Lovepreet Padda

Lovepreet is an outstanding athlete whose talent in both Cricket and Football is undeniable.

Selected in 2022 in the Hawkes Bay Men’s Cricket Team that went on to win their North Island tournament, Lovepreet was further selected as non-travelling reserve for equally successful CD Under 19 Team in 2022.

An outstanding all-round cricketer, Lovepreet (who was first selected for the First XI as a Year 9 student) stood out in one of the College’s traditional interschool fixtures, vs Scots College Wellington in 2022. He scored 181 and 132 runs in consecutive innings in that match and took a 5-wicket haul with the ball in that same game.

Lovepreet currently sits as number two on the all-time batting record for runs scored at the College and has scored over 1200 runs in the current season alone. He has been the teams’ captain for the last two years and has received his college Sport “Colours” for cricket in each of the last 3 years.

As a footballer, Lovepreet has impressed in a very well performed First XI, in particular in this his final year. First selected for this team in Year 10, Lovepreet has battled with injuries but has crafted an impressive record over the last season and a half.

Positive and supportive of his teammates at all times, Lovepreet is an outstanding role model for others and in 2022 was selected as College Sport Prefect in recognition of his leadership abilities in sport.

Quinn Le Lievre

Quinn is an outstanding musician and a gifted academic. His achievements in these two spheres of school life are at the very highest level.

Dux of both Year 11 in 2020 and Year 2 in 2021, Quinn has proven to be an extremely high achiever in his academics. Attaining a Scholarship qualification in Calculus as a Year 12 student in 2021, Quinn has, at the time of writing, been entered for 362 credits over the last four years in the NCEA. He has attained every single credit with an incredible 86 % of them attained at Excellence and currently holds all three NCEA Levels with Excellence Endorsement.

Quinn is a genuine musical talent. In 2021 he was voted Hawkes Bay Young Musician of the Year and, was awarded Associate of the Trinity College of London Piano Recital - superb achievements. Significantly, Quinn plays both the piano and trombone to ATCL Diploma level.

Quinn is the Colleges Music Prefect where he displays a wonderfully quiet determination and leadership that inspires others. He makes a tremendously respected contribution to a wide range of music groups in the College and to the musical life of this College on a daily basis.

Article added: Friday 18 November 2022