School News

HBHS is proud to record the achievements of Year 9 Chey Riki-Hamana  and Year 12 Ariki Ormsby.  Chey won the Junior English Prepared Speech and Ariki won the Impromtu Speech in the Senior English division.

The Nga Manu Korero Speech Competition began in 1965, and was first known as the Korimako Contest. It was sponsored by the then Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson – Lord Ballantrae. The aim of the Korimako Contest was to encourage a greater command and fluency of spoken English amongst secondary Maori students.
Today, the Nga Manu Korero Speech Competition comprises of four sections: -
• Korimako (Senior English)
• Pei Te Hurinui Jones (Senior Maori)
• Sir Turi Carroll (Junior English)
• Rawhiti Ihaka (Junior Maori)
For further information, see www.maorieducation.org.nz

Congratulations to the following boys who were recognised last night at the Waikato Secondary Schools Sports Awards for their outstanding achievements in what has been an outstanding year.

On Friday 18 March Hamilton Boys’ High School tennis players dominated the Waikato Secondary Schools Tennis Championships by winning many titles. The results of the day are as follows:

The Waikato Secondary School Waterpolo Championship came to a conclusion on Wednesday 9th June, after a long and grueling season. HBHS had a huge, vocal turn out of supporters, which was great for morale. The game started at a frantic pace, and St Johns missed an early opportunity. HBHS then got on a roll and two quick goals later, we were in a controlling position at the end of the first quarter. As confidence grew, we shot out to a 6-2 lead at half time with some excellent play from Rahiti Teokotai-White and Sam Franicevic. St Johns started to claw their way back in the second half and with five minutes to play, the lead was down to two. A frantic last quarter saw both teams giving it everything to take victory, however the deciding moments came when Peter Overmire saved to penalty shots to secure the first Waikato title for HBHS. We would like to thank our supporters for contributing to the great atmosphere on the night.

HBHS provided the feature band and one of the judges (Mike Booth) for the Waikato/BOP Band Competition, held last week.  The Jazz Band was the featured attraction of the day, and performed very well. The Gypsy Pickers won their category and also received a gold certificate for the efforts.  The Ukelele Group won silver for the kind of dynamic and entertaining performance that has become their trademark.