Wynberg Boys' School Magazine 1991

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1991 WYNBERG BOYS' JUNIOR AND IllGH SCHOOLS MAGAZINE




ANNUAL MAGAZINE OF THE

WYNBERG BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL

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1841-1991

NOVEMBER

1991


We dedicate this magazine to the memory of the late Bill Lennox and the late Eric Tasker. Remembered with respect and affection by colleagues and Old Boys.

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CONTENTS Staff and Committee Lists

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Editorial

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From the Headmaster

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Staff

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otes

1991 Prize List and Service Awards 1990 Matriculation

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Class Results

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Academic Roll of Honour

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Supera Moras Awards

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Obituary............................................................................................................................................

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Department Reports

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Contributions from the Classrooms

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Events

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150th Anniversary Celebrations

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Clubs and Societies

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In the Service of Others

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Cadets

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House Reports

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School Sport

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Acknowledgements

and Greetings

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List of Page Sponsors

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Mr L Hoefnagels, BA (Phys Ed), H E 0 General Science, Physical Education, Geography Accounting, Mr H J G Jonker, B Com, B Ed Afrikaan Art M Jordan, BA (F A), H E D Mr PJ Kriel, H D E Woodwork Mr J J Kruger, B Mus (Ed), A TCL, L TCL, H DE (Sec and Prim) Mu ic Ost Term only) Mr L M Kruger, B A (Hons), HE D English, Geography Mr M M H Lamoral, B A (Hons), H E 0 Geography Mr M J Louis, B A, BEd Mathematics Mr PG Louw, B A, HOD Afrikaans Mrs V C Muller, B A, H E D Afrikaans {1st & 3rd Term) Mr 0 ienaber, B A, H E 0 Afrikaans Mr T O'Reilly, B A (Hons) H E D English Mr V Polden, B A, B Ed Afrikaan Mr D Rus ell, B Com, HOE Accounting, Mathematic Mr W StanIord, B A Ed (Phy Ed) General Science, Geography, Phy ical Education Mr G Taylor, B A, B Ph, M Ed Biology, Phy ical Science, General Science

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF Principal: MrR C Algie, B A, M Ed Senior Deputy-Principal: Mr R P Connellan, BSc, B Ed Deputy-Principals: Mr J M Blom, B A,S T D Mr K CRichardson, B A, M Ed

Mathematics

Phy ical Science

Afrikaans Latin, Hi tory

Heads of Department: Mr D Bromberger, B A (Hon ), BSc, B Ed Mathematics Mr P E Decker, B A, BEd, DS E (Lib Sc) Engli h Mr J H H de Waal, B A, B Ed Afrikaan, Hi tory Mr E B Greenwood, B Sc, 5 T D Physical Science, Mathematics Mr G J Hill, M A,S T D Engli h Mr J GLouw, B A, H PT D, H PT C (MT) Metalwork Mr M R Moore, BSc, H D E, B Ed Phy ical Science, Mathematics Mr LG Moser, B Sc, H D E, B Ed Mathematic, Physical Science, General Science Mr KJ Pretorius, M Phys Ed, B Ed History Mr M S Rushby, BSc, H D E Mathematic Mr H F ten Velthuis, B A (Hon ), B Ed History Geography

Teacher-librarian: Mr E J van Wijk, BA, BEd, DS E (Lib Sc) Book Education, Engli h Library Assistant: Mr V Cleveland, B A, H E 0

Teachers: Mr B Botha, B Mus Mu ic (2nd & 3rd Terms) Mr J Buchanan, BSc (Hon ), H DE Biology, Mathematics Mr R Brand, B A (Phys Ed), T D Afrikaans Mr W E Creed, B Sc, STD Biology Mr A G Cro ,H E D (PE) General Science, Phy icaJ Education Mr D de Carpentier, B A, H DE Geography Engli h M B de la Croix, B A, H DE English, Hj tory (3rd & 4th Terms) Mr 5 C de Witt, B A, H DEEngii h, Hi tory (1 t & 2nd Terms) Mr C Elli , HOE (Com) Sec Accounting Mr G Eva, B A (Ed), B Ed Geography M B Fas Ier, B Mu (Ed), HOE Mu ic (4th Term) Music M L M Galpin, B Mu Geography Mr 0 Gib n, B A, T D (3rd Term only)

Teacher-Counsellor. Mr M W Cowdry, BA, H D E Guidance,English Professional Cricket Coach: Mr M Bailey School Secretaries: Mrs G M Joubert Mrs S McCurdie School Bursar: MTSM William Tuckshop Convener. Mr SCrone laboratory As istants: Mr M Petersen, Mr D Ruiters School Building Maintenance:

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STAFF 3rd row: Mr M. Moore, Mr G. Taylor, Mr M. Cowdry, Mr D. Ru 'ell, Mr M. Lamoral, Mr J. Kruger, Mr . de Carpcnticr, Mr L. Moser, Mr . Elli ,Mr W. Creed, Mr G, Eva, Mr P. Louw, Mr A. Cro 211d row: Mrs R. Brand, Mr J. Buchanan, Mr . Muller, MTSE. van Wijk, Mr H. Jonker, Mr D. ienaber, Mr L. Hoefnagel, Mr P. Kriel, Mr M. Ru hby, Mr S. de Witt, Mr W. tanford, MrT. O'ReilI, Mr J. de Waal, Mr L. Kruger, Mr M. Loui ,M L. Galpin, Mr L. Flude, Ms . Jordan. Frollt row: Mr G. Hill, Mr P. Dccker, Mrs S. McCurdie, Mr K. Richard on, Mr G. Joubert, Mr R. Connellan, Mr R. C. Algie (Headma t r), Mr K. Blom, Mrs M. William, Mr J. Louw, Mr B. Greenwood, Mr D. Bromberger, Mr K. Pretoriu .

Building Manager: Maintenance Staff:

MrT J Cooper Me sr H Petersen, , Vccnendal, P Richard ,J Call, P Lewin, Mc, A Buhlungu, M E Kit i

M Petersen,

J Solomon, M Martin, J Call, J Abrahams, P Lewin, A Lubbe,

J Sekate, A Thoma

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

E tate Maintenance: Estate Manager: Mr T J ooper A si tant Estate Manager: Mr J Pa ne Ground Staff: Me r J van RiJn.

Chairman: Vice-Chainnan: 7

Mr R Friedlander MrGJohn on


Secretary: Committee Members:

Mr R van Rhyn Mr A Badenhorst MrSClark MrSKennedy Mr A Malan Mr A Whitehead

Masters:

Matron: Assistant Matrons:

PTA COMMITTEE Hostel Maids: Chairman: Secretary: Committee

Members:

Mr A Malan Mr G Hill Mr H Hutton MrC Lee MrPRoodman Mrs WCondie MrG Manley Mr L Moser Mrs 0 Liddie Mr J Hofmeyer MrTGarven Mrs L Bester

LADIES' ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE MTs R Algie Mrs TClark MrsWCondie Mrs 5 Crone Mrs Y Dixon Mrs DHey Mrs H Hill Mrs J Kennedy Mrs P Mackenzie Mrs G Miglietta Mrs L Mills Mrs B Patton Mrs M Rawkins Mrs A Revington Mrs LRowe Mrs B Scott

HOSTEL COMMITTEE Chairman: Superintendent: Secretary: Committee Members:

Mr A Badenhorst MrM S Rushby Mrs G M Joubert Mrs E M Mills MrDDoughty Mr R G HardresWilliams MrG John on Mr R G Thomp on Mr M Edwards Mr AD Frye

LITTLEWOOD HOUSE Superintendent: Senior Housemasters:

Mr N de Carpentier (Silverhurst) Messrs L Kruger, DGodden, W Stanford, L Hoefnagels Sister M de Klerk Mesdames T Rushby and P King Mesdames G Fillies, M Ram en, M Zass, A Witbooi, T Page, M Andrews, M Waldeck, E 1saacs, M van Wyk

Mr M S Rushby Mr G Faiers (Littlewood)

Mrs C Thomashoff Mrs G van Kets

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avy blue and white became the school's colours in 1893 and the first school badge was worn - a very simple design featuring an intertwined WHS. With the disappearance of the Wynberg Municipality, permission was granted for the school to adopt the municipal crest, changing only the motto to SUPERA MORAS. The insignia within the four quarters represent: three things- from the coat of arms of Jan van Riebeeck; anchor - Cape of Good Hope; tent the garrison stationed at the Military Camp, Wynberg; vine and fleur-de-lis - the viticulture in the Constantia valley and the French influence on this activity. The school's boarding establishment in 1893 was a home from home for boys from as far afield as Johannesburg. The LittIewood House of today provides hostel accommodation for boys from as far away as Namibia. Soccer (Association Football) was introduced at the school in 1897. In 1906 there was a revival of rugby. Soccer, although it continued to retain some popularity, began to lose its grip until, in the 1920's, it disappeared from the school. Rugby is now Wynberg's chief winter sport. Cricket at Wynberg may have had its origins in the extra-mural activity ''balslaan'', an unusual blend of cricket and rounders which was played with great gusto and much bruising. Later, in the years 1890 and 1891, cricket became a fashionable and popular game. In 1898 Mr D A Bethune, founder and first OC of the school's Cadet Corps was appointed to the school. The tradition of the Cadet Corps has been proudly carried by the school's Cadet Band which for the past 23 years has been winner of the Western Province Command Cadet Band Competition. In 1921 boys were given a greater share in the discipline and organisation of the school. They were encouraged to accept responsibilities and to practise self-discipline. In October of that year Mr Clegg appointed G H Eddy as the first head prefect. In January 1922 the first prefects were announced and presented with silver badges which marked the first appearance of the present school crest. In January 1941 Mr Arnold Lorie assumed his duties as the first headmaster of a separate school for the boys in the junior phase of the school and it did not take him long to imprint on the school his unique tyle of leadership. During his headship he established a fine tradition of music and drama at the chool. He started a chool orchestra of High and Junior School pupils (augmented by Old Boys)

EDITORIAL At 11 o'clock on the 1st of JuLy, 1841, Dr P E Faure of the Dutch Reformed Church, Wynberg, opened a public meeting with a prayer in which he gave thanks that the Wynberg Established School was to open its doors for the first time. It was a co-educational school which was to admit pupils irrespective of their colour or creed. Teaching was to take place in a single room hired from the Ordinance Department. The building, Glebe Cottage, had been erected by the Royal Engineers during the first or second British occupation. In December 1841 Headmaster, John McNaughton, reported that his school was educating 49 boys and 16 girls. However, by 1853 the last girl had left the school and by the middle of the 1880's the Department accepted the tradition and "Boys" wa appended to the official designation of Wynberg Increasing pupil numbers resulted in a move to more substantial quarters on the corner of Aliwal and Tennant Roads in January 1845. A letter written in 1855 by Mr Mc aughton aptly describes the educational role of the school in the Wynberg community: '1 have educated lads from almo t every district of the colony - ome of my boys have become land surveyors, others have commissions in the Army or in the Frontier police force. A few have embraced the medical profession and a few more are now in Europe studying for the Church." After 22 years of dedicated ervice Mr McNaughton retired. He was the first of a series of long- erving Wynberg headmasters: E T Littlewood, 1892-1919; WA CIegg, 1919-1947; WEBowden,1947-1964; R Blackbeard, 19651983. The present high school headmaster, Mr Rowan Algie, was appointed in January 1984 and he is the 11th headmaster of the High School. Later in 1891 work began on a new school building which was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. Thi building, now renovated, has been occupied by the Junior School since 1981, when the High School moved to the present impressive building off Lovers' Walk and adjoining the Labia Estate. In July 1892 Mr E T LittIewood was installed as headmaster of Wynberg School. He was the embodiment in fact of all that Mr Chips stands for in fiction. Tall, slim and lean-faced, with a thin moustache and twinkling eyes, his voice and unhurried speech were at once the delight of the virtuou and the dread of the transgressor. 9


ued to flourish - Jan 00 thuizen wa indeed an all-rounder. His greate t achievement i probably the dedication with which he guided the development of the new school compie . Great a hi pride at the official opening of the newly-renovated and extended Junior chool campu by the Hon. Gene Louw, then Admini trator of the Cape. lt wa fitting that the last three year of Jan o thuizen's di tingui hed career were rewarded with the wonderful facilitie for which he had laboured SO hard. For the fir t time in it forty-two ear hi tor as a . eparate in tituhon, the JUnior School had three field of hi own. At Jan 00 thui7en' ugge tion, these were named after Mr "Tem" Cawood, th fir t Chairman of the Junior hool Committe , Mr Eric Ta ker and Mr "Ginger" Townl y-John on, three mo t di tingui hed Wynberg names. There wa al 0 an Impo ing pavilion and an eight-liln swimming pool. Th pavilion tand as a tangible memor of Jan thuizen and hi \Vork at Wynberg. In Januar 19 6 the pre ent principe", Mr Hugh Killop , wa~ appointed a the third headma ter in 45 year The JUnior hool has had it share of colourful t achers. but sp ial mentl n mu t be made of \111 "Kath" Lacey. There must be many hundred of Old Bo's who will remember with

which reached impres ive height and performed at many chool function and at occaion. organised b local cultural and charity organi ations. He al 0 encouraged the e tablishment of a chool choir. Mr Larie founded the Mu ic and Drama ociety which, under his in pired guidance, nouri hed. During hi year a head of the chool there wa an annual production and a kindergarten show and these alway went down well with audience. It i hardly urprising that hl ucces r, Jan 00 thuiLen, uggested that the new hall of the newly-reno\'ated old High hool complex be named in honour of Arn Id Lone. Mr Jan OosthuILen took the rein a Headma ter 10 1971. H continued the work tarted by Mr Lone and, in his quiet, gentlemanly way, developed and built on the work started by his predece !:>Or.He alomade many IOnovation , among them the introduction of a Junior hool prefect b dy and vanaus ~tructu~ within the orgamsatIon of the ~hool. Like Mr Lone, he had the re pect and affection of both staff and pupib. A port man him elf (10 ever) sen e of the word), he e tended the e tra-mural programme. A~ the :.chool grew, the number of team~ entered In the 5<.hool ' leagues Increased. Ches wa Introduced and musIC and drama contlO10


affection their kindergarten years under the triet, loving and ever-watchful eye of Mis Lacey. Many will remember the dramatic production of Me dames Tasker, Boehmke and McClurg. 19 3 saw yet another landmark: De mond Wiehahn (master-in-charge of the Music Department) et to music the word of the School Song, which had been penned by former Vice-Principal, Jame Goodacre. In 1991 Mrs Althea Clew, Head of Department of the junior Primar Department, wrote the words for a Junior chool Hymn, which MrWiehahn et to music. In their 150 years of exi tence Wynberg Boy' High and Junior Schools have sent out into the world young men who have later di tingui hed themselves in many spheres of human endeavour. Prominent among th m are men like Den Reitz - oldier, author and tate man; 1 0 du Pie i - poet, academic and hancellor of the Univer ity of the We tem Cape; Profe sor Michael GeHand - a world figure in the field of African Medicine and Tropical Di ea e ; Jack LittIewood - mathematician of international renown; Air ice-Marshall C W Meredith, KBE, CB, AFC; David L tton - author; john Rourke botani t and head of the Bolu Herbarium; "Ginger" Townle -John on - authority on South African rock art; and Mendel Kaplan and tanley Lewi - entrepreneur . On the field of port Wynberg ha produced uch luminarie a cricketer Aubrey Faulkner, Garth le Rou and Alan Lamb; rugb players Doug Hopwood, Lionel Wilon, Dave tewart and Rob Louw; ho key player Ro Clarke and rachtsman john Martin. Toda, the Wynberg Boy' School hav~ a combined enrolment of more than 1300 pupil . Both are bu y chool in which the bo s are encouraged to participate in the many activitie that are offered. The teaching taH trive to fo ter the academic, cultural and ph ical potential of the pupil and al 0 to make them aware of their piritual needs and moral respo~ibilities. At the end of 1990 the parent and taH of both hool voted overwhelmingly in favour of opening th Wynberg Bo 'School to pupils ?f all race. 0 decision could have been more fitting on the eve of .the school' 15?th Anniver ary, for thi actIOn er~e? to rerrund the chool' community of the ongmal purpo e of the chool at it inc ption. lt wa the putting into practice of what parent and ~eacher .felt wa n ed d if a ju tand harmol1lou oClety wa to be created in South Africa.

FROM THE HEADMASTER Each year, in thi note, 1 have tried to highlight those events which have been special to the year. 1991 ha been an e traordinary year. However, I hould like to highlight three important events or milestones reached. Fir tly, it ha been the year in which we have celebrated 150 years as an educational institution. We have celebrated on a number of varied but uccessful occasions which, I believe, have in variou ways involved the entire Wynberg community. Secondly, Wynberg opened it door at the beginning of the year to all South African '. Th.e impact, at this point, i negligible, but the mdtcations are that our new admissions policy will certainly bring greater challenge and a new dimension to the school. Thirdly, titi year ha een the culmination of three projects which have added con iderably to the chooJ. The alteration to Silverhur t were completed and the building was 0 cupied a a ho tel in June. A computer room, to be known as the Philip $chock Computer Room, has been created and fully equipped. Finally, the Wynberg House pavilion has been completed. , All in all, a good year for Wynberg Bo High School. R.CA.

FROM THE STAFFROOM ot only wa 1991 the 150th birthday of the School, but alothe year in which MrKBlom completed 25 ear of teaching at W nberg. Thi i a fine e ample of dedication and a commitment to long-term educational ideals. Joining the taff thi year were Mes r L Hoefnagel and W tanford and Mr R Brand. Life in the taHroom ha become more lively ince their arrival. Unfortunately Mr Brand is only with us for the year. We wi h her well and will mi her friendly pre enee in the taHroom and in the Afrikaans Department. During the year Mr S de Witt left to pur ~e dream oversea. The more adventurous pupIl will mi the outing up mountain and gorge or over bridge. Mr de Witt wa with u for 1 month , and in that time had carved him elf a niche in the activities of Wynberg. We hope that he will return to teaching. In hi place arrived Ms B de la Croi . Her creativity and ad\'enturou pirit were soon appar11


Counting the votes: Open Schools Polling Day

field, at the poolside and in debating will be mi ed. He will be pending time in England next year. On leave for the whole of 1992 will be Mr J Louw, who will be tudying for a BEd degree at UCT, and Mr M Moore, who will be teaching and travelling over ea . On leave for long period during 1991 were Mr M Lamoral and Mr P Louw. In their place we welcomed Mr D Gib nand Mrs Muller. Both teacher di played an incredible versatility and dedication to their tasks. For their contribution we thank them. With the laboratory a i tant, Mr MPet ren, on leave, the Science Department had a whole lot more on their plate. They coped well, but no doubt looked f rward to his return. Our a itant, Me sr Peter en and Ruiter, make our IIv mu h easier. Silverhur. t became a ho tel durlOg the year, and Mr de Carpentier became the Sup rmtendent. He and hi family are now, more than ever, famjliar faces around th hool tate. A pedal word of than!.... mu t go to the hool secreta ne ,Mr G Joubert, Mrs S Icurdl and Mr M Williams. Few pc pIe would put up \\11lh what they can handle 0 ea ily. ft n we nt:'glect th m, but we alway appwciate them

ent in her dasse. The ea e with which he joined in and contributed to the atmosphere of the taffroom was remarkable. She, too, wa with u only for the econd half of the year. Her teaching career lies before her and we wi h her every succes a he continues to make a contribution to education. Mr J Kruger left to teach at D F Malan High School. We thank him for the time and effort put into the Choir and Mu ic Department. An old friend of the chool, Mr B Botha, took hi place at very short notice and wa with u for two terms. He put time and effort IOtO all he did, pending countl s hour with the Cadet Band and Choir. The Choir Fe nval which he and M Galpin put together was a highlight of the 150 Celebrations. He wtll continue teaching at Settler High cho I and run a busIOe - certainlya man of tamina. [n the fourth tenn Ms B Fa . Ier returned to the school bringmg with her knowledge and in ight gleaned from her time pent working in Europe. Another ad farewell was bade to Mr C Elli<,. Hi smiling, ea. y nature will be ml ed by taH and puplIs He leaves u to enter the bu lOes world. He 15 a los~ to the teach 109 profe <,lon Al leavlOg after two years at the !.Ch I was our Teacher/Coun ellor, Mr M Cowdry. Hl "hoes w ill be hard to fill a he ha deH?loped go d relallon hips With the pupil dunng hi lime at the chool. Hi pr ence on the rugby

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CULTURAL PRIZES Epworth Mu IC Prize - J. de Cock Pre ton Cup for Piano ight-reading - J. de Cock Bevan Prize for Engli h Reading C. Kelroc-Cooke Engli h Writer' Competition (junior) - D. Lewis Engli h Writers' Competition (Senior) M. Secchia Be t peaker' Prize (junior) - J. du Preez Be t Speaker' Prize (Senior) - S. van Rhyn and C. mee Brown Cup - Best Actor - M. Arnot Luman Cup - Contribution to Drama . FaLab.erley and S. Cloete Abbot Cup - for the mo t efficiently run ociety - Debating Society ietie Cup - for the td9 pupil who ha done the mo t for the hool' club and OCIeties - J. Lee Heath up - for the tdlO pupil who has don the mo t for the school' club and ocietle - . \'an Rhyn

Mr Jack Payne makes his farewelll>peech

MR JACK PAYNE RETIRES SERVICE PRIZES

t a ch 1 a embl in the fir t term ~ e bade farewell to Mr Ja k Payne, Wynberg' estate manager for the pa t twenty-two years. Mr Payne came to us from the ity Engineer' Department and during hi tim at our chool he earned the respect and affection of all who knew him In hi'i dutie around our chool el>tate he dl'iplayed a rare competence and rellabilitv. We will al 0 remember him for hIS gentlema~ly manner and hi~ incerity We wi h him and hi wife a long and happy retirem nt together.

Exceptional Sen/ice Certificate - K.Bacon, R.Scott, M.van Ey sen, A.Whit head Anthon Morn Pri/e - for the td6 pupil who ha !>hown the mo t loyalty to the choolJ. du Preez Da\'ld Levitt Memorial Award - for the td pupil who has done the mo t for the ehool - M. Arnot and W. Tregurlha Rotary Cood Fellow hip Award - to the pupil who ha di played outstanding ability during the year 111 promoting halth, goodwill and fair play among his fellow P. Revington FriedlandeT Memorial Award - for dillgen e and en'ice to the school - . van Rhyn

P.E.D

PRIZE LIST OCTOBER 1991

PHYSICAL ACHIEVEMENT PRIZES Phy ical Education Prize - td 6 - D. McCue Ph' I al Education Prize - td 7 - T. Th mson Phy ieal Education Prize - td - M. Turve Ph ieal ducation Prize - td 9 - M. Fletcher Ph ical Education Prize - Std 10 - J. Ball Cary Bricknell Memorial Trophy - for the m proml II1g cricketer - Hofme r reg Hamm nd Memorial Tr ph - f r the m t improved squash pia eT - B. tander Old Bo 'Award - for the m t out tanding performance 111 port - J. du Pr

CADETS peclal Award for DedIcation and n'ice to adet Detachm nt (pr ented by uthern Life A urance Company) - J Lee Best 'CO in Cadet Detachment - B. Mawisa Wm..mson up - Awarded to the mo t Improved cadet band member - A Can'en Fay up - Awarded for lo alty, dedication and rvice to th Cadet Band - . Rowe 14


PRIZEGIVING - 1991

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ACADEMIC PRIZES

STD8 Merit Certificates only (70% aggregate or better) M.Amot, CBeautement, P.Blyth, ].Cumming, M.Dew, A.Dreyer, G.Dunbar, G.]ewell, M.Kirkman, l.MiU , D.Morgan, CPike, D.Steer , .Thomas, L.1ichart, W.Tregurtha, M.van Druten, R.Walker, S.Woodley

STD6 Merit Certificates only (70% aggregate or better) CCurrer, G.Edwards, A.Garvin, .Gibson, G.Greeff, F.Holland, I. ovitzky-Ba 0, CRalphs, L.Robinson, ].Taylor, A. WaHon, M.West

Subject Certificates Ost in Subject in Std ) and Merit Certificates Mu ic, Merit - J. de Cock Woodwork - R. Fennes y Metalwork - R. Clark Art, Merit - C Parker Hi tory, Merit - S. Zeederberg Geography, Merit - R.Fowler

Subject Certificates (1 tin ubject in Std 6) Art - M. Williamson Manual Training - G. O'Brien Subject Certificates and Merit Certificate Accounting, Merit - ]. Orford Music, History, Merit - S. Willenburg Engli h, Merit - R. Scott General Science, Merit - A. Langmann Geography, Merit - A. Pr ton Malh , Merit - B. Urquhart

Standard Prizes and Subject Certificates and Merit Certificates 3rd in Std - Merit - D. Shelly 2nd in Std - Afrikaan , Merit - R. Buck 1 t in Std 8 - Accounting, Biology, Mathematics, Science, Davidowitz Prize for Engli h, Foundation for Education, Science and Technology: pecial Archimed Award, Merit .TIpping

Standard Prize and Subject Certificates and Merit Certificates 3rd in td 6 - Merit - A. du Preez 2nd in td 6 - Merit - J. Bennetts 1 t in Std 6 - Afrikaans, Latin, Geography, Merit - B.Greyven tein

STD9 Merit Certificate only (70% aggregate or better) M.Aaron, L.Coltham, R.Egerer, M.F1etcher, S.GaskeU, D.Grobbelar, W.Grobbelaar, A.Hal tead, G.Kennedy, G.Moir, A.Pieterse, M.Secchia, R.van Breda, ].van Heerden, C enables

STD7 Merit Certificates only (70~ aggregate or better) ].Barry, ].Baxter, D.Bright, M.Faure, ].Fi Id, CHochfelden, M.T<mpl ton ubject Certificate (I tin Subj«t in td 7) Metalwork - G. Brown Woodwork -]. Rober Art - P. taal Mu ic - J. Thoma English - M. Lord HIStory - M. Carter

