Roncalli Exchange- Public Speaking

Last week we had our Roncalli Exchange and had some of our students take part in the Scripture Reading competition. Our Year 9 student Kezia Pestell won the Junior Scripture Reading and Roncalli won the Senior Scripture Reading.

 
Also a big well done to our Debaters who won the Debating competition, with Fergus McMullan taking out the award for Best Speaker.

Debating- St Thomas's Interschool

Well done to our debating team Bethan Ardouin, Rhea Ratgali and Alex Houston who took the win at the recent St Thomas' interschool.

The moot was ''That NZ should keep its borders closed until there is a vaccine for Covid-19".
St Thomas' were affirming, and St Kevin's were negating. There was some very interesting discussion and debate. 

SKC won 260 -241. 

Well done to all who took part.

St Thomas's Interschool 2020

St Thomas' came down for our annual Interschool on Thursday 10th September. The weather played its part until the hail, thunder and lightning timed it nicely for the halftime for the football game!

The results were:

Junior Rugby            

SKC 46  STC 21

Basketball Top 5       

SKC 94 STC 89

Basketball Junior      

SKC 53 STC 77

Football                    

SKC 2 STC 4

Debating                  

SKC won 260 -241

St Thomas' will be down again on September 25th with their 1st XV,  U13 and possibly U12 rugby teams to take on an Intermediate age team.

Thank you to Sarah Clapperton for the photos.

Junior Quads 2020

Well done to all our teams that competed in Junior Quads in Dunedin yesterday.

Special mention to our Junior A Netball team, Intermediate A Netball team and our Futsal Team who all finished 1st, and the Junior Boys Basketball Team who finished 2nd.

Thank you to everyone who made the day possible, especially our awesome coaches, managers and umpires.

Check out the photo album on our St Kevin's Sports Facebook Page taken by Sarah Clapperton.

SKC vs WGHS Sports Results

And the results are in!

Well done to all the girls that competed in their games today. There were some epic encounters!

A big thank you to all the coaches, managers and umpires for making the day a success.

Hockey:
SKC won 3 - nil

Netball:
Junior A: Waitaki won 35 - 18
Intermediate A: 25 - 25 draw
Senior A: Waitaki won 29 - 28

Waitaki Week- First XV Rugby Result

Wow what a game! Well done to our boys for their 56-15 win today over WBHS in the annual interschool game.

An amazing atmosphere and a great display of support from both schools and the community for their teams.

Photos of the game to follow.

📷: Sports Images NZ

Waitaki Week Blessing

At assembly on Wednesday the captains of our sports teams carried out the pounamu blessing, to bless all of our teams who have competed, or are yet to compete in Waitaki Week.

May the fluidity of the water that has shaped this stone over the years be an inspiration for positive encounters in the spirit of fair play.

May the physical weight of this stone inspire you to have the strength to engage with both passion and pride.

All the very best to our 1st XV in their match today at 1.30pm.

Waitaki Week- Trapshooting Results

It was Sub Zero temperatures yesterday for the Trapshooters.

Congratulations to WBHS taking the win over SKC 258 - 251.

Waitaki Week- Hockey and Ten Pin Bowling Results

There have been some awesome close games so far this Waitaki Week!

Well done to our Hockey boys yesterday for a great game, and congratulations to WBHS on the 2 - 1 win.

Also yesterday was the Ten Pin Bowling which was enjoyed by everyone that participated.

Make sure you head over to the St Kevin's Sports to see more photos.

Waitaki Week- Football and Basketball Results

Well done to our teams that competed yesterday as we kicked off Waitaki Week! It's certainly great to see our students enjoying being back into sports again.

Monday's results were:

Football: 1 - 1 Draw

Junior Basketball: WBHS won 43 - 32

Top 5 Basketball: WBHS won 68 - 57

Make sure you head over to the St Kevin's Sports page to see the photos from the games.

WBHS-SKC Interschool match Friday 3rd July

WBHS-SKC Interschool match Friday 3rd July, 1.30pm Whitestone Contracting Stadium

The necessity to provide a safe physical and emotional environment for students and staff has lead to some changes being made to the organisation of this years event.

