The TBCOBA Annual Dinner will be held on Friday 9th September 2016 at the College and tickets are now on sale.  Keep the date free and speak to your old school mates now to get a group together!

Old Boy of the Year: Steve Saunders

A winner of the 2014 Westpac Tauranga Business Awards "Excellence in Business Leadership" Steve is director and founder of Callahan Innovation licensed WNT Ventures, a technology focused business incubator, he is a director of Landcare Research, board member of Tauranga’s Enterprise Angels network, Priority One board member and Managing Director of the Plus Group of companies, a horticultural solutions business that operates a science research facility and robotic technology development centre. 

MC & Guest Speaker: James McOnie

James is a well known and irreverent sports reporter for SKY TV and for the past 10 years has been a regular contributor to and occasional presenter of Prime TV’s The Crowd Goes Wild. Famed for his suit jacket, tie and shorts ensemble in front of the camera, McOnie’s presence at the dinner promises to liven things up, ensuring the dinner will be a night to remember for everyone present.

Tickets will be limited to 200 so get this date in your diaries now & start organising your table for what will be a great night. Click here to buy your tickets.

Ticket price includes:

• Wine
• Three course meal

The event features:

• Entertainment
• Auction

Time: 7pm - 11.30pm (drinks from 6.15pm).

Venue: The Gym, Tauranga Boys' College, 664 Cameron Road, Tauranga

Tickets are $75 per person or book a table of 10 for $695.

 Buy tickets for the dinner.

The shortest day has been and gone and it won't be long now before Winter Tournament week. This edition features many impressive performances through the second term, which ends this week.

Please look to support any of our events that you can and spread the word to as many Old Boys as you can. If there are any snippets of news that you could pass onto me that would be greatly appreciated.

All the best for now, Rob Leslie.

Events

Auckland Function

Auckland-based TBC Old Boys have their annual function at The Bluestone Room, just off lower Queen Street on Durham Lane from 5.30 pm on Friday, July 18^th. A  great atmosphere in the oldest commercial building in the city (1850s), with the Old Boys supplying the first drink and nibbles. Bring along your old school mates.

Annual Dinner

This year's dinner promises to be the biggest and best yet.  We recognise renowned artist and Old Boy Nigel Brown, who is recognised as one of New Zealand's most important and acclaimed painters.  The dinner is being held on Friday the 19th of September.  Tickets for members are $65pp, with a discount for a table of 10.  For more information and to book please go to:  http://www.tbcoba.org.nz/9-blog/a-word-from-the-exec/4-annual-dinner.

School Production

The annual TBC/TGC production, which this year is “Thoroughly Modern Millie” ,plays in the GYYT at TBC and we have 30 tickets put aside for the Friday night show on July 25^th. Come along to the staff room for a pre-show drink and then enjoy this year’s show. Please email me to secure tickets onThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Staff News

Long serving member of the Maths Department Gary Maurice retired in June after a 40 year teaching career, with  25+ years of that being at TBC. He was presented with a scholars tie at a special assembly in recognition of the 40 students he helped attain calculus scholarship through the years.

An even longer serving staff member in George ter Wal will finish up at the end of the year having completed 35 years on the staff.

TBC Sport

Cross country

In the Super 8 our overall placing was 6^th but the future looks rosy for our team as the Year 9 team swept all-comers. Lachlan Haycock took out first place, but then TBC dominated to win both the 3 and 6 man races with all six boys finishing in the top 10 individual places.

At Nationals the youngsters were again the stars as we won gold in the 6 man team and bronze in the 3 man team events.

Water Polo

Sean McKenzie has been selected in the New Zealand Under 16 team  that will compete against Australia next month.

Football

The 1^st XI has made a good start in qualifying matches for the NZSS Tournament with victories over Cambridge HS (4-0), Rotorua BHS (3-1), St Peters Cambridge (2-0) & St John’s Hamilton (6-2).

Squash

TBC dominated the recent Bay of Plenty secondary schools squash championships taking all top 4 places, with 9 students in the top 15 places. Josh Oakley took out the title from Alex Revington.