Subject Certificates (1 t in Subject in Std 9) and Merit Certificates Mathematic, Merit - D. van Ey en Woodwork, Ment - D. Doughty Metalwork, Merit - G. Beaumont Art, Merit - L. Waiters Mu IC,Merit - M. Clark Hi tory, Ment - R. olan Geography, Merit - G. Und Accounting, Merit - L. Purd

landard Prize and Subject Certificate and Merit Certificate 3rd 10 td 7 - Merit - ]. Gord n 2nd In td 7 - General en e, Latin, Ment S.Aaron 1 t in td 7 - Afrikaan, Maths, Geography, Accounting, Ment - J.R kledg

tandard Priz and Subject Certificate Merit Certificates 3rd in td - FoundatIon for Educabon, and Techn logy: Special Lantern Award, . nee, Latin, Engli h, Merit - R.Carter 16

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2nd in Std 9 - Afrikaans, Merit - W.van Ket 1st in Std 9 - Award presented by The Standard Bank, Biology, Merit - P.Gin berg

Edward Wise Bursaries - for the Two Top Std 10 Pupils - I.Liddle, B.TIpping Old Boys' Bursary - awarded to the Top Pupil in StdlO -I.Liddle Alf Morri Bursary - C. Badenhor t A. Fine Bursary - S. Anderson EG. Thorpe Bursary - B. TIpping William Clegg Bursaries (awarded after the results of the Final Examination) Vernon Carmichael Bur aries (awarded after the result of the Final Examinations)

STDIO Merit Certificates only (70% aggregate or better) S.Anderson, W.Dickson, M.Kennedy, .O'Connor, D.OLlis, A.Secchia, S.van Rhyn Subject Certificates (1 t in Subject in Std ) and Merit Certificates H. Argyle Prize for Latin, Merit - G. Scott Metalwork - . Fazakerley Woodwork - A. van Zyl and W. le Roux Templeton Prize for Mu ic - P. Lautenbach Art - J. Gray

SPECIAL PRIZES AND AWARDS Life Membership of the Old Boys' Union (awarded by the chool to the Head Prefect) P.Revington The Stan Jones Award - awarded to the Std9 pupil hawing the most all-round improvement over hi performance in previou ears at chool) - C Prendergast Wade Berlram Award - W. van Ey en eville 81ackbeard Floating Trophy - the da hawing the most school spirit over the year10E Honours Award - awarded to the pupil or pupil for outstanding performance which ha brought honour to the school- First Tenni Team Friedlander Shield - Winning Hou e for 1990Rhode House and van Riebeeck Hou e Ca per Cup - Sport man of the Year Award for the Best All-Round port man - M.Hutton Wiegman Cup - the mo t out tanding Prefect, other than the Head Prefect or D puty Head Prefects - S.van Rhyn Andrew Feinstein Cup - Best All-Rounder in tdlO (Academic, port, Cultural, rvice) P.Lautenbach Abel ohn Cup - for the Std 10 pupil who ha done the mo t for the chool in 1990 P.Revington

Standard Prize and Subject Certificates and Merit Certificates 3rd in Std 10 - Alf Mom Prize for Geography, Merit - CEvans 2nd in Std 10 - Biology, Merit - B. TIpping 1 t in Std 10 - D.F.Marais Prize for Afrikaan, R.M.Friedlander Prize for English, Accounting, Ma kew Miller Prize for Hi tory, W.E.Bowden Prize for Mathematics, F.G.Thorpe Prize for Science, Martin leveland Award for Dux of the School, Merit - l.Liddle

SPECIAL ACADEMIC PRIZES AND BURSARIES Mark Schafer Prize for Bilingualism (Std -10)I. Liddie Old Bo s' Mathematics Pri"e - P. Gm berg axton Prize - for outstanding effort - R. Munday Edward WL Bursarie - for the Two Top td Pupil - CTIpping, R.Buck Edward Wi~ Bursarie - for the Two Top td9 Pupils - P.Gin berg, W.\'an Ket

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1991 MATRIC CLASS ,tl/ flYU . Brown. L Bt>athc cplC D. Crelheld. (. E:.v,m... Toolc}; \1 \Iaral~. B TIpping. '( FJI.lkerlev. W D1d..~n K \\'ohlenbt,f}!,. W \\ebnl·r. T \Iunda\. ~1 Kennt'<h G, Hahndlek. R Pead. J ·\lkDon,,~h. D Knight A POpt." J Hall. G F,"dlater .J11rfl)iI~ T, van der Wel. \; de Rt)'llh. J. Bail, I' \hgllletta, r Gr"y C Kemp. ,. ~Iarlc. APeggc D C,1"bbert• .\, Hare R Browne. \1c\1a.,ler. R Pelton,D \1art."n. D Clark. R Herbert. W. du Pont. B Harrod. G HolmC'>.C I'vlartm."en. D Jame .., \i Da\ IC'>.O. Wvlev. I Campb..'11. . F\l·rdt. \1 mal). B Qu.ll'mbv. Pnn ... S, I'ennt>". "I Ad,......, \\ leRoux. lr.l mu' G"lhetu. R Fnl-dl"nd \1 \.Ia" miln. . Clllt'lc. S. And"N.,".' Bradlt>.,..\1 Kelh. IJ. Bowdltch. R Bud~l', AmIlh • .\ \lartht:lc (, Rt.',neke. t, Trutl'r. G 8.,111').J \lo~. R Polio-.. \1 Hughl">,'\ ~lhla.' Ril..mu ...,en. R 8.1".'.~.\\ate ..... R. Uuvd. B o.,on J I'h IIIp<l, A. Eddle. R Purcvt.'en.' Hl?mngton <; _ ,"nol! 211d Ml' \1 Ilulchl..,on. L. \IcKl'lLar Jl rhoma ... B van der Pull S Knipt! L PeniL. K ClIclLer. . de Kl'ICk.C Botha. C \.llChd~. L Fermor. L Le" I.., P \\'11 ..on. 8.1marJ. O. Introna. J \1 ull,lgh. , T,'mlln. K 8.1lUn J Parrotl. \\ Viln F, ....en. van 7\'1 Fnm/ ML'; R. '\lvrdal. O'Connor IJ A..kt'\\. "'Ir Bltlm (JOOl. \1 Home T (<(xxl, \lr 1'_ Oe.:ker (IOC). \ an hvn. I' Laut.:nb.lch (DeputY-Head P[l·tl'ltl. "Ir R C AIgle (Headma ..ler). P R('\'Ington (I lead Prelect), "Ir k.. RI,hólrd,><lO t mdarJ 11..<ldl•• Pf"tl'r (l)t>pulv-HeaJ Prdel.ll Onllll' \lr R. lonn,.II"n (lOOI G ::.coli. I LIddie. \Ir 0 \.It.'n.loc'r (IOBl, \1 Hutton C. ThllOM ..holf \Ir W. rl'\.-d (lOAl,l R.ldaelh

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Coetzee, E Coombs, D D'Alton, S Day, A De Bruin, B De ier, R Doidge,S Donald, C Du Ples is, P Ellenberger, B Engelke, D Euvrard, P Fall, M Flint, T Gamsu,G Gaunt, Gaylard, A Geisler, D Gildenhuy , P Godfrey, R Hahndiek, J Harri ,G Hartley, J Harvey, R Heald,G Heron, B Heydenrych, M Heydt, J Hibling, A Hovelmann, D Jaro law kj, M Jewell, C Judge, P Kapp,K Kaufmann,G Kipljng, J Knol, B Kruse,C Laver, S Le Roux, W Leipold, C Lewis, G Maitland, J Malan, D Martyn, A

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5,-lo/c 2,7CJ1t 76,3'7c 73,2% 72,4% 71,5% 71,3% 70,1% 68,3% 68,2% ,2%

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W van Kets R Carter PGin berg M Fletcher J van Heerden GMoir D Grobbelaar M Secchia K enabl RVoIans

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79,1% 7 ,0% 77,3% 77,2%

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5,1% 0,9% 0,4% 7 ,1% 76,4% 76,2% 76,19é 75,9% 75,7% 74,4%

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B Greyven tein A du Preez J Orford MWe t I ovitzky-Bas R Scott L Robin on Gib on C Ralphs

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SAaron J Rookledge J Gordon D Bright J Field D Kennedy M Faure M Carter D Morison J Barry

6, % ,2% 1,2% 7 ,6% 74,6% 74,5% 73,2% 71,5% 70,0% 69,9%

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CTipping R Buck M Amot M Kirkman D helly Thoma M van Druten C Beautement G Jewell

95,9% 94,0% 86,7% 5,6% 5,5% 84,0% 3,3% 2,9% 2,7% 2,2%

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2,0% 77,7% 77,4% 77,4% 77,1% 77,1% 76,3% 75,3% 75,3% 75,2%

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J Rookledge 5 Aaron J Gordon DKennedy DGrighl DMom on M Faure J Field M Templeton G Kirton P taal

,1% 6,4% 77,6% 76,9% 74,9% 73,2% 72,9% 72,7% 71,0% 70,0% 70,0%

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D Shelly JCumming R Walker G )ewell 5 Zeederbeerg C Beautement M van Druten IMills

82,2% 81, % 81,0% 0,9% 0,8% 0,0% 78,8% 78,7%

Standard Position

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1 t 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th lOth

R Carter PGin berg W van Kets L. Purdy R Egerer W Grobbelaar K Venables F Lind J van Heerden D Grobbelaar

9,6% 88,3% 7,5% 82,2% 82,1% 81,6% 1,3% 1,0% ,0% 79,4%

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I t 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th th 9th 10th

[ LiddIe B TIpping H Secchia C Evans D Ollis W Dickson M Kennedy G Scott SO'Connor P Lautcnbach

101,6% 5,2% 2,4% 80,8% 77,6% 76,8% 74,0% 71,6% 70, % 65,6%

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3rd TERM 1991: Standard Position

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5 Aaron J Gordon J Field D Bright D Kennedy J Baxter C Hochlelden J Barry M Templeton

89,7% 88,8% 80,2% 77,0% 75,7% 74,9% 72,9% 72,7% 72,0% 71,6%

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CTIpping R Walker D Shelly R Buck 5 Zeederberg I Mills G )ewell M Dew R Fowler M van Dmten

95,1% 87,2% 6,1% 84,6% 2,1% 7, % 7 ,2% 77,4% 76,9% 76, %

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PGinsberg W \Ian Kets R Carter L Purdy D Grobbelaar R Egerer W Grobbelaar J van Heerden 5 Ga keil M Fletcher

9,2% 7,7% 7,2% 81, % 1,8% 1,7% ,9% ,6% 79,4% 7 %

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IUddIe A Secchia C Evans B TIpping D Ollis M Kennedy G Scott W Dickson P Lautenbach Anderson

100,0% 84,0% 3,0% 3,0% 1,0% 76,09<73,0% 73,0% 71,0% 71,0%


ACHIEVERS - 1991

1 lan LiddIe: Aggregate average of 101,03% during hl td 10 year; Top 10 in UCT Maths Ol mpiad; Top 100 in 'ational Math Olympiad 2 Richard arter: Top 100 in Math and iencc Olympiad 3 Brent TIppIng: Top 100 for Medical Research tion of Science Olympiad 4 Andre van Z I: ompleted a uperb dining room uite for hi Matnc woodwork model 5 Marc chla Wrote a no\'cl, entitled

The Silent One 6 Jason du Preez: SA Under 14100m butterfly record holder 7 tuart Anderson: Cadet Band Honours 8 PhIlip Lautcnbach: Mu IC Honours 9 Paul Revington: Hockey Honour; Head Prefect; Captain of 1 t I Cricket and 1 t I Hoeke 10 tephen van Rhyn: DebatIng Honours 11 Dtwid Milne: Cra - ountr RunnmgHonour<;

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SUPERA MORAS AWARDS .Jth row: W. Tregurtha, T. O'Donne]), A. Pe tana, D. A kew, P. Revington, L. Coltham, M. Hutton. 3rd row:) Ka])i , I. Mill, 'v1. Fletcher, R. Myrdal, G Kennedy, M. Templeton, W. Merris. :!.mt row:) Cordon,!. ixon, S. opeland. Frollt row: W. van Ket, M. chia, Mr R. . Algle (Headma ter), P. Lautenbach, Mr R. Connellan

(Senior Deputy

Principa)),

J. Lee, R. Volan.

SUPERA MORAS AWARDS upera Mora award are made (or all-round aChle\'ement and are awarded in the categories of liver or gold. A ub-minimum numb rof point!> has to be achieved in the categorie!> o(

academlC, port, cultural and ervice, and th n a certain number o( total points (or the silver and the gold award .

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Gold D Boi J..en C LewI" A Gaylard

ilver M Cleveland M Pfister

td 7 W Tregurtha I 'v1ill J Kalli

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J

ordon Copeland

Std 8 Loltham G Kennedy A Pestana TO'DonneIJ M Fletcher

td 9 P Lautenbach

td 9 R Myrdal M flutton DA ew P Revmgton J McCullagh FuaJ..erly

Lee

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Martin played rugby, badminton and water polo for the chool and wa an active member of the mountain club, taking part in and helping to organi e many hike. In his matric year he served on the Cultural Committe and made a valuable contribution to the clubs and ocietie at the school. Martin will undoubtedly be best remembered for his impeccable academic record. He ,·\'a rewarded with an "A" aggregate in his final ma tric e a mina tion in 1990. We will always remember Martin a a quiet, reserved, yet determined young man, one 'who knew what he wanted out of liCe and set his goals accordingly. He was, in fact, a young man any chool would be proud of. We offer our incere condol nee to the Cleveland famil through our thought and prayer.

OBITUARY: MARTIN CLEVELAND In June the school community wa hocked by the tragic and untimely death of Martin in a motor car accident.

J.D.W.

biology, became head of the school' Math Department, was ent in 1964 to the United States by the Cape Education Departm nt to tud the" ew Maths", succes fully coached athletic and rugby, trained Wynberg' trophywinning cadet band for 2 years and retired in 19 0 a Senior Deputy-Principal. A chool magazine tribute on hi retirement tell u that Bill had the "ability to motivate talented boy to do well and the le talented to \-,'ork hard". "Shorty", a he wa affectionatel known, gained re peel becau e of his kill in imparting knowl dge and he gained affection becau e of "his gentle, paternal attitude and because he made individual feel that they were important to him". Alf Morri , who wrote that tribute, recalls with fondne and no talgia that it wa Bill' humour and soft Scottish accent that endeared him to 0 many. When he took as embl one might hear him ay: "This morning I am going to rid Sam125 ..." Bill Lenno pas ed away uddenly at Imon town on 24March 1991, but the fond memory of thi lik able Scotti h ch olma ter live on in the mind of all \ ho came to know hun. He wa ,as hl pan h pne t reminded u at hi funeral ervice, "a little man with a big heart".

OBITUARY: MR BILL LENNOX

WBHS 1950-1980 After serving with the armed force during the ond World War, Bill Lennox graduated from university in hi native Cia gO\,\" taught for a brief period in otland and then emigrated, together with his wife, ath, to South Africa. He taught for a time at Highlands orth High eh ol in Johanne burg, and then took up a teaching po t at Wynberg in 1950. Hi. talents and achievement were many and varied. He taught mathematic, ciencé and

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Mr Eric Ta ker

OBITUARY: ERIC TASKER

WBHS 1934-1967 Eric Ta ker' interests were wide. He wa greatly interested in theatre, ballet, music, films and Engli h literature and he wa a faithful upporter of the school' cultural life through his regular attendance at choolorche tra concert, choir performance and drama productions. In fact it wa at Wynberg that he met his charming and talented wife-to-be, Mi s Erica Gobbett. Erica' contribution to drama at Wynberg wa exceptional. She produced many operetta and play and he wa respon ible for the first High School production of a Shake peare play, "Juliu aesar". Eric Ta ker gave a lifetime of devoted ervice to Wynberg and our chool' life and reputation ha been the richer for hi contribution. In mourning hi pa ing we remember with affection and re pect a schoolma ter of unu ual d' tinction. We expre our deeply felt sympathies to his daughter, Adrienne, and her hu band, Alan Gregory.

With the passing of Eric Ta ker on 29September 1991, Wynberg lost another of those former teachers who e name have become an in eparabie part of the chool's hi tory, tradition and achievement. To his colleagues and pupils he was a teacher who di played ability, energy, conscientiou nes and ympathy. Eric pent thirty-three year at Wynberg and in that time he distinguished himself in a number of pheres. He was a timulating teacher of history. For several years he wa in charge of the chool' prefect and in hi long a sociation with the coaching of athletics it wa he who establi hed the tradition of our annual Sport Day. He wa al 0 a fir t fifteen rugby coach of ingular di tinction. Alf Morri , writing in the 1966 chool magazine, had this to say about Eric's contnbution to hool rugby: "Tt i unlikely that any other man in the Peninsula ha played important a role in hi chool' rugby life as Mr Tasker ha In hi . Long and valuable ervice given to the Committee of the We tern province Schools' Rugby Football nlOn has re ulted in his being elected a Life Member, an honour accorded to very few"

P.E.D.

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DEPARTMENT REPORTS THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT

DEPARTEMENT AFRIKAANS

Teachers:

VakJloof: Mm S V Polden Per oneel: Mnr ] M Blom Mnr] HHdeWaal Mnr HJ G Jonker MnrP Louw Mnr D ienaber Mev R Brand Mev V Muller

Mr D Russel! ( ubject head) MrHJonker Mr C Ellis The Accounting Department has continued to strive for high academic standard with a view to preparing pupils fully for a tertiary ed ucation. The matric results of 1990 were good, with Craig Mitchell, Andie Gaylord and Martin Cleveland all achieving A aggregate. Unfortunately we till seem to have a number of weak hlgher grade pupils persi ting at that level with a view to achieving matric exemption. The tandard grade cour e offer a horter yllabu and far impier final e ams, and would be much better suited to the epupils. We have continued to stress the importance of pupil learning 'busines ' technique. Pupils should not only know their work well, but there hould be strict elf-di cipline with regard to pre entation of work, exam and te t-an wering techruque and general work organisation. Thi i of vital importance especiall to tho epupil intending to tudy further at university level. It ha been interesting to note that more and more pupil are taking accounting with a view to puruing a career in that line after chool. The ubject ha defirutely improved it tatus as an 'academic' ubject which require good di cipline and hard work. The new yllabu i al 0 very much geared to a univer it education and i th r fore a definite forerunner to good results in thl field at a univer ity. ubject enrichm nt ha consi ted mainly of introducing the junior tandard to the bu iness environment in th form of the toek e change. Pupil interest has been keen and involvement in project work and cIa room di u ion ha been thorough. At th other end of the cale, the matric have worked well over the pa t few month, and I am confident of good re uIt at the end of the ear. We \ ish the matric every ucces with their e am at the end of the year. Finall , a word of than . to Mr Clark Elli for all hi hard work in the department. Mr Elli lea e u at th nd of the third term and \ e welcome Mr helly in hi place and tru t that h will enjo h r tay at the hool. D.H.R.

Aan die einde van 1990 het Mnr Blom na 'n tydperk van 24 jaar besluit om die teuel as vakhoof neer te lê. Wynberg Hoïr Seunskool, en veral die Afrikaanse Departement, wil hiermee dankie sê vir wat hy oor die jare opgeoffer het vir die Departement en vir Afrikaan . Die skool is egter gelukkig dat Mnr Blom nog steed met die Afrikaan e Departement is en on hoop en vertrou dat hy in die toekoms nog teeds 'n leidende rol sal speel in die departement. . In die vinnig veranderende uid-Afrika word al hoe meer druk op die Afrikaan e taal geplaas. Afrikaan a land taal kom al hoe meer onder be preking, leerlinge begin al hoe meer negatief taan teenoor die Afrikaan e Taal en on hoor Afrikaans al hoeminder a 'n omgang taal. Ver keie rede word hiervoor aangevoer, o.a. die ge kiedenis, politiek, 0 iale druk en ommige wanopvatting oor die gebruik moontlikhede van die taal. Die praktyk en onlang e onder oeke bewy egter dal hierdie ogenaamde weer tand teen Afrikaan oorbeklemtoon word. Een van die departement se belangrikste take is en bly teed om die Tweede Taal leerlinge in so 'n mate voor te berei odat h pontaan kan kommunikeer met die buitewêreld. Ten pyte van al die negatiewe gevoelens oor Afrikaan bly dit nog teed een an die belangrikste kommunika i middel . Onlang eonder oeke het getoon dat ten min te 43,6% van die bevolking Afrikaan praal en verstaan; dat Afrikaan naa Zulu en ho a die derde groot te hui taal in uid- frika i . Bogenoemde feite in ag geneem, het die Afrikaan e Departement du nog teed 'n uiters belangrike rol te peel om die leerlinge d.m.v. mondeling en krifteJike kommunika ie te leer hoe om te lui ter, te ver taan, te praat, te lees en te kryf, en sodoende plek met gemak 27


THE ART DEPARTMENT

te kan inneem in die Suid-Afrikaan e samelewing. Ten lotte wil ek graag langs hierdie weg die per oneel van die Afrikaan Departement bedank vir hullojaliteit en baie keer ondankbare werk wat dikwel onder moeilike om tandighede voltooi moes word. 'n Spesiale woord van dank aan Mev Muller wat vir Mnr Polden in die eerste kwartaal en vir Mnr Louw in die derde kwartaal ingestaan het. Haar harde werk word op pry gestel.

Subject Head: M

Jordan

1991 ha been an exciting and challenging year with the 150 celebrations providing the art pupil with an opportunity to share their work. The standard of the exhibition wa a rewarding reflection of the enthusia m and commitment of the art pupils. The Std 6 group has followed a formal course during which they have learnt to manipulate visual element, media and techniques. Thi work la a broad foundation from which the pupils can develop as individuals. The Std 7 group has concentrated on paint technique and has e pecially enjoyed e ploring metamorpho i as a concept in art. The enior tandards have worked on theme which involve preliminary work on a formal ba i from which individual option are e plored, resulting in per onal expre ion. Here creativity combined with skill comes into play, demanding a high level of dedication. Definite progre i being made in the Art Department and 1 would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the art boys on their effort and urge them to keep striving for their personal best.

.vP.

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THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT ubI t Head: Mr W Creed Teach rs: Mr G Taylor Mr J Buchanan

onal Everett and John Gray brightentng mu I corndor

The 1990 Biology matnc result .....ere rather surpri ing. In pite of th an faction for the e am expre!> ed by the candidate a they emerged from the e am room, their re uit were 40/, below the ProvinCIal Average. Furthermore, of the three candidate who were being groomed for A pa ses, two obtained B' and one received a C. There wa one outright failure - a Higher Grade pupil who would have pas ed on the tandard Grade, but who refused to change gTad . Higher Grade Biology doe not Involve the regurgitation of vast number of fact and trange names, but rather the use of thl knowledge 10 the solvmg of real or fictltlou problems. Thl.., reqUire con Iderable in ight and under-

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THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Subject Head: Teacher:

Mr G J HiU (Junjor EngH h) Mr P E Decker (Senior English) Mr M W Cowdry Mr D de Carpentier Mr S C de Witt (Terms 1 and 2) Ms B de la Croix (Terms 3 and 4) MrL M Kruger Mr T O'Reilly Mrs E J van Wijk

We began 1991 in a rather disappointed and perplexed mood as our 1990 matric class did not produce the ort of results that we have expected and received from Wynberg matric cia es in recent years. Trying to pinpoint the rea on or rea on for the e unsati factory results has been difficult. evertheless, we are hoping that the efforts we have made thi year will en ure that our 1991 matric produce sound results in their final e arrunation. 1991 has been a year of numerou taff change in our department. Mr teven deWitt left Wynberg and teaching at the end of the second term. We thank him for the work he has done during hi eighteen months at our school and we wish him well a he journey over eas. Mr deWitt' po t wa filled by M Berenice de la Croi in the third and fourth term . She has already hown her elf to be both enthu ia tic and innovative in her approach. A part of our 150 Celebrations we held an e ay competition at the end of the econd term. Each boy in the chool ubmitted an essay and prizes were presented to cla and tandard winner at a chool a embly. We once again entered boys in the Std6 InterSchool' Spelling ompetition, while Capab pre ented a et work program to our matric in the chool hall. We hall be lo ing the ervice of both Mr MIchael Cowdry and Mr George Hill at the end of 1991. Mr Cowdry ha been at Wynberg for the pa t two ear and made a valuable contribution to our chool. He ha been a con cientiou and ympathetic teacher-coun ellor and contributed much to the chool' extra-mural activitie . He leave with our thank for a job well done and our best vvi he for hj future. Mr George Hill, our Junior Engli h Subject Head, ha been at Wynberg mce 19 2 and he now move to a promotion po t in the Language Service Divi ion of the Department of

The art of discovery in the Biology labs

tanding on the part of the pupil. To this end the Biology Department uses two matric text book, as well a a complete set of work heet which cover the entire syllabu . Thu the pupil ha three different view of the work, each supplementing the other. All past exam paper are al 0 supplied so that he can be fully acquainted with the tandard of work e pected of him. Throughout each lesson the cia i bombarded with higher order que Hon to hone and develop an under tanding, and not just to do rote learning. Wherever po ible the da i not told about a logical con equence of a et of factor, the are required to work it out and e it for them elves. Long term plan for the department involve the making of the ubject more relevant to the pupil, If only in the ecological en e, and al 0 the tran formation of a many components of the yllabu as po ible into a practical, handson ituation.

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Education. He will be sorely missed as it will not be ea y to replace a teacher of his experience, knowledge and dependableness. We congratulate him on this well-deserved appointment and thank him for his considerable contri-

bution to our English Department over the years. We sincerely hope that he will find atisfaction and happiness in his new position. P.E.D.

