Hamilton Boys' High School
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Hamilton Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hamilton
, New Zealand
. The school was established as Hamilton High School in 1903 but was later split into separate boys' and girls' schools. The school crest features a lion, sash and star, and bears the motto "Sapiens Fortunam Fingit Sibi" which translates to "a wise man carves his own fortune". The school colours are black and red.
Most of the school's approximately 2000 students are day boys from Hamilton
and surrounding townships such as Cambridge
, Te Awamutu
, and Morrinsville
. Around 120 boys are housed in an onsite boarding hostel, Argyle House, which forms one of the six houses into which the school is divided. The boarding house is located on the school grounds, but is essentially a private institution, with students paying approximately $10,000 per year to attend.
In 1999 the school appointed Susan Hassall to head the school. In doing so the school became one of the first boys' schools in New Zealand to appoint a female headmaster.
and external Cambridge International Examinations
for students to undertake.
There have been many successes in this area. The school is always performing highly in both NCEA and CIE.
, cricket
, rugby
, touch rugby
, rugby sevens
and clay target shooting
. Its football
and hockey
teams are also often in the top ten teams in New Zealand.
In particular, the school has won the Gillette Cup
for schoolboy cricket three times since it was established in 1990, and it has won the Maadi Cup
for rowing Eights seven times and the Springbok Shield for Fours fourteen times (a national record), including six years consecutively as well as many other national rowing titles.
The school is one of the Super 8 schools
.
Hamilton Boys' High School competes regularly against another Hamilton
school, St Paul's Collegiate
. The two schools are traditional foes, and games between them generate intense but good-natured rivalry.
In 2009 the school won the national secondary rugby championship school for the second year in a row defeating St Bede's College
in the final 17-0 and went on to win the 2010 Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament, beating Truro School
40-8.
Enrolment was traditionally by academic examination followed by an interview. Alternatively a student might be enrolled if he had a family connection to the school. The school still examines new students but only for the purposes of streaming students.
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The school was established as Hamilton High School in 1903 but was later split into separate boys' and girls' schools. The school crest features a lion, sash and star, and bears the motto "Sapiens Fortunam Fingit Sibi" which translates to "a wise man carves his own fortune". The school colours are black and red.
Most of the school's approximately 2000 students are day boys from Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
and surrounding townships such as Cambridge
Cambridge, New Zealand
Cambridge is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated 24 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions".In the 1840s Cambridge had a Maori population but in the 1850's missionaries and...
, Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it...
, and Morrinsville
Morrinsville
Morrinsville is a town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The land for the town and surrounding farmland was purchased from Wirimu Tamehana,the king maker prior to the NZ land wars of the 1860s. The land then was very swampy...
. Around 120 boys are housed in an onsite boarding hostel, Argyle House, which forms one of the six houses into which the school is divided. The boarding house is located on the school grounds, but is essentially a private institution, with students paying approximately $10,000 per year to attend.
In 1999 the school appointed Susan Hassall to head the school. In doing so the school became one of the first boys' schools in New Zealand to appoint a female headmaster.
Academic
The school offers both the state run NCEANational Certificate of Educational Achievement
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement is, since 2004, the official secondary school qualification in New Zealand.It has three levels, corresponding to the levels within the National Qualifications Framework, and these are generally studied in each of the three final years of...
and external Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge International Examinations
University of Cambridge International Examinations is a provider of international qualifications for students between the ages of 14 and 19, offering examinations and qualifications in more than 150 countries. It is an Examination Board under Cambridge Assessment, founded in 1858 as a department...
for students to undertake.
There have been many successes in this area. The school is always performing highly in both NCEA and CIE.
Sport
Hamilton Boys' High School fields a number of sports teams in a variety of codes. In recent years it has won the New Zealand secondary schools competitions for rowingSport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, touch rugby
Touch rugby
Touch rugby, Refers to games derived from rugby football in which players do not tackle in the traditional, highly physical way, but instead touch their opponents using their hands on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball....
, rugby sevens
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
and clay target shooting
Skeet
Skeet may refer to:* Clay pigeon shooting, a target sport** Skeet shooting, a discipline of the sport*** Olympic skeet, a variant of the discipline*** Skeet Shoot, a skeet shooting video game for the Atari 2600 produced by Apollo...
. Its football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
teams are also often in the top ten teams in New Zealand.
In particular, the school has won the Gillette Cup
Gillette Cup New Zealand Secondary Schools Cricket
Gillette Cup is the name given to the New Zealand Secondary Schools boys one day cricket competition. The competition begins as a knock-out competition until the top school in each of six regional zones is determined. These schools then contest a final held in Palmerston North in December...
for schoolboy cricket three times since it was established in 1990, and it has won the Maadi Cup
Maadi Cup
The Maadi Cup is the prize for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Boys' Under 18 Rowing Eights. More colloquially, it is the name given to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta, at which the Maadi Cup is raced...
for rowing Eights seven times and the Springbok Shield for Fours fourteen times (a national record), including six years consecutively as well as many other national rowing titles.
The school is one of the Super 8 schools
Super 8 schools
Super 8 is the association of boys schools in the central North Island of New Zealand. The association is mainly a sporting one, which was established in 1997 in response to the lack of competition that the schools faced in their home regions....
.
Hamilton Boys' High School competes regularly against another Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
school, St Paul's Collegiate
St Paul's Collegiate School
This article relates to an Anglican school. For a Catholic secondary school with a similar name see: St Paul's College in Ponsonby, AucklandSt Paul's Collegiate School is an independent Anglican secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand...
