School News

This just in, the HBHS 1st XV have beaten Wellington College 28 - 16 after being tied at 13 all at half time.  HBHS will contend the national title next Saturday at home - details will be provided as soon as we know them.  Congratulations to the team on this excellent result.

The season was productive for this young side. There was a significant development of skills and of team cohesiveness throughout, both of which proved invaluable for the season’s culmination of competing in the National Secondary Schools’ 2^nd XI Tournament for the Galletly Cup.

 Results for the tournament:

 Won 4-0 vs New Plymouth Boys’

Drew 1-1 vs Wellington College

Won 1-0 vs Tauranga Boys’

Won 1-0 vs Auckland Grammar

Lost 0-1 vs Palmerston North Boys’

These results saw HBHS placed 2^nd in the tournament – a commendable result for a team competing against significantly older boys.

Joe Webber, Joe Walsh and Kane Jacobson have been named in the current New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby team. 

The New Zealand Schools squad to play against Australia Schools in Sydney in October was today (28 August) named by Coach Andrew Douglas and his Assistant Coach Josh Hay following the final of the College XV Top Four Tournament in Rotorua.

As well as three boys from Hamilton Boys High School and St Kentigerns, Palmerston North Boys High School, Gisborne Boys High School and Kings College provide two players each.

The squad will assemble in Hamilton on 24 September and stay together until they return from Sydney on 10 October.

Michael Clapham (Year 13), David Robinson (Year 12) and Scott Meekings (Year 13) will recieve prizes at the up-coming Young Photographer Awards, run by the Waikato Photographic Society.  All award-winning photos have been mounted and will be on display in a public exhibition at Hamilton Gardens Pavilion on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 of November.  The formal prize giving will be held at in the same location at 6pm on Friday 11 November. 

Photography is offered at Years 12 and 13 at HBHS.  Course entry criteria at Year 12 requires Year 11 Art or submission of a folio, subject to the approval of the TCR.  Emphasis in Year 12 is placed upon established photography practice, drawing methods, idea development and the production of a systematic body of work.  In Year 13, students are required to build upon the body of knowledge acquired in earlier study.  Students investigate and use ideas and methods during a study in photography, and produce original work  showing extensive knowledge of different techniques and ideas.

Mr Gavin Lanam reported that the team from HBHS underwent change in the last week of Term 3. It is a point of pride that this hastily assembled team still managed to beat the Open mixed team full of elite athletes that came second overall last year. Special thanks are due to Sam Gaze (Yr 10) and especially Stephen Brunskill (Yr 11), who literally filled in at the last possible hour.