The Sports Awards in November were a chance to recognise Service to Sport, 1st Teams, Cup Winners, Additional awards, NZ Representatives or Title holders, along with Prestige Sports Trophy winners. Richard Young, 'High Performance Futurist', Mentor, Speaker, Author and Advisor was our Guest of Honour.

The Team of the Year was the 1st Touch Team.

This year there was two nominees for the Salter Trophy, Dylan Pledger, pictured, (NZ Secondary Schools Rugby Team Selection, NZ Touch U18 Team Selection) and Quinten Holland (NZ Secondary Schools Rugby Team Selection). Dylan won the trophy.

SERVICE TO SPORT AWARDS

Badminton

• TJ Arya – Mentoring
  

Basketball

• Adam Dunlop – Coaching
  
• Ghazi Kanafani – Coaching
  
• Xavier Masaki – Coaching
  
• Justin Talalima-Wineti – Coaching and Refereeing
  

Cricket

• Jack Soal – Coaching and Mentoring
  

Cross Country

• Rocky Allan – Mentoring
  

Football

• Ollie Bates – Junior Coaching
  
• Eric Bracey – Community Coaching
  
• Eden Brummitt Rodriguez – Community Coaching
  
• Jack Caldwell – Community Coaching
  
• Sam Caldwell – Community Coaching
  
• Zak Chisholm – Community Coaching
  
• Jonty Davidson – Community Coaching
  
• Ryan Foster – Community Coaching
  
• Ryder Guthrie – Community Coaching
  
• Hugh Jack – Community Coaching
  
• Finn Jones – Community Coaching
  
• Quinn Mair – Community Coaching
  
• Sean McCabe – Community Coaching
  
• Danny Moore – Community Coaching
  
• Arkyn Petrie – Junior Coaching 
  
• Ben Wood – Community Coaching
  

Hockey

• Marley Bennett – Junior Coaching
  

Smallbore Rifle

• Fletcher Hall – Coaching and Mentoring
  

Shooting

• Tyler Kerr – Most Improved Marksman (Challenge Cup)
  

Softball

• Hemi Tokona – Coaching and Mentoring
  
• Corbin Tuwairua – Coaching and Mentoring
  

Touch

• Joel Cook – Coaching and Mentoring
  
• Jaxon Harvey – Coaching and Mentoring
  
• Kairangi Koni – Coaching
  
• Isaac Kramers – Coaching
  
• Jaxon Moeahu – Coaching and Mentoring
  
• Albie Reed – Coaching
  

Volleyball

• Charlie Jackson – Coaching and Refereeing
  
• Tom Severne – Coaching and Refereeing
  
• Tevita Tu’i – Coaching and Refereeing
  

Water Polo

• Noah Brummitt – Coaching
  
• Ted Menzies – Coaching, Refereeing and Mentoring
  
• Daniel Wheeler – Coaching
  
• Mitchell Wheeler – Coaching
  

1ST TEAM TROPHIES AND CUP WINNERS 

Athletics

• Hugh Jack – Senior Champion (Dr R. Findlay Allan Cup) and 1500m Senior Champion (King's High School Old Boys' Association Silver Jubilee Cup)
  
• Alex MacDonald – Senior Pentathlon Champion (Lindsay Family Cup)
  
• Alfie Weatherston-Harvey – U16 1500m (J.C.H. Somerville Cup)
  
• Reid Leckie – U16 Champion (H.K. Claridge Cup)
  
• Thomas Jenkins – U15 Champion (King’s High School Medal)
  

Badminton

• William Blakie – Badminton Excellence (Graham-Shastri Trophy)
  
• Ian Tan – King’s High School Champion (Challenge Cup)
  

Basketball

• Adam Dunlop – Contribution to Basketball (Glen Denham Cup)
  
• Xavier Masaki – Most Improved Player Trophy 1st Basketball Team
  
• Jackson Schroder – Defensive Player of the Year (Hayden Allen Trophy)
  
• Jacoby Hooper – Most Valuable Player (Glen Denham Trophy)
  

Cricket

• Jak Macdonald – Highest Batting Average in the 1st XI (Cleavin Cup) and Warwick Larkins Memorial Trophy for Contribution to the 1st XI Cricket Team
  
• Tyler McCleery – Proficiency and Improvement in Bowling & Fielding (Dunedin Cricket Club Cup)
  