. The two schools are traditional foes, and games between them generate intense but good-natured rivalry.
In 2009 the school won the national secondary rugby championship school for the second year in a row defeating St Bede's College
St Bede's College
There are several schools named St Bede's College, including:*St Bede's College, Christchurch, New Zealand*St Bede's Catholic College, Bristol, England*St Bede's College, Manchester, England*St Bede's College , Australia...
in the final 17-0 and went on to win the 2010 Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament, beating Truro School
Truro School
Truro School is a mixed independent school located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, UK. The current Headmaster is Paul Smith. Deputy Headteachers are Nick Fisher and Anita Firth . Phil Brewer is Assistant Head and Head of Sixth Form...
40-8.
Houses
Hamilton Boys' High School currently has six houses. All of the day boy houses are named after former headmasters of the school.- Tait - Red
- Taylor - Green
- Wilson - Blue
- Steel - Grey
- Baigent - Yellow
- Argyle - Black
Enrolment
Like all previously selective state schools, Hamilton Boys' High School operates an enrolment scheme.Enrolment was traditionally by academic examination followed by an interview. Alternatively a student might be enrolled if he had a family connection to the school. The school still examines new students but only for the purposes of streaming students.
Notable alumni
As well as a number of All Blacks and All Whites, the following people are Old Boys of Hamilton Boys' High School:The Arts
- Daniel GilliesDaniel Gillies-Early life:Gillies was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to a pediatrician father. He was raised in New Zealand and went to Southwell School and the Hamilton Boys' High School.-Acting career:...
- actor - Frank SargesonFrank SargesonFrank Sargeson was the pen name of Norris Frank Davey. He is considered one of New Zealand's foremost short story writers. Like Katherine Mansfield, Sargeson helped to put New Zealand literature on the world map....
- author - Stan WalkerStan WalkerStan Walker , is an Australian recording artist and actor. In 2009, Walker was the winner on the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia....
- winner of Australian IdolAustralian IdolAustralian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
Public Service
- Sir Colin AllanColin AllanSir Colin Hamilton Allan KCMG, OBE is a New Zealander who was a British Governor and High Commissioner. He was also an author and lecturer.-Background:...
- former Governor of SeychellesSeychellesSeychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar.... - Air Vice-Marshal Graham LintottGraham LintottAir Vice Marshal Graham Lintott ONZM is Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He is now the New Zealand Defence Attaché to the United States.- Career :...
- Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air ForceRoyal New Zealand Air ForceThe Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force... - The Hon. John LuxtonJohn LuxtonMurray John Finlay Luxton, QSO is a former New Zealand National Party politician, and a son of Jack Luxton who had previously held the same seat of Matamata...
- Cabinet Minister 1990-1999
Sport
- Aled de MalmancheAled de MalmancheAled Peter de Malmanche is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays at hooker for the Chiefs in the Super 14, Waikato in the Air New Zealand Cup, and the New Zealand national team, All Blacks. He can also play as a prop on both sides of the scrum...
- current NZ All Black - Warren GatlandWarren GatlandWarren David Gatland is a former New Zealand rugby footballer and the current head coach of the Wales national team.Gatland was born in Hamilton, New Zealand and educated at Hamilton Boys' High School and Waikato University...
- Welsh national rugby coach - Daryl HalliganDaryl HalliganDaryl Halligan is a rugby league football commentator and former professional player. A New Zealand international winger, he was the pre-eminent goal-kicker of his era, retiring as the highest point scorer in Australian premiership history...
- ARLARLARL may refer to:*Admiralty Research Laboratory, a UK military research laboratory.*Aero Research Limited, a UK company involved in the development of aircraft adhesives....
football player and TV commentator - Richard PetherickRichard PetherickRichard Petherick is a field hockey player from New Zealand. While at Hamilton Boys' High School Petherick played for regional and national representative teams. He earned his first cap for the national men's team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2005 against Malaysia...
- current New Zealand Black Stick - Dick QuaxDick QuaxTheodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax is a New Zealand runner and former world record holder in the 5000 metres. He stood for Parliament with the ACT Party in 1999 and 2002...
- Olympic Games silver medallist, 1976 5000 metres and later world record holder 5000m, Auckland City councillor - Sam RapiraSam RapiraSam Rapira is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays in the National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors. His usual position of choice is at prop-forward...
- New Zealand WarriorsNew Zealand WarriorsThe New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...
player and New Zealand Kiwis representative - Aaron ScottAaron Scott (footballer)Aaron James Scott is a New Zealand footballer who plays for NZFC side Waitakere United and has represented New Zealand under 23 at the Olympics and played for the senior side, the All Whites.-International career:...
- former All White NZ Football player - Scott StyrisScott StyrisScott Bernardo Styris is an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....
- current NZ Black Caps cricket player - BJ Watling - current New Zealand Black Caps cricket player
Headmasters
- Eben Wilson MA 1911 - 1937
- Harold Tait MA, OBE 1938 - 1957
- Aubrey Baigent MA, BCom 1958 - 1969
- Richard Taylor BA, BSc 1970 - 1979
- Tony SteelTony SteelAnthony Gordon Steel is a former New Zealand rugby union player, politician and educator.-Early years:He was born in Greymouth, and played rugby first for his school, Christchurch Boys' High School, and then for Canterbury before finally playing for the All Blacks between 1966 and 1968...
MA (hons) 1980 - 1989 - James Bennett DipEd, MNZM, JP 1990 - 1999
- Susan Hassall MA (hons), DipTchg 1999 -
External links
- hbhs.School.nz – Official website