School News

The HBHS Shooting Team made their mark at the Pukekohe Gun Club during the Auckland Metropolitan Gun Club Meet held last week, with a stand-out performance by Matthew Dexter whose combined score of 88 out of 90 was good enough to secure first place.  Other performances of note were David Pearson who finished in 4th place overall, and Bradley Parrott who placed 10th.  The HBHS A Squad retained the Pattern Shield for highest team score in the single rise with an outstanding total of 97 out of 100.  Congratulations to all of the HBHS squads who performed very well in the early stages of the season and thank to all of the HBHS parents and families for their support of the boys.

Members of the public may be curious about the extensive fencing being raised around the south side of the school. On Monday 29 November trenching equipment will be brought onto the back fields of HBHS to establish proper drainage for this part of the campus. Anyone who has spent time on our fields in winter is aware that Hamilton’s clay soil is far from porous.  

As we draw to the end of the winter sports season, Hamilton Boys' High School continues to perform well.  We have six junior rugby teams playing in finals this Saturday, and both the 1st and 2nd XV Rugby teams have won their respective Super Eight competitions.  Our Colts Soccer team has won the league competition and we look forward to being able to report more strong performances in the near future.

We congratulate all the teams who have participated in the winter competitions - we strive to develop 'complete teams' that conduct themselves with humility off the field, and with total focus and dedication during the game.  Any student who has lived up to this expectation is an HBHS winner.

Winter Code Captains

Badminton                    Max Desai

Basketball                    Izael Ellis   

Chess                           Ari Angelo

Cross Country              Theunis Pieters

Football                        Campbell Attwood

Hockey                        Dane Vickers

In-Line Hockey            Shayne Jordan

Rugby                          Brodi McCurran

Shooting                       Andrew Muggeridge

The annual HBHS Sports Awards Evening was held last night.  Our guest speaker was Matthew Cooper, a former All Black, Chiefs and Waikato Rugby Representative as well as the current CEO of ‘Sport Waikato’. Boys in a wide range of codes and disciplines were recognised for their outstanding achievements in 2010. We congratulate them upon their successes.

HBHS 1^st XI Hockey team won the Waikato Secondary Schools Championship against Hauraki Plains College, with a final score of 2 – 1.  The score was 2 – 0 to Boys’ High at half time, reflected a good match. At times, it looked as though the game may be a run-away, but Hauraki rallied in the second half, disrupted the Boys’ High attack and limited their opportunities to score.

Priddey Represents NZ

Jacob Priddey finished tenth overall in the U18 race, but was seventh in the Australian Schools Championships. He was the second 16 year old home.  The New Zealand team were third in the relay today for the U18 relay champs.