School News

Last Saturday the Hamilton Boys’ High School 1^st XI Football team broke its own record yet again, by winning the Waikato Secondary Schools Football Premier League Championship for the ninth consecutive year. The hard fought 1-0 win over fierce rivals St Paul’s Collegiate was a fitting end to a season that gone right down to the wire.

St Paul’s had the better of the first half, dominating the centre of midfield and growing in confidence as the game continued. Both sides had their share of chances, but St Paul’s coach Mike Groom could sense an upset and must have gone into the break thinking this was St Paul’s year. But HBHS Coach Dave Edmondson put in place a game plan that took the game completely away from the hosts after half time.

During the weekend, a team of HBHS athletes headed across the Kaimais to compete in the Waikato Bay of Plenty Athletics championships, held at the Tauranga Domain.  The team finished the meet with an impressive 12 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze medals.  Stand-out performers were Jacob Priddey who won the John Walker trophy for winning the 1500m race, and Theunis Pieters who ran the 800m in 1.54 minutes, narrowly missing out on setting a new record.

Scott Creighton (Year 13, U20) and Sam Dobbs (Y10, U15) are the fastest cyclists in the North Island, in their respective classes. The HBHS Senior A team (of which Creighton is a member) came first out of 36 teams entered in the competition on Saturday. Racing conditions were superb, and the competition amongst riders from schools like Auckland Grammar and Mount Albert Grammar was especially fierce.

New Plymouth Boys’ High School Winter Sports Exchange, Results Thursday 7^th June, 2012

Hamilton Boys’ High School won the exchange 6 – 5

All fixtures were played in New Plymouth

David Nyika (Year 11) had tried a number of sports but none of them had the killer punch that boxing did.

So a year and a half ago he took up the sport, and now, after just seven fights, he finds himself set to travel to Kazakhstan for next month's Junior World Championships.

The 15-year-old competes in the 60kg lightweight division and his selection for the overseas event is his biggest achievement so far.   Read more at:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/5206034/Teen-pulls-no-punches-in-bid-for-medals

The New Zealand Army Band is on a tour which includes schools; HBHS snapped up the opportunity to secure a performance, which occurred during assembly yesterday.  We have established links with the band, and are investigating ways to help some of our top musicians sign up for both a musical and military career. 

The Army Band play a wide repertoire of music from Glen Miller classics to Michael Jackson.  A highlight of the performance was a rousing rendition of 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy'.  The group were well received by the boys, and have highlighted an important aspect of Army life: that it is possible to cultivate life long skills in a very broad range of disciplines when you become a soldier.