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2023 Student Successes

 

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Year levels noted include the students' year level during 2023.

International Competitions

1st Place Awards

Rugby Heritage Cup Pontlevoy 2023: Sevens Tournament
Findley Curtis (Year 10) – U15 Open player

North Berwick Highland Games: Juvenile Drumming
St Andrew's College A Pipe Band

Perth Highland Games: Drum Corps

2nd Place Awards

American Virtuoso International Music Competition 2022–2023 Winter Edition: Music in the 20th&20st Century Period – Young Artist Group A
Christine Jeon (Year 12)

North Berwick Highland Games: Second Place Overall
St Andrew's College A Pipe Band

Perth Highland Games: Juvenile Event
St Andrew's College A Pipe Band

3rd Place Awards

World Pipe Band Championships: Juvenile Grade
St Andrew's College A Pipe Band

Other International Successes

BLIA Cup University Basketball Tournament – named one of five Most Valuable Players
Lauren Whittaker (Year 13)

World Solo Drumming Championship – Juvenile Section 5
Georgia Eagle (Year 13)

Oceania Competitions

1st Place Awards

NZCT New Zealand & Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships 2023: 1x U16 Age Group and Men's U16 K2 Champion
Sam McAlister (Year 11)

3rd Place Awards

NZCT New Zealand & Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships 2023: 2x U16 Age Group
Sam McAlister (Year 11)

Australian Competitions

1st Place Awards

Aussie Kiwi Challenge (Waterski): U14 Team Event
Katrina Wallis (Year 9)

Victorian State Championships: Grade 4A Overall and Novice A
Tayla Eagle (Year 11) – as a member of the Haileybury College A Pipe Band

Melbourne Highland Games and Celtic Festival: Grade 4A
Tayla Eagle (Year 11) – as a member of the Haileybury College A Pipe Band

2nd Place Awards

Melbourne Highland Games and Celtic Festival: Novice A
Tayla Eagle (Year 11) – as a member of the Haileybury College A Pipe Band

New Zealand Representatives

Rugby Heritage Cup Pontlevoy 2023: Sevens Tournament
U15 Open player Findley Curtis (Year 10)

New Zealand Future Black Sticks Squads
Henrietta Nation (Year 12), Penelope Taulafo and Luke Slee (both Year 13) – to attend super camp

Future Problem Solving Programme International
RuoLin (Lauren) Li (Year 9)

Pony Club International Alliance Virtual Dressage Competition 2023
Georgia Lewis (Year 10) and Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

New Zealand Junior Women's Volleyball Team
Molly-Belle Morrow (Year 12) and Morgan Lee (Year 13) – both selected for wider squad

Basketball New Zealand U16 Women's National Team
Ophelia Powell (Year 12) – non-travelling reserve

New Zealand Secondary Schools Girls’ Football Team
Amber de Wit (Year 11)

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Soloist
Christine Jeon (Year 12) – Cello

New Zealand U14 Water Ski Team
Katrina Wallis (Year 9)

New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball Team
Sienna Stowers-Smith (Year 13)

New Zealand Māori U21 Hockey Team
Penelope Taulafo (Year 13)

2023 National Netball League Development Squad
Sienna Stowers-Smith (Year 13)

2023 New Zealand Secondary Schools' Symphony Orchestra

  • Selena Zhang (Year 10) – Violin
  • Ary Son, Xinyi (Alice) Chen (both Year 9) and Hansen Hong (Year 11) – Viola
  • Jasmine Hooker (Year 11) – Principal Cello
  • Miu Kim (Year 11) – Principal Flute

National Competitions

1st Place Awards

Basketball – ‘AA’ Zone 4 New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Premiership
Senior A Girls' Basketball Team

2023 Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming Short Course Championships: 100m Individual Medley
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

2023 New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships: Girls U15 Years – 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

Pony Club International Alliance Virtual Dressage Competition 2023: NZ Level 5
Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

Pony Club International Alliance Virtual Dressage Competition 2023: Prix Caprilli Class
Georgia Lewis (Year 10)

New Zealand Open One Dance Ballroom Championship 2023: 28 Events and Pre-Teen (up to 13) Champion of Champions and Teen (up to 16) Champion of Champions
Holly Hembry (Year 8)

Equestrian: National Mounted Games Pairs Championship: U18 Division
Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

NZCT New Zealand & Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships 2023: 2x U16 Age Group, Mixed Junior K4 Title, Men's U16 K2 Champion
Sam McAlister (Year 11)

2023 Kiwi Classic Dance Championships: 6x Event Wins and Juvenile Princess (Most Outstanding Female Juvenile Competitor)
Holly Hembry (Year 8)

2023 Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming National Age Group Championships: 15-year-old Womens Category – 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

2023 North vs South (Juniors) Rowing Regatta: U19
Benjamin Ashman, Coby Goode, Jack Pitts and William Tavendale (all Year 12)

New Zealand Secondary Schools Triathlon Championships: U14 Girls Event
Sophie Lampe (Year 9)

New Zealand Secondary Schools' Rowing Regatta (Aon Maadi Cup):

  • U15 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls – St Andrew's College Girls U15 4x Squad: Abbie Hartstonge, Sophia Voice, Sophia Drury, Mollie Thomas (all Year 11) and Zakiya Smith (cox) (Year 12)
  • U18 Girls Single Sculls – St Andrew's College Girls U18 1x: Freddy Todhunter (Year 13)
  • U17 Boys Coxed Four – St Andrew's College Boys U17 4+ Squad: William Long, Benjamin Ashman, Jack Pitts (all Year 12), Cameron Scott and Jonty Pye (cox) (both Year 13)

2023 New Zealand & South Pacific Pipe Band Championships: Juvenile Event
St Andrew's College A Band

National Track Cycling Championship: U15 7.5km Race
Riley Crampton (Year 9)

New Zealand Pony Club Championships: National Dressage Team Champions and U14 1500m and U14 3000m
Georgia Lewis (Year 10)

Interisland Championships / National Youth Dressage Championships
Gemma Lewis (Year 13) – South Island Representative Team

National League Futsal
Noah Cole (Year 11) – Canterbury Dragons U15 Boys Team

2nd Place Awards

Ice Skating – New Zealand Short Track Championship
Artem Kutovoy (Year 7)

Hockey Federation Cup (New Zealand Secondary Schools' Championship)
1st XI Girls' Hockey Team

Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s 2023 Monetary Policy Challenge
St Andrew's Team of Lachlan Odlin, Finlay Fairweather-Logie, Jedd Bright, Luke Wylie and Thomas MacLean

2023 Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming Short Course Championships: 100m Backstroke and 50m Backstroke
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

2023 New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships: Girls U15 Years – 100m Individual Medley and 100m Backstroke and 100m Butterfly
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

