SPORTS PRIZEGIVING - CUPS AND TROPHY AWARDS 2011

ImageBen Grant, the guest speaker at the 2011 Winter Sports Awards Assembly, had this message for the students, take every opportunity that comes your way.

As a young student at TBHS, Ben was given the whistle at a hockey game and asked to referee the match. From this humble beginning he has risen through the ranks of NZ hockey referees and has achieved a great deal of recognition within the sport.

However, as he told the students, his road to success has not always been smooth. He recalled one tournament which he described as, "the worst [he] had ever refereed in", where he was appointed to a game that he didn't even feel worth turning up to as he believed he had performed badly in previous games by letting the pressure get to him. After the competition he returned home determined to regain his confidence and put, "hours on end", into his umpiring. This effort paid off.  In a sport where it rare to gain the recognition he has before the age of 25, Ben (21) has become an international referee having umpired tests between NZ and Australia and NZ and Malaysia and is a Hockey NZ mentor with responsibility for all NZ referees under the age of 18.

He concluded  his address by telling the students that the main lesson he learnt at school was to take a different path from the norm and push on to see how far you can go.

(photo: Tyler Collings and Ben Grant)

ImageSenior Sportsman Of The Year - Tyler Collings
The Sir Roy McKenzie Cup is presented to the senior student who has achieved the most outstanding individual performance in a single year.

Junior Sportsman Of The Year - Cameron Keelty
The Todd Burtenshaw Cup is presented to the junior student who has achieved the most outstanding individual performance in a single year.

Prize Winners

Colours and Bars
Individual Sporting Achievements

Association Football

ImageTBHS again fielded 7 teams in the local senior and junior competition and the school acknowledges the role of outside coaches and managers and also the Senior 1st XI players in enabling this to happen.

The 1st XI came 5th in the local Senior mens 1st Division. This team also went away to the Premier Secondary Schools Soccer Tournament in Napier where against some top quality opposition they finished 20th in New Zealand. This team then returned to Timaru and made the final of the South Canterbury Cup, Timarus most prestigious trophy. The boys made a real fight of this and despite playing some top quality soccer lost the game 3-2.

A highlight of the interschool games was a 3-0 win over Christchurch Boys High School.
The highlight in the lower grades was the 17th grade TBHS Blue team coming 2nd in their competition. (photo: Tom Merrilees)

Thomas Merrilees The Kamahl Metcalf Trophy - for excellence in soccer and all round contribution to the Timaru Boys' High School Soccer team on and off the field (pictured above)
Tyler Collings Keys Cup - for skill and sportsmanship in the 1st XI Soccer team; Winter Trophy - for the leading 1st XI soccer goal scorer in 2010
Todd Mcgregor Menzies Cup - for the most improved player in the 1st XI Soccer team
Thomas Deeley Winter Trophy - for the leading 1st XI soccer goal scorer in 2011

Hockey

ImageAt TBHS we field 6 hockey squads. The 1st XI play in the senior division. The boys this year have found the weekly competition a bit tough going, although they have managed competitive results. In the exchanges, we play against some of the main South Island teams. This year we have shown we are on an equal footing having beaten Christchurch Boys' High School, drawn with Otago Boys' High School and lost narrowly to STAC. The other exchange was a resounding win against Waitaki BHS.

For tournament the 1st's compete for the India Shield which is for teams ranked 17-32 throughout New Zealand. This year the tournament was held in Timaru. The team played exceptionally well finishing runners-up behind STAC. This now means that the team qualifies for Rankin Cup which is for teams ranked 1-16 in New Zealand. For a team with a mixture of experienced and junior players the result was one they should all be proud of.
The 2nd XI in 2011 was almost an entirely new team from 2010. The majority of the team was made up of junior players and so playing in a competition where they play against 1st XIs or mens teams was a significant undertaking. In the weekly competition they finished mid-field. For tournament the team compete for the Coaches Cup. This year the team played well, but struggled to find the back of the net  this is something the attackers will want to focus on over the summer break.

Overall a good year for hockey at TBHS. (photo: Ben Morgan)

Jayden Hardacre Cason Cup - outstanding player of the year
Benjamin Jackson Woodley Cup - most improved player
William Carter Osborn Brothers Cup - most consistent player in 1st XI Hockey
Benjamin Morgan James Cocks Cup - most consistent player in 1st XI Hockey

Rugby

Image2011 was a sound season for rugby at TBHS. The 1st XV were competitive against all sides, other than champions St Bede's, finishing 5th in the 16 team Press Cup round robin, missing the top 4 seim-finals by just 2 points. Losing a winnable game to St Andrews proved costly.

Team highlights were beating Christ's College and Waitaki BHS, along with the draw against Christchurch BHS. Individually, Logan Surridge and Jaron Chamberlain were selected for the South Island schools trial and Aki Seiuli was included in the South Canterbury Senior Heartland championship side, a notable achievement. Our two under 18 teams made the final of the under 18 grade with the whites emerging victorious. In the under 16 grade the colts made the final and all four under 14 1/2 teams competed evenly in the local competition and the A and B sides did well in the interschool fixtures. (photo: Tom Charteris)

Joshua Westland Allan Moore Memorial Cup - most improved player in 1st XV Rugby
Thomas Charteris Piddington Cup - Leadership, sportsmanship and team spirit in 1st XV Rugby
Felise Gaogao Centennial 1st XV Cup - player of the year in 1st XV Rugby
Arthur Dyer The Hamish and Andrew Milne Trophy - forward in any grade for commitment and contribution to rugby
William Rooney Matt Gallagher Cup - player of the year 2nd XV
Maxwell Fowler-Burgess Elston Rugby Cup - best junior player
Thomas Shelker TBHS 1st XV Sportsmanship Cup - Donated in 2008 by NI & MA Hall Family for sportsmanship, fairplay and team contribution
Arthur Dyer Seven McKenzie Brothers Cup - senior hostel student who has contributed the most to rugby during his hostel life
Thomas Charteris Ray Ramsay Cup (with a medallion for the recipient) - for contribution to the 1st XV, displaying leadership, strong values and work ethic within the team and through all areas of school life
1ST XV CAPS
3rd Year Aki Seiuli    
2nd Year Logan Surridge Thomas Bolton  
1st Year Salesi Aho Cameron Westoby-Cox Graison Dale
Arthur Dyer Thomas Charteris Lewis Jackman
Felise Gaogao Kefu Ikamanu  Aiden Kelly 
Simoo Eletise Thomas Shelker Tyrone Hill
Jimmy Mookkaiah Jarron Chamberlain Jarrod Mannex
Levi McCoy Joshua Westland  

Prize Winners

Colours and Bars
Individual Sporting Achievements