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Pieter-Steph du Toit The big 24-year-old lock Pieter-Steph du Toit won the coveted South African Rugby Player of the Year award last year, following a brilliant and consistent performance in the green and gold in a difficult season for Springbok rugby. In the words of former Bok assistant coach, Alan Solomons: “Du Toit is a world-class player and a phenomenal athlete. South African rugby is extremely blessed with fantastic young locks from which to select, such as Du Toit, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager and Franco Mostert. Du Toit is an enormous man, yet is very athletic and wellcoordinated. Moreover, he scrums superbly, is a terrific lineout forward and is an intelligent footballer. In my book, Du Toit is the complete rugby player.” Q: How did it feel to be announced SARU Rugby Player of the Year? What did the award mean to you? What motivates you to give your best, game after game after game? A: It was an incredible honour to receive the award. I was overflowing with joy when the announcement was made. It was truly one of the biggest nights of my life – a dream come true! I wanted to give everyone who voted for me, a part of the trophy.
Q: Tell us a bit about your family and upbringing. A: I grew up on a farm Kloovenburg in the Boland. I was one of four boys, and we were all rather naughty. I loved the farm – I lived for it. I never wanted to go to school – I just wanted to be on the farm. I would sometimes get to school and then play sick, so that my mother could fetch me and take me home again. We often practised rugby in the mud, running through the sprayers on the field. We then jumped in the dam to get all the mud, but this meant I had to often sit in the boot of the car! Q: How do you think all this contributed to your rugby? A: Well, I think growing up on a farm has a lot of advantages. It is a much more active lifestyle, where we played outside a lot, but also worked hard. My brothers and I played a lot of rugby, and of course played rough! We had to carry around heavy things, and this advantage helped me a lot with the physical strength and stamina I have today.
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Q: What was your first Rugby World Cup experience like, moving from the crushing defeat by Japan to the semi-finals against New Zealand? A: My overriding emotion after proceeding to the semi-finals by beating Wales in the quarterfinals was one of immense relief. This was a challenging match, with the lead changing seven times. We’ll always carry Japan with us throughout the World Cup as motivation. It’s something we never want to feel again and we say it before each game – we don’t want to feel that again. We’ve got to win each game. Q: You were in Grade 7 and your wife, Willemien, in Grade 8 when you met at school, but you only ‘got together’ after you finished school. Tell us a bit more about your own fairy tale. A: We trained athletics together at school. She visited the farm a lot while we were at school, but we lost contact for a while. We connected again after school, and the rest is history. We got married at the end of 2015.
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Q: You are the grandson of legendary powerhouse prop Piet ‘Spiere’ du Toit, who represented South Africa as a tighthead prop between 1958 to 1961 and played in 14 tests, including in the series against the All Blacks in 1960, which the Boks won. What does this legacy mean to you? A: My grandfather having been a Springbok gave me lots of self-confidence and I believed in myself. He made it – so it was not impossible for me, too. I think genes also played a big role. I would have loved for him to see me play, especially in the World Cup.
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BERGVLIET PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 715 1103 (e) secretary@bergvlietprimary.co.za Brownies, Girl Guides and Boy Scouts Brownies, Girl Guides and Boy Scouts were allowed to wear their uniforms in remembrance of Lord and Lady Powell’s birthdays.
GOLDEN GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 674 2155 (e) postmaster@ggps.wcape.school.za Buildnat Cape Cobras and Heart FM visit our school On Valentine’s Day, the Buildnat Cape Cobras and Heart FM visisted Golden Grove Primary School. It was a very exciting day for our school!
GREENFIELD GIRLS’ PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 797 0554 (e) greenfieldgirls@gmail.com Recycling Greenfield Girls’ have committed to a paper and newspaper recycling drive.
Paige Hall (Grade 1) with all the newspapers she collected for the week.
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Valentine’s Day The Greenfield Girls celebrated Valentine’s Day by wearing pink, red and white to school.
The Grade 3 class show off their Valentine’s Day colours.
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Grade 4 Groot Constantia Outing The Grade 4s went to Groot Constantia to learn about all that happens on a wine farm.
Mrs Edwards teaches the girls about what happens to the grapes after they have been picked.
GROOTE SCHUUR PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 685 7295 (e) deonie@gsps.co.za Cricket
Mr Nefdt’s birthday Our Grade R learners made a special card to celebrate our new principal, Mr Nefdt’s birthday on Valentine’s Day.
On Friday, 24 February our U12 cricket team played against Kirstenhof Primary School. They played a 30over match under the lights. The experience was amazing and the boys had a lot of fun playing their very first day/night game. Unfortunately we didn’t win, but they definitely learnt a lot from the game.
THE GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 674 2077 (e) info@thegrove.co.za Annual camp-out The Grove’s annual camp out was a great success and camp sites were sold out well in advance.The different food sellers provided a variety for the campers. The talent show, scary walk and disco ensured that enough entertainment was provided for everyone. We value the enthusiastic
participation and hard work of our support and office staff, teachers, parents and children. We greatly appreciate the assistance offered by parents and in particular, the fundraising committee, some of whom worked non-stop to keep things running smoothly.
OAKHURST GIRLS’ PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 021 686 4404 (e) pam@oakhurst.org.za Grade 2 outing at Shark Education Centre
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PINELANDS NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL Triangular Day Night Cricket The Pinelands North U13 cricket team played well in their first match against Pinelands Primary at the Oval on Friday, 17 February, but unfortunately didn’t put up a high enough score and were well beaten by their opponents. The second match was a nail-biter between Pinehurst Primary and Pinelands North Primary. Pinehurst were victorious in the end. Oliver Hunter from Pinelands North won Best Batsman of the tournament, as well as the cricket bat raffle. Our U9 mini-cricket team also played very well, losing their first game but winning their second game convincingly. Qaani Hendricks won Best All-round Cricketer. This year’s event was very well supported. Thanks to Pinelands community for supporting the event again.