2023 Yamaha New Zealand Enduro Championships: Overall Junior Class
Shey Doerner-Corson (Year 10)

2023 New Zealand Schools Debating Championship
Luke Wylie (Year 13) – as a member of the Canterbury team

NZCT New Zealand & Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships 2023: U16 Age Group x2
Sam McAlister (Year 11)

2023 Nautique NZ National Water Ski Championships:

  • U14 Girls – Slalom and Trick – Katrina Wallis (Year 9) 
  • U14 Girls Overall – Genevieve Wallis (Year 9) 

National Youth Fencing Championship: Women's U15 Team
Zuzu Connelly (Year 9) – South Central Area Team Member

2023 Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming National Age Group Championships: 15-year-old Womens Category – 100m Backstroke
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

New Zealand Secondary Schools' Rowing Regatta (Aon Maadi Cup): U17 Boys Coxed Eight
St Andrew's College Boys U17 8+ Squad: William Long, Logan Gardner, Jake Burrowes, Benjamin Ashman, Jack Pitts, Charles Butterfield, Coby Goode, William Tavendale (all Year 12) and Cameron Scott (cox) (Year 13) 

New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Junior Cricket Tournament
St Andrew's College Year 10 Cricket Team: Ryan Bond, Spencer Hair, Liam Costeloe, Fin Curtis, Jock Sidey, Jacob Farrelly, Samuel Cook, Anton Monk, Thomas McIntosh, William Wiffen Lal, Hugo Fairweather-Logie, Tom Simpson, Otis Wheeler 

2023 New Zealand & South Pacific Pipe Band Championships: Overall Grade 2
St Andrew's College A Band

Show Jumping Nationals
Lucy Charteris (Year 11)

3rd Place Awards

AIMS Games: Hockey
Preparatory Girls' A Hockey Team

2023 Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming Short Course Championships:

  • 50m Butterfly – Rylee McBride (Year 11)
  • 50m Breaststroke and 100m Breaststroke – Sophia Molnar (Year 12)

2023 New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships:

  • Girls U16 100m Breaststroke – Sophia Molnar (Year 12)
  • 15 Years: 4x50 Freestyle Relay and 4x50 Mixed Medley Relay – Irina Westerink (Year 9), Joshua Exon, Iona Garrett (both Year 10) and Sam McAlister (Year 11)

New Zealand Secondary School Cross Country Championship: Year 9 Girls' Race and Canterbury Junior Team Relay
Sophie Lampe (Year 9)

Aon Teams Tennis NZ Junior Championships: 12 & Under Team
Frank McHarg (Year 6) and Mia McHarg (Year 8)

2023 Nautique NZ National Water Ski Championships: U14 Girls – Trick and Jump
Genevieve Wallis (Year 9) 

2023 Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming National Age Group Championships: 15-years-old Womens Category – 50m Backstroke
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

National Track Cycling Championship: U15 500m Team Sprint
Riley Crampton (Year 9)

New Zealand Pony Club Championships: National Show Jumping Team
Georgia Lewis (Year 10)

2023 New Zealand Rowing Championship: Womens U22 Double Sculls
Freddy Todhunter (Year 13)

South Island Representatives

Rugby

  • South Island U18 Māori Camp – Lucas Te Rangi, Penelope Taulafo (both Year 13)
  • South Island Scorpions 16S Boys’ Squad – Azaniah Roebeck (Year 11)
  • South Island Scorpions 16S Girls’ Squad – Metua Cranwell (Year 10)

South Island Girls' U15 Cricket Team
Daisy Thake (Year 10)

South Island Youth Dressage Team
Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

South Island Rowing New Zealand U19 Team
Benjamin Ashman, Coby Goode, Jack Pitts and William Tavendale (all Year 12)

South Island Competitions

1st Place Awards

South Island Secondary Schools' Equestrian Championships: 3x 1st Place Awards
Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

Basketball – ‘AA’ Zone 4 New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Premierships
Senior A Girls' Basketball Team

Football – Girls’ Premier Football Tournament
Girls’ 1st XI Football Team

Ice Hockey – South Island Secondary School Tournament
StAC Senior Team (combined team)

Basketball – South Island Junior Basketball Championship
Junior Boys' A Basketball Team

Basketball – South Island Junior Basketball Championship
Junior Girls' A Basketball Team

New Zealand Physics and Mathematics Competition (NZPMC) South Island Finals: Junior Category (Years 9–11)
Luke Manson (Year 10)

South Island Secondary Schools' Clay Target Championships:

  • South Island Ladies Skeet Champion – Maggie Hood (Year 13)
  • South Island 

Rhythmic Gymnastics South Island Championships: Stage 4Free and Hoop and Ball and Club and Overall South Island Championship
Kalisa Zhang (Year 8)

2022–2023 South Island Equilise 1.10 Pony Series
Lucy Charteris (Year 11)

The Connect Group SISA Grom Series: Overall U14
Amelie Clark (Year 10)

South Island Festival of Future Stars (Dressage Competition): Young Rider 21&U; 6yo Young Dressage Pony; and Medium Level 4
Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

South Island Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships:

  • U14 1500m and U14 3000m – Sophie Lampe (Year 9)
  • U19 Triple Jump – Natalia Geneblaza (Year 13)

South Island Secondary Schools’ Mountain Bike Championships: U16 Cross Country
William Pringle (Year 10)

South Island Secondary Schools’ Touch Championships: Mixed Team
St Andrew's College Mixed Touch Team: Seymour Stowers-Smith (Year 10), Fynn Harris, Nikao Panapa (both Year 11), Addison Williams, Holly Maraki, Rafferty Powell, Ophelia Powell, Tom Turner, Macklan Robertson, Samuel Mustchin (all Year 12), Tom Harris, Shannan Delany, Sienna Stowers-Smith and Lucas Te Rangi (all Year 13) 

South Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championship 2023:

  • Boys U17 Coxed Eight – William Tavendale (cox), William Long, Benjamin Ashman, Jack Pitts, Charles
    Butterfield, Coby Goode, Jake Burrowes, Logan Gardner (all Year 12) and Cameron Scott (Year 13)
  • Boys U17 Coxed Four (#1) – Jonty Pye (cox), William Long, Benjamin Ashman, Jack Pitts (all Year 12) and Cameron Scott (Year 13)

South Island Secondary School Triathlon: Junior Girls' U14 category
Sophie Lampe (Year 9)

South Island Long Course Championship:

  • 15–16 Women's category – 200m Individual Medley, 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly, 50m Breaststroke and Overall Open South Island Champion for the 100m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke – Rylee McBride (Year 11)
  • 12 and Over Women's category – 100m Breaststroke – Sophia Molnar (Year 12)

New Zealand Pony Club Championships: South Island Dressage Team
Georgia Lewis (Year 10)

South Island Club Rowing Championships: Boys U17 Coxed Four A Final
Sam Gamble, Jake Burrowes, Coby Goode, William Tavendale (all Year 12) and Cameron (Cam) Scott (Year 13)

