I’d like to invite Cuthbert House Prefect Tom Baines forward to deliver today’s reading.
Today’s reading comes from Luke Chapter 23 Verses 44 – 47

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” This is the word of the Lord (Thanks be to God)

Rectors Comments:
Thank you, Tom. Today is the day we acknowledge our Summer Sports Colours for 2022. Director of Sports Mr Petersen will explain to your what sports colours are all about, so I’ll leave that to him, but I just want to congratulate the Colours recipients for all the time and effort they’ve put into their various sports.

Colours is the outcome, the reward that we see and hear about today, but the many hours of practice, training and play that has taken place, play a big part in earning colours, so well done to you all, and I look forward to seeing who we recognise later in the year for cultural colours, winter sport colours and Yr 13 Academic colours.

As I mentioned on Monday, Open Day was a big success and so thank you all once again. The word on the street is that amazing things are happening at this College and I am proud of the fact that we are the No 1 school of choice for boys in the Hawke’s Bay. That’s down to you boys and our incredible staff and the parents and friends who support us too, so thank you for the successful term we’ve all shared together. It’s so exciting to be part of a school that’s committed to growth and improvement and where every one of us wants to be the best that we can be, because that’s what makes us a great school and not just a good school.

In some ways it felt like we had to do a reset on our start to the year after Cyclone Gabrielle, but I was really impressed with the way you got back into your routines once we all returned to College life. I just want to acknowledge those families who are still dealing with the aftermath of the Cyclone - whilst many of us have returned to a sense of normality and are looking forward to rest and recreation in the upcoming holidays, we must remember that there are many who are still working hard to recover businesses and homes.

Tomorrow is the start of your school holidays, but it’s also Good Friday the start of our Easter weekend and day when we mourn the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. So it’s a day for you to reflect on the Christian cornerstone and the powerful part it plays in your life. If you don’t think the Christian cornerstone plays a big part in your life, then think about the fact that you attend about 400 chapels if you start at Lindisfarne in Yr 9 and 550 if you start in Year 7. That’s a lot of sermons and lots of opportunities to relate the stories we hear about in our bible readings to your own lives.

And then we have Easter Sunday and that is a day of celebration as we celebrate the resurrection and of course if we luck to enough to receive or discover an Easter Egg on Sunday, the egg is a symbol of new life and it gives us that sense of hope and optimism for all the good things that will come in our lives.

Let’s not forget that Anzac Day is on Tuesday 25 April, two days before our first day back at school. It’s the day when we New Zealanders and Australians who fought alongside each other in WWI, honour those who have given their lives for their country. You may be attending a dawn service with your parents or other families on that day. I’ll be joined by William our Head Prefect and other members of the Prefect team at the dawn service in Hastings, as we lay a wreath at the cenotaph on behalf of you all. Another day for you to reflect on all the things that you can feel grateful for in your lives. Your family, your friends, those you love and care about.

I look forward to seeing many of our boarders return on the Wednesday evening before school starts back and then everyone else returns for our first full day of school on Thursday 27th April. So we start with a very short week.

Have a fantastic break and make sure you have fun and at the same time stay safe. We want you all back safe and sound ready for a really busy Term two. It’s going to be packed with winter sports, the College production, house events, the Senior Ball and I don’t have to remind you that junior exams and a whole lot of externals are going to packed in there too. So yes it’s going to full on.

I look forward to acknowledging our Colours recipient along with some academic and sports award winners too, and the reason we’re facing this way for our final assembly of the day, is because we have a special musical performance too. First, please join with me as we start to practice for our amazing House Singing Competition in term 2, as we now sing our our National Anthem, God Defend New Zealand.

Academic Awards:

Excellence Awards

NCEA Level 1 Economics
Demonstrate understanding of the decisions the producer makes about production.
Theo King
Niko Drayton

NCEA Level 2 Economics
Analyse unemployment using economic concepts and models
Josef Oosthuizen (Absent)
Charles Park
Chris Proctor
Angus Scott
Harrison Quayle
Daniel Lie

NCEA Level 3 Economics
“Demonstrate understanding of micro-economic concepts”
Jack Blyth
Tom Cassidy
Frederick Hoggard
Fraser Ross
Paora Watene
Jake Bhudisanont


Sports Report from Mr Petersen

Summer Sports Colours are awarded to our athletes/sportsmen who have reached high levels of success either individually or in a team environment. The criteria for these awards is based on excellence of performance in the school premiere teams or in an individual sport where regional honours have led to national level competition. Those receiving these awards must always act as a role model to others and have an unselfish dedication and commitment to their sport while being part of the leadership group alongside the coaching staff. It is one of the highest and prestigious awards that can be awarded in sport while at school.

