newsletter 3 - trinity term - 2012

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NEWSLETTER

TRINITY TERM No 3/2012

Dear Parents

Dr Deane Yates 1922 2012

It is with sadness that we informed our community on the morning beforeGaudy Day of the passing of Dr Deane Yates. He was an extraordinaryman of vision and service. From 1955 to 1970, he was Headmaster of StJohns College and subsequently founded the multi-cultural and non-racialMaru-a-Pula. He and Dot lived in a tent while the school was being built

quite a challenge in the dry and dusty Botswana veld! Later he returned toSouth Africa to found the New Era Trust Schools, which challenged thegovernment by providing a non-racial education for boys and girls. Deaneand Dot, his wife, will always be remembered for their loving service to thecommunity in both South Africa and Botswana. He and Dot were worthyrecipients of the St Johns Eagle award for service, which they received inJuly 2004.

Deane was deeply committed to the church and was a lay member of theCommunity of the Resurrection. He worked tirelessly for the education ofthe underprivileged and disadvantaged, and on their return to South Africa from Botswana, Deane wasparticularly involved in the Alexandra Education Committee, which raised funds and selected and mentored

children from Alexandra Township and placed them in good schools.

Deane was an inspiration to many and his life epitomised the motto of St Johns College, Lux Vita Caritas.We give thanks to Almighty God for Deane and his wonderful years of service. We celebrate a life welllived, and one that was lived to the honour and glory of our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ.

Sir David King

This years recipient of an Eagle Award for service is Professor Sir David King who matriculated from AlstonHouse in 1956. Today Sir David is Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at theUniversity of Oxford. He is currently Chancellor of the University of Liverpool. He was the UK

Governments Chief Scientific Advisor, and Head of the Government Office of Science from October 2000to December 2007.

In his presentation to the College, Sir David challenged us toshift our paradigm with regard to how we consume energy. Hespoke of the need for innovation and the need for futuregenerations to ensure that our footprint on this planet can bedifferent. He forcefully showed that if we continue in ourpresent selfish way, we will destroy what we have. He left uswith the challenge and possibility of the young men andwomen of St Johns College leading the world in innovationand research to find a different way.

He is a wonderful role model - for young men and women - of a man who has lived his life in service to theworld.


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Rugby at St Johns

As we conclude our winter sports programme, we can look back on a season with some wonderfulsuccesses and some disappointing defeats. Our final rugby match against St Stithians was an importantmark because it indicated a significant improvement in performance from our previous two years.

I do believe that the structure that we have put in place over the past two years is beginning to bear fruit.This is with particular reference to rugby, but applicable to all our sport:

A Head Coach and a Master-in-Charge: Rugby - Mr Stefan Lourens and Mr Morne Heunes Capable school masters involved in coaching at all levels

A fitness and strength expert in charge of our gym Mr Patrick Tshutshani, Biokineticist A programme of skills training in Phys Ed lessons for rugby and hockey A commitment to grow our own talent by building skills, strength and fitness in boys from Pre Prep

to College Carefully constructed training programmes appropriate to age A culture of disciplined training, skilled coaching, and a self-belief in our boys that they are able and

ready to win

The importance of playing sport at St Johns College was expressed in my welcome address to StStithians (printed in our programme) where I outlined the purpose of sport at school:

The world of professionalsport is geared to entertain. The business of sport- where players are boughtand sold, coaches are hired and fired, and every team needs a retinue of managers, physiotherapists,conditioners and coaches - belongs firmly in the world of professional sport. At schoolboy level, we play toenjoy the game, and to learn from the lessons of playing in a team, to learn from winning and losing. Thislearning comes through disciplined, hard training, through the nurturing of talent and developing skills fromthe prep school up, and through inculcating the right attitudes. Skilled coaching and disciplined training arecritical, but the most important matter is that each young man has the opportunity to grow in self-confidence, courage and determination. Our business at school level is that we are preparing young menfor adulthood, to be robust and resilient. Schoolboy sport provides the opportunity for this process andgrowth.

