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Falcon Weekly News

Week 9 First Term 2007

Carlisle Presentation
- Out Reach reaches Carlisle School

Founders Day Athletics Meetings - Tredgold lift the Championship Shield

Roof of Ancient Africa Expedition - 2007
Woodsmoke Club plan Expedition to Ethiopia
 

 Carlisle Primary School Presentation - Out Reach reaching for the disadvantaged


Left: Presents Galore! An assortment of presents in the shade of the car  park trees await presentation to the children of Carlisle

On Friday the 16th March just before the Board Meeting Mr. Harvey Leared, Mr. Andy Laing, and Mr. Mike Carter accompanied Reg Querl and Jacqui Stewart at a presentation at Carlisle School. The school has 57 pupils in their Grade 1-7 and 16 in their pre-school and Grade 0 and is attached to Falcon College. Most of the pupils are children of Falcon staff though some come from homes outside the College. The presentation of stationary, exercise books, sports equipment, cleaning products and juice concentrates was part of the initiative of the Reach for the Stars fundraising drive – called Outreach – designed to benefit the disadvantaged schools within our immediate communities. A similar presentation was held earlier in the month by Lilfordia School to their neighboring Umzururu junior school.

 The Headmaster, Mr. Patrick Nyoni, and staff gathered the children under the shade of the car-park trees and graciously accepted the goods from Mr. Harvey Leared.

 
Left: The Headmaster of Carlisle thankfully accepts the presents from Mr Harvey Leared.

Right: Happy faces and grateful smiles.

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Letters of thanks flood in from the children.

”We were very happy about the things we saw in front of us”” “they were good and special” “beautiful presents”

Ï love the presents and all the children love the presents so please bring us some more if you have.””

“Thank you verimachi”

“You came with lots of nice, good things. You seemed to like our little school because you gave a smile to us.”

“May God Bless you for the pens and books and balls”.

Founders Day Athletics Meetings - A Great Day in our Calendar.  Tredgold House Lifts the Championship Shield
The annual Founders Day Interhouse Athletics meetings was held on Saturday 17 March.  It was, as usual, a great day for Falcon despite the high temperatures experienced on that day.  For Tredgold House this was a day to remember; Tredgold house had last won the Championship shield in 1989.

Everyone would want to watch the events from a vantage point, but who would not want a bird's eye view of the meeting?

Beneath the clear blue skies, an eagle keeps a watchful eye on the athletics meetings.

Left:  Tredgold house takes the lead in a hurdles race.

Tug-of-war finalists battle on the rope.
Although there are no points for this event it is always very popular

Mrs. Frankis, mother of the Athletics Captain Michael Frankis presented the 44 trophies awarded on this occasion..

Mrs. Frankis, flanked by Michael Frankis, Athletic captain, presents a trophy to Daniel Coulson.
 

Right: Tredgold Athletics Captain just after receiving the championship shield from Mrs. Frankis.

Roof of Ancient Africa Expedition - Woodsmoke Outing to Ethiopia, 2007

At the end of this year 10 senior members of the Woodsmoke Club and 'veterans' of the expeditions to the Chimanimani (Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe), Mount Mulange (Malawi) and the Drakensburg (South Africa) are planning a challenging expedition to the Ethiopian Highlands.  The last such big scale venture by the Woodsmoke Club was the successful 'Roof of Africa' expedition of 2002/3, which saw a team of 10 boys and 2 adults scale both Mounts Kenya and Kilimanjaro.

Ethiopia is probably the most mountainous country in Africa, indeed its ancient highlands are often referred to as the Roof of Africa, hence the name of the expedition - the Roof of Ancient Africa.

We will soon be publishing a special feature on the proposed expedition to Ethiopia.