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St Stithians College St Stithians Preparatory School

St Stithians Council ...............................................2 Prep School Staff .............................................. 169College Stall t l' 4 5 Report 171LEE. Matriculation Results. 7 Guest of Honour's Speech ..School Preiects and Honour 8 Senior Primary Prize GivinFounders' Day ..... 9 Junior Primary Prize GivingCollegiate Headmistress' Address. 1 Junior Primary Nativity PlayHeadmaster's Report..... .. 2 The Ghost Chase.Guest of Honour s Speech 7 School Tours ......Head Prefect's Speech ..... Department ReportsPrizewinner Clubs

Outreach... Grade 1 Literary Contributions.

Chapel NotesFarewellsResource Centre .Public Relations Team

Grade 2 Literary Contributions.Std 1 Literary ContributionsStd 2 Literary ContributionsStd 3 Literary Contributions

Olympiads Std 4 Literary Contributions .Creative Writing Std 5 Literary Contributions ...............................217Festivals AthletirMusic ................................. Cricket ........The Post Matric Programme Cross Country .

Best Speakers CompetitionHarris Cup .....House Reports ,School Productions

Football

Saints Enterprise Education.The Camps WeekThe Matric DanceClubs and Societies.

Std 5 Classes .................................................... 238

Magazine Committee ..

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St Stithians Council

Executive Committee.:Wylde ......... Headmaster of St Stithians and Chairman of the Executive CommitteeCarter:- ..Physical planning and development

enior Deputy Headmaster of the CollegeStrategic planning, marketing and HR (academic staff)

.Headmaster Preparatory SchoolFinancial planning and administration

resident of the Conference of the Methodist Church 01 SA.hairman oi the Southern Transvaal District at the Methodist Church 01 SA.

......... Headmistress of St Stithians Collegiate.Estate and grounds, HR (non academic staff)

Cou noilName Constituency VearsChairman5. Pitts. t nnirman ol CounCIl '«inVice ChairmanW.J. Caner Trustee 94

Name Constituency Years Name Constituency Years

R.G. Bradley. .,. .. .. . .. .Trustee. . , Dt Mingay . ,. ,. ..Ex»0 icto...,...

M. Dandala.. .. . . . . . . .. .Superintendarit Central District .1 .Parents' Association

0.5. I ll Old Boys - 7 .Old Boys Association . 1H.J. lanes-n ernmnn Church ,.RJ. Laburn. . .Church Parents Association

J Gt Lees ExO lCICI Chairman 01 Convocation . 8EJ Mabuza ., , . Church J. Strauss . . .Parents' Association...I.G.Dt MacKenzie, .. . . Old Boys' Association A. Urdang. .. .Old Boys' Associationas McAllister Parents - D. B Wylrle F *OHICIO

I. McLachlan FxOt mn 7 M. Wylie F romrin 7

COLLEGE COUNCIL 1995Back Row: Mr John Lees: Di Enos Mabuza: Mr Norman Souter.Mr Ian McLachlan. Mr Mike Wylie: Mr John Ralph. Rev Mvuml Dandala.Mr Brian MullinFront Row: Mrs Anne van Zyi; Ml Cliti Jackson. Mr Dave Schro enn,Flev Stanley Pins, Mr David Wylde. Mr ian Mackenzie. Bishop Peter Storey,Mr Hendrik Jansen

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College Staff

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COLLEGE STAFF 1995 7Back Flow: Mrsl Nalrass Mrs Fl. Diack. Ms M Kamps: Mr C Cawse. Mrs L Banning. Mr D Pitcairn.

Mr D Wilson, Mr K Knge: Mr B Lambson3rd Row: Mr D. Lachenichl. Mr (3 Holmes. Mrs N Van Flooyerl. Mrs C Mulder: Mr G MacCuIlum.

Ms J Wor lh. Mrs T Lees. Mrs J Rleken. Mr M Smilh. Mr 5 Walls, Mr P Moore

2nd Row: Mme J Fodor, Mr P de Wel, Mrs M Reynolds Mrs P Jackson. Mrs D Loubsel.Mrs M Brink. Mr M Clarke. Mrs R. Weldon. MrA Lamonl. M's l Webb. Mr N. Sandnes. Mr C MarrlollFrom Row: Mr H Huggelt Mr D Gear. MrJ Verner, Rev M Rubens: Mr P van Tender: Mr H Jansen

Mr D Wylde Mil McLachlan. Mr K Hovelmexer. Mr G Theron. M! D Ryan Mr D Hean. Mr L Keel

M! D McGaw

cademic Staff

eadmasler:rD. B. Wylde ................................ V ................... B.A.(Hons)(Cape Town);M, Phil(Oxon); B.Ed.(Wixwaiersrand)

epury Headmasrers.ir H. J, Jansen (Senior) . R,A.(Polch).T,H.E O D.ir I, D. McLachlan ELSC, H,D.E. (Natal)

'haplain:ev. M. Roberts Dip. Theo.(Rhodes)

'irector of Sixth Form studies:Ir (3, Theron ................................................................................. B.A. (Hons); M.Sc., H.D.E.P,G. (Witwatersrand)

orm 1 Co-ardinator:ir M. I. Clarke .................................................................. .B.A.(Hons)(South Africa): U E.D.(Na13l) English, Latin

ieadmistress of Collegiate:1rs A. C. van Zyl . R,A.(UCT), BEG (Unlsa)

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Boarding HousesCollins House:

Senior Housemaster:Mr L. Keet D,S.T.; C,T.H4D in rh) AfrikaansSenior Assistant HousemasterMr C. Cawse ........................ ..,.m..........B.Sc.(Randse Afrikaanse); N.H.O.D.;F.D.E.(Y.P.) Physics, Chemistry

Mountstephens House:Senior HousemasteMr P. van Tonder.Senior Assistant Housemas er.Mr L. J. Nortje . RA. (O.F.S,);H.O.D.(P.G.)(0.F.S.) Afrikaans

,B.A,(Hons)(Fihodesia): Teachers Dip.(BuIawayo) Head oi Afrikaans Department

Day Boy HousesMears House:Senior HousemasteMr D. Wilson.Senior Assistant Housemaster.Mr D. Lachenicht H.Dip.Ed. ( ' stand) Mathematics. Industrial Arts

.Sport Management Diploma (L.B.M.S.) T.T.H,D.(J.C.E.) History

Penryn House:Senior Housemaste 'Mr D. A. D. Hean .....B.A.(South Attica): B.Ed. (Witwatersrand); T.C.(Flhodesia) Head of Science DepartmentSeniorAssistant Housemaster:Mr G. Holmes ................................... D.L.C.(Loughborough); Cert. Ed.(Nottingham); FD.E.(Pretoria) , Mathematics

Pitts House:Senior Housemaster:Mr D. Pitcairn R Go H.Dip.Ed.(P.G.)(Witwatersrand) PhysicsSeniorAssistant HousemasterMr P. Moore .........

H.D.E.(Witwatersrand) Physical Education. Geography

Tucker House:Senior Housemaster:Mr M. B. Smith R A.( ' uu;.rlons(South Africa); T.T.H.D. EnglishSenior Assistant Housemaster.Mr K. Krige R.Sc. (Hons)(U.C.T.) Physrcs, Chemistry

Webb House:Senior Housemaster:

Mr D. 8. Gear ....B.Sc.(Witwatersrand); Hons(South Alrica);H.E.D.(South Africa) , Head of Geography DepartmentSeniorAssistani Housemasler:

Mr B. Lambson ....................................................................... B.SC.(Witwatersrand): H.Dip,Ed. , Physics. Chemistry

Wesley House:Senior House/hasten

Mr D. M. McGaw .................. .................B.A.;U.E.D.(Rhodes) , Head of Geography Department Senior Assistant HousemasterMr H.H. Huggett.B.A.: B.Ed.(South Atrica): T.T.D.; Dip. Ed. Tech. (York).M.Ed4(Wits) Head of English Depanment

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Teachers:

Mr I. Atteridge H.Dip.Ed.(P.E.)(Witwatersrand) ~ MathematicsMrs A. Bredenkamp R Sc.(Natal); S.D.T.(Cape Town)Mrs M. E. Brin B.Sc.(UCT) H.E.D. (Pretoria) Business Skills & Entrepreneurship

Mrs M. Brink .. ....B.A.(Bloemfontein); H.E.D.(Stellenbosch) AlrikaansMr P. D. M. de Wet Sc.(NataI); H. Dip. Ed. A Mathematics, Computer ScienceMrs J. Fodor M A.(Bucharest) Head 01 French DepartmentMrs J. Hope Jones ...B.Sc.:T.T.H.D.(Witwatersrand) Chemistry. PhysicsMrs P. Jackson ..... .Sc.(Hons)(Natal);H.D.E.(Cape Town) Chemistry, PhysicsMiss M. Kamps T.T.H.D.(J.C.E.);F.D.E. MathematicsMr A. G. Lamont .Sc. (U.P.);F. .E.(C.E.G.A.);H.D.E.(U.P.);M.Ed(U.P.) Head or |.T.Mrs R J. Lees ip.Ed.(Edgewoo , Natal); H.Dip.Ed. (Pietermaritzburg) MathematicsMr G. MacCullu .B.A.(Witwatersrand);B.Ed. (Rand Afrikaans); T.T.H.D.(J.C.E.) English, HistoryMr G. W. Murray B.Sc.(Hons)(Witwatersrand); H. Dip. Ed. (Witwatersrand) , Head oi Biology Department

Mrs |.E. Natrass R 9c: id/.T.T.H.D.;F.D.E. MathematicsMr A. Paton R A.F.A.;H.Dip.Ed. (Wits) ArtMrs J. Hiekert R A.(Potcheststroom):U.O.D.(Afrik.)Mrs N. van Flooyen N.U.E.D.(U.O.) , ZuluMr D. Ryan. ....B.Ed.(Hons)(London) 7 Head ol Mathematics Department

Mr J. Verner . .D.(Flhode B.A.(Hons): B.Ed.(South Africa) Head of History DepartmentMrs E. E. J. Wagner R A.(Pretoria);H.0.D. rAfrikaansMr S. J. Wall R Qr (Human ' iu/,rl.Dip.Ed.(Wits) BiologyMrs Fl. U. Weldon B A.(Natal) Head of Latin DepartmentMs J. Worth R A.( ' .u,,(Hons)(Rhodes); H.E.D.(Wits) English

Library:

College Librarian:Mrs M. E. Reynnld Fl A.F.A.(Natal); H.Dip.Lib.(South Africa)Assistant College Librarian:Mrs J. Branch R A.(U.C.T.)

Music Department:

Director 0/ MusiMrs M. Schafer.

L.R.S.M.(Piano Teaching); L.R.S.M. (Organ Teaching); U.T.L.M.: (Piano Teaching)

Mr N. Sandnes R Mus. (U.C.T.); H. Dip. Ed. (Wits)Mr J. Beukes R Mus. (U. of Cincinnati) PercussionPart time Assistants:Mrs I. J. Wehh R Mus. (Unisa); U.T.L.M.: U.P.L.M. (Piano Teaching)MrA, Owens R A.(Wits); T.T.H.D. Brass InstrumentsMiss D. Williamson T.E.D. (Music Specialisation) - Guitar

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Administrative Sta": Malrons:

Bursar: Collins House:Mr B. G. Mullin (F.C.M.A.) Mrs S. Maritz

Assistant Bursar: Mountstephens House:Mrs J. Goddard Sister A. Stead S.H.N.

Headmaster's Secretary: Ground staff:

Mrs J. BeechEstate Grounds Manager:

Admissions Secretary: Mr R. CoulingMs J. EdmistonSchool s Secretary: Electrical Maintenance Manager:Mrs M. Hall Mr R. Davidson

Bookkeeper: Maintenance Manager:Mrs M. Ponter MrT. Deere

Accounts Clerk: Personnel and Cleaning Services Manager:Mrs J. West Mr W. Semona

Catering: Catering:

Catering Manager: Assistant Catering Manager:Miss H. Oosthuyzen Miss C. Edwards

Administrative and Ground StaffBack Row: Mr R Davldson: Mr R. Couilng, Mr W Semana

Middle Row: Mr J,Ngub9nl1MtSs C Edwards, Miss H Oosthulzen. Mrs J, Edmlsmn, Mr T. DeereFrom Row: Mrs J. West. Mrs M Ponter. Mr B. Mullin'. Mrs M. Hall: Mrs J Beech

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Independent Examinations Board Results 1995(Subjects in brackets indicate distinctions.)

'A' Aggregates

Anon. D.M. (Mathematics: Science: Geography: Additional

Mathematics)Angus. M.H. (Mathematics)Eergmann, A. (Mrikaans)Bergmenn, U. (Mathematics: Geography)Hester. CA. (Atrikaans: Science: Geography)Blck. SM. (Mathematics, Sctenc Iology: French)Davies. MG. (Engitsh: Mathematics. Sctence: Btology, Geography)Du Toll. MP. (Mathemattcs)Egan, M.D. (Mathematics. Sotence . Biology: Additional Mathemallcs)

Fenner, ac. (Btology)Harris, K.P. (Mathemattcs)Heart. C.D.D. (Mathemattns. Science: Hlstory. Geography)Hllbum Ms..1. (Atnkaans; Malhematlcs; Sctence; Biology.Geography Addltlonal Mathemattcs)

(Mathemallcs Sctence arotogy; Aadtttohal Mathematics)(Mathemattcs Btotogy)

Napier, E.L. (Mathematics. Biology: Adutttonat Mathematrcs)Potter. C.H. (Mathematlcs. Scrence. Geography)

Ratcli e. SM. (Mathematics, Science. Btology)Reddy, )1. (Mathematics)Scott, A.M. (Engltsh: Mathematics. Sctence. French. Addillona!Mathematics)Seccombe. .IJ. (Mathematics; Scrence. Geography)Thorpe. MJ. (English, Atrtkaahs; Mathemattcs; Sclence. Biology.Geography. Adamohat Mathematics)11m. s.H. (Engttsh, Atnkaans. Mathemattcs, Sctence- Hlstory)

B Aggregates

Amoils. RJ.

Bullock. DH.Cartel. MS.Davies. Gal. (Mathematlcs)

chkens. RS. (Mathemattcs)Dickson. F.J. (Mathemattcs)Dorter. J.M.T. (Mathematics)

During, MFoaden, RP.

Grayson. L.O.F.Harris, A.N.Jarret. H.L.P. (Mathemattcs)Kent. RCA. (Mathematics)

Klvkwood, D.C.Leonlslnls, S..GMagawan N.D. (English; Mathematics. 5G. )Msklnson, AP

Marnls, B.Mush, J.A.L.McFldmannRJ

MacklerMsldrumSA.IaJ (Biology)Moore. D .Pupnla. 5. (Geography)Putters. NtJ. (Mathematics. S.G.)

Solomon, A.K. (Mathematlcs, S G.)Steel. J.C. (Geography)van der Zoe, R (Biology)

Verlnalk1 ES.Watson. A.H.

wmon. M.J.Wllllle. H

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C' Aggregates

Sallal . D.J.

Croall.GP

Croly. J.Jchkson. AS.Dunne . 5. (Mathematics. 5 G.)Hicktnbotham, W..|.

Harslietd. An].

Jacobs. W.Langevman. GP.Mackenzle, GMacmahon. RJ.

McCarthy. J.M.Molapelo, r.Mottoung. EL.Nel. S.L. (Mathematics. 36.)

Osborne, M.D. (Mathematics, 5 G.)

Parry. RM.Popletl. Ac.ouy. 3.4.Ralph. J.N.Sargent, S.M. (Mathemattcs, so.)Sibanyoni. 0.5.Silcock. Rd.Slighlam~Wearne. WALM.

Stainton. J.D.Strack van Schyndel. M.van den Handel, N.C.

Wallace. RYates, D.B.R.

'D' Aggregates

Bardouleau. M.D.E.

Crew. EA.

Cu ls. B.W.Heston. C. .Linden, SJ.

Ltme. S.M.G.

Mdaka. D.N.Neal. J.M.Nlenaber, RM.

Rue. A.K.

Scale. M.Shaw. 4.110.

Sherman. PH.van Nlokerk. SJ.

Venue. M.P.Wlddell. J.M.Welsh, G.L.

Wllson. EAL

Senior Certificates

Dribble, W.A.Fone . J.J.E.Gene. E.P.

Muballne. K

School Prefects

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College PrefectsBack Row: G Mackenzue.M Ventre_M Caner M During Y RaddyMiddle Row'G Dawesr w Jacobs 5 TremC Heanr s Brck N van den HandeS Sargent

From Row: D Bullockmeputy Head Prelecly Mr D Wylde1HeadmasIerLM ThorpetHead PreVecI),MrH Jansen :3 Morgan

Honours HonoursBack now:G.WeIsn,A Eesxer;M Egan N,Pellers A Dickson.J Seccombers Trerz, M Dawes, s Leomsrnrs. B Warren4m RowzJ Cruly M du TOILS Ralcllrfe,S Lahmen M Hr buln.H Napier,u Bergmannr R Amorrqu Bergmann: P. chksunam Row: R Wallace,R McFadzean,M Wenonr H Nlenaberr L McCarthyP van derZee,P Vermaak,J Marsn,A Hams.R May G. aarcza.M Hams2nd Rows BerLD Acorn R PennancvMurgaan Heanr D Bullockc PotterN MagowanrJ Hams A ScouFront Row: 5 Linden N van den Hanger M Caner v Raddy, M. Thurpe; w Jacobs(3 Davies 5 Sargenm MacMahun

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Guest Speaker: Dr I. PlayerInternational Conservationist

Mr Pitts, I am glad you didn t introduce me

as Gary Players brother. which i am. Imight add. Thank you Mr Pitts. the

Headmaster. Members at siaii. Ladies and

Gentlemen and the boys here this morningMay I rst say that last night i had theprivilege or spending a hit oi time at the

Headmaster s house, in tact I stayed there.and he and his Wile had a dinner party and Ihad the opportunity at meeting some oi the

start and I would like to tell you that I was

enormously impressed wrtn the rapport thatexists between the Headmaster and start,

And I can sense it throughout thls schoolIt s a rare lhlng. l would also like to thank

the cholr this morning I thought they wereabsolutely outstanding.

I ve decided today to depart train the

normal speech and I m going to tell you astory. because stories are always the thingsthat have made mankind move on. There Isa phrase. and I'm not quite sure lrorn whereIt comes. either the Bible or perhaps one oi

the old hymns. But the phrase is: Be Stilland know that I am God " This Story IS

about a lion You see. by the late 1940's. allthe lions In Zululand had been shot out.

There wasn't a single Ilon tn any at thegame reserves. Oi course those at us who

worked there were always hoping that oneday We would get the lions back to becomepart oi that biotic community Then in early1958 when l was transierred irom Lake StLucia to Umtolozi Game reserve one of thegame guards came and told me that a lion

had crossed the Usotho River on the

Mozambique border. This lion started iirsi Olall by going east down towards Kosi Bay.through what is today Thembi GameReserve. and It would kill a beast and then

move on, never coming back to that animalthat li had killed. It reached Kosi Bay andthen turned South and started to go alongthe edge oi Lake Sibaya in that great.beautiful palm vetd and those rolling

tumeda grasslands. again killing a beasthere, killing a beast there. bul never comlng

back to that beast, just keeping goingsouth, As the stories 0' this lion camethrough. you know some oi us began tobecome a little hopetul. thinking thatperhaps this animal was going to comeback into the game reserve. Already the

Zulus had given it a name. they called IiNkasi. the chiei. or the king. Then. alter

about two weeks of travelling. 0! courseeverybody knew it was there but nobodyever saw it. They knew because oi the

beasts that were killed and also because ofthe Spoor. This animal crossed the MkuziRiver and entered Into the Mkuzi Game

Reserve and this was certainly regarded asa iavourable omen because Mkuzi GameReserve was under constant threat oi

Founders' Daydeproclamation and had been since its lirst

proclamation in 1912. The man there.whose name was Sinidela. was wildly

excited that this lion was there. and oi

course he hoped that it would stay. but Itdidn t: it left Mkuli Game Reserve and itcontinued on Its way south. Then it was in

amongst the white cattle ranchers. some oithem. oi course. who had very expensive

beasts By the time It had killed three ortour prize oxen, the iarmers were up In

arms and they gathered in vtgllanies andposses trying to kill it. But it. by this time.had developed an enormous amount 0t

cunning and eventually it ended up in theNduku Duku Forest. Nduku Duku meaning

"to grope" lt was so dark that they couldn tsee through it

Then I knew there was a chance that it

would come into the Umiolozi Game

Reserve. or course with the greatinfrastructure that was around. its

movements were under much closerscrutiny and we had then to do something.

So I asked my lnend Nick Steele, who wasworking with me in the Umiolozi Game

Reserve. to go to Mtuba Mluba and phone

me. to telephone me because tn those dayswe had party lines, and of course anythingthat went on in the Game Reserveseverybody wanted to listen to. He called me

on the telephone and while he was talking ICould hear the clocks chiming and the fowls

and the dogs barking and or courseeverybody was listening. you could lust

hear click, cllck. Click on the line I told himto tell me that the lion had gone south and

had In lacl been seen down at Mlunzlni.Well. that alternoon something like threehundred men in bakkres and reaps and allthe rest oi It. went racing down towardsMtunzini, They got down there in the lateatternoon and some untonunaie donkeycame out at a cane break as it was gettingdark and it was immediately shot bySomething like three hundred rilles But. wehad succeeded in distracting lhelr attentionand the next night the Iron walked rightthrough the middle oi Mtubaluba. (not that

that means anything because Mtuhatubawasn t much at a town.) But, It then stanedgoing west. straight towards the UmloloziGame Heserve. so we got some oi thegame guards just to keep track on II, It took

about ten days tram Mtubaluba to enterwhat is today the Umtolozi Game Reserve.Then it stayed there. and we got to know itsmovements extremely well, It would walkalong the top oi Ngoloto Hlll. then go downto Imbuzana, swtrn across the rIver. a

remarkable Swimmer, and It was Charmed.its lile was charmed because the black

Umtoiozi at that time was tull oi crocodiles.but it was always silent, never roared.no~orte heard any sound irom it. Then early

one morning. Nkomho Makombo Ntombelo.who was my companion. iriend. mentor anda wonderiui Zulu person - we were out on a

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Dr ian Player does his Fish Eagleimitation.

patrol and were sitting on top oi this greatNgdlotui Hlli, where all the Zulu kings usedto Sit. to direct elephant hunts. We were

sitting there waiting ior the sun to risebeiore We moved all and Nkombo was

telling me about the history at the gamereserve. how the hills and the valleys gottheir names. hills like Ntabamanlne, the hill

at our mothers". where the woman used tosit when the men were lighting. hills like

Eetshenteba which is one large stone ontop at another and as the wind blew you

heard Eetshenteba. Eetshenteba and thena baboon barked. (dl Course he loved the

baboonsl. and he could really talk BaboonLanguage. In tact he used to shout back at

them and many years later we used to goon trails he would say what the baboonswere saying He was very. very obsen/anloi the people who were on trail He wouldsay something that the baboon had saidand In actual lact he was relerrlng to one at

the people on the trail Anyway. everythingthat they were doing wrong. he would puton to the baboons that this was what thebaboons were saying. But on this particularmorning I always remember a wonderiulstory that I ve told many times. He said tome very quletly. "Oi course you know thatthe baboons can talk. a little like us and Isaid "Tcha Nkombo. that's not possible. at

course they can t talk like us. "Ah yes hesays, they can". and he said. "They re rustlike us. look at their hands. they ve got livelingers. look at thelr teet they've got twotoes. and they talk Very well." Arid I said."Well. but Why Is It that We. that I don t hear

thom v'" Oh no". he said, "they never talk Inironi oi white people. because it they didthey would make them go to work and paypoll tax,"

But this landscape. this landscape lived iorMkulu. there wasn't a single hill. not a singleriver. not a single stream that didn't havedeep meaning for him. He needed noplaques. no monuments. to record the

history or his people and his own relativesIt was all there. written on the landscape. Ittook me many, many years eventually tosee that land as he did. in a really mystical.spiritual way. It has always been my prayerlhat all at us who live In this country could

actually see the land In which we live In thesame way that that old man used to see It.

We walked many, many thousands orkilometres behind him, but on this particularmorning as we were sitting there and wehad been talking, he had been telling meabout the landscape and about the animals

Suddenly he said In Zulu "Tulal", keepquiet. say nothing. He was so in tune withthat land and what was going on there thathe intuitively knew that something wasgoing to happen He was so empathetic.Arid suddenly that lion

that had come all theway down iromMozamblque roared torthe very lirst time. And I|roared and it roared andit roared and it roaredand he iust stood there.wrth his hands iustgreeting that beast. andthen, as the roaring diedaway. the tish eaglestarted to call. thatwonderful. lyrical.screaming call oi thatblrd ol the Alrlcan rivers

and lakes. whlch reallyrepresents the greatsong at this country. thegreat song or Allica, righthorn Egypt. all the waydown you hear this bird.and In tact I'm almostsure that it is the bird oi

Zimbabwe. It IS lhe tlsh

eagle because everyonewho comes and listens.

hears that bird. Thenway in the tar distance I heard the monkeyschattering. and you know those little greyvervets. they go Tch, Tch . and old Mkulu

looked at me and he didn't have to sayanything Immediately I knew, thosemonkeys had seen the lion and we iust satthere. listening and listening, and llstentng.and then I remembered this line. thlswondertul line' "Be Still and know that I am

God "

Because when you are still, and you canlisten. you can listen in that kind orenvironment. then you know that you arepart 0' the land That IS what we have to do

today. to lake those moments oi quietnessand to listen. It you look at our own religion.the Chnstlan Religion, and you read thebooks or TE, Lawrence. or Lawrence 0tArabia". as he was Called, there you see the

value of silence. He talks at something liketwenty, thirty thousand prophets who wentout into the desert because the laith oi the

town was impossible. and it was in thedesert that they saw. that they got theirvisions. So attuned were they to the

sounds, that the shrill call at a hat was tooloud. He talks too, or a story at a prince orthe border who built a great castle inRoman times in the Syrian Desert let hiswile. ldr his bride. and Lawrence was taken

to this castle. which was now a crumblingmm, by one or his companions, a mancalled Da'hum. Da hum led him lrom roomto room and made him smell the walls andsaid, "This one is rose and this one is

iasmine " Eventually he took him to thegreat open socket or an old turret windowand he said, "stand here and smell , andthere was lhis long wind that had sianed at

the Euphraytes and rolled over the desertand the dry grass and Da'hum said to him,"This is the greatest scent at all, because ilhas no taste."

Dr Player opens the new Environmental Centre

So It is with silence. because it is in silencethat there Is no taste but we hear the Inner

voice Today there are very low places thatwe can go to hear the silence. in tact It'sonly in the National Parks and the gameresenres that this has now becomepossible I can tell you train the personalexperience at having taken out somethinglike three thousand people on wildernesstrails into Umioiozi and Lake St LUCla. thatthe hearing or modern man has beenseriously atiected by motor cars. byairplanes, by tack hammers and by music enot the beautiiul music that we heard thismorning. put by that loud. crashingcacophony which is drumming in on uponthe ears. it has taken me sometimes up tothree to tour days belore i can make peopledilierentiate the dittorent sounds. i canremember on more than one occasion,sitting at the tire with a group oi people andsome at them so busy talking and theirhearing so allected, that they couldn t hearthe lions calling three hundred metresaway, I had to teach them to listen to the

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dittererice between the call or a Bateleur ora Martial Eagle or a Crowned Eagle and aNatal Robin or a Whlle thmated Ftobln t

was born in thls town. In tact bum on theRobinson Deep, and one or my very earlymemories 0! after having left the RobinsonDeep was living in Kew in Lyndhursl. whichat that time was a wondertul place in the1930 s. where we were surrounded by larrrt

dams and Portuguese and Italianimmigrants. Those dams had all the kindsOi blrds, the Waders arid the Red and the

Yellow eishop birds. but the thing that Iremember most or all was that at night, oibeing able to lie In my bed and listen to thetrogs, to that chorus oi liogs. that wondertuirolling chorus that one would start and it

would iust go on and on and on, I wentthere the other day. and I couldn t

recognise the place, I sat there inthe evening waiting perhaps lustto hear those trogs again and inever heard one And as C G,

Jung said. We have lost a world

that once pulsed With our bloodand breathed with our breath, I

remember too. when i came backlmrn the Second World War.

walking down West Slreet inDurban near the Clly Hall, I heard

a Fish Eagle calling in the sky thatI ve described to you. thatwondertul call, and at the same

time in the pay a tug was blastingout Its mourntul call, and the two

Ol them meldedl these two calls

melded in the sky above me, soquiet was that city at that time.and when they had linlshed therewas a little Natal Robin In the City

Gardens on the other slde ol theCity Hall. which lmttated the

Flsh~Eagle and the call Ol the tug

Today that is an impossibility. Andso. in trils difficulty in listening to

the earth speaking to us again. wehave divorced ourselves lrom some veryancient and important rhythms or the earth.

And Attica is a very special place. "Chi theArab Said, "Once you have drunk the

waters or Atrlca you must relum to haveyour tillvthere at". and the Romans perhaps

put it even better With their, Ex MricaSempel Altqutd Novt. Out oi Attica always

something new." But it is our duty. and it isthe duty of those young people who arehere today. to ensure that the Wild Alrica,

that our parents and our grandparents and

our greatagrandpalents and all the peopleat this Country once knew. that much at it iskept lor those who come after us And that

is why the light tor the National Parks andthe game reserves, and in particular thisgreat light that is still going on tor theGreater St Lucra Wetland Park. is so

important. because it Is in there that we Willbe able to sll and hear the inner voice and

to know. Be Still and know that I am God.

Thank you tor your patience.

Collegiate Headmistress, Mrs A. van Zyl's Address to the College

Thank you for your warm welcome todayand throughout this year as l have leamt to

manoevre around a boy's school.

St Stithians. a boy's school with a greattradition: Dl excellence in the classroom

and on tha sponslield where teamscompete in other countries.

Many ask why change something that is so

good? Answer - to make it even better!

Although based on the St Andrews / D.S,G.

model In Grahamstown this Is the tirst time

a girls schools has been lounded to standalongsrde an existing boys' school. What achallenge that is lor us to succeed » and for

you as a school.

Why did you come to Satnts? For some it

was your parents desire, others have beenhere Since Std a or even (mm the Grades

All wanted a boys school.

What makes a boys school so special? Therugby results: the camaraderie, the things

you do together: the laughs tn class; the tun

at camps. the team practices: the Jokes. theteeling ol pride when individuals or groupssucceed: the ceremonies. the traditionsNONE oi that wlll Change Girls (eel the

same way about their school At a singlesex school you have every opportunity to

tulfll potential as an indiVlduai. But what areyou mlSSIng7 The opportunity to get toknow girls as HUMAN BEINGS. not just as

birds. conquests, the opposite sex.Competltlon, out as real peoplel

Mrs Anne van Zyl with one of herfounder pupils

This will be an advantage in real lite and theworkplace, where you have to lNTEFtACTas people. What are we. at the Collegiate

planning? What will next year so like? Iknow some ol the answers, the rest are upto you. There will be two hundred seniorgirls. three hundred junlor girls, We willoccupy the budding on the lar side at therugby lield - due tor completion in

November. Teachers hunt the Collegiatewill teach tn the College and some from the

College wtll teach at the Collegiate - it theywant to! Whatever happens teachers lrornthe schools will meet. talk and discuss

prolessional matters and you. the College.

will be the winners We will have a CO-ordlnated timetable i,e. begln and and

school at the same time, but breaks will beat dillerenl times. Yes, there will be a fewmixed classes at the senior level where

small numbers make this a sensible route

to lollow

No. the girls will not be Invadlng theclassrooms, but yes. they will use yourlibrary A and you may use ours it the needarises. We will, however. have the schools

linked by internal computer network andthere is always the pnsslbillty or E-Mail

What about interaction between the pupilsol the two schools? While the teachers mayhave ideas about meeting each other. youwill have to decide how much Interactionyou want We are old lashioned enough notto push ourselves torwaro. We Will wait untilthe Debating Club, or Pt-Society invite us tovisit or roin them We will have our ownHouse Plays. qulzzes and public speaking.out. hopetully school plays. an: musicalaCtIVites will beneltt lrom having our girlsthere,

I notice inter-school cross country eventsbeing run. We would like to be part at that.Yes. our sport Will be separate. but we will

share the ioys ol your victories and be thereto suppon you when you need us tn

adversity.

The iaciltlias - why should we share themyou ask? I think you will agree with me thatwhile the 80': were the "me . setlish era,

the 90's has a new leel. "Sharing is in"iracial equality. gender equality. and realcaring lor others are now not onlyacceptable, but obligatory. St Stithians Wllihave the chance to produce men andwomen who will go out into a changingworld better prepared as they will have hadthe chance to respect each other asIndividuals, as real humans,

What are the real skllls requtred tor the next

millenium7 Not six distinctions Not the

ability to remember content, But you willneed interpersonal skills, The ability tocommunicate. to listen. to be llexlble tochange I salute those In these schools who

had the courage to propose such a radicalidea as a girls school on a boys' campus Ichallenge you. the boys at St Stithians. tosee the future as being the best at bothworlds , you will attend a monastic schoolon a co-ed campus. The Collegiate wtll

bring credit to St Stithlans.

Flhally when you meet om Boys whoquestion what ts happening. l Challenge youto reply. but we are still the best anti It sgomg to gel betterl" We are all in lor anexctting and challenging time.

Thank you.

A View a/ the nearly complete Collegiate

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The Headmaster's

Repon

Mr Chairman. honoured guests. ladies andgentlemen.

As we look around the liali this morning,there are so many iriends that they are toomany to be named lndlvldually, but I wouldlike to mention Peter Wieselihaler who isstanding at the back or the gallery in hisblue blazer He has been on his back intraction. but came especially this mornlng tosee one or his triends get a prize Good tosee you. Peter.

This report or 1995 has been challenging.Part or the challenge lies in the sense ordisorientation that being away tor a term inthe year gives , a leave lor which ingridand l wlll be ever gratelui to the Council,This disoneniation started at the Boardersdance early this term. lust alter our return,We arrived beiore 7.30 as invited; at 9o clock, a Senior boy arrived, with glrltrlenda iew steps behind and to the right, Thephrase is. "appropriately late" He wasdressed in a big black overcoat, done up. adark. black shin. and, in thls era or shavenheads, he had long hair. He had anincredibly smooth. student look about hlm.There may have been an earring, but I can'tremember. I had glimpsed one earlier onthe most unlikely boy lat a Boarders' dance.and aiil which also made me think we werestill in Australia. Anyway. I turned to ingridand said, "Dldn t that boy leave last yeari".and she replied. "No. that's WarrenDrabble

The Second dittlculty is that so much

changes so last. and not Just on the StStithlans campus, It was dlttlcult to tell

people in Austraila what was happening inSouth Atrlca because one tell out 0' touch

alter six weeks There is a story told aboutAlbert Einstein. who was an academicteacher as well as researcher or such greattame When he handed out the same examquestion paper as he had the prevtous yearend to tits students one of his

conscientious. ef cient but dull colleaguespulled him up and painted out his error.You ve given them exactly the same

questions as last year . he said "I know,"

Einstein replied. But I have since changedthe answers

1995 has been an explosion at activity at

Saints, 1995 was the year or two greatschoolmasters; the year that Mr HendrikJansen was acting Headmaster and ran the

College so ably, and with such distinctionand Wisdom. in the Second Term, the same

term that Mr Ken Hovelmeier reached hiscentury 7 having taught at St Stilhians

Speech Day

College ior loo terms, Coincidentaily. 1995was also the 25th anniversary ol the PenrynMarathon. What a great race these threehave run.

l995 was the year or the possibility 0t

estabitshing a bushWelgevonden Game Reserve; or 7 dlrlerentschool camps, and 5 expeditions bydillereni SOCIelIeS track climbing. Blrd club.Darwinian. Wildllle. Fly Fishing): 4 overseastours. hockey. tennis. rugby. and the lirstcultural society overseas tour by the Dukes.ably led this year by Nicholas Potters: Gapstudents lrom Saints 2 to England, 3 toAustralia. l to New Zealand. 1 RotaryExchange to Japan. I to Miami. (Mahalaneshould be so lucky) the global village hasarrived 1995 was the year or two matortheatrical productions and a muslcal with

Brescia, two French evenings. BestSpeaker competition. Interrltouse music.drama. debates and the year that initiated aJunior Production. mini United Nations

debates: singing with the Welsh Male VoiceCholr . a Junior Chess team in the league aswell as two in the Senior league: the

Wallace Thompson memonal lecture and avery actlve Jazz Band. It was the year or aboys in the Top 100 oi the Maths Olympiadtour highest ever); medals in the ScienceExpo. a position in the Top 15 or theScience Olympiad. English Olympiad. aridthe Atrlkaans Olympiad. Provrncialselections in hockey, rowing. waterpolo.squash. Crlcket, South African Schools

in Cricket (2),Hockey ltl. Squash l5) Rob MacFadzeanas Captain ol SA Schools U19. Rowing (2);vistts of Cricket teams trom Barbados and

Sydney. and the introduction oi the Hukkaat Salnts. The details are in yout lolders,

1995 was the year Dr Player opened onFounders' Day a with the help at theWetland Choir , the Environmental Centre,

5 teaching spaces. linked in an imaginativearrangement to the existing Biologylaboratories: and the renewal 0 two OldBiology laboratories and one Sciencelaboraiory into light. large. modern teachingspaces; the installation or the networkbackbone lrom College to Prep, andCollegiate; the arrival at Internet and E-

Mail. the rise or a lull pipe organ in theChapel: the grassing or the upper, middle

and lower tlelds; the dam lull ml water andfish1the building at the bird hide an Action

Day: the planting or indigenous trees in thedams vacini ,b,reedirig or is species olbird around the dam and at bush babiesaround the properby: a lull recyclingprogramme and a ballroom dancing course

1995 was the year that initiated the busservice. ol 3 E.E. (Saints EnterpriseEducation) A which translormed the Chapelquad into a bazaar as Std o in Term 2. and

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Mr D. Wylde

Std 95 in Term 3. learnt the joys andclitlicuilies or making money, and mostclients red well on steak or pizza or tudgeThe slalt s wrnd vehicle beat the Std 7 s tnD & T. the Maine dinner was held on thecampus tor the lust time. the Penryn cyclerun: Penryn College. now up to Std 3. heldits lirsi Founders Day. 1995 was thesecond consecutive year that a boy ot theCollege was awarded a Comwail Duke torbravery. and the apoorntment or our tirstBlack Head Pretect.

As ll this actiwhy. dynamism. Vitality andopportunity was not enough. we built theCollegiate in less. nestling into theleft hand side at the valley as you enter thegrounds. in its use or space,looking as it it had always been there. Wealso welcomed our first girls into Grade 0and up to Std 1 and next year 500 gins tromGrade 0 to Std 9.

A weak kneed Headmaster might havenightmares about this. imagining in his

nightmare the two end on end. or mgbytrelds, Baytopp and Jamteson. beginning to

shrink as girls and boys get close to oneanother Or the gyratrng bodies and moving

ltghts 0' a social with "All tor One" onJamleson. and "z 2 Top" on Baytopp, Butsuch a pathetic Headmaster should take

solace item the take about Paradise. Godplaced a teenage boy called Adam in theGarden at Eden and a teenage girl calledEve. and gave them certain instructions.and God tailed (or course. God did not get

It wrong. man did. and the Garden at Edenis really about treedom oi choice).

The only similarity wrth this story and SaintsCollages is that Saints Colleges is rapidly

developing into a kind or Garden or Eden as

we bring back the grass and the trees. andour vision takes shape or a place ofconstructive activrty. lrorn gins hockey onthe middle and lower lields. 3 Prep.

lisherman casting on the dam. polo in thepool. the College llelds full of cricket on E

Saturday, cricket all the way down to theOld Boys with the Prep. covered with littlewhite clad gures and the Mums in thetuckshop smiling. And, at course. duringthe winter. ditlerent games During theweek. boys on one side at the valley andgirls on the other. working ettectively inwhat is going to he the most vital. toytul.monastic complex imaginable.

The tacts ol the year tell or a llurry otactivtty, an explosion rather like the countrywe live in, and when the dust settles. wewill know that we've moved on a little butthe thing itselt has remained the same.

Jean Baptiste wrote these tamous words in1349:

Plus t'a Change, plus C est la rnée chose(The more It changes. the more it is the

same thing),

lVou're good. you can tell l didn t do Frenchat school 7 that's why one marries a witettThe more it changes. the more it becomeslike itselt What this report would like toshow is that. despite all the lturry otchanges on the ground at Saints. thesechanges are really superticial compared tothe two tundamental shirts that may takeplace in quality education over the next 20years worldwide. and to show that despiteeven those changes. we are actually goingto move to where our vision started. "liberaleducation with Christian teaching". an eract greater understanding ot the moral codect our society. We ll move towards the soulAnd tor those at us oontused by this this ischaos theory. and it means that the waythings happen is by growth interaction.decay but they become more themselves inthe process

The tirst change is this

St suthians is becoming much more alearning organisation and much less ateaching organisation. This is not tuslCASE Cognitive acceleration throughScience education land it rather amusedme that the Australians. wlth all theirexpertise. were quite in awe oi MichaelShayer, who visited Saints last year). notthe most wondertul Consultative leadershlp

that Michael Thorpe and his pretectsundertook in putting the Saints Honour inplace this year: a real example at the powerof the bottom~up approach. It Is becauseeducational research is understandingmuch better how teaman takes place andwe are locusing on that understanding. Intact, the luture Is 90th lo dlvlde schoolsinto those which are teaming organisation.people centred, pupil centred, principlecentred. inclusive Instill lons that emphasisteamwork and communication (the new

chaos theory cit teaching), and those thatremain teaching organisations.

Meeting Pratessor John Edwards at theSecond World Convention at the

lntemational Conlederatlon ot Pllnclpals inSydney was a great moment.presently sworkoing with David Perklns ost"Smart at Haarvaard JohnEdwards srcehsearch method is to aim twocameras. one at the teacher. and one at thepupil. and then analyse what this tells himby asking the pupil questions atterwards,It s called illuminattve research.

Mrs Reynolds, Mr Walls and myselt used

this method. picked on one unlortunate boycalled Stuart 7 the sort ol straight up anddown. torthright. Saints boy theHeadmaster is happy to work his butt on tor, and set up two cameras, one lacing himand one lacing the teacher,

The suhiect ot the lesson was the humanskeleton. and in particular the vertebra andhow it tuncltcns. Alter a while the teacherbegan to relax and so did the boys. and bythe end at the lesson they were quiteoblivious ol the cameras. Alterwards, weran the two titms in sync so we could seewhat the boy was doing at the time that theteacher was doing something else. likewriting on the whiteboard or explainingsomething And we stopped the trim andasked Stuart: "What were you lhll tktng 7"(I'd also told him that there were no rightanswers. we test wanted to get into hishead). He might have been shaking hisTippex, ("Well. sir. I d made a mistake onmy worksheetl. picking up his pens ("Weltnothing. sir. just l iddting l. moving on hisbackside (Well, sir. have you ever set onthe chairs in the Biology Lab "l tt'm makingthis up): or moving his head in rotationBingol That particular action was a mostinteresting one The subiect was thevertebral column. the teacher was talkingabout the way in which the bones on theneck vertebrae in together. and Stuart rolledhis head. We stopped the tape and askedwhat he was thinking at that moment.talking ct these bones. he replied l rotatedmy head to explain it better to myselt in mymind It's like you can visualise it a bitbetter. what the actual peg could do Herehe d given an answer that explains one otthe tundamental concepts ot learningtheory. that we understand by owning anddoing. making it our own He had literallyabsorbed the knowledge down into his ownneck vertebrae by checking theirmovements,

0n the tape again. he started liddltng wtthhIS pens. and as we watched, he started tolook dazed. We stopped the tape iasked. What are ynu thinklng'"I was thinking about Christopher Reeves.

llhe actorl. who broke hls neck quite badly.and I was watching a documentary over theWeekend Sit", A second lundamental pom!ot learning theory you bring lrom yourexperience something that you alreadyknow. and you hang on to it. like hooks,your new discovery 0! knowledge. hence

the importance 0! background reading.good television watching. having

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lntorrnaltve lrtps to the sea or hikes in the

mountain or tours overseas.

He then scratched himsell because at a cuthe had, that started to itch. and he cameout ot his reverie, "Dld you hear what theteacher was saying during this Ilme " |asked, His reply. I remembered everythingI needed to. or I could." Again. a veryptctound comment. We do only learn whatwe want to learn or what we perceive to benecessary to us. the rest we tend to shutout. and there are some very protoundconclusions that we can draw item that onthe way we teach Let's have a perceptioncheck. Please turn to the person sittingnext to you and discuss whether thesethree points are valid in your experience:you team what you want to learn, you haveto own it to know it. you build yourknowledge on your past experience,

0t course. this kind or tnlormatlon Isn t newbut it will change the way we conductlessons as it becomes more researchedand current Because many teachers haveknown this and used it. it would be wrong tothink that St Sllthlans is going to go throughany radical change or become an entirelychildecentred teaming organisation. Wewill not lose the Importance ot teaching.and that sometimes lessons have to belearnt. whether willingly or not

For example. it there are boys playing gcllnear or on the cricket pitch with aneightrlron. and the Headmaster shouts atthem across the lleld, HGel alt, you re

Ian Broakhutzen with theMear's Trophy - for one a! theteams with the best SportingRecord.

making divots", they will tend to wave backbecaus they haven't heard properly,saying. No, we re tine. Sir. and we hopeyou re having a stressiass day too".However, il the Headmaster walks over to

them and enters their body space. (atechnique teachers use in the classroomwhen a boy s reverie is not aboutCnnstopher Reeves but his youngestdaughter. it he has onei and places hishand lightly on the boy s scruii oi his neck(we're talking Std Es), Illts him a little oil the

ground. and says something the Nowlisten, my china. another divol here and I'llwring your neck". the boy tends to learn thelesson, even though he didn't wanl to. Hetends never to make a divot on the rugby

lield again. and some have been known togive up golt altogether.

Educational theory is always a pendulum,and only a tool takes the newest trend and

swings way out. only to rind himselt out ona limb in to years time , only a tool or anAmerican (This, at course, is a grossgeneralisation. and untrue ol all Americansii is merely illustrating the point) Theyimposed a teaching stnicture on Japan in1945i and In 1989 a new education Bill InJapan tried to change things The Heads ispoke to in Japan are desperate to try andintroduce a more interactive system in theirclassrooms, to introduce lateral thinkingand creative thinkers, Their economy

needs inventiveness. They would love

Saints; they would be mind blown bySaints. Uniortunateiy. they are unlikely tosee it because my Japanese is signiricanttyworse than my non existent French We renot world leaders in creativity andInteraction at Saints. but it would be true

that we re ngrit in the game and up wrth thebest thinking in this regard. But, before anypresumption moves in. as I said to theboys, the lesson we need to learn lromJapan is how we make diligence a virtueand not an option in our culture, and that isgoing to take more thought than the lastweeks have allowed.

The tirsi mayor change we are seeing atSaints is the shift truth a teachingorganisation to a learning organisation.

The second is more epochernaking.

0n 9 August at 230 pm, sitting in theDarling Harbour at the 2nd WorldConvention or the International

Coniederaiion oi Principals. listening toDate Spender, I think I had something at aPauline conversion, I began to understandthat we're not talking about computers but awhole mindset change in the way we ll

create iniormation, who will haveknowledge. who will have authorship DaleSpender drew this very simple metaphorthat we are at the same point in history thatthe monks were when they moved trommanuscript culture to print culture. Shesaid. "The monks had all the knowledgeand they interpreted the scriptures the

monks decided who would learn and how it

would be learnt, But, as more people couldread. they could go oft and read and findout tor themselves. the monks weren l

needed much, those students gaing tosecular universities were setting on in adirection that the monks couldn t tollowm .7

Monks protested that those who werelearning lroiri books weren t engaged inproper intellectual pursuits, Books were

nothing but a diversion, a torrrl oientertainment. that would corrupt andreduce the mental capacity oi society "

We are at the same point. because we aremoving irom print culture to cyber culture.Digitaiized intormation is in our houses70% or our Std 55 have access tOi or own,their own computers These boys can be

the authors or their own knowledge. The

virtual classroom wtll change the pattern oiour day and year. looking down the track alittle. There isn't time to go into this here,

but two concluSions can be drawn.Firstly, our whole value system isapparently going to be threatened bycybereporn and cyber sex and millions orindividuals suiting the net iorsettegratiiication. greed. or to cheat. thatlire-curtains and passwords are there to bebroken. This is what the lrlghtened monks

ct today think. However, paradoxically, Ibelieve with a rising sense or excitement.that there is going to be a kind oi moralrearmament. a revisiting oi what is right andwhat is wrong. a reaitlrmatlon ol theabsolutes or love. laith. loyalty, honesty.sell control. I say this trom my coniidencein the youth oi tomorrow. and particularlythe youth at South Alrlca and the youth 0'

Saints (we could be world leaders in this],Because out or the moral despair thatcyber culture may bring, moral aosoiutesare going to be taken on board byeveryone. but at a younger and youngerage, because the need to make decisionsabout what is right and wrong is going tooccur at ever earlier ages. And, as acolleague, Colln Black ol CamberwsllGrammar put it. schools are going tobecome the (allout shelters tor the lack oimoral direction In the world around us. lagree with this, but think also that while

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schools may till a greater custodial iunction,the really eliective children are going tocome irom those tarnilres whose parentscan say "No". and mean It.

Secondly. the role or the teacher is going to

change.

Dale Spender describes this elegantly:

"Teachers are not going to be theiniormallon experts oi the iuture. Rather,they wrll be resouroes: individuals who have

judgement. wisdom, discernment, whichthey can bring to the lnlormation accessing

and processing that the students will be

doing

All this is quite luturisiic. and we ve got tolake It one step at a lime, Firstly. we arenot going to go out and buy endlesshardware. nor do we expect parents to do

the same. but, alter many meetings withstall. we ve decided to set up a prerect teamwho will set goals. so that they can iirstprove to themselves whether we can makelearning more ettective with laptops. oelorewe recommend purchastng to anyone elseThis protect team will only complete its wontsome time next year,

The Chlldvcentred organisation will also

demand more structure from stall andcommitment irom boys. We are developinga system whereby some members or staffwill become peer group directors and beresponsible tor a boy lrom berore hisenrolment to alter he leaves Matnc, Wewant to strengthen the vertical relations that

happen in the Houses between peer groupsby developing peer counselling and peermediation Skills so that we shall weave acaring mesh that will make It impossible l0!

an Indlvldual to tilt through without hiscoming into contact with someone who cart

listen to him. reattiim right values and helphim make decisions Out all this thinking

Wlll emerge new sons or studentrepresentation. more elrective than in thepast

I can t wait tor next year.

A well known and great Victorian

Headmaster oi Rugby. was purported tohave said that a school can suM ve a bad

Headmaster. but it cannot survtve a badarchitect. We can honestly say that wehave a great architect and the key elementsat the Collegiate design a central admin.block leading to Collegiate and Juniortogether, not stretched out like Prep, andCollege, large classrooms that are light andairy: toilets positioned to create day houses;

each classroom with an cities like atPenryri: quadrangular design: compact and

not sprawling over our wonderiui grounds.are there for all to see. And when you're

old and look back on t995, you ll say "l wasthere when they built the Collegiate." From

this platform, we salute you, Bill Carter andare grateful for your brilliance.

WE owe a real debt of gratltude [0 Mike

Wylte, engtneer and entrepreneur. who hasput in the upper mrddle and lower lleld,built the dam and sorted 0U! lhe road

system. Mike Wylie gets thrngs done.controls spending, and we're gralelul to

him.

Mrs Mltzr Venn. who has helped us wrthlocal o tclaldom to gel the Peler Placeentrance open, and has been or greatassistance In our case agarnst the Pwva.as has Mr Johann Strauss. our thanks.

Mr and Mrs Paddy Moore go on a year sexchange to Melbourne and we shallwelcome Mr Stuart Glascott and ms wrlenext year to therr place Mr Jahn Beukeswrll be leavrng the permanent stall outrematrrrng on pan-lrme to lead the JazzBand He s done good work there MrsLrsa Bennlng (Englrshl wrll not he leavrngus out movtng to the Colleglale. Mrs CarynMulder lCeographyl wrll remarn tn theCollege out teach hall her trrnetahle tn theCollegrate, We thank them both lor therrenthusiasm and proressrohalrsm MrsDlana Loubser leaves to take up the Heador Brology department at Ferndale l-lrghSchool and our best wtshes and gratrtudelor thrs past year go wrth her Mr Paul deWet. alter 2 years to the Maths Depanmentwhere he has done the work ol lrve, tn themany actrvrtres ln the College whrch he hassupooned or rnrlrated. returns to hrs oldschool Hrlton We wrsh hrm and WrnsomehaDPyl lamrly years ahead and wlll all watchhrs career wrth rnterest Mrs lngrld Nattrassleaves alter a years In the MathsDepartment. Always prolesslonal. alwaysvlgllanl. she has matnlarned her standards.and we thank her srnoerely lor her yearshere. and lor the eltorts she has put rntothe Matrrc ornner tn the past. and hersupport at Chapel servtces Mrs FaultneJackson wlll complete her Matrrc teachrngtn the College next year, ulnerwrse she wrllmove to the Collegrate, Thrs ls notgoodbye. hut gratltude tor her 8 years tn theSclence Department. her talent lor gettrngboys to Work her care ol them, and herrnvolvemeht tn the Flowing ClubThanklully. we re gorng to see lots more orher

Thank you to the Bursar and hrs start. andto the secretanal stall. who have taken onmuch extra work wlth the arrlval ot theCollegtate; to the slatt tn the kitchens and tothe matron and stster ln the BoardlngHouses, and to the Estate Manager and hrsstall All these areas ol the College arevery prolessronally managed

Thanks to those who look alter the gardensin Prep, and College, and lot Mrs Paulrnechksorl's vrslon and hard work at theCollegrate grounds

Mrs Margie Hall leaves to beHeadmlstress s secretary at SI Mary's A awell deserved prumollon We mank her lnr

her abllily to do slx thrhgs at once tn theollrce and still smrle. and partlcularly torgorng the extra mrle lor the stall and theRugby Festrval

Jo Beech leaves lor Cape Town | wlsh lcould rrse to sayrng Here s looktng at you.kld . ln a Bogardlan volce. wrth a Frenchaccent The whole Salnts lamlly, andparticularly those who have known you,would joln rne tn wlshlng you well Von wrllbe long remembered here Jo I could nothave worked wllh a pellet secretary. nor alovetrer person

We shall welcome as receptronrst/secretarynext year Mrs Klrsly Davles. whosehusband has moved lrom Welkorn whereshe was Headmaster s Secretary at StAndrew s. Headmaster s Secrelary elect tsMrs Beverley Johnson. htstory graduateand experrenoed PA

Thank you to the ladres who havebeaulllled the Chapel and the Hall. led byMrs Talevr and Mrs Flnnemore To theCharrntan ol the PA, John Ralph, lor hrseltectlve leadershrp, and to hls hardworkrngcornmlttee. our grattlude lor an outstandlngyear To Claudta chksort. MrnetteHoldswonh and the Tuckshop ladles -thank you. and thank you tor havrng hadsuch a balanced approach to the needs olmakrng the tuckshop vrable and devoloprngthe boys' educatlon Thank you to ErlchkaBlck, Lynne Spence and all the motherswho support the teaemakrng. preparlngservtng lor mornrng and evenrng lunctton .to Mrs Janet Kennedy and her Ieam. whoCarllrlbule annually to the Bursary Fundlrom the sale ol |umhle. and to Sue Forderwho has taken over trom Sally Nrenaoer lnrunnlng the secondehand clothlng shop soellrclently and erlectrvely

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My thanks to your Councrl who gutde wrthwrsdom, to the Counctl Execullve ot MessrsFloy Andersen. Btll Caner. Peter Laourn tanMackenzre Roy McAllrster and Mrke Wylle.who make declsrons , and there are sometough ones together wlth John Lees. andour thanks to mm and hrs stall tor a llneyear In the Prep. and managlng rtsexpanslon so well. together wrth Anne vanZyl. who has had an excrllng andexhausltng year. The start up or theCollegrate could not have been managedhalter and our gratrtude |o you. Anne andMr Henhle Jansen wrse counsellor andloyal servant or thrs College

Our thanks lo the Headmaster s Execullve- [he Chaplain Mlke Rubens. Ian

McLachlarl, Hennle Jansen and Ken

Hovelmeler

And to the prelects Mtchael Thorpe hasbeen an outstandlng Head Prelect andthere are many reasons [or that. but theone whrch rs most stgnrlrcant to my way otthlnklng, ls conlatned lo a comntent hemade to me when we were revtewrng theyear He sard, Al the end at the lrrst term |lelt I d ltke to go on dolng what I was dolnglor the rest or my lrle " Mtchael Thorpe wasa great Head Preleot because he saw valuetn the acerlty ttselt, not to please anyonewho rnrghl pe watchrng or sconng There rsa great lesson ll l that lot all asprrantleaders, My thanks to the Matrrcs too, whohave proved lrne role models overall

My thanks to the boys ot the Collegestncere. commrtled, pamctpants all ol them.who love therr College and are rntenselyloyal My thanks to them torencouragement and altectlon lor my son.Ruben, durlng I lls lrme ln the College.There s a great tolerance that allows

Chlldrah DI Sta" to benelll lrom. and give tothe College - Craig Heen. protect this year.being a line example at one. Children oistatt go through the College withoutprivilege or prejudice. and that says muchtor the obteclivity cit slatt and boys.

Finally. to like to ask you to ralse yourhands in answer to this question

It you intend. or woulo like. to go intoteaching as a career. or intend toencourage your sort to go into teaching,

please would you raise your right hand.

Nine On behalt ot a great Stall. who. llkemyselt. are not pertecl. and by way at

saying thank you to them. I d like to makethis plea Vou who are eltective andcommitted members at our society. takevery very seriously the tailing morale oiteachers in government schools. We canrest easy at the moment when we look atour new recruits tor next year

David Jackson. aged 23 Read Economicsand Geography at Cambnoge. where hegot his Rugby Blue His Headmaster wasvery loath to let him go. He s going to be avery good man.

John Knight. aged 37, Worcester college.Oxtord (my old College). Housemaster atChanerhouse. Reao Engineerlng andMaths Blues tor Cricket and Squash

Peter Wright. aged 27 B Sc 1 ChemistryA Maths. Hons in Chemistry in Education: a

young man totally enthusiastic andcommitted to the teaching at his subiect,Presently at Greensioe.

Craig Hean and Michael Thorpewith some of the many prizes theywort.

Glenda Chldrawi , presently at ParktownGlrls'. Mr Murray's contemporary, and ratedby her colleagues as the best aioiogyteacher in town

Luke Hanley. 25 years old: Springbok

oarsrnan and recently quaiilred inGeography lrom Rhodes University.

Frank humboii a 27 today. one at the beststudent teachers that wits. have had in thelast ten years Bubbling enthusiasm. toit olideas and says he can t wait to get to StStithians lrorri ciawtoro.

And two cadets ~ Musa Mthembu and

Henry Nkosi - who will leach in tandemwith our Heads of Maths and SclenceYoung men or promise. who will absorb theethos and work Ethic. and offer to theCollege. and allow us to begin to make a

contribution to the greater teaching corpsWe can rest easy now. and congratulateourselves on our ability to attract qualitystall. and we know who else was competinglet them. but such a stance is complacentThe pool is getting smaller. Nothing. notthe violence that can be controlled with a

Will. the economy that can be managed With

a national strategy. nothing. is going tothreaten to bring down the country quickerthan our lack ot commitment to theTeaching Prclesslon, We want the best tor

our child. the most responsible. wise.balanced. moral teacher. but we never lt tll'tk

at encouraging our sons to go into theprotession. We only have to see thereverence paid to teaching in Japan arro toeducation (there are 07 univer5lties andteniary institutions in Tokyo alone) and therespect paid to teachers in Germany. torealise that unless we take this profession

seriously. we won't come close to their

economic growth and. even worse. wemight all have to pack tor Perth

I sometimes think. in my winter moments. ityou gave me Michael Thorpe and thisyear s Matric group and gave us all twoyears salary. we could together, in thattimespan, place many schools tn this

country. presently dystunctionat. back ontheir laet We need the values andcommitment of the boys of \hls College in

the Teaching Protesslon. We can't live with

our heads in the sand This is our nationand we can build It.

Sir. lorglve this outburst. but it is a way at

saying to our stall that they are great andare doing a great too. i shall sit down nowWith a comment tram George BemaroShaw. who is talking about lite. but his

sentiments ietlect the way I teei. He says:

This is the true toy in lite - that or beingused for a purpose recognized by yourseltas a mighty one. That ot being a torce atnature. instead at a tevensh. selllsh littleclod oi ailments and grievancescomplalnlng that the world will not devote

itselt to making you happy. I am at theopinion that my tile belongs to the wholecommunity and as long as i live it is myprivilege to do tor it whatever I can I wantto be thoroughly used up when I die. Forthe herderl work. the more I live. | retalcein lite tor its own sake Lite is not a brlet

candle to me '5 a sort nl splendid torchwhich I've got to note up tor the momentand I want to make it burn as brightly aspossible batore handing it on to tuturegenerations."

It's been a pnvrlege to serve you. sir. yourCouncrl and this College in 1995

Dec/an Bullock makes his wayfrom the stage.

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Guest of Honour : Mr Colin HallChief Executive Officer -Wooltru Group

Vou have honoured me by asking me to

attend let alone speak at your Speech Dayand I am almost bowed down. but not quite.

by your expectations or me over the nextfew minutes.

Speakers are wise to remember ihe

concept oi span 0! concentration. whichteachers and schools seem to have

lorgotten somewhat. Every opportunity theyhave to tesi your concentration is at least

lony minutes long and they talk right upuntil the bell rings while I have been

allocated somewhat less than hell an hour!When you are tired make a noise like a hell

or take a call on your cellular phone and I'll

stop!

We are gathered here today to celebrate

success » you could almost call it masssuccess looking ai all these trophiesi

But before we turn lo the lnleIdual prizewinners who so richly deserve to behonoured today I would like to comment on

success which you as a College seem tome to have achieved this year and uponwhich you all deserve to be complimented.

This year is the year of Saints Honour". Itis a brave, nosed an extraordinary

Headmaster. Stair and Preiecis body who

start a process oi abandoning rules Inlavour oi principles: who are wise enoughto see that young people can be trusted touse moral compasses and to put the Schoolabove their own seliish needs; who chooseto be mentors rather than policemenempowering in the process everyone in theSchool or close to it. young and old. to ieela sense oi responsibility to minute andprotect "Saints Honour . Quite remarkable'

This year Saints seems to me to have gonetruly International 4 Exchange Students. sGap years. all over the globe: tours oi allkinds outside South Airica and iromoverseas even the Headmastsrtraveiled!You are sorting the "Net and you are intouch with the world,

This year you have given absolutely clearmessages on those deep and often sadlydivisive Issues in seeiety as a whole and

South Ainca in particular - VIZ. race and

gender,

You have welcomed the concept or girlsyoung women. as a permanent part oi theSchool campus. Gooch is your head boyior next year not because he is Black butbecause "Gooch is Gooch" and he is

outstanding.

This year has been a year in which youlived pemaps more than ever before yourSchool Statement. "one and All". You have

learnt more about interdependence than

about independence and the sense oi"belonging" has been as important as"being" or "becoming" as individualsSchool spirit has been your reward , lots

and lots oi vibrant human energy all overthe place and over the year.

This has been a year at incredible diversity.One iust has to collect a Daily RoutineOrder or two to see this maniiest.

You are truly, each one oi you, part oi themaking 01 a modern legend , your reward

may rioi be a prize but it must surely bePRIDE.These trophies and you young menand women in these ironi rows remind methat we are here to celebrate indIVIdual

success. your personal achievements. Weare here to honour you your wrnnlng.

coming iirst, doing best. reaching the topand we are proud and delighted to do so.

Bui could we take lust a minute to lhihkabout and celebrate what I like to Call THESAINTS OF THE RANK AND FILE.

Andrew, the Apostle Andrew was a saint oithe rank and file,

He, and now she. is the person who sitsbeside you in class: who can sing loudly butnot sweetly: who swells the chorus but

doesn't make the lead roles. who's

reasonably good looking like Caner but hasto settle tor a blind date; who works

backstage: who has a plain blazer , not aselection like those ol Michael Thorpe and

Michael Davies: who Is loo slow and shortor oxygen to be a ionNard, too light to be aback and too short to lump in the line out:who like Brendan Crewe isn t big on rucks

but has served the Thirds well. whoserellexes aren't iast enough to play last

bowling like Lance Grayson: whose eye isnot quick enough to held at slip, whoseCOrOrdlnallon is suspect so he isn't giventhe ball to bowl: who drops an odd Catch or

two unlike Ryan Herd, who plays 4th'scricket but still stands in the sun all day: thesmall guys like "Mo" Richard Parry , whoplays 5th s or 6th s rugby and second teamwater polo: who is a pleasure to have

around and who shows emotional couragewhen he hears oi the death oi his mother

while he is away on a tour The SeanLatimers. Rob Wylde's and Kevin Harris s

who each in their own way copes wtthdisappointment; Rob Silcock who doesn't

win a prize unless there was one ior loyally

lo the School or to his iriends. or a prize iorchiming and taking a chirping! FunkyChicken" with his straw hat, straw out oi the

comer oi his mouth wetting to Win the prizeior sheer character. or tor reggae.

ANDREW. ihe Saint ot the rank and tile is

all around you. except on the stage at prize

giving,

It is not easy to live out your Ille day alterday and week after week an ordinary

person in a highly competitive world while

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Mr Colin Hall

always somebody else gets the notice: thepublicity; the prize. the spotlight. thereward.

it takes a lot or grace to be beaten timeaher time. try as you might. in a Win-lose

world and yei not complain,

it is good and it is right to celebrate successand particularly to celebrate with today'sprizewinners who have contributed to thelite and prestige oi Saints -the Five Talentpeople who seem to do so many things soeasily and so well

But let us not lorget especially today theiact that behind them. supporting them.cheering them. are the ordinary peoplewhose names aren't engraved on trophies.whose laces aren't ever captured in photosin the school magazine but whose qoletunassuming decency and hard work makesthe work and the worth oi the Five Talerll

men possrole

The vast majority or people rail into the TwoTaleni category , l certainly did at school ,and I have never encountered a no talent

person - God doesn t make such a thingThe average young man and woman whotend to be taken somewhat ior granted butwithout whom nothing oi really lasting valuecan be accomplished'lhey are Willing toplay second iiddie or Seconds polo. theyhave a lab to do and they don t complaln:they are willing to lose their identity lor thesake oi the School, bul often they are theones who lose their lives ior the sake Di

Others

Today we salute you too , Saints oi theRank and File.

Success. Ladies and Gentlemen. is not anend In itseli, a onealrme win. a sort or

end birthe road. Pnzegivlng 1995 is notthe and or the road ior you. Success is a

journey and not a destination, What you've

achieved here is the reward lor the timeyou've spent. but it's not success just a

valuable addition to the kit bag 0' tools thatyou guys are going to take With you next

year and the year alter as you set out onthe next stage at your tourney.

And success. in my dellnition at least. hasvery little to do with where you get to orwhat milestones you've passed or how lastyou got there. Success, tor me. is

determined by how lar you. each one olyou. are able to go on the tanktui of petrol.

the tools and in the vehicle which is you ~uniquely, specially you and how much youenjoy that journey. It s about enjoyment and

not lust achievement.

Each one at you, especially the

prlzewmners. is dilterent and quite unique.peculiar - very peculiar. some of you » and

the iourneys lacing us are airlerent too,Each one at us is on a dillerent loumey, andthe resources that we have. and the tools

and the tankiul oi petrol. they re all dinerent',end the vehicles vary widely too. There are

many lormulas tor lileelong success:Longlellow. in that epic poem. "The Ladder

or St Augustine" says:

"The heights by great men reached andkeptWere not attained by sudden lltght,

am they. white men companions sleptWere tolling upward in the night."

Aristotle Onassis - that rich guy lromGreece who had those sleepy eyes andmarried that girl I can't remember her

name 7 he said.

Recycled

"Keep looking tanned. live in an elegantbuilding. even it you live in the cellar Ihereoland. it you borrow. borrow big !

And John Paul Getty said : "Rise early,work late, Strike oill

And then Jack Solomons that boxingpromoter with the long cigar 7 said : it youwanna sell em lish. sell '~im big lishl »

that's the secret ol success." And I think hecould have been closest to the truth,

What you are given. what each ol you isgiven as your peculiar uniqueness. can'tchange much; a little: but not much, Whatskills and talent you have right now

whether you're a Two Talent person or aFive Talent person you ll add to steadily

overtime. but not so much. not so much

that you wouldn t recognize yourselr liveyears lrom now. How much time each oneat you has got ion is a "given ; the lac! thatwe re all social animals and dependent on

one another is a given".

The tact that South Alrica is socially and

politically and economically new.unpredictable and exciting - so exciting isa "given": and none at us is going to beable to change much today or tomorrow.

The sort ol things that excite you, charm

you, attract you. irigrilen you. satisty youperhaps very dinerent lrom those that

excite and attract and irlghien me are"glvens" in your lite. and leelings don t altermuch.

But the single most significant variable in

success seems to me to be how well yousell your uniqueness not how much

you ve got to sell, but how well you sell it.The Five Talent guys and the Two Talentguys have gel talents to sell and the issueIS how well they sell them,

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Selling is the oldest and. indeed. mostnatural skills there is end lrenkly it's the

easiest one to acqurre. Nature sells Itssexual prowess in vivid colours andcomplicated dances, with lovely lragrenoesand exotic tastes and touch Humans do allat those things too. but most or us spoil it

because we ve lost touch with realtty, andwith the lundamentals and we re a contused

people. We've become huckslers trying tosell too much ol whet we haven't got topeople who don t matter or don t care.

We re selling all the time. We re selling our

skills. our experience. our knowledge, ourideas. our points or view. our policies. ourreligious ballets, to important people aroundus and our success. I believe. is dependent

lergely on how eflectively we sell _ what wemake or the givens : how well we re able to

get others to buy in to what we sell. We

have to sell ourselves to ourselves fromtime to time I00 » that's a hard job 10! some

0' Us. And sometimes we don t like the word"selling": we preter "marketing". in

Education teachers call it lecturing"."telling". "teaching", "nstructing . Churches

call it preaching"; in Politics it's called

"canvassing" or "brain washing" or"promising"; and here i am selling it to you

it s called "Public Speaking". Butwhatever you choose to call it. it s selling.

And I ve observed that the most successfulpeople I know. the ones who've gonelunhest on the tenklul cl petrol and the toolkit and have enjoyed the journey the most.

have been the people who ve sold best. Ihope that each ol you explore your lullpotential and the road ahead is a rich.rewarding venture.

Thank you,

I Broekhuizen

Head Prefect's Address

"I have had worse panings. but none thatsoGnaws at my mind still. Perhaps, it is

roughlySaying what God alone could periectly

shoHow seilhood begins with walking away.And love is proved tn the letting go '-

Good morning Mr Chairman, Mr Wylde.Distingutshed Guests. Members at Sta"rLadies and Gentlemen, and FellowFriends-

i chose to Degtn by reading Cecil DayLewrs words tram his poem "WalkingAway", not only because or Paul Dickson suncanny ability to have this same poemtaught over and over again to us. butbecause 0t that which it touches in eachMatrlc as he exits the Chapel tor the last

time.

it is frightening to think that it was lust liveyears ago when we entered into theCollege. So much has changed Since then,A darn where a ioresl once stood; muSlc

and environmental centres: and a luiiylledged Collegiate, Slowly but surely wehave made our way trom the liner oi theChapel . through the pews and linally to theposition cit leaders or the College From the

day we tirst opened our mouths to sing. butsoon kept quiet. to the day we sang Withpride the College song. Amongst theunmatched uniqueness ot our College. ourindividuality has been expressed in moreways than one. and with each brick lald bythe builders, the Metrics have supplied the

cement to mould the direction

Saints is about opportunities. but unless

these opportunities are seized, they willpass you by torever The opportunity totour America with the Dukes or play tennis

In the same Country. To compete in the

English and Maths Olympiads. row tor theFirst Eight or play Rugby for the U150team. Even the opponuriity to predict theend cit the world. as a law luckiess Metrics

showed us. There are opportunities toreach and every pupil. and it is out atopportunities that success is built

There were many memorable moments inthe lite oi the school. which contributed tothe spirit at the school From the victory at

the Swimming inter high Relay Gala to theamazing suppon at the Interehigh Athleticsmeeting The selection or Provincial andSouth African School s representatives inalmost every sport and being entertained byChiet Mabalane and his Haka Committee at

rugby matches. l was told to mentionnames in my speech but 112 names would

have taken too long to read out, I cannoteven begin to quantity success. tor each

boy will remember the year let his ownreasons and his own achievements. but allbecause they were a pan ot Saints.

We will be the last year to have known the

late Wally Thompson. English teacherextraordinaire. and a man of inspiration

and ideas. It was he who gave theiotiowing view or success. a View whichencapsulates the entire Malric body.

"Some succeed by what they know. someby what they do, and a law by what theyare." Those that have received prizestoday. have given 0' their best and are tully

deserved at their rewards, But there Is a tarlarger success that will go unnoticed. thesuccess Within each pupil tor being who heis. and proud oi it

The 1995 Malric group is composed oi arich diversity at talents and achievements

and it IS this very diverstty which hasContributed to their success. There were no

indiwduels, but instead a solid group orintends. who played. laughed. cried and ledtogether. through this belie! In themselves.they were able to lead the school throughpreviously unchartered waters. Beliel, Abetter in themselves and those aroundthem, and the contidence to be di erent

This was one or the biggest reasons tor thesuccess oi the MatriCs. and It is somethingwhich grows in each pupil through his yearsin the College

A iew years back. the Headmaster posed aquestion: "Who owns the College?" New,

with the Town Counctl s proposition oi atour~lane highway to improve the aestheticvalue oi our schnol, you may wonder. Butone answer which can never be laulted is

that the College and its name belong to youthe boys Much has been said and muchwill he said oi the "Saints Honour". as it is

this altitude and heme oi mind. oi pupils.slati and parents. which will catapult theSaints to the top school ln South Atrlca.enabling the individual to accept Saints ashis own and accept responsibility lor hisactions. avoiding the rigidity ct rules Justas with large companies, you are thedirectors. the shareholders, and the

iactorymen. "One and All" you determinethe destiny or your school St StithiansCollege is a relatively young school and isin the process or rapid growth. The idea oiExcellence is lirmly instilled Respect toroneseti. lor peers and stall is becoming apan ol each pupil. Proud traditions arebeing established. Set in Stone tclr others to

lollow. while the Spirit you must judge loiyourselves The tour pillars or a highlysuccesslul school are there and all thatwaits now is tor them to be taken higherand higher

As we make way tor new blood in theschool. we owe thanks to a number at

people who have guarded us and guided usalong our way, Not in the least to ourever sacriticing patents. who gave us theopportunity or attending Saints. we cannever thank you enough.

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Michael Thorpe ~ Head Prefect

To the grounds start who may not be withus here. but to whom we owe our sincereappreciation tor the beautilul grounds weare privileged with today

I will nnt mention the teacher s name who

once told us what Mark Twain said. that

Teaching is the line art or impartingknowledge without actually possessing ii"In our case, Mark Twain was wrong in theteachers who have put up with us all theseyears. thank you lor your dedication and

understanding.

To Mr McLachlan, Mr Hoveimeier and RevRoberts, your immense contributions to theCollege wtll never be luily appreciated. wethank you lor your guidance and advicethrough troubled times.

Hermie. i-iJ.. Mr .iansen. you rearlessiytook control or the College while theHeadmaster recovered lrom only one termWith us. Saints would not be what it istoday Without you. Thank you lur alwaysbemgthere,

A man s hair is lust about his best iriendMr Wylde. you will always have us as yourlrlends This is not only because ol therespect you earned iroin day one butbecause or the way you related to us andunderstood us never crushing theindividual Your leadership l5 and Willalways be one oi Saint's most valuableassets

Finally. to the School ltselt. the Preiecrs thelittle guys in std s. and especially to theMatrics. thank you tor a great year Youmade it what it was We wish you all thevery best next year and remember alwaysthat much is expected or those to whommuch has been given

Believe in your school.Believe in others.Believe in yourseii

From the iasi oi the thoroughmeds"Fight ior your school s proud name.And the proud tearri Srythlans Forever'"

Thank you and God bless

Prize Lists

A. Class Prizes l

Std 6 Richard HolmStd 7 licholas DennisStd 8 Qhaun ( 'Std 3 Richard MensStd 1n Andrew Scott and Michael ThorpeVlth Form Margaret Reid

B. Industry Prizes

Std 6 Andrew LodderStd 7 Inrk SeeligerStd R lnhn WilliamsStd 9 André BothaStd 10 ( Iive Potter

; C. Subjects

Matric English Qven TletzMatric Afrikaans Craig HeanMatric man ' David AcottMatric Physical Science Craig HeanMatric Biology Michael Egan jMatric History Praia HeanMatric Geography Michael DaviesMatric French Andrew ScottMatric Art (Shirley Woodhouse Prize) ..........................................................................James Strack van SchyndelMatric Additional Mathematics Andrew ScottMatric Latin L Angus

D. Project Prizes

Winner

Richard Tessendorl ......................Nicholas Bredenkamp 8. Jan Hendrik du Plessis.Simon Woodlord & Gavin Whyte .....................

