Takapuna Grammar

Qaizden Stephano joins Tania Dalton Foundation scholarship programme

The Tania Dalton Foundation has welcomed the arrival of 12 new deserving recipients for its scholarship

programme. The 2022 recipients join 49 young talented sportswomen across New Zealand. This year’s intake includes our very own Year 13 Qaizden Stephano who has been accepted as a basketball inductee.

Qaizden Stephano. Tania Talton Foundation class of 2022.

International students awarded Auckland University scholarships

International student scholarships at Auckland University are offered to only 10 students nationwide in 2022 for school leavers. This year two students from our International Faculty received this scholarship from AU for the first time. Dara Dou. Anna Tajima.

Year 13 leaver Dara Dou (top right) was awarded the AU International School Leaver Scholarship for 2022 worth $10,000, which she is putting towards her data science studies. Dara came from China and joined TGS in Year 9. She was one of our international student leaders and had a wonderful five years here at TGS.

Year 13 leaver Anna Tajima (bottom right) was also awarded the AU International School Leaver Scholarship for 2022 at $10,000, which she is putting towards her global studies degree. Anna was from Japan and joined TGS in January 2020.

Freddy Birch bowling. 1st XI T20 Team.

1st XI Boys Cricket pushing for Higher Honours

Only a few weeks into the year it has already been a blockbuster year for the TGS Boys 1st XI. Having played twelve fixtures, they have shown why they are a team on the rise in both forms. The boys have performed well as a team winning all but two of their fixtures one of the losses was the Premier T20 semi-final against premier team Sacred Heart. Along the way to the semi-final they have enjoyed wins against opposition that have been much favoured in the past such as Kings College and St. Kentigern College. Christian Scott.

On an individual note, Christian Scott (pictured right) has recorded two centuries this year. Daniel Middleton has also had a stellar start to the season averaging 52 across all formats. From a bowling front year 13 Freddy Birch has stepped up this year demonstrating his skill with the ball, supported well by Hamish

The team congratulate keeper Nick Petherick.

Jardine. The team aspires to push for promotion this year to the premier one-day competition. With the majority of the team returning next year and some talented juniors coming through from NSCC, TGS Cricket is in very good form.