The St Johns Rugby coaches (both Prep and College) will be holding a strategic rev iew on Friday 20 Julywhere we will assess our progress and set goals for the new season.

One of the needs identified for developing healthy, fit, and strong boys at St Johns College is an adequategym. To meet the immediate need for more space, we will be putting in another prefab building in front ofthe present gym. This will give an additional 120 sqm of space. Although this is not a long-term solution, itwill help for the next few years. This building should be erected by the end of the August holidays.

Building Plans and Priorities 2012 - 2015

The Council of St Johns College has identified the renovation and reconstruction of the Pre Prep as our

priority build for the next three years. An exciting plan has been developed by TC Design, the schoolarchitects. Initially we were planning to build over a period of three years from 2013 2015, movingchildren from one section to another as the building progressed. Mrs Jane Lane the Headmistressexpressed her distress at trying to run a school for such a long period in a building site. Clearly, we need tofind alternative accommodation for the 214 children and 15 staff so that the building can be completed in ayear. It was also pointed out that the costs of building over three years would add approximately R3 millionto the final costs. Hiring temporary classrooms would cost approximately another R1 million. After muchdiscussion, the Building Committee will be recommending to Council that we build temporaryaccommodation for the Pre Prep on the tennis courts on the east side of Burger Field during 2013. This willenable Endean Field to be extended over the roof of this new building. It will adequately house the PrePrep with the necessary classrooms and toilet facilities for 2014, when it is proposed to start building thePre Prep. Once the building of the Pre Prep is complete, we will be able to convert the building into a

proper gym. These are exciting developments and we will be able to be proud of our world-class facilitiesfor the Pre Preparatory School.


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Conclusion

Thank you to all parents, teachers and boys for your commitment this term. It has been a busy one, fullof successes and disappointments. The challenge we face as we educate young boys to be men ofintegrity and character, is that boys inevitably make mistakes. They have in the past, and will continue todo so in the future. Our task is to shape them and mould them so that they leave St Johnsrightly trainedin body, mind and character. We can only do this with your support and we are grateful for this. Have awonderful break over half-term and when we return, the boys face their mid-year exams.

Roger CameronHeadmaster


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Eagle Award Recipients - 2012

Chauke Bradley LV NashDial Bradley LV NashJackman Gary LV NashLuyckx Justin LV NashMaxton Dean LV NashMorajele Mofana UV NashNene Sbonakaliso LV Nash

Oosthuizen Jacques UV NashPhakathi Nkululeko UV NashPonoane Molemo LV NashSeedat Nabeel UV NashSwartz Jody UV NashTengende Tinaye UV NashVincent Oliver LV NashWilliamson Andrew LV NashWolfe Matthew UV NashAuret Luke LV HillBarton-Bridges

James LV Hill

Boshoff Septimus UV Hill

Eckersley James LV HillHarley Sean LV HillLillie Matthew LV HillModi Jaishil LV HillRaal Nicholas LV HillSteinhobel Murray UV HillSterley Christopher UV HillBhavanbhai Prashil UV ClaytonCollins Pele UV ClaytonDaya Ashin UV ClaytonJohnstone Conor LV ClaytonManga Akshay LV ClaytonMaree Nicholas-

John

UV Clayton

Murrell Craig UV ClaytonRekhviashvili Irakli UV ClaytonVan Staden Brett LV ClaytonVerheul Joshua UV ClaytonAtherfold John UV ThomsonCowper Julian UV ThomsonFoster Cameron UV ThomsonJennings Adrian UIV ThomsonKaskar Mohammed UV ThomsonMark Stephen LV ThomsonQuinn Luke LV ThomsonSacranie Mohamed UV Thomson

Stone Devon LV ThomsonVermaak Jason LV ThomsonVyvyan-Day Matthew LV ThomsonAntonites Wesley UV AlstonAntonites Mitchell LV AlstonDry Cameron LV AlstonDullabh Nishal LV AlstonGibson Luke UV AlstonGmeiner Franz LV AlstonHarryprasadh Dilkash LV AlstonHattingh Heinrich LV AlstonKronenberg Dylan LV AlstonMackie Richard LV AlstonMartin Nicolas LV Alston