2nd Place Awards

South Island Secondary Schools' Equestrian Championships:

  • 4x 2nd Place Awards Gemma Lewis (Year 13)
  • Show Hunter – Olivia Stewart (Year 13)

U15A South Island Secondary Schools U15 Rugby Tournament
U15A Rugby Team

Girls' Secondary School Buller 10's Rugby Cup
Girls' Rugby 10s Team

South Island Secondary Schools Canoe Polo Tournament
Senior Girls Composite Team

Karate: South Island Schools Competition: U16 Kumite
Gemma Thomas (Year 10)

South Island Enduro Championships A 4 Round Series
Shey Doerner-Corson (Year 10)

South Island Festival of Future Stars (Dressage Competition):

  • Young Rider 21&U and Preliminary Pony – Gemma Lewis (Year 13)
  • Young Rider 14&U – Georgia Lewis (Year 10)

South Island Secondary Schools Adventure Racing Championships: 6-hour Intermediate Boys Event
StAC Tartan Team: Samuel Hall, Toby Wilson and Joshua Morrow (all Year 10)

South Island Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships:

  • U14 800m – Kupa Rule (Year 10)
  • U14 400m and High Jump – Oliver Jackways (Year 10)
  • U15 Cross Country – Cooper Pringle (Year 9)

South Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championship 2023:

  • Girls U18 Single Sculls – Freddy Todhunter (Year 13)
  • Girls U15 Coxed Quad – Zakiya Smith (Year 12) (cox), Sophia Voice, Sophia Drury, Abbie Hartstonge and Mollie Thomas (all Year 11)
  • Boys U15 Coxed Eight – Jonty Pye (Year 12) (cox), Henry Tayler, Harry Pitts, Timothy McLaren, William Gilray, Oliver Barker, Jonty Moorhead, Tadhg Molony, Hendrik Todhunter (all Year 10)

South Island Secondary School Triathlon: Intermediate Boys' U16 category
Cohnor Walsh (Year 10)

South Island Long Course Championship:

  • 12 and Over Women's category – 50m Breaststroke and 100m Breaststroke – Sophia Molnar (Year 12)
  • 12 and Over Men's category – 50m Breaststroke – Joshua Exon (Year 10)

South Island Secondary Schools Tennis Championship 2023

  • Girls Team – St Andrew's College Girls Squad: Marija Filipovic (Year 9), Lila Waghorn (Year 10), Lily McHarg, Ruby McPhail (both Year 11) and Izzy Western (Year 13)
  • Boys Team – St Andrew's College Boys Squad: Alvin Na (Year 9), Ricky Kotepong (Year 11), Josh Silcock, Tim Hellmann (both Year 12) and Josh McPhail (Year 13)

New Zealand Pony Club Championships: South Island Show Jumping Team
Georgia Lewis (Year 10)

South Island Dressage Championships 2023: Level 4 Pony
Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

South Island Club Rowing Championships

  • Boys U17 Coxed Eight A Final – Sam Gamble, Jake Burrowes, Logan Gardner, Thomas (Tom) Heffernan, Benjamin Ashman, Benjamin (Ben) Bolton, Charles (Charlie) Butterfield, Jack Pitts and William Tavendale (all Year 12)
  • Boys U16 Coxed Eight A Final – Jackson Evans, William Currie, Thomas White, Logan Righton, Bradley (Brad) Hughes, Max Barclay and Peter Blade (all Year 11) and Bryn Hall (Year 12)
  • Mens U19 Coxless Pair Oars A Final – Coby Goode (Year 12) and Cameron (Cam) Scott (Year 13)
  • Mens Novice Coxed Eight A Final – Harry Pitts, Oliver (Ollie) Barker, Timothy (Tim) McLaren, William (Will) Gilray, Henry Tayler (all Year 10), Kaelan Graham, Noah Fanene, Toby Browne (all Year 11) and Katie Steel (Year 13)
3rd Place Awards

South Island Secondary Schools Canoe Polo Tournament
StAC and Hillmorton High School Combined Junior Team

2023 South Island Brain Bee: Group Competition
James Anthony and Daniel Officer (both Year 11)

Karate: South Island Schools Competition: U16 Kata
Gemma Thomas (Year 10)

South Island Secondary Schools Adventure Racing Championships: 12-hour Senior Event
StAC Thistles Team: Abigail Scott-Douglas (Year 10), Ethan Griffin, Adam MacFarlane and Isabella Cody (all Year 11)

South Island Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships:

  • U14 800m – Oliver Jackways (Year 10)
  • U14 Triple Jump – Sophie Paterson (Year 9)
  • U16 Discus and Javelin – Holly Rossiter (Year 12)
  • U19 Long Jump – Natalia Geneblaza (Year 13)

South Island Secondary Schools’ Water Polo Championship
St Andrew's Senior Boys Water Polo Team: Thomas Jefferies, Sam McAlister, Ivan Ren (all Year 11), Elliot Graves, Jaden Hu, Nilo Labbe Hubbard, Ryan Marsh, Hugo Ranken, Timothy Richardson, William Chiu (all Year 12) and Joseph Connolly (Year 13)

South Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championship 2023:

  • Boys U17 Coxed Four (#2) – William Tavendale (cox), Charles Butterfield, Coby Goode, Jake Burrowes, Logan Gardner (all Year 12)
  • Boys U16 Coxed Eight – Peter Blade (cox), Bradley Hughes, Max Barclay, Logan Righton, Theo Thomas, Kaelan Graham, Jackson Evans, William Currie (all Year 11) and Bryn Hall (Year 12)

South Island Long Course Championship: 12 and Over Men's category – 100m Butterfly
Joshua Exon (Year 10)

South Island Club Rowing Championships:

  • Mens Novice Coxed Four A Final – Jackson Evans, Kaelan Graham, Noah Fanene, Toby Browne (all Year 11) and Olivia de Joux (Year 12)
  • Girls U16 Coxed Eight A Final  – Sophia Voice, Elia Short, Sophia Drury, Hannah Morris, Ella (Ellie) O'Brien, Mollie Thomas, Abbie Hartstonge (all Year 11) Rosa Hill and Isobel Forsey (both Year 12)
  • Boys U15 Coxed Eight A Final – Harry Pitts, Oliver (Ollie) Barker, Timothy (Tim) McLaren, Henry Tayler, Jonty Moorhead, William (Will) Gilray, Hendrik Todhunter, Tadhg Molony (all Year 10) and Jonty Pye (Year 12)
  • Womens Novice Coxed Quad Sculls A Final – Robbie Millar, Ella (Ellie) O'Brien, Caitlin Stowell, Hazel Hall (all Year 11) and Alice Miers (Year 12)
  • Mens Premier Coxed Eight A Final – Logan Gardner, Jake Burrowes, William Long, Benjamin Ashman, Jack Pitts, Sam Gamble, Coby Goode, William (Will) Kamo (all Year 12) and Cameron (Cam) Scott (Year 13)
  • Womens U19 Coxed Eight A Final – Mollie Thomas (Year 11), Abby Baxter, Gretal Tavendale, Libby McNee, Rosa Hill (all Year 12), Amy Hughes, Ashley White, Freddy Todhunter and Katie Steel (all Year 13)

