tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41099206889772980962024-03-14T20:58:57.889+13:00Verdon College NewsVerdon Collegehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05931256845890103183noreply@blogger.comBlogger411125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-77682376577896784892012-11-09T17:16:00.002+13:002012-11-09T17:16:42.922+13:00Verdon College Dux 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-90732332491252080802012-05-01T11:21:00.002+12:002012-05-01T15:41:36.780+12:00Production<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwCRARi5ld4WqJHtrpjWdR4Sx7VarlMBxygzXy0vcYEiW2gS1TZutIAM0eIkQyQtaUvkjdISBBgatKXm-1wQzoaQ37oXe43j1IAez_US6i2k93pCqPWc2eOc8gzAR6TC_MEGHmRQqSbQX/s1600/A6._Oliver%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwCRARi5ld4WqJHtrpjWdR4Sx7VarlMBxygzXy0vcYEiW2gS1TZutIAM0eIkQyQtaUvkjdISBBgatKXm-1wQzoaQ37oXe43j1IAez_US6i2k93pCqPWc2eOc8gzAR6TC_MEGHmRQqSbQX/s400/A6._Oliver%255B1%255D.jpg" width="282" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-85820460547217710402012-02-27T13:02:00.002+13:002012-02-27T13:05:05.589+13:00Pipe Band Scholarship<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJNI2IL5mAFa02vFld6iFJaFKyQhJpejv5RI60ejYC_xg1z_i9ve8M8bqui06-rF75zlzsIAhsyAfVt1fYQzrX_uA5b-IU7Wmtb6sHCxhH3YErJP6Q_rLdW5znomsTjiw1vhzF07b_V_2/s1600/Pipe+Band.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJNI2IL5mAFa02vFld6iFJaFKyQhJpejv5RI60ejYC_xg1z_i9ve8M8bqui06-rF75zlzsIAhsyAfVt1fYQzrX_uA5b-IU7Wmtb6sHCxhH3YErJP6Q_rLdW5znomsTjiw1vhzF07b_V_2/s320/Pipe+Band.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713599404760308018" /></a><br />Congratulations to Callum and Hamish Knight who have been awarded a joint Scholarship from the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band to attend a Summer School at Silverstone Mountain in British Columbia in July this year. Congratulations to the boys who are very keen bagpipe players.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-31616525203990925522012-02-27T12:59:00.002+13:002012-02-27T13:01:14.504+13:00Swimming Scholarship<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLEhwDBuBY6ewESmYHBE5vD0q8EvHwNaTpZQJmkKV0LQUcLh70b-2rzaxvs_j6Gcbw7uxPqkLvwqBrYi2CvluA33Xbey34oCln9s9f7pByccBKqLdbmyW-bQMfUPzaI1pNo5KbR8uRIGx/s1600/Brydon+Harrington.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713598504919125986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLEhwDBuBY6ewESmYHBE5vD0q8EvHwNaTpZQJmkKV0LQUcLh70b-2rzaxvs_j6Gcbw7uxPqkLvwqBrYi2CvluA33Xbey34oCln9s9f7pByccBKqLdbmyW-bQMfUPzaI1pNo5KbR8uRIGx/s320/Brydon+Harrington.png" /></a><br />Congratulations to Brydon Harrington who recently was awarded the NZ John McLaren Youth Scholarship for 2012. Brydon will receive $1000 which will go towards her Swimming costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-21045792456487475382012-02-13T11:41:00.002+13:002012-02-13T11:43:08.861+13:00ScholarshipsScholarships<br />More of our Year 13, 2011 students were successful in achieving scholarships to help with their studies this year.<br />Alex Dunn received a Solid Energy Scholarship worth $2000 a year for four years. There are only six given out in the country. Alex is going to Lincoln University to study environmental management.<br />Katie Telfer received a Lincoln University Industry Focused Scholarship worth $5000 towards the cost of fees.<br />Raymond Whaanga received a Bluff Community Scholarship worth $2000 a year for three to four years depending on the students course of study.