Congratulations to the following students on their individual and team sporting successes updated

9th August, 2010

King Country rugby representatives: Under 14 King Country Rugby Team - Charlie Henare, Tony Matautia, Damian Darlington, Jake Sutherland, Under 16 King Country Rugby Team - Carey Peina-Cornelius, Nick Barnes, Petio Emani, Michael Hayes, Sabian Wharehinga, Thomas Orr, Brent Haggart-Kelly., Under 18 King Country Rugby Team - Keiron Rollinson, Ian Walker.

Mountain BikingCraters Classic 2010 – Under 19 - 23km race – 1st Brett Stokman, 23km race – 2nd Frank Sutton, 38km race – 2nd Ryan Hunt.

North Island Secondary Schools Road Cycling Championships - Jaymie King – 11th , Glen Fraser – 38th

Sailing:  Taylor Griffin and Finlay Norris were selected to go to Rarotonga for a training camp with a New Zealand team and sail in a 420 teams regatta. 

21st July, 2010

Boys Hockey: Congratulations to Ethan Ball (Under 18s) and Liam Brake (Under 15s) for making it into the Bay of Plenty Hockey Reps.

Mountain Biking: Congratulations to our competitors on 22 May.  Successful Juniors were Ryan Hunt 3rd and Brett Stokman 4th.  Brett Wilkie competed in the Downhill Race and finished 18th.  Well done to Brett and Ryan who competed at short notice in the NZSS MTB Champs in Cambridge where Brett finished in 2nd place and Ryan in 4th place.

Waikato Chiefs Under 18s - Congratulations to Ian Walker for being selected for the Waikato Chiefs Under 18 training camp to be held during the holidays.

King Country Representatives - Congratulations to the following players to make the King Country Under 14 team: Damian Darlington, Tony Matautia, Jake Sutherland and Charlie Henare

Bay of Plenty Swimming Well done to the Taupo-nui-a-Tia College swimmers who made history by winning the Bay of Plenty Swimming Champs:

Senior - Mitchell Nairn 1st 200m freestyle (open), 2nd 50m butterfly, 1st 50m backstroke,

1st 100m freestyle, Denholm Orr 5th 50m breaststroke, 4th 50m butterfly, 5th 50m freestyle, 7th 100m freestyle, Cameron Todd 1st 50m breaststroke, 1st 100m individual medley, 1st 50m freestyle,

2nd 100m freestyle, Sarah Fraser 2nd 200m freestyle (open), 2nd 50m breaststroke, 2nd 100m individual medley, 2nd 50m backstroke, 1st 100m freestyle.

Intermediate - Matt Douglas 5th 50m breaststroke, Patrick McCarty 2nd 50m butterfly, 2nd 50m freestyle, 2nd 50m backstroke, 6th 100m freestyle, Beth Nixon 5th 50m breaststroke, Bianca Bradley 1st 200m freestyle (open), 2nd 50m butterfly, 1st 100m individual medley, 2nd 50m freestyle, 1st 100m freestyle, Anna Hayns 7th 50m freestyle, 8th 100m freestyle

Junior - Glen Fraser 1st 50m breaststroke, 1st 50m butterfly, 1st 100m individual medley, 4th 50m freestyle

Rachael Reihana 4th 50m backstroke, Brooke Taylor 2nd 50m breaststroke, 7th 50m butterfly, 3rd 100m individual medley, 5th 50m freestyle, Nicole van der Kaay 3rd 50m breaststroke, 3rd 50m butterfly, 1st 100m individual medley,2nd 100m freestyle

Bay of Plenty Badminton - Congratulations to the following students who qualified for the Bay of Plenty Badminton Team Finals: Boys - Josh Schroder, Jamie Masters, Chris Baxter, Jhu Val II Gabayan, Girls - Melanie Cooper, Grace Senior, Chantal Lesene, Sophie Wright

NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Championship 2010 - Four Taupo-nui-a-Tia College students participated in the 37th annual NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships held in Waikanae recently. With nearly 1200 competitors from 100 schools taking part, there were some notable results: Year 9 Girls 3km (113 runners) 8th Aisling Bowden (11.16 Senior Boys 6km (232 runners) 43rd Cameron Todd (21.35) Junior Girls 3km (133 runners) 6th Nicole van der Kaay (10.56) – fastest BOP time 26th Ella Dick (11.27)

1st June, 2010

Bowls - Amber Prior and Tayla Fitches have qualified for the Bay of Plenty Lawn bowls team!

Cycling - Nicole Scott was second in the girls U19 section of the 100km Flyer held on 27 March.  Her time was 3 hours 41 minutes.

Kiwanis Fun Run 11 April 2010 – Congratulations to the Taupo Times Secondary School Challenge Shield winners:  Libby Owen, Nicole Way, Sarah Congdon, Sarah Fraser.

Shooting The 22nd Oceania Clay Target Championships were held in April.  Congratulations to James Cannard who was 4th individual out of 38 juniors.  James is now part of the New Zealand team!

Swimming - 50m Breaststroke - Year 9 – Glenn Fraser – 34.88 (40.00)

20th April, 2010

Triathlon: Ohope Triathlon Sunday 21 February - Ellie Heenan gained 2nd in the senior girls.