• Reuben Potgieter – Best Catch of the Season (H. Sinclair Cup)
  
• Sam Hyde – Most Improved Player in the 1st XI (Otago High Schools’ Old Boys Cricket Club)
  
• Jack Soal – Service to King's High School Cricket (Albion Cricket Club Inc Cup)
  

Cross Country

• Rocky Allan – Keenness and Enthusiasm (A.M. Cooper Cup)
  
• Hugh Jack – Senior Fastest Time (Caversham Harrier Club Cup)
  
• Joshua Scott – Intermediate Fastest Time (Civil Service Harrier Cup)
  

Football

• Jack Caldwell – Captain 1st XI (Ray Watts Trophy) and King's High School MVP (Collings Family Cup)
  
• Hugh Jack – Golden Boot 1st XI (Brooks Trophy)
  
• Ben Wood – Service and Sportsmanship (Bremner Trophy)
  
• Danny Moore – Most Improved Player in 1st XI (N.H. Taylor Cup)
  

Golf

• Kairangi Koni – Golf Championship Medal (King’s High School Overall Champion)
  
• Joshua Scott – King’s High School, School Council (Russell Jones Cup for Most Improved)
  

1ST TEAM TROPHIES AND CUP WINNERS

Hockey

• Joe French – Outstanding Playing in 1st XI Hockey (Otago Indoor Hockey Association)
  
• Max Holgate – Most Improved Player 1st XI Hockey (H.L. Hobson Cup)
  

Rugby

• Dylan Pledger – A.J. Barron Excellence in Rugby Medal
  
• Quinten Holland – Outstanding Achievement in Rugby (Dunbar Cup)
  
• Samuel McCormack – 1st XV Prize Greatest Contribution to the 1st XV (Donald Trophy)
  
• Max Miller – Most Improved Player in 1st XV (Morris Carson Cup)
  
• Torino Jackson – Most Promising 1st XV Player (Paterson Cup)
  
• Jake Palmer – J Hall Memorial Cup and Scholarship
  

Smallbore Rifle Shooting

• Fletcher Hall – Best Marksman (Reid Logging Trophy)
  
• Tyler Kerr – Most Improved Marksman (Challenge Cup)
  

Softball

• Corbin Tuwairua – King's High School Most Valuable Player Trophy
  

Surfing

• Lewis Murphy – King’s High School Most Outstanding School Surfer
  

Touch

• Dylan Pledger – Most Valuable Player (Koni Whanau Cup)
  
• Joel Cook – Player of the Year (School Trophy)
  
• Tyler Metua – King’s 1st Touch Team Trophy (Kingsmen Trophy)
  
• Angus Macgregor – King’s 1st Touch Rookie of the Year
  
• Henry Smale – Sportsmanship (Otago Touch Referees Association)
  

Volleyball

• Charlie Jackson – Most Improved Player (Peter Gilchrist Cup) and Commitment and Services to Volleyball (Campbell Family Cup)
  
• Tom Severne – Most Valuable Player Cup
  

Water Polo

• Mitchell Wheeler – Most Dedicated Player (The Tony Graham Trophy)
  
• Ted Menzies – Services to Water Polo (Borley Family Trophy)
  

ADDITIONAL TROPHY WINNERS 

Ice Hockey 

• Thomas Clark – Most Outstanding Senior Player Trophy

Rowing 

• Alex McKeever – King's High School Rower of the Year (Morrison Blade) and Most Improved Rower (Kelvin Maker Trophy)

Swimming 

• Alfie Weatherston-Harvey – Senior Champion (K.W.R. Glasgow Cup) New Zealand Representatives or Title Holders

Jiu-jitsu 

• Luke Brinkley – Juvenile Men Green U73Kg Jiu-jitsu Champion

Netball 

• Vincent Laban – NZ Men’s Invitational Netball Team

Rugby League 

• Torino Jackson – NZ Aotearoa Whaanui League Team and Scorpions Rugby League Youth Champions

Rugby 

• Quinten Holland – NZ Secondary Schools Rugby Team
  
• Dylan Pledger – NZ Secondary Schools Rugby Team and NZ U18 Touch
  

Touch 

• Jeremiah Tuhega-Vaitupu – NZ U16 and NZ U18 Touch

Weightlifting 

• Jeremy Manteiga – U15 Men 73Kg Weightlifting Champion