<br />Jack Townley Tools for Work Scholarship from Southern Group Training $1000 towards tools for his apprenticeship in EngineeringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-86000067364734275542012-02-13T11:38:00.003+13:002012-02-13T11:40:17.714+13:00Young Leaders<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CJlhI15ksG60BQMIAp3oSIw-YKcldiQ7Yj1NkNr6z8fXz9IVcXwoOV8FiK3L2Td-RQbUbzNor99u5bhZDGe3mcdkxZa-HZXbB-xGqyz8AkOSvUmVd4zCp7GD4LjkS6A32pt5717i6ZYq/s1600/Young+Leaders.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708382433961049778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CJlhI15ksG60BQMIAp3oSIw-YKcldiQ7Yj1NkNr6z8fXz9IVcXwoOV8FiK3L2Td-RQbUbzNor99u5bhZDGe3mcdkxZa-HZXbB-xGqyz8AkOSvUmVd4zCp7GD4LjkS6A32pt5717i6ZYq/s320/Young+Leaders.png" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br />Seven of our promising young leaders Sascha Young, Kieran Tipu, Chris Goble, Daniel Ferguson, Shannon Haynes, Myles Manihera, Callum Foster. gave up a week of their holidays to attend a MYL camp with other students from St Peters and Roncalli college. The mix of spiritual , physical and social challenge gave the participants a great sense of what it means to be a servant leader following the model Jesus gave us when he washed his disciples feet. We look forward to them sharing what they have learnt through this experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-71393982825987468022012-02-13T11:27:00.006+13:002012-02-13T11:35:06.288+13:00Powhiri for Year 7 Students 2012<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdRUskamcH6Wo7iTAMCmFPfSbLp6aP4k44mliffk2atd69yIKUIgDchSDMvzuc0ouY542pQsfddxfCYUlPlJ3JmV5t_DaZZtcdrmKsWF8A7daYUU_qLj55Be9rtjlYYrOJiKafGMUgJFx/s1600/Powhiri+4.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708380081701962434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdRUskamcH6Wo7iTAMCmFPfSbLp6aP4k44mliffk2atd69yIKUIgDchSDMvzuc0ouY542pQsfddxfCYUlPlJ3JmV5t_DaZZtcdrmKsWF8A7daYUU_qLj55Be9rtjlYYrOJiKafGMUgJFx/s320/Powhiri+4.png" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eG0Fr9ZDliadlhxpC3TWKMjMbPyi2IFl7GVMOIH0n8wImS5l9x2KKXAYwQ2J_ePuab0wzsgrigHY4ZlYGu3Ilv08OwaPzAfJCnlZZ9EcjZ0mivCknvQNZ3h5v7sQJGBVMQMLIOMDyGtt/s1600/Powhiri+2.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708379809097547730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eG0Fr9ZDliadlhxpC3TWKMjMbPyi2IFl7GVMOIH0n8wImS5l9x2KKXAYwQ2J_ePuab0wzsgrigHY4ZlYGu3Ilv08OwaPzAfJCnlZZ9EcjZ0mivCknvQNZ3h5v7sQJGBVMQMLIOMDyGtt/s320/Powhiri+2.png" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTpNqe2wlebRYvagKGyOCfktE9GpLk9AJ9jieu3G5Ryv01hxyitdB5cI8w0ptpUoyXJrrvHOtmhXgGY7YIIr2IKaYvZ4iXqsQX3V8M1gCr6v679MECp8b_xoVIIAgV9n3FulBnLpF1VUv/s1600/Powhiri+3.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708379652961112226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTpNqe2wlebRYvagKGyOCfktE9GpLk9AJ9jieu3G5Ryv01hxyitdB5cI8w0ptpUoyXJrrvHOtmhXgGY7YIIr2IKaYvZ4iXqsQX3V8M1gCr6v679MECp8b_xoVIIAgV9n3FulBnLpF1VUv/s320/Powhiri+3.png" /></a> 105 Year 7 students and 7 teachers were welcomed to the College on 31 January with a Powhiri. Students then went on to meet with there teachers followed by Peer Support activities with Year 13 students. The new students were all treated to a barbeque lunch on the day.