Division One Basketball Scholarship

Rosmini College’s Sports Captain, Kruz Perrott-Hunt of Northcote has been recently named in Paul Henare’s 14-man Tall Blacks squad. The 18 year-old has also just signed an NCAA Division I University Basketball Scholarship with the University of South Dakota.  Kruz is the first player out of Rosmini College to sign a Division 1 Basketball Scholarship. 

 

Another Tall Blacks Selection 

Rosmini College Year 11 student, Taine Murray, 16, of Albany has also been named in the Paul Henare’s 14-man Tall Blacks squad. Taine joins Rosmini College Sports Captain, Kruz Perrott-Hunt and Old Boys, Tohiraukura (Tohi) Smith-Milner and Derone Raukawa in the squad.

 

Rosmini College Sports Awards Dinner

The Rosmini College Sports Awards Dinner was held this spring at Takapuna’s Spencer on Byron Hotel. The Guest Speaker was New Zealand shot putter Dame Valerie Adams, two-time Olympic champion and a three-time Commonwealth Games champion. The Sportsmen of the Year were Kruz Perrott-Hunt, who is a Tall Black, and Ethan Dick, who has represented New Zealand in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games. The Junior Sportsman of the Year was Henry Clarkson who plays Lacrosse for the New Zealand U15 Team. The Intermediate Sportsman of the Year was Noah Johns as he has consistently displayed excellence in basketball. The Sporting Performance of the Year and the Sports Team of the Year titles both went to the Rosmini College Senior Premier Basketball team who recently won the Schick Championships Secondary Schools Nationals title.

Rosmini College Senior Prizegiving 2018

Rosmini College’s Senior Prize Giving was held on Thursday 1st November in the Tindall Auditorium. School Chaplain Father Craig Dunford led the Rosmini Prayer and Year 13 student Ezekiel Cruz sang the National Anthem. The Rosmini College Orchestra performed music from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and Year 11 student, Ben Drury performed Hubbard’s ‘Sabre Dance’ on his Accordion.

The Senior Jazz Combo played Hubbard’s ‘Red Clay’. Year 13 Prefects Gerard Tan and Luke Sluyter were named the School Duxes and Luke also won the Crawley History Trophy, the Senior English Prize, the Jim Church Senior Physics Cup, the Yunus Mohammed Cup for Excellence in Calculus and the Award for Pasifika Achievement. 

 

Kapa Haka Evening

On Friday, 26th October Rosmini College held a Kapa Haka evening in the Tindall Auditorium.  Year 12 student, Ke’arn Peters, next year’s Maori Leader says, “Rosmini’s Po Whakanghau evening was a big night for all of the boys. It was a night mixed with a sense of excitement and sadness. The night had three different parts. The first was the Kapa Haka performance for NCEA credits, the second was the Awards and the third was the goodbye to Matua Rankin. There was also the presentation by Matua Rankin of the leaver's gifts, the Maui Hook, to Joseph Hylton, Kruz Perrott-Hunt, Findlay Forrest, Nicholas Kennedy, Caleb Visesio and Mitchell Dance. Then Matua Rob presented Matua Rankin with a pounamu Mere which has a stand with Te Roopu Rangatira engraved on it.”

 

Drama win

Congratulations to Rosmini College Year 13 Prefect, Roman Shipton, 18, of Birkenhead who won Best Male in a Leading Role in a Play at the Showdown Awards held at Sky City Theatre. Showdown is the Auckland Secondary School Production Competition.