School News

Final Placings

It's finals day in Winter Tournament Week 2013, and a host of HBHS teams are competing for national honours.

The 1st XI Hockey team won 8 - 1 against Wellington College and now play Westlake Boys' High School for the Rankin Cup at 2pm.

The 2nd XI Hockey team won 1 - 0 against St Peter's Auckland and now play Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Ruamata Bay of Plenty at 3.20pm for national honours.

The Under 14 Rugby team won 48 - 5 over New Plymouth Boys' High School and now play Sacred Heart at 10am for the national title.

The 1st XI Football team will play off for 5th and 6th place against Tauranga Boys' College at 10am.

The 2nd XI Football team, after losing an agonisingly tense penalty shootout 5 - 4 after finishing their match against Macleans College at 1 - 1 will now play Onslow College for 3rd and 4th at 11.30am.

We wish all of our teams the very best of luck today and we will post results as soon as they come to hand. Go HBHS!

Teacher in charge of Golf, Mr Brendon Cooley, has been away in Christchurch with the HBHS team this week, and filed the following report:

WHILE THE BIG GUNS ARE AWAY THE JUNIORS COME TO PLAY!

The top golf side travelled down to Christchurch to compete in the National Secondary Final and under-performed. We finished 7th in New Zealand but all the golfers were disappointed in their individual performance. The highlight was Ben Murray, our 4th ranked golfer, shooting the best score of round one with a 77. The boys are currently playing the Under 19 age group championship with Denzel Ieremia 11th and Bayley Waudby 18th with one round to go. (Article cont)

NEW - The Under 15 rugby team had a huge win over Wellington College 71 - 0!  The Under 16 rugby team also won, beating Sacred Heart 23 - 17. 

It was a mixed set of results for the table tennis team, losing their first grading round to Pakuranga College meaning relegation to the B grade.  In the second round the HBHS team beat Westlake Boys' High School to remain in the B grade.

The HBHS 2nd XI hockey team have made a fine start to their tournament, beating Tawa College 6 - 0. Not to be outdone, the 1st XI hockey team beat St Kentigern College 4 - 1.

The Under 15 rugby team have also notched up a first round win against St Bede's College 18 - 0.

The 2nd XI football team had a tougher time of it, with a 3 all draw against Avondale College as did the 1st XI football team with a hard-fought 2 all draw against Westlake Boys' High School.

Remember to check the Latest News regularly, as we will post scores as soon as they come to hand.

A reminder - we would very much appreciate any photos taken of our sports teams in action during tournament week, or in any sporting competition.  Please send them to wmoffitt@hbhs.school.nz and we will find a good home for them on the website, in The High Achiever, or The Hamiltonian.  Thank you!

NEW - Some very big wins in the afternoon update! In rugby, the Under 15 team beat Hastings Boys' High School 17 - 0, the Under 16 team beat Palmerston North Boys' High School 48 - 0, and the Under 14 team beat Tu Toa School 93 - 12.

NEW - The football 1st XI had an important 5 - 0 win over St Patrick's Kilbernie. This, plus other results going their way, means that the team have qualified for the Top 8 in New Zealand.

The table tennis team lost to Auckland Grammar School 2 - 5 and lost to St Andrews 3 - 4 in the B grade.

The 2nd XI football team had two good wins, beating Rutherford College 4 - 2 and Manurewa High School 4 - 1.  Keep checking for updates!

The first set of results is in for today and it's two big wins by the in-form HBHS hockey teams.  The 2nd XI beat Katikati College 11 - 0, and the 1st XI beat Otago Boys' High School 7 - 1.

NEWS FLASH - they gave us a fright when they let King's College back in the match at 2 all, but the 1st XI hockey team have beaten King's College very well in the end, finishing with a full time score of 5 - 2.  Congratulations to the team on this fine quarter-final win.

The Under 16 rugby team have won the quad tournament, and the Under 15 rugby team scored a very good 27 - 0 win over Christchurch Boys' High School.  So far, the Under 15 team have not had a point scored against them in four matches.  The football 2nd XI won 4 - 0 over Northcote College, but the 1st XI suffered a 6 - 0 defeat at the hands of Auckland Grammar.  And in breaking news... the 1st XI hockey team are 2 - 1 up in their must-win game against King's College with approximately 20 minutes left to play.  Check in and we will keep you posted!

The 1st XI hockey team continued on their winning way beating St Andrew's 7 - 2, and are due to play defending champions King's College in the quarter finals at 2.30pm today.

The first update for today features the football 2nd XI who beat Western Springs College 1 - 0.  It is worth noting that the 2nd XI is the only second team in their entire competition, meaning that all of their wins have been over 1st XI teams.