</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-11958458898676111252011-11-16T17:40:00.002+13:002011-11-16T17:42:48.940+13:00Meg Prendergast - DUX of Verdon College 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9W3-P9_84WiY7CPugyE5FKHSLS7QhIN1iiSwoMuJDASGJhPDsUHVaYH7nM-Y3MnnXWZAsbHsxP5XsF2FwmwUVHPy-WrIB1yZ7qfgM9DxbJOCVxvFXeC4C3iYv8147W2Gjjq8y_Ph7hEf3/s1600/Verdon+02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9W3-P9_84WiY7CPugyE5FKHSLS7QhIN1iiSwoMuJDASGJhPDsUHVaYH7nM-Y3MnnXWZAsbHsxP5XsF2FwmwUVHPy-WrIB1yZ7qfgM9DxbJOCVxvFXeC4C3iYv8147W2Gjjq8y_Ph7hEf3/s320/Verdon+02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675449174533350962" /></a><br /><br />Meg Prendergast, the daughter of Donna and John Prendergast, was announced Dux of Verdon College at our Senior Prizegiving held on 8 November 2011.<br /><br />Her academic achievements include firsts in Economics, Chemistry, Mathematics with Calculus, Statistics and Modelling and Biology. She also received a Champagnat Service Award.<br /><br />Meg is Head Girl of the College. Her commitment to her studies has been matched by her contribution to extra-curricular activities. She played netball and has both coached and played basketball and volleyball. She has been involved in school productions and our Chamber Music group. She was a member of our debating team and a member of the Verdon Bishop’s Shield Public Speaking Team.<br /><br />Next year Meg intends to begin a double degree in Law and Science at Otago University. She has received a scholarship from the Invercargill Licensing Trust to assist with her studies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-55381342866468515682011-11-16T17:39:00.002+13:002011-11-16T17:40:32.465+13:00Emily Lough - Proxime Accessit 2011Congratulations to Emily Lough who was named Proxime Accessit at our Senior Prizegiving held on 8 November 2011.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-8689492454152542512011-11-16T17:07:00.004+13:002011-11-16T17:19:54.147+13:00Blues and Colours Recipients<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-aAk3NRZfxHa3kuNTS4O7KkyNvXW8iizPYRZ8Iq5SeOqAjfyDNpqIItBJLlZ7BFqsOzIfjuFAI7IQrNplm9HfWQgVw0zhn3Vz31XlN0EfcgMfeR83GgdLNh3CsH6SDP08S7D0Pik3jyj/s1600/Blues+Reciipients.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-aAk3NRZfxHa3kuNTS4O7KkyNvXW8iizPYRZ8Iq5SeOqAjfyDNpqIItBJLlZ7BFqsOzIfjuFAI7IQrNplm9HfWQgVw0zhn3Vz31XlN0EfcgMfeR83GgdLNh3CsH6SDP08S7D0Pik3jyj/s320/Blues+Reciipients.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675442026124796050" /></a><br />Picture of our Blues recipients above.<br /><br />On Wednesday 28 September we held our Special Assembly to award our second round of Colours Recipients and the Blues recipients for 2011. They are as follows.<br /><br /><strong>Colours Recipients</strong><br />Darcy Kerr Kapa Haka, Leadership<br />Fusi Maka Polyfest, Leadership<br />Shanice Dunn, Polyfest, Leadership<br /> Basketball U17 - Southland Representative<br />James Hum, Basketball U17 Southland Representative<br />Jordan Murphy, Basketball—U15 & U17 Southland <br /> Representative<br />Timothy O’Neill, Basketball - NZ U13 Representative<br />Lucy Heenan, Basketball - Southland U19 <br /> Selected as South Island Secondary Schools Tournament Talented Player<br />Taylor Le Breton, Badminton - Southland U17 <br /> Representative<br /> Travelling to Malaysia<br />Sarah Hughes, Debating - Selected as Best Year 11 Speaker student at the Southland Secondary Schools Debating Competition<br />Benjamin Williams, Music - Overall Contribution to Music<br />Hannah Lieshout, Waterpolo– Southland U16 Representative<br />Ashleigh MacDougall, Weightlifting - NZ Age Group <br /> Representative<br /><br /><strong>Blues Awards</strong><br /><br />Connor