Victory against Medbury School

Waihi School won the interschool fixture against Medbury School on Wednesday 19 May.

the scores were:
1stXV Rugby 21-15
2nd XV Rugby 21-7
1st XI Hockey 17-0
Soccer 0-6
The 1st XV played a strong game dominating the Medbury forward pack and the backs shutting down their running game. Both teams scored three tries and the difference was the goal kicking of Braden Scott, three conversions, that carried the day for Waihi 21 – 7.
Our 2nd XV have yet to lose a game this season and are performing well, coached by Miss Maxwell.
Waihi boys continue to be outstanding performers on the hockey field.

Right: Grant Hamilton having team talk with his team.

Our Soccer team were a challenge to Medbury's very strong team and never backed down throughout the game.  Our team is improving every year and has some strong players from other codes this year.  Tom Adams, left, and Head boy, Lawrence Darling, are shown in the middle. 

Steve Williams - another Waihi hero!

This week we received Steve Williams tie.  Shaun Coles' mother helped him get the tie for us.
Wikipedia says Steve is a New Zealander who has been caddy to several top professional golfers.
Since 1999, he has been the regular caddy for Tiger Woods who has been the top ranked golfer in the world for much of Williams' tenure as caddy.  He was famously fired by Greg Norman, who remains a friend, and later tried to re-hire him.
He is know for his generosity, and we appreciate the effort he went to sending his his lovely signed tie.  Fancy yourself wearing this one?!

Ken Catran visits Waihi School

 Waihi boys were excited to have author, Ken Catran visit our school on Friday 30 April.  He spoke of his interesting life of writing.  Before he left he signed a tie to help our Centenary Campaign for Pyne House, a new boarding and dayboys facility.

The New Zealand Book Council says this about Ken Catran:
Catran, Ken (1944 –) is a children's writer and scriptwriter who has written for some of New Zealand's best-loved television series including ‘Close to Home’ and ‘Shortland Street’.

His novel Voyage with Jason (2000) won Best in Senior Fiction and was named Book of the Year at the 2001 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. A second novel, Talking to Blue (2000) was also shortlisted in the same category.

In 2007, Catran received the Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award for distinguished contribution to children's literature. In the same year, he was the Writer in Residence at Waikato University.    ‘Ken Catran writes well,’ writes Jo Noble in Well Read. ‘Hes compelling, he puts the reader right there sharing all the horror, the fear and the hopelessness with his characters.’

Ken's advice to budding writers was to never end a story with "and then I woke up"!  He has judged many writing competitions and he has seen this device used too many times.