Rotorua BHS Junior Exchange

TBC dominated this exchange with the 67 all draw in basketball the only partial success enjoyed by the visitors. In rugby both our under 15 (48-7) & under 14  ( 58-15) sides won comfortably while the junior football ((7-0) & hockey (3-2) were also victorious.

Rugby

The 1^st XV did very well to make the Chiefs Cup final where they were beaten by Rotorua BHS. The following weekend it was the first match of the Super 8 and in a rematch, this time in Tauranga, the result was a 20 all draw. This past  weekend New Plymouth BHS were the visitors and TBC won all 4 fixtures – 1^st XV (41-17), 2^nd XV, under 15 & under 14.

TBC Arts/Academic

University Success

The last university philosophy class at TBC taught by George ter Wal has just had their results from Waikato University. Top performers were Adam Scott & Minchang Kim who both got A+ with 89% and there were 9 others who got B+ or better.

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival

Twelve students headed to Wellington for the national finals of this competition, where they performed with distinction. Peter Burman won an award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’.

Super 8 Cultural Festival

A large contingent of students had a very successful time of it in Napier. TBC were placed in most categories with 1^st placings achieved in Senior & Junior Oratory, Senior Debating,  Senior Theatre Sports, Group Music & Junior Solo Music.  Best Actor awards went to Brad Hemmingway and Peter Burman.

Dance

Year 10 student Carlos Levao is off to represent New Zealand in the World Hip Hop Dance Championships in Las Vegas in August. If you would like to help Carlos on his journey you could contribute at the following link: http://makeachamp.com/carloslevao

Old Boys 

Drama

2012 Old Boy of the Year Ian Mune continues to make a mark in the arts, as he directs Maurice Shadbolt’s Once on Chunuk Bair at the Maidment Theatre in Auckland, which plays until July 5th. Ian directed the play’s debut season in 1982 & its last professional production in 1989.

He is also exhibiting his acting skills in the second season of the New Zealand TV programme Agent Anna.

Politics

Todd Muller has just been selected as the National Party candidate for the Western Bay of Plenty electorate, which has been held with a significant majority by retiring MP Tony Ryall. It looks likely Todd will follow Tuariki (John) Delamere to Wellington as TBC’s second MP. He and party leader John Key have both visited the school in recent weeks, with the Prime Minister particularly interested in the traditional ,and usually very accurate, TBC election poll. Results for 2014 gave National 39% with a surprising second place being Mana/Internet with 23%.

Music

Former Midnight Youth frontman Jeremy Redmore has just released the second single from his new album, which is available on presale ahead of release on July 25^th. He is doing a free public listening party at the Tauranga Rockshop at 3 p.m. on July 19^th. If you would like a preview check it out here: http://youtu.be/0XLsBX_Oha8.

Old Boys Sports

Football

TBC has been represented in the All Whites for a long time by Tony Lochhead,but in the team of 2014 there are 2 Old Boys. The side drew 0-0 with South Africa in Auckland recently, with youngsters Tyler Boyd (Phoenix) & Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle) to the fore.

After being the first Phoenix player to play 50 matches and finally tallying 131 Tony has nabbed a contract with Chivas USA in the NASL.

Hockey

Andy Hayward was leading goal-scorer for the Blacksticks when they took out seventh place at the World Cup in the Netherlands. Hayward scored 2 hat tricks, with the highlight of the tournament being a 1 all draw with the Dutch in front of 15,000 screaming locals.

Athletics

2012 Sports Captain Julian Oakley, who is on an athletics scholarship to Providence College in Rhode Island in the United States, became the latest New Zealander to run a mile in under 4 minutes with a 3:58:89 time in placing 3^rd at a track race in Massachucetts, where he beat  Olympic silver medallist Leo Manzano.

Cricket

Kane Williamson’s 6^th test century of 113 set the foundation for the Black Caps second ever test win in the West Indies, and in his only over of the match he took the last wicket for the Kiwis to claim victory inside of 4 days. Kane’s test batting average is now over 40 and there is only one batsman in the world in the top 10 century makers who has scored as many 100s before his 24^th birthday – one Sachin Tendulkar!

Kane has now scored his 7^th century & highest test score of 161*.  This gained him the man of the series award as well as placing him 7^th on the test run scoring list for the 2014 calendar year.