Canterbury and Regional Representatives

Rugby

  • New Zealand Schools Barbarians Rugby Team – Radford Powell (Year 13)
  • New Zealand U18 Māori Team Lucas Te Rangi (Year 13) 
  • Canterbury U18 Representative Girls’ Rugby TeamLucia Croft, Savannah Caulfield, Holly Rossiter (all Year 12), and Penelope Taulafo (Year 13)
  • Canterbury U16 Development Team – Isaac Matulewicz (Year 11)
  • Crusaders Knights Squad – Radford Powell, Cylas Tauti (both Year 13), Samuel Mustchin, Macklan Robertson (both Year 12)
  • Ellesmere U18 – Tom Turner (Year 12)
  • Canterbury U16 –Lucca Gibbons, Charlie Sullivan, William Voice (all Year 12); Fynn Harris, Jonty Lang (both Year 11)
  • Canterbury U18 Girls’ Black and Red Squads – Lucia Croft, Savannah Caulfield, Holly Rossiter (all Year 12) and Penelope Taulafo (Year 13)

Canterbury U17 Girls Volleyball Team
Mia Montgomery (Year 11) (captain)

New Zealand Secondary School Cross Country Championship

  • Year 9 Girls' and Canterbury Junior Relay Team – Sophie Lampe
  • U16 Boys' Category – Kupa Rule (Year 10)
  • U16 Girls' Category – Abigal Scott-Douglas (Year 10)
  • Junior Race – Hendrik Todhunter (Year 10)

Enterprise in Action
Anthony Gower (Year 13)

Canterbury Volleyball Teams:

  • U17 – Mia Montgomery (Year 11)
  • U19 – Molly-Belle Morrow (Year 12) and Morgan Lee (Year 13)

Canterbury Representative Netball Teams:

  • U16 Red – Charlotte Galvan (Year 10) and Ruby Beynon (Year 12)
  • U18 Red – Sienna Stowers-Smith (Year 13)
  • U18 Black – Holly Maraki (Year 12)

Canterbury Secondary Schools Debating Team
Luke Wylie (Year 13)

Canterbury U18A Womens Hockey Team
Henrietta Nation (Year 12) and Penelope Taulafo (Year 13)

Canterbury U18A Mens Hockey Team
Joel Rogers and Luke Slee (both Year 13)

Aon Teams Tennis NZ Junior Championships: 12 & Under Team
Frank McHarg (Year 6) and Mia McHarg (Year 8)

New Zealand Water Ski National Championships
Katrina and Genevieve Wallis (both Year 9)

Canterbury Pony Club Eventing Team
Lily Ellis (Year 11), Gemma Lewis (Year 13) and Georgia Lewis (reserve) (Year 10) 

Basketball U15 Representatives
Lucy Cliff, Sophia Bourke, Makenzie Disher (all Year 9), Roma Tuimaunei, Cooper Wilkins (both Year 10) and Valentino Swainson (Year 11)

Basketball U17 Representatives
Marcus Isitt, Carter Rhodes, Ophelia Powell, Rafferty Powell, Niamh Chamberlain, Molly-Belle Morrow, Ella Sharpe (all Year 12), Connor Higgs, Kavanah Lene and Charlotte Seddon (all Year 13)

Basketball U18 Representatives
Rylan Cliff, Ethan Higgs (both Year 11) and Connor Higgs (Year 13)

Basketball U19 Representatives
Mitchell Corkery, Torin Ward and Lauren Whittaker (all Year 13)

Canterbury 15 and Under Indoor Cricket Team
Charlie Bisphan (Year 10)

National Track Cycling Championship
Riley Crampton (Year 9)

New Zealand Pony Club Championships: Dressage and Show Jumping
Georgia Lewis (Year 10)

2023 Canterbury United Pride Futsal Squad
Amber de Wit, Scarlett Gray (both Year 11) and Megan Simpson (Year 12)

2022/2023 Touch Canterbury

  • Girls Team – Sienna Stowers-Smith (Year 13)
  • U16 Girls Team – Addison Williams, Ophelia Powell, Rafferty Powell (all Year 12) and Metua Cranwell (reserve) (Year 10)
  • U18 Girls Red Team – Milla Downing (Year 12)
  • U16 Boys Team – Seymour Stowers-Smith (Year 10), Nikao Panapa and Fynn Harris (both Year 11)
  • U18 Boys Team  Macklan Robertson, Samuel Mustchin (both Year 12) and Tom Harris (Year 13)

Canterbury and Regional Competitions

1st Place Awards

Canterbury Provincial Trap Shooting Championships: Triples
Marcus Ferguson (Year 10) 

Alliance Fraaise Year 12 French Speaking Competition
Isobel Forsey (Year 12)

Canterbury Skeet:

  • Skeet Competition –Kurt Lilly (Year 10)
  • Single Barrel – Addison Williams (Year 12)
  • Ladies Points Score Competition – Lucie Hood (Year 11), Addison Williams (Year 12) and Maggie Hood (Year 13)
  • 2023 Canterbury Skeet Champion – Maggie Hood (Year 13)
  • Skeet Two-person Team Contest – St Andrew's College Two-person Skeet Team

Canterbury Individual Interschool Chess Competitions 2023: Year 5 Category
Samuel Rijpma (Year 5)

Canterbury Primary and Intermediate Schools Ski Race:

  • Fastest Primary School Team (Years 1–6 Skiers) – with top 5 racers Isabelle Greer, Rhys Seath (both Year 6), Alessandria Greer, Archer Bryant (both Year 4), and Francesca Greer (Year 3)
  • Fastest Intermediate Team (Years 7–8 Skiers) – with top 5 racers Theo Smith, Ryder Townshend, Harry Hitchon, Katie Morris (all Year 8), and Edward Park (Year 7)
  • Ski – Year 3 and 4 Girls; Year 3 and 4 Overall; Overall Across Years 1–8 – Alessandria Greer (Year 4)
  • Ski – Year 1 and 2 Girls; Year 1 and 2 Girls Overall – Emilie Bryant
  • Ski – Year 5 and 6 Girls' Division; Year 5 and 6 Overall – Isabelle Greer (Year 6)
  • Snowboard – Year 7 and 8 – Ryder Townshend (Year 8)

VEX VRC Competition (Secondary School): Over Under
Team 88397M Undefined – Hannah Withers, Alex and Luke Manson (all Year 10), Oliver Cooper (Year 11), and Emily Morgan (Year 12)

