Havelock North High School Sports Booklet

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Havelock North High School Phone 06 877 8129 PO Box 8476 Fax: 06 877 4079 Te Mata Road Email: [email protected] Havelock North Website: www.hnhs.school.nz HAVELOCK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS At Havelock North High School we encourage all students to get involved in one or more of our wide range of sporting activities. If there is someone with the energy and enthusiasm to run a sport, and pupils who wish to play, then we offer it. Our annual swimming and athletics sports days demonstrate how sport is offered in our school. Participation is the key to success. The whole school is involved in both these days, with relays, races and games for everyone. The support and encouragement for everyone to take part to gain points for the highly contested Patu or house trophy is astonishing! We also hold championship events for our super-stars to shine and there are trophies handed out to our top junior, intermediate and senior performers. Our school has had huge success in high performance sport. We have a number of top class sportsmen and women in this school.

SPORTS OFFERED AT HNHS

SPORT IN CHARGE ROOM/OFFICE

Adventure Racing Mrs Goff 403 Athletics Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Badminton Mr Johnson /Mrs Baker Gym/302 Basketball Mr Morrison 3Sports Co-ordinator’s Office Canoe Polo Mr McGovern 407 Claybird Shooting Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Cricket Mr Reeves 414 Cross Country/Road Race Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Cycling Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Equestrian Mrs Hulls 102 Football (boys) Mr Farley 101 Football (girls) Mrs Edilson Main office Futsal Mr Murfitt 112 Golf Mr Bird 307 Gymnastics Mrs Johnson Gym office Hockey Mr Bradshaw 108 Motocross Mr Arnold 205 Netball Mrs Prenter 203 Orienteering Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Rugby (boys) Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Rugby (girls) Smallbore Shooting Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Skiing Mrs Gertsch 408 Softball Mrs Meagher 405 Squash Mrs McSherry 413 Swimming Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Table Tennis Mr Wright Admin block Tennis Miss McDonald Gym Touch Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Triathlon Mr Morrison Sports Co-ordinator’s office Volleyball Mr Johnson Gym office Adventure racing Events: Triple Peaks, Go for 12, and Get to Go. HNHS teams are very successful in these events, winning the HBSS Get to Go in recent years. Get to Go is a competition for year 9/10 students.

Athletics Events: HNHS sports, ECNISS, NISS, NZSS Championships. Athletics is a big sport at HNHS, achieving much success. We won 13 titles at the ECNISs this year, with the 10 titles from our girls more htan any other schools’ girls’ team. Our 3 from the boys saw us 4th overall. Early in the year, the Y9/10 relays are run, the first opportunity for the year 9 students to represent the school. We are well served by the coaching of Murray Anderson from the Hawke’s’ Bay Athletics Club (jumping), Mr Steve Armon (running) and Mr Morrison (HNHS Sports Co-ordinator) throwing.