Contact Tri Series Takapuna 20 February - Contact Cup Elite – Josh Kenyon 15th

Waikato Individual Triathlon 25 February – Lake Karapiro: Josh Kenyon – 1st Senior Boy, Glen Fraser – 1st Junior Boy, Sarah Fraser – 3rd Senior Girl, Stephanie Johnson – 1st Junior Girl

Team Triathlon – Karapiro – Thursday 11 March: Junior Girls Team - 1st – Brooke Taylor, Ella Reardon and Nicole Scott, 2nd – Jaymie King, Aisling Bowden and Stephanie Johnson

NZSS Triathlon Nationals – Fantastic Top Ten Results!: Josh Kenyon - 3rd , Nicole Van der Kaay - 2nd , Cameron Todd - 5th, James Weal 7th, Glen Fraser 7th. The Senior Boys team came 5th, Junior Boys Team came 6th, Junior Girls team came 3rd, Junior Girls B team 4th, Intermediate Girls A team 7th .

Sailing Regatta Algies Bay 24 – 26 March: Taylor Griffin, Finlay Norris, Josh Monro and Keith Inglis did really well at the Algies Bay420 Secondary Schools team regatta.  This was their first away regatta sailing together and were up against some very strong schools including St Kents, Westlake Boys, Auckland Grammar, Keri Keri and Pakuranga. They came 4th in their fleet – which is awesome.  Their next event is the National Secondary Schools Team Racing which is to be held here in Taupo 12 – 16 April, with 35 secondary school teams entered.

Motocross: Leon Muskett placed 5th in the Western Heights Motocross. 

Mountain Biking:  Mountainbiking Series 6 – Rotorua 20 February, U17 Male – 7th Brett Stokman, 8th Ryan Hunt, 13th Frank Sutton, Overall standings after three rounds: 4th Brett Stokman, 5th Ryan Hunt, 8th Frank Sutton 

NZ Mountainbike Championships – Wellington 27 February, Junior U17 Men – 6th Brett Stokman, 12th Frank Sutton, 15th Matt Cederwall 

NZ Secondary Schools Mountainbike Nationals – Levin: Overall results: U15 boys – Brett Stokman – 3rd, Frank Sutton – 11th , Nick Barnes – 15th, U16 Boys – Ryan Hunt 4th=, Matt Cederwall 7th=, U19 Boys – Ben Watson -18th, Downhill – Brett Wilkie -22nd 

Rodeo: Congratulations to Aaron Church who has moved into the Open Grade in both bull riding and team roping.  Currently Aaron is lying second in the All Round Rookie title along with achieving other multiple top 10 and top 20 placings in the rookie division and in the open division. 

Across the Lake Swim Saturday 27 February: Congratulations to Mitch Nairn – 1st in a time of 50.05 and Cameron Todd, 2nd in time of 52.01. Bianca Bradley was the first woman home. 

NZ Age Group Swimming Championships in Christchurch 1 – 6 March: Four students attended the NZ Age Group Swimming Championships in Christchurch on the 1st to the 6th of March, with fantastic results! Bianca Bradley (16 yrs) – bronze 100 and 200m butterfly.  She swam the 200m in a new Bay of Plenty Age Group record.  Other finals were the 100 freestyle (4th) and 200 freestyle (7th). Glen Fraser (13 yrs) – Silver in the 50 and 100m Breaststroke, swimming the 50m breaststroke in a new Bay of Plenty Age Group record.  Other finals were the 50m butterfly (6th) 200m breaststroke (8th) and 100 butterfly (10th). Mitch Nairn (16 yrs) swam in six finals – 200m backstroke (4th), 1500 freestyle (5th), 100 backstroke (5th), 200 freestyle (5th), 400 freestyle (7th), 50 backstroke (8th). Patrick McCarty (16 yrs) had two swims in the 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle.

North Island Secondary Schools Athletics – Wellington - 20/21 March, Congratulations to the following students on these fantastic results: Nicole van der Kaay – 1st 3000metres with a personal best, Ashleigh Sando – 2nd 100m hurdles, 5th Triple Jump, 6th 300m hurdles, Caleb Heke – 3rd 200m with a personal best, 5th 100m also a personal best, Ruta Wall - 6th Javelin, Julia Hamilton – 6th Long Jump, Ella Dick – 6th 1500m 

Clay Target Shooting: The nationals for sporting clay target shooting were held 20 – 21 February.  Congratulations to James Cannard who came third and is in the NZ team.  Michael Wilkie was fourth and will be the first reserve for the NZ team. 

Equestrian: Hannah Burnett-Grant is having huge success in her equestrian sport.  She is NZ National Showjumping Junior Champion.  She came third in the Pony Grandprix overall after winning the final round on her pony Mighty Maximus.  Hannah is third in the world for International Equestrian Federation Junior Showjumping and has been shortlisted for the Youth Olympic Squad to go to Singapore – the final team to be announced soon. 

Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Showjumping – Edgecumbe – 24 February: Our team of Libby Owen, Jonti Owen, Anna Koster-Birdsall, Tash deKroon and Kasey Lawson were placed 5th overall at the end of the competition.  Most Valued Player:  Anna Koster-Birdsall. 

Bay of Plenty One Day Event – 10 March: The two Taupo-nui-a-Tia College equestrian teams competed on March 10th at the Bay of Plenty One Day Event.  The Taupo Red team came 2nd and the Green team came 4th.  The teams have new uniforms and the organizers of the event during prize-giving mentioned how smart Taupo-nui-a-Tia looked!

