WINTER SPORTS PRIZE GIVING

On Thursday 13^th October we held our Winter Sports Prize Giving where students were presented with various awards and certificates for their achievements in 2016. A full list of awards from this prize giving is as follows:

Awards for AWD (Athletes with Disabilities) Football & Boccia competition:

Boccia players: Roseanna Garlick, Amylee Hasler, Nicole Dawinan

Football B team-Stratford Heroes: Bronwyn Francis, Jacob Bailey, Kalin Taylor, Elias Gaudin, Taine Taylor.

Football A team-Stratford Stars: Diana Yeates, Luke Bulman, Lawrie O’Connor, Abigail Zehnder, Corban Mitchell.

SHS Cross Country (Team Trophies)

Junior Boys; Herbert Smith Trust Cup for McAllister: Rowan Slater

Intermediate Boys; Mrs R E Carryer Cup for Amess: Morgan Trott

Senior Boys; R Masters Cup for Trimble: Matthew Anderson

Junior Girls; HC Thompson Cup for Tyrer: Heather Clothier

Intermediate Girls; Pugh Cup for Amess: Brooke Millar

Senior Girls; SHS Team Trophy for McAllister: Christine McIvor

SHS Cross Country (Individual Trophies)

Junior Boys; Miss HC Thompson Cup: Rowan Slater

Intermediate Boys; DS Butcher Cup: Ryan Dodunski

Senior Boys; Moore Cup: Jared Dodunski

Junior Girls; Chapman Cup: Heather Clothier

Intermediate Girls; Student Council Cup: Lauree Collins

Senior Girls; Student Council Cup: Tamsin Burt

Volleyball:

SHS Senior Trophy; Senior Girls Diligence and Attainment; Jessica Potroz

Football:

Smith Trophy; Most Improved Girls Football Player: Teegan Pryor

Comrie Trophy; Girls Football Player of the Year: Grace Burroughs

C. Alsop Trophy; Most Improved Boy Football Player: Cullen Keegan

Hockey:

Lawrence Trophy; Most Improved Girls Hockey Player: Charlotte Mitchell

Margaret Tilley Trophy; Best All-round Girl Hockey Player: Bailey Gavin

SHS Hockey Cup; Most Improved Boys Player: Matthew Sulzberger

H.V. McKay Trophy; Best Boy Hockey Player: Coen Frost

Netball:

Mellow Family Trophy Most Improved Netball Player SHS ‘A’: Olivia Slater

Janet Henry Netball Trophy; Best Team Member SHS ‘A’: Rhiannon Utton

N.A. Chadwick Trophy Dedication to Netball: Tessa Smith

Rugby:

1981 Rugby Trophy; Most Improved Player SHS 1^st XV: Shannon Kirk

Graeme Adams Memorial Trophy; Most Worthy Member SHS 1^st XV Rugby: Dylan Trott Rowe Family Cup; 1^st XV Rugby-Best Team Man: Shaun Rowe

Basketball:

Marchant Trophy; Senior Boys Basketball MVP: Dylan Trott

Jeremiah Truman Trophy; Boys Most Improved Player: Dylan Moore

Gavin Family Trophy; Girls Most Improved Player: Rhiannon Utton, Shayzaria Pirini

West Family Trophy; Senior Girls Basketball MVP: Bailey Gavin

Certificates In Recognition Of Representative Honours:

Cricket and Rugby: Lachlan Drummond

Rugby: Connor Muir, Dawson Austin, Fergus Smith, William Butler

Netball: Lauree Collins, Rhiannon Utton

Hockey: Janika Hey, Demi Ward, Charlotte Mitchell, Jordan Anderson

Basketball: Cameron Trethewey, Morgan Trott,Willem Ratu, Katie Jones, Bailey Gavin ,Phillip Anderson.

8 Ball Pool: Crystal Lee Jane, Zhane O’Conner

Swimming: Lauree Collins, Brooke Millar, Adele O’Byrne, Orion McGeoch, Joshua Gilbert, Zarhn Collins, Matthew Anderson

Golf: Caitlin Reardon, Ryan Joll

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

NZSS Swimming: Joshua Gilbert, Zarhn Collins, Matthew Anderson

NZSS Basketball Champs: SHS Boys A: Liam Anderson, Alex Baker, Bailey Bocock, Layne Cox, Ryan Dodunski, Jed Hinton, Makaiyah Hughes, Thor Jorgensen, Dylan Moore, Willem Ratu, Cameron Trethewey, Dylan Trott, Morgan Trott.
SHS Girls A: Briar Armstrong, Tamsin Burt, Lauree Collins, Bailey Gavin, Katie Jones, Adele O’Byrne, Shayzaria Pirini, Erin Uhlenberg, Rhiannon Utton.

