Wynberg Boys' High School Magazine 2022

ANNUAL MAGAZINE

WYNBERG BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL | 2022

IT’S IN OUR DNA

IT’S IN OUR DNA

Wynberg Boys’ High School

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Editor: Courtney Wallace

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EDITORIAL

Courtney Joubert

Sam Kean once said, “Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.”

Of course, he was referencing biological DNA, but I tend to think the quote still applies to life in a school. Every school has a certain makeup – a DNA – that makes them who they are. This DNA is critical to understand how a school operates, but more importantly, how a school feels.

Professor Sumantra Ghoshal speaks about culture and “the smell of the place” and this idea echoed in my mind as this magazine came together, strand by strand. The intention behind these pages is that you can ‘smell’ them; sense the unique energy that abounds at Wynberg Boys’ High School. It is, without question, a special place.

Wynberg Boys’ has always held, on a pedestal, the goal of educating the whole child. Holistic education is the name of the game and I hope these pages detail that for you. I look at the cover pages and the spirit transcends the magazine. I know you will feel it too. 2022 was such a year of ‘gees’ that it was impossible not to make these images the cornerstone – the DNA – of the magazine this year.

However, DNA is not two-dimensional. It is two stranded and made up of four core components. The same goes for Wynberg Boys’. The ‘gees’ may underpin everything we do but the four pillars give us our structure. These pillars, as well as the house and grade events,

fill the pages of this magazine and our school and make the ‘gees’ even more meaningful.

2022 was a year where we finally got back to normal as the Covid-19 Pandemic lessened its grip on us and society. We also welcomed our new principal, Mr. Deon Scheepers. Both these events allowed us to really consider our DNA, and this invited us to truly reflect on what makes Wynberg the school it is. After losing so many of our elements over the past two years, we took a firm stance to regather the strands and form our DNA again. The pages of this hold the result of that: our rekindling of the Wynberg DNA. I can, without doubt say, that Wynberg Boys’ High School is moving forward while maintaining and building upon this fundamental DNA.

The future can only be bright. Afterall, as Maurice Elias says, “A school that prepares students for academic and life success has a democratic, inclusive spirit. The spirit, or climate, of a school is greater than the sum of its parts.”

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IT’S IN OUR DNA

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Deon Scheepers

The year 2022 has seen a return to normal post-COVID-19 at Wynberg Boys’ High School.

The year was, once again, filled with various activities involving both the boys and our dedicated staff and it was wonderful to experience the echoes of war cries across our beautiful campus. One was reminded of what can probably be considered as our founding headmaster, Mr John McNaughton, statement of intent when the school had its humble beginnings on 1 July 1841: “The great object of this school will be to bring the blessings of a good education within the reach of all our community. I will be educating the whole man – physical, moral, and intellectual. The communication of knowledge will be subservient to mental training. My great aim will be to teach pupils to think.” When one reflects on the year 2022, Wynberg Boys’ High has certainly strived to live up to this founding statement and reputation.

Starting the year as the 15th headmaster of this illustrious school, I would like to pay special tribute to the Senior Management Team, both the academic and administrative staff, boys, support staff, parents, Old Boys and the School Governing Body for their support and guidance. A distinguishing feature of our school is its community focused, caring approach and the willingness of the staff to go the extra mile and my family and I have experienced this throughout our first year. I would also like to thank the school finance team for meeting all the financial challenges that most schools are experiencing in the aftermath of the

COVID-19 pandemic. All these stakeholders have contributed to the many successes of the year 2022.

2022 saw some new faces on our campus. The following academic staff joined the school: Thato Springbok (Physical Sciences); Lumari Velleman (EGD; Technology; Construction); Jonathan Chuter (Music); Gerhard Steyn (Afrikaans), Louis Schultz (Afrikaans) and Ané Lategan (Arts and Culture). Jeandré Gabriels joined our admissions department whilst Esmund van Wyk has been appointed as the school’s Director of Cricket. Susan Webner and Coleen Adams joined the staff in administrative roles, namely Personal Assistant to the Headmaster and Human Resources Manager, respectively. The following staff will join us in January 2023: Dave Mallett (History); Jan Britz (Afrikaans); Franco Mostert (EGD) and James Marx (Gym Manager).

The Presidential Assistants programme was extended for a third phase during the past year but will then come to an end.

An internal advertisement was communicated for the temporary positions of VP Sport and VP Culture seeing that these two pillars of the school have become very demanding to manage. These positions can become permanent in the future once the HOD post has been filled by the WCED. Alan Herbert (VP Sport) and Natalie Karg (VP Culture) have started in these respective roles at the start of the third term and are already adding great value.

Mouton Joubert and Courtney Wallace got married during the year whilst Siobhan Bruce got engaged.

Sadly, we also had to say goodbye to some of our staff members:

Ben van Wyk and Andrew Wylie relocated to the UK and Jean Holton to Australia. Estian van der Merwe has been promoted to the position of Headmaster of the Three Peaks School in Cape Town. Rukeya Samaai, Dylan Grobler, Jeanette Muller and James Muller will be leaving the school. Mandy Colman retired midyear. Christelle Lefson’s husband has emigrated to New Zealand, and she will be joining him at the end of 2022. Ryan Maron resigned as the First Team Cricket Coach to take up a position as the Assistant Coach of Afghanistan.

The following interns will be part of the school in 2023: Sheldon Norris, Tyra-Jade van der Spuy, Sage Aldridge, Travis Theron, and Dylan Riddle. Lumari Velleman, Cyril-John Velleman, Caiphus Dlamini and Michael Rushby have been interns at the school and will explore new opportunities at the end of the year.

The ‘Wynberg Men’ are one of the primary stakeholders at the school and their absence is felt especially during a time like the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions. It was, therefore, pleasing to welcome them back to the school this year and for their input when

the normal school programme resumed. A special word of thanks to Zachary Porthen and the prefects and House Captains for their invaluable contributions and leadership this year. Not only did they ensure that the spirit and traditions are successfully transferred to the new generation of ‘Wynberg Men’, but they also provided the necessary impetus and momentum to take the school to unprecedented new heights this year. Some highlights include hosting several successful Open Days, the Prize Giving ceremony, various Inter House events, the Quadrangular athletics meet, Derby Days against our traditional rivals in the Southern Suburbs, hosting successful rugby, soccer and basketball festivals, additional assemblies on Thursdays to improve the esprit de corps emanating from the past two COVID-19 years and to teach the boys the “Wynberg Way”, and several other initiatives. The spirit shown in the pouring rain against Grey High was also special to witness and epitomizes the resurrection of the special bond and camaraderie that exists amongst the ‘Wynberg Men’.

MR DEON SCHEEPERS

MR DEON SCHEEPERS SPEAKING AT VALEDICTORy

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Congratulations to Zachary Porthen (Captain: SA Schools’ Rugby Team) and As’ad Moos (SA Schools’ Rugby A-Team) as well as Juan James (Captain: SA U19 Cricket Team) on these great achievements. I also wish the head prefects for 2023 all the best: Xolela Hoyi, as Head Boy, and Nicholas van Schalkwyk, as the Deputy-head Boy. I trust that they will build on the sound legacy left by the Class of 2022 and exceed all expectations during their tenure.

During the year we continued to focus on the four pillars of the school and to renew our efforts to provide boys with opportunities to grow and develop in the areas of academics, sport, cultural activities, and service. Our philosophy at the school is that these opportunities will enable our boys to develop holistically and prepare them to make meaningful contributions to society as ‘Wynberg Men’.

The significant, and in many ways, alarming fallouts experienced in especially junior schools in the development of learners post-COVID-19, re-affirmed the school’s approach to initiate the Ignite Programme with our current Grade 8 learners this year. This programme endeavours to focus on developing numeracy and literacy skills as well as general concepts that underpin content which include 21st century skills like communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. The purpose of the programme is, furthermore, the quick identification and intervention of barriers to learning brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in our schools, and to bring about goal-oriented teaching and learning. Through the Ignite Programme teaching and learning will be made fun whilst mindsets that are focused on growth will be established in both learners and educators. The Ignite Programme is unique to our school, and we believe that both learners and educators will reap the academic rewards

of this approach in years to come despite some initial teething problems.

The Minimum Performance Level (MPLs) Programme also resumed this year whilst Aptitude Tests for Grade 9 learners were also conducted. Several LO Days were hosted during which different themes and topics were covered. Emma Sadleir, well-known social media expert, addressed the boys and staff during one of these occasions. The ACE Codes have also been adjusted and will now include a fourth descriptor to make it more accurate when evaluating a boy’s attitude and approach to his academics in class. The school’s Assessment Policy was revisited and aligned with the WCED Assessment Policy. The Online School, a pilot project established during the COVID-19 pandemic, unfortunately had to be discontinued this year due to a lack of financial resources. Parents had been informed about this decision earlier in the year and that they can apply for admittance of their sons for 2023 to the school.

On the sporting front, the school has enjoyed a very successful year. We are currently offering 14 sporting codes and the aim is to provide our boys with ample opportunities to not only compete and be successful against other schools but to also use sport as a vehicle to build character, develop skills, forge friendships, and test their boundaries. Our cricket teams performed with grit and determination this year whilst our competitiveness and performance in water polo are also on an upward curve. Our rugby teams have been very successful and the first team, in particular, have been victorious in 83% of their matches played against the Southern Suburbs rivals, with an overall winning ratio of 75% during the season. We also had several boys selected to represent Western Province in the various national rugby weeks – the

most representatives ever. We also hosted a very successful Standard Bank Rugby Festival with more than 1500 rugby players visiting our beautiful campus during March. Although our first hockey team struggled with consistency, the junior teams showed a lot of promise, and we are looking forward to seeing these boys develop in years to come. We also, once again, hosted the Wynberg Soccer Festival as well as our first Wynberg Basketball Festival –these occasions provided our boys with ample opportunities to develop their skills and will ensure that these sports grow and become, in due time, showcases for our school.

Our cultural pillar has also continued to grow and has provided our boys with numerous opportunities to also contribute to this important area of school life. The Wynberg Boys’ Acting Association has increased to approximately 85 members and some of the highlights of the year include their involvement in the Shakespeare Schools’ Festival as well as staging a major music production ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. This stage production was well-received and afforded our boys with the opportunity to meet and exceed their Thespian pursuits. Our music ensembles and bands also displayed extremely high levels of competence and excellence in eisteddfods, the termly Concert-in-the-Quad events, and several other external performances. Our Pipe Band, to highlight but one, was often seen on Friday evenings at hockey fixtures and Saturdays before the official kick-off of the first rugby teams, and their involvement this year culminated in the exceptional Celtic Pipe Band Concert which included all the Cape Town Pipe Bands towards the end of the year.

The service pillar has been fully involved in various service drives and initiatives this year

Headmaster’s annual report

as well as showing their continued support for the existing outreach programmes. Some of the highlights include the Sanitary Pad initiative during which sanitary pads were collected and distributed to those girls in need, the Mandela Day initiative during which the school community prepared over 4000 sandwiches which were donated to a local shelter, and the Boots initiative during which soccer boots and shoes were acquired from an Irish benefactor and distributed to local communities. It was wonderful to experience the renewed enthusiasm post-COVID-19 after the uncertainty of the last two years.

The Vision 2025 Indaba to discuss the school’s strategic vision for the next three years (20222025) was held on 16-17 September 2022 at the Newlands Cricket Grounds. All the staff involved at the school were represented as well as members of the SGB attended this Indaba. Through certain themes our Vision for 2025 was defined as a narrative: ‘A passionate, committed, invested staff, leading education innovation, will evolve our caring Pastoral system while engaging the modern parent, developing the Wynberg Boy to becoming a Wynberg Man; a continually transforming and evolving school being of service and giving back to our community and building relationships with the Wynberg Old Boys’ Union. Driving academic excellence, aimed at becoming a Top 5 Sport School in the country with one of the best cultural programmes in South Africa. Supera Moras!’ In the context of the envisioned future state, focus areas were identified with staff members who would champion these areas. A Sports Indaba was also held in November to develop a module for the school to be competitive in all our sporting codes aligning with our Vision 2025. Some of these focus areas include marketing,

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recruitment, sponsorship, development of coaches, administration, media, and facilities.

The school’s digital footprint is continually growing, and the weekly newsletter now reaches close to 2500 stakeholders.

Our official social media channels include Flickr (11 million cumulative photo views in 2022 from 880 albums), YouTube (3.5 million impressions mostly live streamed), Facebook (18 official active pages with a combined following more than 20 000), Instagram (8 active official pages with a combined following more than 10 000) and TikTok (28 500 followers).

Looking back on the year 2022, we are thankful for all our successes in the key performance

areas of the school and willing to embrace the challenges of education within the South African context. However, we are reminded of the words of the late Archbishop Desmund Tutu: “You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.” We remain humble in our endeavours.

The Wynberg Boys’ High brand is vibrant and exciting, and I would like to thank our committed and dedicated staff, our enthusiastic and selfless SGB members, our supportive parents, Old Boys, friends of the school and our enthusiastic ‘Wynberg Men’ who all contributed to making the year 2022 such a memorable one.

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VISION 2025 INDAbA

Deon Scheepers - Headmaster

The Vision 2025 Indaba to discuss the school’s strategic vision for the next three years (2022-2025) was held on 16-17 September 2022 at the Newlands Cricket Grounds.

All the staff involved at the school were represented as well as members of the SGB attended this Indaba.

Considering where we are today (2022) and our envisioned medium-term future (2025) we identified the following aspects that the school excel at: embracing challenges by innovating, building on our existing traditions as a springboard for adaptability, being progressive and not afraid of change, caring about our boys holistically and pastorally, and adding diversity and inclusivity to our school culture. We also recognized the important role of our four school pillars, the role of our staff and local community in our approach to empower others and to be focussed on quality education which include the integration of technology and a committed approach to competitive extra murals. We identified the Wynberg Boys’ High community as being humble, friendly, and proud and that the school’s motto of Supera Moras epitomizes the resilience of our character.

We identified that the following possible scenarios could unfold over the next three years which could provide potential threats to the school and the Vision 2025: The everchanging society and external environment as well as challenges in the socio-economic climate of the country could result in an ever-

changing parent that could bring additional pressure to the school particularly affecting school fees and funding. This could result in school numbers growing affecting the school’s pastoral care approach as well as academic curricula placing constraints on the expansion of subject choices and the school embracing 21st century skills. These potentially growing numbers could also place pressure on the physical expansion of the school and facilities although the school’s current Engineering faculty does give the school a competitive edge over our immediate competitor schools. The need was also identified to continually develop the staff as one of the major role players at the school and to ensure that salaries remain competitive so that staff turnover could be limited, and personal growth of staff ensured. Certain themes were developed through a modified Balanced Scorecard framework which would become the basis for the envisioned future state: passionate, committed and invested staff; evolving our caring Pastoral system; developing the Wynberg Boy to becoming a Wynberg Man; driving academic excellence and leading education innovation; engaging the modern parent; being a continually transforming and evolving School environment; driving extra-mural activities to become a top 5 Sport School in the country and offering one of the best cultural programmes; building stronger relationships with the Wynberg Old Boys’ Union and, finally, being of service and giving back to our community.

Through these themes our Vision for 2025 was defined as a narrative: ‘A passionate, committed, invested staff, leading education innovation, will evolve our caring Pastoral system while engaging the modern parent, developing the Wynberg Boy to becoming a

Wynberg Man; a continually transforming and evolving school being of service and giving back to our community and building relationships with the Wynberg Old Boys’ Union. Driving academic excellence, aimed at becoming a Top 5 Sport School in the country with one of the best cultural programmes in South Africa. Supera Moras!’

In the context of the envisioned future state, the following focus areas were identified with staff members who would champion these areas:

1. Staff welfare and development, which also include staff orientation, staff retention, staff recruitment, staff compensation and staff welfare.

2. Attracting resources, which include focusing on all the current stakeholders of the school and developing our scholarship programme.

3. Education innovation, with a focus on tailored tuition, staff training and development and creating a culture of high academic standards and developing 21st century skills.

4. 360 Degree Communication with both internal and external stakeholders as well as managing the school’s digital footprint.

5. ‘Novating’ our Pastoral care system to adapt, prepare and ‘future proofing’ our Wynberg Boys to become Wynberg Men by also accommodating the changing home environments of our boys.

6. Sport: taking measures to support our goal of becoming a Top 5 Sport School with multi-purpose sport facilities and highperformance sport conditioning.

7. Cultural programme: taking measures to develop our cultural programme to become one of the best multi-cultural programmes in South Africa by developing our current cultural facilities and acquiring appropriate financial support.

8. Alignment of the needs of our Vision 2025 with the junior schools and ensuring our offering and products are aligned with tertiary education and industry needs.

The school and all stakeholders are embarking on this exciting journey towards 2025 by also taking account of certain factors which might hinder the progress, for example the unstable climate in South Africa, a resistance to change, the ever-changing environment of our junior schools and parents and limited resources.

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SENIOR EXECuTIVE

SUPPORT STAFF

Back Row : Mr Andre Saunders, Mr Graham Mitchell, Mr Mickyle van der Vendt, Mr Dale Opperman, Mr Clive Minnies.

Front Row : Mr Ian Smith, Ms Sera Matthews, Mr Jeremy Petersen, Mr Jeff Adams, Mr Colin Menne.

Mr Deon Scheepers : Principal Mr Larry Moser : Deputy Principal

Mr Pete van Schalkwyk : Deputy Principal

Mrs Natalie Karg : Vice-Principal: Culture and Service

Mr Alan Herbert : Vice-Principal: Sport

Mr Michael Engelbrecht : Vice-Principal: Academics

Mr Cliff Hull : Vice-Principal: Quality and Assurance

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Back Row : Mr Pietie Loubser, Mr Chris Rushby, Mr Ben Wiley, Mr Andries Bezuidenhout, Mr Michael Rushby, Mr Estian van der Merwe, Mr Mike Leresche, Mr Wandile Nxusani, Mr Christiaan Venter, Mr Jacobus Coetzee, Mr Jason Pretorius, Mr Nicholas Mlotshwa.

Fifth Row : Mr Blake Rimmer, Mr Taahir Samaai, Mr Dylan Grobler, Mr Andre van Vuuren, Mr CJ Velleman, Mr Jean Holton, Mr Mickyle van der Vendt, Miss Hannah Earl, Mr Sheldon Norris, Mrs Juanita Wilson, Mrs Robyn Clark, Mr Given Mogale, Miss Kayla Hoey.

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Fourth Row : Ms Tania du Toit, Ms Jocelyn De Mink, Mrs Jeanette Muller, Mr Sibu Vilakazi, Mrs Tara Williams-Poyana, Mr Jeremy Petersen, Mr James van Bosch, Mrs Natalie Karg, Ms Siobhan Bruce, Mr Mariano Badiali, Mr Ighlaas Saiet, Ms Thato Springbok.

Third Row : Mr RJ Theunissen, Mr Colin Menne, Ms Sera Matthews, Mr Ian Smith, Mr Stephan Pretorius, Mr Dale Opperman, Mr Joshua Stevens, Mr Stefan Potgieter, Mr Graham Mitchell, Mr Jeff Adams, Mr Richard Haigh, Mr Andre Saunders, Mr Clive Minnes.

Second Row : Ms Jeandre Gabriels, Mrs Lumari Velleman, Mr Christopher Moore, Mrs Mandy Colman, Mrs Samantha Petersen, Mrs Roxane Groenewald, Mrs Christelle Lefson, Mrs Courtney Joubert, Mrs Geraldine van der Westhuizen, Miss Lauren Cleophas, Mr Peter Catzavelos, Mrs Coleen Adams, Miss Jessica Delcarme.

Front Row : Mr Graham James, Mr Justin van Winkel, Mr Riccardo van Niekerk, Mrs Renette Spammer, Mr Cliff Hull, Mr Pete van Schalkwyk, Mr Deon Scheepers, Mr Larry Moser, Mr Michael Engelbrecht, Ms Lisa Brady, Mr Josh Bassett, Mr Adolf Groenewald, Mr Alan Herbert.

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FAREWELLS

Christelle Lefson Jan de Waal

It is my privilege to say goodbye to a stalwart. In a busy school like Wynberg, the front office is the engine room. Christelle has spent her career at Wynberg in the engine room as school secretary and then later as PA to the Headmaster.

In order to survive, and in her case, THRIVE, in the engine room you need certain qualities:

1. Emotional stability: In the front office you’re on an emotional roller coaster every day. All the student-, parent- and staff drama passes through the office.

Christelle has the remarkable ability to remain calm and cool as a cucumber no matter what is going down. Occasionally, she would come into my office, close all three doors and vent.

2. Confidentiality: Highly confidential information passes through the engine room. I could always rely on Christelle to keep information safe.

3. Professionalism: No matter who she was dealing with, she always maintained the appropriate level of professionalism.

4. Empathy: Christelle has a huge heart and an ability to feel others’ joy, pain, anxiety or whatever they are feeling at the time. I valued her ability to discern at which level a situation needed to be dealt with.

5. Sense of humour: No matter what the situation, Christelle could always see the funny or ironic side of things.

6. Be informed: In my opinion, this is Christelle’s greatest strength. She was and still is invaluable to the Head.

The Front Office is expected to know everything as they are always the first point of call. To know everything, you rely on communication. We all know Boys’ High Schools are appalling at communication as a result of all the different styles: No communication by relying on the law of assumption, over communication, selective communication, co-communication, miscommunication or cross-communication.

So, with all these styles in play, the front office is often the last to have the correct information. Yet, somehow, Christelle could successfully navigate her way through the sea of confusion and manage to give the person making the enquiry the answer to their query.

Usually when people I know emigrate to Australia or New Zealand, I say they are raising the average IQ of both countries. In your and Eric’s case, not so. South Africa is definitely worse off!

Christelle, we are going to miss you. I know it can’t be easy for a boeremeisie to go and live in 19th Century England (aka New Zealand) but with your indomitable spirit, I know you and Eric are going to be happy there.

I know that you are going to maintain links with Wynberg as you aim to link up with the many old boys you and Eric know living over there. I look forward to continuing working with you, albeit remotely.

Christelle, thank you for your huge contribution to Wynberg, we will miss you and Hamba Gashle!

Mandy Colman Larry Moser

Mandy is one of our longest serving staff members, having been appointed in the early days of Keith Richardson’s time, late in 2004. I remember interviewing her, interestingly, in my old office which is now my new office – the wheel has turned full circle. During the interview I remember how feisty she was, how she laughed easily and had a wonderful sense of humour, and how well she seemed to understand boys. I had no hesitation in putting a tick next to her name after that interview. She is still that same, lively character, with a spark in her eyes.

Mandy started as a humble Art teacher, down in what is now D12 and D13. The juniors could choose from metalwork, woodwork and art in those days, so she had far fewer boys doing art in grade 8 and 9 than is the current situation. She was the only art teacher and ran the entire art department by herself – setting every test, marking every piece of work, and being responsible for every facet of the art department. She also did a lot of the set design and painting for all our major productions, as well as finding time to do her own painting –something which has been put on the back burner for a few years now.

Mandy’s progress is remarkable when one considers the size and scope of the Art department as it is today. When woodwork and metalwork were phased out, Mandy put together a proposal to move the single art room from its location in D12/D13, to the upper floor of the MW/WW block. She expanded the single art room into two art rooms and we soon had a second art teacher as more and more

juniors took art in their early years. She has outlasted all those other teachers until Father Time decided that it was time for her to retire. She leaves an Art department in a far stronger and healthier position than it was when she arrived – the recent matric art exhibition is a testimony to how much she has improved the status and quality of the subject.

Mandy was often the life and soul of the staff –always willing to put her hand up to something outrageous – she was a genuine go-getter and stepped up often to make things happen. She ran the Staff Enrichment programme, putting together a document that enabled us to get value out of visiting each other’s classes; she became the NAPTOSA rep when Brian Botha left; she was the SACE liaison person for a few years, as well as looking after hockey teams for many years. She even ran the detention sessions after Bill Creed left, and used them as a way to connect to boys who were not Wynberg’s finest: she somehow managed to find something good in these boys and encouraged them to move forward.

Mandy joined us as a tutor in the yellow house – De Waal. She has been the one constant in that House over eighteen years and is our longest serving tutor. House Heads have come and gone, the House has changed its name to Sunninghill, but Mandy has been the common factor and anchor of the House. She has been a great support to all the “new” House Heads as they took on the role of leading her House, and many have appreciated her support and advice.

Her role as a tutor and mentor was far reaching and many art boys return after leaving school to spend time with her. The point of having a tutor for the full five years of a boy’s school career only works if the tutor remains for five

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years. In Mandy’s case she has been full value for her boys, having seen many of them from the early stuttering days of childish enthusiasm and boyish youthfulness to the maturity of a young man on the verge of manhood and all the responsibilities that go with it. Over the years many boys have commented positively and lovingly on the huge role she has played in shaping their lives. Some of these comments are listed below:

• Mrs Colman has been a support, always been there for me.

• Mrs Colman is a lovely kind lady, very positive.

• Mrs Colman provided me with a place to express myself and respected me as a person and treated me as a friend.

• Mrs Colman - our relationship grew stronger over the years and she had the most belief in me.

• Mrs Colman, has been a mother figure to me and has always helped me with everything even if it isn’t art. She has helped and guided me a lot!

• Mrs Colman has been undoubtedly the biggest positive impact on my school career, being a mother for me away from home; even if she was stressed or having a hard day she’d take the time to smile and talk.

• Mrs Colman actually cared about my wellbeing.

• Mrs Colman. Ma’am acted as a parent to her Art students, always welcoming regardless of the time.

• Mrs Colman. One of the kindest, warmhearted people at Wynberg.

• Mrs Colman. Has been the most outstandingly kind and supportive tutor.

• Mrs Colman has been through so much but continuously supported me in any way she could.

She leaves us for a well-earned retirement, and I am trusting that she will now find some time to get an easel out and become creative again. She has transferred so many skills to both teachers and boys in her time with us, that we are all the richer for her time with us. She has shared her life with us and we have become part of her family. Mandy, this school has become part of your DNA and you have shown so many of us what it is to be a loving, caring but strong person. You are going to leave a massive hole in the Art department and in Sunninghill. We are going to miss your infectious shrill in the staffroom as you realise that someone has just committed a faux pas, or you have just spilled something, or just shrieking because you are happy. We wish you a long and enjoyable retirement – it is the start of the next phase of your life and, knowing you, you will embrace it with both hands and make the most of it.

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ACADEmIC REpORT

Michael Engelbrecht

While the 2022 matric results would be a source of massive celebration and pride for most South African schools, our reflection is rooted in the desire to improve further still.

We are also mindful of the fact that end-ofyear results are not the sole indicator of our academic success, but rather a culmination of our efforts towards achieving our academic ideals. A 99% pass rate and 86% Bachelor’s Pass rate was below our stated aim of 100% and 95% respectively.

Our academic offering of high-end academic subjects notwithstanding, we believe that we have the resources, strategies and learner intake to be a Top 10 school in the country. However, we aim to achieve this through innovation rather than drill and practice. Wynberg places great emphasis on the Four C’s. Critical thinking is encouraged in all subject areas, as students are challenged to analyse, synthesise, and evaluate information to make informed decisions. Communication is also prioritized, as students are encouraged to express their ideas effectively through written and verbal communication. Collaboration is fostered through group projects and discussions, allowing students to work together towards a common goal. Lastly, creativity is celebrated, as students are encouraged to think outside the box and find unique solutions to problems.