Penny Luke LV AlstonPotgieter Dylan UV AlstonSithole Bongani UV AlstonSmit Jacques UV AlstonWhittle John UV AlstonAgostinetto Gianluca LV ClarkeCutifani Jordan LV Clarke

Devchand Tejis LV ClarkeMistry Vishal LV ClarkeMurray William UV ClarkeVermaak Marius UV ClarkeViviers Neil LV ClarkeWorkman Thomas UV ClarkeBarker Matthew LV HodgsonBerry Jack LV HodgsonConkic Milan UV HodgsonDe la Fargue Jack UV HodgsonFletcher Jonathan LV HodgsonHale Christopher LV HodgsonHuntley Christopher LV Hodgson

Mokgosi Lebogang UV HodgsonNdzimande Thobile UV HodgsonNyembe Siphesihle UV HodgsonPhosa Thabiso UV HodgsonPiek Peter LV HodgsonQwabe Philane LV HodgsonRensburg Lizolethu LV HodgsonTattersall James UV HodgsonTattersall Patrick UV HodgsonTemlett Matthew UV HodgsonBradley Dylan UV FlemingDeenik Jean-Andre LV FlemingElliot Francois LV Fleming

Engelbrecht Emile LV FlemingFisher Cameron UV FlemingFrance Daniel LV FlemingKalyan Shaneel UV FlemingMaseko Khaya UV FlemingMotloung Lefapa LV FlemingNewton-Hill Owen UV FlemingSoal Alexander UV FlemingSurgey James UV FlemingWolfe-Coote Liam UV FlemingZilesnick Daniel UV FlemingCheng Shuo UVI RungeDakik Diana UVI Runge

Davidson Rachel UVI RungeDonoghue Thomas UVI RungeHiestermann Nicola LVI RungeJiang Meiyan UVI RungeKaempfer Christian LVI RungeKathrada Aaliyah UVI RungeMangondo Natalie LVI RungeMas Maite UVI RungeMatthews Jonathan UVI RungeMogagabe Osego UVI RungeMotuba Obakeng LVI RungeSexwale Chris UVI RungeWin Andile UVI Runge


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ACADEMIC AWARDS TRINITY TERM 2012

Honours

Bradley Stocks

Colours

Jack de la Fargue

Cameron FosterGerhard Olivier

Mohamed SacranieCameron FisherMatteo Kalogirou

Jacques SmitJason Smythe

Murray SteinhobelJason Strong

CULTURAL AWARDS - MAY 2012

Music

Half-Colours Michael DaviesJames BatchelorRowan BatzofinStephen de SouzaDaniel ErasmusGrant CarrollChristoff du PlessisMikhail KolabhaiAashish Diayar

Ezra FleischAlexander KorstenStephen HavengaDavid GundelfingerKiyan KurjiAngus MackenzieRobin LaversJohann MullerVincent PansegrouwMatthew TaylorEric McLaughlinHamish MollettAbraham VarghesePrashant VenkatakrishnanChristopher BellewMohamed SacranieRyan Mackell

Oratory

Colours Mohamed SacranieMuhammed Bulbulia

Debating

Colours Mohammed KaskarNabeel Seedat


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Drama Performance

Merit Irene MaaraRhoda BandoraAshley SeymourNicholas Ambler-SmithJames Chang

Oliver VincentMatthew HendersonLuke AuretBuhle BloseAdrian JenningsFrancois ElliottMatt LaneDavid RamushuBenedict Didcott-MarrSimbai KanjereJason ChemalyKiyan Kurji

Ahmed JadaJames GoochAlexander KorstenTino MudiwaEric McLaughlinDylan TestaSimbai KanjereChristopher StrongSibusiso PunadiThulani DlaminiJesse StevensMatthew Davies

Tamlin LoveHector Bartlett

Half-Colours Claire DudleyMegan McfieChelsea KnealeOwen Newton-HillSam TheronPhilani QwabeGianluca AgostinettoBrett Van StadenThemba DanielsTravis Hornsby