Badminton Events: HB inter-school competition, HBSS individual and double championships, Wairarapa and Tawa exchange. This year, four girls’ teams and three boys’ teams entered in the local competitions. Our Senior A girls’ team finished second, and our B grade Cross country team won their grade. Events: HB, ECNI, NZ, Tawa College exchange, Mt Maunganui relays, ECNI relays and Virginia Lake relays. Basketball There is always plenty happening for the runners. There are Events: HB inter-school competition, tournament week and lunch time runs and many events over the year. inter-school exchanges. Senior teams play on Friday nights and junior teams play Cycling on Monday nights. Last year we had five teams playing in Events: HBSS, NISS, and NZSS champs. weekly competitions. The school has three outdoor baskets, which are very popular outside class time. Our cyclists compete at national school championships and are regularly called on for school multisport events. The input of coaches at the local Ramblers Club has to be Canoe polo acknowledged here. Events: HB inter-school competition, tournaments and NZSS. Equestrian The school teams are run by a club, though they practise in Events: Our top team competes in the New Zealand the school pool and play as school sides. They have access to secondary school competitions. All teams take part in a excellent coaching and top quality equipment. Four teams number of events involving dressage and show jumping went to the NZSS championships this year and four teams Our teams offer opportunities for riders and mounts of all medalled. abilities. Teacher in Charge, Rachel Hulls, is an enthusiastic rider and instructor herself. The HNHS teams organise a horse show annually at the local equestrian centre, with Cricket teams coming from around the lower North Island. Events: HB competition, Tawa exchange and national knock-out competitions. Football Cricket goes from strength to strength. The school fields Events: HB inter-school competition, tournament week and five teams, four boys and one girls’ eleven this year. The inter-school exchanges. 1st XI girls’ team are the current HBSS champions and play There are seven boys’ teams and four girls’ teams this year. in the Junior boys’ grade. Our Colts (Y9/10) team are the Both 1st XI’s were very competitive in their respective first only co-ed school team playing in the grade and are highly divisions. The girls play on a Wednesday night. Numerous successful. players play for the Central Region as well as for Hawke’s Bay. Futsal: Events: NZSS Championships Futsal is a modified form of football played with five players per side on a smaller indoor pitch, with a smaller, heavier ball. It is a fast-paced game, refining students’ football skills. Futsal is played in terms 1 and 4. Girls play on Tuesday evenings and boys play on Friday evenings at Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale. This is a Hawke’s Bay secondary school competition. HNHS enters four teams in the NZSS tournament in Wellington during summer tournament week. The junior and senior girls’ teams play at the beginning of the week and the junior boys and senior boys’ teams play at the end of the week. We have had success at this tournament in the past with our senior boys and junior girls both winning National titles. Also with Asher James and Brooklyn McDonald winning golden glove titles and Casey Ralph being awarded golden boot. Golf Events: HBSS Individual and Team. Our Hawke’s Bay rep players of the last few years have now all moved on, leaving a lone handicap golfer. Hockey Events: Hawke’s Bay inter-school competition, tournament week and inter-school exchanges. There are two boys’ and three girls’ teams. Both 1st XIs play in the top grade in the HBSS competition. Last year the boys’ Netball 1st XI beat Tawa College in the inter-school exchange but the Events: HB inter-school competition, tournament week and big games of the year are against Wairarapa College, whose inter-school exchanges. in boys and girls are both ranked in the top three in New Netball is very popular within the school. The A team won Zealand. Both our Boys’ and Girls 1st XIs play in Tier 3 at the HBSS title in 2010 and 2011. This year we have 11 teams tournament week. competing, over half of them junior. The A team went to the top national tournament on the back of the performances in Mountain biking previous years. A mountain biking club runs in the school with an arrangement for our cyclists to ride at the Hawke’s Bay Mountain Bike Orienteering Club course at Eskdale. Riders receive information on the Events: HBSS individual and relays, NISS, NZSS. local events and individuals enter the Hawke’s Bay and This has been one of the school most successful sports over national secondary school championships. Mountain biking the years. Though there are no trophies in the cabinet at the has been included in recent inter-school sports exchanges moment, 2006 saw the school win every trophy available with nationally ranked riders going head to head in the in NZSS orienteering. The team practice is on Friday after exchange with Tawa College and Central HB. There are not school. Last year, the team finished runner up in the NZSS any secondary school events for mountain bikers currently. champs. They also won an individual and relay title. Multisport Rugby Events: HBSS individual and teams, NZSS Triathlon and Events: HBSS rugby competition and inter-school fixtures, Duathlon. Keener students usually compete for the HB Multi Central 6 tournament (juniors) We have two teams in 2016, sport club though there is an opportunity to compete for the with the 1st XV playing in B grade against other co-ed school in some events. HNHS have been very successful in schools’ 1st XV teams and 2nd and 3rd XV teams of larger HB school events. This year the school won three of the six boys’ schools. HBSS team events as well as one individual. Smallbore rifle shooting A group of smallbore rifle shooters practised at the Hastings Indoor Smallbore Rifle Club on Wednesday after school. The top five of these were chosen to shoot for the school in the inter-school sports exchange with Wairarapa College. It is hoped that a local school competition will be established. Softball The opportunity is there for both boys and girls to play for the school. The school provides gear and a playing strip. Players must buy their own gloves and socks. Games are Saturday mornings. The sport relies on coaches and managers from outside the school. Squash Events: Hawke’s Bay secondary schools’ competition; HB and national secondary schools’ team and individual championships School squash is run through an arrangement with the Havelock North Squash Club. Our players play in the inter-school competition at various clubs around Hawke’s Bay on Monday afternoons. In 2016 both our boys’ and girls’ teams were top in Hawke’s Bay.

