BADMINTON This year after trials in April, the school badminton squad for the 1983 season was chosen. The squad was: John Ferry, Adrian Kelly, Russell Dempster, Stephen Hinton, Paul Anderson, Andrew Pennefather, Stuart Dempster and Spencer Hill. Each Monday saw practice at the Bell Block Community Hall in preparation for the season's programme. The first match was against Hamilton Boys' High School at Hamilton with Ferry, Kelly, A. & S. Dempster, Hinton and Pennefather making up the team. Hamilton were not a strong team this year and we won the singles 12-0 and the doubles 3·0, for a 15-0 win overall. For the first time this season school played Wanganui Collegiate. The team, with Anderson substituted for Pennefather, was far too strong for Collegiate, and by winning the singles 12-0 and the doubles 3-0 completed another 15-0 victory. In July at Hawera we participated in the Taranaki Secondary Schools' Badminton Championships, Joh.n F.err}(> and Adrian · Kelly representing us in the seniors and Andrew Pennefather and Kerry May representing us in the juniors. The organization was very good this year and at the end of an enjoyable day the results were: Junior singles winner: A. Pennefather Junior singles runner-up: K. May Junior doubles runners-up: A. Pennefather and K. May. Senior doubles winners: A. Kelly and J. Ferry. On Thursday, August 4th, again at Hawera, we played Hawera High School in the Taranaki eliminations of the N.Z. Secondary Schools' Championships. Ferry, Kelly, R. Dempster, Hinton and Anderson played well to defeat them 8-0. As a consequence, this team travelled to Hamilton to play in the regional final against teams from Hawkes Bay, Waikato and Thames Valley. Here the competition was far tougher, and in such company the team acquitted itself very well, especially in a first effort at such a level. In the first match against Colenso High School (Hawkes Bay) we drew the matches 4-4, but lost 10·9 on games with John Ferry having an excellent win
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against his opposing No. 1. Ag~inst Fairfield College (Wa1kato), the eventual winners, t~e team ~ad a greater struggle f1nally losmg 7-1, but ended with a good 8-0 win against Morri nsvi lie College (Thames Valley). The weekend was good experience which can be put to good use when we prepare for it again in 1984. The season ended with the school champions hips at the beginning of the third term. The results were: Senior singles: A. Kelly defeated J. Ferry 10-15, 15-5, 15-10. Senior doubles: A. Kelly and J. Ferry. Junior singles: S. Hinton defeated S. Dempster 12-15, 15-13, 15-12. Junior doubles: C. Barkley and S. Dempster. Many of the players performed well outside school. Adrian and John Ferry ~epreKell
sented Taranaki in the under-17 representat ive team, and Kelly was runner-up in the Taranaki under-17 singles, winner of the doubles and Ferry was runnerup in the mixed doubles. Kerry May was the under-15 triple champion with Andrew Pennefather as his partner in the doubles. In the big YMCA junior tournamen t John Ferry won the under-17 singles and · Craig Barkley the under-15 singles and then partnering Stuart Dempster to win the doubles. Kerry May won the under-15 mixed doubles. Honours awards: Adrian Kelly, John Ferry and Russell Dempster. With the new gymnasium giving us four courts we hope to be able to expand in 1984 - a club afternoon, more coaching classes, the introductio n of the N.Z. Junior Incentive Award, better preparation for the school team and more inter-schoo l matches.
REPRESENTATIVE AWARDS Head Boy: lan Armstrong School Council: Deane Cross, Murray Cox, Tim Crossman, Dean Elgar, David Goodare, Spencer Hill, Kim Le Bas, Peter McNairney, Rab Morton, Michael Posimani, Brendon Smith ' Nigel Smith, Simon Urbahn. Cricket: Simon Urbahn, Philip Armstrong , Peter Leach, Tim lrvine, Geoff Hall, Brendon Johnston, Deane Cross, Spencer Hill, Murray Cox, Alan Jury, Hamish Fairey. Athletics: Peter Hepworth , Cameron Todd, lan Porritt, Gerald Barrack, Robert Megaw Paterson Aifai, Peter Kane, Ste'phen Scott. Tennis (from 1982): Lindsay Pilbrow, Michael Ham. Rugby: Phillip Armstrong , Spencer Hill, Mark Ryder, Geoff Hall, Simon Urbahn, Murray Cox, Loveni Enari, Kim Le Bas, Ronald Reuben, Julian Walker, Gerald Barrack, Tim Crossman, George Latu, Colin Boulter, Michael Posimani, Simon Mehrtens, David Doorbar, Campbell Brown, Glenn Taplin. Socce_r. ~avid Burbidge, Patterson A1fa1, Michael Fegan, Tony
Aiolupo, Brett Spedding, Glen Watson, Dinesh Phal, Chris Wilson, Robert Morrice, Dean Cross, Dean Elgar, Billy Lawson. Basketball: John Carr, Scott Anderson, David Goodare, Darren Peters, Roger Harris, Hamish Fairey, Luke Worth, Tom Morris, Tim lrvine. Badminton : John Ferry, Adrian Kelly, Russell Dempster. Hockey: Nigel Smith, Peter Kane, Sukhvinder Singh, Wayne Hoffman, Wade Scott, Robert Burns, Karl Phillips, Justin Brownlie, Guy Vickers, Gavin Newman. Golf: Stephen Brine. Music: Tim Robertson, David Goodare, Nigel Smith, Geoffrey Nightingale , Guy Gibson, Steven De Grey, Wade Scott, Phillip Armstrong, Richard Kirk, Simon Davenport, Glenn Watson, Gavin Deane, Tim Deighton, Tony Pug h. Cadets: Darryn Pritchard. Cycling: Brendon Smith, Peter McNairney, Paul Lister, Roger Smith. Swimming : Brendon Smith, Matthew Simons.
