Waimea College Sport

03/06/2026

🏆 WAIMEA COLLEGE SPORTS ROUND-UP | KING'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND 🏆

Congratulations to the many Waimea College students and alumni who proudly represented Nelson/Tasman over King's Birthday weekend across a range of sports.

Netball
A special well done to Sophie Vercoe (Nelson Blue) and Shelby Staufer and Maddy Tolson (Nelson Gold), who represented the region at the U16 representative tournament.

Basketball
Congratulations to Larz Wadsworth, who represented Nelson in the U20 Men's team alongside Waimea College alumni Jerome Sinclair and Hayden Jones. The team finished an impressive 3rd overall, with Hayden earning selection in the Tournament Team.

A huge congratulations also to Waimea College alumni Ava Jones, who was named Tournament MVP while helping Canterbury claim the U20 Women's title.

Volleyball
Waimea College was exceptionally well represented at the New Zealand Interprovincial Volleyball Championships in Wellington.

U17 Girls Silver Medallists:
Fleur Wellmeyer, Georgia Shone and Hayley Bortner.

U17 Boys (5th):
Lachie Wheeler, James Biggs, Cooper Hope and Jacob Heath.

U19 Girls (4th):
Ashlee Shone, Holly Shone, Maddie Seymour and Courtney du Plessis.

U19 Boys (4th):
Cole Clarke, Quinn Heiford, Jack Hammon, Zac Shirley and Lex Appleby.

Open Men (7th):
Alumni Jobe McAuley and Seb Lams, along with Senior A Boys Assistant Coach Ben Blakemore.

Special congratulations to Georgia Shone and Holly Shone, who were both named in their respective Tournament Teams.

Indoor Cricket
Well done to Kane Sixtus and Ashleigh Sixtus, who represented Nelson at the South Island Indoor Cricket Championships in Christchurch. Kane's team finished 2nd overall, while Ashleigh's team secured 3rd place.

We are incredibly proud of all our students and alumni who represented their region with pride, commitment and sportsmanship. Your achievements continue to showcase the strength of sport at Waimea College.

27/05/2026

Yesterday we had a Senior Mixed team taking part in the Tasman Secondary Schools Ki o Rahi tournament. Well done to everyone involved, our students had a fantastic day. A big thanks to Nayland College for hosting and to Sport Tasman for organising

26/05/2026

22/05/2026

Check out this weekend's Sports Draw.
If you are heading down to Netball this weekend, make sure you stop in to see our Senior A Girls fundraising stand where there will be lots of yummy treats available!!

19/05/2026

Well done to Noah Eden who competed in Seddon at the Tasman Schools road cycling event on Saturday and won the U17 Boys time trial and road race (fastest time overall in both events), the next day he then went on to compete at the Cable Bay Shoe Clinic Mountain biking Duathlon where he was the overall winner in the Short Course.

18/05/2026

Over the weekend we had a group of students competing at the Tasman Secondary Schools MotoX event.

Well done to all riders - Results still to come, watch this space.

15/05/2026

Well done to Ashlee Shone, Holly Shone, Jack Hammon and Quinn Heiford. We are incredibly proud of you all!!!

15/05/2026

Get out and support our teams this weekend!

Shout out to our Waimea Combined Schools Rugby team who play their first official game of the season tomorrow!

15/05/2026

Earlier this week we had a team of 10 travel to Motueka to compete in the Tasman Secondary Schools Cross Country Event.

Well done to all our athletes and special shout out to the following:
Year 9 Boys 3km
Harrison Costley 2nd

Junior Girls 3km
Elsie Walker 2nd

Junior Boys 4km
Isaac Bonny 2nd

Senior Girls 4km
Ava Lausen 3rd

Senior Boys 6km
Oliver Costley 1st

Waimea College put up a great fight in the 4x1km relay placing 4th.

08/05/2026

This weekend's Hockey and Netball Draw, get down and support our teams if you can!!

Our 10a Netball Team are running a bake sale at the netball courts this weekend to fundraise for Junior South Island Secondary Schools tournament, go and grab yourself some delicious treats while you're there.