2009 Prefects - Columba College

March 2009 ISSUE 1 

Dear Parents and Students, 

We have been very pleased with the start of the new school year – a record number of new students 

(110 on the first day of term), 82 girls in Year 9 (four classes), excellent new staff and a full roll. Our 

Ministry of Education approved roll ceiling of 550 students from Years 1 to 13 will be at its maximum 

this year. 

Our International roll will not be too badly affected with forty International girls at present, five shortterm 

students from Thailand visiting this term, and the expectation that more will enrol during the 

course of the year. For your interest, our International full fee-paying students currently come from the 

following countries: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. 

2009 Prefects 

Back row: Alisa Hasdarngkul, Deputy International Prefect; Sophie Hutchison, Peer Support Prefect; Elizabeth Fraser, 

Prefect; 

Nicola Crawford, Music Prefect; Alyse McDonald, Head Librarian; Samantha Edgar, Sports Prefect; Ashleigh Willis, 

Chapel Prefect; Lucy Kent, Prefect and President of the School Council. 

Second row: Courtney Morton, Deputy Head of House; Hayley Jenkins-McCaw, Head of House; Alice Marsh, Head 

Prefect; Georgina Martin, Deputy Head Prefect; Jessica Napper, Deputy Head Prefect; Abigail Burgess, Deputy Music 

Prefect. 

Front row: Alice Waterman, Prefect; Stephanie Lee, Deputy Sports Prefect; Pam Laoroekutai, International Prefect; 

Alexandra Shiels, Deputy Chapel Prefect; Amy Chu, Prefect.

New Members of Staff 

We extend a warm welcome to our new members of staff. We are very much enjoying having them on 

the staff, and hope they are enjoying being part of Columba College. 

Ms Angela Chen 

GradDipTchg, MTheol, GradDipTheol, 

BSc 

Full-time (teaching Years 6 to 

11 Chinese and a Year 9 

Religious Studies class). 

Mrs Susan Chrisp 

BA, DipTchg 

Part-time (teaching Years 7 and 

8 Religious Studies, Year 7 

Social Studies, Year 7 Health 

and Year 11 Life Skills). 

Mrs Elaine Kelly 

MA(Hons) University of Aberdeen, 

PGCE (Secondary) Jordanhill College 

of Education 

Full-time (teaching French from 

Years 7 to 13). 

Year 10 Form Teacher 

Mrs Rachel Mortimer 

BSc, BPhed, DipTchg, MEdL 

Part-time (teaching Years 8, 9 

and 11 Science and a Year 9 

Mathematics class). 

Miss Lindsay Tustin 

BSc, BTchg(Sec) 

Full-time (teaching Mathematics 

and Science in the Intermediate 

Department). 

Year 7 Form Teacher. 

Mrs Dorothy Hutton 

BTchLn (Canterbury), AMusTCL, 

ATCL (Piano), NZIRMT 

Full-time (teaching Years 1 and 

2 in the Junior School). 

Recent Staff Appointments 

Ms P. Sharma 

NCEA Co-ordinator 

Mrs C. Sinclair 

Year 11 Dean 

Mrs L. Piebenga and 

Mr S. Warburton 

Year 10 Co-Deans 

Anna Fields 

First Year Engineering Student at the University of 

Canterbury 

Recipient of three ICAS Gold Awards (2007 and 2008) 

Recipient of three Undergraduate Scholarships: 

IPENZ Scholarship $5,000.00 

Edna Waddell Scholarship $5,000.00 

(for a woman in Engineering) 

Canterbury University Emerging 

Leaders’ Scholarship $5,000.00

2008 NCEA Results (Provisional) 

The 2008 NCEA results are very pleasing (finalised results will be to hand in April) with a large number 

of girls attaining at a very commendable level, for example, gaining Levels 1, 2 or 3 overall with Merit 

or Excellence. 