Cricket
Congratulations to the 2nd Xl cricket team for finishing runner up in the Division 2 Mens grade. Although they went close at the weekend NBHS proved too strong batting second and secured the victory. This has been another excellent season for the 2nd Xl team and a big thank you to Mr Peter Kane who has coached them this term. His coaching and dedication has certainly helped secure a number of wins for the team this year.

In the final match of the season for the 1st Xl against HBHS in a 2 day game it came down to the very final ball of the innings with Lindisfarne requiring a wicket to secure victory. Finn Reid after two days play was the man of the moment claiming the wicket and securing a fantastic win for the 1st Xl. There was a number of outstanding performances during the game with Jack Blyth scoring 33 runs but Oscar McDonalds 54 runs in the first innings and 41n not out in the second innings along with taking 6 wickets for 21 runs in the second innings was certainly a man of the match performance.

NAME: George Mowat YEAR: 13 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 3
CITATION: George is a good leader and captain of the current 1st Xl Cricket side. He has had a good summer opening the batting, wicket keeping and captaining the first 11. He scored 321 runs @ 24.72 taking 28 catches, five wickets and was a CD U 17 rep at the national tournament in January.

NAME: Finn Reid YEAR: 12 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 2
CITATION: Finn has had another excellent season and is the top wicket taker once again this season with 48 wickets at 18.7. He also scored 254 runs with a top score of 69 vs HNCC. He's a very good leg spin bowler and is a current member of the CD under 17 team.

NAME: Oscar McDonald YEAR: 12 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 2
CITATION: Oscar is an excellent all-rounder and has had a very good summer both with bat and ball scoring 416 runs at 25.2 and taking 22 wickets at an average of 25.8. He took on the role of opening the batting in term one with much success. He is currently in the HB Cricket side.

Futsal

Presented with their NISS Futsal Championship medals and Trophy

Our senior team who recently won the Hawkes Bay Secondary Schools Championship headed to Tauranga for the North Island Championships. Playing in a pool of 8 and having to finish top 2 to make the final, our team went through pool play unbeaten topping the pool. This leaving them with the challenge of beating Papamoa College to win the championship outright. A quick start saw the team lead 2 nil after 5 minutes. The game settled and flowed back and forth in a tense final. Eventually we gained further dominance and won the final 6 nil. Although this appears a comfortable win it was far from it with Ben Graney having to make some huge saves throughout the game, Tom Speers defending some critical attacking moves, while Harry Huxford, Rene O’Sullivan and Alex Davies all scoring 2 goals a piece. The entire squad had a fantastic week, all contributing to a final worthy of being crowned North Island Champions.

Would Julian Schmith, Will Foster, Tom Cassidy and Carter Lachmund come up first to receive their medal and remain on stage.

Now ask for Ben Graney, Rene O’Sullivan, Alex Davies, Harry Huxford and Tom Speers to now come forward to receive their medal, tom as captain of the team to receive the Trophy and while these 5 boys up here I would like to present them with their futsal colours.

NAME: Ben Graney YEAR: 12 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 1
CITATION: Ben is a key member of the team who have been crowned HBSS Champions, HB Mens Champions as well as winning the NI SS Futsal Championships. He was named Golden Gloves winner at the HBSS Futsal Awards.

NAME: Tom Speers YEAR: 12 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 3
CITATION: Tom is a key member of the team who have been crowned HBSS Champions, HB Mens Champions as well as winning the NI SS Futsal Championships. He was named Golden Boot winner at the HBSS Futsal Awards. Tom is the captain of the U17 Central League Futsal Team.

NAME: Harry Huxford YEAR: 12 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 3
CITATION: Harry is a key member of the team who have been crowned HBSS Champions, HB Mens Champions as well as winning the NI SS Futsal Championships. Harry was named to play in the U17 HB Futsal team but commitments in the NZ U17 Football team meant he was unable to play. Harry was also selected to represent the men’s Super League Team.

NAME: Alex Davies YEAR: 13 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 1
CITATION: Alex is a key member of the team who have been crowned HBSS Champions, HB Mens Champions as well as winning the NI SS Futsal Championships. Alex is a strong player who troubles his opposition with power, speed and skill.

NAME: Rene O’Sullivan YEAR: 13 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 2
CITATION: Rene is a key member of the team who have been crowned HBSS Champions, HB Mens Champions as well as winning the NI SS Futsal Championships. Rene is a skilled player who distributes well.

Athletics

NAME: Angus Scott YEAR: 11
CITATION: Angus is the Intermediate age group champion this year and represented the school at ECNI champs winning 2 very competitive titles the 100m and 200m. Angus was selected to
represent the ECNI region at NI secondary school champs but was unable to participate.

