Football

Welcome to the 2018 Football season.

Registrations – This are available online from Week 4 by clicking on the main Sports Page

If recent years Football has become one of the most popular sports being played by our Students here at HIBS. This year we will field the following teams, SENIOR (Year 11-13) 1^st XI, 2^nd XI, 3^rd XI, 4^th XI, 5^th XI and 6^th XI. JUNIOR (Under 15) Under 15 A and Under 15B. All these teams play their matches on Saturday with the Under 15 teams played first (9am start, except when playing at HIBS and then it’s 10:45am,

Trials

These will be held in the end of Term 1, Trial days will be advised via school notices.

Football Season

The season starts in the first week of Term Two with grading matches. After the grading matches the teams are then put into grades and the season starts proper on Saturday 9 June.

The season finishes with finals day in which all 13 Grades below Premier Youth are all played at Rongotai College on Saturday 1 September.

The Premier Youth Final is set down for Wednesday 22 August.

Training Nights

Each team trains up to twice a week and this information can be found on their team page. home.

Year 7 & 8 Football

Each year four Year 7 & 8 teams are selected to represent the school in various sports exchanges during the winter. However, there is no regular competition for these teams and our boys are encouraged to remain with their clubs until Year 10. Traditional fixtures take place annually against Wellesley College and Lindisfarne, with other matches typically organised with touring teams.

The Junior First XI has also attended the Association of Intermediate and Middle School (AIMS) Games for the last four years. Held in Tauranga in September following the club season, the AIMS Games brings together more than 8000 participants from all over New Zealand. The football is hotly contested by more than 60 teams with our best finish being seventh place (achieved in 2015 and 2016). Many of the students picked for the AIMS Games go on to represent the school for the Senior First XI

In terms of playing uniform; Football socks can be purchased from the uniform shop. These are required for all teams.
1^st XI, 2^nd XI ,3^rd XI & Under 15A teams will have a Full uniform supplied.(Except Socks)
4^th XI, 5^th XI, 6^th XI and Under 15B – A playing top will be supplied, students to use their PE Sports along with Navy socks.

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