School News

This morning, in a special ceremony conducted by HBHS Kaumatua Matua Koroneihana Cooper (pictured, right) of Turangawaewae Marae, representing King Tuheitia, E Block, and within it the 6 new classrooms, was blessed and officially opened.  Also in attendance were Matua Manuel Mongia (pictured, centre), the HBHS Tainui Iwi Representative, Headmaster Mrs Susan Hassall (obscured) and the Senior Executive, Mr Ian Herbert who has overseen the building project, Head of Mathematics Faculty Mr Charlton Thompson and the teachers who will be moving into the new block.  Matua Cooper spoke to the assembled group prior to the ceremony and explained the significance of the blessing in acknowledging the ancestors and descendants of all of those associated with the building, its purpose in keeping all who will use the building safe, and the purpose of the building itself where future generations will be educated.  The karakia dates back to the second Maori King, Tawhiao, and is of special significance for the Waikato region.  The ceremony began with a karanga performed by Whaea Miriama Barton (pictured, left) and was followed by the karakia as the group entered the building.  The ceremony concluded with a waiata, “Whakaria Mai”, sung by all in attendance. 

Elite golf has gone to a new level this term with early morning trainings. The team is trying to have the same kind of success as the 1st XV Rugby team have had over the years, by joining their morning fitness sessions. Pro - Drive Hamilton have also opened their doors before hours, allowing the boys coaching and video anylasis at 6.30am on Friday mornings.

The new regime was put to the test over the weekend as our first major competition took place with Shaun Steiner (Golf Captain), Steve Kuggeleijn, Matthew Adams, Denzel Ieremia, Callum Scott, Regan Kidd, Jordan Holmes and Hamish Kerr representing us in the Super 8 in Hastings. The boys would like to thank their Polo Shirt sponsors who have already won them best dressed, Popo Sports Limited, Hamilton Radiology, Arrow International, and International Food Ltd.

Andrew Harris and Sam Thompson have won two of twelve Mighty River and Contact Energy Power apprenticeships, beating 167 other candidates to secure places in the training programme.  The purpose of the programme is to deliver future leaders with a practical background into Mighty River Power and Contact Energy business. This is achieved through a diverse training programme in the controlled environment of Wintec.

Previous apprentices are now involved in the business as plant operators, technicians, maintenance trade staff. We also have ex apprentices working towards, BE and BengTech. 

Apprentices begin their apprenticeship with a 10 week block course at Wintec developing safety and practical skills for the workplace. They then head out to industry for their first 10 weeks of on job training, they return to Wintec for their second block course being class room and Wintec workshop based, then head back to the workplace to finish the year. This process is continued for each of the 3 years of their apprenticeship.

Hamilton Boys’ High School is proud to announce the appointment of Lloyd Stevenson (pictured, in orange)and Haydn Steel as Head Coach and Assistant Coach of the 1st XI Hockey team 2012.  

Lloyd has represented the New Zealand Blacksticks between 2001 and 2009. In the time he accumulated 103 test caps. In his younger days he represented New Zealand in the under 18 and under 21 side which was part of the junior World cup in 2001. In addition he has represented North Harbour and been captain of the Midlands team. After retiring from the Blacksticks Lloyd joined Braxgata HC (Belguim) in 2010 and 2011.

On the 6th of December Llyod is off to compete in the inaugural World Series Hockey (WSH) to be played between 8 cities in India  over 5 weeks (based on the same model as the IPL cricket) along with 136 Indian players and 40 Foreign players. He will be doing blogs about the tournament on his website www.alltimehockey.co.nz.  Lloyd is looking forward to working with a bunch of motivated players at HBHS. 

Haydn is no stranger to Hamilton Boys' High School, playing for the 1st X1 Hockey team in the early 1980s. He returned as Assistant Coach of the 2011 team who were runners up at Super 8 and 5th at Rankin Cup. Haydn has had a coaching career over the past ten

As Careers Advisor at our school, Mrs Lynnette Ross is the person to see about getting involved in the ESITO (Electrical Supply Industry Training Organisation) taster courses. She recently learned of an HBHS Old Boy's success as a result of this course and, courtesy of the ESITO website, we can share his story. The 2013 course is coming up, so check the Daily Notices or see Mrs Ross if you are interested.

Ayden Dunn (pictured on the job at right) previously attended HBHS and made the decision to attend the ESITO taster course. Follow the link to the ESITO website for Ayden's full story and how valuable the taster course has proven to be in terms of his career

http://www.esito.org.nz/about/news_article.aspx?ArticleID=40694

Jesse Reynolds (Year 11) had a great meet, with some excellent results, at the GTAC Disability Open in Cincinnati, Ohio over 18-20 May.  He achieved five Personal Bests, two x 1st,  two x 2nd & two x 3rd. He also broke two of his own Paralympic National records and gained another.  Jesse now holds 20 PNZ records in his S9 classification.

Specific results:

100mt Back     1.14.33       1st
400mt Free     4.50.08       2nd
100mt Free     1.03.35        3rd
100mt Fly         1.13.20        1st
200mt IM          2.43.32      2nd
50mt Free        28.88          3rd