% of students achieving NCEA at Columba College 

Level 1 (Year 11) Level 2 (Year 12) Level 3 (Year 13) 

Columba National Columba National Columba National 

2005 97.7 57.0 94.0 61.6 95.2 51.6 

2006 95.5 59.3 96.4 63.3 94.3 51.6 

2007 92.4 62.7 97.2 66.0 97.1 54.5 

2008 Provisional 98.5 62.8 94.1 66.6 89.4 54.0 

2008 Overall Excellence and Merit Endorsements (Provisional) 

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 

% Columba National Columba National Columba National 

Merit 43.9 17.3 32.4 12.3 25.8 11.0 

Excellence 25.8 4.6 19.1 3.1 21.2 2.6 

2008 % of roll achieving (Provisional) 

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 

Columba National Columba National Columba National 

NCEA Level 1 Literacy 

98.5 77.3 - - - - 

requirement 

NCEA Level 1 Numeracy 101.5 84.9 - - - - 

requirement 

80 credits 98.5 63.7 95.6 50.1 83.3 39.1 

University Entrance - - - - 93.9 49.6 

Scholarship Results 

Twenty Scholarship grades were gained in 2008. 

Warmest congratulations to Cassandra Li, Laura Manson and Erin Wilson on gaining three 

Scholarships each (this qualifies the girls for a Scholarship Award which is worth $2,000.00 per annum 

for three years at University). 

Cassandra Li 

Biology, English and Statistics 

Laura Manson 

Accounting, Chemistry and 

Statistics 

Erin Wilson 

Economics, Geography and 

Statistics 

Anna Fields 

Chemistry and Physics 

Danita Rajiah 

History of Art and Visual Arts 

Lee White 

English and Technology 

Rebecca 

Blanchette 

Biology 

Rachael Jones 

Classical Studies 

Natasha Keillor 

Biology 

Deborah Lambie 

Biology 

Paige Parslow- 

Boyd 

Visual Arts

Exterior Painting of Katharine Buchan House 

How nice it was to see the scaffolding come down and to be able to see the finished effect of the 

exterior upgrade. 

We now have an excellent facility in all respects for our Junior boarders, as well as the multi-purpose 

Recreation Room used by the whole school. 

Winter Kilt 

A reminder that all girls from Year 3 up need a winter kilt for Terms Two and Three, also long-sleeved 

while blouses. 

The winter kilt is made by Mrs A. Corry, Helean Kiltmakers, 8 Hocken Street, Kenmure 453 0233.

DunedinNet and Enrolments from Columba 

A very big “thank you” to our Parents’ Association for its generous donation towards the refurbishment 

of the Miller Lecture Theatre in Braemar. Thanks to this assistance, we were able to redecorate the 

Theatre, install new seating, lay new carpet and put in our first Smartboard. 

With funding from the Community Trust of Otago, the $ match from the School and Parents’ 

Association and a kindly donated TV screen, we now have an excellent video-conferencing facility. 

Through DunedinNet all Dunedin schools are offering a subject through video-conferencing. We are 

providing Level 3 Computing with Technology taught by Mrs J. McMahon. In all, ten girls in Year 13 

are taking a subject via DunedinNet with Mrs D. Thornton, Year 13 Dean, overseeing their progress as 

our e-Learning Co-ordinator. 

New Visual Arts Classrooms 

Georgia Smith and Pippa Lucas in the Miller Lecture Theatre 

Building consent for the conversion of Sargood House came through late January so work is still 

underway on the new Visual Arts rooms. We expect them to be completed for the start of Term Two. 

One large classroom has been made out of the former dining-room, master bedroom and front hall 

with access from the classroom to two “wet areas” – the former kitchen and laundry. 

The front sitting-room of the house has been included in the upgrade and will be a very useful smaller 

classroom for senior art students. 

All of the above areas will have new lighting installed, will be re-painted and a new vinyl floor covering 

laid throughout. An asphalt path will also be laid to provide easy access for staff and students from 

Braemar. 

Special Character 

We were very sad to farewell The Rev. Fyfe Blair at the beginning of this year. The whole family had 

been so closely involved with the school – Mrs Gillian Blair as teacher and Rachel and Anna as 

students. Fyfe Blair has accepted a call to a parish near Aberdeen, and Rachel will begin her studies 

at the University of Aberdeen. 

Traditionally, the Minister of Maori Hill Presbyterian Church (now the Highgate Church) has ex officio 

been the Chaplain to Columba College. The process of appointing a new Minister can be lengthy, so 

with the kind assistance of The Right Rev. Dr Graham Redding who is a school parent and a member 

of our Board of Governors we are making provisional arrangements for our Tuesday Chapel Services 

and Special Services. 

