Senior Academic Prizegiving 2019
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On Thursday 31 October and Friday 1 November we held our Senior Academic Prizegiving to celebrate those students who have achieved the pinnacle of academic success, or who have gained recognition for serving their peers and the College. Congratulations to all prizewinners.
| Dux Litterarum Equal Dux Litterarum Equal |
Raymond Feng Alex Chenqi Zhuang |
TERTIARY SCHOLARSHIPS
| University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship University of Auckland Top Academic Potential Scholarship |
Rachel Ling Nene Matsuki Emily Gossen Ishaan Bhide Raymond Feng Harshal Damania |
| University of Otago New Frontiers Sustained Excellence Scholarship University of Otago Vice-Chancellors Scholarship |
Alan Chen Aditi Pala |
| Victoria University Wellington Kahotea Scholarship | Rachel Barrowman |
| NZIUU Language Perfect Scholarship | Sam Mason |
| Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Award | Callum Boulton |
| Inspiring Individual Scholarship Award | Matthew Sagote (Year 12) |
| Cadzow Family Trust ICT Hi-Tech Award | Ahmed Absulaha |
THE TRUSTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: SCHOLARSHIPS
Alicia Taito, Joseph Hisayasu, Samia Jahangir, Tanishq Tailor, Eve Zhang, Alexandra Yap, Michael Howell, Shivani Kumar, Lily Chen, Jessika Varney, Vishesh Azad, Vedant Kaduskar
THE TRUSTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: PRIZEGIVING SCHOLARSHIPS
Tushar Bhowmik, Mishaan Doolabh, Emily Drage, Samantha Martin, Timothy Sanvictores, Bethany Moxon, Ben Fitzpatrick, Meenu Faraji Bakhtevari, Darshil Tailor, Matthew Ouyang
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AWARDS
| Sir John Turei Award Ben Te Ninihi Tawhiti Memorial Award D.H. Thurston Award, Top Service Award, Equal Cathy Walker Cup, Service Award Rotoract Cup for Service to the Community Hannam Cup for Executive Efficiency Mellor Family Cup, Learn to Live Challenge Award Cup |
Jessika Varney Tamara Davis Michael Howell Raymond Feng Nivi Sharma Alicia Taito Harshal Damania Marc Atherstone |
SPECIAL ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Glassey Cup (Year 13 Writing) Lorraine Wilson Cup for Public Speaking Blockhouse Bay Lynfield Lions Peter Schultz Memorial Award (Top Year 13 Music Student) Neil Scott Memorial Prize, Equal (Top Year 13 Languages Student) Pauline Gillett Scholarship (Top Year 13 Humanities Student) LCPPA Mike Blamires Memorial Cup Year 13 Geography (First Equal) Mike Pero Excellence in Business Award Trophy |
Alexandra Yap Joseph Hisayasu Timothy Sanvictores Shyla Mani and Sam Mason Ishaan Bhide and Nene Matsuki Samantha Martin |
YEAR 12 AWARDS
| Dux Ignatius Maher Memorial Prize | Baylee Verzyde |
| Academic Honours: Puja Laxman, Aditya Shenoy, Devan Bhika, Kristijan Ilievski, Sam Boasman |
| Senior Merit Cup (Girls) Senior Merit Cup (Boys) |
Celesti Tan Sam Boasman |
| Merit Awards: Freda Chui, Rosalyn Fononga, Sheila Macdonald, Harsh Sharma, Bhakti Tailor, Kendall D’Souza, Junior Iupeli, Trizhia Amon, Winona Lee |
| Lynfield College International Student Award | Keito Ishii |
| Blamires Trophy | Romina Leilua |
| G H Blair Shakespeare Cup | Noah Tikoinamaka |
| Creative Writing Cup | Kristijan Ilievsky |
| University of Auckland Faculty of Arts Award: Winona Lee (for excellence in Geography, History and Japanese) |
| Mike Pero Social Entrepreneur Award Equal | Jasmine Ali and Shinel Nadan |
YEAR 11 AWARDS
Our Year 11 Prizegiving was well attended by family and friends wishing to support and acknowledge student success. Congratulations to all award winners.