3rd March, 2010

Triathlon - Waikato Individual Tri on Feb 25 at karapiro. 1st Senior Boy - Josh Kenyon 3rd Senior girl - Sarah Fraser 1st Junior Girl - Stephanie Johnson 1st Junior Boy - Glen Fraser

Equestrian - Hannah Burnett- Grant   won the Junior Rider title at the NZ national showjumping champsionships in Christchurch

21st February, 2010

ATHLETICS Ella Dick placed 3rd in the 14 year olds 1500m race in the Porritt Classic on 13th February in Hamilton.  She also competed in the NZ Nationals in Timaru in the holidays and gained a second place in the 3000m.  She placed 6th in the 1500m.

Ashleigh Sando has been chosen for a development squad in preparation for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.  She jumped 1.68m in the NZ Nationals in Timaru taking second place in the junior high jump.  She came 7th in the Junior Triple Jump and 8th in the 100m senior hurdles.  In the Tauranga Twilights she was the 1st senior in the 100m hurdles and 1st in the senior woman’s high jump.  She also competed in the Cooks Classic gaining a 3rd in the senior 100m hurdles and in the Porritt Classic also a 3rd in the senior 100m hurdles and a 2nd in the senior high jump.

EQUESTRIAN North Island Secondary Schools Show jumping Champs held at St Peters School, Cambridge 30 October 2009 - Team: Scott Groombridge, Julia Familton, Anna Koster-Birdsall, Madie Florence. Overall result: team was 8th out of 50 teams. Hannah Burnett-Grant came first in the Junior Rider Series event at the NZ Showjumping Championships held in Christchurch in February.

GOLF Grace Senior has been playing outstanding golf over the holidays and is now on a 4 handicap.  Her aim is to get to a 3 in order for selection.

MINI STOCK CAR RACING Sam Pritchard placed 4th overall out of 173 competitors in the NZ Mini Stock Car Championships held 12th & 13th February.

MULTISPORT At the recent Kinloch Triathlon Cameron Todd placed 3rd in the U19 Contact Cup and 10th overall. He also recently competed in Australia and despite the heat was competitive. He also placed 2nd in the Avanti Plus Cycle Zone Sprint Triathlon in Rotorua.

Nicole van der Kaay continues her run of successes both in and out of the water. She was recently invited to trial for the Bay of Plenty District under 14 Surf lifesavers team on 3rd January and was selected in the team of 5 girls and 5 boys to compete in the Interdistrict Championships at Omaha Beach Auckland. Their team won the championship and took home the trophy. Nicole also placed 3rd in the Kinloch Contact trophy Age 13-15.  She gained 8th in the Avanti Plus Cycle Zone Sprint Triathlon.

Taupo Tri club series - Nicole van der Kaay

12.10.09 Series No 1. Club Duathlon 1.8Run, 10km Bike, 1.8 run, time 36.05 1st woman

19.10.09 series no 2 Duathlon time 34.11 (dad Bike) 1st Team

2.11.09 Duathlon series no 3 time 36.03 1st woman

9.11.09 Duathlon series no 4 1st woman

Other results in the Kinloch Contact Series:

13-15 age male – James Weal 3rd

13-15 age female – Stephanie Johnston 6th

16-17 age female – Ellie Heenan 12th

Team3:9:3 – 2nd team consisting of Sarah and Glen Fraser.

Josh Kenyon placed 2nd in the Tin Man U19 Triathlon, 6th overall and 2nd in his age group in the Surf Breaker Triathlon.  He gained a 3rd place in the Avanti Plus Cycle Zone Sprint Triathlon

SAILING Keith Inglis placed 1st overall in the Junior Sail Regatta held in February.  He won four out of the six races and came second in the other two races, taking out first place overall.

SWIMMING Swim NZ Open Water Championships Mitchell Nairn - 2nd 16-17 yr 5 km,

Sarah Fraser - 4th 16-17 yr 10 km and 5 km races.

Swimming NZ Tri Series Tour Bianca Bradley, Sarah Fraser and Mitchell Nairn competed with NZ top age group swimmers.

TENNIS BOP Secondary Schools Senior Tennis Championships 2009

Jonas Bucher – 3rd Boys Singles Stephanie Grimshaw – 3rd Girls Singles Bex Cederwall and Rebekah Bradley – 3rd Girls Doubles

BOP Secondary Schools Junior Tennis Championships October 2009

Ben Todd – 1st place Division 2 Boys Doubles Liam Brake – 1st place Division 2 Boys Doubles

Jayden Read – 3rd place Division 1 Boys Doubles Frank Sutton – 3rd place Division 1 Boys Doubles

Joe Sutton placed third in the Boys Doubles in the Hawkes Bay Junior Open U12s and was the third ranked BOP player in the Waikato Boys Tennis Champs.

TOUCH The following are BOP Representatives:

Chelsea Katene, Tuno Wawatai, Kristina Simeona, Cala-Jane Chapman, Nadia Matautia - U/17 Girls

Phoenix Hepi - U/15 Girls Tommy Katene - U/17 Boys

Over the holidays the U/16 Te Hikuwai o Tuwharetoa, who represented Tuwharetoa won the Maori Nationals U/16 Taitamahine Title. The team consisted of several TNT students:

Chelsea Katene - Captain, Nadia Matautia, Cala-Jane Chapman, Te Rauhina Wall, Samantha Mita-Morgan, Phoenix Hepi and Waimarie Stone, the other girls selected from the Tuwharetoa Region are from other schools.

