand Youth Pipe Band for
2013–2014 for its tour of Canada in 2014
to compete at the North American and
Canadian championships.
United Nations
Daniel Maier-Gant (Year 13) has been
selected to travel to The Hague to
take part in the United Nations Youth
Conference.
Sport
Basketball and Netball
Charlotte Elley (Year 13) played in the
New Zealand U20 Schoolgirls' Basketball
team in Perth and also represented
New Zealand in the International
Schoolgirls Netball Challenge where
they beat Australia.
Bowls and AFL
Cameron Bailey (Year 13) was selected for
the Bowls New Zealand U18 Men’s team
for the annual trans-Tasman contest.
Cameron also represented New Zealand
in January as a member of the New
Zealand Hawks Senior team (for AFL)
and is the youngest player in the team.
at
national level
Football
Lily Bray (Year 9) was named in the
New Zealand U16 Secondary Schools’
football team.
Gymnastics
Akane Matsumoto (Year 12) competed as
member of the New Zealand Rhythmic
Gymnastic team in Melbourne.
Hockey
Lawrence Darling (Year 12) and Sam Lane
(Year 12) were selected to play in the
Men’s U18 TigerTurf team and were also
chosen for the Junior Black Sticks squad
that travels to Australia in December.
Ice Hockey
Mason Kennedy (Year 12) and Alex Egan
(Year 11) are in the New Zealand U18
ice hockey team and will represent New
Zealand at the International Ice Hockey
Federation World U18 Championship
in March. Luke Hill (Year 10) is in the
New Zealand U16 team that competed
at the Chinese Taipei Youth Invitational
Tournament during September and
October this year.
Polo
James Downes (Year 12) and Sam Martin
(Year 12) played in the New Zealand Youth
Polo team against Australia.
Skiing
Eliza Grigg (Year 13) is a member of the
New Zealand Alpine Ski team.
Snowboarding
Carlos Garcia Knight (Year 13) competed
at the Junior World Championships
in Italy.
Trampolining
Lizzie Stevenson (Year 10) won medals
for New Zealand at the Indo Pacific
Championships in South Africa.
Yachting
Taylor Balogh (Year 12) was selected for
the New Zealand 420 Open team to sail in
the World’s Regatta in Germany.
We are always thrilled to see our
students excel in cultural activities and
sports they are passionate about. They all
put in an extraordinary amount of time
in their pursuit for excellence, so it is
rewarding to see them earn New Zealand
representative colours for their efforts.
[L-R] Eliza Grigg, Charlotte Elley, Akane Matsumoto, Mason Kennedy, Taylor Balogh, Sam Lane, Luke Hill, Cameron Bailey, James Downes, Lawrence
Darling, Lizzie Stevenson, Sam Martin, Lily Bray and Alex Egan.
William Muir, Joseph Yoon, Harry Grigg, William Lu, Daniel Maier-Gant, Isaac Shatford, Ben Rainey,
Frances Campbell, Josh Smith and Jooyoung Kim.