SEPTEMBER 2005
SPORTS RESULTS : 16-23 September 2005, SPORTS REPORT
Cricket results
Saturday 17 September
2005
All matches 50 overs except where stated
U14
B vs Lomagundi (h) (30 overs)
Falcon 307 (Ndabambi 85, Bristow 50, Swanepoel 35, Matonisa 33*, Davy
30*)
Lomagundi 121 (Dube 3-34)
Falcon won by 186 runs
U14
A vs Lomagundi (h)
Falcon 404-3 (van Rensburg 217, Mamhiyo 82, Macintosh 37*, Enwerem
30*)
Lomagundi 108 (Gibbons 3-1, Mamhiyo 3-30)
Falcon won by 296 runs
U15
B vs Lomagundi (a)
Falcon 145
Lomagundi 40 (Chawira 3-12)
Falcon won by 105 runs
U15
A vs Lomagundi (a)
Falcon 304 (Trethowan 88, Brown 36, Zietsman 36)
Lomagundi 39 (Beevor 4-9)
Falcon won by 265 runs
U16
B vs Petra (a)
Falcon 169 (Reid 44, Bester 41)
Petra 171-5
Falcon lost by 5 wickets
U16
A vs Lomagundi (a)
Lomagundi 148 (Murasiranwa 4-9 including a hat-trick)
Falcon 271-5 (Macheka 51 retired in 17 balls, Randell 43, Ncube 41
retired)
Falcon won by 8 wickets
3rd
XI vs Petra (a)
Petra 266 (Coulson 4-44)
Falcon 115 (Howes 41)
Falcon lost by 125 runs
2nd
XI vs Lomagundi (h)
Falcon 516-9 (Maritz 84, Mubvumbi 82, Graham 71, Piers 67, Paterson
60, Erasmus 34)
Lomagundi 55 (Barnard 5-39, Richards 4-15)
Falcon won by 461 runs
1st
XI vs Lomagundi (a)
Lomagundi 184 (Trethowan 4-37)
Falcon 116
Falcon lost by 68 runs.
Waterpolo
Results (17 September) (Home)
U16B versus CBC
Lost 3-7
U16A versus Girls College Won 9-7
Falcon 2 versus CBC 2 Won 6-4
U16A versus CBC
Lost 5-4
Falcon 1 verus CBC 1 Won 10-4
SPORTS REPORT
Falcon College sports report
25 September 2005
There have been a number of problems relating to adding or deleting things from the website which is my excuse for not being very regular in my reports though I do have to add that some that I have written have not been uploaded. If in doubt blame someone else. How else can Zimbabwe operate! Anyway, here is some recent news from the past holiday and first quarter of the Third Term
Holidays
Towards the start of the holidays our soccer team went to the CHISZ schools tournament and managed to reach the final which they sadly lost – on penalties if I remember rightly. The 1st cricket was also in action at the PE Festival. They began with a good win over Hillcrest but then messed up in games against St John’s which they could or should have won and Churchill who may be a good side but we might have made a better account of ourselves. Daniel Landman and Jim Reid scored fifties against Hillcrest and Nigel Mubvumbi made two fair scores not out lower down the order. Paul Trethowan proved the most consistent and successful bowler with wickets in each match.
Falcon boys also took part in age-group tournaments representing Matabeleland. Graham Swanepoel, Godwin Mamhiyo, Jack Randle, Corey van Rensburg all had some success for their respective teams. Keith Murray, Ross McTaggart, Sean Walters, Duncan Rawstorne all played for Zimbabwe U19 rugby in a World Cup qualifier vs Namibia which they lost narrowly.
Third Term
Tennis
Tennis coach, Adam Joelson, has submitted the following report :
The
tennis teams have so far played very well with the only loses coming
from the senior teams,1st and 2nd, against CBC. There have been some
team changes as I am trying to come up with a formidable team for next
year, given that the majority of the 1st team will be leaving at the
end of the year. The 1st team has to date only played one match and
the 2nd two with the other match being a 5-1 win over Girls’
College. The junior teams have enjoyed success to date with all teams
registering wins.