OTHER SPORTS Congratulations also to Aaron Church who continues taking out titles in the Rodeos. Also to Keith Inglis who is training hard for his successful path in Sailing. We watch your progresses with interest. It is also important to mention those daredevils who have put in hours of training and competing for the Mountain Bike series and also to all those students who have been up at the skateboard rink performing very awe inspiring moves. Well worth a watch.

updated 27 November,2009

TRIATHLON: Congratulations to the following students who competed in the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final on the Gold Coast, Australia: Cameron  Todd (6th), John Glanville (10th), Josh Kenyon (20th) in the 16 – 19 Male AG Sprint, Shea Reardon (18th) in the 16 – 19 Female AG Sprint, And John Glanville who finished 5th in the 2009 Gold Coast ITU Aquathlon World Championships in the 16-19 Male age group. 

TOUCH: Kristina Simeona attended the NZ Touch Academy camp during the last school holidays.

RODEO: Aaron Church (who was in Australia in the holidays competing in the trans-Tasman rodeo competition) is also the current reigning NZ National Junior Rodeo champion.  He is competing at the rodeo here in Taupo on December 29th, and hoping to defend his title.

RUGBY - GIRLS: Congratulations to Nahkita Wilson-Rogers and Jahlee Rangi who have both made the BOP Secondary Schools Rugby team. The Girls team won the Championship Division of the BOP Secondary Schools Rugby Girls competition.

CRICKET: Congratulations to Anthony How who has been accepted into the U19 BOP Cricket team.

EQUESTRIAN: The equestrian team had a great day at the North Island games – they came third in the North Island!  Not many schools entered but it was a great result as the team that won had three members that had been to the world championships.

September 2009

BASKETBALL Thomas Stebbing was named the Most Valuable Player for the Lake Taupo Basketball Association.

CROSS COUNTRY

The North Island Secondary Schools Cross Country relay was held on the 31st of August.  Nicole van der Kaay, Cameron Todd and Ella Dick were selected to represent the Waikato/Bay of Plenty in this event.  The junior girls team attained a second place behind an Auckland team, with Ella running first and Nicole last of the team of four.  Nicole got the fastest split in that team and a personal best for her in the wet hilly and muddy conditions.  Cameron Todd who was in the Senior B Team, came in third.

DARTS – Manawa Veitayaki won the King Country Darts Junior mixed pairs gaining a New Zealand title and he also came runner up in the Junior Boys pairs.

DUATHLON

The NZ Secondary School Duathlon Championships were held in Palmerston North on the 23rd of August.  Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding efforts: U19 – John Glanville, 2nd, Cameron Todd 5th, U16 – Josh Kenyon 3rd. U14 – Nicole van der Kaay 6th, Nicole Scott 9th

NETBALL – Congratulations to Christina Simeona who was recognized as an U15 player with potential at the recent Netball Waikato Region Festival.

RUGBY – Congratulations to Petio Emani for being selected as a Forward, and Ian Walker for selection as a Back in the King Country Rugby U16 Squad for 2009.

RUGBY LEAGUE – Congratulations to the TNT members of the Taupo Phoenix U15 team that won the Grand Final competition out of all the Bay of Plenty Rugby league teams.  This is the 5th year in a row that they have won overall in Bay of Plenty for their age division.

SQUASH – Congratulations to the following who placed 3rd in the Boys Division of the Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Squash Championships for 2009: Shane Hemopo, Damian Hemopo, Mitchell Kane, Donald Liddall, Frank Sutton, Thomas Eatson

TABLE TENNIS – The BOP Table Tennis Junior Team championships were held on the 25th of August at Bethlehem College.  TNT Junior teams gained 1st and 2nd placement in the championships.  The winning team of Jayden Read, Ben Todd and Liam Brake beat the team of Shannon McSkimming, Fraser Williams and Sam Isaacs by 2 to 3 sets.

BOXING - Shannon McSkimming is the National Golden Glove Boxing Champion 46kg and under for 2009

CROSS COUNTRY - Waikato Bay of Plenty Cross Country held on the10th June 2009: 4th Junior Girls – Ella Dick, 5th Junior Girls – Nicole van der Kaay,  7th Senior Boys – Cameron Todd.

EQUESTRIAN - Scott Groombridge – 3rd in NZ Under 17 Eventing, NZ Pony Club Association in June 2009

KARTING - Liam Lewis was 11th overall in his class out of 35 competitors, in the National Kart Championships – Junior Yamaha Class (under 17).

MIZUNO HALF MARATHON - Congratulations to the 26 senior students who started and finished this event on Sunday the 2nd August.  A special mention to John Glanville and Shea Reardon, who were the first Taupo male and female runners home. 

MOUNTAINBIKING The Waikato/BOP Mountainbiking Champs took place at Peters School in Cambridge on 29th July. Those that took part were: Jack Bayley, Isaac Bradley, Matt Cederwall, Ryan Hunt, James Norris, Brett Stokman, Ben Watson and James Weal. It was a mud bath and the school van even managed to get stuck before the event even began. All riders rode well and Brett Stokman managed a 4th place.

RUGBY - Michael Hayes, Thomas Orr, Nick Barnes, Pakome Te Ao, Ayden Inglis, Brent Haggart-Kelly and Manawa Veitayaki have all been selected for the King Country U14 Rugby Team 2009.

