HBHS Student Trialling for National Waterpolo Side

Tristian Houghton (Year 11) has recently been invited to participate in the Waterpolo NZ Schoolboys' Selection Trial. The first selection trial will be held July 27th - 29th 2012 in Auckland.  Those selected will progress though to the squad training on August 17th to 19th from which the team will be selected to play against Australia in December. There will be a further training camp for the team over the long weekend in October (19th - 22nd) with the team training December 13th - 17th prior to the series against Australia, December 17th & 18th 2012.

Waterpolo has developed a strong following at HBHS - we are currently winning the Waikato Regional Competition with HBHS A placed first and HBHS Junior placed second.  The finals are coming up at the end of May.    Water polo, or Water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper.  The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as "eggbeater kick"), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie. 'Man-up' (or 'power play') situations occur frequently. Water polo, therefore, has strong similarities to the land-based game of handball.

If you would like to become involved with waterpolo this year, see Mrs Missen for details.