Std 8 Physical Science Project .Devin Steenkarnp & Jean<Pierre Welman ..... Tyre SafelyStd 9 French Project ,,,,,,,,,,, .Daniel Leech 8. Michael Taylor ............... La Grammaire FrancaiseStd 9 Art Project innathan Cane Karel NelStd 9 The SAM Trophy for Biology....Flyan Mulholland & Craig Robinson Two Sides to every GorgeStd 9 Histow Project .Peter Browne and Bruce Preston.,.. The Battle of NooitgedachtStd 9 Geography Project (Tie) .James Braid. Hugh Cole & Andrew Tucke ..Underground Water in the

MagaliesburgMatthew Charlesworth and Jonathan Hubert ....... Study of Soil Particle Size

along a Magaliesburg Slope..,Sports Suite

6 English Project PrizehmStd 7 Hancock Prize for BiologyStd 7 Design and Techonology ..

Std 9 Computer Science (Tie) ........... Michael Bartlett and Tim Pennel .

Richard Mens and André Botha ,,

. Cricket Scoring

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E. Cultural Awards

(i) Music

St Stithians Music Prize Andrew DicksonLloyd Prize for Instrumental Music other than the piano ............................Nicholas NevinSt Stithians Singers Trophy Michael BardouleauSt Stithians Choir Prize Andrew Dickson

ShéterTrophy for Versatility in Contribution to Music in the Coilege,,............... .......... Graeme Hassall

(ii) DramaGavin Hood Floating Trophy for Best Actor Stenhen LeontsinisProxime Accessit Nicholas MagowanBest Actor in the Junior Production Innathan DrakeDirector of the Winning House Play Stephen PapaleBest Actor in a House Play Sacha Meckler

...... Declan Bullock Bailey Trophy for the Best Overall Contribution to Drama.

(iii) Headmaster s Prizes

Headmaster s Essay Prize: Senior Andrew ScottJunior.................Darren Welsiord

Headmaster's Poetry Pri e' Senior Rimnn BickJunior.,.,... Jonathan Boynton-Lee

(iv) Public Speaking and Debating PrizesBest Debater Senior Andrew Scott

Junior........................... Pierre Stapelberg

Best Public r~ tenior Declan BullockJunior .......................................Robert Huth

(V)Ar1Std 6 art Prize I lnyd PiaterHope Art Trophy lnnathan Cane

(vi) LanguagesStd 6 Language Prize Richard Holm

(Highest marks in three languages)Std 10 Bilingualism Sven'l'ietzMost improved French Scholar in Std 6 7 David TerblancheMost improved French Scholar in Std 879 Paul Marsden

Prizes donated by: French Cultural Attache

(vii) Club PrizesPhotographic Club Robert AmoilsChess Champion of the Year: Senior iohan Els

Junior lnhan Els

Alex Anderson Community Service Award Kuhle Kunene

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F. Memorial Prizes

Colin Giles Memorial Prize (For Std 7Stephen Hoare Memorial Prize

lnnalhan du Toit15! IV

(For most improved rowing crew)Richard Lowe Memorial Prize (For initiative inbustness)Macnicol Prize for Creativitylan Anderson Memorial Prize

(Stroke - Alex Bester)mm,,,........... .Robbie Stokeslames Strack van Schyndel

Declan Bullock (For the Matric Boy consistently displaying the greatest integrity)Sean Dick

Norman Tickton Trophy

Award Preig Hean(For a Matric boy in recognition 0/ outstanding service to the College over a number of years)

| ance Meyer(Outstanding sporting ability ~ to a boy of 15 years or younger)Andrew Pretorius Memorial Trophy (For the most imporved cricketer)" .............................. Michael Wolke

6. Special Prizes tor Distinction in Academics and Sport

Special Prize tor Std 8(For Mathematics, Physical Science and Biology)Nedbank Prize for Std 10

Shaun Chamberlain

Michael Thorpe (For Highest Aggregate in the Sciences)Vlth Form Prizesa) Best Contribution to the year Claire McCoIIum b) Best use of the Vilh Form ExperienceChairman's Cup (Presented by the Dowdle Family)....(For best rowing crew)Madin Floating Trophy(Best Fielder in lst XI Cricket)Roy Pienaar Shield(Batsman of the year)Penryn TrophyTreagus Trophy

Sister Moema................................................................. U13 Quad Stroke

Ryan Herd

I ance Grayson

Grant ieWarren Jacobs (Transvaal Canoeing)

(Best Performance in a non curricular sport) .............Mears Pun Flynn Robson (Yachting)

U16A Squash(The A team with the best Sporting Record) 14A Squash

U 1 4A CricketNaidoo Hockey Trophy Matthew WettonSl Stithians Squash Trophy Robbie McFadzean(Best overall contribution to the Squash Club)Morton Floating Trophy lulian Marsh(Sportsman of the year)Sanction Mayor's Trophy Stephan Dunne (Pupil who, in the opinion of the boys, usually tries the hardest)Rotary Club of Sanction Award Michael Thorpe (For Scholarship, Sportsmanship, Leadership. Fellowship and Service)Allied Bank Trophy

. . . .Wesley (House with the best Academic Achievement) ............Allied Bank Trophy

Thornton Trophy

......................................................... .Craig HeanHouse: Pitts

(House with the best Sporting Results) ................................................................................ Head: .Matthew Carter

House ........ Collins(House with the best Culture/Achievement) .................................................... Head:..Declan Bullock

House: PittsEM. Harris Memorial Cup

(For the bestAll-Round House) Head: ,Matthew Carter Old Boys Watch

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OutreachSaturday School

1995 is the 5th year of the supportprogramme that started out to helpD.E.T. Matriculants and has growninto its present form : Std 3.9 and10 pupils from Soweto. Randburgand Sandton who do Afrikaans.Biology. Computers, English.Mathematics and PhysicalScience. At the end of 1994 onlytwo pupils did not obtain a pass.giving us a 92% pass rate.

Two of the 1994 pupils obtainedbursaries to do a Post Matric yearat St Stithians College. They areJohnson Zikhali and SisterMoema. The latter has won theaward for the student whobenefitted most from the SixthForm experience. Well done toSister Moema!

Aaron Thlelane, who matriculatedin 1993 and did a Sixth Form yearin 1994. is now completing a

B.Comm. at Midrand Campus.

It is always difficult to obtainenough sponsorship for theprogramme and in the beginningwe received donations from theJohannesburg North circuit of theMethodist Church. as well as someSaints parents. In 1994. however.the Harris family took an interest inthe programme and a donation ofR50 000 was received from RandMerchant Bank and in 1995 R80000 from Momentum Life. TheHarris family also paid for Aaron'sSixth Form year and MomentumLife is paying his University fees.The Saints parents have never letus down yet and the R10 000shortfall in the last two years camein amounts ranging from R300 toR5000 from individual families.These contributions areappreciated as much as the bigones. because we know how muchare parents are paying for theirown children s fees. Mrs LiesePower. a Prep parent and regularsupporterI also donated a

computer for Aaron's use. Thankyou. one-and aIII

Lately we have been enrollingpupils from the local Model CSchools who are finding it difficultto cope. We see this as our newrole. to concentrate on pupils inour own area. The sooner we canclose the gap that exists in theeducation of a large number of ourchildren. the better it will be for ourcountry as a whole!

The teachers who are involvedwith Saturday School are a mixedbag. but they are all dedicated andthey all believe in what they aredoing:

We have male and female. youngand old, Black and White on ourstaff maybe that is why theprogramme runs so smoothly.

OutreachHostel Peace Initiative

Education Project orllinge Loxolo.

A little while ago Rev. MvumeDandala mentioned to Mr Wyldethat he had a problem: the peoplefrom eight Johannesburg Hostelshad made peace amongstthemselves after years of factionlighting and now he wanted to dosomething to fill the void. Manyare jobless and many are illiterate.Mr Wylde's resolution: anotherSaturday school. So in June thisyear we commenced with English.Mathematics and Computerclasses for 40 unemployed young

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matriculants from the eightJohannesburg hostels. What apleasure to work with theseenthusiastic and wonderful youngmen and women! In August theystarted teaching English Literacyand numeracy classes during theweek in their respective hostels.Their students pay to learn to readand write. Now there are a fewmore people who have somemoney and fewer illiterates.

Mrs Ellen Kondowe. Headmistressat Letsibogo Girls School inSoweto and a Saints parent.teaches half of the Englishclasses; Julian Thorrold. final yearLaw Student from Wits, teachesMathematics; Charles Jeannotdoes Computers and Johanni LaVita does the other half of theEnglish.

The Computer lesson is thehighlight of their day, It was a firstfor every srngle student and manyof them have indicated that beingable to "operate that machine" is adream come true.

We have been able to findemployment for some of thesestudents. but many are stillunemployed. They are mainlyfrom rural areas. scared of the BigCity" and very anxious to sendmoney home for younger brothersand sisters to be educated. If youneed an employee come and picka star at Saturday School!

I believe that this outreachProgramme is blessed by our Lordand I thank all of you who supportus with your prayers (anddonations) very much!

Mrs La Vita

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The Grade 0 children were tilingout of Chapel after a service. Theywere walking two by two, l wasstanding near the doorway. and asthey passed me, one little boy verypolitely greeted me: "Goodmorning, God". I was somewhattaken aback, and as I tried to thinkot a suitable response, this littlelellow's partner gave him a dig inthe ribs and said: "I don't think he sGodl" Well, obviously there issome confusion in the minds of theGrade 0 children as to the identityof the chaplain.

One of the many, many littleincidents that make campus life atSt Stithians to be anything butboring. While there are certainroutine or regular events that takeplace. the human element alwaysensures that those events aredifferent and unique.

We conttnue to have a steadystream of Saints Old Boys wantingto get married in the Chapel. andso there are regular weddings onSaturdays. We also hold Baptismservices , these mainly for babiesborn to staft members, althoughhere too. we have quite a fewenquiries from Old Boys. Sadly,from time to time. funeral servicesare also required to be held fromour chapel, as we bid farewell toloved ones and friends. Thus ourchapel is well used, not only by ourpresent scholars, but also by manyothers, and we are happy to be ofservice where and when we can

One specral day last year (1994) inMay was when the whole schoolassembled in front of the chapelaround the traffic Circle, for thepurpose of a "Sen/ice ofCommitment to the New SouthAfrica". Included in the servicewere the singing of the newNational Anthem, and the raising ofthe new flag together with ourCollege flag on the newly erectedflag poles.

Chapel Notes

The Flag-Raising Service

Foundation Day, although not heldin the chapel, was as always avery impressive occasion, as wasSpeech Day which included 3Chapel Service of Farewell toMatrics and Induction of newPrefects - a very beautiful andmovmg service indeed. A few tearswere obsen/ed and snif es heardas the Matrics filed out for the lasttime,

Easter, 1995 proved to be aspectal time for us On the Sundaybefore School closed, we had aspecial Easter Service in theevening, to which we speciallyinvited parents. The attendance

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was most encouraging, and aspecial atmosphere was evident atthat service It was also decidedthat in addition to the usual EasterSunday morning service held forthe Rugby Festival teams, we tryas an experiment to hold a shortGood Friday Service, andannounce that both these serviceswould be open to parents, whichmeant that together With our RugbyFestival teams. our chapel wasvery well filled, and a blessedEaster time it was indeed!

But the highlight must remain theexpressron on the faces of theboys on the very lirst day in 1995

Back Row: A Evans, G van Hensburg , H Bnlhanlnskl

Front Row: ,chbie, C Taylor. Rev M Roberts: G Tilo N Marhanele

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that our Collegiate girls quietly tiledthrough the College quad to attendChapel. The boys trozel Allspeaking stopped! Everybodygaped! Even some of the Collegestaff crowed into the corridors toobserve. We had been hearingabout this invasion tor a long time.but now the dreaded day hadarrived, and the hallowed corridorsand quads of St Stithians Collegewere echoing to the sounds of thefeet of about 150 GIRLS! What smore they were wearing blazers

The new Pipe Organ

The New Pipe Organ

In late 1994 the Council decided topurchase a pipe organ from theMayfair West Dutch ReformedChurch. The existing HammondOrgan is very weary and no longersuitable for use in the SaintsChapel (although we do plan touse it in Mears Hall).

The pipe organ was built inHolland circa. 1935. It was movedliorn Mayfair Church andreassembled at St Stithians byCooper Gill and Tomkins, Themain workings, which incorporatesome 1200 pipes. are housed inthe two chambers, which havebeen custom built on either side ol

bearing the famous "One and All"badge over what must be admittedwere very attractive little summerunitorms. The boys just stared ~for once words could not be foundto express the feelings andemotions that ran deep in theirsouls that morning, After a stunnedsilence, a few quiet wolf whistleswere heard around the place. but Isuspect they were in recognition ofthe very attractive teachers on theCollegiate staff. rather than at thelittle girls.

The Organ Pipes

the Chapel. We Will probably wantto add more faCilities to the organin years to come. the roofchambers have been designedWith this possibility in mind,

The cost of the pipe organ and theinstallation was only marginallymore than it would have been hadwe replaced the Hammond withanother electronic organ lor aboutR110 000. The pipe organ waspurchased tor R50 000 (it wouldhave been around R400 000 hadwe had it built lor us at today sprices).

Mr B. Mullin

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But wait until next year (1996)!!!

Welcome Collegiate Staff and Girls, you have brought a newdimension and a new richness toour Campus of Colleges. May Godbless us all as together we seekHis will for our lives, and as aCampus acknowledge HisLordship.

My thanks to all the staff for the giftof their friendship and the terrificsuppon I enioy from even/one

Rev M. Roberts

The Duke of Cornwall

Award

On Founder's Day this year JohnJohnson received the prestigiousDuke ol Cornwall Award. Thisaward is presented to pupils whothrough extraordinary acts ofbravery, courage or sell sacrifice.have brought great honour tothemselves and St Stithians.John s bravery in savmg the livesof several people in a ski boataccident at sea, justifiably earnedhim this award

Steven Elsworth is the only otherboy presently in the College whoalso has the award. He received itin 1994 when he chased oft anintruder from his Grandparentshouse. thereby preventing a likelytragedy.

MrP. de Wet

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Farewells

Don Jones - Head of Mathematics and Computers1981-1995

Don Jones joined the staff as the Head of the Mathematics Department in 1978 from theformer Rhodesia where his teaching career had included a spell as an Inspector. Hecame to us fully conversant with all aspects of teaching and school management andepitomised all that is best In the old school master tradition. Don, a mathematician parexcellence, brought a new sense of life and purpose to Mathematics at Saints. Hedelighted in the beauty of Mathematics and in expounding this to his pupils. He enjoyedsolving problems using the simplest and most elegant path 4 never forgetting to dot the"is" and cross the "t's" in the final solution.

Don always treated his staff as professionals, inspiring them with confidence and building the department into anefficient team. He introduced streaming in Mathematics to allow us to extend the top students without in any wayprejudicing the weaker pupils. He was also the force behind the Engineering Society which flourished for someyears with the backing of the LTA group of companies.

This brought the staff an awareness of Don's other talents: a cabinet maker; a motor mechanic; an appliancerepairman; there seemed no end. Pan of his legacy to the College is the kiaat lecturn he made for Mears Hall. anexample of his skills as a carpenter. Don also took an increasing interest in computers and their software and wasresponsible for a lot of the computerisation of the College administration, taking over the Computer Centre in hislast years having retired as Head of Mathematics. Don has an infinite capacity for taking pains to get thingsworking well and this shows in his virtually idiot proof system for entering end of term marks.

He recalls many of the pupils with affection and regards the class of 1988 as a special highlight: for not only didthey bring him his best ever Matric results at Saints. but they worked well with him as a class.

We wish Don and Audrey well in their retirement.

Mr J. Verner

Moira Sché tfer - Director of Music 1981-1995

Few will forget the latest Duke's Tour to America. At the final concert at Groton's Memorial Chapel the singersstood silently in front of the beautiful altar: as the last notes of Prayer for Africa faded. a moved audience left justas quietly. Equally memorable was the standing ovation at the Harverford Centennial Hall - but there were otherprized moments. For Moira Schafer has a talent - The Dukes are but one example of this.

Moira Schafer's term as Director of Music has seen significant changes in how music is perceived by the pupils.Musical evenings, originally held at private houses. have grown into the popular musical events held by theCollege and Prep. School Choral evenings are now Inter-school Music Festivals hosted at St Stithians College.St Martin's~in-the-Veld. The City Hall and the Linder. Musicals (several Gilbert and Sullivans and "West SideStory". "My Fair Lady"); Musical Festivals such as "Play Music" .and "Make Music in the Drakensberg ; appearances at theKingswood College Centenary; The Roodepoort Eisteddfod; ThePretoria Festivals - all have seen burgeoning talents of singers andinstrumentalists.

Yet perhaps pride of place must go to "The Duke of CornwallSingers . Four national tours and one international tour later. theyare known for the musicality of their "a capella" singing. the range -from sacred songs. African melodies. spirituals. barbershopthemes to songs from the shows - and the wonderful charisma of

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their performances. The exciting blend of harmony and laughter generating antics and skilled movements, has

excited many.

80 Moira. once studio pianiste for Timothy Farrell. accompaniste for the Cape Town Light Opera Company and theCape Town Eisteddfod. now a singer In the Internationally well known S.A.B.C. Chamber Choir. has achieved great

heights.

Her legacy is the Flay Bradley Music Block, a burgeoning Music Department and the growing number of boys whoenjoy and study music. But spiritually. it will be in the souls of boys who continue to play instruments. sing in a

variety of choirs. and who love music.

May she long enjoy her musical retirement.Mr H. Huggett

Ray Bradley - Member of Council 1960-1994

When. sometime last year. Ray Bradley intimated to me that he felt the time had come. because of advancingyears, to withdraw from the council of St Stithians. I must confess that I found it difficult to grasp, for he was thelast remaining link with the earliest days of the College. It was not a step to be welcomed. True, it could be seenas a sign of the College's growing up. when those present at its birth could feel at ease in passing on to others thetasks and responsibilities they had shouldered for many a long day. And certain it is that no one of us can lookback over a longer span of years in the life of the College and its Council than can Ray Bradley.

He was present at the dedication of our Chapel way back in 1954 - a Chapel that he has had a hand in beautifyingwith the group of lovely stained-glass windows over the sanctuary, a gift in memory of his father. andcommemorating one of our Lord s best loved parables - the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Some years before that Ray had become a member of the Parents' Association when his son Ross was a boy inthe College. Before very long Flay became the Vice-Chairman of the Association. and then its Chairman in 1959.And as such he joined the College Council in 1960. becoming Vice-Chairman in 1964. and its Chairman threeyears later. He resigned the Chair in 1968, and Mr Matt Eddy succeeded him. to hold the office for a couple ofyears. But Ray continued as one of the lay Trustees of the College until last year.

Ray's utter devotion to Saints and concern for its welfare was recognised when the recently built Music Block wasnamed after him. as the plaque unveiled by him recording the opening of the Block bears witness. Indeed. aplaque in the Preparatory School links his name from earliest days with the development of St Stithians.

In the light of his long devotion to the College it was obviously appropriatethat he should represent St Stithians at the funeral of its foundingHeadmaster. Mr Wally Mears. almost twenty years ago.

Saints has always been thankful for the devoted support it has receivedfrom the parents of our scholars. But there are those whose service anddevotion far outdistance the period when their sons were scholars here.And of no other is that more true than of Ray Bradley. He has richly earneda rest. but we do not doubt that he will continue to follow the fortunes of'Saints' with the same interest. and indeed love, that has characterised his

service over decades now past.

We salute you, Sir. and trust that you Will be spared to us for many a dayyet. to be with us at 'Founders' and on Speech Day as they come round

each year.Rev. 8. Pitts

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Resource

Centre Report

it anything has characterized thisyear for the Resource Centre it isthe impact of CD~Rom, CD-what?For the as yet uninitiated it means"Compact Disc Read onlymemory" or in Simpler terms a lormof storage that can hold vastquantities of information on a smalldisc Whtch cannot be overwritten.Physically, a computer CD isidentical to a music CD and it isread electronically in the samemanner. Technology allows allsorts of graphic. animated or Videoimages to be stored ormanipulated interactively

C.D. s have revolutionized both thestorage capacities andaccessibility 01 most Informationresources. At Saints you canconsult encyclopaedias: glideunderwater with tropical fish:design your own East African

game reserve; investigate waterand were from various aspectsover 10.000 years: visit thepyramids or the Great Wall ofChina: study the Renaissancemasters: explore how anaeroplane stays aloft or take acourse in multi-media presentation.

Are booksextinction?

threatened with

Contrary to some popular theoriesI believe they are not. I cannotand Will not envtsage a librarywithout books. C.D.'s. SABINETand E-Mail may give us whizz-bang access to a wonderful worldout there. they tantalize and whetthe appetite. but it is still the writtenword that gives us deeper insightInto the vast body at knowledge. itis important that we train ourstudents to develop a reasonedand critical attttude towards allsources of information. Differentsources should be studied andcompared no matter what the taskat hand: a small assignment; a

major project; an English essay ora biotechnology investigation. It ishere that books play an essentialrole and that computer technology

tails into place as just another tool,

This year has been a relativelypeaceful one in which I haveenjoyed the relaxation andpleasure ot longeleave. whileJenny Branch has most capablyrun the library single-handed andHeather Acott has stepped in totake the Information Skills classes.I am greatly indebted to both ofthem tor their dedication andcommitment. The Standard Sixmonitors have given manyenthusiastic hours of communitysen/ice to the library. including theresponsibility of early morningopenings. There are not manylibraries that open at 7h00! Elsiele Grange and HeatherRasmussen have continueddoggedly with the bar'codingproject and we are now "almostthere". Thank you one and all.

Mrs M. Reynolds

Library MonitorsBack Row: B Hoserlnnes: Fl Coetzee. G Allan. N Aldrldge: D Mitchell. (3 ToddMiddle Row: M MoirA Moody. N DICkson.H Rousoss: R,Johnson.A Robertson. B. MagowanFront Row: T Game. B McPhall. Mrs M Reynolds. R Johnson, c Eeedle

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P.R. Group

Head of RR. Group:Deputy Head:

D. BullockC. Hean

P.Fl. Group: 8. Bick; K. Brown; G.Croall: G. Davies; M. Egan; K.Harris; G. Leibbrandt; J. McCarth 'T. Mojapelo; C. Morgan: H. Napier;Y. Reddy; J. Stainton: S. vanNiekerk; M. Ventre and Fl. Wallace.

The concept of having a properlytrained group of boys to look afterpublic relations at the College wasconceived early in 1993. and thefirst group look office in July thatyear. The PR boys were animmediate and outstandingsuccess. and have gone fromstrength to strength during the past

yeah

The PR. group is selected from alarge number of interestedapplicants. who attend a speciallydesigned training course beforetaking up their duties. The PRboys are in office for one year. andoperate from Foundation Day olStd. 9 until Foundation Day of theirmatric year.

The PR. team is one of the manyexcellent teams that Saints isproud of. whether it be in the areaof leadership. sport. academics.music or other cultural activities.

Members ol the PR team have topossess particular skill in workingwith people. and are required tohave a good general knowledge ofnot only the College, but also theSaints community. Attributes suchas enthusiasm. loyalty. reliabilityand love 01 the College are alltaken into account when choosingthe PR group.The principal objectives of theprogramme are:

a) To make visitors to theCollege feel welcome.

b) To assist the Headmaster andSenior Staff with publicrelations.

0) To assist with the marketingand promotion oi the College.

cl) To provide suitableopportunities for seniorstudents to develop andenhance their people skills.

The 1994/95 boys were a successright from the start, and havegrown in assurance and expertiseas the year progressed. Throughthe professional manner in whichthey carried out their duties. theRR, team have enhanced theproud name 01 the College, andhave made an extremelyfavourable impression on allvisrtors with whom they worked.

These visitors included local andinternational Headmasters andHeadmistresses: members of thel.E.B.: Transvaal delegates to theH.M,C.: members oi commerceand industry; members of council:prospective parents lor both theCollege and the Collegiate; as wellas numerous visiting students froma variety of schools.

Special mention should be madeof the superb job done by DeclanBullock as head of RR. He hadthe task 01 organising the dutyroster each week. and of ensuringthat all the necessaryarrangements were in place forspecial public occasions. I wouldlike to thank him for hisunselfishness. his commitment.utter dependability and hiswillingness to "go the extra mile".

He set a wonderful example forsubsequent RR. groups toemulate.

Declan was ably supported by hisdeputy. Craig Hean. Craig sunflagging enthusiasm andcommitment were an inspiration tothe whole RR. group. and hisinitiative and resourcefulness werea feature of his work during theyean

Mr K Hove/meier

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The Olympiads

Afrikaans Olympiad

Martin Perold was die wenner van die Alrikaans Olimpiade 1994 vir dieGauteng-streek. Martin het weer vanjaar presteer toe hy vyfde in dieOlimpiade gekom het. Bale geluk - one is trots op jou!

Mev. J. Hieken

Olimpiade Tyd

Olimpiade-tyd is altyd vir my 'n genotvolle tyd, en 1994 was besondergenotvol omdat dit die eerste keer was wet ek al die olimpiades moetskryl. Dit het begin met die Engels Olimpiade en die volgende dag dieWiskunde. Ek het redelik goed gedoen, maar toe kom dieRekenaarwetenskap Olimpiade. 'n Vraestel met net vyf vrae, waarvan ekgeeneen kon beantwoord nie! Die Wetenskap Olimpiade was net somoeilik. met baie vrae oor wetenskaplike dinge waarvan ek nog nooitgehoor het nie. En die Algemene Kennis Olimpiade met al sy vrae oorgeskiedenis. sport in Suid-Alrika, was ook vir my baie moeilik.

Die taaste olimpiade wat ek mues skryl was die Afrikaans Olimpiade. Ekhet gedink dat dit nogal baie maklik was, maar toe ek dit later saam metmy ouers rustig nagesien het, het ek gesien hoe maklik dit was om loute tebegaan, daar was 11 paar vrae wat ek vinnig deur gelees het en dieverkeerde antwoord neergeskryf het. Maar op die ou end het ek 'n baiegoeie resultaat behaal waaroor ek baie bly is.

M. Perold

Martin Perold

aste Gebruiksatrikaans-Olimpiade

Daar het vanjaar 6222 leerlinge aan die Olimpiade deelgeneem, en 360verskillende skole l5 veneenwoordig. Die ATKV het berig dat daar n 27persent toename op 1994 se inskrywings was. Van dié leerlinge was daar21 wat van Saints was.

Die vraestel het redelik maklik gelyk, maar daar was baie vangplekke watgoed weggesteek was. Nogtans het ons 21 leerlinge uitstekend goedgedoen. Ons skool se gemiddelde persentasie was 77.2, wat iets iswaarop ons Alrikaansdepanement baie trots kan wees. 11 van onsleerlinge het 80% of meer gekry - en van hulle is 5 in Std B - wat 'n goeievoorspelling vir toekomstige Olimpiades is. Die top wenners wordvolgende iaar uitgenooi om die Gebruiksalrikaansweek in Julie deel teneemt

M. Perold

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Science Olympiad

The results this year were theworst the college has everachieved. Only one boy, DavidAcott, was positioned in the top 60in the country. Normally we wouldexpect to have had live or six boysin this category. David waspositioned 14th and wecongratulate him on thisachievement.

We did. however, have 24 boyswho were invited to attend theRegional Science Week held atWits from the 4-6 at July. Based oncomments by the boys this is aworthwhile experience.

I believe that part at our lack 01success this year was due to therelatively low entry, namely 169 ascompared with the normal 200candidates. The second factor, inmy opinion, is the increase in thenumber oi Olympiads, all of whichwe expect the boys to enter.

I hope that next year we will beable to improve our performancewithout resorting to pressuremethods.

These boys were invited to theRegional Science Week:

D. Acott; B. Barcza:A. Bergmann; D. Chapman:M. Davies: M. Dorfer; M. Egan;S. Goldlain; M. Hilburn; J. Hubert:H. Jarlet: A. Kahle: S. Latimer;A. Meldrum; R. Mens; R. Mey;D. Moore: H. Napier; M. Perold:S. Ratclitfe; A. Scott; J. Seccombe;and Ft. Talevi.

Our congratulations go to all these

boys. Well Done!Mr D. Hean

The Mathematics Olympiad

Question:What has 108 arms. lives in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg andcan recite Pi to 50 decimal places?

Answer:The 54 Saints boys who qualified tor the second round ot the MathematicsOlympiad!

This year 26604 pupils took part in the Old Mutual Mathematics Olympiad.St Stithians was the top school in Gauteng and the second schoolnationwide » an outstanding achievement

Question:

What is the next number in the sequence 1 ; 1 :3 ; 5: i

Answer:The 8 boys who made the top 100 of the Old Mutual MathematicsOlympiad. St. Stithians had more pupils in the top 100 than any otherschool in the country. Wonderful!

Question:Which boys made the top 100 ol the Maths Olympiad?

Answer:D. Acott: A. Bergmann; M. Collins; M. Hilburn; T. Okuizumr; A. Souter: R.Wallace and S. Woodford.

Question:Who will be the top school nationwide in the 1996 Mathematics Olympiad?

Answer.

St 8Mr D. Ryan

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Top 100 in Maths Olympiad

Back Row: R Wallace/A Bergmann; o Acott r. Okulzumi:Front Rosz Hilburn.MrD Ryan. M CollinsA Souter.s. Woodtord (abs)

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Computer ScienceOlympiad

We had 8 entries trom our schoolin the Computer ScienceOlympiad. The competition isworld wide and written on thesame day everywhere. TheOlympiad is essentially aprogramming competition whereany conventional programminglanguage may be used.

The exam consists of fivequestions of considerable difficulty.To complete two questionscorrectly, puts one in line tor thelocal winning position. Completingfour questions correctly implies apossible national winner.

Three of our pupils completedthree questions correctly and thetop two made further attempts atsolving a fourth question.

This is an outstanding resultachieved by our 8 participants.Our final results for the competitionwere as tollows:

First: MVBartlettSecond: D. KennedyThird: R. May

MrAV Lamont

English Olympiad

Top l5: 8. TietzTop 100: C. Morgan

A challenging task was set the1995 Otympiad scholars , to studythe ettects oi propaganda throughreading two novels "1984" and"Animal Farm" by G. Orwell. Thechallenge behind the olymprads ISreally reading on an Indivrdualbasis; the chance to explore topicsrn facets as they appeal to you,and the challenge not only ofdisplaying lateral thinking but alsoa specific indivtdual talent througha testing three hour paper.

Mr H.Hugget

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The Tree 0/ Me - R. Amer/s

The Good Samantan Fl Amolls

Hemp/ems of me Duke of CornwaI/AwardSteven E/swon h (7994) and Jo/m Johnson (1995)

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Handshake Chris C/egg

La Silence de la Mer Michael Taylor

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WaééeWWEnglioh

How can South Africabe made the finestcountry in the world?

We live in the ideal setting for whatcould be the greatest country inthe world, I say this because SouthAfrica has a blend of just abouteverything , snow on theDrakensburg; the sun inDurban; the bare: desolateKaroo, the lush vegetationforests in theMagoebaskloof; the rural.rustic atmosphere of theKruger National Park; thehectic hustle bustle ol thelarge Cities; an enviableclimate: and a maelstromof diverse cultures. Butidyllic though our landseems, it has plenty ofproblems which have to beovercome.

An immense difficulty is theconflict between theUnions and theGovernment. This is aneconomic setback for thecountry A as each strikecosts the country revenueand the violence that goesalong with the strikes isdamaging to theinfrastructure. Theilleinformed suggestvarious solutions such asmaking strikes illegal, sackingstrikers. or even disbandingUnions.

These "solutions are unrealistic,

Silhouette

however. Making striking illegalmay dissuade some potentialstrikers. but certainly will not endstrikes completely. It strikers arefired. new labourers must be foundwho would probably have to be

trained.This results in time being wastedon training the new recruits, whichin turn results in less productivetime.

The Unions cannot really bebroken up either, as they arenecessary for mediation between

employers and employees. Insteadof this, I visualize a differentsolution. In Alan Paton s "Cry, theBeloved Countw", the maincharacter is South Africa. That isthe approach we should all have.

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The country is all important; thecountry comes first. PresidentJohn F Kennedy's inauguralspeech contained that essentialthought ( " ask not what yourcountry can do for you ~ but whatyou can do for your country..,.")and the United States is now aforce to be reckoned with in theworld economy.

Those are the ideas that must beput into the strikers' heads. Theymust be shown that if they work.the country produces, which

results in better quality oflife for all. Then they willrealize that they arecontributing directly to thewelfare of the country whenthey work: and they willhopefully stop makingunrealistic demands that arecausmg all the tension.

Another problem is thatSouth Africa is a countryrich in resources but withpoor people. While povertyis not necessarily a badthing many great people.Ari Onassis, Anton Rupertand Bill Venter. to name afew, have risen from poverty7 when more than half thepopulation isundernourished stay insnacks in shanty towns;have no access to cleardrinking water: are withoutadequate medical care: andlive below the internationalsubsistence level, it is aplague which must be curedimmediately.

It should be possible to end thisscourge. Our land has ampleresources. But here, the peopleare at fault. by not utilizmg South

Africa to its full potential. This isbecause our society suffers fromthree basic maladies: the peoplehave developed a violent lifestyle,they are inadequately educatedand reproduce too quickly.

What can be done about theviolence? There is only onesolution _ a nationwideanti violence and crime preventioncampaign It should start at the toplevel non Violence crusadesshould become a mission for thegovernment and other politicalparties and tilter downwards toall the other levels; so that.eventually, there is a totally anticrime society which realises thatpeople who commit violent andcriminal acts have a lack of respectfor human dignity and are.therefore, complete socialoutcasts.

The anti Violence messageshould be preached everywhere:at official speeches, in schools, inchurches; the immensepenetrating power of the massmedia should be harnessed;society must abhor and rejectlawvbreakers; everyneighbourhood should have ablock , watch system; even thelegal system should re ect theseviews: criminal acts should befrowned upon as heinoustransgressions and be punishedaccordingly the harshestpossible penalties should beintroduced for crimes. especiallythose against the defenceless,such as child abuse and attacks onthe elderly. Proof that this can beaccomplished is the success ofother. similar movements such asGreen Peace and Red Nose Day.

All these deterrents would bringhome to all contemplatingcriminals the message that crimereally does not pay and give themgreater cause to remainlaw abiding. Peace would taughtto all children from a young agethrough television and at school,which would result in them

Road to Nowhere

reaching adulthood as goodcitizens. Our battered policemenand the military would be givencomton and protection, and betrusted by the public. Generally,there would be a more relaxed.peaceful society.

Along with the anti 7 violencecampaign; there has to be aneducation campaign. We canreadily find millions of rands inorder to host the 1995 RugbyWorld Cup. the 2004 OlympicGames, the 2006 Soccer WorldCup and who knows what else, yetthere is always a shortage of fundsfor education. The spending scaleis tipped firmly in favour of physicalrecreation as opposed to mentalstimulation. This gross imbalancemust be redressed.

The remedy is to integrate the two,Money recouped from the taxationof the gate fees can be channelledfor use in education. Sportsstadiums can be used to masstrain people in domestic andtechnical skills when there are nomatches being played. A skilledand educated population is the

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only effective weapon againstpoverty and decay, and it isnecessary that such a programmeis corordinated on a national basisby a dedicated and committedgovernment.

The way to solve theoverpopulation problem is toactively involve the communityThere should be community , runlamily planning clinics, which area source of cheap (or even free)contraceptives. are able to teachyoung couples how best to fashiontheir lutures and families, and canoffer priceless adVIce andaSSIstance to child mothers andrape Victims. Presumably there willbe fewer rapes With theimplementation of the anti ,Violence campaign. However.sexual promiscuity still causesmany illegitimate children beingborn A some even to child parentsmany of whom are unwanted

To combat this. there should be anabundance of information on AIDSand other sexually transmitteddiseases circulating, advertisementin the media, and the general

"Sandscapes B. Grainger

attitude that it is not morally correctto be sexually active outsidewedlock. This will result in a betterethical society.

An advertisement which isparticularly relevant to the overpopulation problem is the oneabout the lions and the hyenas.Here. the mother hyena boastsabout her large family. as thelioness has only two cubs,"Yes. responds the lioness. "butmy family is a family of lions." Moremessages like this one, that asmall family is strong, arenecessary Also. there should berewards for families with 2 childrenor less , income tax discounts forsmall families rather than largeones being an example.

If this works, the benefits areenormous. Firstly. the decrease incrime and violence will attractmore tourists who currently feel itis too dangerous here , which canonly be beneficial to the country astourism is everyone s business;there Will be fewer medicalexpenses less people will bebutchered and injured; there Will beless damage to property. privateand public. and the infrastructureof the country as a whole; therewill be far less unproductivespending by fearful citizens onsecurity; and insurance premiumswill come down.

A problem that will be solved

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through this is the "Brain Drain"syndrome. This is when talentedyoung people of a countryemigrate as they believe theirluture in the country is too insecureand threatened. A drop in the crimerate will let the young people leelsafer and make them think twiceabout leaving which will. in turn.result in our country having skilledyoung generations who areprepared to build their future here,

Another Improvement to come ofthis will be in the productivity of thecountry. The education programmewill create more skilled. trainedpeople. They Will not need to beafraid of being attacked. and thuswill be able to concentrate better atthe workplace. These people willprovide more goods and servicesfor the community and theexports will grow. This is the firststep in competing in the worldeconomy. and to creating a "wealthgeneration .

If the birth rate is controlled. therewill be less demand for food.shelter. medical services andeducation. all of which isimpossible for the country toprovide for at present.

We should model the new SouthAfrica on the good attributes of ourcompetitors, Israel. for one, is asmall country consisting mainly ofdesert. but the people are able tolive off the land by using the highlysuccessful Kibbuts system; Japan.known for its relentlessly hard ,working people: Singapore. onwhose example we should basethe anti violence campaign. hasthe lowest crime rate in the worldeven petty trespasses arepunished (like lines for littering).On our doorstep lies Botswana.which has a rapidly growingeconomy.But currently we are trapped instalemate. The poverty breedsviolence. and poor education.which in turn breeds more poverty.But this "vicious circle" must bereversed to our advantage. The

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key to this is the plan, which will belike a ball of snow that is beingrolled down a hill. At first. it will besmall, driven only by thegovernment. but thereafter it willget larger and larger. as first thecommunity and then the wholenation realises the advantages andbecomes involved. There will thenbe peace-breeding prosperity. andprosperity breedlng more peace.

When the plan begins to takeshape, South Africa can becomean example to struggling countrieslike Zimbabwe. which would modelthemselves on us. The peacecampaign could spread throughAfrica like a tidal wave ofbenevolence and war torncountries like Rwanda and Haitiwill learn from our success. SouthAfrica Will be a beacon of hope tothe world of what is possible with alittle effort.

And then when our economy ispowerlul. when we are a united.harmonious nation: when ourdiversity becomes our strength andpeople learn too co operate: thenour country can become thepowerhouse of Southern Africafirst. and after that all of Africa. andultimately the whole of the earth.

The world is watching.M. Perold - Std 9

A. Grif nReady to Bile

One EnchantedEvening

The tire was roaring, the pot ofgluwine on the stove. boiling.Twienbakh joyously played thepiano and the others sang along,except Masha. She sat silentlygazing into the white lace tablecloth. She was sad. It would betheir last night together as friends.

When they grew tired of thesinging and when Twienbakh srepertoire had run out, theywandered out into the cool ,moonlit night, dropped into the lewooden chairs under the great oakand told stores of mysteriousworlds. While they sippedsteaming gluwine. they told thestories of their lives, of silverbirches and a lone violinist.

The time passed slowly as it doeswhen a life is drawing near to itsend.

The spirit of the moon touchedVeistrinin. Tweinbakh. Masha,

Irving and Kullygin. They sprangout of their chairs and bounded lullof laughter down out onto thegrassy slope and burst out ontothe icy grey field. The mist waslike a line veil over the vast flatfield and they rolled and tumbled inthe net.

Then they stopped,

They looked at each other withsmiling mischievous eyes. Theystarted removing their clothes,excited by the moment . The silvermoon gazed down on livegleaming white, translucentbodies. their black bundles ofclothes at their feet,

Then they started off across thefield» leaping and jumping,triumphantly breaking the chainswhich bound them.

As soon as it had started, it wasover. Another chapter. anothermemory of their lives.

Their laughter was left behind,caught in the seams. They left

their footprints in the grey grassand the passage of swirling mistsdisturbed by their play.

The time was drawing near. Theydrank one more glass and thenthey rose In solemn silence.Wandering dreamily up the slopethrough the tall, still trees and thewispy long grass, they watched themoon sinking to their left and thehairline crack of the sun breakingthe horizon on their right. Theycould smell the early morningadvancing as they broke throughthe trees onto the summit of thehill. Here they stood. tightlygripping each others hands waitingfor the sun to warm their faces. Asit did, they let their souls fly out intothe distance. Souls never to liveagain.

Tweinbakh is gone. Forever. But.there will always be a little voiceinside my heart saying A Enjoy life,be happy now. I am forever boundby the wonderful life of BaronNicholas Tweinbakh, a link formedby one short enchanted night.

N. Peners - Std 10

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Let the

Children Sleep

Let the children sleep. for they arestill truly innocent. Wake them notto tell them of the atrocities thatwere committed before their time.

Imagine yourself as a little child (ofabout 6 or 7 years) Had youknown about a shon. loud manwith a funny moustache whokilled more people than you couldever know in a thousand lifetimes.In such gruesome and horriblemariners that they defied commonlogic. merely because of what theybelieved in - would you have beenable to sleep without nightmares?Had you known about a large, loudman with a long curly moustache »who killed four times as many

people as the one before. becausethey were in the way of his plans tomake his country the strongest inthe world ~ would you have beenable to even fall asleep.

Had you known about a group ofpeople who spoke with lunnyaccents who hated anothergroup of people so much that theytook away their homes. theirpossessions, their country. merelybecause the colour of their skinswas a shade darker than the firstones A would you be content withthe warmth and safety a bedprovides for so many of us. whichso many of us take for granted?

Had you known about a group ofshort people with funny eyeswho attacked another group ofpeople ..... simply because theywere there 7 would you feel safe inyour house? And had you knownthat in retaliation. this secondgroup had Wiped two of the firstgroup s cities oft the face of theearth. in the blink of an eyewould any amount of protectionmake you feel safe?

Let the children sleep. for they arestill innocent. And if they wake, tellthem of fields, flowers and forests.

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and not of greedy men willing totake all this away for their ownpurposes.

Tell them of parrots, pigs andporcupines and whatever you do.tell them not that the hamburgerthey are eating. used to walk onfour legs and have a name.

Tell them of islands. oceans andlakes. but tell them not that manhas dumped all that he doesn'twant into these to the pointwhere these have becomenauseating to the senses.

Tell them of sunlight, rain andclouds, tell them not that thesunlight will dissolve your skin. therain will dissolve your plants. notthat the "clouds" will dissolve yourlungs. They might start wonderingwhat makes being an adult sogreat anyway.Tell them of all the different thingsthat people do. tell them not thatthe chances are slim of them evergetting a job, and that when theydo. the government will take half ofwhat they earn anyway, giving littlein return.

Tell them how big the universereally is. how far away the starsreally are. and how little we knowof them. tell them not that mancould have been there years ago.had he not squandered all his timeand money on fighting other men.

not that when man does get there,that he wrll waste and destroy justas he does here.

Let the children sleep. for they arestill Innocent. and in Innocence.there is safety. Let us not wastethe little innocence they have leftto them. let us not wake them totell them of incomprehensibilities.Hitler. Stalin, Apartheid. PearlHarbour. Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The names are meaningless andimmaterial. but their concepts canbe understood by most. So. whilethey still can. let the childrensleep .........

D. Moore . Std 10

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The Informer

He scuttled along the path. Thesmall winding track of gravel drewhim along the coastline. As it sooften is on nature trails. the air wasfresh and crisp. On his left theAtlantic knocked restlessly onAfrica's door while the tranquilmyriad of Fynbos washed over thecrust on his right. Ahead of him aglossy Starling darted amongst theflowers. Always eager. searchingand foraging. The beauty of hissurroundings poured over him likeacid.

He was living through one of hishopeless moods. selected by lateto be left out and alone. Even hisfriends up ahead did not appear tohave any purpose. it was hard tosee anything but the problem of hisisolated sell. except for that bloodyannoying bird and the endlessexpanses of protected park land.Dumb to his thoughts the pathcontinued on upwards. Itappeared never to end yet heknew it to be finite. Somewhere inthe distance the path buckledoutwards. forming a raisedprecipice of scrub and stone. Thatwould be a good enough place.He would go to the top and bealone.

Following on. the romance of hisdepression turned an appealingcolour. He'd have power overthem all. He might throw himselfdown, quite simply end his life.They'd remember him alright.

A small flower surrendered to hisboot as he trod on with freshvigour. The Starling seemed tonotice this and began to chirp,while darting around. How hischildhood fantasies had changedfrom those of today.

Turning back over his shoulder heglanced down at a fellowhappy camper. No matter. Heturned his envious eyes away andreached the top. Space. Up herethe wind howled With joy and thesky was radiant. Here there was afeeling of freedom here he hadpotential risky. dangerous.gripping. Down there was a meresystem of ordered chaos. It wasvertigo. a heady inseparable

longing.

But first he had to fall.

The long. living fall of an organicthing slow and pitiful. It wouldbetray him into thinking he wasimmortal. Hypnotised by theglamour. A sort of ransom with his

soul. Finished.

Now he was wondering about thepain. Would it be sharp and slicethrough his flesh. or would it bedull and drawn. a steady narcoticsensation? They wouldn t havethis . The sea appeared to draw

breath.

It struck him he had settledsomething. Being alone wasirrelevant. The Spirit shrugged offhis helplessness and he thought ofhis past, a doorway of memories tohe future. He swung along full ofhope,

A happyacamper.N. Magowan - Std 10

Broken Plastic Ideals

The white concrete seems to moveand vibrate under the bakinghighveld sun. The heat conductsthrough the worn rubber soles ofmy black, scuffed school shoesroasting my blistered feet. Josephgreets me at the gate. I reply withan unrecognisable grunt and shiftmy shoulder as the weight of thebooks in the bag cuts down into

the raw flesh.

A small wooden chalk boardstands coyly next to the front door.below the bold ceramic letters thatprofess, "Garden Village MethodistHome for the Aged". A diligentservant has taken the time to chalkneatly in our thought for the day instartling yellow. "Come wearytraveller into the arms of the Lord.for there shall ye rest."

I dutifully scan the lines. dismissingthem. as I force open the swrngdoor. The conditioned cool airwraps me in its gentle grasp, Ican t wait to get our of the stickyschool clothes and have a cool

shower.

"Hello, Christian. how was yourday?" croaks a wizened old lady.clutching her walker as she basksin sun streaming in through the

window.

"Good afternoon. Mrs Jooste. MrsBailey. fine thank-you". Iautomatically reply as I slip past

walker. I hate thewhine to

anotherpatients lounge." l

myself. They sit like crocodiles,their dry cracked skin soaking upthe radiation. I resent theircourteous little greetings andmandatory formalities but on mymother's request I respondaccordingly. supplying them wihenough conversation to last therest of the wilting afternoon.

I leave the lounge and try to hurrythrough the long, desolate-lookingcorridor, The Frail Care Section isalways too cold and in the distanceI hear a thumping air conditionerlike a far away drum. There is awheel chair parked outside MrsArmstrong s room. Must haveguests over." I think laughingcynically to myself. The smallpurple package outside almostevery room halts my forcedlaughter. these are the nappies.Be-Sure" nappies. a reminder that

life is no longer simple for thesesouls. the slogan reads mockinglyon the printed plastic. "Allows youto do things you still want to."

The stench of disinfectant fills mylungs as my deliberate steps echoon the sterile linoleum beneath me.I jingle my keys on my fingers infrustration, I want to run up to ourMatron's flat but that would disturb

the patients!"

Mr Barnes is standing. clutchingthe safety railing on the side of thepassage. his body in youth musthave been tall and elegant. now itis like an elastic that has beenreleased and is loose and floppy Ihear him murmur my name.

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"Please would you help me back tomy room." he pleads in quietdesperation.

He grasps my arm and with tinyshuffling footsteps we cross thefew metres to his room. He clingsto my strength like a small childwould in a swimming pool.

in his room his claw-like grip isreleased and he flops onto his bed.I bend and pick up his legs whichfeel as thin as the limb of a thorntree. putting them under a crudelyknitted knee-rug.

He srghs a heavy thank-you andhis head sinks into a mountain ofpillows. l glance uneasily at thewalls. above his head hangs his

Degree in Architecture from Wits.his hands now hear noresemblance to former eleganceas the knuckles look like knots ofwood. a side-effect from thecalcrum pills.

A nurse enters carrying a small Vialof clear liquid, "Good Afternoon MrBarnes." her plastic voice sounds."Ready for your injection?She draws the fluid up into hersyringe and smoothly linds theswollen veins through hispaper-thin skin. The tired fleshresists the needle momentarilybefore allowing the needle in. Istand rooted as she depresses theplunger and the morphine mingleswith his blood and begins topulsate weakly through his body.

His face contorts With unheardscreams and then slowly relaxesas his consciousness is blown Intounseen oblivton. His once greatmind now mastered by a Slmpledrug. I touch his hand and silentlyleave the room.

"Come weary traveller into thearms of the Lord, for there ye shallrest."

C. Morgan - Std 10

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Ye Olde Times

It was noon on Saturday. Thesmog of the previous night hadalmost disappeared. The Veronavillage market was. as usual.sleepy and peaceful. the morningshoppers going about theirbusiness , selecting the bestavailable crops and fresh produceand haggling over the prices of theprime rib and beef loin.

Two members of the house ofCapulet wandered through themarket as did members of thehouse of Montague. These twofamilies had, for as long as timeitself, engaged in a feud. Details ofthe exact dialogue between thetwo members of the houses aresketchy. Sources have revealedthat the house of Capulet beganinsulting the Montagues.

it did not take much time to lightthe fuse of the Montagues andbefore long a street brawl like noneother erupted. It began betweenthe members of the houses butbelore long. as is typical of street

brawls. the entire market wasinvolved.

Bodies. swords and food flew backand forth, blood and screamsemanating from the mass ofbodies tearing. punching. stabbing.Man. child and woman alikebecame involved. The market.which, just a few minutes beforehad been peaceful and serene,was a full blown battlefield.

After much brawling and a fewdead bodies later the Prince ofVerona himself stepped in.Trumpets sounding. horse hooves'clopping against the stone cobbleroad. he interrupted the brawl and

issued an ultimatum. This statedthat the next time one of thehouses disrupted the peace. deathwould be the sentence.

Was this to be the lastdisagreement between the house.would they obey the prince'sultimatum or would the age-oldfeud continue. Only time wouldtell?

I White - Stds

Jimmy s Inn

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I. Broekhuizen

All this was a longtime ago, I remember.

It was a beautiful summer s day.the sky was clear and the sun wasat its peak. My mom was wateringthe flowers with our new hosepipe. she always did it at that timeof day. I could see my reflection inthe swimming pool water as I rodemerrily around the outskirts on mytricycle. I would ride as fast as Icould around the straight tendsand then stop and climb up thesteps heaving my tricycle up withme as I went and then carried onuntil I would encounter the steps

again,

Each time | spun around the bend Icould Ieel my wheels getting closeto the edge of the water,

"Be caretul you don't fall In. Tyron .I heard her say. Man! what do youknow. I thought to myself. I am justhaving some fun. Why does shealways have to spoul my day. "YesMommy . I replied anyway By thenI was really impressed with myself.I could dodge Mommy who wasabout to have a nervous breakdown and I could jump the stairsall in hall the time I used to do it.

But then came the dreaded pan. Inever really thought it wouldhappen but it did. My bike Ilewalong the edge. leaning a bittowards my re ection but Imanaged to pull away and retreatback to the bricks That was close,I thought to myself, I was hopingthat Mommy hadn't seen that onebut...

" Please Tyron. get off that tricyclenow!""Just one more time, I won t do itagain . I shouted still skimming therim oI tate,

I rode as close to the edge aspossible trying to see myreflection, Closer and closer. I feltmy face slap the water. My tricycletollowed. And I waited motionless.

It seemed ages before I washauled out of the pool and taken inmy mothers arms.

"All this was a long time ago. I

remember".I Edmonds - Standard 7

Shana/1Quelquesfois quand i|pleut

Quelquelois quand il pleut. jem'abris sous un arbre et j'ecoute Iapluie qui filtre du ciel pourpre etprofond. Je regarde fixement Ietourbillon des nuages quiéquissent Ie ciel et j'imagine untourbillon des reves. Quelquesuns ressemblent aux miens et j aibien envie de les mettre au point,de deviner un veilleur dans cesréves. Je d'e'rive. je prends l'essor.je flotte. je tisse dans Ies toilesd araignee embarasse des réves et

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je continue d avoir envie de voir.Ah. Ies reves. Ies réves. Je faisone pause pour un moment. Lesreves. Ies reves.

Un jet de lumiere traverse Ie cielnoir et je suis reveille par lesgoutte d'eau sur mes cheveux etdans mes yeux. Je Ies etface et jem'emerveille de la protondeur de lavague récente de monimagination. II n y a pas detonnerre. seulement Iegrésillement de la plule sur lacouverture des Ieuilles seches quIentourent l'arbre.

Je realise que j ai besoin d'abri etje me mets a roder, Je rede dansla pluie. je rode sans intentionavec mon imagination fre'ne'tiqueour file dans mon esprit. je redejusqu'a ce que je voue Ie contourfaible d une maison en bois. Jeiette un coup d'oeil a travers Iafenétre et je remarque unechambre élégante et bienmeublee. Ie contour d une maisonbien batie. Ie barbouillage d'unbaton de rouge sur l un des deuxverres sur une petite table a coted une couche, un feu qu: dansederriere une moule de til defer. Jeveille Ie feu et Ies nourlles quitorment Ies Iormes de mes reves.

Je Iaisse mon Imagination glissersur ma téte comme I'eau Iraiche dela pluie. Je sws libre. je peuxréver. je peux voir. je peux deSIrer.je peux tarder. je peux penser, jepeux rire. j e peux vivre, C esl toutce dont j ar besoin.

Je pars et continue 'a marcherfierement dans la plune. Madestination inconnue. meschaussures mouille'es et monsouffle vaporeux, je m arréte etreflechis. Ah, la vie en dehors. Jefais une pause pour un moment.Le rodeur e'trange a recommencea marcher et eventuellement sestraces se sont tane es sous la pluiedouce. chimerlque. rhythique etpaisible. ..

3. Sick

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L Zulu letter

31/! [/t Mnganewamiothandekayo

Kunyani?

Ngrbhala lencwadi ukukulshela ngaml. lgama Iaml nguJabulanI. lsnbongo sami nguNkosi. Nguzalelwe eNtilansfalifuthi ngikhulele eNlilansilali. Nginemlnyaka engu , ishumr nane. Ngutushane luthi nginezmwele ezimhlopheNginamehlo aluhlaza. lkheli laml mm: 1 St Andrew s Road, Bryanston, Extensnon Seven. Ngifunda isiZulunesiNgisn eSt Smhians College,

eNtilansifali llyaduma kakhulu. Namuhla liguqubele. ngicabanga lizona.

Ngithanda ukuya emphalhini. Nglgqoka iyembe. iovaroli nelakhetev Ngidlala nhenisi, igalolu, ikhrlkithi, nebhola.Ngizama Iragbhi kodwa nglfushane, Uthanda ukwenzani? Uthanda lragbhi World Cup na? Ngithanda lragbhiWorld Cup luthl ngxcabanga. eNgilandi Izowina.

Ngihlala nabazali bamx, Umama wami unguthisha. Ubaba wami ngondwebi. Nginobhuthi uJohn nosisi uMary.uJohn uhamba eSt smhlans Preparalory School lulhi uMary uhamba eSt Mary's.

Sekufanele nglhambe manje. Ngikhathele. Ngvphethwe yidolo. Ngizofuna amaphilisi lsikathi ngolwelofukusihlwa. Nglzolala. Ungakohlwa ukubhala.

Umngane wakhoUyabulanl.

D. Welslord 7 Sta 7

Zulu Paragraph

Igama lami nguNicholas. ISIbOHgO sami nguDennis Ngiya eSaints ngoba ngifuna ukulunda isiZulu kahle.Ngihlala eMorningside fulhi silika esikoleni ngo e kodwa ngivuka ngo 7, Slya esikoleni ngemoto. Ngo 11, sidlailamshi futhl sidlala iragbhi. Esikoleni. ngifunda indaba womhlaba, nezemvelo, nesiBhunu, nesiNgisi. neFrenshi,neMethemethiki. Ngithanda ukudlala iragbhi ngoba ngithanda ukugijima futhi ngilhanda ukudlala iwolapolo ngobangithanda ukubhukuda. Nglbuya ekhaya ngo s noma ngo 5. Ngilala ngo Q noma ngo lo.

N, Dennis - Std 7

Simple Games M. Beckerrnann

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Festivals

Grahamstown

Festival

On 17 July our group of threeteachers and 17 boys motoreddown to the GrahamstownNational Schools English Festival.11 hours later we arrived in thepicturesque town; a place filledwtth character and history; as wellas many museums andmonuments: the interesting libraryfor the blind and the J.L.B SmithInstitute for lcthyotogy. home of thefirst coelocanth ever found.

The Festival had already begunwhen we entered the 1820 SettlersMonument, the building that was tobe the venue for most ol the

actiVities and plays,

Our programme was very full.There were no less than 12 plays,2 workshops and 2 lectures thatwe could attend. My favourite playwas Ellis Pearson's "Hunch": abrilliantly thoughtvout hilariousspoof ot the 1940's CharlesLaughton Name The Hunchbackof Notre Dame". The three actorsrecreated everything in that movie,from camera angles to the NotreDame cathedral, including theaerial shot of noblesi feasting " inwhich a table was posrtioned togive the audience a View of theactors from the top looking down.The British play On the verge ofExploding", about a mother sdesire to protect her daughter, andAndrew Buckland s "Feedbackwere extremely popular. We weretreated to toWnship mUSIC in"Marabai": poetry in Traverses :Shakespeare in The Lunatic. thelover and the Poet" and mime/dancing in "The unspeakableStory". At night there was the "AutoClub Evening Rave" featuring theexhilarating, frenzied sounds of asteel drum band, some traditionalAfrican flavour with a marimbaplayer, and a more modern

The famous Drostdy Arch

discotheque.

When we were not watching plays,there were workshops we couldattend, with everything fromtheatre sports to miming skills. Wecould also take time to explore "thetown of Saints" and see its famous

churches.

St Stithians College left its stampon the Festival. Before the closingceremony. our boys walked ontothe stage as a school anddemonstrated the Haka to thepacked auditorium, receivingtumultuous applause, and even anencore. This showed the extent ofour school spirit and reallyelevated us in the eyes of evew

pupil present.

We saw the President's AwardGumboot Dancers, and Sven Tietzaccepting his award at the EnglishOlympiad prizergiving, and then,

U \ i A

On our way to Grahamstownl

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suddenly, the Festival was over,The week had passed extremelyquickly, and everyone loved theexperience of just being there, Myadvice to pupils in the lowerstandards is to go as soon as theycan. It's really worthwhile.

Finally. I would like to thank MsWorth, Mrs Wylie and Mr Sandnesfor their capable driving and theirwonderful attitude toward us. Whilemany pupils from other schoolshad strict curfews and obligations.we were given a great deal of sell-dismplined freedom. | feel that wefully justified the teachers trust inus and that our behaviour wasexemplary. It was this lreedom thatmade it more fun and a lot less like

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Junior

On 9 June some four hundred girlsand boys from all overJohannesburg came to St Stithiansto participate in a day ofexperiential English learning. TheJunior English Festival. initiated byMs Jill Worth three years ago, is aday when young pupils areencouraged to try a wide range ofworkshops. This is in order forthem to gain an appreciation of theexpressive possibilities of Englishand language in general. Theemphasis was on learning bydoing . by way of extending theusual reading and writingclassroom experience,From early morning to mid-afternoon Standard Five and Sixstudents were busy trying activitieslike mime, like how to act outsatire, how to be imaginative withpurely the human voice, how touse your body expressively andhow to clown about . Many of theworkshops relied on playfulness.Although many students found thisa little unnerving at first, mostwarmed to the idea as the daywere on. In this way, the

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importance of fun in the learningprocess was given a high profile.Also, many of the workshopsencouraged the need for studentsto take risks. which often meantpossibly making fools ofthemselves in front of relativestrangers. This encouraged thestudents to be much freer and lesssell-conscious in the way theyused their voices and bodies, Thisallowed students to have an insightinto their own potential to expressthemselves. This, combined withthe fact that they had to learn towork and share with students froma wide variety of schools andbackgrounds, meant that the daywas quite a growing experience formany participants.

The day was rounded oft with anexceptional display of TheatreSports by professional performersfrom the Market Laboratory, Thisallowed the students to see many

of those skills that they had beenfinding out about during the day,put into action. It demonstratesjust how entertaining and powerfulEnglish can be as a form of self-expression. Students left with oneunequivocal message . English isalive!

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This year's Highveld Festivalproved once again to be a hugesuccess.

The festival was a condensedversion of the renownedGrahamstown English Festival.Hundreds ol enthusiastic StandardNine pupils. coming from most ofthe Highveld schools. were treatedto a well~balanced permutation ofeducation and entertainment onthe large J,C.E campus.

The near faultless organization ofthe Festival allowed the numerousactIVities to run smoothly,

The Festival consisted ofcompulsory and optional lectures.physmal workshops, andmemorable performances such asthe immensely popular comedy.Squadron Marmite .

Athol Fugard s production "ValleySong" was iust one of theexceptional plays enjoyed byeveryone.

Mrs Wylde produced a lecture withthe help ot D.Leech, M.Bartlett,FtScott, G,Seccombe and fourBrescia House Pupils.

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This year we have 165 boys from None of the above would The present music staff is as

Grade 2 to Matric studying a largevariety of instruments. Of thesewe have 32 in the College takingmusic as an academic subject.

The latter is arousing anawareness of levels which shouldbe reached, leading to a generalraising of standards. Anotheraspect which is helping to raisestandards has been the arrival ofthe girls who, through their abilityto work, have shown a new andrefreshing approach. An emphasisis also being placed on ensemblework and is giving boys as muchperforming experience as possible.

Boys have performed at both thePretoria and Flandburg Festivalsand a specralist choir, The Dukes.went on a successful tour toAmerica, The Jazz Band has beenever popular and has performedextensively. Other groups inevidence are a RecorderEnsemble, a Flute Ensemble and aSaxophone and ClarinetEnsemble. A large number of boyswere again entered for the RoyalSchools Examinations giving us anidea of international standards ofwhich we are satisfied we areattaining.

We are moving towards coveringthe teaching of the lull spectrum ofmusical instruments which in futurewill open up endless possibilities.We are especially concentrating onbrass and string instruments withthe ultimate daunting aim ofcreating a full Saints SymphonyOrchestra.

bepossible Without the dedication,enthusiasm and expertise of thestaff.

Even though there have been anumber of staff changes this yearwe have managed to overcomeany adverse effects. The mostnotable departure from the staffwas Mrs Moira Schater. theMusical Director, who left at theend of the second term, giving heran opportunity to catch up with lifein her retirement. She had thefollowing to say: As I leave my fulltime post at Saints I look back withsome sense of fulfilment when Iremember how small thedepartment was In 1981 and howmuch has been achieved sincethen."

follows:

Full TimeJahn Beukes - percussion. piano,Jazz BandAmke de Jager - prep class musicNorman Sandnes - subiect music,

piano, choirIsabelle Webb -piano, Dukes. choir

subject music.

The following Instruments are alsotaught: French Horn; violin,clarinet, saxophone, guitar, flute.recorder and voice training.

We all look fon/vard to a new.exciting and full new year With allthe serendipitous events which willbe added With the arrival of brandnew Junior and Senior schools toboost our numbers.

Mrs l. Webb and Mr N. Sandnes

l Results of the Associated Board of the Royal

Schools of Music:

L. Barcza Std. 6 Treble Recorder Grade 5 PassM. Bean Std. 6 Guitar Grade 2 DistinctionP. Burgoyne Std. 8 Clarinet Grade 5 PassG. Hassall 61h Form Piano Grade 7 Pass

61h Form Flute Grade 3 MeritR. Hope Jones Std. 8 Piano Grade 2 PassB. Hutchings Std. 8 Treble Recorder Grade 5 PassJ. Kay Std. 8 Singing Grade 6 Merit

Plano Grade 5 PassS. Moore Std. 7 Alto Sax Grade 6 PassFt. Peens Std. 6 Piano Grade 3 MeritM. Peters Std. 6 Alto Sax Grade 7 MeritT. Salmer-Olsen Std. 6 Piano Pass i

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The Duke of Cornwall

Singers

Head of Dukes: N. PettersDeputy Head: S. Bick

The Dukes have had the mostexerting year Since their foundation"1 1985 as this was the year of thegrand tour of the USA.

It had been decrded late in 1994 toundertake this prolect and with thehelp 01 the parents we set aboutfund raising to help offset thegreat expense which we wouldincun

The tour was a great SUCcessthanks to a ver enthusiastic group01 boys (mostly Matrics) and thesupport ol Mr Huggett and MrsWylde who accompanied us on thetrip,

Anything else we have done thisyear has tended to fade into thebackground. but there have ofcourse been the usual crop ofweddings. concerts. foundationday and the Pretoria Eisteddfod atwhich we won the trophy for thebest Ensemble and a special cashprize which was donated by theadjudicator. "because he enloyedus so much .

As I leave the post of Director ofMusrc and my long associationWith the choir at Saints. my prayerIS that my very special group. theDukes. will continue to flourish andplay its Important role ll'l the life ofthe school.

Mrs M. Schaler

The United States of AmericaTour

Nothing prepared The Dukes lorthe welcome that they wouldreceive wherever they sang inAmerica.

When the concept was broachedlate in 1994 of a cultural andsporting tour. everyone foresaw

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Back Row:A Horslleld. T Okurzumi. D Moore J Kay A Souter

Middle Row: Mrsl Wylde: S Dunnett E Stafford. R Foaden. B Timm G Wegerte

MrH HuggettFront HOW:A, chkson. N Petters. Mrs M Schafer S 8le C Kirkwood

organisational problems no onecould envisage the excitingcomplexity of the Americanexperience that was to become away of lite for four weeks. Not onlydid the group sung to all ages. butalso to a variety 01 schools and ina number of diverse venues: butthey also visited art and naturalhistory museums; The Holocaustand Computer Museums: The JF.Kennedy Centre as well as theincomparable Smithsonian.Evenings at the Boston Ballet. TheTaming of the Shrew: LesMiserables; a Jazz evening atHarvard; the Faure Requtem atGroton all added spice to themusical diversity. As well as this.add visits to the AntiquitiesMuseum in Cairo and thePyramids and Sphinx at Giza andthe extent of the tour will appear tohave been the trip of a lifetime.

It was an exhausted body 01musicians who boarded the AirEgypt flight for the long haul to

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America. Many had performed in"Oklahoma": had continuedbusklng; honing the tour repertoireand actions to perfection until thevery hour of departure anexhausting route. The "Plea fromAlrica" (brought from the depths ofthe Northern Transvaal) was tobecome the Headmaster smessage to the many thousandswho would listen to The Dukes.

Give a thought to Alricaneath the burning sunThere are hosts of weary heartswaning to be won... "

The world of America is so rich.diverse. so complex. so full of thetreasure of the spirit of man thatthere were always moments thattouched the depths of the soul.

The most intimate concen wasgiven to an ANC exile in the NewYork YMCA. 'the most unusual to agroup of after-care children inWashington'. and the most moving

to a retirement home in Columbus(Ohio). The concert of the twoGlee Clubs at Ohio StateUniversity , where two hundredand fifty voices sang in harmony ~was the most surprising, Pride ofplace for the most exhilaratingmust be the standing ovation at theInter Ac Six pac Concen in thepacked Centennial Hall atHaverford School, Philedelphia. Sofor the twentyelive formal andinformal concert tour performancesthe discovery of the kaleidoscopethat was America continued.

The repertOire was suftimentlydiverse to cater for the most variedof audiences. Whether singing tothe solitary ANC supporter: orantiphonaily in the gym entrance atSt Mark's School: or to the faithfulSt Stithians past family (TheBrownes) or singing Teasers atThomas Worthington School: or atthe final sen/ice at Groton, theDukes won hearts through theuniversality of their appeal. Thenature of the songs. chosen withsuch Wisdom over the years byMrs Moira Sch'aier and thebarbershop movements staged byMrs Ingrid Wylde. won manyhearts.

In America there are many schoolsthat have small choir groups andthat offer similar mu5ic. But theDukes in America IS as unique abody as it is in South Africa, Therange of Singing is creativelyexciting and it has a treshness. anAfrican quality that is different.

So,

"Breathe a prayer for AfricaPray for peace in Africa from ourloving God "

A message that many Willremember as long as they listen tosinging.

Mr H. Huggett

The Dukes on stage in America

The Choir

Head of choir: A. DicksonDeputy head: C. Kirkwood

The choir was forced to take on anew format this year because ofincompatabillty in the Prep and theCollege time tables. We were nolonger able to use trebles from theprep as pan of the choir so wechanged to a TTBB choir and thisworked very well. although theavailability of music for thisarrangement is limited.

There was a large group oftalented singers in std 6 who havegiven a lot of life to the choir and.of course. the very experiencedwho added much In voice quality.

The practice times are stillunsuitable as they clash with otheractivities which frequently result invery 'scrappy rehearsals. Until amore favourable arrangement canbe made, the standard of the choirwill remain as it is instead ofreaching the heights of which Iknow it is capable.

Mrs M. Schafer

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Jazz Ensemble

The Jazz Ensemble has changedin most respects this year and hasin this new context managed todevelop what I would call arespectable sound, This I believeis due to several contributingfactors:

1) The learning of jazzphraseology. style and techniqueby applying them in perlorming up

to the minute repertone.

2) Willingness to experiment whichleads to growth in playing (as wellas some truly spectacularmishaps).

3) The understanding that althoughthere is always plenty of work to bedone, it it's not fun then don tbother!

The first concert of the year (amusical evening in the first term)was nervewracking to say theleast and apan from someintonation and structural problemsit went reasonably well. Reactionvaried from You call that music?"to A good start!", which I believe it

The Jazz Band

The Jazz Band on Speech Day

The second gig at St Mary'sevening concert was marred fromthe start. Johnnie Robbiesacrificed his knee for the schoolthe day belore, leading to a madscramble to find a keyboard. Thestage was big enough for therhythm section alone and therewas no time for a sound check.Besides the (act that we again hadintonation, balance and structuralproblems, I think it went pretty well.

We next performed for the schooljust before the end of the secondterm and things worked muchbetter, I believe that this concertwas the turning point for the band.

Back Row: J Rabble. M Ferold, R Kahle. S, Brown: N. NewmA, Kahle: SMoore. Mr J BeukesMlddle Row: c Peters. R Arnoils. c Whyte: P BurgoyneFront Row: N Flanges. M Peters:T Selmer-Olsen

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Founder s Day was a roaringsuccess but the highlight ol theyear was a visa to Parktown GirlsHigh Schcl. We were honoured toplay with John Davies. atrombonist of great stature and Idon t think the boys will ever forgetthe sight, sound and feeling of 700screaming girls. You did the schooland yourselves proud.

To the players:I am very proud ol what you haveachieved this year, of your gutswhen asked to step up and take asolo. of your willingness to work,

and for never complaining. You'vecome a long way ~ now keepgorng.

Thanks to Mr Sandnes and MrsWebb for their support. Mr and MrsSelmerVOIsen for. often at greatinconvenience. droppingeverything to bring the soundsystem. The Perold and Elsworthfamilies lor carting around drumkit. Messrs Robbie and Nevtn fortheir vocal support, John Davies

for the arrangements. the parentsoi the boys and the boysthemselves.

I am proud to be associated withyou. Finally to Mr Wylde and thestaff, thank you for patience andbelief in our music.

Mr J, Beukes

ChairBack Row:T OkulzumI S am N Peners.K Brown D Moore R Foaden5m Row:A.Scutev.S Dunnen:A Horslleld J Kay A Evans4m Hosz Samara Holm,.J Rodenhuxs a TImm:S Louw s Wuth3m Row:B MuHms,A McAlpIne G Weggerle.A Venn,R Nkokr2nd Flosz Frangos.T SelmevOlse n.M Beam H Schounraad v Mkhwanazv. R PeensFrom Row: B. Sla ovd c Kwkwuod: Mrs M. Schaleml DwksomJ MIHeL R. Ncge

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The Post Matric

Programme

With a group of 49 students. theprogramme has iinally reached thesize planned for at its inception in1989. It has been very interestingwatching the dynamics of such alarge group. Fortunately they haveall made an effort to integrate andthis has been achieved with greatsuccess. I believe that putting theOutward Bound course toSedgefield at the beginning of theyear helped everyone to get toknow each other much better morequickly. It helped the social natureof the group greatly to start theyear off in such a pleasant way.

What has also been interesting isthe comparisons that have beendrawn between this group and lastyears. While the students last yearwere generally quiet and reserved.the group this year were almostcompletely different. Always noisy.the social aspect of this year scourse was far more important.Interestingly, both groups suiteredgreatly in the preliminaryexaminations. In 1994 this trendwas reversed in the finals. and Ilook forward to 5 Similarly happyexperience this year. What hasbeen gratifying is to watch thegeneral increase in maturity thathas occurred in the group as theyear has drawn on. and decrslonsfor 1996 loom large.

Academically, in spite of agenerally poor preliminary result.the group has achieved well duringthe course of the year. Generallypositive comments on lectureshave been the order of the day,and the students need to becongratulated on this There is ahuge leap from as5ignmentssubmitted during the year to theprelims and finals. I watch withinterest how the students tacklethis hurdle.

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The lecture programme was veryfull with a large number of outsidespeakers giving talks or series oftalks during the year, As always.Peter Laburn and his talks onbusiness opportunities in the NewSouth Africa were muchappreciated Mike Bailles has onceagain been a mainstay with hisnumerous talks on self and groupmotivation and speaking Zulu. GailCameron gave a course on publicspeaking and image building. Thesocial awareness of the studentswas once again challenged byPADI, while the course onsexuality and relationship buildingby FAMSA was both thoughtprovoking and informative. In asimilar vein, Moira Winslow andher Drive Alive programme wereas always both shocking andinformative. The course on StreetLaw presented by Wits showed thestudents a new approach to thebasics of the law in South Africa.Pat van Schoor was at herhilarious best while challenging thestudents to get to new motivationalheights, Paul Malek and his magiccourse was again bewilderinglyenjoyable.

The course on etiquette by DrCecile Cilliers showed anenjoyable approach to an old art,Dave Wyllie s course on alternativeapproaches to thought and science

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were incredibly challenging.Courses were also presented onletter writing. interview skills. howto write a CV, conflict resolution.decision making, problem solving,stress and cooking. The group wasalso given a comprehensive andinformative wine tasting evening byDouglas Green Bellingham, whichwas enjoyed by all.

The careers programme washelped greatly this year by gettingthe students to do a full series ofpsychometric tests at thebeginning oi the year. The resultsof the tests were then used to helpplace the students during the twocareers weeks. These were onceagain very Informative for thestudents. In addition to the careersweeks, a number of speakerscame to deliver lectures on theirparticular fields of expertise, andthe group appreciated talks by theInstitute of MarketingManagement; the CharteredInstitute of ManagementAccounting; Richard Pruett onPersonnel Management; ProfessorJohan Gouws on SportsManagement: John Halford onArchitecture; John Veloza onEngineering; Karen Borraine othe hotel industry: Gillian llic oAdvenising: Willa Wagenaar 0Clinical Hypnotherapy and IngoLamprecht on Clinical Psychology.

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On the social side there were visitsto the Sound Stage to see "Ticketto Ride"; a Visit to Andre theHilarious Hypnotist (after whichsome students were never quitethe same); ten pin bowling: actioncricket and war games. Thehighlight of this aspect of theprogramme was undoubtedly thefashion show. a iirst tor the courseand the College which was greatlyenjoyed by those who watched it.All of these events werecompletely organised by thestudents and more than just a lowlessons were learnt along the way.The camaraderie that was built upon these evenings impactedsigni cantly on the course as awhole. and they are a vitalcomponent of the programme.

