Dear Parents

We have had the most amazing week of rain - in excess of 200 mm. Our weir has been spilling now for over a week, our Southern paddocks dam is almost full and water has been running into the mine for a week.

Sadly, Cricket has been badly affected because the fields are under water in some places. It has, however, been great running weather, which is good.

I travelled to South Africa early on Tuesday morning and saw various Headmasters, with a view to our competing sport-wise with them. I visited schools in Mussina and Polokwane and also met with the Chief Immigration officers in Beitbridge and on the South African side. Both of these gentlemen gave me assurances that a fast passage through the border would be possible. I would now like to ask parents to please start making arrangements for a valid passport for your son. It would be very sad to have to leave out a boy because he does not have the correct documentation. I am excited about this development, as it really will give our boys more opportunities to compete internationally.

CRICKET: Falcon vs CBC on 1/2/09
U14A	CBC won by 5 wickets.
U15A	Match abandoned. Zietsman 33*, MacIntosh 4-29.
U16A	Match abandoned. Mlambo 33, Smit 3-20
1st XI	Match abandoned. Van Rensburg 61, Enwerem 50.
TENNIS
Boys who made Matabeleland Tennis Team
U19’s	X. Mhlanga, A. Nyathi, W. Ullrich, S. Mafukidze
U16’s	M. Mlambo, B. Langley, F. Dollar, K. Midlane, C. Friend, S. Randell.
BASKETBALL
Falcon vs CBC	Falcon U14 won 10-6
Falcon vs CBC	Falcon U15 won 6-4
Falcon vs CBC	Falcon U16 won 16-6

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS:

As I have already said, we were very pleased with our academic results at the top end and we honoured several boys for their achievements
There are citations for boys who had served the Debating Society and Speakers’ Circle. They were:
ST Musarurwa, ACT Moyo, TR Macheka, Z Sibanda.
Then academic awards and colours – this is a much bigger list than usual and we are delighted to be able to announce the following:
Junior – these are awarded to boys in Form 1 to 3 who have shown consistency in their academic achievement throughout the previous year.
Recipients will receive a monetary award that will be reflected on their school accounts.

Form 1 - EM Ndebele & TP Kersten
Form 2 - K Sibanda & KT Ndlovu
Form 3 - TN Moyo & DS Doolabh

Lower - at Form 4 level: a minimum of 3A & 3B grades in the previous year's O level exams
OR
at Lower 6 level: a minimum of 2A and 3B grades at O level
& an aggregate of 7 or better in best 3 A/S at end of previous November.
Half Colours (50 Club badge) and a monetary award reflected on their school accounts

Form 4:	K Chikwete	CF Matonisa	JDM Stone
	JN Coetzee	MN Moyo	MA Swanepoel
	GAT Mamhiyo	CT Muzenda
	FT Masamira	BV Naik
L6:	MV Nyathi

Intermediate - at Form 4 level: a minimum of 6 A grades in the previous O level exams - O level
OR
At L6/U6/ level: a minimum of 4 A grades at O level (i.e. already has Lower)
An aggregate of 7 or better in best 3 A/S exams (or in Mock A Level exams)
Full Colours awarded (Scholarship tie & Colours' badge) and a monetary award reflected on their school accounts.

Form 4:	B Gibbons	TJ Mombo
	DR Langley	DS Sibanda
	T Mabuka	CA van Rensburg
	G Mashange
Lower 6:MZ Ndlovu

 

Higher - a minimum of 4 A grades at O level (therefore already has lower - maybe intermediate)
OR
An aggregate of 3 (3 As) in best 3 A/S exams (or in Mock A Level exams)
Honours awarded (Colours tie & Honours badge) and a monetary award reflected on their school accounts
Lower 6:BM Mathiya

We are having our Open Day today and look forward to showing a group of prospective parents around the College. We do not anticipate as many as usual, as next weekend is our primary schools' Cricket festival, where 12 teams will compete and they are using this as an Open Day.

Our Form One boys seem to be well settled. There are still a few suffering from homesickness, but we are most certainly getting there. I noticed several groups going into Quiet Waters over the weekend, which is always a good bonding exercise.

May I wish you all a good week.

"Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."
Franklin P. Jones

R.W. QUERL