2009 Achievers

2009 has been an important year for pupil successes. The Board and Staff congratulate all our pupil achievers.

Scholarships

The following year 8 pupils won entrance scholarships to secondary school:
Boarding Scholarship to St Margaret's College - Izzy Brown
Somes Scholarship to Christ's College - Edward Roche
Somes Exhibition to Christ's College - Paul Lee
Somes Music Scholarship to Christ's College - Paul Lee
Somes Music Scholarship to Christ's College - Matthew Harris
Somes Exhibition to Christ's College - Tim Bullen
JR Grigg Entrance Exhibition  to Christ's College - Michael Allison

Otago University Proble-Solving Competition

Distinction in Final Challenge:  Tony Jeon

ICAS Mathematic Competition

Medal for highest score at Year 8 level in NZ – Tony Jeon
8 High Distinction passes, 25 Distinction passes, 53 credit passes

ICAS English Competition

5 High Distinction passes, 25 Distinction passes, 49 credit passes

ICAS Science Competition

2 High Distinction passes, 17 Distinction passes, 43 credit passes

ICAS Writing Competition

1 High Distinction passes, 16 Distinction passes, 20 credit passes

ICAS Spelling Competition

16 Distinction passes, 40 credit passes

ODT Current Events Quiz

Champions – Tim Bullen, Frazer Densem, Paul Lee

Literature Quiz

Gabby Coates, Lauren Duke, Charlotte Moala, Edward Roche (2nd Canterbury, 5th  NZ )

Chess

South Island Champions - Felix Ellerm-Norton, Paul Lee, Nayuta Nishiyama, AJ Tyler. 2nd in Canterbury Senior (Year 7 & 8) and Junior (Year 1 – 6) championships.

Sports

Rugby: 13 Canterbury representatives at various grades – Sam Abbott, Harry Abraham, Alex Cohen, Benjamin Cornish, Sam Doyle, Thomas Berg, Felix Ellerm-Norton, Adam Gyde, George Gyde, Sam Langdon-Lane, Oliver Marsh, Anaru Matai, Ozias Shuttleworth.

Hockey:
Girls Canterbury representatives – Izzy Brown, Bronte Barber, Gabby Coates, Jessica Gunn
Boys Canterbury representatives – Sam Gray, Eric Lee, Brian Lee, Nico Cronshaw, Sirac Adams, Farri Gaba, Michael Allison, AJ Tyler

Boys Premier 11-a-side (1st Hockey XI) - Grade Champions for the 2009 season

Cricket:

Canterbury representatives
2010 / 2011 Girls’ Development / Emerging Squads – Izzy Brown, Kathleen Wong, Lauren Duke, Georgia Doyle, Hannah Loeffen-Gallagher, Sophie Gray
2010 / 2011 Boys’ Development / Emerging Squads – Sam Flavell, Jack Nehoff-Bates, Scott Harris, Andrew Wedlake, Harry Abraham, Tom Botting, Harry Holland, Ben Cushing, Robert Clifford, Henry Dwyer, Jakob Kerr, Jack Julian, Callum Oorschot, James Dunbar, Nico Cronshaw, Michael Allison, Tim Bullen, Sam Gray