Kayaking

Mike Dawson was satisfied with his 15^th placing  at his first World Cup meet of the season on the Olympic course at Lee Valley in England. Mike had not competed since the Australian Open at the start of the year and has been recovering from a wrist surgery.

Golf

Omokoroa based professional Kieren Muir has had his best finish on the NZ  Charles Tour, finishing second to Ryan Fox at the Muriwai Open.

Charlie Hillier, who led our golf team in 2013, is now into three months of playing in the USA, which will include the US Amateur Championships next month, which was won in 2008 by Danny Lee.

Jared Pender has just scored every golfers dream with a sub-60 round of 59 onhis home course of Tauranga.

Rugby

Nathan Harris has backed up  an impressive season with the Chiefs to be named in the All Blacks training squad  for the tour of the England.

The Steamers have been named for the 2014 ITM Cup season and there is one of last years 1^st XI named in the squad in Daniel Hollinshead. Old Boys  Te Aihe Toma , Sam Kane, Carl Axtens and Nathan Harris are all included as well.

Surfing

Matt Hewitt has just left these shores again looking to break into the world’s top 100 surfers. He is heading off to compete on the ASP World Qualifying Series in Mexico and success there could boost his current international ranking of 155 into the elite competitions.

Rowing

After a significant break from his sport Mahe Drysdale was back to his best at the World Cup event in France, where he won gold in the single sculls. He has been joined by fellow Old Boy Adam Ling in 2014 who will contest the lightweight double scull.

With the Autumn term over in New Zealand winter has arrived with a vengeance with several storms bringing surface flooding to various parts of the country. Meanwhile in the SE of England we are experiencing the driest start to a year since 1929 & temperatures have been consistently in the high 20s.

Highlights of Term 2 at TBC have been...

* Cross Country - after their preseason tour to the AIS in Canberra these boys had been well primed for a great season & so it has proved. The Super 8 shield was won, at the BOP champs all 3 individual as well as 3 & 6 man titles were won by TBC and at the Waikatos all 3 grades of team competition were won also. Nationals at Waikanae saw our Year 9 boys win both the 3 & 6 man teams race with Scott Croasdale's bronze medal the individual highlight. This was the first time since 1999 that TBC had won a team title at Nationals. The Junior boys showed considerable improvement from last year to place 4th in the 6 man team while the Seniors fought hard for silver in the 6 man team led by Julian Oakley's 9th. This impressive base augers well for the future ........

* Kayaking - Top NZ School for the 13th consecutive year tells the story of the depth of this sport at the school. The depth of talent is amazing with TBC winning all 3 K1 age events at nationals and a host of individual medals. Many of the boys competed with success at the Open Canoe Slalom nationals where a number of strong age group paddlers from the other side of the Tasman were well beaten. on the strength of their performances Callum Gibb, Haven Bellamy and Carl Whitehead have all been competing in the World Junior Canoe Slalom Champs in France.

* Clay Target Shooting - The team this year is not as experienced as previously however they performed very well to take out the Super 8 title
for the 4th consecutive year. They have now achieved first place at the NISS competition with Scott Verran named as High Gun.

* Rugby - 263 students registered to play rugby this season so there remains considerable interest in the sport @ TBC. The 1st XV began very well with a wins against Auckland GS (12-11) & New Plymouth BHS (22-18)  but has since lost to BOP rivals Rotorua BHS (10-13). The 2nds have won their first 2 Super 8 matches against RBHS & NPBHS .

* Soccer/Hockey/Basketball - these winter sports have all been involved in local competitions with National tournaments at the end of next term.

* The terms interschool programme was completed with home fixtures against Westlake BHS. Results were as follows ..... 1st XV Win 22-17  2nd XV  Win 15-0  Football  Loss 0-2   Hockey  Draw  1-1  Basketball  Loss 67-84

* Sailing - Tom Saunders has just won the prestigious ISAF Laser Radial Youth Worlds held in Turkey.

* The following is a list of TBC students who have gained NZ representation in the year to date ........

