This year we had 7 teams playing in Term 1.
This involved 62 players. My thanks to the following
who coached or managed teams:Hilda Wake, Karen
Williams, Te Kotuku Brown, Reegan Brown, Natalya
Taylor, Olivia Addis, Malcolm Nicholson, Rose Tilo,
Brandon Weekes and Sean Gates. At the time of
submitting this report, the Term 4 competition for
juniors had not started. However judging by the names
of players who put their name down to play, including
enough boys to form a junior team, early signs are very
encouraging.
BOYS’
With good numbers turning up for the boys trials, it was
decided to split the group and enter two teams in Div Volleyball Boys A Team
1. In retrospect this was not a good decision as the ‘B” Back Row: Ieremia Tilo, Ronan Jordan, Ciaran Foran,
Nicholson (Coach)
team (Maroon) struggled to get enough players to their Front Row:Malcolm
Matthew Good, Tom Fullerton, Brandon Johnston (Captain),
games and lost their first four games by default.
Brady Nicholson, Cody Palmer
Boys Blue 1st place HBSS League Div 1. Played:10
Won:5 Lost:5 Sets for:10 Against:13
Such was the closeness of the league that even winning
only half their games was enough to take out the boys
title. This young group of athletes is really improving
rapid ly and their 2-1 win over HBHS A showed just how
much they have improved. Most valuable player was
Brandon Johnston and Ronan Jordan was most
Only teams that were going to NZSS Nationals played
improved player.
Boys Maroon 5th place HBSS League Div 1. Played:10 this tournament, so we knew all games would be very
difficult. We beat NBHS B comfortably and lost to
Won:2 Lost:8 Sets for:3 Against:16
GBHS A and NBHS A. Our most disappointing game
As stated earlier, this team did not get off to a good
start. Lack of numbers meant they defaulted their first was the 0-3 loss to Taradale when we did not play
anywhere near our potential.
four games. They played Karamu A three times,
NZSS Nationals-12th place Div 4. Played:9 Won:2
narrowly losing the first time (56-58), then beating
them the next two times. Most valuable player was Mia Lost:7 Sets for:9 Against:22
Games at Nationals are still all about development for
Tilo and Brandon Jones was most improved player
Boys A HBPB Champs-4th place. Played:5 Won:2 Lost:3 this team. They played against Spotswood, Matamata,
Christchurch Boys, Otumoetai, Middleton Grange,
Sets for:7 Against:10
St Peters, Tarawera, Napier Boys B and Taradale yet
A combination of our ‘Blue’ and ‘Maroon’ team enagain. They were always competitive, but need to play
tered this tournament. As a result of Napier Boys and
with more consistency if they want to win those close
Gisborne Boys entering this tournament, this would
be a very good test of just how far we were developing games.
as a team. We scored victories against NBHS JA and
NBHS B. We were also able to take a set off Gisborne A.
Gisborne went on to win the tournament and they were
most complimentary of how our boys played.
Seeding Tournament-4th place. Played:4 Won:1 Lost:3
Sets for:4 Against:9