Timaru Boys' High School (also known as TBHS), established in 1880, is a single sex state (public) secondary school located in the port city of

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. TBHS caters for years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 19 years). At the beginning of the 2017 school year, the school had more than 650 students.

Traditions

There are four houses, each named after a former rector and led by a house captain. Every one in the school competes in inter-house programs to earn points for their house. These include cross country, athletics, swimming sports, singing, volleyball, basketball and quadball tournaments. The houses compete annually for the Cleland Cup.

Sport

TBHS plays in 5 traditional interschool fixtures: *

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* Waitaki Boys' High School. This is the longest running non-stop inter-school fixture in

. *

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. This fixture begun in 2018.

Rugby

The Timaru Boys' High School 1st XV competes in the Crusaders' Region Secondary Schools' Rugby Championship "The UC Cup." The 1st XV made it into the finals of the UC Cup for the first time in the 2017 season.

Thomas House boarding hostel

The Thomas House boarding hostel is attached to and is an integral part of the school. Built in 1907, Thomas House, named after the school's first rector, welcomed in its first eight boarders in 1908. In 2010 it held just over 80 boarders; by 2017, Thomas House reached capacity with 119 boarders. Thomas House has several wings. The Fraser Wing from 1962 is named after Hanson Fraser, who chaired the board of governors for two decades. The Jubilee Wing from 1984 commemorates the 75th jubilee of the boarding hostel. The Manning Wing commemorates several members of the Manning family who worked at the boarding hostel. The Lindsay Wing commemorates two cousins of the same name who both represented New Zealand internationally in 1928: David Lindsay went to the Olympics as a swimmer and Dave Lindsay was a member of the

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Notable alumni

Academia

* Harold Williams (1876–1928), linguist

The arts

Michael Houstoun Michael James Houstoun (born 20 October 1952) is a concert pianist from New Zealand. He has twice in his life performed the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas and in between these achievements, he overcame focal hand dystonia. Early life Hou ...

(b 1952), concert pianist *

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(1963–2002), actor * Jeff Wassmann (b 1958), artist * Mika Haka (b 1962), performance artist

Business

* Sir Roy McKenzie (1922–2007), businessman & philanthropist

Medicine

* Sir William Manchester (1913-2001), plastic and reconstructive surgeon

Public service

* Thomas Burnett (1877–1941), MP for

Temuka Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch. It is located at the centre of a rich sheep and dairy farming region, for which it is a service town. It lies on the no ...

(1919–1941) *

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(1912–1979), Wellington mayor and MP * Sir

Ivor Richardson Sir Ivor Lloyd Morgan Richardson (24 May 1930 – 29 December 2014) was an eminent New Zealand and Commonwealth jurist and legal writer and a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Education He was a student at Timaru Boys' H ...

(1930–2014), Privy Councillor and jurist *

Jim Sutton James Robert Sutton (born 7 November 1941), generally known as Jim Sutton, is a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament between 1984 and 1990 and again between 1993 and 2006. He has held a range of ministerial portfolios including ...

(b 1941), MP for Waitaki, Timaru, Aoraki, and List MP, and cabinet minister

Sport

Jack Lovelock John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres. Early life Lovelock was born in the town of Crushingto ...

(1910–1949), athlete, 1936 Olympic 1500m champion * George T. A. Adkins (1910–1976),

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(uncapped) 1935–1936 *

Dick Tayler Richard John Tayler (born 12 August 1948) is a former New Zealand runner who mostly competed in distances from 1500 m to 10,000 m. Tayler was born in Timaru in 1948. He is best known for winning the 10,000 metres at the 1974 Commonw ...

(b 1948), athlete, 1974 Commonwealth Games 10,000m Champion *

Craig Cumming Craig Derek Cumming (born 31 August 1975 in Timaru) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played for New Zealand in One Day Internationals and Tests. He played domestic cricket with Canterbury and Otago. Domestic career Cumming is a right-h ...

(b 1975), New Zealand cricket player 2003–2007 * Brendan Laney (b 1973), Scotland rugby player 2001–2004 *

Isaac Ross Isaac Beattie Ross (born 27 October 1984) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the lock position for the Austin Gilgronis of Major League Rugby (MLR) competition. Professional career Ross is of Māori descent, and played for Ne ...

(b 1984),

2009 * Archie Strang (1908–1969),

1928–1931 *

Hayden Paddon Hayden Paddon (born 20 April 1987) is a New Zealand rally driver. He was PWRC world champion in 2011 and won the New Zealand Rally Championship in 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018 and 2021. Career Paddon was introduced into motorsport at an early age, h ...

(b 1987), motorsport,

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driver, 2007–present *

Marc Ryan Marc Ryan (born 14 October 1982) is a New Zealand racing cyclist. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ryan won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Jesse Sergen ...

(b 1982), cycling, bronze medallist at 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics * Hamish Bennett (b 1987), New Zealand cricket player 2010–present * Aki Seiuli (b 1992), professional rugby player 2012–present * Tomas Walsh (b 1992), athlete, shot put bronze medallist at

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

* Lachie Grant (1908–1969),

1947–1951 * Cullen Grace (b 1999),

2020–present

Notes

External links

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