SPORT

Kia whakaako i ngaa rangatahi kia manako, kia ngaakaunui mai to haapori – To educate and develop young people of whom our community will be proud.

Welcome to the home of Hillcrest High Sport

We are RAISING OUR GAME in sport.

Hillcrest High School has a proud sporting and academic history. The school is renowned for producing well balanced young people and offers a large variety of sports for students to choose from. We believe engaging in sport helps our students foster interpersonal skills, intelligence, emotional confidence and creativity.

At the end of 2021, Hillcrest High School carried out a review of sport and began to create a new strategic direction for sport here at Hillcrest. Our mission is to provide a quality sporting experience for students that will enable them to grow both as an athlete and as a person through developing key attributes such as grit, determination and perseverance.

Hillcrest High School is striving to RAISE OUR GAME in recognising and supporting key sports that we will be renowned for. While all sporting codes are important to us, Hillcrest will aim to lift performance and participation in 6 key Tier One sports by implementing programmes run by high quality coaches and administrators. Each of these sports will have a Director of Code to provide essential leadership and administration; Head of Coaching to oversee coaches and implement an innovative and engaging coaching programme; and Skills Coaches to provide student athletes with quality coaching that increases skill, game awareness and confidence.

Health and wellbeing are key components for a balanced approach to life and sport and with this in mind we employ a strength and conditioning coach to promote awareness of key aspects of physical movement, injury prevention and fitness. Our on-site physiotherapist is available to work with students in their recovery from injury and our desire moving forward is to provide student athletes with a mental skills programme to enable them to be confident, happy and engaged.

These key people are overseen by the Director of Sport/Director of Coaching who provides leadership and direction of all Tier One sports programmes.

Director of Sport

Ben Kennedy
+64 7 857 0297 EXT 862
bkennedy@hillcrest-high.school.nz

Sports Coordinator

Bruce Fleming
+64 7 857 0297 EXT 862
bfleming@hillcrest-high.school.nz

Thank you to our Sponsors

Person in Charge of Sport

Archery: Mrs S Collett
Athletics: Mr Fleming
Badminton: Mr Fleming
Basketball: Mr Kennedy
Cricket: Mr Kennedy
Cross Country: KP Endres
Equestrian: Joss Black
Football: Mr B Kennedy
Futsal: Mr L Ashby
Golf: Mr Fleming

Hockey: Mr Baggs
Inline Hockey: Mr Gilliver
Lacrosse: Mrs Quintal
Mountain Biking: Mr O’Brien
Netball: Whaea Niki Crombie
Rowing: Ms Turner-Abrahams
Rugby: Mr Naden
Skiing: Mr Kennedy
Snowboarding: Miss Bourke
Squash: Mr Fleming

Swimming: Dr Sharpe
Tennis: Mr Turner
Touch Rugby: Ms Crombie
Ultimate Frisbee: Mr Fleming
Volleyball: Mr Uivel
Water Polo: Mrs Alsemgeest
Yachting: Mr Fleming

Useful information

Coaches/ Managers Corner

Coaching Programmes (Waikato Secondary Schools Sport)

COACHING and EDUCATION

Coach Education:

Guidance when delivering Online Training and Activities for Tamariki and Rangatahi– See the Online Do’s and Dont’s Here

Athlete Education:
Drugfree Sport NZ – Drug-Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) is encouraging club level sportspeople to “take the 101” and learn how the sports anti-doping rules apply to them. For more information on completing DFSNZ’s newest online education programme an Online course please click this link Clean Sport 101

COACHING AT HOME TIPS:
For all our young athletes they can go to each sport page and find Home Advantage tips produced with National Sports Boes and SkySPORT NEXT