Special thanks to The Rev. Dr Sarah Mitchell for taking our Commencement Service at Knox Church, 

and to The Rev. Susan Jones, Minister at Opoho Presbyterian Church, and The Rev. Anne Thomson, 

Co-Minister at First Church, for taking our Tuesday Chapel Services this term. 

Our Easter Service will be on Thursday, 9th April at 12 noon in Constance Hall and will be taken by 

The Right Rev. Dr Graham Redding, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Parents are very welcome to join the College for this Service. 

The retiring offering at the Commencement Service came to $907.60 and a cheque for this amount 

has been sent to the Otago Community Hospice as a donation from our school community.

Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival 

Ava Atkinson-Barclay, Sandy Chu and Sophie Bang have been specially invited by the 

organisers to enter their short film 'Questions with Malorey' in the Reel Earth Environmental 

International Film Festival. This year there are over 180 films in contention from all around the 

world. Last year 'Questions with Malorey' was highly commended in the Freemanson DVD 

Filming Making Competition. Congratulations to the girls on this very good achievement. 

Praneeta Sharma and Julie McMahon 

(GATE Co-ordinator) 

(HOD Computing/Technology) 

School Canteen 

In the media earlier this year it was reported that the Minister of Education had announced the 

decision to remove the clause in the National Administration Guidelines (NAG 5) requiring schools to 

sell only healthy food and drink on site. 

We have decided to continue with our current policy of selling only healthy food and drinks through our 

School Canteen. Pies, cream buns, sweets and fizzy drinks will not suddenly be appearing! 

In fact, we are applying to the Heart Foundation this week for a Gold Award for our School Canteen. 

House Captains and Deputies 

Rebecca Taylor, Solway Captain; Christine Kirkland, Braemar Captain; Kate Edgar, Girton 

Deputy Captain; Georgia Smith, Braemar Deputy Captain; Annelise Haddon, Iona Captain; Alice 

Hunter, Girton Captain; Libby Richards, Iona Deputy Captain; Victoria Hughes-Hallett, Solway 

Deputy Captain. 

Peer Support Leaders 

Sophie Hutchison (Prefect) 

Rebecca Duff 

Alana Hanning 

Naomi Ireland 

Katie Love 

Pippa Lucas 

Harriet McDonald 

Libby McMahon 

Kate Manson 

Charlotte O’Leary 

Congratulations to: 

Alexandra Shiels 

Alice Marsh 

Georgina Martin 

Class Seniors 

Rebecca Boyce 

Abigail Burgess 

Alana Hanning 

Christina Heye 

Ishani Navaratna 

Maddie Reith 

Alexandra Shiels 

Rebecca Taylor 

Ashleigh Willis 

Rachel Wilson 

Debating Club Captain 

Debating Competitions Captain 

Third Place at the Dunedin Regional Rotary Club Speech Competition

School Daily Notices 

For the information of new parents to the 

school, we mention that these are online daily 

on the school website. 

Go to www.columbacollege.school.nz, then 

click on News and Events and go to "Daily 

Notices", or go to the Home Page and click on 

the "Daily Notices" in the Quick Links section. 

Boarding and Secondary 

School Bursary 

Applications 

Boarding students may be eligible for one of 

the above Bursaries. They are both worth in 

excess of a term’s boarding fee per annum and 

are credited against the school fees. 

Boarding Bursaries 10 years or older. 

Eligibility: a distance of 4.8 kilometres or more 

from the nearest state school or from the 

nearest bus stop. 

Secondary School Bursaries Years 12 and 13. 

To be eligible students must be taking two 

subjects at the city school not available at the 

local school. 

Application forms are downloadable from the 

MOE website which is www.minedu.govt.nz. 

Cello Tutor at Columba 

Ms Pamela Seccombe, MMus, BMus(Hons), 

DipTchg, ATCL, has been appointed our new 

private cello tutor and is available at school for 

individual tuition. 

Please contact Mr Richard Madden, HOD 

Music, if you would like to have more 

information about cello lessons at school. 

Mr Madden would also be interested to hear 

from any families who may know of a cello for 

sale. 

HPV Vaccination 

Programme A reminder to all 

Parents 

The first dose of the HPV vaccine will be given 

to the Years 8 and 9 girls on Monday, 6 th April 

at school. If a student is away that day, the 

nurses will return on Thursday, 9 th April for a 

catch-up clinic. 

