School News

Interview with John Steel

We left for Australia on Friday of the last day of Term Two.  We were away for 10 days.  The competition involved around 40 schools, mostly Australian schools as well as five New Zealand teams. These were divided into Under 18, Under 16, Under 15 and Under 14 Year teams. 

This is a competition which you apply to become involved in.  We’ve attended the last four; it’s a big part of our Development Squad preparation for the 1st XV. We started eight years ago, taking Trent Renata, Sean Maitland and their crew along.  Every two years we select the top junior rugby boys and take them to this competition as part of their on-going development.  In theory this group could be in the 1st XV for the next two years, so the last group to go included Adam Burns, Fraser Armstrong, Nick Ross and those young men. 
 

The HBHS Senior Volleyball team is number 1 in the Waikato.  Teacher in charge of volleyball, Mr Tane Hughes reports on their successful title defence last week...

On Friday 8th March, Hamilton Boys' High School defended their Waikato Secondary Schools Volleyball title with a 3 nil win over Fraser High School.  The straight set scores do not reflect the tough challenge that Fraser put up, in the second and third sets in particular.

The team captained by Morgan Wills went through their season without dropping a set again any team, let alone losing any games.  As a result Hamilton Boys' High School take the Waikato number one rankings to the NZ Volleyball Championship in Palmerston North next week where they will play in Division 1.  (cont)

Matthew MacFarlane won a 2011 University of Waikato Plus One School Leaver Scholarship in 2010.  This prize recognizes academic excellence in students who are not eligible to receive a School Leaver Scholarship as they have completed the International Baccalaureate or equivalent examinations, or have had a gap year before enrolling. 

Simran Singh won a Science Admission Full Fees Scholarship, and Jonathan Lane was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering Full Fees Scholarship for their academic results in the previous year.

The 2011 University of Waikato School Leaver Scholarships recognise achievement in the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.  The $3,000.00 Scholarships are awaredd to students who achieved well in NCEA in 2010.  The 2011 recipients of the Scholarship from HBHS are:

Caine Jameson

Samuel Shute

Stephen Crake 

The University of Waikato offers significant scholarships to school leavers.  They are pleased to advise that the following HBHS Old Boys have been awarded scholarships and prizes to attend Waikato in 2012.

Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarships are awarded to students who have excelled academically and also in a sporting field or creative/performing arts.  Gage Hall; Kane Jacobson and Daniel Krippner have received this award.

The Vice-Chancellor's Academic Excellence School Leaver Scholarship is awarded to students in their first year of study who gain NCEA Level 3 Certificate with an Excellence endorsement.  Scholars receive $5000 towards their fees and accommodation.  The 2012 recipients from HBHS are: Daniel Humel, Matthew Law, Russell Nye-Wood and Robert West.

The University of Waikato Academic Merit School Leaver Scholarship is awarded to students in their first year of study who gain NCEA Level 3 Certificate with Merit endorsement.  Scholars receive $3000 towards their fees or accommodation.  The 2012 recipients from HBHS are: David Arcus, Mitchell Arndell, Duncan Barnard, Jonathan Barton, Peter Bennett, Matt Gorlicki and Connor Haisley Bossard.

Hamilton Gardens Pavilion hosted a highly competitive WaiMaths Competition on the 11th of August . The top three problem-solvers from more than twenty Waikato schools went head-to-head on the night. Each team was given 20 questions, covering all disciplines of Mathematics, which they had only forty five minutes to complete. Each question allowed for three chances at submitting the correct answer, a point being deducted with each attempt.

Our boys did extremely well, with the Year 9 team consisting of Patrick Costley, Michael Woods and Christopher Symon (see top photo) winning their year level competition. The Year 10 team of Daniel Carson, Matthew Munro and Sharnden Jeram placed sixth, with

Hamilton Boys' High students had a successful weekend in the annual Yamaha Rollos Bridge to Bridge Water Ski Classic, held on the Waikato River this past weekend. The river race is the premiere water ski race in New Zealand and attracts competitors from all over the country. This year int also included over 30 competitors from Australia. The feature event Long Race starts at Cambridge, with each boat towing two skiers at speed down the Waikato, through Hamilton to Taupiri. At this point, the competitors get a quick break before restarting to ski back into Hamilton, finishing in front of the crowd under the Bridge St Bridge at Grantham St – a distance of just over 82km.

Year 10 student, Hayden Gunn had great weekend. His team, (Pork Chop Racing – skiing with a St John's Yr 9 student) won the Formula 5 (up to 200hp, open age group) Class Time Trial on the Saturday. In the feature race, Hayden's team finished 1^st Formula 5, and 3^rd in Junior Class, enabling them to take out the F5 “King of the Rivers” trophy. Hayden backed this up with a 3^rd place in Under 16yrs Social Class skiing at 67mph on a standard slalom ski, behind his father's boat, Thunder.