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NPBHS HOCKEY SECOND XI 1990 Back Row: G. Pollock, G. Pryce, S. Rae. Middle Row: R. Gatenby, B. Larsen, A. Rae, B. Waldie, C. Nielsen. Front Row: R. Simpson, L. Hunt, S. Darke, S. Darth, G. Clarke.
FIRST XI HOCKEY Back Row: R. Gatenby, B. Whitter, N. Hills, N. Betts. . Middle Row: s. Campbell, M. Dingle, M. Taylor, D. Jordan, H. Geursen. Front Row: H. Kynaston, J. Aldridge, A. Jordan, A. Taylor (Captam), R. Day, K. S1mpson .
HOCKEY REPORT Hockey in the school this year has been stronger than it has for a number of years. More boys are playing hockey and a good number are playing Representative hockey. This improvement is due to strong support by staff Mrs Gilkison , Mrs Barnes and Mr Dobson and outside coaches, Mr Bruce Davies, Mr Kin era and Mr Stewart. Their time and effort is of great value and importance to the development of hockey and I am very grateful for this effort. FIRST XI The year started with high expectations as most of last years team was back and the talent shown during the trials by young players meant that the team should develop well. Even though the team had a number of set backs loosing players due to injury and illness they still had a very successful year. Once again winning the local competition , winning three out of four college games and winning the NZSSHA 'Indian Shield' tounament. Statistics for the year: Played 24 , won 19, lost 1, drew 4, goals for . 159, against 27 . Top goal scorers: Martin Taylor 40, Aaron Jordan - 31, Nathan Betts 19, Andrew Taylor 18, Kalley Simpson 18. COLLEGE GAMES - HAMIL TON BOYS Hamilton Boys are at present going through a rebui lding stage and this year we were too strong for them. A good all-round team effort with goals by Martin Taylor (two). Andrew Taylor, Kalley Simpson, Aaron Jordan and Nathan Betts. Result 6-0 win. WANGANUI COLLEGIATE As usual Wanganui Collegiate had a very strong team and we arrived with a weak team due to the flu epidemic which was going through the school. We played very well and put Wanganui under a lot of pressure. Their goalkeeper played a very good game stopping a number of good shots and on the fast break Wanganui had the skills to capitalise. Result 0-6 loss. This year we were very lucky to play Wanganui Collegiate a second time. This game was as part of our build up to tournament and held in the last week of term. A very close game with Wanganui scoring first from a penalty corner. Aaron Jordan played a very good game and scored from a field goal. Result 1-1 draw.
WELLINGTON COLLEGE Wellington arrived on one of the only dry Sundays this term and it looked as if we might have a dry game but this was not to be with the heavens opening Sunday night and 24 hours of non-stop rain . Wellington opened the scoring with two quick goals due to poor defence . After this we settled down to play very controlled hockey and dominated the game. Martin Taylor scored twice and with goals by Kalley Simpson and Andrew Taylor the win was assured. Result 4-2 win . WANGANUI BOYS Once again we were too strong for Wanganui dominating the game with Martin Taylor having a field day scoring seven goals, Aaron Jordan three, Andrew Taylor, two, Nathan Betts and Richard Day one each . Result 14-1 win . INDIA SHIELD TOURNAMENT This was a large tournament with twenty teams involved. Our aim was to equal or better last years third place result. In pool play we managed to beat Te Awamutu 8-0, St Peter's School8-1, Taradale 2-1 , Matamata 1 0-0 . These results placed us at the top of our pool so we had to play Lindisfarne in the quarter final who we beat 3-0. In the semi-final we had to play Hastings Boys who played a very hard physical game and had the ability to keep coming back once we had scored . At full-time the score was 2-2 so we had to play extra time with both teams scoring a goal each . This meant that we had to have a penalty stroke competition which we won 4-1 . Greg Paynter stopped two strokes to win the competition. The final with Napier was a very exciting game. We had the better of the first half leading 3-1 . Kalley Simpson scored twice and Nathan Betts once. In the second half Napier played very well to draw level with us. Richard Day scored from a very well worked penalty corner with five minutes to play. Napier scored just before full-time to draw the game 4-4 . Drawing the game means the NPBHS and Napier Boys share the India Shield as joint winners. The school has never won this tournament so this is a very pleasing result for the .team after the many hours of practice and hard work. Martin and Andrew Taylor were both selected into the tournament team .
SECOND XI This year the Second XI has been very competitive . It had a good mix of senior and junior players. Mr Bruce Davis did an excellent job coaching the team this year. The team ended the year coming fourth behind the First XI. The team would like to thank both Bruce and Mrs Neilson for the coaching and managing of the team .
NPBHS HOCKEY GOLD 1990 Back Row: G. Ewington, K. Moorhead, T. Lewis, D. Kinera, N. Nobbs. Front Row: R. Johnston, B. Thornhill, N. Withers, M. Hugill, S. Davies. GOLD TEAM The Gold team had a very good season being coached by Mr Kinera and captained by Neil Withers . They won a number of games and in their final game gave the Second XI a good run for their money. The team would like to thank Mr Kin era for his time and effort and Neil Withers for all his organisation .
REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS Dion Jordan : New Zealand Under 18 team to tour Australia. Taranaki Colt and Under 17. Due to ill health Dion was not able to fulfil his representative duties. At present Dion is recovering very well and we look forward to him again playing for school, Taranaki and New Zealand; Aaron Jordan : Taranaki Senior Men and Taranaki Colts; Martin Taylor: Under 17 ; Nathan Betts: Under 17; Kalley Simpson : Under 17; Nathan Hills: Under 17 ; Greg Paynter: Under 15; Shane Campbell: Under 15; James Aldridge: Under 15; Ronald Gatenby: Under 15 ; Robert Simpson : Under 15; Rodney Fisher: Under 15 ; Brian Thornhill: Under 15. SPECIAL THANKS The school would like to thank Mr and Mrs M. Betts for all their help this season and for donating the new warm up tops for the First XI. The tops are an excellent idea and help to present the team in a professional way.
HOCKEY REPORT At the recent THF Prizegiving Aaron Jordon was named as Player of the Year for the secondary schools section as well as Sen ior Men's Player of the Year. This is the first time that a school boy has been named Senior Men's Player of the Year.
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NPBHS HOCKEY WHITE 1990 Back Row: M. Hoult, G. Jamieson, W. Campbell. Middle Row: M. Allen, D. Rowland, T. Jayasundgra, M. Corcoran. Front Row: R. Fisher, N. Brisco, A. Jamieson, M. Gane, C. Mullen. WHITE TEAM The White team played with a lot of character and although they did not win a lot of games they improved as the year progressed. Alistar Jamieson did a lot of work organising the team and Mr Stewart did a good job coaching.
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