Re-award Half-Colours Khaya MasekoLesego MakoNicholas TennickJonty SchwartzJonty FletcherThulani MaphasaChristopher Huntley

Colours Rivoningo Mhlari

Mzolisi DubeAndrew Tuma-WakuJames Surgey


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Anthony TestaJames Barton-BridgesSbonakaliso M G NeneLubabalo KahlaNicholas McLaughlinJames SlterLuke Reid

Honours Murray Conway

Drama Backstage

Merit Certificates Matthew IrvineChris MackieMuaaz Suliman

Half-Colours Jean-Andr DeenikRichard Mackie

Re-award Colours John Whittle

STAFF NEWS

Long-Service Awards

The following staff were awarded with long-service awards at Amphitheatre on Thursday, 14 June. Wethank them for their dedicated and loyal service to St Johns College:

Dixon Buthelezi 36 Years (since 1976)Ananias Mashimaite 35 Years (since 1976)

Gladys Mashifane 27 Years (since 1984)

Morris Bila 26 Years (since 1986)

Ezekiel Dikotla 26 Years (since 1986)Sinah Dikotla 25 Years (since 1987)Simon Dzanibe 21 Years (since1991)

New staff

We are delighted to announce the following appointments within the Finance Department with effect from14 June:

Mrs Barbra Chamboko takes over the new position of Bookkeeper, with responsibility for some of theassociate entities, such as the PA, Shop and Rugby Festival, as well as doing certain creditors.

We welcome Mrs Lile Khuluse as the new Debtors' Clerk working alongside Mrs Mary Anne Lamb. Lilecomes highly recommended from a similar position at Michaelhouse. She has moved to Johannesburgwith her husband, who has been appointed as HoD IsiZulu at St David's, Inanda.


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Derby Day Debate

On Friday the 4thMay 2012, St Johns and St Andrews revived the Derby Day Debate tradition.

St Andrews sent up their senior and junior teamsa South African debater being one of the St Andrewsteam membersto take on St Johns.

The junior teams debated the topic Drug addicts should be castrated, while the seniors tackled Socialgrants should be granted only to citizens who vote. The debates were captivating; the topics arousedstrong feeling and some great debating ensued.

St John's won both the senior and junior debates by small margins.The boys from both schools conducted themselves in an exemplary manner and seemed to participate andenjoy the opportunity.

Overall, I think an official Derby Day Debate would be a great tradition to perpetuate. Next year, I hope wewill be able to send a strong team to St Andrews.

Jonathan Smith

PUBLIC SPEAKING

The winner of the Senior Impromptu Speaking competition and the holder of the Chilvers Cup for seniorimpromptu speaking is Murray Conway. The Junior Impromptu Speaking Competition was won by TomMontgomery. The Senior Prepared Public Speaking Competition was won by Muhammed-Ismail

Eagle Award Outreach Program

Partnered with the men of the Johannesburg City Parks, dressed in theirtrademark jade overalls, the St Johns College boys and girls departedeveryday at 06:30 a.m. and travelled a lengthy journey to the heart ofJohannesburg Alexandra.

The Eagle Award Outreach Program took place from the 9 th April to 13thApril at the Realogile High School and Childcare Centre. Many of the pupilswere concerned about travelling into the township, however, the studentswere met with many bubbly personalities and heart-warming smiles, afterwhich, nothing but sheer fun followed.

Throughout the week, various activities were organized and the studentswere split into various groups to perform a variety of tasks in servicing boththe High School and the Childcare Centre. These tasks included: painting,gardening, construction of a self-maintained vegetable garden, re-fixing ofgutters, teaching the children, feeding babies and (to the enjoyment ofmany) playing soccer with students of both schools an integrated and

enjoyable learning experience for us all.

The project was successful as the objectives of: educating the communityabout self-sustenance and providing food, were definitely achieved. It wasan experience that educated and inspired one that will not be forgotten bythose who served and those who received.

Shaneel KalyanU5 Fleming


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Bulbulia. He will be awarded the ODowd Medal for Public Speaking at Speech Night later in the year,along with all the other public speaking award winners.

The South African Guild of Speech and Dramas Festival of Public Speaking took place in February andMarch and our teams (2 per year group) acquitted themselves extremely well. We are very proud of themand their commitment. They were awarded either A+, A or B+ symbols in all age groups. The festivalended on a high when Muhammed-Ismail Bulbulia came second in the finals at Kingsmead.

INTER-HOUSE PLAY FESTIVAL RESULTS

1. Invincible - Nash2. Cleringers Trial - Thompson3. Us & Them - Hill4. Maisha - Runge5. Not With My Gun - Hodgson6. Thin Blue Line Ism Ism! - Fleming7. 15 Minute Hamlet - Clarke8. A Closet flung wide open - Alston9. Childs Play - Clayton

The inter-house play festival was a great success. Congratulations to all the boys who took part, particularlythe following:

Best Ensemble Cast - HillMost Promising Junior Actor - Phil Baloyi [Nash]Best Cameo Performance - Eric McLaughlin [Clarke]Best Supporting Actor - Owen Newton-Hill [Fleming]Best Original Script - Sbo Nene [Nash]Best Actor - Anthony Testa [Thomson]Best Director - Andrew Tuma-Waku & Sbo Nene [Nash]Best Play - Nash house

St Johns Colleges performance of Greig Coetzees Happy Natives took place on Friday, 25 May at 7 pmat The Theatre on the Square as part of 2012 Festival of Excellence in Dramatic Arts Play Festival, hostedby Crawford Sandton. We were delighted to be sent through to the finals, held the following night. The boyswere outstanding and were complimented on their exceptional performances. 22 plays were presented atthe festival and 4 were sent through to the finals. Sbo Nene is to be heartily congratulated on being namedBest Actor at the festival, a fantastic achievement. Crawford Sandton was named Best Play with theirproduction of For coloured girls

HAPPY NATIVES

We would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the Director, Cast and Crew of the production ofHappy Natives.

The boys performed at the Festival for Excellence in Dramatic Arts, hosted by Crawford Sandton which

took place on the 25 May, and were sent through to the finals. Several of the boys were awarded

certificates and we would like to congratulate the following young men:

For OUTSTANDING ACTING: Nicholas McLaughlin, Murray Conway and Siyabonga Mkhize

For OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR: Jonty Fletcher

For BEST ACTOR AT THE FESTIVAL: Sbonakaliso M.G. Nene

The boys also performed at the 2012 RAPS Play Festival at the Wits Theatre on Monday 4 th June. Sadly,

they did not get through to the finals, but several merit certificates and nominations were awarded. Again,we would like to congratulate the following young men:


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MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR STAGE MANAGEMENT: Cullum Grant

MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR ACTING: Siyabonga Mkhize

NOMINATION FOR BEST WRITTEN MOTIVATION: Jonty Fletcher

NOMINATION FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sbonakaliso M.G. Nene

NOMINATION FOR BEST COMEDY: The Cast and Crew

Despite not making it to the finals, Happy Natives was the only play selected by the RAPS trustees torepresent RAPS in East London on 5 October, as part of an initiative being driven by the well-knowntheatre practitioner, Deon Opperman, to establish an Annual Play Festival similar to RAPS in the EasternCape.

This is a significant achievement for the Director, Cast and Crew and we congratulate them.

ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2012

Congratulations to Muhammed-Ismail Bulbulia on being placed in the top 15 in the country in the EnglishOlympiad. This is an amazing achievement as there were 7000 participants. He is to be flown toGrahamstown as a special guest of the Schools Festival of English. He will hear his final placing at thePrize-giving at the end of the Festival.

MUSIC

Several girls and boys entered the Roedean Yamaha Lovemore Music Competition, an annual eventsponsored by Yamaha and Lovemore music, with generous prizes to be won. This competition isconsidered to be a major competition in Gauteng.

There are four categories: Strings, Woodwind, Brass and piano Jason Smythe won the first prize as thebest brass player, and Shuo Cheng won the first prize as best pianists. Congratulations to these twopupils, and their teachers Justin Sasman and Ilse Myburgh.

