School News

In what is already a superb year of results, HBHS's Jacob Priddey (pictured in action) has just placed 2nd in the Australian Cross Country Championships last weekend.  Jacob was a member of the New Zealand secondary schools team, and as a 16 year old running in the Under 18 event, came in only 19 seconds behind the winning runner from New South Wales.  Jacob's next goal is to prepare for the New Zealand secondary schools nationals in December this year on the track, where he will race in the 1500m and 5000m with a view to qualifying for the World Championships. 

The Hamilton Boys’ High School Athletics Team returned home yesterday from the National Secondary Schools competition with 8 medals, including 2 gold medals won by Jacob Phillips.  In addition, Jacob Priddey will be travelling to Sydney next year to compete in the 2013 Junior Olympics.  Teacher in Charge of Athletics Mr Rodney de Klerk reports on the team’s performance over the weekend in Dunedin.

HBHS Year 12 student James Robertson, who along with Year 13 student Regan Kidd won the National Teen Ag Competition earlier in the year, has been identified as one to watch by the Get Ahead Website. James intends to study Animal Science once he finishes at HBHS, and he, along with other talented individuals who are intending to work in the agricultural sector, will be profiled over the next few years. Check out the link below to see what James has accomplished and what his ambitions are:

http://www.getahead.co.nz/get-prepared/peer-profiles/james-robertson/

Wake early as normal on game day. Boys have a laugh about the high skinfold boys (Hayden, Logan, Fraser and Joe) who sneak out at night to get icecream from the vending machines. They’ve been on a strict no-rubbish diet all tour and the coaches and Nic Gill will hit the roof when they find out. A few of us discuss how we might drop a few hints at a team meeting. Shower, breakfast, and team meeting. Watched the first quarter-final, France against England. No love lost between these two. In an upset England hold on to win 21-20 and put France out of the tourney. We’re a bit disappointed cause we were hoping to play them somewhere but we also understand how they feel being knocked out. Nevermind we’ve got our own game to worry about.
Warm-up, goes very well and we’re out of the sheds and into our haka. All one way traffic as backs and forwards combine in our best display of running rugby on tour.

HBHS Year 12 student Jarrod Banks, pictured right, has continued to win titles at national level since he won his first fight in 2012.  Recently, he won the New Zealand Junior 75kg Amateur title after moving up a weight division, which he can add to his North Island Championship gold in the Under 65kg category, and his Golden Gloves and Central North Island titles which he won in 2013.  Next up for Jarrod is a tournament in Christchurch on Saturday 15 March, followed by another tournament in Queenstown on Saturday 12 April.  We will keep you posted on Jarrod's progress, and we wish him the best of luck in his upcoming bouts.  Fellow HBHS student and McNabney's Gym member Niko Nicholson is also making pleasing progress, havinig won gold in the Under 48kg division alongside Jarrod at the Central North Island Championships in 2013.  We will follow these two fighters with interest as they continue to pursue their goals at national level and beyond, and we wish them every success.

Check out this fantastic video footage of HBHS Year 9 student Jaxon Waters, pictured right, competing in a two day trampoline competition held in Auckland last weekend.  Jaxon won gold in the Individual 13/14 Age Group Mens section (his gold-medal-winning routine is featured in the video link below) and silver in the Double Mini-tramp 13/14 Age Group Mens section.  In doing so, Jaxon achieved the entry scores he needed to qualify for the National Championships which will be held at the end of the year.  This is a very impressive effort considering this was the first competition of the new season.  Jaxon is off to Christchurch this coming weekend to compete, and we wish him every success as he head south.

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