| Dux Griffen Memorial Prize | Isha Ramanlal |
| Academic Honours: Tanvi Kher, Shaun Brown, Michael Jury, Rina Zhang, Ashley Mar |
| Merit Cup (Girls) Merit Cup (Boys) |
Shreeya Prasad Sanat Sabharwal Singh |
| Merit Awards: Eliana Competente, Amanda D’Souza, Isha Ramanlal, Ashley Mar, Ginny Zhou, Lucia Zou, Jasmine Pickston, Andrew Davy, Rayna Gordhan |
| Creative Writing Cup | Zain Najak |
| Speech Cup | Damon Atherstone |
| Trevor McConchie Memorial Cup for Skills in Cabinetry Equal | Callum Scott and Fergus Barber |
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Announcing our 2020 Student Executive Team
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| Head Students | Noah Tikoinamaka and Victoria Tofilau |
| Deputy Head Students | Rosalyn Fononga and Shinel Nadan |
| Sports Captains | Sophie Stanimiroff and T.J. Piacun |
| Assistant Sports Captains | Danielle Hewett and Devansh Chand |
| Arts and Culture Captains | Celesti Tan and Abhay Verma |
| Assistant Arts and Culture Captains | Becky Cheng and Frank Lin |
| Academic Captains | Kendall D’Souza and Senu Senathirajah |
| Assistant Academic Captains | Bhakti Tailor and Sam Boasman |
| Ambassador Co-ordinators | Romina Leilua and Sheila Macdonald |
| Year 12 and Class Rep Co-ordinator | Ankur Chakraborty and Kimberly Saldanha |
| Social Co-ordinators | Imaan Brown and Trizhia Amon |
| International Representative | Adam Doan |
| Board of Trustees Student Trustee | Simote Funganitao |
| YEAR 12 STUDENT EXECUTIVE Eliana Competente, Amanda D’Souza, Rahul D’Souza, Michael Jury, Evana Chen, Shreeya Prasad, Luviah Saito Sililoto, Sanat Singh |
| HOUSE CAPTAINS FOR 2020 Bray House Fatialofa House Faumuina House Lewis House Reid House Zoricich House |
Joanna Wu and Zoe Demmler Serina Daunakamakama and Ronan Monteiro Nathan Monteiro and Thomas Watson Sourav Shastri and Eliza Blamey Noam Lazarus and Keethanraj Vaidyalingam Paris Phillips and Aditya Shenoy |
Puketāpapa Youth Awards 2019
Friday 25 October was the annual Puketāpapa Youth Awards evening held by the Puketāpapa Youth Board. These awards celebrate the achievement of the rangatahi of Puketāpapa.
Lynfield College students were well represented at the event. Emily Gossen was Master of Ceremonies for the evening, Michael Howell spoke on his role as chairperson of the youth board and Tim Sanvictores played a music item.
This year’s prestigious Creative Leader Award 2019 was presented to Celesti Tan. The award is for youth leaders who excel in exemplary leadership in school and community activities in Music and Performance.
Special thanks to Raymond Feng for his photos.
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Te Pou o Rongo brought to Lynfield College
On Tuesday 24 October, 'Te Pou o Rongo' (Anchor of Peace), was brought to our Te Ringa Awhina Marae at Lynfield College. This impressive work was created from the drawings and voices of those who attended wananga, Lynfield College where the marae-based Hui was held in February.
It was welcomed with a pōwhiri by students and attended by Whaea Frances Maihi, Principal Cath Knell, Whaea Jennifer Leauga, Deputy Principal Sandy Harris, Gabrielle Clark and Teacher Aide Vini Laga’aia. Tamati Patuwai, Eleanor Ah Chee and David Mitchell from Nga Herenga Waka were guests at the ceremony. Tamilo Lamositele, Arts and Cultural Captain, spoke in Samoan at the pōwhiri.
The pou was carved by Len Phillips and Te Aroha Witika of Ngati Whatua. The wood originally came from the St James Theatre. The kaupapa is cultural inclusiveness and shows stories gathered from Lynfield community hui.
Thank you to Hone Peri and his groundkeepers team who helped move the pou to where it currently stands, at reception. We welcome you to come and view this work while it is on site.
