Rangi Ruru Alumnae

Last call to register for the Annual Bridge Tournament with Rangi Ruru Girls’ School and St Margaret's College:

Rangi Ruru and St Margaret's Bridge Tournament RSVP on Humanitix - Rangi Ruru and St Margaret's Bridge Tournament hosted by RROGA. Christchurch Bridge Club, 21 Nova Place, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011. Thursday 14th May 2026. Find event information.

On Friday 27th March the Combined Schools Golf Tournament was held at Hororata Golf Club. We had a field of 62 golfers, past pupils & parents, from St Margarets College, Rangi Ruru, Craighead, St Hilda’s and Columba. It was a great day, good conditions and an excellent venue. Thanks to Meg Morten & her team from Craighead for organizing the event. The winners for RROGA were:

1st Silver Division Carolyn Williams 37 Stableford Points
R/U Silver Division Libby Hilder 33 Stableford Points

1st Bronze Division Sarah Wouters 36 Stableford Points
R/U Emma Blake Bronze Division 32 Stableford Points

Parents & Friends Trophy winner was Judi Grant 35 Stableford Points

The Janet Storry Tennis Tournament was on last night which was first played in 1930!

Alumni from St Andrew's, Christ's and St Margaret's Colleges came together to play three rounds of tennis. Congratulations to St Andrew's for taking the shield! Our Rangi Ruru team came a close second, followed by St Margaret's and Christ's College.

Thank you so much to our wonderful tennis team, you were absolutely amazing and for everyone involved in making this such a fabulous fun event. We are already looking forward to next year!

The 96th Janet Storry Tennis Tournament is on tomorrow!

Feel free to pop down to Waimairi Tennis Club from 5pm and support Rangi Ruru alumni players: Michelle North, Adele Orangi, Sarah Lock, Tania Scholes, Jess Ottawa, Steph Bateman, Courtney Williams and Sophie Freer.

Good luck ladies!

How wonderful to see two of our alumnae featured on Seven Sharp this week— celebrating 80 years of friendship!

Jocelyn McWhannell and Rosalie Withell (both Class of 1945) met at Rangi Ruru when they were 15-years-old, and now live in the same retirement village in Cashmere.

We encourage you to watch their touching story of friendship and sisterhood: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/seven-sharp/clips/friends-for-over-80-years

💙Did you catch the lovely article about Gibson Girls Nan Douglas (Class of 1943) and Jo Wilding (Class of 1940) in the latest Wide Sky magazine?

💛Read their fond (and cheeky!) memories of their time at Rangi Ruru, and what they've been up to since here: https://issuu.com/zoomroom/docs/wide_sky_summer_edition_2025/30

What a wonderful weekend we had recently reconnecting with our alumnae during the annual reunion weekend. The atmosphere was charged with laughter and aroha in true Rangi Ruru spirit as we enjoyed cocktail, brunch and afternoon celebrations. Thank you to all of those who made the effort to attend, and of course to our superstar committee and co-ordinator for organising the special occasion. Stay tuned for the next RROGA newsletter for a link to the full photo album!

How wonderful to see these three young alumnae generously giving their time and expertise to assist current students. We’re sure this was exceptionally valuable and insightful.

💙💛2025 Annual Combined Schools’ Golf Tournament Report, Written by Steph Withell 💙💛 (Details on how to register for the 2026 tournament at the end of this article)

The Tournament was held at Waimairi Golf Course on Friday the 26th September. This year St Margaret's College Old Girls’ Association hosted the tournament and we had a field of 57 lady golfers from St Margaret's, Rangi Ruru, Craighead Diocesan School, Columba College and St Hilda’s Collegiate School Old Girls’ Associations.

Rain threatened when everyone arrived at 8:30am but fortunately it cleared just in time for the start of play.

The RROGA winners were:

⛳The Betty Murray Cup, Best Gross: 1st Carolyn Williams 86 Gross

⛳ Runner Up: Sally Williamson 97 Gross

⛳ The Armstrong Cup, Best Net: 1st Ginny Lovrich Net 64

⛳ Runner Up: Emma Blake Net 72

⛳ The Ellese Royds Salver, Best Stableford: 1st Anna Thomson 42 Stableford Points

⛳ Runner Up: Emma Blake Net 72

⛳ The Armstrong Cup, Best Net: 1st Ginny Lovrich Net 64

⛳ Runner Up: Lal Mulligan 36 Stableford Points

⛳ The Parents & Friends Cup: 1st Sarah Gerard 36 Stableford Points

⛳ Runner Up: Joanna Craw 31 Stableford Points

⛳ Helen Kitson Putting Spoon: Carolyn Williams

Our raffle table was amazing, thanks to our wonderful sponsors

I wish to thank the wonderful team who assisted on the day: Annabel Shand (SMCOGA), Amanda Marchant (SMCOGA), Lib Hutchinson (Craighead OGA), Libby Harrop (Craighead OGA), Jo Dodgshun (RROGA) and Waimairi Golf Club’s staff and catering.

Sadly, one of our trophies has gone missing, the Ellese Royds Salver. Our trophies were donated by Old Girls’ and hold the history of our tournaments. If anyone knows the whereabouts of this trophy then please return to the Rangi Ruru School Office.

✨This year’s tournament is being hosted by the Craighead Old Girls’ Association, on Friday, March 27 at the Hororata Golf Club. The golf competition will be a stableford round only, to speed up the day. It is a great opportunity to play a lovely country course and I hope to see some more players from some of the local golf clubs.

🔗Register with Meg Morten at [email protected] with your name, school and golf ID number

We've loved seeing alumni Lucy Pink (Class of 2007) in the news this week after raising $4m for the AI note-taking app she co-founded with Hannah Hardy-Jones.

Congratulations to Lucy and Hannah, we can't wait to see what Contented does next!

Read more here:

Women-led startup raises $4m to take its note-taking app global Founders Hannah Hardy-Jones and Lucy Pink say the capital will help them expand their Christchurch-based business into Britain and Australia, with the long-term plan to launch in the US.

📢 In case you missed it, Rangi Ruru’s very own speaker series, Friends at 5.30, is back for 2026 and kicking off with a bang as we welcome an impressive line-up of local media masterminds - including alumna Caroline Harvie-Teare (class of 1990)
🫰 In the Merivale Lane Theatre on February 19 you'll hear from three insightful panellists from the Rangi Ruru community:
📰 Joanna Norris – The managing director for Stuff Masthead Publishing and a current parent, Joanna has worked in media for more than two decades in New Zealand, the UK and the Middle East as a reporter, editor and media executive.
🌍 Ben Fahy – Ben, another current parent, and has over two decades of experience as a journalist, editor and publisher with a particular interest in business and technology. He is currently the head of partnerships at New Zealand Geographic, a freelance writer for Air New Zealand’s Kia Ora magazine, and head of communications for energy think/do tank Rewiring Aotearoa.
🏟️ Caroline Harvie-Teare – Caroline (class of 1990) is Chief Executive of Venues Ōtautahi, the largest venue, event, and culinary services management company in New Zealand. Its large portfolio includes ownership of One Zealand Stadium, Christchurch’s new roofed 40,000-capacity stadium due to open in early 2026.
🎟️ You must be in the room to hear what they have to say, so follow the link for tickets: https://lnkd.in/enqadHt4
💛 💙 We can’t wait to see you there!

Thanks to Sotheby's International Realty for making these events possible.

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