2023 Badminton Canterbury Open: Women's Singles
Yirui (Elly) Li (Year 13)

ISSA Schools Ski Race: Overall Fastest Girl Years 1–6
Alessandria Greer (Year 4)

ISSA Schools Ski Race: Fasted Co-Ed Primary Team
Isabelle Greer (Year 6), Luke Russell (Year 5), Alessandria Greer (Year 4) and Francesca Greer (Year 3)

ISSA Schools Ski Race: Fasted Co-Ed Intermediate Team
Estelle Russell, Theo Smith (both Year 8), Edward Park and William Patterson (both Year 7)

Canterbury Impromptu Competition
StAC 1 – James Hart (Year 12) and Luke Wylie (Year 13)

Canterbury Slopestyle Championships: Overall and Years 11–13 Competition
Edward Bull (Year 10)

Canterbury Secondary Schools Trap Shooting Competition – Fourth Round

  • Skeet – Maggie Hood (Year 13)
  • Two-person Team Title – Logan Gardner (Year 12) and Maggie Hood (Year 13)
  • Senior Points Score – Andrew Greig (Year 13)
  • Open Teams Points Score – St Andrew's College Squad
  • Ladies' Points Score – Girls' team of Maggie Hood (Year 13), Lucie Hood (Year 11) and Addison Williams (Year 12)
  • Highest Overall Female – Addison Williams (Year 12)

Canterbury Indoor Basketball Tournament
Years 7–8 Girls' Basketball Team

ISSA Winter Tournament

  • Years 7–8 Teams
  • Years 5–6 Netball Team

Marlborough Nelson Championship: Highland Fling, Irish Jig, Sword Dance and Overall U8 Champion
Iaera Abrahamson (Year 3)

Canterbury Girls' Programming Workshop
Chelsea Jenkins and Kotori Mori (both Year 13)

Highland Piping Society of Canterbury Solo Piping

  • B Grade: Piobaireachd and 2/4 March – Lucas Paterson (Year 12)
  • B Grade: Strathspey/Reel – Sam Foote (Year 10)

Canterbury Drummers Club – Winter Solo Drumming

  • A Grade: March, Strathspey and Reel, Hornpipe/Jig and Aggregate – Georgia Eagle (Year 13)
  • B Grade: Hornpipe/Jig – Daniel Liu (Year 10)

Canterbury Duathlon Series: U20 Category
Cohnor Walsh (Year 10)

Canterbury Interschool Chess Competition: Individual Winner
Samuel Rijpma (Year 5)

ISSA Basketball Tournament:

  • Years 7–8 Girls' team
  • Years 7–8 Boys' team
  • Years 5–6 Boys' team

Big Sing: Best Mixed Choir
VOX16 – Mookmanee (Mookee) Lee, Katherine (Kate) Simcock, Noah Fanene, Rory Forsythe, Nicholas (Nick) Wylie (all Year 11), Chantelle Xiong, Sea-am Thompson, Xanthe Pearce, Tamaora (Tama) Connelly, Matthew Lee, Edward (Ted) Pitts, Jack Flanagan (all Year 12), Portia Bennie, Mia Walker, Meghan (Meg) Shearer, Struan Gordon (all Year 13)

Otago Centre Annual Highland and National Dancing Championship:

  • Under 8 Years Irish Jig – Iaera Abrahamson (Year 3)
  • Youngest Competitor Trophy – Nayana Abrahamson (Year 1)
  • Most Points 12 and U14 and Most Outstanding Performance in the Highland Fling (Seann Triubhas Trophy) – Sarah McCarthy (Year 8) 

Otago Centre King's Birthday Annual Solo Piping Competition:

  • Under 21 Years Strathspey/Reel – Cooper Gallagher (Year 11)
  • B Grade Under 16 2/4 March – Tayla Eagle (Year 11)

Canterbury Schools Cross Country: Year 9 Girls
Sophie Lampe

Football: Women's South Island Qualifying League
Scarlett Gray (Year 11) and Megan Simpson (Year 12) – as members of the Coastal Spirit St Albans Shirley Football Club

North Canterbury Highland and National Dancing Association Competition:

  • Most Points Under 8 Year – Iaera Abrahamson (Year 3)
  • Most Points 6 Years and Under – Nayana Abrahamson (Year 1)

VEX Robotics Canterbury Challenge: VCR Game Colour Carnage
Oliver Cooper (Year 11), Alex and Luke Manson (both Year 10)

Canterbury Drummers Club Solo Drumming Competition:

  • Snare Drumming A Grade – March, Strathspey and Reel and Aggregate – Georgia Eagle (Year 13)
  • Snare Drumming B Grade – March, Strathspey and Reel and Aggregate and Hornpipe/Jig – Hayden Lam (Year 12)
  • Snare Drumming C Grade Aggregate and March – Daniel Liu (Year 10)
  • Tenor Drumming Open – Aggregate, March, Strathspey and Reel and Hornpipe/Jig and Tenor Drumming Intermediate – Aggregate, March Strathspey and Reel and Hornpipe/Jig – Harrison Justice (Year 12)
  • Bass Drumming Intermediate – Aggregate, March, Strathspey and Reel and Hornpipe/Jig – Quenn Lovatt (Year 13)

Canterbury Secondary School Road Race Championships: Year 9 Girls' Race
Sophie Lampe (Year 9)

Canterbury Regionals 2023 (Waterski):

  • U14 Girls – Slalom, Trick and Overall – Katrina Wallis (Year 9)
  • U14 Girls Jump – Genevieve Wallis (Year 9)

2023 Otago Rhythmic Championships: 4x Routines and Overall
Kalisa Zhang (Year 8)

Hawke's Bay Easter Highland Games: Comunn na Piobaireachd Bronze Medal
Maggie McConnochie (Year 9)

Canterbury Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships: Stage 4 – Free, Hoop, Ball, Club and Overall
Kalisa Zhang (Year 8)

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships 2023:

  • Girls 15 Years 50m Butterfly  Rylee McBride (Year 11) 
  • Boys 15 Years 50m Breaststroke – William McConchie (Year 11)
  • Girls 16–18 Years 100m Freestyle – Maddison Barr (Year 13)

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Athletic Championships:

  • U19 Girls 100m Shannon Delany (Year 13)
  • U19 Boys Pole Vault – Torin Ward (Year 13)
  • Boys Walk – Jonah Cropp (Year 13)
  • U16 Girls Discus – Holly Rossiter (Year 12)
  • U14 Boys 400m – Oliver Jackways (Year 10)
  • U14 Boys 800m – Kupa Rule (Year 10)
  • U14 Girls Javelin – Mackenzie Disher (Year 9)
  • U14 Girls 1500m Sophie Lampe (Year 9)

