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Falcon Sports News |
Friday 16th February - Saturday 8th March 2007
Latest Results at a Glance
Action and Reports
Cricket vs CBC
| Team | Result |
| U14A | won by 6 wickets |
| U15A | lost by 19 runs |
| U16B | won by 3 wickets |
| U16A | won by 8 wickets |
| 2nd XI | won by 6 runs |
| 1ST XI | won by 60 runs |
Waterpolo Grant Tilley Trophy
| versus Lomagundi | won 14-1 |
| versus St Johns | won 10-3 |
| versus Pewterhouse | lost 1-8 |
| versus St George's | won 8-7 |
| versus CBC | lost 5-2 |
| versus Prince Edward | won 6-4 |
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Falcon finished 4th out of 7 teams |
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Basketball versus CBC
| Team | Result |
| 2nd Team | won 27-22 and 29-15 |
| 1st Team | won 37-28 and 38-18 |
Junior Cricket Festival
| Team | Results |
| Ruzawi | 1st |
| Lilfordia | 2nd |
| Musiliki | 3rd |
| Barwick | 4th |
| Whitestone | 5th |
| Victoria Falls | 6th |
| Bryden | 7th |
| Murray MacDougal | 6th |
Interhouse Athletics Relay
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House |
Points |
| Tredgold | 1st |
| Founders | 2nd |
| George Grey | 3rd |
| Oates | 4th |
| Chubb | 5th |
| Hervey | 6th |
Umzingwane District Interschools Athletics Meetings
| School | Place |
| Falcon | 1st |
| Umzingwane High School | 2nd |
| Mvutu Secondary School | 3rd |
| Mawabeni High School | 4th |
| Esikhoveni Secondary | 5th |
Junior Cricket Festival - 8 Schools participated
The second Annual Junior Cricket festival at Falcon
brought together eight schools. The festival was held on the 23rd and
24th February. 96 youngsters from the eight schools participated
in the event. The effects of the tropical cyclone Favio which
brought flooding in Mozambique were not felt here until the Monday after
the festival.
A junior player in action during the festival. The juniors played with a lot of enthusiasm
It was not all about cricket. Junior Cricketrs vsited the Snake Club where Mr. Graham Armstrong showed them how dangerous snakes are handled
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the boys had a chance to prove their prowess at a fun tug-of-war
The winners for 2007 were Ruzawi, pictured below
Interhouse Athletics Relay
Meeting
The weather was hot and the skies were clear for this
year's Interhouse Athletics relay meeting which was held on 3 March.
Stiff competetion in the 1 500 metres race
Daniel Coulson of Hervey house in the lead races towards the finishing line during the Open 1 500 metre race
Peter Trethowan at Javelin. The pictures show Peter launching a javelin. during the Inter-house Athletics relay Meeting.
This year Tredgold were the winners of the athletics relay meeting.
Umzingwane District Inter-Schools Athletics Meeting
12 falcon boys qualified for the Zonal Team
On Friday 9th March five schools in Umzingwane District (Umzingwane, Falcon, Mvutu, Mawabeni and Esikhoveni) converged at Umzingwane High School for the District Inter-Schools Athletics Meeting. Falcon College won the meeting ahead of Mvutu Secondary School of Esigodini.
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The scene at Umzingwane High School, venue of the Athletics Meeting. On the right is the Falcon Team Coach, Mr. Isaac Museba.
Falcon boys had to compete under unusual conditions. A Falcon boy
takes the lead in an essentially bare track, very different from the
well-maintained tracks at Falcon College.
Left: falcon takes an early lead in a race at the Umzingwane Athletics Meeting.
12 Falcon boys qualified for the zonal team.
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