In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, it is essential that students are equipped with the necessary skills to navigate and utilize technology effectively. Wynberg has long been

a trailblazer in this area – having introduced paper light methodologies in 2011 – and recognizes the importance of technology in both learning and teaching. Using Microsoft Office and its extensive suite of applications, technology is integrated into our daily practices to enhance the learning experience for our students. Teachers use technology to deliver engaging and interactive lessons, while students use technology to conduct research, create projects, and collaborate with their peers. The proliferation of AI to electronically assess learner work saw us embrace almost daily formative assessment in 2022. This approach has been reinforced by attaching measurable significance to the daily tests –formative tests count 10% towards the term mark in term 1 – 3.

The Ignite Programme reflects our commitment to developing 21st century skills in our learners. One of these is the ability to grapple with large amounts of written text at a high level of comprehension. The partnership with Snapplify and the use of their reading application, Literacy Pro, has enable us to roll out an extensive library of e-books for our Gr 8 and 9 learners. We do baseline testing termly to determine their reading proficiency and this reading level is monitored throughout the year.

2023 Promises to be a year committed to reading as reading periods will be formally provided for Grades 8 and 9. This will be extended to all grades by 2026. We are sure that improving reading ability and comprehension skills will have positive spin offs for all academic subjects. The research indicates that reading is equivalent to mental weight-lifting as it builds and strengthens signalling systems deep within the brain.

THE IgnIte pROgRAmmE

Michael Engelbrecht and Courtney Joubert

Long before Covid disrupted the teaching and learning of millions of learners worldwide, many in education circles had been questioning the competencies of the average Grade 8 learner and their ability to adjust to the demands of high school. Numeracy and literacy achievement amongst South African students have traditionally lagged far behind OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. The advent of the Covid pandemic has necessitated an urgent assessment of what critical skills are lacking amongst our Grade 8s and how best this situation can be addressed.

The upshot of this at Wynberg Boys’ High School, is the adoption of the Ignite programme in 2022. Every Grade 8 learner completed a structured course that focused primarily on Literacy and Numeracy. There was a clear focus on entrenching and extending 21st century creative and critical-thinking skills, as well as a prioritisation of decision-making ability through engagement with written and visual texts and complex Mathematical problems. The programme also focused on making these often-theoretical subjects, more practical and relevant to these young learners’

lives. This also served to form a bridge between a Covid-disrupted junior school life and a fastpaced, sink-or-swim high school life. In this way, it also aimed to level the playing field of all boys, to strengthen the academic output of the grade as a whole.

The elective subjects similarly adjusted their teaching plans and methodology so that the principles of Ignite were used to introduce the learners to EMS, Technology, History, Geography, Creative Arts (Art or Music), Physical Science and Life Science. These subjects endeavoured to underpin the basic foundations of their subjects in a creative manner so that our Grade 8s focused on creating and not simply, passively, learning. These subjects also included as much subject-specific reading and comprehension to strengthen their general knowledge but also to increase their time reading and understanding texts, which is at the core of the Ignite Programme.

In addition, there were dedicated reading periods in an attempt to improve the reading ability and comprehension ability of our boys. This, together with the Ignite programme and Snapplify’s Literacy Pro, is intended to provide them with the tools needed to tackle the rest of the GET phase with aplomb before they enter the FET phase in 2024. These lifelong skills will no doubt stand them in good stead, even after their school days are over.

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mATRIC RESuLTS

Friday 20 January 23 2022: Wynberg Boys’ High School has been announced as the top-performing school in both the Metro South District and Circuit 1 for 2022, with our biggest matric group in 5 years doing us proud with a 99,5% pass rate, an 86% Bachelors Pass, with 217 subject distinctions, 13 A aggregates, and a class average of 65%.

Headmaster, Deon Scheepers announced the detailed results to the crowd at the Bill Bowden Pavilion, paying tribute to the matrics, their families, and WBHS academic staff:

Congratulations on a fine set of results! The 2022 grade group was the most severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic: they had to go into hard lockdown in their Grade 10 year and spent 2020 and 2021 mostly away from school. While the school went out of its way to ensure that the 2022 group was adequately prepared academically during these difficult times – with strategies like long-distance teaching and learning, online programmes, teams meetings, and even after-hours support – the Class of 22 also had to find the inner drive and determination, as well as self-discipline, to remain focused and motivated on their studies. I would therefore like to thank and congratulate our academic staff, and parents, for all their commitment and support during the extremely difficult years of the pandemic.

Highest Subject Mark:

Tristan Gerrard – 99% for Mathematics.

Our Top Achiever (and average):

Tanweer Chiktay, 7 distinctions, and a 90,3% aggregate.

7 Subject Distinctions: Cameron Boardman-Smith, Farhaan Brey, Tanweer Chiktay, Tristan Gerard, Imraan Haron.

6 Subject Distinctions:

Abdul Malik Adams, Fayyaaz Harneker, Thomas Salter, Azhar Salie.

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SCIENCE EXpO

Lauren Cleophas

After the disruptions of the last few years, Wynberg Boys’ High School was finally able to run our annual Science Expo.

Launched in late January, there were numerous checkpoints for the boys and coaches to grapple with the boys’ ideas. The driving concept behind the exposition was to allow our boys to be innovative, critical thinkers while trying to solve the real-life problems we face in South Africa and the world at large.

Our Life Sciences and Physical Science boys participated in the expo by coming up with original ideas and using their subject knowledge to build models, conduct research investigations, and hypothesised experiments. The boys were required to present a research proposal and a scientific file, as well as an oral

presentation using a poster as their source of media.

Our Science Expo not only serves to explore new ideas, but is also an opportunity for the boys to express themselves and create something which could have a positive impact on society. We have also incorporated the expo into our curriculum for both Life Sciences and Physical Science to ensure that the boys benefit in more ways than one.

The top achievers are recognised by being entered into the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF). If successful, they could stand a chance to participate in the regional, national, and international leagues.

We are extremely proud of the exceptional work which our boys have produced. Credit goes to Tristan Butters and Andrew Killick for receiving the Smyly Trophy for excellence in the Science Expo this year.

We hope the Grade 10s and 11s of 2023 can continue to impress us.

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AFRIkAANS WEEk

Renette Spammer

WBHS se personeel en leerders het Nasionale Afrikaanse Taaldag op gepaste wyse gevier.

Die verrigtinge het afgeskop met die weeklikse saalbyeenkoms in Afrikaans waargeneem deur Mnr. Scheepers. Die skoolkoor het ons tydens die byeenkoms vermaak met Afrikaanse liedjies.

Linga Chigona het ook die baie bekende fakliedjie “Sarie Marais” gesing. Marco Palvie en Tristan Gerard het ons met hulle toesprake en demonstrasies wat handel oor hulle passie in die lewe verras.

Zachary Porthen, ons hoofseun en SA-skole rugbyspeler, het deur middel van ‘n kort motiverende videogreep die belangrikheid van Afrikaans in rugby en sport onder ons aandag gebring.

Die Wynbergonderwysers het ook hulle bydrae gelewer deur die leerders later in die week met ‘n woordeskatkompetisie te vermaak.

TEACHERS TAKE PART IN THE “AFRIKAANS WOORDESKAT KOMPETISIE”

HOUSES

IT’S IN OUR DNA

HOuSES

gLEbE

Justin van Winkel

Our desire to get back to normal school life forced us out of the blocks early and we hit the ground running on day one with the Grade 11 boys.

They missed out on the Nyamezela challenge in the Cederberg and needed a tough rightof-passage. We jumped at the opportunity to take them on the “Puffer” trail from Cape Point to Table Mountain over three days, and the “Supera Moras Challenge” was born! It was a challenging and unique experience that we all soaked up. The Glebe boys bounced over the mountain under our expert guide, “Cave-Rave Mike”, who then signed up later in the year to take our Grade 9s on the “Supera Moras Challenge” and our Grade 10s on the “Nyamezela”. Once again, he got all of our boys over the finish line in one piece and in record time.

At the end of 2021, our Grade 11s and prefects (Matric 2022) commented that they wanted to reinstall all the positive customs and traditions of the school or they could be lost forever. Our house prefect, Thabiso ‘TK’ Molekwa, and our house captain, Jayden ‘Juicy’ Joseph, had a massive task ahead of them. They would have to learn the job on the go and then inspire, motivate and drive the other 120 Glebe boys. They did this by setting a positive example and leading from the front. House activities and the healthy competition returned with great enthusiasm and these two young leaders took the house to within a few points of the overall Friedlander Shield.

2023 is looking very promising and has already kicked off with a Grade 11 house day at the indoor Grand Prix circuit in Canal Walk. Our 2023 Glebe Matriculants are energetic, enthusiastic, and very competitive. The house is in good hands with Matthew Ould taking the reigns as our prefect, and Tyler Battista as our house captain. Both have the full support of the house and have already started to do a superb job.

Our tutors have done an immense job this year by providing sincere support to our Glebe boys and I am very pleased that they will all be back in 2023 to help us maintain stability and make sure that Glebe is a house of which boys are proud to be a part.

André van Vuuren

2022 will be remembered as the year when traditions and activities came back to life.

Mr Alan Herbert started the year as the new House Head who brought about a fresh sense of direction and vision for the house after a very successful past few years.

However, after his promotion to Vice Principal of Sport, I was asked to step in as Interim House Head.

2022 brought about anticipation and expectation in the house as restrictions were fully lifted and the house took some time to find its groove. The new Grade eights embarked on the journey up Table Mountain with their Matric Buddies and returned tired and sunburnt but ecstatic with the achievement.

The first full event of the year was the interhouse athletics where the spirit was high within the house and House Prefect, Jordan

George, did a superb job in rallying the boys alongside his House Captain, Tristan Munz. Tristan, thanks to all his hard work, was awarded prefectship in the middle of the year for his outstanding dedication and commitment to the house. Thanks must go to both of these gentlemen for their commitment to the house.

Although our performances at the beginning of the year were not where we would have liked them to be, our boys did extremely well in our academics, and we managed to place in the top 3 of the Friedlander Shield for 2022.

The Grade 10s, for the first time in several years, embarked on the Nyamezela hike. This was an incredible experience for our young men, and after 12 days on the mountain, they returned grateful and with the realisation of how fortunate they are as Wynberg men.

I would like to also thank our tutors who looked after the boys and really did go out of their way in ensuring that our young men were always respectful and that they brought pride to both our house and the school.

If 2023 is anything like 2022, we know it will be a good year!

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LITTLEWOOD

Adolf Groenewald

The memory of Covid-19 has come and gone.

We can hopefully put that disaster behind us. It has been an absolute pleasure to have a “normal year” this year, if we can ever call a year at Littlewood ‘normal’. There are always things happening as Littlewood is a busy place. It has been exciting to see boys interact with one another, socialising in the common rooms or out on the fields.

The Grade 12s this year have mastered the art of keeping the traditions and values that could have been lost over Covid-19. I want to congratulate Jason Beckman and his team of Grade 12s for keeping the hostel a vibrant and exciting place, where the Littlewood traditions have been held to a high standard throughout the year.

The march to Joe’s Café has been one of the highlights of the year. On this day, all of the Littlewood boys walk in perfect unison down to Joe’s Café to collect their soft drink cans. This is a Littlewood tradition that has been taking place for years and will stand the test of time.

The Friedlander Shield is a highly contested trophy each year and in 2022 there was no exception. It started off with the swimming gala where Littlewood House had boys putting their hands up to take part – even if they could not swim. They showed true Supera Moras spirit.

The athletics day was next on the agenda where Littlewood House usually does well every year. Winter sports activities were also a

highlight. The Littlewood boys dominated on the rugby field, taking first place in both the Senior and Junior age groups.

The Academic Pillar has been a struggle for the hostel boys in the past and our plan, together with the newly allocated prefects, is to make sure that the boys perform at a higher level in 2023.

There have been new masters joining the hostel this year. We welcome Mr Jason Pretorius, his wife (Mrs Megan Pretorius) and their son, Samuel, to the boarding house. Mr Gerhard Steyn and Mr Louis Schultz have also joined the hostel and school in 2022 and we welcome them. Our new masters have already made a great impression on the boys, and it is wonderful to have new staff with new ideas joining our house.

The Littlewood team are looking forward to 2023 with our new Grade 8 intake next year as well as the prefects taking over their leadership positions.

LITTLEWOOD CHRISTMAS SPEECH

Adolf Groenewald

Good evening

Thank you to everybody present for joining us for our 2022 Christmas Dinner.

Welcome to the Headmaster of WBHS, Mr Deon Scheepers, and to Mrs Scheepers; to SGB Representative, Mrs Georgie Borgström, and to the committee members of the hostel governing body, invited guests, staff of Littlewood, but most importantly Littlewood men.

I look back at 2022 and it is hard to believe that it is the end of my first year at Littlewood.

This time last year, you all said farewell to Mr Rudd and his family and welcomed me into this place. That evening was my first night on duty all alone at dinner while the rest of the staff was at the junior school pavilion for the farewell. After dinner, there was a “Littlewood welcome” of note. That’s the best way to describe it - it was like a bomb went off in Littlewood – boys cheering and music playing – it was crazy. I left it, giving the boys their time to let loose. After 15min of chaos, I had to step in. I saw a prefect and said, “Right, that is it.”

Within 5 min everyone was in his dorm getting ready for prep. I realized then and there that there was mutual respect. You respected me enough to do the right thing. That set the tone for the rest of this year. Well done!

Tonight, we say farewell to the Matrics – what a bunch of men!

It took me a long time to find something that can describe this group. The best way to describe this group is to compare them to a box of chocolates. All of you have heard the quote, “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.” There are all sorts of flavours in the Littlewood Chocolate Box – mint, caramel, hazelnut, etc. They can come in different shapes, sizes and designs. You can group them if you want – maybe there are one or two that are the same in that box. You must decide what flavour or shape you are. The one thing that makes them, all the same, is that one key ingredient – “Chocolate” – or in the case of this Matric class, is the respect and comradery that you have for one another. There has been five years of spending time together and building a bond that no day-boy will ever understand.

I wish you well for the last few exams and good luck with your future endeavours. Enjoy your Christmas gift from us!

To the new Grade 11s taking over the baton for 2023; Lulibo Fula serving as the new Head Prefect for Littlewood and his team (Nathi Matyeba, Sange Mbatu, Xolela Hoyi and Akshay Lalla) – the platform is there for you to have a great year leading Littlewood house. Good luck, the entire hostel backs you to do great things.

I can truly say Littlewood is healthy and in a good space. We will rise to the top and will remain the backbone of this fine institution for years to come regardless of what is thrown at us.

Tonight, we also say farewell to two of the hostel masters – Mr Andries Bezuidenhout and Mr Michael Rushby. Thank you for all that you have done in your time at Littlewood. It has been a pleasure working with you. Andries,

I wish you well in your new day-house – but we all know that you will secretively still cheer for Littlewood. Michael Rushby, good luck next year and for where the future takes you.

I would now like to call up Mr Bing, our guest speaker for tonight, to help with the presentation of the prizes this evening.

LITTLEWOOD AWARDS

The Steven Trophy

Awarded to the best all round Grade 8. This year goes to: Matthew Saunders

Littlewood Floating Trophy

Awarded to the boarder showing the greatest all-round contribution: Sam Tooley

Littlewood Achievement Award

Awarded to the boarder with the most significant achievement: Juan James

Superintendents Cup

Awarded to the boarder who is an example in every way: Jason Beckman

Academic of the year

Awarded to the boarder who has achieved outstanding academics grades: Connor Thompson

Victor Ludorum

Awarded to the boarder who has displayed leadership and participated at the highest level: Xolela Hoyi

Congratulations to these prize winners, but also to all the Littlewood Men for your contribution throughout the year.

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mcNAugHTON

Renette Spammer

MCNAUGHTON PyJAMA PROJECT

As part of our service project for 2022, McNaughton partnered with the SA Children’s Home in Gardens, Cape Town, for their 2022 pyjamas project. The aim of this project was to ensure that each boy and girl, who lives in the home, had at least one set of warm pyjamas for the winter months.

The dream has come true: mcnauGHton is tHe Friedlander sHield Winner oF 2022.

Our house was driven by As’ad Moos, our prefect, and Yaqub Adams, our house captain, who were always willing to step up and push our house further. The house points we earned this year were well-deserved. Our tutors, the Matrics, and all the members of our house lead the way to our victory.

We have made history as this is the first time that McNaughton have won the Friedlander Shield. Unity and brotherhood played a key role this year.

I am grateful to have such outstanding tutors who shared the vision of making McNaughton a house that makes a difference.

We are ready to leave 2022 behind and grow into the challenges of 2023. We learned many lessons and overcame many obstacles. Supera Moras.

One of our house members, Naas Beets, initiated and lead this project with support from Mrs Spammer as well as the following Grade 11s: Jaren Erasmus, Alexander MastersKay, Michael Cresswell and Nic Balden. It was wonderful to see how the entire house came together to collect money to buy the pyjamas. We spent a day shopping for pyjamas to ensure we got the right sizes for all the children.

The pyjamas were delivered to the children on Thursday, 4 May.

The delivery team was greeted by 37 very excited boys and girls. It was amazing to see their gratitude and how excited each child was to receive their small gift.

We would like to thank the McNaughton parents who supported us by contributing financially. McNaughton hopes to continue our relationship with the Children’s Home and are already planning another project for the future.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit –you’ll be a winner.

PREFECT REPORT

As’ad Moos

After a challenging 2 years with most of the school activities being cancelled, and nearly all the old traditions being lost, the Matric body of 2022 was tasked with the responsibility of restoring the traditions and values of a Wynberg Man.

This truly was an unbelievable year for McNaughton, winning the Friendlander Shield for the first time in history – if I am not mistaken. This would not have been possible without the full buy-in and willingness of the whole house

to put up their hands and participate in all the house activities.

One thing that stood out the most, other than our great Academic, Sport and Culture results, was our service contribution as a house. We managed to raise money and bought clothing for a children’s orphanage, as well as donated money to a guide dogs project (just to name a few).

I would like to thank Mevrou Spammer (House Head of McNaughton) as well as Yaqub Adams (House Captain) for helping me throughout the year and for making my job easier. We’ve worked well together, and I hope that we’ve left McNaughton in a better place.

Supera Moras.

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OuDE WIjNbERg

Joshua Bassett

The start of the year was as close to a ‘normal’ term could have been since the end of 2019.

The year got off to a flying start with many aspects of school life that had been missing for the past two years now back in full swing. This meant that not only was school life busy but so too was house life. We were fortunate enough to have the sleepover, Grade 8 challenge, blazer ceremonies and prize-giving to mention a few. Sports day and the interhouse gala were back, and standouts from these events were winning the pinnacle event: the U19 4 by 100m relay on sports day, and the singing of the school song and traditional ‘pool jump’ for the Matriculants at the completion of the interhouse gala.

The year seemed to slow for no-one, most notably the Matriculants who were writing June examinations before they could blink. The Grade 9 Challenge and Nyamezela were a definite highlight for the grades involved. Completing these in houses and with staff from the house helped galvanize the boys in each grade but ultimately the house as well. There is something to be said for embodying the school motto of ‘Supera Moras’ and having to overcome difficulties together.

Two special mentions of thanks are needed. Firstly, to the incredible tutors who have continued to go far and beyond what is expected of them to serve the boys in their tutor groups and, in turn, the success of the house. Secondly, to my house prefect and house captain, Cole Arendse and Ridhau Bey

who have led and served the house with a great deal of success this year, especially by completing the year with a top four finish in the Friedlander Shield. They set a goal of finishing in the top three houses for the Friedlander Shield, which they managed to do for three of the four terms this year, with us finishing just outside in term 4.

A word from the outgoing House Prefect, Cole Arendse:

To say the least, this year was a tricky one. With most of the juniors not having been able to experience a normal schooling year due to Covid-19, there certainly came challenges. Boys were unfamiliar with the traditional Wynberg way.

The Oude Wijnberg core committee and Matric body had a few goals set out, one of them being restoring the values. We achieved this quickly as a house with regular checks as well as the older boys holding the younger ones accountable in tutor periods by just giving them reminders about uniform, greeting, etc…

Mr Basset started a tournament between the tutors called, The Hull Cup. This is awarded to the tutor that receives the most blue slips at the end of a term as well as a gatsby day. This encourages the boys and their good behaviour which was also a key part in our success.

Another big issue was the lack of ‘gees’ as a school. We became the first house to start doing one cheer for every house assembly. It was run by our house captain, Ridhau Bey. It was just one cheer to get the boys familiar and hyped in hopes that it would butterfly effect throughout the rest of the school – which it did. About a week later every house had a cheer going. We even had a cheer battle with a few other houses across the Hawthornden going on one occasion. This ‘gees’ set us up for a good year and for bringing the ‘gees’ to all interhouse events.

There was so much success in just a year. A foundation has been set. However, it will most definitely be taken to new heights in the years to come.

With saying this, this year would not have been possible without the buy-in from both the staff and the boys of Oude Wijnberg and for that we thank them.

SILVERHuRST

Riccardo van Niekerk

The year was a relatively good year for SILVERHURST in terms of unifying the house back to what it was preCovid-19.

Although we ended up coming eighth in a very tightly contested Friedlander Shield competition, the boys showed perseverance and true grit in the various interhouse events.

The success of the house this year was due to a well-run house committee, run expertly by Ryan Mitchell and Hashim Peters. It has been an absolute pleasure to be Head of Silverhurst House, in particular to have worked alongside a House Prefect with such outstanding personal qualities, such as Ryan. He is really a special young man who leads by example and who is respected by everyone in the house.

I am grateful to have such outstanding tutors who shared the vision of making Silverhurst a house that endeavours to make a difference in boys’ lives. I thank them for their exceptional and sterling work in building up the house.

There were interhouse events that did not go our way, but we are extremely proud of winning the interhouse gala once again! Silverhurst is well-known for their swimmers, and we proved it for another year. Together with Ryan, the house captain, Hashim Peters, steered the ship well.

Noah Harrison, who took over as House Prefect 2022/2023, has done a great job so far by leading by example. We are grateful to him for all his efforts and to those of the committee of 2022/2023.

A word from the outgoing House Prefect, Ryan Mitchell:

Being a prefect has taught me so much. I must thank the boys in my core committee who helped me and the house. I want to thank my House Head, Mr van Niekerk: for all the meetings in your office, urgent emails, house assemblies or all the dreadful admin. Nevertheless, we made it through the year. Thank you for guiding and mentoring me through my prefectship.

I wish Silverhurst all the best for the future.

SUPERA MORAS!

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SuNNINgHILL

Lisa Brady

2022 was most certainly the year of change in Sunninghill.

As I sit here and think of all the changes we’ve weathered together, I am astounded at how much we’ve all been through. I am also so impressed with how the boys and staff have adapted and thrived.

We started with a new House Head; said farewell to Mr van Wyk; welcomed Mr Chuter; said farewell to Mrs Colman; welcomed Ms Lategan. At the end of this year, we say farewell to Mr Michael Rushby. He has been an important part of the team and his presence and sunny disposition will be missed by the boys and staff.

Faizaan Laws and Qaaim Dollie had the formidable tasks of reviving the spirit and “gees” and reintroducing a fully functional house committee. They executed these tasks with gusto, enthusiasm and humour. It was not easy getting the boys involved in house events after two years of Covid-induced nothingness. However, as the year progressed, we started to see a much better buy-in from the boys. I am extremely proud of how Faizaan and Qaaim led by example with kindness, respect and tenacity.

There were many additions to the fabric of Sunninghill. This included a termly blue flag competition where the tutor group with the most blue flags was rewarded with the floating “Blue Flag” trophy and a lunch treat courtesy of the other four tutor groups. This contest was fiercely fought due to the high stakes of having to pay for someone else’s lunch.

The winners are as follows:

Term 1: Joubert tutor group

Term 2: Norris tutor group

Term 3: Chuter tutor group

Term 4: Brandt tutor group

We also introduced inter-tutor games competitions. These (high energy, sometimes frenetic, loud and just a little bit insane) contests took place during house assemblies and at break times and included “Minute to win it”, Uno, dominoes and Jenga matches. The victors, Lategan tutor group, were awarded the floating “Inter-tutor Games” trophy along with all the bragging rights.

1st place: 12 points Lategan tutor group

2nd place: 8 points Chuter tutor group

2nd place: 8 points Joubert tutor group

4th place: 7 points Norris tutor group

5th place: 4 points Brandt tutor group

Throughout my reflection, I was immensely grateful for the numerous highlights we experienced. The reintroduction of the house braai allowed us to finally meet our families and spend some quality and fun time together. Then we had the interhouse gala, where our junior boys showed everyone how to cheer for your team with “gees” and pure joy. Interhouse plays and singing were truly special and memorable occasions. The dedication and creativity on display during that period was awe-inspiring. Placing 2nd and 3rd respectively was just the cherry on top.

A massive highlight for me was the Grade 11 leadership days. Something magnificent happened during that time. The Grade 11s showed so much growth and maturity throughout and I am genuinely excited to see what their Matric year will hold. We had such

a blast at Total Ninja. I did not think anything would surpass that. However, I was mistaken.

The “New Boys’ Day” saw our Grade 11s put their leadership skills and intentions on full display. What a sight it was to behold. I will never forget my goosebumps as I watched them welcome their new “buddies” to the school.

I think the crowning glory was seeing Mr Norris and his tutor group win the Neville Blackbeard Trophy for the tutor group with the most spirit. This award was well-deserved and now sets the standard for what can be achieved.

Thank you so much to the incredible team of tutors with whom I am privileged to share this journey. You are the glue that holds it all together. Everything you pour into the lives of our boys is appreciated more than I can ever express.

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TROVATO

Graham James

The year would prove to be a more normal year than we had experienced over the last few years

Restrictions finally being lifted and being able to see smiling faces again was a welcome relief. We welcomed a new tutor to Trovato to replace the stalwart, Mrs Swart, who retired during the year. Mr Schultz has fitted in very well and will continue to develop the relationships with the boys in his tutor group.

We say a big “thank you” to the outgoing leadership of Declin Lesch (House Prefect) and Marcell Oliphant (House Captain), who led the house to a credible position in the Friedlander shield. We welcome into their positions, Eesa Majiet (House Prefect) and Khosa Makubalo (House Captain), to continue to foster house spirit and mass-participation.

The year seemed fuller than normal as activities lost during COVID returned with even some new activities to replace some lost during the pandemic.

The Grade 8 hike was a success and, despite going a slightly longer way, the entire house made it up and down. The obstacle course and sleepover added to the introduction of the Wynberg way for the Grade 8 boys. The Grade 11s were given the option to experience a smaller version of Nyamezela by doing the ‘Puffer’, a three-day hike across Table Mountain from the base of the Cableway to Simonstown. This was a tough hike that allowed them to show their Supera Moras attitude. It was great to then add this aptly named Supera Moras hike, with slight modifications, for the Grade 9

boys. This pushed them further than the Grade 8 challenge and was good preparation for the Nyamezela next year.

One of the worst casualties of COVID was our Nyamezela, but this year it was back and the Trovato boys did exceptionally well.