Next year's course once againpromises to be quite different iromthis year. For the first time we have

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advertised overseas and a numberoi students irom other climes willadd a new dimensmn. We are alsolooking at introducing a full set oiexams at the end oi terms one andtwo to prepare the students betterfor the iinals. A large part of theAugust holiday Will be taken awayfor the purposes oi tutorialsessions and discussion groups.We believe that the iull holiday atthis stage oi the year iscounterproductive for the studentswho anyway have a full threemonth holiday at the end of theyear The nature of the course willalso undoubtedly be changed bythe advent oi the Collegiate andwe look forward to a closerelationship with the school. Anumber oi lecturers will also not beavailable next year due to thepressures oi work, and l would liketo thank Mr Neill Harris and MrMike Brereton for their efions in

physics and accountancy over theyears. We hope that the newlecturers will be able to iniect asmuch experience and insight intotheir lectures,

I would like to thank Mrs Yvonnevan der Wait and her successorMrs Margaret Jackson for bothbeing such able administrators,and ior making my job so mucheasier. Also a word of thanks tothe lecturers for their care andconcern. Their efiorts andexperience make a great deal ofdi erence and are muchappreciated. Thanks also to thestudents ior being such apleasantly challenging group. It

certainly made for a great year,one that I will certainly look backon with iond memories. I hope ithas done the same for them.

Mr G. TheronDirector oi 6th Form

Back Rasz Sudburyzo BarclaJ Rims Elack.A,Newton. M Harris. R Weddepohl. P Lowry.D Ayros. R Heyes.A Frolicri. B Melville.J Pavlakls:0 Prevot,M Daly.G Austmp WrightMiddle Row:A Thompson.A Davies.G Hassall.J Zikhalii Floso,M Reld,T Elankileld,S Cox. M Mzoneli c Roberts!) Grundyc Watkins.S Ledger,C McCollum. N Saxlon,S Moema. o Klng.F Baker,A.GardnerFront HomA Cliitorr. J. Hockeyzs Holderness. R Lang, L Hutchinson. MrG Theron, MrsM Jackson. 0 Dick, F Malan: K Maglll.

L Hawkins: 5. LarsonAbsent: w. Uys: c, O Mahoney. c Buys

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Best SpeakersCompetition

Both Junior and Senior sections ofthis competition were held onThursday 12 October duringschool. The basic format remainedunchanged: one speaker lromeach house to speak on aprepared topic oi their own choicefor four minutes; the Top fourspeakers then to give anunprepared talk of one and a haltto two minutes, The standard inboth sections,especially theSeniors. waspleasingly high.

David Emmett ofWesley opened theJunior competitionlooking at "Lileafter Murphy" Asemi serious lookat the impact ofMurphy s Laws onour everyday liveswhich could havebeen very good ifhe had managed tomake more use offacial expressionand bodylanguage.Jonathan Dicks ofMountstephenswas next with alook at "Brain power". Wellresearched and factually correct,he tried to give us too muchinformation and lost at least someof his audience, Shaun Whatley ofCollins apparently lacked some ofthe brain power Jonathan haddescribed as he asked "When erIthe Bell Ring7 . He brought somehumour back into the morning ashe pondered the problem olboredom in class and how to copewith it (not very encouraging forthe teachers in the audience),

Craig Ebden of Pitts brought a newslant to the old perennial topic oithe Bermuda Triangle as hecommented on "Unexplained

Mysteries . (Are there any othersort?). He did not confine himsellto such oddities as the BermudaTriangle but included sucheveryday mysteries as 'How doesa cat purr?'. Robert Huth ol Mearshad the weighty title "War andPeace" and spoke eloquently onthe problems and costs of war andhow peace would be lar bettert Awell constructed and thoughtprovoking talk by a speaker whohad the confidence to come outlrom behind his lectern and to tryto engage With his audience

Craig Wilson of Penryn spoke on"If All the world was a Village of athousand people..." Like the talk onbrain power. it had too many factsand figures for a simple short talkand was spoilt for me by havingread an essay on this a few daysearlier. Andrew Whitebread ofTucker had the intrigueing title"Orange Juice" but never made itslink to his talk on the O.J. Simpsontrial clear. He had a clear line ofargument about the quality ofjustice that left us with as manyquestions as we had belore.Richard Holm concluded thissection with a talk on "Leadershipin our Prefects." Witty and

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well presented. he could havepulled fewer punches but wasprobably not aware that therewould be no pretects in hisaudience. He was perhaps a littleapologetic about being critical insomecases.

With only 15 points out of 300between First and Fourth, theUnprepared speeches were set tobe an interesting contest. ShaunWhatley, Craig Ebden. RobertHuth and Richard Holm were toundergo the ordeal ol the

ex tempore talks.Shaun's comments on"When the cat s away"were a clevercombination oi literaland figurative meaningswith a nice touch ofhumour. Craig was notconvmcing on thesubject oi "Televismn.the universalbabysttter", but Robertspoke well on "I had adream" managing awellstructured andconfident talk despitethe short preparationtime. Richard definitelymanaged to "Catch thewave" with his wellstructured andconfidently deliveredtalk

Adding the marks tor Prepared andUnprepared together gave theJunior Best Speaker Prize toRobert Huth with Richard Holm aclose runnereup and Craig Ebdenin third place. A very good stan tothe morning and one which holdspromise for the future of publicspeaking at Saints.

After a short break the SeniorCompetition began. Sven Tietz otMears opened with his "Phonecallsfrom Cape Town". He told of howwhen a phonecall from an unclewho was diagnosed with TerminalCancer can change his outlook onlife. Well thought out and cleverlyargued, it set a serious tone while

retaining touches of humour. Hewas followed by Jonathan Cane ofTucker with his title "Why womanaren't completely useless whichhad led many to expect the worst.lt was. however. a very clever andwitty comment on the currentgender issue and concluded with avery positive view on women.

Declan Bullock oi Collins thenspoke on "Fate". He asked what itwas and considered the questions01 predestination and luck in hisdebate and left us still unsure ofwhat was and what was not tate,Kuhle Kunene of Mountstephensthen spoke on "Xenophobia". Heplaced this in the context ofmodern South Africa and theincreasrng numbers oi Asiaticsjoining our population. Aninteresting and thought provokingtalk. lt lacked the sparkle at someof the others. Dean Chapman otWebb tried to remedy this lack byexplaining to us about "Making adifference". It would have made adifference too if he had stood stillinstead of pacing up and down ashe spoke so that one lost some ofthe thread oi listening throughwatching him.

Daniel Leech oi Wesley asked us"Why?". Why live. why try. why dowe do what we do He did not.however, answer this question andleft us pondering. While in thisstate ol uncertainty MichaelBartlett of Pitts Lost in theInfo bog? You are not alone". hehastened to reassure us. Thetremendous advances intechnology wrthin the field ofcomputer and scence of Virtualreality could be frightening, heagreed, but we needed to takehold of the technology and use it toimprove our lives. Andrew Scott ofPenryn then brought us down toearth in talking on "My Dog." Hecleverly wove in comments on, orpertinent to, all the earlier talkswhile telling us of his dog and itslife. A very clever and witty talkwhich reflected his skill as adebater.

At the end of the prepared talks.the marks trom the threeindependant adjudicators wereadded and only six marks (out ofthree hundred) separated the topfour speakers. It was the closestcompetition the College had everseen. The unprepared talks werethe perogrative of Jonathan Cane.Declan Bullock» Michael Bartlettand Andrew Scott. Michael wasfirst on "Take a free ride". Hebegan with an imaginary free rideat Gold Reef City on aRoller Coaster that stopped andsome riders killed and used this totocus on how we so often can seelife as a free ride which, he argued.was not really the case. Jonathanthen looked at "Why the future isn twhat it used to be" He did well butstruggled a little: definitely he isbetter at a prepared speech.Andrew then spoke on "I have adream and placed the title in thecontext of Martin Luther Kingbefore urging us to have a dreamand to work to bring it to lruitionHe argued strongly that a dream isfor now and has to be believed andheld it it has any value. Well

structured and well presented heshowed again his ability to think onhis teet and to express himself withforce and clarity. Declan concludedthe morning with a title "For fun I...He does quite a lot for fun andmanaged to convince us that someof it could really be fun. Anotherwell structured and extremely wellpresented talk in which he madegood use of body language as wellas vocal expression,

The unprepared topics did help tospread the held a bit but when themarks were combined. they werestill fairly close. Declan Bullockwas judged Senior Best Speakerwith Andrew Scott the runnereupand Michael Bartlett third. A veryenjoyable and weilvorganisedmorning with a very high standardof speaking. Thanks to Mrs LisaBenning for her work in putting itall together and to my fellowadjudicators. Mike Smith andCharles Marriott.

MrJ.A. Verner

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House Reports

Collins House

D. Bullock

Housemaster: Mr L. KeetAssistants: Messrs C. Cawse:C. Marriot and Mrs M. BrinkHead of House: D. BullockHouse Prefects: FLWallace:

V. Reddy; 8. van Niekerk:J. Stainton: E. Motloung andJ. Follett.

What a year! What a house!it s been such a pleasure towitness Collins House flourish.

Great things were achieved on thesports iield with Collins giving allthe other houses a good run fortheir money which is no surpriseconsidering the terrific house spiritand enthusiasm that prevailed. Onthe cultural stde we certainlydeserve hard~earned recognitionfor our efforts. We did really well inthe house plays and musicalevening. A good time was had byall who participated.

There ls no doubt about it: Thebody of boarders at Saints lormthe backbone of the school Withtheir 24rhour a day ongoing spiritand genuine support.

I can only describe this year asbeing particularly specral tor meand I feel very honoured to havehad the opportunity of leadingCollins House. We enjoyedstrength and unity amongourselves and l learnt so much

Collins HouseBack Row: 5, Huckell. H an-Bnlnskl. r Duncker n Lelbbrandl. R Jamleson.M Kaminskl,G Lelbbrandt.R Searso Nell r Okulluml. M Mallou.C Taylor.A Evansam $10sz Luyt. A. Lewis 0 Clegg.l Rankln L Lanterme.E Kelby o PhetlaR.Holmner:8 Whatley . R Smith.C.Marsh:M Thornley.J Lubbe4m Row: R Johnston. F Ngoy M Chao e Fang J Heyns.M Marhanele.H Nogeo. Bekaly. Fl Lewrs,T Mokate. G van derMerwe. s Ko: 2 Magoloam Rosz ltojs Huang:T Edmondsul Papadopoulos. N nangaka,l< Clegg.J Shahlm.R. Montgomery: P Evans. w. Fang; B. Stalnlon: R olas. c van derMerwe2nd Row: M.Scala. D.Bradbury:M Dorterzu Bergmann. M Harrls.C Morgan.c. Slbanyoni,A. Bergmann: P olckson. R Wylde. o anm. w Drabble. J StackFront Row: J Stalnton . R. Wallace.SrsterMarltz: 5 van Nlekerk. MIL Keet: o Bullock.Mr c. Cawse. Mr 0. Marriott: v Reddy . J Follett. E. Motloung

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about people and life. For this. Iowe gratitude to Mr Keet and theboys of Collins.

On behalf of myseli. the Prefectsand Matrics of 1995. thanks guysfor making this year such asuccessful one. Good luck for therest of your time in Collins.

D. Bullock

Mears House

S. Tietz

Housemaster: Mr D. WilsonAssistants: MrA. Paton:Mrs CV Mulder and Ms D LoubserHead of House: S. etzHouse Prefects: M. During;S. Meckler; K. Harris and N.Petters.

This year Mears. still suffering fromlosses after the creation of Pins.tried valiantly to defend theprestige oi a once successful

house.

Most memorable m the house yearwas the Inter house MUSlCCompetition Although laterdisqualified by a rule preventingthe use oi electrical Instruments.the rendition of 'We don t need noeducation . Wylde Thing and OldMr, Wylde were both powerful andentertaining.

Again prominent In theInterrhouse Play Festlval. Mearsachieved a third place for thepowerfully emotional rendltlon ofAlbee's The Zoo Story . in othercultural aclivnies. our Seniordebaters did well to reach thesemi finals while the Juniors couldnot reach such success.

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Surprisingly good performances inthe Inter house Chess helpedstrengthen the house posrtion.

Performances on the sports field.however, were disappointing. A 5thposition In swimming, 7th posrtionsin rugby. water polo and thePenryn Marathon slipped thehouse out of the contending ranksfor the Harris Cup. Mediocreperformances in hockey andathletics contributed to the poorfinal standing oi the house.

Thank you to Mr Wilson,Housemasters. House Prefectsand all the house members foryour effort this year There wasmuch enthusrasm despiteadversity. Good luck to next year'sHouse Preiects.

S. Tietz

MountstephensHouse

M. Venlre

Housemaster: Mr P van TonderAssistants: Messrs L, Nortie:

I, Atteridge; A Pluck;A, Lamont and Mrs C. MulderHead of House: M. VentreHouse Pretects: M Egan,G. Croall; D. Mdaka: K Mabalaneand W. Hickinbotham

Although Stephens was hard hitwith many talented boys leavmgafter Matric. spirit, teamwork andcommitment prevailed throughoutthe year. These are vrtallyimportant Ingredients for aboarding house to succeed andStephens lacked none of these.Although the House did not excel

Mountstephens HouseBack Row: R Dlsrnore. G van Rensburg D Woth,J Nye;J Dicks, R thtle1C Noltke.D Orr. J P Chlzungu, S Goldlaln, M Roberts5"! HOW1J Slighthaereame, T Tsulsuml J Robbie, M Welsh M. Howard. G Moyc,T Cox, P. Whilbum, B Fernandes. A Maklnson, W Venler4rd Row: R Moluko. J Campbell, B Grainger. Fl Kalz. C, Schonborn: M. Stuart. N Clarke:R Tanna, R Coetzee G Tllc V Taylor, K. Lln3rd Row: r WllllamS,A Bomvana, L Hazelden, D Juliene; K, Kunene. r Mojapelo:T Smlth c Assad. R Adams. 5 Krouramp.L Mokgobu,C Goldlain2nd Row: c Mjlkelo: P BaronA Kitallides; D van derMenive:T Leroke: a Nlenaber:k Magill. RWecideponm Nye,G Hempson, N Frangos R Mengel: N, WangFront Row:K Mabalane.G Croall M. Egan,SisterA Stead, MrP van Tonder,MrL.Nortie:Mrd Beukes, M Ventre.W Hickenbolham, D Mdaka

in the Harris Cup this year, we

maintained our reputation as theloudest and most spirited house onall sporting and cultural occasions.We supported our competitorsevery step 01 the way. showingenthusiasm, hard work anddetermination.

The Standard Sixes settled inextremely well, pulling o a welldeserved second place in theprefects exam, a remarkableimprovement from last year. Afierce battle against Webb in thesemi-linal of the Inter-HouseWaterpolo saw Mountstephensachievmg a well earned thirdplace. Our SWImmers showedgreat commitment

The house also saw the arrival ofW, Hickinbotham and G. Moyo tocomplete their final year with us,Their hard work and humour wasmuch appreciated.

With the Inter-House Music. well,we had to lose it some time and it

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just happened to be our year. Wemet sti lf opposition from all housesand although we lackedinstrumental talent we pulled oftthe best position we could achieve,Singing "One and All" with ourheart and soul, I would like tothank K, Mabalane and D. Mdakafor their hours of hard work.

Behind the scenes there was. orcourse. Sister Stead who wasalways there it boys tell sick,Thanks to Hobart and Ephraimwho helped keep the Houselooking good. I am greatlyindebted to Mr van Tender and allthe AsSIStant House Masters.

0n behall of the Matric body of1995. I wish the new housepretects the very best.

M. Venlre

Penryn House

N. van den Handel

Housemaster: Mr D, HeanAssistants: Messrs G. Holmes:P. de Wet: Mrs l. Nattrass andMme J. FodorHead of House:N. van den HandelHouse Prefects: A, Watson:S. Linden: B. Crew and M. Davies.

The House Prefects of 1995 had anaim to bring the House closertogether and to build team spirit.We initiated an idea of uniting ourhouse by giving our boys a PenrynTrshirt each.

We got off to a poor start with bothour waterpolo sides being knockedout in the first rounds. The Inter»House Swimming Gala saw uscoming 4th after a very spiritedeffort. On the cultural side we didvery well in the debates. finishingsecond. thanks to A. Scott and M.

Davies.

Our hockey players produced agood result with the seniorswinning the competition. We alsomanaged to win the |nter»HouseTennis.

The year has had its ups anddowns but all ineaII the House hascome through well.

It remains to wish the incomingHouse Prefects all the best for1996.

N. van den Handel

Pitts House

M. Carter

Housemaster: Mr D. PitcairnAssistants: Messrs P. Moore:8. Walls: Mrs J. Fiiekert andMs J. Worth.Head of House: M. CanerHouse Prefects: G. MackenZie:

M. Thorpe; G. Davies andJ. Marsh.

This was Pitts' second year ofexistence and yet again it was asuccessful one. As in the previousyear the chant of "We, hate Pitts!"was again a comforting reminderof our superiority... in the sportingfields. that is.

Culturally we were again foundwanting. What was impressrvehowever, was the enthusiasm ofthe house when tackling ourweaker events. A vastimprovement was made on lastyear's efforts ~ even though somemay say "You could only haveimproved". A special thank you toJ. Marsh and A. Poplett for theirinput.

In the more academic fields wesaw vast improvements with highplacings in chess and debating.

Thank you to M. Bartlett and M.Thorpe for their extra effort.

Savmg the best for last let usconsider Pitts' ioné . sport. Pittsproduced excellent results thisyear and the whole house must becommended. Despite someimpressive performances byindividuals, the most encouraging

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aspect was the participation of theentire house and this alone won usseveral events.

To 1996 Pitts Matrics - good luckand may you be as successful inyour effort as the previous year's.My only advice is to get all theMatrics working together. Do notleave the running of the house tothe House Prefects as this willcause unnecessary conflict andnegativity.

Finally, I would like to thank theentire house. the House Prefects,parents and especially the housemasters who all contributed to theexcellent year.

M. Caner

Tucker House

8. Sick

Housemaster: Mr M. SmithAssistants: Messrs K. Krige;J. Verner and Mrs L. Benning.Head of House: S BickHouse Prefects: A. Dickson;D. Ballam and R. MacMahon.

'95 started off with a bang asTucker came 2nd in the swimmingchampionship to controversial Pitts

an unofficial first. This successgathered momentum through theyear with Tucker wrnning themusical evening, hockey. squashand turning in some otherawesome performances rangingfrom our Standard 6's 3rd place inthe prefects exam to the Matric's2nd place in the Penryn Marathon.

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soaring, Tucker House showed aremarkable and noticeableimprovement in the involvementand enthusiasm of all Tucker guys.and this can be the only reason forimprovement.

Our dramatic improvements in a lotof events were, however. coupledwith our share of disappointments.

Thanks to the Housemasters.House Protects. Matrics and allHouse members for pullingtogether and making '95 a fun.focused and rewarding year. Goodluck to next year s leaders inupholding our position that weworked for in '95.

SBI'ck

Webb house

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C. Morgan

Housemaster: Mr D. GearAssistants: Mr B. Lambson:Mrs Ft, Diack; Mrs R. Weldon andMs M. Kamps.Head of House: 0. MorganHouse Preiects: S. Sargent:K. Brown: A. Bester andFt. McFadzean.

The year began with a bang. Webbhouse, with a group of promisingStd 6 s, was ready to take on thechallenge of the 1995 Harris Cup.

I like to think that what WebbHouse lacks in skill we more thanmake up for in enthusiasm , thiswas evident in many aspects of thehouse. Kevin Brown, David Mooreand Allan Horsefieid transformedWebb boys into crooning cowboysfor an excellent Singing evening

performance.

David Acott, Ryan Goodwin andDavid Jarvis tackled a ratherdifficult one act play, "The manwith the flower in his mouth."managing to produce drama of ahigh standard.

Many thanks to the members ofthe house who showed thatthrough dedicated participationgood results may be achieved inareas such as cross country andmini athletics. Thank you to MrGear, Mr Lambson, Mrs Diack andMs Kamps for their effortthroughout the year.

The contribution and dedication ofthe Matrics was invaluable. To theHouse Prefects. Kevin Brown,Scott Sargent. Alex Bester andRob McFadzen thank you for allthe hard work and support.

Lastly i wish next year's Head 01House and House Prefects thebest of luck, and may you raiseWebb House to new heights.

C. Morgan

Wesley House C. Hean

Housemaster: Mr D. McGawAssistants: Messrs H. Hugget:D. Ryan: G. Murray andMrs T. Lees.Head of House: C. HeanHouse Protects: W. Jacobs;

5. Papale; P. van derZee:and G. Welsh.

It would be very true to call thisone of Wesley s most successful

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years. I believe this can beattributed to the excellent runningof the house by the entire Matricgroup and the incredibleenthusiasm of the entire house,including the Standard 6 group,who throughout the year haveproved very willing to participate.

The year has proved successful inall arenas of Inter housecompetition, achieving high placesin swimming, rugby, hockey andtennis. Perhaps more importantthan the placings, was the way inwhich all these competitions wereplayed in such a friendly spirit.

Culturally, Wesley foundthemselves hard done by. Ruthlessadjudicators ripped our debatingattack to shreds. while in theHouse Music the adjudicatorsfailed to appreciate our skitinvolving a very sexy JohnSeccombe and a very manlyWarren Jacobs. (It was obviousthey didn t understand our music).Our only consolation was beatingPitts. Wesley. however, kept ontrying, knowing that their culturaltalents lay somewhere. And indeedby the second term Wesley slippedinto their cultural groove with aremarkable performance of"0099's Hamlet" in the playcompetition. With a massive castSteve Papale set about trying todirect this Hamlet rip oft. Aided byJohn Seccombe (Hamlet) andCraig Hean (Laertes) a play wasproduced with special effects faroutvdoing those of Jurassic Park.The words, the acting and theblood had the audience in stitchesfor the full 15 minutes. Thesuccess of the year would nothave been possible without theinvaluable help of the HousePrefects and other Matrics. MrMcGaw proved to be an excellentHouse Master and I thank him.

Finally I would like to wish thefuture Head of House and newHouse Prefects good luck in thenext year. Keep up the spirit!

C.Hean

School ProductionsArsonists

Sonya Burger's lirst St Stithiansproduction was a great success

The play involved a tairly largecaslr many of whom wereinexperienced actors By the end01 the production many at theactors had gained a vastlyimproved knowledge of the stages

The play IS set ll" Germany anddeals With aspects at late and the

Inability of man to deal With realitySteven Leontinis portrayed the partof Gotlleb Btederman wtlhexcellence Hts experienced acting

was able to convmce the audiencethat Biederman was Indeed tooledby the arsonists , NicholasMacgowan and Mark DuringLeontsmls showed exceptionalability which won him the BestActor awardCentral to the production was

Bledermans wrie - Declan Bullock~ who throughout the performancewas outstanding as a concernedmiddle-aged woman

The Arsonists revolved around achorus oi twelve , led by MichaelBartlett The chorus expressed theinner-paranoia oi the Biedermanswhich was a dif cult task toperform tnvolvmg choral speech.This style oi acting can becomemonotonous at times, but. theseparticular boys never lackedenergy and consequently excelled

Andrew Scott and Daniel Leechwere convtnclng in their supportingroles as the Policeman and theDoctor, James Campbell playedthe pan of the elderly butler whichhe did brilliantly

Overall. comptetent acting, Insightiul directing and superb technical work -many thanks to Mr Verner, Ross George. Steven Elswonh and the lightingcrew » combined to produce a memorable school play,

Ms Bartlett andD. Leech

Will/e Eisenrrng (Nicholas Magowan) andJoseph Schmilz (Mark During)

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Café Montmartre

Once again the Bresoia House andSt Stithians Std 9's set thetheatrical time machine in motiontransporting the audience to Parisin the 1940 s.

When Adolf Hitler proclaims theinvasion of France. everyone atthe Cafe Montmartre is shockedbeyond belief and reactimmediately. Inspired by the war. auniquely composed mosaic ofpoetry. singing and dancing isconvincingly performed by theFrench students of both schools.

The lirst pertormance on Thursdaythe 6th at July. proved to be ahuge success. To a large majorityof the non French speakingaudience. the text was not fullycomprehended. yet the energeticenjoyment of the cast hastily brokethe language barrier The followingday, the mostly birlingual audiencesat In the glow ol warmcandlerltght, as they experiencedthe Gale Montmartret The finalperformance cast an enchantingspell over Bresma House.Needless to say, the appreciativeaudience went from bursts oflaughter at Martin Perold andGareth Norman's skit "La Nuit DesPartisants". to a watery eyedacknowledgement ol the war

The success of Cafe Montmartrecan be attributed to Mrs Wylde. forher exceptional stage directions.Mme Fordor and Mme Spence. forthen Immense help and dedicationto the production.

D. Leech andM. Taylor

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Oklahoma

A festive and joyful tribute to theRodgers and Hammerstein sclassic. Oklahoma, was a jointventure beetween St Stithtans andErescia House.

The play is set on the prairie andchronicles the tenSIon between thefarmers and the cowfolk. Thesesinging. polkering. dancing lolk areforced to reconcile their differencesbecause of the love betweenLaurey (Philippa Hatfield) andCurly (Nicholas Petlers). Their loveis also threatened by Jud (MichaelDavies) who wants Laurey torhimself. The other two coupleswere Simone Brandi. Simon Bickand Anthony Poplett. Sandra Kriek.Also starring, In supporting roles.were Stephen van Niekerk.

Michael Bardouleau and AndrewDickson for St Stithians. FromBrescia: Philippa King. DawnSmithies. Candice Ftothman.Michelle Cronin and TarynAnderson occupied main roles.

The play also owes its success tothe over one hundred cowboys,cowgirls. farmers. tarmgirls andorchestra. without whom the playwould never have taken place.

Mrs Elsie Steel. Musical Directorand Mrs lngrid Wylde. the Director.are to be commended on thissuccess. which will hopefully pavethe way for future St StithiansBrescia combined productions.

Oklahoma you re OK.O K L A HeO M A,"

J. Cane

The Oklahoma Cast

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Anton Chekov's

The Three Sisters

One of the finest moments of StStithians Theatre this year was"The Three Sisters .

Using the extended stage firstused in "Hamlet". the actionunfolded with the audience sittingintimately around three sides. The"dinner" was effectively staged onthe raised platform beneath theproscenium arch. Well usedfurniture created the time periodviz. a hundred years ago. CleverSimple lighting techniques wereused.

"The Three Sisters" is arguablyChekov's greatest play. The focusis the puignancy of the lifelongfrustration of unrequited love; ofsoul-destroying marriage: ofparting without hope of reunion orof unrequited passion. Yet to actthese passions rather than to livethem. is to destroy the nuanceswhere everything on stage is ascomplicated, yet as simple. as it isin life.

Andrew Prozorov, (StephenLeontsinis) is a man destined to dolittle. Wondering where has all myfine life gone... my fine dreams...my great thoughts... . he has adesire to follow an academiccareer but finds instead work in theCounty Council. He is engaged toNatasha (Philippa Hatfield), whowill later be his wife. She will upsetall his sisters With her demands formore space in the house and hertreatment of the faithful retainerAntisa (Philippa King). Olga(Philippa Skownow) is soon to beheadmistress and she is especiallyupset by Natasha. Masha (NicolaWefelmeier) is trapped in aloveless marriage to Kulygin(Andrew Scott), the teacher whomouths platitudes and presentseveryone with the history of hisschool, especially to Irina (SandraKriek) on her Name Day a bookthat he wrote "when he had

nothing better to do". Masha,married when she was eighteenwhen her husband. "seemed thecleverest of men" now longshopelessly for Vershinin (NicholasMagowan). himself caught in aloveless marriage. The Doctor,Cnebutykin (Michael Davies). issimilarly caught in the memories ofa love felt for the Prozorov smother. and now has forgotten thelore that made him so respectedas a Doctor.

Aleksey Fadotic (Anthony Poplett).Second Lieutenant in the army.loves Irina and showers her withgifts. Irina, however. is looking forsomeone more stable and shehopes to find in this lover someonewho will take her to Moscow.Fedotics. however. has no wish todo this and so eventually leavesWith the army to Siberia. Into thisvacuum steps Tuzenbach.

There is a momentary hope thatTuzenbach (Nicholas Petters) andIrina will snatch momentaryhappiness. However, as hepursues his beloved. a silly quarrelwith the bombastic CaptainSolyony (Declan Bullock) leads toa duel. Irina and Tuzenbach areunable to communicate anythingmeaningful in the few preciousmoments before his death. So Irinawho found life "so stifling". is

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doomed as others to an empty life.her soul destined "never to growwings ,

So one is left saddened at theordinary matters of life that aregiven such poignancy andsignificance by the contrastbetween the apparent Simplicity ofsocial convention and theunderlying complexity of feelingand situation.

A strange experience was that ofthe actors being in charge of theperformance. All the actors notonly were in the play for the love ofacting. but also had to be part ofthe production team. This meant.for example. that the variousportfolios were the responsibility ofthe cast. An example will perhapssuffice. I was responsible for thetickets and booking sales. Thismeant that all the steps requiredfrom the printing of the tickets toselling them would be myresponsibility alone. So the variousother steps such as advertising.involving Brescia House,costumes. props. poster andpublicity. front of house. all weretaken care of by the cast Thiswas. as can be imagined. a sharplearning curve but also made theexperience of acting considerablymore enjoyable.

S, Leontsin/s

The Cast of"The ThreeSisters "

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The Inter-House

One-act Play Festival

This year's play festival was mostsuccessful. This result is partly dueto the experience gained from thenumerous school plays and thosein association with Brescia house.More care was taken in theselection of plays by moreexperienced actors and directors.Extra care and time for rehearsingmade the plays run more smoothly.Lighting and stage designs weremost adventurous. The successfulplays were full of enthusiasm andencouraged the audience toparticipate.

Performances of Merit

Plays which ran smoothly. wereslick and well timed, interested theaudience and thus won theirapproval and that of the judges,The challenge this year lay inentertaining the audience.

In tirst place was Wesley. with TomStoppard's "Dogg s Hamlet".directed by S.Papale. This slickcomedy had the audience institches. Another humorous playwas "King Ubu . directed byA.Poplett of Pitts.

On the serious side. "Zoo Story".by S.Tietz was excellent. with bestactor award going to Mears'S.Meckler. Penryn s Leaves andFishes". addressed the topical andrelevant issue of press freedom,This play. directed by A.Scott also

Pltts House King Uhu Penryn HouseH. Cole Ubu G. van Bormann

M. Bartlett Ma mm 5. Mapham

. R. Boyd Executioner M. Bardouleau

Wesley House Dogg's Hamlet Colllns HouseK. Jackson Bill "Rastaman Shakespeare S. Van Niekerk

J. Seccombe Hamlet N. FlangakaFt Conroy Ghost 2. MagmaD Leech Polonlus P. DicksonR Foaden Gemude M. Tholnley

C. Hean Laertes B. Huckell

o. Seccombe Osrlc D. BradburyC Watkins Ophelia R. Wylde

Tucker House Can you hear the music 7 Mountstephens HouseA. Souter Pricklemouse J Campbell4 Cane Fussmouse G. MoyoM Charleswonh Housemouse M, Ventree. Leoismis GigglemouseG. Whtttaker Tattymouse

Mears House The Zoo Story Webb HouseS. Meckler Jerry - Best Actor D. AcotlFt Scott Peter

DirectorsMountstephens Davld MdakaWebb Chris MorganMeals Sven TletzCollins Declan Bullock Best DllectorPenryn Andrew ScottTucker Andrew DicksonWesley Stephen Papale

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won acclaim for the stage design."Can you hear the music ?", byA.Dickson from Tucker was alsocongratulated for good set anddramatic musical eliects.

Webb House's offering was "Theman with the Flower in his Mouth".directed by C.Morgan. "A Man whoWouldn't go to Heaven". wasskillfully directed by D,Mdaka.Collins House showed theadvantage of having your entirecast under one root. their renditionof "Unman. Wittering and Zigo". byD.Bullock was outstanding!

Overall much more enjoyment wasobserved on stage and in theaudience.

Mr H. Hugger!

Loaves and Flshes

Thomas PrlngleJohn Fairbum

Daniel Denyssen

Unman, Wittering and Zlgo

JohnWitteringClolslemlouthCuthbun

TernewBulgerbineUnmanWally

A Man who Wouldn t go to Heaven

TharlalBobble NightingaleRev. John McNulty

The Man wllh the Flower in Ills MouthMan

The Junior School

Production

And Now For SomethingCompletely Boring.

In order to spread the interest atdrama within the school, it wasdecided to initiate the idea of adrama production specifically forStandards 6 and 7. The torn-iat thatwas decided upon and performedwas a collection of separatesketches or scenes loosely linkedtogether by a common theme thetheme being school life and theconventions thereof. This enabledas many boys as possible to getinvolved approximately 75 boysall told. The production was of adistinctively lighthearted naturefor most boys this was their lirstreal introduction to theatricalcomedy having to broaden their

idea of what can constitute "funny"meant that the learning curve formany boys was quite steep. Thiscombined with the fact that manyscenes were asking the audienceto rethink accepted conventions,meant that tor the boys it was ahuge learning experience, as wellas being a lot ol fun Consideringhow difficult it is to act comedy,especially satire, and given therelative inexperience of the boys,the standard of acting wasadmirably high. Given the nature 01humour it was understandable thatnot everyone who came to watchtound the production lunny, but ingeneral it would appear to havebeen well received. From the pointol view of what it set out to do. itwas a great success: many boysparticipated in a creative schoolactivity: many boys discoveredthings about themselves that theypreviously hadn't known, and someremarkable acting talent was

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discovered for the future. Gratitudeshould be shown particularly toMrtWalls, Mrs. Wylde and SvenTietz for all their hard work andcreative inputi

Mr C.Marriottt

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Saints Enterprise Education

Std 6 Businessesnow Brighten theBreaks at Saints

The Standard 6 Boys at StSlithians ran their ownindependent businesses lor 8weeks during the second term.Breaks took on a very special vibewith wondertul smells drifting

across the quad lrom the pancake.wattle and burger stands.

The 151 Standard 6 boys dividedthemselves into 48 di erentcompanies with a minimum ol 2and a maximum of 6 directors ineach business. An MD, and aTreasurer were elected in eachcompany and once the businessplans were made, they had toobtain a licence to trade trom MrsBrink, who coordinated theentrepreneurship programme.VAT. at a rate 01 14% waspayable and went to the S.P.C. A..along With the licence money.

Once the busrnesses startedtrading, the school tuckshopexperienced a severe talleoit inbusmess In order to help covertheir overheads. a food tax at 10%was imposed on the boy s prolitsWithin a couple ol days. a letter 0tprotest. Signed by all the stallholders. was presented to Mrs

Brink. Negotiation between theloodstall operators; resulted in thetood tax being dropped

Besides load. which was a greathit, Teshirts, running shoes.beanios and scarves. radios: rugbyballs: handcarved curios, keyrings:video rental: stationery andsunglasses were all on ol'ler atvery competitive prices

The prep school visrted thebusinesses twice and there was avisit by the Brescia House Std 8girls.

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Where parents assisted the boys.the young businessmen wererequired to pay tor their help andany loans of money attracted aninterest rate of 1% every 4 weeks.A Treasurer s report was requiredevery 4 weeks. The total net protitof the 48 businesses after makingtheir V.A,T, payments amounted toan amazing R21 478 The V.A.T.(R3007) and licence tees and fines(R1054) amounted to H4061, Thismoney was handed over torepresentatives of the Randburgand Sandton S.P.C.A,'s

The directors of 21 companieswhich had excelled in the lields olaccounting, prolitability.entrepreneurship or stock controlswere awarded certificates olexcellence. In addition each one01 the directors of each companywhich partiCipated in the projectreceived a certificate whichdescribed his business and theprolits that it had made. whichcould be kept as part oi his C.V.

The boys have learnt a great dealabout organisation andmanagement. marketing, control of

stock and cash and the vagaries ofclient support.

All in all, it was a surprisinglyeftective lesson inentrepreneurship for the wholeschool.

MrsM. Brink

Std 9 Businesses

keep the Vibe Going!

The Std 9 boys were requned torun busmesses (or 4 weeks duringthe third term. Once again theschool was treated to some veryspecial food at breaks and thequad really hummed With activtty.

124 of the Std 9's participated inthe project. By virtue of the higherlicencmg structure they wereencouraged to lorm largercompanies than the Std 6 boys.The idea behind this was that therewould be more organisation andmanagement involved in running acompany With more directors andhopelully less work per director,both of these points presumably

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being advantageous at Std 9 level.In all. 30 companies were formed.10 of these companiesaccumulated gross profits of R300or more in the 4 weeks that theytraded. 4 companies failed tomake a profit or ran at a loss.

The "One and All" team headed upby James Brand and KuhleKunene was the most successfulteam making a net profit oi R1992from a tremendously successfulsocial. They also marketed SaintsSupporter T shins which only justmanaged to break even.

There were several ice creambusinesses. several cold drinkstalls. a frozen yogurt businessand a jelly and custard business,all of which benefitted from thesummer season and did reallywell. The Slap Chip, chelsea Dunand vetkoek stalls did well in spiteof the season There was a posterbusiness; a business sellingsecond hand golf balls; acar wash business; "Erworldwhich sold Ermail addresses and"The Famous Five". who were the

money lenders.

Petty thieving was unfortunately aconstant problem in companiesthat did not have a really goodsystem for controlling their stockand cash.

The main lessons learnt were thevalue of organisation andmanagement; commitment to thejob at hand; team work; good stockand cash control; advertising;keeping the customer happy andthe fact that generally speakingone has to work hard in order tomake a profit. Fortunately most ofthe boys were able to make somemoney whilst learning thesevaluable lessons.

Mrs M. Brink

The ice creams proved very popular.l

The BusinessManagement Game

Sixty Standard Nine and tenStandard Ten boys participated inthe Busmess Management Gameduring the first term of 1995, Eachof the participants paid R2 to enterand this money was then used asprize money. The Standard Teriboys played against one another ina separate section and theircompetition con5isted of only oneround (of four business quarters).

In the first round the severitycompetitors arranged themselvesinto sixteen teams which werearranged into four differentsections, with four teamscompeting against one another ineach section. The members ofeach team assumed the duties ofthe Board of Directors of acompany which was manufacturingand selling low»cost walkman/CD.players, The four companies ineach section were in directcompetition with one another. Thedirectors had to make decisions onhow much money they wished tospend on marketing; production;transport; research and

development, and what sort ofprice they wanted to sell theirproduct for.

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The game was played over SIXweeks. The Standard Nine teamsthat did well in their sectionsproceeded to the final and theplate event.

In the final. the decisions for eachol the four business quarters hadto be made in a very short periodof time. It was an afternoon ofcomplicated calculations and lotsof stress. The companies were allmanufacturing and selling a radio-operated baggage security alarmfor suitcases and spons tog bagsetc.

The winners of the final wereRobert Stokes. Nicholas Gray.Kevm Day and Kevin JacksonMatthew Collins. Greg Comline,Tim Pennel, Michael Bartlett andHadrian BnineBninski oi PhoenixElectronics came second. Theplate event was won by DominicCruikshanks and AndrewMcGarvie The other four teams intheir section all ran at a loss invery difticull trading conditions!

The Business Game provided anexcellent opportunity tor the boysto experience life in the corporateworld it should not be missed

R. StokesMrs M. Brink

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St Stithians StockExchange Game

Generally speaking it was a prettysuccessful year for those who feltthe urge to dabble in the schoolStock Exchange Game. From thestan of the game on 22 March tothe close 01 the game on 12October it was a buyer s market.

Teams ot boys from Std 7 rightthrough to post matric entered. Atotal at 136 students in all. forming44 teams, partimpated in thegame.

Each team started the game With anominal R100 000 which theycould Invest in shares quoted onthe Johannesburg StockExchange Several months intothe game. Great Aunt Edna died,leavmg each of her nephews. whowas involved in the StockExchange Game, 100 Absa. 1000Pick n Pay and 30 000 South Witsshares (worth R30 100 at thetime), The "nephews then had todecide whether to sell the sharesand reinvest the cash or stick bythe shares that they had inherited,The game was won by theGenomde team at T Charlesworth;C Watson: G. Slade and D vanFlooyen Their victory waspanicularly noteworthy Since theyare all in Std. 7! Second In linewas the Concorde team at J. Kay.P. Kerr and M Porteous (all in Std8). The Aries team run by theFang brothers. Peter and William,was third. Ft. Stokes: D. McCanhyand N. Gray were the verycompetent brokers who ran thegame The large number 01 teamsparticipating in the game waslargely due to their tremendousenthusiasm in getting the game upand running.

Mrs M. Brink

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Business Management Game WinnersBack Row: N Gmy K JacksonFront Row: R Stokes Mrs M BrinkK. Day

Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is aneducational programme whichoffers selected high schoolstudents the opportunity toorganise and operate their ownbusinessBusinesses are made up at aboutthirty people who decide onmanagerial posttions, a product tomanulacture and other smallerdetails,

The students who participated inthis programme lrom Saints wereD. Cmikshanks, J, Hughes, P.Thatcher. C. Clegg. A. Evans, 5.Cox and R. Scott.

The chotce of products sold in thediflerent companies ranged lrornT'Shl s to lipeice to necklaces.

Many Vital skills such asbudgeting, team work. leadershipqualities and oonlidence in dealingwith touchy situations were learnt.

C. 01999

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Inter Schools' Stock

Exchange Game

The |nter~School Stock ExchangeGame is run by the JohannesburgStock Exchange from Marchthrough to October each year. It isused as a learning tool tor aspirantyoung investors on the StockExchange. 254 schools eachentered a team in the competitionthis year. Each team was given anominal R100 000 to invest.

This year St Stithians wasrepresented by a team of Std. 9 scomprising R Stokes; D.McCarthy; K. Jackson and M.Bartlett, The team opened on avery positive note by purchasingsome very good shares. Thencame a run of bad luck, plus oneor two poor decisions, whichresulted in the portfolio value notappreciating as greatly as wewould have liked it to. Althoughour performance was not as goodas we had hoped tor. we did learna great deal about how the Stock

Exchange works and about manyoi the companies that are listed onit. This experience should proveinvaluable in the years to come.

R, Stokes

Stock Exchange Game BrokersBack Row: n StokesFronmow: N GraszrsM Bunk D McCarthy

Inter-School Stock Exchange Game WinnersBack Row: N Gray R Slokes K JacksonFrant asz McCanhy,Mst Brink M aamen

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The Standard 6

Camp

The Standard Six camp was heldat the Youth for Christ TrainingCentre at Hekpoort. Present were151 new boys in standard 6 Withthe following staff:

Messrs Clarke: Walls: Wilson:Atteridge; Huggett and Pithey andMrs M Reynolds.

After a briel welcome by Mr Clarkeand the organiser of theprogramme, Mr Brian Cheyne. whointroduced the Y.F.C facilitators,the boys dispersed to their cabinsto unpack and SWIm before lunch.

After lunch the programme was putinto operation and thanks tocareful planning. worked well. Weonce again divided boys intodormitories in random fashionbased on classes and groups byusing houses and this seemed towork well.

The programme was much thesame as last year. All groupspanicipated in Trust Games".Team sports (this year weeliminated Indoor Soccer andTouch Rugby as being too muchlike the usual'. They playedVolleyball. Continuous'Cricket andBasketball) and optional activities.The "foofie slide" unfortunatelyproved a problem as the landingarea had been altered to thedetriment ol the speedy sliders.The new assault course got usedto good effect and once again thebridge jumping activity had manyenthralled.

The night hike and the stalk-the-lantem" activities proved onceagain extremely popular and thedrama evening was amateurishand more fun than last year.

The swimming pool was a great

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boon. and a new optional activitywas introduced by having a ropebridge across the pool. By the endof our stay the bridge wasdefinitely looking worse for wear,

Reports back from the boysthemselves seemed to suggestthat although they had allthoroughly enjoyed themselves.they would like to have moreIeisure time' - perhapsthey felt too organisedover the period at fourdays. It is something to .keep in mind for future "years.

We all felt the l995 intakewas really outstandingWith very few problems.

They were co-operative.helpful. polite. litter-conscious and we seldomlound lost property lyingaround. All in all a very -

successful camp and I _would like to place onrecord my appreciation toMrs Reynolds and toMessrs Walls. Wilson.Atterige, Pithey. andHuggett for theirtremendous contributionto the success. Onceagain Y.F.C has come out

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tops for a venue for the camp - thefood was excellent and thefacilities top class.

Finally. Mr Brian Cheyne and hisYouth helpers were great - withoutthem we could not run theprogramme. Moreover. many boyscommented most favourably intheir report back on the Christianinput received.

Mr M. Clarke

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The Standard 7Camp

This year s standard seven campwas held at Trackers in theEastern Transvaal. Tracker s is avery special place with lovelyviews and scenic walks.

It had to be said that thedisappointing behaviour of a smallgroup of Saints boys rather spoiltthe Standard 7 camp for themajority. To be fair the organisationwas too loose. There must bemore structure in future. Facilitieswere also poor tor a group of thissize,

"Tis an ill wind that blows no good"

The boys went on a variety of daytrips. The boys were split into twolarge groups. We visited theSwadini Reptile Park where theboys were shown a variety ofsnakes and also taught a littleabout the treatment of snake bites.

A trip to the Hoedspruit Air ForceBase proved most interesting. Theboys were shown round a lighterjet and saw the planes taking offand landing. They were alsoshown around the section whereemergency rations. life boats and

other survival equipment ispackaged for use in the event ofan emergency ejection In enemyterritory.

We spent a day swimming andcliff-jumping in the Blyde Rivier.The sight of our boys leaping (likelemmings?) from a great heightinto the river was a greatspectacle.

A trip to Moholoholo WildlifeRehabilitation centre was veryinteresting and gave the boys achance to see some at the wildanimals close up. The boys alsogained some idea of the problemsencountered with conflicting landuse.

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The Protrak anti-poaching unit wasvery informative as the boys had achance to realise the extent oi thepoaching problem even withinproclaimed areas. The boys wereshown snares and gin traps andwere amused by a baby petwarthog that had beenrehabilitated after its mother waskilled by poachers. DaveRushworth's son, Paul shot andslaughtered an impala. He taughtthe boys some biology and wecooked it for supper the night thatwe spent in Manyeleti GameReserve. The night in Manyeletiwould have been a lot moreenjoyable with a smaller group.We did a night drive but the noiseof the group ensured that we sawvery little game.

We also Visited the BlydeFlivierspoon Dam and the cheetahfarm where some oi the boys werelucky enough to see the rare kingcheetah, a genetic variant.

Many posmve aspects didmaterialise and with theintroduction of the Saints Honourthis year the Standard 7's are nowtunctioning tar better as a group.

Messrs D Ryan and F! as We!

The Standard 8C a r'n'p

I'm sure.you ve all heard the adverton the radio of the Nun who tookher class at 20 to the Zoo and gotthem all safely back home Wellcan you imagine taking 125 boyson the train to a Karoo dorp oalredCathcart? Not only that but once ,we had arrived. some 4 hours late,we were supposed to be met byOutward Bound w'ho dould dillysupply one bus and by a-bus fromMayibuyo Transport fresh out olBishol When all at this happenedaccording to plan there was noway we cQ Id have had a loadweek. Delinétuy a big plus for thenew South A tea!

The train journey was an absolutetreat for all of us and is certaInIy avery colonIaI way to travel The

scenery In the Hogsback area.where 0.8 are based, Is asmagnificent as you WIli ndanywhere in South Africa

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A tough climb

is alsomountainous and very unforgivingto those who traverse them Wllhbackpacks. The group I spent mytime wIth must have walked all of75 km in the live days we were in

Unfortunately, it very

the bush. This included amemorable two day ordeal; onewhole day walking through aGorge and spending the entire dayIn the water: and then another day

walking straight up the side' 7 of the highest peak. Gaikas

l.Kop and back down againiin those two days we startedat spot height 747m and atthe top of Gaika's we wereat 1963m. Pretty awesomellThe boys knew It would betough but With Saints spIrItthey stuck to the task athand and amaZIngly still hadenergy to spare tor someadrenalin-pumping rockclimbing as well as a fewother tun activities,

The boys are encouraged to"set themselves "goals forevery day accordlng Ito theirability and at the end oi theday to evaluate how wellthey have done. TheconditIons are tough at alllimes and the boys arephshed o the limit andthose more capable areencouraged to help thestrugglers' and in so doing

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worry about others a little morethan themselves. They are alsoexpected to fit in with theirsurroundings and it Is always mostamusing to stand and watch as theboys all stand around hopingsomebody else will carry therubbish, The leadershnp ol some ofthe boys is always extraordinaryfor their age it is a very worthwhileexpenence for all concerned andeven more pleasing is that it isseemingly enjoyed by more boysthan not,

Mr C. Cavvse

A Week in the Life of GroupSeven

Day 1: We arrivegVbatdJohannesz'argstatIon eagerly dimg btlr IntrIp but a little nervous about therest. The train was on time and wesoon settled down into its rhythmand calmly watched the world goby. Take-aways were available sowe were soon feeding our lacesand leading a very carefree

existence,

Day 2: We awoke to tind out fromthose more alen than ourselvesthat we had broken down duringthe night and were about four

hours behind schedule, Yes.yesterday was too good to be true!We arrived gt gathoan (where wbe greeted utward Bound and

two buses, which was a relief. Wespent about two hours on the busand arrived at Hobbiton onHogsback at midday: We hastilypacked all our food into ouralready laden rucksacks arid thentried vainly to carry. this all. Outcame a few unnecessary items sothat only the essentials remained.Still the rucksack was pretty heavy!We headed out on a little 5 kmstroll to the dam where we built avery sea-worthy raft and ourinstructor was most impressed. Weldbr'lned our rucksacks again andset off to our overnight spot whichwe thought was not too far off! 15km later, through game tracks andrivers, we reached our camp spot.it was dark and we wereexhausted Still we had been

ting a couple btltmgh dayssummon in gun $ape Wewere disappointed to n see thewaterfall, where we weresupposedtb do abceilIng. was so

after recent ratio that this IIIJas&ossible.I, a

Day 3r onke brightandmierIan u t thegms Hard.pa016d.J;$3y our biuwyad were ready sh

eaklast was Weetbix a damcertainly hater than do to

cabbageI Mliiwlh w with Certainly the best part t2?mayonnaise! 0 r in ugtor ukm hard "Walklrt We;advisedl us that dNM DMOIemitted exhausts -andtoughandWM IIIISe walkin 'n carrying plenty Idf {blisterswater forfair stretches mlad a

the highest v ta e point inday} ll I the area kianjg 'Gvalka's kop

I and." l |1IlIliarIOIhvoquight

We made sure that everything thatcounted was packed in plastic so Itwould stay dry and set qthloII theday. Well, our instructor was themaster of understatement . Wespent the entire day walking inwater (a raging river) as wenegotiated "the Gorge". At timeswe thought we were insane; attimes we feared for our safety:butat the end of it all we were proud ofwhat we had achieved On finallygetting teethe top at the gorge welookedt a place for the night andsoon collapsed into a deep sleep

Day 4: We decided thatthings could only get better.despite blisters andstiffness. and set oti for theday in an optimistic mood.We were not sure where wewere going to go but surelyit wasn't going to be as badas the day betore! Weil we .were almost wrong! We j[walked past a Radio mastcalled Tor Doone. to anovernight hut used by non-outward bounders wherewe abandoned our kit up to

and then via our kit to Hog

but gheeagain proud at our

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day's achievement. We weresupplied with tents for the nightand a nearby stream for a swim, towash off some of the dust, whichwas just what the doctor ordered.A bite to eat albeit pickled fish andthe thought of an early night and

,life was worth living

twgk 90f I VEy was rock

dedgeally

my 5:» Weknowing theclimbing and that"".cool" We had Ipulsorymountain to climb beforthe rock climbing site bu (MMmoaned despite the blisters andstiffness. We were becomingseasoned outward bounders andwere actually enjoying ourselves.The' «5th climbIng was awesomeand we had a great morning. Wedescended the mountain in theafternoon to be greeted by athunderstorm but this was all in aday's work. in the unpotluted air wesaw the most magnificent doubledecker rainbow that went fromhorizon to horizon, We walkedthr0ugh a bit of a marsh land to getto our overnight spot where wewere greeted with the news thatthis was where we would do thedreaded solo!

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Those 01 us who took this seriouslyhad a tremendous time alone Withonly our thoughts for company. itwas a time for contemplation, tothink back on what we hadachieved and fora lot of us to thinkback proudly!

Day 6: We spent the morningnavigating our own way homewhich led to many heated debatesbut we finally managed it, Theafternoon was spent having fun onthe obstacle course. that is if youcall being terrified on the "kingswmg" as havtng lun. We reallyenjoyed the hot cottage pie tordinner and the hot shower that wasto follow. not to mention thethought of sleeping InSlde on abedl

Day 7: The rumours of a 15 kmmarathon to end the camp turnedout to be true but after all we hadbeen through this was not the endof the world and in true Saintsfashion we stuck to our taskmanfully. Our instructor was veryproud of us as we were ofourselves. After a tasty lunch ofroast chicken it was back onto thebuses and off to catch the train.

Day 8: The train didn t break downalthough it was late and when wepulled into Jo burg station. I was

really pleased to see my folks;quite something hey!

I look back on my week in the bushwith self-admiration, I don t know ifI would do it again!

Missing in action

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An historical Wall

The Standard 9

CampMagaliesberg - our last

outpost

Within the first four days of ouranticipated Standard 9 year, wewere already subjected to anenormous amount 01 work.

A group of H7 boys and 8teachers set off on Tuesday 17January to Cyara Centre, situatedon the Magalies River, for a veryunexpected project - camp.

Being the firsl group to vtsrt the Sitewe didn't know exactly what toexpect. but we did know of twothings that we had to do ' One,Create a project on a specific topic01 the Hekpoort area, and two tobe good representatives of ourschool while staying with newhosts - a goal I like to believe weachieved,

Between waking up at shoe andattempting Mr Paton s Irritatingtricks, I believe everybody did havefun. Towards the end 01 the campvolleyball proved to be a favouriteactivity, but apparently Mr Verner'smusrc wasn t as successfulamongst the Historians.

On the whole, the camp was agreat success - especially theGeography department s newformat of all their protects beingintegrated into a complete study ofthe target area,

Finally, I hope that next year'sStandard 9 s have just as good atime and that this site will be thestart of a new tradition.

Mt Ogi'lby

The MatricCamp

During the first week of theacademic year. a very successfullife-skills programme wasconducted for our Matric boys. Avariety of speakers, lecturers andfacilitators were involved with thepresentation oi the subiectmaterial, and opportunities wereprovided on a daily ba5is forstudent participation. In addition tothe input from lecturers. slides andvideos, students were givendetailed printed notes at the end ofeach module of work in both thecareers and financial skillsworkshops. By the end of thecourse, these printed notes formeda comprehensive referencemanual tor all interested students.Aptitude testing was carried out.Several careers lectures werepresented in marketing.engineering. human resourcesmanagement, accounting andallied fields, In addition there wereseveral careers workshops Thefinancial skills workshops includedmanaging one s personal finances.drawing a budget, investments andbuying a car or a house.

I would like to acknowledge thecontribution made by all thosemembers of staff who participatedso willingly in the programme, andto thank them most sincerely fortheir enthusiasm and hard work.

Mr K. Hove/meier

The Prefects' Camp

The prefects' camp was held inJanuaw at the traditional venue -Glen Reenen Camp, Golden GateNational park, The same traditionalactivities were planned and yet thecamp would turn out to be themost original and excning campMessrs Wylde, Jansen, van Tenderand Walls could remember.

The actiVIties varied fromstrenuous games of touch-rougbyand mountain relay races toexhausting discussmns, Theseincluded a session with guns andrifles; a bit of abseiling andmountain climbing: and thechallenge of the WodehouseMountain Relay run. The weatherand beautiful scenery added to theenthusiasm of this year's prefectsworking together. We lodged inhuts and shared cooking and

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Pulling together

cleaning responsibilities throughoutthe camp. A great deal oiworthwhile discussions andplanning took place.

The pretects tasks began With afew seltranalysis exercises. andmoved on to goal setting, conceptsof discipline and leadership skills.This was then heavily debated bythe pretects and teachers and afterthree days of arguing, discussingand thinking the conclusion was toaccept one of the biggestchallenges ever in Saints history,viz: Saints Honourie.

To instill an attitude, a way of |ivrng.not rules, written by the boys atSaints, Achieving our pan oi theultimate goal would prove to be afitting task for the leaders of Saintsin 1995.

S. Sick

Break on through to the other sideThe day destroys the nightNight divides the dayTried to run, tried to hideBreak on through to the otherside.

These lyrics tram the popular"Doors" song formed the basis 01the 1995 Matric Dance theme.

Committee:M.Davies (Chairman); K.Harris:J.Strack: M.Thorpe: C.Morgan:D.Baltam: N.Petters; J.Seccombe;RSheridan; DMdaka: A.Solomonand G.Davies

MATRIC DANCE

We were shocked into activity by abombardment of questions tromMs Worth mid»way through thefirst term. From this point onwardsthe preparations for the dance ofthe 20 May began in eamest.

During the holidays the decoratingstarted, (perhaps with a stop-startjerk momentum) under the criticaleye at James Strack. With a weekto go the hall started taking shape.Creative and dramatic collagesreplaced the drab walls.

Our major headache vthe rootrwas eventually erected thanks tobrain waves from our tuture

engineers, argumentativestatements from our futurepoliticians and invaluable help lrornnumerous matrics.The silver, black and red decor andthe talented artwork set the scene.but it was the 110 matrics of 1995who maintained the unrestrainedatmosphere. Together we jokedand danced, and basically partiedhard. Not even the absence atMr Wylde could dampen our spiritsthat night.

Thanks to Ms Worth lor herorganisation and lacilitation at thisventure.

M. Davies

Michael Thorpe hands over a cheque to Twilight Children in Hillbrow

The 1995 Matrics raised a profit oi over R7000 after all the costs for thedance were settled, R1000 was donated to each of three charities: ThePrincess Alice Adoption Home; Twilight Children; and the Multiple

Scierpsrs Research Fund in the hope that the small donations would

assist them In their cause.

Some of the remaining money was used to buy a plaque to be placed inthe chapel. This plaque would signify the 1995 establishment of the SaintsHonour.

The rest was put into the College Donations Fund as pan of the Matric giftfor 1995 with the aim of developing our Sculpture Gardens.

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Clubs and Societies

An Club

The Art Club went on a law outingsand had slide presentations anddid practical work on Thursdayaiternoons The number oi diversemotivations tor jorntng the Art ClubIncluded the love of practical work;a desire to catch up schoolprojects and a pure enjoyment olthe issues surrounding historicaland contemporary images, The ArtClub Is difficult to organisebecause of this diversity. buttowards the end ol the year it

began to become more organisedas pupils became more involvedwlth planning and management,and the club can look iorward to adynamic 1996,

MIA. Paton H Seal!Mona Lisa Pin-Up M. Woo/colt

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James Strack domg what he loves most

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Bird Club

The Bird Club has not been quiteas active as usual this year.Despite this, the membership ofthe club remains as healthy asever. A very successful trip wasundertaken during the Augustholidays to Cape Vidal and ltalaGame Reserves In Natal. Despitethe three clays of rain that weencountered, a large number of

birds was seen, with many regionalspecials being ticked. The birdinghighlights of the trip were thesuperb Views of the SouthernBanded Snake Eagle and CuckooHawk. There was also somesurprise at how easily somepelagic birds (Albatrossesincluded) are seen from theshoreline. Another trip is plannedfor the December holidays, but thishas not been finalised. Anexcursion to a neighbouringcountry is, enVIsaged followingprevious successful trips toZimbabwe In 1993 and 1994.Another highlight of the year wasthe building of the new bird hide onthe main dam on the schoolproperty.This was largely done on ActionDay with the help at some of thedads. The hide is not yet complete,and we still need to put on a door,shelves and seats. The areaaround the hide is also beingdeveloped as a bird area with anumber of trees (speci cally theRiver Bushwillow) having beingplanted around the hide, and onthe island. This is being donesimultaneously with chopping outof the exotic wattles and gum inthe vicinity of the hide. Thisprocess will undoubtedly lead to agreater diversity of birds in thisarea in future.

In a coup for the College, theWitwatersrand Bird Club hasdecided to utilise the facilities ofthe school for some of itsmeetings. This will lead to a lotmore opportunities lor the boys, asthey are exposed to bird experts at

The Bird Club

Back Row: Ft Strauss, R Holm, D Phetla. J Williams, T EdmondsMidd|e Row: C van der Meme: T, Smith. S Chamberlain; S van Niekerk 8 Clarke,

C, Clegg: R, SnodgrassFront Flow: B. Marais; C Potter: Mr G Theron. C Hean , D BradburySeated: S Davey, G. Sidwell: B. Lecntslnls

first hand. We are also workingclosely with the W.B.C. to get abird ringing station set up on thegrounds, and training for this isalready underway. This project willopen up a number of directscientiiic opportunities for thepupils. and we are very excitedabout this venture.

Innovations planned for next yearare a new member's trip in Apriland a breeding scheme on theproperty. I look toward to asuccessful and rewarding year.

Mr G, Theron

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Constructing the bird hide on Aclion Day

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Chess Club

groupim showed em dedication often

9 m Matches at night when the originally

TheNorlhclift FlandDar k and Randburg, atthough theywon their other three matches. These schools are sosuperier to Mothers in the league they deserve to bein a super league of their own. The standard at StStithians has been qurte average. The best player wasJohan Els who made Northwestern trials, but failed toqualify for the provincial team. Eugene Wilson was apopular and capable captain. The highllght of the yearwas the inter~schools weekend held at the RanchMotel (where Saints finished fth out of elevenschools) and a subsequent visit to Sun City.

MrA. Paton

Back Row: D Terblanche. L Mokgobu. c Marsh. Ft Motuku.G Maluperi; v MkhwanaziMiddle Row: T Mokate; R. HoperJones, u, Bergmann. A. Evans:5 Grainger:J ElsFront Row: c Taylor: 5, Wllsbri; MrA Paton: M ThorpeA. Bergmann

Driver Education

Once again the SDEP was in demand by a largenumber of seniors in the school this yeart While itmust be admitted that the theory component at thecourse is not particularly popular, the actual drivingseems to provide a good deal of satisfaction tomany of those who enrolled.

Those who enquire about the course are oftenconfused as regards this programme and the statesystem of licensing. The test administered by thelocal traffic departments to ensure that candidateshave sufficient knowledge of the laws of the road tobe issued with learners' licences has no connectionwith the theory test administered under the auspicesof the Road Safety Council. This latter deals with

such matters as safety. negotiating crossroads.braking distances and the effects of alcohol anddrugs on a drivers ability to control his vehicle. It is,in short, a course which stresses not only adherenceto the laws of the road, but also indicates habitsdesigned to counteract the danger posed by otherdrivers' mistakes - so called "defensive driving",

The practical driving undertaken at the school does.however, prepare candidates for the driver s test asfrom the beginning, all aspects of the K53 method ofvehicle control are stressed. The success achievedby those who go on from this programme to earntheir drivers' licences and become responsrble roadusers IS ample testimony to the value of the course.

Mr M Smith

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Darwinian Society

The Darwinian Society was startedsome years ago by Mr CliveWatson, ex head at the BiologyDepartment at Saints, in honour atthe creative and open mindedthinking of Charles Darwin. Theintention was to give the moreintellectually gifted the opportunityto become exposed to the aspectsof Biology which go beyond the'confines oi the classroom. Wehave now opened the society to allthose with a specific Interest inBiology by popular demand. Itsmembers total 50 senior pupils outof a possible 500 boys who takeBiology as an option from Std 6 toMatric. This year's chairmen wereM. Thorpe and S. Bick,

The 1995 year started oii well Withan excellent talk by Dr BruceRubidge who spoke on "Prehistoricfossil reptiles from South Africa -their contribution to theevolutionary debate'tThis was followed by more goodtalks, including Mr Trevor Elliott'son the Wilderness LeadershipSchool; and Ms G Stevens fromthe South Atrican Institute ofMedical Research on Genetics;The New Frontier". Mr GeoffLockwood gave a very intorrnativetalk on Bird Migration and the lasttalk 01 the year was given by DrGardiner on "Biotechnology inSouth Africa". All the talks werevery interesting and taught us a lotof new concepts.

For the last weekend of the Augustholidays, the Committee of thesociety again visited the farm.Twin Streams" in Mtunzini south

of Richards Bay. where we spentthe fun tilled days exploring themany different ecosystems in thearea, including Mangrove swampsand dune succession.

Thanks to our president Mrs Ft.Diack tor another great year.

A. Souter

Darwinian Society

Back Row: D Bradburry. N Magowan: W Jacobs 5 Goidlain, H Taievt G Lelbbrandl.P Vermaak; A. Kahle. A Botha. J Brand A. Horstield

4th Row: B Thorpe. A. Bergmann. D Builock C Potter M Davies. M Wooiicott. M EganK Wilson,M Harris.C Robinson. R Goodwnn H Napier

3rd How:A Spurr, S Dunnett: C Kirkwood S Ciarke S Hatch". U Bergann, B Marals.C Clegg. G Comline. 8 Field

2nd How: 5 Alnscough,A Scott w Clay: 5 Chamberlain .J Lappeman. c Louw i White:M Charlesworth. P Dickson, R Strauss

Front Row: A Souter Y Heddy: M Hllburn, M Thorpe. Mrs Fl Black. 8 Sick. C Morgan,

6 Dawes. K Kunene

Pi Society

"The advancement and pedeotion oimathematics are ultimately connectedwith the prosperity oi the slate.

Napoleon

Interesting thought! The societycontinues the advancement of itsmathematical experience. Topicsdiscussed this year have concentratedmainly on number theow.

Mathematics is the queen of thesciences and number theory the queenof mathematics"

Gauss

Fitting the soctety into a very busySaints day remains problematic, butthere is a hard core ot enthusiasts.

Mr D. Ryan

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A successfu/ Castno was runon Founder's Day

Debating Society

In the shadow of many otherschool activities. the debatingsociety has enjoyed a mostsuccessful year. For the first timeever the society paricipated In theSACEE league. as well as in ourown league.

The idea at the beginning of theyear was to bring a more lormalstructure to the soc:ety. A group ofabout thirty boys form the nucleusof the society. from which mainspeakers. a chairman andadjudicators are chosen for eachdebate. In addition to thesemembers. the floor remains opento any boy in the school

The success ol the society cannotonly be measured by its results -which have been of a usually highstandard , but also in terms of theexposure 01 all members todebating. Being a pan of twoseparate leagues. as well ashavmg house debating runningthroughout the year. providesanyone interested With anopportunity to debate. This highexposure creates an impresswepool oi talent.

I would like to thank Mme Fodorfor her continued efforts inensuring the smooth running ol thesociety. as well as Mr Macullumand Mr Verner for their help Withhouse debating.

A. Scott

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Toastmasters

International Youth

LeadershipProgramme

The youth leadership course at StStithians was organised throughBeatrice Rambault de Barallon(CTM) of Sandton Toastmasters,and John Seccombe and MrHugget of St Stithians College.The course was attended bysixteen pupils chosen from theStandard Nine and Matric pupils

The course itself commenced withan evening of demonstrations by avariety ol speakers from theRandburg. Sandton and BryanstonToastmasters Spoieties. The boysand their parents were invited toattend this introduction to thecourse. The weekend was thenspent learning the basics oforatory/public speaking.

The boys learned a lot about eachother. especially about their

they werespeaking ability as

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asked to evaluate one another.The course concentrated on thedelivery and not the content of thespeech. Despite the need tocondense the course slightly itproved to be a valuable learningexperience for all involved.Madame Flambault de Baralloncommented on the valuableexperience she had gained as anovice teacher.

The final course was held on theevening of 10 May. The courseculminated in a Gala eveningwhere the parents and friends ofthe boys were treated to the firstmeeting of the new St StlthiansToastmasters Club. The speakersprovided entertainment of thehighest standard and the eveningwas an outstanding success Atthe end of the evening.distinguished Toastmaster, BrianNortham. presented the boys wtthcertificates and ties for completingthe course. Best speaker awardwent to K. Kunene; best evaluatorto J. Seccombe: and the bestimpromptu award to M.Bartlett.

J. Seacombe

Back Row: N Magowah, H BnlnABnIhskl. M. DavlesMiddle Flow: R. Holm. D Leechl H Cole: M BartlettFront Row: D Bullock. Mr G. MaCallum. A. Scott: Mme. Fodor. C Morgan

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50 Club

The members at the St Stithians50 club strive to civilise andenlighten themselves through allcultural means.A successful and enjoyable yearhas been experienced by thoseStd 9's and Matrics involved. Anouting to the Hotel School in Bereawas enlightening. A visit by drugaddicts from Phoenix Houseprovided the lads with insightfuland very thought-provokingexperiences. What I remembermost was the tact that they couldstill smile and have a laugh after allthey had been through.A great thank you to Mr BarryLambson. His excellent lecture onwine etiquette was most helpful:his knowledge and experience wasastounding.We also organised dancinglessons with girls from otherschools. Dances such as theramba, boogie, chaecha. two step.tango, and even the lambada wereattempted.A huge amount of fun andenjoyment has been experienced.and vital lessons e which will nodoubt aid us in later life havebeen learnt, For example wherenot to put your fork; and how youshouldn't open a wine bottle.Thanks go to Mrs Noeline vanFlooyen. Without herorganisational skills and passionfor culture the year would not havetaken oft.I would like to thank Graeme.Thato, David and the othercommittee members for theirwillingness and ingenuity whichhelped shape the year. May nextyear be even better.

Fl. BoydVice President

Flyfishing Club

The club started the year well withfairly regular meetings at whichvideos were shown and somefly tying was done. On oneoccasion boys brought their tackleand practised casting on the fields,Eight boys went on a verysuccessful trip to Sable on the lirstterm hall term. A number of bassand trout were caught with at leastone boy catching his first fish on afly I would like to take thisopportunity of thanking Mr HarryCalver far organising this trip andfor helping with transport. MrCalver also took the boys to aPrivate Schools angling day wherethey lished for barbie and bass. inthe second term Mr Kevin Spencetook a group at boys out to theEastern Transvaal lor a verysuccessful weekend s fishing.Thanks also to Mr Spence for hiscontinued Interest In the club,

During the year the club purchaseda floatitube and waders whichhave been used by club membersboth on school trips and on theirown private trips. The club hasalso joined FOSAF and receivesthe magaztne, Flyfishing which isavailable in the library lor boys toread,

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some memhegal the 50 Club with Mrs Nli'ne van Root/en

Latterly the club has been lairlyinactive with not many meetingstaking place. I think one of themain reasons lor this is the generalreluctance of the boys to getinvolved in the running of the cluband the organising of activities formeetings. I also feel that boysneed to encourage their fathers toget involved In taking some trips.Towards the end of the year theboys became more involved andhave organised some very goodmeetings.

Mr P. (19 Wet

A firs! [real and a smile to match!

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FirstAid

In the beginning of the year someboys attended a lecture at theTransvaal Rugby Football Unionon First Aid where they wereshown the latest techniques forFirst Aid for Rugby players. Weoperated during the Rugby Festivaland Rugby, Hockey and AthleticsSeasons. where we were presentat the matches in case of an injuryoccuring. Members ol a First AidTeam can be likened to links in achain. Every link is important andwithout even one of those links thechain would be broken and thusnot be usetul. I would like to thankall the people who helped us;Sister A. Stead for her soundknowledge on all aspects ofMedical Treatment, Mrs Mitchell foralways ensuring that their wereboys at all the matches a taskthat involves a lot of time and effortespecially when boys suddenlycan t make it, to all the motherswho gave up their Saturdaymornings and Wednesday

afternoons to help. To the Doctorswho were on call at the matchesand to the Paramedics fromParamed. a big thank you. Most ofall I would like to thank everysingle one of the boys whocontributed to making this First AidTeam efficient. fast and effective.From the waterrboys to the guysthat carried the opponents oft thefield in stretchers. thank youeveryone! Merit Ties were awardedto M. Charlesworth. GarethFletcher. Paul Marsden. RichardMens, Craig Sounes and GavinTilo for their dedication to First Aidduring the season:

In the First Aid team we have asystem of Seniors and Juniors;Juniors are boys who have justjoined (normally from the lowerstandards in the College) and havevery limited knowledge of First Aid.The Seniors have been aroundlonger and have more experience.Each team of boys (with at leastone Senior member) has a mother

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First AidAbsent: R Noge. L. MokgobuBack Row: P Marsden: M Roberts. (3 Fletcher: Ft, Mey: Ft, Mens

Front Row: C. Sounes: (3. Tile. Sistel A Stead, M Charlesworth. C Myikelo

Seated: A Kitallides: D van del Merwe

near by so if there is somethingthat the boys are not qualified totreat they will call the mother. Shein turn can call upon theknowledge ol Sister Stead. theParamedics or the Doctors whoare normally floating around thestands somewhere. We areconfident that our whole First AidTeam can provide the bestpossible protection and immediateAid to all our Sportsmen.

M. Charlesworth

Interact Club

The year started off on a rathersad note with the departure of oneof our most valuable members ofstaff in terms of Interact andRotary. Mr L. Smuts. With muchdifficulty the committee managedto start activities on their ownwhilst the headmaster Mr Wyldeappointed a new member ol staffto take over the portfolio. A.Hamman unfortunately left theschool at the end of 1994 and hisresponsibilities were taken over byM. Bartlett.

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Committee Members:

President: K. KuneneVice President: A. Hamman

M. BartlettSecretary 'reasurer: M. BartlettInternational Service: H. ColeCommunity Service: R. Boyd

G. ComlineSocial Service: H. Froneman

J. Brand

Our activities included collectingclothing items and shoes and hatsfor OPERATION SNOWBALL. Wewere able to collect ten fullgarbage disposal bags for thiscause.

We had two braais. the first ofwhich was not very successful butwe were most successful in oursecond braai where over R500was made selling boerewors rollsand Cokes.

The third project was that ofcollecting newspapers for recyclingand this was run in the form of aclass competition in thepreparatory school. Five tons ofpaper were raised and the winningclass received a free day atAdventure Golf donated by Mondi.We also collected things such as

sports equipment for underprivileged schools and sold posterstamps tor a school for thedisabled. Three camps were alsoattended by the club namely:"Presidents Camp" (myself and Ft.Boyd); "Toastmasters Camp" (G.Comline, M. Bartlett and H. Cole)and the last; "lntercon".

This was a most enjoyable yearand the members learnt the realmeaning ol sharing and many newfriends were made. Our thanks toMr D. Gordon head of sponsoringRotary Club of Johannesburg, MrMaCallum. the new supervisingteacher of Interact and RotawExchange, Last but not least.thanks to my fellow pupils lor agreat year!

K. Kunene

Magazine Committee

This year the Magaztne Committeeis very proud to have produced thisedition 01 The Stythian entirelylnAhouse, At the beginning of theyear the College purchased aDesk Top Publishing system with acolour. llat bed scanner. Someboys have been trained up (andtaught themselves) in the use olthe system and have learnt a lotabout layout In the process. Domgthe magazrne inehouse has the bigadvantage of making editing a loteasier. The decision to do themagazine ourselves has had ahuge educational spinvoff for theboys involved, In addition tolearning about new technology andprinciples of layout. they havelearnt the very important lite skillsoi time management andproduction not to mention teamwork. They have also learnt to bea little thick skinned in repeatedlyasking staff for their magazinecontributions! We would like tothank lan Broekhuizen; AngusGrif n; Flob Amoils and MichaelTaylor for taking photographs.

Mr R de Wet andMs J, Worth

Interact CommitteeBack How: a Boyd: H Froneman.G ComlrneFront Row:H Cole: K Kunene.MrG MaCallusz Banlett.J Brand

Magazine CommitteeBack Row: F Walker. N Gray. P Burgoyne. J WylieFront Rowz.) Cane, k Kunene: MsJ Worth. Mr P de WetiM, Charleswonh. F RobsonAbsent: 0 Clegg; M Bartlett

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Photographic Club

The photography club has growndramatically In Size this year Withabout twenty boys now making fulluse of the darkroom

The long awaited Founders Dayyet again produced a superb showat talent With over fifteen portfolioson show to the public,

R. Amoils portlollo included manyunderwater shols which IS aninteresting dimensmn in which hehas excelled.

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I.BroekhUIzen was awarded bestportfolio for the second yearrunning. He has adapted a veryunique style of turning Simplephotographs Into somethingspecial with the use of catchytitles,

Best ponlolio:| Broekhuizen

Best B and W Photograph:I. BroekhutzenBest Colour photograph,A. Griffin

Awards:Honours. Ft. AmmlsColours. I. Broekhuizen

C CleggTeam Badge W. Clay

M. TaylorA. Griffin

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The school darkroom has recentlybeen demolished tor a newextended scxence lab, but weeagerly await the reconstruction atthis necess y early next year.

Christopher Clegg won the FUJI/SUNDAY TIMES anniversary atthe democratic South Africaphotographic competition and wasawarded a new Fun camera.

C. Clegg

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'12' Club

8. Tietz (President)M. Hilburn, C. Hean, D. Acott, M.Thorpe, U. Bergmann. C. Potter,A. Scott, S. Latimer. S. Bick. M.Egan, J. Secombe.

This year the first GeisslerMemorial Dinner was held with theSt Johns College's DecimusSociety. The contact with St JohnsBoys was appreciated and. as the12 club members had much incommon. the evening was cordial,

friendly and warm,

This year was a lull one. All themembers are involved in sport and

cultural events. such as theDarwinian Society and theDebating Society: many were inOklahoma ( with Bresma House).

the Chekov play The ThreeSisters', and the school play 'TheArsonists . Using theseexperiences the house plays foundthe experience of 12' Clubdierctors and organisers of thehouse play festival (S. Tietz)invaluable. S. Bick was deputy inthe Dukes tourto America wherethe group gave twenty five formaland informal concerts,

Many of the twelve performedcreditably in the various olympiads:In the Science and MathsOlympiads with distinction and inthe English Olympiad (STietz topthirteen).