Chamberlain: Drama<br />Jack Kelly: Drama<br />Patrick Collins: Drama<br />Rebecca Lieshout: Production<br />Olivia King: Production<br />Joanna Telfer: Netball<br />Katie Telfer: Netball<br />Jessica van Rossum: Netball<br />Andrew Ridden: Football<br />Kris Leatherby: Football<br />Tauira PattersonL: Rugby<br />Daniel O’Connor: Golf<br />Daniel O'Connor: Hockey<br />Jessica Fahey: Equestrian<br />Paigan Marshall: Cycling<br />Rebecca Bulmer: WaterpoloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-11713586206345475942011-11-16T17:02:00.001+13:002011-11-16T17:04:28.649+13:00Southland Secondary Schools Debating Competition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoL_4mK52k660O5UpntPsRvrPmtKmKt8JqPxfUrGNo7JEOlsUb5UCTnqPsGvPfBt-afmpAQAVxZV6FSG9bfopHqxsH2nH8HP_XIIXDNhVWnwRWJ2RLpgxxFbGmveQ2Y9zKQOyI5pVVPIJK/s1600/Debating.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoL_4mK52k660O5UpntPsRvrPmtKmKt8JqPxfUrGNo7JEOlsUb5UCTnqPsGvPfBt-afmpAQAVxZV6FSG9bfopHqxsH2nH8HP_XIIXDNhVWnwRWJ2RLpgxxFbGmveQ2Y9zKQOyI5pVVPIJK/s320/Debating.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675439409442497522" /></a><br /> <br />On Sunday 11th of September Verdon College hosted the annual Southland Schools Debating Competition. Students from Verdon College, SGHS, SBHS, JHHC and Aparima College made up the 81 competitors. Six members of the Otago University debating team headed the adjudicating team. This year the competition was sponsored by the ILT who helped with the accommodation of the visiting adjudicating team. As well as some local legal firms—Scholefield Cockroft Lloyd, AWS, Cruickshank Pryde and Hewat Galt sponsored prizes for the winning teams. <br />Verdon College had four teams competing in the Southland Secondary Schools Debating Competition. All teams won at least one debate, the Year 10 team (Jack King, Henry More and Gabe Winders) made the semi-finals. The Year 11 Team of Ella Prendergast, Josef Winders and Sarah Hughes won the year 11 section with Sarah Hughes being named Best Speaker.<br />A special thank you to the PTA who provided a wonderful morning tea and lunch for the adjudicators and teachers. The school was widely complimented on the wonderful facilities and hospitality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-47079294271840963482011-11-16T16:18:00.000+13:002011-11-16T16:20:26.965+13:00Invercargill North Rotary Club Youth Merit Award<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildC-paVx7vZMlvIGWa9ecWiDfJk1I9m8QQRhDdG3i-Yrs8hgOPf-OXU56rrZaNXGNhxokx8ss8mJBQg2xLbftnEb_S5b1n7yyhqJi5pOAKnLz3YnrhffXqVmIEvf4GeTAIJEAzndpZxdk/s1600/Shelley+Mitchell.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildC-paVx7vZMlvIGWa9ecWiDfJk1I9m8QQRhDdG3i-Yrs8hgOPf-OXU56rrZaNXGNhxokx8ss8mJBQg2xLbftnEb_S5b1n7yyhqJi5pOAKnLz3YnrhffXqVmIEvf4GeTAIJEAzndpZxdk/s320/Shelley+Mitchell.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675428089926312754" /></a><br /><br />Congratulations to Shelley Mitchell who received the above award on Thursday 22 September 2011. We are all very proud of Shelley’s achievements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-22652920550845734892011-11-16T16:17:00.004+13:002011-11-16T16:18:45.055+13:00Weightlifting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ymsM94ksfsx5Sd7uw4G2RFomIpFEQUufNEOl1dwg1j3C7VvQDFp8FoMC-8rlO5iATKXdegboVH_8cJ7etbgzdYJA_W_XL50rDTjQwA_Do1-t9kJleHEq5gC8JcZuxIyUnHf2TC69PQ08/s1600/Weightlifting.