Table Tennis Southland

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to play against Otago on Saturday 4 September in Invercargill - Brynn Murphy and Ryan Le Breton. Well done.

Congratulations

Congratulations to James Humm Year 9 who has been selected as the non-travelling reserve for the Under 15's New Zealand Koru Basketball Tour which is touring Australia in January. Well done James

Growing Leaders 2010

Congratulations to Connor Harwood who has been chosen as one of the 30 students to be involved in the Growing Leaders programme for 2010 run by Sport Southland. Well done Connor.

We also congratulate Connor for his selection for the under 16's competitions for surf life guard's to be held at the end of August 2010.

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

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.

Southland Basketball Representatives

Congratulations to Verdon students who have been named in Southland teams:

Under 13 boys: Tim O'Neill, Liam Cullen, Michael Walker, Blair Duthie
Under 13 girls: Lucy Brown, Maggie Harrington, Meg Kissell, Olivia Thornbury, Sarayha MacDonald
Under 15 girls: Alannah Webster-Blair, Emily Grace, Tina Wright, Hannah Lieshout.

Boxing

Congratulations to Joshua Nielsen, year 11 who competed in the South Island Golden Gloves at Greymouth over the weekend 22/23 May 2010. Joshua won his fight in the 63kg class. Well done.

Southland Under 17 Netball Representatives

Laura Corbin, Lucy Heenan, Jo Telfer and Katie Telfer have been named in the Southland Under 17 Netball team for 2010. Congratulations and good luck for the games.

Invercargill Centre Netball Representatives

Congratulations to Kelsi Ridden on being selected for Under 15 A team, Melissa Wilde for Under 15 B team, and Shanice Dunn for being named a reserve at that level.

Congratulations to Amilya Koroiadi and Tina Wright for being selected in the Years 7&8 squad and to Maggie Harrington for being named a reserve.

Under 17 squad is still to be announced.

Trinity Music Award

Congratulations to our Year 13 student Patrick Wilkes who is being gowned and capped tonight i.e. 20 May in Dunedin on achieving a Diploma of Music ATCL with distinction from the Trinity College of Music in England. Patrick is one of two student's from Verdon College who have received this prestigious award.

NZ Taekwondo Open 2010

Congratulations to Sam Short and Rhys Dunn who participated in the New Zealand Taekwondo Open in Auckland from April 17 - 18.
Sam achieved a gold medal in the under 65kg and Rhys achieved a silver medal in the under 68kg. Well done.

Surf Life Guard Awards

Congratulations to Verdon College year 11 student Connor Harwood, who has been recognised for his community service at the Southland Life Guard awards held on Saturday 15 May. Connor, who is a life guard at Oreti Beach, received the award for the Most Hours on duty and the Most Improved life guard.

Oyster Extravaganza Raffle Results

Results of the recently held Oyster Extravaganza Raffle are as follows. Winners are listed from 1st prize down to 50th prize and are written as on the Oyster Raffle form:

The PTA wishes to thank all parents/caregivers for their efforts in selling this raffle and are extremely pleased to report that approximately $12,000.00 profit was made.

1st Lynley Mckenzie	2 Liane Toparea	3 Van Rossum
4 Katy	5 George	6 Jan DuMez
7 Sheryl H	8 Heenan	9 Paul Hura
10 Helen	11 Bill Doherty	12 A Tagomoa
13 Neal Eade	14 Carol Pikia	15 Bernie Brown
16 M Ineson	17 Ben Mulholland	18 S Tatio
19 Carol Taylor	20 Adam Heathcote	21 Stu Fraser
22 Sims Family	23 Don Thomas	24 Jan Schroder
25 Gav BPK	26 Mile Hill	27 John Baird
28 Veronica Williams	29 Brad South	30 Perrin Smith
31 George	32 Leanne Morris	33 Sandy Borland
34 Tony Bunting	35 Tania Sutton	36 Jayne Puanaki
37 Bev	38 Colin P	39 Norm Edgley
40 Mary Ineson	41 Susan Burke	42 Judy Wood
43 Jame Hennessy	44 Boyle Family	45 Boyd Mauheni
46 Lindsay Withington	47 Frank	48 Paddy Brown
49 Rita Costello	50 James Walker

Wai Tri Results 2010

Josh Watson was placed second in the Novice Individual Duathlon.

Terry Thurlow was placed fifth in the Year 7 & 8 Individual Duathlon.

Tim and Conor O'Neill won the Year 7 & 8 Team Duathlon.

Southland Junior Schools Swimming Championships

Well done to the Verdon contingent who competed with credit at the Southland Junior Schools Swimming Championships held on Sunday 28 March at Splash Palace. Outstanding performances were achieved by two year 7's - Liam Cullen and Olivia Thornbury who dominated the boys and girls 11 year old age group.