NZSS Basketball Tournament Team: Bailey Gavin, Cameron Trethewey, Morgan Trott

Woollaston Trophy Secondary Schools Hockey Tournament: MVP Jehu Brogden, selected to Umpire Final - Joshua Smart

Woollaston Trophy & U15 National Boys tournament: Selected to Umpire Final - Jackson Taylor. Jackson has also been invited to umpire at the 2017 World Masters Games in Auckland.

SHS A Netball: Grade Winners of Stratford Satellite competition and 2^nd at Taranaki Champs

SHS B Netball: Grade Winners of Stratford satellite competition
SHS Warriors: Grade Winners of Stratford satellite competition

The major sport awards and blues were presented at our final senior prize giving on Tuesday 8 November.

A full list will be posted next week and will also be available for download from the school website at the end of the year.

Sports Representatives in 2013

The following students were presented with Principals Awards in assembly on Thursday 8^th August as recognition for their sporting representation. It is wonderful to see many of our students competing in a wide variety of sports.

Student	Event
Alex Taikato	Taranaki U19 mens basketball team
Anjela Frost	New Zealand U18 Youth Darts Championships in Auckland 2nd in Pairs Final (NZ) Taranaki U18 Indoor Bowls Championships Winner Taranaki Champion going to Wellington for NZ U18 Championships
Bailey Gavin	Taranaki U15 womens basketball team NZ Basketball Academy U14 team to Las Vegas
Blake Cheer	Taranaki U19 mens basketball team
Brooke Millar	New Zealand Division II swimming champs in Invercargill
Caitlin Reardon	North Taranaki Age Group representative in golf 1st Girls Nett (scores 64 and 68 Nett)
Cameron Burnell	Taranaki U13 football team
Chayce Bailey	Taranaki U16 rugby team
Chenesse Kauika	New Zealand U18 Youth Darts Championships in Auckland
Corey Kieft	Taranaki U18 mens hockey team
Courtney Young	Taranaki U15 mens basketball team
Cullen May	Taranaki U14 cricket team
Curtis Boyde	Taranaki U18 men's hockey team Taranaki men's hockey team Central Districts U18 men's hockey team
Dylan Trott	Taranaki U15 mens basketball team
Erin Rowe	Taranaki U18 womens hockey team
Grace Hunger	Taranaki U19 netball team
Hamish MacDonald	Competed at national and world BMX competitions in Auckland
Jacinta Frost	New Zealand U18 Youth Darts Championships in Auckland 2nd in Pairs Final (NZ)
Jed Hinton	Taranaki U14 rugby team
Josh Hunger	Central and national Enduro Championships National MotoX cross country
Katie Taylor	NZ Secondary Schools Gymsports Championships in Auckland – Aerobics section Taranaki U18 womens hockey team
Kieren Harrison	Taranaki U18 men's hockey team Taranaki Men's hockey team
Kyle Stewart	Taranaki U16 rugby team
Kylie Rowland	Taranaki U18 indoor bowls championships finalist
Lara Williams	Taranaki U18 womens hockey team Central District U18 womens hockey team Taranaki womens hockey team Central Districts womens U21 hockey team NZ U18 womens hockey squad
Liam Burnell	Taranaki U15 rugby league team
Matthew Anderson	New Zealand Division I swimming champs in Wellington National age group swimming champs
Quinlan Thompson	Taranaki U16 rugby team North Island Secondary Schools Athletics in Masterton
Quintin Bailey	Taranaki U16 rugby team Taranaki U17 mens basketball team
Ryan Cooper	New Zealand Division I swimming champs in Wellington National age group swimming champs New Zealand swimming team to Australia
Sarah Kowalewski	North Island Secondary Schools Athletics in Masterton NZSS Cross Country Championships in Christchurch North Island Cross Country Championships. New Zealand Cross Country Championships
Sharena Holgate	Taranaki U18 indoor bowls championships semi finalist
Shaun Lawrence	Taranaki U18 men's hockey team Captain
Shaun Nager	Taranaki U18 mens hockey team
Shaun Rowe	Taranaki U14 rugby team
Tamsin Burt	North Island Secondary Schools Athletics in Masterton NZSS Cross Country Championships in Christchurch Taranaki U15 womens basketball team
Terrell Erwood	Taranaki U14 cricket team South Taranaki U14 cricket tour to India
Thorn Mitchell-Smith	Taranaki U18 mens hockey team
Whetu Karaitiana	New Zealand U18 youth darts championships in Auckland

Regional Sports Success

Success for Boys Basketballers

A number of our students have been selected for Taranaki basketball teams. Alex Taikato and Blake Cheer are in the Under 19 Boys team, while Quintin Bailey is in the Under 17 Boys team and Courtney Young is in the Under 15 Boys team. This is the 6^th time that Blake has been a Taranaki Basketball rep. Tamsin Burt and Bailey Gavin have been selected for the Taranaki Girls Under 15’s team.

