Wellington College V St Patrick’s Silverstream – Exchange

Story Courtesy of College Sport Media Photos Courtesy of Photo Wellington  Wellington College haven’t won the Trevor Rigby Cup for nearly a decade, but if their start to 2021 is anything to go by they are serious contenders. After a 10-0 win over St Pats Town, St Patrick’s College Silverstream were on the end of ... More

Let’s Groove – QMC Wins National 3×3 Title

The energy of Tawhirikura Doyle bristles down the phone when she reflects on the National Secondary Schools 3x3 basketball triumph by Queen Margaret College (QMC) last week. The QMC team of Naomi Sopoaga, Lilly Taulelei, Lauren Tewhata, Holly Morgan and Doyle recovered from seventh place after the first day of pool ... More

Baking Gold – Tawa Tracking Strongly for Repeat Success

Porirua is a hotbed of Wellington sporting talent with countless personalities enjoying success at the national and international levels. In 2020 a new generation of Porirua athletes are making waves at high school and may one day themselves become household names. College Sport Wellington went on tour to meet some of ... More

Mana Basketball – Going Back to Move Forward

Porirua is a hotbed of Wellington sporting talent with countless personalities enjoying success at the national and international levels. In 2020 a new generation of Porirua athletes are making waves at high school and may one day themselves become household names. College Sport Wellington went on tour to meet some of ... More

Phoenix Patea – Why Sport Matters

In the past year, Phoenix Patea has gone from the dizzying heights of playing basketball in front of LeBron James to being deprived of any sporting opportunity because of Coronavirus. Post lockdown the sports prefect at Wellington East Girls’ College is working tirelessly to ensure sport remains at the forefront of ... More

CSW Lock down Interviews – Episode 2. Evyatar Tabor

Episode 2 of the CSW lockdown interviews see us catch up with Rongotai College guard Evyatar Tabor. He talks all things Rongotai Bball, 2018 U17 Championships and Las Vegas. Check it out! More

CSW Rewind – Basketball

Over the next few weeks College Sport Wellington are going to be taking a visual look back at some of the last few years of our sports, highlighting special moments, teams, players and more. In this rewind we take a look back at some basketball highlights over the last few years. In last years Premier Basketball ... More

Bright future for sporting brother and sister Masi and Tia Pavihi

Multi-talented sports all-rounders brother and sister Tomasi and Tia Pavihi have both been identified in Basketball and Touch Rugby age group teams in New Zealand. Masi is year 11 at St Pat’s Silverstream and Tia is year 10 at Queen Margaret College and last year both traveled overseas with New Zealand age-grade ... More

Sopoaga sisters following family footsteps

With four older rugby playing brothers, including All Black Lima, it is little surprise that Queen Margaret College’s Sopoaga sisters are turning heads on the rugby field. Older sister Te Araroa (year 13) and Naomi (year 10) were both in top form for their school side in Monday’s Wellington Condor 7s qualifying ... More

Porirua Power Coming Together In Tawa Triumph

Despite coaching girls at St Mary’s College for several years, many Tawa College boys were familiar with Nixon Penese. Penese runs the Porirua Heat Basketball Club from the Tawa College gym. The Heat is an incorporated society encouraging the development of basketball players in Wellington. Tawa College student Malachi ... More