School News

HBHS welcomed more than 200 Year 9 students and their fathers, male caregivers or mentors this morning for the annual Father and Son Breakfast.  This wonderful occasion featured live music, a full cooked meal (thanks to Kerr & Ladbrook Catering, Blakes Hire Company) and special guest speakers Brent Arnel and Old Boy BJ Watling.

BJ made time for an interview and autographed shirts and programmes for students (and some dads.)

What were the highlights of your school sporting experience?

The Gillette Cup wins in 2002 and 2003.

When did you realise you were going to reach elite status?  What sort of things did you do to make that happen?

When I got Gillette Cup player of the year and started scoring a lot of runs - from then on I felt a passionate drive to move up.  I managed to make the New Zealand Under 19s, which was a big stepping stone for me, and then gradually I built up through the New Zealand Academy.  Then I went straight through to the Knights.  It all happened pretty quickly after the initial step.  Definitely, that first experience of recognition at the Gillette Cup - that's where I got my drive from.

Yesterday's report of an overall HBHS victory was somewhat premature, and once the final and correct results came in, the overall victory in the annual exchange went to Auckland Grammar by 11 wins to 9. The key fixture results remain the same and some of the notable results include a 14 - 0 annihilation of the Auckland Grammar 1st XI hockey team by the HBHS 1st XI, and the HBHS Under 15A hockey team taking out their match for the fourth year running with a 4 - 3 win. The HBHS 1st XV will arrive home with two trophies, having retained the Headmaster's Bowl and won the Moascar Cup off Auckland Grammar in a close 26 - 20 encounter. The full (and correct) results are as follows:

(Results cont.)

This Saturday, at 12 noon, the HBHS First XV will play their first home game of the 2013 season against Wesley College on the Number 1 field. This is a must-win game for the team if they are going to finish top of their pool, so supporters dressed in HBHS red and black are urged to come along and cheer for the team. The HBHS First XV would like to thank their sponsors, Heartland Bank, Jacanna Customs and Freight, Lodge Real Estate and Pacific Auto Carrier, and look forward to playing in front of their home crowd this weekend. See you all there!

HBHS Cricketers have been notcing up some pretty impressive statistics this summer, and last weekend Year 9 student Josh Glass, pictured right, playing for the Year 9 Maroon Team took 6 wickets for 15 runs playing against Te Aroha.  What makes this statistic even more impressive, is the fact that Josh took 5 of these wickets in a row, a near double hat-trick!  Congratulations to Josh on this accomplishment, and we will be keeping an eye on him as the 2014 summer season continues.

NEWS UPDATE:  Check out this link on our Year 9 Cricketers for interview footage and for the article that appeared in the Friday morning edition of the Waikato Times and on line at the Stuff website! 

http://i.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/9800479/Glass-smashes-Te-Aroha-five-balls-five-wickets

Hamilton Boys' High Scool capped off another wonderful season on Saturday with a clean sweep of the Waikato Secondary Schools Knockout Cup finals. The day started with a win to the HBHS Junior Gold team in the junior B division, edging out the HBHS Junior Black boy 1-0. This was followed by another "all-HBHS encounter", when in the senior B final HBHS Scarlet defeated HBHS Silver 1-0, courtesy of a Thomas Clayton long-range strike late in the game. The Scarlet-Silver contest in Senior Dvision 1 has been a close run affair all season, and the cup final certainly lived up to the pre-game hype, with end to end football throughout the 80 minutes.

Jackson Ruffley (Year 10, pictured right), Issac Nicholson (Year 10), Dominick Edwards (Year 10) and Nephi Harrison (Year 10, pictured left) have all be selected for the New Zealand Under 15 side to play Singapore and Malaysia next week.  Each student was drawn for the 2010 HBHS Colts.  This team, coached by Paul Nixon, played the recent season without dropping a point, securing them both the Knockout Cup and the League title. 

We are delighted that the boys will get the opportunity to demonstrate their skills on an international stage.  This will be the second foray beyond New Zealand during 2010 for Dominick Edwards, who was in the UK throughout August.  He travelled to some of the most important football hubs in England, and had the opportunity to trial at Barnesley and Huddersfield as a future scholarship prospect.  We wish each of the boys well, and will report on their progress once the competition starts.

If you would like to help towards the costs associated with this trip, there will be a