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Palmerston North
Boys’ High School
2018 Cricket
Tour
of
Australia
and
South Africa
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all of our
sponsors, without whose contribution, this trip would
not be possible
Alpine Hunting NZ McDonalds – Palmerston North
ANZ Bank MedNZ Ltd
Bart Campbell MediaWorks
Café Cuba Mid West Helicopters Ltd
Cash Converters Mitre 10
CDLNZ Morgan Laurenson
Central Transport Ltd Naylor Lawrence & Associates
Colliers NZ Plumbing World
CR Grace Ltd NZ Sport
Douglas and Sarah Russell Ovation Meat NZ
Duncan Cameron Palmfeild Motors
Ebony Coffee Roasters Party Hire
Farmlands - Marton PGG Wrightsons - Hunterville
Gilmours Placemakers - Kapiti
Guthrie Bowron Powa Rugby
Hatuma Phosphate Ltd Property Brokers
Hokowhitu Pharmacy Quin Roofing
Hotel Coachman Rachel and Robbie Deans
Hunterville Service Centre Ravensdown Feilding
Hunterville Vet Clinic Ross Taylor
JAPAC Homes Ruapehu Farm Supplies
John Griffith Co Sublime Coffee
John Turkington Forestry Ltd Taylors Ltd - Hunterville
Junction Wine The Hunterville Vet Club
Kells Wool Ltd The Mad Butcher
Landmark Homes The Plaza
Levin Cosmopolitan Club Inc. The Wakeling Family
Manawatu Cricket Association Unreal Grass
Manawatu ITM Vining Holdings
Manawatu Rugby Union Vita Power - Wanganui
Manawatu Toyota Wenham Builders
Marist Cricket Club Westpac Bank
Marton Saracens Cricket Club Yarrows Bakery
Message from the Rector, Mr David Bovey
Palmerston North Boys’ High School is a state school of close
to 1800 young men. Founded in 1902, we are a school that has
developed strong traditions over time in and out of the classroom.
I would like to wish the 2018 Cricket Tour group all the very best for their upcoming tour.
Tours such as this, and the numerous other tours undertaken by a range of groups from
the school in recent years, be they sporting, cultural or academic, enable our students to
experience different countries and different cultures. They are a wonderful opportunity to
learn about themselves as well as the world.
The first overseas tour by a PNBHS cricket group was to Australia in 1984. Since then a number
of tours have taken place and they have provided our young men with an opportunity to play
against some of the best young cricketers from around the world.
Cricket has traditionally been a strong sport at PNBHS and this year the school fielded 19
teams. These teams were involved in a range of local and regional competitions. The 1st XI
have qualified for the National Secondary Schools finals – the Gillette Cup – for the 18th time
and this tour provides an ideal opportunity for the team to experience a high standard of
cricket as they prepare for this prestigious tournament.
A number of the school’s Old Boys have played in this tournament, and it is good to see Old
Boys Adam Milne, Ross Taylor and George Worker currently playing for the New Zealand
team. Other recent NZ representatives who are PNBHS Old Boys are Jacob Oram, Jamie How
and Mathew Sinclair. Perhaps one of the young men on this tour may one day follow in their
footsteps.
Our thanks as a school community are extended to all who have supported this tour – to
host schools, staff members, coaches, billets, parents, friends and sponsors. Without your
generosity tours such as this simply would not happen.
We are most grateful to all who have contributed and in turn look forward to hosting some of
you in Palmerston North, New Zealand, in the future.
Our best wishes to the tour group – safe travel and strong competition.