SPORTS NEWS

Sports Awards Colours for Swimming

Niel Vosloo

CHESS

On Wednesday, 9 May, the finals of the Gauteng South Five-a-side Chess Tournament took place at StJohns College. This tournament started at the end of January and matches took place every Monday

afternoon of the first term. The St Johns

A Team qualified for the final and proceeded to win all theirmatches, thereby winning the tournament. The following boys are to be congratulated on their superb play:

Jaishil ModiNeil Viviers

Aaron KrishnaEric McLaughlin

Jonathan Georgiades
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CYCLINGJoshua Buchel, (U4 Clayton), won the Di Corte Franca in Florence,Italy on Sunday 15 April. The race was televised and below is a linkto a 4 minute summary clip of the race / finish.

This is a major race for the Allievi category, which has seen Joshuareceive widespread congratulations from top cycling professionals,including Robbie Hunter and Brent Copeland.

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GOLF

MARCO STEYN (Rem) qualified for Central Gauteng to play in the Nomads SA Boys U/15 Team andStrokeplay Championships. The Tournament was held in Somerset West from 28 April 1 May 2012.There were 120 boys who took part in the torunamen and the team event was won by Central Gauteng.Marco finished in 4th place in the individual Strokeplay Championship.

ROWING

U16, U17 and U19 SASRU Development Squad Tour To Belgium

The following St Johns Boys formed part of the U16, U17 and U19 SASRUDevelopment Squad to tour to Ghent, Belgium. The boys raced in an internationalregatta on the 5th and 6th of May.

Boys U16 Boys U17 BoysU19Sean Verheul (U4) Andrew Morgan (L5) Nick Greeff (U5)Nick Papas (U4) Dimitri Theofanidis (U5)Joseph Savanye-Terblanche (U4)Daniel Hafner (U4)Ayrton Da Silva U4

RUGBY

Congratulations to the following Rugby Players who have been selected to the various Provincial rugby

teams:

Thapelo Rapelwana - Golden Lions Craven week teamTobi Ndzimande - Golden Lions Academy teamNJ Maree - Golden Lions Tau teamDevon Henson - Golden Lions U/16A team

SAILING

Simon Jones (L4) sailed in the Laser 4.7 World Championships in Buenos Aires at the end of March, andfinished the regatta in 14th place in the U16 division. He also sailed in the SA Senior Laser Championship

held offshore in Durban and finished joint 3rd in the 4.7 fleet.

Henry Daniels (L4) sailed in the SA National J22 championships held at the Vaal and finished 5 th Overall.
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WUSHU

Brothers Paul (U5) and Sydney (L5) Ontong have been selected to represent South Africa at the 4 th WorldJunior Wushu Championships in Macau, China, from 17 to 25 September 2012 as members of the NationalJunior Sanshou Team. This is an official World Championship event as recognised by the InternationalOlympic Committee and the General Association of International; Sports Federations.

POLOCROSSE

Congratulations to Tim Hayden (L4 Hill) for making the U16 Polocrosse team to playagainst Zimbabwe on the 7th and 8th of July in Weipi.

HOCKEY

The following boys have been selected to the Southern Gauteng Hockey teams for 2012

Southern Gauteng U/14 A - Ross BentleyU/14 B - Gareth Fullerton & Lodewijk VolkerszU/14 C - Abhinav Giridhar, Keegan Lumley & Christopher Ching (SJC Prep)U/14 D - Kwenzakele Selamolela

Southern Gauteng U/16 A - Nathan Elliott & Walter PfaffU/16 B - Alistair FletcherU/16 C - Fabio Tonello & Kavi NairNon traveling reserve - Ndumi Mvelase

South Gauteng U/18 A - Andrew Tuma-WakuKyle Lion-CachetOwen Newton-HillThabo Zindi

U/18 B - Kyle RobertsonU/18 C - Joshua HooperNon traveling reserve - Luke Langschmidt

