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Aotearoa Maori captain aiming high on court 29 May 2014 Decision still to be made on which country to choose, Ben Strang reports. Read more
Josh wields golden shears 21 May 2014 Josh Balme was hopping around on crutches last week after injuring himself playing rugby for St Paul’s Collegiate second XV – but that wasn’t before he’d won the New Zealand junior shearing title. Read more
High performance in sport the focus for St Paul’s 15 May 2014 St Paul’s Collegiate School will be a destination for young athletes if a new high performance sports programme takes off as planned. Read more
New Zealand rowers lead St Paul’s to victory 6 May 2014 One of the St Paul’s most successful rowing seasons in more than a decade wrapped-up at the national rowing regatta, the Aon Maadi Cup, held at Twizel in March. Read more
Balme secures New Zealand shearing title 6 May 2014 Nineteen intense shearing competitions saw Josh Balme (Year 11) take out the title for No 1 Ranked Junior NZ Machine Shearer. Read more
Inaugural secondary school motocross event attracts crowd of 500 6 May 2014 One hundred and seventy four motocross riders from 21 New Zealand secondary schools participated in the inaugural MotoX in the Maize motocross competition which was held in Huntly on Friday 4 April, 2014. Read more
1st XI cricket team have stellar season in major competitions 16 April 2014 St Paul’s 1st XI have had a season of victories, winning two major competitions. Read more
St Paul’s break decade long drought 3 April 2014 St Paul’s College has broken a 10 year Gillette Cup drought, winning the Northern Districts regional title and booking a place in the national finals. Read more
Students bat their way to win NZ secondary schools' croquet title 30 March 2014 Hemi McLaren-Mellars and Sam Treloar played against secondary school’s from across New Zealand in the national Golf Croquet Secondary School’s competition in Palmerston North on March 29 and 30. Read more
Years with the oars ideal training ground to coach 29 March 2014 The Maadi Cup is proving a nursery not only for future rowing talent but also the next generation of coaches. Read more
Third in shearing and woolhandling competition 3 March 2014 Once again Josh has done the St Paul’s family proud, managing to reach the Junior Shearing final at the Golden Shears, shearing and woolhandling competition, on Thursday. Read more
Coronation event poses puzzlers for competitors 3 March 2014 The weekend is hardly the time for riddles, but a couple of beauties were posed at the Coronation Classic triathlon that finished at Mount Maunganui’s Coronation Park yesterday. Read more
St Paul’s beats four Auckland greats 22 January 2014 St Paul’s 1st XI has taken out the title for the Student Horizons T20 Competition in Auckland which ran from Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 January. Read more
More hurdles ahead 18 December 2013 St Paul’s Collegiate student James Hunt finished secondary school last week with gold medals and personal best times in the 110m and 300m hurdles at the New Zealand secondary school championships. Read more
Futsal coach looking to the footure 29 November 2013 "I want you to use the sole of your foot," says Scott Gilligan as one of his opening instructions to a bunch of 25 aspiring futsal players yesterday. Read more
Top two looking good 25 November 2013 Kaipaki and St Paul’s Collegiate School firmed as favourites for the final of Waikato Valley’s Mike Cotter Cup one-day club competition after again posting wins on Saturday. Read more
Injury setback can't slow Smith 14 November 2013 After weeks out of action, Gisborne sprinter Tom Smith is making up for lost time as preparations for the upcoming athletics season gears up. Read more
Teenager taking swing at big time 23 October 2013 Golf croquet is hardly one of those sports which leaps out and says "play me", but that has not stopped St Pauls Collegiate youngster Hemi McLaren Mellars making his mark and taking a few of his schoolmates along for the ride. Read more
Teen croquet player on his game in 2013 4 October 2013 Golf croquet is a bit like playing a large game of chess on a lawn, says St Paul’s Collegiate year 11 student Hemi McLaren-Mellars. Read more
Barry chases BMX dream in America 3 October 2013 A chance to chase a dream in the United States was too good to pass up, for promising BMX rider Todd Barry. Read more

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