• Dux, Tikshan Ghoorah, with his parents.
  • Sportswoman of the Year, Anna Leat, with her parents.
  • Joint Performing Artists of the Year, Donovan Rea and Gretel Donnelly.
  • Josh Armit was named Sportsman of the Year.
  • The Premier Girls Badminton team won the national title.

End of year round up from Rangitoto College

Tikshan Ghoorah awarded Dux 

The College’s top scholars were honoured at Senior Prize Giving, with hundreds of students crossing the stage to receive subject awards for gaining excellence in all assessments, general excellence awards, and cups for top achievement and dedication in their subject areas. 

The College’s most prestigious award, Dux, was awarded to Tikshan Ghoorah. This comes as no surprise to Tikshan’s teachers and peers. In 2017, all six of Tikshan’s subjects were endorsed with excellence, and he achieved four Scholarship passes in English, Chemistry, Calculus and Geography. He has gained in an incredible 132 Level 3 credits at excellence, with just one rogue merit across his entire school career. Tikshan intends to study biomedicine next year, and is no doubt bound for an exciting future. 

 

Performing Arts Awards 

Over 160 students were recognised for their service, contributions and achievements in the visual, spoken and performing arts at Arts Awards this term.  These students enrich our community in so many ways, adding character and vibrancy to our daily school lives, and their level of commitment and achievement is often nothing short of astonishing.

Performing Arts awards evening culminated in the announcement of Performing Artist of the Year, which was jointly awarded to Donovan Rea and Gretel Donnelley. This award recognises the astonishing skill and achievements of both students throughout the year. Both students are members of the Platinum Award winning North Sea Jazz Combo, and Gretel was nominated for the Best Vocal Soloist Award at the Finals of this competition. As a member of the Big Band, Donovan won Gold and the Jazz Improvisation Award at the KBB Music Festival, was awarded Best Performance at the New Zealand School of Music Jazz Project and was selected for the KBB Honours Band. He also received a Showdown nomination for Best Lighting Design in the Senior Shakespeare production. Gretel gained First place and the award for Best Song at the Smokefree Rockquest Solo/Duo Regional Competition earlier this year. She qualified in the Top 3 for the National Final of this competition, where she ultimately won the Rockshop Electronic Performance Award and placed second overall.  

 

Sports Awards 

Josh Armit (Sailing) and Anna Leat (Football) were named SAS Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year at the College’s annual Sports Awards evening. These awards recognise both students’ dedication in their respective fields and their success on both the national and international stage. 

Josh won his first world title in the Under-17 class at the Laser Radial World Championship and was an Emerging Talent Halberg finalist in late 2017.  Josh has gone on to win first place at the Laser National Championships and the Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta, and claimed his second world title at the Youth Sailing World Championships in the USA this year. 

Anna made her international senior debut when she was named in the New Zealand Football Ferns to play Thailand in 2017. She has continued to play with the Football Ferns in matches against Scotland and Spain, and she also played in all three games for New Zealand at the Women’s U20 World Championship. She is currently in Uruguay with the national side, competing in the Women’s Under-17 World Cup. 

Over 100 students were honoured on the night for both individual and team pursuits. A highlight was recognition of our Premier Girls Badminton team, who won gold at the National Secondary Schools Competition in September. 

 

 

 

 


Issue 94 December 2018