School News

Test yourself again, against the best spellers in the country.  The following words are taken directly from previous National Spelling Bee Competitions.  Get someone to click the Read More and read the words out loud.  You are permitted to ask for the word in a sentence, and the origin of the word, which can be found in a good dictionary.  To really recreate the atmosphere, take the test on stage in front of a crowd, with a name tag around your neck.  Watch out for more lists and for the upcoming HBHS Spelling Bee Competition.

Leo the Lion (aka Lewis Ashcroft) and Rahiti Teokotai-White co-ordinated an eating contest during lunchtime on the No 1 Rugby Field today, to round out the activities for HBHS Spirit Week.  Participating staff and students who where interviewed afterwards looked pretty seedy, but the event entertained a significant number of the student body.  Hot dogs were the winners on the day.

The new school gymnasium rang yesterday with the sweet sounds of the annual House Singing Contest. Each House sang an arrangement of prepared songs, while Mr Bryan Bevage (who taught singing at HBHS for many years) and Mr Jamie Strange (HBHS Old Boy and current student teacher) judged the competition.

Results:

Taylor       1st      169
Tait           2nd     166
Argyle       3rd      159
Steele       4th      158
Baigent     5th      157
Wilson      6th      151

The caliber of the finalists was the strongest we have seen; ‘National Title Holder’ was the minimum criterion to be considered.  40 parents, staff, students and finalists from HBHS were in attendance on the night, and we are delighted to record three category wins: Matthew Cameron is officially the Secondary Schools Sportsman of the Year in the Waikato, Nigel Hotham is the WSS Sports Awards Coach of the Year, and HBHS 1st XI Cricket is the Team of the Year.

This caps of our strongest sporting year to date. In 2009, HBHS won the National Secondary Schools Rugby competition, the Gillette Cup (NZSS Cricket), the National Touch Championship, the Maadi and Springbok Cups plus seven National age-group titles (Rowing), The Moascar Cup (Rugby), the National Secondary Schools Clay Target Shooting competition, and the NZSS Multisport competition. Our 1st XI Football team was runner-up to MAGS in the NZSS Football Tournament, and our 1st XI Hockey team finished 3rd at Rankin Cup, the premier secondary school hockey competition.

Our In-line Hockey team finished second in New Zealand at the 2008 College Games, and our Rugby Sevens and Senior Table Tennis teams both finished third in the country.  Our Senior Squash team finished fifth at the NZSS tournament, while our Senior Softball, Senior Waterpolo and 2nd XI Hockey teams all won NZSS titles in division two of their respective tournaments.  Gerard van der Mark, NZU18 and U85kg wrestling champion, captained the NZSS Wrestling team to Australia.  We also have Jordan Cooper-Peters, NZU16 Kyokushi champion and Donald Rowe, National Champion in Kickboxing in the U16 Open weight division in individual sports.

Hamilton Boys’ High School would like to thank the members of our community, our friends and supporters, who have helped us to meet and exceed the goals we set for ourselves this year.  We look forward to seeing what the New Year will bring us all.
 

Last Wednesday evening saw the sporting achievements of 2013 celebrated in the School Hall, and no-one envied the people who had to decide which individuals and teams were deserving of the top prizes, as 2013 had produced an unprecedented selection of champions in a wide range of codes.  The 2013 Sports Awards was an opportunity to reflect once more on an extraordinary season of wins, and such was the competition for the prestigious Team of the Year that we saw a rare three-way tie for this title.  Congratulations to every athlete and team on their accomplishments this year and we proudly present the full list of sports prize-winners.  (List follows)

The following students have been named in the squad to tour Japan later this year to contest the Sanix World Youth Invitational Rugby Tournament.  Having won the National First XV title last year, HBHS qualified to represent New Zealand in this prestigious sporting contest, and we congratulate these boys on their selection.  The squad is as follows:

(List cont)