All in all, the boys worked longhours proving the old adage - themore you do, the more you havetime to do!

Mr H. Huggeii

12 Club

Back Flow: 5 Blck. c. Potter: J Secoombe. M Thorpe. M Hiibums Laiimei. D AcotlFront RomA Scott. c Hean: sneiz, M Egan: u. Bergmann

Wildlife Club

The Wildlife Club has once againbeen very popular during 1995.The demand for outdoor actiwtiesseems to be on the increase whichis very encouraging. Over 100boys attended weekly meetings atwhich excursions were discussedand a range of wildlife Videos werescreened, Weekend trips weredifficult to plan due to the tightsporting calendar. The first termsaw two trips. one to theMagaliesburg where the emphasiswas on hiking and rockrclimbingand the other to Mdala NatureFleserve This was more of anadventure camp involving generalbushoraft. game drives, absellingand an obstacle course. The tripto Zimbabwe and Botswana (seearticle) was a huge success.

The second term saw an overnighttrip to Easter Kloof in theMagaliesburg where the obsessionwith rock-climbing was satisfiedonce again. In addition. afternoonrock-climbing to Kya-Sands indoor

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climbing gym and The Glen HighSchool in Pretoria were organised,

The third term will include a trip toWaterval Boven where somecavrng and rook-climbing Will beundertaken. A hike in theMagaliesburg is also planned. Inaddition, a longer trip to theEastern Transvaal is beingplanned for the Decemberholidays.

The biggest event of 1995 was thelaunch oi the Australia ProtectFifteen Standard 7 boys. parents

and myself began a major fund-raising campaign which Willculminate in an expedition throughAustralia at the end of 1996. MrDaniel Rose will be organising theAustralian logistics and willaccompany us on the trip. Due tothe commitment from everybodywe managed to raise a respectablesum oi money, ongoingcommitment of this nature is sureto make this dream come true.

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Thanks must go to Mr AndreLabuschagne of The Glen HighSchool in Pretoria, Without whomthe rock-climbing would never bepossible. He is a trainedadventure instructor who alwaysgives selflessly to Saints.

I hope that the activities 01 this clubhave continued to develop a senseol environmental awareness, Oneof the videos that was screenedthis year included the followingquote by American Virologist. KarlJohnson. it carries a very powedulmessage us all:

I really wish there were a way forus to learn lar beller Io accept thelact that we are merely a part ofthe earth. and that we belong tothe earth, the earth doesn t belongto us, it's no! ours, I am quite surewe will learn that lesson. I am notsure I wan! to be around when thelearning comes home to roost. "

Many thanks to all members fortheir interest. enthusiasm andcommitments

Mr 5 . Walls

Experiencing the Splendourof our Neighbours - A WildlifeClub Trip,

Travelling is always exciting.rewarding, stimulating andunpredictable. These pleasuresbecome amplified when theexperiences are shared with youngpeople who are like spongesabsorbing everything that happensto them and around them and whocan never get enough

It has always been my beliel thateducation is an active process andwhen one spends two weekswatching this process happen Infront of your eyes you can reallybegin to believe that you are ateacher and that those in yourcharge are truly learning.

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Wildlife:

Back Row: N van Gysen. M O'Brien:A Sherratt.T Charleswonh: N Dennis, P Croly.E Kerby.D simim Hulme. R Holm: P. Collins4m Row:H Snodgrasss oat/yr, Myburgh. N van Eck. R Lewis Coetzee:Ft Bray. J Els, T Souter. S. Wutl t: M Price

3rd Row: T Edmonds.A Fllchardson. B. Mulllrts. D van der Merwe. S. Agar; B Staintan;N. Hangaka. R. Gilespie. F? Halsey: J Old eld, B van dar Merwe

2nd Row: P. Baron, G Hempson. J.Adams, H Schoonraad: R. Mauchlei R. Fluthertord:C. van der Marwe. M Loubser; G Gahagan. A. Ladder. C Podeous

Front Row: N Eredankamp. P. Miller; D Newn S Richards: Mr S Walls. G Mclver.5 Wood. D. van Ftooyen. J Boynton-Lee

In April of this year sixteenenthusiastic young explorerstogether with five equally keenadults set out on a 4000kmexpedition through some remoteparts of Zimbabwe and Botswana.Not only were we exposed to newplaces and cultures. not only werewe able to marvel at the surteit of

different habitats and landscapes.not only were we able to takemany photographs to preserve thewonderful memories. moreimportant than all of theseimportant things. we were able tolearn about each other and wereafforded the opportunity of sharingthe experiences and building newrelationships with people that wemay otherWIse have never known.

The trip was enhanced further bythe presence or Dave Flushworthand Mark Needham from TrackersEnvironmental Education Centre.They helped me to organise thetrip and then provided all thenecessary logistics while on thetrip. Apart from this theirknowledge or the bush and otthese countries was invaluable.

Tlic Stythiun I J IS

Dave Rushworth was a Warden atHwange and his insight made thevisit somewhat special. MarkNeedham is a special young manwith a flair not only for bushexperiences but also for workingwith children, without him we alsowould have been far less spoilt atmealetimes. The entire group iseternally indebted to these men.

To Noeline and Dirk van Rooyen Imust also express my deepestgratitude. They were not onlysupponive but provided muchentenainment for the boys. Noelineprovided the motherly touch whichwas often needed. Dirk's unfailingsense of humour provided us allwith many memorable moments.

It is hoped that similar trips willtake place under the Saints bannerand although it Will be very difficultto repeat the experience I am sureit will be possible to have differentexperiences which provide thesame Iife»long memories!

Mr 5. Walls

Cathay PacificExperience

I was privileged to be the StStithians delegate for the 1995Cathay Pacific. LapalalaWilderness experience.

Twenty teenagers were selectedfrom the Gauteng region and wereaccompanied by twenty teenagersfrom various eastern countriesS.Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

On arrival discussions weresparked and and one of the mostamusing questions was Do youride to school on elephants?" in anabsolutely serious frame of mind.

The aims of the project sponsoredby Cathay Pacific Airlines atLapalala Wilderness School were:

1. To highlight the basic principlesof ecology and the role playedby living things within theecosystem.

2. To identify the impact that manhas on our ecosystem and theresponsmility we have inconserving and protecting ourendangered fauna and flora.

3. To provrde an enVironment inwhich you could spend sometime with yourself and others ofvastly different culturalbackgrounds. to the end thatyou perhaps discoversomething about yourself andyour colleagues that previouslywas not evident.

Some of the few highlights I hadwere: Feeding Bwana, the babyblack rhino: learning how to usethe bush if you forget your toiletrybag, soap etc. at home; acting outthe wedding ceremonies from thevarious cultures; learning how"normal" the foreigners really were;sleeping out by the river andwaking up at three in the morningto watch for Hippo s and seeing thedelight on someone's face who

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saw the whole range of stars forthe first time in her life

it was an experience that I willnever forget where great crosscultural relationships were made.

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Some members of the Wildlife Club on [he Mashonamien Nature

The aims made a huge impact onmy life and I hope to carw them10th into my luture.

Thank you very much CathayPacific!

CCIegg

Athletics

This has been one of our mostsuccessful seasons for many yearsand credit for this must go to theOpen age group in particular. Allthe Open athletes led by example,both in their attendance at trainingsessions and their performanceson the track. Their dedication andskill was there as an example to allthe younger age groups, anexample I hope they wrll followduring their years at Saints.

The team was led by 8. Little andhis Vice Captains G. Welsh and S.van Niekerk. Such was thenumber of fine performers that Iam not going to single out athletesas those not mentioned will feelaggrieved as each of themperformed to the best at theirability.

It is here where our improvementwas most noticeable; a pride inperformance. There was a single~mindedness in many of theathletes, a wish to improve oneach outing, that I haven't noticedin previous years. It we candevelop this "big matchtemperament" the greater success

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' 1 . . _H. l at'4 , Aiming High .

(wé mu ,at the Inter High is not beyond useif each person can improve by onlyone place we can make up thosepoints that are the differencebetween first and second.

The results of the meetings showthat we are extremely competitiveand even big schools like PretoriaBoys, Parktown and Jeppe hold notears for us at any levell ll we canincrease our depth, and next yearwe hope to run a '8' team. then wecan look lonrvard to matching anyschool,

My thanks once again to all thecoaches, and here a special wordof welcome to Mrs L. Benning wholooked after the javelin. to Mr Fl.Couling and the groundstaff, the

lirsteaid team and Sister Stead,and to Mrs Tucker for her cateringorganisation.

Finally a word of thanks to theathletes for their hard work andcommitment during a short buthard season. I look tonrvard tonext year with high hopes.

Tho Slythian 1995

Results:

Relay meeting vs K,E.S. . Pretoriaand Jeppe at Jeppe Boys HighSchoolK.E.S. 215,5Pretoria 163.5St Stithians 161,5Jeppe 132.5

This meeting was based on teamraces. relays and field events inwhich the heights / distances werecombined Depth plays a greatpart and it was that aspect whichwas the problem.

Triangular vs K.E.S. and St John sat K.E.S.K.E .8. 368.5St Stithlans 212.5St John's 146

vs Parktown at homeSt Stithians 234.5Parktown 161.5

Parktown were a littledisappointing after their greatperformances last year. butperhaps it was our new found willto win. A great performance byeveryone.

Triangular vs Jeppe and St Johnsat homeSt Stithians 304,5Jeppe 222,5StJohn s 200

Inter High at JohannesburgStadiumK.E.S, 301Pretoria 241St Stithians 239Parktown 230Jeppe 206St John s 206

Losing second place by 2 pointswas a great disappointment and atthe post event post modem all thereasons were directed at adisquali cation during the 200mraces. However, had another twoathletes. any two, thrown or run orjumped better and improved theirposition by one place we wouldhave got those two points.

The new stadium and a tanantrack was very exciting and t'msure will stay in the memories ofthose who attended tor manyyears.

Inter House:Pitts 461Collins 458,5Penn/n 360Wesley 302,5Tucker 251,5Webb 250Mountstephens 231Mears 157.5

A very close event, agalnwitnessed by very few parents.The Pitts. Collins duel went onthroughout the day and was indoubt up to the last event. Thosethere enjoyed the events and nextyear we may move the meetan toearlier in the term.

Age Group Championships.U14 P. BirkU15 R. GeorgeU16 B. HuckellU17 C. FlobinsonOpen R. Wallace

Private Schools vs St John s.St Alban s and St David's atSt Alban sSt Stithians 436St John's 306St Alban s 201St David s 99

An even bigger winning marginthan last year and a meeting inwhich we dominated from the firstevent. This meeting brought to aclose the shortest season for manyyears and yet again we were justgetting into our stride when theseason terminated.

One wonders how we wouldperform against the boys schoolsif we were to start our season atthe same time. Unfonunately witha three term year we shall neverknow.

Mr G. Holmes

AthleticsBack Row: M de Zeeuw, c Ashcrolt. n Forsdyke, T Rowse. RTaievt. P Wleselthaler,B Warren,Fl Leibbrandt.A,Grl ln:S Duggan D Chapman J Hancock QRoblnsonK Jackson6th Homo Mltchell: H ColeM Bartlett w. Phllllps.E Huckell D Ballam A Tucker,D erghl,A Souterzs. DaviesL Mavens Mapham.M.Matlou5th Rowrn Holmner,J HeynsG Norwood s Chamberlain. N de KOCK.G ElliotJ Rodenhuls,G Barcza, s Whatley o Ramasla D Phetla,J Dreyer.E! Gralnger4th Row: R George.) Agar, M Tucker, n Wyldé .J van Blerk P Blrk.A. Flaao A Sherratl.J Featherslonezz Magoto. D Renata Jacobam Row: B. Smlther.T Laroke, T Wllllams, T Malapelo. G Moolman. D. Crulckshankso Nevtn, N van Eck: B van derMerwe, R Johnson C Mengel T Fennel2nd Row: A. Solomon. w chkenbotham; s Blck,J srrack..l Pollen: D Bullock J MarshM Harris 0 Slbanyonl:S LlndenFront How1MrC Cawse, MIG MacCallum, a Mackenzle MrG Holmeszs Little.5 van Nlekerk.G,Welsh MrG Theron n Wallace

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We have had in the field. playinginter school matches, more learnsthan ever before, The boysdedication and the statf senthusiasm is to be commended.We have had Visitors fromBarbados and Australia which is avery pleasing aspect of theseason's activities. Our cricketingmothers have supplied the teamswith vast quantities of juice andcake during the season and for thiswe are most grateful. We have hadproblems with the quality of our turfpitches this year but with theadvent of Jeremy Lloyds as ournew Professional, things havealready begun to look up. Havingspent some years on the groundstaff at Lords and playing CountyCricket for both Somerset andGloucester. Jerry s knowledge andexpertise is profound and heimparts it in such a pleasantmanner that he has established animmediate rapport with both boysand staff. We also welcome MrSiegfried Fraenkel as groundsmanin place of Mr Hugh Jackson.

We wish our 1st XI Touring Party asuccessful and enjoyable trip toAustralia and New Zealand inJanuary 1996.

Mr M. Clarke

1st Xl

Coaches: Messrs P. Moore andD. Wilson

Team Members: P. Hearle (Capt.);L. Grayson (Vice Cath;G. Langerman; G. Welsh:G. Elliott; R. Her M. Lumb;D. Jarvts, R. Nienaber; C. Heanand S. Black

Also Played: M. During:

8. Linden; Ft. Fenner; M. Scalaand D. Bullock

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CricketThe 1995 season really heraldeda new era for Saints cricket.New, in that all the old guard' hadnow departed, it was the turn ofthe 'new kids on the block . During

fortunate in havtng an excellentpace attack in the bowling line upThis season we were blessed withhaving some really fine spinbowlers. They bowled a great

the past few seasons we were number of overs of immaculate

ResuIts

vs Will isaacs )0 vs Parktown vs St JohnsWilt isaacs X! 123 for s decl. Parktown 145 all out St Johns 152Herd 3 tar as Grayson 6 for 21 Grayson 5 for 45

Grayson 2 for 23 Hard 2 tor 23 Hard 2 tor IBSaints 11 u tor a Nienatzer 2 tor 45 Nlenaber 2 for 39Hearle 49 Saints 35 for 5 Saints 119 for aLangerman 21 Langerman 22 Hearts 43Drawn Hearts 20 Walsh 23

Grayscm 20 DrawnDrawn

vs Pretoria boys vs Sandringharn vs RandburgPrelorla143 for 8 Saints 134 for 9 Saints 264101 3Black 2 for is Sandringham 88 tar E Grayson 102 not out

Elliot 2 for 22 Elliott 4 tor 17 Langemtan 60Saints 114 tor 4 Hard 2 for 19 Healte 42Elliot 45 Won by 49 runs Hamburg 147 tor 4Grays/on 37 Drawn DrawnWalsh 19Drawn

vs K.E.SK.E.S 115 all outNienaber 4 for 54Herd a for 23Grayson 2 fontSaints 117 lor 9

Jarvis 31 not out

Won by one wickel

John Waite Knockout Competltion

Vs Nonhcll vs Sandringham (Quarter linalsl vs Prktwn. (Semi-Finals)

Saints 199 for 6 Saints 200 for 6 Parktown 117 all outElliott 47 Hearle 36 Grayscn 4 lOr 13 1

Walsh 45 not out Grayson 35 Walsh 2 tar 12Grayson 41 Jarvis 34 not out Ellidtt 2 for 28Jarvis 37 not oul Herd 28 not out Saints 97 all out

Northclllf 116 all out Sandringham 166 for 7 Welsh 36

Elliot 31m 19 Hard 2 for 15 Lost by 20 runsHean 2 tor s Won by 34 mns

Grayson 2 for 26Won by 63 runs

Pvlvlt. Schools' Familial - SI Albumvs Klngswoad vs Bishops vs Kearsney

Kingswcod 185 for 9 Saints 169 all out Salnts 227 for 5Eliiott 5 tar 23 Welsh 46 Elliott 101 not out

Hard 2 for 40 Bishops I721or B Grayson 66Saints 124 for 5 Nlenaber 5 for 43 Langermen 32

Grayson 41 Grayson 2 for 21 Kearsney 178 for 5Drawn Lost by 2 wickets Drawn

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15! XIBack ow:C. Heart; S Black: Ft. HerdMiddle Row: G Langerman. D Jarvis: G. Elliot; G. Welsh: H. Nlenaber

Front Row: A. Bomvana; Mr P. Moore: P. Hearle; Mr D. Wilson. L Grayson

line and length. Richard Nienaberand Ryan Herd bowled themaiority overs and were theleading wicket takers with the paceof Lance Grayson, who appears toshow the promise he has alwaysthreatened.The side improved as the seasoncame to a close, and the teamspirit was high.

The fielding was always of thehighest standard and this iscertainly where our strength lay.We often bowled sides out, but inour chase for runs looked a littlevulnerable. We certainly had astrong batting line up but alwayssuffered a hiccup. At no stage didbig innings develop or partnershipsmaterialise. This is obviouslysomething that has to be donenext season. We need to stanbelieving in our abilities and toconcentrate on the task at hand.The side was lead astutely byPhilip Hearle. with Lance Graysonand the rest of the team givingexcellent support. The newplayers have now found their feetand we are looking forward withgreat anticipation to next term.

Mr D. Wilson

2nd XI

Team: C. Hean (Capt. - term 3

1994):S. Latimer (Capt. - term 1 1995);S. Black;

D. Bullock: A. Crawford; M. During:R. Fenner; A. Fox; T. Fox; K.

Harris;-8. Holderness; 5. Linden; D. Orr:C. Potter: C. Robinson and M.Scala.

The 2nd XI enjoyed a successfulseason. It was, however.disappointing to finish on a lowwith defeats by St Johns (in thesemi-final of the John WaiteKnockout) and K.E.S. in the lastfixture. I felt that the half termbreak did little for the team andthey lost the edge which they hadachieved during the season.

There were no really greatperiorrnances with the bat excepttor R. Fenner's 100 againstRandburg. Our strength seemedto lie with the bowlers as thefigures show. It appeared thateveryone in the team could bowland the Captain's task was madefar easier because if one bowler

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was off form he could always callon someone else and still achievesuccess. I believe the teamworked well together and alwaysgave support when it was requiredand certainly gave praise when itwas deserved. I firmly believe thatthis is the mark of a successfulsrde at any level and it waspleasing to note this developmentas the season progressed.

I wish all the players the best ofluck and thank them mostsincerely tor efforts they madeduring a very hot and demandingterm.

Won: 8Drew: 4Lost: 3

Mr D. Hean

3rd X|

Team members:Y. Reddy (Capt):P. Vermaak: B. Warren:A. Botha; S. Grant;

8. Bayne: C. Robertson;

M. Parks: A. Evans:M. Hilburn: A. Fox;

D. Orr; R. Wallace:T. Pennel and R. Talevi.

This was a particularly colourtulteam who produced cricket whichwas no less colourful. Forcolourful read skillful. entertainingand successful. Ably lead byReddy. the team was strong in alldepartments. Vermaak was ourmost consistent batsmen buteveryone else made a meanrngiulcontribution at one stage oranother. Bayne. Botha and Foxrepresented the sharp end of ourbowling attack. ably supported thefielding of Hilburn and thedevil may dare spin of our ShaneWame wannabee. Evans. Thelikes oi Parktown and Sandownoffered little or no resrstance to thisdashing troupe of sportsmen. Thelikes of King Davids. Pretoria BoysHigh. K.E.S and St Johns weren'tsuch easy meat. On a pitch not

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much bigger than your lrontgarden, runs came In lorry loads atKing David's , lor both teamsOnly our tighter bowling swung thegame our way At Pretoria wesnatched Victory from the clutchesof certain defeat 7 a brilliantbowling and fielding perlormancewas our reposte to a dismal battingdisplay. KE 8. was the best gameol the Iol , It came down to the lastover , most probably we have tothank Reddy s curried qwckbowling lor that win. The onlydown side ol the season was arather lame loss to St Johns.a ectionately known by the 3rd XIas the girls of Houghton 7something to do With St Johnsexcesswe machismo I would liketo thank all members at the teamlor their time and commitment.

Played: 6Won 5Lost: 1

Mr C. Marriott.

4th XI

The 4th XI season at 94/95 wasnot a successtul one in terms atmatches won, but was most

The team changed constantly assuccessful players were promoted,but 01 the regular players thetollowmg performed well:

Peler Kent was an astute captainand good opening batsman: AngusThompson a steady all rounder.Bernie Marats an excellent lielder

Martin a goodRichard Jackson

and Nicholasopening bowler.

developed into a good last bowlerand Andrew Rae was the mostimproved player. Player of theseason was Andrew Tucker.

Many matches were rained out,but of those played we won two.drew two and lost tour. Thanks tothe players tor their commitmentand enthu5iasm.

Mr G. MacCuI/um

2nd XIBack Row: D Orr: T Fox1M ScalaMlddle Row: A Crawlord M During C Robinson C Potter. R Fennel, 8 Linden

Front Row: D Bullock. S Latimer. Mr D Heah. K Harris. 8 Holderness

Back Row: S Bayne A Fux.A Eotha: H, TaleviFront Row: C Robinson: T Fennel, P Vermaak, M Parks. M, Hllbum

enjoyable it one conSIders thespirit and enthusiasm ol theplayers

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Back Row: L McCarthy. P Browne: A. Tucker. M Beckermann, C. SounesFront Row: D Kennedy A Rae. P Kent. B Marais: R. Jackson

U16A

After the very successful KenViljoen Week in December theteam lost a great deal ofmomentum by having three of thesquad moved up to First team.The loss of these boys. MichaelLumb. David Jams and GrantElliott. de nitely had an adverseaffect on the results of the team,but it did allow more boys toexperience A Team cricket whichis beneficial to both the age groupand the school,

Considering the loss of theseplayers the team performedextremely well and produced somefine cricket. The Willard's NightLeague was a disappointment, theteam lost in the quarter finals toWestArand. a game they shouldhave won comfortably, The resultdemonstrated the team s inabilityto play the thirty over game. Theyput themselves under pressure byscoring too slowly and did not givetheir bowlers enough time to bowlout the opposition. The rain savedParktown. St Johns. and Pretoriafrom defeat and of the other lossesKing David was a thirty over

smash. which we lost through ineptbatting whilst the King Edwardgame was a matter of whoeverwon the toss. won the game - welost the toss! This last game wasvery unusual. after being skittledout for 83 the boys bowledextremely well and had K.E S. 3for 3 then 4 for 14, the conditionswere Winning and causing greatconcern among the King Edwardcamp. However. the lunch breakhelped dry out the pitch suffiCIentIyto allow K.E.S. to wrap up thegame although everyone workedhard to make it as difficult aspossible for them. A few more runson the board might have made thedifference.A very enjoyable season and mythanks to the boys for their hardwork. to the parents for theirsupport and for catering and to theground staff for the peparation ofthe pitches.

Mr G. Holmes

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Results:

vs Jhb South (Night League)Saints 143 for 2 (G. Elliott 71 notout). Jhb South 83 for 6 (M. Lumb2 for 6). Won by 60 runs.

vs Handburg, Flandburg 75 all out.(J. Williams 4 for 26: J-P. Welman2 for 4; M. Lumb 2 for 12). Saints76 for 4 (W. Phillips 27: J. Williams25 not out). Won by 8 wrckets.

vs Sandringham. Sandringham 69tor 9 (35 overs). Saints 70 for 2(M. Lumb 29: B. Hutchings 20).Won by 8 wickets.

vs West Rand (Night League).Saints 97 for 5. West Rand 98 for5 (G. Elliott 2 for 18). Lost by 5wickets.

vs Parktown. Saints 143 ior B (M.Lumb 31; G. Halkerston 25).Parktown 102 for 7. Draw. rainstopped play.

vs St Davids. St Davids 74 for 4(30 overs). Saints 74 for 8 (W.Phillips 28). Won by 2 wickets.

vs St Johns. Saints 195 all out (8.Clarke 38; J. Williams 34) StJohns 163 for 8 (P. Burgoyne 3 for29: J. Williams 3 ior 36). Draw.

vs King David Linksfield. KingDavid 108 all out (30 overs). (J.P,Welman 4 for 13; P. Burgoyne 2 for11). Saints 101 all out. Lost by 7runs.

vs Pretoria Boys. P.B.H.S. 120 allout (W Phillips 4 for 31: JWilliams 4 tor 33; P. Burgoyne 2for 8). Saints 66 for 3 (JP.Welman 27). Draw. rain stoppedplay.

vs Jeppe. Saints 123 for 7 (S.Clarke 70 not out). Jeppe 126 ior5 (JP. Welman 2 for 10). Draw.rain stopped play.

vs K.E.S. Saints 83 all out (P.Burgoyne 31). K.E.S. 55 for 4 (W.Phillips 2 for 29; G. Halkerston 2for 31). Lost by 6 wickets.

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U16ABack Row: c Sounes P Burgoyne. M Hav and B Hutchvngs.N W lkms

U15ABack Row: J Hancock, R Forsylhe E, WllhamsMlddle Row: S Brown, M Nlenabav, D Steenkamp. G, Harnson

From Row: B Smlmers, J McLean: MI FL P Ihey: C Pelev. S Moore

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meRow:K Day.5 Clarke MrG Holmes,w Pmmps;J wmlams Back ow:c_HudgsonvA.Tucker N NewmanMlddle Row: R Pybus: I. Whlle A 6% Nicola: N Clark.

W HobensonFront Row: G. Louw, .1 Shahlm, MY D Gear: D Dmopolous:D Hogben

U155Back Row: A van VughK; H George: J Dicks: R. Bowers:G. HoyslonMlddle Row: B, van der Merwe, C. Assad; J-H. du Plessis; D. RuleFront Row: B. Russel D Emmett; Mr. K. Knge. D. welsVovd:

N. Beggs

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U15A

Team: J. McLean (Capt);Ft. Forsdyke; S. Moore:D. Steenkamp; G. Harrison;

B. Williams; J. Hancock: C. Peters:S, Brown; B. Smither;B. van der Merwe andM. Nienaber.

This is without doubt one of themost talented batting sides l havecoached at St Stithians and at theend of term 3 the bowlers, whohad previously reliedpredominantly on Nienaber andHancock. came into their own witheveryone contributing to thesuccess of the team.

This is going to be of particularImportance next year as the teamwill probably be disrupted by callup to the lirst team. However.there is great depth in the agegroup and their team should bequite successful next year asU16 s.

All the batsmen show greatconcentration. the team s fielding isof a high standard and if thebatters can learn to punish theloose hall volley they will becomethe complete team.

This year s Ken Viijoen Week agegrouping has changed to the lirstof September so only Moore;Harrison: van der Merwe andBouwers qualify and at the time ofwriting the week has not started.However. I hold out great hope forprovincial selection for these boysand ii chosen will keep the nameof St Stithians at the forelront clcricket in the country.

My thanks to all the boys for theircommitment at nets; to the parentstor their very positive support andfor their help with transport andcatering. I look forward to nextterm.

Mr G, Holmes

Results:

vs Sandringham (30 overs).Sandringham 69 for 8. Saints 72for 1 (McLean 32 not out). Saintswon by 9 wickets.

vs Randburg. Saints 217 tor 5(McLean 72). Ftandburg 134 lor 6.Match drawn.

vs Parktownt Saints 228 for 6(Forsdyke 71. Moore 50).Parktown 62 all out (Hancock 6 lor19). Saints won by 166 runs.

vs St Davids (30 overs). St Davids

69 for 9. Saints 70 lor 1 (Peters 33.Harrison 28 not out), Saints wonby 9 wickets.

vs St JohnsSt Johns 57 all out (Smither 4 for15. Nienaber 3 for 4. Hancock 3 (or32). Saints 60 for 4 (Nienaber 30).Saints won by 6 wickets,

vs King David (Linkstield) (25overs). Saints 197 for 4 (Forsdyke100; Hancock 50), King David 36all out (Nienaber 4 for 5: Hancock3 for 7). Saints won by 161 runs.

vs Pretoria Boy s High School.Saints 185 lor 5 (Nienaber 47:McLean 33; Steenkamp 37 notout). P.B.H.S. 118 for 9 (Smither 3for 34: Hancock 3 lor 37). Matchdrawn.

vs Jeppe. Jeppe 75 all out(Nienaber 3 for 11). Saint 76 for 0(Moore 35 not out; Forsdyke 26not out). Saints won by 10wickets.

vs K.E.S, Saints 102 all out.K.E.S, 106 for 4 (Hancock 3 lot31). Match lost by 6 wickets.

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vs Bishops. Saints 193 (or 7(McLean 74; Hancock 32),Bishops 88 all out (Hancock 4 tor19, van der Merwe 4 for 20),Saints won by 105 runs.

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vs Kingswood. Kingswood 64 allout (Hancock 3 for 10: Smither 2(or 1; van der Merwe 2 for 12).Saints 68 for 3. Saints won by 7wickets.

vs Kearsney, Kearsney 166 tor 6(Harrison 3 for 43), Saints 170 for7 (Hancock 51 not out; Moore 34;Nienaber :33). Saints won by 3wickets.

vs Parktown. Parktown 164 all out(Hancock 4 for 24: Williams 3 for33), Saints 165 for 0 (Forsdyke 84not out: Moore 71 not out). Saintswon by 10 wickets.

vs Afrikaanse Hoér Seunskool.Alfies 179 all out (Hancock 5 tor30) Saints 180 for 5 (Moore 80not out: Steenkamp 33), Saintswon by 5 wrckets.

vs K.E,S. Saints 168 for 9 (Peters54) K.E.S, 124 lor 4. Matchdrawn

vs St Johns. Saints 172 lor 6(Moore 59: McLean 41). St Johns60 for 5 (Smither 2 for 15). Matchdrawn. rain stopped play.

Vs P.B.H.S. PB HS. 127 for S(Smither 3 lor 32; Harrison 2 for19). Saints 129 for 5 (McLean 59),Saints won by 5 wickets

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U15B

1995 was a fairly successful yearfor the under 15 B side in whichthey won 6 and lost 3 matches. Inthe third term they won matchesagainst Parktown, Afties (Pretoria),St Johns and Pretoria Boys' andnarrowly lost to KES by 2 wicketsin the last over.

In the first term this was a side witha lot of talent, but which oftenstruggled to make runs quicklyenough for the 30 over game. Wewere sometimes left with most ofour wickets in tact but not enoughruns on the board. As a result, thebowling attack was often left with atarget that was just too small todefend.

Early in the third term we broughtFlory Montgomery, Mark Loubserand Johan Heyns into the sidebecause of losmg Beggs, Georgeand Russell. Rory soon proved tobe very successful as a quickscoring opening bat, scoring 56 inhis first game against Affies and

then a very quick 53 against K.E.S.He and David Emmett proved tobe a solid opening partnership.Another player who showedtremendous improvement wasRoss Bowers. As an openingbowler. his accuracy has improvedenormously and he alwaysmanages to get a good deal of inswmg and bounce With the newball. Guy Royston has alsobecome more accurate and isgetting a lot of movement With theball, as well as his 36 againstParktown and 76 against PretoriaBoys With the bat. Another veryuseful allrrounder was done Dickswho took 31m 11 against Parktownand 3 for 26 against St Johns.JanrHendrik Du Plessis continuedhis good form from the first termwith his accurate o rspin. He took3 wickets against Pretoria. ChrisAssad went through a difficultpatch with the bat but came out ofit to score 32 against 81 Johns.Obviously no match could have

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been a success without thecommitted effon of 11 players.Wicketkeeper Mark Loubser andal|~rounders Donovan Rul andAnton van Vught also played animportant role. There were somevery good team performances inthe field.

Probably the most exciting gameof the season was played at homeagainst K.E.S. The openers got offto a cracking start, but Emmett gota ball in the mouth off the top edgeof the bat and had to retire hurt.Montgomery continued to bat welland took the score to 70 for noneafter only 14 overs. Then camethe collapse: Montgomery.Royston. Dicks. Rule. van Vught,Loubser and we were 86 for 6 after20 overs. The tail end managed tosalvage some respect and take thescore to 133 for 9 at the end of 30overs. This was not an easy scoreto defend but a superb bowlingand fielding performance tookK.E.S. to 129 for B with 1 over togo. First ball of the last over : fulltoss, six runs and the game was alloven

Mr K. Krige

U1SCandD

The C's started the 3rd term bythrashing "Affies". Nilson took 5\5,scored 28 and fielded feroctously.Along with Travis, he pretty much

U150Back Row: J Axon. D Phetla, C. Ashcroft: S. Edmeston: N. Bredenkamp

M|ddle Row: T. Edmonds. (3. Todd, B. Wagner: 8 Rawiinson; P, Magni;T McLachlan J. E15. R. MontgommeryFront Row: D Nevm: Mr R Minion. M. Loubser. Mr J. Beukes, C. Christie

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put paid to the Northeners. Wescored the required runs in about10 overs and won the game quitecomfortably.

The rest of the season wasmarred. After having K.E.S. on theropes at 28 for 5. a sixth wicketpartnership came in and scored 75no. and we lost a game that weshould have won comfortably Theboys must learn to maintainpressure on the oppositionthroughout the game. Luckily for StJohns. the match against themwas rained out. but we came backto lose to Pretoria Boys' in exactlythe same fashion as K.E.S. Adisappointing end to a promisetilled season. Thanks to the boysfor their commitment and desire tohave fun and to Ryan French forcaptaining.

The D's should have goneundefeated, and but for amiscalculation of overs by thescorers against K.E.S., we wouldhave gone undefeated. (Thescorers' role can never beunderestimated.) We solidly beatthe remaining teams and i wouldlike to thank the players for theircommitment to the side. Thanksalso to Christie for captaining.

Mr J. Beukes

U14A

Regular Players: R. Holm;D.Worth; J. Featherstorie (Capt);D.S|ater; 8. Jacob; S. Williams;A. Wooler; S. Hawinkels:C, van der Menive; N. de Kock andM.Wo[ke.Also played: B.Wylie:RTaliadoros; A.Fenner andA.Sherratt.

After last year s line side, wecould expect a couple of leanyears. but this was by no meansthe case. This year's side provedto be a talented group whosometimes did not do themselvesjustice through lack of application.There are a good 14 or 15 playersin this year's U/14 group who couldcommand places in the A side.which is a very encouraging aspectfor the future.

Results:Played: 1Won: 7Lost: 1Drawn: 6

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vs Sandringham. Won by 104 runsSaints 148 for 7 (Worth 59).Sandringharn 44 all out (Taliadoros3 lor 3 Hawinkels 2 tor 2)

vs Randburg. Won by 1 Wicket.Randburg 9210r9, Saints Qatar9,

vs Parktown Draw. Saints 29670r4 (Wooler 64 no. Jacob 59nd.Worth 57). Parktown 123 for 4.

vs St Davids Won by 8 WICkelS. StDaVids 63 all out (Worth 4 for 8.Wylie 2 for 10)Saints 641m 2.

vs St Johns. Draw. Saints 176 for4 deal. (Holrn 67. Slater 31). StJohns 162 tor 8.

vs King David Linksfield. Won by60 runs. Saints 150 for 1 (Jacob87n.o., Williams 23 no.)

vs Pretoria B.H.S. Won by 10wickets. PBHS 124 all out.(Wolke3 for 39. Worth 3 for 42). Saints125 for 0 (Worth 87 no, Holrn 26no.)

vs Jeppe HS. Won by 57 runs.Saints 14B tor 5 (Featherstone 71n.0,, Worth 46 n.o.) Jeppe 91 for5.

vs K.E.S. Draw. Saints 168 for 8(Jacob 42, Worth 40). K.E.S. 84FOR 8 (Featherstone 4 tor B).

vs Parktown Won by 7 wickets.Parktown 78 all out. (Wolke 3 for14. de Kock 4 for 23). Saints 79for 3.

U14ABack How: 8 Jacob D Worth. B WylieMiddle Row: 3 Hawmkels. Fl Holm. D Slaler.F Taliadoros

Front Row: C van der Merwe J Featherstone.

MrM Clarke M Wolke S Williams

vs Allies" Draw. "Afties" 223 for5. Saints 142 for 8. (Worth 39).

vs K.E.S. Draw. Saints 242 (or B(Featherstone 106. van der Merwe25). K.E.S. 224 FOR 5. (Wolke 3for 51),

vs St Johns Draw Rain. Saints194 lor 7 (Worth 60. van derMerwe 39). St Johns 77 for 5(Wolke 5 for 15}

vs Pretoria. Lost by 109 runs.P.B.H,S. 180 (or 3. Saints 71 all

Mr M. Clarke

Back Row: F Folder. E Jacob A SherrattMiddle Flow: P Elrk. J van Blerk P Taliadoros.D MaclennanFront Row: M Pellets. N Jay. Mr M Clarke M Wolke.A Felmer

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U14B

The U148 cricket team had a mostsuccessful season, winning 12 oftheir 14 matches. Our batting wasvery strong and often we only usedour top four batsmen.Unfortunately, our other batsmenwere always short ol matchpractice and this contributed to ourdownfall against Pretoria Boy'sHigh School.

Alan Sherrett and Andrew Fennerboth had excellent batting recordsand deserve their promotion to theA team. Patrick Birk battedsteadily and Duncan Maclennancame to our rescue more thanonce With a good display down theorder.

We olten limited our teams to lowscores With our good line andlength bowling but our bowlersneed to be more penetrative Noone bowler stood out lrom the restbut there were good performanceslrom Ryan Forder: DuncanMaclennan: Paul Taliadoros: BruceWylie and Andrew Good.

Our lteldtng could have been betterand a number of critical catcheswere missed. Fielding is. l believe,the most important aspect ofcricket and the old adage. "catcheswm matches". still holds. Theteam was led by Nicholas Jay whokept a tight reign in the field ihope that the boys enjoyed andlearnt from their cricket this year.Well done and keep on playingl

MrB Lambson

U140

Team: R. Gillespie (Capt):N. Harpur: G. Kuschke: D Chater:J. Calitz; K, de la Harpe: J. Hulme;L. McLachlan: A. Good;R. Hancock: N. van Gysen.J. Dreyer: G. Wegerle: A. Venn;G. Hempson: PAnderson;G. van Rensburg: G. Warren;P. Zourides: J. van Blerk andP. Miller.

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Back Row: P Birk N van Gysen. J Dreyor: J Calttz. J Hulme

Middle Roth Kusclike d Hancock.G Hempson D chater.c Wegerle N HarpurFront Row: k dala Harpe. n elitespieMrs Walls.L McLaChlan.A Venn

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Front Row' M R Sidwell P Millet Mr P de Wel S Lcuw.B Turner

Term One

A season that can only bedescribed as AWESOME' Very lowschool cricket teams get to play 15matches, even lewer go on to Winall of them This incredible recordis due to total enthusiasm andcommitment lrom all the boysinvolved. This group of boys couldprovtde a model for the concept olteam spirit; the suppon theyprovided lor each other wasabsolute. After all. when last did ateam from Saints bowl out a teamfrom K.E,S. lor 27 runs?

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As captain. Rowan Gillespieserved the team extremely well.He also managed 296 runs andmade a really valuablecontribution. Luke McLachlan wasthe 'Chiel Destroyer in manygames. His unreadable bowlingbrought 32 wtckets. Andrew Goodwas invaluable with both bat andball. Geran Kuschke was withoutdoubt the best lielder in the team.His efforts behind the stumpsstopped many a wayward delivery.There were many other highlightsWith both bat and ball, Let it be

enough to say that each and everyplayer in the side made significantindividual contributions at somestage in the season.

Term Three

The team carried on trom wherethey left off and had more bad luckwith the weather than with thecricket. Only one game was lostand that to "Afties" v they weresimply too strong, not evenmotivation could win this one.Paul Anderson joined us fromtennis and made a few goodscores before going up to the Bside. 4 batsmen were particularlyreliable this term. J. Hulrne; J.Dreyer: R. Hancock and Ft,Gillespie.

L. McLachlan again led the wickettakers. He was ably assrsted by N.Harpur: J. Dreyer: and P. Zourides.

Well done to a fine team. Theywere an example for all to followand it was a pleasure to work withthem.

Mr SJ. Walls

U14D

Team: 8. Louw: G. Sidwell: G. vanFtensburg: J Turner: P. Miller,F. Harpur: G. Hempson: A. Venn;Ft, Marshall; B. Turner: G. Warrenand J. Adams.

U145Back Row: A, Kuhlman} R. Kahle. P Croly. M Price. R Halsey

Middle Row: M. McEneaney.A. Richardson, S Wulh.is Waiting: in Ensiln. c. HennyFront Row: Fl Daya:M.O Brien;MrH Huggett.G Nonrvood.P Baron

We played 11 matches and won 8.The side developed nicely butlacked a penetrating bowlingattack especially after Dreyer andvan Gysen were promoted to the'0' side. The side was capablycaptained by Peter Miller who wascapable with bat and ball. GrantSidwell opened the batting andhad a good season. Sean Louwhad a good season taking anumber at wrckets and makingruns quickly,

Mr R de Wet

U14E

Team: M. O Brien (Capt):. Price: G. Norwood:

. Richardson: 8. Wuth: D. Enslin;. Lewrs; S. Murphy: P. Croly:. Halsey: P. Baron: Fl. Kai-lie:. Daya;A. Waiting: C. Henny:. Knevitt: A. Whitebread:.Tessendorf: Fl. Bray:. Kuhlmann: Ft. Snodgrass and. Papadopolous.

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Like Topsy. that grew and grew. sotoo did the number of players whorepresented this team. For manythere were moments of glory - topscoring: holding a difiicuit catch:taking upwards oi 5 wickets In a

match.

Every moment seemed apreparation for the linal match

U14FBack Flow: A Wlulehread. R Tessendort. J SaundersMlddle Row: 3 Davey. M Mdakane G (in Piessrs M Knevilt.

C LlnesFront Hoth Ladder. D Robertson. MrA Paton C Porteous,

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against K.E.S. Facing a potentialdisaster after few of the recognisedbatsmen made runs, it was left to'the others' to post a respectable95 for 8. Devastation of K.E.S.'sbatting followed with Wuth: Lewis:Tessendorf and Baron bowlingthem out for 41 A their only loss|

Mr H. Hugged

U14F

The mighty U14F was a team to bereckoned With and one which hada proud record. There were hardlytwo games where the team wasthe same. not from a shortage ofplayers. but lrom an excess ofwould-be team members.

The depth of talent andenthusiasm in Saints cricket isquite remarkable and a G teamwould certainly have beenpossible The Side lost only twogames. The team was captainedby D Robertson in the first termand J. Drake in the third term.

MrA, Paton

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Cross CountryThe Inter-schools' cross country season started prior to our term beginning. thus making it a di ioult task for ourrunners to compete effectively in the competition, Having said that, we did achieve wonders.

From nine competing schools the St Stithians cross country team came 4th, 51h. 3rd and finally 1st at the lastmeeting of the season. Many outstanding individual achievements need to be recognised From our Senior Teamindividual positions In each weekly event were:

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4s. Bick 41 (37:11) 21 (34:38) 31 (25:43) 17 (33:48)8. Mapham 4 (31 :43) 3 (30:53) 6 (31:39)G. Leibrandt 7 (52:03) 4 (23:16) 7 (31 :49)A. Souter 40 (36:58) 23 (34:41) 30 (25:42) 25 (34:27)G. Fletcher 66 (43:04) 57 (40:56) 61 (29:10) 49 (39:25)D. Chapman 30 (35:52) 44 (27:56)D. Cruickshanks 32 (36:10) 33 (25:56) 36 (37:04)S. Little 29 (34:53) 15 (24:33)T. Williams 32 (35:07) 19 (24:57)

The Junior Team though small. aiso performed well.

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4N, Van Eck 11 (16:49) 9(16:16) 8(15131) 7(16:12)

P. Birk 53 (23:31) 29 (18:35)O. Ramasia 17 (16:35) 12 (16:36)B Russell 4 (16:36)R, Adams 18 (17:22)N. Dickson 31 (18:36)

Next year we Will be looking forward to a firmer commitment from our Junior runners and Will be running a schooltime trial on a monthly baSis as an attempt to turther promote the sport. We will also be going to Stellenbosch towatch the World Cross Country Championships: staying with and racing against Bishops. Our training programmewill start during the first term 01 next year to ensure that our team is sulfiCIently lit for the new season. Many thanksto Grant Leibrandt who has captained the team and aided myselt and Mr Ryan immeasurably.

Mr T. P/uck

. -Cross CountryBack Row: D Cruickshanks. N. van Eck.0 Rama51a. P aim.a RusselMiddle Rowxs Ble.R TaIeVi A Souter:G Mackenzie D Chapmans Chamberlain:rvép hzig : S Little. Mr D Ryan. G Leibbrandl. MrT Pluck. The SIB/7 Off/19 25th Penryn Marathon

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HockeyAnother busy and eventful season has come to an end. Once again wewere tonunate enough in fielding 14 teams. At first it looked as if we weregoing to struggle with coaches with the departure of Messrs Smuts andPithey. But we were lucky enough to acquire the teaching services ofCharles Marriott who stepped in and did a great rob With the 2nd XI as wellas Don Hean with the Ule's. Rob Marais, Phil Wallis, Chris John, lanHamilton, Andrew Browne and Ross Hampton filled the gaps as outsidecoaches and did a magnificent job with expertise coaching. Their serviceswere greatly appreciated and their presence was seen in the improvementin the players they coached.

Hockey at St Stithians has really grown and the standard of play has beenexceptional. The staff and outside coaches have put in a great deal ofeffort and they have been richly rewarded. It is a great Sight to see all ourhockey iields being used on a daily basis with enthusiastic players eitherlistening or partaking in various coaching sessions,St Stithians has become a good hockey school and to keep in line withinternational standards and become even better. we seriously need toacquire an astro turf. This will enable all our players to get used to astroskills and techniques. The more we play on artificial surfaces the more wewill improve. This has become quite evident after the 1st Xi Europeantour. We adapted very well and these players all came through theprovincial trials. All tournaments are going to be held on astro in line withoverseas tournaments.We hope that at Saints we could be a pioneering school and lay the firstartificial turf it has become a necessity!Many thanks to all those people who made this season the success it hasbeen. From Mrs Jill Appel and her tea ladies, Mrs Charlotte Phillips and

her first-aiders. to the groundsta and loyal parents. Thank you, one andall,

Yoss Raddy showing characteristic flair

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Players:M. Wetton (capt)J. McCarthy (vice~capt)P. Vermaak: B. Warren; A. Harris;Fl. Fenner: D. Wright; P. Baker;Y. Reddy; . Nienaber; M. Hilburn;

G. Croall; WV Phillips:N. ConinghamzA. Poplett andCraig Hean.Also played :

D. Mdaka

Coaches :Messrs D. Wilson and R. Marais

The 1995 season will long beremembered for its excitement andhigh standard of hockey.

We started with our European tourwhich was a great success Ouropponents taught us a great dealon how to play on astro surfacesTheir techniques and open play

were a pleasure to watch and wesoon adapted to this new style withvery pleasing results. We alsorealised how far behind SouthAfrican hockey is with the lack ofaniliCial surfaces. We played allour matches on astro.water based as well assandebased fields. all of vaiyingthicknesses. Our English andEuropean counterparts played verydifferent systems but we felt ourmore direct approach was the wayto go. Our new side adapted veryquickly and efficiently. Theyquickly moulded into a lormidableside. with allAround versatility indefence as well as in attack. Theirstrength certainly lay in the tlairthey played With. Combined Withtalent. SklIL commitment anddetermination they soon provedthey were going to be a side to becontended with The Europeantour was the ideal platform for avery busy domestic season. TheAitken tournament was our nextobiective, We flew through ourpool, not conceding a goal andWinning all of our matches Wesoon found ourselves in thesemielinals against St Johns.

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15! XI Hockey TeamBack ow:G Crcall,B Warrenzw Phillips N Coningham c HeartMiddle Rosz Fennel s Baker.V Heady. Fl NienabertD Wright.M HilburnFront Row:A Harris,M Wellon,MrD Wilson J McCanhy. P Vermaak

After a full match and two periodsof extra time the scoreboard stillread 0 0. We eventually lost 2 4on penalty flicks,We came back very strongly tobeat K.E.S. for third place Thiswas a great leat and certainly ahighlight of the season.The number of games soon tookits toll. Although not many werelost, it appeared as if we had lost alittle of our edge as we could notcapitalise on our numerous scoringopportunities. We still played verygood hockey and the team is to becomplimented on lifting themselvesfor every match. This really waswhat was expected ol the side.Besides their "never~say die"attitude. they showed and playedWith skill of the highest order.Their talent came through underpressure which seemed to injectthem into a higher gear.The were a superb all round Sidewith many versatile players, Everyindividual gave of his best and thiscreated a magnificent spiritamongst the players. In defence.Paul Vermaak, Bret Warren.Andrew Harris, Rob Fenner, MattWetton and Justin McCarthy wererock solid Apart from their soliditythey had the flair and skill to attackfrom our 25 and so put theopposition under tremendouspressure.

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Our midfield contained the excitingyouth of Neil Coningham andWilliam Phillips ~ two players With

a great future. With them. DavidWright and Phillip Baker add themuch needed punch to link up Withour strikers. These four played avaluable role in controlling themidfield for us.Our striking force came from YossFleddy. Matt Hilburn. Greg Croall,Craig Hean and Richard Nienaber.I feel our two Wings, Reddy andNienaber were the bestcombination in the province andthe number oi goals they scoredand set up would substantiate this.Our central strikers always ran andtried hard but too often got caughton their weak side in goal scoringSituations.Nevertheless, the team ol 1995 Willlong be remembered for the pridethey brought to the College, forefforts on and off the field. Theywere a side that gave their all andwere an absolute pleasure tocoach. A great deal of this is dueto the manner in which MattWetton and Justin McCarthy ledthe Side. Both quiet by nature.they had the knack of bringing outthe best in their players.Thank you all for a marvellousseason. Go well one and all.

Mr D. Wilson

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Provincial Selections

Transvaal A - J. McCarthy

Transvaal B a "Witwatersrand"Vs RaddyFl. NienaberA. HarrisB. Warren

Transvaal C "Nuggets"M. WettonP. VermaakN. Coningham

W Phillips was selected forTransvaal U16 A and SA. U 16

Critique of players:

P. Vermaak

Goalkeeper Honours.Good basrc techniques. Very wellbalanced. Brought off some greatre ex saves. Committing of tackleshas become very good.Anticipation of logging a greatasset. Has really come on in leapsand bounds.

B. WarrenSweeper Honours.Great positional player withphenomenal reach andanticipation. Always solid indefence. Needs to work on hittingthe ball under pressure.

A. HarrisHalf Honours.Superb at channelling his oppositeWing. Great cover defender, Veryconfident and good underpressure. Nice attacking llair downthe right flank.

R. FennerUtility back, fonNard - Team award.Very good feel for the game. An

ability to read the game well. Veryversatile could play almostanywhere. Needs to work ontackling with both hands.

M. WettonCentre back Honours.Very composed player.Communicated well with players.Calm. determined captain. Verygood tackler with an ability torelease the ball quickly. Had a lotot flair when attacking. Led byexample.

J. McCarthyLeft halt Honours.Extremely lit, great tackler andchanneller ol lorwards. Superbbasics restored confidence in the

team. A really great season.

W. PhillipsLink Team award.Has great potential. Extremelyhard worker, Great listener. Hispositive attitude was an example toall. Needs to work on keeping theball strong'.

D. WrightLink Colours.Keen runner otf the ball whoenjoys attacking. Very committedand lit never stopped running. Aversatile player who fitted inevewwhere. Needs to work ongetting ball under control lirst.

N. ConinghamLink Honours.Great feel tor the game. Highlyimaginative. Has lots at creativeflair. Needs to work on his mobilityin delence.

P. BakerLink 7 Colours.Keen and aggressive player.Basic skills improvedtremendously. Always ran hardand was a good marker. Goodseason.

Y. ReddyWing / striker Honours.Natural talent and individual flair.Very good vision, ran well intospaces, Great potential for thefuture. Needs to work harder ontackling back.

G. CroallStriker / wing Team award.Very committed team man.Natural goal scoring ability.Needs to practise and believe inhimselt. Untortunately a severeillness hampered his progress.

M. HiiburnStriker Team award.Aggressive when going lorward.Very good at taking hall chances.Needs to work on keeping ballstrong and tackling back.

R. NienaberWing Honours.Skiltul. talented player.running With the ball. Createdmany opportunities. Has greatpotential. Must work on tacklingback.

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C. HeanStriker.Hard runner and tireless worker.Skills have improved greatly.Needs to work on keeping the ballstrong.

A. PoplettGoalkeeper,Good rellex saver. steadyimprovement through the season.Must work on his balance andcomposure.

Summary of 1st XI Results :

European HockeyTour

it was with much excitement thatwe boarded the plane atJohannesburg International. Themoment we had been waiting for.for so long, had linally arrived.

The liight was much like any other:good dinner, no sleep and aterrible breakfast. A surpriseawaited our arrival at HeathrowInternational Airport. Several ofour bags had accidentally beenbooked onto the next llight toMoscow or somewhere. Once thishad been cleared up and ourbaggage returned. we left theairport and walked straight into inovercast, lreezing cold. typicalEnglish morning. A few days werespent shopping and sightseeing inLondon belore we headed towardsHenley and our first match againstShiplake College. It was anextremely tight game and wefinished with two goals apiece.

Our next stop was Oxiord, the cityof dreaming spires , tor thehighlight of our tour.

We had been inVIted to panicrpatein the prestigious Oxlord SchoolsHockey Festival.

European Tour Aitken Tournament Domestic Season

Shiplake College 22 Foumays 3-1 Wendywooo 2-D

Trent College 2-2 Femdale 2-0 iK.E.S. O-iEradtield College 46 Greenside 1-0 Pretoria 1 >1

Tonbridge 1-3 Roosevelt 24) Jeppe i »2Cranlelgh i 0 Parktown 1-0 Parktown t-2

Varrn 24 Sandowu (1/4 tiriall 2-0 Westridgs i 4)Framlinghem 1-2 St. Johns (semi tinal) 0-0 Eenoni 1-0

Kings School 0-2 lost an flicks Sandririghem 2-!Royal Naval College 5-! K.E.S. 1-0 Northclitt 0-1Combat Hadtey club 4-2 tor 3rd place. 81 Alban's 2-0Racing Club de France 4-1 St John's I-t

Harakleu Club 2-2Brasyata Club 4-1

Denhosch Hockey Club 1-2

Played 14 Played 3 Played 11Won 6 Won 7 W0" 5Drawn a Drawn o Drawn 2Lost 5 Lost 1 Lost 4

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The top schools from all overEngland took part. as well as a fewfrom the rest of the world. Webegan the festival with a matchagainst Trent College. They werea highly skilled team and we didwell to come away with another2-2 draw. We were learning lastthat the English teams were not tobe underestimated. Theirexperience on the astro turf farexceeded our own. though wewere learning all the time.

In the afternoon we played againstBradlield. It was only a friendlyfixture. though we did not feel quiteso friendly after they had given usa 6-0 hiding We simply could notkeep up with their ball speed andwere grateful that it was not pan ofthe Oxford Festival

The next day we put up a dismalperformance in the morning. losing1 3 to Tonbridge. We were able tolift our standards in the afternoon.however. and recorded our firsttour victory by beating Cranleigh1 0 The turnabout of the team'sspirit was remarkable. Our lastday in Oxford saw us winning 2 1against a far weaker Varm Side.Unfortunately we were unable tolift our game again after lunch andwe ended the tournament by losing2-1 to Farninghamv Their styletook us completely by surprise andtheir aggressive overhead playproved to be too much for us.In the last four days we had playedseven games. which Ief1 us ratherdrained. Our next stop was Bath.where we spent a leisurely daytaking in the wonders of thehistoric town. The followmg daywe played against Mr Wilson's oldschool. Kings School Bruton. Weembarrassed him by gomg down072, due to our inability tocapitalise on opportunities.

We were soon travelling again. thistime to Dartmouth, where weplayed the Royal Naval College.We had pictured a team of fit.organised twenty year olds andhad been prepared for a tough

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game. We were pleasantlysurprised when. instead, ouropposition turned out to be oldofficers and generals. It was oureasiest match thus far and we woncomfortably 5 1. The cold, wetand altogether miserableconditions were by far the worstwe had encountered. We weresoon to put it behind us though. aswe moved on to sunnyPortsmouth. We spent one dayhere and one day in Canterburybefore boarding the ferry and'setting sail for Europe TheEnglish leg of our tour was overand, while our results had beenmixed. we had achieved our majorobjectives: we had learnt animmense amount. gained greatexperience and really 'gelled' as aSlde.

Our first match in France wasagainst Cambrai Hockey Club.Although it is never easy to playafter four or five hours of travelling.we had only ourselves to blameafter losing 2,4 We were hostedthat night by French families,which proved interesting. as veryfew people in France are able tospeak a word of English.Conversation was conductedprimarily through the use of handgestures. From Cambrai wetravelled on to Paris. where wespent an entire day at Disneyland.Our second match on French soil.or rather. sand based astro turf

was against RCF (Racing Club deFrance). We returned to top formand beat them 4 1.

On the attack again

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Our time in France came to an endas we moved on once more. thistime to Belgium. After another fivehour bus trip we were given twentyminutes to warm up before playingagainst Herakles, We playedremarkably well and thanks to alast minute goal. managed to draw2 2. The next day we playedagainst another club side.Braxiata. They were highly skilled.though didn't play well as a teamand we produced our bestperformance of the tour by beatingthem 4 1. After the game we setoff for our final destination,Holland.

The Dutch are known throughoutthe world to be the greatest ofhockey players, so it was withmuch consternation that weapproached our final match. Ourfears were not eased when wearrived at Denbosch Hockey Cluband found five astroturf fields all ina row. (There are only about fivein South Africa at the moment!)We were determined to end ourtour on a high note and were ableto raise our game to their level. inthe end their remarkable shortcorner ability proved iust too muchfor us and they took the game 2 1.

We left for Amsterdam. keen to gethome and yet sad to be leaving.We have come on tour to learnand learn we certainly had. Thegreat time we had will never beforgotten.

M. Hilbum

2nd XI Hockey TeamBack Row: P Browne.S MaphamMlddle new : Bergmaim J Croly.L McCanhy.D KennedyFrontRowzw Clay:G Hean. MrH Huggeti,U Berglnnrin.D Mdaka

2nd XI

Players :C. Hean: A. Bergmann;U. Bergmann: A. Dickson:M. Scala: D. Mdaka: R. Scott;D. Kennedy: W. Clay: P, Browne:A Croly: S. Mapham; L. McCarthy:S. Dunnett. J. Steele; J, Flalph;B. Dickens and C. Potter.

The 2nd XI had a particularlysuccesslul season. This can beput down, as much to thedetermination and guts ol theplayers, as it can their skill Notthat there was not any skill onshow ~ for there was plenty of thatespecially tn the lorm 0t trickyDave Mdaka. But. the goodresults were as much to do Withthe leadership ol Craig Hean andthe tireless hard work ol theBergmann brothers and Kennedyand McCarthy in detence. asanything else. This wasparticularly noticeable in the earlystages ol the season when theteam had to play on many awaterlogged pitch.

3rd XI Hockey TeamBack Row:B Murals. n Moore.M.Osborrie.C Potter J Huber!

Disappointing perlormancesagainst St Johns and St Albanswere more than made up tor bysterling pertormances againstJeppe and Pretoria.There were many noteworthyaspects this season but twoparticular ellorts stand out. Onewas Andrew Croly s effort atPretoria where he ably secured themidtield although this meanthauling his conSiderable weight allover the park. The other was UdoBergmann's maniacal e on atKrugersdorp where he succeededin scoring more goals in one gamethan he had done in all the othergames out together This reportwouldn't be complete Withoutthanking the chivalrous 3rd X1contingent who on many occasionsdid the noble thing by lilling in torSick or Injured players. For theirtelling contributions I am verygratetul and tall humbly at yourfeet... Many thanks to all themembers ot the team lor theircommitment and hard work , it wasa lot of fun,

Mr C. Marriott

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Middle Raw:J Steel M ColllflS.A EvansC Clcgg.A Bollla

FrontRow:G Dunnell S Dunlmlt J Raab.$ Rutclittr; J Carin

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It one word has to describe thisside It would be "inspirational".

Although the 4 0 win over K.E.Sand 170 Win over St Johns is hardto beat, the game that is perhapsthe most memorable was the tinalgame of the season against ourbiggest rivals again. St Johnswhich resulted in a 1 1 draw.

I would like to congratulate oneand all In the Side on some brilliantperformances and a great seasonOne must not Single out people butthank you to Justin Ralph who dida lot of organizrng ol the side in myabsence.

Regular team members:Fl. Scott; D. Moore: A. Meldrum:A Evans, J. Steel, M, Osborne:8 Dunnetl. B. Dickens: A Scott:C, Potter. M Du Toit: B Marais: GDunnetl: K. Brown: J. Ralph

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Unlike the '94 season there werealways sufficient eager players totill posttions. l leel the team'sresults have done them Justice.

Besides the normal tacetsassociated wtth hockey. the twoattributes that shone wereenioyment and dedication.

The season was ably andefficiently run by Simon Ratcli eSimon s maturity and good positiveattitude was noteworthy and afoundation lrom which the sidegrew immensely. Thanks to all theguys involved tor an enjoyableseason.

Team members:D Moore: F. Flobson. N Gray;N. Calver: J. Hubert: J. Cane;J. Brand: J Flich: R. Jackson:G. Dunnet and S. Ratclifte.

A. Browne

U16A

Team members:

G. Norman(capt); S. Ainsoough:P. Burgoyne: S. Chamberlain:5. Clarke; D. Cruickshanks:K. Day; I. Holmes: 0. Petters;M. Price: T. Rowse: T. Spence;T. Steenholl and J. WIIIlal TIS.

Provinclal representation:0. Peters (Transvaal B)8. Clarke (Transvaal C).J. Williams (Transvaal C)

The clean goalkeeping ol Peterswas always an asset. Peters hadthat remarkable ability in allkeepers to never seem to be underpressure or to be rushed in hissaving. Burgoyne at sweeper wasextremely competent with anamazing eye tor the ball. Heshowed the hallmark of all goodsweepers by being able to bothdelend and attack. Williams wasanother fine player with a greatdeal of llair in both delence andattack.

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U16A Hockey TeamBack Flow: J Willlams. o Crutckshanks M Price r SteenholMlddle Row: M! H Huggett. s Amscough r Rose. T SpenceFroanow: P Burgoyne Normanc Peieiss. Clarkes. Chamberlain

Steenhoff was able to combine aheavy squash programme withhockey. He liked to attack, whileCruickshanks was able tostraighten the line and send theball to the forwards. andAinscough, Holmes. Price in thevarious positions they played werevery good. Chamberlain playedtine hockey on either flank.

Norman was a storming right wingand was backed by two skilledattackers Day and Rose. Last butnot least, Spence and Clarke weretwo sound players who were agreat asset to their team.

Mr H. Hugged

U168 and C

B Players:

N.Newman (captain); A. Cassim;T. Cox; S. Hidden: I. Holmes:C. Hudgson: G. Louw; J. Miller;G. Murray; M. Price: D. Promnitz;T. Stamm; D. Stentiford andS. Yates.

Also played: A. Kahle;Fl. Schoonraad and B. Shaw.

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C Players:M. Biebuyck; M. Charleswor th:S. Goldlain: Fl. Hope Jones;A. Kahle: K. Lucas;Fl. Schoonraad; B. Shaw:S. Solomon; A. Von Arnim andM. Welch.

Also played: S. Cox: Fl Tanna andS. Zulu.

Initially I need to thank all theplayers above for putting up withmy etlorts as firstly a new hockeycoach, and secondly as a learnerumpire. The players had to learn tolive With either poor decisions orno decisions at all.They were quite controlled most ofthe time, taking me quietly asideand explaining the finer points ofthe game. For this, I thank them.

I was most impressed with theattitude which came through duringthe season. one of determinationbut with little of the aggressionwhich is sometimes found in othersports. These boys seemed toenjoy their matches and whilenever happy to lose, always triedto play the games in the bestpossible spirit.

U165 Hockey TeamBack Rnw:T Stamm M Price A Cassm l G Murray/K Kahle J. Miller. D FromnitzFront Raw: 8 Yates G Louw. Mr D Hean N NewmanJ Holmes

I was impressed by the level of theskills displayed but do feel that theplayers could and should spend alot more time in the area of thegame. While I accept that a matchIs a great learning enVironment. Ibelieve that the baSic skills ol thegame are far too important toignore during practice time. Fitnessis another area which the playerstend to ignore. They shouldprepare themselves before theseason starts and not to have tospend time in this area duringnormal practice session.

I thank the players for a mostenjoyable season and Wish themthe best of luck in the years tocome.

Mr D. Hean

U16 B and C Results:

School B CP.B.H.S 0-4 075Fourways t»0K.E.S. 270 672Potchelstroom 10St. John's 270 02Wendywood 2-lKES 270 1»1PBH S. 172 073Jeppe O-l 1-3Parktown 271 A0Westridge 171

SchoolSandringhamBenoniNorthcliflKrugersdorpBryanston (U16A)St AlbansSt John s N

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U15A

The season got off to a rather slowstart which may have been theresult of a raw players changing todiiterent positions. With an

U15A Hockey TeamBack Row:A vari Vughl.G Roysion v Taylor s Brown G Harrison.J McCleanJ HllburnFront Roms Moore:D Sleenkamp MrP de Wet.P Tselenlis p Welslord

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extremely successful season in1994, a loss to Pretoria Boys' Highin the first game, somewhat hurtthe level of confidence. It took awhile before the team were findingthe back of the net, but when theydid the goals seemed to come in aurry With 34 goals in 6 games!But as the season came to an endthe llood ol goals seemed to dryup, With a surprising andhumiliating loss to KrugersdorpHigh, As we look back over theseason. a lot ol good hockey wasplayed and a bright future liesahead at this successful team.

The Side played 21 games. won11, drew 7 and lost 3. The teamscored 47 goals while only 7 wentagainst them.

The highlight of the season was a44) Win over a thoroughly beatenParktown side.

Vic Wilson Taylor was the topgoaliscorer with 14 goals.

A very big thankryou must go toMr Ian Hamilton for his expertiseand extremely effective coaching,The team as a whole as well asindividually has greatly benefittedfrom the know how of this man.

G, Harrison

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The team enjoyed a good seasonplaying competent hockey butolten battling to score thenecessary goals to achieve the

trnal posmve result. The team waswell captained by Mark Loubserand the commitment lrorn the teamwas commendable The sideplayed a total of 19 games, won 8.drew 3 and lost 8.This is pleasmg in the light of thefact that a number or the gameswere played against A teams

A total of 32 goals was scored bySaints and only 18 against them

We played in a lestival at Parktownand it was good to see the teamplaying better and better throughthe course of the morningParticularly pleasmg was the wayin which the side Improved during

the season The team played anew system which took a littlewhite to learn One and allenjoyed the season,

Mr K. Krige

U15C

The U15 C team enjoyed a verysuccessful season Iosmg onlythree ot their fourteen matchesThey scored 23 goals while

conceding only 12. The top goalscorer was Sean Edmeston whowas also a very capable captainThe side was very committed andenthuSIastic about their hockeyand the better players in the teamshowed great improvement duringthe course of the season.

The team did very nicely in an

enjoyable lestival at ParktownWinning three of their four games

The boys played good teamhockey throughout the season andseemed to really enloy themselvesat all times.

Mr F . de We!

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U15B Hockey TeamBack RDw:T Edmonds J du Toit M wiiiiams s Edmesion s WoodJ Boyntontse P EvansFront Row:C Appel M Loubsert ka Krige,N Bradenkamp o.McCullough

U15C Hockey TeamBack Hnwzs Rawllnson,T Charlesworth.5 Woodtoro N RasmussenFront Row:J. Bantams Edmeston' M! P de Wet.J Hodenliuys.i H. du Plessis

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UNDER 14 HOCKEY

ggaches:Master in charge: Mr 8. Walls.Outside coaches: RossHampton; Phillip Wallis and

Christopher John.

UNDER 14A RESULLS:Played 30Won 23Drawn 2Lost 5Goals for 75Goals against 15

As can be seen lrorn these resultsthe A side had an excellentseason, For the third year in a rowthey won the Pretoria tournament.Peter Miller lead the team byexample. not only did his hockeyimprove tremendously but hiscommitment and motivation wasWithout question at all times.The find of the season was Charlvan der Merwe who started outhaving never played belore andended up using his skill to outplayanyone who came his way. AndrewLodder was fearless in the goals,his size often misleading theopposition. Rui Dias, Patrick Birkand Stuart Williams alsodeveloped into very promisingplayers as the season progressed.Although these players are singledout for outstanding individualperformance it is important tomention that every player in thisside contributed positively to theirvery successlul season,

UNDER 148 RESULTS:Played 32Won 24Drawn ALost 4Goals for 74Goals against 17

The B side had as successful aseason as the A Slde did. theymanaged to get off to a better startwhich gave them immediatemotivation. Three of the gamesthat they lost were to A sides and

the fourth was to Pretoria C, a lowpoint in the season. Winning all thetime can be unhealthy and lead tocomplacency as they tound outagainst this motivated Pretoriaside. After this however there wasdetermination in the side and nofurther lapses occurred.

Thirteen of their matches wereagainst A sides, they won nine ofthese and only lost two.

The team was well lead by BrettStainton before his illness and thenby Michael Price. both these boyswere responsible and reliable andlead by example.

The defence was always solid,Simon Murphy. when he wascalled into'action pulled off somegreat saves. Robert Snodgrass willbe remembered for his incrediblework rate. he seemed to covereverything and was a great assetto the team.- Strike power wasstrengthened by the skills of ColinPorteous and Luke Mclachlan andthe controlling ability of MarkPeters and Nkoks Rangaka.Paul Baron and Nicholas van Eckwill be remembered for theirprogress from the D side throughto the B side in a short space oftime. All those who played for this

side at various stages through theseason contributed in no small wayto a very successful season.

UNERJAQRESULTS:Played 21Won 15Drawn 2Lost 4Goals for 48Goals against 19

in the past the 0 side has alwaysbeen the one to suffer the worstresults. this is no longer as can beseen from the above.Their success was largely due totheir total commitment anddedication. Seven of their gameswere against A and B sides, six ofthese were won. a remarkableeffort. At the JohannesburgSchools B festival they acquittedthemselves very well. winning 2out of three games,

They were lead by an enthusiasticShaun Richards who was always aresponsible captain. Stephen Agar.Roland Peens and Sean Louw alldeveloped into fine players andhad quite a few games for the Bside. Rodney Bray was as solid asweeper as any team could Wish tohave. Paul Collins and Kyle de laHarpe controlled the midfield very

U14A Hockey TeamBack Row:P Biik e iodr} G Noiwourt J litiimu M 08mmMiddle How:S Williams M Wolke G Warrisii R Dtrlb c mum MerweFroninuw:M Bean. P Miiim Mrs Walls A Loddei R Giiicspic-

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eflectively. Brett Mullins kepteveryone in lits of laughter on andall the bald

UNDER MD RESULTS:Played 18Won 7Drawn 4Lost 7Goals lor 26Goals against 25

This D side were always playingagainst the odds. in order toensure that they got enoughmatches they ollan played againstA B and C Sides and look part inthe B lestival Considering thistheir season can be COnsrderedvery sticoe lUI Where Fklll mayhave been lacking llllS Sldt, gavedetermination and containment likeno other they were responsrblylead by Brendan Holdswortlidaring lhe lirst part at the season.iltei whinli hit becanil- t We allhope that next year he Will be lit toplay again Richard Halsey tookover lrom him and did an equally

good 10h Rupesh Daya IScommended lor his gutsy deleiice.he has much potential

UNDER l4E RESULTSPlayed 8Won 2Drawn 0Lost 6Goals lor t5Goals against t5

This team was; termed hall way

through the sason and gettinglixtiires lor them was very dillicultOnly one other school inJohannesburg has an E learnJeppe Thus; like the D team. lheyhad to play against learns: ratedhighiii than lheiiisulves Theirrestills may not he remarkable but

their alliltidii was superb.Jonathan Drake must get specialmention lor becoming agoalkeeper at short notice AlistairVenn and Adrian Richardson camein hall way through the season and

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developed into very competent players in a short time, well done.

ln conclusron I would like to thank all the boys in this age group and say tothem that my Job was made so much easier due to their pleasant mannerand positive attitude which prevailed at all times. Your sponsmanshlp andcommitment was exemplary!

Mr S.J. Walls

U145 Hockey TeamBack Row r . Jlm innmisxmiq R Convert, t) siuii M Prim N van EckMiddle Row:M Put Wutlt a SHOCK : e atmgtik. M WolkeFront Row:l Mat, l a Slllllllml Mr» tits 5 MlHDNy P EatonAbsenL N Buimiugimi

U140 Hockey TeamBack How: a Mullins r1 Colliits,[ Kerby.R Bray R PearlsFroanow:S lotiw s Richards Ml s W:ills...l Oldliolrl s Agar

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U140 Hockey Team

U145 Hockey Team

Back Row: M MacEneany J Vrckers: P Cvoly: 5 van de: Meulenc. Lmes A. McAlpme

Back ROMS Shields 5 Rose-Innes.R Machle.A Venn

Front Row: R Daya. Fl Halsey Mr 5 Walls: B Holdswonh:

T Selmer-Olsen

Frcanowtc erson G. du PIESSIS MfS Walls J. Drake.G. Gahagan

Going m low

DI/ vmg forward

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Waterpolo1 st Team

Term One

The season started oil with atraining camp at the SterkfonteinDam. two weeks before schoolstarted. The team trained threetimes a day before each meal. Thetraining was conducted in the dam,using goals constructed by MattCaner and improved by MrHawkins. This camp was such asuccess that it is hoped to bemade an annual event.

The first weekend at term. theteam travelled to Grey Bloemwhere we beat schools like DHSand Selbourne to reach the tinalwhere we lost to Hudson Park.

At the end of January Les Kayarrived from Sydney, Australia tohelp us get up to internationalstandard We had met Les in 1994on our tour of Australia where helooked after us well. He taught usa new manrdown delense andlaneemarking defense pattern.

His role at St Stithians for his Sixweek stay included taking thestandard twos through to standardeights for waterpolo during their

physical education lessons. Theoo operatton oi the prep school iiithis regard was much apprecmted.He also worked With the lll'Sl teamat every practice and found time toattend age group practices as well

Les and Dave MoGawaccompanied the team to theVides Tournament in East Londonwhere the stde. once again. metHudson Park in the linalt this timebeating them in extra time alter thescores were level at lull time.

The Old Eds Tournament producedsome drama in the semietinal

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when we were two goals downwith two minutes remaining. Onceagain the team dug deep into theirreserves and their charactershowed as we ended up beatingParktown in that game by twogoals. The side put on a show ofwaterpolo in the final to beat KEScomfortably.

Congratulations to Matthew Carterand Michael Thorpe who led theteam by example in and out of thewater.

This is without doubt the best sideI have ever coached in terms oftheir professtonal attitude totraining, to winning and to life. Thisshowed in their results.

Term Three

Training started in ernest duringthe August holidays in preparation(or the SACS festival, Thedisappointment of losing our firstgame 2 3 to Hudson Park andthus eliminating us from gettinginto the semi nals was a huge

The team included :

blow. We beat all the other sidesin our pool including Selborne,SACS, Wynberg, Rondebosch andBishops.

This tournament and thepreparation that went into it stoodus in good stead for the remainderof the season. This includedcomfortable wins over PretoriaBoys' High, Jeppe and St John'sand winning our own lst teamtournament,

Congratulations to the following onbeing selected for the TransvaalSchools' Sides:A TeamM. CarterM. ThorpeR. MacMahonR. WeddepohlL, Hawkins8. Davies8 TeamG. DawesL. LantermeFl. Goodwin

Mr D. Pitcairn

Matthew Carter , Captain SA Schools 1994 HonoursMichael Thorpe Vicercaptain Tvl SchoolsAteam 1994 HonoursJulian Marsh Tvl schools Ateam 1994 HonoursRob Weddepohl Tvl schools B 1994 HonoursLee Hawkins Tvl schools B 1994 HonoursRob MacMahon Tvl schools B 1994 HonoursNick van den Handel Tvl schools B 1994 HonoursGreg Dawes ColoursGrant Mackenzie ColoursAndrew Dickson ColoursRyan Goodwin Tvl schools Colts 1994 ColoursScott Davies SA Schools U16 1994 Team blazer

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1s! Waterpolo Team

Mlddle Haw: S, Davies, N, van den Hande .J. Marsh: H MacMahon: R Goodwnn

Plan! Row: L Hawkins' M 061119! (Cap! LMr D Pitcairn. M Thorpe R, Weddepoh

2nd Waterpolo TeamBack Row:A Walson J Brand M cmlmsH Sllcock M VenueMiddle How:M Barman R May}? Parrys Papa eFroanow:G Comhne 0 Morgan MIG Bud.N Magowan w Hickmbmham

3rd Walerpolo TeamBack Row: M nglby A Scutev. s DngganB PrestolLJ NyeFroanosz Nevm s Sargent MrG BHdB CiPW P Mavsden

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Back Row: C Mackenzie PV DICKSOH (3 Davies

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U16A

Captain: M. PettersenTeam members: 0. Clegg:8, Field: G. Murray1N. Petzer:

M. Price; B Shaw, D. Stentiford:Ft Stokes. B. Thorpe: G. Thurmanand J. Woollam

With the Standard 8 campoccupying the first week of the firstterm we started the season With ahuge disadvantage as otherschools had already played anumber of games. In fact we wentinto the first games against K E 8,.traditionally one of our strongestopponents. havrng used practicetime to run trials and select teams.