Motorbike Success for Josh

Josh Hunger (Year 11) has been competing all season in a variety of Motorbike Enduro and Cross Country events. He was placed 6^th in the North Island and 8^th in NZ at the completion of the Cross Country Motorbike series. In the National Enduro 15-16 years series he gained the following places; Oparau meet 3^rd place, Akatarawa meet 2^nd place, Maramarua meet 3^rd place, Whangamata meet 3= placing. In the Central Zone Enduro events, he was placed 2^nd at Akatarawa, Pahiatua and Martinborough meets. These are very consistent results, so congratulations to Josh on an excellent season.

Taranaki Netball success

Grace Hunger has been selected for the Taranaki Under 19 netball team.

Hockey Success

The school hockey players have had great success at provincial level with a number of students playing in the Queen’s Birthday weekend tournament. Shaun Lawrence was the captain of the Taranaki Under 18 Boys’ team which included Shaun Nager, Kieren Harrison, Cory Kieft, Xavier Hey, Curtis Boyde and Thorn Mitchell-Smith from SHS, while Lara Williams and Kimberley Thoms were in the Taranaki Girls’ team. Curtis Boyde and Lara Williams have been selected for the Central Districts Under 18 sides and will play in the national tournament in Hamilton in July. At this tournament selection for New Zealand sides will be possible.Mr G Boyde, Hockey Coach

P H Keenan

Principal

Sports photos

The school swimming sports photos are available to view by following the link below:
http://stratfordhigh.ultranet.school.nz/WebSpace/426/

Athletics sports will be available later this week.

TSSSA Beach Volleyball was a great day out for our students with the following photos taken.

New Parents' Evening

Wednesday 20th February 2013

Commencing 7.00 pm in the SHS Assembly Hall.

All parents of Year 9 students are invited to attend this information evening. Staff will explain the junior graduation and junior programmes. Parents will be able to mingle with staff.

Parents of other new students are welcome to attend.

Swimming sports

The annual SHS interhouse swimming sports will be held on Thursday 21st February 2013. The sports will commence at 9am at the school pool. Parents and caregivers are welcome to attend. The whole school will attend from 11.30 am to 3 pm.

Sunhats and sunblock should be brought by all students. Students are to wear uniform to school but house colours can be worn by students during the sports.

P H Keenan
Principal

High School Corner for Wednesday October 31st 2012

Senior Prizegiving

The 2012 Senior Prizegiving will be held in the school assembly hall on Tuesday 6 November commencing at 1.00 pm. Parents and supporters are asked to be seated by 12.50 pm to allow a prompt start. Junior students are asked to remain at home unless they are involved in the prizegiving ceremony. Any junior students who wish can offer to help Mrs Howison with the AWD swimming event at the TSB pool.

Newsletter

All students were issued with a newsletter this week. A copy is also available on the school website stratfordhigh.ultranet.school.nz/home/ as well as from the Stratford and Eltham libraries or the main school office.

SHS TABLE TENNIS 2012

41 students took part in the inaugural 2012 SHS table tennis championship. The Junior Boys singles title was taken out by Matthew Holden beating a gallant Kody Simpson. Kody had his revenge in the doubles when combining with Quintin Bailey to overcome Quinlin Bosson-Thompson and Caleb McQuay in the final. Sarah Kowalewski was a clear cut winner in the Junior Girls singles over Jessica Taunt and then combined with Holly Mackie to beat Jessica and Katie Taylor in the doubles final.

Matthew Sullivan-Brown was too strong for Ryk Ferguson in the Senior Boys singles and Thomas Ferguson with Jarvis Gotty beat Ryk and Jordan Haakma in the doubles. Hannah Martin managed to beat Aimee Hinton in the Senior Girls singles but Aimee came back with Rebekah Frost to win over Hannah and Laureen Cox in the doubles. A good event for a first time and hopefully 2013 will see an increase in participation. We would like to thank Pub Charity for the grant which enabled the school to purchase the tables which have been well used in PE classes, lunchtime activities and the school tournament.

P H Keenan

Principal

Congratulations

Erin Rowe, Lara Williams and Katie Taylor have been selected for the Taranaki Under 18 Girls Hockey team. The girls have already played in a tournament in Napier and last weekend in Wanganui. In the July holiday break they will travel to Dunedin for the Premier tournament against all other provincial teams. We wish them all the best.

The Boys Netball team were placed second at the TSSSA tournament on May 13th played at New Plymouth Courts. The team won 2 games, default wins to Inglewood and Waitara and lost to Francis Douglas. The team of Shaun Lawrence, Jordan Haakma, Zac Langton, Kyle Cook, Cameron Johnston, Cole Baker, Ben Phillips, Matt Simpson and Andrew Hunger were coached by Wayne Smith who presented certificates at assembly last week. The boys all played well and enjoyed the tournament. Thanks to Miss Sullivan's team for the warm up games.

Latest Information for Parents

There have been a number of changes to the weekly events due to the weather this week.
1. Swimming Sports:
These have been postponed and will be held on Friday 2nd March.
2. SHS Athletics Sports:
These will take place on Tuesday 28 February. For a $2 donation, students may wear house coloured mufti to school on this day.