Public will be required to enter the ground through the turnstiles at the south-east corner of the ground. Public will also be required to stay within the cordoned off area on eastern side of the ground (this includes the grandstand). Students and staff will enter the ground from gates behind the western embankment and will be required to stay on the embankment (western) side of the ground.

A reminder, that this is a school sanctioned public event and is therefore alcohol free and spectators should not be intoxicated.

Both schools ask for your support with these changes, so we can ensure that our students and staff are safe and that the "class of 2020" can be allowed to enjoy writing their 'chapter' in the wonderful history of this unique event.

Darryl Paterson (Rector WBHS), Paul Olsen (Principal SKC).

Waitaki Exchange back to 3rd July

Hooray for the Waitaki Exchange!

The annual rugby match between St Kevin’s College and Waitaki Boys’ High School held at Whitestone Stadium IS going ahead as originally planned this year! Other codes are currently in negotiation around potential dates. We will keep you updated once dates are confirmed.

See you all at the game on the 3rd of July!

Photo: Michelle Buckham

St Thomas of Canterbury Exchange 2019

Yesterday some of our boys had an early start to the day as they left for Christchurch to play St Thomas's in our annual interschool.

Results were as follows:

Basketball⛹️‍♂️
Senior Top 5 won 89 - 78
Juniors lost 59 - 79

Rugby🏉

1st XV lost 22 - 59
U14 lost

Congratulations to Tupou Fifita on his 50th cap game for St Kevins 1st XV

Debating 👨‍💼
Seniors lost by 2 points
Juniors lost
Best speaker Bethan

Thanks to Sarah Clapperton for the photos.

Bishop's Shield 2019

St Kevin’s College attended the Bishop’s Shield at Verdon College in Invercargill over the weekend. We competed in speech, debating, drama, impromptu speech, and scripture reading. Our team delivered some stand out performances and did themselves and the school proud.

Congratulations to our Senior Debating team who were awarded first place! Our team was affirming and they defeated St Peter's College, attaining the highest points' aggregate. Cara Anderson, Bethan Ardouin and Joel Kunnethedam passionately debated the topic that the government is delivering good outcomes for New Zealand.

Well done to Cara who was awarded Best Team Leader and to Joel who was awarded Best Speaker.

A big thanks must go to our large contingent of teachers who travelled to coach the students. Congratulations to Kavanagh College (Dunedin) for winning the Bishop Shield overall.

Dunedin Symphony Orchestra Music Education Tour

At the end of last term we were lucky to have Jen Cattermole and Sandra Crawshaw from the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra music education tour come and visit us.

The tour involved a talk and workshop around one of the pieces the DSO is performing in August, called 'From the Southern Marches' by local composer Anthony Ritchie. Because the piece is about the history of Otago right from first contact between Maori and Pakeha, it uses Maori musical instruments (taonga puoro). 

They brought with them taonga puoro, for the students to listen to, learn about, and play. They also spoke to us about how the piece links to the history of the Otago region.

St Kevin's College vs Waitaki Boys High School Rugby Interschool Match

A tough battle out their today on the field, which didn't go our way. 37-18 doesn't reflect the SKC effort. Congratulations to Waitaki Boys on your win.

We are proud of our boys, and proud of our supporters, our old boys and old girls, and how they conducted themselves.

It has been a great week, with lots of school spirit shown throughout. SKC took wins in 8 of the 14 fixtures, which is an awesome result! Well done to all of our teams, coaches, managers, parents and supporters.

Thank you to our photographers Michelle Buckham (crowd), Sarah Clapperton (game).

Special Assembly- Waitaki Week

Today we had an assembly to mark the end of Waitaki Week, and recognise other special achievements from throughout the term.

We also welcomed back the 1969 St Kevin's College rugby team for their 50 year reunion, which features our very own Mr Russell Dixon.





Captain Peter Reichwein spoke about life at the college in their time, and their match against Waitaki Boys in their interschool, which SKC won 9-0. Despite being 50 years ago, he could recall exactly how the match happened!



The captains of our sports teams also carried out the pounamu blessing, to bless all of our teams who have competed, or are yet to compete in Waitaki Week.

All the very best to our 1st XV in their match today at 1.30pm.

Thank you to Michelle Buckham for the photos.