Congratulations to all our 2018 Senior Prize winners.
Nelson College Senior Prizegiving 2018
Thursday 1 November 2018, 7pm
Guest Speaker – Frances Valintine CNZM, MEd
Founder of The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab, Board Member of Callaghan Innovation, NZ Artificial Intelligence Forum, Talentnomics (US) and Chair of the Digital Economy and Digital Advisory Group
SPORTING AND CULTURAL CUPS AND TROPHIES
Athletics – Rathbone Memorial Trophy – Senior Athletic Champion, Nikora Kanara
Basketball – Baden Turley Cup for Influence in Basketball, Nash Biggs
Cadets – McDonald Cup Best Nelson College Cadet in the Nelson Cadet Unit, Lochie Quigley
Chess – Smart Trophy – School Chess Champion, Pakham Tlumang
Cricket – McLaren Cup – Best Cricketer in the School, Josh Simpson
Cross Country – Cooper Cup – Senior Cross Country Champion, Sam Mead
Cycling – Andrew Jones Memorial Cup for Influence in Cycling, Keegan Hornblow
Drama – Nelson Repertory Cup for Influence in Drama, Ben Walker
Football – Brydon Bros Cup for Influence in Football, Rick Muir
Hockey – Nelson College Senior Player of the Year, Tarn Richards
Music – William C Frost Trophy for Contribution to Music, Josh Cowles
Rugby – R P O’Gorman Cup for 1st XV Player of the Year, Anton Segner
Softball – Marty Grant Cup – Contribution to Softball, Nicholas Lowe
Swimming – Eastern Extension Telegraph Co Cup – Senior Champion, Matai McGuinniety
Tennis – Muir Cup – Senior Singles Champion, Sam Innes-Walker
Underwater Hockey – Warwick King Trophy for Top Player, Cameron Anderson
Volleyball – Fergusson Cup for Top Senior Player, Joshua Mead
HOUSE COMPETITION WINNERS
Russell Cup – Winner House Choir Competition, Monro
John Galloway Memorial Cup – Winner Inter-House Athletics, Monro
McLean Memorial Cup – Winner Senior Inter-House Cross Country Competition, Domett
Evans Cup – Winner of Senior House Debating Competition, Robinson
The Prefects Cup – For Senior House Rugby, Robinson
Newmans Inter-House Senior Soccer Trophy, Chaytor
Tim Kirby Cup, Robinson
ALL ROUND SPORT
Jordan-Revfeim Shield for Winning Boarding House in School Inter-house competition, Barniccoat
Neill Cup for Most Points in all Inter-house Competitions, Monro
Wood Cup for Best All-round Athlete U16 ½, Josh Sheridan
Morrison Cup for Best All-round Athlete in the School, Josh Simpson
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEDALLIONS
Josh Mansbridge – National Secondary Schools Brass Band
Drue Griffiths – NZ American Flag Football National Title
Fergus Murray – NZ American Flag Football National Title
Fergus Murray – Young Enterprise Scheme CAPES
Billy Check -NZ Secondary Schools Football Team
Lachlan Quigley – NZ Cadet Team
Finn Raxworthy – NZ U15 Indoor Cricket Champions
Jonty Raxworthy – NZ U15 Indoor Cricket Champions
Jack Morris – NZ U15 Indoor Cricket Champions
Jack MacNeil – NZ U15 Indoor Cricket Champions
Bruno Murray – NZ U15 Indoor Cricket Champions
Rohan Chauhan – NZ U15 Indoor Cricket Champions
Kaleb McKay – NZ U15 Indoor Cricket Champions
Keegan Hornblow – Environmental Defence Society Scholar
Nicholas Lowe – NZ U17 Emerging Black Sox Softball
Mathew Lowe – NZ U15 Softball Team
Nick Davidson – NZ U14 Basketball Team
Justin Natsu Yokoyama – NZ U16 Mixed touch Team
Zeb Markham-Nicklin – NZ Secondary Schools Barista Champion
Adam Schwass – Taekwondo World Championships 5th placing
Cooper Grant – NZ U15 Baseball Team
Reegan Lawton – NZ U15 Baseball Team
Joshua Amyes – NZ Secondary Schools Swimming Team
Riley Warner – NZ Seido Karate Champion – Patterns, Sparring
Anton Segner – NZ Secondary Schools Rugby Team
Billy Check – NZ U15 Football Team
Riley Grover – NZ U15 Football Team
Matai McGuinniety – NZ 50m Butterfly Champion
Harry Coltman – NZ U17 Men’s Volleyball Team
