On Wednesday the 23rd of October, HBHS celebrated what has been a stellar year in sports.

A huge thank you to our guest speaker for the night, Mr Sam Dakin.

Sam spoke of his feats in cycling, mainly as a track cyclist focusing on speed. His day job is as a member of the NZ High Performance Squad. He was selected for the New Zealand Olympic Men’s Sprint team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Sam won a bronze medal in the Team Sprint at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. He is the 2024 National Keirin champion, the 2024 National Men's Sprint champion as well, and holds the NZ record for Sprints. He competed at the recent Paris 2024 Olympics where he competed in the Men’s Keirin and as part of the Team Sprint event.

Sam shared a few stories of his own about his Olympic journey and his main idea of chasing moments, not outcomes was a key takeaway for those present.

Photography by Christian Knell Pacis.

Individual Sporting Codes:

🎽 ATHLETICS

A D Becks Cup for Senior Sprints (100m) to George Palmer

Fergusson Cup for Senior 400m to Tom Cooley

F Grinter Cup for Senior Field Events to Hemi Peachey

T Mills Cup for Senior Distance (3000m) to Dylan McConnell

Oettli Cup for Senior 1500m Champion to Ben Morris

R Johnson Cup for Intermediate Champion to Hemi Peachey

C L McDiarmid Cup for Senior Champion to Anaru Deane

 🏸BADMINTON

Betty Grigg Memorial Cup for Service to Badminton to Aveer Virk

Canada Cup for Senior Champion to Raphael Deloy

🏀 BASKETBALL

Cameron Cup for Most Improved Senior Premier Player to Tyrese Ngarangione-Wicks

Peter Harvey Memorial Cup for Service to Basketball to Te Tatau Strother

Lions Cup for the Senior Premier Player who displays strength, courage, creativity and perseverance to Daniel Ormsby

HBHS Cup for Outstanding Senior Premier Player to Te Tatau Strother

🏏 CRICKET

Aim Trophy for Aim Development Batting to Taylor Langley

The Kerry Calnon Trophy for Development Bowling to Harrison Clarke

Nic Jeffs Memorial Trophy for Commitment and Dedication to the Development XI to Nicholas Seel

Patterson Cup for Fielding in 1st XI Cricket to Thomas Sulzberger

Morris Cup for Most Improved Player in 1st XI Cricket to Taine Grover

1st XI Bowling Trophy for Most Wickets in a Season to Samuel Rutter

John Nelson Memorial for Service to Cricket to Ryan Metcalfe

1st XI Batting Cup for Batting Aggregate to Tom Martin

Shane Thomson Trophy for Best All-round Senior Cricketer to Snehith Devireddy 

🏃‍♂️ CROSS COUNTRY

Wallace Cup for Senior Cross Country Champion to Fletcher Adams

🚴‍♂️ CYCLING

Milremo Shield for Most Improved Cyclist to Riley Hartgill

Derek Houghton Award for Most Dedicated Cyclist to James Climo 

Norman Shattock Trophy for Most Outstanding Performer to Fletcher Adams

⚽ FOOTBALL

Jonathan Perry Shirt for Most Improved Senior to Sam Leyland

English Shirt for the Captain of 1st XI Football to Isaac Bates

Coaches Cup for Most Valuable in 1st XI Football to Isaac Bates

Shaun Malthus Trophy for Most Improved Player in a Social Grade to Daniel Thirtle

Westphal Cup for Service to Football to Mitchell Moore

⚽ FUTSAL

HBHS Cup for Most Outstanding Senior Player to Samuel Gordon

⛳ GOLF

Alker Shield for Service to Golf to Ricci Putohe

Bryan Boyes Trophy for Senior Champion to Ricci Putohe

🏑 HOCKEY

Roberts Cup for Outstanding Player to Charlie Hawke

Wheeler Cup for Most Improved Player to AJ Mackay

Warwick Hartley Memorial for Dedication and Commitment to Jack Graham

Haydn Steel Master Blaster for Most Goals in Hockey 1st XI to Ben Cooper

The Wells Family Cup for Most Valuable Defender in an Elite Team to Charlie Hawke