If you have not already returned vaccination 

consent forms, it is not too late. Extra forms 

are available from the School Office. Late 

consents can be brought to school on the day 

of vaccination. 

Parents or caregivers can accompany their 

daughters on the day of vaccination, if they 

wish. Please ask the Office what time the 

nurses will be at your school. 

Only girls (under 16) whose parent or caregiver 

has consented in writing will be given the 

vaccine at school. 

On the day of vaccination, please ensure your 

daughter has breakfast, and wears a loosesleeved 

top, if possible. 

Next year nurses will offer the HPV vaccine at 

school to girls in Years 8, 11, 12 and 13. 

All girls born on or after January 1st, 1990 are 

eligible for free HPV vaccine through their GP 

practice. 

For more information go to 

www.govt.nz/immunisation, 

www.cervicalcancervaccine.govt.nz, or phone 

0800 IMMUNE (0800 466 863). 

Any queries regarding the school based 

programme in Otago can be directed to the 

public health nurse for your school, or to: 

Victoria Bryant 

03) 476 9880/ 0800 769 880 

victoria.bryant@healthotago.co.nz 

Road Patrol 

Road Patrol is an important service 

to the school and local 

neighbourhood. We appreciate the 

willingness of all the girls in the 

teams to be out in all weathers, rain 

or shine. 

Left to right: Farah Kadada, 

Angela Jenks, Alexandra Krause 

and Yin Lin. 

School Council 

Initiative 

A donation of $919.40 

was raised from a School 

Council Mufti Day to send 

to Australia through the 

NZ Red Cross to aid 

victims of the bush fires 

in Australia.

SPORTS NEWS 

Win in the South Island Secondary Schools’ Waterpolo 

Tournament 

Warmest congratulations to our Senior A Waterpolo Team on winning the South Island Tournament. 

All the girls in the team can be very proud of this achievement, and also of their overall win in the local 

Dunedin competition in which they won their final games against Kavanagh College and John 

McGlashan College (this was a hard-fought game that Columba won 6-5). They are a young (six of 

the girls are in Year 10 and two in Year 11), fit and well prepared team and thoroughly deserve their 

South Island win. 

In the closely contested semi-final with Villa Maria, the score was 3 all at full-time and 4 all at extra 

time. The game was won on the penalty shoot-out with Charlotte O’Leary, Zoe Cadzow and Holly 

Cadzow all scoring, taking the final score to 7-4. The final was against Christchurch Girls’ High School 

with a win of 4-1 to Columba. 

Back row: Renée Hodgkinson, Holly Cadzow, Zoe Cadzow, Tori Hall, Stephanie Lambie, Nicole 

Martyn. 

Front row: Vienna Sutherland, Kimberley Martyn, Jamie Boyce, Charlotte O’Leary, Sarah 

McDonald, Kirsten Williams. 

Absent: Charlotte Boyce. 

Left: Tori Hall 

Most Valuable Player 

South Island Waterpolo Tournament 

Right: Stephanie Lambie 

Most Promising Player 

South Island Waterpolo Tournament

A special acknowledgement to Mrs Niki Martyn for all she does as Manager to encourage and support 

the team, to René Theelen who is a dedicated and skilled coach and to Mr N. Mains for the time he 

puts in as Teacher in charge of Waterpolo 

We also record our thanks to the Bendigo Valley Foundation for its generous donation of $1,000.00 to 

assist the team to go to the South Island Championships, and to the Waterpolo girls and their parents 

for raising $1,200.00 through sausage sizzles in the city. 

2008 Summer Sports Captains 

Naomi Ireland 

Co-Captain 

Athletics and 

Touch 

Stephanie Lee 

Co-Captain 

Athletics 

Madeleine Reith 

Cricket 

Pippa Lucas 

Equestrian 

Nicole Martyn 

Multi Sport 

Hayley Jenkins- 

McCaw 

Rowing 

Alice Marsh 

Tennis 

Rebecca Taylor 

Co-Captain 

Touch 

Victoria Hughes- 

Hallett 

Volleyball 

Charlotte 

O’Leary 

Waterpolo 

Successful St Andrew’s, Columba and McGlashan Summer 

Tournament 

Columba recently hosted the annual summer exchange with St Andrew’s College from Christchurch, 

with the competition occurring on Monday, 9 th and Tuesday, 10 th March. Four sports were contested, 

including Tennis, Touch 7’s, Volleyball, and Waterpolo. The Tennis was narrowly won by St Andrew’s 

by a count back and St Andrew’s also won both matches of the Volleyball. However, as the South 

