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15-year-old places second at Round the Bridges 17 November 2014 Sebastian Ellice placed second overall, and first in his division (U20 mens) in the 6km race at the 75th Round the Bridges event, which was held over the weekend. Read more
National trial for St Paul’s polo player Dean Fullerton 13 November 2014 Reins in one hand, mallet in the other, body dangling off the side of the horse while smashing a ball, you can see the appeal of polo. Read more
Mountain biker named Sportsman of the Year 4 November 2014 Cole Lucas, a talented mountain biker, was named Waikato Secondary School Sportsman of the Year for biking at an awards ceremony held over the weekend. Read more
Sportsman of the Year title for inline hockey player 4 November 2014 Jacob Nelson, Year 11 student and inline hockey representative for New Zealand, was named Waikato Secondary School Sportsman of the Year for inline hockey at an awards ceremony held over the weekend. Read more
Sports programme takes shape 29 October 2014 St Paul’s Collegiate School’s High Performance Sports programme is starting to take shape with two major 2014 titles added to the school’s tally and two more highly anticipated wins predicted for the end of 2014 and early 2015. Read more
Student seeks Olympic selection 21 October 2014 A place on the Black Sticks team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics isn’t too far out of reach for St Paul’s Collegiate School student Daniel Scanlon. Read more
Hooker selected for NZ Barbarians 21 October 2014 Year 12 student of St Paul’s Collegiate School, Samisoni Taukei'aho, was selected as a hooker for the New Zealand Barbarian Schools team this year – edging him closer to his dream of playing for the All Blacks. Read more
Tries from Tongan hooker take St Paul’s to CNI title 18 August 2014 Tongan hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho scored a brace as St Paul’s Collegiate hammered New Plymouth’s Francis Douglas Memorial College 32-14 in the Central North Island secondary schools' rugby final. Read more
St Paul’s hooker seeks NZ selection 7 August 2014 St Paul’s Collegiate’s big Tongan hooker is impressing in his first season in New Zealand. Read more
Student selected for Tiger Turf U18 mens' wider squad 7 August 2014 Following the recent U18 and U21 national tournaments, Daniel Scanlon (Year 12) has been identified a member of the wider U18 New Zealand training squad and as part of Hockey New Zealand’s development programmes. Read more
Tough Wellington Phoenix already on the Ball 18 July 2014 St Paul’s Collegiate footballer Waikato Ball has been given some clear feedback on what he needs to do to play for the Wellington Phoenix. Read more
Students represent Wai BOP futsal teams at national tournament 18 July 2014 Eight students and two Old Collegians participated in the NZF Futsal National Junior Festival and Youth Championship as members of Waikato Bay of Plenty teams. Read more
Student represents Waikato U18 waterpolo squad 16 July 2014 Olivia Street was selected for the Waikato U18 women’s representative waterpolo squad in Term 2 and participated in the Term 2 and 3 club championship games. Read more
What a Ball ... Whiz kid nets for Phoenix 15 July 2014 Te Awamutu teenage soccer whiz kid Waikato Ball seized his opportunity to trial for Wellington Phoenix with aplomb. Read more
Waikato hoping to have a ball at Phoenix trial 3 July 2014 St Paul’s Collegiate footballer Waikato Ball will be training in the familiar yellow and black next week, but not for St Paul’s. Read more
Aotearoa Maori captain aiming high on court 29 May 2014 Decision still to be made on which country to choose, Ben Strang reports. Read more
Josh wields golden shears 21 May 2014 Josh Balme was hopping around on crutches last week after injuring himself playing rugby for St Paul’s Collegiate second XV – but that wasn’t before he’d won the New Zealand junior shearing title. Read more
High performance in sport the focus for St Paul’s 15 May 2014 St Paul’s Collegiate School will be a destination for young athletes if a new high performance sports programme takes off as planned. Read more
New Zealand rowers lead St Paul’s to victory 6 May 2014 One of the St Paul’s most successful rowing seasons in more than a decade wrapped-up at the national rowing regatta, the Aon Maadi Cup, held at Twizel in March. Read more
Balme secures New Zealand shearing title 6 May 2014 Nineteen intense shearing competitions saw Josh Balme (Year 11) take out the title for No 1 Ranked Junior NZ Machine Shearer. Read more
Inaugural secondary school motocross event attracts crowd of 500 6 May 2014 One hundred and seventy four motocross riders from 21 New Zealand secondary schools participated in the inaugural MotoX in the Maize motocross competition which was held in Huntly on Friday 4 April, 2014. Read more
1st XI cricket team have stellar season in major competitions 16 April 2014 St Paul’s 1st XI have had a season of victories, winning two major competitions. Read more
St Paul’s break decade long drought 3 April 2014 St Paul’s College has broken a 10 year Gillette Cup drought, winning the Northern Districts regional title and booking a place in the national finals. Read more
Students bat their way to win NZ secondary schools' croquet title 30 March 2014 Hemi McLaren-Mellars and Sam Treloar played against secondary school’s from across New Zealand in the national Golf Croquet Secondary School’s competition in Palmerston North on March 29 and 30. Read more
Years with the oars ideal training ground to coach 29 March 2014 The Maadi Cup is proving a nursery not only for future rowing talent but also the next generation of coaches. Read more
Third in shearing and woolhandling competition 3 March 2014 Once again Josh has done the St Paul’s family proud, managing to reach the Junior Shearing final at the Golden Shears, shearing and woolhandling competition, on Thursday. Read more
Coronation event poses puzzlers for competitors 3 March 2014 The weekend is hardly the time for riddles, but a couple of beauties were posed at the Coronation Classic triathlon that finished at Mount Maunganui’s Coronation Park yesterday. Read more
St Paul’s beats four Auckland greats 22 January 2014 St Paul’s 1st XI has taken out the title for the Student Horizons T20 Competition in Auckland which ran from Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 January. Read more
More hurdles ahead 18 December 2013 St Paul’s Collegiate student James Hunt finished secondary school last week with gold medals and personal best times in the 110m and 300m hurdles at the New Zealand secondary school championships. Read more
Futsal coach looking to the footure 29 November 2013 "I want you to use the sole of your foot," says Scott Gilligan as one of his opening instructions to a bunch of 25 aspiring futsal players yesterday. Read more