Sport
- House Athletics Day - Interhouse athletics competition where houses compete for overall points.
- Highlanders First XV Competition - Verdon are one of four Southland schools that compete in the Highlanders First XV competition (the other three are Southland Boys, Gore High and Central Southland College). Since the formation of the competition the College have recorded consecutive upset victories over Waitaki Boys and in the first year of the competition beat St. Kevins for the first time since the school was formed.
- New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball - The Verdon Senior A Netball team are regular participants at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball competition and have won the nationwide tournament twice.
- Patronal Day Sports - Interhouse sport competitions where students compete in various sports for house points.
- Sports Interchanges - Verdon hold two senior sport interchanges with St. Kevins and Kavanagh. They also hold a junior interchange with St. Peters.
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