Its that time of year again when we celebrate all the sporting success over the past year. The night showcased the incredible talent we have had this year. Thank you to all those teams and families who came along to support on the night. Please follow the link...
After a great season from both the senior girls and junior boys, and a successful beach season, a majority of our college students have made it into Regional and national teams. These players are in Waikato teams for the National Provincial Championships to be held in...
The school holiday break was busy for the competitive junior squash calendar. Yr 11 student, Braedyn Henderson played the Oceania Junior Squash Championships in Remuera, Auckland in the first weekend of the holidays from 13-16 April. This international tournament...
At 10am on Monday 29 June we were finally able to hold our School ANZAC Assembly. Head Students, Reuben Kemp and Bella Bay presented the speeches that they first posted online on ANZAC Day during Lockdown and were impressive. The School ANZAC service is an...
School Athletics Tuesday 19th February marked our Athletics Prelims Day. The weather was sunny, but we had the reprieve of a cooler chill in the air to start us off! The students got to dress up and parade around the field, proudly promoting their House colour....
Wednesday 6th March was our Thames Valley Show jumping day, On the way over it was foggy, but sure enough once we hit the coast of Thames its was bright blue and set to be a great day out! Nicole Weatherley, Faith Spice, Stevie Collins and Ella Smart represented us...
All rugby players for the 2019 season are required to complete an NZRU registration form. Please click in the link below to access the form, Students cannot play until the form is complete. https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/85001
Matamata College has a sports club that oversees all sport codes here at the college. It is responsible for all fundraising and sponsorship, we then provide all the equipment, uniforms and anything else money-wise that college sports may need. Each year we sell...
Wednesday 13th February marked our 2019 Swimming sports. With a cloudy start, also came the hope of a cooler day – even right by the pool. Students gathered in their house colours for the infamous ‘fashion by the pool’ Parade. We had a great turn out and...
Our two pairs at the National Secondary Schools’ Beach Volleyball Championships enjoyed an excellent weekend at Mount Maunganui. Conor Goodwin and Sam Hills played in the junior boys’ division for Year 10 and 11 students. They had a strong opening day with four wins...
Andrew began coaching volleyball at Matamata College in 1992. He says it’s been exciting to watch the interest in the game develop to the point where we find it hard to get all our junior teams to Hamilton to play their matches at the end of each year. He coached his...
Week 6 was our Junior camp and Education Outside The Classroom week. The Year 9’s went to Finlay park in Maungatautari where they got to experience a range of different activities including rafting, paddle boarding, kayaking, water skiing, confidence course and...
The July holidays were an adventurous experience for 17 Design, Art and Media Students. Along with Mrs Rogerson, Mrs Osborne and 5 parent helpers, we ventured across the other side of the world to Europe. First stop was London. Enduring the searing heat, we...
At the Waikato Junior Volleyball prize giving three Matamata players were named in the “Star Six” teams for the competition. The boys’ Star Six, featured Ollie Morton-Farrelly, a fine achievement as this was Ollie’s first season of volleyball. He impressed with his...
Four Matamata College volleyball teams recently competed in the Waikato Secondary School Championships. The girls’ C team were coached by Alana Sankey and were all Year 9 students. They performed extremely well, winning a number of matches and improving each week. The...
Patrick Roskam has always had a fascination for how things work and, as it happens, things that don’t work have literally helped shape a pretty exciting future for the self-confessed problem solver. His mad scientist persona reared its head for the first time several...
Injecting over 1500 credits into student NCEA achievement is no mean feat, but with the support of local employers, that is exactly what Gateway students from Matamata College have managed to do. With students exploring a number of different career options from being...
We are so Proud of our students and all they achieve here at the college. It’s such an awesome feeling seeing success and when it involves representing the country we are full of pride and excitement. What a great article our student, Sarah West, got in The...
Last week we had the District sport awards, held at the Memorial Centre here in Matamata. We had a number of nominated students over the Categories. The night was a great success and Matamata College had a real presence in the awards. It was a night where the room...
It’s that time of year again, The uniform shop will have extended hours to get all you need before school starts in 2019. For all you need to know click below 2019...
On October 22nd to 30th Matamata college hosted our bi Annual exchange with Collège Paï-Kaleone from Hienghène, New Caledonia. Hienghène is a small village on the east coast of New Caledonia, indigenous people are called Kanak. There are 28 Kanak languages. French is...
Last Friday about 150 students, parents and teachers gathered at the Memorial Centre for our annual Leavers’ Dinner. The evening featured a few trips down memory lane with many old photos of our Year 13 students from previous years on display. The crowd were also...
Helen Drysdale-Dunn is thrilled to be one of 24 students selected from Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand’s National Shakespeare Schools Production (SGCNZ NSSP). She was chosen from 5000 students in the 24 Regional and National SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn...
Olivia Goodwin is among the next generation of volleyball athletes emerging from Matamata College. The Year 11 student has been selected for the New Zealand Under 17 Beach volleyball team, and will travel across the ditch to compete next month. Mr Kilham has been...
Over the last several years the Media Studies and English department have run the MOSCARS (Matamata Oscars) in order to showcase media students’ films that they design and produce during the year as part of their assessments. Every year in term 4 we hold this event in...
Last week our year 13 Drama students had their final production. A Thomas Sainsbury play called Dance troupe supreme, a dance troupe has been formed. A tour has been organised. Now it’s just time to dance, dance, dance. Join Charlotte, Amber, Kelly-Anna, Sean...
Two Matamata College students were absolutely over the moon at a recent school assembly thanks to the generosity of local businesses Stanley Group and Matamata Veterinary Services. For around 13 years the two companies have proudly rewarded excellence in the college...
This Year, Matamata Golf Croquet club hold the NZ Under 21 tournament. Five Matamata College students are Participating. Nicolas Concha, Naomi Turner, Stephen Turner, Alanna Meadowcroft and Alyssa Meadowcroft are all competing this weekend representing not only the...
Report on the 2018 South Island interschool champs and National Champs 29 September – 30 September 2018. Matamata College fielded a team of 6 shooters for the SI and National Champs this year. The team assembled on the 28th down in Christchurch and we traveled as a...
