Headmaster Mr Patrick Drumm with the winners of the Best All Round Girl and Boy, Takunda Muzondiwa and Adam Bateman (right). At left is Eli Margison who won the cup for Quality of Effort, and Karla Akeli, who won the prize for Diligence.
Adam Bateman and Takunda Muzondiwa received the top awards at the Year 11 Prizegiving in the FW Gamble Hall on 28 October.
They were named the Best All-round Boy and Girl. Karla Akeli received the Jo Williams Cup for Diligence, and Eli Margison was awarded the Robert Willmott Memorial Prize for Quality of Effort.
Adam won the Warwick Gibbs Cup for having already achieved NCEA Level 1 with Excellence, gaining a Sports Lion for Orienteering, in which he represented New Zealand at the World Schools Championships in Italy, also playing Football, performing with three school orchestras as a cellist, being a member of Students Against Dangerous Driving and completing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award at Silver level.
Takunda won the Brian Murphy Cup for having already achieved NCEA Level 1 with Excellence, being involved in a number of Arts and Service groups including the Headmaster’s Choir and the Interact fundraising group, becoming the student representative on the Board of Trustees, playing Lacrosse for the school and completing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award at Silver level.
The prizegiving ceremony, attended by prizewinners’ parents, also honoured students who had come first in a subject. It included a speech by Headmaster Mr Patrick Drumm, a performance by Year 11 classical guitarist Sophie Rippon, and a tribute to departing Year 11 Boys Dean Mr Gareth Hodges.