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Falcon Weekly News

Week 3 First Term 2006

Cross Country Relays
George Grey lifts the trophy. Hervey and Oates tied in second place.

Water Polo -
Arthur Gower Memorial Trophy taken by St Georges, one point ahead of St Johns.

The Etiquette Society 
That bottle of champagne!

Forthcoming Attractions

Cultural Weekend 2005 to be held on 10th, 11th and 12th February.

The Junior Cricket Festival will be inaugurated at Falcon College on 17 February. Many parents are expected to attend.

Cricket matches rained out

All cricket matches were rained out on Saturday afternoon on 28th February.

These results were a significant improvement over those for the previous year in terms of both the pass rate and the quality of the results.

The pass rate for Forms 4A1, 4A2 and 4B were all above those from last year showing a significant improvement on last year’s results.

The top class Form 4A1 obtained very pleasing results with an 88% pass rate. 100% passes were obtained in Geography, French, Environmental Management, Chemistry, Design & Technology and Art & Design while pass rates of over 90% were obtained in Mathematics, Biology and Physics.

This class achieved 22 A* grade passes and 35 A grade passes, a considerable improvement on last year.

BK Tupiri was the top student with four A* grades, three A grades and one B grade.

DL Coulson achieved four A* grades, two A grades and three B grades while BS Doolabh achieved four A* grades, two A grades and two B grades.

This class obtained satisfactory results with 13 out the 20 pupils achieving 5 or more passes and all but one pupil will be going forward to 6th Form studies.

Pupils worthy of mention are NAR Ndlovu who achieved seven B grades and two C grades and MD Marnie who achieved three A grades in his seven passes.

Four out of the ten pupils are able to go forward to 6th Form studies.

Advanced Level Results

The A Level results were satisfactory with an overall pass rate of 92% which is an improvement on last year. 100% passes were obtained in English Literature, Chemistry, Design and Technology, Art & Design and Accounts while pass rates of over 90% were obtained in Geography, Biology and Business Studies.

The best results came from:

Paul Trethown with three B grades,

Alistair Holman with three B grades,

Forbes Douse with three B grades.

The AS Level results showed a satisfactory overall pass rate of 81% with rather low grades much as predicted. The Lower 6 class does not have a strong pupil base as shown by last year’s O-Level results. 100% passes were obtained in English Language, English Literature, Chemistry, Design & Technology and Art & Design while pass rates of over 90% were obtained in Mathematics and Environmental Management.

Cross Country Relays
The Cross Country relays, the first interhouse event of the year were held on Tuesday 

The picture shows the start of the cross country race.

The winners were George Grey. The other Houses were placed as follows:
Second place - Hervey and Oates
Fourth place - Chubb
Fifth place - Trewdgold
Sixth place - Founders

The staff were not found wanting on that day as all houses fielded staff teams.

The picture shows the Tredgold staff team immediately after completing the race. From the left  Joe Makurumidze, Wil Randle, Tabs Ndlovu and Briggite Randle

The Arthur Gower Memorial Trophy - St Georges lifts the Trophy
The Arthur Gower Memorial Trophy Water Polo tournament was held on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th January.  Five schools participated in the tournament. The results are summarized below:

School	Points	Goal Difference	Position
St Georges	8	+10	1
St Johns	7	+27	2
Prince Edward	5	-11	3
Falcon	5	0	4
CBC	4	-22	5

Etiquette Society: Learning the intricacies of making wine

Is this the famous French wine Connoisseur?  

Not really. The thumbnail shows Gordon Macdonald lecturing members of the Society on the intricacies of making wines. The Etiquette Society will soon be making their annual visit to the Worringham wineries, near Bulawayo to learn about the entire wine-making process, from grapes to the bottled product.

Falcon prepares for the Cultural Weekend
This year the annual Cultural weekend will he held at Falcon, the permanent host, from 10th to12th February inclusive.  This will be the 14th Cultural Weekend since its inception. 6 students from each of 20 schools travel to Falcon from the corners of Zimbabwe to take part in 1 of 6 workshops available: Art, Backstage, Dance, Drama, Music, and Singing. This year we have planned something different: each workshop will work towards a play to be produced at 10 a.m. on Sunday 12th.  If you are close by and would like t drive to falcon come along for a cup of tea at 09:15 and watch the youth of Zimbabwe display their talent.  The weekend is the brainchild of Sue Wigham and the objective is and has always been to give Zimbabwean students an opportunity to meet like-minded people who are interested in the Arts, share ideas, talents and learn new skills as well as meet across the schools - rural, private, government, co-ed, single sex schools are all represented.

The Inaugural Junior Cricket Festival - 17th February is the day.

On 17th February this year, all roads will literally lead to Falcon College as we expect a record number of parents to come and witness the inauguration of the Junior Cricket Festival.  Nine schools will be attending the festival:. Victoria Falls Primary, Murray MacDougal, Whitestone, Bryden, Lilfordia, Ruzawi, Hartmann House, St Johns and Falcon College.

We will be offering parents guided tours of the College and Quiet Waters Conservation Scheme . We have a limited amount of accommodation with staff and Quiet Waters has already been fully booked. Breakfasts, lunches, drinks and dinners, at the Bushtick will be provided for coaches and parents. We are able to offer fuel at cost price to those travelling from afar to save them the inconvenience of having to carry their own for the return trip.

Cricket matches abandoned

All cricket matches home and away in Bulawayo were abandoned following a downpour in the afternoonn