Samuel Walker
The Maling Memorial Prize for Outstanding Service to the School
“Sam Walker was this year’s Head of the Humanitarian Committee. Their impressive record of events under Sam’s leadership saw them once again raise a significant sum of money for a range of worthy causes. He was a member of the Environment Committee and, as a member of the school prefect body, played a significant role in the setup for the senior College Ball. He has been involved in every drama production since 2012 and was stage manager for Dr Faustus in 2015. He has been a member of the debating club since 2013 and was the 2015 head of debating. He has participated in a number of regional competitions and exhibition debates and was awarded an Honours Tie for debating. Sam has been actively involved with the Model United Nations, has participated in many events since 2013 and was awarded best speaker at the Canterbury MUN General Assembly in 2013. He was selected for New Zealand MUN in 2015. Finally, Sam has been a keen contributor to, and competitor in, the College sports scene. He has been a member of the College harrier and athletics teams, gaining placings in both regional and national events. He has been a member of the athletics committee, helping to set up Athletics Day, and assisted in the setup for the ITM Track and Field meet at College in 2013 and 2014. His academic endeavours throughout this time have not gone unattended. Sam gained both NCEA Levels 1 and 2 endorsed with Excellence, and was awarded a Gold Badge in 2013 and 2014.”
Anthony Goh
Runner-up to the Wacher Prize for Academic Head of School
“This year’s runner-up has maintained a fine academic record throughout his College career. His record in NCEA documents is an impressive accumulation of Excellence credits that have seen him gain the coveted College Gold Badge and Gold Tie in both Year 11 and Year 12, and the award of a Scholarship in Statistics at the end of Year 12. He has gained Distinction awards in external competitions in English, mathematics and the sciences, along with a Gold Award for the New Zealand Biology Olympiad and a Silver Award for the New Zealand Chemistry Olympiad entrance examinations. His academic breadth may be judged by the accumulation of additional subject prizes in languages, history and commerce. He was this year awarded a University of Otago Academic Excellence Scholarship.”
Bailen Thatcher
Headmaster’s Prize for Service
“Bailen Thatcher has been our Deputy Head Prefect for 2015. This is always a demanding role and Bailen has risen to the challenge in exemplary style, giving tireless support to Head Prefect Lachlan Stark and the rest of the prefect group in an outstanding demonstration of leader as servant. He has been proactive in pursuing charitable opportunities for the school at large and for the boys of Somes House, and has assisted in organising a range of events for the College. When injury ruled him out of participation at the top level in his chosen sports, he continued to support those teams. He has also provided many hours of mentoring and coaching to more junior boys in sports and, more generally, in their daily College lives. While holding a strong sense of self belief, Bailen shows humility in all that he does and has served as an excellent role model to younger boys.’’
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