Island title holders in Waterpolo, the Columba College team was too strong for St Andrew’s, 

convincingly winning both matches. The second match was a closer game as the St Andrew’s team 

was a mixed team – with boys and girls in their team. Columba was also too strong for St Andrew’s in 

the Touch 7’s. The tournament has contested in good spirit and many new friendships were formed. 

Thank you to Mrs Shona Harvey for organising most of the logistics at the Columba end and also to 

the coaches and teachers of the individual sports involved. Finally, congratulations to all girls involved 

– the games were fiercely contested and played in good spirit. Below is a list of the final results: 

Tennis 

6 all draw. Countback 14-12 on sets, a win to St. Andrew’s. 

Touch 2 wins to Columba 13-0 and 13-0 

Volleyball 2 wins to St. Andrew’s 3-0 and 3-0 

Waterpolo 2 wins to Columba 19-1 and 12-2 

Christie Sinclair 

HOD Physical Education, Sport and Health 

Swimming 

Emily Poon competed at the National Age Group Swimming 

Championships in Wellington, 3rd – 7th March. She earned 

two National Silver medals: Age 14 Girls, 400 Free Silver 

and 800 Free Silver. 

Emily Poon

St Andrew’s, Columba and McGlashan Summer Tournament

Columba College Athletics Day

Junior School Sports News 

Rileigh Fields has been selected as a member 

of the 10’s Girls’ Otago Tennis Team and Ryan 

Whelan for the 10’s Boys’ Otago Tennis Team. 

Ryan who is currently ranked No. 1 in the 

Otago Tennis Association 10’s Boys’ Ladder 

has also been selected for the 2009 Dunedin 

Junior Cricket Association’s Rep (Metro) Team 

for Years 5 and 6. 

Both Rileigh and Ryan competed in the Tennis 

Southern Region Teams’ Event held in 

Invercargill late February with the Otago Boys’ 

and Girls’ 10 and Under Teams winning the 

event. Well done to Rileigh and Ryan. 

2008 Primary Athletics Championships (held in November) 

These very good results were unfortunately omitted from the last newsletter for 2008. 

Girls Under 10 – 200m Relay 

Margot Brown, Rileigh Fields, Camelia 

Harrison, Annabelle Payne 

1st Heat, 1st Semi-Final, 2nd Final 

Girls Under 10 – 60m Sprint 

Margot Brown 


Triathlon 

Girls Under 11 – 200m Relay 

Christina Anson, Madison Hughes, Imara 

Jones, Mary-Jane Wennekes 


Girls Under 11 – 75m Sprint 

Imara Jones 

1st Heat, 

3rd Semi-Final, 3rd Final 

The Triathlon team of Nicole Martyn (Swim and Run) and Alice Brown (Cyclist) was placed 2 nd in the 

Senior Girls’ Teams section of the Otago/Southland Secondary Schools’ Triathlon Championships in 

Cromwell on 26th February. This was impressive given the huge field of over 200 competitors and 

strong competition. As it was our Athletics Sports Day, our entries were reduced in number. 

At the recent South Island Triathlon Championships in Oamaru on the 8th March, Columba College 

dominated the Triathlon Teams section taking 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd places in the Senior division and 1 st in 

the Junior division. Shannon Edgar won the individual Gold in the Intermediate Girls’ Duathlon section 

in a tightly contested race. Columba College also had the second placed Senior Duathlon Team. 