It was a fabulous experience and many of the boys showed different leadership abilities, one of which was a first for the very experienced guides, viz. Boeber expertly cooked on the mountain using the meager ingredients on offer. Unfortunately, 2 boys didn’t start the hike and one had to medically be removed during the hike, so unfortunately, they didn’t get to experience the hardships, trials and the development opportunities that the 10 days in the Cederberg afforded those that did the hike.

The Grade 11 planning day started at Green Point Park where we decided on two focus areas for the year as a house. The two themes are: Focus on the Buddy system and the Trovato house spirit. The Grade 11s collected Erythrina seeds from the trees in the park and have used these as the analogy of choosing and setting goals carefully and that they need constant care. They were tasked with germinating and growing these trees this year which we will hopefully donate to the school when they matriculate at the end of Grade 12.

It was a very busy year and almost back to normal. We’re looking forward to a great year in which we foster the house and school spirit under the new leadership of the house.

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INTERHOuSE reflections

GRADES

IT’S IN OUR DNA

ORIENTATION WEEk

Estian van der Merwe

With the Covid restrictions lifted, we were excited to welcome our new Grade 8s to Wynberg and have our “traditional” orientation week.

This week was filled with lots of activities including teamwork, orientation programmes and challenges.

The new boys started school the day before the official term started on 17 January.

This was to acquaint themselves with the layout of the school and to meet the teachers, peers and House Prefects before the rest of the school arrive. They also had a workshop on how to manage their tablets and use our various online platforms. They also had athletics where the prefects had trials with them to prepare for Sports Day.

Last year we couldn’t host our annual sleepover and hike due to Covid, so we decided to take the boys through our Obstacle course. It was a such a success, that we decided to incorporate the Obstacle Course into our normal Orientation week in 2022.

After a normal school day on Wednesday, 19 January, the boys were split into four rotations. This gave the boys an opportunity to get to know boys in their own house as well as compete and socialise with boys in other houses. The boys rotated between Water Polo, the Obstacle Course, teamwork games and activities and a general knowledge quiz of the school. This was so much fun as the boys were running around, washing mud off due to the

Obstacle Course and learning the history of our great school by doing the quiz.

We ended the day with cheering and a sleepover on the Hawthornden Field. This was the first time that some boys slept underneath the stars! The prefects told them stories about Wynberg and we had an early night to prepare for the hike the next day.

Despite very little sleep, the boys woke up very early on Thursday morning to prepare for their hike up the mountain. The boys received their lunch and breakfast packs from the Bill Bowden and together with their Matric Buddies and teachers, started the walk up the mountain. This is where friendships were made, and the character and perseverance of every boy was tested.

As the boys finished the hike, the boys were given the opportunity to clean themselves and then they were presented with their blazers. Our school tradition is that, when boys receive their blazers, they ring the school bell, which marks the start of their high school career. The next time when they ring the bell it will be in five years’ time at their Valedictory. Up until this point, the boys were not allowed to wear their blazers. Only once the boys completed the hike, could they wear them. The boys were called to ring the bell and to receive their blazers from their Matric Buddies.

9

SupERA mORAS HIkE

Jacobus Coetzee

Owing to the Covid Pandemic in 2020, Wynberg, like so many other schools, lost an important aspect of community and specifically pertaining to us, brotherhood.

As such, the school decided that it is important that the Grade 9s have a new tradition.

In keeping with Wynberg’s traditions, a new Grade 9 hike was started: THE SUPERA MORAS HIKE.

With the advice of two of Cape Town’s best hiking and adventure guides, Keith Robert Bösenberg and Paula Faria, a three-day route was planned which stretched from the bottom of Table Mountain to Simonstown that would offer the boys mesmerising views and unforgettable challenges.

This experience is one that they will never forget and one that will prepare them for what is ultimately the hike that will test their mettle next year, in Grade 10.

HIKING ROUTE SEPTEMBER 2022

Day 1

18 km

KLOOF CORNER (Table Mountain) to KRONENDAL PRIMARy SCHOOL

Starting at Kloof Corner Parking area the houses walked along the Pipe track to Corridor Ravine. Ascending to the Spine Path along the 12 Apostles. Turning right we walked the length of the Apostles passing Grootkop and continued past Judas Peak and descended via Llandudno Ravine down to Ruiterplaats (Suikerbossie) where the first water truck was stationed. After which hiking down to Kronendal Primary School where the learners camped in the school grounds.

Day 2

18 km

KRONENDAL PRIMARy SCHOOL to SUNVALLEy PRIMARy SCHOOL

Starting at Kronendal Primary School. We hiked to the start of Blackburn Ravine (at East Fort on Chapman’s Peak). Ascended Blackburn Ravine to the saddle with Silverstream Nature reserve (TMNP). Hiked down through

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Silvermine passing Silvermine Dam. From the Dam we proceded down the Ou Wapad to Ou Kaapse Weg. We crossed here and hiked along the back of Villa du Soleil straight to Sun Valley Primary school (thus avoiding all traffic in this area). Learners camped in the school grounds.

Day 3 16 km

SUN VALLEy PRIMARy SCHOOL to REDHILL ROAD (Parents’ Pickup)

We started at Sun Valley Primary School and hiked across onto Brakkloofrand (TMNP). We hiked up this small hill and crossed the Glencairn freeway where the second water tank was waiting. We entered the Jonkersdam area (TMNP) and hiked across this beautiful area on great paths all the way to Kleinplaas Dam. From Kleinplaas Dam it was a few kilometres to the area where the parents picked up their children.

The Supera Moras hike was a very interesting experience. It tested us during grueling conditions of the midday heat on Table Mountain and the freezing cold in the middle of the night, however it was also very enjoyable hiking and seeing the natural beauty here in our Mother City. This hike allowed me to build greater bonds with my peers and grow as a person during my many hours hiking and thinking to myself.

Overall, it was quite a fun hike, however it did not feel so at the time, but I am grateful for the experience that many other schools have not been able to undergo.

Zachary Gibbon

Supera Moras Hike – I must admit, looking back, I underestimated the meaning of that phrase. Its’ real meaning only began to present itself when we were alone, cold and exposed to what Table Mountain really has to offer. Albeit a challenge, it produced many opportunities for us to discover more about ourselves and the others around us.

Christopher Taljaard

gRADE 10

NyAmEzELA

Chris Moore

The Grade 10 Nyamezela, in the Cederberg Wilderness Area, returned after a two-year hiatus in 2022.

At the beginning of the year, at our first grade assembly, I challenged the 200 boys to make the 2022 event the most successful one in the school’s history. I am incredibly proud that the challenge was met with determination as 168 embarked on this 12-day, life-changing experience. The Grade 10 class of 2022 have set the bar for future years of the Nyamezela as 88% of the Grade completed the challenge – a Wynberg first.

This year, the camp was organised through a new service provider – “This is Cape Town”. Paula Faria and Keith Bosenberg have decades of experience in planning and running successful school expeditions across South Africa. They successfully organised the Grade 9 and 11 Supera Moras Hikes and therefore, it was certain that their experience would be most valuable. Eight qualified local guides accompanied the boys on their challenge which afforded parents, and the school, peace of mind in knowing our boys would be safe on the mountain. “This is Cape Town” offered several training hikes across the Cape Peninsula to ensure that the boys had opportunities to

get hiking fit, “walk in” their new boots, get to know the guides and experience the beauty of our surroundings.

Earlier in the year, there was a wildfire that devastated Section C of the Cederberg Wilderness Area. This was a rather unfortunate incident, as the service provider had to reroute groups out of this section, which includes the iconic Maltese Cross. The Maltese Cross appears on the badges the boys receive on completion of the Nyamezela. However, the rerouting allowed our boys the opportunity to see and experience the world-renowned Wolfberg Arch and the Wolfberg Cracks, have time off in the riverside campsite at Sandrift and camp in the remote village of Heuningvlei.

Two weeks before the boys left on camp, we held a Q&A session with the service provider, parents and boys. This gave parents and boys an opportunity to ask questions around food, hiking routes, required kit, packing tips, and, most importantly, to reassure all that the boys would be safe.

On the day of departure, the boys received their house-coloured buffs at an informal farewell ceremony. They said ‘goodbye’ to their parents and left the comfort of Lovers Walk for the wilderness of the Cederberg. The boys had an opportunity to buy lunch at the Piketberg KFC before they received their food parcels to last them 12 days. The boys created their own food menus, repacked their rucksacks and met their guides.

The 12 days in the vast, yet beautiful landscape tested the boys both physically and emotionally. They were dehydrated and hungry and some experienced a night in the pouring rain, but sunny skies and mild conditions soon returned to not dampen the mood. Yet, through all the challenges, they still managed to complete over 100 kilometres of tough terrain as well as a full day of community service in the local town of Bosdorp.

This year’s community project request was to clear the overgrowth alongside a nearby river, replace torn canvases that were providing shelter from the sun and picking up litter at the local community’s recreational site. The boys also served the Bosdorp community by painting the inside of their church. The community leader was most grateful for the tireless effort shown by the boys and the difference they had made to the area.

We share no media insights into the Nyamezela while our boys were in the Cederberg. We want to encourage conversation between boys and their parents and guardians around the dinner table on return. The stories told and the photographs shown of their experience will last a lifetime.

My thanks to parents, WBHS staff, Paula and Keith from “This is Cape Town”, and the guides for affording the Grade 10s an opportunity to help them transform from boys to men of worth and substance.

The Grade 10s of 2023 have huge boots to fill should they wish to emulate the success of this year’s Nyamezela Nyamezela is synonymous for Supera Moras - I am excited to see where the experiences of this camp will inspire our boys in their future endeavours at Wynberg, as well as beyond Lovers Walk.

Pietie Loubser

HIKE

Unfortunately, the Nyamezela Cederberg Hike was unable to be held in 2021 for the Grade 11 group. The parents of the Grade 10 group asked if something could be done for their sons that would put them to a challenge. Mr Van Schalkwyk, with the help of Mr Van Winkel and Mr Theunissen, came up with the idea to complete the hike from Simonstown to the foot of Table Mountain, and so the Supera Moras Hike was born.

Nothing can replace the 13 days spent in the Cederberg Wilderness, but the Supera Moras Hike created plenty of challenges of its own. Hiking for 15 to 20 kilometers a day in gruelling heat with very few water sources created a large challenge for the Grade 11 learners.

Many of the Grade 11s might not have found the hike joyful at all, but using the words of one of the guides, the boys will hopefully experience secondary enjoyment. They did not enjoy it at the time of completing the hike but will hopefully do so in the days and years to come. It is a hike that not many can claim to have completed, especially not in a three-day period.

There were many positive stories to come from the three days. We had fit, strong learners that coped easily with the hike, often using

their energy to either encourage their friends or to help by carrying their bags. There were many learners that nearly cracked but pushed through until the end. There were many learners that the teachers and guides were not expecting to push through to the end, but they surprised everyone and finished the hike. There were some learners that fell, but got back up each time. Others cramped but pushed through.

Some learners had to dig deeper than other to complete this hike. The learners starting from the foot of Table Mountain and hiking towards Red Hill had an exceptionally tough first day, but they bit the bullet and pushed through. The group starting on the other side will never forget the sand dune they had to run up first thing on the second morning of the hike. There were plenty of learners that were walking with blisters all over their feet, but never thought that quitting was an option. Others fell, but got back up every time, often with the help of a friend to get them to cross that finish line. Some learners had to fight their fear of heights but kept their heads down and pushed through to the finish line thanks to the help of their fellow house members.

The highlight of the hike was however the feedback that the staff received from the experienced guides. The lead guide, Paula Faria, sent us a message saying that she had walked with plenty of groups before, but never with a group of boys that were so polite and that were such a pleasure to work with.

The Grade 11s that pushed through and completed the hike can be very proud of themselves and know that they can reach any goals they set themselves if they use the same spirit and determination used during the three grueling days.

LEADERSHIP DAyS

The Grade 11s were involved in two leadership days. The first day was held at the school and on the second day each house was responsible for its own activity.

On the first day, four sessions were held that covered parts of Wynberg life that were seen as important. Mrs Wilson ran a session for the first time, covering the topic of what it means to be a good buddy, or rather mentor, to the Grade 8s of 2023. Mr Engelbrecht, Mr Herbert

and Mrs Karg ran a session that spoke about balancing academics with culture and sport in the Matric year. Mr Moser, with the help of Mr van Schalkwyk, ran a session that looked at what leadership means within the Wynberg context. Mr Roger Moult was invited to run a similar session to the one he had run for years. During his session, he asked the Grade 11s to identify the direction in which they want to take the school in 2023. He made use of the information collected to guide the prefects in which direction the Matric body of 2023 wants to take the school.

The second day was run by the House Heads, and they had discussions with their individual Matric Groups of 2023 to identify what each house’s goals are for 2023 and beyond.

Supera Moras!

mATRIC DANCE

PREFECTS DANCING LESSONS

THE SETUP

ABOVE: GrAdE HEAd - JOcElyn dE Mink, EVEninG’S MUSicAl EnTErTAinMEnT, OrGAniSATiOnAl TEAM

VALEDICTORy ADDRESS

Zac Porthen - Head Prefect

a Saturday to catch the best seats on the Hawth to watch the first team play, only to be tapped on the shoulder and told to “bounce”. Without hesitation, we would rise and find another spot. At the time we felt disappointment, but that was the respect we showed to the senior grades.

This quote by Charles Darwin is so apt in representing us as a grade because we took up the baton when called upon during one of the most profound periods of change in the history of our school. We were the last cohort to have experienced the true traditions, ethos and “gees” which our school had to offer. The rituals and culture which had been ingrained over 182 years of existence were almost lost due to the disruptions and upheaval that the Covid-19 pandemic caused.

ALMOST.

Through our perseverance, we managed to help to restore the legacy of old, and this was only achievable due to our collective desire and ambition to succeed. We truly had five remarkable years together at our amazing school. Where did it all begin? Humour me, while I revisit some of the building (and stumbling) blocks.

When we were in Grade 8, walking down the corridors and feeling overshadowed by the senior grades was really a terrifying experience. Most of us felt unnoticed and irrelevant and some of us even called the older boys “Sir”. I remember a day when Mika Schubert came over and complimented me on the weekend’s rugby match and I replied, “Thank you, Sir.” We truly felt like the underdogs and were at the bottom of the food chain. I recall us rushing on

During our induction week at school, we had to participate in so many activities. The most noteworthy and memorable of these has got to be the sleepover on the Hawth. In addition, the evening cheering, when we shouted so loudly that the mountain shouted back at us, gave us goosebumps and sparked within us the true spirit of Wynberg forever! Early the next morning our hike up Table Mountain was extremely challenging – the mountain was, well, a mountain, and we were so small, chubby and unfit. However, it was all worth it because ringing the bell that afternoon signified our arrival as part of the Wynberg family. (I can think of no better “induction” for Grade 8s than these activities on the first few days!). We also got to experience Paarl Athletics evening. The bus trip and the cheering was great, but we could have had better support from some of you who kept disappearing to chat up the girls from the other schools (not much has changed, it seems).

The next 3 years went by so quickly. The Nyamazela camp, which was meant to be the initiation into our senior years as Wynberg men was cancelled, along with our sport, culture and academic activities, due to the pandemic lockdown restrictions. We all had to adapt quickly to online learning and socializing, which wasn’t ideal. But we pushed through. When learning at school resumed, we wrote a Physics test and almost the entire grade failed. Immediately thereafter, nearly half the boys dropped Physics. This goes to show how tough

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent; but the one most responsive to change.”

lockdown was on some of us but thankfully we had an excellent support system – our teachers – and they guided us down that particular gauntlet.

As seniors we gained valuable leadership skills and knowledge and soon realized that we needed to step in and save our school ethos, spirit and philosophies. This responsibility landed squarely on our shoulders, and we soon realized the enormity of the task. Fortunately, we have broad shoulders, and we did not cave in. We realized that if we did not do it, we would be leaving nothing for our younger brothers.

We worked hard to become the best version of ourselves, and I am proud of my matric brothers for stepping up and saving our school legacy. In the midst of our hard work, we took time to celebrate this new “normal” with our magical Matric Dance. The stage was set and we were in for a wonderland of colour, fun, music, dance and so much laughter! Thank you again so much Mrs Karg, Ms De Mink, Mrs Muller and all the other staff involved in making our dance such a great success. Despite our differences in cultures, backgrounds and interests, we all came together as a grade to renew and restore what was lost. We hiked up Table Mountain

as part of the Grade 8 induction with the 2021 and 2022 group. This made us the first class group in the history of Wynberg to do the induction hike THREE times! We also led the school in cheers and excitement that restored and ushered in the “gees” that only Wynberg boys can display.

During our years at Wynberg we were given the tools needed to succeed – not just an education, but a desire and knowledge to thrive. We decide the path going forward. It’s our journey to take. The road ahead will be full of obstacles, but I believe that that road will also lead to opportunities that an easier road may not present. So, let’s embrace the journey.

But let’s not forget who helped us along the way: thank you parents, guardians, teachers and coaches, for guiding us along the journey and especially for getting us to this milestone today. We are forever grateful for your support and encouragement.

Lastly, to my fellow brothers: as we leave and bid our farewells, we are not saying goodbye. We are saying see you later, as we will forever remain brothers in an endless chain.

Supera

Moras!

gRADE 12

VALEDICTORy ADDRESS

Deon Scheepers - Headmaster

Bryan Dyson, former CEO of Coca-Cola, once delivered a speech with the following message to the employees of Coca-Cola:

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. They are work, family, health, friends and spirit and you are keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back…but the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.

The relevance of this speech to you, the matric leavers of Wynberg Boys’ High, is:

1. WORK:

o Work efficiently during office hours and leave on time. Reassess perhaps the philosophy of “first in and last out”.

o Guard against work becoming allconsuming to the detriment of relationships and your health.

o Remember: value has a value only if its value is valued.

o I believe that the school has taught you what a sound work ethic means, and that you need to put in the extra effort when your peers are perhaps socializing, sleeping in or busy with recreational activities.

o Remember: you will, ultimately, have to rely on your academic qualifications, whether you like it or not, to earn a living.

o It is only in a dictionary where the word ‘success’ appears before ‘work’.

Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, with a net worth of 89.4 billion USD, and one of the world’s most successful businessmen, gave the following advice for work-related success:

1. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

2. “You really should take a job that, if you were independently wealthy, that would be the job you would take.”

3. “It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behaviour is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

4. “You’re looking for three things, generally, in a person: intelligence, energy, and integrity. And if they don’t have the last one, don’t even bother with the first two.”

5. “Without good communication skills you won’t be able to convince people to follow you even though you see over the mountain and they don’t.”

6. “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”

BACK TO THE RELEVANCE OF BRYAN DYSON’S SPEECH:

2. FAMILy:

o Give the required time to your family.

o I do believe that you have learnt how important it is to belong to the Wynberg family during your time at school.

o Remember that relationships within a family are based on respect, love, trust and loyalty.

o Always appreciate your family – money, fame or social status can never replace or be a substitute for your family.

o Be kind to your family and value friendship and, more importantly, relationships.

o Keep in touch with your Wynberg family. You will make many other friends but your Wynberg friends will always be there for you in life.

3. HEALTH:

o Get proper rest.

o I believe that you have learnt during your time at Wynberg that you have only one life to live, and that you must live this life to the fullest.

o You need to be able to look at yourself in the mirror and respect the person that stares back at you.

o Celebrate your youth, do not run your body on poison and take full responsibility for all your actions.

o Your mental health is as important as your physical health: depression has become one of the major diseases of modern times. Do not use alcohol or drugs to find acceptance or to like yourself.

o Be cautious not to believe what people are saying about you behind your back.

o Your attitude towards life determines who you truly are and with a good attitude you can face any challenges to grow as a person.

4. FRIENDS:

o I trust that you will value the friends that you have made during your time at Wynberg.

o Go and apologise to staff members if you have offended anyone before you leave.

o Stay in contact with your classmates: they

will, after 30 years or more, still remain your best friends.

o Bill Gates said the following, and I quote: ‘Be nice to nerds - there is a good possibility that you might work for a nerd one day.’

o As a child you do not really pick your friends, but you could as a teenager.

o Pick friends who will stick by you when things go rough.

Here are some warning signs, when it comes to fashion, of which you must make your friends aware because that is what good friends do:

o Never wear shoes with soles that are more than 1cm thick – the higher you stand, the further you will fall.

o Never wear a tie with a Disney character on it if you want people to take you seriously. You must look like CNN and not like the cartoon network.

o Colour-coding does not mean that your Disney character tie must match your Disney character socks.

o A belt buckle that is bigger than your head should only be worn in Texas or when on holiday in Boksburg.

o Sunglasses must be worn over your eyes or carried in your hand. Never wear sunglasses on your head, around your neck, at the back of your neck or in front tucked in your shirt colour. Also: take your sunglasses off when you are speaking to someone unless you have just robbed a bank or are planning to rob a bank within the next 10 minutes.

o Remember: a Wynberg man is the master of the under-statement. Your fashion sense should also reflect this.

And, finally…

5. SPIRITUAL LIFE:

o I trust that you have learnt during your time at Wynberg that your spiritual life is your anchor and foundation in life.

o Do not make your thoughts a rubbish heap of bad idees and poor judgments.

o Wynberg taught you the importance of good values, good manners and how to be a ‘Wynberg man’. However, these are only words – make this part of your DNA.

In conclusion:

I hope that you take away from Wynberg to say “wow” more often, go places, move, discover, and bank every special event and smart move for another time to remember.

Someone wrote the following under the heading ‘This life will go by fast’, and I quote:

o Don’t fight with people; don’t criticise your body so much; don’t complain so much.

o Don’t lose sleep over your bills.

o Look for the person that makes you happy.

o If you make a mistake, let it go and keep seeking your happiness.

o Never stop being a good parent: don’t worry so much about buying luxuries and comforts at home, and don’t kill yourself to leave an inheritance for your family. Those benefits should be earned by each person, so don’t dedicate yourself to accumulating money.

o Travel more; enjoy your journeys; see new places.

o Wear out your favourite sport shoes; repeat your favourite clothes.

o Make it count now: we wait so long for Christmas, for Friday, for reunions, for another year, for when I have money, when everything is perfect. Everything perfect does not exist.

o Use every opportunity to learn and take this challenge that is life and do it now: love more, forgive more, embrace more and leave the rest in the hands of a higher power.

And remember: never enter a pool by the steps!

My best wishes go with the Matric leavers of 2022!

THE MATRIC HOCKEy TEAM WITH COACH MS BRUCE AT VALEDICTORy

guEST OF HONOuR SpEECH

Dr Mogamat Junaid Ismail - Old Boy

Good morning parents, honoured guests, Wynberg staff and most importantly, men of Wynberg.

My name is Dr Mogamat Junaid Ismail and I matriculated from Wynberg in 2015. I am originally from Mitchells Plain but I am currently living in Johannesburg and doing my first year of internship at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital. Today, I am honoured to address you at your Valedictory Service, a day, of celebration. Today we honour you, and send you into the world with the principles and values of a Wynberg Man.

As a student, you don’t always see the true value of friendliness, good manners and mutual respect. When you go forth into either studies, work or the infamous GAP year or two, you’ll notice the differences in how others carry themselves and the way they treat those around them. Even though you may not have been a prefect, sports captain or head of a society, you’re still a leader in society. Hold on to the ethos of this school. You’ll need a whole lot of “Supera Moras” from this point onwards.

This occasion marks one of the biggest milestones in your life. We acknowledge your hard work and dedication, and congratulate you on the challenges you’ve overcome. But I’m here to tell you, these challenges don’t end here. For someone who faced many obstacles from a young age, I thought adulthood would be a breeze, but its not, its more like you’re dealing with Hurricane Katrina, but if she was your ex.

This ride is bumpy, but smooth seas never made great sailors. So to give you some insight on how to face this next chapter in your life, I’ll share some of my story with you.

I grew up in Eastridge, Mitchells Plain. My Gran, Mom, Dad and I lived in a one bedroom wendy house in the backyard of my Great Grandmother’s house. To give you some perspective on our socio-economic position, my parents were exempted from paying my Primary School fees which was about R300 a year. This wasn’t unique to me. The harsh reality of generational poverty struck all but few, and even fewer got out of that cycle. My parents were young when they had me and weren’t ready to be parents, thus my Grandmother often had to be my primary caregiver. This is a common trope in the Cape Flats community. A community riddled with the after effects of apartheid. No access to jobs, violence, drugs and gangs, with grandmothers raising children off social grants. On good days, my friends and I would explore the neighborhood and catch frogs at the train tracks or play guns and robbers until the game gets broken up by the sound of real gun fire. Everyday was a unique experience, and I learned so many hard life lessons. The most pivotal in my journey was that life had consequences, and even if my situation wasn’t my fault, it was still my responsibility to get out. I realized from a young age that my life was, and will always be in my hands, and if I decide to act, the consequences would follow. I learned that planning out my life was akin to choosing the exact life I envisioned. Many of my peers were not lucky enough to understand this fact, and fell to the influences around them. This is true wherever you are - streets, at school, university or a new job. The people, culture, social expectations and even the voice of your conscience. Your environment influences you,

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but don’t let it dictate your actions. My peers had so much potential, and no opportunities to express it. Instead they reluctantly chose the path of least resistence. I saw people get sucked into a terrible life because of feeling powerless to circumstance. This taught me that if you have the willpower, you can choose the path you want to take.

Knowing this, I got the opportunity to receive a scholarship to Wynberg Boys in Grade 7. I wrote an exam with thousands of other students. It was intimidating but it was part of my plan to make a better life for my family. The scholarship changed my life. It exposed me to Wynberg, with all its privilege and opportunity, and I was ready to take it with both hands. After being uncertain about my future for so long, I knew I had to take every chance I got, to be involved, expose myself to new experiences and learn from my new environment. That is how you have to look at new chapters. I had a lot of fears, I mean, as an adolescent going to boarding school when all I knew was bunking school was scary. I doubted whether I deserved it, if I could excel in a foreign environment, if I would fit in, or most importantly, of course, if I could survive without girls. It’s normal to have anxiety about change. But those fears can drive you to a better version of yourself.

In my first years at Wynberg Boys’, I really did struggle. Many people won’t remember the “gham” boy with the fade, who hated tucking in his shirt or enjoyed fighting on the weekend. No one knew who I was, or at least no one was interested. It got to a point where even though I was top 10 every term, people underestimated me because of the way I spoke. So I adapted some of the Wynberg accent, my “naai mybru” turned into a “yaar bru, howzit”. This was a problem when I went home. Let me tell you, walking around Mitchells Plain looking like

frukkie with khaki shorts and long khaki socks is the personification of a “bully me” sign. But, I realized that fitting in was not the point, and neither was standing out. Growing as a person and doing what was best for me irrespective of others opinions was what was important. I discovered that adapting is vital to make progress, but it is equally important to reevaluate which values and behaviours to keep, and which ones to let go of. Adapt but stay true to yourself.

I started to excel at Wynberg when I realized that I was the one holding me back. My perception of myself was affecting how others perceived me. So I figured if I saw myself as a top academic, a team sportsman and future prefect, and acted in accordance to that, who could say otherwise? This is the mentality that grew within me and that I live by to this day. Believing in yourself will allow the world to see your true potential. I no longer saw myself as a poor scholarship kid from the ghetto but a future leader, a person of knowledge and purpose. Wynberg gave me the tools to chase my dreams with amazing teachers, leaders and mentors. I left Wynberg with many awards, but more importantly, a greater sense of self.