Hamish Reade – NZ U21 Solo Bagpipe Champion
Hamish Powell – U14 National Downhill Mountain Biking Champion
Rod Morrison – NZ Scouts Champion
Brock Mathews – NZ Scouts Champion
Corbin Robertson – NZ Scouts Champion
Jax Robertson – NZ Scouts Champion
Rory Sharp – NZ Scouts Champion
Robbie Anderson – NZ Scouts Champion
Robbie Anderson – NZ Senior Scouts Sailing Champion
Robbie Anderson – NZ Senior Scouts Rowing Champion
Robbie Anderson – Queens Scout Award
William Fu Allen – NZ U18 International Gymnastics – Vault Champio
William Fu Allen – NZ U17 Gymnastics Team World Team X 3 Times
William Fu Allen – International U18 Vault and Pommel Champion
Max Meffan – National Representative at the World Wind Surfing Championships
Tarn Richards – NZ U18 Hockey Championship
ACADEMIC AND SPECIAL PRIZES
YEAR 11
Accounting Prize – An Nguyen
Art – Design Prize – Oscar Floyd
Art Prize – Ogun Matranga
BConstructive Fine Wood Prize – Sam Calaz
Classics Prize – Victor de Maupeou
Computer Studies Prize – Finnian Hall
Design Technology Prize – Peter Gamble
Drama Prize – Michael Love
Economics Prize – Maxwell Busby
Electronics Prize – Jay Challenger
English – Simmons Prize – Ronan Thompson
English as a Second Language Prize – Joonseo Choi
Food Technology Prize – Noah Hassan
Geography Prize – Jamie Aran
Graphics Prize – DANZ Cup – Oscar Floyd
Graphics Prize – Toby Douglas-Clifford
Health Education Prize – Mika Hervel
History – NZ Society of Genealogists Trophy – Research skills – Maxwell Busby
History Prize – Ronan Thompson
International Department Prize – Attitude and Effort – Punn Cowarin
Japanese Prize – J-L Louverdis
Mathematics Prize – An Nguyen
Mechanical Engineering Prize – Tilo Thevenard
Media Studies Prize – Liam Philp
Music Prize – Harry Kim
Physical Education Prize – Billy Check
Physical Education Prize – Jake Patel
Science Cambridge – Ronan Thompson
Science Combination Prize – Jack Cronin
Science Prize – Patrick Wilson
Te Reo Māori Prize – Iwi Hall
SPECIAL PRIZES
Murray Fantham Memorial Award (Best All-rounder) Maxwell Busby
Network Tasman Award (Science, Electronics, Business) An Nguyen
Newcombe Scholarship (For General Excellence) Ronan Thompson
YEAR 12
Accounting Prize – James Clifford
Art – Design Prize – Matthew Mayer
Art – Painting Prize – Sidney Barron
Art – Photography Prize – Logan Schokking
Automotive Engineering Practical Prize – Jacob Saunders
Automotive Engineering Theory Prize – Joshua Prospero
BConstructive Fine Wood Prize – Harris McWilliams
Biology – Saywell Prize – Luke Garside
Business Studies Prize – Van Bawi Vanuk
Chemistry Prize – AICA NZ Prize – Luke Garside
Careers Prize – Nils Thevenard
Computer Studies Prize – Luke Garside
Computer Studies Composite – Tommy Mortimer
Design Technology Prize – Nils Thevenard
Drama Prize – Jamie Wilson
Earth and Space Science Prize – Jackson Loftus
Earth and Space Science Prize – Louis Macalister
Economics Prize – Matthew Mayer
English – Sir Arthur Fair Prize – Sidney Barron
English as a Second Language Prize – Gyung Koo
Food Technology Prize – Ollie Martin
Gibbons Award for Trade Building – James Barnett
Gibbons Prize for Trade Building – Daniel Dixon
Graphics Prize – Callum Campbell
Health Education Prize – Fergus Hughes
History – Research Prize – Louis Macalister
History Prize – Matthew Mayer
Industrial Engineering Prize – Nils Thevenard
International Department Prize – Attitude and Effort – Daigo Sakazume
Maori Performing Arts Prize – Tevita Tangataevaha
Mathematics Prize – Luke Garside
Media Studies Prize – Joshua Prospero
Music Prize – Ben Baker
Outdoor Education – Richard Brewster Memorial Prize – Louis Rowe
Physical Education Prize – Ollie Franklin
Physics – Rutherford Prize – Sidney Barron
Physics – Hands on Physics Prize – Atin Wassanawatheekij
Te Reo Māori Prize – Samuel Ancell
