School News

HBHS Colts A Football team played the final of the Premier Junior Knockout competition yesterday against Hillcrest Colts, winning 6-1. This emphatic win means that the team has played the whole 2010 season without dropping a point, securing them both the Knockout Cup and the League title. Congratulations go to Mr Paul Nixon (pictured) who has coached both the 1^st XI and the Colts this year. It is a special achievement to be able to bring out the best in two high performance teams of this nature. 

The New Zealand Rowing Club Championships were held last week at Lake Karapiro from the 18th to the 22nd of February, and as part of their build-up to the Maadi Regatta, a number of HBHS crews competed and came away with a collection of ten medals. The Novice Four won a gold and silver medal, as did the Novice Quad in their events. The Novice Eight won gold by an enormous 26 second margin, and the Novice Double also came away with a gold medal. Two of HBHS's novice rowers, Jacob Prier and Rhys Bain won all four novice titles they competed in, a most impressive effort. The HBHS Maadi Crew (pictured, at right) performed very well, winning both the Club Eight with the ceremony at right, and the Under 19 Fours event. The other Under 19 Four came a very close second in the Club Four race, and the Under 17 Eight finished a close third in the Club 8. HBHS's final tally was 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal. Worth noting, the Under 16 Eight and Four finished fourth in the Club 8 and Under 19 Four, contributing to a strong HBHS showing at this regatta. For more information and photos, click on the link below to head to the HBHS Rowing Supporters website, and keep checking in to see how our rowing crews are preparing for Maadi 2014. We congratulate them on their efforts and wish them every success.

http://www.hbhsrowing.org.nz/page/News_and_Events/

Check out HBHS bowler Renay Meadows, who featured in the January 31 edition of the "Hawke's Bay Today", for taking an incredible 10-wicket bag in one match during the team's recent Super 8 title win. Many thanks to Mr Anendra Singh and the "Hawke's Bay Today" for supplying this article.

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Jacob Priddey (Year 10) competed in the New Zealand U17 Club Road Race Championships in Wellington on Saturday and placed 1st.
 
On Monday a group of our top cross country athletes competed for Waikato in the North Island cross country relay championships.  Each North Island province provides two teams with each team member running a 3km course.
 
Tom McLaughlin (Year 12) was part of the 4 man Senior A team that placed first.  Tom performed superbly as third runner to move his team into first place, allowing  the final runner to maintain a hard-won 150m advantage.
 

Sam Dobbs (Year 10, left) and Sam Gaze (Year 11, right) have both won their age group competitions in the Central Hawkes Bay Tour, one of the first national rounds of the junior selection process for international racing in Camberra.  They respectively competed in the Under 17 (48 starters)  and Under 15 (24 starters) Boys' races.  Rain and fog made the first and second stage conditions very challenging, and a number of boys crashed during the time trials.  Sam Gaze was first overall,  in King of the Mountains and going in to the last stage.  Sam Dobbs won the prologue (time trial) by two seconds, was second  in the first road stage, and gained the Hill Climb jersey.  The next major race the boys are involved in will be held in Rotorua in two weeks. 

Selections for the New Zealand team will be made in July, and Gaze is hopeful that he will make the cut.  His goals for 2012 include the Mountain Bike and Junior World Road Cycling championships in Spain.  He also aspires to compete in the Canada Tour, where Year 13 Scott Crieghton achieved such a pleasing result last year.  Sam Gaze wanted to make a point of thanking his father for taking him to the competition, and Andrew Barlow - the owner of Place Makers Racing Team.   Sam Dobbs would like to extend his thanks to his Mum for her support, and to his coach.

The exceptional run of HBHS title-winning teams at national level continued over the school holidays, with the Under 20 team winning gold in the Team Time Trial event for the third year in a row.  The team pictured right, from left Sam Hughson, Nicholas Reddish, Corby Price (Captain of Cycling), Sam Dobbs, Ryan Christensen and Head Coach Mr Brian Fleck, headed down to Levin during the recent break after successfully competing at regional level.  The team won in what were very trying conditions, with standout individual performances from a number of the riders, including Corby placing 4th in both the Under 20 points race and the time trial.  Congratulations to the team on their efforts, and to Teacher in Charge of Cycling Mr Graham Hardaker for his continued support of cycling at our school.