Mr George Hill who i leaving after many year·' ervice in the English Department

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GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT Subject Head: Junior Subject Head: Staff:

Mr G Eva Mr H ten Velthuis Mr de Carpentier MrM Lamoral Mr W Stanford Mr L Hoefnagels Mr OGib on Mr K Pretorius Mr L Kruger

Geography i unique in the en e that enrichment and the principles of lateral thinking are not only de irabie, but al 0 required in the preamble to the syllabus. The aim of geography teaching i that boy taking the subject will not only learn facts relating to the sub-disciplines of mapwork, climatology, economic geography, etc, but that they under tand trends, proce es and change taking place phy ically, and in human ociety; and what the multiple underlying cau e of these change are. With undertanding and empathy, the geographer hould be able to evaluate and determine way of olving problem. In thi regard, various excursions were undertaken. The td 6' went to the observatory, while the StdT went on an urban trail through Wynberg about which they had to submit an a signment. The Std's went on a geomorphological trip to the Sea Point area and ignal Hill, while the Std9' incorporated geomorphology and oceanography into their ape Point e cur ion. Both of these groups also completed a ignments relating to their trip. G ography ocietyeffort have alway been met with a lukewarm re ponse by parent on Open ight and with thi in mind it was decidd to adverti e a twenty-minute lecture to b hared by five of our enior boys. It was to be an informative introduction to interpreting weather and weather pattern, with moving visual image and practical chalk work. Unfortunately no parent arrived and the lecture was aborted. The boy felt that the taH hould re-evaluate Open ight. We were plea ed with two new addition to the department, viz Mr Stanford and Mr Hoefnagel. Both fit in very well with the pleasant etho of the department. Mrs Gib on replaced Mr Lamoral for the third term. We will mi the contribuhon of this experienced and thorough teacher. We look forward, however, to Mr Lamoral' return and hope that hi brief

Mr Luc Hoefnagels, Geography staff

the newest member of the

Mr Gary Eva with his protegé and ex-pupil who now teache in the Geograph and cience Department, MrWayne tanford ojourn in the USA will enhance the audio-visual ecaon of the department. I mu t thank all members of the department for their contribution. Their co-operation and attitude make for a team with a tremendous pirit. Last year aw the Geography department' students obtain the highest average of all department in the chool, and the econd mo t A' . We tru t that thi e cellence at the top and overall ound performances will be repeated in ovember. G.E 31


This year our Matrics and Std 9 attended a eminar on unseens at UCT. Valuable experience was gained about this very important section of the yllabus. We have thirty-four Std 6s tudying Latin under Mr K R Richardson's capable hands. Std7 has nine keen pupils, while Stds 9 and 10 have four and five pupils respectively. The Std lOs have enjoyed their many discussions - did Cicero have a hand in Caesar's death? If Aeneas had not reached Italy, what would have happened? Having been through Greece and Rome for five long year they now are reaching port. I wish them good luck and hope their reward is in keeping with their input. My thanks lO Mr K Richardson for his sterling work.

THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT Subject Head: Staff:

Mr K Pretorius MrMCowdry Miss B de la Croix Mr J de Waal Mr K Richardson Mr H ten Velthuis

1990 Matric Results ABC Higher Grade Standard Grade

0 E F FF Ave

5 3 3 5 2 2 6

3

54,3% 4 44,3%

Our 1990 matric re ult were very disappointing a very few boy received the marks due to them, although the e amination paper wa fair. The Std 6's once again went on a field trip to Simon' Town to di cover it history, it part in South Africa' history and it role in South Africa at pre ent. The Std 7' tudied the Middle East crisis which was especially appropriate regarding the inva ion of Kuwait and the continual problems in the Middle Ea t. The Std 7' al 0 tudied about Vietnam and at the end of the cour e they watched pro- and anti-Vietnam film. The senior cia continu d with work from the yllabus. As part of the subject enrichment, the pupil took part in the Hi tory Olympiad, the Rondebo ch Interschool' Quiz and the Young Historian' Conference at Plum tead. At the latter meeting Craig Smee did particularly well by fini hing econd In the td9 category. This year's matric group has the ability to do well and a many as 6 ubject A' are e pected. We WISh th m a ucces hll e amination.

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MATHS DEPARTMENT Members of the Department (and tandard taught): Mr M Ru hby (8,9, lO), Mr Bromberger ( ,9, 10), Mr Mo er (9, lO), Mr Moore ( ,9,10), Mr Louis (6, 7, 8), Mr Russel! (6,7), Mr Algie (6), Mr Buchanan (6) and Mr Greenwood (7). At the end of thi year Mr Moore will be going overea for a year. MatTic Results 1990 The e were only sati factory, with ju t two Higher Grade A' and two Standard Grade A's. There were five Higher Grade failure and ten outright failure, including three boy who wrote the Higher Grade exam.

K.J.P.

ucr Maths

Competition

Fifty bo were entered in thi competition which wa held in April. The be t po ition achieved were a follow : td 6 B Urquhart (12th), J Taylor (13th), G Ralph and A Pre ton (19th in the palTs). td 7 J R kledge and J Field (35th in th pair ). td R Buck and W Tregurtha (24th in the pair ). Std 9 P Ginsberg OSth), R Carter (19th), W Grobbelaar and C enable (9th in the pair ).

THE LATIN DEPARTMENT Juvenal ummed it all up In the e Immortal words "Who climb the Grammar Tree dl hnctl knw Where oun and Verb and PartlClple grow,> " And thus It continues in our Latin cla e at V BH the ba e are laid and th pnnciples continue to be hammered mto !>Omt!llmcsunwilling rrunds 32


Std 10

I Liddie (lOth) and A Secchia and R Pead (3rd in the pairs).

hacksaw they have progressed to sublime confidence in handling the oxy-acetylene equipment after six months. The standard of work varies with the degree of competence and skill achieved. The importance of the drawing and technology component should never be underestimated.

Maths Olympiad Thirteen boys wrote the first round of the Maths Olympiad, with lan Liddie and Richard Carter being placed in the top 100 in South Africa, an excellent achievement.

J.G.L.

Number of boys doing Mathematics

THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT

All boys in Stds6 and 7 do Mathematics, while in Stds8, 9 and 10 they have the option of Maths or Hi tory. In total, there are approximately twenty boys not doing Maths. Maths is still een by mo t boys and their parents as a subject "that boys have to do". This can result in a boy who ha very little aptitude for Maths continuing with the ubject even though he fail it every term. Apart from the obvious effect on his aggregate and his chances of pa ing or not pa sing a standard, it al 0 erodes his self-confidence, and this must be con idered carefully when the decision to do Maths is taken.

Teachers:

It has certainly been a year of significant changes in the Music Department. This, of cour e, happened quite aptly in our 150 Anniversary year, a change can alway be a very challenging point of growth. We bade farewell to Mr Johan Kruger at the end of the first term, and wish him well in his new post at D F Malan. Mr Brian Botha very kindly consented to fill in temporarily until Miss Bernadette Fassler returned to the Mu ic Department in the fourth term. Being close friends (as previous colleagues) this hiEting combination i certainly more constructive than it suggests. I am only sorry that Brian, Bernadette and J can not work together in a three-post Wynberg department. Within all the changes there ha been ignificant development in the Music Department. Our choir numbers have increased dramatically, and we congratulate them on their outstanding performance at the 150 Anniver ary Choir Fe tival. On a broader scale, what we have appreciated tremendou ly this year ha been the incorporation of the Cadet Band, and the Art Department into the Music Department. Many thanks to M icola Jordan, John Gray, Connell Everett, and the Art Society, for de igning and painting a beautiful mural on our corridor wall. Individual achievement have been of a very high tandard this year. Special mention mu t be made of Stephen Barnard in td , who ucces full auditioned for a po ition in the country' first guitar orche tra. They are performing "Bolero" on SABC TV. Stephen went on to win a gold diploma at the Paarl Ei teddfod, and also walked awa a the overall Eisteddfod winner! To all the talented ubject mu ic pupil, it has been a bu and involved year, and your participation in the many concert and function ha been incerelyappreciated. Michael Clark and Julian Thoma will be involved with their

M.R.

THE METALWORK DEPARTMENT Subject Head:

Ms Lynne Galpin Mr Brian Botha

Mr J G Louw

Ever ince the building of the fir t woodwork room in 1 95, Wynberg ha been proudly exhibiting the models made by our pupils. Once again this, our 150th year, has een the pupils ri e to the occa ion and woodworkers and metalworker alike have done u proud. Mr P Kriel must be congratulated on the fine exhibition of crafted model hi pupil produced this year. The in pector made special note of the excellent finish to metalwork and woodwork model and awarded praise and mark in the uperlative. The enior metalwork pupil ' pre ent work cover a wide spectrum-ranging from art metalwork (copper bowl and jugs), foundry \Vork, welded con truction, fine lathework to e acting benchwork. To the matnc who never faltered during the exceedingly bu year and till produced the good. we convey congratulation The junior are a keen and pirited a ever. From the fir t faltering troke with file and 33


The haunting tones of "Phantom of the Opera" were well rendered by Marc Secchia

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Department

head:

Mr A G Cro Mr W tanford Mr L Hoefnagels

The Phy ical Education Department wa trengthened by the addition of two new taff member, namely Mr Wayne Stanford and Mr Luke Hoefnagels. Mr tanford' enthu ia m and knowledge wa ab orbed by all td Ts. Mr Hoefnagel made all the td 6' feel at home with his pirited cia e. Std ,9 and 10 da e all reali cd the importance of "life-time porting kills" with Mr Cr giving them guidance. It i encouraging to n t that mo t pupil voluntarily enJoy physical cdu ation and do enjoy particlpatmg in our e t n ive extra-mural port109 programme. It i ,however, hll of great concern to ee how many of the bo s have poor mu cle development, particularly in the upper torso. Thi i clearly indicative of toda ' modern living, wher televiSion and bad eating habit have eroded tho once ch ri hed phy ical quahhe . A while ago Mad magazine' depiction of the "human being in the year 2010" aid It all. The n rdl hl oking fellow with an enormou· head, protruding eyeballs, almost non-exi tent limb and a comparatively mall, almo t in Igmficantbody, eems mo t apt to the decad nt ph ical tatu of our youth. The Phy Ical Edu atlon D partm nt ha IOtroduCt'd a weight-trammg area into our gymna i-

Grant Kelroe-Cooke and Gareth Beaumont, performmg at the Music Evening, were a j<;ted by Mi s Lynne Galpin

lj I A Grade exam'i throughout ptember and October -I elm ure they'll do very \4. ell. Well done and thanl.. vou to all of vou for helping to build up our M~ic Dcpartme-;'t. L.'vi G

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urn and an intensive awareness programme amongst our senior pupils. The parent "keep fit" group continues to function, with numbers averaging at about twelve people per evening. A.G.C.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Subject Head: Staff:

Mr E B Greenwood Mr R P Connellan MrLMo er Mr M R Moore MrG B Taylor Lab As istant: Mr M Petersen

The 1990 results produced ome fine top Higher Grade core, keeping up 5 A's (but not achieving the top average hoped for) and few C' . The Standard Grade mark were di appointing with only a few top mark and 2 failures. We till did not manage 10 A's, but with 5 Higher Grade A' (Martin Cleveland, Peter Judge, Craig Mitchell, Serie Shuman and Shaun van der lugt) and 1 tandard Grade A (Stephen Doidge), we are nearly in line with the pa t re uit and are till keeping our lead over other ubject which are improving fast to give more competition. We unfortunately had 1 Higher Grade and 2 tandard Grade failures which resulted from Iligher Grade' refusing to drop to tandard Grade and tandard Grade' uffering from lethargy and no self- dil.cipline.

Mr Barry Greenwood caught in an unguarded moment while pondering during a Science le on

ection with the ole aim of finishing the yllabu early and then revi ing pa t papers to give a rote knowledge of po ib!e exam que tion . Although this doe e m to re uit in a po ible temporary di advantage to pupil, it ha proved to b a great advantage to tho e studying further and certainly arms our pupil '.vlth a better all-round knowledge of cientific matter:.. Wc have achieved a number of our department aIm thi year in that we have tandardised te t core and term marks, organi ed a programme of cia s vi itation, de\ elop dour re!>ourc~ and obtained a range of u cful educational \'ideo tape that we are con tant!) e panding. We ha\'e made a point of worl-.ing out standard average and deviation!> for all te tand term marks. From thi information Z core can be worl-.ed out to g1\'l' a bl'tter rating of tc~t mar!... relative to the other pupil and the o\'erall test averages. Thi has allowed pupil!> to monitor their own progres . The icnce Department !>taffhave had a programme of da ~ visitahon where \\e \ i~it each other'~ le~ ons to . hare ideas and Il'arn from each other' expen nee. \1.r Moo;er h.1~ obtaIned many u!>efu! video programme from Open Unl\'e~it), O1\'Cr ity

1990 Re uit Our Higher Grade a\'erage wa 55,1 <7c compared to the PrO\'incial Median of 56,1 Ik while the tandard Grade average was 50,O'k- compared to lhe ProvinCIal Median of 51,Oo/r. Thi!> vear'~ matric . completed their yllabu in good time and mo t coped well With the Wynberg 1::;0 elebration . They produced <;ome good re...ulh m the trial examination and we 1001.. fOTl\ ard to an Improvement on pa t re...ult~ at the cnd of lhc year Wc bellen> that we pro\'1de our pupll WIth a more complete cover of the !>C1ence"yllabu::. and mdude all the e pe ted "optIonal topics" menhOI1L'IlIn that \ lIabu,>. \i\e have not uccumbt>d to the temptmg to lea\·e out the "non-cs!>entlal" 35


Was thi experiment

upposed to go off with such a bang?

of the Air, Beyond 2000 and other sources, and everal worksheets have been organi ed to make them mto very good teaching aIds. We are al 0 mve hgating computer programme on certam sectIon of the yllabus as remedial aids and revision for needy pupIl. "vlichael Peter en (the lab assistant) had a weU deserved term's leave dunng the thIrd term and many expenment were et out bv the teaching taH (especwlly \1rMo er' td9 Ch ml try demon trations) with great ucces.

cience Olympiad

Re uIts

A.s u'iual, ome of our boys have e"\cell d in the ";uen(t! Ivmplad. Richard Carter wa~ placed etween lOO and 200 In the countrv whIle lust1l1 van Heerden and Brent TippIng were placed between 200 and 100. Brent also dlstIngUl ...hed hImself bv beIng plélced top In the country In the .,cctlon 'BIOlogical "vledleal Re earch ApproprIatelv, Brent is In charge ot our hr t ,-"Id group and I...dOIn~ an out tanding lob In It:aJ1I11?;,md eo-nrdmatll1l?; thb ~roup ~here , 'ert' 1pproxlmately I :;()t)O enlrIe'" natlOnwIQe Pu' tollowmg were placed 111 the top Il)( In the C(luntrv - \1 Kenm'Jv, ,Kenned\ P Cm-.berg, R j'eatl, L I'urdv. (., MOlr. \1. <;; (ChI.1. I' Bowle". A BICTman \1 ".aron. I "'mall . ., C.cl ...kelL r 1 durenbach. L "'alter, \\ Grobbelaar and R Volan..

By the anxlOU expre Ion on the e face '" To work or to go off? That IS the questton!

GENERAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ....ub,l'Ct Head' Teacher.,.

"Ir C. ravlor 1e...sr ....\1.o<,er.Cm ...., lloemagel . Stanlord

xlence IS thinkmg, que ...lIoning, hvpothe.,lIlng ,mu experlmentmg wIth a \lew to learmng


about our environment. This "scientific method" we attempt to instil in our students by an emphasis on practical work (construction of models, application of principles to everyday phenomena, research and field work) wherever possible. Some of the work produced this year has been of an exceptional standard and is a tribute to the enterprise of the pupils and to the teachers who have encouraged and, in many cases, insi ted on work of a high quality. ot content to rest on laurel, member of the department are involved in continual evaluation of our effectivene a teachers and of our success in achieving aims.

At the moment the pupils are working very hard on their models in a very well-equipped woodwork room. It is very plea ing to see that there are pupils who actually realise that by using all their pare time they can make an above-average woodwork project. It is such a pleasure teaching pupil who can't wait to come to the woodwork room and work on their models at break times, afternoon off and even over weekends. The e are the pupils that make teaching woodwork so rewarding because they are very eager, keen and willing to give of their best. Ju t to mention, the Std's - the dartboard cabinets and the bedside cabinet are of a very high standard. The Std9's - the beechwood and oak chairs are well designed and crafted. The Std lO's - here we have a large variety of models: André van Zyl' twelve-seater afrormo ia and imbuia table with chairs; Don, Bradleyand John's Wel h dre er; Pope Opie and Lindeman' 'jonkmanskaste'; Le Rou 's oak dres ing table; Marai and Kmght' table with drawer. L must congratulate my matric pupils on the time acrificed to put the e model together. If there is one thing I may recall of thi pa t year It must surely be my matric clas . Throughout the year they were alway friendly, with a fantastic sense of humour, thus leading

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THE WOODWORK DEPARTMENT Subject head:

PJ Kriel

Congratulations to Jurgen Hahndiek for achievmg a B aggregate m woodwork last year. pecial mention must urely be made of the grandfather clock he made, for which he attained full mark. It really i a ma terplece.

Bradlev Dixon with his Woodwork prolect, an oak 37

ideboard


Andre van Zyllooks rightfully afrormo ia dining room suite

proud of his matric Woodwork

model - an eight-seater

imbuia and

to a good working atrno phere. Who can forget Pope' witty remarks at time least expected, not to mention poor old Morn (Carrots) and Don who alway bore the brunt of the cia ' tea ing. Van Zyl alway gave a cold houlder to the goings on in the class - no wonder he ha done uch a tremendous amount of work this year.

John \1cDonagh ha rea on to smile if one loo at hic; beautiful imbUla and pau-marfin Wel"h ures er

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BIBLE EDUCATION

returned to the school to answer any questions. WBHS acted as hosts for a Rotary Careers Evening for WBHS, WGHS, Herschel, Bergvliet and orman Henshilwood, giving students exposure to some 43 careers. The matrics were given the opportunity to attend the Cape Technikon Careers Day and the Std9's went through to Goodwood for the Careers 2000 exhibition. All Std8's and 7's have completed their IQ testing and all Std7's have completed aptitude tests to help decision-making concerning subject choice and careers. I have been seeing two to three students a day, an indication that they are becoming aware of 'the ear' available to them. 1 will be over ea next year in order to gain some experience and further my horizon. I shall miss the guys and the school.

Once again this year the Bible Education Department has benefited profoundly from the concept and the implementation of the Pa toral Period which occurs daily between period four and period five. Each class receives three periods of Bible Education in a nine day cycle at this time. During this period the entire staff body is allocated to either Guidance, Reading, Cultural or Bible Education lessons. Generally those teachers with a strong Christian commitment and a firm faith in the Scriptures are given the Bible Education lessons to look after and this is therefore ideal. This year the Department of Education has phased in the new "syllabus" for Bible Education which has been put together by teachers from various centres in the Cape who have found the old academic style yllabus difficult to apply. They have supplied a fair amount of carefully thought out worksheets and tudy-aids for the teachers to use as resource material and there i till more to come. Instead of approaching the subject in the academic pirit, teacher are now encouraged to make the Bible relevant to real life i sue and there are module uch as "Dealing with Life's Cri e " induded in the course. The school ha al 0 recently acquired a large number of the books to uppIement the reference books in the library for the teachers to u e in preparing le ons. They are encouraged however at all times to keep their di cussions and related cia SToom activities Christocentric.

M.C.

THE MEDIA CENTRE The Media Centre has had ome difficulties this year although there have been highlight too. Of the latter the seminar in April, for monitors from other choals, hosted by Wynberg Library and audiovisual monitor, stands out. 10 chool were represented and after a set of activities which included reviewing new books and brainstorming olutions to ecurity problems, a braai and social was held which provided an opportunity for the pupils to relax together. In July a vi it to the Sea Point High School Book Festival stimulated the intere t of the monitors and in a mall way rev,rarded them for all the hour they put into erving the school. Four monitors did the chool proud when they participated in a book discussion at St George' Grammar School. 22 monitor do good work, although thi year we have mis ed the experience of the enior boy who left to devote more time to their studies. Mention mu t be made of four StdlO boys who erved the school admirably for most of their high chool careers. Stuart Brown, Mark van Eys en, Doran Knight and Ja on Phillip are to be thanked most sincerely for their help and upport and our best wi he go to them. The pre ent team, led b Craig mee, i doing good work with many demand being placed on them during the chool's 150th celebration. In February we were pleased to welcome Mrs al Cleveland a part-hme a istant. From lOam

w.c. FROM THE TEACHER COUNSELLOR The Guidance programme this year as been a very full one. In addition to the normal teaching programme, peaker from Rhode Univer ity, the Cape Technikon and We tlake Technical College, the SADF and the Parent Centre have all made presentation to the chool.' Furthermore, M Sharon Grewin spoke to the matrics, ugge ting ways of handling e am pre sure. In the third term the ACE Theatre Company pre ented their superb play, Drug, which. was enthu ia tically received by all. teve HamIlton, the lead (him elf a reformed addict), later 39


PASTORAL PROGRAMME 1991

to 2pm every day she assists in the library and has done wonderful work acquisitioning new stock and helping to complete the computeri ation. 275 new books have been added this year. An effort has been made to fill gaps in the reference ection and pleasing additions have been made to the Art, atural History and Geography sections. Since we began issuing books on the computer, the computerisation of the rest of the stock has been slow, but will definitely be completed thi year. In 1992 we hope to purchase another monitor and keyboard so that boys will be able to search the catalogue independently. Difficulties have temmed mainly from the user's lack of care for what the media centre offers. Rough handling of audiovisual equipment, stealing and defacing of books and periodical are not problems peculiar to Wynberg Boys' High School. Increa ingly libraries have reali ed the need to install security device and plans for tighter ecurity in our media area are well on the way to execution. Of cour e, the majority of u er are helpful and supportive and I would like to thank them. My appreciation goes al 0 to the mother who have helped on a regular basi and to all parent who have given donation and upport to the Media Centre. L. van W.

The Pastoral Programme has evolved into a finely intermeshed programme, firmly slotted between periods 4 and 5, and 25minutes long. The four pillars of the programme are: Bible Education, Citizenship, Guidance and Reading. A new development implemented at Wynberg thi year was the introduction of a Creativity period to run concurrently with the Cadet Period. The Founder's Day platoons were chosen early in the year and the rest of the pupils then turned out for cadets in standards - first term all Std 9 pupil, second term all Std pupils, third term all Std 7 pupils and fourth term all Std 6 pupils. Pupils from Std 10 and cia ses not participating in the Cadet programme were then reque ted by teachers to attend various cia ses and activities for enrichment and creative activities. This programme resulted in the full participation of every staff member in all the a peet of the Pastoral Programme and their co-operation is incerelyappreciated.

J.G.L.

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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CLASSROOMS From THE SILENT ONE

power and physical strength, revealing his halfgiant extraction. Even his voice was deep, and easily dominated all others in the room. Jarod reached the bar counter and looked down at the quaking barman. "I'll have a tankard of ale," his voice boomed out. "Er, yes sir!" quavered the thoroughly cowed barman; his hands trembled so much that he could barely hold the tankard. He pushed it over the counter and tood back nervously. Conver ation in the room slowly returned to normal, with not a few apprehensive glances cast at the large sword cabbarded on hi back. o-one dared tangle with him, or even peak to him for fear of his wrath. The room wa large and warm with the tink of many sweaty bodie . There was a con tant all-pervading hubbub here, the oft flick of cards on a table, the irritating rattle of dice on the wooden urface of the bar-counter. A pall of moke from the burning candle that lit the room hung with leaden heavine in the slightly musty air. The bartender wa a hort, balding fellow who managed to keep up a conversation with about twenty of his patron at once, while he

(This novel was adjudged the winning entry in the Senior Section of the school's Writers' Competition.) The tavern hushed instantly, all eyes turning to the door. There wa a deathly ilence as a huge figure bent down and turned ideway to squeeze through the doorway, which any normal mortal could fit through with pace to spare. He traightened up, and his broad, youthful face briefly surveyed the tavern before he trode with that ame heavy, even stride towards the bar. Jarod tood easily head and shoulders above the tallest man in the tavern, but it was his ma siveness which caught the eye. Hi hortcropped blond hair nearly touched the low ceiling. The houlders were broad and heavily mu eled, rooted olidly on his frame; hi biceps were the ize of an ordinary man's thigh. Hi weather-beaten, un-browned che t (visible becau e of his half-open jerkin) was deep and barrel- haped; hi leg as turdyand talwart as tree-trunk. Hi entire being be poke enormous

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steel-reinforced rope and resisted his efforts easily. They were all over him now, like ants trying to bring down a much larger foe. They wrapped him in the net, attempting to pin his arms and to relieve him of hi sword. He still struggled wildly, but even as he threw several of them off with massive heave of his body, one of them stunned him with a club, and he remembered no more. M. Seccltia, Std 9

M. Cullum - Std. 10

ON A STORMY NIGHT (This composition wa adjudged the winning entry in the Junior Section of the school' Writers' Competition.)

waddled about on his short, fat legs, serving them. Hi chubby, red face gii tened with perspiration; he filled a tankard of ale proIe ionaily, mea uring it to the la t drop with his eye. He never short-changed his customers, and had a hard-earned reputation of hone ty. His dark eyes scanned the room, taking in the plea ingly large number of customer. He continued working industriou ly. A hort while later the ound of many heavy boot wa heard on the elf- ame sidewalk. With a jingling of swords on armour a group of heavily armed men bur t into the tavern, led by one of the tough who had been tanding near the door. "That' him!" he houted, pointing at the ma ive man half-leaning against the counter. "He' the one who's been breaking the peace!" They advanced hesitantly toward him; he turned slowly around to face them. A nervou cough echoed hollowl in the udden hu h a all eye in the room turned to him once more. They 'were hoping to ee a confrontation; at best a good fight. "W-Would you please come WIth us, ir?" tht>lr leader asked tremulously. ''I'm sure thi i ju t another mlsunderc;tandmg. We'd like to question you briefly." "In a dungeon!" retorted Jarod, turn.ing to face them. Hi grey- brown eye blal.ed lu contempt. "Do you think I'm that tupid? How're you planmng to get me there?" The smile .wa off hI face now, and he drew his sword WIth a deadlv hb!> from its ...cabbard. The'y all fell back a pace, their face paling Then ~ne of them. uddenl darted forward in a planned manoeuvre and threw a heavy net over Jarod. The bIg man bellowed in anger and tried to cut it open wlth hl sword, but it wa made of

The hour wa late and darkness grasped at the carriage which ped through it, down the old country road. Storm cloud fought in the sky, raging between each other with loud roars which

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echoed across the landscape and brought fear into every animal, man and beast. Golden bolts of lightning, which were thrust to and fro like Swords from hell, cut through the sky in an instant and were gone in the next.

