‘Calling all Rugby Coaches’ Dear Community, As you know, Napier Boys rugby is one of the leading performing schools in New Zealand. Although we’ve achieved notable success in the past, we see huge growth potential in areas such as coach development, improving our infrastructure and in the strength and conditioning space. We are also ambitious to ensure we grow our …
Rugby Update Term 2 2023
NBHS RUGBY UPDATE – ‘Hand up, not Handout’ CLICK HERE FOR TEAMS It’s a pleasure to welcome you to the Napier Boys Rugby Programme. First and foremost, I want to extend my thoughts and prayers to those affected by the recent events in Hawkes Bay and hope that with continued support from whanau and friends within the community that we …
Napier Boys’ High School Rugby Update
NBHS Rugby teams update All rugby teams will be posted on whiteboard outside the rugby pavilion on Monday along with training times and allocated training fields. These are the teams for the season, we know our young men are looking forward to the season ahead. If they do not happen to be in a team with all their friends, …
Basketball Coaches Needed
We are calling for expressions of interest from prospective coaches for our Senior A, Senior B, and Junior A basketball teams. Please submit a brief CV to the Director Sport, swest@nbhs.school.nz by Friday 5 February 4 pm.
NBHS Rugby Off Season Training Group – First Session 2nd December!
NBHS Rugby off Season Training Group – First Session 2nd December! Greetings men, After a couple of Big Wednesday training wash outs it’s even more critical that we get as many of the 2021 year 11,12 and 13 NBHS Rugby Training Squad along to this Wednesday morning’s session with Willie Benson. 7.30am sharp start on main field outside NBHS Rugby …
NBHS Rugby Off Season Training Info
Roll up, roll up! ANY 2021 Year 11, 12 or 13 Rugby Players – you are welcome to attend our Wednesday morning off season conditioning sessions Students and parents please know there is no barrier to entry/involvement in these sessions. Our aim is to guide any 2021 NBHS rugby player through some off season training ideas and offer you an …
Napier Boys’ High School prefects run for a good cause
Running is not for the fainthearted. Nor is running 100km. But a group of Napier Boys’ High School prefects braved the course all for a worthy cause. Their efforts saw them come first place in this year’s Hawke’s Bay Hundy – a 100km team relay that supports Mental Health in the Emergency Services and raises funds for STAROS. The 14 …
Polson Banner exchange and Super 8 Sports Tournaments
All these events for all sporting codes regardless of the venue will be spectator-free events. We appreciate that this will be a disappointment to many parents, however, the Super 8 schools have taken this action to ensure that we can run these events without the additional requirement of managing spectator numbers and bubbles. Many of the senior team sports …
Growing good young men is Napier Boys’ High School’s rugby philosophy
Growing young men and doing everything to prepare them for the real world is what motivates and rewards Napier Boy’s High School’s Director of Rugby Brendon Ratcliffe. Mr Ratcliffe has been at Napier Boys’ for three years but has had a “lifetime” in rugby. It has taught him to put the game into perspective and to use it to teach …