Saints recorded a comfortable 6 ,1 win which untortunately gave usa false sense of security for whichwe paid dearly In our very nextgame against a mediocre StJohns team losmg 1 5. From

disaster one can often reap some

benefit and this was certainly thecase from this game. the one andonly defeat of the season.

Having lost Scott Dawes. captainand playmaker durlng the '94season and now promoted to thefirst team. the players realised thatevery indiwdual was responsiblefor developing a new game planwhich included the skills andabilities of the whole team As aresult a more expansive pattern ofplay was utilized for the remainderof the season and the team wentfrom strength to strength.

During the remainder of the firstterm some high scores wererecorded eg. vs, Jeppe Boys 193, Pretoria Boys 9 ~ 1. St. Davids14 2 and later the team exactedrevenge against St, Johns With aconvinclng B 2 victory, Howeverthe finest moment of the first termwas undoubtedly Saints' 3 7victory over the highly ratedParktown team. Having taken a 5

2 lead at the hallway stage.Saints allowed them to fight back

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to 7 7 before scoring the winninggoal in the final minute of thegame. A fitting end to the term.

The third term saw another displayof very fine disciplined waterpoloand we started with a 13 7 1thrashing of Pretoria Boys. Thismatch set the tone for the U16ATournament held at St. Johns thefollowmg weekend. After a slowstart against Highlands North theteam settled down and producedsome excellent play to comfortablywin the section. In the semi finalagainst K.E.S. they playedcontrolled polo to win and gothrough to the final against oldrivals Parktown. A very convincing

5 2 victory proved yet again thatthe team was the best around andthey continued undefeated for theremainder of the season.

Our congratulations to thefollowing players selected torepresent the Transvaal SchoolsU16 Team at the NationalChampionships held in February :S, Davies. M. Pettersen. N.Petzer. 8, Shaw and DStentiford.

MrP. van Tonder

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Captain: D. CruikshanksTeam members: N Crail;M. Fearnhead: G. Fletcher:

R. Gautschi: P. Heritage: A. Kahle:G. Kelzan: Z. Magojo: J. Miller:D Muller, P. Stapelberg:M. Thornley; L. Wallace andR. Wallace.

As is always the case it is verydifficult to find games for ourSaints '0' teams and so throughnecessity all our players wereincluded in the '8' team squad formatch purposes. This resulted inthe team often being slightlyweakened because of our policy ofallowing as many players aspossible to participate in matches.

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Despite this small handicap theteam did very well in losing onlyone game in the first term, a 2 4defeat at the hands of K.E.S. in thefirst game of the season.Recovering from this early hiccupthe team settled down to a slightlymore serious approach to theirtraining sesstons. This resulted ina more fluid pattern of play whichsaw the Side record a number ofreally exciting wins. The highlightof the first term was most certainlythe final game against K.E.S.which was a 2 1 victory forSaints, revenge for the earlierdefeat,

In the third term there were alimited number of games and theteam did very well until the finalmatch of the season when theyeventually lost Generally theplayers enloyed the season but itwas unfortunate that we wereforced to play so many players in aSingle team as opposed to havingopposition to play against with aregular 0' team.

Mr. P. van Tender

Transvaal U16 RepresentatlvesBack Row: D, Stentiford. Mr D, Pitcairn:N. PetzerFront Row: M. Patterson: St Davies:

B. Shaw

U15A

Coaches: Mr C. CawseA. Cooper.

Captain: Fl. Leibbrandt.Players: 8. Whatley: L. Meyer:P. Tselentis: W. Jacobs; A. Flaab:J. Seeliger: Fl. Holmner: C. Baker:C. Blunden: G. Barnhoorn andP. Ndonados.

Term One

Luckily or unlucklly Andrew and Iinherited a side who haddemolished all that had comebefore them as U 14's and werethe undisputed top dogs of theGauteng waterpolo scene. True.some of the teams had madeinroads and were not as easy tobeat but nevertheless everybodysaw us as number one when the

season started.

We started the season playing thesame pattern that had worked welllast year and won our openinggame easrly enough. Andrew wasnot too happy wrth proceedings asboth he and i know that the gamechanges as you get older andsome of the old ploys in a smallpool and lack of tacticalunderstanding at U 14 allow you toscore at that level but reallynowhere else. The boys clearlythought that we should just leavethem be, after all it had worked upto now. Well enter St Johns - lost3 6!!! Enough said. They playedcontrolled waterpolo, markedtightly, got breaks on us and swamus out of the pool. Time for arethink!

Andrew was really upset. he didn'teven talk to the boys after thegame! Instead he went home anddrew up a game plan in letters ofone syllable for the boys to readand hopefully understand! Iexplained to the boys after thegame that losing wasn t the end ofthe world provided you learntsomething from it and used it toimprove your game. The thing we

Eack Row:C.Clegg.G Thurman M Price

ll.U168 Waleprolo Team

Middle ROW:N Pelzer.G Murray D Slenlilord J WoollamFronl Raw: 5 Field. M Pellerson: Mr P van Tonder, B Shaw B Thorpe

Back Row: N Crail,A. Kahle. P Herilage R Gautschi. M FernheadMiddle Row: M. Thornley. R Hawlmson. D Muller. G Fletcher N Clother-Slnclalr.

s thden.J Miller] MagojoFront Row: L. Wallace. D Crulckshanks: Mr P. van Tender. S. Marius. R Wallace

had to learn was that we had toprogress from the pattern or U 14and move on to what Andrew hadbeen trying to teach them for threeweeks.

The rest is history, the boysmanaged that paradigm shift, theytrained really hard under Andrew'sastute guidance and on our returnfixture we beat St Johns albeit tooclose for comfort. More was tocome however, the seasonculminates in a tournament atParktown where we met our old

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adversary in round two anddemolished them 6 1 playingsome really awesome polo. Wewent on to win the tournamentdespite a nail biting game againstHighlands North in the semlrfrnal.

We look forward to morechallenges in the third term andpossibly to a trip down to Selborneto improve on our fifth place of lastyear! Once again a sincere thankyou to Andrew Cooper for his timeand effort and sorry you missedout on the photo!

Term Three

Once again the polo season got oilto a poor stain with us finishing adisappointing third in a newtournament staged at KingEdwards. We drew with Highlandsin our opening game but stillmanaged to finish top of our poolbut then lost in the semi final toKES who were holding their twofirst team players This gamehighlighted our lack ol litness.hardly surprising as it was our firstweekend at polo. The boysreadjusted their sights and. as wehad done in the tirst term. setabout improwng With the arm atbeing top dogs again by the end ofthe season We played slightlybetter polo against Jeppe and sawagain just how unlit we wereplaying in what seemed to be anever ending tour chukka game.

Then came the highlight of theseason We arranged ourselves aninvite to the Dallas Hutton'tournament in Durban where allthe top Natal schools compete inan U15 tournament. We had arather tense drive down to Durbanout the antiCipation was almosttangible. We played someexcellent polo on the Saturday toend top at our pool beating thelikes oi Pinetowni Westvrlle andGlenwood, In the semi nal weaccounted for DHS 2-1 butunfortunately lost to Glenwood Inthe final, It was a disappointingend to a fantastic day but the boyslearnt a great deal and were onceagain reminded Just how good theyare

There was Just one hurdle let! tonegotiate and that was at courseour old rivals St Johns, They hadwon the opening tournament andhad done very well in theSelbourne tournament andcertainly rated themselves as thetop U15 Gauteng Sldei U150 Walerpolo Team

U15A Waterpola TeamBack Rowzc Baker.J Seeliger,P Tselerttis n Holmner,S WhatleyFront How:J Barnhoorn R Leibbrandt MrC Cawse w JacobsiA Raab

U155 Waterpolo TeamBack nowze Luyt:N DenniS:C Jamieson i RankinFront Row:P Ndonados, D, Calder MtC Cawse.C Ebden.O Ramasra

Back Row: J. Barnard. a Timm: H Bruggemans D, van Rooyenant Row: N Rasmussen, D Lerche Mr C Cawse; J Bruce-Brandi O, Hamasia

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Well they weren't. We beat them6 4 in a game where we werealways in control and with a bit olluck the score line could have read8 2 such was our dominance. Thiscertainly ended off another greatseason. It is tough at the top but itis surely the finest feeling to knowyou re the best!

Thanks lads for a great year andfor allowing me to be part of such afantastic team.

Mr C. Cawse

U15 BandC

Coach: Mr C. CawseCaptain: D. Calder

B Team: 0. Ramasia; C. Ebden:

N, Dennis; G, Ramsey;P. Ndonados: l. Rankin;R. Jameson: (3. Luyt: S. Hawkinsand M. Fynn.

C Team: C. Myburgh; G. Mclver;

D. Lerche; B. Timm:N. Rasmussen: D. Van Flooyen:R. MacLaughIin: J. Barnard:H, Bruggemans; T. Brown;J. Bruce Brand and C. Nolke.

Term One

The metamorphosis that the Ateam has undergone is busy takingplace in the 8 team. just at aslower rate. They still unfortunatelyplay too much of their polo in smallpools and there reliance on astrong holeman like Dale is noteasily broken, nor the reliance ongood hole marking by the likes ofNick and Grant, They are in aleague of their own and have yet tolose a game, They have goodbasic skills, swim well and are verycompetitive, all the rightingredients for a winning formula.

The C team are just out to havefun. They almost always play otherschools B sides but acquitthemselves of their task admirably.Unfortunately they don't get to playmany games.

However the depth that this gives the age group is fantastic for any coachas is their enthusiasm for both practising and playing.Thank you for an enjoyable first term and I look lorward to more in the thirdterm!

Term Three

The B team continued to play excellent polo so much so that when the Ateam went on tour to Durban we let them play our scheduled A teamfixtures for the day. They aquitted themselves exceptionally well againstKES going down 0-3 but were beaten soundly by Parktown. Neverthelessthe experience was invaluable. Some of the boys have grown appreciablyboth physically and as polo players and the likes of Grant and Rob andothers will be pushing hard for places in the A side next year. Theyremained unbeaten against B teams again this term. certainly amemorable achievement.

The 0 team had a very disappointing third term in that they only playedtwo games and that was against K.E.S. and Parktcwn B teams. Some ofthe boys needless to say lost interest and not all the regular faces from thefirst term were evident this term. Nevertheless those that did make theeffort had great fun and their enthusiasm seems to be undiyingl

Mr C. Cawse

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U14 AB and C

Coaches: D. McGaw; L. Hawkins:Rt Weddepohl

A Team: R, Smith (Capt):K Henderson:J Stentiiord.N. van Gysen. T. Souter;T Preston: P. Collins. G. EllisA. Kuhlmann: M Bean andB. Leontsinis.

B Team: T. Robson (Capt l:T. Richmond: M Thomson:N, Harland: G Gahagan.T. Selmer Olsen: J Oldlield;R. Shields; 8. van der Meulen:K. Clegg: A. Black: D. Terblanche.J. Saunders: K. Eguchi:D, Culhane: J. Koch. M. Knevittand (3. Norwood.

Starting the season With a clinicprior to the opening of school in

January once again proved itsworth. There were an average of25 boys at each sessmn. mostcontinued to make polo their

summer choice and from that week

U14A Warerpolo TeamBack RawzJ Sieniimiuo. Ellis G McAllisler.P CollinsFront Row: M BeanR emririMi o Mcoaw.r $0u|eLM Cox

the season began with a headstart. On returning from the lirstweek camp we played in theHighlands North tournament wherewe won five matches but narrowlylost to King Edward in the linal. Agreat start lor this group.

The A team. captained by RobSmith. who led by example, hadrather mixed lortunes, They wouldraise their level at play and playbrilliantly in one game only to dropthe next through silly errors ofdelence. When Rob moved tohole man marker in the third termthe team really came together.GaVin McAllister continues toimprove as a hole man but mustlearn to sWim hard to gainpossessron ot the ball. The strongswimmers such as Greg Ellis. BradLeontsrnis and Adrian Kuhlmannshould begin to dominate thegame next season. A pity the lattertwo only Joined us in the third term.The back markers Tim Preston.Tim Souter and Jared Stentitordhave steadily gained in confidencebut must learn to much when

under attack. The tind ol thesesaon was Nick van Gysen as agoalkeeper. He also only came inthe third term and has made agreat di erence to the side.

The B team has had mixedtortunes Winning just over half oftheir matches. They have potentialand I am sure will do far betternext season. Players that haveworked hard that need to bewatched next season are TravisRobson, Sean van der Meulen;Richard Shields: Travis Richmondand Kewan Clegg, It was great tosee that from this B group we hadenough to field a 0 side but onceagain trying to obtain xtures hasproved difficult.

A team played 26 lost a drawn 2won 16

B team played 16 lost 7 drawn 1won 8

C team played 11 lost 4 drawn 2won 5

Mr D. McGaw

U145 Walerpolo TeamBack Rosz wiison. R ShleldsiFt Kahle:N Harland;7 PrestonMlddle Row: 'r Selmer~0lsenz s. van dei Meuleri: T. Richmond:M. Thompson. A. NyeFront Row: G. Gahagan. R. Weddepohl, K. Clegg: L. Hawkins:D. Terblanche

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Waterpolo Results

Term One

1st Team Tournaments 15A Parktown Tournament

v3 £4an a 12 ov: st John: 54

vngppe too 7 7 7 vsklo}! nHigNm s Nonnrsummnunaz vs Pam vs Famwwn ( nal) 574

vs Queens 74 7 1413V7 , ,

t 7 TvsSunnis(seréninalmq7L\ T hidmipamhméwiré 7

14A Highlands North Tournament

v5 Pamown 7-2 7vs andpark 5:vs Edanvala H t

Term Three

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1st Team (Saints) U15A Natal Tournament U15A K,E.S. Tournament

vs Glanwuod 2-0 7vs ngTlandé N70nh 27 27 7vs Westville a 7vs Edenvalo movs Caner 1 7' vsmew v. veganm24f , V5 pm ishepsio"eMi. vs Parklo

vs Pukmwn "mm 5-2 -\7 77 vs Scoltburg

, vs Pinetown 3-3'U14 Saints Tournament Vans. (seml "nan 21

vs Glenwood (linat) 1-5

0 7 _vs 5.5.5. (saw t) 3-47

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R0wingAddress by theSt Stithians CollegeRowing ClubFounden

Jock Dickson at theRowing Club Dinner

May I start by thanking you tor yourinvitation to attend tonight's dinner and mayI say how wonderiul it is to be greeted so

warmly by people that I do not even know. I

test like a celebrity but what it is that

quali es me to be a celebrity/guest speakerescapes my imagtnattcn.

I have had little to do with rowing tor

nineteen years. and in the past decade no

connection at all. So I shall retrain tromcommenting on the success and status at

the club in the 1990 s save to say that it is

incomprehenstble to a coach at the 70's.Today i only attend sports events under the

strongest protest and although I remain atuli time teacher I am stIil really a part-ttme

operator, with my tarm replacing sport as

my escape activity. I am not even a SouthAirican any longer so you can see i am

eminently suited to address you tontght. i.e.to tell you what Is what in the rowingseason in the new South Atrica.

Perhaps Mr Murray s choice ot a speaker Isnot completely out at order In View or theuntntentional backhand compliments paid tome by Mr Mark Henning. the lorrner

headmaster at St Stlthlans, when he wrotein my leaving testimonial, I quote "MrDickson will Desi be remembered In theCollege Ior his work In budding up therowmg Club lrom scratch. We are situated

so tar lrom water that It was not a gooddecIsIon to take up rcwIng" . Vou see ll

was all pen or an ongmng mtstake HeContinued. "despite that severedisadvantage Mr Dickson ourIt up a rowrngclub thal has brought dlSiInciIon to the

school and great my to Its members Hehas achreyeo this through his enthusiasmand his ability to get a parenls committeeorganising things smoothly, it was notreally the who dId It anyway It was theparents' committee

My adopted iamily. my attempts to producevegetables In a drought ravaged countryand my Interest In our Village communityhave swamped my enthusiasm tor sport Icannot honestly claim that l regret this

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change but. like you, i owe much to rowing

and to this club in particular. I would like toshare with you mis evening some at thelessons l learned while rowing. My lite In

Botswana is totally ditiereht irorn the one Ienjoyed at Saints. It has been exciting and

ful lling but very demanding and l havealways been gretetul tor the lessons

teamed as i battled in the early 70 s to getthis club recognised as a iorce in South

Airican rowing circles and then accepted asa normal activity with a positive inlluence ondaily lite at Saints.

In outlining the value at these experiences,perhaps i can relieve the tedium by relatinga tow anecdotes from the early days that

you may not already know. i hope that by

doing so i won't tread on too many toes andwill remarn politically correct I believe isthe modern Idiom.

Rowing. we all know. is a demanding sport

requtnng hours ol physical training, practiseon the water. etcetera. etcetera. Is it worth

it? l have always thought so but it does

require dedication and a sorting out ofpnorities in life. Dave. the second club

captain of Satnts Rowing Club. was

potentially a super-nerd. He was small.clever. conscientious and serious. His only

weakness was a passion tor sport. He

solved his dilemma by working earnestly all

his.

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morning In class. training all altemoon

(weights. running and rowing). eating ahearty dinner and going to sleep at 7.00pm.Then waking at midnight and studying till

.00.am catching three hours sleep belorereturning to school. A tough schedule.which enabled him to lead his crew to winSaints iirst national rowing title and gain forhimsall. tourdlstlrwtionstn metric.

Tim Cllttord. our lrlsh rugby coach in the

70 s also had his priorities sorted out. Whenan oarsman tried to attend an early season

rugby practice. betore the end at the rowingseason, he was greeted with. "What are ye

try'n t do boy? Start a war with Mr Dickson?Go away. and cum bak alter the rowin'

nationals!" Successtul rowing does requireordered priorities

Another essential lesson in rowing is to

make the best at a bad situation. Andy

joined the club in term three and rowed witha crew older than himsell and then withboys younger than himselt. He never made

a top crew, but always rowed with

enthusiasm. After school he rowed tor Wits,who did recognise his potential and he wasone of the tirst ex~Saints oarsmen to beawarded his Springbok colours,

Fitness is an obvious requirement of anyoarsman and I urge you to maintain your

fitness even it you leave the rowing world. i

have always lound tness essential in lite.tor the greater the amoemlc or

administrative stratn you experience. thegreater the need lcr physical litness. I

remember the headmaster visiting a rowing

camp with which he was duly impressed. At

the beginning or me year start meeting heassured the start that the rugby season was

on to an excellent start with "titty supremelytit players". You will know when your titnessWill be needed.

My moving to Botswana was carearewlseunwise. out it was probably the mostimportant decision in my lite. But a lessonwell learned in rowing was the need to take

a risk when you believed it to be right evenit a risk. Al the beginning at the 1972/3

season the club had a small. young.talented but determmed crew. who had wonmost at their races as juniors. The Club.

when entering its lounh season. had notrowed higher than the third division as

opens out. with the ever present warning.'Jock. you expect too much or our boys .

the captain. Vaughn and I decided to enterthe lirst Fours. Other coaches and someparents were aghast but not the crew who

raced ccnlidently and stylishly into secondposition most oi the season. Their advice to

the doubters was clear When you have gotsomething good. and you know it, use it to

the tull and never underestimate its value.

Vaughn's crew were a wailrmatched tour orapparently incompatible, physicallydisparate boys bound together by hardwork, success and all encompassingdiscipline. One alternoon I was watchingthe crew practise train the bank orWemmer. My company was the members ora crew whom we regularly beat into tirst

place. Suddenly one word came like a pistolshot across the pan. "Concentrate!"

Someone had made a mistake andmistakes were not tolerated in Vaughn screw "Jees." said one at the Parktowncrew. I wouldn t let anyone shout at me like

that." My reply was cruel but the truth "Youwould it you won a race every Saturday.

I have never won accolades tor my

diplomacy as witnessed by an irate motherwho complained that i knew nothing aboutchild psychology My reply was that I dtd notbelieve in tt. Two years later the same boysparents interrupted a dinner party to ask it Icould do something as the lad wasextremely depressed and threateningsuicide. The boy and I talked rowing < the

crews for next season and we agreed tohave a meeting at break the next day,Under pressure. rnwmg can teach evenignorant geographers child psychology.

You belong to a rowing club or the 90's. Irounded a club in the late 60'5.Wa workedhard tor seven years to acquire one eight.two stamtli racing tours and threebre glass ski s. | otten wondered at what

stage the club would reach maturity. Was itwhen we won our tirst regatta? Or thearrival or our tirst boat? Was it when we

entered the tirst division? Or when we wonthe tirst tours? I believe we came at agewhen a probable First xl bowler applied tojoin the club, Sadly we had severelydepleted the school swimming team but we

had never been allowed to purioincricketers The ruling. however. trom the

guidance department was that theindividual cencemed had been in a lot or

scrapes and needed a lot at good stablelriends. "These he will tind in the rowing

club and that is more important than thosewho will open the bowling tor the college"The rowing club had arrived!

The phenomenal growth in the size,equipment and success or Saints rowing

club and another two decades atexperience or lite has taught me that a vltal.alive person. business or club never stopsgrowing and does not really reach maturityuntil it stops growmg and inevttably starts

decaying. I believe ii is necessary torettective people to be always tackling

something new. whether it is movmg lromactive rowing to coaching. or lrorn coachingto ottlclaiing, My latest endeavour is tolearn to play marimbas. A headmaster atone school where I taught commented oneday that I was only really content when lwas tackling something new or something

that someone had tailed to do This diseaseis certainly a disease. but It is a good one

and one I hope that you to have developedthe love or a challenge.

I spoke earlier or the importance or teamwork but I must take issue againstexcessive club or team spini in which thoseoutside one's immediate circle are seen

only as opposition that must be beaten inraces, | strenuously opposed SaintsRowing club ever being exclusive and waspleased to overhear a remark at a BultaloRegatta » Hey man, l didn't know Saints

was a private. These are OK guys." Regularmixing with other clubs and lnteracting wtlhadults is one of the benetits or rowtng and a

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good foundation for living in the new SouthAtrica.

Since teaching at Saints, when by law itwas a white only school. i have taught onlyin lully integmted or black schools. I havean adopted sen. Moraine. who Is aMotswene (a black one) and cherish theargument advanced by my grandson that Iam not a "Iekgoa a white person or

toreigner - "He is my ntate mogolo"(grandtatneri. Thai irretutable piece at logicsatistied his class mates and me. it is mysincere hope that the sporting links Withother schools will have lathered the difficult

but rewarding inclination to iorge linksbetween dilierent nationalities creeds andcolours, tor in that, lies the luture ol yourcountry.

A sense ol humour is always essential inlite whether it is going well or not, Atter a

drought and not very successtul SAchampionships. a colleague sent cards toselected teachers and parents inviting themto the opening or Mr Jock Dickson steaching year at 8.00 am on Monday 4thApril. it helped to put irustiaticn anddisappointment in perspective. As did anearly request lrcm the club to tuttil mypromise that it we won a particular regattathey could do what they liked. even throwthe guest at honour into Wemmer Fan. Theguest oi honour was our Headmaster.

The other sense that you need is a sense ofsportsmanship. In a sport in which you

invest your all it is important to be generousto your rivals. whether they have won or

lost, When announcing the results oi theHead of the Veal Regatta one year TomPrice. coach or King Edwards and chalrmanot the SA Schools Rowing Association.

announced that though KES and Saints hadwon dllterent dIVIsIOns and gained lull

points. Saints had won the Adult C dlvtsronin a taster time than KES had won the B

division. He knew. and a iew otherknowledgeable people knew. that It was mellrst time that Saints had recorded thelastesl school time at a regatta. Being theline sportsman man Tom is. he pointed outwhat law would have noticed, the e ectlvedeleat or his own First crew

In conclusion may I remind you to showappreciation to all the otlicials. coaches andparents who have made your rowingposslhle. As the rounder dl this Club 1 salute

the success ol 3 great Club, but I alsoremember the hours ot preparing meals,transporting crews. organising regattas andcoaching crews by myriads oi adults whomade schools rowing the wondertul sport ii

is Try share your toy and success butnever the limelight,

Thank you.

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Back Row: M Magni. (3 Norman. P van der Zee: J. Croly. C Jacobs

From Row: P Dickson W Jacobs. Mt Fl, Etchwebet, A. Besler: D Acoti

Opens

St Stithian s performancethroughout the season was of ahigh standard; Each crewdeveloping In their own way. somefor the better With many fine winsbeing recorded at many of theregattas during the season.

This year s performance by theOpen age group varied. with thestrong opposition prowded by theother schools, The is! Eightasserted themselves well in thetough. hard-fought races. and wereunlucky not to pick up more Wins.The 2nd Eight proved to be latedevelopers. but once they latchedon. they were hard to stop Theymust be congratulated for their linewin at the Buffalo Regatta. Thisyear s 3rd Eight raced almost in aclass of their own, only to bebeaten at SA Champs by a tstEight.

The U-16 agergroup show theyhave plenty of potential wnh theirgutsy performances throughout theseason,

Improving all the time, this age-group broke the course recorddespite finishing a narrow second.

The younger age-groups provedtheir mettle. each crew trying theirbest and some recording a numberof wins and seconds, which isimpressive considering they are

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relatively new to the sport.

St. Stithians once again show thatthey our a force to be reckonedwith when it comes to producingnational oarsrrien, Two out ol thisyear s squad of 18 that rowed atThe Junior World Championshipswere from St Stithians. Well doneto these Peter van der Zee andJamie Croly,

G. Norman

U16

Under the careful guidance of MrMurray the iirst hall of our seasonended on an excellent note as theU16 A Eight, A Four, B Eight and CFour gained victories at the StStithians Regatta. We had anintense January Camp and kept upwith the pace in the succeedingregattas The A Eight received theprivilege of being allowed to attendthe Buf alo Regatta in EastLondon. We gained muchexperience and had an excellenttime. Although we didn t win, SA.Champs showed much guts andtight from all the guys. Our U16season was an invaluableexperience and Will be treasuredby all.

M. Webster

Back ow1Fl Wylde.N Coningham. D McCarthy.S Cox. H ChearyFront Row: R. Rose.A Bromley. MIR Eichweber.G Dunnett.A Boulanger

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U14

For a first season. the 1995 under14 s had a memorable year. Theseason started with a disparatebunch of timid lads arriving forOctober camp with only their sheernumbers for comfort. Theirenthusiasm for their new sport wasevident in the eagerness withwhich they challenged each otheron the last day and their spirit wasreflected in their contribution to the"Waterman": skulling" (sic)seemed to be a hit.

Success came early, Theyparticipated in their first regatta.the Saints 25th AnniversaryRegatta. and gained a secondplace: an outstandingachievement. Reality hit in thenew year. when the first regattaproduced a string of last places.All credit to the boys that they kepton trying. Gradually results startedto improve. Beedle sculled intothird place and stroked hisD Quad into second place at theKES Regatta and Mullins A~Quadgained a third place. At theGeneral Smuts Regatta Quy sE Quad gained a second place.Coetzee s D Ouad a third,Robertson's B Quad a second.Roussos and Aldridge sculled intothird places and Moody into asecond. By the end of February

the A quad earned second placeat the Wemmer Sprint Regatta. Atthe St Mary's Regatta. the D Quadgained a second place andRoussos soulled to a secondplace. The Crawford Regatta willbe remembered for Harry s finesprint for the line...minus his scull.He still held onto second placeonce he'd retrieved the boat!

The stage was set for the finalregatta of the year. SA Champs.Would we get that elusive firstplace? Johnson s D Quad gaineda third place, close behind StBenedict s and Hilton. Beedle sCrQLiad fought their way up tosecond place. four seconds o thepace. Finally. the B Quad took tothe water and in a closely foughtrace with only 12 secondsseparating the six boats.Robertson's team held off KingEdwards' challenge to take themedals. They rowed into the

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winner's jetty amid the applause ofthe crowd. beaming. Everyonewas their to shake their hands,carry their blades and to sharetheir moment. The medals arrivedand one slipped out of shakingfingers into the green depths ofRoodeplaat......,

Our Under 14's came first in theirage group at their first SA

champs. They had proved manythings. Firstly. no matter how oldand heavy your tubs. compared tothe sleek new boats of the otherschools. with determination andeffort, you can still win. Byparticipating in as many events aspossible. you can earn points. andthose points can add up tosuccess for your whole team.Finally. they proved that evenUnder 14's can go a whole seasonwithout missing a single race. Theregattas are the culmination of theeffort and time that goes intotraining. PartiCIpation andteamwork is everything,

Well done on a fantastic season.Keep it up. Thanks to VaughnAdams and Brandon Park for theirencouragement and for givmg uptheir time for coaching and to allthe parents for their support.

Mrs M. Reynolds

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U15 Rowing GroupBack Row: J Reynolds 5 Woodlord e WhyleFrom Row:G swam du Ton.MrG Murray 0 Watson T Smuh

South African Junior Oarsmen,Peter van der Zee and Jams Cro/y

U16 Rowing GroupBack Row:N Clement, R Sears C Vermaak.Fl Aldndge: N. FenerMiddle Row: R. Trubshaw: R. Swmpson: G. Nalsby. J Johnson, C HughesFrom Row: R ThunowM Webs!er.MrG Murray I,Turanyamn 3 Bromley

Proud Winners!

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saints Rugby - 1995The 1995 season saw the introduction of the new age group system intorugby. U13 rugby fell away and the age groups became U14. U15 andU16 with the majority of Standard 6 boys falling into the U14 age group.This meant that all newcomers to the game started together and were notat a disadvantage in having to play with boys who might already haveplayed for a season

The overall results for the season indicate that rugby at Saints is veryhealthy indeed. in fact. we have probably produced the best season everin the junior age groups and this is very encouraging for the future. Boththe U14A and U16A teams only lost a single game while the U15A teamalso produced some very good results. Fortunately rugby is not only aboutthe 1st team or the 'A teams but about every single team and player thatrepresents St Stithians on a Saturday or Wednesday. In this respect rugbyremains the major winter sport at the school. All age groups fielded aminimum of four teams with the U14's fielding SIX. This producedproblems in that many schools were unable to provide us with matches.

The Open age groups also produced some exciting games with the 2ndand 3rd teams doing well in recording their best seasons in many years. itwas sad that at the 6th team level our boys did not get many games asopposition often cancelled. For the 1st team the season started well andthey played some good rugby before going through a mid-season slump.They displayed a great deal of character by recovering from this and bythe end of the season they produced some very good games. We looklonivard to taking them on an overseas tour to the UK, in December.

Finally, my thanks to all the rugby coaches. staff and students. for theirhard work in producing a great season. Vou have done us proud. Thanksto our loyal supporters. parents. boys and old boys and particularly theMums who gave so willingly of their time to provrde teas.

Mr P. van Tender

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lst XV

"It was the best of times. it was theworst of times ....... it was thespring of hope. it was the winter ofdespair, we had everything beforeus. we had nothing before us...."

Charles Dickens.

This is an apt description of themixed fortunes of the 1995 1st XV.The season began With buoyantspirits, great enthusiasm and aneager desire to wear the whitejersey with pride and honour. Thispositive energy bode well for thefirst few games and the Saints flagwas flying high as "One and All"echoed their support.

Rugby is a game where sustainedcommitment, a sense of urgency. apeak level of fitness and the team,as opposed to the individual, mustconstantly be the focus ofattention. These factors did notseem to be adhered to as theWinter months got colder anddarker. The fortunes of the lst XVsuffered accordingly with a degreeof passivity and complacencysettling in. Success comes from ahunger to do well and the drive "togo the extra mile" coupled with asparkle in the eye.

The team. however, did not allowdefeat to deter them and as theend of the season came into Sightthey rallied together as a unitedforce full of guts anddetermination. Consequently theirplay and attitude, on and off thefield. was exemplary. The finalscore 01 the last six matchesreflected Victory and a styleseldom seen at Saints. In addition.the players won in so many otherways and were a credit tothemselves and our school.Hopefully the lessons learned fromthis mosaic of fortunes will be ofgreat benefit to the morale andsuccess of the overseas tour party.

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It has been said that rugby is ametaphor for life and we believethat if the lessons and skillslearned on the rugby field. be theyphysical or emotional, are includedinto the lives of these young menthen they will be very linemembers of society. Each andevery player is assured of our verybest wrshes for the future and wethank them for their participationand friendship.

Messrs P. Moore and L. Norrie

Critique of Players:

C. Robinson (full back)After a very promising start Craig splay became too erratic. Althoughblessed with natural speed and aneffective boot his tackling and lackof commitment to physical contactwas disappointing.

5. Linden (full back)

Scott produced flashes of greatrugby both on attack and indefence. However, occasionallapses and a volatile temperamentdid not allow him to reach his full

potential. Scrum half may yet behis best position.

G. Welsh (wing Honours)Gavin started the season inbrilliant style With many electrifyingruns, However. a mid seasoninjury seemed to upset hisconfidence, His big boot relievedmany tight defensive situations,

T. Pennel (Wing)Tim developed into a line footballerafter struggling with iniury. Hiscommitted tackling and runningcontributed much to the team ssuccess.

D. Ballam (wing)

Davtd worked very hard at hisgame throughout the season Afine competitor who must try andimprove his baSIc skills in order tofulfil his potential.

W. Hickinbotham(center Team award)Committed and proud. Warren'sattitude is an example to us all. Hissheer hard work to win a place inthe side was rightly rewarded.Occasional lapses. especially indefence. spoiled an otherwisesuccessful season.

J. Marsh (center Colours)A natural ball player who showedsigns of flair. anticipation and guile.Julian needs. however, to realise.that defence. especially in mid fieldis critical. He proved to be anexcellent place kicker.

K. Harris (flyhalf Team award)A very willing player with a soundtemperament. His decision makingas a pivot was often very good buthis execution sometimes poor andhe needs to work hard at his basicskills.

3. Holderness (flyhalf e Colours)Simon developed with every game.A strong. elusive runner who hasthe ability to break and play in frontof the advantage line. When Simonplayed well the team played well.He must work hard to eliminateoccasional lapses in concentration.

13! XV RugbyBack Row: D Ballam: J. Marsh, w Uys: a. Edlinger; M,Thorpe: G, Robinson: T. FennelMiddle Row: H Cole; J. Hockey; Mr P. Moore. Mr L. Nome; w. Hickenbotham: K. HarrisFruntRow: s Sargent: s Llnden: K Magill: N van den Handel: G. Walsh:3 van Niakerk: s. Holderness

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J. Hockey(scrumehalf Team award)A very steady footballer who hadthe temperament and experienceto settle the side. He mustcontinue to work hard on hisservice and kicking from the base.

8. van Niekerk (prop Colours)A very dedicated player who gaveeverything to his team. Whenroused. very good on the drive andin the rucks but at times"disappeared" from the game.

H. Cole (prop Colours)

Young and eager! Hugh is alwayswilling to learn and improve.Although a little small. hiscommitment and burning desire todo well more than compensated.

S. Sargent (hooker Honours)A fine footballer when fit. Scottenjoyed nothing more than runningwith the ball. A great striker andscrummager who has natural teelfor the game. He must continue towork on his lineout throwingsuch a vital aspect of the game.

M. Thorpe (flank Honours)A big, strong and naturallyaggressive footballer who drovefearlessly with the ball, Had a verypositive influence especially in thetight loose. He needs to developmore confidence in his ability.

N. van den Handel(flank A Honours Captain)A superb leader on and off thefield. He led by example.committed, proud with a burningdesire to do well. Nick hasimmense energy and neverstopped running. At times hebecame frustrated when things didnot go well and this influenced hisplay in a negative way.

8, Edlinger (lock ~ Colours)An outstanding no. 4 jumper whowas never bettered. Committedand disciplined. he seldom had abad game. Berndt must believe inhimself as he has undoubtedability.

W. Uys (lock 7 Honours)Strong and naturally aggressive,Wouter developed into a fine no, 2jumper. His Size. strength andexperlence added much solidity tothe pack. Wouter needs to realizethat indivtdual discipline in practiceand on match days is a must if onewants to achieve In rugby.

K. Magill(No. 8 Colours - Vice captain)Brilliant at the back of the lineoutand excellent with the ball in hishands. Keith had many momentsof classic play but unfortunatelyhad a tendency to play only in fitsand starts.

Also played:W. Jacobs; A. Clifton: M. During;M. Bartlett; M. Caner;K. Mabalane; 0. Morganand G. Moyo.

Saints Festival

It has become part of the Festivaltradition that our spectators shouldexpect to be entertained to sometop quality rugby by the very bestschools from around South Africa.1995 was no exception as wewelcomed for the first timeAfrikaanse Hoer Seunskool fromPretoria and Prince Edward Schoolfrom Harare. We also saw thereturn of Glenwood, St Andrewsand Kearsney College. it was alsoour privilege to have two newreferees. Roger Hay (Transvaal)and Keith Kolesky (Natal). join usfor the first time. We enjoyedhaving them and trust that they willbe back in the future.

Spectator support was excellentand the atmosphere that thiscreated inspired the teams intoplaying some very exciting runningrugby. St Andrews. in particular.have gained a reputation for theway in which they counterlat'tackfrom any position on the field.Many fine tries were scored and

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some of the games were veryclosely contested. One thinks inparticular of the final games onThursday St Stithians versusKearsney, and on Saturday whenDale lost 16-18 to Affies. I am surethat both the players and thespectators would have left withvery special memories of the 1995festival.

Our congratulations and thanks tothe many different groups ofpeople involved in making thefestival the success it was. TImHewan and his organisingcommittee; Dr T. van den Handeland all those involved in first aid;Wayne Diesel and Lance Mortonfor the physiotherapy: the kitchenstaff for the fine food; MargieMitchell and her tea ladies whoworked so hard; the Prep. Schoolteam who supplied the food stallsfor the public and Ron Couling andthe ground staff for the magnificentstate of the fields. You all workedincredibly hard to maintain the highstandards of the festival and weare proud of you.

Mr P. van Tonder

J. Miller

2nd XV

Coaches : Messrs L Nortje andP. Moore

Team:K. Mabalane (Capt)M During (Viceicapt)D. Ballam: M Bartlett. Fl. Boyd.M. Caner; G Dawes:H. Froneman. K Harris. W. Jacob,C. Jacobs. C Morgan:E Molloung. G. Moyo, D Orr.T Pennel: C Robinson. Fl Wintleand A Wood

The 2nd XV enioyed a particularlysuccessful season. The teamplayed 12 matches oi which theywon 10 v a most Impressivedisplay ol determination and drive.

Although the taste ol Victory wasindeed sweet. the coup de grace

was the manner in which the gamewas played. The teamdemonstrated an understanding otbaSic rugby skills and learned thattirst phase ball can be utilised andconvened into points. Theytheretore scored a high percentageof their tries trom this tacticalmanoeuvre. proving the beliel heldby many coaches that this term ofattack is outdated. to beerroneous

The squad also successiullymarried the disparate qualities 0thumility and coniidence both onand oft the field and workedtogether as a unified whole. Withvery tew glory boy aspirations.

Despite various changes to theside due to untoreseeable injury,the spirit and commitment neverllagged or diminished. Thecamaraderie littered Into allaspects oi the game With gutsypedormances against St Johnsand Jeppe

It was a pleasure and a privilege tobe involved With young men ot thiscalibre. and we Wish them the bestot luck in their tutures.

Messrs P. Moore and L Non/e

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Back Row1T Pniittol. C Jacob. D Orr H Froneman. R Wintle. C Robl son.G Davies

M|dd|e Row: D Ballam. E Motlong. A Wood. R Boyd. G Moyo. M Banlett

Front Raw: W Jacobs. M Cartel. K Malbatrma. Mr L Nome, M During K Harris,0 Morgan

3rd XV

Captain: B. Crew.Vicercaptain: G.MacKenzie

Team:

J. Brand: J.P Chizungu;G. Davies; L. Grayson:A. Makinson; F. Malan;D. McCarthy; T. Mojapelo:E. Motloung; S. Papale:

J, Seccombe: K. Sibanyoni:A. Solomon; 3. Tietz:M. Ventre: J. Waddell; Ft. Wallace:T. Williams: Ft. Wintle.

Paints tor: 461Points against: 85

What a team! Towards the end ofthe season they were penectlysummed up by a spectator whosaid: "They are such an excitingteam to watch. everyone Justwants to run With the ball andscore tries". And this they did.game alter game. with many lulllength movements passing throughmany hands before the try wasscored. Their desire to score trieswas more than matched by anabsolute deSIre not to let theopposition score Only it trieswere scored against them thewhole season

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I will always remember theirenthusiasm for playing the game.tor their loyalty to the team, tortheir absolute beliel in themselves.Thank you very much for thememories.

Mr G. Theron

4th XV

Team:

G. Comline; M. Daly;P. Dickso S. Duggan; R. Foaden:8. Gene: 8. Graham: B. Grainger:L. Hawkins: C. Heaton: K. Kunene:M. Magni; S. Meckter; T. Moiapelo;G, Nell: R. Parry; Ft. Silcock;M. Sudbury and R. Wylde.

This was a wonderful Side tocoach. Always lull of ideas, theycould be relied on to practisemoves on their own and to carrythese out in the game situation.They were very enthusiastic. andvery committed to the success atthe team. They personified thespirit of wanting to win and allaspects ol their game. especiallytheir detence were geared towardsthis. The surprising thing about theteam was the continuity in spiritdespite the makeup at the sidechanging so olten. Thank you.

Mr G. Theron

3rd XV RugbyBack Row; T. Williams: E, Motlong, Fi Wallace; d. Seccombe.J P ChlzunguMiddle Row: M. Venlre: J. Brand. R Silcock. D McCarthy:G. Davies s. TietzFront Row: C.SIbanyane,B Crew.MrG Theron;G Mackenzie.A Solomon

4th XV RugbyBack Row: J. Waddle. e Nel. E Mollong; s Duggan:J Seccombec. sibanyone .P. ChlzunguMiddle Row: M. Ventre; J Brand; Ft. Sllcock: o McCarthy; sneiz.M Egan. K Kunene, P DicksonFront Row: T. Wllllams, B Crew: Mr G. Theron: G Mackenzie,A SolomonSeated: B. Grainger; e Gains: Fl. Wylde: o Camline

56 Club

The lollowing played for the 56 club this year:L. Hawkins (Captain 5th XV)C. Allen (Captain 6th XV)

R. Sheridan; J. SlighthameWearne; Ft. Goodwin; S. Duggan; Fl, Herd; Ft. Weaver; G. Hogg; T. Dunker: S. Latimer:M. Egan; V. Bomvana; Ft. Parry; A. Flae; M. Ogilby; M. Harris; 8. Little; D. Bradbury; G. Tilo; J, Prevot; R. Chocho;8. Sick; P. Dickson; A, Spurr; D. Leech; G. Austen; M. Taylor; S. Thompson; H. Jarlet; Ft. Dismore: S, Larson:J. Lubbe: M. Kaminski; M. Magni; M. Daiy; A. Bromley: J. Nye; P. Whitburn; C. Taylor: L. van Gool; A. Bester:M. Sudbury and Ft. Lang

Once again. the members of the 56 Club enjoyed a successiul season. The enthusiasm was always apparent atpractices and matches. We try to make the practices as much fun as possible and, in keeping with this. they lasttor only an hour. This means that a full commitment is made to short sharp sessions of fitness, skills and then agame sometimes lullron rugby, at others using Australian Rules or rugby league. The boys then have someenergy Ielt to carry out their academic commitments.

As a feeder group to the teams above, we have to realise that our teams will not stay very regular from one weekto the next. Nevertheless, the boys accepted the many changes and were happy to represent the 56 Club In avariety of positions; many of which they were unaccustomed to playing. Spirit was great throughout the season.particularly during the spell of captaincy by Lee Hawkins. We await a 56 club tie that Will add a new dimension torepresenting the club this year, and in the future,

Generally, an enjoyable and successlul season; thanks to all who participated.

Mr D. McGaw

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U16A

There was a lot of pressure on thisside to maintain their great recordfrom 1994. a task that the teamaccepted bravely.

The injury. early in the season tothe captain David Jarvis was ablow. but Brian Huckte assisted byGrant Elliot led the team well.Sean Marais replaced Jarvis andfilled the position with a quietconfidence in his own ability to dothe job.

The solid foundation tor thenumerous backline attacks was setby the most awesome pack offorwards seen at U16 level.Keizan, Huckle and Muller. a frontrow that a coach dreams of having.Keizan's absolute dedication andcommitment were a pleasure tobehold. Huckell's llair and anability to produce something out ofnothing was a major asset.Mullefs size made a fearsomeopponent and very difficult to stoponce on the move. Harland andHeritage. the lock pairing, grew instature as the season progressedand they gained confidence. MarkHarland, the most aggressiveforward in the team had the abilityto get the rest to follow his robustapproach to the game and strike

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fear into the opposition pack.Peter Heritage will be a greatplayer when he realises how bighe actually is and uses his size toits full potential.The loose trio of Woollam.Thatcher and Thurman did a greatjob of disrupting oppositionbackline moves. John Woollamloved physical confrontations andhad a passion for tackling. PaulThatcher. the fittest forward. neverstopped going, and would alwaysarrive at the breakdown point first.Graeme Thurman, the more skilledplayer of the trio was the naturallink between forwards and backs.

Matthew Webster at fly-half grewin stature as a dictator of the gameas the season progressed. Hegained the understanding in whatoption was required in all situationson the field as well as the time inthe game and varied his play wellto keep the opposition guessing.

The centre pairing of Howard andMalatji were perfect. Howardbecoming a crash ball specialistand Malatji, at outside centre.being the playmaker for the outertriangle of second centre. wing andfullback. The defence of thebackline revolved around thesetwo players. They becameawesome tacklers and realised the

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advantage of tackling theiropposite numbers behind theiradvantage line. The wings. Nevin.Conroy and Hancock were greatdefensive players but revelled inrunning with the ball. Nick Nevin,an aggressive runner with the ball.loved blind side moves. BmceConroy. although not as quick asNick. scored many tries by hiselusive running. Dave Hancockreplaced Bruce who broke hiswrist. His turn of pace addedanother dimension to the attack.

Grant Elliott at fullback was thespearhead of all the moves in thebackline. Grant has the ability toread the game and hence. hispositional play is superb.

To the B side : the pressure beingput on the players in the A sidewas excellent. You practised withas much dedication andcommitment as the A team.

Other players who played in the Ateam:N. Petzer; T. Okuizumi: N. Wilkins:M. Fernhead and G. Halkerston.

This has been a great season forme as I have dealt with a teamwho have possessed the qualities Iexpect from a rugby side. Thoseof courage. commitment, a burningdesire to win. character. supportfor one another, fierce pride in the

team. ability to practise hard.disCIpline and. most of all. theenjoyment of the game,

Thank you for a most memorableSeason. Thanks go to MrAtteridge. Gareth Sochen. MrBeukes and Mr Webster who soably assisted the coaches in this

age group,Mr D, Pitcairn

Back Row: Mrl Anendge, M Harland:T Woollam: P. Malatji: N. Petzer: G. Halkerston. M. Howard; D. Muller: Mr D. PitcairnMiddle Flo N. WilkinsiN Nevin:P Thatcher: B, Huckell;G,EllIot: G. Keizan. s. MaraisiD HancockFront Row: M. Feamhead, P Heritage. R Thurman, a. Conroy

Captain's reportAs the results show, the under 16A side had an outstanding seasonwith a record of 14 played. 13 wonand 1 lost. Enthusiasm.determination and skill wasabundant in our team. and thisenabled us to overcome sometough opposition like Jeppe,Monument, Potch. Boys andPretoria Boys.

Our team comprised of a solidpack at forwards, who won morethan their iair share oi ball. and abackline whose running andtackling was hard and eiiective. Attimes they showed exceptionalilair. This was apparent wheneverything came together for thelast match oi the season against StDavids, demolishing them 630.Finally a word of thanks to theplayers for their commitment to theteam. To our coach Mr Pitcairn forhis encouragement and hard work,and to Mr Atteridge and Mr Sochenior taking over the reins late in theseason. Last but by no meansleast, to our parents. thank you,

B. Huckell

U16B

A wonderful season was enjoyedby this superbly motivated group ofplayers. The most important lessonthat I hoped was learnt by allplayers was the iact thatconcentration on YOUR job Withinthe iramework ot the team breedssucess A word of particular thanksto the captain whose ability to tireup the players was a text bookmodel of innovative motivationaltactics. The proud record oi 12wins. one draw and one loss istestimony to the outstanding levelof commitment that was exhibitedby all the players.

Mr i. Atteridge

Captain's reportThis was a team that would ratherdie than let the opposition crossour goal line. This attitude wasshown in the rst game and thengrew through the season.

The B team is always the teamthat likes to have as much fun aspossible. and that is exactly whatwe did! But we took it seriouslywith the end result that serious funwas had by all . . except theopposition.

You only need to look at the team'sperformance through the season tounderstand why they ratedthemselves as "the best B team in

the world".

Well done to all who played. Goodluck for your iuture rugby careers.

A. von Bommann

U16C

This year s U16C team had. Ibelieve. a very successful season,both on and off the field. Theywere totally committed to the sideand on occasion played some trulyspectacular rugby, The boysscored 402 points, allowing only 58against them (an average oi 36points per match!) When oneconsiders that oi the 11 games

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played, 9 were won, 1 lost and 1drawn, one can only say, Welldone! The highlight oi the seasonmust be beating K.E.S.

The team's forward dominationwas, with the exception of thePretoria Boys High Game, total.Their scrummaging wasdevastating and I eventually losttrack of the number oi tightheadswe gained. At line out they wereagain without par and a number oitries were scored by the fonivardsfrom this phase.

With sudh domination in theforwards it was no surprise that thebackline was provided- with awealth oi solid ball which was usedin no uncertain terms to score bigpoints. This tally is testament to abackline who played hard.uncompromising, unsel sh,imaginative and ilowing rugby.

I would like to thank ALL the boysin the side ior a season which Ishall certainly never iorget. Thankyou to Rowan Pybus and JonShahim for leading the team withintegrity. insight and dedication,Thank you to the parents for your

support. No thanks to MessrsAtteridge and Pitcairn ior iiichingall our players the day before thematch.

Mr J. Beukes

Back Row: Mr i. Atteridge; A, Souler, c. Ciegg: N. Clement, N Petzer,G.Halkerston:A Griitin;G Naisby: J. Clarke.Ft,Gautschi, Mio PitcairnFruntRow: N. Clarke; M Mcllroy; M, Fearnhead,G Collins. (3 von Bormann,N. Wilkins; Fl, Stewart: J. RobbieSeated: Ft. Rose: 2. Magoio, M. Woollcott

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U154 Rugby

J Lappeman

RugbyTenszl Wllllams J Hancock. R Forsdyko M De Zeeuwu SeellgerMiddle Raw:O Ramasia,R GeorgeM Lumb. o Phella.A Haabu Whatley.

Front Row: J Heyns. R Lelbrandl Mr G Holmes. B Russel B Smtlhers

U16D

The D Side had an up and downseason marred by some lack ofdiscipline at times and the taking atsome amazing options and line-outcalls! Although we only won 3 ofour 6 games one could considerthe matches against Queens andKing David Linkstield to be slightmismatches. The boys put up agigantic eftort against K.E.S. andran out worthy victors. Althoughthey had more points scoredagainst them in the season thanthey managed to score, I believe,that in the end. they held theirheads high and did themselvesand the School proud Mostimportantly they had fun and forthe most part. displayeddedication, integrity and desire.which they can be justly proud ol

Thank you to Wilson for captainingthe side. to the boys who played,

and to the parents who supportedit.

MIJ Beukes

U15A

Another very good season tor thisage group, fielding a constant fivesides and the C team remaining

unbeaten. These two facts aredue to the hard work put in by thecoaches Rob Weddepohl. LiamGraham, Lee Curtis and CraigDick. Their enthusiasm anddedication were the prime moversin the school being able to field an

E team even through the influenzaperiod.

As for the A and B teams. theirresults were extremely pleasing.The A team won 9 with 4 lossesand the B team won 8. lost 2 anddrew t, The overall record for theage group was.

Played' 49Won: 38Lost: 9Drawn: 2

The loss 01 the A team fly-hall earlyll'l the season caused problemsand althought the replacementswere competent the backs neverreally sparkled the way they shouldhave. Both sets of torwards werecommitted and set up many goodtry scoring opportunities Thevisiting U15 Zimbabwe team

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played against the North Areateam and the Transvaal Non-League School's UtS's. DanielPhetla, Russel Forsdyke. JockSeeliger, Brent Russell JustinHancock. Brian Smither and RossGeorge played for the North Sidewhilst Lance Meyer, FlossLeibbrandt. Johan Heyns, JamesLappeman and Michael De Zeeuwplayed for the Transvaal team atEllis Park.

The U15 team has pace andcommitment and the final gameagainst St. John s demonstratedthat their defensive pattern wasworking. However. they must teamto score when the opportunityarises and be assertive in thephases oi play that require it aswell as playing more as a unit

At times the players were a littletoo individualistic and this workedagainst the team. This group ofplayers has a promising future.There will be many changes in themake-up of the A team next yearas other players develop - sonobody can afford to becomplacent.

Many thanks to all the boys fortheir hard work. to Mr MacCallumfor his help in coaching. to themothers for their first aid andcatering. and to the studentcoaches for helping to producesuch great results.

Mr G. Holmes

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U15B

The season was a huge successand the team played with greatspirit and enthusiasm. Althoughwe started off the season by losingto St. John s in a nail bitingfashion, we did not lose anothermatch to a team fromJohannesburg However. in thenext encounter as a result ofdetermlnation and confidence fromall the players, we pulled throughwith a convincing victory. The onlyother loss was to the team ingreen from Pretoria Boys' HighSchool. In this encounter westarted by scoring the first goal butthen went down in the second halfdue to some excellent rugby by ouropponents.

Another disappointment was thegame against Jeppe where wedrew 17-17 In another desperateaffair.

There are some people who Iwould like to thank for the successof the season, For starters, ourcoach. Mr MacCallum whosupported and encouraged us allthe way. Secondly. of course. theteam who played with guts andcommitment in every game. Welldone!

"I really enjoyed the season".centre Gareth Luyt and CourtneyBlunden enthused, "We are thebest U1 SB team in Johannesburg .

R. Montgomery

U155 RugbyBack Rowzo Elunden,N Demise AshcroftJ Dicks,Middle Row: T Ito. H Smith. R. Motuko, E van der MerweFront homo Ramasla: R Montgomery, MIG MacCallum D. Nevin

U156 RugbyBack Row: B, Timm. B, Morgan. 0. Nonkem Dugganzl Rankina Thorpeam How: Smith: B.Wager\er.J BrucevBrand.G Mclver.C Assad:D ReliefFront Row: D Emmett;A Froneman. Mr Fl Weddepohl v Taylor a MagowanSeated: c Myburgh. s Hawkins. M Comline

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U150,D and E Teams

The season started off with manytalented players and so we hadenough depth for three sides.Untortunately, due to variousinjuries, we lost boys, and so our Esrde battled to survive However.the commitment displayed by eachindiVIdual at practices and duringmatches kept the team spirit aliveand gave any opposmon a run fortheir money.

Liam Graham. Lee Curtis, CraigDick and Rob Weddepohl basedall practices on titness which gaveus a great advantage when weneeded it most.

We su ered only 3 losses in the Dsrde and a law in the E side, OurC Side was the only undefeatedSlde in the school which gave us areputation of being no ordinaryU15 age group.

I would like to thank all the playersfor always givmg of thetr best andbeing so committed,

H Weddepoh/

U14A

C Cawse andP van Tonder

Captain: J TurnerPlayers:

B Jacob. N do Kock. J Dreyer.J van Blerk. Ft Holmnor.J Featherstone, J. Turner.8. Shaw. G McAllister:H Beukes; P. Anderson. D. Slater,Ft Kahle. D. Mitchell:N. van Gysen. T S Robson.T R Robson: R. Smith; G. Allanand R. Holm

Coaches:

What a season and what a team! lhave been coaching at this levelfor ten years now and I havealways dreamt of coaching a teamthat had a very slick backline withplenty of pace on the outside and afullback who could enter the line atpace. Well this year that dreamcame truel Brian Jacob at fullback

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Back Row: N DE Kock. B Jacobs D Mitchell. R Holmnel: N van Gysen

Mlddle Row: D State! J Featherstone. R Holm G McAlIister. R Kahle. J Dreyeranl ROW:T Robson. J Turner; Mr C Cawse. T Robson. Fl SmlthSeated: G van Blerk, H Beukes. P Anderson

Is one of the real talents to emergeat Saints, He has pace.elusweness. good hands and adevastating tackle. He joined theline beautifully and was great onthe counter attack. Add to thatRyan Hoimner on the right Wing. aplayer with tremendous pace.superb balance, a swerve andSiderstep, a newly developed upand under and you have the finestWing in the school and perhaps thebest prospect for the future Don ttarget the two Jacques in thecentre. Jamie at flyhalt who showsenormous promise but was a littleslow to develop. ever dependableJohn at scrummie and Nick on theWing Nick was probably the mostimproved player showmg excellentpace and a textbook tackle.Thanks boys you were awesomeand a pleasure to watch!

Don t lorget the forwards. Withoutthe ball the backs can't do much,We struggled at times up lront butdeveloped admirably as theseason progressed. Theconfiguration ol the fonrvardschanged continuously as we triedto tind our best eight. Hopefullysome at the boys will developmore aggressiveness as this wassurely the quality lacking the most.

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Our best forward was undoubtedlyHanmann who. if he does indeedgrow to be bigger than Dad. is alsoa line prospect The forwardslearnt to operate as a unit andtowards the end of the season hadlearnt to ruck very well.

All in all a lantastic season Iosmgonly one game. to Pretoria. anddrawrng another, to the mightyMonument! A superb recordindeed' A speCIal thanks too to allthe loyal parents who came towatch. Your enthusiasm certainlyrubs oft on your boys.

Mr C, Cawse

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U14B

The U14B team had a mostsuccessful season, winning all buttwo of their matches. The qualityof rugby played was excellent andthe boys enjoyed their nngyimmensely, The best performancewas against K.E.S. when at onestage of the match we were 6 14behind. An excellent second hallsaw us score a number of goodtries to win 27-14.

The team was well captained byMark Tucker and included anumber of players who I am surewill play in the A team in the nottoo distant future. Geran Kuschkeis a talented scrum half who oftencaused many problems for ouropponents, Doug Worth showed,towards the end of the season,what he is capable of and theRobson brothers were always inthe thick of things. All in all it wasan exciting season and i thank theboys for their hard work.

Mr B. Lambson

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U14C

The team went through the seasononly losing to four schools. Thiswas disappointing due to theenormous amount of talentavailable. Although weaker sideswere thrashed convincingly, theteam struggled to gel against thestronger schools. Illness and injuryseverely disrupted the team'spreparation, especially in thesecond hall of the season.

The pack of fonivards wereundoubtedly the team's strength.They provided a steady stream olpossession throughout the seasonthat tended to be squandered bypoor handling and indecisivenessamongst the backs. However.when the backs did not drift acrossthe field, huge gaps opened in themidfield allowing sometremendous tries to be scored outwrde by the wings.

Back Row: 5. Hawmkels: B. Timm: S. Auldndge, A. Sherrati R. KahleMiddle Row: S, K0: Fl Smllh, J. McLean. R Holmes. K Eguche, T. Robson

Front Row: G. Kuschke, M. Tucker; Mr B. Lambson, D van der Merwe: Fl FennerSeated: T. Robson. B Turner

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With the amount of talentavailable. big things are expectedfrom this group in the years tocome. Thanks for the season andgood luck!

U14D

One of the real joys of coachingU14 rugby is watching how abunch of eager young boys whopitch up to their first rugby practice,knowing little or nothing about thegame, progress into accomplishedyoung players.

M. Webb

The D team had the usual problemassociated with non A team sidesin that we practically lielded adifferent side for every match withboys having to fill the higher teamsdue to illness. injury or on merit,often with only a days notice.

Nevertheless the boys were reallyenthusiastic (even for the dreadedfitness sessions) which made thema pleasure to coach. They werealways keen to learn and carriedout instructions without moaningimportant because discipline is avital part of rugby.

To the boys we emphasised thebasics: To play rugby you must beable to do three things: catch aball: pass a ball and tackle! Youplayers who performed these vxtalskills rose through the ranks andvice versa for those who didn t.What happens from now on is inyour hands if you want It you canget ll! Thanks lor a greal seasonand good luck next year.

C. Mitchell

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Captain : R. McFadzeanVice Capt: M.G. Davies

Awards:

Honours:G. Barcza ; M. Davies andR. McFadzean

Colours.M. Daly : S. Kohary andD. Hancock

Team Blazers:B. Barcza : N. Martin andT. Steenhoft

Once again the Squash Club hasImproved upon its past record,making 1995 a Season toremember. The Squash club hasbecome known among pupils to bea group of high-spirited andcommitted players and 1995 wasno different under the leadership ofFt. McFadzean and M. Davies withthe suppon of the Committee,

The College entered twelve teamsin the T.S.R.A. School s Leagues.Excellent results were achievedwith nine of the leagues being wonand the other three teams finishingas runners-up.

For the lirst time this year weentered two equal strength Firstteams in the U19 Super LeagueR McFadzean's team ended theseason on a high note by defeatingthe other side in a "Winner-takes-all final This meant that we wonall three ol the Super Leagues

The fact that many of our C and Dteams are performing consistentlywell against the A and B teams ofother schools make these resultseven more impressive, Two of theteams which ended runners-up lostto sides which had Provmcialplayers in them. The success ofall our league players meant that

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Squashfor the second consecutive yearwe retain the Quail Shield. Thistrophy is awarded annually to theschool with the best overall resultsin the Transvaal School s League.

St Andrew's FestivalSix members of the first teamtravelled to Bloemfontein for thisInvitation tournament sponsored byFirst National Bank. The teamconsisted of:R. McFadzean ; G. Barcza ;

M. Davies : S. Kohary:D. Hancock and J. Argyle.The team, acompanied by MrK. Hovelmeier and Mr. Ft. Castle,was by far the strongest at theFestival. Despite this, theefficiency of the organisation andamiable atmosphere, made it afitting start to the season. Ourthanks go to St Andrew s and theirsquash players for their efforts.

Top Schools TournamentEach year the best U19 schoolside in each region represents thatregion at the National Top School'sTournament. This year Saints wasagain selected to representTransvaal in Pietermaritzburgduring August.We defeated St Andrews andSelboume College and squeaked

home against Michaelhouse on theroad to the final. Unfortunately ourteam once again succombed to thepressure of a motivated Wynbergside. We lost 4-1 in rubbers withR. McFadzean deleating hisopposition 3-1. Well done toWynberg on an excellentperformance.

Provincial Selections:

The College equalled last year srecord of 19 players being selectedto represent the various TransvaalSchool teams at the inter-provincial tournaments:

The followmg players gainedprovincial selection:

U19A: G. Barcza ; M. Daviesand Ft. McFadzean

U198: M. Daly (Capt);S. Kohary and N. Martin

U190; |. Broekhuizen ;W. Clay and C. Taylor

U16A: J. Argyle :D. Hancock (Capt) andT. Steenhol f

U168: E. Barcza ; S. Beaumont;C. Myburgh andJ P. Welman

U14A: L. Barcza:Ft. Hancock (Capt)and A. Sherratt

Squash CommitteeBack Row:J Argyle: B. Barcza:S Hughes 0 Hancock.S.Kohary.l.Broekhuizen:J-P Weimanc Louw:S Beaumont,From Row: R McGaere: W. Clay, Fl McFadzean, Mr K. Hovelmeler,M, Davies. G Barcza. T Steenhoft

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S.A. Schools

Using the results of various juniortournaments an U19 side waschosen to represent South Africa inthe All African Squash Tournament.held at St Stithians in April.R. McFadzean was selected forthe A side and G. Barcze tor the Bside. Both performed competitivelywith Fl. McFadzean ending eighthin the individual tournament.

At the conclusion of the variouslnterprovincial tournaments theSouth Aftrican Schools' sides wereannounced. R. McFadzean wasno.2. G. Barcza no.5 and M.Davies no.9 in the U19 age group.D. Hancock was no.9 and L.Barcza no.4 in the U16 and U14sides respectively. This is themost number of players to bechosen tor national sides in thehistory of the school.

The Squash Committee hascontinued its involvement in theefficient running of the SquashClub. The Committee meets twicea term and, under the guidance ofMr K. Hovelmeier. membersinvolve themselves in maintainingleague results sheets. courtmaintenance and the"Adopha School programmeThe etfort of this Committee hascontributed greatly to the successat the squash club.

At the and ot a most successtulseason thanks must go the themothers who provided tea andtransport. Mr Murray for hissupport and tor providing transportand to all those who contributed intheir own way. Thanks also to MrR. Castle whose coaching hastaken us from strength to strength,as re ected in results. Lastly,mention must be made 01 Mr K.Hovelrneier whose keen interest in.support and guidance 01 theSquash Club should never beunderestimated.

M. Davies

1st '0' TeamBack Row: T Steenhott; M Daly; B. BarczaFront Row: G. Barcza: H Castle; Mr K Hoveimeier. M. Davies

15! 'M TeamBack Row: 5 Kohary, D HancockFrontRow:N Martin.Fl CastleMrK Hovelmeter. n McFadzean

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2nd Team Squash U16A Team SquashBack Row:J Argyye a Barcza Back Row:C Myburgh J-PWelmanFrom Row: H Napier H Caslle. MrK Hovmme or.W Clay Front Row: S Beaumon , R Castle. My K Huvelmeler

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U16 E1 SquashBack Row: B van der Meme G Moolman

7U16 BZ SquashBack Row: 5 mm, s Chambenam

U16 C Squash U14 A SquashBack RuwzJ smmu Lappeman,E Thorpe Back Roms WINiams.A Shenan,5 LouwFroanow: Fl Strauss R Caslie Mr K Hove mexer, P Tselenus From Row: R Hancock H Castle Mr K. Hovelmeler: L. Barcza

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U14 B1 SquashBack Row: . Turner. 3. WilliamsFrom Row. R Bray, R. Castle: MrK Hovelmewev. P Croly

yU14 B1 SquashBack Ra - Turner 3' WIlhamsFrom Row: R Bray Reasna MrK Hovelmelev P Cvoly

Provincial PlayersBack Row:l Broekhuvzen,J Argyle B.Barcza D Hancock.SKohary, N Martin T. Sleenha : s, Beaumont. w ClayFronmowze Earcza MDawes R Cas!le.MrK Hovelmewer.R McFadzean.M DalySeated: L Barcza: A. Sherran. R, Hancock

South rican Schools PlayersBack Rosz DaweslUIQ} D HancocMUlBlFruntRasz Barczawtgp R Caslle.M1K Hovelmeler,R McFaazeame)Seated: L Barcza (Um

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Swimming

Swimming TeamBack RowzJ Miiiei,H Bitianriinski S tennis.N Cr ll J Brandt? Show T Oklillllml.J Smel,J Woolam

1 G Fletcher. J NyG A Souler M Collins

Thlrd Howifl Cruikshnnks C EMULS Whatley R Lcibrandt D Slenlilord M Patterson

S Din/res C Clogg D Hanr ock, R Holmnot S Field R Goodwin B LeontSinIS

Second Rosz Bonn R SmtllLJ Slenlllord,G McAllIster.G Ellis.A Haab,G Mnolman.

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Coach's Report Captain and Vice-Captains: my

gralelui thanks to you One and AllI Had A Dream...

Remember TAWG and we mowedI had a dream to see Saints as the it Inumber ONE SWImming TEAM. . I Allendgeand my dream came true.

_ Awards for 1995Saints had a superb season whichculminated in our achieving the Honoursprimary objective for the seasonVIZ. to Win the Inter-High Relay M,Thorpe

Gala, There was no better way to G Daviesdemonstrate that we are a TEAM R Meywrth depth dedication anddetermination. not lust a bunch ol Coloursstars who see each other on the S B'Ck

J Marshbus gouig to meets This infectiousdesire to be Number 1encompassed everyone. all theway trom our awesome lane 1 Team Awardssprinters lo the boys on lane 8 3- Shawstruggling to make a iew lengths, 5- Field

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Term 1

The Tennis Club, once again.entered nine teams in theSouthern Transvaal Boys Leagueand our teams did extremely well.Although our Second Team wasdemoted from the Premier League.they nevertheless set a record forbeing the first second team toremain in the Premier league fortwo seasons.

The First Team ended third in thePremier League which is asatisfying result. considering thefact that this is a young and newFirst Team.

The tennis club still has enormousdepth as is visible in the results ofthe lower teams,

We played hosts to Grey College.Bloemfontein in our annual fixture.Unfortuantely rain prevented a finalresult which looked like a closeaffair all the way.

The highlight at the end of theseason will be a tour of the USAfor 20 boys. The aim of the tour isteam building and exposure todifferent court surfaces.

Mr L. Keet

lst Team

The 1995 1st team is a relativelyyoung team with two StandardSixes in the team and only onematric player. The majority of thematches were very close and wewon four of the seven matchesafter long rallies. Thedetermination and team-spirit alsohelped to pull us through in theend, The overseas tour at the endat the season will most definitelyhelp our team to gel and matureinto a strong and formidable side.

1st Tennis Team

Back Row: B Conroy M Osborne I Manning

Front Row: G Mackenzie: Mr L Keel: R ConroyAbsent: P, Anderson

Resultsvs K.E.S. won 52-47vs Sandown lost 54-45vs Jeppe lost 54-45vs Northcliff won 52-47vs King David Linksfield

won 5049vs Saints 8 won 63-36vs Pretoria Boys High

lost 50-49

2nd Team

After losing a large number ofMatric tennis players at the end of1994. the Second Team foundgoing into the Premier League verytough. Playing against the firstteams of schools like K.E,S. andJeppe provided the very youngSaints team with lots of experiencefor the future.

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The very successful tour to theUnited States where the SecondTeam players hardly ever lost amatch. was evidence of theirimproved play.

Next season the Second Team Willhave to move down to the FirstLeague. This will give the side theopportunity to rebuild for the future.

I foresee a very bright future notonly for the Second Team, but forSaints tennis in general over thenext few years.

Congratulations to the teammembers for their spiritedperlormances during the first term.

Mr L. Nair/e

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3rd Team

This was a team in which eachmember gave of his best at alltimes. The odd cry of lrustratton ata mistimed forehand or doublefault was evtdence ol the effort andconcentration being expended onthe court. As the results show, wedid extremely well In this league aswe mainly played against A teams.This made for some exciting tennisand In the process some hardlessons were learnt. Anoutstanding leature of the seasonwas the extremely pleasantatmosphere which existed withinthe group.

4th and 5th Teams

These two teams have progressedto Leagues 3D and 5b respectivelyand are the highest placed 4th and5th teams in the SouthernTransvaal League. They wereplaying, therefore. tor the most partat the season. against opponentsat considerable strength.However, one never heardexcuses being made tor defeatsand there was at all times a co-operative and cheerful spirit Withinthe team,

6th to 9th Teams

These teams consisted ol a groupof boys who were exceedinglykeen. Perhaps even moreimportant than the results was thewonderful spirit which prevailed inthese teams thls term. There wasa great camaraderie and a senseof togetherness and this. coupledWith strong commitment, cooperatlon and Willingness to go theextra mile. was largely responsiblefor the excellent results.

2nd Tennis TeamBack Row: M, Mcllroy: M, Woollcott. T SpenceFront Row: G MackenzieMrL Non]e.A CrolyAbsent: R. Huth

3rd Tennis TeamBack Row: G. Hogg. K Jackson. K thson. G MacmtoshFront Row: M Woollcott. Mr L Keel. M. Mcllroy

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Term 3

The results during this term havebeen extremely satisfying in thatour 1st and 2nd sides wereunbeaten. We should thereforeagain have two teams in nextyear s Premier League a rareand excellent achievement. Therest of the teams. 3 to 9 also hadgood results and we have a lot ofdepth in our lower sides whichbodes well for the future of tennisat Saints.

We are looking fonNard to nextyear when we will be participatingin the Top 10 National School'sTournament to be held at Kearsneyin February. This will be the firsttime that such a tournament will beheld and we are honoured to berepresenting Southern Gauteng.

A special word of thanks to a greatgroup of outgoing Matric boys fortheir loyal service to the tennis clubover the past five years. G.Mackenzie (Captain). M. Osborne;C. Kirkwood, R. Foaden: A.Horsfield, A. Meldrum, A.Bergmann and U. Bergmann.Special thanks also to MrsMackenzie for organising the teasfor all the teams in 1995,

Mr L. Keet

tst Team

The First Team did well byremaining unbeaten this term.This was a good performance andcoupled with the fact that we willonly lose one player next year. weshould be a force to be reckonedwith in 1996. The tour to theUSA. in April did much to "gel"the team. Tennis is not played inage groups and this year we hadtwo Std 6 players playing for thetst team. P. Anderson and l.Manning did exceptionally wellagainst much older opposition.Grant Mackenzie was an excellentCaptain of tennis.

4 ] Tennis Team

Back Row: J Boynton-Lee: G. Hogg: K. Jackson: G. Macintosh: D. SmltFrom Row: C. van del Merwe; Mr L. Nonje: N Van Eck

Results:vs Sandown A 50 49vs St John s A 6841vs Flandpark A 75 24vs Pretoria Boys A 69A30vs Bryanston A 75 24

Coach : Mr L. KeetS. Gauteng Representatives:R. Conroy;.B. Conroy ; T. RowseColours: R. ConroyTeam Blazers: T. Rowse;

B. Conroy; M. Osborne:G. Mackenzie (Capt)Team Members: I. Manning;P. Anderson; M. von Heynitz.

2nd Team

The 2nd team had an extremelysuccessful season by beating alltheir A team opponents and will bepromoted back to the PremierLeague. This result proves thatthe tennis club has a lot of depth.This team played with a lot ofdetermination and spirit. Goodsportsmanship was also the orderof the day.

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Results:Mondeor A 66 33King David B 70729Greenside A 57 42Sandringham A 68731Parktown A 61 38

Coach : Mr L. Nortje

Team Members: M. Woollcott:K. Wilson: T. Spence; M. Mcllroy:G. Mackenzie and M. von Heynitz

3rd Team

This team had a tify percentsuccess record. but mostly playedA sides of other schools. Themajority of the results were veryclose. The team played withdetermination and showed a lot offighting spirit when they weredown!

Coach : Mr D. LaohenichtRegular players: A. Croly:G. McIntosh; G. Hogg; P. Evans;S. Bayne; N. van Eck andFt. Jackson.

4th Team

This was a junior side whichconsisted only of Std 6 and 7players. They did very well byWinning the majority of theirmatches. These players are ourfuture and they showedtremendous enthusmsm.

Coach : Mr L. KeetRegular players:

C. van der Menive; D. Smit;D, Rossouw: J. Boynton Lee;J. Vickers: R. Peens and L. Piater.

5th Team

This learn did extremely wellconsrdering that the majority 01players came up lrorn the 6th. 7thand 8th teams a term ago. Therehas been tremendousimprovement in their skills andsome at these players are aimingtor a place In the top 3 learns nextyear

Coach 2 Mr L Keel

Regular Players: P Magni:G Bulttler: B Venter; 8. K0.J du Plessis and R Snodgrass.

6th to 9th Teams

These teams played their matcheson Mondays and the players otteriplayed in dillerent teams due toinjuries and Illness. Theymanaged to Win the vast majority

ol their matches. These boys canbe considered the nursery ol theTennis Club As they showedgreat talent and enthUSiasm. thetuture oi the Tennis Club seems tobe in good hands

Coaches: Messrs L Keel:L Nortje. D. Lachenicht andL. Curtis.Regular players:

S. Ainscough: G Schonleldt;P, White; C. Clegg; V Mkwanazi;.J, Calitz; R. Smith. J. Heyns;R. Dias, J. Hilburn; A. McGarvie:T. Edmonds; M McEneany.

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A. Nilsen; T. Ito; M. Kamlnski:C. Hudgson; N. van Gysen;R. Mauchle: R. Gordon; S. Agar;R. Rutherford and N. Gray.

Mr L. Keel

r . .,5th Tennis TeamBack Row: L PialerA Melrlrum N vnnGysenFront Row: B Venler. MrL Kemp Baron

Tennis tour to U.S.A.

The Saints Tennis team (20 players) and two staff undertook a tour ol theU S A, during April 1995, We started oft in Connecticut and played againstSalisbury School and Hotchkiss We were hosted by Salisbury lor the lirstthree days. It was good to meet up with old acquaintances train the 1991tour. We beat Salisbury relatively comfortably; but were involved in a hugetussle against a very strong Hotchktss side, This match was played in theirlovely indoor lacility and was in the balance until we clinched it, due to oursuperior depth The next day we successfully beat Berkshire School.

