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Scots College 1st XI Cricket has won the inaugural Trans-Tasman Cricket Quad hosted by Scotch College in Adelaide, Australia.

Playing in demanding conditions in excess of 37 degrees scots recorded wins against Geelong College and St Kentigern College, Auckland to win the trophy.

The tournament will be hosted by Scots College in 2013.

24 January 2012

This afternoon the Scots College 1^st XI Cricket team beat long-standing rivals Wellington College on their home turf, in the 2011 College Sport Wellington Premier 1 Final.

Wellington College were bowled out for 68, and in reply, Scots scored 69 for 1 to win by 9 wickets.

After a close win over Hutt Valley High School in the semi-final, the Scots College 9a Cricket Team faced Wellington College 2 in the final played at Scots College on Sunday 11 December.

Scots College chose to bat first on a slow wicket and had made a safe start being 60 for 1 after 20 overs. Both McGregor Kereama (33) and Will Hewett (41) contributed to a good partnership before wickets fell steadily as the run rate was increased.  The final score of 150 for 9 off 40 was a good effort.

At our College Prizegiving on Monday 5 December, Year 10 student Jun Lee was announced as the 2011 Dux of the College.

He is now off to Otago University to study pre-medicine at the age of just 15.  He is also a black belt in taekwondo, and credits the sport with helping him mentally with his studies.  In the words of Headmaster Mr Graeme Yule, “Jun is exceptionally mature… and a really nice kid.  He’s an exceptional young man.”

The 2011 Prep School Prize Giving Ceremony was held at the Wellington Town Hall at 10.30am on Monday 5 December.

As always, it was a wonderful celebration of a very busy, successful and productive year for all students in the Prep School, and an opportunity to award prizes for outstanding achievement. Listed below are our 2011 prize winners.

Steven Adams (Year 13) is a 2011 Premier College Sportsperson of the Year awardees for Basketball.  Sharing this title is Julianne Alvarez of Sacred Heart College for Golf.  The Awards Dinner was held last Sunday, 06 November 2011 at the Amora Hotel.

Kieron McDonald also received recognition under the Individual Code category as 2011 Athlete of the Year and 2011 Cross Country / Road Runner of the Year, with Steven Adams as Basketball Player of the Year.

Congratulations all round!

Stuart Williams could be excused for thinking that his triumph in the New Zealand youth match racing championship in Wellington this month was heaven sent.

Winning a national title is a noteworthy achievement, but that was only part of the reason Williams, a year-12 student at Scots College, gained such satisfaction from being part of the winning Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club crew.

The victory meant the crew took the Warren Williams Trophy, named in honour of Stuart's father, who died in 2007. "It was very special to win it," Stuart said.

Congratulations to our Year 10  Maths team: Brandon Cho, Jun Lee, Cambell Morris, Hans-Peder Oliff, Richard Zhang, David Zhou who came first in the Year 10 Mathswell Competition 2011 held at Wainuiomata College on 06 September.

They were up against 26 teams from the Wellington region and competed over 2 rounds to win the overall competition. A fantastic result!

At the 48 Hour Film Festival Wellington Regional final last night, the Scots team 'Kilt & Sporran' picked up the prize for BEST DAMN TEEN TEAM 2011 for their film 'The Last Laugh' - their film was chosen from over 50 entries in that category!

In July Michael Moore-Jones, a Year 12 student at Scots College will be packing his bags for Singapore. Moore-Jones has been selected as one of just 30 young internet entrepreneurs aged 16-25 years, world-wide, to participate in the MyCube Digital Life Academy, a 6-week internship program that runs from 4 July - 14 August 2011.