The man inside, after a brief moment of unconsciousness, scrambled out of the carriage. He was very brui ed, but unhurt and forgot his gold. He decided to make for the ruin of an old castle he had seen about a mile back. He was alone, afraid and haunted by the feeling of pe0ple watching him from the hadows. It was still very dark. The rain had stopped and the thunder lessened, but the man was wet through and cursed the ky and earth. In the darkne s were the sounds of another storm past. Strange, eerie noises of ome strange animal and the dripping of water off the trees began to torment his mind. His head started to swim and he had a strange vi ion of a man or woman standing before him. Terror crept into hi throat and he tried to cream, but no sound came. In tead he ran, for no reason, fear perhap , just ran through the tree and bushes. Sensing no direction. The trees and branches came ali e, grasping at him, scratching his face and hand . Suddenly he was knocked down, falling into the mud, with a small trickle of blood running from hi forehead. Jn truth, a he ran wildly, he had hit a branch and fallen down unconsciou . Hours passed and the storm began to clear. Daylight wa made whole again and night darkne was banished from the land for a time. Birds began to ing and animals came out of hiding, forgetting their nightly fear. lt wa to thi which the man awoke with a new revelation. His mind was at peace for once. His eyes shifted to look at the scene. The light wa complete, but for the shadow he noticed there. He focu ed hi eyes and saw the form of a woman clad in silver, her hair and cloak moving in the morning breeze. She was beautiful. Her face was in shadow, but if he had seen her expression he would have known to have felt fear and not the strange attraction he feIt. Her eyes were wild, like those of a murderer

It was a dangerous time to be out, especially with a load of gold. The driver twitched nervously in his seat and listened, listened to the sounds of the horses' heavy breath and the

G. Johnson - Std. 8 plodding of their hoove in the mud, the mud that wa perilous to a carriage. He was anxious. Suddenly there was an extra loud thunder roll and a blinding flash of lightning. Something, probably in fear, dashed across the path of the already maddened hor es, which in turn reared up. Their powerful muscles flexing, eye rotating in fright, ear flat against their skulls, nostrils flaring, the horses broke from their harne sing and made a wild dash, legs out tretched, and galloped down the road. The plight of the driver was wor e. In the event of the horsesrearing up, the carriage had skidded and toppled in the mud. The driver was cru hed underneath, only hi head visible under the bulky form of the upturned carriage. Hi face reflected only the horror of a man who died a bitter death. His eyes were wide open and a mi ture of blood and mud stained his cold, pale face.

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and bandit. She was like someone out of some distant past. She raised a hining word so that it was invi ible in the sun behind her. In that moment he did feel fear and remembered hi gold. All his attraction was lost, before ... love, death.

necessary to become an entrepreneurial millionaire. But a Benjamin Constant declared: "any purpose perverts art." Thus I must conclude that in the struggle between science and art, science is the clear victor. Today there i no longer art for art's sake.

D. Lewis, Std 7 1. Liddie, Std 10

SCIENCE VERSUS ART Life has become a science - it is no longer an art. In the hurly-burly world of today individual flair ha taken a back seat to the "tried and trusted", because man cannot afford to lo e. In other words, art has been sacrificed to ucce and man i poorer for it. A John Ruskin said: "Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality." One ha to look no further than the world of sport to see evidence of this "brutality". In order to achieve In a port, the basic techniques of that sport must be practi ed and practised - and the sportsman becomes a clone. The "win at all costs" philosophy mean that portsmen can no longer afford to be unorthodo . How often has a commentator aid of an irre ponsible or unorthodox player, "his manager will be having a few words with him"? Literature ha also taken a knock during the twentieth century. Author now follow a pecific formula, de igned to produce best- eller - a book must contain 40% character-building, 20~ ene-setting, 3Oo/c violence and 10~ e for it to be a "good book". By today' standard, though, a good book i a book that makes money. Authors no longer write for the pure joy of creating tories from words, or to convey uhtie messages to their reader. Today' literature i aimed at the best-seller shelf. Music has al 0 uffered at the hand of science. Modern electronic pop-music revolve around ynthe izer and witchboards. Technicians are just as important to a group a their lead mger. Soon computer will be composing music as well. In fact, the art world it elf i uffering at the hand of cience. Many promising arti tare being napped up as architects or indu trial de igners. Although th~e artist are som hmes given a free reign, they till have to conform to th demand of the engineer and accountant. The upreme irony though, i that there i till a place for art U1 the bu ine. world. Very often It 15 the unorthodo individual who ha~ the flrur

C. Penn - Std. 9

GARY'S ORDEAL Gary pulled himself up onto the rock. He heaved a sigh of relief a he sat on a rock to rest. The climb had been exhausting but the reward equalled the breath-taking view from the highe t point of the Con tantiaberg mountain. He took a ip of water. The noon-time heat wa unbearable. Gary soon recovered his energy and continued on hi hike. Gary wa thirteen years old and wa alone on the hike on the Con tantiaberg mountain which were never afe. Gary knew that. He al 0 knew that falling into one of the many ravines on the mountain were one of the many dangers. And if one happened to take a dive the chances of urvival were almo t nil. The trail he had taken soon led him to the edge of a thirty-metre ravine. "Damn!" he thought. He would have to double back. But before he turned round to return to the beginning of the trail he had an urge to take a pek. That wa a fatal mi take. A udden gu t of wind caused him to over-balance and plung forward. At first hi ight was blurred when he awoke from the concu ion. Then hi vi ion cleared. It 44


was dark already. He managed to lift his arm to look at the time. It was six o'clock. He had been lying dead to the world for hours. His rib were most probably broken. The wound on the back of his head was a congealing mass of blood. He was parched with thirst. He was lucky to be alive but in the agony he was in he'd sooner be dead. By now a search party had been formed to look for Gary. His parents and relatives were in a state of panic. obody really had much hope for hls survival. Each party member was armed with a radio, a dog on a leash and a flashlight. But by the time they would have found him, he probably wouldn't be aUve. Gary was fighting to keep from falling asleep but it was almost impossible. He prayed that he would live. He had lost a lot of blood, but he was determined to keep alive. After all, per everance generates ucce s. For hours they searched. But they could not find him. Eventually they called it off for the night. They would search in the morning. The next morning two members came acros the trail Gary had used. The dogs led them to the edge of the ravine where they found his day-pack. They peered down into the ravine and saw Gary lying among rocks. They called the helicopter to come and hoist rum.

He was taken to the trauma centre of the ho pital and put into intensive care. X-rays indicated broken ribs. The wound on his head had no prolonged effect. Gary's ordeal was finally over.

G. Gincchetta, Std 6

LOST ALONG THE WAY When did life become so cynical? More importantly, why? Did we lose somethlng along the way? Wa it our innocence? Was it our sense of compassion? We certainly lost somethmg along the way. N. Marie, Std 10

MY FIRST UNDERWATER ADVENTURE I dived from the edge of the cliff hitting the water cleanly, and continued swimming downwards. I wa diving in the hope of discovering a shipwreck. I was given a book for Christmas on hipwrecks off the British Isles, and as I was vi iting my grandparents in England, r decided to try and discover one of these srupwrecks off the coast of Cornwall. 1 was very fortunate to receive a new diver's wetsuit for Christmas, but I needed to hire all the diver's equipment except for my survival knife. My grandmother wa very concerned about me diving on my own, 0 I arranged for a friend to time me from where he was waiting for me at the top of the cliff. The water wa cry tal clear as I descended and I began to admire all the wonderful ea life and creature. I aw a congregation of eels and a I went deeper down, I saw chool of bigger fi h and could also see beautiful sea anemone clinging on to the rock . To my astonishment, there were many colourful starfish of different shape and ize. I became so fascinated with what [wa seeing, ( alma t forgot the time. I hurriedly checked my diver's watch and aw that I only had 25 minute of oxygen left. A r swam by, clo e to the rocks, (felt omething wrap around m flippers and legs. It pulled me towards it elf. I panicked and thought to my elf, "what could it be?" As It

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pulled me closer and closer, I aw that the creature that had pulled me all that way was a giant octopus. I tried my best not to panic becau e 1 knew that [ would lo e a lot of air. I slowly tried to get his tentacle off my arm 0 I could reach down and get my urvival knife. I eventually relea ed my knife and stabbed the octopu in the eye and it di charged black ink. I stabbed at it again and managed to escape. I was still recovering from hock when I rounded a reef of coral, and in the distance [ aw a large dark hape. I quivered with excitement a r recognised the outline of the hip. I glanced at my watch and reali ed that I only had 5 minutes of 0 ygen left. I quickly managed to grab two or three coin which were lying in a broken chest. I then began my wift a cent to the surface. My friend was pleased to ee me becau e he knew that I had nearly run out of 0 ygen. I swam to the rocks beneath the cliffs where my friend met me. I wa exhau ted but till managed to tell him not only about finding the wreck, but aloof my terrifying encounter with a giant octopus. I don't think he would've believ d me if [ did not have the coins as evidence from the hipwreck.

f. Ward, Std 6 C. Parker - Std. 8

CAFÉ AT THE CORNER

wa the owner of the café. She was a fat lady with hort black hair and big glowing eye . She wa alway friendly and alway chattered to her customers while they ate. Everyone in the neighbourhood re pected her as he had had a tough life, but she had made omething out of it. Her hu band had died ten year ago and her children had all left and gone off on their own. The café wa all he had left. One day a man came into her café. He wa a new man in the neighbourhood and wa dre sed in a uit and tie, and wore a funny black hat. He was short and he wore gla e and carried a briefca e. He sat down at one of the tables and ordered a bowl of oup. When Mrs Mauro itina returned with his order he aid, "Sit down, plea e. r want to talk to you." Mrs Mauro itina, confused and a little cared, at down slowly. "Have I done anything wrong?" he a ked. The man laughed. " 0," he aid,"[ simply have a bu ines propo ition for you. [ want to buy your café." Mr Mauro itina wa flabberga ted. "I wW give

The treet was long, yet the house were many. They filled the area like sardine fW a mall can. All the house were the ame; mall, white, quare hou e with flat roofs. A littl further down the street wa a caf , the only café in the whole neighbourhood. Everyone in the neighbourhood aid that it was the be t café they knew. Outside the café there were alway children playing the treet. But inside the café it wa much more tranquil and les energetic. The tables were set out at random and each wa covered with a little red table-cloth. The curtain on the window were alored and thi gave the whole place a warm atmo phere. There wa alway a deliciou meII of food which drifted in from the kitchen and eemed to fill the room roundabout lunch time. Thi made the café all the more inviting. The counter was on the righthand ide of the door and behind thi was everything from weets to wa hing powder. Behind the counter was Mr Mauro itina. She 46


you two hundred thousand dollars. Think about it." He then picked up his hat, stood up and walked out. Mrs Maurositina began to cry. The café was all he had left, but two hundred thousand dollars was a lot of money and she was getting old. She couldn't make up her mind. A few days later the man returned. "Have you con idered my offer?" he a ked. "Yes," she replied, "I will sell." The papers were igned and Mr Maurositina packed her belongings. The people in the neighbourhood were very upset that Mrs Maurositina was leaving and that she had sold her café. "It will never be the ame," they aid. They were right. A few months later the man returned, this time with other people, and a huge sign was put up outside the café and outside ome neighbouring hou es. lt read: "Shopping Complex. Murryman Developer and Co."

T. Viljoen - Std. 8 yet another boundary. An amazed spectator, who couldn't believe hi luck, threw the wornout cricket ball back to the tired fielder who, in turn, threw it to the fru trated bowler. The crowd ra e after a glorious six was hit into a wooden chalet and ent people prawling for cover. The pectator, who huddled cia etogether during the nail-biting match were like atoms carrying an electric charge round the ground. "Howzat!" screamed the bowler in expectation of a much-needed di mi sal. Suddenly empty beer cans were thrown high into the ky during the Mexican wave. Vicious dogs were ready to attack any intruder who help up the game. The battle of the two "giants" of South African cricket had ended. After the players had left the playing area, the spectators flocked onto the field. What a pity thi wonderful game of cricket was marred by the many beer can and a number of unwanted pieces of paper lying round the ground.

I .McCII/lngh, Std 10

NEWLANDS CRICKET GROUND I wa excited when I arrived at ewlands Cricket Ground. Initially the spectators were spar ely dispersed around the ground. The mell of the newly-mowed gra s filled the air. The lu h green carpet was like a sponge when you stepped on it. The colourfu I ad verti ing board lined the boundary of the field. The foreboding Devil's Peak loomed in the background. Unique chalets looked down on the famous ground. Courageous policemen and police-women were in pecting the u piciou activities taking place in the beer tent. All the food caravan began to open. One could mell the inviting aroma floating from the pizza den. Spectator were nOWstreaming in. The crowed applauded when the energetic player took the field in anticipation of an encouraging performance to please the noisy crowd. After what seemed to be an extremely long hour of cricket, the two famous batsmen were on the rampage and the fielders looked despondent. Many attractive girls roamed round the ground. The crowed roared when the ball raced off for

I. Rook/edge, Std 7

AFTER THE DAY The Wine s and tranquillity of post-school freedom: and the bird' now heard ince the hu tie' now quiet. o cuffle of shoes only the di tant game's whi tie and tenni baU's thud, which gently compete with the emerging voice of another corridor's end, 47


and the low dawning of piano-key gradually bnghten~ and the dl tant hum of traffic becomes apparent In accelerabon and the train of a hill.

MY FIRST FEW DAYS AT W.B.H.S. I walked through the entrance in a daze and began blu hing when 1 noticed that the pant J wa wearing looked like bell-bottoms. I pulled my trouser up to their limit and looked down. I could still not sec my hoes. A prefect topped next to me and a ked me if I knew where to line up. I admitted that J didn't, 0 he took me (or a five-minute tour around the school and then left me in the quad. After we had been divided into cia se our ta ks began of searching the "maze" to find our clas room. At break we streamed out of our cia and began munchmg andwichc in the corridor . The prefect wasted no time in ripping out our ideburns and explaining that eating in corridors wa prohibited. We reluctantly returned our lunch to their containers and entered maze after maze until we reached the quad. A the bell rang for the end of chool we reali ed how heavy our uitcas really were. The foUmVÏng day wa the day wh~n you had to get to know the name of everyone in your cia (we've adapted well enough, but the teacher have till got om work to do) uch a Aldus amad Haider, Marc Faivelowit7 and other rather exotic name. I began to find out quite a lot about the guys by the way they acted. I could now eparate the "bozo" from the "cool" guy , the "dummie " from the "boff ", the "wimp " from the "let' go camp in th nake-pit" guys and J al 0 began to make new friend. On the third day the only important thing to learn was the lay-out of the chool building (which wa giving me many has le ). On the fourth day J began to discover th school' extra uch as the tuckshop, library, toilet (on every floor), bird ' ne t and the cadet band. On the fifth da we discovered the teacher ...

The individual realises himself in m plano while another lives quiet, reading away from noisy breaks; and a solitary figure echoes, ilhouetted against the brighter, later un '>etting at the end of the end of the passage. And the dust motes glide lowly to the floor. A clo ing of window bump~ and the piano ettles into piani imo while the un slowly ets to a pen ively r ting pupil under an ancient oak on a greener lawn on which a di~arded blazer dozes warmly. While a pigeon' wing knock the bree7e in the quad, a econd breath emerge ... the un and quiet and green beat warmly In me and my life i my own indulgence, at my own pace and at my own movement and at the e pectation of a laz) walk home unaccompanied at thl:' cnd o( a perfect da . Allon

M Goroen, Std 6

AN OLD SCHOOL DESK TELLS ITS STORY In among t the grimy du tbm and ponderou , forgotten tmng , lies a dark ma of ru ted teel tubing and splmtered wooden board . Over the

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the hours of frustration and bottled anger which are expressed in a kick. I seat my elf once more in the old de k and feel rejuvenated, as if I had meet an old friend, or eaten a particular type of food which I have not tasted for many years. Layer of varnish have failed to cover the ink pill made by many who have come before me. I am not the first; the desk was given to me in the same way that I must some day pass the desk on to someone else. A particular in cription on the desk catches my eye. It reads, "Candy4R". The de k i not just astorehou e for the pains and fears of childhood, but is also a record of hopes and joys. I reali e now that it wa wrong to forget the desk. Regardless of the pain and anger that it stores, it i till meant to be part of myself, and yet I pushed it aside.

C. Penn - Std. 9

I turn back to take one last look at the de k and as I walk away from it I find that it no longer rot in a corner of my subconscious, but has become part of it urroundings, no longer isolated but integrated into my entire human experience.

damp, dreary year it ha dissolved almo t completely into a corner of the child's ubconsciou . And now, in frustration and anger, it force itself to be remembered. It feel that it actions are justified, for on its grey, rotting surface i inscribed a hi tory which has etched through onto the very fabric of its being. I it not logical that memorie of a scholar should materialise a the scrawlings on the urface of a school desk, the crux of a cholastic e perience. A we approach the dilapidated desk, we see that some of the cratches on the desk have been infected. These scratches are those of agony: a poor academic re uit, a failed friendship, the suffering of a single mind. The pain of the e inscription now become evident once more, as doe a cut when exposed to the air. Our e ploration now brings u to a group of cratches which are not deep and eem to be of no importance. These are the inci ion of boredom and con titute most of all the mo aic of memories on the desk. When the adventurous young mind i pre ented with information which i of no con equence to it, it eeks to pass the time creating shallow memories. Rain now la hes the de k and our attention i drawn to the ma se of fungus and mud which are peeled off the de k by the reIentIe s storm. Through all the damp and dreary years we have tried to forget the desk and covered it with mud and grime as an oyster covers an irritating particle of and with pearl. And a the pearl i then retrieved and trea ured, 0 i the desk retrieved. ow it i expo ed, a it hould be. All the dent in the steel tubing remind u of

L.

Waiters, Std 9

AN OLD DESK TELLS ITS STORY The day began much like any other: a quick offloading of the little he had brought with him, an absent-minded checking of his list of dutie for the day and then he would be off to start his tediou day. Getjippie briefly rechecked the duty list, trying to memori e his duties so as to prevent the tire ome task of having to return after competing each duty. A new duty had been added to his list and he decided that this would be the one to start his weary day. A he sauntered out the 'Cleaner' Staffroom' a small kid greeted him with a cheerful smile. He gave a 'half smile' in return as if not certain whether to greet or not. He had never really felt like a Ijving part of the school ... after all, he wa ju t a cleaner! Hi fir t ta k wa to move the old, brokenbeyond-repair de ks outside, where they would be thrown out. A he leaned over the first desk to pick it up, omething on the urface of the desk caught hi attention. The desk wa covered with graffiti and etching. Something beckoned 49


on the desk read "1 t XV rugby - rugby player have leather ..." The last word was unclear but before he had time to ponder, darkness engulfed him. Getjippie eagerly awaited his next destination and thereafter 'visited' many momentou occasions in Wynberg's school hi tory, all of which were recorded on the desk top in some ort of etching or graffiti. At last Getjippie returned to the familiar urroundings of his own time and he was standing in exactly the same position where he had left off, peering at the graffiti on this peculiar desk. Had he dreamt all thi ? Was he going insane? As he leant over the desk he wa rea ured that he had not dreamt it all up because there on the desk were all the etchings/ graffiti, recording all the places he had been. And a Getjippie stood in awe a new etching appeared: "Getjippie - the best and friend lie t cleaner around". He gasped and then grinned broadly, knowing that he was in fact part of Wynberg Boy' High School and he was now part of its history too.

him to open the lid of the de k and as he did, he felt himself being drawn inside the de k and then he was falling, tumbling head over heels in space ... ...He glanced round and surveyed his surroundings, till quite dazed and bewildered at this peculiar experience, quite unaware as to what was happening. He peered down and found that he was sitting in the very desk he had tried to drag away and he was in a trange, dark room which slowly began to lighten. Getjippie wa in a small classroom with a handful of pupils in it, and there were two girls itting quietly in the corner. As he peered down

R. Bliek, Std 8

JOIN THE ARMY Join the army, they said. Make a man out of you, they aid. Lots of action, they .aid. It's fun, they said. Bulldust!

L. Waiter - Std. 9

BuHets fly, Bomb fall, People die, Vehicles eplode. It's not worth it.

at the de k surface, an etching started working its way, a if by magic, into the wood. The etching read "Wynberg' fir t matric cia were here, igned ..." Once more Getjippie experienced that exhilarating feeling of falling through pace and everything wa pitch dark again. When the darkne sub ided, Getjippie wa left in a room lightly larger than the previou one. Once again an etching appeared ... but halfway through, Getjippie suddenly became aware of 15 bo crowded round hi de k, glaring down at him. They began houting a familiar chant and Getjippie oon reaU ed that they were the fir t rugby team having a wary-cry before an important game and they weren't even aware of his presence. It was just coincid nce that he had landed in the middle of their circle. The etching

They can prepare you to go to war. They can train you to fight. What they can't train you for is coming back. Your conscience. A greater enemy than the one you've already faced. Your memory. Remembering the people you've killed. How their familie feel. If you think the army i fun, 50


you're misled. Before you join, Remember, They can't prepare you for everything.

They look different. We have no time to discuss anything as a bell rings abruptly out of some concrete wall. Like the bomb-bays of an old campaigner of the skies, the doors of the hall swing open to discharge their ammunition of teachers. We are summoned into the hall and seated. The introduction begin. In this vast arena everything is new, and we tentatively explore the barrier. Our break appears, and then disappears as quickly as a shaft of lightning. Before long the bus drones drearily along its chosen path. It is only when you reach home that you realise you have completed your first day of high school. It is a learning experience.

J. Stead, Std 9

M. Bn/eire/der, Std 8

THE CHARLATANS RIDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL WAVE ever had it been heard of. Suddenly it wa front page news. People became aware and started to question. Wa the ozone layer becoming thinner? Would this be dangerous for human life? What was the cause of this problem? What could be done to stop it? These were a few of the many que tion a ked. It was decided that the ozone layer was becoming thinner, that this would be dangerous to human life if it continued and that chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) are the cau e of thi depletion of the ozone layer. Much research was done, but little el e was di covered except to confirm that each CFC molecule in the atmosphere could decompose hundreds of ozone molecules. The public began to worry. Large companies' directors began to drool at this opportunity to make money. Adverti ing campaigns were launched. These large companies advertised the fact that they were selling "ozone-friendly" products. Here was the first major loophole as they did not advertise that they were al 0 selling other products which could harm the environment. The companies following this route of advertising were generally retailer and toiletry manufacturer who were not actively harming the environment. Heavy industry companies kept well dear of thi line of adverti ing a they were con tantly po ing a threat to the environment. Three major industrie which are indispensable to the South

R. Hill - Std. 9

MY FIRST FEW DAYS AT W.B.H.S. The time i 7.30am. It i a brilliant summer morning. I am sitting in the car, mu ing a to what Wynberg Boys' High School is. Perhaps it i a per on? Could it be like any other school? 1 have been told that this school is different, different in a way that no other school can be. It i the best. The car glides into Lover's Walk ... In the chool quad I see faces. As many face as there are grains of sand, or so it seems. I feel lonely, surrounded by this monstrous object known as a building, hemmed in on all side. There i no escape, nowhere to run. A familiar sound breaks my desolate thought. Someone i calling my name. Do names still exist? Through the mob of schoolboys I spy one of my friends. The reali atlon dawns on me that this fortres may not swallow me up. Peering and nudging my way through the movable barrier, r finally come to my friends. Or are they my friends? 51


verbaas na die Duitsers gekyk en dan na my. Ek kon weer ek hoor hom sê dat hy nie verder 6 gaan bly sit nie. Die man met die pistool het begin skiet. ag koe"lls het deur die lug gevlieg en die helikopter getref. Ek was nog tien meter van die helikopter af toe die eer te hond my aan die been vas gevat het. Ek het blindelings my vuis in sy rigting gegooi en voel hoe sy tande om my vuis klou. Dit het my bene vry gelos en ek het weer begin hardloop, die hond kort op my hakke. Die handpistool het weer twee keer geblaf en die hond is agteruit gegooi. Die tweede koeïl het 'n Duitser in die nek getref. Hy was so naby dat sy bloed oor die agterkant van my nek gereïn het. Ek kon bo my asemhaling die asemhaling van 'n tweede Duitse oldaat hoor aankom. 'n Hond het na my hare gegryp en vashouplek gekry. My kop was agtertoe geruk en ek kon 'n geweer teen my rug voel. 'n Skoot het dowend in my oor gebars en ter elfde tyd het die hand my laat los. Ek het vorentoe geval, maar 'n vlieg-handskoen het my van voor gegryp en my binne die helikopter ingetrek ... ek was vry! Later toe on oor die grens vlieg, het ek met triomf na die muur gekyk. Ek het nog nooit, en al nooit weer, 0 vol triomf voel nie ... Maar ek het niks gesê nie, die trane het net oor my baard gegly ...

