Congratulations to Year 11 student Hazel Whitehead for being selected as The Life Guard of the Year for Omanu Surf Club. Well done Hazel and thank you for all the time and effort you put in to keeping our Bay of Plenty beaches safe.
Tauranga City Basketball have advised that the following Aquinas College students have been selected for Representative Basketball Teams; Under 13A Girls – Anika Hyland, Mariah Gardiner-Hano Under 13B Girls – Briar Davie, Myscha Barry Under 13B Boys – Marcus Pearson Under 15B Boys – Fergus Glubb, Joseph Vincent, Dominic Pearson Under 15A Boys – Trevel Gardiner-Hano Under 16A Boys – Darren De Mel Under 23…
Congratulations to the following students who have graduated from Victoria University in Wellington; George Ahern – GDDE – GDip in Designed Environments Rhys Allan – BCOM – Bachelor of Commerce Mitchell Baird – BDI – Bachelor of Design Innovation Kate Burn – BCOM – Bachelor of Commerce Bradley Burness – LLB – Bachelor of Laws and BA – Bachelor of Arts Rachel Graham – BA – Bachelor…
Sadly, Maria Ngatai passed away on Friday 28th July 2017 after a long illness. Maria was the wife of Kihi Ngatai, our college Kaumatua, and was an important figure in the establishment of the College and our tikanga. Together Maria and Kihi campaigned the Hamilton Bishop and local iwi for the founding of our Catholic…
Congratulations to the following Aquinas College students who have been selected for Representative Hockey teams: U13 Hatch development boys – Max Perrott U15 premier Girls – Amber Sutherland U15 Championship Girls – Charlotte Watson, Rose Cato U18 Girls – Ana Sutherland, Meg Johnston. Well done on this amazing result.
Congratulations to Ella Akkerman and Beach Volleyball partner Jasmine Milton (from Rangitoto College) who have won a Silver Medal at the Youth Commonwealth Games in the Bahamas. They played 3 pool games vs Saint Lucia, Rwanda and Trinidad & Tobago winning all three games 2–0. In the quarter finals they were up against the second…
What a great event and wonderful achievements made by the Aquinas students at the recent TePuke School Gymsports Competition held on July 4th. Secondary School Competition TePuke July 4th Gymsports Competition Medalists Amber Trusler 1st Overall Individual B Grade Trampoline / 1st Team B Grade Trampoline 1st Overall Individual Open Senior Women’s Tumble 1st Overall…
The University of Waikato’s annual New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) Analytical Chemistry Competition saw Aquinas College awarded second place. The event, held on Wednesday 14 June, challenged 92 enthusiastic Year 13 students to spend a day in the University’s chemistry laboratories, where they worked on an experiment. Schools from the Bay of Plenty region produced excellent results on…
Congratulations to two teams who represented the college in Quick Rip Rugby last week. Our Aquinas College Year 7 boys who won the Quick Rip Rugby Tournament last Friday 30 June at Gordon Spratt Reserve in Papamoa. The team made up of Chris Berger, Reagen Black, Tawe Dube, Archie Glubb, Brayden Stowers, Marcus Tupou and Hugo McCarroll bet Tauranga Miro in the…
Congratulations to our AC Girls AIMS Basketball Team that came 3rd at the World Cup Intermediate Basketball Tournament last Thursday 29 June at the ASB Arena and won best dressed team (they were representing France). The format saw the teams play 4 round robin games and then into the play-off games. Games were 2 15…
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