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TENNIS Back Row: Mr J. Sims, P. Morse, C. Bennett, S. Cleaver, M. Campbell, B. Pollard . Front Row: M. Williams, M. Dempsey, B. Martin, N. Creary.
Every year our season starts with a tough match against Hamilton Boys' High School. Our team consists of six seniors and six juniors. This year our team was: Seniors- B. Martin (captain), N. Creary, P. Morse, C . Bennett, M. Campbell and M. Dempsey. Juniors - G. Ballantyne, J. Shepherd , J. Taylor, T. Cleaver, A. Gilkinson, F. Shepherd. After the first day's play the scores were New Plymouth 5, Hamilton 4 in the seniors and the juniors New Plymouth 6, Hamilton 3. The second day's play was cancelled because of bad weather which meant the ove rall score was a victory to New Plymouth 11-
For the season I would like to thank our coach and manager Mr John Sims who ably looked after and organised the team and has done so for the last five years I have been associated with the tennis team. Thank you for all your support and encouragement Mr Sims and all the best for your future college matches. I would also like to thank the guys in the team for always giving 100% and never giving up. Well done guys, good luck for next year and keep the stong tradition of tennis alive at Boys' High .
7. The next trip saw us playing against Wanganui Collegiate on a very wet and miserable day. We played our top 12 players and another good result occurred. The players were: Martin , Cleaver, Creary, Morse, Bennet, Ballantyne, Campbell , Dempsey, Shepherd, Williams , Taylor and Cleaver. Good performances from Simon Cleaver, Craig Bennett and Gareth Ballantyne saw an 11-7 victory to New Plymouth Boys' High. Again this year we entered in the BP Nationals. This involved our team firstly competing against Inglewood High School which we convincingly won. Our next game was against Wanganui and again we won this convincingly which meant we had to travel to Palmerston North to play a round robin against Palmerston North Boys' High School (Manawatu) and Havelock North High School (Hawkes Bay). We beat Havelock North but sadly lost to Palmerston North and didn't progress through to the regional play-offs.
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GOLF Back Row: Mr M. Dobson , D. Croy, Mr D. Mossop. Front Row: J. Kearns, B. Walsh, N. Bennett, B. Humphreys.
GOLF The first event of the year for the Golf Te am was to play the Taranaki lntersecondary Schools Tournament played at Hawera on April 21. We sent two teams down to Te Ngutu Golf Club to represent NPBHS. Our number one player Brent Humphreys was out with a broken wrist so the team was made up of: Nathan Bennett, David Croy, Joshua Kearns and Brendan Walsh. While conditions were far from satisfactory the team played well on a course which was playing longer because of the rain. Nevertheless the team held on to retain the cup for one more year. Scores: N. Bennett 83. David Croy 82 , Joshua Kearns 78, Brendan Walsh 80. Total 240 (3 best scores}, on ly one shot ahead of Hawera High School. The best score of the day came from Scott McClean from our number two team. He shot a round of 75.
Also in the house competition Donnelly proved too strong for the other houses, taking out the competition easily over Barak second, Hatherly third, and Syme fourth. This year has been an excellent learning experience for the team, all of whom are coming back again next year, apart from myself. The team are all extremely young and have immense talent. 1 wish them well in their endeavours in golf be it for Taranaki or New Zealand in the future. Also a special thanks to Mr Mossop and Mr Dobson for their assistance throughout the year. BRENDON WALSH Te am Captain
Winning here meant that we wou ld travel to Masterton for the Regional final against Manawatu- Wanganui and Wellington. The team performed extremely well here finishing second to Wellington. Scores were B. Humphries 81, Nathan Bennett79, David Croy 88, Joshua Kearns 82 and Brendan Walsh 78. Our one and only intercollege match of the year against Hamilton Boys' High School put us up against some of the best from Waikato. Although we lost three matches to two we can be pleased that we took the team right to the last hole. The school golf champs held on August 4 provided the best results of the year. The scores were so close that a 'play-off' was needed to decide the eventual champion. B. Humphreys shot a 7 4, S. McClean 74, B. Walsh 74 , N. Bennett75, J. Kearns 75and David Croy 76. During the sudden death play-off B. Humphries had a birdie on the second play of hole to be this year's school champion.
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