School News

It was a very good day at the National Touch Championships up in Auckland today for the HBHS Senior Touch team.  They began with a 5-all draw against St Patrick's College, and followed this with a trio of wins, first 3 - 2 over King's College, then 7 - 6 against St Kentigern's College and finally an 8 - 6 win over Kelston Boys' High School.  Check in here tomorrow for finals action.

Ist XI Hockey v St Andrews, W 6 - 3, v Nelson, W 2 - 1, v Wanganui, W 7 - 0. v Ak Grammar, W 2 - 0

U15 Rugby v Wesley, W 36 - 7, v Otago, W 37 - 0, V Mt Albert, D 10 - 10

Ist XI Football v Cashmere, L 1 - 2, v Napier BHS, W 2 - 1, v Timaru, W 4 - 0, v Nayland, D 2 - 2, v Francis Douglas, W 2 - 0

2nd XI Hockey v McLeans, W 7 - 0, v Westlake, L 0 - 2, v St Kentigern's, W 4 - 0

1st XI Hockey v St Andrews, W 6 - 3, v Napier, W 2 - 1

U15 Rugby v Wesley, W 34 - 7

1st XI Football v Cashmere, L 1 - 2, v Napier BHS, W 2 - 1 (mudbath!)

Golf, 4th equal in NZ (storm!)

2nd XI Hockey vs McLeans, W 7 - 0

U16 Rugby v St Pauls, w 19 - 10, v Sacred Heart, L 0 - 19

The next International Geography Olympiad will be in held in Cologne in Germany. Scott Cameron and Brent Coleman (who were part of the National Title winning Maatangi Whenua team from 2010) have been selected to attend a training camp in Wellington for this event  in early December. They will be part of an elite group of students who will receive intensive training in all things geographical. From this group the final group of students will be selected to represent New Zealand.  We wish them every success in this venture.

The 2012 Olympiad will begin on August 21 and end on August 26. The local organisers will host 30 teams from around the world. The competition will test many different aspects of geographical knowledge through written tests, and multimedia tests. The students also experience a fieldwork excursion.

HBHS Old Boy Cameron Wells (at Boys' High from 2007-2011) writes a blog as a first year science student for Auckland University.  You can read his ruminations on life at UOA at www.auckland.ac.nz/insideword.  In this entry, he reflects on the transition from high school sport to university level.

Time management is important when you’re at Uni, no matter what degree you’re doing. All it takes is a quick skim over the last few weeks of blogs to realise that way too many people leave assignments and essays (and studying for tests!) until the last minute. When you throw in the commitments of sport, that all becomes a whole lot more challenging. Now I’m not claiming to be a high-performance athlete, because that couldn’t be further from the truth. The amount of time and effort that some people dedicate to their sport is amazing, and even though I’m constantly in awe of them, I’m pretty happy just playing for fun. That being said, I’m pretty competitive, and I can’t stand it when people don’t care whether they win or lose. Thankfully, through AUSA, there are opportunities for anyone and everyone to compete, or just participate in a whole load of different sports, at any kind of level.

Congratulations to HBHS Year 9 student Bradley Cullen (pictured, right) on his recent achievements in triathlon competitions.  Bradley was recently selected for the North Island Aqua Knights Development Camp, as well as the Triathlon New Zealand Youth Camp for 15 to 18 year old athletes.  What is significant about the Triathlon New Zealand selection is that as a Year 9 student, Bradley is the only 14 year old to be invited.  HBHS also congratulates Bradley on his most recent win, in the Karapiro Sprint Triathlon Open Men Division during the weekend.  We look forward to following Bradley's progress in Multi sport events, as the summer season kicks off, and we wish him every success in his upcoming events.