School News

This year the National under 15 rugby tournament was hosted by Rotorua Boys’ High School. On the first day of the tournament we faced the challenge of playing two full length games on the same day. In the morning we played Wesley College, needing a good performance to kick start the tournament. Our coaches were happy with the 36-7 victory as we showed some excellent discipline and control, playing in extremely testing, wet, cold and windy conditions. Tayne Tupaea, from lock, scored two magnificent tries from lineout drives. We immediately needed to switch on for our afternoon game against Otago Boys’ High School. This was another outstanding team performance winning 44-0. Once again the forward pack laid the foundation for this victory, as they were expertly guided around the field by our half back Caleb Korteweg.

Congratulations to Harry Yoon, for placing in the top 10% of results for the UC Economics Challenge. The top awards are in the first table and all Hamilton Boys’ High students are in the second table.

Table 1:

Hamilton Boys' High School      Harry Yoon            27/30      90%

Table 2:

                                                                                                Grade   Percentage

Hamilton Boys' High School      HarryYoon                               27        90

Hamilton Boys' High School      ThomasSimpson                   26        87

Hamilton Boys' High School      AxtonPitt                                 25        83

Hamilton Boys' High School      AlexandroSikiotis                  24        80

This year the National under 15 rugby tournament was hosted by Hastings Boys’ High School.  On the first day of the tournament we faced the challenge of playing two full length games on the same day.  In the morning we played Hastings Boys’ High School, needing a good performance to kick start the tournament.  Our coaches were happy with the 39-12 victory as we showed some excellent attacking movements, finished with six great team tries all scored by the backs.  Legin Hotham from full back scored the first two of his seven tries he would score through the week.  We immediately needed to switch on for our afternoon game against New Plymouth Boys’ High School.  This was an amazing team performance winning 103-7, unfortunately letting them on the score board with an intercept try in the last few minutes.

The HBHS Under 15 Sevens team have won their way through to the National Tournament final where they will meet Rotorua Boys' High School.  We wish them every success and will post the results as soon as they come to hand.

The 2010 Under 55kg A Rugby season kicked off with three combative trial sessions. It was at this stage that their coach Mr De Klerk realized this was going to be a champion team. Without a doubt, the players picked themselves through their actions and their outstanding attitude.

Blessed with a plethora of talent, the coach and support team were able to experiment with positions in order to give all the boys’ satisfactory game time. The team commenced the season, in the three grading games, with comprehensive wins over all. Once the team realized that individualised talent alone wasn’t good enough to be truly successful, Theunis Pieterse (Captain) and Blake Scotland (Vice Captain) brought the group together as an unstoppable unit.

The U55 A team trained hard, putting the success of the team above individual merit, and this became a winning formula. With great determination, they not only won, but won every game by a convincing margin, even acquiring triple figures. They were not always the biggest team on the field; they had some challenges, but they still went on to win the semi-finals and ultimately the grand finals in impressive style to take the Pat Bennett Trophy. Mr De Klerk noted that it has been a pleasure working with assistant and backline coach David Den Hertog, father of the teams First-five.

We congratulate Mr De Klerk’s team, as well as the other four junior sides that went on to contest finals in the last two weeks.  It has been a stellar year for Rugby at Hamilton Boys’ High School.

HBHS Head Prefect in 2010 and current University of Waikato and Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship student Adam Burn (pictured at right), has been named as a New Zeland Under 20 squad member to take part in the IRB 2013 Junior Rugby World Cup which will be held in France next month.

To read more about this accomplishment, and for Adam's account of this experience and what it means for him, follow the link below to the University of Waikto website.

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2013/05hillary-scholar-to-play-in-irb-junior-world-cup.shtml