It's been a fabulous summer, and many of our students continued achieveing their personal best.

Picton Maritime Festival Scholarships

Congratulations to the following 2021 students who were awarded a scholarship from the Picton Maritime Festival Scholarship Awards. The scholarships were officially handed out on Saturday 22 January and will help each of the successful applicants to pursue their careers.

• Emma Purdie-Sprosen
• Nikita Gapper
  
• Kennedy Florence
• Isabella Kellahan
  
• Pippa Bishop (absent) 
  

Sporting Success

Colgate Games (North Island and Invercargill)

The Colgate Games were held in January for North Island and South Island, resulting in gold and silver coming back to Blenheim!

We were delighted to see Brook Harper (Year 10) taking out silver in the long jump and 100m. In addition to Brook's success, three new Year 9s also placed.

Congratulations to 

• Neve McKenzie - Silver in the 1500m and Bronze in the 400m and 800m (North Island)
• Ryleigh Gale - Gold in the Hurdles (North Island)
• Isla Tilbury - Gold in the 400m and 800m and Silver High Jump (North Island), and Gold in 400m and 800m (Invercargill)

Click here for full article from the Marlborough Express

Touch Champions!

Just before Christmas the Marlborough Under 14 Girls Touch team won the South Island Champs - and although this is a significant achievement it is even more amazing as it was the first time in 20 years! Lizzie Pousima (Year 10) was in the team and 8 of the players join us here at Marlborough Girls' College next week.

Softball 

Some of our current and soon to be Year 9 MGC students were team members in the Marlborough Under 15 Girls - (Central) Softball Team, who participated in the Southern Zone U15 Softball Tournament in Ashburton during the term break. They gave it their best, and despite not placing in the top three, one of their team, Kyla Thorstensen (Year 10) was named in the Rest Tournament Team at the end of the tournament. Great work team!

Cricket

Congratulations to Y12 student Maddie Winstanley who is one of two Marlborough cricketers to be selected into the Nelson Senior Women's Cricket team. They are due to play the first two rounds of the Shrimpton Trophy this coming weekend, which is a Central Districts competition.

Maddie was also selected to play in the Marlborough Women's team along with Y11 student Stella Cornelius. Well done to both of them.