“Greys Anatomy”. I was in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit, and the moment I walked into labour ward, I heard screaming. Someone was giving birth, like full on the baby was saying hello. Although I was terrified, my training kicked in. I got baby poop all over me but I helped bring a life into the world. These experiences gave me the motivation to wake up at 4:30 and work these ridiculous hours. The point I’m making is that getting to know yourself, your strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes is just as important as getting good grades. Finding your purpose lies in finding yourself

Even now, as a junior doctor, I’m constantly faced with the question “what are you specializing in?”. And much like choosing subjects in Grade 10 or options after school, it causes a wirlwind of anxiety. The advice I’ve received from professionals in my field are that you shouldn’t be afraid to try new things, experience life and learn about yourself before you plunge yourself into a career you’ll end up doing for the rest of your life, or many not. Life is not a race. Have a plan, but be willing to adapt that plan to who you are, and what resonates with you.

There is no recipe for success, but you choose the ingredients in your life. Find a balance between work and fun, and do things that reenergize you to tackle whichever obstacles you face. Surround yourself with those who want the best for you, who are happy for your success and make you a better person. For me those people included my gran, my parents, my partner, a few really great friends, teachers and my mentor Julian Taylor. These individuals believed in me when I found it hard to believe in myself, they told me the hard truths and stood by me when the going got tough, and

stood beside me in my moments of success. I wouldn’t be where I am today without them. So enjoy today and celebrate every achievement from this day forward with the people you care about. In conclusion, I’d like to leave you with this quote by one of my colleagues, Dr Seuss, “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way”. Thank you.

MrS kArG wiTH TriSTAn GErArd (dUx STUdEnT)

MrS kArG wiTH JASOn FAUrE (wBAA)

MATRIC 2022

Back Row : Cameron Watkins, Tristan Gerard, Christian Thomas, Joel Williams, Nonelela Maxegwana, Nicholas Fourie, Joshua Hayes, Ian Gossman, Isaiah Louw, | Kai Hendricks, Nicholas Sage, Carl Jeppe, Ryan Jansen, Pierre Louw, Cayno February, Reuben Semple, James Botha.

Tenth Row : James Hart, Jason Faure, Luke Mathewson, Joshua Munroe, Marco Palvie, Faizel Gomez, Hashim Peters, Lukanyo Metu, | Ethan Kirby, Naseem Jacobs, Cameron Johns, Tristan Munz, Xavier Bester, Tristin Zeelie, Daniyal Kemp, Sjen Wiid.

Ninth Row : Blake Martin, Liam Davids, Roan van Heerden, Daniel Johnstone, Joshua Perrin, Max Bing, Mogamat Anas Jardien, Jethro Dix, | Joshua Schoeman, Benjamin Valerga, Sam Tooley, Josh Baar, Eli Mentz, Joshua Muller, Anthony van Eyssen.

Eighth Row : Gabriel Kiewietz, Eli Hug, Marcell Oliphant, Michael Wichman, Matthew Beckett, Anaas Salie, Ashraf Coleman, Sameer Mohamed, | Dylan Bantom, Jordin Prins, Imaad Salie, Luke Goodwin, Jayden Joseph, Juan James, Yaaseen Beal, Kyle Cross.

Seventh Row : Christopher Malan, Ryan Nell, Joshua-Alex Jackson, Tanweer Chiktay, Lesly Harmse, Cameron Boardman-Smith, Cody Jacobs, Mogammad Nadeem Davids, | Azhar Salie, Chris Ten Velden, Braden Sutton, Callum Lawson-Smith, Jarryd Byrne, Nathan Abrahamse, Daniel Strydom.

Sixth Row : Connor Cloete-van Schalkwyk, Mikail Maneveld, Giordano Papini, Jaden Jacobs, Connor Manuel, Kyle Coetzee, Zion Reyneveld, Ben Rose, | Imraan Haron, Benjamin Smith, Reece Hendricks, Noah Connor, Thomas Salter, Isaac Theunissen, Jaden-Reece Hunter, Connor McClure.

matrIC Class - 2022

Fifth Row : Thando Ntaka, Liam Coetzee, Seth Davidson, Oliver Preston, Matthew Billington, Hamza Joowalay, Mzwandile Mlotshwa, Caleb Pryce, | Reece Cooper, Daniel Erasmus, Fabio Ballerini, Uthmaan Gamieldien, Ashton McCormick, Adam Trupp, Yaqub Adams, Umayr Davids.

Fourth Row : Daniel Petersen, Jordan Cridland, Farhaan Brey, Muzzammil Samaai, Mogammad Aasim Lamara, Ziyaad Damonse, Joshua Camara Buswell, Rory Jeppe, | Mogamad Ridhau Bey, Ross Johnson, Fayyaaz Harnekar, J’que Huckins, Matthew Herman, Jack van Bergen, Luke van Zyl, Justin Damonze.

Third Row : James Robinson, Abdul Malik Adams, Daniel Smith, S’thembiso George, Matthew Glowacki, Thomas Rutherford, Saalih Abrahams, Daniel Fortune, | Qaaim Dollie, Jared Peregrino, Liam Nash, Luke van Rensburg, Matthew Grimbeek, Asaph van Niekerk, Sean O’Connor, Ethan van Niekerk.

Second Row : Abdu-Dayyaan Hartley, Ethan Acutt, Jesse Abels, Ethan Andrews, Matthew Southgate, Kyle Carter, Cole Arendse, Fawaaz Allie, | Sven Borgström, As’ad Moos, Matthew Price, Jordyn Greentree, Ashwin Varghese, Thomas Charles, Sifisosethu Mpanza, Abdul-Jabaar Hartley.

Front Row : Ron Thomas, Rushen Talmakkies, Declin Lesch, Josh Snyders, Jason Beckman, Linga Chigona, Ms Jocelyn De Mink (Grade 12 Head), Zachary Porthen (Head Boy), | Mr Deon Scheepers (Headmaster), Cullan Larkin, Jeane Louw, Jordan George, Thabiso Molekwa, Ryan Mitchell, Ryan Coetzer.

Absent : Cody Abrahams, Imaad Adams, Zephyr Corbello, Taine Egberink, Joshua Felton, Morten Lakey, Lubabalo Langeni, Faizaan Laws, Ethan Pike, Zaafir Rahil, Zaid van Reenen, Isaac Wadyewhata.

Sixth Row : Connor Cloete-van Schalkwyk, Mikail Maneveld, Giordano Papini, Jaden Jacobs, Connor Manuel, Kyle Coetzee, Zion

Faizaan Laws, Ethan Pike, Zaafir Rahil, Zaid van Reenen, Isaac Wadyewhata.

Nathan Abrahamse, Daniel Strydom.

Cody Jacobs, Mogammad Nadeem Davids, Azhar Salie, Chris Ten Velden, Braden Sutton, Callum Lawson-Smith, Jarryd

Byrne,

Absent Cody Abrahams, Imaad Adams, Zephyr Corbello, Taine Egberink, Joshua Felton, Morten Lakey, Lubabalo Langeni,

Kyle Cross. Seventh Row : Christopher Malan, Ryan Nell, Joshua-Alex Jackson, Tanweer Chiktay, Lesly Harmse, Cameron

Boardman-Smith,

Jeane

Louw, Jordan George, Thabiso Molekwa, Ryan Mitchell, Ryan Coetzer.

Sameer Mohamed, Dylan Bantom, Jordin Prins, Imaad Salie, Luke Goodwin, Jayden Joseph, Juan James, Yaaseen

Beal,

Eighth Row Gabriel Kiewietz, Eli Hug, Marcell Oliphant, Michael Wichman, Matthew Beckett, Anaas Salie, Ashraf

Coleman,

Jethro Dix, Joshua Schoeman, Benjamin Valerga, Sam Tooley, Josh Baar, Eli Mentz, Joshua Muller, Anthony van Eyssen.

Sjen Wiid. Ninth Row : Blake Martin, Liam Davids, Roan van Heerden, Daniel Johnstone, Joshua Perrin, Max Bing, Mogamat Anas Jardien,

Lukanyo Metu, Ethan Kirby, Naseem Jacobs, Cameron Johns, Tristan Munz, Xavier Bester, Tristin Zeelie, Daniyal Kemp,

Tenth Row : James Hart, Jason Faure, Luke Mathewson, Joshua Munroe, Marco Palvie, Faizel Gomez, Hashim

Reuben Semple, James

Botha.

Peters,

Joshua Hayes, Ian Gossman, Isaiah Louw, Kai Hendricks, Nicholas Sage, Carl Jeppe, Ryan Jansen, Pierre Louw, Cayno

February,

Back Row : Cameron Watkins, Tristan Gerard, Christian Thomas, Joel Williams, Nonelela Maxegwana, Nicholas Fourie,

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ATRIC JERSE y S 2022

Ms

Jocelyn De Mink (Grade 12 Head), Zachary Porthen (Head Boy), Mr Deon Scheepers (Headmaster), Cullan

Larkin,

Front Row : Ron Thomas, Rushen Talmakkies, Declin Lesch, Josh Snyders, Jason Beckman, Linga Chigona,

Sifisosethu Mpanza, Abdul-Jabaar Hartley.

Fawaaz

Allie, Sven Borgström, As’ad Moos, Matthew Price, Jordyn Greentree, Ashwin Varghese, Thomas Charles,

Second Row : Abdu-Dayyaan Hartley, Ethan Acutt, Jesse Abels, Ethan Andrews, Matthew

Asaph van Niekerk, Sean O’Connor, Ethan van Niekerk.

Southgate, Kyle Carter, Cole Arendse,

Saalih Abrahams, Daniel Fortune, Qaaim Dollie, Jared Peregrino, Liam Nash, Luke van Rensburg, Matthew Grimbeek,

Third Row : James Robinson, Abdul Malik Adams, Daniel Smith, S’thembiso George, Matthew Glowacki, Thomas Rutherford,

Matthew Herman, Jack van Bergen, Luke van Zyl, Justin Damonze.

Ziyaad Damonse, Joshua Camara Buswell, Rory Jeppe, Mogamad Ridhau Bey, Ross Johnson, Fayyaaz Harnekar, J’que Huckins,

Fourth Row : Daniel Petersen, Jordan Cridland, Farhaan Brey, Muzzammil Samaai, Mogammad Aasim Lamara,

Yaqub Adams, Umayr Davids.

Mlotshwa, Caleb Pryce, Reece Cooper, Daniel Erasmus, Fabio Ballerini, Uthmaan Gamieldien, Ashton McCormick, Adam Trupp,

Fifth Row Thando Ntaka, Liam Coetzee, Seth Davidson, Oliver Preston, Matthew Billington, Hamza Joowalay, Mzwandile

Jaden-Reece Hunter, Connor McClure.

Reyneveld, Ben Rose, Imraan Haron, Benjamin Smith, Reece Hendricks, Noah Connor, Thomas Salter, Isaac Theunissen,

matrIC - prefeCts

PREFECTS

Back Row : Sven Borgström, Jeane Louw, Thabiso Molekwa, Jason Beckman, Rushen Talmakkies, Josh Snyders.

Middle Row : Ryan Mitchell, As’ad Moos, Kyle Carter, Ron Thomas, Ryan Coetzer, Matthew Price.

Front Row : Linga Chigona (Deputy Head Boy), Mr Justin van Winkel, Zachary Porthen (Head Boy), Mr Deon Scheepers (Headmaster), Cullan Larkin (Deputy Head Boy), Mr Andre van Vuuren, Fawaaz Allie.

Absent : Cole Arendse, Jordan George, Declin Lesch, Faizaan Laws.

OLD FAITHFULS

Back Row : Tanweer Chiktay, Joshua Schoeman, Tristan Munz, Reuben Semple, Christian Thomas, Ryan Jansen.

Fourth Row : Ashraf Coleman, Azhar Salie, Mogammad Nadeem Davids, Mogamat Anas Jardien, Michael Wichman, Josh Snyders, Imaad Salie, Anthony van Eyssen, Liam Davids, Dylan Bantom.

Third Row : Daniel Erasmus, Mikail Maneveld, Jordin Prins, Gabriel Kiewietz, Sameer Mohamed, Anaas Salie, Reece Hendricks, Ross Johnson, Fayyaaz Harnekar.

Second Row : Abdu-Dayyaan Hartley, Liam Nash, Kyle Carter, Farhaan Brey, Seth Davidson, Muzzammil Samaai, Daniel Fortune, Jared Peregrino, Jesse Abels, Abdul-Jabaar Hartley.

Front Row : Fawaaz Allie, Marcell Oliphant, Sifisosethu Mpanza, Declin Lesch, Zachary Porthen, Linga Chigona, Matthew Southgate, Ryan Mitchell, Justin Damonze.

gRADE 12

CULTURE

IT’S IN OUR DNA

CuLTuRAL OVERVIEW

Natalie Karg

This year Wynberg Culture was able to produce the level of excellence for which it is so well-known.

The Umanyano African Society performed in assembly and hosted a very successful Cultural evening with other schools in the area. We also welcomed the launch of the Afrikaans Society and look forward to exciting things from these two societies next year. Special thanks goes to Thabisa Ntsadu and Gerhard Steyn for running these portfolios.

Each department had a bumper year of Eisteddfod entries, exhibitions, concerts and showcases. The Art Department rounded off an incredible year with the Matric Art Exhibition showing the work of the final Matric art practicals.

The Drama Department presented another excellent Shakespeare production of Twelfth Night at the Shakespeare Schools’ Festival

at the D6 Theatre. The Wynberg Boys’ Acting Association grew in numbers to almost 80 members and the weekly rehearsals were thoroughly enjoyed by all.

The Music Department returned to hosting the Quarterly Concerts each term as well as receiving excellent results across the board for all the Eisteddfod entries. The Wynberg Baxter Fest was also held for the first time at the John Baxter Outdoor Theatre. This opened the opportunity for boys who were not in the music department to showcase their musical talents on the stage.

The highlight of the year was without a doubt the major production of “Little Shop of Horrors” held in the Clegg Hall. The Drama, Music and Art Departments collaborated to produce an excellent show to sold out audiences over 4 nights. The talent of the staff and pupils involved was world class. The musical was directed by Natalie Karg with Richard Haigh as Musical Director and Tracey Brandt as set-designer. Thanks goes to all those involved behind the scenes to make this such a wonderful event.

xhosa week Assembly

Rugby First Team announcement of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

AFRIkAANS SOCIETy

Gerhard Steyn

Afrikaans Society gaan vlam vat in 2023.

Die “Society” is gestig om leerders bloot te stel aan Afrikaans as ‘n taal. Dit sal leerders met hulle woordeskat help. Tienertoneel vorm deel van die “society” waar ‘n produksie op die planke gebring sal word. Leerders kan uit sien na klomp verskillende aktiwiteite van waatlemoenfees, boeresport, sokkie tot koffie afsprake.

Gerhard Steyn

WBAA - Twelfth Night (see page 103)

ART SOCIETy

Matthew Bowes Grade 11 artwork- Irma Stern Museum

THE DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

The top floor of the Engineering and Design Faculty is home to the Department of Visual and Creative Arts and includes an exciting space, named The Studio, for creation and display of artwork.

CuLTuRE

CHESS

Larry Moser and Lisa Brady

This year was a dream year for Wynberg Chess.

We achieved unprecedented heights and are riding the crest of a wave. The boys who suffered so much during the previous two years have come out shining and dazzled us all in the first full year of chess activity since Covid. Our B team played all year in the A-League and held their own until the last term when they were relegated to the B League.

Our annual trip to Bloemfontein in February saw us achieving our best results ever with the first team winning the silver medal (A section), our B team placing 6th (A section), and our C team fourth in the B section.

Best Individual performance went to Keean Vassen with five wins, a result which won him the board prize for Board 3 in the A section. Kevin Karengera won four and lost one of his five matches playing at Board 1 in the A section, and Fayyaaz Harnekar was undefeated at Board 2, winning one and drawing four of his matches. These are fantastic results as the top boards in the A section consist of nationally ranked players.

Other memorable results are Saalih Tasriet and Daniel Budge, who both won four out of their five games.

In July, we were able to host the Jamie Tindill Memorial Tournament again which had eight teams involved. Our A team won the Tournament, beating Westerford in the final. This is only the second time we have won the Tournament.

Board prizes were won by Wynberg boys at boards 1 (Kevin Karengera – 3 wins and a draw), 2 (Fayyaaz Harnekar – 4 wins and a draw), 4 (Connor Manuel – 5 wins), and 5 (Saalih Tasriet (5 wins).

Finally, in the fourth term we hosted the Doubles Blitz Tournament, which comprised 20 teams Our B team pulled off a convincing win – winning all five of their matches – to take the trophy – Wynberg’s fourth win in this tournament over the last quarter century.

The other Wynberg teams fared as follows:

A and D teams – tied 4th

C team – tied 11th

The teams were:

A Team: M Saalih Tasriet and Damian Hetherington (4th)

B Team: Keean Vassen and Daniel Budge (1st)

C Team: Ethan Pinn and Benjamin Budge (11th)

D Team: Liam Storey and Amien Gierdien (4th)

The following awards were made this year:

Peter-John Jacobs Trophy for the best Grade 8 player: Adam Uhuaba

Stephen Bell Trophy for the best individual player: Kevin Karengera

Guy Green Trophy for the player who has shown the most improvement: Keean Vassen

Honours Award: Kevin Karengera

Blues Awards: Fayyaaz Harnekar, Damian Hetherington, Connor Manuel, Hasan Smith, Liam Storey, M Saalih Tasriet

Colours Awards: Daniel Budge, Ashton McCormick

Junior Blues: Keean Vassen

Much of our success is due, in large part, to the hard work put in by coach Andrew McInnes. He spent time with every boy after every week’s fixtures, analysing their games and assisting them to improve their general play. He has become a vital asset to Wynberg Chess over the past three years and has seen us grow from strength to strength. We are sorry to bid him farewell as he leaves us to pursue a full-time career.

SUMMARy OF RESULTS

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Players who represented Wynberg in the various teams are (number of games in brackets):

First Team:

Xavier Brown (2), Daniel Budge (3), Amien Gierdien (2), Fayyaaz Harnekar (25), Damian Hetherington (6), Kevin Karengera (26), Connor Manuel (26), Ethan Pinn (2), M Saalih Tasriet (7), Keean Vassen (25)

Second Team:

Daniel Budge (9), Sebastian de Klerk (12), Amien Gierdien (3), Fayyaaz Harnekar (1), Damian Hetherington (17), Gabriel le Roux (1), Connor Manuel (1), Ashton McCormick (16), Ethan Pinn (3), Hasan Smith (10), Liam Storey (9), M Saalih Tasriet (15)

Third Team:

Benjamin Budge (1), Daniel Budge (10), Sebastian de Klerk (5), Amien Gierdien (8), Damian Hetherington (2), Andrew Killick (1), Gabriel le Roux (1), Ashton McCormick (6), Ethan Pinn (13), Ross Read (1), Reuben Semple (11), Hasan Smith (1), Liam Storey (14), M Saalih Tasriet (2)

Fourth Team:

Xavier Brown (7), Benjamin Budge (2), Daniel Budge (1), Tanweer Chiktay (7), Connor Cloete van Schalkwyk (1), Isa Deshmukh (4), Sebastian de Klerk (3), Amien Gierdien (4), Andrew Killick (1), Gabriel le Roux (7), Ethan Pinn (5), Reuben Semple (7), Hasan Smith (1), Liam Storey (1)

Fifth Team:

Xavier Brown (3), Benjamin Budge (5), Tanweer Chiktay (3), Connor Cloete van Schalkwyk (4), Matteo Caronti (2), Isa Deshmukh (3), Amien Gierdien (2), Andrew Killick (5), Gabriel le Roux (6), Ashton McCormick (1), Ethan Pinn (1), Ross Read (3), Thomas Roberts (7), Jake Rowe (1), Reuben Semple (2), Adam Uhuaba (4)

Sixth Team:

Jack Broom (1), Connor Brown (3), Xavier Brown (2), Benjamin Budge (3), Matteo Caronti (1), Connor Cloete van Schalkwyk (8), Jordan Cridland (2), Isa Deshmukh (2), Jaren Erasmus (3), Dylan Hemmings (1), Liam Kent (1), Andrew Killick (3), Gabriel le Roux (1), Pierre Louw (1), Cornelius Magielson (1), Zaafir Rahil (1), Ross Read (7), Thomas Roberts (3), Dean Saliegh (3), Adam Uhuaba (5)

Seventh Team:

Connor Brown (7), Benjamin Budge (1), Matteo Caronti (2), Jordan Cridland (2), Isa Deshmukh (1), Jaren Erasmus (5), Joshua Heath (3), Dylan Hemmings (1), Reece Hendricks (1), Damian Hetherington (1), M Anas Jardien (5), Yuchan Jeoung (1), Shabaz Khan (1), Cornelius Magielson (1), Liyam Middleton (1), Ethan Petersen (1), Zaafir Rahil (7), Ross Read (1), Kamlin Reddy (1), Jake Rowe (1), Thomas Rutherford (1), Dean Saliegh (2), Hasan Smith (1)

Eighth Team:

Zac Botha (1), Connor Brown (3), Benjamin Budge (1), Matteo Caronti (1), Noah Connor (1), Jordan Cridland (3), Isa Deshmukh (1), Thando Dlamini (1), Jaren Erasmus (2), Joshua Heath (2), Dylan Hemmings (1), Yuchan Jeoung (2), Shabaz Khan (5), Pierre Louw (1), Ethan Petersen (1), Zaafir Rahil (2), Ross Read (1), Kamlin Reddy (8), Thomas Roberts (1), Jake Rowe (6), Thomas Rutherford (1), Dean Saliegh (2), Thomas Salter (1)

CHESS TEAM

Back Row : Mohammed-Saalih Tasriet, Keean Vassen, Ethan Pinn.

Middle Row : Liam Storey, Hasan Smith, Damian Hetherington, Amien Gierdien, Daniel Budge, Sebastian de Klerk.

Front Row : Reuben Semple, Kevin Ebenezer Karengera (Vice Captain), Mr Larry Moser (Coach), Fayyaaz Harnekar (Captain), Ms Lisa Brady (Manager), Connor Manuel, Ashton McCormick.

CuLTuRE

DEbATINg

Lauren Cleophas

We are ecstatic to be back into Debating once more.

After many disruptions over the years, we are finally able to showcase our talented Debating team.

Under the expert guidance of the coach, Mrs Maheerah Gamieldien, Debating has grown exponentially with weekly practices and debates. One of our highlights for this year was that we were able to participate in a debate against

Grey High School, in Gqeberha, as part of our Grey Weekend.

We were later afforded the opportunity to participate in the UCT PUBGEM Africa debate, alongside other schools from the Metro South District.

Our team achieved second place in this debate and, this result, afforded us another opportunity to attend the conference of the Global Young Investigators Forum in Genetics and Genomics.

We continued to participate in Rotary Debates as well as friendly debates against neighbouring schools.

We are excited to see what else is in store for our Debating team.

DEBATING

Back Row : Caleb Conradie, Kamlin Reddy.

Front Row : Keyaan Matthews (Captain), Miss Lauren Cleophas (Teacher in Charge), Chibuike Igilige (Vice Captain).

Absent : Francis De Klerk, Daniyal Kemp, Matthew Gombart.

dEBATinG - SEniOr

dEBATinG - JUniOr

MSA (MuSliM StudentS’ ASSociAtion)

Ighlaas Saiet

Building on the post-pandemic foundation set by the Matrics of 2021, our MSA committee, led by Ridhau Bey, Tanweer Chicktay, and Hamza Joowalay, sought to extend the essence of the society in being of further benefit and assistance to those in need in 2022.

our orphans. The intention of the event was not only to feed and spend time with the orphans in the Holy month of Ramadaan, but also to create a connection between homes and orphans, thereby encouraging a spirit of sharing and caring in the global and local orphan family.

Coming out of an abnormal few years, our boys were determined to get back into what they know the MSA to be. One of the events we’ve always been known to do wholeheartedly is our annual Iftaar (breaking of the fast) during the month of Ramadaan. This year we were privileged to collaborate with GiveLight South Africa. Together, we hosted 120 orphans as well as their caregivers. A total of 200+ guests and volunteers attended the event. The orphans from 8 homes around Cape Town were invited. The homes included ones from Delft, Bonteheuwel, Athlone, Rylands, Mitchell’s Plain, Hanover Park, Kenwyn and Newfields. The children and guests received a box with “boeka” treats, drinks, water, dates and a hearty meal of soup, chicken, rice and baby potatoes, as well as party packs and sundry gifts. They were entertained by a nasheed group, Khuddamul Islam, who rendered some spiritually uplifting renditions that created a vibrant atmosphere in the Clegg Hall. We were addressed by GiveLight SA Board Member and Islamic Scholar and Community Leader, Moulana Muhammad Carr, on several important matters, including the caring for

Our committee sought to assist internally too, through the continuation of our weekly Sandwich Making Initiative. Volunteers met every Monday morning before school to prepare sandwiches for our own students to collect during breaks from the Student Help Desk. This was very well run and well-received, with very few sandwiches remaining at the end of the day. The remaining sandwiches were donated to the Haven Night Shelter in Wynberg to reach more of those in need. Another drive initiated by the MSA this year was the Stationery Drive to assist Hillwood Primary.

Another reintroduction to MSA norms was the hosting of Jumu’ah (the Friday congregational prayer) at school. A few years back, the school shifted the timetable to accommodate an early dismissal on Fridays to facilitate students getting to mosque. With another shift in timetabling this year to include extra Test Period slots, there was a need to reintroduce Jumu’ah at school for those writing. This was well-attended by not only those who were writing, as parents found convenience in this arrangement. This congregation provided many valuable opportunities for inspiring and motivational Islamic knowledge to be imparted on our boys. Jumu’ah proceedings were led by passionate youth leader, teacher, and Imam, Uzayr Coe.

Motivated by the success thereof in 2021, we ended off the year in taking part in Charity Week

“If you want your heart to soften, satisfy (take care of) the needs of orphans”.

Prophet Muhammad PBUH

2022. The MSA led the school in raising money to help countless orphans and disadvantaged children across the world. In one week, institutions, organizations, and communities across the globe united as one body to raise funds to be of benefit to others. Through gatsby sales, a sports-themed civvies day, and the Staff Milestone Challenge, we managed to raise R20 000,30! As R20 000 was the first Milestone of the Staff Challenge, stay tuned in 2023 for the completion of the Challenge.

Thank you to all those who supported the initiatives through any efforts, intentions, and prayers. May you be blessed with an abundance of ease and goodness.

“The best of people are those who are of most benefit to mankind”.

Prophet Muhammad PBUH

CuLTuRE

muSIC DEpARTmENT

Richard Haigh

What a pleasure it was to be able to start 2022 without the strict rules and prohibitions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Outdoor concerts were possible immediately. Indoor concerts were allowed but with a 50% restriction on capacity. In the second half of the year, we were allowed to return to full concert halls for performances and it remained so till the end of the year.

