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Falcon Weekly News
Week 6 First Term 2006

The new Gazebo at the Main Cricket Field completed
- it is an imposingly beautiful landmark.

Work on the Mark Davenport Gymnasium to start soon.
-The Davenport Pavilion to be demolished

Grant Tilley Memorial Water Polo Results
- St Johns won the Tournament
- Falcon were third but with only 4 points behind the winners.

Falcon College recently hosted the inaugural primary schools' cricket Festival.  The schools that participated were Hartman House, St John's Preparatory School, Ruzawi, Victoria Falls primary, Murray MacDougall, Barwick, Lilfordia and Whitestone.
Left: A young cricketer watches in anticipation during one of the matches

The event was well-attended with some parents pitching tents at the Bryce Hendrie swimming pool and some checking in at the Chalets in Quiet Waters Conservation area.  Some commuted from Bulawayo. The Cricketers were housed in the hostels and taken around the college.  All catering was provided by the kitchen.

A cricket format, draw up by the Director of Sport at Falcon and the International Cricket Umpire, Richard Harrison, meant that all boys batted and bowled and teams' scores were divided by the number of times batters were out.  Bowlers were restricted to two overs each. Right: Cricketers relaxing after a match

The Ruzawi contingent. Ruzawi won the tournament by a fraction of a run.

The tournament took place over Friday afternoon and the whole day Saturday with teams playing in pools and then in a semi-final.  St John's preparatory and Ruzawi contested the final, with Ruzawi winning by a fraction of a run on the last ball bowled.

The Bushtick was central to the Festival for parents and entertainment for the primary school boys in the form of activities at the pool and a tug-of-war proved very popular. Conservative estimates indicate that about 100 parents attended the event.

Our promotional DVD was presented to all adults on the Friday evening.  The event proved very successful with parents down from Harare making comments like:  "We feel we have been away on holiday".

This event will be held annually here at Falcon and already we have had requests from other Junior Schools both within the country and externally, to join the Festival.

The New gazebo a beautiful landmark

 Left: Workers putting the finishing touches to the new gazebo which overlooks the main cricket field.

The new gazebo is really an imposingly beautiful landmark. It has replaced what had become an eyesore at the main Cricket field. The gazebo was ready for the Primary Schools' Cricket festival.
Right: The gazebo just before the festival

Work on the Davenport Gymnasium to Start Soon

Left: The Davenport Pavilion

Work on the Mark Davenport Gymnasium is scheduled to start soon.  The existing Mark Davenport Pavilion is to be demolished to give way to the new Gymnasium.

The picture below shows the architecture's impression of the gymnasium when completed

The Davenport Pavilion was built by the Davenport family in memory of their son, Mark, a former student of Falcon College who died tragically in a car accident in the late 80's.  

Results of the Grant Tilley Memorial Water Polo Tournament

The Grant Tilley Memorial Water Polo tournament was held at St Johns College from the 17th to the 19th February.  7 Schools participated in this tournament.  Falcon came third in this closely-contested tournament.  Here are the results: