OLD BOYS: Hastings Boys' High School principal Robert Sturch (left), Reuben Lowe - the brother of George Lowe, Craig Hickson and Old Boys' Association chairman Barry Rosenberg and Bruce Robertson. PHOTO/WARREN BUCKLAND
OLD BOYS: Hastings Boys' High School principal Robert Sturch (left), Reuben Lowe - the brother of George Lowe, Craig Hickson and Old Boys' Association chairman Barry Rosenberg and Bruce Robertson. PHOTO/WARREN BUCKLAND
Hastings Boys' High School kicked off a special dinner with the induction of four former pupils to a new wall of fame.
The inaugural Old Boys' Dinner was held at the Hastings Boys' High School hall with nearly 200 guests last night.
Past pupils mountaineer George Lowe (deceased), businessman SirSelwyn Cushing, former All Black Bruce Robertson and businessman Craig Hickson were all inducted into a new wall of fame above the school hall entrance at the dinner.
Sir Selwyn was unable to make the event and George Lowe's brother, Reuben, represented the mountaineer.
Principal Robert Sturch said the Old Boys' Association was formed in June this year to fill a gap within the school community. The school recognised current students well but had failed to acknowledge past pupils in the same way, he said.
"It's been one part of the school that we haven't been really strong at. That bond between the past and the present we haven't done very well."
Old Boys' Association chairman Barry Rosenberg said the inductees were a great start to the new initiative and the association planned on making it an annual event.
"These four people have excelled and really done well."