Triathlon 

1 st Place Senior Team – Nicole Martyn (Swim and Run) 

and Alice Brown (Cycle) 

2 nd Place Senior Team – Stephanie Lambie (Swim and 

Run) and Libby Richards (Cycle) 

3 rd Place Senior Team – Charlotte O’Leary (Swim and 

Run) and Alice Hunter (Cycle) 

1 st Place Junior Team – Megan Summers (Swim), Laura 

Bridger (Cycle), Hannah Ker (Run) 

Duathlon 

1 st Place Intermediate Individual – Shannon Edgar 

2 nd Place Senior Team – Naomi Ireland (Cycle), 

Laura Carruthers (Run) 

Nicole Martyn and Alice Brown 

I hope you have all enjoyed reading the first school newsletter for the year. The count-down is now on 

for the Fair on the 4th April which is a major school event. Sincere thanks to Mrs Jennifer Anglin, 

Convener, the Parents’ Association and the many parent helpers and supporters for all they are doing 

to ensure our enjoyment of Fair Day. 

Good wishes from Elizabeth Wilson, Principal

OUTWARD BOUND, ANAKIWA 

“Mind, Body and Soul” Course 

Talk in assembly by Sophie Hutchison in Year 13 who was the Columba recipient of a 

Community Trust of Otago Scholarship to do a Mind, Body and Soul course at Outward Bound 

in January, 2009. 

What lies beneath us…. and what lies before us…. are tiny matters…. compared to what lies within us. 

These wise words from Ralph Waldo Emerson describe the realisation that Outward Bound unravelled 

for me. Spending 21 days away from the world you have grown accustomed to sounds hard, but 

having 13 strangers each with their own history to share the experience with, is a once in a life-time 

opportunity. 

Mind, Body and Soul is a course designed to discover what is important to you, and to grasp a sense 

of your future potential. 

A typical day at Outward Bound involves getting-up at around 5.30 a.m., jumping into your P.T gear, 

progressing to the P.T. area and starting your morning exercises. Now these exercises include sets of 

press-ups, sit-ups, squats - you name it, we did it. After around 30 minutes of these sometimes 

gruelling exercises we jogged to the startline for the morning run. For three weeks you have a race 

against yourself, approximately 3.2 kilometres, and by the end you jump into the sea for your morning 

swim. 

My 13 other watch members and myself went on some incredible adventures. From tipping upside 

down in a kayak in the white water of a small waterfall to being told to tramp up a ridiculous mountain 

at 12 a.m. and then dropped off by yourself into the bush and left for two and half days. What more 

could you ask for Well, after completing a five day tramping adventure with 15 hour tramping days 

you come to the top of an isolated mountain where all you can see is the Marlborough Sounds…. you 

get to finally feel that moment of satisfaction. 

Other schemes that we went on included rock climbing, completing a high ropes course that turned 

out to be the hardest challenge for me as I am afraid of heights. We also went sailing on an old style 

rescue boat called a Cutter and completed many other team building and self-reflection exercises. 

I am sure you have all heard about Solo. Dreaded by some, but to me by the time we were dropped 

off in the bush away from all parts of civilisation, I couldn’t wait to get to sleep. I was physically 

exhausted from the ongoing physical endurance we experienced every day with no down time. All I 

came out of Solo with was a nasty spider bite. 

I made some really good friends on my time on Outward Bound. I learnt how to live with people that I 

usually do not associate with or necessarily come across in my everyday life. One member of my 

watch called …, was someone who was different in numerous ways and had had a hard life. He was 

actually sent home after a week because he was mentally unstable and the instructors had to spend 

too much time on helping him and not paying enough attention to the rest of the team. It was sad to 

see him go. But it was said that our lives were in danger and in the history of Outward Bound 26 

people have died so there is no room for error on their behalf. What I learnt from having … in my 

watch was that some people did not show him the respect he deserved on his time on Outward 

Bound. After his departure numerous members of my group had to write letters to him as they felt 

guilty about not giving him a chance just because he was a bit slower than the majority. It was good to 

know that I had given him the respect he deserved. I come across many different people in my lifestyle 

and I have learnt you have to show respect to everyone no matter how different they may appear. 

The opportunity to do a Mind, Body and Soul course at Outward Bound is an opportunity to take with 

both hands. I will probably never have an experience of this level again in my life. The people that I 

meet, the values that I learned are going to go with me in my future. I say to you all now, this is a 

course that I believe the majority of you should you do at some point or another. You will come out of 

it with a better attitude, new skills and maybe even discover aspects of yourself you did not know 

before. 

Finally a quote from Martin Luther King: 

“The ultimate measure of man is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but 

where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.” 

