Small Bore Rifle Shooting The small bore rifle shooting season started in May with weekly shoots at the Inglewood Small Bore Rifle Club. Two NPBHS teams were then selected for the TSSSA Shooting Championships. These
Prior to the TSSSA champs in August the teams were then announced : NPBHS Team #1: • Keegan Thomson (Captain)
• Campbell Graham (Vice Captain)
• Finley Campbell
• Chase McDonald
NPBHS Team #2: • Tyler Smith
• Matheson Brown
• Logan Burns
• Cameron May
teams were selected from the best shooters from the club nights
The TSSSA Shooting Champs were then held in Inglewood on the
which in turn created much rivalry, dedication and team bonding.
10th of August with both teams focused on top team and individual scores. A total of 11 schools competed, with most schools having 2 teams which meant that a total of 20 teams competed. So, there were a total of approximately 80 individual competitors. We competed in both the teams and individual divisions with superb results. In the team’s competition, NPBHS Team #1 was 1st and NPBHS Team #2 came a very credible 5th. The day was rounded off with 2 of our shooters in the top 3 for individual shooting. (Keegan Thomson was 1st and Campbell Graham was 3rd). It was a superb result which was achieved with diligence, dedication and practice. Thanks must go to Mr Lou Donnelly from the Inglewood Small Bore Rifle Club who gave up his own time for coaching and practice which paid off on the day. Another thank you
SMALL BORE RIFLE SHOOTING TEAM
goes to Mr Michael Graham for restarting the shooting team for
Back Row: Campbell Graham, Logan Burns, Mr M. Graham (Manager)
NPBHS.
Front Row: Tyler Smith, Finley Campbell, Chase McDonald, Matheson Brown, Cameron May
We are well set up for another good year in 2015 and hope that we
Inset: Keegan Thomson (Captain)
can successfully defend our TSSSA titles.
SQUASH With a young team this year we hoped to build on our very
was Mitchell Wilson. Next year the nationals have been fixed in
good placing of 12th in 2013. Don't count your chickens before
Palmerston North, which suits us. We shall also enter into a new
they hatch!
Super 8 Schools competition in Tauranga early in the season to
We always have 2 traditional fixtures; our first was against the strong Hamilton side who beat us 4-1 with Jarrod See our only winner. Against Palmerston North Boys’ High it was a different story. They had players out due to another competition. Our team won on a count-back of games won.
give us a great experience. This will be held in the Dame Susan Devoy Center in Tauranga. I would like to thank all the boys for never giving up and also thank Mrs Crow, our team nutritionist,for all her help. See you all next year. by Mr John Sims
We now looked forward to the nationals in Nelson. Our team went into this competition ranked 8th. in the country. We easily beat Hawera 5-0. Then we played Napier B.H.S. We lost Tarek, our number 1, in the first game due to injury and he was out for the rest of the tournament. This meant all our players had to move up a position and to their credit all played really well. Full credit must go to Mitchell and Jarrod for never giving in. Our next match was against a plucky Nelson College side whom we beat 4-1. We then had to play Takapuna Grammar who beat us 3-2. We finally played Wairarapa College who beat us 3-2 and we ended up 12th in N.Z. Not bad when you lose your top seeded player so early on. It was a very tough competition and well worth it. This year’s No.1
SQUASH TEAM Back Row: Mr J. Sims (Manager), Sam George, Jarrod See
player was Tarek Aboulkheir and our most valuable player
Front Row: Sonny Gulliver, Andrew Boot, Mitchell Wilson
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