Mainland Futsal Secondary Schools Championship 2023
St Andrew's College Senior A Futsal Team: Taylor Gordon, Alyssa Sanders (both Year 10), Amber de Wit, Scarlett Gray (both Year 11), Hannah Burnett, Odette Lieshout, Addison Pilkington, Billie Revis, Megan Simpson (all Year 12), Shannan Delany, Kyra Lazor and Amelia McAllister (all Year 13)

Canterbury Surf Lifesaving Championship: U14 Category
Amelie Clark (Year 10)

RNZPBA Canterbury Centre Blenheim Pipe Band Consent:

  • Overall Grade 4; Winning the Bruce Forbes Memorial Trophy, The Canterbury Caledonian Ladies Trophy and The Gordon Turner Memorial Trophy – St Andrew's College B Pipe Band
  • Juvenile Event – St Andrew's College A Pipe Band

Cricket: Junior Secondary School Boys NZCT Canterbury Finals
St Andrew's College Year 10 Cricket Team: Ryan Bond, Spencer Hair, Liam Costeloe, Fin Curtis, Jock Sidey, Jacob Farrelly, Samuel Cook, Anton Monk, Thomas McIntosh, William Wiffen Lal, Hugo Fairweather-Logie, Tom Simpson, Otis Wheeler

Canterbury Secondary School Show Jumping Event:

  • Show Hunter's Divison – St Andrew's College Show Jumping Team
  • 95cm – Billie Hampton (Year 10)

Canterbury Secondary Schools Senior Tennis Championships: Girls' Year 11 Doubles
Lily McHarg and Ruby McPhail (both Year 11)

Otago Secondary Schools Triathlon Championships: Girls U14
Sophie Lampe (Year 9)

2nd Place Awards

Canterbury Secondary Schools Debating Competition
The StAC White Debating Team – James Hart (Year 12), Emily Keith, and Luke Wylie (both Year 13)

Canterbury Skeet:

  • Single Rise Junior Contest – Mikaere Cescon (Year 10) 
  • Single Barrel – Kurt Lilly (Year 10)

Canterbury Primary and Intermediate Schools Ski Race:

  • Ski – Year 3 and 4 Girls – Francesca Greer
  • Ski – Year 1–8 Overall – Isabelle Greer (Year 6)

Programming Māori & Pasifika Potential (PMP) Regional Final
St Andrew's Team

2023 Maatangi Whenua Regional Geography Competition
Team 1 – Olivia Bloom, Sarah Heffernan and Cameron Aldridge

Canterbury Secondary Schools Trap Shooting Competition – Fourth Round

  • Senior Points Score – Logan Gardner (Year 12)

Highland Piping Society of Canterbury Solo Piping

  • B Grade: 2/4 March – Sam Foote (Year 10)
  • B Grade: Strathspey/Reel – Lucas Paterson (Year 12)

Canterbury Drummers Club – Winter Solo Drumming

  • B Grade: March, Strathspey and Reel and Aggregate – Daniel Liu (Year 10)

Canterbury Interschool Chess Competition: Senior Overall Team
Secondary A Chess Team

Ngā Manu Kōrero: Senior English
Lily Champion-Smith (Year 13)

ISSA Basketball Tournament
Years 5–6 Girls' Team

Otago Centre Annual Highland and National Dancing Championship: Under 8 Runner Up Most Points
Iaera Abrahamson (Year 3)

Karate New Zealand Otago Southland Regional Competition: Open Women Kata and 14/15 year Premier Division Kumite
Gemma Thomas (Year 10)

Canterbury Independent Zone Cross Country 2023:

  • Year 8 GirlsHayley Stowell
  • Year 8 BoysTheo Smith

Canterbury Drummers Club Solo Drumming Competition:

  • Snare Drumming A Grade Hornpipe/Jig – Georgia Eagle (Year 13)
  • Snare Drumming B Grade – March, Strathspey and Reel and Aggregate and Hornpipe/Jig and Snare Drumming C Grade March – Ethan Lam (Year 11)
  • Tenor Drumming Intermediate – Aggregate and March, Strathspey and Reel – Dara Ballard (Year 12)
  • Tenor Drumming Intermediate Hornpipe/Jig – Emily Watt (Year 10)

Canterbury Secondary School Road Race Championships: U16 Boys' Race
Cohnor Walsh (Year 10)

Canterbury Regionals 2023 (Waterski):

  • U14 Girls Jump – Katrina Wallis (Year 9)
  • U14 Girls Slalom, Trick and Overall – Genevieve Wallis (Year 9)

Hawke's Bay Easter Highland Games:

  • C Grade 2/4 March – Maggie McConnochie (Year 9)
  • B Grade Strathspey/Reel – Lucas Paterson (Year 12)

Te Anau Tartan Festival: D Grade Strathspey/Reel
William Nicholls (Year 8)

Waikato Premier League Competition (Equestrian): FEI Pony
Gemma Lewis (Year 13)

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships 2023:

  • Boys 12–13 Years 50m Freestyle Roma Tuimaunei (Year 10)
  • Girls 16–18 Years 50m Butterfly – Isabella McConchie (Year 13)

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Athletic Championships:

  • U19 Girls Triple Jump – Natalia Geneblaza (Year 13)
  • U16 Girls Shot put and U16 Girls Javelin – Holly Rossiter (Year 12)
  • U19 Pole Vault – Miah Taylor (Year 12)
  • U15 Boys 1500m – Cohnor Walsh (Year 10)
  • U14 Javelin – Daisy Thake (Year 10)
  • U14 Boys 1500m – Samuel Cook (Year 10)
  • U14 Boys High Jump – Oliver Kirk (Year 9)
  • U14 Girls Triple Jump – Sophie Paterson (Year 9)
  • U16 Pole Vault – Eden Taylor (Year 9)
  • U16 Pole Vault – Grace Smith (Year 9)

Canterbury Classic Karate Competition: 12–13 Years – Kata (display) Premier and Kumite (fighting) Premier
Gemma Thomas (Year 10)

RNZPBA Canterbury Centre Blenheim Pipe Band Consent: Grade 2
St Andrew's College A Pipe Band

Canterbury Secondary Schools Senior Tennis Championships

  • Girls' Senior Doubles – Cherry Zhou (Year 12) and Izzy Western (Year 13)
  • Girls' Year 11 Singles – Lily McHarg (Year 11)
  • Boys' Year 11 Singles – Ricky Kotepong (Year 11)
3rd Place Awards

Canterbury U12 Ice Hockey Tournament
Carter Summerfield (Year 6) and Ming Macarthy (Year 4) – as members of a team

CPSSA Winter Tournament
Preparatory A Netball Team

Canterbury Skeet:

  • Single Barrel – Mikaere Cescon (Year 10) 
  • Points Score Junior – Kurt Lilly (Year 10)