3. Open Night: Wednesday 29 February:
An open night to welcome new students and parents will take place on Wednesday 29 February from 7pm to 8pm. Parents and students will be asked to meet in the hall by 7pm for a welcome by Mr Keenan and staff. After a short presentation, parents will have the opportunity to meet the teachers of their student. Light refreshments will be served.

4. Next newsletter:
The newsletter link will be emailed to parents on Thursday next week once the newsletter is ready for printing. Students whose parents have indicated that they wish a hard copy of the newsletter will recieve one in class on Thursday.

P H Keenan
Principal.

High School Corner

Junior House Badges

Junior house badges were given out at assembly on Tuesday 9th August to celebrate our student’s involvement in academic, sporting, cultural and overall participation in school events.
Amess House: Academic: Cole Baker and Mitchell Best, Sports: Jack Jordan and Jacinta Frost, Cultural: Memphis Karaitiana and Chloe Lewis, Participation: Samuel Reardon and Laura Ward.
McAllister House: Academic: Monica Jones and Tayla Corbett, Sports: Katie Taylor and Liam Burnell, Cultural; Kyle Stewart and Angelica Schumacher, Participation: Joshua Hunger and Robbie Howatson.
Trimble House: Academic: Xavier Hey and Sarah Malone, Sports: Quinlin Bosson-Thompson and Misty Hagley, Cultural; Jayde Nahi and Tylah Ooink-Graham, Participation: Rachel Martin and Noeleen Venter.
Tyrer House: Academic: Sarah Kowalewski and Jack Bennett, Sports: Matthew Kowalewski and Lara Williams, Cultural; Terry Jane and Taylah Acero, Participation: Dayle Bailey and Asia Loveridge-Acero

Asiawise competition
12 students are currently working with Mr Smith to complete the Asiawise competition by Friday 19th August. Students have to research a number of topics relating to Asia and complete a question sheet.

Congratulations
To Beth West, Quinlin Bosson-Thompson, Quintin Bailey and Nick Merson who competed over the weekend as part of the TCB basketball teams.

To Jack Jordan who has been selected as part of the NZ Under 21 Woodchopping team. He will be going with the team to the Royal Melbourne Show in September.

To Tayla Corbett and Joshua Hunger (year 10) and Sarah Kowalewski (year 9) who all gained 100% in the Junior Graduation Report 3. It is great to see that over 70% of junior students are on target to graduate with either Merit or Excellence.

Latest news - Teacher Only Day

Teacher only day
With the recent Ministry of Education announcement for professional development days, SHS will be having a teacher only day on Monday July 11th. This means that students will not be required at school.

Year 8 Open Evening
The school will be open for Year 8 students and families to visit. The SHS Assembly hall will be open from 5.00pm with the evening to commence at 5.30 pm. Tours of the school will be followed by supper provided by the Australian Netball Touring team.
Members of the community are welcome to attend to have a look at our school.

Junior graduation excellence
The second junior graduation report has been sent to parents and two top students were found. Rachel Martin in year 10 scored 100% while closely followed by Joshua Hunger (99%) and Tayla Corbett (98%). In year 9 Sarah Kowalewski scored the top mark of 99% while Jacinta Frost and Monica Jones were close behind on 98%. Congratulations to all students who received a merit or excellence mark.

Senior reports on the way
Teachers are completing senior reports after the recent assessment week. These reports will be posted out next week and an interview evening will be held on July 13th in the assembly hall.

SHS Rockquest
The SHS Rockquest band “Peregrine” gave a good performance on Saturday afternoon but unfortunately were not selected for the final performances that evening. Well done to the band and to those who supported them on the day.


TSSSA Sports seminar for adventure racers

Four SHS senior students Sarah Rohe (Maadi Cup Rower), Laureen Cox (Flanagan Cup Ocean Swim winner and road cyclist), Matt Simpson (cross country and Triathlete) and Cameron Johnson (basketball rep) travelled to Opunake High School to join with the successful Opunake High Hillary Challenge team for a seminar with Nathan Fa’avae, World Champion Adventure Racer.
        To start the students thinking he wrote on the whiteboard, “Diminishing in Comparison”, very relative when Nathan started to tell us of his team competing in many far regions of the world. With world titles since 2002, his team competes in races of over 700 kms in length, over vast terrain, from kayaking to mountain biking. Anything that is physically man made can be added to the five day programme. In this extreme sport completing is everything, especially when only 10% of teams finish.
        During the day students looked at goal setting and motivating influences in their chosen sports, especially those designed to get them over the road blocks and walls. An amazing insight into the mental aspects of our own sports at high school level right up to coping at international level. Researchers state that it takes 10,000 hours to be an expert at anything, Nathan reckons his often six hour training runs and mountain bike events certainly cut into this time.
       For the frequent couch sitter, the adventure racer competing on the world stage seems totally crazy with how far they push the human body. But Nathan Fa’avae enjoys the challenge of not being normal and has the world titles to prove this.

