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15 March 2018
Calling
Grade 4 trip to Tala
Game Reserve
Executive Headmaster
Dear Clifton Family
One of the great pleasures of coming to work at Clifton workshops. I thought the best speakers were Nene
each morning, walking through the Aftercare section Molefi, Dr Criag Blewitt and Dominic Gaobepe. The
and then past the cricket nets, across the field and down theme of the conference was "Developing Educators:
the stairs, is the enthusiastic greetings I receive from the Nurturing teachers towards growing boys into significant
younger Prep boys, who politely remove their hats and men". A number of our staff have also enrolled for the
greet me with a cheery "good morning Sir". Like the IBSC online courses on master teaching and building
young man who rushed across the field to say hello, and leadership programmes, and some will be picking up on
then looked a little nonplussed when I asked him how the next course on developing the self-motivated boy.
he was - clearly he hadn't anticipated that question in
On the go at the moment is the College's Major
his enthusiasm! Or the serious young chap who asked
Production, "My name is Legion". My thanks to the staff
me if I was indeed Mr Knowles, and then asked if there
and boys, both cast and backstage, for this undertaking,
were two of me! What a wonderful way to start the day.
and I look forward to seeing the dramatic talents of our
It seems incredible that, as I write this piece, the end of boys on display. My thanks to Mrs Phoebe Jordaan for
term is only nine school days away. Having said that, leading this initiative.
the term has been jam-packed with lots of learning and
As the holidays approach and the winter sports season
teaching, in the classroom and beyond. There have
starts, our teams are preparing for the Easter sports
been many highlights, including the end of summer
festivals in Johannesburg. Our College First Rugby,
fixtures, tournaments and festivals for the College. Mr
Hockey and Tennis teams will be attending the St
Goedeke mentioned these in his last “Clifton Calling"
Stithians Sports Festival, while our Prep Rugby side will
message, and the results achieved by our First Cricket
be at the Easter Festival at St John's College. To see a
and Water Polo at the two events they attended in
full list of our April holiday tours, please see later in this
Gauteng were excellent. In particular, our First Water
edition. We wish all our teams the very best.
Polo team, who shared the gold medal at the KES
Water Polo Tournament, and had three players in the Finally, Stephen Hawking, the greatest scientist of the
tournament side, are to be commended. Todd Howard modern era, has passed away - coincidentally on
was also named "Player of the Tournament", only the international Pi Day (3:14) - which happens to be
second time a Clifton player has received this accolade. Einstein's birthday as well. (And for those of us who
enjoy this sort of trivia, Professor Hawking was also
Similarly, our swimmers in both the Prep and the
born on the 300th anniversary of the day Galileo died.
College have performed well at the end of season galas,
Coincidence?!)
including our Prep B team who gained promotion back
into the B league. The College A team did the "double For our Christian families, I wish you a blessed Easter,
2", coming second to the all-powerful Westville side at and to all our families, a peaceful, safe and most
both the 10 Schools gala and the Durban and Districts. enjoyable holiday as you spend time with your sons.
The Prep Open Day, held on the morning of Saturday 3 Yours faithfully
March, proved to be a tremendous success, with more
prospective families arriving than we had anticipated.
My thanks to all the Prep staff, and the staff from our
Marketing Department, for making the morning an
enjoyable and informative one for our visitors - and
indeed, for me!
Last weekend the annual regional conference for boys’
schools was held at Michaelhouse. Four Prep staff, six
College staff and I attended. The conference falls under
the auspices of the International Boys Schools Coalition
(I invite you to visit their website at www.theibsc.org).
There were a number of excellent plenary session DAVID KNOWLES
speakers, including an international speaker, as well as EXECUTIVE HEADMASTER
Meander
On Saturday Messrs Knowles, Bresler, Goedeke and Mezher
will be at the College rugby and hockey fixtures being played
against Fourways at Riverside. Messrs White and Boniaszczuk
will join Mrs Achmad at the Grade R 2019 assessment
morning.
Results
PREP RESULTS
Cricket vs Merchiston, Glenwood, Penzance & Westville
Clifton Second XI 68 all out Merchiston U11B 149//5 (Moosa 2/25)
Merchiston 69/2 (Curtis 2/17) Clifton 64 all out
Lost by 8 wickets Lost by 85 runs
Merchiston Third XI 118 all out (Turner 2/19, Trenor Merchiston U11C 123/5 (Dembaremba 2/20)
3/21)
Clifton 79 all out (Veale 22)
Clifton 112 all out (Asherson 22)
Lost by 44 runs
Lost by 7 runs
Merchiston U10A 77/6 (Watson 2/4)
Merchiston Fourth XI 122/7 (Lawlor 2/24, Paruk 2/29)
Clifton 78/5
Clifton 123/5 (Paruk 39)
Won by 5 wickets
Won by 5 wickets
Clifton U10B 64 all out
Merchiston Fifth XI 62 all out (Jamal 5/10)
Merchiston 65/5 (Coleman 2/19)
Clifton 64/2 (Shotland 27*)
Lost by 5 wickets
Won by 8 wickets
Merchiston U10C 92/8 (Sabelo 2/8)
Merchiston Sixth XI 139/5
Clifton 50 all out
Clifton 116/5
Lost by 42 runs
Lost by 23 runs
Clifton U10D 43 all out
Merchiston Seventh XI 150/2
Merchiston 44/1
Clifton 60 all out
Lost by 9 wickets
Lost by 90 runs
Glenwood U9A 72/7 (Edy 2/4) Merchiston U9D 115/5
Clifton 73/3 (Wilson 37*) Clifton 9D 90/0
Won by 7 wickets Lost by 25 runs
Clifton U9B 81/4 (Van der Merwe 27*) Penzance U9C 62/3 (Naidoo 3/12)
Westville 54/4 (Mun-Gavin 2/0) Clifton U9E 42/3
Won by 27 runs Lost by 20 runs
Merchiston U9C 56/2 Well done to all players, coaches and support staff
Clifton 57/1
who have participated this season.
