Kristin School

Kristin’s sports successes

Although small compared to the other schools we compete against at Years 9 to 13, our ‘never say die’ attitude, determination and team spirit have ensured excellent results at national, regional and North Harbour levels this year.

We at Kristin value team sport and the life lessons learnt training, competing and being part of a team, week in and week out. This winter season, we have over 100 teams representing the school. Here are some of the highlights so far this year.

Bronze medal at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Mixed Tennis Teams Championships

Our top tennis players qualified fourth for the New Zealand Schools tennis finals held in Auckland during Summer Tournament Week. Finn Burridge, Robbie King, Ella O’Malley and Lucy Xu played some amazing tennis to place third overall in New Zealand. They defeated Saint Kentigern College in the bronze medal match, playing some exciting tennis in both doubles and singles. Seeded fourth going into the tournament, the Kristin team was determined to finish with a medal and duly obliged with a 4-2 victory. Well done team on a third-in-New Zealand placing!

Auckland Secondary Schools U16 Tennis Doubles Champions

Our top U16 boys Finn Burridge and Robbie King were the number one seeds for the Auckland Schools Champion of Champions tournament and did indeed achieve a thrilling three-set win over King’s College. The final was delayed due to Covid-19 and weather but, in good spirit, both schools agreed to play the match in the Term 1 school holidays. Held at the Auckland Tennis Centre, there was some exhilarating tennis played with long rallies and of course the tiebreaker final set. Credit to the King’s pairing, who fought back to claim the second set. However, in the end the serve-and-volley game from Finn and Robbie proved too strong. Well played boys – Auckland champions!

Double Bronze at North Harbour for our Premier Girls and Boys’ Hockey Teams

Our Boys’ 1st XI Hockey team defeated Takapuna Grammar School in a hard-fought match to claim bronze in the North Harbour competition. The final score of 1-nil reflects the struggle the Kristin team faced, but their teamwork and determination got them through. The Girls’ 1st XI Hockey team’s win was more clear-cut. They defeated St Mary’s College from Ponsonby 3-1 with the highlight being a reverse shot from captain Izzy Gaze that slammed into the St Mary’s goal, leaving the keeper with no chance. The girls played a great game, spreading the attack and passing into space. These two wins ensured that both teams qualified for the Super City Auckland Schools hockey competition, which has the top eight schools from the Auckland area compete for the second half of the season.

Auckland Secondary Schools Team Fencing Champions

Our Kristin Senior Boys’ Foil team, comprising Blake Greenwood, Sam Zhuang and Leo Zhou, fought brilliantly to claim the top position at the Auckland Secondary Schools Team Fencing Champs, out of 14 school teams entered in the competition. The Kristin Senior Girls’ Foil team claimed the silver medal. Led by Azaria Eddy and including Yeon Seo Kim, Grace Shen and Wendy Wen, the team fought bravely all day to achieve this result. Kristin had 18 fencers and five teams competing overall, making it the largest contingent on the day..

Finn Burridge, Robbie King, Lucy Xu and Ella O'Malley.

Finn Burridge and Robbie King.

Kristin Girls’ 1st XI Hockey team. Kevin Wei (member of Kristin Boys’ 1st XI Hockey team).

Blood Brothers 2021

After the splendour of musical comedies and classics enjoyed at Kristin over the past few years, our senior students were hungry for the opportunity to produce a piece of raw, emotional musical theatre. Blood Brothers offered our students the opportunity to extend themselves through a theatrical challenge beyond anything they have experienced at Kristin.

Auditions took place in December 2020 to assemble an incredibly strong cast of 25, who began preparations immediately to convincingly convey characters in Liverpool between the 1960s and 1980s. Music was learnt, dialogue was studied, and intensive training in the ‘scouse’ accent commenced. Forty-seven students made up the crew, working with staff members in various backstage and technical departments, and the Blood Brothers band had the highest proportion of student-to-adult musicians of any production at Kristin. Each student, on and off stage, contributed greatly to the delivery of a very slick and gripping piece of theatre, supported by a sensational production team.

With a season of just four performances, over a thousand audience members attended this moving show, and each performance concluded with a rousing standing ovation. The incredibly positive feedback praised the students for being able to deliver an emotional performance of this magnitude with such authenticity. One community member wrote of the show: “There are many adult performances that never achieve what this amazing production has managed.” Another staff member wrote following the final performance: “I’ve never seen anything so powerful, so extraordinary, so moving.”

Blood Brothers, I know, will live in the hearts of all involved, and all who were privileged enough to witness it, for a very long time. Hamish Mouat, Artistic Director of Major Productions

Tickets for Kristin’s Middle School production of Oliver, on stage from 17th – 18th September, are available now at iTicket.co.nz. SEE YOU THERE!

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Kristin Senior School Info Evening

THURSDAY 5th AUGUST 2021 7-8PM