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ymsM94ksfsx5Sd7uw4G2RFomIpFEQUufNEOl1dwg1j3C7VvQDFp8FoMC-8rlO5iATKXdegboVH_8cJ7etbgzdYJA_W_XL50rDTjQwA_Do1-t9kJleHEq5gC8JcZuxIyUnHf2TC69PQ08/s320/Weightlifting.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675427627250343762" /></a><br /><br /><br />Congratulations to Shaun Larsen who received a bronze medal at the South Island Secondary Schools Tournament. He lifted 65kg in the clean and jerk and lifted 47kg in the snatch which gave him a total of 112. Shaun was placed 3rd overall nationally.<br />Congratulations to Ashleigh McDougall who received a gold medal at the South Island Secondary Schools Tournament. She lifted 64kg in the clean and jerk and lifted 53kg in the snatch which gave her a total of 117. Ashleigh was placed 1st overall nationally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-83960616646723859842011-11-16T16:14:00.004+13:002011-11-16T16:16:59.382+13:00Hockey News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJOYjHWc5lb_GuWq2DdHdVUhP7aVMTwZBmRT65-1da5K9dQPJ5duVgeQjptTkkNDOihlcbKZDkH405htdvqa-xYr4KpOqobJioHlQ378l7NzVZO2lapi7KMKKhO9y8Wf1XA2N1_2mIFVJ/s1600/Hockey+News.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJOYjHWc5lb_GuWq2DdHdVUhP7aVMTwZBmRT65-1da5K9dQPJ5duVgeQjptTkkNDOihlcbKZDkH405htdvqa-xYr4KpOqobJioHlQ378l7NzVZO2lapi7KMKKhO9y8Wf1XA2N1_2mIFVJ/s320/Hockey+News.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675427199642460482" /></a><br />Congratulations to Daniel O’Connor who was recently selected as Most Valuable Player at the Coaches Cup at the Secondary Schools Tournament held in Ashburton recently.<br />Also congratulations to Luke Adamson who was named 2011 Top Goal Scorer for this year’s Secondary School Boys Competition.<br />The Secondary School Mixed B team were also named 2011 Runners-Up . The team consists of Henry More, Dylan Coombs, Thomas Glew, Tomas Adams,Kayla Duggan, Louis Earl, Kade Morris, Shanay Fannin, Peter Thurlow, Hannah McLean, Jack Lenihan, Patrick Pasco, Liam CairnsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-41458699455725005942011-11-16T16:12:00.002+13:002011-11-16T16:14:24.819+13:00Rugby<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8Fi_fLeEK2YyktB710DR7zCpXOAmXfUOOBuhKdgXgBW38YwjHcf74FrL8ciyd7BZuz2gTwkchgmMAuDWTl9pcjWsKoGbRVSHAvBqLWYdof2LetJNtUW7vGHnDpVLrVF8ojyo4epLLwBy/s1600/Padriac+O%2527Neill.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8Fi_fLeEK2YyktB710DR7zCpXOAmXfUOOBuhKdgXgBW38YwjHcf74FrL8ciyd7BZuz2gTwkchgmMAuDWTl9pcjWsKoGbRVSHAvBqLWYdof2LetJNtUW7vGHnDpVLrVF8ojyo4epLLwBy/s320/Padriac+O%2527Neill.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675426568121250546" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Rugby<br />Congratulations to Padriac O’Neill who received the Don Bennett Memorial Cup for the most improved player in the Verdon College 1st XV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-39032443719284973102011-09-06T17:22:00.004+12:002011-09-06T17:26:30.935+12:00Congratulations and Well Done to JESSICA VAN ROSSUM<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBVBedDDMyWAlmvG9G6XFmUdgI3KztXriz-JcRhCPZzmfevc2gEQk3LrQRSdGZXjRxcvkIN8j5teVXhq_UvJxEEQbsz4rpekAyZYiSYj0NCHWhMJ3R9lF8n6n-gANWCYuNiQaiX9HRtf7/s1600/Picture2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBVBedDDMyWAlmvG9G6XFmUdgI3KztXriz-JcRhCPZzmfevc2gEQk3LrQRSdGZXjRxcvkIN8j5teVXhq_UvJxEEQbsz4rpekAyZYiSYj0NCHWhMJ3R9lF8n6n-gANWCYuNiQaiX9HRtf7/s320/Picture2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649113115891210994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi31jBGWIbdBKzHSQbLyJ_spAx2EqQLTfUYZRo-8mS2rDKQSCdx2ccQLcQqAhAdu4j5wOJprN59TEzAuEoGsK50uVCGE21YYvGHDerOJ9wzJDRNN-kC9MvZ8ruT5S_S2oNaPpNdODpQ1ta/s1600/Picture1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi31jBGWIbdBKzHSQbLyJ_spAx2EqQLTfUYZRo-8mS2rDKQSCdx2ccQLcQqAhAdu4j5wOJprN59TEzAuEoGsK50uVCGE21YYvGHDerOJ9wzJDRNN-kC9MvZ8ruT5S_S2oNaPpNdODpQ1ta/s320/Picture1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649112948926906274" /></a><br /><br />Last week Jessica van Rossum returned back home from London where she competed at the Junior World Chamiponships. She had been training in the Junior Women’s Quad for 2 months earlier at Lake Karapiro New Zealand. Jessica reported she had a wonderful experience and in the end received a placing of 9th. The competition was very tough but Jessica learnt a lot from her adventures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-52902364254394057572011-09-06T17:19:00.004+12:002011-09-06T17:22:05.060+12:00Moto-X<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NQkyIi0tHQHLA77S6XPFSxbWxB6XfLoQ4Xo2vc8SBi9TCBFovrDUVHuNa5cuH1ahW8CbduObVUXuUqJddr8x2iov_HD6DErj_AW_1Zn5MLG7VpA9qOI3yUwACPMv14gBhKJxGNh0OUbE/s1600/Picture3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NQkyIi0tHQHLA77S6XPFSxbWxB6XfLoQ4Xo2vc8SBi9TCBFovrDUVHuNa5cuH1ahW8CbduObVUXuUqJddr8x2iov_HD6DErj_AW_1Zn5MLG7VpA9qOI3yUwACPMv14gBhKJxGNh0OUbE/s320/Picture3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649112152559342354" /></a><br /><br />Congratulations to Mitchell Morris who attended the South Island Secondary Schools Moto-X Champs on Saturday 20th August in Timaru. Mitchell was placed 8th out of 24 riders in the 11-13 year 85cc MX.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-51403925716610600552011-09-06T17:18:00.001+12:002011-09-06T17:19:32.330+12:00CongratulationsCongratulations to Ashleigh MacDougall (Year 11) who was placed 1st in NZ in the weight lifting champs last week.<br />Ashleigh is a quiet but rising star with high goals<br />for herself in this field. We wish her well for the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-84247156786306729752011-09-06T17:15:00.003+12:002011-09-06T17:18:34.579+12:00Religious Education Fair Results<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHa7TMQpmbAZnvSC_qD9ZY8G6Yo8yVrH19PGaPrIWOLPT_39bDZFbe29PXhZSQOujAEJf1ZAzGwysDsM0nWmmJ3JRXPk0RfIDkPBzfQ-C-zUN1LpcEwAOelTfCTsvE5j3jppW8R9UNCgWB/s1600/Picture4.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649111076210413090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHa7TMQpmbAZnvSC_qD9ZY8G6Yo8yVrH19PGaPrIWOLPT_39bDZFbe29PXhZSQOujAEJf1ZAzGwysDsM0nWmmJ3JRXPk0RfIDkPBzfQ-C-zUN1LpcEwAOelTfCTsvE5j3jppW8R9UNCgWB/s320/Picture4.png" /></a><br /><br />Students receiving their awards at the conclusion of Patronal Day Mass held on Friday 19 August<br /><br /><br />1st Placegetters—Congratulations to you all.<br />Year 7 Written Research—Connor Hillis<br />Year 7 Poster—Chelsea Cosgrove<br />Year 7 3D Display—Connor Hillis<br />Year 7 Music—Sinaenae Tolai<br />Year 7 Drama—Shepherds and Angels—Tilly van Eeden, Maria Sutherland, Helene O’Neill and Jennifer Stone<br />Year 8 Poster—Isabella Collins<br />Year 8 3D Display Nola Cassidy and Sarayha McDonald<br />Year 8 Illustrated Bible Passage—Bronte Adams and Samantha Keene<br />Year 8 Drama Puppets—Shelley Mitchell and Madison Brown<br />Year 8 Drama Jesus Heals a Boy—Jean-Martin Fabre, Liam van Eeden and Jack Baird<br />Year 9 3D Display—Hannah Arnold and Shania Frewen<br />Year 9 Written Research—Toni Shierlaw and