• NZ Youth Laser Sailing   Tom Saunders
• NZ Optimist Sailing team Trent Rippey
• NZ Under 17 Cricket team  Sean Davey
• NZ Under 17 Touch team   Whakakauika Ririnui
• NZ Under 19 Beach Volleyball team  Sonny Hirini
• NZ Under 19 Beach Volleyball squad  Jeff Thwaites  George McAdam  Mitch Zandstra Jarrad Rona
• NZ Under 17 Beach Volleyball squad Matthew Kilpatrick Burton McAdam Zac Brown Joseph Winstanley Joel Draffin Nathan Rona Connor Bell Brad Fullerton
• NZ Under 17 Rugby squad Aaron Carroll
• NZ Under 19 Volleyball squad Fergus McCool Jeff Thwaites Steven Frewin Matt Sargent-Clarke
• NZSS Volleyball team  Sonny Hirini
• NZ Under 17 Volleyball squad Hiki Ngata  Justin Sargent-Clarke  Matthew Kilpatrick
• NZ Under 15 Waterpolo team Cameron Hayes Mungo Mason Mathew Hansen
• NZ Junior Cross Country team  Michael Sutton
• NZ Under 16 Inline Hockey team  Taylor Dines
• NZ Under21 Rowing team  Toby Cunliffe-Steel
• NZ Junior Rockclimbing team  Owain Fineron  Adam Steens  Jesse Offner
• NZ Junior Canoe Slalom team  Carl Whitehead Callum Gibb Haven Bellamy
• NZ Development Canoe Slaom team Jake Cumming Regan August Cole O'Connor Laurence Brown
• NZ Junior Freestyle Kayak team  Andre Sperling
• NZ Development Triathlon team  Hayden Moorhouse

Old Boys...

*Old Boy inventor Paul Beckett is celebrating the 10th birthday of his Blokart of which he has now sold almost 10,000 to 27 different countries around the globe. The nimble land yacht is raced in places as far away as South Africa, the Middle East, the USA & Europe.  Day to day running of the operation has been handed on to son Matt so that Paul can develop other products.

* Jared Savage, who has been working for the NZ Herald for a number of years, was awarded the Qantas Cup as Journalist of the Year at the 37th Qantas Media Awards last month.

* I have previously highlighted the success of Jeremy Redmore with his band Midnight Youth. I have heard a rumour that another Old Boy Michael Humphrey has recently won an award as the Director of the video for their single 'Cavalry' - it is well worth a look.

* Hot off the Press is news from Hawera that Austen Childs made his Davis Cup debut in the 3-2 victory over Pakistan. Austen has been competing well on the US College circuit & was picked from there to represent his country. He had been runner-up in the singles of the NCAA champs & accorded the honour of being only Loiusville's second All American. He did not play the first round of singles which were split & then NZ went down in the doubles. Rubin Statham won the first of the reverse doubles to make it 2-2 & then Childs was asked to complete the job in his first match at this level. He did so in style with an emphatic 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 victory.

* New Zealand's unbeaten performance at the Football World Cup was a fantastic effort and Old Boy Tony Lochhead was very much part of that great team result.

*Rugby season and there are a good number of Old Boys performing with distinction. Tanerau Latimer & Jarrad Hoeata were both members of the victorious Maori team that defeated England on their southern tour 35-28. The BOP Steamers squad for the 2010 season has been selected and again there is excellent TBC representation with Lance MacDonald, Ben Smith, Jason Hona, Josh Hall, Sam Kane, Tanerau Latimer & Luke Braid all in the team and Aidan Kuka in the training squad. Jarrad Hoeata will turn out for the Taranaki side again. Recent Old Boy Chase Douglas sang the national anthem prior to the Maori/England game.

* Kane Williamson, after being selected in the 13 for the last test against Australia earlier in the year, has been picked in the touring squad leaving for Sri Lanka  and so should make his debut shortly .... He has been training in Australia at times and will spend a short while acclimatising in Darwin before going on to Sri Lanka.

* Mahe Drysdale & the NZ rowing squad have just completed a successful Henley regatta where Mahe won the single sculls. From there it was the last World Cup meet of the season at Lucerne where he placed 3rd. He has been hampered in training with a minor injury which has affected results too but now there is an opportunity for some recuperation before the World Championships are held in New Zealand in November. Also competing at Henley was Justin Scholes. Better known as surf lifesaver at the Mount , Justin has been in the UK for 3 years and only rowed for 18 months. His Poplar, Blackwall & District coxed four made the second round.

