School News

Year 13 student Scott Creighton has won an AMP regional scholarship, claiming the Graeme Menzies and Associates AMP Schoarship Award.  Scott returned from Moscow recently ranked seventh in his age group at the Junior Track World Championships.  He will use the scholarship to help fund his travel to further competitions.  His long-term goal is to represent New Zealand in the Olympics and compete for a European team.

Scott Creighton has gone from strength to strength in the New Zealand cycling fraternity. HBHS interviewed him about his progress:

Scott Creighton (Yr 12) recently returned to New Zealand after assisting the Under 19 Men’s Road Cycling Team to win the Nations Cup title at the Tour de L’Abitibi in Canada.  He finished eighth in a field of more than 100 riders, in a competition which is modeled on cycling races like the Tour de France.  Creighton raced over six days in the seven-stage event.  He was surprised and delighted that his results were able to make a crucial different to his team’s performance.
 
What is Road Cycling?

‘Road cycling’ is a term usually applied to events where competing riders start at the same time (unless riding a handicap event) with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course (individual and team time trials are another form of cycle racing on roads).

Four DTR classes assembled by the school pool on Friday to enjoy a day of instruction on scuba diving. Successful DTR students are considered for the Outdoor Education programme in Year 11, so a number of highly motivated boys are interested in this option. Five stations were set up by the private training provider, including navigation, theory, snorkelling, setting up the gear and scuba diving itself.

Scuba day is a high interest end-of-year activity. It provides the boys with a sense of what might be involved in pursuing scuba diving, and puts them in contact with instructors that they can work with if they wish to learn to dive, later.

HBHS student Sean Hickey has won a bronze medal at the National Water-skiing Championships, held at the Piarere Waterski Club on Lake Karapiro over the Easter weekend.  Sean came second equal with 2 buoys on the 14.25m line, and on countback won the bronze, with Sean skiing a personal best to clinch the medal.  This involved him reaching speeds of up to 55km per hour as competitors accelerate throughout the event on each pass.  Sean was nominated for the gutsy skier award, and made the finals in Tricks, eventually finishing fifth, just missing another bronze medal by 300 points.  Congratulations to Sean on this achievement and thanks to Fairfax NZ for the photograph which featured on the cover of the Hamilton Press.

This weekend is shaping up to be one of the most important ones this year for the top three HBHS rugby teams, and all of the games will be played at home.  First up at 10.30am on Field 2, the 2nd XV will be looking to secure the Super 8 title as they face Hastings Boys' High School in their final round of competition.  Then at 11am on the Number 1 field, the 3rd XV will be looking to make the finals of the Waikato Division 1 1st XV competition as they take on Matamata College.  Finally, immediately following the completion of that match, the HBHS 1st XV will wrap up the Super 8 competition and put the Moascar Cup on the line against Hastings Boys' High School 1st XV.  This is a huge weekend for our top three teams and we are fortunate to have all three games here so all of the players would love to see as many HBHS supporters in red and black on the side lines to cheer them on.  Go teams!