TSSSA Boys Golf Championships
The SHS team of William Arnold, Kyle Cook, Stein Caskey and Jahvis Gotty completed at the Stratford Golf course on Friday 17th June. Congratulations to Stein Caskey had the best Nett score on the day with 65. A fine effort as Stein has played consistently well in the inter-school Southern competition in the first term where SHS narrowly missed the winners podium.


P H Keenan
Principal

Stratford High School Cross Country 2011

The 2011 Crosscountry was run in perfect overhead conditions. Again, the ‘Fun Run’ section proved the most popular but it was unfortunate that once again a few ‘walkers’ had to be disqualified for lack of effort. It was very pleasing to see the effort made by the competitive runners though and some very good finishes were seen. It was once again one of the largest field of ‘runners’ & walkers we have had.

While Matt Simpson and Sam Bunn were comfortable winners of their grades, the eye-catching run of the day came from Sarah Kowalewski who not only won the Junior Girls event but was also clearly the first girl to finish.

Congratulations to all entrants; particularly to individual and house winners. It was great to see one form with 23 out of 24 members participating.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
Junior Boys: 1. Quinlin Bosson-Thompson (Tr) 2. Kody Simpson (Tr) 3. Robbie Howatson (Mc)
Junior Girls: 1. Sarah Kowalewski (Ty) 2. Emily Short (Mc) 3. Jessica Taunt (Mc)
Intermediate Boys: 1. Sam Bunn (Ty) 2. Ryan Cooper (Ty) 3. Matthew Kowalewski (Ty)
Intermediate Girls: 1. Lara Williams (Ty) 2. Shayna Heal (Ty) 3. Noeleen Venter (Tr)
Senior Boys: 1. Matt Simpson (Tr) 2. Jack Espin (Am) 3. Craig Mischefski (Am)
Senior Girls: 1. Alana Mako (Tr) 2. Taylor Bailey Ty) 3. Clare O’Neil (Ty)

HOUSE TEAM RESULTS:
Junior Boys: 1. McAllister 2. Trimble 3. Amess 4. Tyrer
Junior Girls: 1. McAllister 2. Amess 3. Trimble 4. Tyrer
Intermediate Boys: 1. Tyrer 2. Amess 3. Trimble 4. McAllister
Intermediate Girls: 1. Tyrer 2. Trimble 3. Amess 4. McAllister
Senior Boys: 1. Amess 2. Tyrer 3. Trimble 4. McAllister
Senior Girls: 1. Tyrer 2. McAllister 3 Amess 4. Trimble

OVERALL HOUSE RESULTS:
Boys: 1. Amess 2. Tyrer 3. Trimble 4. McAllister
Girls: 1. Tyrer 2. McAllister 3. Amess 4. Trimble
Overall: 1. Tyrer 2. Amess 3. McAllister 4. Trimble

HOUSE PARTICIPATION RESULTS:
Boys: 1. Trimble 2. Amess 3. McAllister 4. Tyrer
Girls: 1. McAllister 2= Amess and Tyrer 4. Trimble
Overall: 1. McAllister 2. Amess 3. Trimble 4. Tyrer

FORM PARTICIPATION RESULTS:
Boys: 1= Ag and Bn 3= Bf and Tc
Girls: 1. Bn 2= Be, Gb, Me and Wd
Overall: 1. Bn 2= Ag, Be and Me

MOST SUCCESSFUL FORM RESULTS:
1. Br 2. Ag 3= Lr and Gv

Crosscountry Team Trophies
Robbie Howatson: Junior Boys Team (Herbert-Smith Trust Cup 1st McAllister Runner to finish)
Sam Bunn: Intermediate Boys Team (Mrs R E Carryer Cup 1st Tyrer Runner to finish)
Jack Espin: Senior Boys Team (R Masters Cup 1st Amess Runner to finish)
Emily Short: Junior Girls Team (H C Thompson Cup 1st McAllister Runner to finish)
Lara Williams: Intermediate Girls Team (Pugh Cup 1st Tyrer Runner to finish)
Taylor Bailey: Senior Girls Team (SHS Senior Girls Cross Country Team Trophy 1st Tyrer Runner to finish)

Congratulations - Term 1 success

Congratulations to Josh.
Josh Robins shows his talent on being named the International Rookie of the Year 2010 for the American Quarter Horse Association. This is a remarkable achievement for Josh who is in his first year of international competition and was only 14 years old at the time.

TSSSA Sevens

Central Rugby almost pulled of a very exciting final in the TSSSA Rugby Sevens competition at Yarrow Stadium in April. They went down 24-12 to NPBHS, but had easily won their Division earlier in the day. The future looks bright indeed as this team has many new caps from previous junior teams making the step up.

TSSSA SPORT AND SHS REPS SUMMARY

Term one for Stratford High sport has been hectic and the students are participating and achieving at very exciting levels. It is great to see many of our juniors stepping up and having a go at new events. We have had great participation in lots of events and not all are listed here but some of successes follow.