Won by 9 wickets
COLLEGE
Sports Results for the week 5 - 10 March 2018
(All results are for Clifton against the equivalent age groups or teams unless otherwise stated)
RUGBY
Clifton vs Hoërskool Richardsbaai (RBHS)
First XV : won 48-0
Second XV : won 50-22
U16A : lost 0-29
U15A : won 37-14
U14A : won 15-14
Pictured here are some of the
Clifton U14 rugby gents playing
chukkas against Hoërskool
Richardsbaai U14.
Our Grade 8’s debated in their second
round of the DCDL and our Juniors in
their third round.
Grade 8’s:
Motion: This house would allow
athletes to use performance enhancing
drugs (we were opposing)
Clifton vs DHS: Clifton won.
Best Speaker: Bradley Walker (this was his first debate)
Juniors:
Motion: This house regrets the #MenAreTrash movement. (Clifton 1: Proposition; Clifton 2: Opposition)
Clifton 1 vs WGHS 3: WGHS forfeited the debate as they were unable to field a 3rd team
Clifton 2 vs DHS 2: Clifton won the debate. Best Speaker: Viyal Ramlall
Cricket results from the St Albans Festival in Pretoria
First XI vs St Albans First XI vs St Johns
St Albans 209 all out (Brown 3/44) Clifton 1st Innings
Clifton 210/3 (Chetty 101*, Moodley 32*, Quinn 38) 297/9 DEC (Holmes 83, Montgomery 46, Brown 42)
Won by 7 wickets St Johns 247/9 DEC (Brown 3/42)
First XI vs Woodridge Clifton 2nd Innings
Clifton 214/7 (Platford 85, Montgomery 67) Clifton 204/3 DEC (Brown 100*, Montgomery 51*)
Woodridge 162 all out St Johns 47/0
Won by 52 runs Match drawn
Congratulates
Jack Spence (grade 9) who
completed the Cape Argus
Cycle Race - 109km - in a time
of 3h22mins.
Noah Ditz who competed in the
CANA zone IV U16 Water Polo.
Noah and his team beat Zimbabwe U18B to make it to the final
against SA U17. The U16 finished with silver and U17 gold in the
final.
The 6 Clifton players who have been selected (subject to ratification by KZN Aquatics) as part of
the KwaZulu-Natal U18 Water Polo Team that will compete in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Currie Cup
Tournament. Interesting to note that Clifton gents make up 50% of the team:
T Howard, W Dowsett , T Hill, A Psannis, L Walton and M Bennett
HOLIDAY TOURS AND FESTIVALS
Golf
First Affies Golf Tournament : Pretoria : 5-8 April
Tennis
First St Stithians Easter Festival : Johannesburg : 28 March-2 April
Hockey
First XI St Stithians Easter Festival : Johannesburg : 28 March-2 April
Second XI Crawford La Lucia Tournament : La Lucia : 6-8 April
U15A/U16B Jeppe Hockey Festival : Johannesburg : 2-5 April
U14A Westville Boys' Hockey Festival : Westville : 28-31 March
Grade 10 Loudoun International Youth Leadership Summit
Dominion High School, Sterling, Va. : USA : 7-18 April
Public Speaking
SA Team World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships
: Cape Town : 9-15 April
Rugby
First XV St Stithians Easter Festival : Johannesburg : 28 March-2 April
U15A Independent Schools' Rugby Festival: Johannesburg : 11-15 April
Cameos
A note received…
“In my Grade 8 Afrikaans lesson this
morning doing visual diaries, one of the
boys (Ryan Jairaj) said, “Mevrou, kyk
hier...this man looks like Mr Knowles”
And so…it is him. 8 years ago!!! The boys
think he looks about 30 years old here…”
- Renee Wilkins
The Grade 2 boys
enjoyed making their
VCOP booklets in class
Bella the Yorkie just loves
coming to school! And it is
clear that the boys enjoy her
visits too! Show and Tell days
are especially interesting.
The under 14 Hockey team were looking forward to
their game against Thomas More on Wednesday.
Taking learning
outside...This
is how we do it
when the
power goes
out!
Grade 7 Maths
and Gr 11
Drama classes taking place in the Mitchell Square.
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