School News

Hamilton Boys’ Super 8 Team have won the Super 8 Tennis Shield for a third consecutive year beating Tauranga Boys’ College by a set in the final. Luke Hamilton and Matthew Sheedy won their singles matches resulting in the tie being evenly balanced 2-2 on matches going into the doubles. Matthew Sheedy and Scott Johnson then won their doubles match in 3 sets 6/2 2/6 7/6. This meant Luke Hamilton and Jake McCartney only needed to win one set in their doubles match to clinch victory. They did this with a 6/2 first set win guaranteeing the victory for the team.

The team now travel to Albany next Monday to play in the Secondary School Nationals tournament. Hamilton Boys’ High will be one of the 8 schools from around New Zealand that have qualified for this event.

Hamilton Boys’ High also had a second team in the competition and finished a very creditable 6^th place only 1 point behind Napier Boys’ High School. The team consisted of Dion Spice, Sterling Morgan, Daniel Rogers and David Ju.

Photo-Back Left-Mr.Erceg(Manager) J.McCartney, M.Sheedy, S.Johnson

 Front-L.Whittaker, L.Hamilton

The Hamilton Boys High senior tennis team travelled to New Plymouth to compete in the Super 8 Tennis competition held last Friday to Sunday. The team started strongly, winning their Section play with a 6-0 win over Hastings Boys High School, 5-1 win over Napier Boys High School and a 6-0 win over hosts New Plymouth Boys’ High School.

Get behind HBHS, check out our talent and vote for our music video, made at school by our senior students performing "Stand By Me", and help us to win the Super 8 Voice of Change competition.  The competition will feature tonight on TV1's "Seven Sharp", but don't leave it until then to vote because voting closes at 5pm today.  Follow the link below and help our video creators get to sing at the All Blacks versus Argentina test match by sharing and liking the page on Facebook.  Voting ends today, so vote HBHS!

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Hamilton Boys' High School 1st XV rugby team (current Super 8 Champions) will play Rotorua on Saturday at 12.00 on the Number 1 rugby field, in the first round of the Chiefs Knockout playoffs.  All staff, students and friends of the school are invited to attend the game and support the boys by wearing school colours.

Greg Kirkham (1st XV Coach) commented on the team's progress:

After beating Gisborne three weeks ago, to wrap up the title, we played Hastings last weekend.  Unfortunately we went down 15 - 14, but it was a good game.  We lost the Super 8 last year, for the first time in six years, so it was good to have an opportunity to see if we could return this trophy to the school.  The boys have been playing well all season and we are looking forward to moving into the Chiefs Knockout challenge.  If we beat Rotorua we play Wesley College, then go through as Chiefs representatives to the top four.  This has given us plenty of motivation over the last week. 

This Saturday sees two of the biggest events on this year's school calendar taking place at HBHS. First up is the Regional Kapa Haka Competition, taking place in Gym 1, with the doors opening at 8am and the first performance scheduled for 8.45am. The entry fee is $5 payable on the door. This is an exciting opportunity to see some of the best Kapa Haka performers in New Zealand in action. Contact Toti West twest@hbhs.school.nz for more information or see the notice on this website for details. Then at 2.45pm, the HBHS 1st XV will take on Rotorua Boys' High School for the Chiefs Cup, with the Moascar Cup also on the line. The Rugby Channel on Sky 064 will be broadcasting the match live, but supporters are most welcome and we encourage you to come along in HBHS red and black to cheer the team on. It is important to note that there will be no public parking possible, so we advise visitors and supporters to plan for this and allow extra time to find parking spaces. It is going to be a wonderful day, so we are all looking forward to seeing all of our HBHS families and friends at these events. See you there!

HBHS is proud to promote the Charity Auction in support of Jesse Reynolds and his IPC World Championship Campaign.  Jesse has been selected to compete in Montreal, Canada in August this year as a member of the High Performance Squad with Paralympics New Zealand and is currently ranked 6th in the world in the 400m Freestyle event.  The auction is on Thursday 25 July 2013 at the Lone Star Function Room.  Please follow the link below for further information, on how to book tickets and more on how we can support Jesse. 

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