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Top places for secondary schools cross country 14 June 2016 Eight athletes competed at the Waikato Bay of Plenty secondary schools cross country competition held in Rotorua last week. Read more
Plenty of action at high school netball semis 2 June 2016 It was semifinals week for the TWHCNC Montana Catering secondary schools netball semi finals competition on Monday night. Read more
St Paul’s dominate athletics competitions 25 May 2016 St Paul’s had another impressive athletics season, dominating both the secondary school and national open age competitions. Read more
Back-to-back senior men’s cricket title 25 May 2016 St Paul’s 1st XI cricket team won the Waikato Valley senior men’s Champions Trophy for the second consecutive year against Kaipaki in a two-day final held at St Paul’s in March. Read more
Hamilton flavour to Anzac triumph 18 May 2016 It doesn’t come much better in sport than to defeat an Australian rival in their own backyard on Anzac Day. Read more
NZ selection for students 18 May 2016 Footballer Zac Newdick (Year 13) has been selected for the New Zealand secondary schools football team that will face the Australian schools and A-League teams while on tour in Sydney in July. Read more
St Paul’s swimmers named Waikato champions 27 April 2016 St Paul’s swimmers dominated the Waikato secondary schools swimming championships. Read more
Rowers reap rewards at Maadi Cup regatta 27 April 2016 St Paul’s Collegiate School’s rowers made their mark on the water at the 2016 Aon Maadi Cup regatta in Twizel. Read more
Netballer selected for the Aotearoa Maori team 27 April 2016 Kate Littlejohn (Year 12) has been selected for the Aotearoa Maori Secondary Schools netball team that will compete in the 2016 International Schoolgirls Netball Challenge in May. Read more
Netballer excited by a selection she didn't see coming 20 April 2016 Grace Watson was stunned when she was selected in the New Zealand Secondary Schools netball squad earlier this month. Read more
Aaron Humble is loving the rough and rumble of racing Ministocks 13 April 2016 Aaron Humble’s weapon of choice is a steel chassis that weighs 700kg, made from the parts of a Datsun 1200. Read more
St Paul’s beat Kaipaki to claim back-to-back Champions Trophy titles 23 March 2016 St Paul’s Collegiate School have gone back to back in Waikato Valley club cricket’s Champions Trophy, after grinding their way to a first-innings win over Kaipaki in the two-day final at the weekend. Read more
Opportunities opening up for young Waikato shot putter Ryan Ballantyne 26 February 2016 It took a failure for Ryan Ballantyne to know shot put was his thing. Read more
Newdick has sights on Sydney 19 February 2016 Local footballer Zac Newdick is looking forward to getting a taste of international football when he runs out for the New Zealand Secondary Schools team in Australia. Read more
Athlete destined for Olympics 11 February 2016 Ryan Ballantyne returned from Christchurch on Tuesday morning after competing at The Big Shot, an international shot put meet in Christchurch on Monday, where he placed fourth in the open men’s division. Read more
Ballantyne to take big shot at sports career 5 February 2016 Ryan Ballantyne is gearing up for another successful year in shot put. Read more
400m NZ champion 22 December 2015 Jessica Hood blitzed to an impressive victory in the senior girls 400m at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships in Timaru. Read more
Junior Black Sticks Men named for tour 22 December 2015 Jonathon Bloor and Reuben Andrews have both made the NZ Junior Blacksticks team to tour the Gold Coast in January after attending trials in early December. Read more
Students add to medal tally at national athletic champs 8 December 2015 St Paul’s Collegiate shot putter Ryan Ballantyne set a new personal best on his way to winning the national secondary schools title in Timaru on the weekend, with his 19. Read more
Rugby scholarship for prop 4 November 2015 St Paul’s Collegiate School student Gordon Fullerton has been offered a full-fee rugby scholarship to Lincoln University. Read more
St Paul’s athletes clean up at Waikato Sports Awards 2 November 2015 To top off a successful year in sport St Paul’s Collegiate School had five students awarded Waikato Secondary School Sports awards for 2015. Read more
Sweet’s stunning ski season 2 November 2015 Matt Sweet, Year 12 at St Paul’s Collegiate School, pulled some stunning moves that secured him fourth place at the New Zealand Junior National Freeski competition, even though his two strongest categories were cancelled due to high winds. Read more
Hockey scholarship for future Black Stick 31 October 2015 St Paul’s 1st XI hockey player Declan Keaney was awarded a hockey scholarship to Lincoln University in 2016 where he will study a Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture). Read more
Third in motocross event 30 October 2015 Earlier this month the St Paul’s motocross team competed at the Hauraki Plains College motocross competition which attracted more than fifteen secondary schools from across the North Island. Read more
Third in New Zealand squash 29 October 2015 Lwamba Chileshe is on the up-and-up in the world of squash. Read more
Silver fern for squash player 28 October 2015 Wearing the silver fern with pride (and nerves) Temwa Chileshe showed the Australian number one junior squash players how it’s done at the annual Trans-Tasman squash competition which was held in Sydney at the end of August. Read more
New Zealand selection for hooker 28 October 2015 It’s been another career setting year for Samisoni Taukei’aho who was selected for the New Zealand Schools squad. Read more
Top team in Waikato hockey 20 September 2015 St Paul’s 1st XI is the top Waikato hockey team for 2015 after cracking the dominance of local rivals Hamilton Boys’ High School in a number of competitions. Read more
Back-to-back titles for badminton team 14 September 2015 St Paul’s Badminton Team won their second consecutive title in the Waikato Secondary School second division competition. Read more
St Paul’s moves up netball ladder 14 September 2015 St Paul’s Collegiate School’s Open A netball team won the Waikato premier reserve title in late August, heading into the Upper North Island Secondary Schools competition on a high note. Read more