AN annual sporting competition between The Armidale School and Sydney Boys' High will continue to bridge the city-country divide this weekend, when 175 students and staff from the big smoke visit the New England highlands for competition in four sports.
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Rugby, soccer, basketball and tennis will be on the cards as part of this year's pilgrimage which has become a highlight in each school's sporting calendar. Up for grabs will be the Hannon and Harris Cup, named for long-time staff members at each school and currently held by TAS.
The visitors will arrive on Friday afternoon, with tennis being played by a Junior IV (Years 7-10) and a Senior IV (Years 11-12) on TAS courts at 6.15pm and then basketball games between a Year 9-10 team (6.30pm) and the schools' firsts teams at 7.30pm.
Eight rugby games from the 13As upwards will be played on Saturday, culminating in the First XV clash at 1.00pm - round 5 of the GPS Third Grade competition.
Preceding the main game will be a rugby relay event featuring five runners per school in each age division.
The TAS First XI soccer team will face High's Thirds on the school's Adamsfield (front of school) on Saturday at 9am, followed by an under 15s fixture at 10.30am.
TAS Director of Co-curricular Will Caldwell said while it was the eighth year the two schools had competed for the Hannon and Harris Cup, the visits have been going for much longer.
"The fixture is unique on the TAS calendar as an opportunity to host students in playing a range of sports including some which otherwise do not have regular inter-school competition," he said.
"More broadly it is a wonderful TAS community event where country hospitality is on display to city visitors, many of whom are venturing into regional NSW for the first time."