Sophie Hutchison

Columba College Athletics Sports 2009 

Years 7 to 13 

Senior Championship O/16 

100m 

1. Biddy Skerten 13.04 

2. Stephanie Lee 13.53 

3. Pippa Lucas 13.75 

800m 

1. Gemma Cowie 2:48.51 

2. Zoe Cadzow 3:08.41 

3. Abbey Jenkins-McCaw 3:28.15 

Long Jump 




Shot Put 

1. Abbey Jenkins-McCaw 8.31 

2. Hayley Jenkins-McCaw 7.65 

3. Albonie Skerrett 7.39 

200m 




1500m 

1. Gemma Cowie 5:50.75 

2. Zoe Cadzow 6:14.80 

3. Abbey Jenkins-McCaw 6:32.50 

High Jump 

1. Zoe Cadzow (record) 1.55 


3. Gemma Cowie 1.25 

Senior Champion O/16 

1. Biddy Skerten 44 points 

2. Abbey Jenkins-McCaw 28 points 

3= Gemma Cowie 24 points 

3= Stephanie Lee 24 points 

3= Pippa Lucas 24 points 

400m 

1. Biddy Skerten (record) 61.14 


3000m 

1. Abbey Jenkins-McCaw 14:25 

2. Georgia Callander 14.58 

3. Alice Waterman 16.03 

Discus 


2. Alice Hunter 16.02 

3. Katie Whitefield 15.10 

Biddy Skerten 

Senior Championship U/16 

100m 

1. Sophie Napper 13.48 

2. Kate Waterman 14.53 

3. Olivia Kennedy 15.50 

800m 

1. Sophie Napper 2:48.32 

2. Caitlin Dyas 2:49.75 

3. Shannon Edgar 2:56.63 

Long Jump 

1. Lauren Elsom 3.70 

2. Renée Hodgkinson 3.68 

3. Anna Oliver 3.62 

Shot Put 

1. Ellen Kirkwood 6.74 

2. Helen Kent 6.40 

3. Anna Oliver 6.35 

200m 

1. Sophie Napper 

2. Renée Hodgkinson 

1500m 

1. Shannon Edgar 6:03.92 

2. Sasha Roulston 6:13.73 

3. Stephanie Lambie 6:13.85 

High Jump 

1= Amrita Baweja 1.1 

1= Renée Hodgkinson 1.1 

1= Sarah Robertson 1.1 

400m 

1. Sophie Napper 1:07.50 

2. Elizabeth Wallace-Gibbs 1:14.97 

3. Anna Pedlow 1:23.16 

3000m 

1. Caitlin Dyas 14:24 

2. Stephanie Lambie 14:41 

3. Shannon Edgar 14:49 

Discus 

1. Helen Kent 17.03 

2. Renée Hodgkinson 16.09 

3. Danielle Browne 14.57 

Senior Champion U/16 

1. Sophie Napper 40 points 

2. Renée Hodgkinson 28 points 

3. Shannon Edgar 18 points Sophie Napper 

Senior Championship U/15 

100m 

1. Samara Dalziel 13.42 

2. Libby Cochrane 14.59 

3. Alexandra McKenzie 14.62 

800m 

1. Laura Carruthers 2:40.19 

2. Georgia Manera 3:08.66 

Long Jump 

1. Libby Cochrane 4.15 

2. Samara Dalziel 4.12 

3. Hannah Cowie 3.90 

Shot Put 

1. Bridget Thayer 7.60 

2. Georgia Manera 6.58 

3. Shannon Morton 6.35 

200m 

1. Samara Dalziel 

2. Tatiana Biggeman 

3. Bridget Thayer 

1500m 

1. Laura Carruthers (record) 5:13.03 

2. Emma Lloyd 5:59.53 

High Jump 

1. Emma Lloyd 1.40 

2. Tatiana Biggeman 1.35 


400m 

1. Samara Dalziel 1:09.62 

2. Georgia Manera 1:16.38 

3. Holly Cadzow 1:18.56 

3000m 

1. Laura Carruthers (record) 11:40 

2. Emma Lloyd 13.47 

3. Charlotte Foster 14.24 

Discus 


2. Hannah Cowie 14.99 

3. Jessie Chapman 14.95 

Senior Champion U/15 

1. Samara Dalziel 36 points 

2. Laura Carruthers 30 points 

3. Bridget Thayer 28 points Samara Dalziel 

Junior Championship U/14 

100m 

1. Hannah Lowe 14.00 

2. Siobhan Watson 14.81 

3. Alice Connors 14.84 

200m 