African economy are the biggest culprits. remelting u ed in the refining of gold and other metals, the huge coal-burning power stations of ESCOM and the oil-from-coal process used by SASOL are three causes of acid rain. Thls i rain with a high concentration of sulphur dioxide. Acid rain is lethal to plant life and it al 0 corrodes buildings. It is interesting to compare the media coverage given to the e two environmental problems. The one which has little effect on the economy i always in the news and great attempts are made at stopping depletion of the ozone layer. The problem of acid rain gets it only media coverage in CSIR reports. Thi is proof that money makes the world go round. The retailers adverti ing the "ozone-friendly" products on their helve are obviously hypocrite as they al 0 tock pray-paints and other products which cau e air pollution. The onu i on us to take a tand again t thi or el e we may de troy our planet without realising it. P. Gill berg, Id 9

MY OOMBLIK VAN TRIOMF Daar was 'n arsie geweervuur hier vlak voor my en ek het grond toe geval. Die Oos-Duitse oldate het weer opge taan en na my toe gehardloop ... Ver bo hulle koppe wa 'n helikopter b 19 om heen en weer te vlieg, op oek na my. Ek het opge taan en in die ander rigting gehardloop. My hart wa in my keel. Die helikopter het Uit die lug ge ak. Dit het owat twee meter van die grond af gebly, sy lemme het die var neeu om my opgelig en weggeblaas. Op my hakke wa die Duit er nog besig om op my af te torm. Ek het my elf opgetel en na die helikopter toe gehardloop. EAren het 'n hond geblaf ... grenshonde! My voete kon nie vinniger in die agte neeu trap nie. Ek kon die ge igte van die bemanning in die helikopter duidelik ien. Die vlieïni r mei y igaret in y mond. Sy hande wat besig was om oor die kontrole heen en weer te vlieg. Die bemanning lid by die ydeur wat be ig wa om vir my aan t wuif. Die tweede vlieïnier wat besig was om 'n pi tool illt y baadjie te trek ... 'n koot het agter my geklap. Die koeïl het deur die lug verby my oor gc ui en die kajuitgla van die helikopter getref. Die vlie"lnier het

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OOS, WES, TUIS BES Ek i 'n hardwerkende per oon wa in Kaap tad woon. Kaap tad i 'n mooi plek, met Tafelberg en die Atlantiese Oseaan wat dit 0 pragtig laat lyk. Ek dink terug aan laa jaar, toe ek na die Wildeku gegaan het om weg te kom van my werk, maar aUes het nie reg verloop nie. Dit wa om en by Ker fees laa jaar toe ek op pad wa na die Wildeku . Ek het oveel goeie dinge van hierdie plek gehoor dat ek vir my elf moes gaan kyk. Op pad oontoe het ek 'n pap wiel gekry, maar dit gebeur met almal. 'n Men moet een of ander tyd iets verwag. Dit wa eker nie my dag toe ek SOkm van die naa te petrolpomp gaan til taan het nie. 'n Ouerige, vriendelike man het gelukkig gestop en vir my petrol illt sy petrolkan gegee. Ek het uiteindelik daar aangekom en is vriendelik verwelkom. Ek hou baie van die een die Wildiekus is op die trand. Ek het gevra vir 52


GRENSE - BEPERKINGE OF UITDAGINGS

'n kamer wat op die e afkyk, maar omdat die hotel vol wa , het hulle my 'n kamer gegee aan die agterkant van die hotel. Daardie aand het ek byeen van hulle re taurante gaan eet, maar ek was teleurgesteld omdat die vlei amper rou wa en ek moes 'n halfuur wag voor ek bedien i . Ek moet darem ê dat ek daardie aand goed ge laap het. Ek het die volgende oggend gaan golf peel en het 5 balle verloor en het die rondte met 'n oor yfer geïindig. Die perdry wa baie opwindend, want dit wa die eer te keer wat ek 'n perd gery het. Dit is eker hoekom die perd my afgegooi het. Ek het my been gebreek. Die storie het ook nie hier geïindig nie. Ek moe nog terug ry, maar ek het 'n gebreekte been gehad. Ek het gelukkig 'n vriend in Durban wat my kom optel het. Ek het na Kaap tad gevlieg. Ek wa bly om terug te wees. Toe my been gesond wa , het ek na Durban toe gevlieg om my motor b my vriend te gaan haal en terug te bestuur. Ek wil nooit weer 0 'n vakan ie hê nie. Ek sê altyd, "00 , Wes, Tui Be."

Daar is geen twyfel nie dat die doelwit van grense is om die mensdom te beperk. Maar die vraag ontstaan: "Speel grense 'n rol as 'n uitdaging in ons samelewing?" Vandag is grense broodnodig - nie net die landelike grense tussen state nie, maar ook die grense wat op ons samelewing afgedwing is in die vorm van die wet. Sonder hierdie beperkinge ou chaos ontstaan. Die wet is soos 'n babahok, wat die hujse beskerm teen die aanvalle van die onredelike baba. Maar as ons weer kyk na hierdie analogie van die babahok, sien ons dat die hok wel a 'n uitdaging dien vir die baba. Die baba sal klim, kop, laan, kreeu - enigiet om oor die beperkinge van die hok te seevier. Dit is 'n natuurlike, men like reaksie om te probeer wegbreek van die ketting wat hom va bind. In ander woorde gestel, die mensdom het 'n onbeheerbare vryheidsdrang. Gren e dien a uitdaging vir die eenvoudige rede dat hulle die vryheid van die men dom beperk. 'n Gewllde idioom beweer dat re'tls gemaak is om verbreek te word. Ons ien dus dat beperking en uitdaging hand an hand gaan - die oomblik dat 'n mens se vryheid beperk is, word hy uitgedaag. Dit wil voorkom a of hierdie menslike teen trydigheid met beperkinge verkeerd i . Party men e glo dat, as die mensdom gren e sal aanvaar, die wêreld in rus en vrede ou verkeer. Maar ons moet onthou dat daar twee maniere is om gren e uit te daag -die verkeerde en die korrekte. Die verkeerde manier om 'n gren te beproef, is om dit direk te verontagsaam. As die wet rokery verbied, moet jy nie reg voor 'n poli ieoffi ier rook nie. Die korrekte gedrag i om die wet te ondersoek en te bevraagtekekn: "Waarom mag ek nie rook nie? Wat is die redes daarvoor?" Die briljante weten kaplike van dié eeu het almal die vorige grense van die wetenskap uitgedaag. Die po itiewe manier waarop hierdie men e die beperkinge op hul studies bevraagteken het, het gelei tot groot ukses. Gren e beperk die mensdom. Maar a die men y vryheid wil bewaar, moet hy hierdie gren e uitdaag - op die korrekte manier.

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het. Hy wa baic goed vir my en het altyd by my gestaan. Die dag van die byeenkoms was helder en die atmo feer by die tadion wa een van opgewondenheid. Toe ek opgewarm het, het my pa met my gepraat. "Voorspoed my seun, en onthou, die wedloop word in die laaste honderd meter gewen." Die adrenalien het gepomp en die koot het geklap. Die ander atlete wa goed, baie goed, en die pa vinnig. Ek het 'n harde wedloop voorsien. Toe ek gedraai het vir die laa te honderd meter het die woorde van my pa deur my kop gegaan. Die weet het van my afgedrup en ek het in die derde plek gelê. Al die harde werk van die vorige maande, my fik heid en my peed sou nou tel. Die geraa van die skare en die woorde van my pa het my deur die laaste gedeelte gehelp. Ek het alle inge it en eer te oor die wen treep gekom. Die gevoelens van daardie paar oomblikke kan nie in woorde ge ê word nie. Ek het my doel bereik en dit wa myoomblik van triomf.

liMY OOMBLIK

VAN TRIOMF" "Vinniger Piet! Vinniger! My moet die laaste eenhondered meter in onder dertien ekondes hardloop. Hoor jy my?!" het m pa gesê. "Ja, Pa, maar dit is ver kriklik warm vandag en ek is vreeslik moeg," het ek geantwoord. "Ek gee nie om hoe warm dit i en hoe moeg jy is nie. Jy het nog vier tweehonderd meters om te doen. Kom, taan op! Die goue medalje wag vir jou." Die vreemde hotelkamer het bleek gelyk. Terwyl ek op die bed ge it het, het 'n paar onsekere gedagtes deur my kop gegaan. Wa al die harde werk van die vorige paar maande die moeite werd? Was ek werklik die beste onderneïntien aghonderd meter atleet in die land? Wa ek goed genoeg om te wen? Ek het ook 'n bietjie opgewonde gevoel en in my diepste gedagt~ wa ek ker dat ek goed sou vaar. My pa het binne g kom. "Hoe voel jy?" het hy my vevra. , J ee, goed dankie," het my antwoord gekom. My pa wou altyd die beste vir my hê, en ek w~ baie dankbaar vir y houding tecnoor my. Ott was deur "'y aanmoediging dat ek so ver gekom

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123 boys attended, making it one of the noisiest camps ever .. The camp began with ice-breakers. The boys were able to relax and have some fun before having the first of many delicious camp meals. The aims of the camp were to set goals for the matric class of 1992, to set aside time for everyone to get to know one another better and to develop a spirit amongst the Standard ines. These ajm were successfully attained. The combined presentation by Mr Cowdry and Mr Buchanan on "Who Are You?" was interesting and set the tone for the rest of the camp. Other lecture were given by Mr Ru hby (" Aims and Goals") and Mr Russel! ("Time Management"). On the final day Mr Richardson discussed the aims and goal of the Std 9 das for 1992 and the theme "Fellowship" was decided on as the goal for 1992. A highlight of the camp was undoubtedly the camp concert held around a huge fire on the Saturday night. Various tars emerged from thjs hilarious evening, among them the POC Rapper (Claude Wittwen, Russel Gordon and Terence Witten), and Kenneth Sutherland inging a rendition of "The e Are a Few of My Favourite Thing" from the film "The Sound of Mu ic". Thanks must go to the teacher who travelled all the way to attend the camp, to tho e who prepared lecture and to MrMoore for helping to organize the camp, which was extremely successful.

Month of meticulous and diligent work on "travel plans" came to fruition on Saturday 21September when the Wynberg Boy' High School matric class of '91 together with their partners and other special guests were whisked away to the idyUic Greek island of Mykonos for a special lS0th anniversary dinner and dance evening. And what a wonderful evening it was! Seated in the courtyard of "Hotel Mykonos", surrounded by quaint village shops, vine-laden trellises, and looking out onto a tranquil harbour, couple chatted excitedly about this opportunity of a lifetime. Greek waiters, resplendent in authentic Greek costume, moved between the taverna and the table, ervmg the guests with the kill and ease born of hours of training. ot content only with erving table. the waiters took time out to perform a traditional Greek dance and plate-breaking ceremony, urged on by enthu ia tic clapping. And then ... the meal. Hot pita bread with tzakziki sauce was followed by moussaka and estchado erved with buttered noodles and fre h green alad, feta chee e and black olives. For de ert, pagoto, a Greek ice-cream cake, with rich chocolate auce, wa more temptation than anyone could bear! The mu ic, provided by "Route66" wa enjoyed by all and the dance floor remained packed until the end. A guest appearance by Dave Bromberger, an Elvi Pre ley impersonator, livened up the proceedings and gave new meaning to the term "rock and roll". Many thanks are due to the managing director of the "travel agency", Ja on Lee, and hi dedicated taff who put on a uperb show. There i rumour going around that Ja on and his taff will be similarly treated in 1992.

C.B.

STAFF SEMINAR In the 1990 end-of-year chool evaluation low staff morale wa evident 0 the taff eminar held during the fir t weekend of the new term, attempted to inve tigate thi problem. A committee of interested taff members wa formed to p.lan. the eminar which wa een as just the beginning of an on-going programme to boo t morale. On the Friday afternoon t\-vo member of the committee initiated activitie to promote cohe ion and b tter communication. Before leaving taff and their partner enjoyed drink and nacks together. On the Saturday morning M an van der Merwe and Meli a Steyn of the Profe ional Communication Unit at UCT played a game called Pri oner ' Dilemma with the taff, a fa cinating exercise which howed

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STD 9 CAMP 1991 Master-in-Charge: Chairman: Committee:

Mr M Moore Charl Badenhorst Werner van Kets Dirk Grobbelaar Gavin Lind Errol Seaman

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where the weaknesses lay and taught the staff some unpalatable things about themselves. This seminar elicited extremely positive feedback and staff development sessions during the year were designed to deal with issues brought to the surface during it, such as preconceptions, too little trust and support and a lack of common goals. Staff morale has definitely improved this year and in this re pect al 0 Wynberg's 150th year has been a year to remember.

before Founder' Day, were also held on Open ight. In pite of there being no academic work on di play and some rather unpleasant weather, the support from parent, Old Boys, future pupils and friends of the school was tremendous. The standard of displays and activities was extremely high with the emphasis falling mainly on live activities rather than on static displays. As has become traditional, the evening ended with a performance by some of our musicians, ome dancers from the Wynberg Girl' Junior School and the performance of the winning house play (Rhodes) in the Clegg Hall. The fact that the hall was practically full gave a very good indication of the ucce s of the night. In conclu ion I would like to thank the Cultural Committee, Society Chairmen, and the Ladies' Association for all the work they did to ensure the succe s and enjoyment of the evening. 1

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OPEN NIGHT Thi year Open ight coincided with the 150th Anniversary Art Week. Because of this the format differed slightly from that used in the pa t in that only the lub and ocieties from the chool put on displays and no academic work was on display. Another variation was that the Che s, Bridge and Debating contest against the Old Boy, which are u ually held the evening

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DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES Computer Room: A cia room has been converted into a fully-equipped computer room with suitable furniture, curtaining, 15 computers and 4 printers. We plan to start basic computer education for Std6 and 7 boy in 1992. The room i available to all boys in the afternoon. We thank the Philip Schock Education Foundation for a grant that enabled us to create the room. Philip Schock was a past pupil of the chool. Silverhur t: Renovations were completed in June and the building was occupied in July as a hostel for 20 boys. Silverhurst is an annex to Littiewood and Wynberg now has facilities for 101 boys. We thank the Cape Education Department for thi additional hostel facility. Wynberg House Pavilion: The new pavilion, consisting of changerooms and a tucks hop, was completed in April. We thank all parents for thi facility as it was billlt from funds raised by parents. Score-box: This has been built on the Wynberg House hockey fields, which together form Our main cricket field. We thank Barlow Rand for their sponsorship towards the co t of the building.

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WILLARDS' 150 NIGHT CRICKET

GOLF DAY [n order to fit in with our 150 Celebration the Annual Golf Day was held earlier than usual thi year on 8th February. The venue was once again Westlake and the fund raised by the day were in aid of the Cricket Club at the school. Thi year saw our biggest field yet with no less than 142 players taking part. Once again our various spon ors were mo t generous and an amount in excess of RsOOOwas raised which mostly went towards sending our 1st Xl on a tour and for purchasing much needed equipment for our cricket players. One thing that has struck me is that over the years the standard of golf played on the day ha improved and this year we had the WP Golf Captain, O'Brien Barber, and his partner, J:i Goo en winning the competition. In the end It was however not the golf but the occa ion which was important. Many old friendships were renewed and a most enjoyable day was had. Our thanks to our generous spon or , the We tlake Club, Mrs Symmonds and Mrs Cowan and all the other helper for making the day a succes. We look forward to our Golf Day next year.

Following a torrential downpour on Sunday, the weather gods smiled on Monday 17 February for the occasion of the Wynberg 150 Cricket Evening. It was a superb night's cricket, with nearly 5000 people enjoying the event at ewlands. The afternoon and evening took the form of a double-wicket competition, the various schools being repre ented by two prominent Old Boys. The 1st Xl's of the participating schools did the fielding. Most of the box-holder allowed their chalet to be u ed during the evening - thus adding to the atmo phere. Willards kindly sponsored the event, with Markhams and Stuart Surridge putting up the prize. Damon du Randt of Radio Good Hope was the announcer for the evening. For the record, the following teams took part: Wynberg: Garth le Roux/Roy Clark. Bishop: Adrian Kuiper /David orman. Rondebo eh: Ken jackson/Gary Kirsten. SACS: Peter Kir ten/Mike Minnaar. Plumstead: Stephen Jeffries/Wayne Truter. Grey: Graeme Pollock/Dave Callaghan.

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great success at their own event and the final was played out between Bishops and Rondebosch, with the latter proving to be the eventual winners.

RUGBY DAY AT NEWLANDS

OLD BOYS' RUGBY MATCHES Six games were played again t Old Boys' teams on Wedne day 4th September. As usual these games were played in very good pirit. For the record, the Old Boys won all the game, although the result are relatively unimportant. The Old Boys' 1 t XV were represented by Wayne Freimond, Dean Godden, Chri Gregory, Andrew Wylie, Mark Pfister, Bruce Sharp, Mark Olivier, Jan Melliar, Gary Byme, Warren Mark, Andrew Jones, John HarTis, Chris Pearse, Adi Badenhorst and Rory Cole. The result of the 1st Team game wa 24-12.

150 CELEBRATION

STREET MILE As part of the Wynberg Boys' High School 150 Celebrations, a street mile was organi ed under the auspices of the Wynberg Old Boys and run from Primrose Avenue in Bishopscourt to Wynberg Boy' High School on March 12. Participating schools were SACS, Rondebosch, Westerford, Plum tead, Fish Hoek, Voortrekker, Jan van Riebeeck, Bishops, Camps Bay and Wynberg. Jonathan 0 croft of Bishops fared well winning the event with Marco de Freita of SACS taking econd place. Both runners were timed at 4 minute and 25 seconds. [n the Junior Schools' mile event, Andre van Kets of Wynberg Boys' Junior ran home a comfortable winner in 5 minutes and 13 second. Refre hments were erved in the Bill Bowden Pavilion. T.O'R.

HOCKEY: FOUNDER'S

FESTIVAL WYNBERG NEWLANOS

Thi annual hockey festival was held at Wynberg to coincide with the school's 150 celebrations, and was held over the Ea ter weekend during the April hoUday . The chools who participated were: Wynberg, SACS, Bishops, Fish Hoek, Brebner (Bloemfontein), Dale, Potchefstroom Boys' High, orthwood (Durban), Queen.s, West Ridge (Johannesburg), Pearson (Port ElIzabeth), Parktown and Pretoria Boys' High. Each team played i game over three day, with Wynberg, Pretoria, Brebner and Parktown emerging a the strongest teams.

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As part of our 150 celebrations, Wynberg were fortunate enough to be allowed to stage a chools' day at ewlands on Worker' Day. Th) was the first time in many years that choolboy rugby ha featured exclusively at ewlands, and the day wa a great success. It wa attended by a large crowd, particularly of choolboys. The weather wa very good, and the brand of rugby served up by all the team wa of the highe tIeveI. SACS beat Jan van Riebeeck in the first game, Bi hop beat Paarl Boy' High in the next match, and our Junior School U13A beat SACS Junior School U13A 8-0 in the main curtain rai -

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er. The Wynberg 1st Team pulled out all the stops to beat old rivals Rondebosch 16-12 in the main game. The day was concluded with a cocktail part in which ometh.ing like 300 Old Boys and friends of the school were entertained. The idea has quickly been snatched up b the WPSchool ' Rugby Executive, and School' Day is going to become a permanent feature of the ewland calendar on May 1st each year. Well done to all concerned on a great da . The organi ing committee were Me rs R Connellan, J de Waal, A Laro and K Pretorius.

1 Staff, families and friends enjoy a joke 2 From left to right: Dave Stewart, Athol Jay, Fritz Bing 3 A brace of rugby coache (l to r): Vmcent Polden, Richard Visagie, Alan Footman, Spencer King and George Gem1ishuy 4 From left to right: Kallie and Alida Pretorius, Ray Connellan, Jannie de Waal, and Clark and Carin Ellis 5 1 t XV coach, Kallie Pretoriu with Freek Burger (centre) and Paul Dob on 6 From left to righit: Doug Hopwood, Dave Stewart, Rowan Algie, Fred Bezuidenhout, Rob Louwand Uonel Wilson

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150 ANNIVERSARY

BALL

A part of the 150 Year Celebrations the ParentTeacher A ociation committee organised the 150 Anniversary Ball which was held on the 4th May in the Podium Hall at the Civic Centre in Cape Town. This venue was elected for this prestigiou event because of its ambience, the quality of its facilitie!o and its central location. The Ball was attended by Old Boys, Wynberg teachers, parents and friends of the choo!. The gue ts of honour were Mr and Mrs R Friedlander, who have had a long association with the Wynberg school . The evening started on a formal note with the ladies in their lovely ball gown and gentlemen in evening dres being welcomed at the entrance to the hall by Mr and Mr R Algie and Mr and Mr H Killop. The guests were then u hered to their beautifully decorated tables navy blue and white table covering complemented the charming flower arrangement. The pectrum Dance Band provided music for the evening and their comprehensive repertoire and

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event and the only regret expressed by the majority of the people there was that "pumpkin time" came far too quickly! H.Hutton

THE 150 CADET BAND FESTIVAL The Festival of 5 June 1991 will be remembered by the Cadet Band members a one of the highlight of our school's 150th anniversary. It wa an afternoon of fine music, enthusia tically performed in the sports hall of the Wynberg Military Camp. The Festival was introduced by the SACC Band, who gave up their free afternoon to perform. Then the Cadet Bands of SACS, Voortrekker, ettler, J J du Preez, Rondebosch Boy' High, as well as the Bishops Pipe Band gave excellent performance. La tly our own band rounded off the afternoon with a superb di play of mu ic and formation drilling. After this all the participants were treated to refreshments, while the officers and band-ma ters attended a cocktail party in the hi torie Officer' Club. Thi wa certainly a memorable afternoon, thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who attended.

Chris and Fiona Lee, parents of Jason, 1992 Head Boy, at the Ball clever election of tunes and tempos was a highlight of the evening. A Vienne e Ball menu with popular dishe of Austria wa served. The dinner wa organised to blend in with the dancing and socialising. Liquid refreshment were efficiently erved by the Old Boys' Union. By design, the peech formalities were limited to an address by MrAlgie which in essence wa a sincere welcome and invitation to all to enjoy the Anniversary Ball and to participate to the full in the remaining programme for the 150 Year Celebrations. The Anniver ary Ball wa a most enjoyable

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of their own school. On the final day, Wednesday 26 June, the sun finally came through and all the clashes at Wynberg were played in typical mild Cape weather. I would like to thank my organising committee for being so competent and the Ladies' Association for their magnificent catering. The Week succeeded in its objective of letting the boys make friend as each school ho ted two group of chools throughout the week. The next Week is i.n 1993 at Selborne College.

AND CROSS-COUNTRY WEEK The Week started with the winter rains welcoming the teams from the Ea tern Cape. The opening function, pon ored by Lightbody's, was in the form of cocktails. In tune with the theme of the Week: 'Making Friends', the boys and coaches mixed ocially at thi function. Each participant in this Week received a tie, t-shirt, information pamphlet and a programme. On Saturday 22 June the first rugby and cro scountry clashes between We tern Cape and Eastern Cape took place at Wynberg Boys' High in continual rain. The next day the skies opened up and the rain came down in bucket. This was a free day for the boy with their ho tso It had rained 0 much by Monday that the Paarl main rugby field become unplayable and the matche had to be moved to the Paarl Gymna ium fields. Tue day wa filled with sight eeing trip and in the evening the formal clo ing ceremony took place in Clegg Hall. The guest speaker was Mr Paul Dobson and once agam new friend were made becau e player ....... ere not allowed to hare a table with anybody

K.P.

150 HISTORY DISPLAY The Wynberg Boys' School hi tory display from 1st to 31st Augu t wa a combined effort of the school's and the Cape Education Mu eum. Mr J Louw (High School) and Mr T Stewart (Junior School) did the collection, selection and display of hi torical material ranging from photographs, book, banner, badges to sports equipment ancient and modern, and other memorabilia from the school archive and gift and loan from pa t pupil. The Dutch Reformed Church of Wynberg, strongly linked with the re-opening of the chool in June 1841 in the per on of DsFaure, kindly lent material relating to him. The pre ent owner of Mr ixon' School kindly lent artefact dug up on the ite. The di play was enhanced with the dre sing up of dummie to repre ent various modes of chool and sport dre ,whil tatatic di play was set up by the Museum taH repre enting an olden day headma ter' study, a cia room, a ho tel dining and bedroom. Furniture and other antique chool equipment circa 1920-40 were exhibited, while in the bedroom a pecial effort was made to commemorate the daring exploit of Ulric Leibrandt, the truant choolboy pilot of forty year ago. The exhibition was opened by Mr J Go , Regional Chief Superintendent of Education, on lAugu t, at a ocial gathering for 95 gue t . Media coverage of the exhibition no doubt elicited ome re pon e as by the end of the month 2030 vi itor had been to view the e hibition.

Rolfe van Breda and Jason avage triding Dui for Wynberg dunng the Cro -Country Week

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From left to right: Mark Fourie, Eddie Ladan, Ginger Townley Johnson, Nicola Jordan and Forbe Smith at the Art Display

dents gave the teaching staff a torrid time have changed, vibrations emanating .from the walls and woodwork made my skin tingle. The change are for the better. The high school now has an imposing appearance and I am humbly grateful that I have been spared to see this and to be an 'old boy' of thi prestigious school. The march pa t of the cadet and the band was a bonus. When I was at school I wa a bugler - and later a soloi t - and it is still clear how I struggled with the horribly dented instrument which had been i ued to me. My home village of Ottery had plenty of open space in 1931 and I never heard of anyone complaining of my practising, and the cacophony, until I ma tered the in trument. ow there are no bugles and the instruments which have replaced them emit clear and melodious ound. I was a member of the chool's shooting team which won the World Cup (the Scobel Cup) for three year in a row. While at school one of my target wa con idered good enough to be displayed in the then 'Hall of Fame'. Sadly I learned that there is now no trace of record of activitie during the early thirtie , and that the e are being built up from material handed in from time to time bold tudents. But the highlight of m week at Wynberg Boys' High School wa undoubtedly the activitie in which I participated. Contract Bridge i

REUNION WEEKEND Founder's

Day

Year of planning went into making this a weekend to remember. Hundred of Old Boys came to celebrate their school's 150th anniver ary, ome from as far away a overseas. The celebrations began with the traditional Founder's Day ceremony on Friday 30August. After a dark, wet morning the sun came out at midday and with huge bowl of flowers everywhere and martly dressed gue t and pupil, a fe tive atnm phere reigned. The Clegg Hall was filled to ab olute capacity; the ceremony wa tirring with the lament on the pipe a special feature and the addre s b Rear Admiral R Eberlein, him elf an Old Boy of the school, a fitting blend of humour and inspiration. After the ceremony he proceeded to inspect the cadet detachment; a fine di play by the cadet band concluded the formal arrangements. Tea and delicious cakes were erved to the gue tand taff and the pupil ru hed to claim their buns and cooldrinks. From an Old Boy I went on a trip down memory lane during the 150th centenar celebrations of myoId chool. What an uplifting e perience! Although the cla room where we a tu65


FOUNDERS DAY 1991


noons, and the incident with the oaked acacia seeds which led to the unfortunate incident which landed him with the special nickname. Bernard Mitchell (1933) wa the ab olute image of his father. I could have sworn that m teacher had become reincarnated in time for the celebrations. We almost discussed Mitch's fanatical abhorrence of cented hair oiJ and Brilliantine in undertones in deference to Bernard' pre ence, but Bernard joined in and reminded us that he and his brother were never allowed to plaster their hair down even at home, and that they had, therefore, even joined, and enjoyed, the times when we so very cruelly per isted in baiting their father in thi way. Mr Clcgg, as Headmaster, meted out punishment, 'T11 gie ye a ha' a doozen" without any qualm. He taught Algebra to us whenever any of hi taH were away for whatever rea on. I think that before he caned us for misdemeanours, he examined hi da record fir t, and those who did not do well in hi subject were caned even harder to relieve some of his frustration! At thi function more than 30 coupi were pre ent. 1am sending down ome of my school report from which todays' readers can gauge how meticulou ly the variou cia s ma ter attended to thi section of their work. The tandard they et during my formative chool years have been my lodestone throughout life.

