During the first week of the July holidays two students from HBHS, Jamie Hull and Chayce Glass, were selected to attend the 2012 Royal New Zealand Air Force Challenge. Physical training, drill practice, unit challenges, career talks and much more lay ahead. We arrived on RNZAF Whenuapai Base on the 2^nd of July, ready for the tough week ahead. The 40 students, who were selected from the 200 that applied, were split into four teams that would battle it out for the prized Seasprite helicopter flight at the end of the week.

Straight away we were into some physical training and team building exercises. Our tired bodies were then dragged off to Survival Training, where we were introduced to never the ending skills of the RNZAF personal.  We were taught the precision of military drill, which we soon found we would be doing anytime, even during the rain and dark.

Wednesday 30^th May

AGS Won the Exchange 10 – 5

(3 fixtures were drawn)

DEBATING

MCW for Best All-round Debater: THOMAS SIMPSON

NORTON-BROWN CUPFor Most Promising Debater: SAMUEL McCABE

TROPHY For Most Improved Senior Debate:r IAIN MILLER

KOLAH CUP for Most Promising Junior Debater: ALEXANDER LE COMTE

CERTIFICATE for Best Junior Debater: SOUMIL SINGH

SARBUTT CUP for Staff vs Students Debating: STAFF

The 9th bi-annual International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) has been held over the past week

in Cologne, Germany with 32 countries competing in the event. Hosted by the University of

Cologne, the students from around the world compete in three sections for the competition:

* Written exam

* Multi-media multi choice test

* Fieldwork exercise - mapping and decision making task.

HBHS was delighted to be able to host our annual Grandparents’ Day today. Hundreds of proud boys took their grandparents on guided tours of the school in session from 9.00 am and enjoyed the opportunity to explain the similarities and differences between their respective schooling experiences. Grandparents shared morning tea with the boys and were entertained in the Hall.

Grandparents make an enormous contribution to the quality of our boys’ lives, and consequently, the quality of our school. We are grateful for their interest and care today, and look forward to welcoming many more of our boys’ VIPs in the future.

Hamilton Boys’ High School celebrated the induction of four new members of the Hall of Fame on Wednesday 27 June, 2012.  Old Boys, friends of the school, the press, staff, family and current students witnessed the induction of Mr Warren Cole (Sport), Mr Lindsay Wilson (Sport), Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott ONZM (Service), and Mr Graeme Rogerson MNZM (Business and Racing).

Warren Cole

 Warren Cole was born in Palmerston North on 12 September 1940, and attended Hamilton Boys’ High School from 1954-1957. The arrival of the late Tommy Thompson saw the introduction of Rowing as a sport at the school, and Warren eagerly tried out for the elite initial squad of 12 boys.

In 1956, he rowed in the Coxed Eight and won the inaugural Thomas Thompson Memorial Shield.  In 1957, the Coxed Eight came second in the Maadi Cup, the first HBHS crew to ever compete in this event. In 1968, Warren rowed in the Coxed Four winning gold at the Mexico Olympics, and in 1969 he rowed on the North American tour, culminating in the World Rowing Championships in St Catherines, Canada.

From 1966 to 1974, Warren continued to row and win, for the Waikato Rowing Club, of which he was a founding member.  In 1977 and 1978, he was the NZ International Rowing Team Manager for the World Rowing Championships, in both Amsterdam and at Lake Karapiro. 1990 saw Warren honoured at the NZ Sport Hall of Fame awards.