From there we travelled lunher northeeast, playing Kent School and StMarks. Alter another two successful matches we were looked alter by oneol our old boys. Mark Spann ~ a very successful coach in the U.S.A. Theboys received excellent coaching from the Julian Krinsky Tennis Academy.We also played two matches against Chestnut Academy and SidwellFriend and maintained our unbeaten record, Mark Spann went out of hisway to make our stay as pleasant as possible and we are extremelygratetul to him.

'l lic Stytliiuii | l )5

We then went to the Capital. Washington, and it was time for somesightseeing. We visited the Smithsonian Institute. Arlington Cemetry.Vietnam War Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Capitol Hill etc. We met up withtwo old boys who recognised Mr Keet on Capitol Hill. Ian Trollip and GregMcFarlane were enthusiastic supporters at our next two matches, SidwellFriend and St Albans. We maintained our good form and beat both theseprivate schools.

Our last stop was Orlando. Here we did all the traditional sightseeingcoupled with two matches against clubs. We were also lavishlyentertained by the Antunes family. who are ex-South Africans and whowere extremely hospitable.

Finally to round things off. we stopped over in Egypt for two days to visitthe Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum.

Nu: van Eek in the shadow of theThe tour was most successful. both in terms of results and also in terms of _Sphinxthe opportunity to meet the American people and see some of their

country.Mr L. Keet

Rab Conroy keeps a careful eye on theball

Some members of the (our party

The Slylhtan [995 I53

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Acon, Dawd MPO Box 3804, Rwonia 2196

(1991 - lBQSl

Sporll nuwmg lsls. Rugby U/15 :1Club Ind Cullurll Aclivlllel: Dehaling Soniely

Jazz Band Windham, Wildiile Club. Chess Club. Pu

Society. l2 Club

Poslllons and AWIVUS Held: Academic Honours.

Cuiiumiwiaain nowmg Team BlazerHohhles: Mnuel Trains. Cycling, Hiking Rock

Cllmblng. SwimmingImunaed Cami: Acuiary. Geophysics!omen Maths Olympiad hp 100 ScienceOlympiad lzlh

Angus, Matthew RP O Box 325. Molnlngslde, 2057(1991-1995)

Spun: Rugby 0/15

Club and Cultural Acllvlllas: Darwmian Soclely.

Eleclronlcs Club. Tropical Fish Club

Hobbies: Haise Riding. Reading: Wildllle. ismwalcmng,[mended Cami: Undemded

Other: Science Olympiad, Top 300,

Bardouleau, Michael 0PO Box '3022. Bryanslon. 2021

(lSQDrl 995)

spans: Hockey. TennisClub and Cultural Acllvlllas: Dukes. Choir,

Slnging Gla Plays Oklahoma . Mikado. 'My FairLadyPualllcns and Awards eld: Culluial Wreath

Hohblan: Heading, Wnling: Slnglng. DramaIntended Career: Journalism, Willing

other: 5 Gold Medals al Preloiia Eisleddlod

Bergmann, UdoPO BOX 6934. Edlaen. 1525

(1991 719951

Sports: Hockey 2011 XI (Captain), Yunnis 41h s and

Slh's

Clubs Ind Culluul Socioly: Chess CluClub: Darwinian 30¢.erPollllons Held and Award Received: Academic

Honours, SIG S Class Prize. and Round Malhs

Olympiad

Hobbln: Reading. Compulers. Cycling. souasnlnlendad Clmr: Chemical Engineai. Biochemis'

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4 Amoils, Robert JPo Box 551m Benmure 20m(1 954. I 995l

spam: Rugby [1/15 acum .nu cullurai Amlviiiu: Windham}. JazzBand: Clarinel Ouanel, Saxophone Quanel.Pholography Club Chess ClubPosltlons Ind Ava-rd: Held: Cullural Honuurs.Grade 5 Clarinel and SaxophoneHuhblea: Gall, Scuba Dwmg, Pholngraphy

Innnd- Career: Chanered Acwuniani. Marchzni

Bank9i

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(19138-1995

Span: Crickel U/lA B. Walemolo Ends.

Rugby: isl xvClub and Culmral Ac villes: Pnoiographic cumPasiiions .nu Awards Mala: House Prelecl.Alhlelics Team Awani. Cullural AwardMobblel: Goth/1n Walerskilng. Photographyinterim Camr: Graphic Designer, Adverllsmg.

Bergmann, AndreasPO Box 8954. Edlaen, 1525

(1991-1995!Spam: Tennis 5m Team. Hockey' 2ndsClub ind Cultural Acllv m: Darwinian SOCIely.

Pi Snclely. B Team Chess; Chess Club. Magazine

Cummmse

Poslllonl Ind Awards Mala: Academic Honours:

Hobblea: Reading, Compuleis, Cycling:Baskelhall, Movies

Inlanded Camr: Elaclronic Engineenng.

Computer ScienceOther: Maths Olympiad Tap mo: ScienceOlympiad. Top 1000

Bester, AlexPO Box 69191. Bryansion. 2021

(1991-1995)

Spam nuwmg: isivu. Isl IV. Rugby: 560mb.Club and Cultural Acllvhlel: Eludanls SDons

Committee.Pollllons and Awnrdl Nald: House PreleCl:

Czplaln n1 Rowing Club. Rowlng ColoursHobblu: Gym. Cycling. Flynshing.lnlendod Career: Civil Eng-nearing,

Valeté

Blck, Slmon MPO, Box 3436 Fllvanla 2128

[1 9914995)

Sperm: Swimming. 'A' Team: Cmss-CuumryTeam: Hockey Ull6A: Rugby Sins: Alhlellcs Team

Clubs Ind Cultural Acllvnlu: Dukes, Ch!)

Darwlnian Suclely Commmee: Inleracl ClubClub; Salnls-Emscm Drama ProductionsPulllonl H-ld and Awlrds Recalvod: School

Prelec'l Academe HDncurs, Swlmmmg Honours:

Cullural Honaurs. Head cl House: House Prelecl.

vlca«<:aplaln Swlmmmg; Vlce-cnainnan Darwlnlanand Dukes

Robbins: Cycllng. Hlxlng. Cllmblng. oamplng.Bady-SurllngIntended Cereal: Velennary Sclerlca. Medlcal

Fleld

other: Sandxon Junlov Town Connolllor. Top 100

Engllsh Olymplad \993

Bradbury, DaVId53A Denobn Dnve. Alhol 2192

(1991- \995)Span . ugby 55 Club Cnckel 4th

Walerpulo U/l 3C Alhlellcs lSUUm

Clubs and culh ll Actlvlllnl: Darwmlan Scolely.

Ella Club. lnleracl Club, Phologlaphy ClubFonllluna Held and Awards Received: Culluval

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Hobhles: Gullar: 5er Manny; HiklngInlended Camel : Veterinary Selence

Bullock, Declan RR0. Box 425. Rlvonla. 2128

(19914995)

Spam: onckel, 2nds. Rugby. 2nds; Alhlellcs

mClubs and Cullunl Amlvmu: Deballng Saclely.Darwmlarl Soclely. Inlelacl, Cullulal Commlllea.School Ploaucllons "Mlkadu . As You lee ll".Truss SIS|EVS", Alsanlsls ; llve House Plays. am:ClubPoilllans Held mu Awavds Recolvod: DepmyHead Prelecl. Head ol Colllns Huuse: Head nlPublic nelalluns. Depuly Pvesmenl lnleracl Club.Chapel Slewald. Merll Tle, Alnlellcs Team Blazer.Cullural Honouls. Alex Anderson CommunllyServlce Maui 994): lan Andaman MemnnalTropny, Ealley Tvophy (Dlamal (1995) House PlayAwards. l993 . nghly Commended mm 1994 »Runner-up Besl Suppanlng Aclor l995 - BeslDlleclor nl House Play Fesllval. SACCEE PubllcSpeaklng Campelllm lessHobbias: Headlng. Debating; Drama, Body-BoamlngIntended Career: 5 comm . Enllemeneul

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(195371995)

Spam: Rugby 2nd; Walerpolu' 2nds. HouseRugby. Walevpolb. Cross-Conn Iv

Clubs and Cultural Acllv lel: lnleracl Club,

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Brown, Kevin APO Box 995 Randbulg 2125

(1990 (995)

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and WM: Cllckel: 4m XI

Clubs and Cullunl Acllvlnn and 2nd

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Pollllbns Held and Awards Reoelved: House

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COU ClIlOl

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Dlher: Tour to the USA ln Decembev 1994 as

Jumor Mayul FlandbuigCarter, Matthew 5PO Box 978 Foumays 2055

(15914 995)

Sports: Walervolu lsl "Tvl Calls": TvansvaalA.

S A Schools A. Rugby 2nds, Swmmmg B:

Alhlellcs Dlscus. Flugby Fesllval 1995

Clubs and Cultural Acllvnles: lnleracl Dlveclor

Imalhouse Muslc

Poslllans Held Ind Awlrdl Raulved: Prelecl.

Head 0! House. Caplaln nl lsl Team Walarpolo

Hubblas: Gall Walerskllng. HaamngIntended Career: Gap Year men 8 Sc Marksllng

ln Auslralla

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Sports: Cnckel Mus Hockey lsls. Waiemolu

Ends. 1985 European Hockey Tour

Clubs and Cullm-l Acllvlllal: lnlevacl Club

Pollllons Held and Awards Renewed: Hausa

Prelscl. PRO Member. Hakka Commmes

Hobblus: Wlndsumn Walerskllng. Touch Rugby

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Pmlucl V . I Camam ol Squash, Chalman ol

Mulm. Dunc" Cnmmwlme Chalrmnn ul Culxuml

Com/"men. Acudmmc Honours. Cullulal Honaum.

Squash HanumHobblol: Musm lhualm Juggllng, Readlng.

TliIvul

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Dickson, Andrew 8PD Bax 67295 Brynnslrm 20M

IRE-l 1995

Sponl: Walerpolo Isls. Hockey Ends

Club: nd CulluulAcllvlllo Duke 01 Cornwall

Singers Chm! School Producllons "Mlkudo' ,

mmcluul Hmscln Hausa Producllons Oklahoma"

p11 . al Inlmaul Club Culluval Commullas,

Celll Wlml Band

Pollllonl Nola and Awlnil Rlcllvld: House

Prelncl Haatl 0! Chan Cullulul Hnnuurs

W l lvuln CumulsHobbln: Mus Spons DmmnInlunm Cum Elaclncal Ennmaenng

Dorfer, Marcus TPD Em 69995. Bryn/isle" 202!

(1.088 1995)

Spam: Wnlmpnlu Pml Rugby U/VEB,

Swlmmlnu B TeamClub. Ind Culluul Acllvnm: Chess Club:

Chuss I] learn. lnluvucl Club. Psychology Course

Pollllonl "Old Ind Rnwlrdi Rocllvod: Chess E

lawn Caulmn, Yup Imn Sclenm Olymplnd

bl F nnyluu Playlng cum and RaumngInland-d car-or: Aclualy 0r cnanamaMwuunlunl

Valeté

Drabble, Warren AP1). Box 735. Honeydew. 2040

(lass-lass)

Spam: Tsnnls. 9'" Team Sid 6

Clubl and Cullural Activllles: Brescu: - Samls

"Oklahums"

Posltlons Held and Awlrds Racnlvld: Dlramor ul

Colllns House Musm Evemng: (2" Place

Hobblws: aoayuullulng, Flying HelaxmgInlended Clmr: Salesmanl Inlerror Decnralar

Alchlleu: Cavpenter

Dunnett, StephenPO. Box 97377 Pelervale 2151

(19914995)

Spo s: Huckay 3rds. Rowmg Ends

Clubs and Cultural ActMllei: Dukes Churn

Darwmlan Somel

lm nukesHuhhiel: Wlndsurllngv Cycllng, SwulsInwndoa Career: Enwronmenlal Managemenlomen Auslvallan Rnwlng Tom

Egan, Michael DPO Box 2900 Kemplorl Pam 1620

(l 9§l 4995)

Spa Walerpolu U/MC, Hockey U/ME, Rugby3lds, Rnwlng 27rd VIII: 3rd IV _

Clubs and Cultural Actlvltles: Darwmlan Snclsxy.

"12" Clubl Inleract

Posltlonl held and Rewards levud:

Secvelary ol the 12 Clubl Vrce~Hsad nl

Mounlslepherls House. Academlc Honours. PRO

membev, Hakka Commrtlee

Noumea Llslsnlng to 1le raamng: I-srurlg,phomgraphyIntended CBl B Y: Chaneved Accountant

other: Exchange sluuerrl ro Japan In l996 l994Educational Tom lo lhe Amerrcas Top 7% m

SCIence Olymplad

Foaden, R PPO Box 67993 Bryanslorl Sandlon 2021

(1991-1995Sperm Tenms 4m. Alhlencs. Rugby 4m, SquashMb

Clubs um Culturll Actlvmes: Darwmlarl SuClEtylDukes; Chml: Schanl Pmducllons "My Fall Lady .Oklahoman "Mlkado As you Ilke u" Wlnnlng Hausa

Play l995 lmerhouse Musu: Evanlng's Plano lGrs)Poulllan: held Ind Inward: vacalvid: Team blazerlurAllllatrcs Culluval Wreath: lndustry F'llze wasIntnnded cmer: Undecrded

The Slylhiun I995

du Ton, Mark PI25 Elm Slleel Nonhcll EXI 6 2 95

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Spam: Flowmg u/lsa Elghl Flowlng, Hockey' 3mgClub: Ind Culluval Acllvlllu: Chow Chess Club

Foslllons Held and Awards Resolved: Academm

Honours

Hahbiu: Molov Hacrng, Volleyball Guliai

lnlendad Camel: Accounlln

Othov: Salence Olympiad. Malhs Olymprad

During, Mark Ja Shepheld Avenue Beverly Gardens. Rananurg2194(19544995)Sports: Crickel lerle Rugby IXV/ZXVClub! and aunurul Acllvlllls: lmelacl ClublDeballng Sealely. lmerscnool Thealve Spons Team.Lead rule In 1995 Male! Schaol Produdlal-Arsonlsls u Houseplaysposluons Held and Rewavdl Racelved: SchoolPvelecl. vlce-Heau 0| Meals House Caplalneu u:ISA. UIMA. U/ISA. Ur IGA Cvlckel and U/ISBRugbyHobbies: Gel! FuelIntended Career: Advenlslngomen Grahamslowrl Rugby Fesllval 1994 SamlsRugby Feslrval 995 Samls Toumlg Squad l995

Fenner, Robert CF 0' Box 782069 Sandlon 2146

9544995)

Spons: Cnckel ls! XI. Hockey lSI XI. Tennls

Sacral

Clubs and Cultural Acllvltieu: Chess lsl VI.

House PlaysPositlons held Ind awards moclved: Academe

Honours, Biology Progecl Hunnawp sm 3 FrenchPrize Wlnner Sm 9

Hobbie :cnessl Rugby. Pool SumngTouchrFlugbyIntended Cnmer: chlalor 0! small European

nlryother: Isl xl Hackey Tour Eumpe

Follett, James JEPO Box 2l9L Clamervlew 2060

11997. 1955)Sports: Rugby U/I5A, Alhlellcs Team Walerpolo

U/IJE Tannls 61h

Clubs Illd Cultural Adlvitlol: Plays "The

Crucxhla', Dklahuma Clubs Chess

Poslllcns held and Award: Recllvnd: House

Prelacl. Team Blazer Amlellcs

Nehhlel: Gnld Bodybulldlng Reading Playlng

wmr my dogs. Horse qulngIntended Clruu: Wnlal

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Gane, Ben]I PPO Box 69736 Bryansmn 2021

(19904955)

Spam: Rowlng- on 3 VIII; Rugby: arms and «msclub: Ind Cultural Acllvlllal: Psychology ClubNobb Walerskllng. Windsumng Touch Rugby.

Bony Boardlng. Percussmn

Intended C-rur: Human Hesourcasl Advanlsmg.

Journallsm. Plolesslonal Muslnlan

Dlhnr: Play drums ln casual band

Hams, Andrew N8 WorcesIel Road. Parkwood 2193

991.1995.

Spuns: Squash U/IGB Hockey Isl XI and

overseas lour. Hockey InleaIion Slde: Hockey

ProvrnCIal Sldes U/IEC. UIISB: U/IEE

Club: and Cullurll Acllvhln: Darwlnlan Somaly,

Chess Club. Cycllng ClubPoslllons held and Awlr l Renewed: Honours

Hockey

Hobbies: Cam and Key Collecurlg: LINB COHUOHBU

Planes. Cycllng. VolleyballInland Career: Eleclncal Englneer

DIN-r: 1993 Expo - Bronze Medal 1994 Expo ~

Gold Medal

Hean, Craig D Dlls SI Sllxhlans Collage Prwale Bag 2 Randburg2125(19844995)Spam: Crlckel 15lX|.Nockey Isl xl. Rugby U/MB canxalnmum and Cullural Acllvllleo: Bird Clublcnaumanl. Eleolronlcs Club. Publlc RelallonsOrganlsallon lvlce-Cnaumanl. Wlnnlng HousePlay l2 ClubPoslllom Held and Award- ecolved: Flslucl.Head ol House Acsuemlc Honours: rlckel TeamBadge. Challman ol lam: Club. VlcarChulrman olPRO GroupHobbln: Blrd Walchlng Gall. Hlklng. IndlgenlousHula and Fauna. SA Balllsslnlsnuua Cum: Undeclded GAP year m 1996Ranuuulg Jumu: Town Counclllol (all: a . 5m ml

chklnbotham, Warren JP 0. Box 131360 Brynnslon 2152

(199171995)

Spam: Rugby lsls, Fesllval Squad. UK TouranSquad '95. Rowmg 2nds: Walorpolo 2nds. Alhlehcs

TeamClub: mu Cullurul Acllvllleu: Psychology club.Gala somely

Poaltlonl Held Ind Awards Received: House

Prelacl Team Blazer (HugnylNobbl : Musrc. Flshlng. Scuba Dlvlrlg, Mororcross.

Woman Touch Rugby. CycllngIntended Cami: Unknown

other: Amerlca's Educallonal Tour 1994

The Slylhiun I995

Grayson, Lance O F14 Sllvsrplne Road Morel Hamburg 2194

[199149951

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Rugby: 3rd XI; Alhlellos Team:

Club Ind Cullunl Amlvltlnl Broker lar Ihe Slock

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Award. . Flay Plenaar ShleldInland Corner: Undeclde

Hams, Kevm PPD. Box 789955 Sanmon 2145

(195149951

Spam: Rugby 1sls: Cricket. 2nds

Club. Ind Cultural Aulvl n: Fholographlc

Club: Mall-lo Dance Commlllee

Ponlilonl Held and Awlrdl Reclaim: House

Frelecl. Academe Honours

Nahum: Gull. Skllng, Gullar: Photographylnlended Clraer: Merchanl Banker

Heaton, Chrlstopher D24 Susman Avenue Blalrgowrle 2194

(198471595)

Spam: Rawmg IslTozrrl Squad. Rugby. alasClubs and Cullurll ActMIleu: An Club. 50 Club.

Hobbles: Muhlle Dlscas {Sense Sound): Gym.

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1995l2nl1 VIII)

Hllburn, Matthew S31 Penelope Avenue Elalrgowne 2154

(I 991 71995l

Spam: Hockey Isl XI and Tvl U/ISA; Cnckel:

3rd XI

Club: Ind Culluul Acilvlllel: Darwlnlan Soclely

(Treasurer), 12 Club. PI Sammy

Poslllnm Held and Aw-rds Rocelv u

Scholar; ACadamlc Honours. Maths: Sclenoe.

Blology Prlze Slcl sHobbies: Compululs Goll; Tannls: Snow SkllnglM-nded Career: Acluary

Valeté

Horsfield, Allen JPo. Box 97483 Palervale Sanulon 2151[1984-1995)s ennls 4m: Hockey: 4 quash: 4m poClub. .ua Culluul Amlvlllu. Duke - Choll: SchoolProductions "My Fair Lady . Mlkadu : Oklahoma":House Music: Jazz Band: Darwirnan Soelery. Chess(Sld slv Plano (Gr 5). Percusslon; Sang an Open:(Sld slPoslllons Ind Awln ls Hmlvsd: Cullural ColoulsHobbies:Gchar1ingl Gall: Compulers, CyclingInland-d Career: Compuler Programmer

Jarlet, Hubert L P17.0. Bax 558. Cramervlew. 2050

(199171995)

Spam: Rnwmg: W140 Quad; U/15B Elghl; U/ISC

Fnur: Rugby: MhsOluhs and Cullural Ac vlllas: Darwlnlan Sucialy:

lnleracl Club, Psycholugy Cluo. Thealle cluoPasmana held Ind awards received: French Fllze

1994 Top 10% Solence Olymplad (1995) Gold

Shleld Awam 1m Teamwwrko

Hobbies: Model Cars, Hunllng: Playlng ComputerGames, Llslenlng lo Muslc: Callecllng Mad

MagazlnesInland-d Cur-er: Medlnlne ~ Spsclallsmg ll'l

Onhopaedlc Surgery

Kirkwood, CraigPO Box 66365 Bryznslon 2021

(l 991 ,1 995)

ugby U/13: Huckey: ulls; slylmmmg.A + B" Teams. Tennls 4m Team. Squash

Clubs and Cultural Acth/ltles: Dukes: Cnoll: Drama,My Falr Lady 'Mlkado . "Oklahoma", House Plays.Darwlrllan SucrePoslllons Held and Award: Rmived: CullulalColours. Denny HeadChou. Duke and Chm! Tie:Wlnner ol Sid 9 Elology F'mlecl; Won Gala andElonze Medal al Reglonal and Nallonal SclencaExpo. lespselwalyHobbles: Muslc. Scuba Dlvmg. Fly FlshlngInlandad Career: Undeelded

Latlmer, Sean R21 Holland Avenue, Elalrgowne. Handbulg 2194

(1984 1995)

swrw Cllckel, ands. Rugoy, «[15Club: Ind Cultural Acllvltlol: SRC. "12" Club.

Buslnass Game. Pl SOClelyPenman. hula Ind lwlvda melv Academe

Honours: Top 100D Mauls Olymplad; Top 10%Sclence Olymplao. Blunzs Msual Science Expo.1993: Caplaln 2W XI Crlckel; Gold Shield Award

Hobbl parl Llslenlng lo MUSlC, ReadlngInhrldld cursor. Medlclna

Jacobs, WarrenPO. Box 1397 Honeydaw 2040

(1989-1995)Sponr Rowlng' 1slvlll Rugby: Island 2ndFlowmg Transvaal Team 1955: Alhlall cs Tsam

Club Ind Culluul Acllvmu arwlnlan $09er

Folltlonl Hlld Ind Awlrdl Rec-Ind: School

Cannoelnglulenuad Cnmv. Physlolharapycum: Tlansyaal Canoelng Colouls 1994

Kent, Peter C APO, Box 1755. Rlvorlla 2128

(1911471995)Spams: cllckel: ml. xl. Rugby: U/NEClubs and Cultural Ac vllltsz House Slnglng

1mm SidFoslllon:bald Ind awards recall/ad: Awarded

Malnc JeISEV

Hobbles: Goll. Snacks!

Intended Career: Chanered Accounlarll

Langerman, Graham PPO Box 131169 Bryanslon 2021

Ham-199mSports: cllckel lsl XI. Rugby. 4m xvClubs and Cultural Activnles: Chess Club.

Psychology cluo, Busmass GameHobbies: Scuba Dlvlrlg, Mechanlcs Flsmng.

WalelekllngIntended Career: Plolesslunal Spunsman and

Sporls Mangemenl, Enlleoeneul

Leontsinis, Stephen GPO Box 145 Clamervlew 2060

119914595)Spons: Swlmmmg A and 6 Teams, Rugby, Ul

Club: and Cullunl Acllvlllus: Thealle ClubSemls Dlama Clun, ChouPosluons new and uwarlls received: CulturalColours. Cullulal Hollows. Chalrman olThealleClubRobbins: Drama, Gullar. ThealleIntended Cursor: B So and laler Medlclne

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Valete

Linden, Scott TPO Box 252. Mamingide Sandion 2057

(19574 995)

SW: Rugby lsl XV Cnckel: 1 XI. Aihlallcs

TeamClubl Ind Culiurll Acllvlllen: Chess Club:Psychology Club Phoiogmphrc cub Gala SocielyPolhlcul hlld Ind lw 'dl resolved: House

Praleci 1995 Alhlelics Honours 1994

Hohhl MUSIC: Scuba Diving. Touch Rugby.Reading Paalry Pool. Gym Training, Galling Fii.Goll

iniomm Clrnr: Physibiherapy. CompularSelenceOlhlr. isl Team ux Rugby rour 93/95. RugbyFeslival 1995

Mabalane, KabeloI212 Diepklool Exisnsion Phase Three 1364

(l95l 4995)

Sports: Rugby 2nd; iCapi.). Rowing, U115 B ViiUll 5 C IV

Clubs and Cultural Activitlal: Member ol Casi in

R A PS Play Faslwal runner-up ChouPuillons Held and Awnrds Racllvad: House

PieleciHobbies: Musrc Gym Touch RugbyIntended Career: Post Mainc

other: Played isi Team loi Rugby Fssiival: Chosen1m Rolary vbuih Exchange programme [0 meUniiad Slates

MacMahon, Robbie Ja Pekrn Avenue Blairgawne Randbuig 2194

(NI l 995Sperm: Waierpolu Isis. Tvl Schools By Tvl U/ZOB

Juninr Nalional Calcurs, Rugby U/MA and U/ME.

Swimme and Aihieiics TeamClubs and Cultural Actlvliles: Darwinian SOCIBW.lnieracl Club

Pnslllons held and awards recelved: Walevpolo

Honours House Preleci

Hobbies: Goli Snooker

Intended Career: Maikeling/Advunising

Makinson, Andrew P3| Nuleiie Sheer Coiiglanlia Klool lTOEI

il9927l995

Spam: Rugby 3' TeamClubs and Cultural Acilvllles: Phulngranhvc Club

An Club Che-55 Cluh

Nobbien PleadingIniended Career: Journalism

The Slylhiun 1995

tile, Simon M GPI). Box 5036 Fllvonia 2128(1934-1995)Sports: Cricket 4m Team; Water Polo: U15 C:

Rugby: 56 Club: cross Couhiry Team: AinlallcsClub and Cultural Actlvliln: Fly Fishing Club

Fallon; Held and Awnrdl magma: Captain 0!Alhlelics Besl lndividu l Alhlelim Periomianae:

Hunuurs lo Alnlellcs

Inn-mind Cur-er: Plial SA A F, Prolessiunal

Aihlala

MackenZIe, GrantPO Box 2217. Ciamerviaw. 2060

(19574995)Spam: Waierpolo isis. Rugby: :ims: Tennis:lsis Alhleiics Team, Cross-Country TeamClub: Ind Cuilur-l Adlvmos: Chess Club:

Interad Club

Petition: held Ind awards recelvod: School

Piedeci. House Prelecl. Colours ior Waterpolo

Captain ol Tennis Team award lorAlnlslics and

Tsnnis Scions Committee

Hobbies: Touch Rugby Boogie Boarding. Tennis;Snooker Table Tennis

lnmndcd Cami: Undemded

Omar: Australian Waierpolo Tour 1954: American

Tennis Tour i995

Magowan, Nicholas DPO Box 1080 Nonhnding. Randbuig 2l62

(l QSlrISSSl

Spam: Swu nmmg B Team. Midmar Mile Tour:

waierboio 2nd Team Rugby. uriscClub: and Culluml Acllvliles: Darwinian SOCIer.

Debaimg Society. Phoiographrc Ciub. inieraciClub Drama As Yau Like I". "The Arsomsts

(Printipall "Three Sis|ers Pancmai).

Thaalrespons TeamPosiiions held and awards racilvadz Cullural

anburs Sscieiarv Culxural cbmmmee MagazmeCbmmriree Team Award ior Swimming.Runner-up 5651 Actor (House Plays 1994)Hobbies: Reading wmrng Phbiography, mciihg|niended Career: Pnilandsrer

Marais, Bernie35 Guide" Read Bordeaux Randbmg 2194

u sgi 1955)Spons: Cllckel 3rd: Hockey aras, Rugby;U iSC

Clubs and Cullurnl Acilvlllll: Bird Club

Darwinian Some

Paslllon: Held Ind Award; Received: Sid In Sid

a Science Proieci Wlnnel zborbgy Seciion - Sid 9Biology Proiecl 2nd Round Mains Olympiad 1995:Silver Medal Nalional Seience Expc

Hobbies: Spun: Wildliie and Birds. Hiking Scuba

Diving PhoiograpnyIntended Caner: Markeling or Accountingother: Envxrobus » lBSS

Valete

Marsh, Julian A LPD Box 1327, Lnnahlll 2063

(1990-1995)

Spam: Walerpoln. isiream Rugby: Isl TeamAlnlelics Team Swlmmlng: ATeam

Clubs Ind CulluralAcllvlllel: Pl Sociely Chess

ClubPoslllons hold and mum rocelved: HousePrelecl. Swlmmlng Colours: Walerpolo Honours,Alhlsllcs Team Badge: SA U116 Walerpolo TvlSchools Tvl U120 Walel DuloHobblea: Gallimam-a Cum: Busmessom": Tvl U/lE Soccer Tap loco Mains Dlymnlad

McFadzean, Robert J2 Amelhysl Avenue Klonleneal l724

09914995)

Spam Tannis 51h Team: Rugby, U/ISB, Hockey:

2nd Team Alhlellcs Soccer Tvl U ; W Hand U/

-2, Squash' lslTeam, Tvl lJ/16 8. U119

Clubs and Cullur-l Acllvl el: Psychology ClubPoslllanl held arm awards reclved: CaDlaln ol

Squash: House Prelacl: Honourand Honours Re-

awards lor Squash. Soulh Alrlcan U119 Squash

Capiam.Habblu: Scuba Dlvlng: MUSIC Readinglnlanded Clmr: Psychology: Business ScrencaOmar: South Alncan UN 6 ranked 9. Scum Alrica

U/19 ranked 2 and Caplaln Inlendmg to spend19% overseas playing lhe World Man s Squash

Circuil

Meckler, Sasha RI! Musrlis Drive. Nonhclm 2195

991 -l 995}sports: AlhlBllCS Std 6.7,5 (shot-pull HockeyUIISC: U/MB. Rugby 3rds. Tennis 7th

Clubs. and Cullur-l Acllvlll": Tuaslmaslers.

Inleracl Club, Thealre Club House Prelecl, Eesl

Actor House Plays 1995 3rd Place Stock Exchange

Game Sld 9

Nobblas; Music Reading Compulsrs. ThlngsErzarre and Mystical. Argumg. Pursull 01UnderslandmgIntended Clmer: Owner cl Happiness and Pawer

Molapelc, Thatol Dawns Clescenl Nelsville Nelspruil lQUO

(19924 995l

Spam: Soclal Tennis. Rugby Bras. Allis. Alhlelics

Club: Ind Cullural Acllvlllelz 50 Club lnleracl

Club, Busmsss Game Slack Exchange

Poalllona Held and Awlrds Recleved: Alhlelics

Team Badge. Chalrman ol Ihe 50 Club

Nebula: Collaclinu Cal magazlnes DrivinglLlslenlng la musiclnlendad Career: Busmassman

Omar: Exchange Sludenl m 1995

The Slylhiun [99S

McCarthy, Justin M M465 Ami Rum Rulmslg, Roodepoorl099171995)

spans; Hockey: Isl xi, Squash' 3mClub! Ind Cullurnl Acllvlllel: PRO Group

Paulllonl Held and Awards ea-dyad: VICECaplalrlsHockey. Team Award \994; Hocksy

Honour

Hobblen: Scuba Dwmg GallInformed Career: CA

Mdaka, Davrd N4735 Zone «1. PO Firrwllle 1808

ll99lv1995)

Spoils: Crickal U/MC Rugby U/l4D

Hockey 2nds. Alhlelics Inlemnu

Clubs Ind Cultural Adlvlllel: Clbu

Secrelary Inleracl Club Chair 99!l994l Plays

Poslklona Held and Award: Recall/ad: House

Plelecl. Cullural Wrealh lnduslrlal Prize (Sm 7)

Hubbleu: Music. Spons; Hlklng, Pamng ReadingRAP Magnzme, Muvms and campingInlunded Career: Chanered Accounts"!

Olher: Chapel Sleward. Head 0! Boarders Dance

Commmee (1994). Member cl Malrlc Dance

Commmee

Meldrum, Andrew JPO Box 555 Kelvin Sandlon 2054

(1991 1955)

Sports lawns 5m Team: Squash 41h Team.

Hockey 3m TeamClubs and Cultural Acllvllles: Darwmlan Soclery

lnleracl Club, Busmess Game

Poslllons held and Awlrdl Renewed: Overall

wmner ml 3m 5 Blology Prnlecl Frlze 1994 You 0 «70! Salaries OlympiadHubbles: Juggling. Auiomomle Design (an-KanRacing Numlsmallcs, Ulology MomhoganellcFields. Wrilmg, Readlng, Table Tennls aria lislenlng

[a music[mended career: lnduslrial Deslgn

Moore, Davrd MPO Soil 42 Cresla 2118

9914995)

Spam: Crlckel umc Hockey 3rd XlClub: and Cullurnl Acllvllles: Chow. Dukes

"Oklahoma Minor Role. House MuSlc, Inter-School

Slack Exnhange Game 0954). lnlervSChool

Eusmess Game

Pailllons Held and Awards levad: Chou We,

Dukes TlE Cullural Wrealh Top l0 : Solence

Olymplad 9913-1995) 2nd Flound Mains

Olympian Top Inn lnlelschool Slack ExchangeGama (l 9947

Hohhln: Mus MOVlES. Heading Schl

Compulels Wu lng ThinkingIntended Career: Compulel Scremisl

Omen Member ol Science Flclinn South Alrlca

Have been lo 20v Collnlnes Worldwide

16!

Valete

Morgan, Chris JPO Box 2858 Cmmarvlew 2056

1199H 995)

Span Walsrpolo 2nds. Rugby 2nds, Isl Team

UK Rugby Tour 1995

Club! Ind Cullurll Amlvllln: Inieiacl Club

(Chairman), Darwlnlan Sociaiy. Pnovograpmc Club.Dabaimg Sociery. PRO GroupPolhlonl Hald Ind Awlrdl mlvad: School

Pralecl. Ham ol House. Acaasrnic Honours,

Cullural Wr-aih, Headmaslar s Paelry Pnzs Sid 7.

Geography Projeci Prize [Sid 9). Alex Anderson

Prize lur Community Service (Sld 9); Top V00 bl

English Olympiad.Hobbles: Musm. Photography

Inianded Career: Cinemalography/Journalxsm

Moyo Goodw I515 Long Ave Ferndale Handburg 2194

(1 986-1995)Spam: Flowmg 2m: Vlll. Rubgy 2nd XV, Aihleiics

cum Ind culiural Amlvlilal: Chess Club;Psychology Club House PlaysHobbies: Heading. WalarrSkiing. Touch Rugbyinianaad Career: Markeimg. Travel or GameHanging

Neal, Jason M83 Can Marie Road. Hyde Park 2196

9914995)

Spons: Rugby. 417 s. Tennis Slhs and 5m:

Clubs and Culiurll Acilvlues: Inieracl Club,

Chess Club Slack Exchange Game. BusmessGame. House Plays arm Music

Poslllons Held and Awards Received: RugbyCoach

Ncbbles: Rugby Tennis. Model Building. CyclingInianded Career: Business Managzmanl

Nlenaber, Richard Mlla l l995l

Spar : Crickei Isl XI. Tvl lrwllalion )0, Premier

League Wanderers, Hockey ls| xi, m 9.Wilwalersranci U/lS XI

Clubl and Cultural Acllvliles: Ari and

Photography ClubPoslllons Hll Ind Awlrdu Rec-Ivad: Cricket

Colours. Hockey Team Award and HanoulsHnbblea: sums. An, Reading. Llsienlng Io MusicIniadnao Career: Glauhlc Design. Markeimg [orAdvemsmgemu: lsl XI Hockey Tourlsi Io Europe

The Slylhian |995

Motloung, Eric M1374 Flockvllle, Pochlawalo 1513

119914595)Sports: Hockey U/ISC. Flugby ands; Tennis

Club. Ina Culiurll Activmu: Chan: lniaraciClub. House Plays. School Plays: SCA: An Club

(199M, Hausa Music

Pollllanl hold Ind lwudl rmlvcd: House

Prslecl. Chanel Steward; Merl! Tie

Hobbies MUSIC Reading: Spoil. Elemranics. Cars

Inland CIVM': Marketing

Napier, Hugh FLLPO Box 6577 Banmore 2010

934 1995l

Span Squash U/IBA. Caplam 2% TeamClub. rid Cultural Actlvlliu: Darwinian Sociely,

Chess Club Pl 50¢:erPaslllons hold and award: manly-d: Academm

Honours Second Round Mains Olympiad l995:

Top 300 Solenoe Olympiad 1994,37 ScienceOlymplad lFleginnall 995Hobblei: Wildlile. Headlng: Karma

Intended Career: Velennary Selence

Nel, Stephen L N5 Marion Sireel Sandown

(l 985» l 9§5l

Sports: Waler Polo Eras Rubgy U16 C. Alhlellcs

Team

Club and Culiural Acllvlllol: Flshing Club. New

Wave Dance Clu

Hohhles: Fishing Skaieboarding. Have Dancing[mended Career: Unneclded

Osborne, Mark DP O Box 548 Riverclub Sandlon 2149

(1991 4 995)

Sports: Crickel U/MB Hockey 2nd XI,

Tennis lsl

Clubl and Cultural Acllvlllea: Isl Chess ream

Foslllanl Held and Awlrdi levad: Vice

Captain 0! Tennis. Winner Sld 9 and Sid lo

Busmess Game. Team Blazer lor l ennls

Hobbleu: Fly Fishing. Gail. Wave~Sknnglulundad Earner: Commerce

Valeté

Papale, Stephen30 Delaiey Siieei Nonhclill 2l95

(198671999Spam: 4'" Yeam CricketPoslllons held and awards recelvld: House

Prelecl

Hubble : PhilosophyIntended Cum: Anny/Foieign Legion

Pellets, Nicholas JPO. Box 690 Cramerview 2060

(19914 995]

Swans: Swimming: A Team Rugby U/ian.Hockey U/iscClubs Ind Cullurnl Acllvllhs: Dukes; Chou:

"Mikado "Thvee Sislers"; My Fail Lady K An

Club Inleraci 94 Oklahoma

Positions Held and Awnrds Recelved. House

Plelecl. Cullurai Honours. Dukes Tie: Choir eu

Head cl Dukes, Swimming Team Award

Hobbies: Scuba Diving. Thealre. Reading An:

HlklngIntended omen Undenided

Potter, Clive R88 HIIlcresiAvenue Bieivgnwrie, Rendburg 2194

(1991 v i 995!

spans: Clickel 2nd Team, Hockey: 3rd Team

Clubs Ind Cullur-l Acllvillaa: 12 Ciub; Darwinian

Sociely. Bird ciunPoslllons Held and Awards Received: Academic

Honours Winner oi lhe Zoology Secliun m mewe: Biciogy P'b eClS indusiry Pnze 1955Hobbies: Goil Tennis. Phulugiaphy Cnmpulers;BirdwalchlngIntended Calder: Chanered Accounlanl

Olhel: Chosen lo represenl SI Slilhlans on lhe

Enwnhus (or NNTV

Rae Andrew KPO Box \232, Sandburg 2l25

119% -l 995)

Spain: Rugby dlhs Hockey UH SB CnckeiOpen 4mgClubs and Culluml Acklvllll lnlemcl Clubi

Magazme Comm-nee (i seem, Chess Club (sin6 and Sld 7iHobbies: Gull. Compulsis Music' Molumvoss

Scuba Diving, Ynuch Rugnylnhnd-d Career: Jouinalism

Olher: Amencas Tuur 1994

The Siyihian 1995

Parry, Richard MPO Box 130280 Bryanslon 2021

(1934- l995)Sports: waierpeio 2nds: Hugh msClubs Ind Cultural Anlvl . nleiacl Club,

House Ways Busmess GameHobbies: Gall: Soccer. Walerrskiirig. Pavachuling;

Cyciin usic, ReadingIntended Care": Commerce

Poplett, Anthony C10 Cypress Avenue Bryanslon 3 Hamburg(i 95A4995)Sporu Swvmmmg A Team. Walerpoio 0/158

Hockey: 2" 1 TeamClubs and Cultural Acllvllles: Semei Diama Clubv

Piays "Oklahoma". As you like it". "Hamiei

"Mikado House Piays Acied In 3 and directed l

Posllionw held Ind awards received: Sandlon

Juniov Town Council Cierk (2 years) Diveciov 0!

Services lo: lnleiacl

Hobbies: Walereskiing Reading in~iine skzlingiSwvmmm

Inlanded Career Live a We cl ease with a vich

Wliev

0th!!! 1955 Hockey Tau/Isl

Guy, Bren JPD Box 69591 Bryansiuri 2021

(19344955)

sums: Waler Polo UN 5. Hubgy 2nds. AmiemClub and cultural Aciiviiies: Psychology ClubiChess Club

Poxlllans Held Ind Award) Received: Alhlelics

Teem Blaze!

Hobbies: Guilar. Hunimg. Weight-LiningIntended comer: UndeCIded

Ralph, Justin NPO Box 10 CvameNiew 2060

9864995)

Spnnl Hockey 2nds Rowing 2nd Vii 4m ivNotables: Com Coliecling: Snake Handimg, cDColleclingIntended C-veer: B Aichilamuve (U PE ). ahev

Fnsl Malnc (SlAndvews Grahamslown)

Valeté

Ratcllffe, Slmon MP0 90 137 Paatdakraal WSZ

99 , l9§5l

Spam: Hockey 4tns (CaptalnlClubs Ind Cultural Acllvltlas: Darwlnlan Soctelyr

Pl Saclely, Cornpulel Club, Electronlcs Club

Poslllonl held and ward! received: Acadamrc

Honours. Sacand Round Maths Olymplsd994.1995 Sclencs Week 595, Gold Medal

Natural Sclence Expo . Runner up Sld 8 Scrence

Proleclr Runner up sm 9 Btology Pro|eclHobbles: Computars Electronlcs WalerskungIntended Career: 5 Sc Compuler Sctence

Sargent, Scott MPO Box 2375 lvonla. 2 28

(195l-l995l

Span ugtxy lsts, Crtckel aids. Waterpolo Znas

Clubs Ind Cultural Anllvltlcs: Interact Club.

Phsycolagy ClubPosltlonl Neld and Awards Recelvod: School

Protect House Protect, Rugby HonoursHahhles: Muster Pnotograony. WatanrontIntended Career: PnysrorneraoyOther: Amencas Educallonal Tour; UK Rugby

rounng Squad

Scott, Andrew Ml55 Mlnerva Avenue Glenadllenne, Sandton

(l 556- 1 955)

Sports: Hockey arus; Rawlng. 3": VIIICluhs and Cultural Aclivltlu: Debatlng Soctely.

Darwlnlan Snctely. 12 Club Pl Soctely DramaSocxeryr Inleracl Club Publtc Speaking PlaysPosltlons held nnd award: recall/ed: Chairman

ol Deballng Society; Academlc Honours Cultural

Honours. Std 7 Blology Protect FrlzaHubbles. Hiking Mounlaln Chmbrngr CompulersIntended Career: Acluarlal Selence

other: Top IODD Maths Olympiad 1994 8t 1995,

Regmnal Scterlce Week 395

Shaw, Jonathan D.DPO Box 68756 Bryanslon 202l

(19914995)

Sports: Rugby U/ISCr Rugby ullscClubs and Cultural Actlvltln: Prarlo

Hobbies: MUSIC An, Grall tr Fashton. Dastgnr

Flavm

Intended Clreer: Stan awn Record Label. DJ and

Muslnlan

The Stylhian 1995

Heddy, YossPO Box 20, Lawley 1524

IIQQI , I 995)

Spam: Hockey Isl Xl Tvl U/IE 5 Wm;

CnckeI 3rd XI

Clubs and Cultural Acllvltlas: Secretary cl

Darwlnlan Soctety. Secretary or InteractCammlllear Secretary at Prelecl Body Editor 07

School MagazlneFolklons Held and Awardl Recall/ed: School

Prelect. Hockey HonoursNubhles: Muster Readlng. Sociallsmg

Intended Career: Medlcme

Scala, MtchaelP O. Box 605 Kraondal 0350

11994-1955)

Sports: Hockey 2nd Team: Crlckel. 2nd Team

Notables: Slamp Collecttng: Colleclmg Cricket

Posters Enjoy MovresIntended career: Englnaerlng Mechantcal/Eleclrlcal

Other: Post Matrtc m 1996

Seccombe, John TPO Box 147 Bergvlet 202l(1991 1995)

Sports: Rugby 2nd xv Squash umc CrtckelUll 50

Clubs and Cultural Acmlnel: Presldenl 0'

Toastmasters Soctely Lead role rn wmnlng House

Pdsllion: held and awards racatvoa: t2 Club.Academe Honours,

Hobhlas: thdsumng. Gym Travelltng.Intended c-mr: Medlclna

Sheridan, RuarlPO Box 84173 Greenslds 2034

(195271995l

spam: Rugby 4th Team, Swrmmmg (EleclronlcTlrrllng Del/Ice), Walerpolo Ul14C

Clubs and Cuttur-l Actlvltle : Head 0! Ltglttlng

and Sound Club: Malnc Dance Commmee;

Cultural communes. Drama (199&l9M-\995):House Plays (1993 1994 1995); Backstage: MyFall Lady (1592)

Pceltlonl held and award! recelved: Men! Tls

lETDlNobblea' Motorcross. Horseridlng/showjurnpmg.

Muslcr Krllle Callecltng. r smn Daslgnmg:Drummtng Transvaal Soomsrl 2nd Batalllon:

Readtng. Poetry. Model bulldlng: Gurlar;

MolorcyclssIntended Carver: Journalism or Halal

Management and Catenng

Valeté

Sibanyoni, Kel5773 Orlando Ensl. PO. Orlandb. SOWBXD 1804

119914995)Spam: Rugby: 2nd xv; Alhlelics TeamClub! Ind Cullunl Acllvllln: Bird Club: Chum Pi

some

Pollllonl held Ind awlrdu recelved: Alhlellcs

Team Award: Top love Malhs Olympiad l995. Highly

Commended Amid lor Blnlogy Pulled Sin 9Hobbies: Lrsiening lo muslc; leading. panylng; birdwatching. soon and experlmenllng wrih chemicalslnlanded Elmer: Chemical Engineer

Other: Pan ol "My Children, My Aliica" which came

second In EARS Panlclpalnd ln Mo major schoolsploducuons Mikado" and "Oklahoma"

SI lghtam-Wearne, WJM67 Blackwoed sueel Vereenlnglng(l99l~1995lSports. Hockey Ulla. Rugby: U/lSB: 55 clubClubs and Cultural Actlvllles: All Club. Chess Club.

Combine: Club Pnolograpblc Club: House Span andCullural Aciivllles

Pasnlons Held and Awlrds Received: Mam Tle

Hobbies: Reading. Eleclronlcs. Mechanics

Stainton, James DRD Box 2523. Honeydew 2040

9914995)

Sports: Hockey 3765: Clickel. aids

Clubs Ind Culluul Acllvnles: Inleiacl Club.

Darwinian Socreiy. Pr-Socleiy. Psychology ClubPoslllans Held and Awards Recalvad: House

Plelecl. Chapel Sleward: Mevll Tie. Public Relallons

Ollicer lo! Samls. Caplaln ol Ems and UllSB Hockey

Hobbies: Snooker. Movxes Tacllcal Wai Games.

needing. BaskeibzllIntended Career: Bachelov ol Business SClE CE lmm

LI 0 T and lheveallev a career in Business (Chaneled

Accounlznl)

other: Second Round Meihs Olympiad 1pr m ollhe caunlry)

Strack van Schyndel, J J2 Mamba. Alice Lane. Sanahulsl 2196

{1991 71995l

sbori Crass Counlry Athletics. Rugby 56 Club.Hackey umclub and Cultural Society: Pnoibgrapnlc Club.Toastmaslers Club. Maillc Dance Cummvliee

Poslllom i Held Ind Awards Recelvedz Hope Arl

Trophy. Cullural wieelnHobbies: CyclingInlendid Ciml: Choreography

The Siylhian 1995

Silcock, Robert JPO. Box l31046 Bryanslon 2021

SEA-1995)

Span : Rugby aids; House Sport Cross Country.

Rugby: Waierpblo. ileckey. SwimmmgClub! and Cultural Actlvllles: Tbaslmasiev Clu :

Chess Club. Interacl Club; House Play Sm 67'.

House Slnglng Sids 6-H]

Pollllons Held and Awards Resolved: Impromptu

Chairman cl Toastmasleis: Toaslmaslers Tie:

lnleracl Tle

Hobbia Touch Rugby, Gull: Tennis. 5wrmnung,Sumng; Snooker; laadlng. llshmg, muSlCIntended Career: Touring Eulope or Temalyeducallon maiorlng ln AdvemslngOlhel' Amailca's Education Tour 1994

Solomon, Allen K52 Kern Road. Dunkeld. Sandlon. Johannesburg,

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11954 iseslCrickel U/IGA Rugby 31ds:Tennls m5

Aihleucs, Squash umclubs and Cultural Actlvllles: Head oiPhulographlc Club. Inleracl Club, Psychology Club:House Plays. An Club. Guzzlers. Business GamaPosltions hold and awards recelved: CulluialColours; Aihleilc Team Badge. Lab. Manllor (Heaul.Rugby Tie, Cuirurai Commmee. Malnc DanceCommmee. Finalist Hope Arl Tluphy: erllllrlg AnProjecl Founders DaHebbles: Pholegiaphy, Muslc. Goll, Water skilllg.Bungl Jumpinglnlunueu Career: Dicxalor 04 Small EuroueanCounlry. wine Maker. Pollllcianmner: UllsA Rugby Tour. America s EducalionalTour. Glahamslown Feslwzl. Highlx CommendedPholographlc Pomolroiaranarnslown Feslival)

Steel, James CPO Box 67326 Bryanslon 202l

119914993Spons: Rugby U/IEA. Hockey anus Cnckel 3rds.SWlmmmg A TeamClues and Cultural Aclivllias. Sld 6 Elm Club Sid

a Gall Club

Pnsillons Held and Awards Recelved: Team

Blazer Smmmvn

Hobbies: Gull. Tennis. Table Tennis Music Touch

Rugby. Hlklng Game/Wildllle Waichmg FlshlngSoccer. Cyclinglnlendad Cur-er: E Sc (Conslmcilon

Managemelll) al u c

Thorpe, Michael JPO BOX 35578.N0l1hcllll.2ll5

99% l995lspans: Swmlmmg A Team Walerwoln Isls

Rugby Isis. Tvl Schools Swimmmg and Tvl

Schools WnlerpoloClubs and Cultural Acllvllles: Chairman

Darwinian Somely. Pl SDCIer lsl Chess N W H

Tvl Chess

Positions Held and Awards Received: Head

Prelecl Caplain Dl swunrnlng, Swlmmlng Honburs.Walelpoln Honours. Rugby Colouls. AcademlcHonours. Cullural Wiealh. MDC, Span and Cullulal

Commllee. 12 Club

Hobbies: club Polo, SlamprCollscllng, ChessIntended Career: Actuarial Science. Passmlu yea!ll l Ausualra beibre beginning wrlh siuares

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Valeté

Tietz, Sven H4 Loans Road, Edanglan, Edenvale 1613

(19914993

Spam: Rugby 2nd xvClubs Ind Cullurll Acllvltln. Debating, Actor

House Plays 1994. Direclor House Plays "The logSlory". Slage Manager "Tm; Arsorusls"; AssuslantDirector/Producer Three Slslers":AssisLan1

Producer Junior Producllon 1995

Position: Held Ind Awlrdl Received: Chairman

12 Club. Pretecl. Head 01 Mears House. Academe

Honours. Cullural Calouis. Melll Tie

Hobblel: Travelling. Music. Politics. Heading

Intended Career: Law/Cinema

Other: Amended Yale Summer PsychologyProgramme. his: USA i993, Rotary Shorl TermExchange Student 1993. Top 5 English Olympiad.

English Pnzs 1991. Winner - Public Speaking

Comp I994: Geography Prize I992. History P1119

1954: Dux Scholar 1991-1994 (Std 63)

Van der Zee, Peter19 Gaunl Road. Handhurg 2194

(ISM-1995)

Sports: Rugby uns, Rowing. is'Team, TourloAustralia 11994): Springbok Colours llsBSl

Positions Held Ind Award: Received: House

Prelecl. Rowing Honours

Hobbies: Gym. roucn Rugby, Body BoardingIntended Corner: Career in Commerce {Busmess

SCience U C T)

Ventre, Michael PPO Box 406 Gaborone Botswana

(1951 1995]

spans: Hockey U/iaa. Rugby 3m Team.Swimming. A Team. Wateroolo 2nd Team. CrossCountry, Athletics Squash UIIHA

Clubs and Culturll Actlvlt Chapel Steward.

House Plays, House Music Darwinian SocxeiyPUDIIC Relalions. SRC

Position! held Ind award: received: School

Prelecl. Head o1 House, Merit Tia. Team Blazer

Notables: Music

intended Career: Undecided

Waddell, Jonathan MPO Box 3689 Hamburg 2125

l 953"995l

Sports: Rowing 2nd xv, Ru by 3165Club Ind Cultural Actlvllle sycnology Club

Hobbies; Baskelball. Water-Skiing, Music. Fishing,

Scuba 0. nglrilended Clmr: Public Halallons Ollicer

Other: Eullalo Rowing Tour WEN/5

The Stylhizin 1995 Van den Handel, Nicholas CPD Bux 784140 Sandlon 2146

115534995)Spam Waterpolo' lsl Team; Rugby: lsts:Alhlellrs. Swrmmmg

Clubs end Culturll Actlvltles: Bird Club, Art Club

Pollllonl Neld end Awards levo : Prelecl:

Head uI House, Caplaln 01 Rugby, Transvaal

Rugby and Water-polo: Honou . atsrpolo,

Colours: Swimming and RugbyHobbies: Goii. Walerpolo: Bird WatchingIntended Career: Span Management/Therapy/Phsycology: Teaching or Architecture

other: Cantaln ol Junror League Team: "Tvl Coils :

Walerpnlo m a. Swimming 5 Capiam

Van Niekerk, Stephen JP O Box 560 Albenon 1450

1199171995)

Sports: Cricket U/138,Watsrpolo. 3765.

Rugby tslsClubs and Cultural Actlvmn: Bird Club: All

House plays 3 Major School Productions.

Debates. Inleram Club

Polltlons Held and Award: Received: Hausa

Prelecl, VicerHead 01 House: lime-Captain cl

Alhlelics Team. Merit We Ior Chapel Steward:

Colours lor Flugby. Cultural Athletics and Athletics

Team Award and Alhletlcs Colours its-award

Hobbies: Skiing. Walchmg Birds. Swimmmg;

Watching Movies CyclingIntended Career: Homewalh. undecided

Vermaak, Paul S32 Blairgowrle Drive Blairgowiie Randburg 2194(195571995)

Spam: Cnckel 2nds: Squash um D; Hockey:15! xi. U18 Nuggels 10)club and Cultural Aetlvltlu Darwmiari Socmly;

'Hamlel Mikado . "As You Like It , "Oklahnml"

Puelttans Held and Award: Revolved: Honours

lor Hockey. Gold Medal at Nalional Science Expo.

Hobbies: Waler-Skling. Compulers, Muael

Building. GnuIntended Clmr: Mechanical Engineer

Wallace, ReinhardtPO Box 703 Lonehill 2062

(1991-1995)Spam: Cricksl was, SWImmmg Team.Rugby aids, Alhlellcs Year

Club and Cullural ACIlVIlIES Interact: FRO

Position! Held Ind Awlrdl Received: House

Prelecl: Honours lor Alhlatics; Victor Ludorurn

1955

Hobblelz Windsur ng. Goll

Intended Career: Conslruction Menagmenl

Other: Top 100 Maths Olympiad

Watson, Andrew RR0. Box 505 Cramervlew 2060

(1984-1995)Sports: walerpolo 2n¢sl Swlmming' BTeamRugby emsClub: and Cullunl Anllvlllel: House Plays

Pnllllona Hlld Ind Awnrdl levad: House

Prelscl

Hubblu: Skaleboardlng The Cure; GymIntended Clrae Plrale or BlCamm at UlC.T

Wenon, Matthew JP 0, Box 989. Lonshill 2062

(19914995)Spam: Hockey Vsl XI. Alhlehcs

Clubs and Cultural Activllles: Interacl Club,

Chess ClubPositions held and Awards leved: Caplaln

or Hockey, Honours HooksHobblas: Cycllng Hlklng Volleyball and GallIntended Career. Financlal Adviser

other: Captain Transvaal U/IQC Hockey 895

Transvaal U/IGC Hockey 1993. Won Sid 9 and

Sid 10 Business Game

Wlntle, RyanPO Box 41505 leghall 2024

(19844995)Sports Walemolo U15 B. Swmmmg, BTearrl.

Rugby: 2nds. Alhlellcs Team:

Club and Cullural Activllles: Chess Club

Hobbies: Gullar

lmended Career: Mercharll Banker

Yates, BobbyPo Box 1170 Rivnma 2l25

(1951l995]

Spam: Hackey ml 53 Rowmg U/lJC Squad. U/13C Sculls U/MA Quad U/MC Sculls UIISA Elghl;

U/IEE Four: l993 3m Eight: 1994 2nd Elgm Rugby.U/ISC, UllGC; Open Glhs Alhlelics Shnlpul lor

School. 1995 Cross CounlryClubs and Cultur-l Anlvmex: Fly-Flshlng Club

Poalllon: Held Ind Award! levld: Awarded

Cenilicale cl Merl! lclr Academrc Sludias (Sid 6

Naval)Homes: Snake Collacllng: Cycling; on-RoadMulcmlka Tourlng: Flying Aeroplanes FlyrlsmngInland-d Cami: undec ed

Olher: Completed Argus Cycle lour In 1993

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Welsh, Gavm Lno. Box 70239 Bryanslon 20215894595)

Spun-z Crlcksl- 1515; Rugby Isls. Almellcs TeamPolltlom Hula um Awlrds leved: HousePrelecl, Tvl '0 Rugby, Rugby Honours, Amlellcs ,

ursHobblu: Llslenlng lo Reggae Walerskling PlaymgGall; Walchlng SpunIntended Career: Chanered Accounlanl.Prolassronal Sponsman

Wllson, Eugene J WPO Box 138 Bergulle 2012

(19824985)Sports: Walerpolo 2nds Hockey U/MC Rugby

4015, Alhlellcs Team Sld 6 10

Clubs and Cullnr-I Amlvlllea: Chess

Photographlc: Drama. lnleracxPesillons held and award: received: Chess

Caplaln 1995, Won Drama Thealrespuns 1994Hohhles: Baskelball. Hurse Rlding; Readlngr

Yennls

Intended Career: Advenlslng or Archlleclure

Wylde, Robert K BS! Slllhlans College Prlvale Bag 2 andburg 2125

0959-1995)Sports: Rowrng 3rd Vlll Am and 5th Sculls.

Alnlellcs, Cross counlry Rugby arcs. HouseRugby Rowmg. Swlmmlng, Cross CounlryAlhlellcs

Clubs and Cultural Ac vllles: 4 House plays 4

Mayor Producllons. 1 Mayor School Producrlon wllh

Brecla, Assrslanl Dlreclov ol 2 House MusrcalsPolilionl Held and Awards levad: Cullural

Wream lurAclmg; Senlor Oarsman In charge clJunlors Cummmee Award lor mosl Sprrlled Open

Oarsman, Alhlellcs Team Award

Robbin; Hlklng Fly rlsmng; Body surllnglColleclmg Key Hlngs and Colns[mended Career: Teacher

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St StithiansPreparatory

School

Preparatory School Staff

Headmaster

Mr J.G. Lees T.T.D.

Deputy Heads

Mr D.W. Warren Primary IO.Mrs G. Saunder T.TD

Mr M. de Buys R A.(Hon)(U.Fl.); Grad CE.

Executive

Mr O.W. Williams Certof EducationMr G. Roberts H.D.E.Mr R. van Gass H.D.E.

Teaching Staff

Mrs B. Anderson H.D.E.Mrs M. Argyle Fl r 2 ." lo]Mrs B. Ashiord ................Ms FLA_ Canvas

............................ B.OT (Stell); AdvDip O.T. (Witwatersrand); MSG. O.T. (Witwatersrand)T.T.H.D. (Art specialisation)

T.TD

Mrs E. Davi .Mr S. Farrell

Mrs D. lamb H.D.E.Mrs D. Kunstler T.T.D. F.D.E (Remedial)Miss L. Lagesen T.T.H.D.Miss S. Lamb H.D.E.Miss D. McKeown R Prim.Ed.( ' auu;Mrs C. Munro D.E.S.P.: D.S, Ed.M.H.; D.Sp Ed. (Remedial)Mrs V. Olivier R A.(Sp Br H,Tn)( ' anu;Mrs M. Player R A.(UN|SA)H.D.E.: PrerPrim Dip. (UNlSA)Mr B. Rankin R A.(Natal), H.D.E.Mr K. Reid H.D.E.Mrs H. Spence T.T.D.: H.D.E.(Remedial)Mrs M. van Eyssen T.T.D.Mr D. Webb H.D.E.

Mr R. Williams R A.(RAU).T.T.D.: F.D.E. (School Subjects)

SecretariesMrs V. Kershaw

Mrs B. Wright R A (Unisa)

Librarian

Mrs S. Glover ......................................... .T.D ; P.T.A.C.(Rhodes);B.PrimEd, (Witwatersrand)

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Music StaffDirector of Music (Term 1,2, 1995)

Mrs M. Schéfer L.R.S.M. (Piano Teaching):(0rgan Perform); U.T.L.M. (Piano Teaching)

Director at MusiMrs A. de Jager...

Prep School

B.Mus (Hons) L.T.C,L. (Piano Teachers)

Mr N. Sandna R Mu (UCT); H.D.E.Mrs I. Webb R Mus (llnisa); U.T.L.M; U.P.L.M.MrJ. Beukes R Mll (Ping)Miss V. Fanll R MII=(Mrs D German ....................................................................... G.Mus (Ed 8. Perl); L.T.C. L. F.T.CL; Carl RCM (Perl)

Mr S. Sajin R Mus (Bulgaria)Mrs M. Twytorrl B.Mus (Ed): B.A.(Hons)(UP)Mrs D. Williamson T.E.D (Music specialisation)

3 rm

StaffBack roszrS Mackle.MrS Farrell: MrK Rald. Mla Rankin. MrR.WIl(Iams;MrD Webb: MrA. DrummondMiddle row: Ms Fl Coelzee. Miss D. McKeown. Mlss 5 Lamb; Mrs D, Kunsller. Mrs B Anderson: Mrs s Glover:Mrs c Munro; Mrs M Argyle. Mlss L. LagesenFronlmw: Mrs B wllgm. MIG Rubens. MlsD Jacobs: MrM,de Buys. MlD WarreniMrJ Lees, MrsG Saunders:MrJ wllllams; Mr H. van Gass: Mrs v Kershawlnserl: MrsA de Jagev

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Headmaster's Report

Mr Chairman and Mrs Pills. Rev and MrsNet, Mr and Mrs Wylde, Dr and Mrs van Zyl.Members ei Council. Honoured Guests.ladies and gentlemen and the mostImportant people here this evening. theboys at st Stithiarts.

l have much pleasure in presenting this my

lilth annual report as headmaster oi thePrep School,

I am very pleased to welcome Rev HarryNet and his wile Celia as our guests orhonour tonight In the seventies Harry waschaplain at St Stlthiens and was my next

door neighbour. I am delighted that they are

able to be With us this evening They will,however. be introduced later by PaulBarron.

This evening we pay tribute to a veryspecial lriend ol the College. who ior somany years has not missed a singleimportant school iunctlon. A man who has

given so much time and alien over manyyears as a parent, member or the iirstParents Assomatiun and as a member 0!Council on which he also served as

Chairman. His name is attached to theMusic Centre as well as the Junior Primaryblock which he opened twenty three yearsago. Mr Bradley retired lrom the Councilthis year and his wisdom and guidance willbe sorely missed. Ray and Pal. I thank youboth tor what you have done and theinterest yClu have bath shown in all thathappens at the Prep.

Another very special person whom Iwelcome this evening is Mrs BridgetWalton. the Headmtstress Ol St AndrewsJunior School Mrs Walton rs retiring in aiew weeks time and in wtshtng her a veryhappy and tong retirement I also thank herior what she has done ior primaryeducation in Johannesburg We shallcertainly miss you at all our chess. choirand drama evenings that you have soreligiously attended.

We have always enioyed a specialrelationship with Brescia House and i thankthe Headmlstress at their Junior School iortaking time irom her very busy schedule tobe With us this evening,

A special welcome, IS also extended la theCollege preieots, who are our guests thisevening and t wteh them a very successiulterm at o ice

1995 has been an Incredible year tor thecountry with many wonderlul lirsts

occurring For the school it has. too, been avery good year - I don t know whether ithas had anything to do with the very sweetyoung Cullegtata girls who constantly walkthrough the Prep or whether It was theeuphoria oi winning the Rugby World Cup

but we can all be most proud oi what wehave achieved this year. As you have beengiven a detailed account at all these

successes. I shall merely comment onthem, I do, however. urge you to lake thewritten reports home and load them, Theymake one realise iusl how much we have

accomplished this year.

Running a school these days is a verystresslul occupation and would be nighimpossible were it not let a stable and

supportive stall and | place on record mythanks to those ladtes and gentleman who

have added to our repute by their eiiorts

This has been an amazingly busy year tor

the prep stall. We have tested over SIXhundred prospective pupils and have hadmuch to do in readying the school tor theInllux at almost a hundred new boys next

year. and at course we have also had thearrival at the gentler sex at Saints into our

Grade 0 classes. I thank Sheila Vemer torall she has done In establishing a veryvibrant and exciting Preprlmary school.

There have been many physical changes tothe campus this year. but I know that it isnot physical amenities that make up a goodschool - the essence or any good school isIts stilt. They are without doubt the Single

most important Iacior in the education oryour children. Our start at the Prep is awonderiui blend oi youthtul enthusiasm.exponence, idealism and genuine concerntor your boys. These dedicated people areso oilen taken Ibr granted by me. by theparents and by the boys and I would like to

thank them. on your behall most sincerely.tor the many long hours given to the weltareand happiness oi your boys.

The saying goes that behind everysuccasiui man there Is a woman, I don'tknow whether or not i am successlul but Ido know that wrihout Bernice Wright. mysecretary, my ille would be Immensaiy more

ditllcult and I thank her and our admissionssecretary Val Kershaw tor their loyalty andeilon this year

We welcomed three ladies onto the stall at

the beginning oi the year. Misses Lamb.McKoown and eoeizee. who have broughtdown the average age oi the stall

canstderably

Elsaba Dams and Heather Spence havebeen on Icing leave this term and in theirplaces we welcomed Denise Kunsller andHaiti Anderson who will remain on the stall

as two or the extra teachers needed tor theexpansion next year. Andrew Drummondand Simon Mackie. our two new Gapstudents lrorn Loretta have titled into theschool programme very quickly and havealready made their presence leii

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Mr John Lees

At the end at term two Grade 0 teachers willbe leaving the stall and I want to thank both

Bobby Barn and Janine Poole to! all thatthey have done In the Grade 0 classes. Iwon them the very best in their new

schools

We were very sad to say talewell toMaretha van Eyssen who ieli during theyear due to ill health. and I am sure theSaints tamlly turn me in wishing her a lullrecovery I must thank Cathy Munro andMichele Player who have so willingly aridoilicientiy stepped into the breach in theGrade 2 class.

It is also with sadness that we shall besaying goodbye to Bruce Rankin at the end

or the term He will be roining the stall oiCrawicld College Prep school Bruce is ayoung man with incredible enthusiasm andenergy and during his live years on the stall

he has contributed in so many ways.particularly in awtmmtng and athletics asWell as his Wilderness Club He will be

missed greatly by the Saints iamily when heleaves The Prep School will not be the

same wrihout Oscar and Kylie. but at leastmothers will no longer have to pack extraschool lunch

As a mlddlasaged headmaster in my

Sixteenth yaat ol headmasterlng it IS so

easy to look back and say. in this Instantworld in which we Ilve. Things aren't whatthey used to be!"

The older one gets the more one tends tohear this sentiment. One oi my colleaguesrecently used two quotes that i would like torepeat this evening

The tirst is as tollows. oiir yorith iovotuiriiry. their bad manners disregardauthority and they have no respectwhatsoever lor age Today's children aretyrants , they don t got up when an elderlyperson entors the room. they talk back totheir parents and elders and behave In amost uncotith manner."

This was not said by anyone recently but bySocrates in the year «70 ac incidentallyone at our Sid Three boys wrote at

Socrates that lie was a lamous Greekteacher who went around giving people

|7I

advice. They killed himl Another boy saidthat he died at an overdose cl wedlock!

The second quote. "Our World has reached

a critical stage. children no longer listen totheir parents the and ot the world cannotbe let away." This was said by an Egyptianpriest more than 2000 years ago.

Isn t it interesting that the sentiments at

people living so long ago are so similar tothose at people living today?

Has anything changed lrom the old days"Ol course it has and in nearly all cases. I

believe. that the changes have been lor thegood.

In the business at education that

we are involved In at St StithanS.there are currently vast changestaking place. in the curriculum theemphasis is changing rapidly. newSubjects are emerging. theintroduction ol InlormatlonTechnology as well as Design andTechnology have revolutionised

prep school thinking

The Prep School has beenincredibly lcrtunate in having thecomputer centre totally updatedwith the most sophisticatedhardware and I would like to place

on record our tremendous gratitudeto Unidata and in particular Gavrn andChrlstlne Boxall tor all they have dune and

are doing to ensure that our Prep Schoolremains in the vanguard ol cyberculture.

A highlight ol the academic year was a

national preparatory schools' conferenceheld at the Prep where over two hundred

teachers train all over South Atrica

gathered tor what was rated as anoutstanding conlcrence Den Warren andJumbo willtarris are to be congratulated torthe huge amount at work they put into itssuccess.

One or the changes in the new educationdepartment is the language policy Nextyear Atrlkaans teaching Will be reduced andZulu increased accordingly We shall alsobe introducing Zulu into the Std TwoCurriculum

Unlortunately in many South Airlcanschools the tendency is to concentrate onsport to the detriment ol the academic andcultural aspect or the school. This howeveris not the case at the Prep and our twochoirs. recorder groups. or" groups andPrep orchestra have made great progressthis year.

The musical production at the end at theltrst term was most successful and

entertaining thanks to the huge cllorts orMark de Buys and Lynne Harris. The miniproductions ol Noah and Samson at the

musical evening last term were great lun

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and or a very high standard. It has beenwritten that. "Music is the greatest good thatmortals know. and all 01 heaven that we

have below. Mu5lc is the great civilizer. and

to have it not playing an important andcentral role in our schools IS unthinkable.

Talking about rrluslc a Std Two boy wrote ol

Beethoven that he wrote music eventhough he was deaf and that was why he

wrote loud nmSIc. He expired in 1827 andlater died of this.

Whlls at all times trying to keep the balancebetween the cultural and sporting activities

ot the school it is. however, most satisfyingto report that St Stithlans Prep School's

achlevement on the sp

unequalled by any otherJohannesburg

onsheld is

school in

Both our athletics and sWimrning teamshave once again achieved an unbeatenrecord With no iewer than ten boys gainingprovincial colours tor sWimming. ScottMurray must again be congratulated on hisnational colours for diving. Our tennis team

was unbeaten in all school matches andreached the tlnal ot the Autobank Knockout

competition We had five boys out at thetwentylour boys who were picked lor theprovincial scuad We continue to be thedomlnanl squash prep school in the countrywith eight boys having been selected loreither a provincial A or B team. Our FirstFootball team lost two matches out at

seventeen with three boys playing tor theprovincial team Congratulations to WarrenBtshop who was selected tor the National

under l2 squad

Our crlckel team has also performed withcredit and reached the semltinal round at

the Willards Nlte Senes Knockout where

they were beaten by St Johns in anallrbltlng linish by two runs. We have anumber or boys doing Judd and were iirstat the recent Independent Schools

Toumamenl. A new activity begun this yearby Bruce Ftanltln ls climbing and its

popularity is growing last.

No matter how suecesslul our top teamsare. we would. 1 believe. he tailing In our

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task it mere were boys in the lower teams

who were not given good coaching andsimilar opportunities as the boys in the ATeams. Flay van Gass, our Director or

Sport. and Steve Farrell have, during thelast two terms achieved what has nothappened belore and all twenty-one football

teams and eighteen cricket teams have hadtheir own coach and played matchesagainst other schools.

A word now to the Std Fives who in justover three week's lime will be leaving the

Prep School, Much ot the credit tor thesuccess or 1995 must be accorded to this

class or 95. They have been a very happygroup of boys and very easy to teach. The

years that you boys have spent atthe Prep and lor most oi you this

has been eight, have been precious:hold on to the memories. In threeweeks your prep days will be endedand gone lorever.

You will be moving into a new phasein your lives. a phase that holdsmuch happiness. camaraderie,disappomtments and or necessity

some pain. I know that you will copewith whatever contronts you and lsincerely hope that the Prep will begiven some credit tor your ability todo so.

No matter what Mr de Buys says. he doeslove you end we shall all miss you next year

and I thank you all most sincerely tor whatyou have given us this year and theImportant pan you have played in our

school. Look lonlvard to your tomorrowswith keen anticipation. Accept the

challenges 7 I know that you can handlethem! Be prepared to adapt to the variousinrces that will shape your lives but do sowithout ever sacri cing your values, Be

aware or your responsibilities and exercise

leadership when it is needed. I wish you anevery success in High School next yearFortunately you will not be too tar lrom usand we Will be able to monitor your

progress even though tor the next twoyears when any at the stall do bump Into

you. you Will pretend that we do not exrsl.

And now to the parents we are ltvtng in aworld where values are changing andstandards disappearing. Sadly. many

chlldren seem to have lost their Way in lite

and their respect lor adults, We lay down amoral law but all too traquently this isbroken. it not at home. then by grown upson teleVlsion and videos, and what chlldrenheat In our conversations. We do not want

our children to grow up blinkered, but whyspoil their innocence.

Teachers and parents together have the

responsibility to give children the right moraland social standards. To do this we have to

have the correct relationship with ourchildren.

A low years ago I heard Bishop Michael

Nuttall say in a sermon about ourrelationships that in the end the reallyImportant questions for a man to askhimsell are, "Am I a good husband?" andAm I a good lather!"

or course. the same thing applies to a witsand mother, or to a Child "Am I (l grim/milAm Iii grind hr tlrhi'l'f Ul rim I u purrii [iii-rillIn other words what are my relationshipslike? The sign cl mo cross sums it all up: avenical relationship with God and horizontal

reiatlonships with people. In this troubledworld we need both. Michael Casstdy at

Alrica Enterprise says this, "The greatestthing that a man can do lor his children is tolove their mother." Saints parents are veryspecial and important to our school and Ivalue and appreciate your suppcn,encouragement. understanding andrriendshtp as well as the tremendous

amount that you give to the school in somany ways. There are so many of you who

are involved in teas, luckshcp, gardens,tilting. the library and in jumble sales and inmany other activities that perhaps we takelor granted: but to all at you a very big andsincere thank you,

In particular I thank .lenny Ralph and JennyDunkley and all their Rugby Festivalhelpers ior their sterling ellorts this year.Earlier this evening John Ralph, chairmanoi the Parents Association unveiled a mostbeautitui sculpture of a Fish Eagle. by KeithCalder. which is the result ot the labours oithe mothers and Iathers oi the last two SldFive classes. and on behaii ol the school Ithank all who have been involved in such aspecial grit to the school.

No report or mine could be completewrlhoul thanking my executive. and inparticular my deputies, Den Warren ior hisvery wise counsel and experience, Mark asBuys tor his Incredible organisation andeliiciency as wall as his sense oi humourand Gill Saunders lor caring lor the ladyslati members and all the boys in the Junior

Primary and Grade 0 classes. and all orthem Ior your iriendship and loyalty Thankyou Idr all you have done tor the school andIor me this year,

Being a headmaster or a school such as StStithians Prep is certainly a privilege butcan be siresslui and the person who has tobear the brunt or it all is my wiio, Patty, andI thank her tor her inexhaustible patiencesympathy and support.

Finally I thank David Wylde. CollegeHeadmaster. and the College Council ior alltheir support during the year.

Although it still seems a long way olt, may Itake this opponunity oi wishing you all avery enioyapte summer holiday and ahappy and blessed Christmas.Thank you

Mr J. Lees

Guest Speaker, theReverend Harry Nel

Mr Chairman and Members oi CounCIl.Honoured Guests. Mr and Mrs Wylde, Mr

and Mrs Lees and Members or Sta". Ladiesand Gentlemen and. most Important oi all.aoysi

Thank you so much tor the kind invitation to

share this very important common with you!

it is many. many years since I sat on thisplatlorm. and never belore as a speaker.

