Wellington College's 1st XV had an excellent start to the 84th Quadrangular Tournament, winning 66-12 over Wanganui Collegiate. In the earlier game, Nelson College just pipped Christ's College in the last minute, winning 25-24 so Wellington College will meet Nelson College in the final at 12.45pm this Wednesday.

The Final total raised for the World Vision programme in Ibwera, Tanzania is $57,584.41 closely matching previous years' totals raised by our annual runathon.

Congratulations to Jeremy McLeod and Ollie Harcourt, both of Year 12 and Team Bayleys, who ran the most laps - 264 each in total.

These students who raised the most money went into a draw for the prize of a Compaq Laptop computer kindly donated by LV Martin & Son: Toby Kelly, Tom Green, Tom Bradshaw, Jamie Pollock, Luke Pollock, Rayhan Langdana, Nick Fenten, AJ Myers, Kaliash Bahriathan, Jimmy Feeney Toebes, David Ravine and the lucky winner of the laptop who was Thomas Leggatt.

Congratulations to Team Ballentynes (9RD, 10MW, 11LS, 11ZS, 12TW & 13SN - led by Tupou, Tamati and Johnny) who raised the most funds.

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We would like to acknowledge and thank all the students, staff and parents who participated in and contributed to this event. In particular:

These Students who staffed the Cafe: Julian Chote, Adam Cooper, Andrew Lim, Andrew Coppersmith, Liam McClurg, Abraham Hollingsworth, Nipun Sathypala, Marty Grimmer, Tui McInnes.

These Staff who gave up their valuable time to assist with the running of the event: Marilyn MacLennan, Elaine Harrison, Chris Tait, Andrea Buxton, Martyn Reynolds, Tara Webley, Bruce Tie, Kathy Burn, Lynda Woods.

The Nine Team Sponsors whose details can be found here.

The Team Leaders who put in an excellent effort to lead and organise their teams. See the team leaders at this link.

The student Super Six team who put in many hours helping to organise this event: Tyson Aiono, David Gush, Mathew Johnson, Atef Khan, James Palmer, Marcus Playle.

The 2010 Super Six would like to take this opportunity to hand over to next year's Super Six team who are Louis McDougall-Moore, Nick Fenton, Rayhan Langdana, Paul Turner, Joe Webb and Jimmy Feeney Toebes.

Finally, the Staff and Students would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Ben Lau for his tireless efforts in again organising such a worthwhile event. Congratulations again Mr Lau.

See here for full details of the Annual Wellington College World Vision Runathon

The Headmaster, Roger Moses, has been granted a sabbatical by the Ministry of Education in recognition of his long service as a leading Principal. He will be away during the third term and will return at the start of Term 4. He will take this opportunity to visit a number of schools in NZ and overseas.

We all wish Roger safe travels and hope that both he and his wife Ros take this opportunity to relax and recharge their batteries.

Any Y10-13 students who missed the last two Form Periods of Term Two and did not receive their 2009 issue of the Wellingtonian magazine are asked to collect their copy from the College Bursary.

Wellington College is fortunate to be hosting two visiting High School Rugby Teams from Osaka, Japan which are touring New Zealand in July of this year. The tour has developed through an association between Wellington College and the Keiko Gakuen High School.

Sunday 18th July
The Keiko Gakuen Teams will arrive at Firth Hall at 5pm to be met by the Wellington College 2nd and 3rd XV host families.

Monday 19th July
8am - Billets returned to school
10.30am - Matches Kickoff on Nr 1 and Nr 2 fields. 2nd and 3rd XV vs Keiko Gakuen Teams (Matches Played at same time)
12.30pm - Aftermatch Function in Firth Hall - Parents are most welcome to attend

Keiko Gakuen Rugby

The Organisers, Cast and Crew of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' would like to thank everyone who bought raffle tickets.

Here are the results. Congratulations to all the winners!

1st Prize: Gail Nowland

A night at the boutique hotel Ohtel and Dinner for 2 at Monsoon Poon.

2nd Prize: H G Bonjers

Penthouse movie and dinner vouchers

3rd Prize: Jill Chapman

A funky dartboard

$20 Canteen Vouchers: Joy Dunsheath, Belinda Brian, Jonathan Ayto and James Butchers.

A special thanks to Alan Blundell at Ohtel, Mike Egan at Monsoon Poon and the McFarlane family for their generous prize contributions.