Celebrating 145 years of excellence

30/9/2008

With its sesquicentennial (150th) celebrations in sight, Otago Boys’ has enjoyed a stellar 2008.

And the efforts of its pupils this year at national level and beyond in a wide range of activities continues the trend of the last 145 years.

New Zealand representatives - 2008

In the last few months Otago Boys’ has been proud to record the following –

Academic Awards:

Luke Trainor, NSW Mathematics gold medal; Eamon Fraser, high distinction NSW Science Competition; Andrew Sise, high distinction NSW Science Competition.

Year 9 2008 scholarship recipients - Academic: Vishak Balaji, Eamon Frazer, Samuel Gabbusch, Benjamin Hendry, Thomas McCabe, Ciaran McLaren, Louis Ritchie, Nicholas Tipa. Sporting: Samuel Ellis, Thomas Griffin, Cameron Howieson, Jack Hunter, Arthur Ibbotson, Thomas Wardhaugh. Cultural: Dominic Shogimen, Samuel Madden, Ben Taiawa.

Academic Blues, senior recipients 2008: Mostafa Amer, Michael Arnold, Nicholas Borren, Andrew Dickie, Andrew Dunbar, Nicholas Dunbar, Aaron Hendry, Joel Koh, Oliver Linsell, Elton Nguy, Fraser Prendergast, Kurt Purdon, Jae Pyun, Tat Sangchotchaungchai, Andrew Sise, Matt Stansfield, Stephen Trebilco, Tim Wilkinson.

Music:

Mitchell Smith, intermediate winner Gold Guitar Awards; Luke Trainor, Royal School of Music theory distinction, Trombone; Juno Pyun, violin/clarinet — show band, orchestra and chamber music performer, member of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Orchestra.

Championship teams - 2008

Sport:

First Basketball, South Island champions: National championships in September

Badminton, National finals in September

Chess, National finals in September

Colts Cricket, National finalists, ranked 5th in New Zealand

1st XI Cricket, Gillette Cup finalists in December; ranked top 8 in New Zealand

Golf, national finalists; ranked 9th in New Zealand

1st XI Hockey, runners-up in Rankin Cup, ranked 2nd in New Zealand

Colts Rugby, national under-15 tournament

1st XI Soccer, national finalists in Napier

New Zealand representatives – 2008:

Jordan Bishop, New Zealand under-16 ice hockey; Hugo Inglis, New Zealand under-21 hockey; Todd Johnston, New Zealand youth athletics; Sam King, New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks; Cameron Howieson, New Zealand under-13 soccer; Lian Lan Sam, New Zealand under-13 soccer; Hayden Miller, New Zealand under-18 basketball; Morgan Nathan, New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks; Juno Pyun, New Zealand Secondary Schools Orchestra; Nick Ross, New Zealand under-21 hockey; Tom Rowe, New Zealand under-18 basketball; Kane Russell, New Zealand under-16 hockey; Tom Wilson, New Zealand under-16 ice hockey; Blair Tarrant, New Zealand under-21 hockey; Thomas Wardhaugh, New Zealand age group development programme — swimming; Ben Watts, New Zealand under-16 softball; James Watson, New Zealand under-16 soccer; Ashley Lovett, New Zealand under-17 equestrian.

New Zealand titleholders – 2008:

Todd Johnston, Toby Flett, Dillon Todd, Kane Russell, New Zealand junior 4 x 100m relay (NZ record); Kane Russell, New Zealand junior boys javelin; William Scorgie, New Zealand junior boys 3000m; Joe Latta, Robert Mears, New Zealand under-17 pairs — rowing; Adam Simpson, New Zealand age group, 400m freestyle; Matt Glassford, New Zealand age group, 200m breaststroke; Jarrod Marsh, New Zealand secondary schools wrestling, junior 54kg; Hunter Kim, tae kwon do — under-60kg gold medal.