SAILING - Keith Inglis – Top New Zealander in the Optimist Sailing at the Singapore Nationals, out of 234 participants.

SKIING - Congratulations to Ella McGill who came 2nd in the Open Womens Freestyle Skiing competitions, held 1 & 2 August. 

SNOWBOARDING - Congratulations to Hannah Orchard who gained 1st place in the Moro Series Open Womens Freestyle snowboarding competition held 1 & 2 August.

SQUASH - Two Boys teams took part in the BOP Team Champs at the end of last term. The team consisting of Shane Hemopo, Damian Hemopo, Mitchell Kane, Donald Liddall, Frank Sutton and Thomas Easton finished a commendable 3rd and the 2nd team of Thomas Orr, Jevon Williams, Jamie Masters, Cameron van der Kaay, Hamish Nixon and Liam Brake came 10th.

The girls team consisting of Chantal Taylor, Amanda Wade, Karly Schumacher,Jade Maisey and Lauren Stewart played well especially since for most of them this was their first ever tournament. They came 6th.

TRIATHLON

John Glanville, Cameron Todd, Josh Kenyon and Shea Reardon have all been selected for the Triathlon New Zealand Youth Academy 2009/2010.  There were only 19 people selected from all around NZ this year, and three are from our college!

Updated 9th May, 2009

Waikato Secondary Schools Athletics Championships

Ella Dick – 1st Junior Girls 800m and 1500m, Ashleigh Sando – 1st Intermediate Girls High Jump (personal best of 1.72m, breaking Sarah Cowleys U15 High Jump Record which has stood for 10 years) and Hurdles, 2nd Long Jump and Triple Jump Ryan Yerex – 1st Senior Boys Javelin

North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships, qualifiers

Ella Dick – Junior 800m, 1500m, Ashleigh Sando – Intermediate High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, 80m Hurdles, Emily Tulett – Junior Triple Jump, Ryan Yerex – Senior Javelin

Basketball - Taupo U17 Girls Representatives - Cala-Jane Chapman. Chelsea Katene, Nadia Matautia, Waimarie Stone, Samantha Mita-Morgan, Tuno Wawatai

The BMX Nationals were held in Whangarei at Easter. It was a huge event with over 800 riders competing. Year 10 student Brett Wilkie came out with a National ranking of 21st in the 14 years age group.

Duathlon - The Lakes, Tauranga - Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Team 3rd Overall

Nicole Van der Kaay - 2nd Junior Girl, Frank Sutton - 4th Junior Boy

Equestrian - On Friday 3 April our elite dressage riders competed in the North Island Secondary Schools Dressage Champs at St Peters' school in Cambridge and came 3rd overall. Team: Emma Cowie, Emma Dryden, Bryar Kirkeby, Melissa Collins

Football - U16 Waikato Bay of Plenty representative team - Danyon Drake, Finn Smith, Toby Tulett, U14 Waikato Bay of Plenty representative team - Reid Drake

Grace Senior, Sam Heenan to World Secondary Schools Golf Championships – Adelaide, 14 April

Lawn Balls - Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Lawn Bowls- 1st place Jemma Richardson and Jamie Taylor, 2nd place – Georgia Richardson and Danielle Malpas-Green

Motorcross - Matt Cederwall – Winner of the Junior Individual Triple Cross, consisting of a MTB leg, a grueling run, then a demanding Motocross leg.

Kiwani fun run - Winning Team – David Blackburne, Miles Herbert, Liam Pettengell, Ryan Van der Kaay

BOP Topaz Sailing Teams Racing Event – Taupo Team came 4th overall

New Zealand 5km Open Water 5km - Mitchell Nairn 13-15yrs age group Champion. Rising Stars Swim, Rotorua – 13yr Girls, 2nd Anna Hayns, 4th Georgia Irvine; 13yr Boys, 3rd Matt Douglas.

New Zealand Division II Swimming Championships -

Patrick McCarty – 15 yr Boys 1st 50 m Butterfly, 2nd 100 Fly, 3rd 200 Free, 200 Medley teams. Beth Nixon – 13 yr Girls 200 Individual Medley, Personal bests (PBs) by Nicole van der Kaay and Denholm Orr

BOP Secondary Schools Swimming Championships

Mitchell Nairn - 1st 50 m Butterfly, 1st 100 m Freestyle, 2nd 200 m Freestyle, 2nd 50 m Backstroke, 3rd 50 m Freestyle, Beth Nixon - 2nd 50 m Breaststroke, Cameron Todd - 2nd 50 m Breaststroke, 2nd 100 m Individual Medley, 2nd 100 m Freestyle, Patrick McCarty - 3rd 50 m Butterfly, Taupo-nui-a-Tia College 5th

Update 16h April, 2009

TENNIS Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Senior Tennis Championships           - Jonas Bucher 3rd Boys Singles,  Stephanie Grimshaw 3rd Girls Singles, Bex Cederwall, Rebekah Bradley 3rd Girls Doubles.