I don t inland to speak Ior lung I just can thelp it! On such occasions, everyone would

like to say the right things and so thisevening I would like to share with you on

your Iavourita subject e you! Because youare a very special and unique person and Iwant you to know that and never iorget It!

Yuu are unique and without you the world

would never be the same and many thingsthat could happen would never happen. ityou were not there!

I. Who are you?Welli when one asks that question you getall sons oi answers. depending on who youask!

There are those who Iell us that we are nomore than a buckel. ml! at water and ahandtul oi chemicais... Well. there may be

SOME truth in that, but I have to tell youthat you Can take a bucket 0' water and

throw all the chemicals you like into it andyou can stir It until the cows come home.

but the chances that eventually a Mr Leesor a Reverend Pitts. still less a Mrs DaphnePitts will step out ol your bucket. are zero!

DO you recall those two chemistry studentsstanding on a street corner one day when avery dishy looking lass strolled by? Theone Iellow stood pawihg the ground andgrowling as some young Iads do in suchmoments. when his lrlend spoke

"Steady on old boyl Remember it's ninetypercent water!"

"Oh yes" replied the growler, but what asurlace tension!"

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il I asked you who you are. you mlgitt giveme a dozen ditterent answers! A St

Stithians boy. a member pl start, a parent. abright lad and top at the class, or maybe arather lhlck lad. a sportsman, hard working.lazy, shon, Iali, musical, blonde.Iedhead...NONE OF THIS TELLS ME WHOYOU ARE

It may tell me how you look. or how youspend your time. but not who you arai

When i think oi myseil. it seems to me that Iam one at two things - a person created byGod. or a biological accident! II I say thatyou are the product or a natural process. Ihave to ask who designed the process. It Isay that you are the result ol the outworkingoI natural laws. I am Ian with the question,"Who made the laws?"

l heard at a teacher who took her class tn

the zoo one day and she spent some timewith them In lront at a cage cpnlalnlng two

monkeys. and she spoke oi evolution andall the rest 0! it. When she moved on, the

one monkey Said to the other: You know.she really has got me conlusect rtow! Am Imy keepers brother?

No. I believe that people are the creation or

God. How that process took place. onlyGod knows and there may be manyanswers. out I believe He created people tobe His children in this wortd. whoever youare, and because at that there is a meaning

and a purpose and a direction for your lile.and each lite is so lull of possibilities! I want

you to know that and be sure 0! it!

I must agree with Dr Luuw Aiberts whoonce said to me: "I just don t have the Faithto be an atheisti"

Leon Uns, in his book "Mlla 18" wrote of a

young Polish, Jewtsh lad who laithlullyattended Chedel , the school tor all Jewish

boys One day he came home to ask hisrather: "Why must you and naooi Gewlrtztalk so much about history'7 I want to knowabout things happening today Why do youspend so much time in the past?" And oldIsrael Androtski. his lather. replied: Why7

know Irorri where you come Belore youknow who you are and where you aregoing. you must know irorn where youcome!

Who you think you are will decide what youbelieve you can be!

2 You are someone very spaciaii Createdto be a child at God in this worid. There isno one else quite like you There is notanother set oi lingerpnnts in this world quitelike yours' There is not another person inthe world with quite your mix oi genes. yourbackground and environment. yourpsrspnality'

You know who you are and be yourselll

Some years ago someone suggested that Ishould wear a wig .. imagine thatl Theyaltered what they considered to be somegood advice. Esters you wear your wig torthe tlrsl time. grow a large moustache

Then. on the day you don t wear that wig,shave all your moustachal Paopla will look

at you and say' "There is somethingdinerent about you

Then you can say "or coursel I haveshaved ott my moustachst And they willsay "or coursel And it will take themweeks to realise what has really happened!

We don t need that kind or thtngl Bayourseltl Don't think too mucii ol yourseltlLilo has a way at hrlnglng us back to earth.cutting us down to size!

Jesus once said: When you are inVited to aparty. don t go and sit at the main tablaYour host might come to you and saySomeone important has arrived, will you

please sit 5omawhere also?" By that timethere won t be much left but the worstseats Rather sit at the and table and

then your host might well come to youand say "Don't sit down there' Comehigher upl" Then you will realise lust howmuch you really mean to oihersl Neverbe too sellrlmportant'

Also. don t rate yourselt too poorly! Anddon t let anyone destroy your sell imagelVou could and up like the patient who

was told try his psychiatrist "You don thave an inlerronty complex Vou AREtntenot'" or that other chap who was so

sellvconsctous that whenever he

watched a game at may and they had ascrum. he was convinced that they weregetting together to talk about himI

Let me ask you some questions under theheading Did you know that 7

Did you know that Einstein never spokeuntil he was tour years old. and never wrotea thing until he was seven years oldl Someor you and streets ahead or man

That Beethoven's music teacher told himthat as a composer he was quite hopeless?

That Edison s teacher once told him that he

was too stupid to ever learn anylhlrlgworthwhile

That Walt Disney was once tired lrom anewspaper because. they said. he was notcreative enough and never had any originalIdeas? Fancy ihatl

Louise M Alcott. author at so many bestsellers. was once told that she would neverwrite anything worth reading!

I am quite sure that you don t have teacherswho say that kind or thing aeoui youl Theyall know whet wondertul boys you are

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3 And never ludgo yoursall by otherpeople, by how you compare wtlh them.

Jesus told at two man who went to thetemple to pray. The one was a very upright

citizen. a line man and a very moral man Ahe was a Pharisee He prayed: "0 God, Ithank You that I am not like other people.dishonest, wicked. evll. like that tax

collector lherel | last twice a week and Igive ten per cent at everything I getl" Theother chap was a tax collector, regarded by

most as a real crook! Ha prayed: "God bemercltul to me becausa I am badl

Jesus said that the lust man's prayer wasnot answered, He was "praying withhlrrtslall"l God wasn t even listeningl But heheard and answered the prayer or the taxcollectorl You see. God IS not remotelyinterested in how we compare with peopleWe all do It. "I may not be a saint. but when

I look at other people or. "My kids maynot be angels. but when I look at otherpeoples' children. well. "

God couldn't care less about that! Whatdoes concern Him is how you compare withwhat you could be. in His VlSWl How you

compare With what He created you to belGod sees us in two ways. He sees us aswe are, and He has no IllUSIUI'tS about ltl Ha

knows us better than we know outsell/95'- But he also sees our potential. what we canbecome. and that IS so important! You lustthink or the people He has used to do greatthings He used Joseph. who was anarrogant, spoilt orall Daddy s little petl outhe became a great man,

He used an Incoherent, Illanlculate and

scared Moses and Moses tiecamo a greatleaderl He used David. a young shepherdtad, to become a great kingl He used apeasant girl. |ust a slip or a girl. to he themother at His Son He used an unstablePeter. and at one time the biggest thingabout Peter was his mouth, and he becamethe greatest apostle. Francis Ol Asslssl was

nothing but a playnoyl

Oh, they had to change. they had to give uptheir own second-rate standards tor

themselves. their own secondsrale ideas

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and ha willing to become the best that theycould be! And that is the lesson we have toteam.

But be who you really are not too

blgrhaaded. but also never test that youare worthless. that you have nothing toolrerl Great things are possible it you will bewho you are. someone created to be a son.a daughter or God himsoll

4. And we should see each other in this waytoo and help each other to be the best. Just

as you must see the possibilities in othersand encourage them. Don't criticise. don't

he atraid to compliment each other. Don'tbe jealous. you have no need to be.remember you are unions and specialyourseltl Try praising people and buildingthem up. encouraging them. you ll besurprised what a difference it will make tothem and you!

In closing. I want to tell you a story which Iwas asked to repeat this evening. Some oryou might have heard it. some might have

read It In an Old number at the Readers

Dlgest. It is the story at Johnny Lingo's

Eight Cow wile.

Patricia McGerr writes or doing someresearch In the Faciltc islands. on the

Island at Klnlwata she heard at a man

named Johnny Lingo. [At least. that iswhat they called himli Many peoplespake 0' him. It shB VtSit d the

nerghbourlng islands or Nurabandl. andneeded accommodation, she should ltnd

Johnny Lingo He could tell her wherethe best sh were to be caught. he wouldShow her where to lind the best pearls

Johnny Lingo would get her the best

bargainsl

She did notice that when they spoke at him

they always Srrllled, or even chuckled.Asking why this was so. she was told thatsome months betore. in the autumn.Johnny Lingo had come to Ktnlwata to ltnd

a wtle and he had married Santa. He hadaltered a bride price at eight cows to her

lather. Sam Kama, Patricia know well that

two or three cows would buy a good wileand so she sold. "She must be a striking

beauty! No. she was told. the kindest lhlngone could say tor Sarita was that she wasplain. skinny and she walked with a stoopand always hung her head. Her rather hadbeen urged by the lamily to hold out tor twocows. but it pressed. to drop to one JohnnyOFFERED eight cows! Everyone thought itlunny that the brightest men in the islandsmade such a poor tiargainl

Some time later. Patricia Mceerr visitedNurubandl and she asked tor Johnny Lingo.She was directed to his house. and no onelaughed about him . She met the youngman and they sat to talk. He said; "Youhave come trorn Kiniweta. do they speak orme therer" "Yes". she answered.

My wlle comes "om mete he sald. "Iheard 01 her". sald Palncta.

What do they say about hel v'" "That youmauled her in the autumn"

"Nothing more?

They also say lhe marriage settlement waseight cows!" Patricia paused.

"They wonder why. "They ask that? Hiseyes lit up with pleasure Everyone inKiniwata knows about the eight cows?" shenodded. And" he said, "everyone inNumbandi knows it too Always when theyspeak oi marriage settlements it Will belemembered that Johnny Lingo paid eightcows tor Sarlla. Was it just vanlty

Then she came in. to out llowers on thetable She stood a moment In smile BI

Johnny heiore she wenl out. She was themost heauiiiui woman Pamela had everseen. Lovely poise and posture. a sparkleIn her eyes,., "You admlre herV" asked

Johnny. She s heaulilul but she is not theSanta lrorn Kihiwata, said Patricia."There ls only one Sarita Pemaps shedoes not look as she did in Kiniwata." "Shedoesn ll They laugh at you lot paytng eightcows lor herl "You think eight cows wasloo much "No. Bul how can she be sodillerent?" Do you ever lhink what it mustmean to a woman to know that her husbandsettled on the lowest price lor her? Whenthe women talk ol bride prices and boast 0fwhat their husbands paid lot them, howdoes she leel. the woman who was sold lorone or Iwo ? This would not happen to mySarital I wanted Sarita to be happy. but lwanted more than that she is diherehiMany things can change a woman. lhings

lrorn inside and things lrom outside But.the thing that matters most is what shelhtnks about hersell. In Kiniwata Santabelieved she was wonhless Now sheknows that she is worth more than anyoiher woman in the islands I wanted tomarry Sarita. l loved her and no otherwoman But then. I always wanted an Eight

Cow wile,,."

I hope you understand that story. or thatsomeone will explaln it to you. Do you knowwhat price God puts on you? ll ls the priceoi the tits at His Son Thal is who you arelAnd the person next to you'

Vou are very spemal You were bought witha great Pllce Never target that! Your lite tslull ol great possibilities. God s possibilities

God believes in you and so do we!God loves you and so do we!God bless you richlyl

Thank you tor listening...

Flev, H Ne!

Senior Primary Prize Giving

Standard 2

Std 2 D CIa Bradley SmithStd 2 L ( lass Christopher JonesStd 2 D Industry Simon MeikleStd 2 L Industry Robert Menne

Academic Certificates:Stuart Batchelor; Devin Scott; Tyrone Walker; Brett Harley; Garreth Sweeney; Luke Barnett

Academic Progress Certificates:David Barron; Graham Burt; Murray Burton; Gareth Mercer: Steven Smith; Andrew Park; Simon Hayden; Daniel

Buys; Paul Cochlovius; Robert Diack

Standard 3

Std 3 J ClassStd 3 W ( las - fthew Welsford: Alastair MeredithStd 3 J Industry Peter Dunnett; Hugh Lobban

Std 3 W Industry

Academic Certificates:Brian Butler; Alastair Meredith; Oliver Venn; Jeffrey Webster; Matthew Welsford

Craig Desilets; Dayne Rothbletz; Robert Smith

Academic Progress Certificates:Richard Broekman; James Cumming; Frederick~John Wollner; Grant Jackson; Tamara Kondowe; AndrewLapin; James Lees; Andrew Trythali; Gregory Bean; David Carrick; Michael Mahon; Etienne Ftawlinson; GarethWaltord; Craig Desilets; Dayne Rothbletz

Standard 4

Std 4 R ClassStd 4 W ClassStd 4 R industry Nicholas Kunstler; Tommy Edmond

Std 4 W Industry

Academic Certificates:Rex Green; Nicholas Williams; James Wilkinson: Graeme Hawinkels

Academic Progress Certificates:

( hristopher Hewitt

Devin Herd

Nicholas Williamslame Wilkinson

Thomas Meikle

Graham Dowse; Tony Fryer; Bruce Kerr Peterson; Jeffrey Langman; Steven Trenchard; Grant Worden; Murray 1Asken; Kyle Dent; John Dodds; Nicholas Jackson; Charles Phillips

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Standard 5

Std 5 G ( la Brynn BendlxenStd 5 Ft Class Anthony FordStd 5 W Class David

Std 5 G .......................... Industry Peter ButlerStd 5 R Industry Charles PostStd 5 W Industry .......... Andrew Duff

Std 5 anlish Hugh CourtneyStd 5 . Afrikaans Brynn BendixenStd 5 Mathematics ....... Anthony Ford

Std 5 G ......................... History VVVVVV Brynn BendlxenStd 5 R History Sean SteynStd 5 W History David '

Geography smart MclverGeography Anthony FordGeography ................. ...Christopher Wylde

Std 5 G Science r Peter ButlerStd 5 H Srience Anthony FordStd 5 W Science Christopher Wylde

Std 5 G 7tll|l Daniel McLachIan; Wayne HawleyStd 5 Ft 7m Anthony FordStd 5 W 7tl|ll Douglas Place

Academic Certi cates:Romano Lupint; David Wessels

Academic Progress Certificates:Hugh Courtney: Andrew Du . Rory Forder; Michael Griffiths; Greg Hills; Tim Kluyts;

Charles Post. Andrew Thurlow; Paul Atkinson; Brynn Bendixen; Paul Betts: Yusut Cassim; Timothy Dunnett;David Hewan; Douglas Laburn; Daniel McLacnlan; Jonathan Owens; James Tarlton

Brynn Bendixen and Anthony Ford with their hat/13b!academic awards,

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Dean Kerr » Sportsman of theYear and Head of Kent HOUSE,the Winners of the HouseTrophy

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hum Alul/vw ( 'lmm

[mumn Symon Mlvdvu

I ._ ux __.;_ \Wmdnw Slump/rm Jul/my Wubslw[win 1mm m

I 78 NW Muhmu 10

Ff/chard erl/ams

Faces 1n Clay

Our Art Teacher Chr/s Holmes Dragon

Rainbow Nation Douglas Mair/n

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Std 5's

Stephen rMu/der

Grant Wordon

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Special Awards

General Knowledge:

Intermediate liunr Venn

Senior navid Fraser

Art:

Mirhael HewenSenior , Promnitz

Muelc:Intermediate Richard "Senior. I ............................................. David WesseisI

Choir:St Stithiens Cup ior SerVIco to the Junior Choir .................................................................................Grant FtouxThe Joubert Singing TrophySt Stithians Singer s Cup for Service .

Dreme:Best Actor In a Minor RoleBest Supporting ActorBest Actor.

, ........................................................................ Keith Comline; Duncan Seltenan Steyn

nnugia: Place: Christopher Wylde

Margaret Jones' Language PrIzeKraitt Atrikaans Trophy ...........Vivienne Tedder Library PrIze ........................................

Brynn Bendixen

..Brynn Bendixen.....................Timothy Dunnett; Daniel McLachlan

House Prlzee: tor sport and 'Under 10 . . , Simon MeikieUnder 11 ....... Graeme HawinkalsUnder 12 ,,,,,,,,,,,, DavtdUnder 13. Dean Kerr

Shllcock Trophy tor 3."... .............. Paul Barron: Charles Post

Olympic Trophy:Voted by the boys and awarded to someonewho has pertormed in the true Olympic Spirilum nn, .. . I. . .. ... ........._.. Paul Betts

Pym-James Shield:Awarded to the outstanding sportsman oi the year: ........................................................................... Dean Kerr

Sendton Mayor s Trophy:

Voted lorby the boys and awarded to the hardest trier.,.. .. .. ...Anthony Ford

Houee Competition:I oak» 1085 points

3rd , ,.Cor|ett 1224 points2nd Hall 1303 pointsist Kent 1311 points

Deen Kerr collected the trophy on beheli oi Kent:

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Junior Primary Prize Giving

The Junior Prizegiving was held on 30 Novembert Mrs Saunders highlighted the many activities andachievements of the various junior classes throughout the year in her highly entertaining address Shereminded us of how each person is special and imponant in their own right and that each child should berecognised for his own individual achievements.

In accordance with this philosophy each child was awarded a certi cate this year commending him on hisparticular strengths and achievements. This new system was enthusiastically welcomed by the parents as manya heart was warmed to see the pride and joy with which each boy received his award.

In addition the following special awards were given:

English Declamation: Grade 1 WinnerRunners up.

Richard Haupt

Grade 2 Winner ........................................................................... Floss LangmanRunners up f ri plan Lees

Matthew Townshend

Std 1 Winner................................................................................... Wayde BakerRunners up naVid Assad

Christopher Broekman

General Knowledge: Shared by Grant HorleyAnthony Lester

Ross Tasker

Junior Art: Shared by Rory WattsDavid Zipp

Junior Music: Shared by Mirhael Peters

Michael Power

The Gibbs Trophy for the winning Junior House: ....................................................................... Leake House

The Junior Primary Staff would like to thank Mrs Saunders for her insightful leadership, her kind council and heroutstanding example of all that a teacher can aspire to be. All her efforts are sincerely appreciated.

Miss D. McKeown

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Junior Primary

Nativity Play " VHT

"The old, old story. it is ever new" certainlyrang true as over a hundred and titty boysattested to the wonder of the binh 01 Jesus atthe Junior Primary Nativity play.

The Grade One angels were beautiful and athere were many oohs and 'aahs' as they Vclutched their partners hands tightly and A?walked down the aisle.

The Grade Two shepherds enhanced theNativity scene dressed in their colourful robes.

and the Standard Ones were commendable tor their acting rolesv Actors ot note were Byron Pienaar who playedthe role of Mary wuth sensitivity and skill, and Bryan Diflord who, as King Herod. was truly impressive and majestic.

Thanks to Amke de Jager and her highly motivated and professional group of instrumentalists for the lovelyaccompaniment.

It was specual to see so many parents and friends filling the chapel to capacity, and at this time at year we can allrejoice With the Angel Gabriel as he announced; "I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is foreveryone. The Savrour yes, the Messiah has been born tonight in Bethlehem."

Mrs B. Anderson

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The Ghost Chase

This play, involving 110 boys was great fun. From theopening scene to the final arrival of the poltergeist fromabove the stage it was obvious that the actors wereenjoying themselves.

The changing variety of groups of actors includingwasherwomen. ghost Chasers. drum majorettes andmystics ensured that the audience was kept on its toes allthe time.

Individual performances were very good . We all felt awedby Madame Mysteria and enjoyed a good laugh whenConstance Bulonia took centre stage The jilted bride. thezombie the cab drivers, Harriett Hollyhock all kept us wellentertained.

The songs were sung with gusto and the Orflaccompaniment by the boys ( With the assistance of Mrsde Jager on piano and Thomas Selmer Olsen on guitar)was outstanding

All the costumes. masks and make up added to the dramaof an excellent production.

Congratulations to ali who were involved in making this amemorable evening. A play such as this involveseven/one in the school and it was truly an effort from "Oneand All .

Mrs G Saunders

Ready for Action!

,r "i A. ~ _ I

The Musicians and the Chorus

Duncan Self Hinge/fl

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School ToursOur trip to Bushpigs

On Wednesday the 18th ofJanuary we lelt lor BiishpigBuddies lt took us about twoiiouis to got there on the noisybus When we arrived Mervyn.

Kim. Daniel and Henny were thereit) mccl Us

We carried our bags to the roomswhere we slept and then we wentlor lunch There were rolls.watermelon. salad and lots oldelicrous things to eat Then wehad lree time and I enjoyedplaying table tennis the bestWhen we heard the bugle we allran to where the sound wascoming trom An afternoon actiVItyhad been planned for us, It was

called Territorial Tactics. The aimwas to squirt another team Withpaint and then get their llag.Alterwards we had supper and sataround the camp lire.

We were woken early the nextmorning and went on a five hourwalk through the bush That nightwe slept in shelters which we hadbuilt ourselves . In the morning wewent back to Crocodile Camp andmade flapjacks for breakfast.Later we played bushball and tugof war against the teachers. Thatafternoon we left Bushpigs.

Andrew Park

"Much more Munch!"

Penryn Cycle / Run

The Penryn Cycle / Run is in its 4th year and this year'sevent was once again a great success. Although it was inlate June the weather did hold and winter woolies wereonly required at night, A highlight oi the trip was whenpupils from Penryn Joined those from Saints to cycle thelast thirty kilometres, The hospitality ol Penryn Collegewas much appreciated at to end oi the tour and we lookforward to next year's event when we hope Penryn canJoin us sooner and go further.

Mr B. Rankin

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Std 3 EnvironmentalTour To Mpumalanga

During the tirst week ot the thirdterm the two Std 3 classesaccompanied by Mr Webb and MrWarren, went to the MbahantSatari Lodge which is about 40kilometres lrorri the Omen Gate atthe Kruger National Park It wasworideitul to he out in the itiistilWe learnt how important ll is toconserve our envtroninent rind useit wisely We were tniioht nhoiit

Animnls their habitats. tracks anddroppings the dltlerenoo lietwnoii

vertebrates and tllVUltehtétloS,plants and trees .1an how tlioy oiesuited to their hnbiiziis, weiithorconditions and birds

We spent :1 night tinder tho stars atthe Bush Camp and even tookturns to guard the crimpthroughout the night We watchedan impala dissection tool On thelast night we had a concert in thereed tape it was very amusing andwe had a chance to tauqh at oneanother The lood at Mhnbnnt wasespecially nicel While we were atMhahaal we Visited other places atInterest, Moholoholo. arehabilitation centre where we sawa variety nl injured birds andanimals The Swadini Reptile Parkwhere there were reptiles we hadnever seen tietoro

We spent a day in the KrugerNational Park and were lucky

enough to see a lot ol animals.even a leopardl We visited threecamps. Leiaba. Olitarits andSetara The elephant hall in theeducation centre was especiallyinteresting!

We also visited Pilgrim's Rest. theBourke's Luck Potholes and God sWindow where we looked over the'rain torest' to MozambiqueAnother day we swam at thecontinence ol Olitants and theBlyde River at Chunt Lodge . Onour return journey we stopped at

Kapenta.protect.

an endangered species

This was such an interesting tourI enioyed even/ slngle minute til it,It was quite hard to settle down tonormal class work once we gotback to school |

Matt/tow Welstiiiit

Battlefields Revisited

Monday:Aiiivtiig nt ltlooil ltivoi woe to hohiiih intnroslino :ioil siiiiiiisiiigl'iiiitiiirt .r iliy uniiithnililltttltixllltttlhlv tiiiii tittttllmtt niotiostroni the Trekker Ltmuor wnr nothow I had interpreted the sconelroin the many books that lolitelned illustrations horn l washowever assured thnt thepositioning ot the site was notwhere it had originally beensituated

A short journey took us in

Babnnniigo where we were nint byMr Turner. a knowledgenlilo manat the hattlelielrls. He explainedthe tzictioal wnr plan (it theterritying brittle ol lsrtiidlwaiia atthe tool ol this. iiiyeliiriritieirioutittilii

Tuesday:A soil cookoil lirnaktiist utilitiitgoand egg certainly sot ti plonennttoiio tor the day We till nto wnll usit 10km walk lroni lsaiidlweiin létyahead ot us I think "ml l ooiildquite solely say ihnt we till enjoyedthe riither strenuous wnlk inking illthe typltinl Nntnl scenery iuiil lreshair.

A strange rather gloomytotaling descended upon usVisiting the sites where somany soldiers were killedArriving at our destination wewere mot by the cool watersot the Buftalo River

Rorke's Unit. the setting torthe next battle we were toexplore. boasted a museum

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and (as we depleted in our protect)the original "hospital". cattle lienand storage room. Rorke s Drltt isn hive ot activity as a school hasrecently been ooiistruoted on thesite at the battle These werethe tiiuhllghts (it day twnll

Wednesday:. Stinknlnnd. oiir linen tor day threeand liiiii

fthnknlaiiil. the old oiiuiiinl set lot

the nioVio, Sitinkn lulii won thenext :tttil linnt urinip tni our visit'Wri woiri put up ill typical Iiilii

hnnliivo huts thny wriro weliniuir-shelter and protection hum thetilinlorinu niirl r;weltoriiir.t heat thatwe rixiioiioiiiinit In Nainl

Siiinn ol the activities: we niiioyerlwere the Zulu hoot hiewtnui thelayout and plniiiiing til the Villaue,htatttitttnklllq til ylhltlfllttg. lulull thtttu, lulu eiiniietlo.stick tiuhtiriu and niy

- ltivt tlllllE) Sue tl'l UWlttu ()iiiguide, a looztl man called Blessingwas an interesting tiiond whom we

got to know Wt)

Friday:

t'riilziy took an noel the iriiirnevtook eight hours We dirt howeveretiip iii Wimpy Int .1 well rte-:ervndliinoh At the end ol the trip we niléttttVt ttl home rind Int inn loll viiiithere is on plane like home Itmneliited tremendously lroni thetour and would like. on helmll (itthe standard tours to thank theinnsters who accompanied us on n

very worthwhile visitJanine Wilkinson

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Willem PretoriusGame Reserve

Last year the Prep Afrikaansdepartment decided to establishon going contact with Afrikaansschools in the area. We firstapproached Jan CelliersLaerskool. because they were thefirst Afrikaans primary school toprivatise fully and their school issituated fairly near to ours.

Initially we got our Std. 4 s and 55to write letters to pen friends at JanColliers. in order to establish apersonal relationship in eachpairing. This was followed bytheir Std. 5s spending amorning at Saints. To get thechildren to interact socially,they were sent on variouswalks around the school.Each walk started at the maingate. and proceeded along adifferent route around theschool, before ending at theOne and All, ln between, therewere 13 points to be visited.At each pornt observations hadto be made and a question hadto be answered, thus ensuringthat some discussion would begenerated.

This day was so successful thatwe decided to start the 1995contact with a joint "camp" at theWillem Pretorius Game Reserve inthe Free State A party of 53pupils from the two schools.accompanied by Mrs QuintaOberholzer. Mr and Mrs Cas deJager (all of Jan Celliers). Mr Den

Warren and Mr Ken Reid leftSaints at about noon.

The children had previously beenplaced in four groups. each with abalanced mix of Saints andJantjiesi Wherever possible theywere paired with their pen pal. toadvance the inter personalcontact. A series of groupactivities. aimed at bonding.teamwork, communication. etc.had been devised in collaboration

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with Garth Johnson, the ChiefConservator at the reserve.

Once unpacked. the whole partygot together for a short introductionto the group officers and theplanned group activities. After this.the children were free until supper,most of them swimming or playingaround the swimming pool, whichwas to be the social centre formost of the free time for the rest ofthe weekend. Not surprising. withday temperatures hoveringbetween 37 and 40 degrees! (Andwith several very attractive Iassesto show off to!)

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After supper the whole group metin the hall. for a superb slide showfeaturing the Reserve, theAllemanskraal Dam and the faunaand flora oi the region, precededby a very interesting history of thereserve and the Iron Age ruinswithin its borders.

After breakfast on Saturday. eachgroup embarked on the first of theirseries of group activities. The

activities which each group wouldcover in the four available sessionswere:

a. Teamwork on the obstaclecourse

b. Compass work andorienteering on an island

0, Camouflage and stalkingRaft building andgame drive

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These activities were rotated, sothat each group eventually coveredthem all. Each activity requiredcommunication. planning,co operation and other bondingfunctions from all members of thegroup, which far exceeded ourplanned goals.

Fortunately for the bone dry FreeState. but unfortunately for theschemes of several of the boys. 3heavy downpour of rain caught usall as we were on our way into theveld that evening to play Stalk theLantern. (I gather some of the girlswere disappointed. too!)

However, our officers had anexcellent indoor game up theirsleeve: Each member of agroup . except one leader. wasblindfolded. before being linkedto the rest of the group bymeans of a long. light rope.The leader then had to guidehis snaking followers over .under. around and between aseries of obstacles. simply byusing the rope. Needless tosay. the results were oftenhilarious.

After Sunday breakfast. the* final round of group activitiestook place. followed by a rathersad leave taking of the staff andofficers. whose hospitality.friendliness and caring ways hadendeared them to us.

After lunch a hot, tired. but happybunch of new friends boarded thebus for the return trip . Whetherthe girls presence had a majorinfluence or not is hard to say. butthe majority of our boys claimedafterwards that this was the bestschool trip they had ever been on.

We are continuing with similarInter cultural contacts.Correspondence and telephoniccommunication between pupils ofboth schools is still beingencouraged. and we are setting upinter~school ventures from Std 2upwards for the third term.

By the time the Std 2s finish Prep.school. we hope that firmfriendships will have developed.obviating the need for adultintervention.

Partly to broaden our base. andpartly because Jan Celliers is amuch smaller school than Saints.we have recently invited LaerskoolBryanston to become a thirdpartner in this scheme TheirHeadmaster and staff haveresponded with great enthusiasmfor the project.

Std 4W has already startedphoning and writing to pen pals atBryanston. while Std 5W arepreparing to clothe same. Std 4Rwill continue the contact with JanCelliers.

Mr K. Reid

Std 5 Trip to the NatalDrakensberg

Day One:We departed at 07h00 tor thestandard live's trip to Drakensville.near Royal Natal National Park.The time passed qutckly in the buswith boys sleeping. eating andtalking about their holidays fromwhich they had just returned. Wepassed Heidelberg. Villiers.Warden and at Harrismith weturned off.

We passed the large SterkfonteinDam and stopped at the top ofOliviershoek Pass. where we hada View of our camp In the distance,

the majestic Amphitheatre. andsome of the dams which are partof the TugelavVaal scheme. MrRoberts talked to us about thearea. and pointed out variousinteresting things. We alsohappened to be standing on top ofa hydro electric power stationwhich is built inside the mountain.This explained the strange sight ofpower lines coming straight out ofthe mountain !

After the steep descent ofOliviershoek Pass. we arrived atDrakensville EnvironmentalCentre. which was once thehouses and village in which theengineers and builders of theTUVA scheme lived in the nineteenseventies. We unpacked andmoved into our cosy dorms.Immediately thereafter we met ourguide. and set out on a sixkilometre hike to see somebushman paintings in anoverhanging cave. Our guidepointed out the various peaks ofthe Drakensberg which could beseen in the distance. Thepaintings were a lot moreinteresting than any others,because we were taught how to"read" the paintings andunderstand them.

On returning to the camp we hadthe opportunity to find a bunk.unpack and settle in. Later wewalked to a nearbyldairy farmwhere the milking process wasexplained to us. and we saw themodern machinery being used tomilk the cows, Some of us evendared to drink the fresh. thick andcreamy milk which was still warm!On the way out at the milkingshed. we stroked the smallFriesland calves which were in apaddock of their own.

After enjoying a well cookeddinner. we had a lecture onpollution and conservation afterwhich. in groups. we created anewspaper advertisement and atelevision commercial. to promote

awareness about pollution andconservation. which was acted outin front of everybody. Exhaustedalter a long day. we retired to bed.looking forward to the second day.

Day Two:

Some of us woke at 6:00 am.much to our horror that we could intact wake up so early after a nightof fun and noise l Mr Roberts didhis usual brisk walk through thedorms and announcing breakfastin 10 minutes. make sure you renot late he warned as he left thedorm.

The bus roared out of the campgate and we travelled for an hourbelore arriving at Ladysmith. Wevisited the Siege Museum. whichwas very interesting and we learnt

a lot more than we thought weknew about the Siege ofLadysmith. and the Anglo BoerWars which took place in this areajust after the turn of the century. Toour amazement we found out thatthe " Long Torn bases built intothe walls. were originals.

We visited one of the oldestchurches in Ladysmith and sawwhere a Long Tom shell haddestroyed part of the entranceporch of the church during theSiege 01 Ladysmith. By now wewere all very hungry. and it was areliet to hear Mr Roberts say thatwe were gorng to have lunch atWagon Hill. just outside ofLadysmith. Lunch was verywelcome after the long lecture andvisit in the warm museum. From

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Wagon Hill we tied a good view atLadystnitli. and it was very obvious

ltl us why such a vantage pointwas used lur ntiiunttng Lung loin(inns. and lookout points We

read some til the inetniirtale. andhad a stunt talk tilt the haltle tilWagun ttrll nature selling it" In theline again tnr Siiliienkuri

the weather was very hot. and wenearly illerl nl liiirriii when MrFtnlierts intriiined its that we weregoing tii walk tn the trip atSpinenkuii [hank giiiidriess wedidn't have sandbags. lieavy rillesand kit. like the ltrilish soldiers hellcarried. surne ninety years lielniel

lhe walk was hard and lint. liiil wemade It llie talk dllttltl the tiatllewas very interesting. especially aswe i:riu|il ItltlelttB things liellei.tieiLause we were right there Wewalker] Willi iiirr grilrle aruunrl theInn ut dirtirenknii. whir explained

things as we want lhe view tininthe trip was rnagnrlrmnl. and wemullil see rust tiuw rtittriurlt it must

have been tut llie sntilieis at thattune

Alter a long walk driwn again. wewere tilt-ll liy rLiiId mikes, wliir:hdlrlii l tuiirti sides llia [lllt hank toliralseiievltle was hut anil smelly,and «in arriving hank at rrariiii. wehit the sliiiwars hetuie eninyirig aldiitaslri. tiraai that night riiany

tinys tell asleep straight awayiilliers ntil

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Day Three:

This was the day we were hikingthe lugeta Gorge hike below theAmphitheatre at Royal NatalNational Park. which was a shortdrive hunt our (rerun. the massivehasalt wall seerrred to get biggerand trigger as we got closer to it

Once til the lugela valley. thepacked lunches were distributedamungsl the liuys who had daypacks. and we sat next to the rlverwilti a lantastic View at theDrakerisherg which stand out soclearly against the clear blue sky

Mr ltulierls tlrsl gave a talk.explaining how the Drakensher gwas termed millions at years age.the ditlereni rock layers. some atwltltilt could be seen very clearlyaround us. and a hit (it tnlurmalton

aht iut the vsgetairnn til the BargWe were also looking torward tricatching a glimpse (it the lounhhighest water'lall in the world 7 TheTtigela Fallsthe hike started at a brisk pace.

hut try the time we reachedPuticornan's Helmet" (a sandstoneand basalt lealuret pace hadslowed rliiwri We passed throughseveral Velliiwunrt litresls on thenuntuur path, here the all was metand weie ideal as test spurs theltiueld river was very Inw as thesuinriiei reins hurl nut yet diilverl.

hill the Hinge itsell. iiinvirterl idealswinrining tiituls. and stunts. shoesand stinks were hissed estrte as

liriys tuned in

iiliingu intu theNIV thhil lungnwlllt were nut

to he. its lliri

Willrll was rinlit.vury mlrt lheItil tlltl nlriiriliiianr'r: wire:4 IltUlt! ~lllset riiirln

Wu Itflrlktttl tIIIthe lriilk i iniil

tlrr- \niinirrr trim

ate our lunch. belore decidingwhether to climb the chain ladderor swim through the icy waters atthe gorge, Alter seeing the gorge.we headed back along the path.with the Berg behind us. ll hadbeen a good 15 kilometre hike.and dinner was eaten last by ttredstandard live boys.Tired, but not too tired to take partin the piittipull competition whichwas played under lights.

Day Four:

We rose earlier than usual and setdown to a very neisy breaklasl.thanks to another school whichhad arrived It was sun screen andhat: on tm the morning's waterstudy This took place in the riveron a nearby term We set about

catching water organisms. whichwould he used to determine thequality at the water in this part atthe river We tound it to be tree atpollution. apart tram am and mudwhich had been churned up by thelocal dairy herd Alter the waterstudy we swam in a larger poollower clown in the river

Next was rall races across a smalldarn. nearby the camp. The waterwas lreezing. but everyonesninyed II It was also a good test(it teamwork Ves. mud lights didhappen. and yes sunte llytng muddirt hit Mr van Gass l

Alter a welr nnte shower and lunch.we split up into two groups. withnine going dbselllllg and the othertaking up the challenge at thedif cult nhstame course

Drive hnth ginnns hail dune hulhactivities. (I very tired grnup ol Std. i inrys slinwemit dltll un|riyedunuthei lusty lunar, tultnwed hy anttll|rillrttltlliu r-dinii izunirert. Liputmtltry (I wetr nrnn tinin President

Ntllhttlt Manuela. alias Bradleylliuile llirririiniirs dcle lulliiwerltint liin hliiyts stole tho shhw and

Ilrltl lllri dlttll lllT riilltrig In theirseat.»

Day Five:Movement was limited at 6:00 amon the last morning. as theactivities of the week had clearlybegun to take their toll, With thebus packed and goodbyes said.we headed for " Little Switzerland "for the last of the activities on thistrip. Here we climbed up a steephill and eventually into a naturalYellowood iorest. Our guide spoketo us about natural forests in theBerg, and their characteristics.We carried out a study of theforest. and identified anddiscovered many interesting thingsin the forest.

The heat and neise oi the bus ridehome was a big contrast to thecool. iresh and silent surroundingswhich the forest had provided

J. Acheson, P. Barron, A. Ford

Std 5 Field Trip toGolden Gate

The educational value oi wellplanned fieldexperiences and . -opportunities it ottersrthe boys In seeing andlearning about theircountry. as well as thepersonal and socialskills it develops Withineach indIVIdual in itsyown special way, isrealised by StStithians, and it is iorthis reason that the l-~<~.... ,standard five class isprivileged to ventureout on two suchoutings each year. -

l_ ,The first of the two trips took placein July this year, which saw ourparty of 65 boys and tour staffmembers travel to the HighlandsNational Park at Golden Gate,situated close to the three bordersoi KwazulurNalal, Lesotho and theFree State. The boys had beenwarned about the extreme weather

trips. and the

conditions. and were thus wellequipped to handle the extremelylow temperatures which this part ofthe country is notorious for at thistime of the year.

The boys were accommodated atthe Golden Gate EnvtronmentalCentre. where they slept in twolarge bungalows. which toeveryone s relief, had centralheating. A conference hallprovtded a venue ior lectures byNational Parks Board officers onaspects oi conservation, land

management, and evening slideshows and videos on animalidentification and game captureprocedures. The boys were givena conservation diary ' in whichthey recorded their daily activitiesand newly acquired knowledge.

The week provided the boys withthe opportunity to appreciate thebeauty oi the Maluti mountains.and to gain some kind ofunderstanding oi thegeomorphological processesinvolved in the shaping of thebeautiful sandstone rockformations at Golden Gate,

coupled with an appreciation of thenatural beauty in the plants andanimals, and the fresh air, which isforeign to most, who are soaccustomed to City liie as we knowit.

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The extreme weather conditionsprovided a test of indivtdualcharacter and endurance. and wasinstrumental in making the boysappreciate the comforts which theyenjoy and take for granted athome. Groups were also given theresponsibility of washing anddrying dishes and cleaning livmgareas on a rotation baSIS, whichrequired a great deal ofco operation. Apart from theorganised environmental educationactivities carried out on a dailybaSlS. the boys had the opportunityto Visit a weather station, wherethe iunctioning of the variousinstruments was explained. andmoidentally on one oi the days, thetemperature was recorded asminus 10 degrees! Report backswere also done every day. whichcalled upon group co~operation,planning and public speakingSkills.

Other fun and adventure activttiesincluded: a compass navigationand direction trail. where mapworkskills were tested. abseiling downa sandstone clifi. stalking thelantern in very dry and cold

conditions, seeingevidence of dinosaurremains embedded inrock in the mountainsnearby, a hike to large

sandstone caves. avisit and tour around aBasotho Village and abraai and campconcert to round oti theweek,

On all accounts thestandard iives enjoyedtheir week long iieldtrip. and it is hoped thatthrough experiencessuch as this.

characters and minds aredeveloped in a way that is notpossmle to ever achieve in aclassroom. and although it may notbe apparent now, the indivrdualwill one day, draw on what heexperienced here.

Mr G. Roberts

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Department Reports

Music Report

Junior Choir

Head chorIster: Grant RouxDeputy Head: Matthew WelsfordThe Junior Choir. (58 boys. Std 2and 3) perlormed very well at anumber ol occasrons, The Juniorchorr's responsibilities are theiollowrng:

Chapel Duties:

They srng srx times a year, at mid;term and end of term chapelservices as well as the Family DayService. They sang at the Myburghwedding and they form anessential pan ol the singing at theCarol Service.

Musical Evenings:

Brescia House was invited to joinus in June. Memorable was "TheFlock and Fioll Party Song" sung byboth schools.

St StithiansEvenings:This comprised two evenings in

October Fourteen schoolsattended. and Sue Cockconducted the combined items.Included were songs like Child beaSong".

Combined Choirs

Important school events:School play: 'The Great GhostChase . The Junior Choir played avery important part singing all themain songs. The Junior Choirsings at Foundation Day and theSenior Prize-giving evening.Outreach:As part of the Choirs socialoutreach. Garden Village Home

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Back Row: Fl. Greenwood. A Trythall. C MacKenZle. G Wailord. S Meikle, M Mclver.

5 Carter. P, Briefly M, Kippen, H Selmer (Jlsen: O. Venn. P Steyn: E Rawllnson. Fl, NeVin.J, Bouiton. G. Jackson. D Scott. C Jones: G, Bean

7mm Row1J Cumming;D Barron:B ammo Buys,S Hayden.C Murray. A. Adams:J Webster. M Welslord (Deputy Head). MrsA deJager. a Roux (Head Chonstor].B Androllakos; G Mercer. M, Todd. C KerrePetersen. A Park. D de Boer: M Burton,M Hewan

Second Row: G. Sweeney. 8. Mulder: M Bleber, C. Hewitt. A Meredith; G, BallanlineA Russel: D MartIn, Fl Bloekman. G Burl. M Phlllips, B SmlthFront Row T Walker:

will be visited. The boys will alsoserve tea and cake.

The Junior Choir gives boys anopportunity to experience singingin a choir with a view to laterjoining the Bezants.

The Junior Choir has been acommitted and hard-workinggroup. always giving of their best.

Mrs A. de Jager

The Bezants

There has been a slight change Inthe character oi the choir this yearin that it has been no longerteasible for them to join forces withthe College Choir, However. theyhave become an independentchoir now. joining the Junior Prepchoir when necessary. and nextyear will see a swelling in numbers

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. Edmond. S van der Merwe; D Selmerrolsen: N Boxall.H Labban. S Forsyth, F.J. Wollner: B. Canney

when the Bezants consist ot thebest singers in Std 3, 4 and 5.

Mrs Schater retired at the end ofthe second term. She left thestandard 01 singing on a high level.giving a new choirsperson anexciting point of departure.

The choir have had their usual lullyear of Singing, participating in theend of term Chapel service.weddings. Foundation Day andculminating with the Carol Serviceat the end of the year.

Thank you to all the boys for theirhard work.

Mr N. Sand/res

The Bezants

Back Row: J Wilkinson A Ford. 3 Mclver. M Mackiiy. P Bolts, I) Hriwzlll. «l Hum!»Mlddla Row: J Valdwlrt M Askmr J Doildsy T Edmolltl D Balls Mrs M SclifilnrC Maskaw, G Hnwinkcls. D Place Ci Dowsd, [I Lnt iilrn

Front ow: T Dunnall. W Blshop. K Comlinn, A Storninr, P Balm". N WilllrlrrisJ Langman J Jacobs

Choir Course:A oneiday workshop was held atSt Andrew's School. conducted bySue Cock. Some boys attended.

Instrumental Music:(Class Music)

0r" Groups: Groups are termedwhen necessary for specialoccasions Boys lrom Std 1 formeda special group who provtdedaccompaniment lor musrc at theMusrcal Evening In July.Memorable was Go now inPeace",

0m Group (Std 3 5)A special group 01 boys workedvery well to supply the instrumentalaccompaniment to "The Story olthe Christmas Chimes" as well asother items lor the Carol Servrce.

Recorder: (Class Teaching)All boys, Grade 2. Std 1 and Std 2learn to play the Recorder,Theoretical concepts that aretaught in class are applied whenlearning the recorder as well asmaking some lovely mu3ic,

Instrumental Teaching.-(lndtvldual tulllon)

A variety ol instruments are taughtand at present there are 24 piano,9 guitar, It recorder, 5 Ilute, 5

percussmn. t saxophone, ttrumpetr 2 clarinet and 4 voicepupils at di ering stages oldevelopment, We hope to bebuilding up this department as wellas adding some more brassInstruments next year

Prep Orchestra:The Prep Orchestra is stillfunctioning but needs building upas we lose many experiencedplayers every year (movmg up toStd 6), The Prep Orchestrapertormed at the BreSCia HouseEvening and at Foundation Day,

Instrumental Evenings:Boys who have attained asullicienlly high standard oI playingindividual instruments get theopportunity to play at InstrumentalEvenings held once a termSmaller ensembles and groupsalso perlorm at these occasions.

VIsltIng orchestra:The Police Band presented a shortprogramme and illustrated theinstruments played by Ihe hand.All boys. Grade I to Std 5attended.

Mualc Presentations:sue Fawcetl did an excellentdemonstration to boys lrom theJunior Primaryv

Pedro Espiisanches (Pedro the

MUSIC man) did a storytelling andinstrumental demonstrationpresentation to our boys as well asthe girls lrorn the Collegiate (Grade1 Std 1).

Muslc as a subject: Std 3 5This involves learning aninstrument. theory ol MUSIC andmusic appreCiation. Nineteen boysare involved.

Muslc Scrolls 1995:Paul Barron. Paul Bolts. KeithComline, Anthony Ford, JonathanHarris, Michael McKay, StuartMclver, Douglas Place. AndrewStormor, James Yaldwtn and DavidWessals

At Meredltti Plano Flu Gr 1H. man Sliigtnq Pun Gr:R. Broom-n mm eraKt Murphy Plano - Pm Gr 2D Wuule Plano Pm GMD. Wuula Gutter Merit Gr 2 ,J. Jacobo TrebleW Pm 0r 3T. Dunimt Flute Pun er IJ. Ralph Trumpet Fm GM

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Music Evening, July: i hThe evening was geared towards Engl S Reportclass music With a di ereni lormatthis year. A Junior Primaryproduction, Noah', was presentedWith fine perlormances from theStd 1 s who had all the speakingparts. Noah s birthday cake was aspecial treal! The Senior Primaryproduction. Samson had line Results 0' Inter houseperformances lrorn many Std 5's SpellingWith the invaluable aid of Lynne

Harris and Pam Mclver it was Juniors won by Kentmost enjoyable/All classes. Grade Middles won by Hall

2, Std l and Std 2 played Seniors won by CorlettRecorder pieces With the Grade 2's

As our teaching philosophy swings more towards an integrated studiesapproach the English Depanment functions less as an individual subjectDepartment and more as an integral part 01 Standard teaching. This willextend into Std 5 next year. and all our teachers ol the subject look lowvardto greater interaction with the other subjects.

being exceptional. Or Overall: 4th Leakeaccompaniment was prowded by 3rd Hallsome groups The Haka as 2nd Corlettperformed by some Std 5 boys lst Kentwas outstanding, A mostenroyable evening was had by MrBMceBuys'One and All'!

Mrs A. de Jager

Grandparent s Hour - Recorder Group

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Science Expo

Every year in August the 'Regional Expo for young Scientists is held. Pupils from all schools in the Gautengregion are invited to enter research projects of their own choice, according to various categories and age groups.The interest is always good, endorsed by the number of entries being in excess of four hundred.

A panel of judges, consisting of lecturers from the various universities in Gauteng, and senior science teachersfrom schools in the area, judge the individual entries through interviews with the pupils and by observing theprojects, which are publicly displayed. This year the Expo was held at the Department of Science at RAU.

Unfortunately with the Expo coinciding with the private school holidays, many of our boys were not able to enter,which was a great pity because I am certain that more of our boys would have received favourable recognition fortheir efforts, judging by the standard of the standard five science projects which were on display at Founders Day.Furthermore. a great deal may be learnt lrom the overall experience, where pupils are able to compare theirprojects, and receive leedback from experts in the field of Biological and Physrcal Science.

This year five oi our pupils entered the junior high school category which includes pupils in standard Six andseven. David Wessels was awarded a gold medal for his work on Feeding a family for a year using the area ofland equivalent to the size oi a door . and gained entry to the National Science Expo. Daniel McLachlan andTimothy Dunnett entered their project on 'An ecological study of the St Stithians dam', where incidentally over ahundred hours of voluntary research time was spent by these two boys, and which earned them silver medals.Sean Steyn and Jamie Yaldwyn worked together, and produced an interesting ecological and conservation studyon the effects 01 urbanisation on the Braamtontein Spruit, for which they earned a bronze award.

Congratulations to these boys on their outstanding efforts. and to the rest of the standard lives, who produced veryinteresting scrence projects this year.

Mr G, Roberts

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Paul Atkinson and his Mom in [rant 0/ Paul's Std 5Science Project We love Science!

An Ecological Study of the St Stithians Dam

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Library Report

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Pupils usmg the Senior PrimaryLibrary are now able to look forproject and reference books byusmg the three computers at theirdisposal. Bev Pruett has workedtirelessly this past year and thedetails of every non fiction bookhave been recorded ustng thelibrary programme, Media CentreAdministrator, Every pupil fromStd 2 to 5 is now familiar wrth theuse of this software, and consult itas readily as they do any of theseven CD ROM's that we haveavailable.

We are indebited to BarrieSmith, a prep parent, who overthe last two and a half years

has advtsed us on ourcomputer equipment, thepurchases, the setting up andthe operation of theprogrammes. He has spentmany long hours taken from

his own busy work demands,and often over weekends toinstall the software, liase Withthe programmer and sort outinevitable problems that havearisen. The pupils and l are allextremely grateful to him,

From 1996. the Standard 1 boyswill be using this library, They willbe able to lamiliarise themselveswith the layout and arrangement ofmaterials, and will begin toseriously tackle simple referenceskills and tasks. They Will have agreater range of books to choosefrom each week. and will be shownhow to select books which suittheir reading and interest levels.

The Grade 1 s and 2 s Will have

their own stock of books. DeeMcKeown will manage this JuniorPrimary library and is currentlyworking hard at carefully selecting

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suitable books from our presentstock. Should the need arise,books from the Senior Primarylibrary can readily be borrowed bythe Grades pupils.

With the increase in the number ofpupils next year. it is imperativethat we keep building up our bookstock. This can only be done withadequate funds, as the averagecost of a Primary School referencebook is R40,00. Unfortunately,because of budget constraints wehave not been able to buy as manybooks this year as in the past. ihope this changes in 1996,

As was mentioned earlier. thepupils readily use and thoroughlyenjoy the information found on CD

ROM. However, the aim is to gainthe interest of the pupils via thescreen. and then to direct themback to books to find the answersto questions or to supplementinformation given on the screen.

The emphasis in the Prepis still on the importanceof books and the nurturingof the love of reading. AsDorothy Butler. a NewZealand author andchampion of childrensbooks says; "I believe thataccess to books. throughparents and other adultsgreatly increases a child'schances of becoming ahappy and involvedhuman being . With a fullhallrhour set aside each

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day for supervised silent reading.and with our fortnightly reading,book exchange and libraryhalfshour, pupils have wonderfulopportunities to enjoy reading atschool. We have a wide range ofrecently published fiction books,the Std 2's and 3's each havesuccessful Book Clubs. and pupilsare encouraged to bring their ownbooks to read at school. shouldthey wish.

As parents and teachers we mustallow youngsters to experience avariety at reading material. Weshould not be too snobbish abouthigh interest. low reading types ofbooks. but see them as thechocolate (or chewing gum) in anothenrvise healthy and nutritious

. reading diet.

Books which are read aloudto the Junior Primary pupilsare chosen with care.Stories which uphold goodvalues, which do not ridicule

people or animals. which arefull oi fantasy and most of allbooks which introduce a loveof reading, are selected. I'moften asked to help a pupilfind a book "like the booksyou read to us".

This brings to mind an illustratedcartoon; one little creature wasspeaking to another. and said;"Gold and jewellery have I none.But I have wealth immesurable. lhad a mother who read to me."

Mrs S.Glover

The Hartebeespoon Zoo visited 5! Stithiansas part of the school's environmental studies.

Inter-House GeneralKnowledge Quiz

Two inter house quiz contestswere held this year. one in the firstterm and the other in the thirdterm. Four voluntary contestantscompeted from each of thehouses; one irom each standard.

The format oi the qwz includedan indiViduai round wherequestions were directed to eachindiwdual contestant in eachstandard according to variouscategories chosen at random bythe contestants, toliowed by aslide category, where slidesranging irom flowers to tamouspeople were shown. and had to beidentified, This was lollowed by'iellex answers . which generatedmuch exmtement and anxietyamongst the boys. and the parentswho supported. Finally questionswere answered lointly by allcontestants in each house whowere given time to discuss theiranswer belore answering.

All oi this was very eHeciently runby our expert, reSident quizmaster. Mr Lees assrsted by Mr deBuys as oitimal scorer, and MrWebb who counted the preciousseconds belore ringing the bellwhich demanded an answer.

Well done to all the contestentswho took part, and who succeededin answering some very difficultquestions

Due to the tremendous success oithese evenings, an interrhouse

quiz has been scheduled tor eachterm in 1996,

Mr G Rubens

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Bird Club

As in previous years, the Bird Clubhas again enjoyed a strongfollowing. It is encouraging to notethe growing interest shown in theenvironment and more specificallyin our bird life.

The boys have continued to makeuse of our club afternoons to seekout and record as many birdspecies as they can possibly find.This has been made a lot easierwith the construction of the newdam and bird hide. Obviously thisIn turn has provided a greaterrange of habitat and a food supply.resulting in a larger birdpopulation,

Some of the boys have started anest record and it has been ofinterest to note just how manybirds are making use of the schoolenvirons for breeding purposes.

Periodically we have invited guest

speakers to share their expertisewith the boys. A great deal ofinterest is generated at suchgatherings and the boys have

learnt much from interacting Withour speakers.

We have also been privileged tohave the expertise of birdingexperts such as Keri Newman.Rod Kippen, Rupert Hurley andDarrel McLeod to lead ourweek end club outings. Theseoutings usually take place on a

Calligraphy Club

ClubsSunday when any number of localbirding spots are visited. Asalways, they provide a wonderfullearning experience for the boys,especially as they are now puttinginto practice the theory we so oftenspeak about. We are indebted tothose listed for their time andenthusiasm.

MrJ. Williams

Ken Newman explains. . .

Scripture Union

Once again it has been a mostmeaningful and enjoyable year!We. as teachers, have learnt somuch from the boys and havefound their honesty and searchingtor the truth both touching andchallenging.

World Cup Rugby became acommon topic. and what a joy tosee the boys identifying with andlooking up to those Christians onthe winning side! Many boys in theschool read the booklet put out byChristian Living Today with avid

interest and enthusiasm. Many toowere the discussions on goodsportsmanship and the prayersintended to lead to ultimate victoryfor the Springboks. How special itis for us as Christians to realisethat we are always on the winningside, and that God s game plan forour lives guarantees victory! John10:28 says: "I give to them eternallife, and they shall never perish.neither shall anyone pluck themout ol My hand."

Activities ranged from role plays,collages, and cluster hockey toBible studies and Bible Pictionary.Friendships with Jesus and eachother was explored and defined.We were amazed at the depth ofunderstanding displayed by theboys.

The "Geek of the Week" trophyserved to motivate the boys. and itwas never difficult to choose thewinning "Geek".

We thank our Creator and Fatherfor the privielege of being able tolead and be part of the broaderS.U. family. May God bless youwith all His love, power and peace.

Miss L. Lagesen andMrs G. Saunders

During the first term a small group of boys settled down every Thursday to master the art of styles of calligraphy.Quietly they set about learning the skills oi Uncial and applying those skills to practical tasks, in the form ofinvitations and cards. Not only are skills acquired at this club but the valuable lesson of patience is learned too.

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Mrs H. Spence

This is by tar the most popularclub. It is filled with std 5 boyswithin the first five minutes of clubregistration Every std 5 pupil hasa chance to join the club in one ofthe three terms. The emphasis incomputer club is on fun. Boys havethe opportunity to use any of theprograms on the network, either toexplore new programs, or theseprograms can be used for extradrill and practice. In addition thereare also many different andexciting games they can play, eachwith a specific learning andeducational motive attached. Wealso ask boys to assess andexperiment with new programs weare thinking of purchasing.

Mrs M, Argyle

Wilderness Club

The Wilderness Club has beenrunning for two terms at StStithians Prep and by all accountshas been a huge success with thepupils. They have had mediacoverage of their activities andreally enjoyed being part of theclub that has shown them howmuch they can appreciate theoutdoors Climbing and hikinghave been prominent but in thesummer we hope to see watersports, like canoeing . becomingmore popular. A prospect to lookforward to next winter is snowskiing at the South African skiresort of Tiffendels .

Mr B. Rankin

A Hike from CathedralPeak to lniasuti

Back ~packs, powdered milk,cup aesoup, isotonic Game, mist,rain, caves. paths, pain. a bleedinghead, Where s your Grandma?"and shortcuts only triggers onething in my mind, the WildernessClub hike in the Drakensberg!From Tuesday 8th August toSaturday 12th August, Mr Rankin.Mr Roberts, Mr Williams and MrClose roughed it with a few boysfrom standard 3 to 5. Sleeping incaves is a wonderful experience.mentally, but not physically. Thewater was cold, in fact freezing.but some boys still had thecourage to swtm and then dived forthe sunlight. On Thursday we hada little lesson about shortcuts andto conclude, we had ademonstration and got lost. butsaved a bit of time. Or so we weretold! We had to climb down a fewsteep slopes and finally reachedthe bottom with only one injury.This unfortunate person was ChrisAcheson who fell and hit a rock

with his head. Mr Roberts, Chrisand big brother. Jamie headedback for medical attention andstitches, as the rest of the groupstruggled on. We could notinterpret the map correctly, or elseit was inaccurate as we only foundZulu Cave after dark. The mist

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came down at lniasuti and stayedwith us on Friday. We arrivedhome late on Saturday afternoonafter covering a total of 50 km. Awondertul experience had come toan end.

P. Barron

Chess Club

The Chess Club still proves to be apopular club in the school. meetingevery Thursday under the expertguidance of Mr Williams.

We have played a number ofchess matches against the otherschools and have improved a greatdeal, winning all our matches,except against St Johns.

This year we have played in a lewtriangular matches. whereby sixschools participate in an eveningwhere we have great competitionand much fun.

A special thank you to Mr Williams,Mr Farrell and Mrs Jacobs for theirefforts this year. Also not forgettingthe helpful parents who werealways willing to help withtransport.A big thank you to all!

Anthony FordChess Captain

Video Production

The video productionclub was once againvery successful thisyear, and thestandard five boyswho were affiliated tothe club, learnt the

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skills of operating a video cameraeffectively. and then tried theirhands at mixing sound and visualsduring the editing process.The highlight of the year, was thevisit to a professional sound andvideo production studio, and ourthanks go to Mary Bailey forarranging this for the club. Herethe boys watched the experts atwork, and were lucky to be giventhe opportunity of operating someof the very expensive equipmentwhich is used in the televisionindustry. The boys were alsofortunate in seeing a documentaryand a new advertisement beingassembled for later use on ourlocal television.

The boys derived a lot ofsatisfaction from producing a fewof their own short,semieprofessmnal videos, whichgenerated a lot of fun andenjoyment. and a deep sense ofsatisfaction once the editing andmixing was completed and "was inthe can!"

Mr G. Roberts

Angling Club

This club has had a full andproductive year, The Thursdayafternoon sessions in the first termwere devoted mainly to fly tying.We were extremely fortunate inhaving Charlie Strachan as ourInstructor. What a superbinstructor he proved to be! Eventhough the boys ranged from Std 2to Std 5, he was able to get them

all to follow the necessary steps,so that, by the end of the course allparticipants were capable of tyingthe baSic types of fly from whichalmost all other fishing flies aredeveloped. Several of his classeswere filmed by Graham Robertsand his videosproduction club.This Video. once it is completed,will become a very valuableaddition to our club's video library.Our sincere thanks to Charlie andGraham for their contributions andto Sue Glover. the Prep media

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teacher for making the libraryavailable to our club.

During the second term. wefocused on a variety of basicangling skills. with the emphasison accurate casting for beginnersand flyecasting for the moreadvanced Towards the end of theterm, we spent a most pleasantafternoon at the Rainbow TroutFarm. where Devin Herd had thedistinction of catching the largesttrout of the week by any visitor tothe farm, a magnificent cockrainbow trout of nearly 2kgs. Hisprize was ten free visits to thislovely trout farm, the oldest of itskind in South Africa. Althoughfishing conditions were difficult,due to a strong gusting wind, veryfew members of our party returnedempty handed.

One very positive result of thisunofficial stocking has been thatmembers of our club have beenable to spend most club afternoonsusing the skills taught previously

with a real chance to catch fish, Atthe same time, they are beingtaught how to handle fish and howto release them back into the waterwith minimal injury. GrahamDowse has been the mostsuccessful to date, having caught

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at least two sizeable bass, Whileone or two of the others have beendiscouraged by their lack ofsuccess, most of them are to becongratulated on theirperseverance with lures and flies.and on their eagerness toexperiment.

In the last few weeks before clubsended. we tried to re introduce aninter house league, but this wasso badly disrupted by calls fromother games and activities that itwas abandoned for 1995. Such acompetition will. however. becomean integral part of our programmefor 1996.

Other highlights of the year werethe January weekend trip toAllemanskraal Dam on a jointcamp with Laerskool Jan Celliersstandard fives. Excessive heatresulted in only a few small carpbeing caught.

On 19 February, eighteen Saintsanglers and fourteen parents spenta very pleasant day at the unspoiltRoodekoppies darn some fortykms beyond Brits. Most of theanglers in the party caught severalblue kurper and canary kurper.The best catch of the day went toAndrew Forsyth, with a catfish of3.5kg.

During the August holidaysfourteen Saints anglers travelled toKOSI Bay for a week's angling,bird watching and sight seeing.Two solid days and nights ofsteady rain severely curtailed ourangling time. but in spite of this wegot in some good fishing. Themost unusual catch (for our party).was a Zebra fish of just under2kgs. caught by Ken Reid off therocks at Banga Nek, while fishingfor baitfish with grandson CiaranLee s toy rod! Other specieslanded were spotted grunter. Natalstumpnose and blacktail, all caughton very light bass rods with smallspinning reels.

Mr K. Field

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Grade 2 Literary Contributions

Alliterating Ads

Births

Wendy the Wild Wolf had a clevercub called Cliff.

Matthew Marsay

Candy the cool cat had a crazykitten called Cara.

Matthew Jurgensen

Pixie the pretty pink pig had apetrifying piglet called Pookey.

John Byrne

Lindie the lioness had a cudley cubcalled Cutey.

Chris Holmes

Heather the harmless horse had afierce foal named Fanie.

Jonathan Hay ter

Wendy the wild wolf had a creepycub called Kyle.

Drew Dutton

Deaths

Pink pig is now pork chops in Pickn Pay.

Scott Schroenn

For Sale

Secondhand submarine will soonbe for sale.

Marc Jones

Cheap Cherries from China.Craig Edmond

Cheap chips and chocolates fromCheckers.

Mark Tatlow

Lost

Jumping Jim got lost in JurrasicPark in January

Daniel du Ton

Dippy Dog dissapeared down adisgusting. dirty drain.

Daniel Crowsley

Fantastic Frog lost in France forfifty years.

Michael Crosse

My dumb dog disappeared inDurban.

Angus Brown

Crazy Classifieds

Slimey snakes, slithery sandy andsnakey for sale R105.Tel : 11439909

Rory Atteridge

Runing rumbling rugby ball. priceR5735 cash.

Jonathan Bailey

Get the blasting bumblingbosy bike30 geyrse. Price R 1971.

Richard Taylor

Bouncing bumpy blasting birthdayblue bike. Tel:789165, Price R2700

Michael Pougnet

Come and get the Bithday bopperbike now for free if you fail it will beR500 by next week. Tel70641

John McNamee

Slime Suckers. It macks yourmouth slrp. Tel: 1936970012R950

Kaedon Arnold

A great Gobbling guinea pig it is 15Rand Tel is 708901

Jonathan Bolleurs

Get your crackling cockatiel incrackling colours. Tel: 469712222Fl 20:90

Matthew Barnard

Get the bubeling buwnsing bunjejumping boat. just for 1000.Te|:70496

Daniel Ford

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Message in a Bottle

To captain. I am stuck on anisland. There is a big square rock.And a volcano with trees round it. Iwill stand on the volcano. Can youcome qwick and bring a blangcetbecause lm fresing. I got here on apese of wood irom your mateig.

Daniel Ford

Dear captain. I am shipwrecked onan island with a volcano and lots oitrees and bushes and a beach withwhite sand. it is in the west. Thereare pirates in the distance. The arecomeing this way there are nohouses and no people on theisland but there is a skelatin.

Jason Cobum.

Dear captain Haddock I'm stuck onan island. it has a volcano. It haserupted twice already. May youplease save us. The sun will shinein the west or the east I might lighta fire or have a stick and theislaand has brown sand. Whoever this letter goes to please havesome war ships in case piratscome.

Neo Mapaka

l have been shipwrecked. Pleasehelp. I am all alone and I amhungy. l m on a island and it lookslike a volcano. Thanks a lot. 3.0 S.

Ricky MundyeCastle

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If you wereHeadmaster, whatwould you do?I would .......

I would be kind to the children. Iwould relax and do good work. Andhave 5 hour brake. Thay wouldplay soccer very well. I would givethem sweets.

Rory Atteridge

I would let the boys do wot everthay wont to dor. Lots of brakts.Being nortey.

Jonathan Foster Greenwood

I would come and wach the boysplay cricket and I would control theteaches and I will speacke to thenaughty boys and would welcomethe new boys. I would congratulatethe boys with 10 merits. I would tellthe boys in chapel a story. Then Itell the teachers to photostat thenewsletters and I will go and givethe classes thier newsletter .

Sean Cawood

I would make sure that the boyswould not be unkind to other boys.And that the boys were wellbehaved in class. I also wouldmake sure that the_ boys wereproud of their school And aspeshilynot smoke , That is what I woulddo if l was the Headmaster tor oneday.

Richard Taylor

I would macksure that the boyshave fun. And macksurs that theboys get lriends. And get goodeducation. And go plases. And likethere work.

Kaedon Arnold

I would keep this school a churchschool and I would keep thisschool a happy school. And itsome parents came to look at thisi would show them around. And Iwould not be a ugly Head masterand I wold keep the boys gooodmannered.

Adrian Jamieson

I'd wach Mr Lees do the racesinstead of me. I d have to takepeople around and I would like toplay with boys. Of course Im still alittle boy.

Bradley Ainge

let the Grades play rugby.

Scott Schroenn

put a big tree in the Grade 0 block.Andrew Clegg

make Fridays a holiday.

Dean Lederle

plant more trees.

Ricky Thorn

make school go up to Std 14.Chris Robinson

make break longer.Ryan Bishop

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start school at 10 'o clock.

Graham Hutchinson

start a cubs pack at this school.Matthew Bell

build a small game riserv with lotsof wild animils.

Matthew Marsay

give all the teatch s hiere salerrisand make my teacher deputyheadmaster.

Chris Holmes

mademoney.

the parents pay more

Benjamin Nevin

Shipwrecked

We were saleing on our way toIndia. Then we herd a terriblescreme. Help, my mom scremed.We ran to the dek. A wael haddived onto the top of the deck.shipwrecking the ship. the islandhad lots to eat and was very rocky.I slept in a cave at the bottom at avolcano. I drank from a freshspring and I ate fruit. I escapedfrom the island when i put a Iter ina bottle and a ship tound it andsaved me.

Michael Andersen

Tongue Twisters

Tingkle totter on a jotter, look at meI m a spotter.

Stephen Tissiman

Jumpingjokes.

jokers play practical

Stephen Tissiman

Peter Pecker ate a pepper on thejungle gym . his moth got Hot andhis face turned red. He jumpt intobed and He got reda and reda andthats the end.

Carlo Zourides

Tom tickled Tim's toes till Tlrns toestickled and tingled.

Byron Jacobs

Newspaper Articles

Superman Has Benim Paralisd.He was parliscl by a cabel snaping.He was rusht to hospotl. And hewas uncotchis it hapend whal hewas acting.

Michael Pearce

The Star.The Best wind surfer is gary. Hegoes fast. He goes about 160horsepower. He has About 10000trophys in his house, But the badnews is fell off of and the sharksate him. And the robers took histrophys then the another man tookover his place. He was Duncan.

Ewen Cameron

The Musical Evening

On Tuesday evening my class andI went to the music evening, I wasnervous. We had to be at schoolby 6:45. There were acters as wellas singers. Our part oi the theshow was about Noah. I played theshaker wile the others played therecorder. The song was calledJeuses hans were kind hands.Then the Std 4 5 5'5 3'5 and 2 ssang, Then we went home.

Stephen Tissiman

On Tuesday at aboutapproximately 7:15 it was theMusical Evening. At St Stithians.it was grate fun. We had sumsuprises for the audience,It was on Noah. When Noah wasfinished. We all played ourRecorder what we playedwasJesus hands are kind hands. Andlots at boys sangsongs. And thenwe all went home.

Ross Langman

When we got to the hall we alllooked for our parents. Whenevery body was qwet in the hall.Our show began. When we sangour lirst song I was very nervousthe show was very very funny.When we had tinished we playedthe recorder and the song wascalled Jesus hands are kind

hands. Lots of people singing andthere were lots of shows and therewerelots ol songs and my bestthing was the Hukka.

Michael Pougnet

On Tuesday 25 July 1995. I hadMusical evening. We had a fewsuprises for the audience. And at7:15 it started. One of the supriseswas a mask. My best was thehuker. The other suprise was allag. I played the triangile. Theend.

Matthew Buys

Last night was musical evening. itwas lots of fun, All the boys sangbut I enjoyed the Haka. All theGrade 2 s played the recorder .Samson and Delilah were the best,Samson had long hair and bigMuscles. Delilah made Samsoncut his hair and then his musclespopped.

John McNamee

Evaluation of the Ship| Built

It was sailing line until my sail felldown it just stayed there and Ineeded more balest. My materialwas plastlck.

Daniel Ford

My boat didnt need baltest. Myboat had a propeller. And this ishow I made it. I took a sponge andthen I cut the sponge. And then Istuckall the parts. And then Iwaited for them to dry.

Matthew Barnard

lt sailed good. It went slowbecause it was wibe. it was verystrong. It can bash the biggestbout in the wold. Now word youfight me. Oh you it can never sink.It had 1 small sail so we dont haveto look at 1 mileon sails at onece.

Justin Beswick

lt sank because it was the rongmaterial but a perlict design.

Chris LeesMy ship was made of a milk jug.When we went to sail our boats myboat went very last. But then Neosboat crashed. And he bashed mysails oil and | sank.

Michael Pougnet

My ship did not exceed because itgot a hell in it. I put stones in thebottom of the ship. So it wouldntsink. These are the things I used 1coke bottle 2 material 2 sticks 4toothpicks 1 yoghui t container. Theend,

Jonathan Bailey

Testing the ships

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Sports Day --- 1 m, M i '

hen? wr ? What? How? On Saturday it was Sports day ,My first race was the gumboot race. It was fun . My second race wasmy favourite race . it was BlackBoardt lcame rst in both, Thenwe did the obstacle race . The finalrace was the relay , I am in Leake .Then we went home ,

Jonathan Bailey

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On Saturday it was sports day ,and all the pupils were at the field .It was very cold . First we ran theheats . And then the other races VI was in the gumboot race . Myfavourite race was the obsticlerace . The grade 1s ran their

races . , ,Neo Mapaka

Baby Moses

A long time ago in Egypt lsraelitswere slaves and the pharaohwanted to kill all the babies thatwere under 24 Moses mothercared to much for Moses so hismother hid him in a basket in ariver. Then the pharoah's daughtercame to bath and then she heardcrying Then she called her

servant. Go and fech that baby shesaid, Miriam came out I know who

can take care of him said Miriam. . .r r .lShe called her mother. She tookcare of him until he was six andthen he lived in the palace.

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Std 1 Literary Contributions

During the teachers' conference in September 1995, we were addressed by Mr P. Ntuli, a South Atrican poet. Heencouraged us to get children to explore their feelings and express their ideas. Std 16 accepted his challenge andthis is the amazing result.

Our Rainbow

Fled is hot, ravishing;blood, violence and death,

Hoses for the one I love;cups of beauty

tulips in meadows olsplendourt

Orange sunset's glowing rayssoothing, peaceful.

My soul in harmony with God.

Yellow » an explosion of joy!Rugged hills Silhouetted in gold.

Tlnkling bells the marriage atdarkness and light.Laughter , the beauty of a day lobe.

Green fields of glorious grassswaying in rhythm with the

gentle breeze.Murky water. A kelp forestswarming with life:frogs leaping between lily pads,

long tongues flashing at hoveringdragonflies.

Blue - the sky God's covering forthe world:

playground for the birds.Pools of sparkling water a life forthe earth.Boys splashing in puddles ~

Girls squealing with laughter.All nations joining hands in peace.

Indigo clouds gathering lor thestorm,

Bats, bats and more bats.pouring from the mouth ol

a pungent cave.Illusions of cars moving cautiously

through the mysterious night.

Violet soit, delicate bloomshiding beneath the bold

leaves.Royal robes flowing behind adignilied queentPersian carpets beatitying

special occasions.

We have reached the end of ourrainbow ,we have dreamed and explored

our feelings.Imagination has erupted.

We have found the pot of goldwithin ourselveswe are indeed a Rainbow Nation!

Colour, Colour,

Colour

Blue makes me leel nice because I think oipeace and Silence and birds singing

oregon Nicolait makes me want to gllde in the islreshingair

Byron KokBlue reminds me ol a beautiful. cryslal clearsea with gracelul seaweed swaying gentlylrom side to side

David ZippBlue makes me leel cold because when idive into the pool at home the waler isireeziiig

Wayde Bakerit is such an icy colour thal it makes me leelcold

Kyle buttonBlue makes me leel happy because when ilook up al the sky I know that God made Il

Ryan OetrleGreen is a chaeriul colour and makes meexcited Inside

christian Begg

It reminds me at children playing in cool.green grass.

Kevl Worden

Green is used in all the plants. God mustlove If a lot.

Anlhony LostarGreen reminds me oi hogs playing ongreen lily pads

John Golding

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It makes me think at trees and valleys andmountains.

Richard EallentineGreen is a superb calouro because when Igo outsrde in the morning I smell the trashair and see the lovely green leaves,

Grant HarleyBrovlm makes ma dream ol being in Egyplclimbing over endless sand dunes

Kyle DutlonWhile reminds me ol angels because ii is apure colour

Christopher BioekmanWhen i see red I leel irritable and agilatedand l shiver.

Davtd AssadRed is like lava spewing out oi a volcano

Nlcholas Williamsii is like blood drlpplng irorn wounds in thewar

Nlcholas Rowan

Fied makes me remember my hamster thatwas kllled by my cat

Matthew SimpsonPied makes me dream about a plate atspaghetli covered wtih creamy iomalusauce

Stephen SluobsFled is a reminder oi the English soldierswho were red coats in the Boer War

Charles PearsonWhen i see red I think at biting lnio chiliesand all the Juice squining oul a then steamcoming out oi my ealsl

John GoldingRed Is ll le Colour ol love because Godloves me and Chl ISl dled l0! me

Grant HoneyYellow is a happy colour lor me because itlights me up and gets my mind oil my sins.and makes me think about peace andhappiness

Scott JoscelyneVellow is a hot colour , iusl think at the sun

550" anyll ls such a beautiful COIOUV because ll IS [he

colour 0! the moon and the slats gazmgdown on lhe eariti

Jordan Hendryii is a brlghl colour and reminds me oi thestar lhe WISE Men lollowed l0 Bethlehem

Alastair Muller| lhlrik yellow is an ugly. sick colour

Michael Power

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| Love my Motherbecause...

She makes me happy when I am sadDal Williams

She Is everything a hay could wantNlcolas Wllllams

She Is the lighl of my IlleNlcholas Rowan

She makes me warm and happy

Scott QuyShe helps me when I make a mistake

Richard Ballenlme

I can share my feelings with her.David Assad

She Will always have a place tor me In herheart.

Charles PearsonShe IS so Caring and warm

Davld lepShe encourages me to do my best

Byron KokShe makes me happy and makes mecakes.

