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With more than 160 of our students heading out across the country for tournaments in the next few days, some of you may be able to get out and support some of the lads. That is something that I am sure they would appreciate. Here is the schedule:
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Dates
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Sport
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Location
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Sat 1 – Wed 5 Sept
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Hockey Under 15
Tanner Cup Tournament
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St Paul Collegiate
Hamilton
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Sat 1 – Tue 4 Sept
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Basketball Junior A
Zone 1 & 2,
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Rotorua
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Sat 1 – Mon 3 Sept
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Indoor Bowls
NZSS Championship
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Wellington
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Sun 2 – Fri 7 Sept
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Hockey 2nd XI
Founders Cup Tournament
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Levin
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Sun 3 – Fri 7 Sept
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Rugby U15
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Rotorua
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Sun 2 – Wed 5 Sept
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Rugby U14A
Colquhoun Tournament
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Palmerston North
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Sun 2 – Sat 8 Sept
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Football 1st XI
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Nelson
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Sun 2 – Fri 7 Sept
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Hockey 1st XI
Rankin Cup
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Napier
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Mon 3 – Fri 7 Sept
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Football – Development XI
NZSS Satellite Tournament
Trident Trophy
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Gower Park, Hamilton
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Tues 4 – Sat 8 Sept
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Basketball Senior A Regionals
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Taupo
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Tues 4 – Wed 5 Sept
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Cross Country
NI Relay Champs
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Stratford Race Course
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Recent Successes in TBC Sport
Squash
The NZSS Championships were just completed at the Devoy Squash Centre in Tauranga which is located on our Hostel Block. After placing second in 2011 the team went one better to claim the national title for the first time. Victory was achieved with a 3-2 win over last year’s champions Christchurch BHS with Alex Oakley named in the New Zealand team.
Surfing
Earlier in the month our 8 man team competed in the Nationals at Raglan. After 3 days of intensive competition this team also emerged as national champs for the first time.
Super 8
TBC hosted both Basketball & Hockey competitions earlier in the month as part of the lead up to their respective national competitions. The basketball team placed third after losses to New Plymouth who were the eventual winners and Hastings BHS. The hockey side went one better but ended up losing the final of their competition to Hamilton BHS 2-3 after very good wins against Napier & Palmerston North BHS who are both at Rankin Cup & New Plymouth BHS in the semi-final.
Water Polo
Matt Hansen & Cameron Hayes have been selected in the NZ Under 18 team to compete in Australia later in the year.
Lawn Bowls
Talor Duncan has been selected in the New Zealand Development Squad.
Indoor Cricket
John Coulter has been selected in the New Zealand Under 14 team to compete in the World Cup in South Africa.
TBC Arts
Music
The TBC Band has just returned from Wellington where they competed in the New Zealand School of Music Jazz Festival. The performances were impressive as Kelly Ballard came back with awards for the Most Oustanding Percussionist as well asBest Original Arrangement while Daniel Kalasingham was awarded Most Outstanding Bass Player. These two along withEric Bagley combined with 2 TGC pupils in the T Jazz Collective which took out the award as the Most Outstanding Combo.
Old Boys Sport
Olympics
All of our 7 Olympians have attained positions in the top 16 in the world in respective competitions in London. Single sculler Mahe Drysdale achieved his golden dream after the disappointment of Beijing while Peter Burling and his crew Blair Tuke brought home silver in the exciting 49ers sailing. It was great to welcome Peter back to school on Monday with his silver medal.
A photo of the boys at the Olympic Village in London:
Rugby
There are a good number of our Old Boys performing in various ITM Cup teamsthat have just begun their 2012 competition. Daniel Braid (Auckland captain), Jarred Hoeata (Tarananki),
Luke Braid (captain) + Ben Smith, Carl Axtens, Josh Hall, Sam Cane, Lance MacDonald & Tanerau Latimer (BOP)
Tree Climbing
James Kilpatrick has just successfully competed in the Asian Tree Climbing competition and retained the title that he won in 2011. From there he travelled to the World Championships in Portland, Oregon where he finished in 9th place.
Cricket
While Daniel Flynn & Kane Williamson are with the Black Caps in India younger Old Boys Sean Davey & Joe Carter have been with the New Zealand Under 19team at the World Cup in Townsville, where they placed 4th losing to eventual winners India by 9 runs in the semifinal.
Brett Hampton has just been awarded a Northern Districts contract for the 2012/13 season.
Old Boys Arts
Television
Shane Cortese is back on our television screens this week as Mac in the second series of the popular Nothing Trivial TV show.
Old Boys Events
Auckland Function
A delegation from TBC travelled to Auckland last week to host our annual meeting there which was held at the Brewery Bar, near Britomart. Development manager Scott Wikohika, Assistant Principals Wayne Merritt & Neil Howard and Old Boy Executive’s Rawiri Walker and Simon Oldham and myself all enjoyed mixing and mingling with Auckland Old Boys. There was a great turnout from 92 year old ex-staff member Gunter Warner to a couple of our recent 20 year old Gillette Cup cricketers in Daniel Abricossow and Dane Sorrenson.
Sports Day
The Sports Day and Dinner are rapidly approaching on Friday, September 14th – the highlight of our Old Boys year.
Sign up for the sports of rugby, hockey, football, basketball and volleyball on the website at tbcoba.org.nz –matches begin at 3 p.m. There will be refreshments in Mayfield House afterwards.
Annual Dinner
Some tickets are still available but they are selling fast. Go here to purchase tickets. This year we are limiting it to the first 200 tickets sold and there are discounts for members of the Old Boys' Associaiton. The dinner is a bit more formal this year and partners are welcome to come along. This year we will recognize Bryan Gould as our Old Boy of the Year. Bryan was our first Rhodes Scholar at Oxford from 1962. He studied law but then taught and worked as a television journalist as well as serving as a British Member of Parliament for 16 years. This included time as a member of Neil Kinnock’s Shadow Cabinet. Bryan returned to New Zealand and became Vice Chancellor of Waikato University and has also been awarded Companionship of the New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Education.
Guest Speaker is Jeremy Redmore - the lead singer of Midnight Youth - who has an interesting tale to tell from singing Jazz with the TBC Big Band to being named in the Group of the year in the New Zealand Music Awards in 2009. Hopefully, with a bit of encouragement, we will be able to get him to sing a song or two.
If anyone is keen to sponsor this event, please contact Simon Oldham at:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or on 029 4993781
If you have any questions please contact either myself (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Lorraine Jopson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
All the best for now,
Rob Leslie
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