Two of our junior students represented Taranaki at the NISS Athletic Champs in Hamilton. Sarah Kowalewski was a creditable 6th in the girls Triple Jump and Quinlan Bosson Thompson was a very close second in the 300m sprint final, 2 seconds faster than his best time.

The TSSSA Rogaine Champs in the Middle of March have gained in popularity and this year SHS sent 105 students to compete at night event at Lake Mangamahoe.
Junior Boys: Robbie Howatson, Reece Saywell, Will Rohe, Herbert Van Veen and Josh Hunger were placed 3rd in their Division.
Junior Girls; Emily Short, Beth West, Courtenay McIntosh and Rylie Saywell were placed 3rd also in their class. A big thank you to Mr & Mrs Walker who every year manage this event for SHS.
Indoor Bowling
Taranaki Bowling Clubs this year have introduced a secondary school competition “Squad of 6’, to endeavour to have students from different colleges competing and practising their skills over a six week period. SHS team competed at Hawera Bowling Club, and then all went on to compete at the TSSSA champs at the Avon Club in Stratford. Our Team of Kyle Cook (Captain), William Arnold, Matt Holden, Abby Gawler, Alana Mako and Heather O’Neill represented us with credit.
Abby Gawler went on to be runner –up in the Girls Singles and also received the Player of the Day Trophy. She was chosen to represent Taranaki at the regional champs in Wanganui.
To end a very busy Term the TSSSA Dressage Champs were held at Waitara this year, in lovely sunny conditions. Congratulations to our young team of Lara Williams, Shannon Coull, Anna Crawford and Laura Vernon who came second overall for the day.
Our team captain Lara Williams showed the way for the other girls with a good win in the DC competition on her pony Little Miss Me. And the others all scored consistently in their respective groups. Thanks so much to Mechelle Coull who almost went hoarse calling so many junior tests and Erin McDonald who helped on the day also.

Jack Porter Tournament 2011

On Thursday 28th April the Stratford High School 1st XV travelled to Pahiatua to compete in the annual Jack Porter Tournament hosted by Tararua College. We narrowly lost our first game to Central Hawkes Bay College putting us out of the contention for the tournament trophy. Paul Haenga and Hamish Walker both scored tries with Taylor Mackie being named Man of the Match. The final score was 17-12 to Central Hawkes Bay College.

On Friday we played off for third place and successfully beat Tararua College in another hard game. We won the match 22 – 12 with Hamish Walker, Jason Simpson, Jarrod Thompson and Aaron Buckland all scoring tries and Jason receiving the Man of the Match award. The final was between Central Hawkes Bay College and Waiopehu College with Waiopehu coming out the winners.

Thank you to John Espin and Jeff Walker for giving up their time to coach the team. Congratulations to Aaron Buckland, Scott Caskey, Jack Espin, Jarvis Gotty, Taylor Mackie, Ella Robinson, Jason Simpson and Hamish Walker who were all selected for the tournament team. We are proud to have had eight members of our Stratford High School team named in the 24 man tournament squad. Thanks to Tararua College for hosting the tournament and we look forward to competing in 2012.

Jack Espin, Captain.

The 2011 Jack Porter Tournament team with supporters.

Latest News and sporting success

Junior Graduation Reports

The first junior graduation report was posted this week to parents and caregivers of Year 9 and 10 students. There will be parent interviews on Thursday 7th April from 4.00 pm to 6.00pm by appointment only.


TSSSA Swimming 2011

         A small but dedicated TSS swimming team under the expert guidance of Sports Captain Sarah Cooper, had a quite successful meet in 2011.
         Team: Curtis Boyde, Nadege Coates, Ryan Cooper, Sarah Cooper, Laureen Cox, Mhirron French, Brittany Kivell, Sarah Malone, Claire O’Neill, Beth West
        Beth West managed a 3rd placing in the Junior Girls 50m Breaststroke and the Junior Girls team of Beth, Nadege, Sarah and Mhirron gained 2nd placings in both the 4 x 1 Medley and Freestyle relays. Ryan Cooper swam into 3rd place in the Intermediate Boys 100m freestyle and had 2nd placings in the 50m backstroke and 5om butterfly. Sarah Cooper excelled on the night, however, by winning the Senior Girls 100m freestyle and 50m backstroke and was placed 2nd in the 50m breaststroke. A very good effort from all swimmers who must be congratulated for their performance.

TSSSA Orienteering
On Wednesday March 23rd 2011 a 23 enthusiastic students went to TOPEC to compete in the annual Orienteering Taranaki Secondary school championship. This event has grown so much in popularity and this year our Junior team excelled in all categories.

First up Kody Simpson and Liam Burnell went out over the Junior Boys course and came in to win easily a minute ahead of Xavier Hay and Nick Hornby also SHS Juniors with a NPBHS team in 3rd.