* Mike Dawson and Johan Roozenburg have continued to impress on the Extreme Kayaking circuit. After winning at the Teva Mountain Games in Colorado they competed at the Extreme Outdoor Games in Italy where Dawson was first overall, Roozenberg placed second in the slalom & then they teamed up with a Rotorua paddler to defend their Extreme Kayak Teams world championship title against opposition from Slovenia & the Czech Republic.

*Andy Hayward & Steve Graham have both been in Nottingham with the NZ Hockey side who placed 3rd in the 4 Nations tournament which was lead up for the Champions Trophy in Germany later in the month. It is a busy time for the guys as the Commonwealth Games in India follow not too long after that.

*Peter Burling has just finished 9th at the European 49er sailing in Poland where 82 boats from 27 different countries were competing. His last World Cup event is at Weymouth from August 9th which is where the 2012 Olympics will be held.

*British-born Rocky Horror Picture Show writer Richard O¹Brien spent his youth in Tauranga & Hamilton and is now looking to retire to the BOP. Despite his brother Robin Smith & sister Gillian Page still living in Tauranga he is having to appeal to the Immigration Minister for citizenship which he did not apply for when living in NZ in the 60s.

It is obviously a busy time around the world from the length of this but really appreciate the efforts people make in keeping me informed of what our Old Boys are doing. There are bound to be numerous other things I don¹t know about so please pass on any news to me...

Rob Leslie

Held at the No.1 Sports Bar, City Road in London on Thursday July 15th a group of Old Boys, their partners and ex-staff met for a most enjoyable
evening. Principal Robert Mangan was on hand to host the evening and Old Boys domiciled as far away as Perth & New York arrived for the occasion.

One significant difference from events held to date in Tauranga was that there were a greater number of the younger generation present with the
majority having been at TBC in the last 15 years. One exception was Nick Alloway who had been of Garth Sim's time, left New Zealand in 1974 and has not been back since.

With the success of the evening and the number of apologies given we are looking to hold a similar event at the end of the year.

In attendance were:

Present Staff:

• Robert Mangan(Principal)
• Logan Gemming(Old Boy)
• Neil Howard
• Rob Leslie

Former Staff:

• Julie Leslie
• Aimee Reynolds
• Peter Cook
• Kris Rivett
• Noel McGeckie
• Sam Gibson(Old Boy)

Old Boys:

• 1960s: Neil Musk, Nick Alloway
• 1970s: Dave Sweeney
• 1980s: Peter Hudson, Ross Merritt, Shane Killingback, Andrew Gartshore
• 1990s: Simon Kingston, Nathan Munro, Chris Chapman, Conan Dickie, Matt Drake, Nathan Buller
• C21st: Jason Creswell, Ryan Inglis, Ash Lowry, Sam White, Jesse Reynolds, Michael Humphrey

Hi everyone,

We are now at the heart of the winter sports season and I spent yesterday organising the photos. The variety of activities the boys of 2009 are involved in may be of interest ....  Basketball (15 teams), Soccer (12), Rugby (11), Hockey (8) & lesser numbers in Cross Country, Badminton, Indoor Bowls, Motocross, Clay Target Shooting, Rock Climbing, Inline Hockey, Small-bore Rifle Shooting, Canoe Slalom, Jiu Jitsu & Water Polo.

An innovation brought to the College by new Principal Robert Mangan this year has been the reintroduction of the House system which had not existed in the school since the mid 1970’s. The original Freyberg & Rutherford remain while new Houses Halberg, Ngata, Hillary & Ngarimu have been added. Of interest perhaps is the fact that Willy Apiata, our latest VC winner, turned down the offer of being recognised in this way. At present Halberg lead the contest followed by Ngata with Halberg’s winning performance in the Haka competition currently featuring on the TBC website. www.tbc.school.nz

Our last weekend of sport was blessed with great weather & our teams performed very well. PNBHS 1st XV was unbeaten in the Super 8 and in a fine team performance our team emerged victors 25-10. The unbeaten 2nd XV  continued on their winning way with a bonus point 28-11 victory. After the match about 30 Old Boys enjoyed a drink at Mayfield House in the company of 2 of our All Blacks in Adrian Cashmore & Royce Willis while current Steamer & NZ 7’s rep Lance McDonald also joined us. There is no official function organised for this weekend but rugby powerhouse Hamilton BHS are on Nicholson Field for the 1sts fixture @ midday so the opportunity is there again to support the boys.