We said goodbye to Mr Ben van Wyk, our fulltime woodwind teacher and conductor of the Jazz Band, at the end of the first term. Ben joined the staff in January 2020 as a first-year teacher. He was always willing to learn, serve and was completely unflappable! We thank him for sharing his passion of music with us and for his service to Wynberg. We wish him well in his new position in the UK. It was a pleasure to welcome Mr Jonathan Chuter to the staff in the second term. Mr Chuter had previously taught at Wynberg in a part-time capacity and thus was no stranger to us. He has slotted in well and we look forward to many years together.

In January, we started auditions for the major production scheduled for the first week of August. “Little Shop of Horrors” was the show – which had been prevented in 2020 due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. It was an incredible testimony to the commitment from staff and pupils alike that we were able to produce four performances of the show, having been so heavily restricted the previous two years. Directed by Mrs Karg, with Mr Haigh as

Musical Director, a collaborative cast of WBHS and WGHS pupils and a supporting musical band conducted by Mr Chuter comprised of WBHS pupils and staff, “Little Shop of Horrors” was a thorough success from beginning to end.

Concerts unfolded along regular patterns. Four Quarterly music concerts, two sunset concerts, the Nussbaum Concert, BaxterFest (the new ‘Concert in the Quad’) and Celtic in Cape Town were held on home soil! Choral and orchestral collaborative campus of schools’ concerts did not occur in 2022, simply because we were uncertain of COVID-19 restrictions on large numbers. We look forward to their reinstatement in 2023.

This year a new ensemble was formed: the Guitar Ensemble. Led by Miss Carini, this ensemble has been a great success. I look forward to watching their development under her leadership. The current leader of the ensemble, Edward Petersen, has flown the flag high by being named Grade 10 category winner and overall winner of the Edgemead High School Guitar Competition. Other pupils who have excelled are Damian Philander and Alex Beck, medal winners for top pianist and guitarist respectively in their age group at the Kaapse Afrikaanse Eisteddfod. Ethan Philander has also excelled by being a finalist at the Talento Singing Competition. Congratulations to these achievers and to their practical teachers.

The Music Department have taken the Eisteddfods by storm this year. 21 individual Merit certificates (70-79%), 36 Honours (8089%), 13 Diplomas (90-94%) and 15 Gold Diplomas (95-100%) were achieved by our pupils this year. On top of this the newly formed Guitar Ensemble achieved 92% Diploma, the Choir, Concert Band, Steel Band and Vocal Ensemble all won their category medals.

It was with immense pride and pleasure that we received the donation of a Walker Pipe Organ from a kind and generous old boy of the school, Mr Peter Coats, himself an accomplished organist. The instrument is an historic chamber organ and it was installed in the Nussbaum Auditorium during the December 2022 holidays, being ready for performance at the end of the first term this year. A massive thank-you to Mr Coats for donating the organ as well as to the Rupert Foundation who kindly granted R40 000.00 to install, refurbish and restore the instrument. We have heard it in concert already and we look forward to hearing it as the accompanying instrument to soloists as well as with the String Ensemble and Choir in years to come.

Finally, I would like to thank my immediate colleagues as well as the seven part-time members of staff for their invaluable support. The strength and success of our boys finds its foundation in the passion and commitment of their teachers.

ENSEmbLES

CHOIR Richard Haigh

Choirmaster: Mr R. Haigh

Accompanist: Mrs N. Karg Leader: Marco Palvie

What a pleasure it was to start the year in rehearsals without masks or distancing, anticipating a return to what was normal 2 years prior.

The choir numbered 85 boys this year who committed themselves to this multi-grade auditioned ensemble – the largest in the music department. What is fascinating about the choir is that it is a place for all boys – from the most excellent and accomplished musicians to the boys who do not read music but love every moment of singing with others.

BAxTEr FEST

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The choir had ten performances this year ranging from assemblies, quarterly concerts, a visit to WBJS and the Nussbaum Concert –where another collaboration with the WGHS Choir and the Springfield Convent Choir occurred. A poignant moment for me this year was the rendition of For the Fallen by Mike Sammes on Founders’ Day; the beauty of the musical setting, sung so sensitively, elevated the very profound words to another level. The haunting hints of The Last Post in the piano part left a lasting impression as well.

The Springfield Choral Festival in the 4th Term rounded off a very successful year. The boys sang tremendously without the matrics, singing Dis ‘n Land – Johan Stemmet and In Flanders Fields – Jacobson/Emerson and

once again joined the girls’ choirs for another rendition of Wet Suite – an arrangement of songs around the theme of water by Ron Gill, which had been performed previously at our Nussbaum Concert.

Once again, we recorded our programme for both the Kaapse Afrikaanse and Cape Town Eisteddfod. The boys did the school proud by achieving an Honours at the KAE and a Gold Diploma and the medal for their section at the Cape Town Eisteddfod.

It is lovely to see the tradition of choral singing alive and well at Wynberg. I look forward to many more years of solid choral activity at the school.

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CONCERT BAND Peter Catzavelos

Director: Peter Catzavelos

Band Leader: Mikhyle Mafakala

The year 2022 saw the 21st year of the Concert Band since my arrival at WBHS in 2002. The band provided its usual exceptionally high standard, producing some memorable occasions. The repertoire was again large, with great variety. Some pieces were very challenging, with the band being very capable to perform them convincingly. Overall, the performances always achieved good responses and appreciation from the audiences.

Once again, with many of our performances, other than the Prize Giving, Assemblies and the Founder’s Day ceremony, we amalgamated with the Wynberg Girls’ High School wind players to form a larger band.

In 2021, due to Covid-19, many of the usual performances did not happen. This year, we were able to do a lot more. The following events took place: the annual Prize Giving; some assemblies; the March Sunset Concert; the Windworx Fanfare Festival at Durbanville High School; the Kaapse Afrikaans Eisteddfod; the Cape Town Eisteddfod; the music evening at Paarl Boys’ High School; the Rugby Sevens World Cup at the Cape Town Stadium; the Nussbaum Concert; the Founders’ Day Ceremony; the Stellenbosch University Band Extravaganza in the Endler Hall and the October Sunset Concert.

With the use of video recordings, we took part in both the Kaapse Afrikaans Eisteddfod and the Cape Town Eisteddfod, achieving diplomas in both Eisteddfods. The pieces played were:

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The Crown of Castile by Johnnie Vinson; Accolade by William Hines and Camino del Sol by Steve Hodges.

In August, we were asked to perform at the Rugby Sevens World Cup. It was very exciting to play at this very prestigious event. Without the Matrics, who were writing their mock matric exams, the band did an amazing performance. We were then allowed to watch the games for the rest of the day. It was truly a wonderful experience.

At the Sunset Concert in March, the Concert Band played: Smoke on the Water; A Billy Joel Portrait; The Crown of Castile; Four South African Songs; Havana; Camino del Sol and The Theme from the A Team. We were also entertained by our guest band, The Cape Town Concert Brass.

At the Sunset Concert, in October, the Concert Band played: Summertime; Beach Boys on Stage; the Theme from the A Team; Smoke on the Water and Mack the Knife. The Wynberg Boys’ Junior Wind Band joined us for the last three pieces: Oye Como Va, conducted by Eugene Kierman (WBJS); Party Rock conducted by Mikhyle Mafakala (band leader) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens conducted by Peter Catzavelos.

There were about 40 boys in the band by the end of 2022. Once again, we say goodbye to our matrics (9 boys):

Sven Borgström (trumpet); Farhaan Brey (flute); Linga Chigona (tenor sax); Tristan Gerard (bass guitar); Matthew Grimbeek (alto sax); Marco Palvie (clarinet); James Robinson (alto sax); Muzzammil Samaai (Flute) and Anthony van Eyssen (oboe). Well done and thank you, Matrics, for your continuous support over the years.

CHOIR

Back Row : Lyle Martin, Seth Hermanus, Kiyan Neoh, Fawaaz Hendricks, Elnasi Muriro, Christopher Roberts, Benjamin Hansen, Lukho Mtwana, Msindisi Mnyanda, Caleb Bowden, Dhanyal Louw, Jesse Carelse, Daniel Nyamimba, Luke Jeaven, James Ewart-Smith.

Fourth Row : Jessie Theys, Mujahid Janodien, Matthew Rix, Jason Herbert, Ross Prinsloo, Mardoquéiro Dimbu, Andrew Jooste, Dean Saliegh, Bonolo Gala, Riley de Norman, Ethan Louw, Nicholas James, Joel Adams, Lubabalo Langeni, Jamie Lane, Deen Haroun. Third Row : Damian Philander, Francis De Klerk, Gian Sampson, Cole Neethling, Musa Kitenge, Dean Richardson, Thomas Zellie, Liam Lawrence, Kamlin Reddy, Abraham Kalombo, Matthew Smith, Tyrone Roberts, Kieran Everson, Warrick Wilson, Ulelethu Makubalo.

Second Row : Josh Vogelpoel, Jack Hervey, Justin Schoeman, Likabo Shako-Ahuka, Alex April, Cameron Maneveld, Cole Goliath, Ridaa Ebrahim, Connor Brown, Thando Dlamini, Harris Woodman, Joshua Jacobs, Daniel Rightford, Qaaid AdaMs

Front Row : Khoza Makubalo, Joshua Vincent, Caleb Conradie, Tristan Gerard, Anthony van Eyssen, Jeane Louw, Mr Richard Haigh (Choirmaster), Marco Palvie (Leader), Mrs Natalie Karg (Accompanist), Linga Chigona, Benjamin Badiali, Mikhyle Mafakala, Luke Bremer, Tristan Ely, Joshua Pureveen.

In Front : Jacob Pyaneeandee, Ethan Philander, Chad Julius, Runako Passoh.

Absent : Alex Beck, Zaahir Jakoet, Arthur le Roux, Reece Murison, Zachary Porthen.

GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Back Row : Matthew Rix, Dhanyal Louw.

Front Row : James McPetrie, Edward Petersen (Leader), Ms Arianna Carini (Conductor), Zayde Dollie, Alex Beck.

CONCERT BAND

Back Row : Daniel Heffren, Damian Philander, Charles Marston, Nicholas James, Michael Roman, Tristan van Rooyen, Xaylon van Rensburg, Matthew Adams, Tyrone Roberts, Seth Christians, Salman Green.

Middle Row : Justin Schoeman, Jacob Pyaneeandee, James Ewart-Smith, Seth Hermanus, Luqman Samaai, Daniel Sampson, Liam Lawrence, Benjamin Budge, Lukho Mtwana, Christopher Roberts, Lyle Martin, Chad Julius.

Front Row : Jared Benn, Tristan Gerard, Marco Palvie, Linga Chigona, Mikhyle Mafakala (Band Leader), Mr Peter Catzavelos (Band Director), Nick Horn, Anthony van Eyssen, Sven Borgström, Matthew Grimbeek, James Robinson. In Front : Caleb Fabe, Declan Taylor.

Absent : Farhaan Brey, Muzzammil Samaai, Ethan Daniels, Arthur le Roux.

JAzz BAND

Back Row : Seth Hermanus, Seth Christians, Mikhyle Mafakala, Damian Philander, Declan Taylor, Lukho Mtwana, Luca Caronti.

Middle Row : Michael Roman, Joshua Adams, Jared Benn, Aziz Rayners, Daniel Sampson, Tristan van Rooyen, Matthew Adams, Salman Green.

Front Row : Marco Palvie, Tristan Gerard, Anthony van Eyssen, Mr J Chuter, Jeane Louw, Linga Chigona, Sven Borgström.

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Apart from thanking the band members for all their hard work during the year, I (as the band director) would also like to thank the parents, the WBHS staff, the music teachers from the other Wynberg Campus of Schools’ and the Wynberg Old Boys’ Union for their continued support. It is greatly appreciated. May we continue to grow and always be the best at whatever we do.

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GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Arianna Carini

Director: Miss Arianna Carini

Leader: Edward Petersen

The Wynberg Boys’ High School Guitar Ensemble was formed by Miss Arianna Carini in February of 2022. It is led by Edward Petersen (Grade 10) and currently consists of nine members who are both subject and nonsubject music pupils from Grades 8-11.

The ensemble, although new, have put together a wide variety of repertoire including Bach

Chorales, Argentinian Tangos and Brazilian Sambas, as well as popular hits like Yesterday from The Beatles. They have performed at Wynberg’s Quarterly Concerts, the Matric Art Exhibition and most notably scored 92% for their Kaapse Afrikaanse Eisteddfod entry.

We look forward to the continued growth and development of this new ensemble.

JA zz BAND Jonathan Chuter

Conductor: Mr Ben van Wyk / Mr Jonathan Chuter

Leader: Anthony van Eyssen

This year’s jazz band has continued the legacy of excellence, emerging from the trying times of COVID-19 and its subsequent regulations. The 1st Term saw a complete return to normality with regards to music, and Wynberg was one of the first schools to get started with performances. Our jazz band took this opportunity at the first Quarterly Concert and first term Sunset Concert – both were a resounding success.

With the departure of Mr Ben van Wyk at the end of term 1, I had the privilege of stepping into the role of conductor. We took to the stage at the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival, which saw over 20 schools from around the province come and perform on the prestigious Baxter Theatre stage. Our band played an outstanding

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performance which included titles such as ‘Mas Que Nada’, Jamiroquai’s ‘Virtual Insanity’ and ‘See If I Don’t’, and featured solos from lead alto saxophone player Tristan van Rooyen and baritone saxophone player Anthony van Eyssen.

A long-standing highlight performance of the concert and jazz bands is the Windworx Festival in Durbanville in Term 3 where the band was awarded Double Gold. The band also tested out some new material at Wynberg Boys’ Junior School and saw the introduction of three new boys to the band at the time of the Matrics departing to write their exams. Another fantastic opportunity for the band to display their efforts was at the Cape Town Eisteddfod and the Kaapse Afrikaans Eisteddfod, where they received Gold Diploma and Honours respectively.

To round out the year, the band played a stellar performance at our 4th Term Sunset Concert, which saw the return of our Matrics for one last time.

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PIPE BAND Mike Leresche

In 2022, Wynberg’s Pipe Band came of age, appearing an unprecedented 40 plus times at various school and public events, and ending the year hosting the magnificent ‘Celtic in Cape Town’ concert at the end of the year.

School events included the two Sunset Concerts, the Nussbaum Concert, the Annual Prize-giving evening and the Prefects’ Induction ceremony. Of course, numerous grade and cheering assemblies, and Open days, kept the lads busy.

Founders’ Day was, as always, a special event where Pipe Major, Anthony van Eyssen, and Piper, Luke Jeaven, played laments at the wreath-laying in the Garden of Remembrance, and at the Memorial gates, respectively. After which, the whole band entertained the guests in the quad.

The re-opening of sports’ fixtures saw the band’s big post-Covid entrance to the Wynberg

community when we introduced the 1st XI Hockey and 1st XV Rugby to the assembled crowds at the home derbies against Bishops, Rondebosch and SACS. The band led these teams on to the Wynberg Astro of Dreams and Hawthornden adding much to the pre-game hype as the teams prepared for their matches.

Outside events saw the band at Springfield’s Valentine’s Day picnic, the Castle, the V&A Waterfront, and the AA National Congress. Then, smaller groups or individuals performed at a Scottish Country Dancing ceilidh, a retirement home, 2 weddings and 2 funerals.

The event of the year though was the ‘Celtic in Cape Town’ concert held early in Term 4 on the Hawthornden Field, hosted by the Wynberg Pipe Band. A crowd of several hundred came to enjoy an afternoon of Scottish Country and Highland dancing, the Wynberg Junior Schools’ Colour Guard and Drum-line, all of whom provided the curtain-raisers to Cape Town’s four pipe bands: the Autshumato Antiaircraft Regiment, the Cape Town Highlanders, the Nelson Mandela Artillery and our own Wynberg Boys’ Pipe Band. Each band had its

Wynberg and Cape Town’s 3 other bands ‘en masse’ at the Celtic Concert on Hawthornden

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own 15-minute performance but the highlight of the day was the massed bands display at the end: 70-odd performers had the Hawthornden and surrounding hills ringing with the sounds of the pipes and drums.

On the competitive side, Pipe Major, Anthony van Eyssen, has recorded 5th position and 3rd place in national online individual piping events involving players from many bands in Gauteng. Then, in November, Mitchell’s of the V & A Waterfront held a series of competitive events for all the bands in Cape Town and our drummers and 2 pipers entered… with much to be proud of in the results obtained against the adult members of the other bands.

Chris Taljaard and Nick Horn earned 3rd and 2nd places respectively in the Bass Drum event. Matthew Adams and Chris Taljaard earned 3rd and 2nd places respectively in the Snare Drum event which was won by our drum tutor, Ms Jenette Reitsma… a clean sweep of the snare drumming by Wynberg.

Despite their youth, Luke Jeaven and Nicholas Mundy earned a 3rd position in the Piping

Duets, against adult opposition.

Ms Jenette Reitsma continues her very successful work with the drummers, looking in 2023 to bring in new blood. Mr Craig Johnston of the Cape Town Highlanders joined Wynberg’s pipers in the latter part of the year and he has had a significant effect on the tuning and sound quality of the pipers.

Luke Jeaven, Lukho Mtwana, Nicholas Mundy and Chris Taljaard were awarded their Junior Blues. Sam Taberner received his Colours, Mathew Adams, and Nick Horn were awarded Blues with Anthony van Eyssen earned an Honours award.

Pipe-Major, Anthony van Eyssen, is this current generation of the band’s first departing Matric. He is a fine piper, was successful competitively and stood strong when others around him fell away. When Ant, as one of the four Cape Town Pipe-Majors, stepped forward at the Celtic Concert to lead the massed bands, it was a proud moment for him, the band and for Wynberg. Anthony leaves a young set of pipers showing great promise for 2023.

Standing: L Jeaven, L Mtwana, S Taberner, B Igilige, C Taljaard, N Mundy, N Horn Seated: Mr C Johnston, Pipe-Major A van Eyssen, Mr M Leresche, M Adams, Ms J Reitsma

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Luke Jeaven at the WBHS Golf Day. Pipe Band at the Celtic Concert on Hawthornden

Pipe-Major Anthony van Eyssen

Side-drummers: Matthew Adams, Nick Horn, Chris Taljaard

pipe Band leading 1st xV to their derby match on Hawthornden

Lukho Mtwana at the CT Castle

STEEL BAND Marco Palvie

Director: Mr Dave Reynolds

Leaders: Marco Palvie and Linga Chigona

The steel band has developed well in a productive year of musical growth. As COVID-19 has lessened its grip on our culture pillar, boys became able to commit more of their time to our band. This allowed for multiple assembly performances, sunset concerts, open day performances, a performance at the Baxter theatre and winning the medal for best Steel Band at the Cape Town Eisteddfod.

The band, which consists of boys from all grades, meet twice a week for an hour and a half rehearsal. Having to overcome the changes in the boys’ schedules proved tedious. However, despite external challenges, the band has not only grown in number but also in spirit, as even less experienced boys from younger grades step up to perform solos. I look forward to hearing about their achievements in the future! Thank you for a great year of musical expression.

STRING ENSEMBLE Conrad van Breda

Conductor: Mr Conrad van Breda

Leader: Joon Ho Park

The String Ensemble had a productive year.

The ensemble consisted of 15 boys (a record to date) but sadly we had to say farewell to two Matrics – James Hart and Reece Hendricks –who contributed enormous amounts of time and energy into this ensemble over the last five years. A big ‘thank you’ to them for their commitment.

Pieces performed this year were The Love Theme from The Godfather by Nino Rota, an arrangement of the 60s rock classic California Dreamin’ by The Mama’s and the Papa’s and The Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio by W. A. Mozart.

Stringe Ensemble

Mr Haigh plays the organ

STEEL BAND

Back Row : Iviwe Tetani, Jessie Theys, Sean Steinhofel, Joshua Arbuzova, Luca Caronti.

Middle Row : Joshua Gavin, Mikhyle Mafakala, Paco Reynolds, Michael van Zyl, Aziz Rayners, Gian Sampson, Christopher Taljaard, Jared Peregrino.

Front Row : James Robinson, Ms Anelisa Rondo (Assistant Band Director), Marco Palvie (Band Leader), Mr Dave Reynolds (Band Director), Linga Chigona (Assistant Band Leader), Mr Peter Catzavelos, Matthew Grimbeek.

Absent : Arthur le Roux. CONCERT

STRING ENSEMBLE

Back Row : Daniel Nyamimba, Joshua Edwards, Kyle van Eyssen, Panashe Magwere, Msindisi Mnyanda, Joon Ho Park (Leader).

Front

: Tyrone Roberts, Benjamin Badiali, Reece Hendricks, Mr Conrad van Breda (Conductor), James Hart, Christopher Roberts, Joshua Jones.

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Tiaan Roman, Luke Jeaven.

VOCAL ENSEMBLE

Back Row : Luke Bremer, Benjamin Badiali, Joshua Vincent, Ethan Philander, Mikhyle Mafakala.

Tristan Gerard, Mrs Natalie Karg, Jeane Louw, Marco Palvie.

Front Row : Andrew Jooste,

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VOCAL ENSEMBLE Natalie Karg

Director: Mrs Natalie Karg

Leader: Tristan Gerard

The Vocal Ensemble were so excited that they were finally allowed to perform properly again. A lot of work lay ahead of the gentlemen to learn all the songs required of them for the concerts this year.

First term performances included singing at all six open days and performing at the first Quarterly concert for 2022. Our first Vocal Ensemble camp in Witsand, Western Cape, was a tremendous experience. The weekend was spent learning repertoire, working on technical skills and bonding as a group.

The second and third terms were equally busy for the ensemble. The gents performed in assembly, at the second Quarterly Concert and then had the opportunity to hold a concert at Pinewood Village in May. The group also visited another old age home, Parkhaven, on Mandela Day bringing joy to all the residents as a community outreach event. The ensemble performed at Founders’ Day and the Old Boys dinner and then went on to sing on live television for Expresso Morning Show. Finally, they sang in both the Kaapse Afrikaanse Eisteddfod and the Cape Town Eisteddfod winning a Diploma, Gold Diploma and the Challenge Shield Medal at the Cape Town Eisteddfod for the top male a cappella group.

We are very pleased with their excellent results this year and a special mention goes to the Vocal Ensemble leader, Tristan Gerard, for all his invaluable input.

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Vocal Ensemble Weekend Away

Quarterly Concert, Butters and Haigh Duet Mrs Karg and Mr Haigh

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UMANyANO

Back Row : Lukho Mtwana, Lukhanyo Belonwu, Ohluma Mooi, Kungawo Nyoka, Smamnkele Peter, Asanda Kebevana, Lulibo Fula.

Middle Row : Kodwa Bobelo, Msindisi Mnyanda, Ahlume Nciti, Simthembile Kwedana, Liam Coetzee, Liphiwe Belonwu, Ndalo Makiwane, Intle Cekiso.

Front Row : Nonelela Maxegwana, Lukanyo Metu, Thando Ntaka, Jeane Louw, Ms Thabisa Ntsadu, Nathi Matyeba (Head), Sifisosethu Mpanza, Lubabalo Langeni, S’thembiso George.

WBAA

Back Row : Noah De Canha-Hibbert, Reece Maneveld, Nathan Hundermark, Nasr Kassiem, Oliver Gordon-Finlayson, Benjamin Badiali, Abraham Kalombo, Gian Sampson, Jack Bennetts.

Middle Row : Keyaan Matthews, Mikhyle Mafakala, Caleb Ulster, Luca Neveling, Jessie Theys, Noah Groenevelt, Luke Hundermark, Isma’eel Mohamed, Liam Golding, Malakai Van Der Ross.

Front Row : Mikail Maneveld, Caleb Conradie, Tristan Gerard, Jason Faure, Mrs Natalie Karg, Tristan Munz, James Hart, Tristan Ely, Nasr Ackerman.

In Front : Sebastian Edridge, Joshua Faure, Qaaid Adams.

WbAA (Wynberg boys’ Acting Assocation)

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SERVICE

IT’S IN OUR DNA

SERVICE

SERVICE OVERVIEW

Natalie Karg

2022 saw a return to Service drives and initiatives in the Wynberg community.

As well as our termly activities and initiatives, the pillar also incorporates in-house service portfolios such as First Aid and the Media team. Both of these societies were incredibly busy this year on the side of the sports fields and in all cultural events.

The service pillar was excellently led by Sven Borgström this year. Many drives were initiated and supported by Wynberg families. Both the Sanitary Pad and Easter Egg Drives were a huge success in Terms 1 and 2.

In Term 3, we held a Hat Day where the proceeds went to the Paedspal Foundation. This organisation raises money for palliative care

of young children. A stationery collection was also run by the Muslim Students Association followed by the annual charity week. Charity Week aims to provide a platform for young people to become active, socially engaged, and united upon humanitarian values. In one week, institutions, organizations, and communities across the globe unite as one body to raise funds to be of benefit to others. We also collected a substantial amount of baby goods which were donated to the MiracleKidz safehouse.

We ended off the year by collecting goods for our first ever Wynberg Boys’ Christmas Challenge. Goods were donated by the boys and collated into Christmas boxes by Mrs Karg for children of various ages. These were donated to children in need in Langa. Lastly, we also collected various goods which will go to old aged people, co-ordinated by Toni Tresdearn for the Elsies River communities.

The Service Pillar would like to thank the families for all their support this year.

SCHOOL CAMPUS CLEAN UP

MATRIC SHOE COLLECTION

FIRST AID INITIATIVE

SERVICE BOOTS INITIATIVE

STAFF SPORTS’ DAy

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ATHLETICS

Estian van der Merwe and Stefan Potgieter Sports Day

Our 2022 Sports Day was a huge success. A big thank you goes out to all the athletes, staff members, officials and ground staff for making this possible. The ‘gees’ and vibe that the athletes showed was very impressive! A special mention goes to Littlewood for winning the trophy once again.

Well done to Esa van der Schyff, Ethan Daniels, Dayle Gertson and Zachary Porthen for being the age group champs in their respective age groups. Also, special mention to Zachary Porthen who broke the U19 Shot Put record. Well done, Zach!

Paarl Athletics

It was great being back at Paarl Boys’ High for the annual athletics day. This is always a big event for the boys and athletics staff. Due to Covid we couldn’t compete for a couple of years, so the boys were eager to test themselves against some of the best athletes in the Cape area.

It was a great, but tough day for our athletes. Nevertheless, the boys showed great Supera Moras spirit to compete. A special mention to the following boys for receiving medals and achieving personal bests:

1. prince Farikeni U17 100m - bronze.

2. tyrone Gombe U17 long jump - bronze.

3. ethan daniels U15 400m - gold medal & bronze in 200m.

4. dayle Gertze U17 400m - bronze medal.

5. luke mathewson who ran his personal best.

6. tristan miller who threw his personal best.

7. innocent dekete who threw his personal best.

8. aziz rayners U19 high jump - silver.

9. thomas Charles U19 800m - gold.

Quadrangular

We took part in the annual Quadrangular event against the four other Southern Suburbs Boys schools for the first time in 2020.

In 2021, we did not participate due to Covid, so we were super excited for the event in 2022. The other schools are Bishops, Rondebosch and SACS. This was an All-in for Wynberg event. The majority of the school was there to support our athletes and to cheer their hearts out. Well done to our athletes and supporters for making it a special day. A very special mention to Achmat Berhardien who broke the U14 1500m record!

We thank Rondebosch for the organizing and hosting of the event. It was definitely a day to remember.

zonal, zonal Semi Finals & Western Province Champs

Well done to all our athletes who took part at Zonals. This is the way to make Western Province and it is such a big event as the boys compete against the best in the Cape area.

