School News

HBHS has won the ‘Top School’ category in the Waikato/BOP Mountain Bike Cross Country Racing Competition held this weekend.  Sam Dobbs (Year 9) and Sam Gaze (Year 10) both won gold medals in their respective fields, in wet, blustery and unpleasant conditions.

For the first time in its history, HBHS can lay claim to being the best school in New Zealand in the sport of wrestling, after a very successful weekend at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Wrestling Championships, held at Hawera. Teacher in charge of wrestling, Mr Dan Bair, took a small team down to the competition, where the boys competed with a maturity and discipline that was remarked upon. Hone Karaka and Torryn Lanauze-Phillips won bronze medals, Keilen Hunt and Raukawa Neems silvers, and Hone Karaka, Curtis Roundtree, Caleb Wallbank, Jordan Marshall, Treymaine Butler, Teo Pouri-Lane and Matiu Pouri-Lane all won gold medals in their respective divisions. The competition was so tight that HBHS took out the all-round title by 1 point, meaning that, as so often is the case with HBHS teams, every boy contributed, and every contribution counted. Congratulations to the team on this outstanding achievement, and thanks to Mr Dan Bair and all of the supporters for their efforts.

Further to our reporting of HBHS's successes at the National Championships, where the HBHS team won the Lloyd Woods Challenge Trophy as the New Zealand Champion School, we can present the full list of medal winners, from both the National Championships held in Hawera last weekend, and the Auckland Championships held on the 2nd of April. Congratulations to the following medal winners, and congratulations and thanks to coaches Mr Dave McBeth, Mr Pete Pouri-Lane and Mrs Marlene Pouri-Lane and teacher in charge of Wrestling, Mr Dan Bair for their efforts. The team's achievements were celebrated in today's senior assembly.

Auckland Secondary Schools Wrestling Championships

Junior Male (15 and under age group)

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After three intense days in the sun at the National Secondary Schools Touch Tournament, held at the University of Waikato from Friday 7 December through to Sunday 9 December, Hamilton Boys’ High School Senior Touch team proved victorious, in what was a relatively one-sided final against Palmerston North Boys’ High School.  The final score of 9 – 5 was indicative of HBHS’s dominance in the boys’ competition once the team had made it through some tricky pool play matches, which included a loss to last year’s champions Rototura Boys’ High School in the early stages of the tournament.  Tournament MVP Mikaere Beattie rated scoring a try in the final as one of his tournament highlights, to go alongside his selection in the National Tournament Team.  He will be accompanied by four other HBHS students, Shanan Tomuri, Te Maire Martin, Legin Hotham and Isaac Te Tamaki.  Team Manager Mr Greg Kirkham would like to thank the team’s parents and families for their invaluable support during the tournament, and would also like to thank Te Wananga O Aotearoa Glenview Campus for providing accommodation for the team.  This win now means that HBHS has won five times out of seven consecutive appearances in the national competition finals.

The HBHS Triathlon Team followed up on their form in the Waikato Bay of Plenty Individual competition with a truly dominant effort in the Teams competition held at Lake Karapiro on Tuesday. It was an HBHS one-two in each age group event, with every athlete coming away with a medal. In the Under 14 event, Danyon Hardie, Timothy Ng and Samuel Cook won gold, with Logan Bigwood, Matthew Cranefield and Jeremy Stockdill taking the silver medal. In the Under 16 event, Leyton Bradford, Oliver Ng and Bradley Cullen won gold and Lochlainn McGall, Matias Fitzwater and Samuel Cook won silver. In the Under 19 event, Joshua Ion, Ryan Christensen and Cameron Swales took the gold, with Carter Edgecombe, Nick Reddish and Leon Arcus bringing home the silver. Congratulations to the entire team on this excellent performance, and thanks and congratulations to Ms Nicola Bryant for all of her work and for her support of HBHS Triathlon.

Last Tuesday a small but determined team of HBHS Triathletes headed off to Lake Karapiro to compete in the Waikato Bay of Plenty Individual Triathlon competition, held in very dry and hot conditions.  The team (pictured with their medals at right) performed very well in all of the age group categories.  In the Under 14 event, Timothy Ng was first and Samuel Cook came in second, and it was a one-two finish in the Under 16 event, with Bradley Cullen taking the gold and Oliver Ng the silver medal.  Finally, in the Under 19 event, Leon Arcus came away with the silver medal.  Congratulations to these boys on their efforts, and thanks and congratulations to Teacher in Charge of Triathlon, Ms Nicola Bryant, for her continued support of HBHS Multisport.