TRIATHLON Kinloch Triathlon 8 February

Contact Trophy Male        13-15 James Weal 3rd,  16-17John Kenyon 1st, 18-19 John Glanville 1st

Female   13-15 Ellie Heenan 5th Contact 3:9:3         Male      Frank Sutton 5th, Kyle Goucher 10th, Matt Douglas 19th Female   Nicole Van der Kaay 1st

U19 Sprint Champs - Male Cameron Todd 13th.  Female – Shea Reardon 10th,  

Ohope Triathlon – 22 February

Junior Boys         James Weal 2nd, Frank Sutton 7th, Kyle Goucher 10th

Junior Girls          Ellie Heenan 3rd

Waikato Bay of Plenty Tag Teams Triathlon – 26 February

U14 Boys            3rd - Matt Douglas, Kyle Goucher, Joshua Spackman    

U14 Boys            5th - Hamish Nixon, Thomas Orr, Sam Marshall

U14 Girls             2nd - Beth Nixon, Nicole Van Der Kaay, Ella Dick

U16 Girls             8th - Laura Johnson, Ellie Heenan, Brittany Dick  

Oceanía Championships – Gold Coast

U19 Female         7th New Zealander, 14th Overall                     Shea Reardon

U19 Male            10th New Zealander, 36th Overall                   Cameron Todd

                            12th New Zealander, 46th Overall                   Josh Kenyon

MULTISPORT 1st Team Home - Round the Lake relay – 22 February.  Smiths Sports Shoes Team consisting of lots of TNT students.

SAILING Keith Inglis 3rd Overall - South Island Optimist 15 years & Under Sailing Championships

SWIMMING New Zealand Age Group Championships 2009

Mitchell Nairn    Silver Medal         15 Year Boys      100m Backstroke, Bronze Medals, 50m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke, 1500m Freestyle,  4th place          200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle  (11 x Personal Best times (PBs)

MOUNTAIN BIKING Cameron Hollamby - 11th U19 National Mountainbike Championships

MOTOCROSS Ryan Knight – 1st Summer Cross Motocross Event in 12 – 14 years 125cc class (held in Whakatane) 2nd Mountain Motocross Championships, 12 – 14 years 125cc class (Ohakune). 

EQUESTRIAN - Bay of Plenty Schools Showjumping competition 25 February, Edgecumbe

TNT Team 3rd overall - Scott Groombridge, Katee Stokman, Julia Familton, Anna Koster-Birdsall. 

BOP Secondary Schools One Day Event,  4 March TNT Team 1,  2nd overall: Libby Owen,  Nicole Way,  Julia Familton,  Anna Koster-Birdsall TNT Team 2,  3rd overall: Scott Groombridge,  Emma Dryden,  Alexa Robinson,  Melissa Collins,  Madeleine Florence,  Victoria How.

ATHLETICS Waikato/Bay of Plenty  Track and Field Championships, Ashleigh Sando – 1st Grade 14 High Jump – 1.60m (new record), 1st  Senior High Jump – 1.55m, 1st Grade 16 High, Jump – 1.58, 1st Grade 14 Long Jump – 4.8, Ryan Yerex 1st Mens Grade16 Javelin  - 46.10m, Ella Dick 1st Grade 13 Girls 800 m – 2.19.99

Shea Reardon – selected for the Triathlon World Champs age group team, Gold Coast September 2009.

ATHLETICS Ashleigh Sando, NZ College Games, 3rd High Jump, 6th 80m Hurdles.  Winner Junior Sportswoman of the Year Award – Youthtown Taupo District Sports Awards. Ella Dick, NZ College Games, 4th 800m and 1500m. 

BADMINTON The TNT Badminton team qualified for the BOP/Waikato Championships again in 2008 and performed very well, then went on to retain the Hardisty Trophy first competed for in 2007, winning 30 of 34 games.  Teams were - Girls, Grace Senior, Jade Peters, Jessica Williams, Melanie Cooper, Chantal Lesene, and Boys, Jamie Carson, Jack Delves, Mitchell Kane, Tama Merriman and Potiki Te Rangiita.

BMX NZ College Games, Jesse Lange 7th, Cole Smith 9th, Brett Wilkie 11th.

MOTOCROSS Alex Dillon, 3rd NZ Senior Womens National Motocross Championships, Auckland, November 2008.

MOUNTAIN BIKING Cameron Hollamby, NZ College Games, 5th male.

SWIMMING Mitchell Nairn, 1st  U16 National Open Water Swim, Wellington (January 2009)

NZ College Games, December 2008, 1st 200m backstroke, 50m backstroke; 2nd 100m Backstroke, 200m freestyle, 100m freestyle. Sarah Fraser nZ College Games, December 2008, 2nd 400m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly. TNT Team, Mitchell, Sarah and Patrick McCarty came 5th school overall at the NZ College Games.

Sarah Fraser,John Glanville, Mitch Nairn – 1st New Zealand Ocean Swim series Harbour Crossing, Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Team.

Nicole Van der Kaay,  Bike Vegas Blue Lake Multisport Festival (Rotorua), 2nd Junior Female Overall winning the Hinemoa Trophy. 

TRIATHLON

Cameron Todd, winner Junior Sportsman of the Year Award – Youthtown Taupo District Sports Awards, and 5th World Triathlon 16 – 19 years Championships, held in Vancouver, June 2008, 1st U16 Triathlon, NZ College Games

Contact TRI Series, Rotorua – U19 Male, 4th Cameron Todd, 10th John Glanville, 15th Josh Kenyon, U19 Female, 8th Shea Reardon.