Well done to the following boys who made the Southern Zone team:

1. Ethan Thomas

2. Ethan Daniels

3. Torren February

4. Zachary De Kock

5. Andile van Kets

6. Liam von Lillienfeld

7. Ridhau Bey

8. Luke Mathewson

9. Thomas Charles

The following made the Western Province team – a brilliant accomplishment!

The biggest accomplishment goes to Ethan Thomas, who made the Western Cape team to represent at Nationals! Competing at the SA Champs is no mean feat.

They came 8th in the country, which is phenomenal.

Spring Meetings

Wynberg, Rondebosch, Bishops and SACS annually host spring meetings where we compete against each other. This is opportunity for our boys to attain Colours, Blues and Honours as well as a great measuring stick for where they are positioned going into the next year. Below are some notable moments from these respective events.

WBHS Spring meeting

We kicked of the Term 4 athletics season by being the first to host our spring meeting. It was a successful day with our athletes attaining 5 Bronze medals, 6 Silver and 6 Gold. A very special mention to Briint Davids who threw his

discus 38,79m for 1st place, further than the current sports-day record.

RBHS Spring meeting

We headed to Rondebosch for the second spring athletics meeting hosted this term. Wynberg walked away with 8 third places, 11 second places and 5 first places. Special mention to Alvin Machinja for his 1st place in Shot Put and 2nd place in Javelin, as well as Ethan Daniels for his first place in 200m and second place in 100m.

SACS Spring meeting

SACS hosted us for what turned out to be our last spring meeting, as Bishops had to cancel because of exams. Our athletes managed to attain 3 Bronze, 3 Silver and 4 Gold medals. Special mention to Dalubuhle Kota for finishing first in Shot Put & Javelin.

All in all, Wynberg had a successful athletics season and we look forward to what lies ahead as we prepare to host the Quadrangular in 2023.

Supera Moras.

1. Ridhau Bey

2. Ethan Thomas

3. Ethan Daniels

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ATHLETICS

Back Row : Liam von Lillienfeld, Aziz Rayners, Alexander Meyer, Chibuike Igilige, Aden da Costa, Michael Cresswell, Ashton Bisset, Dalubuhle Kota, Musa Kitenge, Brandon Ashburner, Luke Mathewson.

Third Row : Jamie Stride, Noah Laubscher, Merrick Stokes, Dayle Gertson, Levi Brown, Cornelius-John Kotze, Matthew Brading, Jordan Paulsen, Esa Van Der Schyff, Zac Botha, Ethan Daniels.

Second Row : Zachary Gibbon, Jesse Carelse, Zachary De Kock, Andile Van Kets, Daniel Jacobs, Ethan Thomas, Xolela Hoyi, Caleb Bowden, Moane Adams, Zach Grainger, Achmat Behardien, Joel Van Zyl.

Front Row : Faizel Gomez, Ryan Coetzer, Mr Joshua Stevens (Coach), Mogamad Ridhau Bey (Captain), Mr Stefan Potgieter (Coach), Prince Farikeni (Vice Captain), Mr Dylan Grobler (Coach), Ryan Mitchell, Thomas Charles.

bASkETbALL

Juanita Wilson

After a rather tough start to the year, and some disappointing results, it seems that like a phoenix rises from the ashes, so, too was basketball destined to travel to new heights.

The fourth term saw the players rested, motivated and keen to make the rest of the year and the following year a memorable one. The first team, now a relatively new team since the departure of the Matrics, saw the rise of the Grade 11s and what a formidable team they would turn out to be. They saw success from the start of the season, winning the Interschool’s

Basketball Festival which Wynberg hosted – a first of its kind and now a permanent addition to the calendar.

The season ended off on a sweet note with Basketball taking home the Triple Crown and many more wins under its belt. A further crowning jewel to be added was the new boys’ sport day which saw well over 100 2023 Grade 8s express interest in the sport.

Basketball is going from strength to strength and we can only thank all those teachers and parents who have tirelessly devoted of their time and resources to invest in the players and coaches.

We are anticipant for what 2023 holds for Wynberg Basketball.

BASKETBALL 1ST TEAM

Back Row : Isaac Theunissen, Azhar Salie, Tando Green, Ryan Jansen, Aziz Rayners, Dale Fish, Faizaan Laws. Front Row : Gabriel Hawkins, Alex Coetzee, Marcell Oliphant (Captain), Mr Tony Konya (Coach), Asaph van Niekerk (Vice Captain), Matthew Julian Adams, Nathi Matyeba.

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Caiphus Dlamini

Highlights:

The first team participated in a Basketball Festival at St John’s College in Johannesburg. They played and (unfortunately) lost all five games. This was the first tour since 2019 after the return to basketball in January.

BASKETBALL U16A

Back Row : Iviwe Tetani, Ethan Louw, Yaqeen Osman, Tyler Jackson, Matthew Wessels, Daniel Oliphant, Joel Adams, Msindisi Mnyanda.

Front Row : Tadiwanashe Dzvapatsva, Lulo Halu, Jacques Katshunga (Captain), Mr Warona Kholela Mbothwe (Coach), Adam Modack (Vice Captain), Christian Gonsalves, Joel-Isaacs Stevenson.

BASKETBALL U14A

Back Row : Samuel Cairns, Tyler Coxell, Adam Allie, Patrick Gregory.

Middle Row : Thoba Maqakalana, Deiyaan Groepies (Miller), Lance Ntambwe, Yannick Stol, Mogammad Carelse, Elnasi Muriro.

Front Row : Josh Fouten, Matt Brighton (Vice Captain), Mr St John Land (Coach), Jagger Lee Fong (Captain), Mr Seth Scheepers (Manager), Kyler Holland, Abdulla Salie.

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CRICkET

Esmund van Wyk and Pietie Loubser

The winter months were best utilized by the coaches and players as we set our sights on the respective cricket weeks.

This served our cricket well, and all three age groups faired extremely well at their respective cricket festivals. The preseason saw 18 cricket matches take place in preparation for the official Term 4 cricket fixtures. This worked out perfectly as we saw several players perform exceptionally well. Beni Hansen (1st XI) scored a maiden 108 vs United CC; Chad Campbell (U14A) and Storme Van Rooyen scored back-toback scores of 50 plus during this period, and most of our bowlers performed consistently in preparation for their tours.

wBHS 1ST xi nOrTH SOUTH 2022

It was an absolute wonderful experience at this year’s North South T20 competition that was hosted in Pretoria. The 1st XI and coaches left in the early hours to go and compete against the best schoolboy teams in South Africa. We were greeted with 34-degree weather, but the boys were in great spirits, excited and ready to get going.

Day one started with a bang. Potch Volkies batted extremely well and punished the boys from Cape Town setting a massive 192 for 8. We lost a few too many wickets in clusters leading to 51 run loss against Potch Volkies. Our boys walked away with smiles on their faces, knowing that the next day would hold another opportunity. Day two was our way back into

the tournament and the Wynberg Boys didn’t disappoint, winning both matches against Grey High and St Stithians. These games were tightly contested and left our boys with loads of confidence going into day 3.

In our quarter final, we were put into bat by the local team and favourite to win, Waterkloof, who had been doing extremely well all week. Our boys got off to a flyer but lost consecutive wickets, which stemmed our momentum. Despite a good scrap in the middle overs, we only managed 127 for 8 in 20 overs. Waterkloof got to 132 for 4 with 2 overs to spare. We could now only look towards finishing 5th as the highest possible position after missing out on that opportunity.

Menlopark was next. The locals won the toss and batted. Most teams at this stage would rather be batting than to be fielding in the heat. They posted 188/6 overs, with loads of local support on the sidelines. The Wynberg boys were up for the challenge though. Also note that during both these innings, so many match balls went out of the ground, just gone. This was the order of the week at North South. Wynberg set off chasing the score with some great power hitting by our captain Juan James, who was well supported by Kyle Williams and Beni Hansen. We won this one with 3 balls to spare.

It was then the 5th and 6th position playoff. It was a Cape Town derby Wynberg vs. Rondebosch on neutral ground. We were excited and nervous, knowing how much this meant to both squads. All the formalities had been done the previous evening and the boys and coaches alike were treated like kings. The hospitality was simply impressive.

Rondebosch won the toss and chose to bat on an ominous looking pitch. It looked normal

CRICKET 1ST TEAM

if taking into consideration that it was a day 4 surface. The match kicked off with some explosive hitting from The ‘Bosch boys, but also some key dismissals about which our boys were happy.

Balls started to misbehave, and on several occasions, batters were hit on the gloves and helmet, which raised concern for the officials and coaches. A decision was made to call the match off as we all felt that our players were in danger of getting hurt. We shook hands and both teams left with smiles on their faces, having done their schools and the Western Cape proud.

U14A Blake Rimmer

After two very virus-interrupted years, the prospect of a normal 2022 cricket season had this group of 13-year-old boys chomping at the bit! The idea of wearing long whites for the first

time, Oros at drinks break, the echoing clap of a new ball off a bat, and making new friends, were all key factors in the excitement of these boys. That excitement showed instantly in their first fixture against Paarl Boys’ High, with an emphatic win, including half centuries from both our captain, Achmat Behardien, and vicecaptain, Tim Belcher.

This momentum carried well through the first term, as the boys not only developed a culture of winning, but a culture of patience and discipline too. This patience and discipline was most notably shown in our first fixture against arch-rivals, Rondebosch. After a very tough start at the crease, we found ourselves 59/8 after 29 overs in a declaration game – chasing leather by all definitions of the word! However, patience won that battle, and with a 99-run 10th wicket partnership between Zac Botha (who scored his first 50 as a bowler) and Nicholas Stafford, the boys posted a more respectable total of 225, and ended up winning the game by 128 runs. Term one saw us play 10 fixtures, losing

Back Row : Ryan Coetzer, Yaaseen Moos, Jordan Nel, Daniel Lategan, Lukanyo Metu, Jude Mills, Benjamin Hansen, Paul James.

Front Row : Lesly Harmse, Liam Coetzee, Umayr Davids (Vice Captain), Mr Pietie Loubser (Coach), Juan James (Captain), Mr Esmund Van Wyk (Director of Cricket), Cullan Larkin (Vice Captain), Naas Beets, Callum Lawson-Smith (Scorer).

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2 and drawing 1, with 7 wins, which included big wins against touring sides, Grey Bloem and Affies.

After a long and wet winter sport season, the pre-season build up to the annual Hilton College Cricket Tour was filled with nothing but fun, and once again, incredible team culture. The boys flew the Wynberg flag high, winning 4 from 4 at the festival, including massive wins against the hosts, Hilton College, and inland rivals, Maritzburg College. This momentum seemed almost unstoppable, as they managed to stay undefeated almost all the way through the term, including emphatic wins against Bishops and Rondebosch, but unfortunately, SACS denied them the Triple Crown in the final fixture of the season. Playing a total of 9 games, with 8 wins and 1 loss.

In all my years of coaching, I’ve never seen a group of boys have this much fun, simply just doing what they love, and if this is the attitude that they plan on keeping, I think we’ll have a formidable 1st XI in the years to come!

14A PERFORMANCES

50s:

Achmat Behardien x2

Michail Tarentaal x4

Daniel Rightford x1

Zac Botha x1

Fawaaz Hendricks x1

Chad Campbell x4

Tim Belcher x1

5 wicket hauls:

Michail Tarentaal

Achmat Behardien

Nicholas Stafford

Damien Harris

U15A Thafier Ely

This year’s U15A cricket team grew from strength to strength through the course of 2022. The Peninsula Week in January brought about some challenging opposition and with the call up of Paul James to 1st Team, the team went through a period of identity searching. This saw a period of batting order shuffles as well as role and responsibility changes.

The 1st Term, with declaration format, really tested the team’s mental strength to apply themselves for long periods of time, as well as to play our Wynberg brand of Cricket. Players really started to show their skills and their individual abilities which was key in the team morale improving and the sense of belief starting to be established. Special mention must be made of Hilton Botha for leading the team and always backing the coaching plan which would eventually materialize in the 4th Term.

Prior to the 4th Term starting, the team went on the annual Grey PE Tour in September where we struggled initially, but showed some character in final matches, with the highlight being the 50-over match against Grey Bloem on the last day. Special mention must be made of Moosa Gabriels for scoring a well-paced 59 in a 139-run partnership with Matthew Saunders. Matthew scored the winning runs chasing down a target of 250 with a magnificent century, first of x 2 centuries for the year. A special mention goes to Mr Moore for managing the boys on tour and for adding so much value with mentoring and guidance.

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Back Row : Tait David, Luke Kleinsmith, Christopher Leak, Moosa Gabriels, Matthew Saunders, Aneeq Williams, Storme Van Rooyen, Jiyaad AbrahaMs

Front Row : Aadam Parker, Jamie Stride, Mr Thafier Ely (Coach), Hilton Botha (Captain), Mr Taahir Samaai (Manager), Jaydn Denman, Muhammad Ameen Schroeder.

CRICKET U14A

Back Row : Umr Botha, Zac Botha, Chad Campbell, Fawaaz Hendricks, Chad Julius.

Front Row : Daniel Rightford, Uzayr Ebrahim, Achmat Behardien (Captain), Mr Blake Rimmer, Timothy Belcher (Vice Captain), Nicholas Stafford, Michail Tarentaal.

Absent : Mr Marcus Oliphant (Coach).

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The 4th Term, with limited over cricket, saw the team really blossom due to a culmination of tough and honest conversations as individuals, as well as a tea, and more importantly the boys starting to understand their own games and roles and responsibilities. The boys really showed their level of development over the past year with very convincing performances against our rival boys schools, Bishops and SACS, with Matthew Saunders getting another match winning Century, and unfortunately a no-show against Bosch.

Well done on a rollercoaster year filled with ups and downs, but ultimately so much heart and character-building achieved.

15A PERFORMANCES

Matthew Saunders

x2 Hundreds, Fifties

Storme Van Rooyen Ave. 60 plus 4th Term

Luke Kleinsmith - All Rounder Performances & WP U16

Moegamad Ameen Schroeder

All Rounder Performance & Leading Wicket Taker

Wy NBERG COLTS Chris Moore

Term 4 also recorded a special group of U19 Colts cricketers who played 11 matches unbeaten. The plan was always to unearth some talent for higher honours going forward, and the boys obliged by putting together some great performances. Outstanding players were Ethan Leibrandt who batted exceptionally, scoring 306 runs at an average of 51. Josh Johannes led the way with the ball and took 18 wickets, striking every 16th delivery, as well as taking a best of 5 wickets for 0 runs against Fairmont. Calum Rose-Nel also surprised everyone with his pace and accuracy during term 4 as he took the new ball responsibility with maturity. He has since been pulled into the 2nd team, as well as the 1st XI squad for the Cape Peninsula Cricket week in January 2023.

In conclusion, the post-Covid increase in matches and high performance has proven that our boys at all levels have missed participating in cricket. We have also observed an increase in practice attendance in our lower teams, where some exciting performances have not gone unnoticed.

We are excited for what 2023 holds for Wynberg cricket.

Supera Moras!

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Lauren Cleophas

Cross Country was back in full swing with weekly practices and fixtures.

Coach Wayden Petersen, provided expert advice on running technique and form and we’ve noted a great improvement on our team’s lap times.

We saw the sport growing exponentially with more boys joining as we continue to achieve top 5 placements at all of our races.

This year we had Thomas Charles and Liam Von Lillienveld participate in the Western Province Zonals. This is testament to our dedication to the sport.

Cross Country is still a minor sport at Wynberg, but we look forward to more events and higher placements in the upcoming years.

This year we were able to do The Wynberg Mile again, thanks to Covid being less of a threat. The results were as follows:

Seniors:

1. WJ – 18 points

2. SL & HW (Tied) – 26 points

3. LL – 28 points

4. GL – 39 points

5. SU – 42 points

6. TR – 53 points

7. MN – 57 points

Juniors:

1. MN – 13 points

2. LL – 25 points

3. WJ – 26 points

4. TR – 38 points

5. SU – 40 points

6. GL – 41 points

7. SL – 47 points

8. HW – 61 points

Combined:

1. WJ = 44

2. LL = 53

3. MN = 70

4. SL = 73

5. GL = 80

6. SU = 82

7. HW = 87

8. TR = 91

We look forward to another successful Wynberg Mile in 2023 with more boys being willing to participate!

CROSS COUNTRy AT GREy’S WEEKEND

11,12,13 Boys need to run around these individuals Bryan, Josh Stevens, CJ*

14 Ensures that spectators do not mix with runners Pietie

15 Directs boys to continue running on the walkway Kayla

16 Directs boys back onto the Hawthornden Juanita

17,18 Record the boys’ stickers in order of arrival, in the books provided Courtney & Siobhan

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WyNBERG MILE ROUTE

1 Starts the race

2 Directs boys to go down the steps

3, 4, 5 Boys need to run around these individuals

6 Directs boys to run up the steps

7 Directs boys to run behind the pool area

8 Ensures that boys do not cut corners

9 Boys need to run around this person

10 Directs boys to go onto Silverhurst field

11, 12, 13 Boys need to run around these individuals

14 Ensures that spectators do not mix with runners

15 Directs boys to continue running on the walkway

16 Directs boys back onto the Hawthornden

17,18 Record the boys’ stickers in order of arrival, in the books provided.

CROSS COUNTRy

Back Row : Joel Van Zyl, Matthew Brading, Graeme van Zyl, Zayde Dollie, Mulanga Mukatuni.

Front Row : Liam von Lillienfeld, James Robinson, Thomas Charles (Captain), Miss Lauren Cleophas (Teacher in Charge), Luke Mathewson, Matthew Grimbeek, Noah Rowen Jacobs.

Absent : Rory Jeppe, Mr Wayden Petersen (Coach).

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Pietie Loubser

First Team:

Abdurrazzaaq Chotia, Gabriel Firer, Nicholas Fourie, Keagan Gray, Daniel Lategan, Divan Linde, Kiash Naidoo, Calvin Tanner. Played 14, Won 1, Lost 13, Drawn 0

Second Team:

Played 11, Won 4, Lost 7, Drawn 0

Third Team:

Played 5, Won 0, Lost 4, Drawn 1

Golf at Wynberg is in the process of growing. This past year was the second year that a third team was entered into the league.

The third team was mainly seen as a junior team with all the golfers in Grade 10 or below. The performances of the first team players improved from previous years. They were unable to get a win in the league, but results within the games were much closer than in previous years. A few games were lost by a single game.

Wynberg entered two sides in the Regional SA Schools Qualifying Tournament that was played at Bellville Golf Club. The first team performed incredibly well, finishing fourth out of twelve competing teams They were only seven shots off the second-place spot which would have qualified them to compete nationally.

It was the first time since 2019 that the golf sides were able to go on tours. The top 12 players went to the Grey weekend and the top 7 players competed in the Cape Schools Golf Tour during the July holidays. This tour was held

in George and Mossel Bay and the players got to play four of the top courses in the country. The performance of each player improved as the tour went on and they finished off with a win on the last day.

The stand-out performer of the year was Gabriel Firer. He was selected for the WP U17 team that took part in a triangular tournament against Boland and Southern Cape. Gabriel was awarded the most valuable player award in the U17 section during the tournament. He also made his debut at King David, Mowbray, in the Premier League during the season.

Wynberg is proud of the achievement of the golfers during the past season and believes that the best is yet to come for this group of golfers.

GOLF 1ST TEAM

Back Row : Keagan Gray, Nicholas Fourie, Kiash Naidoo.

Front Row : Calvin Tanner, Gabriel Firer (Captain), Mr Pietie Loubser (Coach), Divan Linde (Vice Captain), Abdurrazzaaq Chotia. Absent : Daniel Lategan.

gREy WEEkEND

Pete van Schalkwyk

What a special occasion it was to visit Grey PE again and to participate in this derby weekend.

Although we played Grey at home in 2019, it was in 2018 that we last visited Grey. The Grey Weekend was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 owing to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Our Grade 8-10s had never played Grey and our Grade 11s had never been to Grey. Only our Matrics had been to PE for a Grey Weekend. For many of us the Grey Weekend taking place was certainly a sign that school life had returned to normal.

This made the weekend even more special because it was such a new experience for most of our boys and for many of the staff. There was certainly a feeling of excitement in the weeks leading up to the derby and a lot of nervous energy as the event unfolded.

About 500 boys made the trip up to PE. We had boys participating in Rugby, Hockey, Cross Country, Squash, Golf, Chess, Debating and, for the first time, we participated in a Mountain Bike event against Grey. The results were pretty even across the various sporting codes although we produced our best rugby results ever against Grey, winning the majority of the matches and in particular winning the U15A, U16A and 1st XV games.

All this aside, for many of us, the highlight was our boys singing and cheering together as a school for the first time in more than 2 years.

This event was slightly different to previous visits to PE because for the first time we included some fixtures against St. Andrews in Grahamstown. Five of our rugby teams, three hockey teams and our Chess team visited St. Andrews. We are hoping that this new tradition can continue.

We will be visiting Grey again in 2023 and the plans are already underway.

Courtney Joubert

The above quote summarises the year Wynberg Hockey had in 2022. It may seem like a cliché, or even a cop-out, but the reality is true: 2022 was a building year for Wynberg Hockey and we walk away with some huge lessons which can only make us stronger going forward.

Our goals going into 2022 were simple:

• Keep expectations realistic while still aiming high.

• Being competitive despite development stage.

• Improving is ‘winning’.

I can safely say that we 100% met our goals, by the end of the season.

Yes, Paarl Gim gave us a run for our money, but that was the first fixture. The margins narrowed and we walked away from the season having improved greatly; playing more competitive hockey and never expecting less from our players, despite the sometimes tough results. Was our confidence sometimes knocked? Of course! I think that is to be expected, but in sport, there must often be a winner and a loser, and while we lost matches, we won in that we never gave up the Supera Moras spirit. This allowed us to continue to fulfil our newly implemented vision:

• To create an enthusiastic environment for hockey which not only develops Hockey skills but also personal character.

• To promote the sport and the school by

upholding good standards (sporting and otherwise) on and off the turf.

• To develop the sport at the school through excellent coaching, extension programmes, playing opportunities and fun initiatives.

• To provide each individual player, no matter their rank and status, a rewarding hockey experience, so they may reach their potential, regardless of the level at which or team for whom they play.

We look to build on this Vision in 2023 by implementing a Brand Motto for all players to live up to, when the going gets tough.

It was not all doom and gloom in 2022, though. The First Team impressed at the annual Nomads festival, as a young team with the odds stacked against them. The U16As were crowned the team of the year, with compelling wins in the season, the most notable being beating Bishops 8-2 at Bishops in the first half of the year. The U14Bs narrowly missed out on a triple crown, drawing to Rondebosch in the second half. The Matric Team narrowly missed out too, drawing with SACS. Their game against Grey will be something I remember for a very long time – the ‘gees’ and love for the game was unmatched!

I think it is safe to say that the Astro of Dreams (officially named in 2022) still holds a lot of potential. Hopefully 2023 can be the year of living these dreams. Onwards and upwards!

Watch this space…

“you either win or you learn. you never lose.”

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HOCKEy 1ST TEAM

Back Row : Ian Gossman, Blake Martin (Goal Keeper), Ryan Nell.

Middle Row : Dayle Gertson, Connor Albrecht, Connor Thompson, Morgan Cochius, Daniel Wyley, Sameer Mohamed, Tristan Butters, Yaqub Adams.

Front Row : Mrs Courtney Joubert (Head of Hockey), Cameron Boardman-Smith (Vice Captain), Mr Mouton Joubert (Coach), Thando Ntaka (Captain), Mr Devin Stanton (Director of Hockey), Luke van Rensburg, Daniel Petersen.

HOCKEy U16A

Back Row : Luke Andrew, Zach Raizenberg, Tariq Eckley, Dayyaan Brown.

Middle Row : Zack Alexander, Caleb Schilder, Daniel Norman, Ethan Daniels, James Ewart-Smith, Seth Trantraal.

Front Row : Liam Kleintjies, Mrs Courtney Joubert (Head of Hockey), Jordan Paulsen (Captain), Mr Nathan Loff (Coach), Zachary Gibbon (Vice Captain), Mr Jacobus Coetzee (Coach), Ethan Lee.

HOCKEy U14A

Back Row : Timothy Belcher, Merrick Stokes, Matt Brighton.

Middle Row : Mustafa Kajee, Daniel Rightford, Lyle Martin, Joshua Edwards, Riley Kleyn, Thomas Cawood, Jonathan Mills, Nickolas Pond.

Front Row : Uzayr Ebrahim, Noah Laubscher (Vice Captain), Mrs Courtney Joubert (Head of Hockey), Chad Julius (Captain), Mr Michael Rushby (Coach), Michail Tarentaal, Alexander Ewart-Smith.

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Chris Moore

DART: The acronym behind the values that is the Wynberg Rugby culture.

Desire. Action. Relentless. Team.

This was the driving force behind the successful year of rugby at Lovers Walk. Wynberg Rugby, in 2022, returned with a sense of renewed desire and determination after two years of littleto-no rugby being played owing to Covid-19 pandemic. We were excited that our depth in the number of teams representing Wynberg each weekend reached pre-Covid numbers. Wynberg Rugby had over 20 teams playing each weekend, 50 dedicated coaches and almost 400 rugby players. Our loyal sponsors and passionate supporters remained onboard, which enabled us to provide the quality of rugby we saw this year and I sensed that this would be a historic year for Wynberg.

One of the highlights on our rugby calendar returned after a two-year hiatus – The Standard Bank Wynberg Rugby Festival. The 2022 Wynberg Rugby Festival was the biggest schoolboy rugby festival in the Western Cape with 1500 players and over 65 teams This year, the festival took place over the long weekend in March instead of April. We realized the benefits this would have for all participating teams as they had an opportunity to try out different combinations, gain early confidence and provide playing time to their players before the winter league fixtures got underway. We invited all teams and age groups from across the country to participate at the festival, including an exciting addition of U13A teams The preseason festival was well-supported by coaches, players, and supporters, and therefore, this idea remains in place for 2023.

Wynberg Rugby strives to offer our boys the privilege of going on tour to test their skills against unfamiliar opposition. This year, all our rugby teams had the opportunity to play rugby or attend a festival outside of the Western Cape. During the April school holidays, the U14A had this privilege of participating at preseason Kwaggas festival, hosted by Outeniqua in George. There was much excitement for the return of this festival, as for most, it was their first experience of going on a school tour. The U15A team travelled up the N1 to participate in the Frans Malherbe U15 tournament hosted by Paarl Boys’. It was a most worthwhile pre-season experience for our junior teams as they looked to build momentum into their first Premier A League fixture against Paarl Gimnasium.

We played our first home, Premier, A-League fixture of the year against Paarl Gimnasium. This was the first time we had played a school outside of our traditional local rivals in two years. It was a wet and muddy affair in the pouring rain, however our teams held their own and our U16A team had a remarkable 28-12 victory on the Hawthornden. Our 1stXV performance was also most noteworthy, albeit we lost the fixture, as we were courageous on defense and showed moments of brilliance on attack. This would be a team that would achieve much success come the end of the 2022 winter season.

