Students can register for sport either online or in person as arranged by the Sports Office.
Online registrations for summer and winter codes will open at key times during the year and will be advertised to students and the wider school community. If you are interested in a sport outside of the registration window, please contact the relevant Sports Convenor or the Sports Director/Coordinator.
To assist with team organisation, we encourage all students to register online during the periods below. Please note: you are registering for a sport (code), not a specific team, and you may be required to attend trials.
When you join a team, you are expected to fully commit for the season. This includes attending all trainings, games, and competitions as required by your coach or manager.
If you are unable to attend any session, you must communicate this in advance.If you have other commitments (e.g. work, study, or other sports), please consider these carefully before registering.
Training days and times will be confirmed by your coach at the start of the season.The school makes every effort to minimise clashes between sports.
Key dates and updates will be shared via:
Once teams are confirmed, coaches and managers may use platforms such as WhatsApp or Heja to communicate with players and parents.
Students are encouraged to play no more two sports per season for school, provided there are no clashes between training sessions or game days.
In some cases, students may apply to play three sports in one season. This requires:
Before registering, make sure you:
Selection at HIBS is completed by sports convenors, team coaches and managers. Team coaches and managers at this school are teachers, parent volunteers, professional coaches and capable students; people who by virtue of their playing and coaching experience we deem fit and suitably qualified to select teams that will represent our school.
Selection is not an exact science. Some of the best athletes in the world were not selected to the top teams in their school. We understand that sport is emotional for both boys and their parents and that students may at times not get selected for teams they had hoped to be selected for. Regrettably that is the nature of sport and selection.
At HIBS we endeavour to do the very best we can to ensure that selections are made to achieve teams that are both balanced and capable.
At no point does non selection make anyone any “less than” but rather it should drive students to put a fire in their belly to drive them on to the next goal. The journey in our chosen sport is not a sprint but a marathon and along the way we hope students collect tools that will help teach them to become resilient, deal with adversity, build and reveal character.
Questions regarding selections of teams will only be addressed by the HIBS sports office if it appears that the selectors concerned have not adhered to the selection criteria set out below.
A selection model that we consider appropriate would be based around the following criteria
Consistent performance – Does the player consistently perform at their best according to the coaches expectations and the level of competition.
Significant performance – Does the player contribute in a significant way to the winning of the game.
Contribution to the team – Does the player add to, advance and support the team culture, values, dynamic and personality of the team.
Fitness – Is this player fit enough cognitively, physically, mentally and emotionally for the rigours required in the game.
Skill – Does this player possess the appropriate level of skill in their position and for the balance of positions required in this team.
Selectors intuition – The innate understanding in selectors achieved through their experience of being involved in the sport.
Athletics - Kent Lawton - klawton@hibs.school.nz
Badminton - Paul Brennan - pbrennan@hibs.school.nz
Basketball - Glenn King - gking@hibs.school.nz
Lawn Bowls - Jonathan Barnes - jbarnes@hibs.school.nz
Chess - Richard Catterall - rcatterall@hibs.school.nz
Cricket - Paul Brennan - pbrennan@hibs.school.nz
Cross Country - Sarah Tobin - stobin@hibs.school.nz
Cycling/Mountain Biking - Matt Clash / Jeremy Field - mclash@hibs.school.nz, jfield@hibs.school.nz
Floorball - Paul Brennan - pbrennan@hibs.school.nz
Football - Bill McGeechan - wmcgeechan@hibs.school.nz
Futsal - Jeremy Field - jfield@hibs.school.nz
Golf - Craig Johnson - cjohnson@hibs.school.nz
Hockey - Jeremy Field - jfield@hibs.school.nz
Rugby - Jessica Anderton / Bailey Walsh - janderton@hibs.school.nz / bwalsh@hibs.school.nz
Sailing - Paul Brennan - pbrennan@hibs.school.nz
Swimming - Jeremy Field - jfield@hibs.school.nz
Tennis - Jeremy Field - jfield@hibs.school.nz
Touch Rugby - Jeremy Field - jfield@hibs.school.nz
Under Water Hockey - Paul Brennan - pbrennan@hibs.school.nz
Volleyball - Alan Watts - awatts@hibs.school.nz
Water Polo - Paul Brennan - pbrennan@hibs.school.nz
Email: sport@hibs.school.nz
Address: Granville Street, Trentham
Telephone: 04 527 2451
Sports Director:
Paul Brennan – pbrennan@hibs.school.nz
Sports Coordinator:
Jeremy Field – jfield@hibs.school.nz
Sports Administrator:
Kim Rousell – krousell@hibs.school.nz