came when the captain Shane Grant dribbled around the two defenders and scored. Sam Kindler scored the last goal of the game . This was a game that was influenced by the wea~her. The game was called off 15 minutes early because of the cond1t1ons. NZ Secondary Schools Tournament at Palmers ton North- The last time Boy's High attended a Secondary Schools Soccer Tournament was in 1986. This yearN PBHS was accepted as a late entry into the competition and the team was notified only two weeks before the competition commenced. The tournament took place at Palmerston North during the first week of the August holidays. The boys played seven games in five days. The results of the teams section play: Won- Papatoetoe High School G-O ; Lost- Mt Roskill Grammar 1-0; Won- Horowhenua College 3-1; Won- Wanganui Boys' College 2-1; Draw- Tawa 1-1 . Boys' High ended up runners up in thei r pool play to Mt Roskill Grammar, this put them into the semi finals against Wanganui Collegiate. This, like our earlier encounter with Collegiate, was a very hard tackling and physical game. Once again Andy llo scored the first goal in this game, however Collegiate managed to strike back scoring a goal just before half-time to make it 1-1 . In the second half Sam Kindler managed to seal NPBHS a place in the final by scoring in the last quarter. The final score was 2 -1 to Boys' High . The final was against Auckland's Avondale College . The team 's captain, Shane Grant, had suffered an injury in the semi-final match the day before, he went on the field for the final but only survived five minutes of the game. Suiti Faavae replaced him in the mid-field. In this game like many others it took the first quarter for the NPBHS first XI a while to settle down but once they did they started to dominate the game. The first goal went to Sam Kindler from a comer kick, the ball was headed out by Avondale College and Sam received it and took a successful shot from just inside the box. In the second half the Boys' High keeper pulled off some tremendous saves as Avondale put us under pressure. Rhys Mclnally sealed victory for Boys' High when he scored a goal halfway through the second half. The final result was a 2-0 victory, which won the team the tournament and the Jim Wishart Cup. THE PLAYERS This year the team had a blend of youth and experience, six of the players had been the 1991 squad. Shane Grant - Shane was this year's first XI captain, he led by example in the midfield and created many scoring opportunties. A player with a lot of flair, a great dribbler of the ball. Stefan Gray- Stefan played as sweeper and played 36 of the teams 37 games. His strength as vice-captain was in his ability to marshall the defence and to read the play. A very sound defender who also moved into the midfield to create scoring opportunities and did score goals. Andy Martin- This was Andy' s second year in the team , unfortunately Andy was out for part of the season because of injury. Andy cemented his place in the team as right back and was very sound on defence . Leon Allen - Leon started the year as the team 's right half, however, as the season progressed he moved into the midfield where he played some of his best football for the school. Rob Aerts - This was Rob's third year in the team . Rob's strength was his ability to play anywhere on the field, a great asset to the team . Marlk Johnson- Marlkstarted the year on the reserve bench. However as the season progressed he capitalised on his opportunities to play and became a regular player in the backline. Scott Avery- Scott was the reserve keeper for the team , however he also played in the team's backline and against Wellington College played as striker. Joemela Simeon -Joe was another team member who suffered an injury during the season. He played as left half but also had a number of games in the midfield. Paul Drake- Paul started the season as striker but then moved to the position of right half. His strengths were in his ability to move around the field at pace and to take the ball to the bye line . Rhys Mclnally- Rhys was a late inclusion into the squad, he started the season in the midfield however as left half he created a lot of scoring opportunities for the strikers and himself. Andy llo - Andy came to us from Vanuatu this year. As striker he averaged just under two goals per game, a total of 56 goals for the season. A small but fast and skilful player on the field . Charlton Leo- Charlton played left back until he chipped his hip in the college game against Wellington. He travelled down to the Palmerston tournament as assistant manager. He proved to be a great asset to the team as both a player and team comedian . Blair Homer- Blair was the first XI keeper in 1992. He pulled off some spectacular saves during the season . He was one of the smallest keepers in the local competition but also one of the: best. Sam Kindler- Sam was the youngest member in the first XI and he
was also one of the most skilful. He was the only member of the team to get in the NZSSFA tournament team. John Woodward - John played centre back. He was rock solid on defence, and his prevous experience in the premier league proved to be an asset when the team was under pressure . The first XI also called upon a number of other players during the season to play for them, normally at short notice . Our thanks to Andrew Eagles, Suiti Faavae, Matthew Cheer, Steve Starlk, Graeme Smith for being available. The first XI obtained a sponsorship deal from McDonalds New Plymouth for the 1992 and 1993 season . The deal enables the team to get new jackets for the 1993 season and also provides funds for the provision of soccer balls, a scoreboard and other expenses. Thank you to McDonalds for supporting schoolboy soccer. The success of the team this year can be attributed to two things. The first is the spirit that has developed within the team during the year. The second is the efforts of the coach , Glenn Hooper. He has brought to the school the very highest standard of coaching and dedicated a lot of his time and energy, without which the team would not have been been half as successful as it has this year. 1992 was the most successful year ever for Soccer at NPBHS.
