Mitchell McDowell – Back to back titles at NZ Cowboy Action Shooting Champs
October 29, 2019
Mitchell McDowell – 1st NZ National Cowboy Action Shooting Championships (age group 13 and under). Back to back titles 2018 & 2019! Year 9 student Mitchell McDowell competed in the New Zealand...
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Our top sports students and teams nominated for the WSS Sports Awards
October 29, 2019
Well done to our Top Sports Students for 2019.... Rebecca Baker - Girls Dux Travis Bayler - Boys Dux Keightley Watson - Principals Cup - Most outstanding performance in sport. These 3 students along...
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WHS students were the winners of Regional ‘Dis-moi dix mots’ competition
October 28, 2019
Alliance Françoise hosted a workshop at Whanganui High School for their regional ‘Dis-moi dix mots’ competition, in which Year 9 students had to use art to express ten words in French. Prizes...
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Whanganui outdoor gig attracts big crowd at Labour Weekend
October 28, 2019
It was billed as the Bring on Summer gig - and the weather certainly played to the crowd. You almost couldn't get a foot in the door at Caroline's Boatshed Bar as hundreds of people bathed in the...
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Machete Clan performing on home soil
October 28, 2019
Machete Clan, Drxnes and Mungbeanz (mixing for Machete Clan) had the packed crowd rocking at Frank last weekend. The former WHS lads were playing the last gig of their 2 month NZ ‘Homeless...
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Speedway season opens in Whanganui at Oceanview on Sunday
October 26, 2019
It's been a long off-season, but the speedway drought will finally be broken on Sunday when the 2019 season at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway roar into life. And what a season it promises...
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WHS CULTURAL AWARDS 2019
October 25, 2019
Cultural Awards....What a night!!! 🎉🎉 Massive congratulations to our Prestigious Award winners: Dux Artium 2019, Girl - EMELYE BROWN 🏆👏 Dux Artium 2019, Boy - BEN POWER 🏆👏 Principals...
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Barista Training Venue Open To Public - cheap drinks help new Baristas learn
October 24, 2019
Whanganui training provider, Training For You, has opened its hospitality training venue for members of the public to experience. Students on the Hospitality, Level 2 course have been honing their...
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Athletics: Run like the wind
October 24, 2019
Last week's opening night (athletics club night) was both wet and windy; the second night on Tuesday was just windy. Thankfully the wind was not as strong as forecast and the heavy rain arrived two...
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Cricket: Whanganui Chronicle Secondary Schools Cup runneth over with rainwater and postponed
October 24, 2019
Atrocious conditions forced the postponement of the 2019 Whanganui Chronicle Secondary Schools Cup on Wednesday. Jordan Healy, Cricket Wanganui junior development and events, said the tournament would...
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Champion of champions in squash
October 24, 2019
Whanganui Squash Club A-grader Matthew Ratcliffe played a pivotal role in Central Squash winning the New Zealand Districts Champion of Champion titles for just the third time in history. Four...
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WHS students win big with annual scholarship
October 24, 2019
Girls from Whanganui secondary schools were recently encouraged to submit a piece of academia for the annual Wynne Costley Research Scholarship. And Whanganui High School students Abigail Sewell and...
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WHS students awarded prizes at Wanganui Hockey Prizegiving
October 23, 2019
Well done to our WHS hockey players who got awards at the Wanganui Hockey Prize giving on Saturday night. 💚🏑🏑💛 Purere Wroe - Hockey Wanganui Cup Junior Umpire of the Year Patrick Madder -...
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Whanganui judokas produced podium performances at the 2019 National Judo Championships in Rotorua at the weekend with heavyweight Keightley Watson leading the charge. **Fighting out of the Wanganui...
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Football: Chance for young players to shine
October 22, 2019
A season or two of playing Federation League and Premiership football will hopefully stand the GJ Gardner Wanganui Athletic FC Under 19s in good stead for their tournament in Napier this Labour...
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