Scott JascelyneShe makes me leel good all over

Stephen SlubbsShe cares for me and reads rrle stones

Michael PowerWhatever I do she has a place tor me in herhean

Ryan OettleShe makes me glad when I am sad.

Grant HorleyShe Is the kindest, most lovable person Iknow

Wade BakerShe IS everything a boy could want

Gregorl NicolaShe cares so much for me.

Kevin Worden

She always has time to hug me before I goto bed

Christian BeggShe lakes me to swimming and soccer

Alaslalr MullerShe lets me have a speCIal place In herhean

John GoldingShe makes my school lunch every day

Mallhew SimpsonShe always makes me as happy as can be.

Matthew Weaver

She has the most beautiful heart In lheworld

Christopher BraekmanShe makes all the dark places Inslde of me

light.Craig Whltcher

She IS the most wonderful person In my llleKyle Dutton

She is always kind and makes me happyMlke Lee

She makes the besl apple ples m the worldAnthony Lester

She takes me lo the movies and she lovesme.

Jordan Hendry

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The Queen of England'sVisit to South Africa

The First Randburg Cub Pack wasinvited to form part of thewelcoming party for Her Majestythe Queen at Midrand on the 23rdMarch 1995.

I left school at 11.30 am. andchanged lnto my Cub uniform inthe car. We gathered at our ScoutHall. At 12.00 noon we left our Halland drove in two combi s to theHalfway House Scout Hall wherewe had lunch,

We then went to see the Queen.We parked our combi and had towalk a very long way, We thenstopped and sat down. When theQueen came we had to take oflour raincoats and ierseys. Shecame in a Landrover, She waswearing a pink hat, blue and whiledress. and white gloves. Shesmiled and waved at us. Wewaved the new South African flagsand Union Jacks at her in the rain.

I then went to the toilet and when Icame back Prince Phillip drovepast in a Landrover and waved at

the crowds.

We ran back to the combi in therain and then drove to a petrolstation. The car wouldn't start so

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we had to push It. It still didn't start,so we pushed one more time and itstarted!

We got to Akela's house at 18:30and my Mom was there to meetme. It was a very exciting day!

Alastair Muller

The Magic Vessel

I saw the vessel and I grabbed iton the bottom. It had writing, itsaid; Flub the lamp three times.lrubbed three times. there was agush of smoke and a Genie said:You have three wishes, Master. Isaid: Go back. Yes. Master, hesaid. I got to the boat. And I got inthe boat and they said have I gotit? I said yes. I got to land. lrubbed three times and there wasa gush of smoke and there was theGenie. I said; Be my friend. Andfrom that day forth, he was myfriend.

Alexander Hoste

I saw the vessel and slowly put myhand on the handle. Inside it wasdusty. I blew into it and the dustcame up and made a Genie. I gota fright. but then he introducedhimself, And told me that it could

be anything I wanted. But I onlyhad five turns. First I went underthe sea exploring. It was veryinteresting. Then I went to space

and saw everything. And then Iwent home. And I put my vesselaway until next year.

Andrew Langman

I saw the vessel and wonderedwhat to do. I picked it up and readit. It said; Open and drink theliquid and turn invisible. So I dranka little bit. It tasted nice. I lookedat myself in amazement ,,,,, l wasinvisible!

Bryce Martin

I saw the lamp and it was glowing.I was looking at the lamp. it beganto move. The next moment thelamp caused a water spout. But Igrabbed the lamp. I swam for theboat . Then I got into the boat. Irubbed the lamp. A Genieappeared, he said: I will give youthree wishes. I said: Stop thewater spout. He did. Make myGreat Uncle come back. He did. Ithrew it back because I had mywishes.

Jonathan Lanham Parker

I was swimming along. When Isaw it. it looked rather like a teapot. But it lookedyery much likethe picture. It didn t look like amagic vessel to me. But they saidto me that it was magic. So I wentto see what it could do. I went upto it and opened the lid and aGenie came out. He said to me;What would you like the most? Isaid; Gold. And then I took him upto the surface.

Neil Solomon

A Space Story......

A creature trom space namedPopo came out of the ship andinvited me in. The door shutbehind me. Then I heard a whirrand a ROAR and I lifted up andzoomed across all the planets.Popo began to make sense. Hespoke my language. He said he'dtake me to the Planetarium onUranus. I was a little bit scared atfirst. but then I felt great. He toldme that he came in a UFO without

his family. The we went to thePlanetarium and he offered me alift home to Earth. We saidgoodbye to each other.

Byron Pienaar

A creature from space namedZeetox came out of the ship. Itinvited me in. The door shut quietlybehind me. Then I heard a whirrand a ROAR and I suddenly feltwobbly and I realised I was half aninch tall and l was not on theground anymore. He told me thatwe were on the way to the planetof the Wacky People. He offeredme a drink and a bite to eat. Thenhe asked me what Earth was like.It was a long time and eventuallywe got there. He showed mearound and then he showed mehis family. his wife and 400children. He took me for a ridearound the planet in his SpaceBuggie. He took me to the NorthStar. He asked me which star Iwanted to go to next, it was theEast Star. He took me to visitVenus, it was very hot. and then hetook me to all the other planets. Istayed on the planet for a long.long time just studying theirbehaviour. One day they capturedme and held me captive onMercury. It was very hot. I had tobe clever because I needed to getback to Earth to get all theinformation back to base. Imanaged to steal one of theirsupersonic lazer guns. I held themup and told them to bring one ofthe spacecrafts to Mercury. I gotonto the spacecraft. I pulled alever. lt shot backwards. lpusheda button. It shot sideways. Ipulled another lever. it shot fonivardat 300.000 kps. I grabbed thesteering wheel. I fastened myseatbelt and I flew passed themoon. I took a sharp turn and thenI saw Earth. I turned again. thistime towards Earth. I enteredEarth s atmosphere and saw arunway. I started to put the brakeson. I had a safe landing. I quicklywent to base and gave all theevidence. They could not believetheir ears. I went home and went

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to bedadventure.

thinking about the

Bryn Williams

A tiny space ship landed at mydoor. The door oi the ship beganto open. A creature from spacenamed Bleeper came out of theship. It invited me in. The doorshut quietly behind me. Then Iheard a whirr and a ROAR and Ifelt as il l ....... was flying aroundand around. I suddenly saw Mars.Jupiter, Saturn. Uranus. Neptuneand Pluto. I could NOT believe it!Aaaaaaaaah! We almost hit astar!. Then we landed. He saidwe were inside the sun. We gotout. It was so, so hot. I liked itthere. it was such fun playing withminature Bleeper. We played Tag.123 Block and Hide and Go Seekfor 2222 hours. We were so tired.Then Bleeper said, We have to gohome. We flew faster and faster.Then we were back on Earth. Isaid goodbye and they were off.

Craig Walford

A creature named ET came out ofthe ship. It invited me in. Thedoor shut qunetly behind me. ThenI heard a whirr and a ROAR and aCRASH. All of a sudden I felt sick.We took off in the spaceship. Itwas strange because on theoutside it was tiny. but on theinside it was huge. I could notbelieve the difference. Suddenlywith a crash we landed on themoon. It was very different fromEarth. In fact I don't know howthey succeeded on the moon. Heshowed me his hideout. He alsoshowed me the Buckaroo. It ishalf a kangaroo and half a buckand a trunk like an elephant's.They call a foofislide a poopislide.

Michael de Buys

A creature from space namedHeppy came out of the ship. Itinvited me in. The door shutquietly behind me. Then I heard awhirr and a ROAR then I felt that lwas in the air. It was a long ride.Then Heppy said we were onMars I got out of the space ship

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and had a look around. Heppysaid. Let's go and see my house.So we went to see his house. ithad strange things inside. Heppytold me he was a UFO. He alsotold me that his great grandfather

had once landed on Saturn and hesaid that it had 1000 rings. ThenHeppy took me back to Earth. Ihad supper and went to bed.

Matthew Griffin

A creature from space namedGobble came out at a ship. Itinvited me in. The door quietlyshut. Then I heard a whirr and aROAR and we took off. Then I felta bump and said; What was that ?And Gobble said that we were outof Earth's atmosphere. I lookedout of the window, and saw wewere heading to the edge of thegalaxy. I said: Where are wegoing? And Gobble said, Your egoing to visit where | live inanother Galaxy. Suddenly wewere In the middle ol the Universe.Then In a few more minutes wewere In the Galaxy that Gobblelived II'L Guess what? It had thesame nIne planets as in our solar

system. but instead of Pluto beingthe smallest planet. it was thebiggest. and Jupiter was thesmallest. We then landed on adifterent Earth. I saw lots ofpeople that looked like Gobble. Hetook me for a walk. I saw lots ofodd things. Finally I had to gohome. so I got into the ship andwenthome.

Matthew Hedding

A creature lom space namedGazoo came out of the ship. Itinvited me in. The door shutquietly behind me. Then I heard awhirr and a ROAR and I felt veryafraid. We had taken off. Then Iasked him: Where are we going?He said: Mercuryl. But it s too hotthere! You will have a space suit.Cool! How long will it take? Threedays. That is 800 of your Earth'syears. Sheesht We have onemore hour to go. Oh no! We areout of gas! We must return toearth. I will take you home.Thankyou. we are there.

Goodbye. Goodbye.Ross Tasker

A creature from space namedZeetoxer came out of the ship andinvited me in. The door shutquietly behind me. Then I heard awhirr and a ROAR and we went upand out of the atmosphere andpassed all the planets even Pluto.We went to a planet called WackyWacky Docky Nocky Socky. I metZeetoxer's family, He had a wife,100 girls and 200 boys. Theyoffered me a drink. but I said Nothank you. Then they showed metheir supermarkets which were notvery nice because they only soldvegetables. Then they showedme the landing base. Luckily Imanaged to get away. I flew allthe way back.

Rory Watts

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Std 2 Literaly Contributions

A Schoolboy's Chant

A stubby pencil,A grubby tie,Shoelace untied.Shirt messed up.Socks down,I heard a VROOM,Was it my doom?No I was dreaming,When my Mom started vacuumcleaning.

David Barron

The ink of a pen.The line of a pencil,The book of a teacher,The sock of a boy.Whose name is Roy.The scream of a teacher,Whose name is creatureWhat a day in the middle of May,On my birthday.

Graeme Edmond

A polished, black shoe,A one plus a two,A few terrible teachers.That are meant to be creatures.In every cranny and nook,There's a book wherever I look,The place that I stay,What a way to spend my day.

Gareth Mercer

Terrible creatures thatare meant to be teachers,A class full of boys,A blast of noise.A million books.In every cranny and nook,But please don't get hooked.But I found I was dreamingWhen my Mom started cleaning.

Malcolm Mclver

Delta Park

Delta Park is a park whereenvironmental studies are carriedout and where students go to learnabout their environment, Wevisited the park on Friday, 26 April.

We arrived at ,9,00am, when wewere told who our leaders were.The topics which were discussedwere air and water. Our leader toldus about the gases in the air andtheir percentages. Afterwards wewent to the main pan of theburlding and discussed what thingsneed air. We also talked aboutwater. Our leader told us about saltwater and what the percentage isthat it makes up of all water (97%),how much fresh water is frozenwater (2%). which leaves only onepercent of fresh water for us to liveon. Because there is so little freshwater. we discussed that it isimponant not to pollute the water.Then we went outside to play andto eat our lunch.

After lunch we were asked to drawa picture of an imaginary plant thatcan live in a very pollutedenvironment. I drew a normalflower but gave it special organs toclean the polluted water before theflower drank it.After saying thank you for a verynice tour we left for Saints.

Damon de Boer

Friends

Friends are trustful and respectful.That s what I look for in a friendalways. And they are friendly to meand cooperative. all the time andevery day.

Simon Meikle

l have a very special friend and hisname is Stuart. He Is fun to playWith and very kind. We have lots offun together. I trust all my friendsbecause I know they trust me.

Stephen Mulder

I like my friend because I can trusthim and I think he has got a nicesense of humour. and we bothhave respect for each other. He iskind to me and I am kind to him inreturn. I think life wouldn't be thesame if it wasn't for friendships.Friendships are the best thing youwill ever have. If you have got afriend you have got a friend forever

Bradley Smith

I can trust my friend and he ISalways kind to me. We have lots offun together when he comes to myhouse and I often go to his house,He always supports me it I get intoa light with someone. When hecomes to my house he cares formy things and doesn t make myroom untidy. We like playing sporttogether. I have lots of fun sleepingat his house.

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Akimbo and theElephants

The story took place in the heart ofAfrica. It was on the edge of alarge game reserve where Akimbo.his father. his mother and his sisterlived happily.

Akimbo loved going on gamedrives With his father who was agame ranger. He loved going onrides because they would do allsorts of things, like repair a road ortake an injured animal to the vet.Akimbo loved animals but he lovedthe elephants most of all. One daythey were called to rescue a truckwhen they spotted millions ofvultures hovering above. Theywent to see what had happenedand spotted a huge elephant whichhad been shot down by poachers.Akimbo. who was sitting in thetruck, saw a baby elephant with acut in its ear. standing near the

dead elephant. Akimbo was furiousthat this had happened and madea plan to catch the poachers. Hisplan was very well thought outand the poachers were found. Andso Akimbo managed to save theelephants

Phillip Hird

Catching a thief

One day in Hollywood my friendand I were walking past the richestjewellery store in Hollywood.Suddenly we saw a thief trying tobreak in. He had a black and whitestriped top. I thought it was astupid time to be breaking into ashop He probably wanted a verynice Mother's Day present for hismom.

I said to my friend that we shouldtry and stop him We ran after himtripping on our Shoelaces. We sawthat he had three gold watches inhis blistered hand. He looked verysurprised as if he thought noeonewould have seen him. We bothjumped on him at the same time. |

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had not yet got 3 Mother s Daypresent so I would take one of thewatches as a reward. When Iturned around I saw that everyonewas laughing at us. I stoppedpulling the man's dirty hair and myfriend stopped pulling his shirt.

A policeman came rushing over tous. We thought that he would bevery happy with us. but he wasfrowning. He pointezd to a hugecamera with a very angry directorsitting behind. The man wasshouting and jumping up and downwith papers flying everywhere. Hewas shouting that we had justruined his five star movte ! ! !

Robert Menne

Spnng

Summer is so nearPigeons you can hearRain is splashing here and thereInsects now have frogs to fearNow the birds have comeGossiping with some

Chris Jones

Smell the flowers in the airPeople laughing here and thereRain is falling all aroundIn the air. on the groundNo more sniffing. no more coldsGreen grass. oh what a sight to

behold.Brett Horley

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Spring smells all aroundPollen and green grass on the

groundRugby is slowly fading awayI'll never forget when we beat the

Aussies that dayNow it's time to jump in the poolGee! I feel all fresh and cool.

Simon Hayden

Sunny the days are nowPowerful and warm like a

new born cowRaining almost every dayImagine sheep going astrayNot like the old. cold WinterGreen grass and the bark with

splinter

Water makes us cool and lazyAre the people feeling dazy ?Rowing in the rivers and lakesMake sure you don t step on any

snakes.The blossoms are sprouting, smell

that smell.Hear that ding dong of a church

bell.Garreth Sweeney

Std 3 Literary Contributions

The Leopard

Swift as the wind andsilent as night. The leopardawaits his long. gruesome fight.

Waiting up in the top of a treewaiting for the stray buckthat's just waiting to bethe leopard's first mealof the long weary night,

Jumping into flight in a stream ofgolden light.he lands on a buckthat s just into sight.Silently in the black of the nightthe leopard eats. just out of stght.

Alastair Meredith

Spirit of the Great Heart

Long ago In the land at Africa therelived a lion cub named Kwami.Kwami had one dream. he wantedto find the Spirit of the Great Heart.He left his tamily behind him andstarted on his travels.

The first thing he came to was ahole. He went down the hole andthere he found a porcupine. Intright the porcupine jabbed three ofhis spikes into Kwami. then Kwamiknew never to go into a hole again!

Over the years Kwami grew andover those years he learned a lotand became wise andindependent. Two years before, hehad become the leader of the prideand now he was fifteen years oldand a full grown lion. A yearearlier, a lion had had a fight withKwami. Kwami just managed towin. Then the same lion started upanother fight but this time Kwamidid not win. The lion ripped openKwami s stomach. Kwami wasdying. On this last breath Kwamirealised that from his experience oflife he had the Spirit of the GreatHeart inside him.

Richard Broekman

The Way of theAfrican Fish Eagle

Thambi looked out over the river intime to see his mum catch a fairlylarge bream just before the sundisappeared from sight on thehorizon.

Thambi was a'fish eagle fledglingat the age of about four months.His mum and dad had beenfeeding him well and he wasstarting to get his feathers,

As the months went by. Thambigrew more apart from his parentsand he knew that some day hewould leave this part of the riverand find his own territory.

As the months went by. Tambi'sparents would leave him on hisown for longer periods. Eventuallyhis mother and father chased himaway. and if he went back. theywould do the same. Over and overagain. he would try to go back butafter hours and hours of trying. hegave up.From then on he was alone untilhe coulf find a mate. But in themeanwhile he would have to catchhis own fish and look after himself.

Stuart Forsyth

The Peregrine Falcon

Flying high. soaring.on silver wisps of the sky.

Eyes alert watching for prey.talons poised to strike,

Swoosh ......a puff of feathers in the sky

Floating on silver wisps ofmoonlight through the sky.

Oliver Venn

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The Fish Eagle

Swift and silentthrough the airDown at the waterhe shall stareFor the Fish Eagle'sfavourite dish is of course.a well fed fishAs he sees one.down he goesTowards the water as now heknowsThat this fish willsoon be his ownTo the fish. thisis not knownOn his perchhe eats his dinnerNow he knowshe is the winner.

Stuart Forsyth

Hope 2000

From the fastest cheetah to theslowest snail.From the smallest ant to thelargest whale.We. the custodians of them allare the reason for their downfall.From the ugly tin can. to the smogand smoke.People ask it there is any hope.If we do not all pull together and tryreally hard.Our planet will surely itsinhabitants discard.

Gregory Bean

Leaves

Autumnal feelingMagical mosaicCrisp and goldExquisite sightNature's paving upon the earth.

Robert Smith

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The Bush WillowTrees

Swaying in the breeze the oldwillow tree ponders"I've seen a lot in my day. next tothis gurgling stream."Without warning. the wind roseand the clouds closed.The lightning flashed and thethunder gongs clashed.

A clap of thunder. and anotherrolled across the heavens.Then. With a cacophony, theydelivered,

The torrents licking at the riversboulders,Before finally overflowing andd§troying all in its wake.

Strangely it began to moan as it

dying.A most painful death as the watersceased to flow.

In time. along its banks.

Struggling towards the heavens,tiny malachite shoots appear.

This. the miracle oi the BushWillow.

Douglas Martin

The Wind

Howling.The wrnd.Whistling and wtmpering,Through the trees.

Guiding and watching.The rain clouds,Then.Blownng gently.Through rustling leaves.Whilst above.Eagles driftOn thermals.

Peter Dunnett

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Lions of Darkness

Terror is more often heard thanseen at night. I will take you into anew world. the world of theBotswanan lion !

A young pride of females camedown to drink under the cover ofdarkness. After they had finishedthey set off for a meal. Theypassed a herd of elephants butthey were of no interest. Therewere no weak or young in thatherd. so the lions kept on going.The hunt began! The females

paused. their ears were fineetunedto the slightest rustle in the tallgrass. a dead give away for zebraand other prey. In the distance thehyenas eyes were watching likehawks. They were also hungry.They saw that the lions werehunting. Perhaps they could feedoff the lion's kill.

Face to face!The lions had picked up the scentof a wounded buffalo. The pridecautiously stalked the buffalo in thedarkness. They were careful tostay downwind so that the buffalowould remain unaware of theambush yet to come!

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Outnumbered six to one the poorbuffalo had no chance. Onelioness confronted the 900 kgbuffalo that the lions had cornered.It had no chance of escaping.Another lioness leapt onto thebull s back. going for the spine.The bull shook in anguish but thelion hung on. After an hour ofterrible commotion. the lionessmanaged to paralyse the bull. In acloud of dust the bull collapsed.Then they suffocated the bull. Theexhausted lions fed.

The next morning all that remainedof the kill was blood and pawprints.

Oliver Venn

The Leopard

The Prince of predators.Royal coat of rosettes.Silent.But stealthy and majestic.

Moves.Through the undergrowth.

Strength unmatchable.Speed fantastic.He hunts cunningly.Killer Beware!

Christopher Hewitt

Std 4 Literary Contributions

The Bar Tender

His eyes were light blue with anincredible sparkle. Down his leftcheek he had a huge. red scarbecause of a robbery. You couldsee he had not shaved for twodays from the black stubble on hischin and cheeks. His hair wasblack and he had ape like ears.He stank of beer and had veryrotten teeth. He was dressed in along, dirty apron and was alsowearing some long jeans. On hisfeel he had a pair of moth eatensocks and some dirty sneakers. Hewas very well built and judging byhis size and strength he wouldhave made an excellent rugbyplayer. His apron had stains of allkinds of beer. wine, food and evena few pieces of chewing gum. Heis a bar tender.

Murray Asken

The Fisherman

His hair is covered in broken bits ofshell,you can see he has not brushed itfor months.He has scars all over his hands,obviously from hooks and knivesthat he has used.He has navy blue trousers on and3 Checked jersey.

his tan is extremely dark, his eyesare bright green.He smells of bait and fish guts.He has no wife as you can see.His beard is brown and the hair onhis chest is grey.he has three gold teeth. one pureblack.He has a scar running down hischeek. he got it in a fight.He has just got his supper. a nicebig blacktail.

Graeme Hawinkels

Carrierborne Killers

The ground crew take cover as theafterbumer growls.Shooting orange flame.

Soon the fighter will be airborne.Are these pilots not insane?

As the fighter shoots across thedeck,In a cloud of steam,The crew are crammed againsttheir seats,The turbines howl and scream.

Later in a dogfight, oh so fast andvicious.They taste the taste of victory.How unbelievably delicious.

James Winder

A kiss is ..........

A kiss is a unique experience. Akiss can cheer you up when you refeeling sad and make you sadwhen you re happy. The way tokiss your granny goodbye youmust just pop a meek. shy kiss onher cheek. To kiss a youngerrelative you must do the same asyour granny except on the lips. Togreet a man. you must rather givehim a handshake, it could beembarrassing in front of crowds.You must all try to kiss yourgirlfriends and let nature take itscourse.

Nicholas Williams

Sneaky car dealer

He had a sly smile and an evil glintin his eye that looked like a star.He had a bent nose that lookedlike a U turn. His hair was somessy and short that he lookedlike he d been playing rough with alawn mower. He had bentrovershoulders that made it look like hewas trying to make them touch histoes. He had a necklace so tight

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that you could see his windpipeclearly. He had five studs all theway up his ear. One of his buttonswas broken and you could clearlysee his hairy chest whichresembled the Amazon jungle. Hiswatch looked like a grandfatherclock. From his waist downwardshe looked like a chicken. he wasknock kneed, chicken toed andhe tried to fit his elephant sizedfeet into size five shoes.

RolfSievers

A Telescope Poem

In the city I see a shopping centreNext to the shoppping centre I seea parking lot -In the parking lot I see a row ofcarsIn the row of cars I see an oldBMWThrough the window I see oldseatsUnder the seats I see a boxIn the box I see mouldBuried in the mould | see an appleIn the apple I see a wormI wonder if the worm is enjoyingthe apple?

Ross Forgan

The Dizzard

The monster that lurks in the nightSnorting, growling, roaring withmightIt moves With its huge jawsclappingIt walks on four legs with it's tailslappingIt is dangerous. yet playfulIt's bite can be quite painfulIt's huge feet hit the groundeach step can destroy an antmoundThe Dizzard can be qurte silentIt can also be quite violentIt s the DizzardWatch out for the DogeLizard

Ross Hodinott

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The girl in my dreams

She had long blonde hair flying inthe wind as she walked along thenot sand in Hawaii. Her beautifulbright blue eyes glittered in thesunshine when she looked at mewith a smile. She slowly turnedand walked away into the gentlewaves of the warm sea. You couldsee her slender legs and strongcalves. her beautiful oak ~tannedskin looked wonderful against theclear water of the wide ocean. Ifonly it were true.

Jeffrey Langman

My Telescope Poem

Through my telescope | see a

valley.In the valley I see a mound.0n the mound l see a vicious lion.The lion has not eaten for twodays.What's this? He's seen a buck.He looks. smells. then positionshimself.The lion starts to run, the buck

panics. shorts and dashes throughthe bush.Will the lion have his lunch?

Murray Asken

My Telescope

Through my long telescope rustyand grey.My selection of view points is vast Imust say!From strong seas, tan sands anddusty beach mules,But by far my best are the silverrock pools.Among Goblins and Minnowstwisted seaweed does strive,Hatchet fish surface andrepetitively dive.As 1 face the modern world full ofviolence drowned in crime.This small paradise encounter hasbeen a unique event of time.

James Wilkinson

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The Rugby Match

My walkman is on and I'm listeningto the voice of a frantic HughBladen. Through my telescope |see the muddy knees of FrancoisPienaar. The metal studs of hisboots scrape the back of Kobusvan der Westhuizen. His eye isswollen from the cut on hiseyebrow. Wahl Bartman gets downinto the scrumage, globules ofcartilage hang from his shrivelledears. The encouraging captain'sattitude is of a kind nature. l focusmy telescope on a fan runningacross the field with a banner thatreads "Chester for president!"."Wrong game. you bozo!" JimmyAbott yelled. He took up threeseats. I enjoyed the rest of thegame on TV.

John Dodds

A Loveable Dog

All I could see at first was its head.And it's eyes of determination.lt's bark of hope and it's yap ofjoyfulness.The eyes of youth shineAs the sun shines in it's glory.Its shabby mouth. as its gleamingbody re appears.A golden glimmer shines a metallicglow.It's fur unruffled in the summerwind.It's soft paws are like cloth uponthe floor.As it whimpers nervously into theroom"'8 tail curled between the backpaws.So fluffy and so delicate to touch.It ran to its master's call for foodwith joy.Four little ones appear in the

doorway.As the one I had met a year ago.The life of youth begins and

begins.Yet life is lost and sadly too.

Edwin Butler

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The Body Boarder

Suited up with a reef wetsuit. a pairof mante blades. and an OceanEarth Razor 2. he stands six footabove the ground. His untidyblonde hair gleams in the sun likea spotlight in a dark room.

Spring tide is in, four metre wavesroam the reef.

Nervous but excited he sets off forfirst break. A once in a lifetimewave emerges from the oceanfloor. He catches this monsterwave and surfs pipe.

Three sixties. barrel rolls.torpedoes, flake airs andmind boggling arials. this is adefinite ten. The wave brings himto shore. The Hawaiin crowd goeswild. He wins the ten thousanddollar first prize and returns hometo America exhausted and with atired hand after all the autographshe had to sign.

John Dodds

The Undertaker...

His eyes twinkled and his browwrinkled as he surveyed themourners. He had a pointed noselike a bird's beak and his mouthdrooped at the sides in apermanent expression of misery.He wore a dark suit. a pitch blacktie and a black lined shirt. A pair ofthickrsoled shoes completed thedrab attire. He patted the coffingently. No cne would believe howmuch he enjoyed his work.

CharlesPhillips

Std 5 Literary Contributions

Telescope Poems

Through my telescope I can seeSouth Alrica.In South Africa I can see Gauteng,In Gauteng I can see Sandton.In Sandton I can see Sandton City.In Sandton City I can see a carpark.In the car park I can see a boy onroller blades.I wonder what kind of roller bladesthey are?

Charles Post

Brilliant skills involvedAbsolutely the bestScore three pointersKicking the ball is illegalEnergy is neededTonnented by the other teamBig crowdAlly hoop is hardLots of noiseLots of fun to play

Charles Post

I can see an ocean.It's a vast blue mass.Where I saw an Island.

On the island I can see.a beach on the beach I cansee a rock pool where Ican see a crevice.What's in the crevice?

Bradley Hoole

From space I see the earth big andbeautifulcloser and closer I come,

I see the clouds and the blue sea,but stillcloser I come, I pass through theatmosphereI can see the forest, I m gettingcloser and closerthrough the trees and onto theground, I seea hole which is a burrow to a fox,and in the burrow a baby oncomes into the world.I wonder if it will survive?

Jonathan Owens

Through my telescope I can seea universe.In the universe I can see a world.On the world I can see a continent.On the continent I can see acountry,On the country I can see a city.In the city I can see a street.On the street I can see a car.On the car I can see a tyre.On the tyre I can see a valveleaking air,I wonder who put a stone inthe cap?

Stuart Mclver

In my telescope I can see anoceanIt's huge.an IslandOn the island I can see a forest.In the forest I can see a cave.In the cave is a little open door.Behind the door is a fire.In front of the fire is a fur mat.I wonder what lives in there?

Peter Hidden

In the ocean I can see

Through my telescope I can seethe world.In the world I can see Africa.In Africa I can see South Africa.In South Africa I can see Pretoria.In Pretoria I can see the Unionbuildings.In the Union Buildings I can see acorner office.In the Office I can see thePresident sitting at a desk.On the desk is a piece of paper.Written on the paper is the headingNew Rules for South Africa.I wonder what they are?

Paul Barron

V.E. DayThe War was overBritain could now live again.But not those who died.

Paul Betts

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Haiku

Let's go swimming nowBy the pool or by the beachDon't forget your towel.

Paul Barron

The Oak tree bends downAll the leaves touch the water'sedgeWhat is it doing there?

Wayne Hawley

The river ows throughthe reflection of the moonit shines over like glass

It falls to the groundit forms a fluffy carpetthen it disappears.

James Monteiro

A blood curdlingScreech lrorn the attic up high,Then I heard a sigh.

Andrew Duff

Six ways of looking ata drawing pin

It is a satellite in space.It is an island with a single tree.It is an umbrella on the beach.It is a table at the takeeaway store.it is a wheel and an axle.It is a agpole with a base.

Paul Barron

Africa

Africa is a beautiful place.It is the history of the entire world.Some people think it is just a safariYet it is the heart of the world.

People in other places aren't sobrightThey say it s in the bush.They say it isn t civilised.But what do they know about theheart cl Africa?

James Tarlton

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Sunset Raid

Sun sets on the grass.I hear a wildebeest stampede.Then comes the fatal cry.

Andrew Duif

Six ways of looking ata calculator

A micro computer controlling theworld's assets.

A large labyrinth oI tunnels andthere is but only one exit.A huge portal todimenSion.A tiny portable chess board.A million Japanese minds all inone,A teleVIsion remote:every channel on earth.

Hugh Courtney

another

controlling

MemoryMe and my memoryEvery day I think a lotMainly of the memory wayOver and over the thought goesthrough

Rides through my mindVou can do it too

Steven Hughes

My Trashbanger Car

We gathered some junk,That rather stunk.To make our trashbanger car.Five gears in all oh did we have aballWith sticks, tins. Wires and allDeluxe model With deSIgner seats.Air conditioning that lreezes yourleerA luel tank lilled wuth air.No brakes so drive if you dareAn accelerator tilled and made ofWlYEr

Which makes the car go like fire.That about wraps up my car:Further details in the Star.

Duncan Self

Sleep

Lazily driftingMind oating, body relaxingSlipping into sleep

David Fraser

My NonexistentPets

"No!" says my mother, "We cannothave pets".

When they get sick what ol thebills of the vets?

No. says my lather. no domesticanimals for us.

They'll make droppings in thegarden and then I'll cuss!So I dream and I Iantasise aboutmy dog:My cat; my parrot; my tortoise; myirog.I feed them. I pet them. they sleepin my room.And even those droppings l sweepwith a broom.

The day will come when l have myown place.With acres and acres and oodles0t space.I'll have horses and stables and aBorder Collie,

And about those droppings. I won teven worry!

Brynn Bendixen

John Ralph, Chairman of the PA. with his son

Skiing

Swiftly through the air I glide.as the iresh. cold air races past.I fly with effortless ease.Searching for my resting place,As | descend more rapidly,| find pleasure in zig~zaggingthroughthe majestic tallSwitzerland.The ride comes to an end.I lower my speed and stop.

I think to myself. Ah the glorioussport of skiing.

pines of

Keith Comline

Initial Poems

PoeticOdysseyEpicMarvellousSuper

Wayne Hawley

ViciousInstinct

CourageTeamOpportunityRebelInitiative

ObjectiveUrgentSerious

Yusui Cassim

Summer Hot

Sticky dry weatherUnder the hot sun.Merry time.Must stay in shade.Everything isgreen.Right for swimming

Hot and sweaty.Out of ice,Time out.

Kevin Botha

James. unveil the Fish Eagle. a present from theStd Fives.

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Athletics1995 was an extremely successful season for Saints With our A team goingunbeaten for the whole season. The coaching clinic held by DebbieSanders early in the season made for a more modern approach to thetraining at the boys which proved itself at the lSC Prestige Meeting. Theenthusiasm of the boys for athletics this year was a pleasure to see. Iwould like to thank all the mums who helped with the teas and transport aswell as the staff who helped make the season the success it was.

The following boys received their team scrolls for a second time:

U 12 U 13Greg Hills Dean KerrJonathan Owens Russell DunkleyFlyan Forder KeVIn BothaBrent Dickson Ryan Bell

Timothy KluytsPaul Betts Up, Up andAway!

The lollowrng boys were awarded scrolls-

U 11 U 12 U 13Graham Hawmkels Derrick Betts Dean BakewellNicholas Franklin James Wilkinson Steven Hughes

Craig Maskew Paul BarronWarren Bishop Anthony FordTeun Rodenhuis Charles Post

Sean SteynBradley HooleDaVid JamiesonAlastair Glover

James Flalph

lnterhouse Results:Tabloids: 4th Hall 46 points

3rd Leake 54 points2nd Kent 58 points151 Corlett 66 points

House Championships:4th Hall 171 pomts3rd Corlett 195 potnts2 d Kent 235 points Junior Primary Athletics

1st Leake 253 paints

Overall:4th Hall 343 points3rd Leake 407 points2nd Corlett 416 points1st Kent 439 points

Mr B. Rankin

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AlhleticsBack row: Mrs [1 Jacobs MM, (19 Buys P Alkmson: e. Hawlnkels: c Maskew:R. Fame ,J, Halph.J Hams: T Rodenhms. D Wessels; s. Hughe .B, Dmkson. s Steyn,B Home: R Ben: P Barton P Bens J MuHer.J AchesonzT Kluyts: c FosL B. Hendry.D. Sens: Mr G, Rubens. M B RankmThird row: A.Mu|ler.S MeikIe-s.ouy;A Ausun.G H1lls,G Boma;D Camck.N.F(ank1m: R D.ack,A Glover J Assad J Wllkmson.Fl.Dunkley:T Edmond D Laburn;M Pmean S alerzw Bishop,M HewanM Power M. de Buys J Hendry G EdmondSecond vowzs Balchelor K Arnold M. BeJI W.Baker L Magnl M. Foster-Greenwood;D Ken(0apn:B.Honey,c Auslrn M Jones.R Thom'J FosterrGreenwood JuscelyneFronlrowzJ Muchen. D Peck R Blshop G.Asken G Famonen M.Pelly J LambD Assam D. A exander D Ford,A Lowndes, D. Kerr: D Haney

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1st XI

Regular Players:R. Forder ( captain ); P. Betts:D. J. Betts; K. Comline:T. Edmond; D. Hewan; G. Hills:D. Kerr; D. Laburn (scorer);D. Mc Lachlan; 0. Post; J. Ralph: S. Steyn and S. Trenchard.

We had mixed fortunes in the lst term wuth many of the results and individual performaces not giving a true andfair retlection of the boys potential ability, this was due, in part to a disruptive play rehearsal schedule of whichseveral team members were involved. We had a short and successful tour of Natal playing Northlands, andD,P.H.S. Accompanied by our reSldent cricket professional Chris Stone from England. The Cornwall schoolsunder 14 team arrived to play our lst Xl during February, the tour was very fruitful for both parties. We haveaccepted an invitation from Cornwall Schools cricket association to take part in two county festivals in August1996

We also played in the first prep schools cricket festival. hosted by Highbury prep also in Natal. Eight schoolswere lnvrted to take pan in this venture and proved to be a great success.

St Stithians will be hosting the next prep schools festival in February / March 1996. The Treadwell cricket weekheld this year in late September was for most teams far too early to find good form. Our results were two winsand two losses. As in previous seasons, the team matured beyond recognition during the winter months andplayed some very positive cricket under the captaincy of Rory Forder, as the 3rd term results reflect.Congratulations to Steve Trenchard, D. J. Betts, and Tommy Edmond on their selection to take part in thePermanent Bank U12 Festival in December. I would like to thank all our parents for their support throughout theseason, especially the mums who gave up their time to transport the team to matches and serve up somewonderful teas. Also thanks to Jeremy Lloyds who took over from Chris Stone as the school professional. this isJeremy s second spell at Saints having coached at the college in 1978 Br 1979. Patrick Lees and I worked closelytogether with the team and we will be sorry to see him leave next year to take up a full time post at another school.Results: Played 26, Won 13, Lost 7. Drew 6.

Mr S. Farrell

1st Team CrlcketBack row: J, Ralph. s. Steyn. s. Farrell (coach), D Kerr, P BettsMiddle row: I Edmond: D Hewan,D Laburn(scnrer):C Post:D,J.BeltsFront row: G Hills: in. McLachlan. n Forderlcaptaln): K Cornline; s Trenchard

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Cornwall Schools' Cricket Association U14 South African Tour

The first Cornwall cricket tour of South Africa took place in February this year and proved to be a resoundingsuccess. In fact, Cornwall schools will tour Johannesburg and Cape Town with their under 13 and 17 age groupteams in February 1996.

The tour party was lead by the England and Cornwall schools secretary Malcolm Broard. ably assisted by BrianHarrison and David Pierce. These three gentlemen were our hosts in England during our 1994 cricket tour. Otherofficials acompanying the tour included John Eddy and Barry Dell. Fourteen Cornwall boys were hosted by our 1stteam parents for the duration of their ten days in South Africa. Various excursions were organised These includea guided tour of Pretoria, the Zoo, Centurion Park and Pretoria Boys High, A guided tour of Soweto, Gold FleetCity and two days in the Pilanesburg game park kept the tourists very busy when not involved in cricket matches.

A welcome function was hosted by the British High Commissioner, Mr Nigel Haywood at his residence. Invitedguests included the hosting schools headmasters and officials, organisers lrorn Transvaal Development and the StStithians host parents and boys. All gathered to wish the Cornwall officials, parents and boys an enjoyable stay.

Five matches were organised. these included K.E.P.S. , St Johns. a Transvaal Development XI, and St Stithians(two matches). one of which was played under lights at the Wits University ground.

During the larewell function held at the " One & All " Old Boys Club. an invitation from Malcolm Broad wasextended to our tst XI to tour England in August 1996, keeping the now strong connection between St StithiansCollege and the home 01 our Founders in Cornwall.

Mr S. Farrell.

Some Cornwall Schools Cricketers With some al the Saints Cricketers

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Regular Team Members:

J. Dodds (Capt): T. Edmond;M. Meschede; W. Bishop;

J. Wilkinson; D, Betts; P. Atkinson:G. Olivier; J. Yatdwin; J. Harris;M. Asken: A. Ford and J, Owens.

This side was definitely one of thehappiest St Stithians has ever had.There were no great stars whothought that they should be in the1st XI. The boys stuck to the taskthey were given. With quite a fewcoming through and beingrewarded deservedly.

There was a nice balance in thisSlde. wtth everyone having a ob todo. and with JB learning. Thewhole time the team formed a solidbase.

We developed into a fine fieldingside and with our variety ofbowlers. two spinners (off and leg)as well as our seamers. we had noexcuse for not bowling sides out.The concept of bowling to one sideat the wicket was not therehowever, In our batting we wereall trying to score fifty from the firstball. We have to learn to build aninnings, bat in tens if necessary.

On the whole. however, I had atremendous amount of funcoaching a super bunch of chaps.as well as dealing With a lovelybunch of parents. Thanks mustgo to you all for your support, andof course. for the teas. Mumst

Mr P. Lees

3rd XI

Regular team members:D, Jamieson (Capt); Y, Cassim:M. Nevin: D. Wessels , G Wordon:A. Stormer: J. Langman: D, Place:T. Maclachlan; A, Ford:J. Rowan Parry: S. Hughes;J. Owens: C. Acheson andN. Kunstier.

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The aim of the season was to giveevery boy the opportunity to batand bowl by rotating the order foreach fixture. This seemed to workquite well as several boysperformed excellently when giventhe opportunity, Another aim wasfor the boys to develop a love forthe game and always to give oftheir best.

Congratulations to NicholasKunstier on being promoted to the2nd XI, after some useful inningsand accurate spin bowling. DavidJamieson kept on improving as an

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all rounder thoughout the season.He was an excellent example ascaptain and was an outstandingfielder. who took several catchesduring the season. Yusuf Cassimwas the player who improved mostduring the season. Best bowling 4for 5 vs. St. Peters. Best batting 77not out vs. St. Johns, DavidsWessols returned aswicket keeper at the end of theseason. He has a natural talent forhis position. Best batting 86 vs. St,Davids, Andrew Stormer took overas wicket keeper and did a goodjob for the team. Douglas Placewas an accurate left arm seambowlerand a useful attackingbatsman. Best bowling 3 for 2 vs.WHPS. Anthony Ford became oneof the teams best all rounders. Auseful spin bowler who often tookimportant wickets. Anthony is avery good fielder and a talented

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batsman. Steven Hughes hasdeveloped into 3 effective quickbowlers Best bowling 3 for 3 vs. St.Davids. Chris Acheson is anattacking batsman and a confidentfielder. Michael Nevin is asuccessful, slow left arm bowler.Best bowling 4 for 11 vs. St.Davids. Grant Wordon is a talentedall rounder. Best bowling 2 for 2vs. St. Johns. Jeffery Langman is abeneficial cricketer to any team.His greatest strength is hisbowling. Best bowling t for 0 in 4overs vs. WHPS against whom healso made 16 runs. TroyMaclachlan is one of the besttielders in the team, He also madeseveral runs during the season.Jim Rowan Parry has only played2 matches scoring 20 not out and37. Well done! Johnathan Owens

scored 107 and 61. A very quickbowler and outstanding fielder.

Thank you boys for the wonderfulteam spirit within the team andyour determination to do your best.A special to Liz Jamleson fororganising teas and drinks. Alsothanks to the dads for scoringduring the season.

ResuhsPlayed 26Won 20Drew 2Lost 4

Mr Fl. Williams

U1 1 A

Regular Players:

G. Hawinkelstcapt):A. Meredith (w.k./v capt):D. Carrick: D. Phillips: M. Pruett;R. Smith; N. Franklin; 0. Davies;8. vol, Menive; J. Slater;M. Welslord and P. Steyn.

The boys of the under 11A cricketsquad were certainly exposed to ahealthy quantity of games thisseason, having played a total oftwenty one local inter schoolfixtures and three tour matches.

it is fantastic for our boys to havethe opportunity to play so manymatches, where the essence ofcricket is best learnt. when thegame is for real and there are nosecond chances. and theydiscover and learn not just aboutdifferent wickets and conditions,but are constantly growing throughthe valuable and variedexperiences individual cricketskills are also tested, but far moreimportant perhaps, is whenpersonal characters are developedin a way that only cricket succeedsin doing. The results are not thoseseen on the scoreboard, but thatwhich is revealed in the lives ofthese young men. many yearshence.

The team enjoyed a verysuccessful season, and this isclearly a result of their attitude tothe game, tremendous team spirit,determination. commitment andwillingness to learn. One veryimportant thing the boys havelearnt this season is that: The willto win is nearly as important as thewill to prepare to win. The teamwas led very effectively byGraeme Hawinkels, whoseknowledge of the game.sportsmanship and his respect forhis fellow players. all contributed tomaking him a worthy captain of theSaints Under 11 A s.

Difficulties in selection often arisewhen there are twelve players in asquad, but I believe the benefitsderived from playing and practisingcricket at A team level, faroutweighs the disappointment ofbeing the "twelfthy", or playing theodd game In the 8 team.

Another area which the boys learntto come to terms with. was that ofbatting orders. Although oneendeavours at this level to affordall players in the team anopportunity to gain someexperience in this department, it isnot always as simple as it seems.I wish to clarify this point by sayingthat it is essential for all players at

this level to have the chance todevelop in all facets of the game.and indeed i believe this was veryeffectively achieved during nets,and practices on the field.It would be premature and a sadthing if under eleven boys werelabelled as batsmen. bowlers orfielders, and I certainly do notsubscribe to this. However, onemust also recognise specificstrengths and abilities inindividuals. and work on these toensure even greater skilldevelopment, If a team is to besuccessful. the fielding must begood especially in limited overs

On Tour in Natal

matches. I think this is one areawhere the team showed greatimprovement especially in thelatter part of the season, It isamazing what a few long andintensive fielding practices can do.Particularly impresswe in the fieldwere Nick Franklin and OliverDawes, who were often wonhthirty runs apiece,Ally Meredith developed into asuperb Wicket keeper, and alsoproved to be very effective inscoring runs quickly, and hissupport as vice captain wasalways good.Paul Steyn and Mathew Welsfordoften provided stability at thecrease, even if they weren't

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amongst the top run scorers. Stetv.d. Merwe saved the team onseveral occasions by scoring runsat crucial times when the total waslow and the batting had collapsed.

There was plenty of variety in thebowling, with DJ Garrick. DuncanPhillips and Michael Pruett sharingthe responsibility of the new ball.and these three were successful inkeeping the runs to a minimumand removrng many of the toporder. Jared Slater was veryconsistent, and his good line andlength earned him an impressivehaul of wickets. Graeme Hawinkelsprovided a very useful change. andoften broke expensive partnershipswith very effective in duckers', thiswas complimented by a battingtotal of 284 runs this season."Smudger" Smith and NickFranklin proved to be very effectivespinners, and were often too goodfor the higher order batsmen, whoare generally more at ease withpace bowlers. Smith s figures of 5/20 against St Peters were brilliant,and show just how important aspinner can be to a team.Particular mention must be madeof Jared Slater for his outstandingseason as an opening batsman.and with his excellentconcentration. determination andgood repertoire of shots, hesteered the side to good totals onnumerous occasions. and in theprocess scored 726 runs this

season. Well done Jared.

Thanks go to Karen Hawinkels andher team of Tea Mums for theevervwelcome refreshments whichcan so easily be taken for granted.Thank you for all the time you putin behind the teapots. it is alwaysappreciated. Finally, thanks to allthe parents for the support youoffered your sons, and the coach.

Results:Played 24Won 18Lost 2Drew 4

Mr G. Roberts

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U11 A Cricket Tour toKwaZulu Natal

During the half term weekend inthe third term. the U11A cricketteam was lucky enough to visit theNatal Midlands. We wereaccompanied by our coach. MrRoberts. Mr Farrell and the twostudents. Mr Drummond and MrMackie. Our VW combi waspacked to the hilt With our luggage.cricket kit, golf clubs. tennisrackets and fishing rods! This wasgoing to be a fun filled week end

but. as Mr Roberts reminded us."Cricket always comes first!".

Our team was accommodatedat the Natal Parks BoardChalets at Midmar Dam.Four boys were located toeach chalet. We felt reallyindependent staying on ourown!After breakfast the followingmorning. (cooked by MrFarrell who turned out to be a .fantastic cook!) we dressedsmartly in our winter schooluniform and went to visitHilton College. We werereallybeautiful school. especially bytheir indoor sports stadium. chapeland theatre. Hilton served us adelicious tea. We all thought thatboarding school wouldn t be a badidea if one always got food likethis! We also toured Michaelhouseand were amazed by the slanting1st Xl cricket field and highclimbing wall!

That afternoon we had lunch atClifton Prep (Nottingham Road)and played a cricket match againstthem. We made 144 for 2 Ourstar opening batsman. JaredSlater. made 77 runs not out.Clifton were bowled out for 99runs. Friday morning dawnedovercast and drizzling. Golf wasout of the question so we wentshopping and had lunch inPietermaritzburg instead.

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In the afternoon we played amatch against Merchiston Primary.The pitch was so wet from the rainthat it was like bowling and fieldingon a "Slip and Slide" After tea. justafter our fourth batsman came tothe pitch. the rain came peltlngdown and we had to abandon play.Much to out disappointment! OnSaturday morning after an earlybreakfast. we travelled toUnderberg Primary .0 play theirfirst team. It was freezing andclamp. We won. making 115 for 3.Underberg was 104 all out. Afterlunch at the Underberg CountryClub (we played on one of their

impressed by this "We d rather be playing Cricket!"

fields), we travelled to the ColefordNature Reserve. a lovely. lush.green area. As it was raining. wedrove back to the Country Cluband watched the Currie CupRugby final together. We werethrilled when Natal won!Sunday was spent relaxing,playing golf. tennis and troutfishing. We had lots of funtogether. That night we performeda concert for the teachers whichwas very entertaining!

We returned to Johannesburg onthe Monday. Despite the weather.we had had a really enjoyableweekend. It was an excellentteamrbuildlng experience. We arevery grateful to the masters forgivrng up so much of their free timefor us.

M. Welsford

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U10A

Regular players: B.Horley;A.Fiussell; M.Namnick:C.Lindsay Smith; R.Diack;J,Muller; M.Burton: C. Murray;D.Scott: GtEdmond: S,Meikle;P.Hird; S. Mulder and G.Walford.

This is an exceptionally talentedgroup of boys! There have been anumber of memorableperformances during the season.Who will forget Murray Burton's sixwicket haul in the first term orAndrew Russell's splendid hundred

against Montrose?More than this.however. the U10 A shave developed into a well balanced team.

, They have

demonstrated theability to 'produce thegoods under pressure.and most encouragingof all. the will to pickthemselves up andbounce back in theface of adversity.

The batting has beendelightful! There are anumber of

free spirited. free scoringbatsman who are a great joy towatch, They would do well to curbtheir impetuous natures at timesand to remember that patience andconcentration are the keys tobuilding up big scores,

The fielding has improved a greatdeal but still requires attention.Good fielding is absolutely vital. itIS the platform upon which winningpedormances are built and themeans by which bowlers are ableto maintain pressure on thebatsman and pick up wickets.Work extra hard at your fielding.guys. It has been an outstandingseason. Well done. boys!

Mr Ff.Beaton

U9A

Regular Team Members:L. Magni (Capt); D. Alexander;0. Assad; 0. Bags: M. Boulton;M. de Buys; A. Dowse;S. Joscelyne; M, Phillips (Scorer);M. Power: N. Solomon; Fl, Watts;D. Williams.

1995 has, for the Under 9 team.been a very full and happy season,perhaps at times too full as morematches than practices have beenplayed. The team has played 22matches this year. many of themagainst boys in the Under 10 and11 age groups. This has certainlybenefitted their match experiencebut has, I believe. affected theirtechnique,

One of the most rewarding aspectsof coaching an Under 9 group isthe very evident improvement thatthey make during the year. Thisteam was certainly no exception.Lorenzo Magni, Dai Williams andChristian Begg have developedinto very correct and stylishbatsmen. Michael Power, DuncanAlexander, Andrew Dowse andMichael de Buys, our fast bowlers,have all bowled very well at timeswith Michael de Buys achieving ahattrick. Neil Soloman. bowlingleft arm spin was at timesunplayable and I look forward toseeing him take many wickets Inthe future. Three players whoimproved tremendously during theyear were Rory Watts, MatthewBoulton and David Assad whohave become good all rounders.Dai Williams must be commendedfor his efficiency behind thestumps.

Lorenzo Magni. was without doubtthe best Under 9 Captain I havehad and must be commended forhis outstanding leadership. Thesupport and encouragement thathe at all times gave to his teamwas most mature.With dedication and practice thereis a great deal of talent in this

group ol boys but they must realisethe importance of line and lengthwhen bowling and playing downthe line as batsmen.

The parents of the boys alsodeserve a specral mention, Therewere very few matches where bothparents were not present, Theirsupport and encouragement wasgreatly appreciated. I must praisethe parents for the manner inwhich they supported their sons.Not once during the year was Iaware of this support being out ofperspective.

I shall look forward with interest tothe cricketing careers of theseboys during the future years and Ithank them for a most enjoyableseason.

Mr J. Lees

Mr Farrell preparing the FixturesResults:Played 22Won 12Drew 6Lost 4

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Cross CountryCaptain: Paul BettsCross Country Team Scrolls:1994

Ft. Dunkley: T. Kluyts; D. Laburnand P. Betts1995

D. Bakewell: W. Bishop: D. Betts;P. Atkinson and El. Dickson.

Our runners had a most successfulseason as the results Indicate. MySincere thanks to Mrs Jacobs forcoaching and motivating the boys.

A special "thank you" to the ladieswho provide tea and cooldnnksand to the parents who providedtransport.

Results: (Boys who were placedin the top ten)

Meeting at The RidgeU 9: R. Watts 3rd; W. Baker 4th:K. Dut lon 7th.U 12: D. Betts 1st. J. Wilkinson8th.Open: P. Betts 3rd; Ft. Dunkley6th: P. Atkinson 9th; and D. Laburn10 lh

Meeting at StDavids.U 9: Fl.Wat'ls 4th.U 12: W.Bishop 2nd;D.Betts10th.

Meeting at St.Peters.U 9: Fl.Watts 2nd: K.Dutton 4th;M. de Buys 10thU 11: M.Hewan 3rdU12: W.Bishop 3rd;B.Dickson 5th; D.Betts 8th.Open: P.Betts 4th; D.Bakewell 7th.Twelve schools participated andSt.Stithians were placed 2ndoverall.

Meeting at Melrose Park ~Hostedby PridwinU 11: M.Hewan 5th.

Open: RBetts 5th: D.Bakewell 6th;W.Bishop 8th.St. Stithians won this team event.

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Inter House CrossMeetingGrade 1: 1st D. Peck (K):2nd D. Bishop (C);3rd T. Lloyd (C)Grade 2: lst C, Lees (L):2nd D. Ford (C): 3rd M. Jones (H)Under 8: let 0. Austin (C):2nd M. Lee (L)Under 9: 1stFt. Watts (K);2nd W. Baker (0);3rd M. de Buys (L)Under10: lst S. Meikle (L);2nd B. Horley (L);3rd A. Russell (K)Under 11: 1st M. Hewan (L):2nd N. Franklin (H);3rd P. Steyn (L)Under 12: 1st W.Bishop (H);2nd B. Dickson (K);3rd D. Betts (L)Open: tst P. Betts (L):2nd R. Dunkley (H);3rd T. Kluy ls (L)

Country Overall Result:1 st Kent 10192nd Hall 10323rd Leake 11054th Corlett 1136

Finally my sincere thanks to MrJames Benson ol St.Peters whovery kindly hosted the InterSchools Cross Country which wenormally host. We decided not tohave this meeting at SLStlthiansas too many heavy vehicles wereon our roads with the building olthe Collegiate.

Mr D. Warren

Cross CountryBack Row: Mr D. Warren, N. Franklin; R. Dunkley: P. Atkinson, T. Kluyts; B. Dickson:

J. Wilklnson . D. Bakewell; D Bans; D. Labum; Mrs D. JacobsMiddle Row: C Murray; B Hurley; M de Buys, 6 Guy: 6 Hills; P Steyn, W Bishop,

8 Lupini; S Forsyth: G Botha; M Hewan; J Pipkin: R Smith: S Meikle; G Edmund:M Foster Greenwood: K DuttonFront Row: D Alexander: Fl Watts: C Austin: F' led; F Belts: Fl Williams; W Bakst;

A Russell; D Assad

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15! XI FootballBack Row: Mr M. de Buys; T. Rodenhuis: S Steyn: K. Botha: Mr D, WebbMiddle Row: D, Sell; F. Belts: J. Dodds. D. Jamleson

Front Row: G. Hills: W, Blshop: D Kerr (CaDU, D Wessels, J Owens: C, Post: 5 Tlenchard0n floor - Baggio

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Captain , Dean Kerr'Players David Wessels, KevrnBotha. Charles Post, John Dodds.Warren Bishop , Teun Rodenhuis.Paul Betts'. Steven Trenchard.Gregg Hills, Jonathan Owens,Sean Steyn" = Southern TransvaalAlso Played:

Duncan Self. Anthony Ford, JarrodSlater, David Jamieson.

What a great season! This was ahard working, motivated team.with some very skilled individualplayers. From the first theyplayed together as a unit. with veryfew positional adjustmentsnecessary during the season,

For us, the coaches, the twohighlights of the season were the7 2 revenge over St Peters. andthe nail biting final game with StJohns. But at this level there arevery few easy games, and theresults indicate some tight finishes.The team showed theirdetermination and depth ofcharacter in recovering from a 0 2situation against the Ridge. todraw the game.

Individually. mention must bemade of David (Magic) Wessels ingoals. His courage. commitmentand big clearances saved us timeand again, At centre backCharles Post was as solid as arock. seldom beaten, and fearless.Kevin Botha proved to be afearless. tackler, and his speed onfalling back was an asset. JohnDodds (Big Boot) was relied on torelieve pressure with his bigclearances. and to mountcounter attacks. At left half T.Fl.really came into his own towardsthe end of the season, with somesuperb shots and goals off his leftboot. Warren Bishop wasamazing his skill and workratewere second to none What aplayer! Paul Betts fulfilled mypredictions last year, anddemonstrated a cool head andgreat flair in distribution ordefence.

Steven Trenchard was adependable fetcher and carrier ofthe ball, finishing wrth pin pointcrosses or shots. On the rightwing. Jonathan Owens grewincredibly as the seasonprogressed, finishing the seasonas a hard. quick wing with an

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accurate cross and devastatingshot. Greg Hills sewed twofunctions to harrass thegoalkeeper and use his intricateskills on the ball to score somevery unlikely goals. Dean Kerr,the captain, was an inspiration tothe team. He always gave 100%and if he was on the ball one knewsomething would happen. Hisphysical strength. speed, and ballcontrol were awesome. Welldone. Dean. you were a greatCaptain.

A final word of thanks to all themoms and dads. You wereenthusiastic. constructive andsupportive. (The boys must havetheir moms' genes though asevidenced by the dads'/staftgamel), Thank you. Janice, tor allyour hard work with teas. andeverything else. Thanks, too. toSue Edmond and Mandy Langmanfor all their efforts. Co coach MrWebb s you survived again!

Resultsvs Merchiston Drew 1 1vs Scottsville Won 6 2vs Savages (u14) Won Betvs Bryandale Won 5 1vs WHPS Won 10~lvs St Peters Lost 14

(wait!)vs St Davids Won 571vs Bryanston Won 6 2vs Montrose Won 2 1vs St Peters Won 772vs Wendywood Lost 0 1

(No comment)vs Bryneven Won 770vs The Ridge Drew 2 2vs Rivonia Won 1 0vs Bedfordview Won 471vs KEPS Drew 1'1vs St Johns Won 3 1

Played: 17Won: 12Drew: 3Lost: 2Goals for: 69Goals against: 22

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Players:

RForder: D. Jamieson;J. Ralph; D. Hewan; A. Ford:T. Maclaghlan; D. Bethell; D. Betts:S. Steyn; J. Acheson and D. Self.

Also Played:

K.Comline; J.Monteiro: TEdmond:G.Wordon and V.Cassim.

Coaching the 2nd eleven hasalways given me great pleasureand this year was no exception.The most impressive aspect of thisyear's team was that they neverstopped trying to earn a position inthe lirst team. This resulted insuperb individual skills as well assome excellent team efforts. Theboys really seemed to enjoy theirlast year of football which wasprobably the reason for us havingsuch a successful season. Everyboy s contribution was invaluable.Flory s safe hands in goal, DavidJ s ability to defend and distribute,James and David H s hugeclearances. Anthony and Troy sball control, David B sdetermination, DJ's ability to fetchthe ball. turn, run and centre, Seanand Jamie s amazing goal scoringabilities and Duncan s excellent leftfoot, made for a team to be proudof.

Well done to all of you!

RESULTS

vs Bryandale won 470vs WHPS won 4 0vs St Peters lost 1 2vs St Davids won 5 3vs Bryanston drew 2 2vs Keps drew 2 2

vs Montrose won 441vs St Peters won 2 0vs Wendywood lost 173vs Bryneven won 2 0vs The Ridge won 2-0vs Rivonia won LOvs de la Salle drew 0 0vs St Johns drew 0~0

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Overall : Played : 14Won : 8Lost : 2Drew : 4

Mr D. Webb

3rd & 4th Xl

This year the under 12 A and Bage groups were done away withand we have followed the systemof other private schools with anopen age group including under12's. The third team this year werefunnily enough made up of a lot ofunder 12 s. The season was fairlydisrupted by sickness, but a coreof players ensured that the thirdsproduced some pleasing andexciting soccer. The highlight ofthe season was the match playedagainst St John's where no quarterwas given or taken and whichshowed the boys' commitment anddedication. A big thank you to allthe parents who helped with theteas. lifts and support for their boysthroughout the season.

Mr B. Rankin

U11 A

Captain: G. HawinkelsRegular team members :K. Murphy: J. Boulton; M. Mahon;T. Tshabalala; M. Welsford;A. Meridith: N. Franklin; M. Pruett;J. Slater and S. van der Merwe.

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The season started with ourannual 7 A a - side football festivalat Saints. The boys had a fullmorning of football and had soonforgotten about the game with alittle red ball. It was a greatIntroduction for the skills requiredfor the game.

Throughout the season the boyswere enthusiastic and keen andtried hard to improve theirindividual skills. The highlight of

the season for the boys was theirtour down to Pietennaritzburg.hosted by Merchiston Primary.Here the boys combined well andplayed constructive football. Someof the boys experienced 'Iife in ahostel' for their very first time. Theboys are to be complimented ontheir positive behaviour at alltimes.

Our results for the season werepretty mixed and it was a toughcharacter building season for theboys after their successful seasonin 1994. A contributing factor wasthe inability of the team to take thefew chances offered in a game andconvert them into goals. Howeverevery boy always gave of his bestand behaved impeccably on thefield. Well done guys, you can beproud of yourselves.Thank you to Janice Kerr and herteam of mums for keeping thekettle boiling throughout theseason, and to the parents forthere loyal support.

Mr H. van Gass

U11 B

Captain: Dayne RothbletzRegular team members:R. Sievers: R, Laburn; R Steyn:R. Smith; D. Garrick; M. Hewan;D, Phillips; J. Muller; C. Desilets;C. Hewitt and D. Martin,

As can be seen from their results,this was a very strong B team.The two games lost were quite outof character, the one due to anaccidental own goal. We werevery lucky that there were no majorchanges throughout the season. infact I don t think more than thirteenboys played. This was a goodbase from where the boys couldget to know one another, and withDayne Rothbletz s leadership andnever ending energy, the teambonded well, in spirit and instrength

Above all. it was a happy" seasonand this bunch of boys were apleasure to coach. Thanks to allthe boys for a great season.

Mr R Lees

U10A

Captain: Andrew RussellRegular Team Members:Ft. Diack; S. Meikle; D, Ireton;P. Hird; C. Murray: D. Scott;

B. Smith; S. Mulder; M. Burton;B. Horley; G. Edmond andM. Namnick,

Looking back on an unbeatenseason(l enjoyed writing that!)onecan only say the season has beenmost successful.

From the start of the season theboys were highly motivated andused to arrive at practice fifteenminutes early.Credit must go toSteve Farrell tor the excellentgrounding they had received asU9's.Their enthusiasm andenjoyment of the game madethese boys a pleasure to coachThe strengh of the side was theirversatility to adjust to playing indifferent positions.This was oftennecessary due to illness orinturies,(like a broken toe).Thankyou to Patrick Lees who coachedthe under 10 "B" s and was sowilling to part with his best players.The "Mean Machine" continued to

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destroy all opposition in theirpath.They played football of a highstandard and always gave 100%effort.

Our team was in the priviledgedposition of having amanager.Richard RaabThank youfor your contribution and optimism.

Thank you to Sharon Russell andthe parents for the humourouscaricaturesl appreciate theenthusiastic support which wasalways given to the teamthroughout the term.

Played: 18 Won: 17Drew: 1 Lost: 0Goals For: 70Goals Against: 10

Mr Ff. Williams

U1 0 B

Captain: All the boysRegular team mambers:

S. Mulder; B. Smith; G. Walford;L. Evans; R, Menne; T. Hughes;C, LindsayrSmith:M. Foster Greenwood:D. de Boor; R. Broekman;P. Brierley; B. Boardman;S. Batchelor and L, Barnett.

This was a team that withwhatever talent they lacked, madeup for it with determination andspirit. The U10B team at the endof the season was a totallydifferent side to the one in thebeginning.

The side went from strength tostrength with every match.Special mention must be made ofPhillip Brierley who started off notreally able to catch or kick,however, developing into a finegoalrkeeper.

On the whole. we all had fun,whether it was winning or losing.Well done, chaps! You were a

pleasure to coach.Mr P, Lees

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U9A

Captain: Rory WattsRegular team members:D. Alexander: Dt Assad;

W. Baker: K. Dutton: J. Golding:S. Joscelyn; L. Magni; A. Muller;M. Power; N. Solomon;C. Whiteher and D Williams.

Our season started with a wellorganised football festival held atThe Ridge which was very usefulfor team selection for both RobBeaton (U.9.B.) and myself.

The team became more settledafter a few early season wins untilthe team was hit by illness, in factthe U9. age group (50+ boys) wasdepleted to such an extent that wecould not raise a " D team. Afterthree losses. and the team back tolull strength, the boys played somevery attractive and positivefootball. Well done to Rory Wattsthe captain, who seems to becompeting with Mr Rankin forboundless energy and a voice tobe heard by all on the saints fields.in conclusion I would like to thankthe parents for their positivesupport and lifts to matches. Alsowell done to the mums for the teasand Janice Kerr for the rota systema great idea.

Played 1Won 7Lost 3Drew 4

Mr S, Farrell

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Regular Players:A. Dowse; H. Martin B. Pienaar;M de Buys; B. Kok; C. Pearson;N. Solomon; Fl. MacSimon;8. Guy: R. Ballentine; M. Peters;M. Bolton; L. Magni and G. Horley,

The U9 Bs enjoyed atremendously successful footballseason. After a somewhatindifferent start, this team really didclick . This resulted in some trulymemorable football. Winning mostof their games, with an occasionaldraw and just one loss. the mighty9 Bs proved that they had fightingspirit. contagious enthusiasm andthe ability to perform exceptionallywell.

When the ball was passed quicklyand played out wide, this team wasunstoppable, scoring somemagnificent goals. One aspectdoes. however. require someattention. The attitude towardspractices must improve. No teamcan expect to improve unless theyapply themselves and practicehard. Come on guys! On thewhole it was a fantastic season.Congratulations!

Mr R. Beaton

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Football HouseMatches

The 1995 football season officiallystarted during the last week of thefirst term with our house matches.This involved each and every boyfrom under 9 through to openplaying in at least one match itwas also an opportunity for thecoaches to see the boys playing ina match situation.

After three days of every boyplaying his level best for his housewe had to delen nine an overallwinner. So tough was thecompetition that overall firstposition was shared betweenLeake and Kent.

Well done to all the boys who tookpart and represented theirhouse.

The results were as follows:4th Corlett 14 pts3 rd Hall 13 ptsTie 1st Leake and Kent 24 pts

Mr R. van Gass

SquashSquash in the Prep school is alive and well, The standard oi squash is excellent, and there is an ever increasinginterest in the sport, both at junior and senior levels. The growth was such this season, that we barely managed toaccommodate all the players on practice days. and often boys had to be content with only playing one or twogames. It seems that with this situation. and with the opening of the Collegiate next year, where there is bound tobe a big demand on the use oi the squash centre. we will need to consider the building of additional courts veryseriously if St Stithians is to continue to dominate the schools squash scene at all levels.

Once again this year our first and second teams were entered into the High school under fourteen Super Leagueand second league respectively. The first team had some very tough matches. and although they struggled to winmost of their matches overall, there were some very good individual pertormances and many matches wereclosely contested. Probably more important though, was the experience which the players gained from playing inthe Super League. The second team achieved very good results, finishing second in the B league losing only tothe College who played in the same league.

The third, tourth, fifth and stxth teams all played in the same Primary Schools league, and as a result they oftenplayed against the other St Stithians Prep teams during the league, however they did very well considering theywere matched against most other schools A and 8' teams.

The highlight of the squash season was no doubt the Inter Provincial Primary school's Tournament held in Durbanin July. Congratulations go to Jamie Acheson who was selected for the Transvaal Under 13A team, and RomanoLupini, Chris Acheson and Renier Myburgh who played in the Transvaal Under 13B team, Tim Kluyts and GuyPark were selected for the C team. Steven Hughes, this year's squash captain gained selection tor the underfourteen C team. The Transvaal Under 11 A team won their section at the same tournament, which was made upof two oi our boys. viz. Nicholas Franklin and Stefan van der Merwe. Well done chaps on this outstandingachievement. Graeme Hawmkels played for the Under 118 team.

Thanks go to Richard Castle for his expertise and enthusiastic approach to coaching so many of our boysthroughout the year and to Mrs Argyle for all her efforts in cvordinating the professional coaching schedule whichtook place on Mondays and Fridays, Thank you also to the other ladies who assisted by accompanying teams onmatch days, and organising practices, in particular Mrs Saunders, Miss Lamb and Mrs Spence.

We are also most grateful to Mrs Acheson for all the time she spent arranging and supplying teas and eats at allour team's home matches. and to Mrs Hawinkels and Mrs Dodds tor their willing assistance in this area. Thanksalso to the many parents who offered transport for the various teams.

MrG Roberts

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SwimmingThe swimming at St Stithia'ns thisyear has continued to be ol a veryhigh standard. We swam a 'Doysonly' team this year and it waswonderful to see the team spiritthat has built up. My thanks go tomy co coaches. Denise Jacobsand Den Warren for all theirsupport and encouragement.

Ryan Bell has been a superbcaptain and the boys havefollowed his example in the persuit

oi excellence. Well done, Ryan.on making the Southern Gautengswimming team and leading fromthe front.

Mitzr Venn and all her tea ladieshave continued the tradition of fineteas lor parents and children, evenprovrding them at the SouthernGauteng trials this year. We thankthem all very much.

Last. but not least, a commentabout the boys As I stated at the

larewell party, I believe that you asa team could have gone anywherein the country and made the Saintsname proud. Well done on a lineyear's swimming.

Team Awards:

Fl. Bell (capt); K. Botha; DWessels: B. Dickson; D, Kerr: JWilkinson J. Tasker; J Winder: DSell; J. Acheson; M. Mackay: JRalph

Provincial selection:D. Kerr: R. Bell: B, Dickson: D,Wessels; S. Murray (divmg); A.Muller; J, Winder: O. Venn: D.Garrick

League results:ATeam: Blirsts lsecondBTeam: 7firsts 2seconds

Friendly results:ATeam 3 lirsts

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Annual Inter House Championships

Tabloids: Championships:4th Corlett 643 4th Hall 8592nd Hall 647 3rd Leake 908.52nd Kent 647 2nd Corlett 9871st Leake 650 tst Kent 1041.5

Ethelslon Trophy (For the most promising Junior Swimmer) :David Carrick

Schroenn Trophy (For the most promising Senior Swimmer) :Ryan Bell

The O'Flaherty Relay Cup:Kent

Swimming TeamBack row: Mr 0 Warren 0 Venn,J Wilkinson n Myhurgh:.) Acheson. K. Botha: D. Kerr:8 Dickson. D Wessels.J Ralph.) Winder. R DtaCk.J Tasker. MrB RanklnMiddle row: D Dutton. M Bell, B Drtlord.A Muller, M, Nammck:G Wallord,D Flalscher.MrsDJacobs,D Carrlck:G BethaG Eean.T Walker,Fl McSymon. w Baker: J. McNameeFrontrow: D Alexander M Jones. a Broekman; 5. Hayden:n Bell lcapl) 0. Murray. M Jorgenson: s. Schroenn; 0, Less

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TennisTennis has to be one at the mostrewarding sports to coach,especially if you have a group oiplayers as enthusiastic anddedicated as the tennis players atSaints Prep. it is this enthusiasmthat has enabled us to field 5 Openteams and 3 junior teams with atotal of 80 active tennis playersvying for a position in one of theseteams.

In summer tennis is offered everyday oi the week and it is in thisterm that we play our governmentschool league. In winter. we playthree times a week and play in thepn vate schools league. This year(for the second time in three years)our lirst team won this privateschools league.

Teams

Is! Team: M. Mechede;M. Emmott (capt); G. Hills;J. Monteiro: D. Bethell andS. Sleyn.Also played : 0. Davies; G. Olivier.2nd Team: 0. Davies: D. Sell;G. Olivier; R. Forder; W. Bishopand D. Hewan.3rd Team: C. Webster:T Rodenhuis; J. Wilkinson;S . Fredericksz; R. Lupini;and M. Mackay.4th Team: D. Laburn; A. Glover:J. Rowan Parry; S Trenchard;N. Kunstler and T. Edmond.U11 A: R. Sievers; N. Franklin;M. Mahon; A. Meredith; R. Laburnand P. Emmott.U11 B: P. Steyn; J. Lees: G.Botha; J. Webster; M. Hewan;B. Lupini; R. Smith; G. Walford andA. Mundy-Castle.Also played: N. Jackson; D.Bakewell; J. Langman; J. Owens;R. Broekman; J. Matlala:C. Fourie; T. Kluyts: S. Joslin:R.MacSymon: J. Els and R. Raab.

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15! TEAMvs Kepsvs Redhillvs Graystonvs Rivoniavs Fairways

2nd TEAMvs Montrosevs Rivoniavs Wendywoodvs Redhillvs Grayston

3rd TEAMvs Weltevredenvs Randparkvs Rivonia

4th TEAMvs de la Sallevs Fontainbleauvs Bryneven

JUNIORS

B TEAMvs Bryanstonvs Bryanston Laervs Bryneven

0 TEAMvs Brynevenvs Parkviewvs Unikavs Craighall

50 2358 ~ 2336 4559 2347 34

60 ~2155 2636~4562 1949 32

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151 Team2nd Team3rd Team

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Played14119621

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1st TEAMvs Kepsvs The Ridgevs Whpsvs St Johnsvs St Petersvs Grayston

2nd TEAMvs Kepsvs The Ridgevs Whpsvs St Johnsvs St Petersvs Grayston

3rd TEAMvs The Ridgevs Whpsvs St Johnsvs St Dunstansvs St Petersvs Grayston

4th TEAMvs The Ridgevs St Petersvs Northclil l

U 11 A TEAMvs Kepsvs The Ridgevs Whpsvs St Johnsvs St Peters

U11 5 TEAMvs Kepsvs St Petersvs KDVPvs Randparkvs Fontainebleau

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36 2743 2054 93472942 2136 27

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Once again the inter house tennisalterttoott was a great success.Well done to Cnrlott tor winning theoverall trophy.

Juniors:lsl Hall {)0 games2nd Lenka )0 games3m Kent 19 games4th Cnrlnlt 15 games

Senlors:lst Corlutt :35 games2nd Kent ?7 games3rd Leake 13 games4th Hull 9 games

Overall:Isl Corlntt 50 games2nd Kent 46 games31d Hall 39 games

4th Loako 33 gnmos

Autoclub Knockout:Probably our most iniprossweachievement ol 1995 was gettingto the [trials at it nationalcoiiipetitiun, the Standard Bank

Autoclut) competition Well doneto tho nioittbors 0| [HIS luur thanloriiri Micitanl Maniiodo. MichaelEniniotl, Gregory Hills and DawnBotiiell

()imilw finalsvs Hillldpillk 51) 55

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Din/Id Itntiinll iinil Mitxiinnl ltniiiotlalso won lliiougli to tho iliiuitnrilni ils o! the lituttlllill lmst itoulilnscniiipmllion. whom they weretlnntnn by Hiiiitlpiiik Piiinniy

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Tour to Grahamstown

Our annual lour visitedGmhamstown this year. Eightsenior boys and tour iuniors playedthree games against St Andrews,Graham College and Klngswood.We won all three games veryconvuicingly, The tour alsoincluded trips to the ObservatoryMuseum. tho Printing Press. theAgricultural Museum. Summerhilllarrn (Pineapplnsi. Port Allred andThe Fish River Sun.

Tourlng team: M Mechede;M Emmott. G. Hills; J. Monteiro:D Bethell. S. Steyn. O. Dawes;D Sell. N Franklin; R. Slayers.M. Malian and A. Meredith.Ssnlors' Resultsvs Graeme College 78 7 53vs St Andews 86 7 33vs Kingswood 98 30

Junlors' Resultsvs Graeme College 37 . Bvs St Andrews; 44 7 12vs Kingswood 48 7 17

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Two boys achieved SouthernTransvaal Colours this year. Theywere Michael Mechede (senior)and Scott Joslin (lunior). Well doneto these two boysl

in concluding I would llke to thankthe captain ol tennis 1995. MichaelEmmott. for his superb sarwce(note the pun) to the school. A verySincere thank you to PennyEmmott and all the moms, whohelped with transport and teasthroughout the year.Thank you !

Mr D. Webb

Glahamstown Tennis TourBack row: M Emmon (captain). s Sleyn: D. $erMlddleroszs H,Coetzee;N.FrankIm;H SieverszD Belhell: Mr D, WebbFront row: M. Manon: G. Hxlls: 0 Davies; J. Momem: A. Meredith

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