David Bovey
Rector
Cover photo: Bryn Wilson - Captain
Palmerston North Boys’ High School
1st XI Cricket Development Squad Tour of
Perth and South Africa
September/October 2018
Itinerary
Wednesday Sep-26 Travel: Palmerston North - Auckland - Perth
Thursday Sep-27 Free Day: WACA Tour and sightseeing
Friday Sep-28 [MATCH 1 Murdoch University, Perth] WACA U15 Reps
Saturday Sep-29 Free Day: Optus Stadium Tour and Perth Royal Show
Sunday Sep-30 [MATCH 2 Lark Hill, Rockingham] RMDCC
Monday Oct-01 [MATCH 3 Perth] Hale School, Travel: Perth - Johannesburg
Tuesday Oct-02 Travel: Perth - Johannesburg - Cape Town
Wednesday Oct-03 Free Day: Robben Island and Table Mountain
Thursday Oct-04 [MATCH 4 Cape Town] South African College High School (SACS)
Friday Oct-05 [MATCH 5 Cape Town] Wynberg Boys’ High School
Saturday Oct-06 Travel: Cape Town - Johannesburg + All Black v Springbok Test
Sunday Oct-07 [MATCH 6 Pretoria] St Alban’s College
Monday Oct-08 Free Day: Tours of Soweto and Centurion
Tuesday Oct-09 [MATCH 7 Johannesburg] St David’s Marist Inanda
Wednesday Oct-10 [MATCH 8 Johannesburg] Jeppe High School
Thursday Oct-11 [MATCH 9 Johannesburg] St Stithians College day/night
Friday Oct-12 Free Day: Tour of Wanderers Cricket Stadium & travel to Shakama Lodge
Saturday Oct-13 Free Day: Shakama Lodge – Morning and evening game safari
Sunday Oct-14 Free Day: Travel from Shakama Lodge to Pretoria and tour Wanderers
Monday Oct-15 [MATCH 10 Pretoria] Menlopark H.S. day/night
Tuesday Oct-16 Travel: Pilanesburg National Park - Night safari
Wednesday Oct-17 Free Day: Morning safari - Sun City - Palace of the Lost City
Thursday Oct-18 Travel: Sun City - Johannesburg – Perth
Friday Oct-19 Travel: Perth – Auckland
Saturday Oct-20 Arrive Auckland/Palmerston North
Letter from Ross Taylor
PNBHS Old Boy and NZ Black Cap
It is with great fondness that I look back on my time at Palmerston
North Boys’ High School. The lessons I learned at school about both
cricket and life have stood me in good stead. Wearing the blue cap
meant that I belonged to a very special club – a group of lifelong
friends who experienced great highs and lows on our own
“field of dreams”.
I was lucky enough to go on the PNBHS cricket tour of Singapore and South Africa in 2001.
It soon became clear that this was not going to be a run-of-the-mill, normal cricketing
experience. For almost a month, I got to spend every waking hour with like-minded people,
totally immersed in the game I had learned to love. While we were visiting far-flung places,
everything was experienced through a cricketing lens. It didn’t take long for me to decide that
this was better than school or any other career. The cricketing life was for me.
Touring with your mates in a sports team is one of the great opportunities in life. Going to
foreign countries and facing the best young cricketers in those countries is a once-in-a-
lifetime opportunity to test yourself. Living in close proximity for more than 3 weeks and
being tested daily by some of the best age-grade players in the world will crystallise your
feelings about the game and your life in it. It set me on a career path which has lasted until
the present. And I have enjoyed almost every moment of it.
For a professional player, travelling abroad and facing top-class opposition in their home
conditions is the ultimate measure. This crop of young cricketers is fortunate enough (as I
was) to experience this while at school and I hope that they make the most of it.
I know that as PNBHS boys, you will give of your very best every time you take the field. That is
the nature of the school. I just hope that you use the total experience to grow and develop as
a person as well. The best advice that I can give is: Be open to any and all experiences and do
it with a smile on your face. You are very lucky to have this opportunity.
All the best.
Ross Taylor
Tour PA rty 2018
Mr Jack Siebert (Manager), Max Harris, Logan Love, Hugo Wakeling, Oliver Ferguson, Thomas Kirk, Campbell Martin, Levi Woolston, Ruben Love, Mitch Leach, Bryn Wilson (Capt),
Sam Russell, Charlie Justice, Craig Lawrence, Curtis Heaphy, Jack Wenham, Regan Fleming, Angus Lyver, Henry Deans, Mr Scott Davidson (Coach), Mr Paul Gibbs (Tour Leader)
(inset) Charlie Lourie
PLAYER PROFILES Henry Deans Oliver Ferguson Year 12 Year 11 RH lower-middle order RA medium pace bowler batsman; RA leg-spinner PNBHS 2nd XI; PNBHS 2nd XI; Representative teams: Representative teams: Manawatu U15 team. Manawatu U17 team. Regan Fleming Max Harris Year 11 Year 13 RH middle order batsman RH middle order batsman PNBHS 2nd XI; RA off spinner; Representative teams: PNBHS 1st XI. Manawatu U15 team. Curtis Heaphy Year 10 RH top order batsman Charlie Justice Wicket keeper Year 11 PNBHS 1st XI; PNBHS Year 10 RH top order batsman Specials; PNBHS 3rd XI. Representative teams: Manawatu U15 team. Thomas Kirk Craig Lawrence Year 11 Year 13 LA medium-fast bowler RH top order batsman, wicket PNBHS 1st XI; keeper Representative teams: PNBHS 1st XI. Horowhenua/Kapiti U15 team.
Logan Love
Mitch Leach Year 11
Year 13 RH middle order batsman; RA
RA medium-fast bowler medium pace bowler
PNBHS 1st XI PNBHS 1st XI;
Representative teams:
Manawatu U15 team.