NeviUe Marie welcomes Old Boys to the Founders' Day ceremon my vice, and it was a thrill to sit down with teachers and pre ent tudents and play a few rubber of bridge. Then there wa the Old Boy' cocktail party on Friday 30th August 1991. There were two of 1929 vintage, one of 1932 - my elf, one of 1933Bernard Mitchell (son of Mr E Mitchell who taught Bookkeeping and Commercial Arithmetic, and who never had a failure in those ubject), and the re t from 1939 onwards - mere youngsters! We compared note about Or Godfrey Bobbin' love for the English language and the ea e with which he in tilled a imilar love in every pupil. Freddie Thorpe for Chemistry; 'Choker' Marai for Afrikaans and hi pas ion for reading 'Die Huisgenoot' on Friday after-

Dalliel LI/yl (MnhoIlY)

From left to right: Mr and Mr Algie, Mrs J. Pennink, Prof. opening of the Wynberg School' Art Week 67

. Dubow, and Mr and Mr Killop at the


ChUIch Service On Sunday the Wynberg Dutch Reformed Church was filled with Old Boys, staff, boys and their parents. Ds Faure who was la~gely inst~mental in the establishment of this school In 1841, was the minister of thi church and 0 it was especially appropriate that the thanksgiving ervice should be held there. Bishop Frank Retief, an Old Boy, preached the sermon w~i1.e Ds el, teaching staff and present pupils partiCipated in the ervice. Bishop Frank Retief's text et the school firmly on the path to the future: "Je u aid:" am the way, the truth and th~ life'" - a fitting end to a memorable Founders weekend. L. ral1 W.

CAPE SCHOOLS'

CRICKET

WEEK Mr Mo er' organi ation was perfect, the weather played ball and we had a good week's cricket. 12 chool took part in the 24th Ca pe hools' Week organised by Wynberg a part of the 150 CelebratIons. From a cricket point of view, there were four closely contested game for Wynberg. Batting fir t on every occasion, the ide did not always apply them elve in po ting a ignifi~ant core for our bowlers to aim at. Charl Wdloughby emerged a the bowling tar of the week captl:ring four wickets on two occa ions. The only .,0 wa recorded by Dennis Bowditch and our other recognised-batsmen mu t work a~ co.n i tency if we are to be a force In chools cTicket thi term. \'s Queens (40 over ) Wynberg 103/ (Kallis 40) Queen 1 / (Willoughby 4/9 Lost by 2 wicket v Selborne (SO over) Wynberg 1 5/10 (Bowditch 'iD, Bate 46) Selborne 177/5 Won by run

Dale Wynberg 151/10 (Wvlie.Jl) Dale 94/ CWilloughb ,*/20> Draw v<;

vs Grey . Wynberg 126/10 (Bowditch 31) Grey 127/6 (Askew 3/41) Lost by 4 wickets K.R.

150 ANNIVERSARY CHOIR FESTIVAL On Thur day 29 August WBHS hosted their 150 Anniver ary Choir Fe tival in the Clegg Hall. Over the la t few years this festival has been a calendar highlight, expo ing the Wynberg community to a wealth of choral tradition in Cape Town. Thi year's festival wa certainly no exception. In fact, it attained new heights which won't be easy to match in the future! A ho ts, the Boy' High Choir excelled themselves, and certainly did their chool proud. Under the chairman hip of Trevor Good, and the musical direction of Mr Brian Botha and M Lynne Galpin, they sang with an energy and skill which wa refreshing to the audience, and obviously thoroughly enjoyable to them elves. Well done, gentlemen. Our invited guest choirs were the Boys' Junior School (joining us in our anniversary celebrations), Wynberg Girl' High chool, under the direction of Mr Corrie orri, Voortrekker High School, under the direction of Mr Salomie Rocher, the Swi Male Voice Choir, under the direction of Ms Bernadette Fassler, the Cape


Gareth Beaumont, and Ian Mills, the very be t of fortunes as we stand on the shoulders of those who walked before u .

Welsh Male Voice Choir, and - a wonderful treat to anyone privileged enough to hear them - the Accidentals. A very sincere thank you to all these choirs for the valuable contribution they made to our fe tival. All choir directors, chairmen and choir members can be very proud of the standing ovation we received after singing "Fill the World with Love" a a ma s choir finale. At the end of the evening we were treated to the Cadet Band performing for u in the quad while refre hments were served. Ms Galpin and the hoir would like to thank Mr Botha for all the hard work that went in to the choir these pa t i months in preparation for the fe tival. Spirits were high, and the boy were motivated to give of their be t. Thanks to everyone for all the extra hours - Sunday workhop and Tuesday evening practices - that were put in to give the necessary fini hing touches needed if we want our choir to hold its own. I am quite ure 1992 holds much promi e for the choir as we continue to work hard, and we wi h our new chairman, Jason Lee, and his committee, Gareth Hardre -Williams (vice-chairman),

L.M.G.

OLD BOYS' DINNER The 150 Old Boy' Dinner, held in the Cape Town Civic Centre on 31August 1991, wa a memorable one. The largest number of Old Boys ever turned out for this happy occa ion, ome from a far afield as the United Kingdom, Canada and Cyprus. Gue t peaker Mendel Kaplan, an eminent Old Boy, paid tribute to the teaching staff at Wynberg, both past and preent, while Mr R C Algie highlighted ome of the school's achievement and traditions. Many stories were exchanged and friend hip renewed a the Old Boy of all age gathered around long after the formalities of the evening had been completed.

Dick Friedlander, Chairman of the School Committee, nanked by the Headma ter and Issy Fine

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D\lH\

At the 0\ 0oonzailleT. John u Eng\an d .) Pat imon:, 69

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Gareth Griffith Meeting

and Rowan AIgie with the medal winners

at the Invitation

Athletics

A ten e moment at the athletic

150 MOBIL WYNBERG INDIVIDUAL INVITATION ATHLETICS MEETING

chool, 10 which athletc:> from WPJAAA and SAACOJ partiapated. The be t performance of the evening was undoubtedly that of Arno van der We thulzen oi Paarl Gymna ium who broke the current Western Pro\'tnce Under 14 shot put réCord with a throw of nearly 16,2701. The hlghllght of the e\'enmg for Wynberg was to " Darren Milne of WBH winning the final event of the evening b a plit e ond In the 1S00m for bo sunder 17. Thl earned him the medal for the best performanc by a nior boy. 1he :>chool i very grateful to Mobil who pon~red thi meeting. P.K.

Wynberg Boys' Iligh hool ho ted th fir t athIctic!> meeting in the We tern Province for the ] 991/92 ea on. Thi wa held at Green Point on the evening of Fnday. 11th October 1991. Athlete were invited on an Individual ba I'>, which, of cour!>e, made it a meeting of exceptionilllv fine performance. Athlete from 52 (hool" participated. Thi wa the fir t ever non-racial athletic meeting organt7ed by a 70


CULTURAL EVENTS, CLUBS AND SOCIETIES THE AFRIKAANS Chairman:

chool. John Gray, our secretary, is to be congratulated on hi excellent design. Various talks, including" A Future in Art" by Boston Hou e lecturer and Old Boy, Gareth Davies, are being planned for the fourth term.

SOCIETY

Steven Kahn

The Afrikaan Society once again had an active year. It started with a trip to Ceres on the fir t weekend of the year. The boys visited Boplaas, farm of the well-known author, Boerneef (Profes or I W van der Merwe), who was a lecturer at UCT for many year. The hou e i a national monument as the fifth generation i now occupying it. Another highlight of the trip wa a visit to Mr Prins, at Prince Alfred Hamlet, who shared his wealth of knowledge about the Bokkeveld and nature conservation with the boys. Open ight was once again a pecial event. It wa made po ible for parents to make a book contribution towards the chool library. Special effort were made with the book e po. Special thanks must go to teven Kahn for hi hard work during the year.

.J.

THE BIOLOGY SOCIETY Ma ter-in-charge:

Thi is a ociety with potentially wide appeal and scope in it activitie . More thorough forward planning will be required of the committee before this potential can be reaJi ed. Some of the activities enjoyed by this group include a trip to the Univer ity of Cape Town Pathology Department, "open heart" di section of an ox and sheep' heart during Open ight, a talk by Michael Carter about hi own re earch into the natural hi tory of the preying mantis, a demonstration of the effects of alivary enzymes on food, and a practical demon tration by Mr Buchanan on the technique of preparing a keleton for mounting. A lecture on sports injurie will be given by a well-known Cape Town orthopaedic surgeon later in the year.

D..

G.T.

THE ART SOCIETY Chairman:

Mr G Taylor

J Gray

THE BODYBOARDING SOCIETY

The Art Society concentrate its activitie on art form not included in the painting syllabu . The first activity of 1991 wa the creation of mobile which are e citing art form owing to chance a ociations of shape r suiting from the element of wind. In the ccond term we got together with the Wynbergian editorial committee and offered our ervices a cartoani t . The bigge t and mo t enjoyable activity thi year wa the mural de igned for the mu ic pa age. On Open ight many parent, pupils and teacher were impres ed and commented that the would like to ee more uch mural in the

Being a new ociety, it took a great deal of work by the committee to get the ociety functioning to the tandards set by the School's ociety Committee. The committee elected thi year remain the ame for ne t year. The are: Chairman: B CowLing Vice-Chairman: A Chitty Treasurer: W Matthew Secretary: D Cuff The ociety grew in number from 22 member in the beginning of the year to almo t 40 members in the fourth term. 71


Open ight was a huge succe and the Bodyboarding Society' contribution was one that drew a lot of praise. Three gue t peakers shared the evening with us. They were: Springbok Bodyboarder, icky Abraham, a representative from "Lazer 2" (Bodyboard manufacturer ), and a representative from the Fal e Bay Bod boarding Club. A pecial thanks to Alan Chitty for organising the gue t peaker.

During term 1 and 2 teams of two were formed in order to establi h a bridge ladder. This gave us an opportunity to get ome practice in for the [nterhou e competition in term3. The eventual result of this were: 1st - De Waal, 2nd - LittIewood, 3rd - Wellington, 4th - Rhode, -th - Van Riebeeck. Unfortunately we were once again unable to find any oppo ition in order to create an interchooI league. Hopefully we will be able to find ome competition next year.

B.C.

O.G.

BRIDGE CLUB

THE CHESS CLUB

Ma ter-in-<:harge: Mr Moser Teacher-in-charge (Matches): Mrs M Loui First team captain: 0 Doughty

The bridge club was led this year by Dirk Grobbelaar (chairman), Lloyd Purdy (vice-<:hairman), and Darren van Ey en. During Focus Week la t year, we were able to get ome e perience of how seriou player compete by watching the We tern Province Lady' Championship at Sea Point. Some of the ladies were more competitive than others, but for mo t, bridge wa not the ocial game we know it to be. The e player were clearly out of our league but perhapl> we too could attain the. e feat if we played i day' week, a th y do' We all learnt much and enjoyed thi great e perience.

The chess tcam have enjoyed another succe sful year. [n order to promote intere t in the game, inter chool che matche were played during each term in 1991. The first team, M Aaron, 0 Doughty, J Gordon, S Aaron and R Auckland (re erve) have maintained a high standard of play in the A Icague. They havc held the fir t po ition in the A league throughout the year, and we feel ure that they will retain their reputation a formidable opponent. Mark Aaron participated in a tournament held during the econd term. He made It to the

Bndge plavmg: G. le Rom., R Schroeder, 72

. Offord and M. Hiv()


FIRST CHESS TEAM Frollt

Back row: J. Cordon, R. Auckland, S. Aaron. row: Mr R.e. AJgie (Headma ter), M. Aaron, D. Doughty ( hairman), Mr_ M.]. Loui (Teacher-in- charge).

emi-finals and lo t the opportunity to win a prize for himself and the school in an uncharacteri tically ha ty move. He i at pre nt seeded fifth in the Western Province. The econd team began the year playing in the B league. After a few bitter defeat during the fir t term they found them elve playing the D league during the econd term. The third team players (alo 0 league - and made up of new td 6s) played well but are currentl finding them elve committed to activitie which prevent them from participating in regular che,;_ matche .. The annual SA Uche earns were written by four member. The result for thi~ exam have not yet been received. There arc 51111 a few match 5 to be played this term, but the Wynberg Boys' che s team are feling confident! We are looking forward to bemg able to report 1991 a most ucces ful ear. ~.L.

\lfr Jonker

upervi

a chess match 73


SCHOOL CHOIR W. Tregurtha, D. Ryan, J. Baxter, D. Kennedy, J. Barry, M. Lord, A. Kc tel, G. lloppe. 3rd row: B. Kelly, D. Lewi~, R. David on, S. Ruffel, M. Secchia, . Kahn, B. Mawd ley. 211d row: M. dos anto~, A. Lock, . 1\110 sop, R. Wallace, A. Leighton, S. Bailey, P. McJntyre, D. Thomas, A. Groeneveldt, M. FaivelowitL., J. Rall. Frollt ruw: M. arter, I. Mill, G. Beaumont, Mr R. . AIgie CHeadma ter), M L. Galpin (Choirmbtres ), G. Hardre~-William ,J. Lee, S. Thomp on. 11I~('t·Mr B. Botha (Choirmac;ter), J. de Cock. - AbsCIII: J. de Cock 4111row: R.

kews, W. Faure, M. Arnot,

CHOIR Under the capable management of Mr Bnan B tha, Mb Lynne Galpin, chairman Trevor Good and committee member., Ja on Lee and Gareth Ilardre -\ tlliam , the choir e celled them ...el"e thi., year. From the beginning of the 5econd term we welcomed I\I1r Botha to the mu.,1C department, and with a lot of tC,1m-work, the wheel were m motion fur our 1'iD anniverarv year. welcomed many new faces to the choir, ilnd ettled down to our regular Tue day c\'ening practices. There wa!> plenty of work to be done, as the calendar reminded u of our 150 rts' Fe tlval looming in Augu t. Thank to the commItment and enthu la m of the choir member., the practices were constructive and wc could enJoy the growth of the choir a~ has not been ... en in Wynberg for many a year Augu.,t Jrfl\ed In due tIme, and thank., to all the hard work ,lnd commitment put in by e\'eryone, we Werl' well prepared il ho ts for our 150 hoir festI\'al I,,\'e had Jnvlted the \\,1.,5 Male VOIce Choir, the ape Welsh ChOIr, the A<:cidentab, Wynberg GIrlS' HIgh hool. I" ynberg Boy'

",,'é

Junior hool, and oortrekker High School to join us, and we e tend a \'ery warm thanJ... ou to them (or contributing towards an out tanding evemng lt wa a rar plea<;ure to perform in front of a capacity 50 trong audIence, and to recel\'e a tanding 0\ ation at the end of the evening ,,\a., cl pnvilege. fhc mu ic taff would liJ...e to compliment the WBH choir on the 74


MClssed choir at the WBHS Choir Festival sing "FiJI the World With Love"

excellence of their presentation; well done, gentlemen! To the re t of the school, your choir member hip is always welcome, and thank you to tho e boy who came to upport their friend. After the choir festival we went on to participate with the Junior School at our Founder' Day ceremony, and at the 150 Anniver ary church ervice. Later in the year we will be inging for the matric at their Farewell Ceremony, and the year will end with alSO Anniver ary Carol Service. I have the utmo t faith in our choir members that the carol ervice will be a succe ful as our choir fe tival. Good luck to the 1992 chairman and committee; we'll ha\'e to work hard to tand on the houlder of tho e who have been before us! Last, but never lea t, we wi h Brian Botha everything of the very best CIS he leave us this year. Thank you for all you've done for u - go well. Mi

Bernadette Fassler will be returning to the Mu ic Department in the fourth term. We welcome her and are sure he'll have ome wonderfully refre hing in pi ration after travelling to Switzerland the e past 18 month. L.M.G.

THE COMPUTER

CLUB

For the fir t two and a half term this yeClr the club ha b en operating in the theoretical plane only. Chairman Lawrence McKellar ha managed to keep the club together with his lectures on the Basic of Turbo Pa cal, How to Write a Game Programme, Artificial Intelligence and Programming Skills. Throughout this time the

In the new Computer Room 75


chalkboard ha been hi only visual aid and he is to be commended in having been able to keep the club together for so long without the use of computer. Perhaps the club wa al 0 ustained by the knowledge that soon the school would be acquiring fifteen PC . The e began to arrive at the beginning of the third term and were installed in a specially equipped room which will double up as a classroom for the teaching of computer literacy to the whole chool as well as the venue for the meeting of the computer club. With fifteen 16 MHz, 286 AT machine, two with uper VCA monitors and mice, and with four printers linked to the computer with haring device , there is now little e cuse for the club not to grow from trength to trength in future.

al 0 organi ed and e_njoyed by all. The members put on a colourful and interesting display of bicycles, cycling clothing, equipment and po ter. It was a night of great succes as the members did their be t to ensure that the 1S0th year Open ight celebration went perfectly. Throughout the year the society periods were used con tfuctively; talks by the boy, videos and guest speakers were enjoyed by all. The termly time-trial was also well attended and many members did well I am sure that next year the Cycling Society will have an even busier year. My thanks must go to MrMoore and the committee for all their advice, co-operation and help during our e ceptional year. F.L.

w.c.

THE DEBATING

THE CYCLING SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Thi year the Debating Society wa extremely active. The ociety paid two visit to the Wynberg magistrate' court, where the members were able to witness one of the many applications with debating in the real world. A number of informal debates and forum di cu ions have been organised for the members who do not belong to the first team, viz. a forum discus ion evening with ea Point High School, two debates with W nberg Boy' Junior School, a parent/pupil forum discussion evening and a generation debate (between Old Boy, Std 5' and matric ). This year' interhou e debating competition was won by the Wellington team of Michael Arnot, Michael Fletcher and Ian Liddie, who defeated Rhodes in the final. The Debating Society entered a team for the 1991 ACEE forum di us ion conte t with 24 participating chools. The Wynberg team of lan Liddie, Craig Smee, Grant Kelroe- ooke, Richard Carter and Stephen van Rhyn won the preliminary round and were then placed second to SACS in the final. The team was pre ented with a RSO prize which wa pre ented to the school library. However, it wa in the Rotary Inter chool Debating Competition that Wynberg excelled. The competition began on the 21 t February and ended with th final on 26 Augu t. The competition wa divided into two ection - a enior ction (for td -10) and a junior ection (for Stds 6- ). Each ection con Isted of 36 chool from the Western Province.

1991 wa the third year of e i tence for the Cycling Society. The committee con i ted of the following pupils: Frederick Land (chairman), Werner van Ket (treasurer), Sean Ca keil ( ecretary), Lee Coltham and Ju tin iljoen, who wa ub equently replaced by Ryan Wantling. The member and committee worked well together, which enhanced the society's enthusia m. This year the ociety ha 30 members, which i an increa e from la tyear. The aim for the year were: - to en ure that every member wa involved in the society. - to encourage every member to take part in 0 Cl ty races and the yearly Wynberg Old Boy' Race. - to improve the tandard of cycling. - to have an inter-schools race. Many members dedicated them elve to hard and con i tent training which resulted in most of the member obtaining personal best times in the Argu M- et Cycle Tour. Sean Caskeil, with a time of 2 hours 42 minute came 4th overall In the tandem ection. Werner van Ke , Lee Coitham and Ryan Wantling all achieved ub-three hour times. In fact, everyone benefited from the perfect weather conditions which made It an enjOyable race. Open ight wa , in my opinion, the b t yet for the Cycling Society. ur gu t peaker, Leon Botha, howed all tho mtere ted how to di mantle and ervice a racing bicycle. An Indoor cycling competition on a l>tatlonary bicycle wa 76


The Wynberg junior team of Justin Bennetts, Jason du Preez and Myles Lord reached the final of the competition, but were unlucky to lo e to St Cyprians. They were thus placed second in the competition. The Wynberg senior team of Craig Smee, lan Liddie and Stephen van Rhyn defeated Milnerton High School in the finals and were thu placed fir t in the senior ection. This is the first time ever that the cup has been won by Wynberg Boys' High School. Below is the complete et of re uit for both the junior and senior teams in the Rotary competition:

JUNIORS

Junior and Senior Debating Teams (I to r): M. Lord, C. Smee, 1. Liddie, Mr M. Cowdry, J. Bennetts, S. van Rhyn, J. du Preez

First Round: Round-robin 21/2 Sea Point WO Be t peaker: M Lord 11/3 Jan van Riebeeck WO Be t peaker: J du Preez 8/4 Queens Park WO Best peaker: J du Pree7 29/4 Rondebosch DREW Best speaker: Rondebo eh pupil 3/6 Deutsehe Schule WO Best speaker: J du Preez Quarter Finals 29/7 Pineland

WO

Best speaker: M Lord

Semi-finals The Junior Debating Team receive award from Rotary

a debating

12/8 Good Hope Seminary WO Good Hope pupil

Best speaker:

Finals 26/8 St Cyprian Bennetts

LOST

Be t

pea ker:

J

SENIORS

Our enior Debating team receive School Debating Award from Rotary

First Round: Round-robin 21/2 Sea Point LOST Best peaker: S van Rhyn 11/3 Jan van Riebeeck WO Be t speaker: C Smee /4 Queen Park WO Be t speaker: S van Rhyn 29/4 Rondebo ch WO Be t speaker: S van Rh n 3/6 Deutsche Schule WOl Best peakcr: S van Rhyn

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Quarter Finals

The other .... lÏnners w~re:

29/7 Herschel WO

Best speaker: I LiddIe

Best Set: LittIewood. Best Director: Littlewood' Graham Truter. Be t Actor: Myle Lord (Littlewood) and Trevor McCarthy (Rhodes). Best Supporting Actors: Phillip Mclntyre (Rhodes) and Darren Faivelowitz (Van Riebeeck). During the 3rd term a number of our boy took part in the Wynberg Girls' High production of 'Antigone'. Michael Arnot was an impressive Creon, while Warren Tregurtha handled the part of Haemon with sensitivity.

Semi-finals 12/8 SACS WO

Best speaker: C Smee

Finals 26/ Milnerton Rhyn

WO

Best speaker:

S van

DRAMA "It wa a night to remember!" was one of the comment heard after the performance of the WBHS Interhou e Play Competition. Many people alofelt that thi year's competition aw ome of "the be t performance and production een for a long time." The adjudicator was Mi Penelope Glover, who run the Girl' High Drama Department. She had much praise for the boy ,their ts and their choic of play. She wa able to provide our future 'Oscar winner' with ome advice on future productions and some member of the audience with incentive to enquire about acting in ne t year' production. A pecial mention must be made of raig Smee who wa~ the co-playwright and director of the Rhode Hou e play, 'Betwe n the Building' It wa a Tlvetting play to watch and won the 'Best Play' award.

T. McCarthy (Johnny Boy September): Be t Actor Award, 1991, in "Betw·een the Buildings"

412A "Betw·een the Building ": The Rhodes House play, 1991. From left: C. Smee (Dirctor), R. Magnin (Koos), J.da Silva (Piet), L.Eddi (Dawid), P. McIntyre (Tjollie), T. McCarthy (johnny), M. West (Police Officer). 78


Shamus Mossop, Brad Paton and Myles Lord were part of the impressive Greek chorus. We wi h to record our congratulations to Ms Penelope Glover who directed this production. We are sorry to hear that MsGlover will be leaving the Girls' School at the end of this year. She was responsible for directing productions at both the Girls' and our own school in recent years and we thank her for the guidance and encouragement she has given to our boys over the years. We wish her happiness and success in the future.

Our theme for Open ight was based on the general weather conditions in South Africa. This also included posters and models being made of the various weather forms such as cyclones, frontal depression, ete. At the end of the evening we had a brief talk on the various projects explaining how they work and the reasons behind this. A new committee under the chairman hip of Charl Badenhorst wa elected, and the new committee looks set for a bright future next year. I am sure they wijl have a very active year. M.H.

1991 DRAMA AWARDS Colours:

THE GYMNASTICS CLUB

G Truter, X Fazakerley, Arnot, W Tregurtha.

S Cloete, C Smee, M The aim of the Gymnastics Club i to be able to perform routine next year at some of the chool's functions. The emphasis will be on tumbling and vaulting. A lot of work is till required to reach the level required to enable us to perform. Unfortunately the club did not participate in this year's Open ight as the jumbo mat were being repaired. The club i looking forward to 1992 and the opportunity to perform.

L.K.andP.E.D.

THE GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY Chairman: Secretary: Committee:

M Hutton T Monday SO'Connor C Badenhorst

O.w.

The main aim of the Geography Society committee was to decrea e its member hip to about 20 regular members. With achieving thi goal we were able to get the member more involved during the society periods which, in turn, led to a very ucce ful year. During the year we were fortunate to get hold of a good number of guest speakers among whom wa Warren Fi h, a Wynberg Old Boy, who spoke on archeology, as well as three representative from the Felix Unite, who explained their various river rafting epedition which they organise down some of South Africa's wilde t rivers. Many of the society periods were centred around discussion e ion, which got the member more involved. We showed very few film and video thi year owing to the negative influence they create. Despite the films' being educational and enriching, they tend to decrease members' participation in society periods.

THE HISTORY SOCIETY Chairman: Vice-Chairman: Committee:

K Bacon S Zeederberg S Sinnott I Wovitzky M Growdon W Manning M Jubber

The History Society and committee had a very successful year. Our aim wa to provide the member with an enjoyable but intellectual diver ion from the hectic academic school life. In this our committee was very ucce ful and membership was increa ed. During the year we vi ited the American Centre in Cape Town for a documentary on the American Civil War, and on the Gulf Cri i by an Israeli journali t. We al 0 watched a Vietnam 79


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drama, "The Casualties of War", and held numerous quizzes and debate. The highlight of the year was Open ight. In our 150th year the committee and other members saw their extremely hard work payoff when the History Tunnel was erected on Open ight. I should like to thank the committee for a wonderful year. Good luck to next year's chairman, S. Zeederberg. K.B.

