Three First Eleven players gained provincial selection in 1982: Robert Morrice in the Taranaki Under-19s, putting him in the top bracket of Taranaki players; Billy Lawson, Glyn Hill were selected for Taranaki Under-16s and Glyn was then chosen for a North Island Under-16 Team, a fine reward. The last game of the season was a friendly one against New Zealand's Womens' Team, before their match against China. Quick passing by Best and Le Sueur let Le Sueur in to score. Then in the second half, Le Sueur, crossing well from the bye line, left D. Cross to push home an easy goal. Le Sueur figured well in the game by dominating the midfield, in what proved to be the highlight of the season.
SECOND XI SOCCER The season 1981-82 saw the 2nd XI placed in the Third Division of the senior competition of the Taranaki Football Association. After several teams defaulted from the competition divisions 2 and 3 were merged. The team finished half-way in the new Division 2 table with Mario Trjanin netting twenty-two goals to be the leading scorer. Apart from the captain, Simon Rudd, other regular players were Steven Smith (goalkeeper), scoring a goal for us in the last match of the season against Kaponga; Chris Wilson, who also scored prolifically; Alan Jury, our utility player and Jason Findlay. Gary Dunnett, Erin Simpson, Brett Lines and Gerard Clarke also donned the team's shirts frequently. Patterson Aifai, Colin Hines, Wayne Rowsing, Nigel Shaw, Victor Borok and Ritchie Shearer also made appearances for the team. Players had to be adaptable this season and a number played in several positions for us. Despite this, in Division 2, the team still managed to lose only five, whilst drawing twice and winning four.
in the draw. This meant that the school was fielding eight teams, two senior and six junior. To do this meant a lot of work from the coaches and Messrs. Lawson, Sims, Smith, Clarke, Ham, Robson, D' Ath and Butler are owed a lot by the boys in their teams. The school has not had this strength of soccer since the late 1950s. Although local competitions did not feature B.H.S. as winners we were never far from the top with Gladiators, Conquerors and 16th grade Gold being well respected teams. 16th grade Black had a very good game at Francis Douglas, drawing 1-1 at full time, early in their season. At the season's end the seven-aside tournaments were held and school played quite well; the 16th grade team were narrowly beaten in the finals by Spotswood College. The 14th grade did very well in this competition with Gladiators lasting to the final with Francis Douglas. The score was drawn at
the end of the game, so the tense business of a shoot-out began. School were unlucky to be beaten 3-2 in the shoot-out. It is very satisfying to see soccer develop at B.H.S. to the point where we are able to field eight teams, with good gear and strip and hold our own in competitions. This year, because of the pressure on Webster Field and with McNaught Field not able to be used by other codes, it was decided that McNaught should be used as a junior soccer field. This enabled some of the wear on Webster Field to be diverted but there was some difficulty keeping soccer posts standing up on McNaught Field for some reason. Already preparations for next season are under way with nets, and new steel goalposts being made ready. It has been a good season for consolidating soccer in the school and this augers well for the future. Good luck for 1983. H.J. Duynhoven.
1st XI HOCKEY REPORT Master in Charge- Mr R.L. Cooper 1st XI Coach - Mr C. Tilley 2nd XI Coach- Mr R.L. Cooper TEAMS 1st XI 2nd XI H. Brownlie (Capt.) M. Stewart P. Kane (Vice Capt.) P. Williams S. Cayzer M. Billinghurst S. Modgill M. Tuck W. Allan G. Coleman T. Cl egg D. Green N. Smith S. Thomson S. Mehrtens W. Julian W. Scott E. Brain G. Murtagh W. Hoffmann G. Shore K. Grout H. McCandlish M. Ekdahl K. Phillips A. Ferries A. Foster R. Nightingale General Comment from R.L. Cooper This year saw the teams return to playing on the school fields. The climate since they were ''relevelled" has not been conducive to good grass growing, so that the surfaces were somewhat "pimpled". This meant the ball hobbled about unpredictably and the standard of play suffered. A hockey field needs to be as smooth as a cricket wicket or a golfing green, if only for safety reasons. A rising hockey ball can inflict a considerable amount of damage. It is to the credit of the players that they played as well as they did, with few injuries on these moonscape surfaces.
HOCKEY C. Tilley This year's team has progressed well as a unit. Each and every player equipped himself well to his particular position and combined to play some attractive hockey. Although the results show that the season was again mediocre the team can be pleased with what they achieved. For most of the season a 4-3-3-combination was used to good effect. However injuries to players in key positions and the keen competition for positions saw the lineup revert to the more conventional 5-3-2 combination. Saturday Competition This season the team suffered an early setback with heavy defeats at the hands of Hawera 7-2 and Stratford 6-0. However, apart from these two losses and the inevitable losses to competition winner, Opunake (4-1, 6-1) the team won or drew its matches. The final table showed School in the middle of the table below Opunake, Hawera and Stratford. Should the team have beaten Hawera and Stratford in the second round, which was always likely until the final whistle, then School would have been a clear second. Interschool Matches vs Hamilton B.H.S. Lost 1-3. This was a big turnaround from last year's loss and a great morale booster for New Plymouth as
Hamilton fielded eight of last year's team. The game was played m cold, wet conditions. School placed heavy pressure on Hamilton throughout the match and were very unlucky not to have come away with a win or a draw. In what was a total team effort several players played above themselves: Wayne Allan, Dene Green, Wade Scott, Suman Modgill at centrehalf controlled rnidfield play throughout the match, while Simon Mehrtens and Hamish Brownlie kept the Hamilton defence back-pedalling with some fast enterprising attacks. vs Wanganui Collegiate. Lost 0-4. It can only be said that the lack of Saturday competition games for three weeks contributed to a poor display of hockey from New Plymouth. This was to be the inter-collegiate game School had its best chance of winning. However, School never really settled down and suffered as a result. Collegiate took their chances and scored against a School team that lacked the necessary determination and confidence to match the opposition. vs Wellington College. Lost 0-3. After the Collegiate low School came right back to top form to surpri~e a highly talented Wellingtori""team. Wellington deserved the win, but much credit must go to School for the way they fought all through the game. Unfortunately all the effort put in could not be converted into consolation goals, but at least the humiliation of last
JUNIOR GRADES This year saw five N.P.B.H.S. teams entered in the local competition for junior grades: 16th grade Gold, 15th grade White, 14th grade Gladiators, 14th grade Conquerors and 14th grade Warriors. However more and more boys kept coming forward to play and when Waitara High School withdrew from the junior competition we were able to form another team: 16th grade Black, to take their slot
1st XI HOCKEY Back Row (from left): W. A llan, S. Cayzer, D. Green Middle Row: C. Tilley (coach), K. Phi/lips, S. Cayzer, N. Smith, S. Modgi/1, W. Hoffmann Front Row: H. McCandlish, W. Scott, H. Brownlie (captain), P. Kane (vice-captain), G. Shore
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