INTER HOUSE HOCKEY RESULT 2012

Senior Trophy Junior trophy

1 HILL 1 CLARKE

2 THOMSON 2 NASH

3 FLEMING 3 HILL

4 HODGSON 4 THOMSON

5 NASH 5 CLAYTON

6 ALSTON 6 FLEMING

7 CLAYTON 7 ALSTON

8 CLARKE 8 HODGSON

9 RUNGE


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Final Placings

Overall Combined positions Total1 HILL 1 & 3 42 THOMSON 2 & 4 63 NASH 5 & 2 74 FLEMING 3 & 6 9

4 CLARKE 8 & 1 96 HODGSON 4 & 8 126 CLAYTON 7 & 5 128 ALSTON 6 & 7 15

SQUASH

The St Johns 1st Squash team took part in the annual Gauteng Top Schools Tournament and played 5matches, beating KES 50 in the final. St Johns has now won this trophy for the third time in three years.The following boys will go on to represent both St Johns and Gauteng at the annual National Tournament

in Pietermaritzburg in August:

Bradley DialDean MaxtonTyrone Dial

The following boys were chosen to represent their respective Gauteng squash teams:

Gauteng U19A (Cape Town) 23-27 June

Bradley DialDean Maxton

Gauteng U16 A (East London) 23-28 June

Tyrone Dial

Gauteng U16 B (East London) 23-28 June

Brett Le Roux

Gauteng U14 B (Johannesburg) 23-27 June

Byron Ledlie

Kudzaishe Sitshebo who is part of the academy was chosen to represent the Gauteng B team

JUDO

Logan Geldenhuys L4 has been selected to represent the Central Gauteng A Team at the SA Open JudoChampionships which is to be held in Bloemfontein from 24 June to 30 June 2011. He has also qualified toparticipate in the individual category.

Dutliff and Septimus Boshoff participated in the National Open Judo Championships in Bloemfontein,representing Central Gauteng

Kyle RobertsonCameron DryMatthew Barker (Captain)


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When last did your son have his eyesight checked?

It is said that as many as one in seven young people aged 15 are affected by short-sightedness and one in fourteenagers need vision correction. Impaired vision can affect critical academic, sporting and day-to-day activities.

Recently, a Remove boy was referred for such a test a fter reporting blurred or moving text when trying toread. Despite having prescription glasses from Primary school days, this individual had refused to wear them,resulting in significant deterioration in his eyesight. Easily rectified with a more recent prescription, he is now readingsignificantly better and with added concentration, as evidenced by increasingly improved academic results.

In another case, an Upper Four boy was given a clean bill of optical health in Remove. Referred back to anophthalmologist recently, significant short-sightedness was identified. He reports that his prescription glasses havemade a significant difference to his focus in the classroom and to his studying in general.

Annual eye checks are strongly recommended for teenagers either to check on existingprescriptions, or to ensure that healthy vision has not changed.

What to Expect: Each eye care practitioner has their own routine, but most comprehensive eye exams follow asimilar pattern, conducting tests for:

Vision - The eye care practitioner will check fornearsightedness,farsightednessandastigmatism. While youlook at an eye chart, he/she will measure your vision precisely, and, if necessary, determine a prescription forcorrective lenses.

Coordination of eye muscles - The practitioner will move a light in a set pattern to test your ability to seesharply and clearly at near and far distances, and to use both eyes together.

Side (peripheral) vision - The practitioner will move an object at the edge of your field of vision to make sureyou can see it.

Pupil response to light - The practitioner will shine a light in your eye and watch the pupil's reaction.

Colour testing - The practitioner will ask you to describe figures in a series of illustrations made up ofnumerous coloured dots or circles. This tests your ability to differentiate colours.

Eyelid health and function - The practitioner will examine your eyelid, inside and out.

The interior and back of the eye - After dilating your eyes (by both using a few eye drops and dimming thelights so the pupils will widen), the practitioner will use a special instrument called an ophthalmoscope to seethrough to the retina and optic nerve at the back of the eye. This is where clues to many eye diseases firstshow up.

Measurement of fluid pressure - The practitioner will release a puff of air onto your eyeball using aninstrument called a tonometer. This tests the pressure inside the eyeball, an early indicator ofglaucomaandother diseases.

Sue de WitteAcademic Support Teacher
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