Sporting Representation

Congratulations to Hannah Lieshout who has been picked for the Southland Under 14 Girls Water-polo team.

Also we acknowledge Tina Wright, Emily Grace, Hannah Lieshout and Alannah Webster Blair who have been picked for the Southland Under 15 A Basketball Team.

Rugby

Congratulations to the following boys who have been selected in the following Southland Rugby Teams:

Southland Town Under 65kg Team
Jevon Spencer, Alisdair O'Reilly and Lachlan O'Driscoll

Southland South Town Training Squad Under 48kg
Cameron Forde, Tim O'Neill, Travis Oudhoff and Joshua McGowan

Southland North Town Under 38kg Training Squad
Jacob Gear

Well done to you all.

Basketball

Congratulations to the following students for being selected in the following Southland Basketball Teams:

Southland Girls A Team:
Maggie Harrington, Olivia Thornbury and Lucy Brown

Southland Girls B Team:
Sarayha McDonald and Meg Kissell

Southland Under 13 Boys Team
Tim O'Neill
Liam Cullen
Blair Duthie
Michael Walker

Verdon College Senior A Netball Team Quiz Night

The Verdon College Senior A Netball Team are holding a quiz night on Wednesday 30 June starting at 7.30 p.m. at the Northern Tavern. $20.00 entry for a team of 4.

TOTALSPAN Bus Shelter

Thank you to TOTALSPAN for selecting Verdon College as the recipient of a

Bus Shelter to be built at the Onslow Street entrance.

New Zealand’s leading supplier of steel sheds and buildings has launched a major programme to protect our children as they wait for buses school routes. The Undercover Kids Programme is a nationwide initiative and Totalspan’s way of saying ‘thank you’ to the communities in which they do business.

Undercover Kids is a nationwide, long-term initiative, which has already seen 194 bus shelters allocated to schools and communities across the country. In 2010 we are providing a further 100 bus shelters for school bus routes throughout the country to help keep our children safe.

Highlanders Secondary Competition

Highlanders 1^ST XV Rugby Points Tables June 2010

Congratulations to our Verdon team who are in a strong position at this stage in the competition.

Team	Points For	Points Against	Bonus Points	Total
Kings	271	72	6	32
Southland Boys	363	29	5	31
Gore	254	48	4	30
OBHS	368	40	6	28
Verdon	76	166	2	14
McGlashan	96	208	2	14
Waitaki Boys	72	121	1	13
Dunstan	88	118	5	12
Kavanagh	84	156	1	10
Central South	65	222	0	8
South Otago	104	261	5	5
St Kevins	53	363	1	5

Chamber Music Contest

Congratulations to our students who performed at the Chamber Music Contest last night: Amber Hilton, Jessica van Rossum, Ella Prendergast, Meg Prendergast, Patrick Wilkes and Tim Lindsay. Patrick and Tim (with a pianist from JHC) were Highly Commended for their performance - well done. Also thank you to the helpers, Emily Mason, Joseph and Ben Williams.

SGCNZ YSC 2010

Congratulations to Baz (Braydon) Macdonald on his $5,000.00 Performance Scholarship. Best wishes for his trip to London with the New Zealand Shakespeare group (SGCNZ) and the fantastic experience of performing at the GLOBE.