Toni Hanning<br />Year 9 Song Make a Change—Charlotte Lee, Nicole Morgan, Brodiee Hubbard, Katie Robertson, Jess Brown and Hannah McLean<br />Year 9 ICT—Tina Wright<br />Year 10 Written Research—Clarissa Koroiadi and Cellina Cabuyao<br />Year 10 Posters—Jack King<br />Year 10 3D Display- Natasha Frewen and Tori Batt<br />Year 10 Drama—Death of John the Baptist—Shaun Swain, Tomas Adams, Amber Watson, Kameron Corbin and Samuel Rillstone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-24639781670622641732011-08-24T08:31:00.005+12:002011-08-24T08:44:51.746+12:00Outward Bound Scholarships<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kieFPwjR_P1aVvaXIyazZH-uQt7cCz3i16ZWPlbNSEh14BxLH9smL0BU-yf1NZ445LpL3X4W3avj2qUXDoI14JiF0S4d_dXLYMSP5g3N443kvpiFuMn6qZrk4Ez36-U3mhJQPGlXbk6Y/s1600/Picture8.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kieFPwjR_P1aVvaXIyazZH-uQt7cCz3i16ZWPlbNSEh14BxLH9smL0BU-yf1NZ445LpL3X4W3avj2qUXDoI14JiF0S4d_dXLYMSP5g3N443kvpiFuMn6qZrk4Ez36-U3mhJQPGlXbk6Y/s320/Picture8.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644154549476835682" /></a>
<br />Congratulations to Rebecca Bulmer & Daniel O'Connor as they were both awarded ILT scholarships for Outward Bound.
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-64913192531438453192011-08-24T07:18:00.002+12:002011-08-24T07:21:35.335+12:00Golf News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMtAEGCFqbvjo1ofr21J-ofe7SCxwlKcs8liiPKazH9FbKiP0bUauTu6aE7ySvCT3ET4wBoBDoCw84dVhJp3DorIxj6BzXeUBAGk7ntqmceOtd20FDucW2iGsLi8aFw2BsQ-7WvgWP0-U/s1600/Picture4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMtAEGCFqbvjo1ofr21J-ofe7SCxwlKcs8liiPKazH9FbKiP0bUauTu6aE7ySvCT3ET4wBoBDoCw84dVhJp3DorIxj6BzXeUBAGk7ntqmceOtd20FDucW2iGsLi8aFw2BsQ-7WvgWP0-U/s320/Picture4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644133395065552690" /></a>
<br />Daniel O’Connor won the Chisholm Park U19 Junior Open, and was second in the Taieri Classic U19 Junior Open, during the school holidays. Both events are part of the Greg Turner Order of Merit run by Otago Golf and attracted a large field of golfers from Otago, Southland and Aorangi. Daniel won the Chisholm Park Tournament with a gross 72, which is a nett 67 off his 4.5 handicap after a sudden death playoff that went to a second hole. He was just one shot away from being the winner of the Taieri ClassicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-78841361073623523772011-08-24T07:16:00.003+12:002011-08-24T07:17:28.166+12:00Year 10 Netball<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRzHUkoOmk-Z2m8vWvchhHlmataZ7hbDgBQ5eayC2eh6WoO-G7d8ydXl92A9iuzGE5U1-Ibhzeyvz1oTERAENUCYsl_b-9lKqhOy1n5iWPlaK4UsdjLyamGpbaoVp5Wwcd1TaW89uU7xY/s1600/Picture3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRzHUkoOmk-Z2m8vWvchhHlmataZ7hbDgBQ5eayC2eh6WoO-G7d8ydXl92A9iuzGE5U1-Ibhzeyvz1oTERAENUCYsl_b-9lKqhOy1n5iWPlaK4UsdjLyamGpbaoVp5Wwcd1TaW89uU7xY/s320/Picture3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644132639708517970" /></a>
<br />In the first week of the holidays the 10A Netball team went on an overnight trip to Dunedin. They planned this trip as the Christchurch tournament was cancelled. They played Gore High 10A on the way up and won 31-25. The next day they played Otago Girls’ High School 10A and won 32-19. On the way home they stopped in Milton and played Tokomairiro Senior A Team and won by 1 goal with the score being 27-26. The team would like to thank Sarah Mollison (Coach), Michelle O’Neill (Manager) and Bridget Bekhuis (Parent Help).