Canterbury Primary and CAIM Schools Duathlon: Year 6 Girls' Duathlon Event
Isabelle Greer (Year 6)

Canterbury Primary and Intermediate Schools Ski Race:

  • Ski – Year 3 and 4 Girls – Francesca Greer
  • Ski – Year 7 and 8 Boys – Edward Park
  • Snowboard – Year 7 and 8 Boys – Harry Hitchon

VEX IQ Competition: Full Volume
Year 7 Team (88397D) – Jacob Brinch, Alex O Neill, Harry Sibson and Oliver Gibb (all Year 7)

2023 Maatangi Whenua Regional Geography Competition
Team 2 – Anton Lilley, Daniel Williams and Jackson Evans

Canterbury Junior Regionals Tournament
StAC 1 – Joshua Adams, Olivia Bloom, and Cameron Aldridge (all Year 11)

Canterbury Secondary Schools Trap Shooting Competition – Fourth Round

  • Senior Points Score Addison Williams (Year 12)
  • Single Rise – Logan Gardner (Year 12)
  • Single Barrel – Gus McLachlan (Year 11)

Canterbury Drummers Club – Winter Solo Drumming

  • B Grade: March, Strathspey and Reel, Hornpipe/Jig and Aggregate – Ethan Higgs (Year 11)

Canterbury Duathlon Series: All Ages Groups
Cohnor Walsh (Year 10)

Inter Provincial Volleyball Tournament
Mia Montgomery (Year 11) – as a member of the Canterbury U17 Girls Volleyball Team (captain) 

Ngā Manu Kōrero: Junior Māori
Metua Cranwell (Year 10)

Smokefreerockquest Canterbury Regional Final
The E.C.H.O. – Ethan Lam (Year 10), Hayden Lam and Oliver Woodgate (both Year 12)

Otago Centre King's Birthday Annual Solo Piping Competition:

  • B Grade Hornpipe/Jig – Maggie McConnochie (Year 9)
  • B Grade Under 16 2/4 March – Sam Foote (Year 10)

Canterbury Independent Zone Cross Country 2023:

  • Year 6 Girls – Isabelle Greer (Year 6)
  • Year 7 Girls – Tayla Ford (Year 7)

Canterbury Schools Cross Country: Senior Girls
Amber de Wit (Year 10)

Canterbury Drummers Club Solo Drumming Competition:

  • Snare Drumming A Grade – Aggregate and Hornpipe/Jig and Strathspey and Reel – Hayden Lam (Year 12)
  • Snare Drumming B Grade – March, Strathspey and Reel and Aggregate and Snare Drumming C Grade Aggregate – Ethan Higgs (Year 11)
  • Snare Drumming B Grade Hornpipe/Jig and Snare Drumming C Grade Strathspey/Reel – Daniel Liu (Year 10)
  • Tenor Drumming Intermediate Hornpipe/Jig – Dara Ballard (Year 12)
  • Tenor Drumming Intermediate Aggregate – Emily Watt (Year 10)
  • Tenor Drumming Intermediate March, Strathspey and Reel – Emily Ung (Year 13)

Canterbury Secondary Schools Squash Championships: Girls' Competition
Brooke Hughes (Year 12)

Canterbury Secondary School Road Race Championships: U16 Boys' Race
Kupa Rule (Year 10)

Hawke's Bay Easter Highland Games:

  • Comunn na Piobaireachd Bronze Medal – Sam Foote (Year 10)
  • C Grade 6/8 March – Maggie McConnochie (Year 9)
  • B Grade 2/4 March – Lucas Paterson (Year 12)

Te Anau Tartan Festival: D Grade 2/4 March
William Nicholls (Year 8)

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Swimming Championships 2023:

  • Girls 12–13 Years 50m Butterfly – Irina Westerink (Year 9)
  • Boys 14 Years 50m Butterfly – Joshua Exon (Year 10)
  • Girls 14 Years 200m Freestyle Relay – Amelie Clark, Charlotte Kyle, Olivia Ratcliffe and Rebecca Kingsbury (all Year 10)
  • Boys 15 Years 200m Freestyle Relay – George Bissland (Year 10), Luca Graham, Sam McAlister and William McConchie (all Year 11)
  • Girls Open Age 200m Freestyle Relay – Rylee McBride (Year 11), Caitlin Roberts, Maddison Barr, Isabella McConchie (all Year 13)
  • Boys 16–18 Years 200m Freestyle Relay – Elliot Graves, Joe Mundy, Jaden Hu and Ryan Marsh (all Year 12)

Canterbury Senior Secondary School Volleyball Championships
Senior A Girls volleyball team: Charlotte Galvan (Year 10), Ashley Bonne, Mia Montgomery (both Year 11), Niamh Chamberlain, Milla Downing, Gabrielle Jones, Molly-Belle Morrow (all Year 12), Tineke Hinton and Penelope Taulafo (both Year 13)

Canterbury Secondary Schools' Athletic Championships

  • U19 3000m – Hannah Hughes (Year 12)
  • U19 200m – Miah Taylor (Year 12)
  • U14 Boys 1500m – Kupa Rule (Year 10)

Canterbury Secondary Schools Senior Tennis Championships: Girls' Year 11 Singles
Ruby McPhail (Year 11)

Other Competitions

1st Place Awards

Waipu Highland Games 2023:

  • Overall A Grade Side Drumming, A Grade Drumming MSR, Hornpipe and Jig and Drum Fanfare – Georgia Eagle (Year 13)
  • Overall Aggregate Open Tenor Drumming, Intermediate Tenor Drumming, 2/4 March, Open MSR and Open Hornpipe and Jig – Alanna Brook (Year 10)
2nd Place Awards

2023 Apollo Projects Division II Swimming Competition: 15-year-old 50m Backstroke
Luca Graham (Year 11)

Tasman Honda Six-hour Cross-country Motocross Event
Shey Doerner-Corson (Year 10)

Christchurch Representatives

2023 Christchurch School’s Music Festival

  • Junior Representative Choir – Annabelle Laurenson, Jessica Whitehead, Ruby Richards (all Year 5) and XiaoYa (Cynthia) Zhou (Year 6)
  • Senior Representative Choir – Matilda Atkins, Jacob Triplow, (both Year 8) and Joy Zuo (Year 7)
  • Symphony Orchestra – Annie Zhang, Anthony Song, Jaden Jia, Yutian (Tianna) Chen (all Year 8), Ethan Waines, Ethan Zhao, Lexie Dong, Cong (Zilong) Chen, Baizhen (Tony) Chen (all Year 7), Chloe Sha, Jacob Wang, and Yunze Li (all Year 6)

Kids' Lit Quiz National Competition
St Andrew's College Kids' Lit Quiz Team – Emmett Lawler, Harry Sibson (both Year 7), Matilda Atkins and Zoe Bostock (both Year 8)

