| Headmaster's newsletter, week five of first term 2010 |
We were once again very privileged to have had wonderful guests to the College to help us in the education of your sons. Mr. Larry Norton, the internationally acclaimed artist, spent the weekend with us. On Friday, he was in the Art Department with our students, and we thank him most sincerely. He has also donated sets of his prints for our Independent Schools' Rugby festival in the middle of the year.
Mr. Malcolm Wharton, the Principal of Hartpury College in Gloucester, was here giving boys an insight into what his institution has to offer. They have a great interest in sportsmen and there are opportunities for our young men in that area.
Quest Africa, our post 'A' level (gap year) course, started this week with 14 young men. This is a very exciting development which will enhance our institution and provide many opportunities for both the College and Quest.
TERM DATES:
The Ministry has once again made an error with term dates. .
PLEASE DO TAKE NOTE. .
The dates for the 2nd term:
School opens on Sunday 2nd May 2010 and boys must be in by midday.
School closes on Thursday 5th August 2010.
SPORTING RESULTS:
We play our arch rivals, Peterhouse, at Cricket this weekend, and
we look forward to those games with anticipation.
Our Athletes who travelled to South Africa last weekend, were very well received and did extremely well. There were a lot of very positive comments about our visit and I feel sure that it will now go from strength to strength.
Athletics:
25 Athletes and two staff travelled down and the Medals won were 9
Gold, 7 Silver and 3 Bronze. The following are the detailed results:
| Pongweni | 4 Gold - 3000 m, Triple Jump, 200 m, and 400 m. |
| Saidi | 2 Gold - 3000 m, 800 m. |
| Chilufya | 2 Gold - 100m, 200m Won u17 4 x 100 after receiving 4th. |
| Ushewokunze | 1 Gold - 800 m Ribbon - Silver |
| Moyo C | 2 Silver - 200m, 400m |
| Shoniwa | 1 Silver - Triple Jump |
| Steele | 1 Silver - Discus |
| Gotore | 1 Silver - 400 m |
| Bhasera | 1 Silver - Discus |
| Pretorius | 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - 200m, 100m respectively |
| Joubert | 1 Bronze - Javelin |
| Mabuka | 1 Bronze -1500 m |
Waterpolo:
On 5th February
| Falcon U15's | vs CBC | Falcon won 3-2 |
| vs Hellenic | Falcon won 4-2 | |
| vs St. George's | Falcon lost 5-6 | |
| vs St. John's | Falcon drew 6-6 | |
| Falcon was placed 2nd in the U15 tournament | ||
| Falcon U19's | vs CBC | Falcon won 5-3 |
| vs Lomagundi | Falcon lost 7-9 | |
| vs St. George's | Falcon lost 5-9 | |
| vs St. John's | Falcon drew 6-6 | |
| Falcon was placed joint 3rd in the tournament. | ||
Tennis: |
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| Falcon U14's | vs Convent | Falcon won 8-0 |
| Falcon U15's | vs CBC | Falcon won 8-0 |
| Falcon U16's | vs CBC | Falcon won 8-0 |
| Falcon 2nd | vs Petra | Falcon won 7-1 |
| Falcon 1st | vs Convent | Falcon won 6-2 |
Cross-country: |
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Juniors: |
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| 1st | Tredgold |
| 2nd | Chubb |
| 3rd | Founders |
| 4th | Oates |
| 5th | Hervey |
| 6th | George Grey |
| Best Junior - M. Ushewokunze (F) in a time of 19:33:16 | |
Seniors: |
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| 1st | Founders |
| 2nd | Tredgold |
| 3rd | Chubb |
| 4th | George Grey |
| 5th | Oates |
| 6th | Hervey |
| Best Senior - M. Ncube (GG) in a time of 18:23:68 - New Record - Old Record was 19m 035 | |
| Overall Results: | |
| 1st | Tredgold |
| 2nd | Chubb |
| 3rd | Founders |
| 4th | Oates |
| 5th | George Grey |
| 6th | Hervey |
Basketball: |
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Falcon
vs Petra |
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| U14 | Falcon won 8-2 |
| U15 | Falcon won 22-0 |
| U16 | Falcon won 28-4 |
| Falcon 1st Team vs Masiyephambili | Falcon won 46-3 |
| Falcon 1st vs Prince Edward | Falcon lost 18-22 |
Cricket:
At home, the 2nds and 3rds both had convincing victories. McLintock,
Reid, Mason, Brown and Bydawell all scored fifties and van Heerden
took 5-14.
14B and 15B also won, but 16 B lost by one wicket.
Muzhuzha scored a 50 for the 14B's and Mambinge took a hat trick for
the 15 B's.
At CBC, Snyder, Keefe and Campbell scored half centuries for U14A
and Banda 52 for U15A. Both these matches and the 1st teams' games
were drawn due to rain. The U16 A's lost using the Duckworth/Lewis
method.
WEB SITE:
Please do visit our web site there are a lot of photos of recent events
displayed there.
"No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed
No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined"
Harry Emerson Forsdick
R.W. QUERL