Surf lifesaving Surf lifesaving has been very strong at Havelock North High School. We have excellent links to both the Waimarama and Ocean Beach Surf Clubs.

Swimming Events: HBSS, NISS championships. Swimming is a club- based sport, but there are a few secondary school’s events for our better swimmers to compete in. Table Tennis Events: HBSS competition and individual championships. We had seven teams competing in 2016. HNHS was commended for its smart appearance and impeccable behaviour by the organisers.

Tennis Events: HB inter-school competition and inter-school exchanges. The school courts are an excellent resource and always in use. Our artificial turf courts are a wonderful amenity and no doubt add to the sport’s popularity. Teams compete in the local school competition after school on Tuesdays.

Touch Rugby Touch is an exciting summer sport offered in both terms one and four. It is great for players’ physical and social development.

Volleyball Events: HBSS league, tournaments and inter school exchange fixtures. HNHS has had much success over the years, with our girls teams prominent. Seniors play in term one and juniors in terms three and four. Games are played Wednesday after school and we cater for a range of abilities. Our top senior and top junior teams always play local tournaments. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS 2015/16

Individual World World Team Champions Record Holder Junior Girls’ Orienteering Team Imke Kitchin - World Rowing World Schools’ Orienteering Champions 2015 2016

NATIONAL HONOURS 2016

Team Champions Orienteering Premier Trophy, Junior Girls’ Futsal Team

Individual Champions Athletics, orienteering, taekwondo, surf lifesaving

Representatives Weightlifting, surf lifesaving, orienteering, athletics, canoe sprint, taekwondo, gymnastics.

Junior Girls’ Futsal Team New Zealand Champions 2016

REGIONAL HONOURS 2016 Hawke’s Bay Champion Teams Adventure racing, athletics, badminton, cricket, futsal, golf croquet, netball, orienteering, squash, table tennis, triathlon. Hawke’s Bay Individual Champions Athletics, cycling, equestrian, gymnastics, orienteering, swimming, taekwondo, surf lifesaving Hawke’s Bay Representatives Athletics, badminton, basketball, canoe polo, cricket, equestrian, football, gymnastics, hockey, netball, squash, tennis. SPORT AND SERVICE

Team sport and service go hand in hand. Team sport teaches the principle of ‘service before self’. That’s why we, as a school, are committed to providing sport as part of a student’s rounded education. Students learn to put the team’s interests before their own by playing and learning the values of team culture. We also provide a number of opportunities for pupils to serve more directly. The Sports Committee A group of year 13 students assists the sports co-ordinator to run the sports programme in the school. They help run lunchtime inter-form competitions, sports assemblies, sporting exchanges with other schools, open evening, the sports dinner and anything else that needs doing. Student Coaches Senior players are given the opportunity to coach junior teams. This not only helps the juniors, it is a very valuable experience for the coaches themselves. Officiating Our players sometimes called on to referee games in the Havelock North Intermediate School exchange with Masterton Intermediate and in Te Mata School’s winter tournament. In some sports, such as netball, much of the refereeing is done by players. Lunchtime games are mostly refereed by pupils. A number of sports offer courses for students wishing to qualify as officials. Those doing senior physical education courses have the opportunity to learn to officiate and be assessed on their performance. SPORTS EXCHANGES Our players have the opportunity to meet teams from outside our own area in our annual sports exchanges. The summer and winter fixtures with Tawa College involve an overnight stay while those with Wairarapa College and Central Hawke’s Bay College are day trips. The new ‘Central Six’ exchange for juniors will involve day trips. The ‘overnighters’ are on a turn- about basis so students have the valuable experience of billeting and being billeted. The Central Hawke’s Bay exchange is for our junior players.

Wairarapa Exchange 2016

TOURNAMENT WEEK

Two weeks are set aside, one in summer and one in winter, for NZ Secondary Schools’ Tournament Week In these weeks, teams which have qualified play in national premier tournaments while a number of others travel to regional satellite tournaments. Some sports, such as athletics, cycling, orienteering, cross country and multisport hold their national or island championships in weekends and in the school holidays. JARROD CUNNINGHAM SPORTS ACADEMY The Jarrod Cunningham Sports Academy has now been operating for five years. To be involved, one has to show commitment to school and sport. It is a tool to prepare out athletes, who are high achievers in their sports, to manage their schooling as well. The Academy Director is Fiona Goff.