17 April 2015
NEWSLETTER NO. 11
Dear Parents
Welcome back to the Second Term, a term which is “jam-packed” with academic, sporting and cultural activity. I trust that our SACS
men will make full use of all the opportunities available to them and also that they will manage their time effectively.
HOCKEY
RUGBY
The results of the various hockey festivals which took place during
the April school holidays are as follows:
The results of the various rugby festivals which took place
during the April school holidays are as follows:
U14 SOMERSET COLLEGE FESTIVAL
Parel Vallei High School
Won 1 – 0
Wynberg Boys’ High School
Lost
2–3
Paul Roos Gymnasium “B” Team
Won 3 – 0
Paul Roos Gymnasium “A” Team
Lost
0-4
U16 NOMADS FESTIVAL (MARITZBURG COLLEGE)
Martizburg College
Lost
0–9
King Edward VII School
Lost
0–4
Selborne College
Lost
1–3
St John’s College
Won 3 – 2
Hilton College
Lost
0–1
U16 RONDEBOSCH BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL FESTIVAL
Westville High School
Lost
0–4
Clifton College
Lost
1–2
Outeniqua High School
Lost
1-2
Parktown Boys’ High School
Won 4 – 1
Northwood Boys’ High School
Lost
0-5
Affies
Lost
0–2
U18 NOMADS FESTIVAL (JEPPE BOYS’ HIGH
SCHOOL)
St John’s College
Won 3 – 0
King Edward VII
Won 2 – 1
Pretoria Boys’ High School
Drew 1 – 1
St Alban’s College
Won 3 – 0
Jeppe Boys’ High School
Won
2-1
U14A PAARL GYMNASIUM FESTIVAL
Framesby High School
Won
20 – 12
Sentraal High School
Won
77 – 0
Transvalia High School
Lost
7 – 62
U15A PAARL BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL FESTIVAL
Westville Boys’ High School
Won
27 – 6
Menlo Park High School
Won
18 – 5
Paarl Boys’ High School
Lost
0 – 32
U16A PAARL GYMNASIUM FESTIVAL
Sentraal High School
Won
53 – 0
Centurion High School
Won
26 – 14
Michaelhouse
Won
45 – 0
1ST TEAM KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL
Dale College
Won
22 – 12
Affies
Won
13 – 10
Westville Boys’ High School
Lost
26 – 34
Congratulations to Keegan Clark and Joshua Faber who have
been selected for the U16A South African waterpolo team, as
well as Oliver Schuurmans who has been selected for the U16B
team. They will be travelling to Malta in July.
First Hockey Team
First Rugby Team
SAILING
Michael Hoyle placed first and Warwick Strutt second in the
Western Province Sailing Championships.
WATERPOLO
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DEBATING
ATHLETICS
Steven Lochner has been selected to represent South Africa at the
World Schools Debating Championships, taking place in Singapore
later this year. Congratulations to Steven on this fantastic
achievement and we wish him well at the championships.
During the school holidays two of our athletes competed in the
South African Club Championship in Bloemfontein. Their
results from the championship are as follows:
LIFESAVING
Congratulations to Julen Rojo-Roos and Samuel Forder-Harris who
have been selected for the provincial Lifesaving Western Cape
team who will compete in the Interprovincial Championships in
Durban later this month.
Anders Hart and Julen Rojo-Roos competed in the Western
Province Life Saving Championships during the school holidays
where Anders won two silver medals (U19 double and single ski)
and one bronze medal (U19 board rescue), and Julen won 2 gold
medals and 3 silver medals. Congratulations to all these young
men.
JAYSON WEBER
was awarded three bronze medals in the following events:
U15 100m
11.2 seconds
U15 200m
22.22 seconds
U15 Relay Race
REECE VAN SCHALKWYK
was awarded a silver medal in the following event:
U19 Shot Put
16.30 metres
BADMINTON
Kyle Lendon was selected for the Western Province U15
Badminton team and competed in the South African U15
Badminton Championships these past school holidays.
Pictured in Left Photograph: Samuel Forder-Harris and Julen Rojo-Roos (Back Row) and Jayson Weber, Anders Hart, Kyle Lendon and Steven Lochner (Front Row)
Pictured in Middle Photograph: Oliver Schuurmans and Keegan Clark / Pictured in Right Photograph: Reece van Schalkwyk
SACS GARDEN CLUB
HELP REQUIRED
The SACS Percy Montgomery Rugby Foundation is looking for parents to
volunteer their time on Saturday mornings at home games (only 6 home
games in 2015). If you are able to assist, please contact Grant Cooper at
[email protected]. We would greatly appreciate your assistance.
I thought I would share something that I read to the boys at the
conclusion of Headmaster’s Assembly on Thursday:
“THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN”
I would like to appeal to parents who are able to assist us with their
"green fingers" in starting up a SACS Garden Club. The club will assist
Mr Barnard, our Estate Manager, in keeping the flower beds and
gardens in good order.
If you are able to help, please come along to the Hofmeyr Hall steps
on a Wednesday from 8am till 12noon starting 22 April 2015. Zoe
Holmes, co-ordinator, can be contacted on [email protected] or
072 910 9093. A trowel and gardening gloves are optional, but a cup
of coffee is mandatory.
THIS WEEK AT SACS
Our hockey teams host Somerset College and our rugby teams
host the mighty farmers from Boland Landbou. We trust that
parental, Old Boy and school support will be great as we enjoy
the first of the exciting winter derby weekends.
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost certain you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will;
Best wishes to all teams and may the weekend be most
enjoyable.
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you’re outclassed, you are;
You’ve got to think HIGH to rise,
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can even win a prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
Yours sincerely
K. R. BALL
HEADMASTER
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