Trade Building – IMB Construction Prize – Zac Hannah
Trade Building Short Course Prize – Van Bawi Vanuk
SPECIAL PRIZES
Blick Cup – Best All-rounder – Ollie Franklin
Network Tasman Award – Science, Electronics, Business – Luke Garside
Richmond Scholarship – General Excellence – Sidney Barron
Year 13
Accounting Prize – Fergus Murray
Art Design Prize Jacob Barber
Art – Photography Prize – Matthews Cup – George Fischer
Art Painting Prize – Genesis Clayton
Biology – McKee Trust Prize – Thomas Peterson
Business Studies Prize – Fergus Murray
Careers Prize – Liam Plum
Chemistry – McKee Trust Prize – Thomas Peterson
Classics Prize – Samuel Gastrell
Computer Studies Prize – Oscar Lew
Design Technology Prize – Cody Gelling
Drama Prize – James Ifopo
Earth and Space Science Prize – Oscar Lew
Economics Prize – Fergus Murray
Engineering – The Ingram Award for Excellence in Engineering – Jarod Fisher
Engineering – Major Elliot Prize – Josh Buckley
English – Douglass Andrews Creative Writing Prize Noah Levy
English – G O Cooper Prize – Noah Levy
English – Governor General’s Prize – Andrew Franklet
English as a Second Language Prize – Peter Zhang
Furniture and Joinery – Kaiya Adams
P.J. Lamb Memorial Prize for Geography – Callum Bryant
Graphics Prize – Callum Bryant
Health Education Prize – Ben Allan
History Prize – Matai McGuinniety
History – Stafford Scholarship – Knowledge of Modern History – Thomas Yelverton
International Department Prize – Sevikul Cup – Yuichiro Fukushima
Maori Performing Arts Prize – Penaia Robin-Seniloli
Mathematics – Calculus – Littlejohn Prize – Oscar Lew
Mathematics – Statistics and Modelling Prize – Oscar Lew, Ryan Thompson
Media Studies Prize – Jack McFadden
Music Prize – Sidney Barron
Outdoor Education Prize – Rod Morrison
Physical Education Prize – Sam Halsey
Physics Prize – Thomas Peterson
Physics – Rutherford Prize – Max Meffan
Te Reo Māori Prize – Liam Patu
Tourism Prize – Alex Bartle
Trade Building – IMB Construction Prize – Drue Griffiths
SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS
LEADERSHIP (For Character, Influence and Scholarship)
Sisley Davidson Memorial Scholarship – Community Service Award Latai Rasmussen
J E Hounsell Scholarship – Character, Influence and Scholarship Thomas Zohrab
William Edmund Atkinson Scholarship – Character, Influence and Scholarship Rick Muir
Richmond Office Products Depot Prize – All round contribution Matai McGuinniety
Firth Scholarship – Sport, Influence and Scholarship David Zohrab
Management Team Prize – Character, Influence and Scholarship in Year 13 Andrew Franklet
Management Team Prize – Character, Influence and Scholarship in Year 13 Nash Biggs
Management Team Prize – Character, Influence and Scholarship in Year 13 Isaiah Malaulau
Robert McKegney Cup and Prize – Outstanding achievement and contribution to Mentoring Liam Plum
Oldridge Scholarship – Leadership and Mentoring Programme Alex Bartle
PTA Prize – Contribution to Leadership and Mentoring Programmes Alfie Mansfield
PTA Prize – Contribution to Leadership and Mentoring Programmes James Barron
Robert Pomeroy Scholarship – Contribution to College life and developing skills, attitudes and empathy Billy Dravitzki
Frank Alack Award – Benefit to Mankind and the Environment Robbie Anderson
Environment Leadership Award Jacob Read
Esmond E C Boyes Memorial Scholarship – to a returning Student Fergus Hughes
Management Team and Medallion Award – Awarded to Head Boy Thomas Peterson
OPEN and ACADEMIC
Gibbons Scholarship for Excellence in Building Year 13 Hunter Cavill
Gibbons Scholarship for Excellence in Building Year 12 Jamie Hunter
YHA and InterCity New Zealand Award for Tourism Joe Robertson
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Scholarship – General Academic Excellence Jarrod McKay