2. Olivia Dodds 32.00 

3. Hannah Ker 32.66 

400m 

1. Sian English 1:06.09 

2. Hannah Ker 1:12.50 

3. Anna McFarlane 1:12.52

Junior Championship U/14 continued 

800m 


2. Olivia Wilson 2:43.16 

3. Annabel Angland 2:57.08 

Long Jump 

1. Anna McFarlane 3.86 


3. Olivia Wilson 3.69 

Shot Put 

1. Elysia Shettler 6.80 

2. Amanda Corkin 6.57 

3. Abigail Tillotson 6.55 

1500m 

1. Olivia Wilson (record) 5:18.00 


3. Sarah Wood 6:13.63 

High Jump 

1. Heather Thompson 1.30 

2. Anna McFarlane 1.27 

3. Samantha Carswell 1.20 

3000m 

1. Sian English 11:45 

2. Olivia Wilson 12:07 

3. Kimberley Martyn 13:38 

Discus 

1. Amanda Corkin 18.33 

2. Heather Thompson 15.60 

3. Elysia Shettler 13.05 

Junior Champion U/14 

1. Sian English 36 points 

2= Hannah Lowe 26 points 

2= Olivia Wilson 26 points Sian English 

Primary Championship O/12 

100m 

1. Penny Wennekes 15.00 

2. Jo-Ann Chin 15.72 

3. Priyal Patel 16.25 

800m 

1. Holly Barclay 3:26.18 

High Jump 


2.* Fenella Christensen 1.08 

3.* Liana Pollock 1.08 

200m 

1. Penny Wennekes 33.82 

2. Holly Baddock 36.44 

3. Eleanor Scoon 36.88 

1500m 

1. Penny Wennekes 6:44.09 

Discus 

1. Emily Huddleston 15.45 

2. Julia Isoyama 10.37 

Primary Champion O/12 

1. Penny Wennekes 40 points 

2. Jo-Ann Chin 36 points 

3. Holly Barclay 14 points Penny Wennekes 

400m 

1. Penny Wennekes 1:13.60 

Long Jump 


2. Alexandra Menzies 2.92 

3. Holy Barclay 2.86 

Shot Put 


Primary Championship U/12 

80m 

1. Imara Jones 11.84 

2. Laura Napper 11.94 

3. Madaline Spence 11.95 

800m 

1. Madaline Spence (record) 2:59.14 

2. Nicole Ker 3:03.31 

3. Imara Jones 3:13.53 

High Jump 



3. Aïcha Wijland 1.05 

200m 

1. Madaline Spence (record) 30.77 

2. Pheobe Pegg 32.16 


1500m 

1. Nicole Ker (record) 6:08.90 

2. Jennifer Patman 8:49.72 

Discus 

1. Cherish-Peace Nielson 16.83 

2. Kaitlynn Wheeler 13.60 

3. Caitlin Heale 11.39 

Primary Champion U/12 

1. Madaline Spence 46 points 

2. Nicole Ker 26 points 

3. Laura Napper 20 points Madaline Spence 

400m 

1. Madaline Spence (record) 1:10.85 

2. Nicole Ker 1:16.15 

3. Caitlin Heale 1:27.90 

Long Jump 

1. Kenzie-May Smith 3.35 

2. Imara Jones 3.08 

3. Caitlin Heale 2.97 

Shot Put 

1. Cherish-Peace Nielson 9.50 


3. Amy Carruthers 6.17 

Triple Jump Open 



3. Charlotte O’Leary 8.80 

House Points 

1. Braemar 2394 

2. Iona 2251 

3. Solway 2123 

4. Girton 2067 

Boarders v Day Girls Relay 

1. Day Girls 

2. Boarders 

Staff v Prefects v Year 13 Relay 

1. Prefects 

2. Year 13 

3. Staff 

New Zealand Athletics Ruling 

Long Jump – If competitors are tied the count-back rule applies, i.e., the competitor’s next best jump. 

High Jump – Ties depend on which attempt, i.e., 1st, 2nd or 3rd the competitor cleared the bar. If it is the same, then the 

best previous height is referred to.

2009 Prefects - Columba College

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