School News

The Waikato regional debating competition was held at Waikato University on Sunday.  The contest began at 8.30am and continued until 7.00pm at night.  We fielded a senior team comprised of Scott Cameron, Thomas Simpson and Christopher Jury. They had prepared a debate for the first round, negating the moot ‘New Zealand should impose performance pay on teachers’, which they convincingly won.  This was followed by three more debates prior to the break; these were also won in an emphatic fashion. 

The HBHS team met St Peter’s in the semi-finals, negating the proposition that endangered species should be farmed.  This was won by Boys’ High on a split decision, which allowed us through to a final against John Paul College, of Rotorua.  We affirmed the moot that beauty pageants did more harm than good, which won HBHS the title.

The beautiful greenstone National Provident Fund Trophy will be staying at HBHS for another year, as the HBHS Number 1 golf team (pictured, right) won the Waikato Intercollegiate Golf Tournament for the second year running, at Matamata yesterday.  The team, from left, of Denzel Ieremia, Bayley Waudby, Callum Scott and Regan Kidd, won the Intercollegiate Championships by an incredible 15 shots over second placed St Peter's School of Cambridge.  Captain of Golf, Denzel Ieremia was in typically fine form, shooting a five under round, after coming fifth in the Muruwai Open during the weekend.  Congratulations to the team on such a comprehensive victory, and thanks to Teacher in Charge of Golf, Mr Brendon Cooley, for his continued support of HBHS Golf.

Teacher in Charge of Squash, Mr Simon Devitt reports on this recent addition to the HBHS trophy cabinet...

On Wednesday the 3^rd of July, Hamilton Boys’ High School sent our three best squash players to compete in this one day event. The team progressed easily through the early stages of the tournament before facing St Peter’s College in the final. The team consisting of Angus MacDonald, Fergus McKinnon and Callum Burkes (Captain of Squash) played admirably and with great composure. Callum played one of his best matches to end up winning against a player graded much higher than him. They ended up winning 3 - 0 which secured us the overall win and the title of Waikato Secondary Schools Team Champion for the second consecutive year. 

HBHS 1st XV scored a convincing win over Tauranga Boys’ High School on Saturday, in front of a supportive crowd and the cameras of Sky TV.  The final score was 30 - 6, which means that ‘The Boot’ has returned to HBHS after a brief sojourn on the coast.

‘The Boot’ (pictured right) is a trophy constructed from one of the rugby boots of Don Clarke, a legendary Waikato sportsman.

Donald Barry Clarke (10 November 1933–29 December 2002) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played 89 times (31 of these were test matches) as an All Black from 1956 until 1964. He was best known for his phenomenal goal kicking ability that earned him the nickname "The Boot".
 

Hamilton Boys’ High School won the inaugural Chiefs Knock-Out Cup final against Manurewa at Waikato Rugby Stadium on Friday evening.  The final score was 32 – 3.  Coach Greg Kirkham commented on the win:

We had a good game on Friday.  We had played Manurewa in a pre-season game that was somewhat one-sided, but the make-up of the Manurewa team changed with boys back from summer tournament.  We knew that they had beaten Wesley, and that Wesley had beaten Rotorua Boys’ High School.

We prepared for a tough game – the Manurewa team are big boys, but we played specifically to our structure, gaps opened up and we scored a few tries.  One particularly pleasing thing was that the patterns we’ve been developing over the last few weeks are starting to come in, now.  Our structure is looking pretty sound.  There are still things to work on, as every coach will say, but we’re happy to have had this particular win.

Results: Day 1