Sporting honours board

20/12/2008

Several boys and teams from the school have been named in the Otago Daily Times’ secondary schools’ honours board for the year.

Morgan Nathan

Knowledgeable basketball fans believe Morgan Nathan (2004-08) is the most talented homegrown basketball player Otago has produced since Mark Dickel made his Nuggets debut aged 16 in the early 1990s.

Morgan has been a member of the Junior Tall Blacks for two years, and played for them at the Albert Schweitzer tournament in Germany earlier this year. He was also named in an extended squad to prepare for the world under-19 championships in Auckland in July.

Along with Sam King (2006-), Hayden Miller (2004-08) and Tom Rowe (2004-08), Morgan led Otago Boys to a 31-1 record in 2008. The school won the South Island schools title and was fifth at the national schools tournament.

Hockey's Hugo Inglis, Nick Ross and Blair Tarrant

Nick Ross (2004-08), Blair Tarrant (2004-08) and Hugo Inglis (2007-08) are members of the first hockey XI that shocked many by finishing second in the Rankin Cup, the elite schoolboys competition. Otago Boys’ only earned promotion last year by winning the second-tier India Shield. Nick, Blair and Hugo were also part of the Otago under-18 side that reached the national age grade final. All three were also Junior Black Sticks.

Named in the next 10 have been Matthew Glassford (2004-08, swimming) and Bryce Morgan (2004-2008, athletics) while included in the ‘Best of the Rest’ are Kane Russell (2006-), William Scorgie (2006-) and Todd Johnston (2005-, athletics); Hayden Miller (2004-08), Tom Rowe (2004-08) and Sam King (2006-, basketball); Joe Latta (2005-) and Robert Mears (2006-, rowing); Ben Watts (2007-, softball); Adam Simpson (2005-, swimming); while included in the ‘teams that shone’ section are the school’s junior sprint squad of Todd Johnston (2005-), Toby Flett (2006-), Dillon Todd (2006-) and Kane Russell (2006-) which set a New Zealand junior record in the 4 x 100 metre relay, and the First hockey XI which finished second at the elite Rankin Cup.