NAME: Austin McDougall YEAR: 11
CITATION: Austin excels in the throw events and high jump. At ECNI champs this year Austin won both the shot put and discus. He displays very good technique and was selected to represent ECNI region at the NI secondary school champs.

NAME: Jonty Roil YEAR: 11
CITATION: Jonty is the 2023 senior championship runner-up, winning all 3 throwing events. Despite a shoulder injury he still managed to win 2 titles at ECNI champs, the senior boys discus and hammer and was selected to represent the ECNI region at NI secondary school champs.

NAME: Callum O’Keeffe YEAR: 11
CITATION: Callum is 2023 Senior champion winning all 6 track events and breaking a 2017 record in the process. Callum has historically been one of Lindisfarne’s most successful track athletes. At the 2022 national secondary schools champs, Callum finished 5th in the final of the senior boys 800m, he convincingly won the 400 and 800 at the 2023 ECNI champs, was selected to represent the ECNI region at NI secondary school champs, gaining a PB in the senior boys 400m.

Boxing

NAME: Jett Varcoe YEAR: 12
CITATION: Along with a number of national boxing titles Jett is the current NZ Champion for the U 63 kg class.

Fencing

NAME: Jacob Double YEAR: 13 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM:
CITATION: Jacob is currently ranked No. 1 in HB U 17 Eppe class of “fencing”. He is also ranked 6th in NZ for the same class, thus qualifying him for the NZ U 20 fencing team that competed recently in Australia in a national competition where he picked up a number of wins against higher ranked opponents.

Kayaking

NAME: Matt McKendry YEAR: 11
CITATION: Matt was selected to represent NZ in the under 16 team competing in the Asia Pacific competition.
He has also won a string of national titles in the following events 1st in the U16 Mens K4 200m, K4 500m, Mixed K4 200m and 100m

NAME: Oscar Jarvis YEAR: 11 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM:
CITATION: Oscar was selected to represent NZ in the under 16 team competing in the Asia Pacific competition. He has also won a string of national titles in the following events 1st in the U 16’s Mens K2 200m and 500m events

Mountain Biking

NAME: Charlie Wiffin YEAR: 11
CITATION: Charlie is the 5th best rider in the country for his age group. He has had a number of podium finishes in events across the country while also picking up titles in the Manawatu Schools downhill events and enduro events.

Polo

NAME: Herbie Coates YEAR: 13

CITATION: After a number of years representing Hawkes Bay throughout the age groups in polo, Herbie has been selected into the NZ U18 team to compete at the Worlds in Boston, USA.

Sailing

NAME: Finn Balchin YEAR: 13 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM:
CITATION: Finn has competed in a number of national events across the country with both national and international sailors in these regattas. Finn was also selected to the NZ Sailing team in the 420 class and raced at the Junior European Championships

NAME: Carl Marshall YEAR: 12 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM:
CITATION: In the past 12 months Carl has maintained his representation in the NZ under 17 age group while also being selected into the Sailing Skiff Fleet World Championships in Italy this year.

NAME: William Muir YEAR: 13 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM:
CITATION: William has competed at a national level in sailing for a number of years now and more recently has picked up 1st placings in the following events: Brass Monkey Regatta, NSC Winter Sailing 1st place, Napier Sailing Club Laser Trophy . He has been selected into a number of national events across the country and placed 3rd in the North Island Championships which is ideal preparation for Nationals 2024.

Skiing

NAME: Luke Wilkins YEAR: 12 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM:
CITATION: Luke is a current member of the NZ Junior Ski Team, ranked number 1 seed competing regularly on the World Junior Circuit. This selection is gained from a large number of representative honours achieved across many events held across the country.

Surf Lifesaving

NAME: Beau Marshall YEAR: 13 YEARS IN 1ST TEAM: 2
CITATION: The past two years Beau has competed in a number of IRB events across the country. From his solid performances he has secured North Island placings and more recently finished 3rd at the Nationals.
Thank you Mr Petersen I now call on Cultural Prefect Callum Wallace to deliver his report.

House Music

I’m happy to announce that the theme for next term’s House Music will be “Aotearoa New Zealand” This means that the song for the Full House Choir must be a song by a New Zealander or by someone living in New Zealand. Take some time to listen to some New Zealand music over the holidays– there is a lot out there to choose from.

The Addams Family

Tickets have now gone on sale for the musical production of the The Addams Family with Woodford House. The show will be on from 2 – 5th May. We have already sold about 400 tickets which is fantastic. I encourage you to get along to the show, so talk to mum and dad now about buying tickets.
Marcus, Ryan, Leo and myself are now going to are now going to play a piece to you called….Rector

Congratulations once again to everyone who has been acknowledged today. Have a great break and I’ll now invite Reverend Dunnett to close our assembly and our term in prayer.

Article added: Thursday 06 April 2023