Well done to the Phillips Electrical A1 Netball team finishing 12th at the NZSS Nationals in Nelson. Awesome result to a fantastic year of netball! 💛💚
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‘Bring on Summer with Whiskey Mama’ – Sunday of Labour Weekend
October 10, 2019
**Popular local band, ‘Whiskey Mama’ supported by two Whanganui High School Bands, will be playing at Caroline’s Boat Shed on Somme Parade on Sunday, October 27 – the Sunday of Labour weekend...
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Netball: Faltered, but not disgraced
October 10, 2019
Phillips Electrical Whanganui High School A1 have faltered, but not disgraced on debut at the national secondary schools netball tournament in Nelson, going down to two very classy sides at the end of...
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Young dancers make their moves on Royal Wanganui Opera House stage
October 10, 2019
Every school holidays, the Wanganui Competitions Society hosts talented young dancers, singers, musicians and actors from around New Zealand. The October Dance Festival is currently in full swing at...
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Students take to the stage at Dance Festival competitions
October 10, 2019
The dressing rooms were cluttered with costumes, smelt of hairspray, and filled with enthusiastic chatter leading up to performance time. The girls had mixed emotions of nerves and excitement in the...
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Netball: Whanganui High School start the way they mean to carry on at nationals
October 9, 2019
**Phillips Electrical Whanganui High School A1 has started its National Secondary Schools Netball Tournament in Nelson the way it means to carry on, with a clinical 35-26 win over Ashburton College...
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Motorcycle racing: New suspension set-up gives Whanganui's Richie Dibben an edge
October 9, 2019
Richie Dibben may have found the key to compete on level terms at the ASBK Australian Superbike Championships as he grapples with a new suspension set-up on his Suzuki GSXR600. The Barracks Bar/Total...
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Toby Brooke switches focus from kayaking to surf ski racing
October 9, 2019
We find out more about the versatile 22-year-old paddler from Whanganui Kayak Club, who has more recently switched focus from kayaking to surf ski racing. Early beginnings Paddling was a part of...
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Hockey: Fourth and fifth for Wanganui teams at the Under 15 National Championship tournaments
October 7, 2019
Wanganui had to settle for a fourth place finish as hosts of the 2019 Under 15 Boys National Championship tournament after a heavy 8-2 loss to South Canterbury in the playoffs on Saturday at McDonalds...
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Whanganui High eyeing nationals
October 7, 2019
**It will be the bright lights for the Phillips Electrical WHS A1 Netball team in Nelson this week at their first New Zealand Secondary School championships. ** The Lisa Murphy-coached side qualified...
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Medals for Whanganui at NZ Short Course Swimming Champs
October 7, 2019
Toyota Whanganui Swim Team's Georgia Abraham has kept up her consistent strong form with a silver medal at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships, held at the Owen Glenn Aquatic Centre on the...
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George competes at the School Mountain Bike Champs in Dunedin
October 7, 2019
WHS Year 9 student George Davey is a passionate mountain biker who races in Downhill and Enduro. His best results are 2 times overall winner for the U15 Wellington Enduro series, 5th place in U15...
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Hockey: Wanganui Under 15 teams narrow defeats in national championship playoffs
October 5, 2019
The Wanganui boys team could not hold back a late comeback by Wellington with a tough 5-4 loss in the semifinals of the Under 15 National Hockey Championship in Gonville today. In a gripping match at...
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Wanganui U15 Hockey representatives played well
October 5, 2019
Congratulations to the Whanganui High School boys who represented Wanganui in the National U15 Hockey Championship Tournament in Wanganui over the holidays where they were placed 4th. Coached by year...
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