2023 Christchurch Youth Orchestra
Namoi Dana (Year 13) – Trumpet

Records

Swimming – Canterbury 16 and Over Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
Rylee McBride (Year 11)

Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletic Prelims: U14 Boys' 200m Heats
Findley Curtis (Year 10)

Castings

KPA Battle Squad – Dance Show on TVNZ2, On Demand TVNZ+ and TVNZ+ kids
Jayden Lai (Year 7)

Highland Dance Company of New Zealand (Touring Team)
Siara Clarke (Year 12)

Disney's Frozen JR. at the Court Theatre

  • Miah Taylor (Year 12) – Elsa
  • Eden Taylor (Year 9) – Olaf
  • Harrison Mugford (Year 8) – Bishop
  • Edward Keenan (Year 9) – Sven
  • Austen Fraser (Year 6) – Company Member

Writing

National Poetry Day Given Words Competition – The following students had poems selected for publishing:

  • Thomas Butterfield (Year 13);
  • Luke Manson (Year 10);

New Zealand Poetry Society’s 2023 anthology – The following students have had their work selected for publication in the New Zealand Poetry Society’s 2023 anthology:

  • Charlotte Galvan (Year 10), with her poem Tangaroa;
  • Luke Manson (Year 10), with his poem The Game Goes On;
  • Charlotte Bull (Year 11), with her poem Strange Symphony;
  • Xanthe Ward (Year 10), with her poem Painting with Tangaroa;
  • Cherry Zhou (Year 12), with her poem The Mouse and the Lion;
  • Freddy Todhunter (Year 13), with her haiku earthquake;
  • Bede Miller (Year 13) with his haiku the river flows fast.

New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2023
Haiku Junior Section

  • Runner Up: Jenna Howell (Year 12), with stage lights blind;
  • Highly Commended: Cameron Scott (Year 13) with almost sundown; Rylee McBride (Year 11) with one last breath;
  • Commended: Amy Hughes (Year 13) with flower to flower; Charlize Smith (Year 11) with walking home; Daniel Dolan (Year 13) with phone battery low; Alfred Lash (Year 5) with a flit and a flot.

Open Junior Section, Primary/Intermediate

  • Commended: Heidi Smith (Year 9) with Medusa.

National Flash Fiction Day International Flash Fiction Competition 2023 – Longlisted Stories:

  • Milla Hooker (Year 10), Cold White World
  • Ellie Zhou (Year 10), 38 am and Homeland
  • Charles McCully (Year 11), Seagulls and the Disc
  • Dixel Vallabh (Year 12), The Part Time Life
  • Chelsea Jenkins (Year 13), Till she tastes air

The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition

  • James Anthony (Year 11) – Silver Award
  • Rylee McBride (Year 11) – Bronze Award

Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Awards

Gold

Year 13 Students: Max Blockley, Gabriella Kenton-Smith, Josh McPhail, Campbell Searle

Silver

Year 12 Students: Abby Baxter, Hannah Burnett, Henry Forgie, Iona Lawson, Addison Pilkington, Billie Revis, Holly Rossiter, Megan Simpson, Isobel Bhatia, Lucia Croft, Jack Flanagan, Noah Grossmith, Madison Hughes, Jayden Okeroa, Jack O’Neil, Xanthe Pearce, Hugo Ranken, Samuel Scott, Alexandra Shepherd, Sienna Spark, Jemma Treleaven, Leon Dias and Jack Satterthwaite, Hunter Lewis, Grace Kempthorne

Year 13 Students: Matthew Browne, Naomi Dana, Jacob Giles, Nikkita McIntyre, William Russell, Harrison Justice, Finlay Fairweather-Logie, Chelsea Jenkins

Scholarships

South Island Ballet Awards – Associate Intensive Program Short-Term Scholarship at Melbourne Academy of the Arts 2023/2024
Alyssa Geddes (Year 8)

Melbourne Academy of Arts Dance School Training Scholarship
Alyssa Geddes (Year 8)

Atlantic Pacific Japan Global Leadership Spring Camp 2022
Milly Gjelstad (Year 12)

2023 Christchurch and Canterbury Secondary Schools' Sport Championship Finals

1st Place Awards
  • Canterbury Secondary Schools Championship Whelan Trophy (Girls' Basketball) – Senior Girls' A Basketball Team
  • School Premier 1st XI Football Competition – Girls' 1st XI Football Team
  • Division 1 U15 Rugby Title – Under 15 Open Rugby Team
  • CNC Finals U17 Division 1 – U17A Netball Team
  • CNC Year 9 Champions – Year 9A Netball Team
2nd Place Awards
  • SSP Final (Girls' Hockey) – Girls' 1st XI Hockey Team
3rd Place Awards
  • Christchurch SuperNet Competition – Senior A Netball Team

Other Achievements

38th Annual University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition: Top 30 Students in New Zealand
Joshua Exon (Year 10)

World Vision Senior Scholarship Summit Selection: World Vision Senior Scholarship Summit
Samuel Ferguson (Year 12)

2023 World Vision 40-Hour Challenge
St Andrew's College recognised as one of New Zealand's top-performing secondary schools

Ballet Exam Scholarship Nominations:

  • Femke McLean (Year 9)
  • Neve Aitken (Year 10)
  • Charlotte Kyle (Year 10)
  • Siara Clarke (Year 12)

Skoda Southern Tour Cycling Race: King of the Moutain – Second Place
Cohnor Walsh (Year 10)

Cantamath

  • Year 9 Competition: StAC1 Placed Third
  • Year 10 Competition: StAC1 Placed Second

National Schools Poetry Award – Top 10
Drew Castles and Jonah Cropp (both Year 13)

Ara JazzQuest:

  • Big Band – Gold Award
  • Soul Band – Silver Award
  • Jazz Orchestra – Silver Award

H.C. Andersen International Art Exhibition – Gold in Junior Group
Aiden Jia (Year 5)

Play It Strange Peace Song Competition – Finalist
Tamaroa Connelly (Year 12)

Ara JazzQuest Gala Concert – Best Bassist
Luke Brown (Year 13)

2023 NZCT Schools' Chamber Music Contest – Canterbury District Round: Best Newcomers Award
Pickle – Cong (Zilong) Chen (Year 7), Hao Bo (Terence) Yang and Alexander Allan (both Year 8)

2023 NZCT Schools' Chamber Music Contest – Canterbury District Round: Adjudicators Award
Hidin' In Strowan – Baizhen (Tony) Chen, Lexie Dong and Ethan Waines (all Year 7)

Seeding Funding Application – $200 from Young Enterprise
Alex Rippin, Craig Glass, Fergus Sidey and Elijah Hyde (all Year 13)

New Zealand HoopNation Junior Showcase '17U Rising Star'
Ophelia Powell (Year 12)

2023 Basketball Without Boarders Asia Camp
Kavanah Lene (Year 13)