In the Intermediate Boys, Cameron Cox and Herbert Van Veen breezed around the complicated TOPEC course to come in 2 minutes faster than yet another SHS team of Reece Saywell and Robbie Howatson, in a time of 19.12 minutes. The rest of the field were at least three minutes behind these teams. Students reported back to say how challenging it was and how much fun they had during the event. It was great to see all teams finishing in the clear daylight.

Many thanks to the back up team, Willie Burnell and Jackie Kofoed who managed and transported the team. We look forward to some exciting times in the year ahead when there will be opportunities for students to take these skills and compete in the Taranaki Get2 Go and Hillary Challenges.

Latest News and sporting success

Relay 4 Life
The team of 125 students and staff are gearing up for the 24 hour relay 4 life on Saturday and Sunday. This year’s fundraising has gone smoothly with students excelling at gaining donations. The quiz night was well attended and the Easter egg raffle was won by Rowena Dyer, Sarah Mako and Simon Bailey. We look forward to a great weekend with a final total to be announced next week.

Poutama Day Thanks
Thank you to all parents, caregivers and students who attended interviews with form teachers or deans on Poutama day. We encourage you to have regular conversations about Poutama with your son or daughter.

Reports
The first junior graduation report and senior interim reports will be posted out to parents and caregivers over the next two weeks. There will be an interview evening for each group of students.

Congratulations
Basketball success
Blake Cheer, Alex Taikato, Dayle Bailey and Will Rohe will be playing in the Taranaki Country Basketball team in the Basketball New Zealand Zone 3 Under 17 Regional tournament in New Plymouth on April15-17. This will qualify the team for the nationals held in June.
Coach Angelo Hill

Swimming Success
Ryan Cooper had a successful trip to the National Age Group Championships in Wellington at the beginning of this month. He broke the Taranaki record and became the National Champion in the 14yrs boy 200m Backstroke, for which he was given a Gold medal. He also gained Silver in the 1500m Freestyle, Bronze in the 100m Backstroke, 5th in the 100m Fly, 7th in the 400m Freestyle and was 9th in the 50 Backstroke. These results mean that Ryan is currently ranked 6th overall in the country for 14year old boys.

Mr P H Keenan
Principal

TSSSA Athletics Success

This year 41 athletes represented SHS at the 2011 TSS Athletics Championships. This is the largest team we have sent in many years and the athletes are to be commended, not only for their performance on the track and field but also for their team spirit and for representing the school with pride and respect. Also many thanks to Mr Walker for his managerial expertise and to Sports Captains Sarah Cooper and Hamish Walker and also Hayden Hendry for their support.
We gained a total of 15 places over the day ; a very fine effort indeed.

Luke Fisher managed a 2nd place in the Intermediate Boys 200m and the Intermediate Boys 4 x 100 relay team of Luke, Blake Cheer, Matthew Kowalewski and Quinlin Bosson-Thompson were 3rd.

Jack Espin ran 2nd in the Senior Boys 3000m steeplechase while Paul Haenga was 2nd in the 300m hurdles. The Senior Boys 4 x 100 relay team of Paul, Jack, Adrian Pitman and Jason Simpson were also 3rd.

Junior Girl Sarah Kowalewski was an impressive winner of the 1500m and was also 3rd in the Triple Jump. The Junior Girls 4 x 100 relay team of Sarah, Tyler Page, Megan Old and Storm Murray gained 3rd place.

The Intermediate Girls relay team of Theresa O’Neil, Deanna Crawford, Deja Whatu and Shayna Heal also placed 3rd.

Taylor Bailey was paced 3rd in the Senior Girls High Jump and the 200m while Chelsea Saywell was 1st in the Senior Girls Discus.

Athlete of the day, however, was Quinlin Bosson-Thompson who was a very impressive winner of the Junior Boys 100m, 200m and 300m events.

Congratulations to Taylor Bailey, Quinlin Bosson-Thompson and Sarah Kowalewski who have been selected to represent Taranaki Secondary Schools at the North Island Championships.

High School Corner

Junior Workday
Many thanks to members of the community who offered support to the junior students for workday. Final totals are not yet in but we are hoping that both major projects for the Student Council will happen.

NZ Secondary Schools Indoor bowls
Anjela Frost, Taranaki under 15 Indoor Bowls Champion was placed 3rd in the NZ Junior Indoor Bowls Championships on Saturday 28th August in Wellington. She was knocked out by 2009 NZ champion Teri Anderson in the semi final. One champion from each region competes in this tournament.

In the NZ Secondary Schools Champs on Sunday 29th August, Anjela Frost was 9th in the championship singles, while Rebekah Frost (5th) and Kylie Rowlands (9th) played in the consolation round. In the NZSS Pairs competition on Monday 30th August Anjela and Rebekah won all qualifying games and finished 9th in NZ. Jacinta Frost and Kylie Rowlands also won all qualifying games and finished 5th in NZ at their level.

