School News

On the 4th of May, 18 Hamilton Boys' High School students competed in the Hauraki Plains College Motocross Tournament, held at Slater Park in Huntly.

The event attracted over 200 riders, from 40 secondary schools. The event catered for beginners through to national level riders. This ensured the event was inviting, competitive and enjoyable for all riders.

After a long, hot and dusty day of close racing, the hard work of the Hamilton Boys' High School riders secured an impressive collection of trophies.

Ayden Dunn convincingly won the Pro 250cc class.

On Thursday 28^th June, twenty two Year 12 and 13 food technology students travelled to WINTEC to participate in the Waikato Culinary Fare. In this competition they competed against other secondary schools in either “static” or “live” food competitions.  For the static competition the students made decorated cupcakes or a cold dessert at school the day before and took them along for judging on the morning of the competition.  For the live competition, students chose to enter either a creative pizza or soup category.  The other live category entered was “mystery box” in which a team of two, cooks and serves a main course for two people within one hour.  The difficulty factor for the students is that until the morning of the competition, they do not know what ingredients will be in their mystery box and so cannot practice or choose a recipe until the morning of the competition.

 It was a tough competition against many other experienced school students, but overall the Boys' High students did very well.  In the static competition, Jonas Clarke received a bronze medal for his banoffee pie dessert as well as a gold medal in the live soup competition for his leek, broccoli and blue cheese soup (our very first gold medal over the three years we have been competing).  Kane Maxwell also did well to receive a silver medal for his pumpkin soup.  In the creative pizza category both Jackson Holmes and Tracy Tang received a silver medal and Jake Divett received a bronze medal.  Lastly in the mystery box category, Daniel Lawrence and Callum Douglas received a silver medal each. 

Mr Nathan Vassella, Teacher in charge of Motocross, reports on HBHS’s latest success in this fast-growing sport…

On the 22^nd of March, 18 HBHS students attended the Hauraki Plains Motocross Tournament. The event was very popular, with over 200 students from 22 Secondary Schools attending. Unfortunately, the extremely dry weather leading up to the event made for very dusty racing conditions. Despite the organiser’s best efforts to water the track, the dust was a lingering issue.

HBHS had a very successful day of racing and with the accumulation of every rider’s points we won the event outright. Stand out individual results are as follows: (cont)

Hamilton Boys' High School created history by winning the under-20 boys' team time trial at the national schools road cycling championships in Levin on Saturday.  It was the first time in the event's 43-year history that HBHS has won the coveted Sir Bernard Fergusson trophy.  A record 131 teams tackled the 16 km team time trail course in less than ideal conditions.

Led by junior world track bronze medallist Scott Creighton, HBHS completed the course in a blistering 22min 39sec, the fastest time of the day.  Creighton and team-mates Tom McLachlan, Stephen Brunskill, Sam Gaze and Corby Price finished 18sec ahead of the St Kentigern's College team. 

Sam Gaze yesterday also won the under-17 boys' road race title in Feilding in 49min 15 sec.  Ryan Christensen was second in the under-16 boys' B race.  The event concluded on Monday with point races around Manfield Racecourse.  Sam Dobbs won gold in the Under 15 boys, Corby Price won gold in the  Under 17 boys' and Scott Creighton won bronze in the Under 20 boys.

(With thanks to the Waikato Times)

HBHS students James Robertson (left) and Regan Kidd (right), also known as "The Udder 2" are the 2013 National Teen Ag Young Farmers title holders.  The boys prepared for the Grand Final by working hard as a team and ensured that they had practised the wide range of skills that the competition tested.  The challenges included stock judging, tractor safety drills, soil sampling, farm first-aid, a mock scholarship interview and tests on how to identify diseases in animals and find the appropriate treatments.  Both boys are heading for Lincoln University once they finish their time at HBHS, and both are keen to continue their involvement in the Young Farmers Programme.  James is the Chairman of the HBHS Teen Ag Club, which currently has 20 paid-up members.  This group meets regularly and enters agricultural competitions, along with providing volunteer service at both the A & P Show and at Fieldays.  HBHS is the first school in the North Island to ever win the national Teen Ag competition.  Congratulations to James and Regan on their achievement, and thanks to the Young Farmers website for the photograph of our latest national champions.

It was a very good day at the office for HBHS sports teams today, as they faced off against teams from New Plymouth Boys' High School in the annual winter sports exchange, held at HBHS. The HBHS 1st XV (pictured in action at right) continued their impressive run of form, retaining the Headmaster's Bowl and the Moascar Cup with a 35 - 7 win in their first Super 8 match this year. The HBHS 1st XI scored yet another extraordinary victory with a 16 - 0 demolition of their New Plymouth counterparts. Overall, HBHS won the exchange 7 to 1, with 1 draw. The complete list of results is as follows:

(Results cont)