The second hockey quadrangular was held last weekend with 3 Rankin Cup (top 16 teams) in attendance. Our XI beat Rangitoto College 5-1 to begin the weekend in fine fashion and then followed that up with a 2-0 win against Lindisfarne College in the afternoon. This set up a very good final for the Sunday morning with TBC & the Auckland champions Kings College both unbeaten. In a fine display of hockey the Kings XI were victorious however our team showed they were in good touch and should perform very strongly at the India Shield in North Harbour at the end of August.

Other results in recent weeks are as follows ....

• Super 8 football was held in Hamilton during the recent holidays and our XI were beaten by Palmerston North BHS in the final.
• The school squash team contested the BOP champs recently and in a close final edged out a strong TE Puke team to retain the title.
• Ryan Hayes and Mitchell Harris have both been playing successfully for the NZ Under 16 Water Polo team against Australian interstate Under 18 teams over the last holidays. Mitchell has been invited to the NZ secondary school trials while the whole team has a tour to Canada at the end of the year as a build-up to the Junior world champs. in 2011.
• Daniel Earwaker won gold at the North Island Taekwondo championships

Old Boy performances in recent times include ....

• Relatively recent Old Boy Sam Meech has just returned from Brazil where he claimed the Laser Radial yachting title. He is only the 6th Kiwi to do so since 1973 and those previous winners include Dean Barker & Russell Coutts. Olympian Peter Burling has also been on a steep learning curve in Europe as he looks to master the  49er class which is new to him, before Worlds later in the year.
• Mahe Drysdale leads a very successful European campaign for our rowers in the build up to the World Champs and is currently unbeaten in the single sculls.
• Daniel Heads (Under 19) & Ash Hough (Under 23) have both qualified for the UCI world Championships in Canberra in September. Daniel will contest the Downhill event while Ash is competing in the Cross Country event.
• Kane Williamson is currently in Australia with the NZ Emerging Players cricket team where they are playing similar sides from Sri Lanka, South Africa & Australia. The side has been struggling to get the results they would want at this point.
• Old Boy & current Staff Member Steve Graham has been selected for the NZ Men’s Hockey team to compete in the Oceania World Cup Qualifying Series in Malaysia later in the year.

The Old Boys Association launched in May will have its AGM at TBC on August 17th with all Old Boys invited to attend. All interim committee members are willing to stand again however we are keen to have others involved who are keen to contribute. We would like as many Old Boys to come along for the meeting as we intend to recognise previous Principals Garth Sim, Norman Morris & Graham Young as Honorary Life Members of the Association. More details will follow. Thank you to all of you who have paid your subscription and I would invite as many others as possible to do the same to improve what we can do for the school. Check out our developing website for details on how to sign up.... www.tbcoba.org.nz

Events coming up shortly include Super 8 Rugby against Hastings BHS in Hastings which is being played on Saturday, August 8th with the match at midday. Principal Robert Mangan will be there and is keen to catch up with any Hawkes Bay Old Boys in the area at the Corn Exchange, Stortford Lodge in Hastings between 3-4 p.m on that Saturday.

Saturday, August 15th will see the last of our Old Boy hosted Super 8 rugby matches at TBC with the opposition being Gisborne BHS. The Titans (TBC’s sports club) are hosting their sponsors in the Health Rooms in the gymnasium overlooking the number 1 field and it is envisaged that we will combine this event with the last of our Old Boy get togethers. Come along for a beer & nibbles while watching the midday match with an elevated view of the game.

For those keen on seeing some excellent hockey we will be hosting the last of our Quad tournaments the same weekend with teams competing being Westlake BHS (national champions), Auckland GS & Hamilton BHS all of whom are likely to be in the top 8 teams in the country this year so some top class sport to be seen.

All the best for now,

Rob Leslie