🏒 INLINE HOCKEY

HBHS Cup for Most Outstanding Player to Felix Lu

🥍 LACROSSE

HBHS Cup for Most Outstanding Player to Jake Armstrong

🚵‍♂️ MOUNTAIN BIKING

HBHS Cup for Most Outstanding Cyclist to James Climo

🧗‍♂️ ROCK CLIMBING

The Krippner Cup for Top Senior to Ethan Carmichael

🚣‍♂️ ROWING

H and T Loe Trophy for Most Improved Oarsman to Corben Campbell

Satherley Cup for Junior Leadership to Cooper McLean

Gudsell Cup for Senior Leadership to Zach Brownlee

Senior Cup for Most Outstanding Senior Oarsman to Zach Brownlee

Ross Wilson Cup for Service to Rowing to Yahya Aly

Cameron Cup for Commitment to Excellence to Dylan McConnell

Healey Cup awarded to a rower who has persevered over four seasons to progress from limited success to attain results at the highest level to Wynston Roberts

🏉 RUGBY

Lawson Cup for Best Supporter of HBHS Rugby to Ethan Hyatt

International Rugby Player of the Year to Mika Vueti

James Hook Trophy for Outstanding Goal Kicking to Jackson Botherway

Ballymore Ball for Leadership to Mitchell Swann

Noel Murphy Award for Sportsmanship to Stefan Newman

L B Sandford Cup for Most Improved Player to Tom Martin

1st XV Trophy for Most Games for the 1st XV to Mitchell Swann & Hiraka Waitai-Haenga

1st XV Cup for Best Back to Oliver Guerin

1st XV Trophy for Best Forward to Jack Miller

Lodge Real Estate Award for 1st XV Player of the Year to Hiraka Waitai-Haenga

🏉 RUGBY SEVENS

Clark Award for Outstanding Sevens Player to Mac Russ

🔫 SHOOTING

Shotgun for Senior Champion to Blair Bodley

⚾ SOFTBALL

HBHS Cup for Top Senior Batter to Manaia Snow

Softball Club Trophy for Top Senior Pitcher to Ryder Heu

Top Glove for Best Fielder to Pirimona Neha

School Trophy for Most Valued Senior Player to Taylor Knox

SQUASH

Johnson Cup for Service to Squash to Alexander Brown

🏊‍♂️ SWIMMING

Norman Ross Cup for House Swimming Sports to Steel House

I W Ready Cup for Intermediate Champion to Orlando Hardie

The Missen Cup for Most Outstanding Performance at NZSS Nationals to Ethan Macdonald

Old Boys’ Challenge Cup for Senior Champion to Miles Julian

🏓 TABLE TENNIS

Doc Ales Cup for Outstanding Performer to Aarya Vivekanandan

🎾 TENNIS

Ian Crookenden Cup for Senior Champion to Flynn McGregor & Thando Thebe

The Kerr Cup for Service to Tennis to Ben Stephens

🏉 TOUCH

Senior Cup for Best Senior Player to Anaru Deane 

ULTIMATE

HBHS Cup for Most Outstanding Player to Liam Weston

🏐 VOLLEYBALL

Senior Trophy for Player of the Year to Shae Asiata

🤽‍♂️ WATER POLO

Steven Rolfe Trophy for Most Outstanding Player to Samuel Keightley

McKnight Trophy for Service to Waterpolo to Conal Martin & Zachary Martin

School Sports Award Winners:

Fairplay Individual of the Year to Noah Harrison Old

Student Referee / Umpire of the Year to Liam Weston

Student Coach of the Year to Rhys Laker

Senior All-Rounder of the Year to Dylan McConnell

Senior Team of the Year to the Under 18 Coxed Eight Maadi Crew

Senior Sportsman of the Year to Raphael Deloy