The
major highlight of the Tennis has been the College staff vs College
prefects match. The matches were very entertaining and were evenly
balanced. The staff who were tipped to win the encounter did not find
it easy playing the prefects who really gave a good account of
themselves drawing 3 games each
Basketball
Sadly the 1st team has not made a good start to the season losing to both CBC and Petra though both matches were high scoring and we went down by 3 points in both instances. At junior level the U16 side has been most successful winning the 4 encounters they have contested. U14 and U15 teams have both had mixed success with wins and losses to their credit.
Waterpolo
This term the authorities have decided, probably sensibly, that all water polo, both senior and junior, should be held at a single tournament on a Saturday, often involving girls’ schools also. Time will tell with this will help to promote the sport but it certainly helps to some extent on the transport front in these days of no fuel. The big match is always the 1st team clash with CBC. In the first week of term we had had problems with our pool and we will use that as a probably legitimate excuse for going down the first time around but the return match on the second weekend was a resounding victory to Falcon. For some reason I have not been handed the full results of that second tournament but I can note victories for out 2nds and U16 teams over that first weekend.
Cricket
The full cricket results for the matches against Lomagundi should be posted elsewhere on the website but it is always easy for me to make most comments about the cricket. The first weekend we took on Milton who are certainly not without their talent and so three convincing victories out of 4 was an encouraging performance. Having bowled Milton out for just 145 – Trethowan and Swanepoel the principal wicket-takers – we won at a canter by 9 wickets with half centuries for Jason Graham and Dan Landman. At lower levels Gerald Mashange and Toch Enwerem (U14 A) and Sean Beevor (U15 A) all recorded their best bowling figures at the College. The 16 A side was the only one to lose but it was a much more positive performance than some in 1st term
The 2nd and B teams all went to Plumtree and came back victorious. Muzenda in the 15 Bs had the most successful day, scoring 56 and then taking 6 wickets, a performance which earned him a call up for the A side the following week.
Last weekend the 3rd XI and U16 B teams went down to Petra 1st and U16 A sides respectively but were still competitive. Other teams played against Lomagundi and all recorded resounding victories, except, sadly, the 1st XI. Since we began to play full fixtures against Lomagundi in 1997 our first team has had one of those inexplicable runs of defeats against them. As on numerous occasions in the past we really should have beaten them but managed to bundle it on the day. The players will cite pitch deterioration and umpiring decisions going against them but allowing Lomagundi to recover from 60-6 to reach over 180 was entirely in their hands! These things happen and we trust they will turn such a result to their benefit in the remainder of the season.
The U14 As had a crushing win by almost 300 runs. Corey van Rensburg began the season with a century against Milton and went one better by scoring 217 this time around, the highest record score by a Falcon U14 A player. He shared in a stand of over 300 (if the scorer is to be trusted and I think he is) with Godwill Mamhiyo (82) which is a remarkable feat of concentration for two U14 boys. The 2nd XI notched up a phenomenal tally of 516-9 in their 50 overs, Jason Maritz, Nige Mubvumbi, George Piers, Jason Paterson and Hamish Graham all passing 50 before Adam Barnard and Jeremy Richards (9 wickets in 2 matches) bowled the opposition out for 55 to win by a mere 461 runs. Surely a record or two along the way there! But I reserve the main accolade for my poor old U16 A teams who finally notched up their first win of the year. This term we have recruited four boys on a cricket scholarship in conjunction with Zimbabwe Cricket and two of them, Stevie Macheka and Cunningham Ncube, have joined this particular side. It is a bit like David Beckham and Steven Gerrard signing to play to Crystal Palace but we are delighted to have them and they have made a clear difference to this side. Macheka bowled very well as Lomagundi were dismissed for 148 but the main prize went to Tinashe Murasiranwa who took 4 wickets in an over including the first U16 hat-trick since 1985. He then starred in an opening partnership of 70 with Tom Randell (43) who was dismissed just before we passed their total, Cunningham Ncube an accomplished 41 not out to give us an 8 wicket victory. Continuing on to use up available time we finally called it a day at 271-5 with Macheka smashing 50 off 17 balls!
For the record, some other notable individual achievements against Lomagundi were Arthur Ndabambi (14 B) 85, Peter Trethowan (15 A) 88, Sean Beevor (15 A) 4-9.
Richard Harrison
23 September 2005