It has been a busy week for Cromwell College: the final senior assembly and senior prizegiving was held and senior study leave started, and today the school is holding a fundraising colour run (November 5).

Cromwell College (CC) whānau and rangitahi celebrated senior prizegiving on Thursday night (November 3).  

The students’ māhi was recognised at prize giving for their sporting, academic, cultural and leadership accomplishments in 2022.

Ajia Tiplady Cromwell College Dux for this year

Dux was awarded to Ajia Tiplady, and Aliandhrei Chil Manansala was Proxime Accessit.

Kaia Hutchinson was the top academic student in Year 12, and Grace White the top academic student in Year 11.

A list of the awards is below.

The Central App would like to wish senior students good luck for their National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) exams. Handy study tips can be found on the StudyIt website here. 

NCEA also has advice on managing exam pressure for students and parents worth checking out. 

Today’s colour run, where you run, walk or dance on the field for 2kms, is raising money for seating and murals around CC, and late registrations can occur from 9.15am today ($10 each, or $30 for a family of five).

Bring a white t-shirt, sunglasses and get brightly messy, the run starts at 10am, send your photos to: [email protected] and the best ones will be published.

Premier Awards

Eve Drinnan; Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary award

Kayleb Hancock; Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary award

Isabella Miscisco; Hutton Family award for contribution to the life of the college 

Hannah Bisset; CC Senior Sports award for contribution to the sporting life of the college, Leyser lead and Inspire trophy

Zachary Dickison; Cromwell Rotary Club for responsibility and leadership in Years 11 – 13

Tom Coudret; Rachel Clark award for a student who has epitomised school values and made a difference to the lives of others

Service and Cultural Awards 

Hannah Bisset and Tom Coudret; Principal’s award for contribution made to the college by the head students 

Angel Scott; Ryan trophy for aspiring young talent for promise in musical performance   Gemma Jowett; En Hakkore trophy for services to music group performance

Matthew Davis; CC cup for service to the performing arts

Milasa Finau; CC award for contribution and leadership in Kapahaka

Hannah Bisset; The Mana Pounamu Young Maori Achiever award

Endeavour and Excellence Awards

Ajia Tiplady;  RSA trophy for individual research, Excellence in The Arts, Excellence in English and Rural Women award for excellence in Technologies

Angel Scott; Andrew Wallace shield for displaying courage and commitment to improving self through personal effort

Carys Addy; Endeavour in Social Sciences

Bobby Chinnaphanon; CC endeavour in Mathematics cup 

Emma Cooper; CC Science award, Endeavour in English

Kaishee Sharma; Endeavour in The Arts, Endeavour in Technologies

Tom Coudret, Richard Cowie memorial trophy for commitment, achievement and endeavour in senior Physical Education

Kaia Hutchinson; CC Café Distance Education award for endeavour and Excellence in Distance Education

Nellie Inwood; CC award for excellence in senior Physical Education

Zachary Dickison; Senior Sciences cup for achievement in Sciences

Aliandhrei Chil Manansala; CC Excellence in Mathematics cup for excellence in Mathematics

Molly Christiansen; Historical Society award for excellence in Social Sciences

Senior Sports Awards 

Olivia Piebenga; Sarah Irwin trophy for the outstanding athlete of the year, rower of the year and Gallagher trophy for the most outstanding female touch rugby senior player

Clay Dawson; Fraser trophy for the most valued player in senior boys’ basketball                             

Milasa Finau; Anderson trophy for the most valued player in senior girls basketball 

Lachlann MacTaggart ; Reddy family trophy For outstanding senior swimmer

Isabella Miscisco; Volleyball award for most valuable female player

Charles Labajos; Volleyball award for most valuable male player

Matthew Davis; Football award for the most valuable player

Angus Drinnan; Tania Trusler Hockey award for the most valuable senior player

Trieste Kerr; Hamilton Girls’ Rugby cup for the player of the year

Pablo Shaw; Donald and Marion Clark Rugby cup for the most outstanding player

Leo Wiltshire; Cox Cricket trophy for the most valuable senior player

Ben James; Hurring trophy  for the most outstanding male touch rugby senior player

Hannah Bisset; Ken and Ann Lake Netball cup for the most valuable senior player

Janelle Milne; Whiteman trophy for commitment to the outdoor pursuits programme