Congratulations:
Jessica Short, Nathan Heine and Alexandra Merson were presented with a Level 1 Basketball Umpires certificate at assembly last week. We hope to see them umpiring at Stratford games in the near future.

Maria Gaudin won first place with her dog Dream at the Taranaki Toy Dog Show on 29th August.

Ex pupil Bryce Looms (2002) has recently finished a Diploma of Digital Media at the Media and Design College in Auckland. Bryce is now working the website design field, updating and design websites. This college offers other diplomas in the graphic media fields of game development, VFX and 3D Graphics.

Philip H Keenan
Principal

High School Corner

SHS Hockey
Well what a great season we have had for hockey. We started with the usual Senior A Boys & Girls teams. Fortunately we had an overflow with the boys so we were looking at combining with Waitara High for a second boys team but this did not work out. We entered a B Boys team in the B division Grade and we had sufficient boys put their names forward which was great to see. What a season they had. They came together with strength each week and it paid off for them as they finished 5th equal with Hawera High B. all teams have had successful seasons, with the Boys A team finishing 2nd in their league. The Girls A team after a roller coaster season, with injuries throughout the team and a tense finish to pool play kept themselves in the top 4. They lost the semi final but in the bronze playoff finished with a draw and a 3rd equal placing with Spotswood College. To all three teams well done I think this would be our best year for some time.
Desiree Alexander, Hockey Manager

New Caledonia Grocery Raffle
The grocery raffle was drawn on Monday and the winner is Mr P Keenan. The New Caledonia tour party would like to thank all people who have supported them with the raffle and the Stratford Rotary Club for allowing them to help sell sausages.

Junior Workday
There will be a junior workday during week 8 this term. If you need a student for the day please contact Mr Richard Armond at the school. More information will follow.

Methanex Maths winner
The winner of the Poetry and Creative Writing prize was Danielle Vickers, which was mentioned incorrectly in the last school newsletter. Members of PPTA who visited the school were impressed with our display last week.


Philip H Keenan
Principal

Hockey Finals this week

SHS Hockey

Tuesday night 17th August, the Boys B Hockey Team are playing for 5th & 6th position in the B grade competition at Stratford at the T.E.T at 6.05pm against Hawera High. These boys have achieved a lot this year and have done extremely well.

SHS Boys A Hockey Team have made the finals. This game will be played on Thursday 19th August at the TET ground in Stratford, starting at 8.15pm against Francis Douglas Memorial College. All support is welcome.

The Girls A are playing in the Semi finals on Monday 23rd August in New Plymouth at the Devon Hotel Park at 7.00pm. This game will be against New Plymouth Girls High. If the girls win they will play on Thursday night at Stratford at the T.E.T. ground for the. All support for our semi welcome.
Desiree Alexander, Hockey Manager

Junior House Badges
Junior students were awarded house badges for their involvement in the school in four areas this week at assembly. A maximum of 8 badges per house are awarded; two in each category of academic, sport, culture and participation.
Winners for July 2010 are:
Amess House: Hamish Booker (Academic), Kathleen Robertson (Academic), Curtis Boyde (Sport), Erin Rowe (Sport), Angela Frost (Culture), Daisy Higgs (Participation), Cameron Luckhurst (Participation)

McAllister House: Josh Hunger (academic), Jessica Short (Academic), Simon Terry (Sport), Rua Walker (sport), Robbie Howatson (culture), Malissa Alexander (culture), Grace Hunger (participation), Emily Howatson (participation).

Trimble House: Misty Hagley (academic), Sam Wyss (academic), Tatiana Rhodes (sport) Joshua Robins (sport), Rachel Martin (participation) Jarvis Gotty (participation)

Tyrer House: Jack Bennett (academic), Ila Earney (academic), Emma Campbell (sport), Ryan Cooper (sport) Alexandra Merson (culture), cameron Cox (participation), Shayna Heal (participation).

Taranaki Hockey Representatives 2010


Congratulations to the following students of Stratford High School who were selected to represent Taranaki in hockey for 2010 in their respective age groups:

• U15 girls: Malissa Alexander, Lara Williams and Erin Rowe (unable to attend national tournament due to injury) the girls finished a very credible 11th place at their national tournament in Napier.
• Under15 boys: Scott Williams, Kieran Harrison, Curtis Boyde, Ben Smith and Cory Kieft finished 17th place down in Carterton. U18 boys were Daniel Heine and Kalib Harris who traveled to Dunedin for nationals. They placed 16th. U18 girls: Kelsi Bayly, whose team were placed 15th in Tauranga.
• All players represented both the school and our region well over the season starting from the trials in April, throughout the Quadrangular tournaments during the season and at their week long national age group tournaments around the country in the holidays.
• Congratulations also go to Daniel Heine, Malissa Alexander and Kelsi Bayly who were also selected as Captains for their respective Taranaki teams. It is both a credit to yourselves and Stratford High School.



Malissa Alexander, Daniel Heine and Kelsi Bayly - 2010 Taranaki Hockey Captains for the representative teams.