ATHLETICS (July 2008)

North Island Secondary Schools Athletic Championships – Jan Van Niekerk – 3rd Senior Boys Discuss, 3rd Senior Boys Javelin Mitchell Wood – 3rd Intermediate Boys Long Jump and 2nd Intermediate Boys 4 x 100 m Relay (with Ryan     Howe, Joseph Millar, Nicholas Vickers from Hamilton) 

CLAY TARGET SHOOTING Murray Luke Memorial Trophy – held 22 May 2008. TNT had two teams competing, several boys participating for the first time.  158 shooters from all over the North Island entered.  TNT boys James Cannard and Zane Waenga shot well and Jamie Hall had his best day out yet.  Rory Ward was straight into the number one team for his first tournament, and Michael Wilkie   just missed out on an Individual Top Three placing.  Tauranga Boys College won the trophy this year

CROSS COUNTRY BOP Cross Country Championships - Junior Girls – 2nd Ella Dick, 7th Brittany Dick, Junior Boys – 10th Rhys Williamson, Intermediate Boys – 2nd Three man Team – Cameron Todd, Josh Kenyon, Ryan Yerex, Intermediate Boys Individual – 4th Cameron Todd, 9th Ryan Yerex, 19th Josh Kenyon, Intermediate Girls – 9th Shea Reardon, Senior Girls – 18th Rebecca Armstrong (showed great character), Senior Boys – 15th John Glanville  

CYCLING Waikato BOP Secondary Schools Cycle Championships

              U15    Nick Cameron   3rd Time Trial,  2nd Road Race

              U15    Sonia Williams   1st Time Trial,  1st  Road Race

              U17    Josh Kenyon        3rd Time Trial,  5th Road Race

              U19    Bradley Setters  4th Time Trial,  4th Road Race

Tour of Taranaki  A Grade  - 5th Patrick Bevin     

              Top Gear Cycles Craters Classic Mountain Biking –

              32km Adventure Ride:      Junior Male          1st Jordan Thurston, 3rd Ben Watson  

              41km Enduro ride:            Junior Male          1st Nick Cameron, 4th Matt Edhouse.

GOLF      Manihera Memorial Golf Championship

              Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Team 1st - Brett Taylor, Sam Heenan, Grace Senior, Cherie Sinclair

              Overall Best Nett – Brett Taylor,   2nd Girls Gross – Grace Senior

HOCKEY Bay of Plenty U16 Girls Hockey Development Team - Sophie Mildon and Emma de Lautour   Bay of Plenty U18 Boys Hockey Representatives – James Allen and Chris Murphy 

NETBALL Taupo U17 Netball Representatives - Leigh Foai, Tangiwai Henry, Sophie Mildon, Libby Owen, Neura Pine, Shannon Rastrick, Ashleigh  Stephens, Iona Tufala, Matalena Tufala. 

Taupo U15 Netball Representatives – Alana Betty, Kayla Flavell, Samantha Mita-Morgan, Kristina Simeona, Tuno Wawatai

Taupo U15 Development Representatives – Casey Davidson, Nerissa Downing, Hinemoa Fraser, Harmony Hapi, Courtney Haywood, Chelsea      Katene, Waimarie Stone, Challace Takiwa, Ake Tufala.

SQUASH Bay of Plenty Squash Championships - Damian Hemopo – Division 3 winner, Shane Hemopo Plate winner Division 2, Bradley Ramsay Special    Plate winner Division 4. 

SWIMMING Bay of Plenty Secondary School Swimming Championships - Sarah Fraser – 1st 200m Open Freestyle, 100m Individual Medley, 50m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Breaststroke,   Patrick McCarty – 2nd 50m Butterfly, 3rd 50m Freestyle Beth Nixon – 3rd 50m Breaststroke 

TOUCH Tuno Wawatai selected for the New Zealand U15 Elite Touch Team.

updated May 2008:

• Congratulations to Smith’s Sports Shoes/More FM scholarships winners – Sonia Williams, John Glanville, Shea Reardon and Josh Kenyon.Waikato Schools Triathlon
• Junior Boys:                      2nd Nick Cameron, 4th James Weal  
• Junior Girls:                       1st Sonia Williams, 5th Ellie Heenan, Laura Johnson (top 10)
• Intermediate Boys:           1st Cameron Todd , 2nd Josh Kenyon, Duncan Muller (top 10)
• Intermediate Girls:            1st Shea Reardon
• Senior Boys                      1st John Glanville
• Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Triathlon
• Senior Girls        1st Shea Reardon                         Junior Girls         1st Sonia Williams
• Senior Boys        3rd John Glanville                         Junior Boys        1st Josh Kenyon

2008 National Mountain Biking Championship

• Nic Cameron    2nd U15  Cross country
• Cameron Hollamby    4th U17  Cross country (also 4th in U17 Boys North Island Cup – Mountainbiking)
• Bradley Setters    2nd Junior Male Hillclimb
• Sarah Fraser - New Zealand Youth Bronze Swimming Squad/New Zealand Distance Swimming Squad selection.
•  Mitchell Nairn – New Zealand Tri Series Swimming Development Squad selection.
•  Keith Inglis – New Zealand 15 Years & Under Optimist Sailing Representative at North American Championships to be held at Curacao in the Caribbean later this year.
•  Cameron Todd – New Zealand U19 Years Triathlon Team Representative to compete at World Age Group Championships in Vancouver in June.
•  2007 onwards
• National Secondary School Cycling Championships Cameron Todd – 1st U16 Boys Road Championship Shea Reardon – 3rd U16 Girls Road Championship 
• National Mountain Bike Championships – Relays Jesse Loe/Shea Reardon – 1st Senior Girls
• John Glanville/Cameron Hollamby/Bradley Setters – 2nd Senior Boys 
• Tour of the Bay Cycling Competition Simon Walker – 1st Junior Boy Cameron Todd – 2nd Junior Boy 

• MOTOCROSS

  Cameron Dillon - 3rd Australian Junior 13 – 15 years 125cc Motocross,             and 3rd Australian Junior 14 - 16 years 85cc Motocross Championships.