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DEBATING
SECOND XI SOCCER
~NPBHS DEBATING Back Row, left to right: S. Grant, S. Philp. Front Row: D. Chapman, M. Crawford (coach), H. Chisholm.
The second XI had a very successful season in the Asphaltic Construction Youth League. Clearly top of the table, 14 games played, 12 wins and two draws. The team scored 101 goals and only had 15 goals against. Everybody in the team contributed to th is outstanding success, which could not have happened without the excellent practices of one of the top soccer players in this province; Darren Rankine. His talent, social skills and understanding of the game was much appreciated by the team , and all the players benefited from his practices. The team played the so called 4-4-2 system, four defenders, four midfield players plus two forwards and last but not least the goalkeeper. It took a couple of games to get adjusted to the system and to each other, our first game being a draw (New Plymouth United). Later in the season we beat the same team easily, an indication of the progress the team made . The other draw was in miserable weather against Old Boys, and in similar weather conditions we lost our quarter final cup game. Two games were pretty close. One game against No . 2 in Hawera, because of injuries we only played with 10 players, but after0-0 at the break we managed to score three goals in the second half. When you play well the opposition tries everything to beat the team sometimes with unsportive means, and boys got challenged by foul play and - language. Unfortunately two of our players couldn't control themselves and retaliated in front of the referee, a re.d card was the consequence. An unpleasant event for players and team but I am sure those players learned their lesson and will never take revenge on the soccer pitch again. This incident certainly didn't spoil the season . The members of the team thoroughly enjoyed the season which to me is the main thing, as without pleasure you will never come to success. Success which was acknowledged by the sponsor of the Youth league - every team member deservedly collected a set of track suit tops and also the Youth Trophy from the Asphaltic Construction Company. B. A. VENEMA, Manager/Coach .
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THEATRESPORTS Name of team- Randy Spamm's Insanity Troupers. Theatresports is a new sport for New Plymouth Boys' High School. And, I have to confess, I didn't know how it would go. Theatre, at a boys school? Mate, what would happen to rugby? It was quite a relief when a whole troup of very creative, interesting people crawled out of the woodworlk, and into the Boarders' Lounge for the first session . It has to be said that Theatre sports isn't the most sedentary or quiet of Utility Period activities. Between dance machines, Monty Python, raucous anticipation of "exchanges" with Girls' High and other schools, and some very very funny acting and improvisation, Theatresports has been buckets of fun -if anything there's been too much energy to keep it all in. Numbers grew through the year until we reached a manageable maximum of around 18. I guess highlights of the year were the exchanges with Girls' High and Hawera High School. Great social occasions, and the guys went out of their way to prove any ideas about New Plymouth Boys' High School being a straight or boring school vety wrong. You had to be there. . The guys also did well representing the school at the Taranaki Speech and Drama Festival. Next year. Well, lots of energy and keen people already. We'd like some more seventh formers. Anyone with a sense of humour and desire to perfonncan apply. If II be a bittight, but if you're keen, see Mr Craig, and there should be a place for you.
"The Taranakian"acknowledges with gratitude
Thi s year has been a most successful year for NPBHS with the Senior team reaching the regional finals in Jaycee National Debating Competition . The Senior team was made up of four members, Shaun Philp, Demian Chapman , Shane Grant and Hayden Chisholm . We first debated against NPGHS on the subject ''that our present political system is better than proportional representation". This was a very topical issue which demanded a lot of research. The next debate against Sacred Heart on the subject ''that blood and organ donors should be paid" provided more "fun" than the previous debate. We also know now why daylight saving should be extended for an hour against Hawera High School and though we know why New Zealand should be a State of Australia we weren't able to prove it with enough conviction and lost the regional final to Nga Tawa. We appreciated the support shown by many of the senior students who came to watch and support us. We participated in two different debates as well. A lunchtime interchange with Sacred Heart on the topic ''that love is an overrated emotion" saw exchanges of flowers, hug cards and wit before a packed assembly hall. We were fortunate to be invited to field a team against three New Plymouth personalities in the Great Library Debate as part of library week. Rosalind Crawford from Sacred Heart joined Demain and Hayden for an excellent debate held in the New Plymouth Library. This debate has been tapeq for use with classes. The Speech and Drama Festival allowed us to provide a senior and junior team. Simon Rea joined Damian and Shaun in the Senior team, and the Junior team of Andrew Baath, Lee Taylor and Daniel Pritchard - b0th t"'ams won their debates in excellent style and witty arguments. T:1e I• !J U•i ity Period debating group with mainly junior members this year has h11rj many prepared and impromptu interchanges. Our fourth form classes all take part in debates for English worlk. Debating continues to give the opportunity for truth and lies to be discussed and proved. It needs an audience to persuade. Next year the fun will continue. M. E. CRAWFORD. sponsorship from WILSON & HILL 59