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PNPS Interhouse Gala The Pinelands North Interhouse Gala 2017 was held on Friday, 24 February. This is the highlight of the swimming season where school friends can compete against each other to win points for their houses. The Spirit Cup this year went to Gardener. Gardener were also the gala winners. The Victor Ludorum trophy went to Mateo Beukes and the Victrix Ludorum went to Kayli October. Well done to all the swimmers that took part.
SOUTH AFRICAN COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL (t) 021 689 4164 (e) twinek@sacollege.org.za Edu-outreach
KES Water Polo Tournament We won the KES Water Polo Tournament after beating RBHS in the semi-final and Bishops in the final (13-6).
The Transkei team did a bit of ‘easy’ edu-outreach and helped at the junior school. It was Read Out Aloud Day and our gentlemen were only too happy to stroll down and encourage eager young minds. It was wonderful to see the laughs, coming from both old and young.
GROOTE SCHUUR HIGH SCHOOL (t) 021 674 2165 (e) sysop@gshs.co.za GoBald4Cancer awareness drive success On Friday, 24 February the GSHS family showed its support in a big way by colouring or cutting their hair to raise awareness for cancer and show support for those fighting the illness. Learners pledged a minimum of R10 in order to colour or shave their hair, as well as wear their house colours on the day. At break, all the houses gathered on
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the field to form the Circle of Courage. The principal, Mr Marius Ehrenreich, had to honour his promise to go bald if the target of R10 000 was met, and was cheered on by learners and staff alike. The huge success of the event showed the true colours of our Groote Schuur Family.
ST JOSEPH’S MARIST COLLEGE (t) 021 685 6715 (e) admin@maristsj.co.za Swimming gala
Circle of Care
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PINELANDS HIGH SCHOOL (t) 021 531 7410 (e) postmaster@phs.org.za Pinelands High School student awarded prestigious scholarship Achmad Petersen, Pinelands High School’s top matriculant of 2016, has recently been awarded an Allan Gray Fellowship. This is one of the most prestigious scholarships in the country, and is a well-deserved reward for an outstanding young man. The fellowship covers full university tuition and associated costs, academic support, access to entrepreneurial and personal development, mentoring (business and personal) and access to potential postgraduate funding. Mr Dave Campbell (principal of Pinelands High School) commended Achmad on being awarded the prestigious scholarship: “Achmad richly deserves this scholarship. He is true allrounder, but most importantly, he is a young man of integrity and great humility.”
SUN VALLEY GROUP OF SCHOOLS (t) 021 785 2722 (e) hello@sunvalleygroup.co.za Water polo tour Recently, the Sun Valley U13A Boys an Girls set off to Knysna to take part in the Oakhill Chukka Festival. Sun Valley have attended this event, which involves playing water polo in the open water harbour, for a number of years. What fun! The boys were unbeaten with victories over the likes of St Johns and Grey Prep. The girls walked away with 7 wins out of 9 fixtures. We are so proud of their sportsmanship, spirit and determination throughout the tournament.
FRONT: Wikus Potgieter, Ethan Kirby, Coach Amy Keevy, Phoebe Richards, Luke van Zyl, Morgan Christian, Ash Hill, Cailin Vincent, Pebbles McGuinness, Gareth Blackmore, Warrick Jones, Josh Smith. BACK: Taine Egberink, Jordan Lawrence, Rachel Gallimore, Freya Noon, Rose Williamson, Josh Smith, Emma Botha, Cameron Miell, Caitlyn Jacobs, Finally Schellhorn, Coach Tayla Smith, Thomas Anderson.
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SCHOOL SPORT RANKINGS FIRST XI CRICKET RANKINGS 7 MARCH 2017 RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
TEAM PLAYED ST STITHIANS 15 WYNBERG 22 RONDEBOSCH 18 ST ANDREWS COLLEGE 16 GREY HIGH SCHOOL 16 HUDSON PARK 14 MICHAELHOUSE 11 SELBORNE COLLEGE 16 WESTVILLE 10 HILTON COLLEGE 12 PAUL ROOS GYM 16 WOODRIDGE 19 NELSPRUIT 9 ST BENEDICTS 7 MARITIZBURG COLLEGE 8 CENTURION 11 PINELANDS 7 WATERKLOOF 16 ST CHARLES COLLEGE 12 ST DAVIDS 12
AVG PTS 10,53 8,90 8,59 8,45 8,24 8,07 7,60 7,24 7,20 7,15 7,14 7,14 6,68 6,61 6,59 6,35 6,31 6,05 5,91 5,78
BOYS 1ST WATER POLO RANKINGS 8 MARCH 2017 RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TEAM GLENWOOD RONDEBOSCH WESTVILLE ST STITHIANS KES SELBORNE COLLEGE GREY HIGH SCHOOL BISHOPS CLIFTON ST ANDREWS COLLEGE
PLAYED 7 13 6 15 16 17 22 17 14 15
AVG PTS 7,10 5,78 5,44 4,75 4,64 4,62 4,52 4,52 4,47 4,38
GIRLS 1ST WATER POLO RANKINGS 10 MARCH 2017 RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TEAM ST STITHIANS STIRLING PEARSON CRAWFORD ST MARYS WAVERLEY REDDAM HERSCHEL ROEDEAN KINGSWOOD ST DOMINICS
PLAYED 31 16 13 30 28 13 16 26 10 27
AVG PTS 5,20 5,00 4,52 4,20 4,00 3,73 3,66 3,02 2,98 2,89
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