"Small school" thinking and terminology needs to be eliminated from our lexicon. A critical part of team ethos is belonging and contributing, so we look forward to all our student sportsmen playing for St Thomas'

OUR STC SPORTING STAFF

Early in the year we celebrated our sporting achievement and so also focused on the line-up of sporting experience and talent in our teaching staff. It is fairly astounding, deliberately recruited.

With 620 students on our roll, we are no longer a small school. "Small school" thinking and terminology needs to be eliminated from our lexicon. We have abundant talent in the student body. We have abundant talent on our staff. We have a wonderful new sports centre being constructed this year. We have over 90% student participation in sport and over 70% of our staff coaching.

How fortunate are we as a school? With this overview nothing less than excellence and full participation should be our focus.

Having set out to create and invest in this environment for our boys in the school, we expect that if you come to this school and are a member of this community, you play for this school in the codes we offer (which is substantial). A critical part of team ethos is belonging and contributing, so we look forward to all our student sportsmen playing for St Thomas'

Christine O'Neill

STAFF SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

Richard Washington

• NZ SS Football as a Year 12 Student
• South Canterbury Schools’ Golf Champion
• NZ Universities Gold Medal
• NZ selection U18
• Cross Country, 1500, 3km National performer
• Coaching:
• STC 1st XI football to 2 National Tournaments

Jacob Allen

• STC 1st XI football
• Coastal Spirit Senior team
• English Cup win with Western United
• 3 national youth wins with Christchurch United
• Christchurch United Men’s Team 2015&16

Andrew Auimatagi

• Canterbury Bulls
• NZ 14,16,17,18
• Junior Kiwi
• NZ 16 softball
• Parramatta Eels trialist
• NZ Universities World Champions
• NZ 14’s player of tournament
• NZ 18 Universities captain
• Coaching:
• Linwood Keas
• Warriors recruitment and development officer
• Canterbury Premier Team
• 2 National Tournaments
• NZ Secondary Schools’ Rugby League coach
• NZ 18 Assistant Coach

Tony Kidd

• Black Belt Judo
• Selected Oceania Champs Judo
• Premier Softball and League

• Coaching:
• Softball 3 national tournaments
• Rugby League
• 2 national tournaments
• Senior men’s league junior rep league teams in Canterbury
• Senior club coaching
• Level 2 NZRL coaching cert.

Marty Taylor

• 5 x Coast to Coast
• Xerox challenge Cape Reinga to bluff
• Top 30 rank
• Burnside rugby senior player

• Coaching:
• Burnside Senior Rugby coach 5 years’ champion title
• Canterbury B

Robbie Lange

• Coast to Coast
• Maadi Cup Rower
• Canterbury AFL
• Coaching:
• 3 teams to Maadi Cup

Paul Burton

• Burnside rugby senior player
• Canterbury B
• Professional Spanish League
• Coaching:
• Burnside Senior Coach
• 1st XV Coach

Phil McKendry

• Marist Rugby Seniors
• Canterbury under age
• Canterbury Metro U16, 17 and U18
• Coaching:
• 1st XV STC and Takapuna Grammar

Hamish Barclay

• Penrith Panthers
• Professional league in France
• Otago A grade rugby
• Coaching:
• Canterbury Metro U14, 15
• 1st XV
• Auckland age grade
• Auckland Rugby League Championship Aorere College

Tim Muir

• NZ U17 Rugby
• NZ U17 Cricket
• Senior Cricket East Shirley
• Senior Rugby Lincoln
• NZ U19 Cricket
• Cant U18 Rugby
• Wizards Cricket
• Otago A
• Cant U16 Rugby and Cricket

Chris Leader

• STC 1st XV
• Marist Albion Senior Rugby 100 Games
• NZ Marist
• Canterbury AFL

Mark Vincent

• Canterbury Rugby 85-91 Top Try scorer
• NZ Colts
• NZ Combined Services
• Coaching:
• Coached Marist Seniors 3 years
• 4 Press Cup Secondary Schools’ titles
• 4 South Island Secondary Schools’ Rugby Championship titles
• NZ Babas
• NZ Secondary Schools’ Rugby Coach

Kieran Coll

• Canterbury Colts’ Captain
• Hawkes Bay
• Professional Rugby in Russia
• South Canterbury
• Christchurch Senior Captain 100 caps
• Canterbury B Captain
• Athletics Senior Canterbury and Discus South Island champion

Neville Brooker

• Trialist for Canterbury Rams
• NZ Korfball
• Coaching
• Canterbury U13 2 National titles
• U17 Girls Canterbury team

Brad Milne

• U17 Canterbury Cricket
• Coaching:
• Whangaporoa College Western Heights Tournament team
• Takapuna Grammar 1st XI coach

Paul McCarthy

• Senior Cricket Marist and Sydenham
• U17 U19 Canterbury
• National tournament
• Willows member
• 2 seasons Canterbury Cricket A
• Canterbury first class
• Coaching:
• Level 2
• STC Head of Cricket
• 1st X1 5 years

Christine O’Neill

• Otago University Womens’ Rowing 8

No excuses ... Don’t die wondering

Head of Sport - Steve Hart