NEW ZEALAND INTER COLLEGIATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Wilson G~:~lliver, fi-rst in the-78 kg Division and Scott Gulliver, third in the 75 kg Division. ....with the whole army being trapped by German snookers.
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Back Row: L. Pi/brow, B. Haszard, G. Barrack, B. Dunnet, P. White/ock, J. Carr Front Row: M. Weston, K. /kin, M. Han (Captain), Mr T. Heaps, T. Morris, S. Hinton ~s.ent: .s. Edwards Ab _.;.,;;
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Back Row: A. Kelly, S. Dempster, R. Dempster, S. Hill, A. Pennefather Front Row: K. May, P. Anderson, J. Ferry, Mr T. Heaps, S. Hinton
d A The third term began with H onours war s 1983 school champions hips. In the The school tennis team began open champions hip Paul WhiteLindsay Pilbrow and Michael 1983 by playing Hamilton Boys' lock defeated Lindsay Pilbrow Ham. in whilst title, High School at Hamilton. The 6-0, 6-1 to win the team chosen was Paul White- the junior champions hips Lind- . With a young team, we hope m the future our strength will inlock, Michael Ham (Captain), say Pilbrow defeated Gary lkin the are events g if we can keep our preForthcomin 6-0. crease lkin, Kevin Pilbrow, Lindsay sent team for two or three John Carr- and Tom Morris. We Intermedia te Champions hips, were fortunate to have White- the Beetham Cup contested by seasons. The larger number of lock and lkin join school as day boys and boarders, and the boys playing tennis and making seniors to add some strength, Stevenson Cup for inter-house themselves available for school" teams is very pleasing, as are the compensat ing for the loss at the competition . third formers who entered many are hips These champions end of 1982 of Lane Lawson and in 1983. school for teams choose to used also we Suman Modgill. However, iate faced a very strong Hamilton the third term inter-colleg Boarders' tennis is also lookteam, and after playing singles, matches. For the match against ing up. In 1982-3 two teams in reverse singles and doubles lost Palmerston North Boys' High conjunction with Girls' H'igh School the team chosen was: 15-0. However, in the match Paul Whitelock, Lindsay Pil- School were entered in the local junior inter-club competitio n. · against Wanganui Collegiate at brow, Michael Ham, Kevin lkin, New P.lymouth at the end of Michael Weston and Tom Mor- The 'A' team acquitted itself well coming fourth. In 1983-4 March it was a different matter. ris. For the match against Six players were added to the Wanganui Collegiate six more two more teams have been entered with N. Lilley, C. Lilley, J. team: Michael Weston, Bruce players were added: John Carr, Dunnet, Nicholas Maxwell, Stephen Ed- Dalmer, A. Wilson, M. Wilson, P. Brent Haszard, Clark, G. Roberston and A. PenStephen Hinton, Stephen Ed- wards, Richard Sumpter, Brent nefather selected to play. Their wards and Gerald Barrack. We Dunnett and Tony Roberts. The is being aided by Mr preparation n Palmersto against match winnhad much more success R. Croon, a local professiona l ing the singles 10-2, the doubles North is expected to be tough, 5-1, and the reverse doubles 4-0 with the Collegiate match ac- coach. The future is looking good! ting as a good preparation . to give us a 19-3 victory. "The Taranakian " acknowled ges with gratitude sponsorshi p from G.H. Bennett & Co. Ltd. 23