Figure Skating - New Zealand Representative

Good luck to our ice skating queen Jazz Evangelou on her next epic adventure. Jazz will be representing New Zealand in the Under 19 Junior Women’s grade. Jazz will be departing New Zealand today to compete in Melbourne Australia, and return the following Friday having had another opportunity to represent New Zealand. 

We are all supporting you back home Jazz, all the very best and wear the fern with pride!

Hockey

Congratulations to Renee Geddes (Year 12) on her recent selection into the Otago Under 18 Women’s Hockey team. Renee is the youngest member of the team playing with the best players across Otago. She will compete in the Mainland and National Championship later in the year which will provide her with her first taste of Under 18 Otago Hockey.

We are so proud of you Renee, we are excited to hear about how you and your team go!

Athletics

Congratulations to Sylvie Haig (Year 10), Aurora Wills (Year 11) and Martha Lipross (Year 10) on a successful Otago Athletics season. All three students have been working hard in their school, club and Otago environments and have received the following accolades at the Otago Athletics Awards Ceremony last week:

• Aurora Wills - Helm Trophy for most points in Junior Women’s sprints

• Martha Lipross - Otago Record: Pole Vault

• Sylvie Haig - Otago Record: 4x100m and 4x400m relay

Congratulations on your awesome results!

Apollo Projects Funding

Queen’s High School is excited to announce that we have partnered with Apollo Projects again for 2025. After a successful year of supporting students in 2024, this partnership is to provide more students with the opportunity to participate in sports by making funding more accessible. The Apollo Projects funding would help students pay for fees, tournament costs, equipment such as boots and shin pads, sport related travel, and other sporting costs.

To be eligible to access the Apollo Projects funding, students must meet the following criteria:

• The funding goes to students who would otherwise miss out. There is a demonstrable need (e.g., disadvantaged circumstances) or financial barrier to participation in sport.

• The individual shows positive interest,  ability,  or potential in their sport. 

• Funding would assist in potentially providing a better long-term outcome for that student in sport and life.

To access the Apollo Projects funding, we ask that students and their parents/caregivers/whānau please fill out the following form by clicking HERE. Students can apply for up to $500 per annum. There is a limited amount of funding available and will be distributed via a selection panel. 

Last year student Annie Tocher received funding from Apollo Projects to support her rowing. Annie is a keen and competitive rower, with dreams of representing New Zealand one day! Here is what Annie had to say about Apollo Projects and the support that it provided her to continue rowing:

"I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the  funding from the Apollo Project. This contribution has made a real difference in helping me continue with my rowing, and I truly appreciate it. easing some of the financial strain that comes with being in a sport that can get pretty expensive. Rowing requires a lot of gear, travel, and coaching, so having this support has helped my family out a lot, and it’s one less thing to worry about. I’ve been rowing for a while now, and it’s become a big part of my life. I really enjoy the challenge and the teamwork, and I’m always excited to get out on the water. The funding allows me to focus more on improving my skills and pushing myself further in the sport. Once again, thank you for your support. It really means a lot to me, and I’m grateful for your belief in what I’m doing."

- Annie Tocher (Year 11)

Sporting Chance

Sporting Chance is a programme through Sport Otago that provides financial assistance to children from disadvantaged circumstances to help them take part in sport.  It funds participation and will assist with the basic costs of playing a sport.  Sporting Chance makes grants for the costs of:

• Fees. You can apply for the cost of club or school fees for playing sport.  There are some exceptions - see below - so be sure to apply for the right costs to increase your chances of getting a grant.

• Sporting footwear. You can apply for the cost of sporting footwear such as football boots, court shoes or running shoes.

To be eligible for a grant, a student must be:

• Regularly attending school in Otago, and be between Years 1 and 13.

• Participating in an ongoing sporting commitment, which could be a season or a year depending on the sport.

• Have genuine financial need as determined by the referring body.

If you are interested in accessing this fund for your child, please contact Tessa at sport@queens.school.nz. Please note, Sporting Chance only covers the current school term’s fees, and cannot be used on outstanding fees from previous terms. Sporting Chance is available all year round, please enquire with Tessa directly.

Sports Photos

We are currently looking for any parents or students who currently have high quality photos of our sports teams and individuals representing Queen’s High School in Queen’s uniform. If you have permission to share these photos, please email them to sport@queens.school.nz. These photos will be used for advertising, social media and on display at the Sport Expo at Queen’s High School Open Night. If you would like photo credit, please let Tessa know when emailing in your photos.

Sports Uniform Reminder

A reminder that all students playing sport for Queen’s must only be wearing Queen’s High School uniform to all games. Students are not to be wearing home clothes while representing Queen’s in sporting events and games. If students are coming to support their friends at sporting events in school uniform, they are expected to be wearing their school uniform in the same way they are required to wear it during a normal school day.

Netball players must wear white ankle socks, while hockey, rugby and football are required to wear red sports socks.

If you are looking to see what uniform you can wear to sport events, look at our fabulous Year 9B netball team all coordinating to wear the same uniform - this is the standard we are striving for!

LJ Hooker Football First XI Sponsor

We are extremely fortunate to have LJ Hooker as a sponsor for our First XI Football team who are travelling to Taupō for the National tournament in August. Thank you to Wendy Watterston for your support and providing the team with quality media exposure last week. The final results from the interviews and footage were wonderful.

If you would like to see the finished product of LJ Hooker getting behind the team, please click here 

Would You Like to Give Back to Our Sports Teams at Queen’s?

If there are any parents, whānau, or business in our community who would like to sponsor a sports team at Queen’s High School, please contact Tessa at sport@queens.school.nz. The difference having community support within our sports teams is immeasurable and gives back directly to our students through uniforms, equipment, fees, tournament expenses and personal development opportunities.

Matrix Volleyball Club

Our Queen’s High School school Senior A Volleyball coach Madi Mather is coaching volleyball skill sessions in the off-season to help young people from around Dunedin improve their volleyball skills in a safe, fun environment. This opportunity to learn and master essential volleyball skills is open to the entire Dunedin community - not just Queen’s High School students!

These sessions are for beginners through to more experienced volleyball players from ages 5-15. Madi welcomes anyone regardless of their experience with volleyball to come along and give it a go!

Date: Every Sunday in Term 2.

Time: Kiwi (Ages 5-8) 4:15- 5pm. Mids (Ages 9-12) 5- 6:30. Junior (Ages 13-15) 6:30 - 8pm

Venue: Queen’s High School Gym

Cost: $10 per session

Registration link: click here 

For more information, please follow @matrixvolleynz 

All Queen’s High School gym rules apply. Please ensure all players are wearing gym shoes or bare feet. No food or gum in the gym, water bottles only.

Basketball Otago Under 14 Representative Trials

If your child would like to have the opportunity to represent Otago in the Under 14 Basketball Otago team, please make sure to register using the link below.

Players must be born in 2012, 2013 or 2014 to trial for the Under 14 team.

https://membership.mygameday.app/regoform.cgi?formID=117151