• SNOWBOARDING

  New Zealand Junior Snowboard & Freestyle Championships - Wanaka

  Hannah Orchard Silver  Youth Women’s Giant Slalom, Gold - Giant Slalom, North Island Secondary School Snowboard Championships – Mt Ruapehu

  Gold - Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Girls Snowboard Team, Ella Hutchings, Lisa Kahl, Jesse Loe, Hannah Orchard Bronze Girls Snowbordercross – Ella Hutchings

• SWIMMING

  New Zealand Spring Competition (Wellington) U15 age group Sarah Fraser (14) 5th 800m Freestyle (BOP Age Group Record), 5th 200m Freestyle, 6th 400m Freestyle, 9th 400m Individual Medley, 10th 200m Individual Medley Mitchell Nairn (14) 7th 200 m Backstroke

• Surf Lifesaving New Zealand Pool Championships - Wellington

  Sarah Fraser Silver 4 x 50m Open Medley Relay, Bronze 4 x 50m            Open Obstacle Relay, 4th U16 Womens 100m Tube Swim with Patient &        Fins, 5th  U16 100 m Obstacle Swim

• TRIATHLON

  Triathlon New Zealand Youth Academy Training Camp – Wellington Nick Cameron, John Glanville, Josh Kenyon, Duncan Muller, Shea Reardon, Cameron Todd

• BADMINTON

  Hardisty Club Shield Competition  - interschool challenge between  Tongariro, Hirangi, Tauhara College, Reporoa College and TNT.  Winning  TNT team Grace Senior, Jessica Williams, Yasmin Merwood, Olivia Turner, Alice Whitby, Jamie Carson, Tama Merriman, Jack Delves and Joe Whitby.

•  John Glanville, Joshua Kenyon, Shea Reardon and Cameron Todd – selection for Triathlon New Zealand Youth Academy.

• Bay of Plenty U15 Hockey Representatives – Blake Brown, Emma de Lautour

• Bay of Plenty U18/Midlands U21 Hockey Representative – Shiloh Gloyn

• Taupo U15 Netball Representatives – Alana Betty, Jamie-Lee Graham, Libby Owen, Cherie Sinclair, Kelly Watson, Tuno Wawatai.

• Taupo U17 Netball Representatives – Ariana Betty, Keriana Clarke, Hannah Goodwin, Sophie Mildon, Neura Pine, Shannon Rastrick, Ashleigh Stephens, Challace Takiwa, Matalena Tufala, Grace Whitehouse.

• Shea Reardon, Cameron Todd, John Kenyon - selected for the New Zealand Triathlete Training Squad for 2007

• Mountain Biking National Series

  Jesse Loe - New Zealand U17 Girls Mountainbike National Series Champion

  Cameron Hollamby - Runnerup New Zealand U17 Boys Mountainbike National Series and 4th U19 Boys National Hillclimb Championships

  Tom Marshall - 4th New Zealand U17 Boys Mountainbike National Series.

• Savanah Larsen-Church – chosen to represent New Zealand in an international equestrian event in Australia.
• Sam Heenan attended the 2006 PGA Junior Festival of Golf in Australia in December.
• Briar Ensor has won an exclusive British Ballet Association Scholarship.
• Ben Simmen and Chris Hutchings - selected for the New Zealand Snowboarding Development team 2007

• Sarah Fraser – Selected in an U16 national swimming squad for New Zealand Transtasman Development Camps, and Bay of Plenty Representative to compete in Northern Region Championships.

• Zealand Secondary Schools Cycling Championships Laura Gretton  - 1st U14 Girls Road Race, 1st U14 Girls Points Race,  3rd U15 Girls Criterium,  3rd U15 Girl New Zealand Secondary Schools Cycling Championships

• Cameron Hollamby 1st U14 Boys Road Race

• Joelle Pritchard 3rd U17 Girls Road Race

• Laura Gretton, Jesse Loe, Joelle Pritchard, Shea Reardon - 2nd U16 Girls Team Time 

• John Bassick, Anna Taylor, John Glanville - winners of the College Trophy in the Ocean Swim series in Auckland.
• Laura Malcolm – The Young New Zealanders’ Challenge of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Whirinaki Silver Expedition essay published in DOE newsletter.
• Briar Ensor – winning the PACANZ (Performing Arts Competitions Association of New Zealand) qualifying round to compete in the National Young Performer of the Year Award.
• Brigette Liddall – winning her division at the Bay of Plenty Squash Championships.
• Well done ex student Morgain Townley one of 440 students from around New Zealand recipient of a Tearaway Waikato University scholarship.
• TNT Teacher Mrs Christine McKnight has been selected to umpire at the US Tennis Open in August. An honour indeed to be chosen to be one of the umpires at this prestigious event.