Angus Lyver
Charlie Lourie Year 10
Year 11 RA medium-fast bowler
LA orthodox spinner PNBHS 2nd XI; PNBHS Year
PNBHS 3rd XI 10 Specials;
Representative teams:
Manawatu U15 team
Sam Russell
Campbell Martin Year 13
Year 12 RH middle order batsman
RH top order batsman PNBHS 1st XI;
PNBHS 2nd XI; Representative teams:
Representative teams: Manawatu U17 team;
Horowhenua/Kapiti U17 team. Manawatu Emerging Players
team
Jack Wenham
Hugo Wakeling
Year 12
Year 12 RH top order batsman, RA off
RA leg spinner spinner
PNBHS 1st XI; PNBHS 1st XI;
Representative teams: Representative teams:
Manawatu U17 team;
Manawatu U17 team. Manawatu Emerging Players
team.
Bryn Wilson (Team Captain)
Year 13 Levi Woolston
RH middle order batsman; RA
Year 12
medium pace bowler
RA medium fast bowler; LH
PNBHS 1st XI;
middle order batsman
Representative teams:
PNBHS 2nd XI
Manawatu Emerging Players
team.
PNBHS – A Cricketing School Palmerston North Boys’ High School (PNBHS) is one of the largest cricket clubs in New Zealand with over 200 students playing cricket at various levels, fielding 18 teams. Its four top elevens compete in the Manawatu Cricket Association’s adult competitions with the 1st XI being in the Premier One Grade, the 2nd XI in Premier Two, the 3rd XI and the 4th XI in Premier Three. PNBHS is by far the biggest contributing school to the Manawatu Cricket Association’s Premier One Grade and Senior Men’s representative teams. Well over half of all the cricketers in these teams are either students at, or old boys of PNBHS. Because of the substantial student interest and involvement in cricket at Palmerston North Boys’ High School, the school has embarked on a programme of offering its promising players the opportunity of extending their cricketing abilities and skills by going on a pre-season overseas tour every three years. Each tour has been set up to give young cricketers the chance to play up to ten games in the three weeks of the September/October holidays. The benefits of such international exchanges for each student have been immense, not only in terms of their cricket, but also their personal development. The first tour was made in 1984 to Queensland, and subsequent tours have been to Queensland and Singapore (1987); Queensland and Fiji (1990); Queensland, Northern Territory and Singapore (1993); Queensland, New South Wales and Singapore (1996); Singapore and South Africa (1998) followed by repeat tours to South Africa in 2001, 2004 and 2007. In 2009 and 2010 the school toured Queensland, Australia. They went to India and South Africa in 2012 and most recently, India and Sri Lanka in 2015. This year’s tour will be the school’s fourteenth overseas tour and we will visit Western Australia and South Africa. The previous tours have had an enormous impact on cricket in the school and on our competitiveness, not only against local association sides, but also our traditional annual rivals of Napier Boys’ High School, St Patrick’s College, Wellington College, Auckland Grammar School and in the Gillette Cup and Super 8 Competitions. Achievements: In 1990 the 1st XI were the winners of the inaugural New Zealand Gillette Cup National Champion Secondary School Cricket Competition. The 1st XI has continued to achieve in this very prestigious knockout competition by placing second in 1993; third in 1994; second in 1995; they were the winners in 1998 following the very successful tour of Singapore and South Africa and placed second in 1999 and 2000. The 1st XI won the Gillette Cup again in 2004 were placed third in 2006, 2010 and 2012. In 2015 and 2017, they placed fifth. In 2018, the team has again qualified as one of the top 6 cricket secondary schools in the country, making it the 18th time the school has appeared in the Gillette Cup finals. (Renamed the NZ Secondary Schools Boys’ 1st XI Cup). Palmerston North Boys’ High School Old Boys who have played for New Zealand include: Chester Holland, Norm Gallichan, Geoff Rabone, Noel Harford, Don Beard, Bryan Yuile, Vic Pollard, David O’Sullivan, Derek Stirling, Ian Smith, Matthew Sinclair, Jamie How and Jacob Oram. Ross Taylor, Adam Milne and George Worker are currently playing for New Zealand.
Staff on Tour
Paul Gibbs Jack Siebert Scott Davidson
Tour Manager Manager Coach
PNBHS staff member since PNBHS staff member PNBHS staff member
1991, Director of Teaching since 2000, Specialist since 2014, Physical
and Learning, Mathematics Classroom Teacher, Year Education Studies
teacher and former hostel 13 Dean and English teacher. Coach of
manager. Former coach of teacher. Manager of the the school’s 1st XI
the school’s 1st XI Cricket school’s 1st XI Cricket Cricket Team. Played
Team. Played representative Team. Coached cricket representative cricket for
cricket for Manawatu and at George Randell High Taranaki and currently
Central Districts. Played School and Cambridge for Manawatu. This is his
indoor cricket for Manawatu, High School in East first overseas tour for the
Central Districts and New London, South Africa. school.
Zealand. This is his 9th This is his first overseas
overseas tour for the school. tour for the school.W
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