Struggle against Southern Opposition

The Hockey 1st XI came up against a spirited Otago Boys’ team. The final score of 1-1 indicated the closeness of the game. Ben Stayt worked hard on defence whilst Jack Sands was one to catch the eye in open play. Oli Anderson scored Timaru’s only goal after good lead up work by Duncan Rollinson. Matt Ellis also worked hard both on defence and attack. This continued the up and down results for the team in recent times. The boys will be looking to get more consistency as they get closer to tournament. They did, however get the one positive result for Timaru Boys’.

The Rugby 1st XV competed well early on but struggled as the game wore on. Tries from a charge down and a line out drive put OBHS up 14-0 at half time. As Timaru Boys’ ran out the reserves the score mounted to a 36-5 OBHS win. Shane Fikken scoring the try for TBHS. Stand outs for Timaru were Cullen Grace and Melvin Panu in the forwards while Brad Cvitanich was in the backs.

The Senior Football team were competitive early on in their match as they went into half time 2-1 down and then 3-2 early in the second half. Unfortunately, the team was always having to play catch up and some overly physical play from Otago Boys’ did not allow Timaru back into the game. For Timaru, Taylor Donaldson scored and played well and was unlucky not to score more. He moved himself into position well and continued to harass their defence throughout the game. Cam Anderson continued along his goal scoring ways while Tyler Cunningham tracked well all day. Mitchell Dey-Skudder had a good game keeping Timaru in the match with some excellent 1 on 1 saves.

The Junior Football team struggled with a technically superior Otago Boys’ team as they went down 5-0. This has reversed the results of the last few years.

The Colts Rugby team acquitted themselves well but ultimately struggled against a superior Otago team as the final score of 52-24 indicated. Hugh Cameron and Darian Dysart both scored tries while George Mulder worked hard. Similar to the 1st XV, the Otago team continually pushed the Timaru players off the ball as they dominated that area.

Todd Phillips and James Watt were the standouts for TBHS in the Senior Basketball, as Todd controlled the game well and James used his height against a strong, dominant OBHS team. In the end though, Otago’s height and dominance on the court showed through with the final score of 86-56 to Otago Boys’ a good indicator.

There was a similar score in the Junior Basketball with Otago winning 75-46. This was a big learning curve for the Timaru boys as they came up against a well drilled OBHS team. In the end they adapted well but struggled to stop the free scoring home team.

The Squash team tried hard but were up against a team that plays club squash on a regular basis. This lack of match hardness showed through as the senior players, Paddy Ahearn and Charlie Stock, went well early on in their games but struggled the longer the matches progressed. Towards the end of their games, the boys were not winning the clutch points. OBHS went on to win the tie 5 0.

The young Chess team acquitted themselves well and showed they have a good future in the game with a close 5-3 loss. Nathan Harbutt won two of his games while Dominic Coleman won one.

Overall, OBHS won eight games with a draw in hockey. Some of the games were tighter than the results suggested but overall, Otago Boys’ were the dominant school on the day.