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2019 Festival Awards Evening
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At this special occasion, held on Thursday 17 October at Eden Park, we celebrated the success of sporting, arts and cultural aspects of the College, with awards for outstanding achievement and contribution at the senior level. This is an evening of recognition and acknowledgement of the efforts that students, parents, staff and members of the wider Lynfield community have contributed to the College extra-curricular activities in 2019.
Our guest speaker was Sarai McKay, Deputy Head Girl at Lynfield College in 2015.
Congratulations to all those who have won awards, with particular mention of the following students who have achieved the supreme awards:
| Dux Artium Dux Ludorum (Boys) Dux Ludorum (Girls) |
Raymond Feng Tanishq Tailor Felicia Fakafanua |
| Dux Artium Runner-up Dux Ludorum Runner-up (Boys) Dux Ludorum Runner-up (Girls) |
Kyus Rodger Callum Boulton Lepa Finau |
| Lynfield College Sports Scholarship Lynfield College Arts and Culture Scholarship |
Ishaan Bhide Nene Matsuki |
| Year 13 Musician of the Year Year 13 Runner-up Equal Musician of the Year Year 13 Runner-up Equal Musician of the Year |
Tamilo Lamositele Timothy Sanvictores Emily Gossen |
| Year 12 Musician of the Year Year 12 Runner-up Musician of the Year Jazz Musician of the Year Year 12 Sportswoman of the Year Year 12 Runner-up Sportswoman of the Year Year 12 Equal Sportsman of the Year Year 12 Equal Sportsman of the Year |
Sam Boasman Celesti Tan Sam Boasman Danielle Hewett Gloria Fononga TJ Piacun Ankur Chakraborty |
| Year 11 Musician of the Year Year 11 Sportswoman of the Year Year 11 Runner-up Sportswoman of the Year Year 11 Sportsman of the Year (Equal) Year 11 Sportsman of the Year (Equal) |
Jasmine Pickston Serina Duanakamakama Shreeya Prasad Luke Paton-Beverley Nicolas Curin |
| Sports Team of the Year Group of the Year Team of the Year |
Senior A Boys Tennis Team Lynfield College Big Band Impromptu Cup Debating Tournament Team |
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HOUSE COMPETITIONS
| Athletics House Competition Indoor Football / Volleyball House Competition Road Race House Competition House Quiz Competition Touch Rugby House Competition Netball House Competition |
Bray House Fatialofa and Reid Houses Lewis House Faumuina House Zoricich and Fatialofa Houses Faumuina House |
| Overall Winner of the House Award | Fatialofa House |
STAFF AWARD
For their highly valued contribution to a range of extra-curricular activities: Lisa Norman and Sherry Wagner
Junior sporting, arts and cultural achievement will be recognised at our Junior Festival Awards Assemblies and parents/caregivers are most welcome to attend:
YEAR 9 | Wednesday 27 November, 8.45 am in the Hall
YEAR 10 | Tuesday 26 November, 8.45 am in the Hall
Child Cancer Foundation Hospitality Gala Dinner
Lynfield College was one of a group of six Auckland secondary schools to work with a top cookery training provider to prepare and present a three-course culinary feast for 100 guests on 9 October.
The charity dinner was hosted by Manukau-based private training provider Ignite Colleges, with five-star service provided by Ignite’s hospitality and cookery students. Event organisers raised more than $8000 from ticket sales, with all proceeds going to the Child Cancer Foundation.
Melissa Nicholson and Alicia Taito will be preparing the chocolate and orange tart with citrus curd. Nikita Khatri and Reet Banga will be doing the bread for the tables (kumara crescent rolls) with a home-made date and rhubarb chutney and tomato relish, as well as one of the mains - and slow roasted horopito chicken breast stuffed with pancetta and buffalo mozzarella. The dishes are technical and will give students the opportunity to demonstrate their culinary prowess.
As well as raising money for children with cancer and their families, this event provided a fantastic platform for student chefs to get a taste of life in the hospitality industry.
Photographs courtesy of Lynette Hay Photography and Stephanie van Niekerk |
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Danielle Hewett: NZ Gymnastics Championships
The 2019 New Zealand Gymnastics Championships were held during the first week of the October school holidays (2-5 October) in Auckland where all five codes competed together under the one roof in an outstanding week of competition.
Congratulations to Danielle Hewett (Year 12), on her impressive performance at the 2019 New Zealand Gymnastics Nationals. |
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