Overview
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 Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand. 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:
Christchurch Boys' High School
St Andrew's College, Christchurch
Otago Boys' High School
Waitaki Boys' High School. This is the longest running non-stop inter-school fixture in New Zealand.
John McGlashan College. This fixture begun in 2018.
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