Despite not winning the quadrangular tournament Graham took plenty of positives out of the weekend.
"In terms of fitness and playing tournament hockey it was important.
"Typically in secondary school hockey you are playing one game per week so this gave us an insight into playing two games on a day and then having to back up the next day.
"We had a few boys go down with cramp and in terms of dealing with injuries and adapting to changes I think generally the boys coped really well."
Graham is proud to be back at Tauranga Boys' College where it all started for him.
"For me it is awesome to be able to come back to my school that meant so much to me when I was playing," he said.
"It would be great to put a few demons to rest. We had a perfect season then lost the final to Auckland Grammar so I would love to be a part of the team that gets Tauranga Boys' College its first Rankin Cup.
"That is definitely our ambition we want as a school going forward.
"We have a great bunch of students here now with just three Year 13 students moving on next year so the results this year are good building for the future."
Master in Charge of hockey Rob Leslie has been teaching at Tauranga Boys' College since 1979.
He says they have more boys playing hockey than ever before.
"The last two years we have had 75 Year 9 players come into the school which gives us a base to work from and things are looking in really good shape.
"There is really good work being done in the primary and intermediate schools and we are seeing a higher skill level of the young men who are fronting up at our doorstep, which is making our job a bit easier I guess.
"There is the potential there to take them further."
Quadrangular tournament
Saturday
Tauranga Boys' 4 Palmerston North Boys' 2
Tauranga Boys' 2 King's College 1
King's College 5 Westlake Boys' 2
Westlake Boys' 2 Palmerston North Boys' 2
Sunday
Palmerston North Boys' 2 King's College 2
Tauranga Boys' 2 Westlake Boys' 4
Overall winners: Westlake Boys'