In a first for Wynberg Rugby, both our 1XV and U16A teams had the opportunity to participate in respective Easter festivals in Johannesburg. The 1stXV played in the Saints Easter Rugby Festival and the U16A were hosted at Jeppe, for the Tony De Munnik Memorial U16 Rugby Festival. It appears they had brought the Cape of Storms tag with them as the rain bucketed down for the duration of the tour. However, our teams had the advantage of being used to

such conditions and secured a successful tour to Johannesburg.

The highlight for every Wynberg rugby player is the trip down the N2 to be hosted by Grey PE. This year was even more special as it was the first time since 2018 that we played Grey away, in Gqeberha. The 1stXV of 2018 secured a fine victory that day and the class of 2022 had to emulate the success of Mika Schubert’s chargers. Again, the inclement weather proved challenging, however, it did not influence the fiery spirit of the Wynberg boys. We had our most successful outing against Grey as we won 8, drew 2 and lost 5 of the 15 matches against our old foes. The 1stXV’s 18-16 win will be remembered for how our boys remained steadfast in their cheers and support of the team in the pouring rain. The U15 age group were unbeaten against Grey and what was even more impressive was that they did not concede a single point. In 2023, we return to Grey to continue our recent run of success against the men in light blue.

Wynberg’s successful 2023 winter season was rewarded with many of our players featuring in respective Western Province teams Tyrone Gombe, Ethan Hendricks and Yakeen Ahmed were selected for the Western Province U16 Grant Khomo Week team and Torren February was selected for the Western Province XV team. These teams played in the interprovincial tournament at Diamantveld, in Kimberley. The school is incredibly proud of Zach Porthen, who was selected as the Western Province Craven Week captain, with As’ad Moos and Thabiso Molekwa joining him in the team.

Matthew Beckett, Xola Nyali and Isaiah Louw made the Western Province Craven Week XV team. We had the opportunity to support both these teams as they played in the Craven Week, hosted by Rondebosch. Nicholas van Schalkwyk, Xolela Hoyi and Ridhau Bey were selected for the Western Province Academy team, that featured in the Academy Week at

Hugenote, in Wellington. Zac Porthen’s men were crowned the unofficial champions of the 2022 Craven Week. As a school, we were overjoyed by the news of Zac’s inclusion in the SA Schools’ team and as the SA Schools’ captain. This is an incredible honour for both Zac and the school, and we have to commend him and the coaches for their hard work.

At the end of the 2022 rugby season, our 1stXV and U14A teams were crowned the unofficial “Kings of the South”. They finished top of the Southern Suburbs Super Cup table, which includes Bishops, Rondebosch and SACS. Our U15A and U16A teams came second on the overall table standings. A special mention must be given to the U14B team as they came so close to winning the Headmaster’s Grand Slam, but a 7-7 draw to Grey PE was the only result that withheld them from winning the sought after bragging rights.

As I reflect on the season past, I can only foresee Wynberg Rugby achieving greater heights. The dedication and commitment of our boys and coaches bodes well for the future and has brought and will bring much honour to the school. Craig Childs, the Director of Rugby, needs praise for product on display when Wynberg Rugby features. Over his tenure in this role, he has tirelessly transformed our brand and has been behind our growth and success. This would not be possible without the dedicated and passionate coaches involved, who have instilled the DART culture.

I would like to thank the media crew for their efforts in live streaming all home fixtures, the First Aid team, the ground staff and the WBHS Rugby Referees Society. Wynberg Rugby is only as successful as all stakeholders and 2022 has been a historic and memorable year for the school. I look forward to the 2023 season as there is much promise brewing at Lovers Walk.

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2022 1st XV IndIVIdual reports

Aidan Reid

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 12 | Total 12

Aidan’s hard work in the off-season forced him into contention early on in 2022, earning a runon debut against SACS in game one. He had to adjust quickly to the intensity and demands in the front row. His work rate then followed as he gained a deeper understanding of his positional expectations. We pushed him hard, and he responded positively through his actions. His ability to physically impose himself at very low

levels became a highlight of his game.

Aidan is a sincere team man and on numerous occasions was thrown into the deep end to bail us out in other positions. Aidan will grind harder in the weights room in the coming off-season and will arrive as a seasoned campaigner, ready to turn tightheads inside out.

Amier Adams

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 19 | Total 19

Amier had to compete with a plethora of outstanding backline players in the preseason but as each week went by it became apparent that he was not in the squad for the free t-shirt.

RUGBy 1ST TEAM (with trophy)

Back Row : Matthew Beckett, Roan van Heerden, Steven Stander, Michail Kasfikis, Cayno February, Leo Addinall, Euwyn Liberty, Benjamin Matthews, Xola Nyali.

Third Row : Ryan Mitchell, Ethan Thomas, Luca Springett, Kyle Coetzee, Nicholas van Schalkwyk, Eli Mentz, Xolela Hoyi, Matteo Pascoe, Aidan Reid, Matthew Ould.

Second Row : Mr Sheldon Norris (Coach), Sifisosethu Mpanza, Ryan Coetzer, Justin Damonze, Sange Mbuto, Mr Ricardo Jacobs (Medic), J’que Huckins, Matthew Southgate, Amier Adams, Mr Piet Selliers (S&C Coach).

Front Row : Mr Josh Bassett, Isaiah Louw, Mr Craig Childs (Director of Rugby), Asad Moos (Captain), Mr Justin van Winkel (Head Coach), Zachary Porthen (Captain), Mr Chris de Klerk (Coach), Thabiso Molekwa, Mr Johan van Rhyn (Lineout Coach).

Absent : Mogamad Ridhau Bey, Mr Ashley Wells (Scrum Coach), Luke van Zyl, Jarryd Jackson, Tristan Ely (Medic), Mr Estian van der Merwe (Manager).

He arrived at each session with intent and was always coachable. He forced his way into the starting line-up and never looked back. The hard work that he did on the training pitch transferred onto the battle ground on Saturdays. His combative nature made him a sincere concern for the opposition in the midfield and many opponents were not on the pitch when the final whistle blew. Amier was, however, not just a wrecking ball and it was his willingness to put his teammates away with his improved soft touches and effective running lines that he and Coach Chris worked so hard on.

Asad Moos

Caps: 2021 - 7 | 2022 - 18 | Total 25

There was often a shadow on the field when everyone had gone home, and that was Assy, always wanting to work on improving his game, doing the extra work. He was named captain through some chance, but this opportunity further added to his game, and he donned the captain’s band for the season. Assy has a sensational ability to be “right place, right time”. Add to that his lightning pace off the mark & sly, cunning awareness and you get a player who was rightfully called up to represent the WP Craven Week and SA Schools sides. Assy never let accolades or statistics get the better of him, any opportunity to learn and he would be there, soaking in information. He kept coaches on their toes with quick thinking but was never a man of many words to use up time, he led by way of outstanding performances on the field. As coaches we are excited to see what the future holds, one thing we do know is that the little shadow will be working hard on a field somewhere aiming to always push higher.

Ben Matthews

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 7 | Total 7

Ben is a big, talented, and widely capable rugby player. He started the season with a bang, being selected to tour with the 1st XV to Johannesburg. He got some game time there and quickly started to learn what the game was like. Ben is a big personality and quickly became one of the guys who was front and centre when it came to having a good laugh. Unfortunately, Ben suffered a few injuries through the season that held him

back from cracking on. These are perhaps signs of his body adapting to the front row at senior level. Ben has a massive pre season ahead of him and if he can get his body right will make huge impacts on the field in 2023. We eagerly await what lies ahead for Ben.

Cayno February

Caps: 2021 - 9 | 2022 - 19 | Total 28

Cayno’s experience and confidence that he established in the previous seasons of playing 1st XV rugby was evident from our first hit out against SACS. His ability to find the ball often and then make a significant impact was exactly what we needed from our most capped player. Carrying the ball is his natural game but we needed him to evolve into a hitter on defence and a lineout leader willing to stick his head and body into dark places - he stepped up in both these facets of the game. Cayno will most probably be remembered for his ranging sprints down the middle of the field, diving over the try line, but it was his lineout defence that was key to our success this season. He put the opposition under immense pressure with his speed on the deck and then his ability to leap in the air from any starting position that often choked the life out of the attack. Cayno made rugby a priority throughout his school career and this big, friendly athlete is going to make big strides in the coming seasons.

Eli Mentz

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 20 | Total 20

The coaches were nervous coming into 2022, as there was no set flyhalf. Eli identified the opportunity and made sure that it was impossible for coaches not to pick him. Eli was full of questions and was always excited to watch back footage and seek additions to his game. There was always a calm but loud voice patrolling the troops in games, and it was Eli, confidence ensued which lit up his want to break open opposition and create some unforgettable moments. Eli grew outstandingly this season, he worked unbelievably hard on his game. Eli is hard on himself and used it to prove a point positively whenever he got the chance to wear the number 10 jersey.

Ethan Thomas

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 12 | Total 12

A quiet individual, but someone who sneaks up on you quicker than a seagull on a chip. Ethan is a formidable runner, when given a sniff of space he often caught opposition slacking & grasped the opportunity. He has another year of exciting rugby ahead of him to grow & with more confidence he is definitely a huge threat. He has soft skills, quick feet and an eye for the try line. He had special performances for the Blues team which made it difficult for coaches not to find a way for him to play for the firsts.

Euwyn Liberty

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 2 | Total 2

Euwyn came into an environment that had a number of seasoned locks and loose forwards. It would take a relentless effort from him to force his way into the 1st XV. He became a key figure in the Blues as he grew in confidence and slowly but surely showed glimpses of why he needed to get a crack on the main stage. He also took our advice not just to blend in and to stake his claim. His opportunity came against Hamiltons and Tygerberg where he proved that he could competently compete on the main stage. Euwyn put in a monumental performance. against Tygerberg in the number 7 jersey. He was prominent with ball in hand, abrasive in the physical confrontations and worked tirelessly like a loose forward should. He took this confidence back to the Blues and helped them wrap up some solid victories in the final term. Euwyn now knows what he is a capable of and will arrive in 2023 ready to mix it from session one. He lacks for nothing and must not stand back for anyone.

Isaiah Louw

Caps: 2021 - 7 | 2022 - 20 | Total 27

Isaiah had to play through an injury the previous season so we were excited to see what he could deliver on a healthy frame. He did not disappoint and oozed confidence which our other players fed off. A player can often stagnate with a few games to go but Isaiah finished the season playing the best rugby of his career. On attack, defenders had to tackle him properly

or he would bump, ride, and drive through the attempt. This gave us plenty of front foot ball and he scored a plethora of tries which included the final try of the season against SACS where he was justly awarded the man of the match. Defensively, Isaiah was never afraid to hit front on, which made him a pillar of our successful defence system this season. Besides his bone-crunching tackles, he was an absolute menace on the ground, and we encouraged him to poach when the opportunity was on. The success of his game was not the fact that he had all of these skills in his armoury but the number of contributions he made per game. He did not sit back and wait for the game as a spectator but had a considerable impact over the 70 minutes. This quiet, deep-thinking, coffee-drinking young man has an exciting future ahead of him both on and off the pitch.

Jarryd Jackson

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 1 | Total 1

Jarryd is not a pushover on or off the pitch. He has a tough edge but is polite and sincere when dealing with his coaches and teammates. His hard, direct way of playing the game made him a crowd favourite and a catalyst in the Blues team. Jarryd is hard to bring to the ground and makes it very uncomfortable for defenders to tackle him, which was witnessed every time he carried into the vacuum off a lineout. On attack, his ability to carry was backed up by a loose forward who cleans fast and hard. Defensively, his biggest contribution was his natural ability to poach ball on the ground, an innate skill. Jarryd will grind hard in the gym in the offseason, buy wholeheartedly into the preseason, and will be wrecking ball in 2023.

J’que Huckins

Caps: 2021 - 6 | 2022 - 20 | Total 26

J’que opened up wonderfully this year. Having been part of the set up in Grade 11, he was more comfortable this year. This showed a gap for his ability to learn, adjust, apply unbelievably. His offball work is unmatched, his aerial threat is in the top tier and his finishing is world class. Huckins grew to understand himself and his capabilities and rightfully this caused an eruption of unreal

performances. His maturity through the year assisted in making it impossible for coaches to look past his name. Someone you can never fault for commitment and making the most of his time on the field, J’que has a lot of rugby in him still as he continues to grow.

Justin Damonze

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 5 | Total 5

Demi has been around the set up for 2 seasons, he is tough as nails and is one of the competitive bunches, who does not sit back for anyone. Demi constantly put his hand up, he performed well at wing with some unreal stepping and hard hitting and also had some brilliant games at scrumhalf with some cheeky snipes and soft touches. If you wanted front foot, Demi is the first in line. He has rightly found himself as a person this year, improving in personal aspects and as a result developed nicely. I certainly hope Demi carries on playing next season as he certainly has plenty to offer, and he will continue to improve.

Kyle Coetzee

Caps: 2021 - 4 | 2022 - 8 | Total 12

Kyle is a tremendous competitor and superb Wynberg man. Sadly, much like Kyle’s junior years his final year in 2022 was cut short due to a shoulder injury. This saw him miss a large portion of the season. The games Kyle did play, he made an incredible impact, particularly at the point of contact with ruthless cleans and tackles. This made him an easy selection early on in the season. While side-lined by injury Kyle stayed connected to the team and was there every step of the way in support of the boys.

Leo Addinal

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 2 | Total 2

Leo was named most improved U19 rugby player which is an incredible achievement. At the start of preseason, he looked left and right and all he saw was talented and experienced front rankers. He had to make a decision whether he would just step aside or he would compete and we are ecstatic that he chose to get stuck in. It was not

all easy and it was not all success, but he worked and kept coming and ultimately managed to grow into a solid member of the squad. Leo played some significant rugby this season and he can be very proud of that. We look forward to seeing him lay down his mark again in 2023.

Luca Springett

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 2 | Total 2

Luca is a product of the Wynberg Reds and perhaps did not see himself as a 1st XV rugby player. That changed quickly in the build up to the 2022 season. We offered Luca an opportunity to move to the front row and state his claim for a spot there as we felt he had the ability and mindset to make it land. We asked Luca just one thing and that was to compete. To say Luca took the opportunity with both hands is an understatement. He hung up his much-loved CrossFit shoes and submerged himself in the rugby training programme. Day after day, gym session after gym session and scrum session after scrum session he worked and learnt, and I guess started to believe he could make this land. He sat behind some big hitting, matric front rowers this season but never once backed down. He took them to task and challenged them every step of the way. Luca is also a proper athlete and can move fast which suits our game model and how we want to play the game. Luca will make a big impact in 2023.

Luke van zyl

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 6 | Total 6

Luke is a truly incredible 18-year-old chap. The balance and enjoyment for life that he possesses is quite special. His secret is that his identity is not wrapped up in one area of life. He has the ability to do lots of things properly, making him such a unique character and one that lots of boys look up to. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with Luke over the last two seasons, while he played most of his games in the Blues, he remained a great member of our squad. Ask him to scrum, ask him to throw, ask him to jump, ask him to play wing and he would embrace the challenge and step up. Luke will succeed in life no matter what he decides to do and we are grateful to have played a role in Luke’s life while at Wynberg.

Matteo Pascoe

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 9 | Total 9

Matteo can best be described as the smiling assassin. A big, burly ball carrying wing who frothed at the opportunity for some contact. The first team is blessed with aerial threat wingers, who love to win dog fight battles in the air, Matteo is no exception to this & put massive pride in his ability to always win the “dog fight” and doing so whilst smiling. Matteo did not only excel in carrying hard, but he would also glimmer at the chance to line up an opponent to make a huge tackle on the edge. It will be exciting to see Matteo go in to 2023, he has already started lining up some aerial battles in the off season and has made sure the coaches will have to consider him as an option through his want to improve all the time.

Matthew Beckett

Caps: 2021 - 5 | 2022 - 20 | Total 25

The coaches knew that Vlammy had a big season ahead of him at the start of the year. He is skilful, strong and has a really good feel for ball sports. He makes rugby a priority and has always been a favourite amongst his teammates due to his calm and sincere nature. All we needed was for Vlammy to realize how good he was. We threw him in the deep end at the start of the season by playing him out of position on the tighthead side. He put his head down and did it for the team. It was however when he switched back to loosehead that he started to shine. He flourished with the ball in hand, scrummed the life out of the opposition and hit hard front on! The Wynberg faithful has vivid memories of Vlammy bounding down the Hawth to score or to put his teams away for another 5 pointer. We were elated that he was selected to play for the WP B side at Craven Week against the top sides in the country. He continued where he left off and proved that he had geared up and was able to mix it with the best. At the end of the season, we had to ask him to go back to tighthead - this time he went across as an accomplished provincial player and he thrived in the role against some tough looseheads. Vlammy is going to thrive in the coming years and will continue to be a team and crowd favourite.

Matthew Ould

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 3 | Total 3

Matty throughout 2022 has continued to grow physically and near the end of the season learned how to best utilize his abilities with his newfound growth through committed gym work. Being in Grade 11 with a seriously talented line up of back line players, Matty nudged, pushed and performed his way into earning himself some first team game time. A memorable performance at fullback when he got the opportunity, scoring some tries in the process. Matty is a calm head in the setup, often smiling but knows when to put the hammer down and assert himself. He has the ability to play as a flyhalf, fullback and even centre which shows a great ability to read the game. He learnt and improved tremendously in 2022 and it will be exciting to see him progress going into 2023.

Matthew Southgate

Caps: 2021 - 2 | 2022 - 3 | Total 5

Southie, the absolute joy and gees in the squad. I do not think Southie ever has a bad day, and if he does, he makes sure the others around him are happy and smiling. Southie showed unreal willingness to play this year, he was the jack of all trades, played in any position that was necessary and at the same time somehow to continue to put in performances. Southie, in one word, is best described as loyal. The type of person you would want on your side. He has developed into a necessity for a squad, and I hope he will be playing next year.

Michail kasfikis

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 5 | Total 5

After a challenging 2021 due to Covid-19 and an ankle injury Michail was eager to get the ball rolling in 2022. He, like others, came up against some strong competition in the pack and went on to play most of his rugby in the Blues. His game developed this season quite remarkably off the back of many hours in the gym and out on the training field. He is a very keen lineout forward and takes significant pride in his abilities in that area. He is a hard hitter and loves the

physical side of the game and has the ability to outwork his opponent. Michail is also a fantastic person who lives by strong morals and respect for others which is something we do not take for granted. Michail will continue to grow as we build into 2023 and there is absolutely no doubt that he will make some big hits, call some beautiful lineouts, and carry plenty of ball out on the Hawthornden.

Nic van Schalkwyk

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 19 | Total 19

The ultimate competitor and the hardest worker in the room. Nic is an incredible human who has such high standards for himself. Not just on a fancy poster on his bedroom wall but in his actions, you see these standards, day in and day out. Nic sat behind Sifiso as the older, more experienced hooker in the group. He took one look at this and said, challenge accepted. He worked tirelessly on his unit skills and his game fundamentals which made him too impactful to be left out. He played hooker, he lifted and ran as a prop from lineouts at times and he got stuck into any obstacle that faced him. Nic played 19 games for the 1st XV, missing only one game due to illness. He was selected for the WP Academy team and made a meaningful impact at the Youth Week. Nic is a leader in our group going into 2023, not only in his words but in his actions most importantly. He will be a pleasure to watch out on the Hawthornden next season and time will tell as to how good a player he can become.

Ridhau Bey

Caps: 2021 - 6 | 2022 - 18 | Total 24

Ridhau is possibly one of the most committed individuals around, to the point where we as coaches had to advise him to work less, unreal I know. He first got his first team opportunity in grade 11 with some hefty performances on the wing. It is said that to play as an outside centre is one of the most difficult positions on a rugby field, you would not say so having watched Ridhau play this season. He was rightfully called up to WP Craven Week through special performances for the first team this year. He was inquisitive and identified specific areas where he could be better, adjusted, and added to his game and

this resulted in Ridhau breaking through some of the best teams and defences in South African schoolboy rugby. to add to this, Ridhau licks his lips at the chance to put in a big hit. It will be exciting to see how Ridhau progresses, and he is fortunate to have an exciting opportunity lying ahead for him in 2023 to push even further.

Roan van Heerden

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 17 | Total 17

Roan’s natural game centres around big carries which initially lead to sporadic involvements. This was discussed with him and there was an impressive shift in his conditioning, transferring into an increased work rate on the pitch. He started out as a lock/blindside/8th man but due to his increased work rate he was selected as an openside flank against some of the best opponents in the country. His willingness to win the race to the breakdown on attack was a significant improvement and he still had the ability to run good lines and build us momentum with his explosive carries. He had a very good tackle efficiency with very few attackers getting past him.

Due to the various roles we required him to play, Roan functioned in a lineout as a jumper, lifter, ripper, or a carrier into the vacuum. His versatility was an asset to our team and will give him an advantage in the season to come as he carves a successful path in club rugby.

Ryan Coetzer

Caps: 2021 - 7 | 2022 - 19 | Total 26

Ryan has not only been “safe as houses” at fullback for the last two years but has been an absolute thorn in the side of our opposition with his cutthroat counter attacking and kick return skills. He has the ability to beat a man in no space at all, often leaving spectators baffled as to how he managed to get that right. Ryan played a pivotal role in the backline and who can forget his pace and linking skills against Rondebosch in our second last game, where he beat his man off the back of a starter launch and then managed to put J’que away to score a 60m try in the corner.

Ryan Mitchell

Caps: 2021 - 3 | 2022 - 2 | Total 5

Ryan or as most know him, Kwagga has been a true warrior for Wynberg rugby over the last five years. Kwagga’s character as a person really stands out and talks loudly to the fantastic person he is. Competing in a large pool of loose forwards ahead of 2022 Kwagga was up against it and ended up playing most of his rugby for the Blues. Kwagga’s game is fast and abrasive, and he leaves nothing undone on the field. A true rugby man who loves the game and the opportunity to compete week in week out. Ryan will move on next year into the big wide world and will no doubt say rugby has taught him many life lessons that he will leverage in years to come.

Sange Mbuto

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 11 | Total 11

2022 was a brilliant year for Sange development wise, he had steep competition but saw it as an opportunity to absorb new things & improve. This positive approach saw him duly rewarded as he was given the opportunity to start in the last 3 derby games of the season. Sange has all the makings of a scrumhalf, has a presence on the field and a tantalizing left boot that puts opposition under constant pressure. Preseason and 2023 will push Sange to new levels and we are excited to see what he can provide for the squad next year.

Sifiso Mpanza

Caps: 2021 - 7 | 2022 - 19 | Total 26

‘Sifiso Mpanza’, the name consistently booming from the commentators as he caused absolute chaos for the opposition and shouts of passion from the Wynberg faithful. We could not be prouder of how Sifiso managed to finish his time at Wynberg. It was not all easy and it took some time for Sifi to find his feet with regards to the demands of senior rugby. He turned that corner ahead of the 2021 season and has not looked back. He is one of those players who you look to in every department of the game, in fact if we asked him to kick for touch, he would step up

and be able to execute. His calm yet competitive demeanour is something many players will never develop, nevermind at the age of 19.

Sifiso played such a monumental role for us this year and has a bright rugby future ahead of him.

Steven Stander

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 20 | Total 20

All 20 games of 2022 as a tighthead lock in the toughest schoolboy league around is a massive achievement for any player, let alone one in their first season of U19 rugby. Steve is an incredible human; he is completely internally motivated which is quite rare in the world today. He does not require a fancy haircut or someone shouting his name in the crowd for him to perform. It’s about the team as well as his own standards and his desire to be the best. Steve was huge for us all season in remaining the consistent force in the pack. Hitting rucks, chopping would-be ball carries and carrying ball into the teeth of the defence to make sure we got the attacking rucks we needed for the boys to move the ball into space. Steve is also a much-loved character in the team and quietly leads through his character, consistent approach to the game. We cannot wait to see Steve run out again in 2023.

Thabiso Molekwa

Caps: 2021 - 4 | 2022 - 20 | Total 24

TK made a big impression in the abbreviated 2021 season and was chomping at the bit to get back on the park. We wanted the same extreme physicality he dished out in his rookie year but required him to take on a greater leadership role in the pack. TK says very little and never moans. The forwards rallied around him as he led by example. He always arrived switched on, ready to rip into the opposition for 70 minutes. The first thing that stands out to any spectator is TK’s ability and willingness to line the big carriers up and delete them! He literally made them too scared to carry and the Wynberg faithful loved it. Players who are as physical as TK often only make sporadic contributions, but TK has a big engine, and his work rate was high. It was very exciting that TK managed to find the balance of being a forcefully imposing lock and a ball player who could cut defences open through

superb running lines or by hunting a charge down and picking the ball up off his toes to score another try. These skills made sure that he was selected for the WP Craven week side, where he continued exactly where he left off for Wynberg. We are very proud of this well-balanced young man and look forward to watching him thrive in the years to come.

xola nyali

Caps: 2021 - 0 | 2022 - 18 | Total 18

Xola is an outstanding rugby player who burst onto the scene this year. Despite it being his first season of senior rugby, it looked as though he was an accomplished professional. His relentless attitude towards his training and preparation allowed him to be at his best week in week out. This ultimately saw him being selected for the WP Craven week XV where he played and started all three games. Xola has great balance in his game which means he is selected from his attacking ball in hand skills as well as his hardhitting defensive skills. A natural leader not in his words but in his actions which is something we hold in high regard at Wynberg. The season ahead will no doubt be another massive one for Xola, as he returns to the Hawthornden to continue to lead from the front.

xolela Hoyi

Caps: 2021 - 7 | 2022 - 18 | Total 25

The man that everyone wants on their team, and nobody wants to play against. Xolela’s highly competitive yet cool, calm and collected nature is quite phenomenal. X has the ability to play at high speed coupled with great execution and intensity while still having the capacity to get in the ear of his opposition. He showcased some incredible aerial skills most notably the kick off catch that resulted in an incredible try against Grey in a memorable occasion on the Kolisi Field. X is a special player who we are very excited about being able to lean on in 2023 as he will be back for one last season.

zach Porthen

Caps: 2021 - 4 | 2022 - 9 | Total 13

The assumption is that Zach must have had an easy ride over the past two seasons. This was not the case. Zach had to overcome a serious face injury and then a misdiagnosed knee issue that meant he needed to get operated on at the start of the season. We soldiered on as a team with Zach as our waterboy. He grafted hard to get back to full fitness and we managed to squeak him into our away fixture against Grey. We thought he would only last a half, but he helped rip Grey apart for the full duration and was the cornerstone to a significant away victory and the launch pad to a phenomenal run of results over the following weeks. Zach lacks for nothing on a rugby field. He is big, strong, skilful, fast and he has an engine which we all got to witness as he played for Wynberg, WP and captained the South African U18 team. Zach’s final game for Wynberg was not against SACS but against Bishops two weeks prior, before he joined the national side. It was the most comprehensive victory for our team and Zach looked like a man amongst boys, setting up and scoring some of the most ridiculous tries we have ever seen from a schoolboy prop.

The fact that needs to be highlighted is that Zach will leave Wynberg as a humble young man with a phenomenally supportive family and a significant future ahead of him. We are very proud of him.