Network Tasman Award – Science, Electronics, Business Fergus Murray
Nelson Science Scholarship – awarded to Student studying a BSc at Canterbury University Sam Court
Nelson Science Scholarship – awarded to Student studying a BSc at Canterbury University Alec Fox
Mike Pero Entrepreneur of the Year Fergus Murray
Trask Award for Public Speaking Thomas Peterson
Moore Family Scholarship – Contribution to College life Nuni Filiai
Fox River Scholarship – General Diligence and Application Rohan Trill
Fox River Scholarship – Accounting Albie Murray
Fox River Scholarship – Computer Science Oscar Lew
Thompson Scholarship – Student Studying Medicine Who has made a Valuable Contribution to Nelson College Sam Halsey
John Sharp Memorial Scholarship – All round Academic and Sporting talent and interest Max Meffan
Paul Milligan Memorial Award – Contribution to Information Technology Liam Domett-Potts
Scobie & Elizabeth McKenzie Scholarship – Leadership, character, scholarship Samuel Gastrell
George T Palmer Memorial Scholarship – All-round Academic Talent & Interest in Languages Oscar Lew
George Rutherford Scholarship Thomas Peterson
David C Driver Scholarship – Excellence in the Arts (Art) Aeran Tapnio
David C Driver Scholarship – Excellence in Arts (Music) Josh Cowles
Hewitson Scholarship – All Round Ability Sam Christian
Westpac Trust Scholarship – General Academic Excellence Max Meffan
Westpac Trust Scholarship – General Academic Excellence Fergus Murray
Houlker Scholarship – Awarded for general academic excellence and scholarship Oscar Lew
Atmore Memorial Scholarship – General Academic Excellence Thomas Peterson
Andrew Jones Scholarship William Fu-Allen
Andrew Jones Scholarship Robbie Anderson
Andrew Jones Scholarship Fergus Murray
J G McKay – Leadership Character and Scholarship Matthew Mayer
DUX – Colin Neale Memorial Trophy and Medallion Thomas Peterson
University Scholarships
Nelson College acknowledges the outstanding achievement of students who have been offered the following Scholarships from New Zealand Universities.
Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow Liam Domett-Potts
Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow Zac Waterman-Thomas
Victoria Tangiwai Scholarship for Excellence Noah Levy
University of Otago Performance Entrance Scholarship Daniel Taylor
University of Otago Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship Rohan Trill
Trustpower Youth Community Spirit Robbie Anderson
Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow Josh Cowles
Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow Samuel Gastrell
University of Otago Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship Max Meffan
University of Otago Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship Thomas Peterson
University of Canterbury Emerging Leader/University of Canterbury Engineering High Achievers Award Thomas Peterson
Victoria Tangiwai Scholarship for Excellence Latai Rasmussen
University of Otago Performance Entrance Scholarship Matai McGuinniety
Victoria Tangiwai Scholarship for Excellence Harris Devon
University of Otago Performance Entrance Scholarship Albie Murray
University of Canterbury Young Enterprise of the Year – South Island region Fergus Murray
University of Otago Māori Entrance Scholarship Jordan Newsome
Victoria Tangiwai Scholarship for Excellence Ryan Thompson
Nelson College acknowledgs their Prizegiving Sponsors
Argyle Schoolwear, Bromells Coachlines, Can Plan, Citi Heat Cool Ltd, Fulton Hogan Nelson, Gibbons Holdings, Moore Family Scholarship, Nelson Coachlines, Neltech Communications Ltd, New World Nelson, Office Max, Oldridge Scholarship, Paper Plus Nelson, Richmond Office Products, Tim Miller Plumbing, Westpac Trust Scholarship, YHA New Zealand, Westmeat Nelson, CSG Technology Nelson