Congratulations and good luck to Year 12 student Leo Mwape who won the recent Manawatū Regional Race Unity Speech competition and will now go on to compete in the national finals in Auckland in June. This will be Leo’s second involvement in the national finals after also winning the regional event in 2022. This year’s theme was ‘Nurture the Young’ and Leo’s speech centred on a forest metaphor – in a forest young trees grow up to replace the older trees and we see similar in society where young people are nurtured to be the next generation of adults. We wish Leo all the best for the national finals.

The annual PNBHS Cross Country was contested in superb conditions on the Kebble Farm course earlier this term.  It has been fantastic to see the large fields of young men electing to challenge themselves and compete in recent years and 2023 certainly followed this trend.

Congratulations to the first three home in the Cross Country - in 1st place Jonathan Jamieson, 2nd Jacob Lean and 3rd Jarvis Shaw.

Thanks to Massey University for their continuing support in allowing us to use their farm for what is a challenging course.

Junior Race: Jarvis Shaw was first, with Filip Martin second and Grayson Cattle third

Intermediate race: Jacob Lean was first, followed by Charlie Hook and Brodie Bennett

Senior race: Jonathan Jamieson was the winner, with Jamie Bennett second, while there is a continuing steward’s inquiry over third. 

Murray finished first in the Shand Shield points, followed by Kia Ora, Phoenix, Albion, Vernon, Gordon