STAFF SUppOrTinG rUGBy - wBHS vs SACS

Rugby FESTIVAL reflections

WBHS 1st vs Saints 19 Mar 2022

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rUGBy 2nd TEAM - THE BlUES

Back Row : Jude Mills, Euwyn Liberty, Sean Brown, Michail Kasfikis, Cole Janse van Rensburg, Leo Addinall, Joshua Hayes, Adam Saunders, Jarryd Jackson.

Middle Row : Aidan Reid, Ethan Thomas, Matteo Pascoe, Callum Lawson-Smith, Benjamin Matthews, Innocent Dekete, Luca Springett, Keenan Pretorius, Matthew Bowes, Matthew Ould.

Front Row : Umayr Davids, Matthew Southgate, Mr Kyle Bowman (Coach), Luke van Zyl (Captain), Mr Sheldon Norris (Coach), Justin Damonze (Vice Captain), Mr Don Ross (Coach), Ryan Mitchell, Roan van Heerden.

Absent : Sange Mbuto.

RUGBy U16A

Back Row : Divan Linde, Torren February, Nicholas Joshua, David Fourie, Aden da Costa, Brandon Ashburner, Levi Brown, Alex Maritz.

Middle Row : Simthembile Kwedana, Jesse Lloyd, Jaden Meier, Johnathan Andrews, Yaqeen Brinkhuis, Ezra Antonio, Ziggy Riemer, Yaqeen Ahmed.

Front Row : Ethan Hendricks, Benjamin Hansen, Mr Andre van Vuuren (Coach), Tyrone Gombe (Captain), Mr Peter Benade (Coach), Xabiso Mkiva, Riley de Norman.

RUGBy U15A

Back Row : Keegan Van Niekerk, Luke Miller, Dalubuhle Kota, Briint Davids, Ohluma Mooi.

Middle Row : Morne Noble, Adam Enous, Luca Battista, Daniel Ould, Jean Pierre Van Niekerk, Luke Gertze, Kunene Gadu, Thapelo Molakeng.

Front Row : Jordan Jooste, Storme Van Rooyen (Vice Captain), Mr Dylan Munroe (Coach), Jamie Stride (Captain), Mr Reinhardt Crous (Coach), Sebastian Kastern, Albert Lourens.

Absent : Mr Justin Fielies (Coach), Mr Jovan Bekker (Coach).

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RUGBy U14A

Back Row : Merrick Stokes, Lwazi Mjekula, Ross Prinsloo, James Welsh, Cornelius-John Kotze, Tyler Coxell, Chad Campbell, Esa Van Der Schyff.

Middle Row : Jagger Lee Fong, Elnasi Muriro, Alvin Machinja, Naeem Mohamed, Adam Allie, Andile Van Kets, Zach Grainger, King Mlotha.

Front Row : Jack Centurier-Harris, Achmat Behardien (Vice Captain), Mr Pete van Schalkwyk (Coach), Alex Barrett (Captain), Mr Michael van Schalkwyk (Coach), James Orwin (Vice Captain), Zachary De Kock.

RUGBy U14B (Grand Slam WinnErS)

Back Row : Morgan De Bruto, Callum Hodkinson, Christian Fox, Cornelius-John Kotze, Sebastian Carelse, Tyler Coxell, Caleb Harley, Lwazi Mjekula.

Middle Row : Iviwe Tetani, King Mlotha, Deiyaan Groepies(Miller), Joshua Edwards, Zach Grainger, Daniel Olckers, Alvin Machinja, Noah Miller, Christian Ferguson.

Front Row : Justin Schoeman, Elnasi Muriro (Vice Captain), Mr Seth Christian (Coach), Abdul-Qaadir Walters (Captain), Mr Blake Rimmer (Coach), Tyler Mcophela, Luke Dacey.

SOCCER

Alan Herbert

Soccer, also known as football in some countries, is the biggest supported sport.

Wynberg Boys’ High School has embraced this and given value to the sport with the strong traditions and cultures that other sport has. We pride ourselves in fair play, sportsmanship while being competitive.

The sport has grown amongst the learners and the interest is immense. This is positive moving forward and we can focus on transformation and catering for all boys with a wealth of sports from which to choose. Wynberg Soccer has already started creating a brand that many people in the soccer fraternity speak about.

Soccer has taken full advantage of the return to school sport after Covid with the first team playing a ceremonious 19 fixtures and participating in two tournaments, including our own Wynberg Festival.

The Wynberg Festival provided a very much needed platform for Cape Town school soccer to display and hone their football skills after a long absence. The tournament included teams such as: Beacon Hill, Rocklands, Norman Henshilwood and rivals, Rondebosch. Our coaches, under the Head Coach, Mr Bezuidenhout, have made us proud, thanks to the quality and the style of soccer played.

Our U17A team achieved brilliant results this year. The development of our players can only be attributed to the good coaching we have. Both our U15 teams, as well as our U19B boys, have been boosted by the commitment

and strategy developed by our experienced coaching staff.

Mr Herbert, the new TIC, managed to grow soccer from three teams to five with the inclusion of a newly-formed U15B and U19B. This has given an opportunity for participation and development.

We would like to thank Chris Merrington and Dylan Edwards for their media expertise and putting Wynberg Soccer on the map. The ground staff has also done an amazing job in maintaining our fields and facilities and we are truly grateful.

“Playing Soccer with your feet is one thing, but playing soccer with your heart is another.”

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SOCCER U19A

Back Row : Cody Jacobs, Aniq Burton, Faizel Gomez, Daanyaal Hendricks, Taishier Lawrence.

Middle Row : Ashton Bisset, Liam Coetzee, Jude Green, Connor McClure, Mohammed Chicktay, Mogammad Aasim Lamara, Ethan James, Tristan Miller.

Front Row : Daniel Petersen, Mr Henry Knight (Assistant Coach), Ziyaad Damonse (Captain), Mr Andries Bezuidenhout (Head Coach), Jaden Jacobs (Vice Captain), Mr Thaakier Snyders (Conditioning Coach), Matthew Herman. Absent : Jordin Prins.

SOCCER U17A

Back Row : Ethan Leibrandt, Sjen Wiid, Jihaad Chilwan.

Middle Row : Ohluma Mooi (Vice Captain), Reece Benting, Toni George, David Morgenrood, Mohamed Farhan Omar, Justin de Mink.

Front Row : Tristan Miller, Eesa Gamieldien, Mr Alan Herbert (Coach), Jayden Schilder (Vice Captain), Mr Liam Makinson (Coach), Alexander Fernandez, Samuel Lawrence.

Absent : Adam Malander, Mogammad Qaasim Lamara (Captain).

SOCCER U15A

Back Row : Zakariya Tresham, Yunus Gomez, Thomas Lensen, Chibuike Igilige, James McPetrie, Lulutho Bam, Salahudin Anthony.

Middle Row : Intle Cekiso, Moane Adams, Kane McClure, Tyler Petersen, Aneeq Williams, Brandon Malgas, Zach Grainger, Ahlume Nciti.

Front Row : Zachary Daniels, Mogammad Yameen Lamara, Smamnkele Peter (Captain), Mr Shawn Lucas (Coach), Luke Kleinsmith (Vice Captain), Likabo Shako-Ahuka, Luke Jacobs.

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SQuASH

Roxane Groenewald

Wynberg Squash has had an exciting year, with ‘Summer League Squash’ in full swing.

Winter League Coaches & Managers:

Mr Terry Cooper (Super League, U19A & U15A),

Mrs Roxane Groenewald (TIC, U19A & manager),

Mr Stephan Pretorius (U19B, U19C & manager),

Mr James van Bosch (U15A & manager),

Mr Lionel White (Development Squash),

Mrs Thabiso Ntsadu (manager).

Summer Squash Coaches & Managers:

Mr Terry Cooper (Summer League Action Squash),

Mr Lionel White (Summer League Action Squash & Development Squash),

Mrs Roxane Groenewald (Summer League Action Squash and fitness, conditioning, and training coordinator).

We have a programme in place and want to improve the players’ fitness for the winter season. Squash is an all-year sport with our focus on working towards the league fixtures in the winter season. There has been an overall improvement in Wynberg Squash and our goal is to work from strength to strength to improve all age groups’ performances in terms of fitness and skill. Teams this year included ONE team of 5 players entered in the Super League, THREE teams of 4 players entered in the U19 leagues and ONE team of 4 players entered the U15 league. A special mention must also go to our development squash players that have shown much improvement this season.

SUPER LEAGUE

Mr Terry Cooper (Super League)

Wynberg Super League team showed a progressive improvement this season and came second to Paarl Boys’, Paarl Gymnasium and Rondebosch in the first half of the season and then beat Rondebosch in the second half of the season. They had good wins over SACS, Disas and Bishops. They played some hardfought matches, which proved successful due to their dedication to training. Our boys always showed excellent sportsmanship with good team spirit.

U19A

Mrs Roxane Groenewald (TIC: U19A)

They had a victorious season winning their matches against Rondebosch and SACS this season. They lost against Bishops, Herschel Girls’ High (1st team) and Westerford. A special mention to all the players in this team for their commitment and dedication throughout the season.

WBHS squash players at IPTs: Reece Cooper, Imraan Haron and Michael Cresswell

U19B & U19C

Mr Stephan Pretorius (Coach & Manager: U19B & C)

It was great working with the U19B and U19C teams this year. The players had a good winter season which saw many new and developing players. We had a lot of fun and played some fantastic matches! The gents showed true Supera Moras spirit and fought through all their games. Where some were quite hard losses, they fought on. I want to thank all the players for their focus and dedication throughout the season. A special mention to Geles Smuts and Panashe Magwere (development) that made great improvements in squash, just starting this year.

I look forward to continuing next year with the newcomers that have improved immensely. U15A

Mr Terry Cooper & Mr James van Bosch (U15A)

Wynberg U15s trained enthusiastically during the season which showed good results with good wins over some of their competitors. They ended the season on a positive note by beating Rondebosch and SACS towards the end of the season. U15A squash at Wynberg is in a good space and these boys are looking forward to next season.

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

Mr Lionel White (Development Squad)

We would like to see all the teams working together, attending all the practices and matches and supporting each other throughout the season. A bonded team who can rely on each other for support is the key to having a successful season.

A final ‘thank you’ to all the coaches and managers for their many hours of dedicated work on the squash courts, at the various fixtures and for accompanying players at their matches and tours. We look forward to next season.

SUPER LEAGUE & U16A VS. GREy P.E. - 2022

This year the Super League and U16A team took on the very strong squash school Grey P.E. and matches took place at the Grey P.E. squash courts.

The matches were of an extremely high standard and our boys were certainly pushed. A special mention to Michael Creswell for winning all his games vs. Luke Muller.

Well done to our Super League and U16A players who played with determination. Every player had to raise the level of their game.

Left to right: Reece Cooper, Michael Cresswell, Imraan Haron, Chad Julius.

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wESTErn prOVincE (wp) SQUASH PLAyERS

The following WYNBERG BOYS’ SQUASH players were selected to represent WP at the recent Inter-Provincial Tournaments (IPTs) in the June/ July holidays.

IPT in Cape Town

Result: Bronze Achievement

U19A - Reece Cooper (#3)

U19A - Michael Cresswell (#4)

U19A - Imraan Haron (#5)

U14A - Chad Julius (#4)

Our top U14 and U19 players are extremely dedicated squash players. They participated in a number of tournaments and produced outstanding results.

U14 Player: Chad Julius

Congratulations to Chad Julius for making the WP team in his age group. He is number 4 in WP. They won 4 matches and lost 3 matches at IPT. Chad has had a successful squash season –well done to him!

U19 Player: Reece Cooper

Reece Cooper has had an extremely successful season playing in the U19A WP Inter-Provincial Tournament in Cape Town. He has shown meritorious results in squash, playing number 1 in the Super League. Congratulations to him on his achievements this year!

U19 Player: Michael Cresswell

Michael Cresswell’s squash has shown a huge improvement and he shows signs of a captaincy position in 2023. He is well-dedicated to the sport and has had a successful season playing in the U19A WP Inter-Provincial Tournament in Cape Town. He has shown meritorious results in squash playing number 2 in the Super League. Congratulations to him on his achievements this year.

U19 Player: Imraan Haron

Imraan Haron has shown consistency throughout the year. He is a dedicated and committed team member and has shown dedication throughout the season. Congratulations to him for making the U19A WP Inter-Provincial Tournament in Cape Town.

SQUASH AWARDS

Blues: Reece Cooper, Michael Cresswell and Imraan Haron

Colours: Rory Cupido and Eli Hug

Junior Blues: Chad Julius and Paco Reynolds

Senior Champion: Reece Cooper

Junior Champion: Chad Julius

Gregg Hammond Memorial Trophy for the most improved player: Rory Cupido and Geles Smuts.

WyNBERG SQUASH TEAMS AND RESULTS

U19 Super League

Captain: Reece Cooper

Squad: Reece Cooper, Michael Cresswell, Imraan Haron (Vice Captain), Rory Cupido and Eli Hug (Reserves: James Pötter and Paco Reynolds).

Results: TEAM PLAYED WON / LOST

1. 28 April ’22 - WBHS vs. Paarl Gymnasium => 4/15 (lost)

2. 4 May ’22 – WBHS vs. Rondebosch => 4/15 (lost)

3. 26 May ’22 – WBHS vs. Rondebosch => 7/15 (lost)

4. 2 June ‘22 – WBHS vs. Paarl Boys’ => 8/13 (lost)

5. 6 May ’22 – WBHS vs. Grey P.E. => 3/17 (lost)

6. 9 June ’22 – WBHS vs. SACS => 20/0 (win)

7. 28 July ’22 – WBHS vs. Disas => 16/7 (win)

8. 11 August ’22 – WBHS vs. Bishops => 14/7 (win)

9. 18 August ’22 – WBHS vs. Rondebosch => 18/4 (win)

10. 22 August ’22 – WBHS vs. WB Old Boys => 3/15 (lost)

11. 26 August ’22 – WBHS vs. SACS => 20/1 (win)

U19A Squad

Played 8 , Won 4, Lost 4, Drawn 0

Captain: James Pötter

Squad: James Pötter, Andy Killick, Ross Lötter (Vice Captain), Zubair Cassiem, Kevin Karengera and Linamandla Tyesi.

U19B Squad

Played 9 , Won 3, Lost 6, Drawn 0

Captain: Uzair Tregonning

Squad: Uzair Tregonning, Reece Wilson, Rhys Whitfield, Simon Hart, Charles Marston and Callum Rose-Nel.

U19C

Played 10 , Won 3, Lost 7, Drawn 0

Captain: Simon Hart

Squad: Simon Hart, Peter Davids, Caleb Daines, Geles Smuts and Tiago Barrows.

U15A

Played 8 , Won 3, Lost 5, Drawn 0

Captain: Paco Reynolds

Squad: Paco Reynolds, Chad Julius, Timothy Sutherland, Bruce Igilige, John Sutherland, Zachary Brown and Connor Boonzaaier.

Left to right: Rory Cupido, Ross Lötter and Zubair Cassiem

Left to right: Ross Lötter, Andy Killick, Zubair Cassiem and James Pötter

Left to right: Bruce Igilige (McNaughton House) and Janru Barnard (Littlewood House) taking part in the Inter-House Squash Tournament. James Pötter

Left to right: Paco Reynolds (Littlewood House) and Linamandla Tyesi (McNaughton House)

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Squash 1st Team

Back Row : Eli Hug, Michael Cresswell, Rory Cupido, Imraan Haron (Vice Captain).

Front Row : Mrs Roxane Groenewald (Head of Squash), Reece Cooper (Captain), Mr Terry Cooper (Coach).

Squash U15A

Back Row : Chad Julius, Chibuike Igilige (Vice Captain), Zachary Brown.

Front Row : Mrs Roxane Groenewald (Head of Squash), Paco Reynolds (Captain), Mr Terry Cooper (Coach).

WyNBERG SUPER LEAGUE VS. OLD BOyS’ SqUASH – FOUndErS wEEk

22 August 2022

WBHS Super League lost against the Wynberg Old Boys’ team during Founders Week. The only Super League player to win his game was Michael vs. Luke with the final score being 3-2. Well done to him!

After the game, the Old Boys gave our Super League advice on fitness and skills as well as areas in which they can improve for next season.

Finally, our Squash Players took part in a mixed team in the Stayers Squash Tournament in Cape Town this year, 22-23 October 2022. Well done to all the players that took part!

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SWImmINg

Kayla Hoey

The WBHS Swimming Team finished off the season well in Term 1 and the boys thoroughly enjoyed galas where the pool area was filled with spectators and the “normal pre-Covid” atmosphere. The results were as follows:

10 February Gala hosted by Rhenish Girls’ High School: WBHS placed 8th

17 February Gala hosted by Fish Hoek High School: WBHS placed 5th

24 February Gala hosted by St Cyprian’s: WBHS placed 4th

3 March Gala hosted by Springfield Convent: WBHS placed 1st

On Wednesday 16th March, WBHS participated in the A-League Swimming Gala hosted at Rondebosch Boys’ High School. This was the first time in a few years that WBHS managed to put a full team together and had swimmers entered in every race. The WBHS Swimming Team would like to thank some Water Polo players for adding value to the team on the day. WBHS managed to place 5th, just 2 points behind 4th place and a mere 16 points behind third place. We hope to be back at the Newlands Swimming Pool in 2023 for the A-League Gala, where WBHS is lined up to host the event. This is something to which the swimming community is looking forward. The swimming team had an equally successful start to the new season in term 4.

The results were as follows:

20 October Gala hosted by Rondebosch Boys’ High School:

WBHS placed 3rd

27 October Gala hosted by SACS:

WBHS placed 3rd

3 November Gala hosted by Rhenish Girls: WBHS placed 4th

Sven Borgström led the swimming team successfully over the 2021/2022 season and we thank him for all his time and effort. Matthew Brading is the newly elected 2022/2023 swimming team captain with Rory Cupido elected as the vice-captain. The team is looking forward to getting back into the pool in 2023, ready to swim and with more growth on the cards for the team.

i n TE r- HOUSE S WIMMING G ALA

Kayla Hoey

On the 3rd of February 2022, the Inter-house Swimming Gala took place. There was plenty of excitement amongst the boys as it was the first time since 2019 that we could have spectators at the swimming pool.

Silverhurst took the gold medal with a total of 252 points.

The age group winners were as follows:

U14: Josh Linscott

U16: Ziggy Riemer

U19: Josh Schoeman

Well done to all the boys who participated, particularly to the non-swimmers who still gave their races 100% effort in order to earn points for their houses. That is what inter-house events are about. Congratulations!

SWIMMING TEAM

Back Row : Tim Farrell, James McPetrie, Thomas Zellie, Joshua Vincent, Joshua Meyer, Abraham Kalombo, Luca Theron, Benjamin Hansen.

Middle Row : Patrick Shutte, Caleb Bowden, Achmat Behardien, Christopher Taljaard, Yunus Ni, James Shutte, Jack Broom, Luke Fleming.

Front Row : Ziggy Riemer, Matthew Brading, Rory Cupido (Vice Captain), Ms Tyra-Jade van der Spuy (Staff), Sven Borgström (Captain), Ms Siobhan Bruce (Staff), Dylan Bantom, James Orwin, Joshua Linscott.

Absent : Miss Kayla Hoey (Teacher in Charge).

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ORIENTATION FOR NEW BOyS TO wynBErG TEnniS (U14s)

With the return to sports, the league started again, and Wynberg Tennis was in full swing. This also means we were introduced to a keen bunch of Grade 8 pupils who joined the Grade 8 Tennis league, where a lot of new talent has been discovered, with the help of their coach, and Old Boy, Daniel Soule. The Grade 8s took part in their own junior Grade 8 league where they had a mini tournament of their own.

LEAGUE MATCHES

The league started with a week of practice and getting teams ready. The Tennis teams played against the various school teams, and it was an absolute pleasure to see the players competing every week, playing against Rondebosch, Bishops, SACS and other neighboring schools. In the third term our matches continued, and a few new schools were introduced to the league, where our boys had the opportunity to take on new competition.

League Team results for 2022

WyNBERG VS OLD BOyS’ TENNIS

The 1st team took part in some friendly competition by competing against the Old Boys. As always, the 1st team as well as the Old Boys, had great fun. With Pro Coach, Chris Potterton, leading the Old Boys, they walked away with the victory.

BOLAND TENNIS FESTIVAL

Our Top 8 players had the opportunity to take part in the annual Boland Tennis Festival where we faced some of the best competition in the province. The players ended up playing against Durbanville High School, Boland Landbou, Framesby, Oakdale, Charlie Hofmeyer and Nico Malan. There were 14 schools that participated and Wynberg Boys’ High School placed 9th. Even though there was tough competition, the boys played well and showed true grit for which I would like to commend them.

INTERHOUSE TENNIS

Interhouse Tennis saw all 8 houses competing against each other in both singles and doubles matches, and in the end, McNaughton finished first with, Oude Wijnberg second and Sunninghill was in third. This is always a highlight of the year, as the team members get the opportunity to represent their houses and earn some valuable house points.

As another year of Tennis comes to an end I’d like to extend a special thank you to the Wynberg staff that have spent many an hour on the courts coaching and next to the courts cheering the boys on, making sure all of them are safe as well.

TENNIS 1ST TEAM

Back Row : Ronan Gorton, Michael Cresswell, Michael Morgan.

Front Row : Mr Jared Godfrey (Coach), Edward Petersen (Captain), Mr Stephan Pretorius (Manager).

Absent : Mr James van Bosch (Coach).

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WATER pOLO

Siobhan Bruce

Wynberg’s Water Polo has undergone some changes this year and although the victories may be few and far between, a change in winds is coming.

Having a new Director of Polo has shifted the focus to getting the smaller things right and incrementally and consistently getting better.

We had successful matches against Reddam and Westerford and performed well in tournaments. We hope to soon take down our brother schools.

We hosted an incredibly successful Ian Melliar Cup where we managed to develop not only our players, but the quality of our tabling and refereeing too. Selborne took the win, but Wynberg enjoyed the experience of playing in their own tournament. It was an exciting couple of days especially since it was the first one hosted in full force, post COVID. The boys learnt a lot over this time and are looking forward to it once again in 2023.

A major shoutout to our U14A and B Water Polo teams that host the next generation of polo players for the school. They put in hard work and took a tournament win early on in the season. They continued this trend and ended the season strong producing some of the best results we’ve seen in a long time. We are confident that with continued hard work and dedication from both the coaches and players, we will continue to send Wynberg’s Polo in a positive direction.

WATER POLO HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Ryan Weiderman, Director of Water Polo, was selected as U18A WP National Coach.

Bryan Punt was selected as U18B WP National Coach.

Declin Lesch represented in the U18B WP National side who placed 4th in the IPT.

Ethan Florence represented in the U18B WP National side who also placed 4th overall.

OAKHILL FESTIVAL

The Wynberg 2nd Water Polo Team went to the Knysna Water Polo festival. As a 2nd team, we were up against tough opposition as all the teams we played against were First Teams from their respective schools.

On the first day, we played Hudson Park and beat them 5-4. The second game was against a strong Grey P.E. side. After being two-nil down at the break, we managed to pull back two goals and almost ended up winning the game. The game ended in a 3-all draw – a very good result for the team.

Day two saw the team draw 4-all to the hosts, Oakhill, and breeze past Parklands 12-2.

On Day three, we played Kingswood and Fairmont and beat them 10-1 and 6-2 respectively. Unfortunately, we lost to Woodridge 3-4 after a long day in the sun.

On the last day, we were up against a very strong Glenwood 1st Team. After the first two chukkas it was a goalless draw. In the third chukka, Glenwood came out and scored two quick goals. Wynberg were up against it and, in true Supera Moras fashion, never gave up. In the final chukka, Brandon Ashburner stepped up and scored two fantastic goals from the back

WATER POLO 1ST TEAM

to pull us level. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. This was by far the best performance of the festival for the team. In the end, we played 8 games, won 4, drew 3 and lost 1. The top goal scorer was Joshua Felton with 14 goals. Ryan Barkhuizen also deserves a special mention as he was the only player to also referee at the festival.

This is an exciting team with a mixture of youth and experience, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us.

Back Row : Trystan Baxter-Elliott, Anaas Salie, Ethan Kirby, Aden da Costa, Dylan Bantom, Ziggy Riemer, Justin Damonze.

Front Row : Joshua Hayes, Joshua Schoeman, Mr Cameron Samuel (Coach), Declin Lesch (Captain), Mr Ryan Wiedemann (Coach), Roan van Heerden, Luke van Zyl. Absent : Zachary Porthen (Vice Captain).

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WATER POLO U15A

Back Row : Pavan Singh, Jonty Albrecht, Michael Roman, Deen Wagiet, Luke Miller, James McPetrie, Alexander Parker, Christopher Taljaard.

Front Row : Paco Reynolds, Christopher Leak (Vice Captain), Mr Cameron Samuel (Coach), Sebastian Kastern (Captain), Mr Bryan Punt (Coach), Francis De Klerk, Keegan Van Niekerk.

ITEC GREy BLOEMFONTEIN WATER POLO TOURNAMENT

Results:

WBHS vs Grey Bloem

U14 A won 12 - 1

U15 A won 6 - 5

U19 A lost 4 - 8 (Grey Bloem won the U19A section)

WBHS vs St Davids

U14 A lost 5 - 7

U15 A lost 4 - 7

U19 A lost 1 - 10

St. Davids ended up play in the final of each age group.

wBHS vs Affies

U14 A won 13 - 1

U15 A lost 6 - 9

U19 A won 5 - 3

WBHS vs St. Stithian’s

U14 A won 9 - 2

U15 A lost 3 - 4 ( St. Stithian’s won the U15 section)

U 19 A play ITEC Invitational Team

U19 A won 13 - 2

WBHS

vs Northwood

U14 A won 9 - 0

U15 A won 5 - 4

U19 A lost 4 - 5

wBHS vs Affies

U19 A vs Affies for 3rd & 4th, Lost 5 - 7

U15 A vs Affies for 3rd & 4th, Won 3 - 0

WBHS vs St Davids

U14 A vs St. Davids for 1st & 2nd. U14 A won 9 - 4 to win the gold medal for the U14 section

WATER POLO U14A

Overall:

U14A placed 1st

U15 A placed 3rd

U19 A placed 4th

As a school, we placed 2nd behind St. Davids who placed 2nd in each age group. This tournament was a great challenge for our boys and really showed the true spirit of the game.

Our 1st team had some challenges during the tournament. As for our U15 boys they have grown by leaps and bounds. They were fighting for last place in 2021 and now we were close contenders and finished 3rd in the tournament in the age group.

Our U14s played some great Polo seeing as these were their first real games as a team, but

they came out on top winning all but one of their games meeting that opposition again in the finals to take the gold medal.

The boys across all age groups faced some good times and some bad, however showed true Supera Moras spirit throughout the tournament and were humble in defeat and in victory. All in all, it was a successful tournament for Wynberg Water Polo.

Back Row : Tim Farrell, Jack Centurier-Harris, James Orwin, Ross Prinsloo.

Middle Row : Luke Dacey, Timothy Belcher, Chad Campbell, Joshua Edwards, Joshua Linscott, Justin Schoeman.

Front Row : Christian Fox, Alex Barrett (Vice Captain), Mr Sheldon Norris (Coach), Achmat Behardien (Captain), Mr Ryan Wiedemann (Coach), Caleb Harley, Joshua Arbuzova.

At morning and evening, we will remember them. www.wbhs.org.za