SPORT TARANAKI SECONDARY SCHOOLS' DUATHLON This event was held on Sunday 24th June at Lepperton and NPBHS were represented by five athletes in the 2.5 km Run 15 km Cycle 2.5 km Run course. Athletes began and finished on the Lepperton School fields by completing a lap before heading out on the roads. There was some keen competition especially in the Senior Boys' event which saw Francis Douglas Memorial College student Nathan Coombes (the NZ Sec School's Duathlon champion) win in a tight tussle from his fellow competitor Edward Rawles in a great contest. William Tennent came fourth in the Senior Boys' event in a very fine effort coming home no more than three minutes behind the NZ ranked leaders. William is a talented athlete and is showing much potential in both Triathlon and Duathlon.
SPORT run. Unfortunately due to an error in setting out the course the marshalls declared later that the run course was indeed not the 3km we all anticipated but a mere one and a half km. Isaac Davies was the best of the Physical Education boys, performing well in the strong field which included two NZ age group development squad members to come home in 9th position. Daniel Hine and William Tennent (two of our talented and committed triathletes with plenty of potential) competed very well with Daniel coming home in a very creditable third place performance against two NZ ranked athletes. Wiliiam Tennent was not far behind gaining fifth place in a very competitive Senior Boys field. The Junior Boys event also saw our boys perform well. Hayden Brooks came second, Edward Lawley third Billy Rodenberg seventh and Luke Kernot eighth.
The Junior event saw Jordan Murray and Hayden Brooks from NPBHS have a close tussle at the head of the field and they were rewarded for their efforts by securing second and third spots respectively with Billy Rodenberg corning home in fourth position.
This event is a popular one on the sporting calendar and attracted the biggest field ever and NPBHS yet again was up the front, in leading the way. There are some promising triathletes at the school and I wish them success next year and in the future.
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This event was held at Ngamotu beach on Sunday 25th March and was notable for the large number of our Year 13 Physical Education boys competing (26) along with the serious athletes in the 250m swim lOkm cycle and 3km THE TARANAKIAN 66
The first Taranaki regional Get2Go competition was held on Thursday 6th September. This is a team challenge for juniors modelled along the same lines as the Hillary Challenge. The format was of four challenges based around the outdoor pursuit activities
This year has been very busy for the golf team. The first event was against Auckland Grammar with a team of nine: Zachary Lewis, Steven Heyes, Logan Heyes, Brad Hayward, Matt Reid, Sachin Modgill, Jamie Reid, Rhys Newland and James Linehan. As the morning progressed we were well ahead, with some very easy wins for Steven, Logan, and Brad. The overall result was a 7 to 1 win to NPBHS the best result we have had against Auckland Grammar. The closest match of the day was between the two opposing captains, our captain being Zachary Lewis, which ended in a half.
knew would come from the Koreans from Spotswood College, and we were right. The boys all played well, but unfortunately, the NPBHS-1 team came in second by two shots to the Koreans. However, because of the rules only NZ citizens and permanent residents can play in the National Finals. Therefore, NPBHS will have a team in the National Finals in Wellington later this year, so technically we won. NPBHS 2 came in third and the development team NPBHS 3 gained a creditable sixth place. In ad~ition, this year Logan Heyes gained the best nett score of 69, but unfortunately, Brad Hayward who had the equal best gross of 70 lost by a countback.
Next was the regional final - this was played at Manukorihi Golf Club on Friday, 19th May. The weather conditions were perfect for golf and we decided to bring along the development squad as well, which gave us three teams. The team members were NPBHS 1: Zachary Lewis, Brad Hayward, Steven Heyes and Rhys Newland; NPBHS 2: Matt Reid, Sachin Modgill, Logan Heyes and James Linehan; and NPBHS 3: Jamie Reid, Brennan Kendall, Damien Powell and Kishan Rai. The pressure we
The last event for May was the college fixture against Hamilton Boys' High School. The team was in great form, Zachary Lewis, Logan Heyes, Steven Heyes, Brad Hayward, Matt Reid and Sachin Modgill. We had the best result to date a 6 to 0 win in the matchplay against Hamilton Boys'. Most of the matches finished early with big defeats. Zachary's match was one of the hardest, going down to the last holes but Zachary came through to win in the traditions of NPBHS. The first team
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of mountain biking, kayaking, orienteering and rock-climbing. Teams rotated around the various challenges and had approximately 60minutes at each venue to tackle the task and score points for the overall results. The team with the most points on each region's day will be invited to attend the five day long grand final competition on Great Barrier Island, held in the last week of Term Four. Three teams from BHS were entered ¡in the competition with all three consisting of students from both BHS and GHS. On the day these teams placed first, second and third, with the first team clearly dominating most events. So our congratulations to all students who competed and our best wishes to the top team who have qualified for the grand final.
members -Zachary Lewis, Logan Heyes, Steven Heyes and Brad Hayward - have grown into the best Secondary School golfers in the country, and they have had to work doubly hard to keep up with their school work and play golf for the school which I as manager have appreciated.
WORLD SCHOOLS GOLF. CHALLENGE Christchurch 7th- 15th April The first official day of competition brought out fine weather on the Tuesday after our wet arrival. The course was slow to start with, but sped up throughout the day. The team did fairly well with Zachary on 75, Logan 81, Steve on 78 and Sachin 77. This put us in fifth spot overall. We~nesday
found us at Harewood Golf Club. The weather was fine but with wind gusts of 30 to 40 Kmh. Unfortunately, the teams scores blew out slightly but the wind also affected other competitors' scores. We finished with Zachary 77, Logan 80, Steve 79 and Sachin 82. Overall, we were still holding onto fifth place by an ever
Boys competing were:
Top team: Mathew Phillips Cameron Brownlie Edward Lawley Chaz Hall Billy Rodenberg
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Other two teams: Ben Hitchcock Jordan Millen Henry Johnston Lachlan Bunn Isaac Robinson
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