Hockey Boys’
Chu, Anthea McCartney, Vicki Markham and Ellie Mattich.
I have really appreciated the time and effort Sean, Callum,
Bayley and Huia have put in. We do need parents to offer to
help in umpiring, managing and coaching and hope they
are not too shy to offer next year.
Playing numbers are up and the strength and
The 1ST XI teams write their own reports but I would like to
competitiveness of our 1ST XI boys and girls teams are
thank the coaches Geoff and Greg and the managers Ben
as high as they have ever been. We were most apprecia- and Rachel for the stellar jobs they did with those very
tive of senior students who stepped up to coach teams
successful teams this year.
this year.
Our junior girls won the Central Six tournament and our junior
boys finished runners up. The ongoing future and strength of
They did a great job and enabled the students to play.
hockey at HNHS looks promising.
Sean Morrison and Callum Wilkie coached a junior boys
team. Quite a number of our better juniors play in our 1st Thanks everyone
XI’s. This team played some good hockey and with
Peter Mathieson
manager, Fiona Culham there to keep them on track they Teacher I/C Hockey.
had an enjoyable season. The team was made up of
Jamie Cornes, Hamish Lee, Jonty Godfrey, Logan
Murdoch, Harrison Fulford, Nick Batey, Brody Shannon,
Drew Olsen, Tyler Birkett, Kai Baylis, Liam Wilcock, Jack
Hulls and Thomas Culham, Grant Hanson, Will Kelly
Bayley Thomsen coached our mixed team of year 10 -12
students, some of whom had not played before. They
sometimes lacked commitment to attend practices but
by the end of the season were playing better hockey and
getting some good results. Helen Reeves helped out with
umpiring. The team was Erin Connolly, Imogen Moore,
Lauren Bell, Jolanda Jirkowsky, Natasha McHendry van
Veelen, Annaleise Gough, Jez Reeves, Josh Every, Harry
Roberts, Hayden Beedell, Anton Edilson, Conor Mckay
Nike Strong, Heath Dineen.
Huia Te Rito was our other student coach and she was in
charge of our junior A girls team. They played some good
hockey with Alice Lindsay promoted to the 1st XI to go to
tournament with them. Others in the team were Georgia
Shannon, Libby Wakefield, Daisy Gittings, Anna Murfitt,
Grace Jones, Brooke Hughes, Annika Thomsen, Madison
Hockey Boys 1st XI
Back Row: Tim Vandenberg, Jayson Su, Liam Millar, Charles Talbot, Cameron Lee
2nd Row: Geoff Morrison (Coach), Hamish Legarth, Joel Engelke, Felix Lankovsky, Oscar
Gittings, Liam Reeves, Ben Throp (Manager)
Front Row: Eli Shaw Throp, Sean Morrison, Callum Wilkie, Gareth Lewis, (Captain), Hayden
Hughes
Absent:
Jarrod Lobb