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-84183014128031257102011-08-24T07:13:00.001+12:002011-08-24T07:15:16.825+12:00Basketball Success<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1zM9-EY5WEaNWYZYgJLFtOkSiRDodw3HCUfnRpeDU4ev0ta5wcmFzpvuR15aJ-72kVuG6gfvmSAV_7XL-iz2dYcr3b1_sJENG4AcpUpCwn4WPzDdCGd4RFHVOkXw4Le9uyci3i8FAULd/s1600/Picture2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1zM9-EY5WEaNWYZYgJLFtOkSiRDodw3HCUfnRpeDU4ev0ta5wcmFzpvuR15aJ-72kVuG6gfvmSAV_7XL-iz2dYcr3b1_sJENG4AcpUpCwn4WPzDdCGd4RFHVOkXw4Le9uyci3i8FAULd/s320/Picture2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644131842899399634" /></a>
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<br />Congratulations to Tim O’Neill who was recently selected for the U14 New Zealand Koru Basketball Team. Tim will travel with the team to Australia in January.
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-5033047502959692662011-08-24T07:03:00.004+12:002011-08-24T07:12:44.449+12:00Dave Kennedy School of Music Awards<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2gb_BryfB3YEBHawrUvG4nw3Di1ohCParU4Na7bMNx1A2ye2tiweqv-xai3CpLUtbfpRWRNo9W-mRUMeKs1NPukgsE5S2sIXjkhvGZVzRt9Az4dXdQ5KquFGlog6_z6Wt9jZXkT4kdkV/s1600/Picture1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2gb_BryfB3YEBHawrUvG4nw3Di1ohCParU4Na7bMNx1A2ye2tiweqv-xai3CpLUtbfpRWRNo9W-mRUMeKs1NPukgsE5S2sIXjkhvGZVzRt9Az4dXdQ5KquFGlog6_z6Wt9jZXkT4kdkV/s320/Picture1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644131275259714034" /></a>
<br />On Sunday 7th August Daniel Ferguson along with 15 other Verdon College students participated in the annual Dave Kennedy School of Music Awards night & show. This was held at centre stage and involved all of Dave Kennedy's Guitar students who played at least four songs. Students were encouraged to perform a solo piece in front of a sold-out audience, Daniel selected a piece called ‘cryin’ by Joe Satriani to perform. Daniel was awarded the overall Musician of the Year Award and he received a $500 Laker House of Travel voucher, $100 Trevor Daley Music Works voucher and $100 Guitar Tuition and various Guitar accessories.
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109920688977298096.post-34242816687979525602011-06-27T11:46:00.001+12:002011-06-27T11:47:28.358+12:00Preference Certificates for 2012To assist with the smooth transition of students from contributing schools, parish priests are making themselves available to meet with prospective parents to sign off preference certificates between now and the end of the term.<br />Parish priests will submit certificates to the College on behalf of parents/ caregivers or alternatively they can be drop these into the College this term as they are completed.<br /> The College will facilitate the inclusion of these certificates with applications received from prospective students during the enrolment period at the beginning of next term. <br />If you would like further information please contact Fr Martin our College Chaplin at St Patrick’s Parish 2188466 or the College Office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com