Our aim is to put acro s a broader understanding of the martial arts. We have watched two videos, AWOL and Bloodsport; these howed the different martial arts which one can practise. On behalf of the ociety I hould like to thank Mr L Hoefnagels for giving up his free period to be the teacher in charge of our ociety. Congratulations to P van't Hoogerhuys who will be the chairman next year, and to A Hill who will be vice-chairman. Good luck for 1992. O.M.

THE MARTIAL ARTS SOCIETY Teacher-in-charge: Chairman: Vice-chairman: Committee:

MOUNTAIN CLUB The club wa mo t successfully chaired during 1991 by Paul Wilson who leave u at the end of the year. He and hi committee are to be congratulated on their effort which has caused member hip to well during their term of office. We say goodbye to them and welcome David olan a chairman and Dean McCormick, Ralph Walker and [an Mills a committee member . A number of e cursion took place during the 1990/1 holidays, the major hike being the Lemietberg (2 day) which traver es Du Toit Kloof to Bains Kloof, the Tzitzikama (6 days) and the Fish River in amibia. All were thor-

Mr L Hoefnagel o Martyn P van't Hoogerhuy B Harrod, S Marai , R Davies, A Hili

The martial arts ociety was tarted for the first time at Wynberg thi year. The first period was at the beginning of the econd term. Approximately 40 boy signed up, but by the end of the third societie ' period there were over 0 member. Thi shows that there are many people who want to know more about the martial art.

P. van't Hoogerhuys

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oughly enjoyable and were ideal ways to end busy terms and usher in holidays. Mo t Sunday walks have been plagued by bad weather of late and only the most avid walkers have been active. Popularity is nevertheless expected to increase now that summer is on the way and especially since more and more female enthu ia ts from Wynberg Girls' High are accompanying the walks! Interest in rock climbing is increasing dramatically, so much so that last term Mr de Witt, who has since left us, ran a number of elementary CaUl' es. Other boys attended a mountain leadership/rock climbing course in the Cedarberg in June and are now climbing on a regular ba is. ovices are also getting to grips with the puruit and are keen to climb whenever the opportunity avail. This has led to the point where the po ibility of a climbing wall being built on the chool grounds i under inve tigation. Thanks once again need to be extended to parents who have willingly given up of their time and energy to as i t with making the club what it is. Special thanks again go to Bob Mc ae who e help with transport has made many a hike pas ible. l, the boy and, I'm ure, the parents look forward to an eventful 1992.

THE ORIEN.TEERING SOCIETY The ociety has continued to flourish under the leadership of Le lie Wylie and his hard-working committee. We are still trong in numbers, attracted mainly from the junior standards. The society it elf revolves around the pupils' being given map with coded markings placed at strategic points on the location. The members, divided into small groups, are then required to e.stablish the codes on the boards in a given hme. The winning group is the group that correctly establishes the codes and then returns to the starting point in the quickest time. Orienteering has become a fully-recogni ed sport in the Penin uIa, combining the kills of map-reading and athletic in the form of cro scountry running. Unfortunately, owing to the lack of facilitie and time available, the contraints under which the society operates are very restricted. everthele , the member are given the opportunity to work in a group to complete a given task and the rest is up to the member. Finally, a word of thank must go to Le lie Wylie and hi committee for the efficient way in which they have organi ed the society during ociety periods. [ incerely hope that we hall be able to continue to f10uri h under the leader hip of Simon Springett and his new committee.

J.B.

THE MUSIC SOCIETY Chairmen: Committee:

P Lautenbach and M Home G Scott R Bate Kutherland

D.R.

The beginning of the year aw the amalgamation of the Alternative Music Society and the Mu ic Appreciation 5 ciety into the Mu ic Club. Our member hip then increased to well over 50 people, making the club one of the largest in the hool. Video of impie Mind and the Knebworth Concert were hown, while there was al 0 an intere ting discus ion on Satanism in Today's Mu ico Practical demonstration were given by PLautenbach and by gue t musician, ]amie Wilding, who performed on the synth izer and the electric guitar. Open ight concluded a ucce ful year for the club, 'with a uperb demon tration by next year' committee. Thanks mu t also go to Mi ,alp," and Mr ElIi for th Ir upport and guidance.

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Ma ter-in-charge: Chairman: Vice-Chairma n: Trea urer: Secretary:

MrTO'Reill Chad Venables ChrisGoode Gunter Hoppe lan i on

Thi ha been a good year for the ociety becau e the member hip ha increa ed and our mall, but elect group of pupil ha gained a wealth of knowledge under th expert guidance of Mr O'Reilly. The chairman ha lectured u on a wide range of ubject. We were able to vi it Peter Stanford at hi tudla," Hout Bay and were given the detail of hi interesting career a a reporter. W teamed up with the Vidpro group for a very

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successful display on Open ight. Our thanks to Mr O'Reilly for his interest and guidance. With more members this society can contribute confidently to the cultural aspect of the pupils' school career. I. .

THE PISCATORIAL SOCIETY 1991 wa an eventful and successful year for the society. Under the chairmanship of Bruce Mostert a wide range of activitie was organised. The highlight of the year was an interesting talk by Western Province fisherman, Wayne Harris, in which he passed on his valuable knowledge of fishing. On Open ight moked snoek and tunny were enjoyed by all. Many favourable comments were received about the informative display and the delicious fish. Both fresh and salt-water angling competition were held and in the future the ociety hopes to organise inter-school competition. Our members enjoyed a productive year.

we won the Mirror, the Sonnet and the Dabchick classes. We came third in the Laser and Optimist classes. Our second highlight wa Open ight, where we put on a display of windsurfers, hobie cats and various trophies. It was a great success. Our society periods were well supported. Greg Davis spoke to us on his experiences in the Whitbred Around the World Race. John Martin, Peter Slate and Gary Farrow were also a few of our guest speakers. We enjoyed various sailing video and participated in quizzes and navigational exercises. A big thank you must go to Simon Crone for running the society so efficiently during the year. The new chairman for 1991 is Jason Bailey. J.B.

THE SCIENCE SOCIETY Committee:

B.M. Master-on-charge:

MarIe (Chairman) M Small (Chairman) M Kennedy A Secchia M Davie Mr M Moore

1991 ha been an exciting year for the Science Society. The committee decided to break from tradition and have two chairmen which ha worked e tremely well. The members have been very active. They delivered interesting talks on topic of their own interest. These talks ranged from how magnetic audio tape worked through to different type of golf clubs. The society's activities drew to a climax on Open ight. There were demonstrations of acid-ba e titration by "willing" matric cience pupils. Bath, Ttchart and Dunbar demonstrated the Van der Graf generator. M Davies explained how the internal combu tion engine works. C Kemp demonstrated a steam engine and a radio-control sy tern. L WaIters demonstrated an innovative radiation measuring device he designed and built. Walli explained how the TV works with the aid of a cathode-ray tube. The committee literally ended the society's display with a bang - the traditional pyrotechnic chain reaction. For the fir t time in three year it burnt from one end to the other without a hitch.

THE SAILING SOCIETY The Sailing Society ha had another uccessful and enjoyable year. There were two main highlights. The first was winning the Liquifruit inter-schools Regatta for the sixth time, where

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THE SURFING CLUB This year Wynberg was one o( 12 chools to enter a team in the In tinct Tnter- chools Surfing League. The team con isted of 4 enior (A van Zyl, M Marks, M Kelly, G Moir), 4 junior (M Moir, M Grendon, G Hough, K Springett), 2 judges (A Pieter e, M Adje ) and 3 re erve (K McCullough, G Wright, A Katzke). They competed on Fridays again t individual chools. At the end of the sea on the team was placed top of the league, which qualified them to urf in the league finals. Con i tent surfing helped them gain the extra 40 point to en ure victory from close rival Table View. During the sea on the team took part in the Ree( Inter- chool contest held over two day . The trong junior team took first place, while the enior team took econd place. The team a a whole came first, taking the title away from Table View, who had won it for the pa t nine years. M Moir was cho en for the WP School' quad and G Moir was awarded his WP Schools' colour for judging during the contest. We hould like to thank Mrs B Moir (or her valuable contribution to urfing thi year. Her efforts and organi alion are greatly appreciated.

Science models

Finally, as outgoing chairman, I wish to thank Mr Moore (or his help and under.:.tanding when things dId not go according to plan, and the committee for their help and support. I should like to thank the member (or their enthusia m. Congratulations to the new committee on their election and best o( luck for next year. T.M.

G.M.

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THE VIDICAM SOCIETY Vidicam Society concentrated on watching films and reviewing them. Fruitful discussions were held and options formulated. A thought-provoking film of visual literacy parked off discusion. We vi ited Trilion Studios and were shown how sound is mixed, editing done and graphics u ed. We were shown their film studio and were impres ed by the lights needed for filming and the heat generated by them. Some informal work was done with the video camera, giving member the opportunity of hands-on experience. On Open ight we teamed up with Vidpro Society to pre ent a popular display and an interview facility. Thought wa given to amalgamating with Vidpro permanently but Vidicam member decided that they preferred the mall group which provides better opportunities for di cu sion. The ociety wa led by Trevor Good, assisted by Alvin Verdon who is the new Chairman for 1992.

first day that it wa started and as a result, Vidpro became a very large society. The main aim of Vidpro was to let the members become involved in film and film-making by creating their own movie. Therefore the members themselves became the actors, the filmer and the organisers of a movie. For the fir t few week the members were very keen and came to all the filming e sion , but later they started to slacken off and therefore filming weekend were continuou ly being cancelled. A a re uit of this the movie wa not completed last year. This year, with the arrival of the new td6's, Vidpro tried once more to re tart the movie but again did not uccecd. The society did, however, go on an interesting expedition to Protea Cinema and saw how movie were hown. There have also been ome interesting discusion and demonstrations during ociety period . All Vidpro members have the privilege of watching movies during break which i enjoyed by all the member . Becau e Stuart Brown is leaving at the end of this year a new chairman and committee have been cho en.

THE VIDPRO SOCIETY Chairman: Senior Vice-Chairman: Junior Vice-Chairman: Secretary:

Stuart Gavin James Colin

The new committee: Chairman: Senior Vice-Chairman: Junior Vice-Chairman: Secretary: Trea urer:

Brown Coo en Field Higgins

James Field Colin Higgins Richard Barrett David Smith Rodney Adarnstein

Vidpro i now tarting a fresh new movie, and, with the help of the new committee and the cooperation of the member, it will be completed and will al 0 be a brilliant production.

The Vidpro (Video Production) Society was tarted by Stuart Brown (ex-Vidicam member) at the beginning of the 2nd Term 1990. Many pupil became interested in the society from the

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THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY

the school grounds. This is stiIJ our current project. The creation of the nature trail has involved many hours' work. We have cleared the acacia trees and plan to plant new vegetation to attract birds. After this stage, a path will be made which will be open to all. Without the enthusiasm of the members, none of this would have been possible. The committee ha also done an excellent job.

During the year we hoped to raise a sense of awareness of nature. I thjnk the society achieved this aim. In the first term we embarked on a project to record and study the birds found in and around the school grounds. This project was, however, interrupted when we had the opportunity to enter the "Enviro-Cape" competition. This project involved the making of a nature trail within

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IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS THE HEAD PREFECT'S REPORT Being a prefect at Wynberg was extremely demanding in this our 150th year, and I should therefore like to start my report by commending and thanking my fellow prefects for a truly outstanding job. Our term as prefects officially started at the Prefects' Camp held at Silverhurst during the last week of the December holidays. We were addressed by Messrs Connellan, Rushby and Gilbert on topic ranging from time management to self-motivation. Discussions were also held with a number of pa t prefects as well as with the various standard heads. The camp was extremely succe sful and et the foundations for what was to be a very rewarding year. Our main aim this year wa to enlist pupil upport for the school. We also concentrated on maintaining Wynberg's healthy public image a with Wynberg celebrating its 150th Anniversary, the school was constantly in the public eye. We

Head Boy, Paul Revington

SCHOOL PREFECTS 3rd row: R. Myrdal, S. O'Connor, D. Askew, G. Thomashoff, S. van Rhyn, M. Hutton, I. LiddIe. 2/1d rall': L. Radaelli, T. Good, . rone, G. Scott. Front row: P. Lautenbach (Deputy-Head Prefect), Mr M. Ru hb (Ma ter-in-Charge), P. Revington (Head Prefect), Mr R. . Algie (Headmaster), G. Pfi ter (Deputy-Head Prefect), Mr R. Connellan

(Master-in-Charge), 87

M. Home.


set aside a number of key events per term whkh the entire chool was expected to support. This policy proved extremely uccessful as the boys developed not only tremendou chool spirit, but began to appreciate the talents of their fellow students. Examples of this were very evident at the night cricket and rugby at ewlands, the Choir Festival and on Founders' Day. Having the upport of the matrics makes a prefect's task so much easier and this year wa no exception. I hould like to thank the matrics for their continual upport and leader hip throughout the year. I should also like to expre my gratitude to Mr Algie, Mr Connellan and Mr Ru hby for their continual involvement and enthusiasm which they so generously offered to the prefect . Finally, I wi h to thank the prefect for the out tanding leadership which they have offered to the school this year. In particular, I thank Gavin and Philip for their upport. For me it has been a pleasure and a privilege to ha ve been part of the 1991 ma tric cia . [ incerely hope that every Wynberg boy is proud to wear his school blazer and that whatever he doe in that blazer, it will alway be his be t.

lthuba t-shirts (managed largely by Philip McIntyre) was another successful project for 1991. The 1991 Interact conference, hosted by Herschel High School, was attended by club members who do not mis an opportunity to meet with Interacters from other school. The club has enjoyed a very successful year and the 1991 committee comprising senior and juniors know that the succe ses of the year can be largely a cribed to the enthusiastic support received from the chool. Chairmanship of the club was handed over to a committed and eager RusseIl Gordon by Kurt Wohlenburg. M.L.

LINK/ SCU The new committee together with the new girl' school committee tarted off its term of office with a camp at the end of the third term la t year. It wa here that we decided to implement the new name for the Student' Christian Union, i.e. Link, as we felt God leading us in a new direction. Our aims were to trengthen the existing member of Link spiritually and to become more outward-looking by spreading the Gospel in the school. Highlights of the pa t year include: a "Link Week" which we had in the fir t term, when the Go pel was pre ented to the whole school in a number of different ways. The Link Camp which was held at Rocklands camp-site at the beginning of the econd term in conjunction with the girl' chool (this wa really enjoyed by all, even though we did get cold and wet in our tents). Other activitie which we did were a vi it to YWAM offices followed by volley ball on Muizenberg beach, a couple of meetings together with the girls' chool and an evening at the Spur teak ranch. Besides these events, there were the weekly meeting in MrMoore' laborat ry. On Wedne day at big break we oft n had praise and worship, haring and talks. We also met on Monday and Friday morning before chool to pray. All in all, thanks mu t go to our Lord Jesu for giving u the opportunity of knowing Him and the privil ge of living for Him. My prayer for Link i that it may go from trength to tTength a the boys of our school devote them elve to hri t.

P.R.

THE INTERACT CLUB The first project for 1991 wa the collection of Ea ter egg for underprivileged children. This project was a huge ucce a the pupil of Wynberg Boy' High School joined in a competition to find the cla with the bigge theart. The eventual winner of the comp tition were the cla s of Std 7E but, of course, the actual winner were the underprivileged children who could look forward to almo t 5800 Ea ter egg . The main project for the econd term wa in re pon e to an appeal by the Claremont ight Shelter for old clothes. Once again our pupils re ponded well and a veritable mountain of clothing was brought to school. We feel ure that the lovely jer eys, hirt and trou er donated by the parents went a long way toward keeping homeles people warm during the winter months. Other smaller projects included working at the carnival, collecting old new paper to upport our own World Vi ion orphan, various raffle , and the ale of oup and ice-cream on open night. The ordering and supplying of

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The "Wynbergian" Committee with

J. Lee in

the chair

THE WYNBERGIAN

WBHS BLOOD CLINIC

The local 'rag' has had a really good year. Under the auspices of ]ason Lee and his subeditors, Paul Bowles and Royden Volan, the magazine has increased its sales from 250 to 350 copies. The magazine has focu ed, as many other thing have, on the l50-year celebrations, and we hope that we have captured some of the atmosphere of the festivities. The editors have also triven to improve the quality of writing, articles, cartoons, competitions and humour to that tandard of dignity and excellence of the chool. [ think our aim have been achieved most of the comments overheard on our 'sales day' were very positive. Even the teacher have noted the 'freshne 'of the magazine. All the printing costs have been covered by a private company (which request that its name i not mentioned). If we did not have thi ponor hip, we would have to ell our rag at about R2,50 each, and not the 50c at which the pupil can purcha e it now. Thank must be given to the twenty journalists, e peciaIl Charl Badenhor t (who helped Ja on with the layout) and Andrew Kerr (the ca rtooni t).

The blood donor' clinic, held once a term at Wynberg under the auspices of the WP Blood Clinic, is till going strong. Mo t enjoyable and comradely bleeds are held in the metalwork drawing room. On average 35 units were donated at every clinic, with many potential donors being favourably influenced to do their bit when they, too, are old enough to share the tea and cookies in the convivial, public- pirited atmosphere. ).G.L.

FIRST AID GROUP Ma ter-in-charge:

Mr G Taylor

Extremely valuable ervice i rendered by a mall group of boy during Saturday and midweek sporting fixtures. Far from receiving the full mea ure of recognition which i their due, they occa ionally have to persevere in the mid t of unwarranted criticism and unrea onable 89


THE LADIES' , ASSOCIATION

expectations. All of these boys have given up a great deal of time to qualify as bona fide fir t aider - not a medical doctors. Their role is a responsible and demanding one which can make the difference between life and death. The chairman, Brent Tipping, ha served his school well.

The Ladies' A ociation has had a very hectic year providing refreshments for the normal annual function and also for the various 150 Celebration events. In the 2nd term the highlight was the Pudding and Port evening for past and present mothers. This wa a mo t successful and enjoyable evening. The ladies also assi ted with the 150 Ball which was a very pecialoccasion .. During the 3rd term we had a busy time with Open ight and the Choir Festival which wa a wonderful evening and, needle to ay, there were tea cup galore to be washed! The Founders' Day ceremony was very pecial this year and many a good remark wa made about the refreshments. These functions were virtually one after the other, so we were all kept on the go. We are till busy with the various functions this 4th term and I am sure that they will all prove to be succes ful. The clothing exchange, efficiently run by Uz Mills and her team has, as alway , provided a very valuable ervice to parents. The Tuckshop ha been run by Mr Sue Crone, who ha done a terling job. We all, including the boy , do appreciate her hard work and efforts to plea e everyone. Thank you, Sue. Our Sports Tuckshop has al 0 continued to run on Saturday and i well upported, although we are in need of more helper. There

G.T.

Tuckshop ladies

THE PARENT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION Chairman: Mr A Malan Secretary: Mr G Hili Members: Me dame Wondie, D Liddie, D Be ter, Y Dlxon, Messr R Algie, T Garven, T \itanley, M Roodman, C Lee, H Hutton, L Moser The main focu of the PTA this year wa the orgarusation of the 150 Anniver ary Bail. The evenmg was a great succes and was generally regarded as a formal highlight of the schooJ's celebration year. One hundred and tw·o tickets were sold. In view of the fact that our celebration year was 0 bu y, It wa decided not to hold an evemng market thi year. The PTA wi hes to tre that parent hould approach the body if they wi h to rai e any matter concerning their ..on or the hool. G.H.

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has also been the introduction of a new hockey tuckshop on the hockey fields. It has become more popular as parents have become aware of its existence and I hope that more parents will support it next year as they support their hockey-playing sons. Here 1 should like to say thank you to all the mothers who have helped in any way when

they were approached. Special thanks to my willing and hard-working committee. We have had an exciting and interesting year with much fun. We can recommend that more mothers become involved in their ons' school.

Y.D.

CADETS CADET DETACHMENT 36 Officer Commanding: Bandmaster: Shooting: Officers:

year to practise for the big occasion on the 30th August 1991. Founders' Day was again a big success and I thank J Lee and all the cadets for their contribution. Well done! During the April holidays 10 boy attended a corporal/ ergeant course at Milnerton and did reasonably well. The re t of the school was given a specific term to do cadet - Std 9 1st term, Std 8 2nd term, Std 7 3rd term and Std 64th term. Lastly, I would like to thank all officer and noncommi ion officer for the work they have done this year.

Lt S V Polden Lt H ten Velthuis MrKBlom Lt W Stanford, Lt LHoefnagel , Lt A Cross, Lt CEllis, Capt L Kruger, Lt G Eva

The cadet period took on a new format this year to enable the cadets to practise for the 150th year Founder' Day parade. A group of 120 cadets began marching at the beginning of the

CADET CORPS:

0 -COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

3rd row: Cpl P. Gerber, Cpl M. Mclntyre, Cpl B. Mawi a, Cpl T. Witten, gt R. Smith, Cpl

W. Tregurtha. 2nd row: Cpl G. Gie, pi . Barnard, Cpl P. McIntyTe, pi G. Kennedy, Cpl D. Faivelowitz. Frollt row: Sgt G. Findlater, Lt L. Hoefnagels, WOl J. Lee, Mr R.e. AIgie (Headma ter), WOII D. Martyn, Lt . Polden (CO), Sgt R. Volans. 91


The cadet band membfrs have learned a great deal from the di appointment of the cancellation of the ice tour and the uncharacteristic competition re ult. Fortunately the cadet band ha been invited to perform in the Durban Tattoo in December thi year.

THE CADET BAND The cadet band ha., once again, had a busy year The band practi cd ever morning from 7h-l- to hl0, during the Cadet- and many Pac,toral Period, dUring Monday, Wednesday and Thursday assemblie , on Monday afternoon., In ummer, and on aturdayafternoon from 14h30 to I hOD.The band member went on five band camp. The following performance were given during the year: Yltntaka Open Garden Concert in aid of the Tembaletu chool for Handicapped Black hildren, the Inter-Hou Athletic meeting, the Cape Festival, the World Red Cros Day, the Svfret '\ational Women' Bowling Tourna'ment, the Inter-Catholic Primary School.,' Annual Athletic<;, the iIlager IHami1ton~ Annual Derby Match, Founder<;' Day, the ChOIr Fe th'al, the Wynberg Girl.' High hool prtng Fair, and the 60th Anniver ary of the 'ational Cancer As ociation of outh Africa. The highlight of the year wa the performance at the Wynberg Boy' High chool 150 Cadet Band Fe~tÏ\'al. This was the cadet band''i be t performance. Unfortunately the cadet band did not manage to win Groupl adet Band Competition. ~ a r~ult we were not im'ited to the We tern Province Command adet Competition at the Good Hope Centre. Wc till do not have the re uit of the Groupl CompebtJon.

Our incere thank!, go to the following people: The cadet band committee: Mesdames Ander 'on (Chairlady), Marthbze, labber, Condie, Parkin, Bath, Dunbar, Cameron-Dow, Kirton, Rowe, Pestana, Badenhor~t and Ling. The mother of past band members (Me dame Home, Bevan and Yate ) for a~ i ting with the ironing. Mr Botha for his dedication and outstanding effort in arranging the cadet band mu ico Miss Galpin for arranging the percus ion mu~ic. John Price, Graeme Leon, Andrew Yate , Gary Beckman, Bevan Yate~ and Michael Home, for a isting the band with their mu ic and drill. Stuart Ander on, Alan Martheze and Duncan Slabber for their loyalty and dedication from td 6 through to matric. The competition re erve (Oli\'er Dav.' on, Jonathan Freemantie and Bruce Thore en) for their loyalty to the band throughout the ear. We look forward to next vear when harl Badenhor~t will lead the Cadet Band.

H.ten V. CADET BA D row: O. Daw on, M. Arnot, P. Glaum, W. Bath, . Badenhor'it, L. Erasmu , S. Rowe. 1rd mw: J Ling, G. Kirton, G. Acutt,j. umming~, R. Wallace, G. Dunbar, M. Albert. 2nd row: Ylr H. Ten elthui (Band Ma ter), J. Freemantie, A. Gar\'en, B. Parkin, B. Thore en, Ml.. L. Galpin (MusIC Director). Fmllt row: A. Pe tana, A. Laub cr, ,Ander on (Drum-Malor), Mr R.c. AIgie (Headma~t r), D. labber, . ndie, t\. MarthéLc [,,'Ot't: Mr B. Botha (Mu ic Director).

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SENIOR SHOOTING TEAM Back row: C. Badenhorst, P. Theron, . Marie, S. Freeman Front row: S. Beaumont, Mr R.c. Algie (Headmaster), M. Ale ander, Mr J.M. Blom (Ma ter-in-Charge), G. Findlater.

SHOOTING

SAC 92,70/.: Wynberg 94,10/.:

Once again our hooting quad had an excellent !>cason. Thc boy practised with great enthusia m, which re ulted in ome uperb individual performances. The squad won all their Round Robin fixture, whil the enior alowon the Groupl final, with the junior coming third. Mark Ale ander wa awarded the trophy for the Best Senior Marksman. After thi we were invited to repre ent Groupl in the WPCommand competition which was held at the Simon van der Stel Shooting Range. Although our boys gave a good account of themselve, we were not a match for the platteland schools.

Sebastian Beaumont 960/.: Mark Alexander 95,25% Bi hop 94,6% Wynberg 96,4% Mark Alexander 98,25% Grant Findlater 96,25% Sebastian Beaumont 96% SACS 92,9% Wynberg 94,6% Seba tian Beaumont 97,25% Mark Ale ander 970/.: Group I Final: Wynberg 95,750/.:

Results:

Mark Ale ander 97,750/, Grant Findlater 96,50/,

Oude Molen 6,-t~ Wynberg 92,9~

WP Command Final:

Mark Alexander 9~,T~

Wynberg 96,1 C1. Voortrekker 8 , 0/.: Wynberg 91,9%

Mark Ale ander 97,25~ Sebastian Beaumont 97,25% 93


HOUSE REPORTS' DE WAAL HOUSE

LITTLEWOOD HOUSE

House Captain: Committee:

Superintendent: Senior Housemasters:

Wade van Ey n Jeremy Morris Julian Malan Kevin Bacon Charl Badenhorst

Supervi ors: (1

t Term)

De Waal House may not win the overall Interhou e competition, but a incere effort has been made by all participants in all activitie to date. Wade van Eyssen and his committee are recommended for the good job which they have done in organising teams for the various events held throughout the year. Thi year ha een the beginning of regular house a emblies which have provided a forum for improved communication and therefore improved organisation. It ha al 0 given an opportunity to everal pupil and teacher to lead the devotional time expo ing u to new and varied approache . I am not ure that we have developed thi aspect of our a mblie to the full, and r will be looking to ne tyear' committee to initiate and act on new idea.

Senior Matron: Matron: A i tant Matron: Head Boy: Deputy Head Boy: Prefects:

Mr M Rushby Mr G Faiers and Mr de Carpentier Mes rs L Hoefnagels, W Stanford, 0 Mills, L Kruger, 0 Godden Sister De Klerk Mr King Mrs Rushby Michael Home TrevorGood RBate, C Fermor, G Truter, R Myrdal

In terms of the interhou e competition, it was alway going to be difficult to emulate la t year' feat of winning the Friedlander Shield. Littiewood till has half the number of boy a any of the 'day hou es'. However, the boarder are to be commended on the e tra effort they put into preparing for interhou e event, a are all the hou e members for their support of one anoth r. The result to date include: Athletic 3rd Cricket 3rd

G.T.

LI1TLEWOOD HOUSE PREFECfS Back row: . Truter, R. Bate, R. M rdal. Front row; Mr G. Faiers ( nlor Hou5Cmal>ter), M. Home (I lead Prefect), Mr R. . Algle (lleadma T. Good (Deputy-Head Prefect), Mr M. Ru hby (Supenntendent). Ab~tlt: . Fermor 94

ter),


LITT1.EW 0 HOUSE T O'Donnell, C. Ilyman, G lleaumont, A Verdon, B. Thomas, S. lleaumont, C. bttger, R. Scott, M. Ale'<iJnder, M O'Oon""II, A Wak.ham, B. c;.,lt, j. tead, eRuItel. 'A Ralnbow ~Ih """. M Albert" L Deny&>Chen,M. Ballev,).l..Dmbard, M Ilardmg. S. Ga"n, 0 Doughtv, 'A Crendon, C. deVllu" ..., A Boenruonn, L ,an dl'T We;thulzen,) narugan, e Brown, P \".nllloogerhuy,;, S. "-'hn, B M.wd,ley, R. MmN.r, L Mc"eJlar, B. -.n der \\esthul2eJl, A. Lad 3rd ML ) Pa""n,) de Cock, R. Hoch\"elden, C Penn, '1.1 Wilham",", A.Lelghton, N Thomas, P Tho""", I. Le", •. ) Penshom. e Den, ",hen. e, 1. Rou. 0 Thorna., M L<>rd.) Cum moos. D. ~teers, M van leker~, S Ruffel 21101 rou': 5 SmIth. B P.lton, A '1'·"d'llate. '1.1 M.bln. B. Urquhart, R Rlmm ..r, S. Frw. J.p de Villiers. SCopeland, S Thomp",n, B Oarl.. fronl row) f'.rmt Mr L I foefnageb (Ilousemast"r), R Bate (Prefect). Mn. P Kmg ('A. Iron). e Truter (Prefect). Mr C. F.,.", (Semor Hou", Master!. T. Good (o"puty:lle.d of House). Mr R.c. Algle (I1".Jrnaster), M. Home Ule.d of Hou .. !. Mr M Rushby ISupermt~ndent), R. Myrdal (Prefect). Mr L Kruger (Hollse \>lasterl. C Fermor (Prefect). Sister M de Klerk (SenIor \>Iotmn), M Munro (House Captain), \\ Sbnfllrd (Housemastl'r). A Galheto.

51h "",.: G Hard...,..W,luams,

Water Polo Cro -Country Hockey Rugby General Knowledge Shooting Bridge Squash Badminton

A P~.,

2nd 5th 4th 3rd 5th

RHODES HOUSE Hou e Ma ter: Hou e Captain: ice-Captain: Committee:

Mr V Polden o Martyn B Harrod C mee,O Milne, M van Ey en

On behalf of Rhodes House I should like to thank Mr Polden, the Rhode Hou e teacher, Bruce Harrod and the committee for their help in making 1991 a competitive and enjo able year for all Rhodes Hou e member. . With ound re uit from the beginning of the year we came second in the interhou e swim~ing, where teven Opie won the 100m backtr ke and Bruce Harrod gave of hi best in the free style. Special congratulation mu t go to the debating team and the cro -country runners for their out tanding performance. The Rhode House a 't did very well to come fir t in the interhouse pia comp~tition. Mo t important, everyone contributed to the warm almo phere and great team pirit e perienced throughout the year. Thank once again. Good luck to everyone for 1992, and good luck to Rhodes '91 matric::, for the future.

Silverhur t wa renovated at the end of last year and the early part of thi year. From the tart of the third term, it ha been an anne to Littiewood, accommodating twelve boy . It can accommodate 20 boy and three rel>ident ~taff members, including the senior housema ter and his family, and will probably run at full capacity next year. The Standard 8's organised a very succe ful hostel dance at the end of the second term. I hould like to take thi opportunity to expre my thank to the ho tel taff member for their hard work and intere t during the year, to Mr Algie for hi continued inter t in the ho tel, and to the prefects for the time which they have given to the ho tel. M.R.

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hou e member involve,d. We are looking forward to an even better year in 1992.

VAN RIEBEECK HOUSE Thi year wa a very good year for Van Riebeeck. The hou e wa on a winning treak early in the year, winning both the athletic and the wimming gala. The hou e alowon the Interhou!>e cricket. After improving on all of la t year' performance, the house tand a good chance of winning the Friedlander Shield. The pirit in the hou e hawed quite an improvement on lac;t year's and a a re uit the co-operation of house member!> ha improved a lot. The regular hou ea emblie also contributed toward thi . Ryan Palos and 1 iel Ra mus en did tremendou work a hou e prefect, organi ing the port team; credit for the ucce, must go to them. The hou e also did well in the interhou e pla s. Paul Gerber, hou e prefect concerned with cultural activities, directed the play and both he and hi ca t did the hou e proud. Richard Wallace wa named one of the better actor on the evening. Darren Faivelowitz wa named the best upporting actor. I believe that the hou e can do better in me of the other activities if we could get more

D..

WELLINGTON HOUSE Captained by Gavin Pfister and a i ted by a ver competent committee, consisting of Lesley Wylie, Paul Miglietta and Clayton Prins, the hou e had a pirited year. A pecial word of thank mu t go to Philip Lautenbach for leading the hou e with the weekly c;piritual dedication. Our debating team, consi ting of Michael Arnot, Ian LiddIe and Michael Fletcher had a tunning year in that they managed to win the interhou e debating competition in the face of extremely strong competition. Another ound effort worthy of mention mu t be the house play which was directed by Roger Jane. The numerou hour of his free time which he elflessly dedicated to thi mo t entertaining event will long be remembered. A.G.

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TABLE OF HOUSE POINTS AND POSITIONS EVENTS ATHLETICS CRICKET WATER POLO SWlMMI G CROSS- OUNTRY RELAY OE-ACT PLAYS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROS5-COU TRY KEY JUNIOR H JU lOR RUGBY SQUASH BADMI TO GOLF BRIDGE SHOOTI G DEBATING Fl AL POINTS

DeWaal

Littlewood

POINTS Rhodes

Van Rieebeeck

Wellington

3 3 15 3

9

6

7,5 12

15 15 4,5 15

12 7,5

6

12 4,5 12

2

4

10

6

8

6

12

15

9

3

10 15

6

4

3

9

3 4,5

1,5

9

4,5 3 13,5

12 7,5 7,5

4

6 6

6

1,5 3 4

2

10 2 9

100,5 96

10 2

6 6

13,5 2 10

4

2

12

4 3

15

133,5

124,5

11 ,5

10 6

6

9 9

6 6


SCHOOL SPORT

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Lee, P. Lindemann, D. Nolan, C. Boettger, W. Dixon, W. Webner, '. onck, B. Mawisa, B. Thoma, D. Martin, R. Gordon. 5111 row: M. Harding, . Anziska, L. oltham, S. RusselI, K. pringett, F. Maritz, G Pfister, P. Revington, R. van Breda, L. Wylie, P.Lautenbach, D. Hans en, M. Rainbow, W. van Ket, G. MacGregor, M. Faure. 4511 ml(': . llaider, G. Kennedy, J. Bntton, R. toffbcrg, J. Savage, . Seelinger, R. Buck, C. Adam, M. Grendon, R. Uoyd, D. teers. 3rd roll': Mr T. O'Reilly ( oach), T. Good, .Duncan- mith, R. Hugh ,D. Shclle ,M. Roodman, hocmiln, G. Coetzer, W. Denn, D. Perreira, A. Ro -Inncs, D. McCue, J. Ling, Mr L. Kruger (Coach). 211d ro!l': M. Seeliger, R. Smith, J. Bester, B. Urquhart, J. Hudson, J. Gordon, A. Gaskeil. D. mith, . Potterton, L. Baker, . llofmeyr, W. van Winkel, S. Beukes, M. Arbuthnot, S. Wolf£. B. Greyvenstein, J. Patterson, P. Winter. Frolll row· Mr L. "lude ( oach), . van Rhyn, Mr P. Kriel (Coach), K. \ ohlenberg, Mr G. HIll (Coach). J. Roberts, Mr R. . Algie (Heildmaster), . Prin , Mr K. Pretonus (Master-in-Charge and o;Jch), D. Milne, Mr M. Moore (Coach). W. van Eys en, Mr D. ienabcr (Coach). mU':

At the Inter-High School' meeting held at Coetzenburg athlete like Charles Bent (U19 High Jump), Grant Lewis (U19 3000m), Mark Pfi ter (U19 400m Hurdle ), Kurt Wohlenberg (U17 Shot Put), Clayton Prins (U17 300m Hurdles), Darren Milne (U17 1500m), Jame Robert (U15 Javelin), Shaun Atkin (U15 Long Jump) and Carl Boettger (lOOm Hurdles) all won their event for Wynberg. We fini hed a very clo e econd to Paul Roo_ Gymna ium.AI AC pring Me ting Kurt Wohlenberg won the SACS Floating Trophy for U1eBest Performance of the Day with a mighty heave of 15,17m in th U17 hot Put. The 1991 a on tarted with a very ucces ful tour to Oudt hoorn. Although the hot weather

ATHLETICS The 1990/91 ea on wa once again very ucce ful. It tarted with the Willard' Pre tige meeting, which Wynb rg won comfortabl for the third time in a row. Athlete who produced good performance were Michael Arbuthnot (U14 OOm),Jame Roberts (U14 Javelin - another record) and Charl Boettger (U15 lOOm Hurdle ). A large group of Wynberg athlete repre nted renin uia School at th Inler-Di trict meeting at Moorr burg. At thi meeting Robin Buck and particularly Kurt Wohlenberg (U17 hot Put), did extTemely well. 97


ATHLETICS 1991

Tom PetTano(f with Mr Kriel and

Jam 9

Roberts


A League (1st): DWilson MAdam D van Eyssen J Morris

was not conducive to top performances, our athletes dominated the meeting, winning most of the events. Van Riebeeck won Sports Day Athletics in fine style. ew records were set by Franko Maritz (U14 80m Hurdles), James Roberts (U15 Javelin), Robin Buck (U16 lOOm), David olan (U16 High Jump) and Kurt Wohlenberg (U19 Shot Put). Clayton Prins, with his fine wins of the U19 lOOm, 200m and 400m, was crowned Victor Ludorum. At the Peninsula Schools' Champion hips Wynberg proved to be the top school for the second year, with Rondebosch Boys' High and SACS fini hing econd and third respectively. Fine performances were once again produced by the following, who won the following events: Russel Gordon (U17 Shot Put), Bryn Thomas (U17 Hammer), Michael Arbuthnot (U15 1500m and 400m), James Robert (U15 Javelin, Shot Put and Hammer), and Marius Roodman (U14 Om Hurdles). At the Triangular, hosted by Wynberg Boy . High and Wynberg Girl' High, the efforts of Our boys and girl proved to be far too trong for Fish Hoek and Bergvliet. Wynberg not only won the Fal e Bay Shield, but also made a clear weep by winning all available trophies. A feature of this meeting was the outstanding di play by our relay teams and the middle-distance athlete . At the SASOL meeting the Wynberg team finished a disappointing fourth, with only Michael Arbuthnot, Darren Milne, James Roberts and Kurt Wohlenberg gaining fir t place. At the We tern Province Championship the following athlete were crowned a WP Champions: Michael Arbuthnot (U15 1500m), Kurt Wohlenb rg (U19 Shot Put), and Jame Roberts (U15 Shot Put and Javelin). Many th(\nk to all the parent for their upport, and al 0 to m hardworking coache for making Wynberg one of the leading athletics school in the We tern Province.

B League (2nd): C van der Westhuizen T Viljoen J Lombard C Prendergast C League (3rd): G Lind G le Roux A Morton M Clark C League (4th):

Thomas D Steers S Kahn A Bierman D League (5th): S Barnard D McLachlan J Weber RAp e E League (6th): A Katzke A Kerr

M Aldridge U Muller Reserves: 2nd Hud on 3rd R Carew, A GaskeIl 4th A Hal t ad, G Care\>\' 5th G Livesey, S Orford 6th M Douglas, P Doble, C Jacob, G Salt, M Davie , B TIpping Results: Team Won Total played

J.P.

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BADMINTON The 1991 ea on wa (\ ucce fulone. The three new member in the 1 't Team had no difficulty in adjusting and maintaining the high tandard et by their predeces or . We entered si teams in the various league. The team member were as follows:

1

2

3

4 5 644 10 8 14 13 1

6

9 3

won

90 38 57 46 36 50

1991 Awards Blue: D Wilon, M Adam, D van Ey en. Colour: J Morri . A League Trophy: Wynberg 1 t Team. WPSBA Certificate: 1st Team (fir t in A League). 99


FIRST BADMl

TO TEAM n, D. Wilson (Vice-Captain), M. Adam. ter), J. Morris (Captain), Mr H. Jonker (Coach).

Back row: e. van der WesthuiLen, D. van Ey Frollt raw: Mr R.e. Algie (Headma

Adams for the mO t successful combination in doubles this year. The Bruce Clark Cup goe to RCarew, as the mo t improved player of the sea-

Bruce Clark Cup: R Carew. DC Gohl Cup: D Wilson and M Adams. David Wil on wa cho en to captain the We~tern Province team. In the South African UI Champion hips, he reached the pre-quarter-finals in the singles, placing him ixteenth in the country. Michael Adam won the singles in both the We tern Province and Boland UIS Championship. Darren van Ey en also competed in the We tern Province Champion hips and reached the emi-final in the doubles. Although Jeremy Morris did not compete in any champion hip bouts, he wa a worthy captain and team player who mamtained dis ipline and kept up the pre sure. The mo t practice were attended by:

son.

On Founder' Day the 1 t and 2nd team had the plea ure of playing again t Old Boy I Chri Merrington, Arthur Ridge, Duncan Anderton and Craig aim, who beat the school team 0-12. A word of thank to Mr Brand for a sisting with practice and matches, and Mrs Gib.on and Mr HilI for a i ting with transport to and from matche . H.J.

BASKETBALL

(2 ) A Kerr.

After rea onable ucce e in the inaugural cason of ba ketbalI, the task of rebuilding the enior side and of developing a large pool of killed junior players is at hand. Two holiday clinic have been held with thi in mind, the re uIt o{ which have been gratifying. A large group of very keen young ter about 25 in total, will be vying {or a place in the junior

(26) A Halstead. G le Roux. (24) J Morris, M Davie , U Muller, C Prendcrgast. (23) M Aldridge, M Clark, J Lombard, Sarford. Players who took badminton as a econd port could naturally not attend ac:;many practices. The DC Gohl Cup goes to D Wilson and M

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Back rent': R. Skews, A. Lipp, G. de Klerk, R. Budge, M. Secchia, A. Hill. Frollt roll': S. loete, Mr R.e. Algie (Headma ter), X. Fazakerly (Captain), Mr G. Taylor (Coach), G. Bailey. Cricket in the chool' 150th year remain trong. An U150 team wa re-entered into the leagues after an ab ence of two ears, and we had to find e tra game for tho e U19 player!> who could not get into Saturday teams. Credit for thi is twofold. First of all, cricket hold a huge debt of gratitude to the choolma ter coach - not only for the hour pent at the net and on the practice field; but alofor the advising, encouraging and cajoling which are all neces ar when a young ter \ ould far rather be enjoying the other fruits of a Cape ummer. A li t of the virtue of cricket a a team sport i inappropriate for the e page. I believe that cricket, coached and played properly, teaches its adherent (whatever team they play 111) many lessons for life. The following teacher have en ured that cricket thriv s and grow at W nbcrg: 2ndXr Mr Ru sell; 3rd Mr Mo er; 4th Mr Faiers; 5th Mr LoU\...,;6th Mr Algie (4th term). UlSA Mr Connellan; Ul5B Mr Stanford; U15 Mr Rushb, 150 Mr Bromberger. U14A Mr de Waal; U14B Mr Iloefnagels, U14C Mr Elli (Mr ten VelthuI 4th term); and the two midweek sides have be n taken by Mr Godden, an Laver and Michael Home.

team. With five enior pla er in matric, everal junior player \....ill be promoted to the enior side. A few players ilre approaching WP Colts tandard and their progre in the upcoming eason will be watched with intere t. Practice are held on Tue day and Thur day, while matches are played on Wednesday. G.T.

CRICKET One of the advantage of the re earch which went into the hi tory of Wynberg thi year has been an awar ne f a long cricket tradition at the chool. The earlie~t reference to a Wynberg Cricket I wa in 1 92, when the game progressed from playground "bal laan" to an organi ed a tivity. This is the first recorded year of a Wynberg team pla ing in an inter- chool competition. The coach in the team photograph of 1892 was a certain Mr Rodger . Thi make 1991 the 99th ear in which cricket ha been played at Wynberg. 101


The econd reason why cricket continues to flouri h is the decision made by the We tern Province Schools' Union to ensure that all games - bar A team - must have a winner. This, coupled with the ruling with en ure that more player bat and bowl, has led to far more enjo ment and participatjon in the game. Every week aw e citing game and clo e fini hes right down the leagues. Another factor which will lead to the growth of cricket i our imminent return to the te·t match arena. I look forward to watching Wynberg Old Boys challenging for top honour in provincial and te t team of the future. A new generation of Wynberg boy i poi ed to take over from Alan Lamb and Garth le Roux. In addition to the 2nd XI, th UH age group ha done Wynberg proud this year. From the A team down to the midweek team, they have played enthu iastically and with competence. The team will be the backbone of Wynberg cricket in the year ahead. Our umpiring team continues to keep the flag flying. Gareth Mulholland i our top umpire, but Michael Clark, Dean McCormick and Dean McLachlan have ucce fully written and pa'i ed an umpiring exam et by the WP Umpires' nion. ow they mu t tand in aturday matche to gain experience to that they, in turn, can come through to provincial honour.

Colours: D Bowditch, A Carter, Malan, L Wylie.

Campbell, D

5/50 Cup for Batting: A Wylie. 5/50 Cup for Bowling: J Kalli . Hou e Cup: Wellington (Captain: A Wylie). Team of the Year: 2nd Xl (Captain: PRevington). During the December holidays, the following Wynberg boy achieved repre entative honours: WP uffield: A Wylie (Captain), A Martyn, C Turvey. SA uffield: AMartyn. He i only the 4th Wynberg boy to achieve this honour. The others were: J Burt (1961), G Bricknell (1972) and A Lamb (1974). WP Umpiring Colour: GMulholland. For the third year in succes~ion, a Wynberg boy ha gained provin ial colour for umpiring. Gareth follows in the foot teps of AMartyn (19 9) and Sean Lee (19 ).

1ST XI CRICKET The 1 t XI have had a mixed year, with varied r ults. The cene for the year wa et by a very ucce sful tour to the Alexandra We k in Pietermaritzburg in Januar . All four games were drawn, but every draw ~ a different, including a particularlye citing game again t We tville, which ended with level cores. After an opening game again t Langa, the team played in an all- da 30-over competib n against Bi hop, ACS and Rondebo ch. Wc lo't to Bishop in the morning and beat Rondebo ch in the afternoon. Later in the ea on win were r gi tered again t Bi hop and Rondebo ch, but lack of batting application again t A and Pineland aw u fail to et them adequate target . The term concluded with a good game of cricket against Durban High hool, "ho ored th winning run in the final over. Thi team ooze talent. An of our first even bat men can or alt I fifty - and four of them have. Yet none of them has translated that 50 into a 100. Fir tand foremo t, batting demand a mental determination to do well. Our bowling wa adequate and lacked real venom. Just like our batsmen, our bowlers need to develop a mental re ilience to bounc back when the game i not going their wa . However, I am plea ed to report that our fielding was up

1990AWARDS At the cricket dinner, held in December in the Bill Bowden Pavilion, the following award were made by Mr Duncan Fletcher: Powell up for Batting: A Wylie. tovold Cup for Fielding: Turvey. Upton up for Best All Rounder: A Wylie. Bing Cup for Sportsman hip: A Martyn. Bridgen Cup for Mo t Promi ing Player: M Munro. The following 1 t Team player were awarded their 1 t XI Cap during the ea on: J Bayl , A Carter, Campbell, A Martyn, C Turvy, A Wylic. At the Sp rt A embly addre ed by Mr imon Perkin , the following award were made: Honours: AMartyn, AWylie. Blues: DA kew, JBayly, CTurve . 102


D. Bowditch, R. Bate, e. Willoughby, M. unro, P. Wilon. M. Fletcher, K. Bacon (Scorer), J. Kalli . Frllllt rall': D. A kew, Mr K. . Richard on (Coach), P. Revington (Captain), Mr R.e. Algie (Headma ter), G. Truter (Vice-Captain), Mr M. Bailey (Profes ional Coach), L. Wylie 3rd row:

B. Mulholland,

21ld row:

1ST XI RESULTS

to the u ual Wynberg tandard, with the ground fielding and catching being quite uperb at time. The first term held man memorie Bowditch' 52 in the Westville gam; Revington'~ quare-cut again t Kear ne ; Kallis' catching in lip; Mulholland's wi ket-keeping in the Bi~hop gam ; Willoughby' bowling when he is fired up; the excitement of going out to field at ewland in front of 5000 pectator; Fletcher' gut y inning against Marit.lburg College; Munro in cover; Whitehead' two diving catche at quare leg again t Alexandra; Wylie' driving; A kew's yorker (which we ha\'e een all too little of thi ea on). All thi add_ up in the potpourri of 1991 memories. The 1 91 Wynberg 1st 1 ha all the ingredient to hit the top. With a di ciplined approach to practising and a real determination to ucceed in matche , these pla er of the Wynberg 150 team will be worth \ atching in the future.

Cape Schools Week v Graeme ollege Wynberg 240/5 (Campbell 76, Bayly 53, Munro 40 no) Graeme 73/19 (Martyn 4 /1~) Won by 167 runs v Selborne Wynberg 210/10 (Ba ly 62, Wylie 40) Selborne 120/7 (Martyn 4/31) Draw s Dale W nberg71/10 Dale 73/1 Lo t by 9 wicket v Queen Wynberg 140/10 (Carter 29 no) Queen 76/10 ( 1artyn 6/2 ) Won by 64 run 103


The Brain Trust - Coaches Mr Bailey and Mr Richardson at the 1 t XI nets Opening bowler Charl Willoughby tne his hand at batting

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vsSA S Wynberg 85/10 (Fletcher 23 no) SACS 6/2 Lost by 8 wickets

vs Rondebo ch Rondebosch 192/6 Wynberg 17/8 (Wylie 69) Draw

vs Rondebosch (55 over) Rondebosch 147/10 (Wylie 3/33) Wynberg 150/7 (Mulholland 58, WyJie 4 ) Won by 3 wickets

vs Bi hops Wynberg 229/9 (Wylie 66, Bayly 49) Bishops 161/9 (Wylie4/43, Campbell 3/49) Wynberg 171/3 (Wylie 103) Bi hops 135/5 Draw

vs Old Boys (35 over) WOBS 128/9 (Whitehead 3/25, Wylie 3/25) Wynberg 74/6 (Mulholland 40) Lo t by 52 runs

vs Fish Hoek Wynberg 203/8 (Bayly 50, Wylie 56) Fi h Hoek 119/10 (Patton 3/14) Won by 84 runs

vs Pineland Wynberg 137/10 (Wylie 5 no, Mulholland 40) Pinelands 13 /7 (Willoughby 3/37) Lost by 3 wicket

v SACS SACS 185/10 (Martyn 4/57) Wynberg] 6/6 (Wylie 87, Bayly 39) Won by 4 wickets

vs UCTColts UCT 159/10 (Kalli 3/21) Wynberg 74/10 Lost by 65 runs

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vs Durban High School Wynberg 186/8 (Wylie 54, Kalli 39, Fletcher 31) OHS 1 7/6 (Bowditch 3/72) Lo t by 3 wickets

v Maritzburg College Wynberg 129/10 (Fletcher 25, Munro 21) College 57/3 Draw - rain topped play

PLAYER CRITIQUE

vs Westville We tville 148/9 (Bowditch 4/63, Willoughby 3/16) Wynberg 148/4 (Bowditch 52 no, Kallis 48) Draw

Revington

(captain, middle order bat - 77 run

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Paul captained the side with courage and insight. He was never afraid to accept a challenge. He earned the respect of hi player through a genuine de ire for them all to do well. He had a mediocre season with the bat.

vs Kear ney Wynberg 1 3/10 (WyJie 65, Munro 43) Kearsney 129/9 (Bowditch 4/43) Draw

Truter (vice-captain, wicket-keeper9 ct and 2 st) A gutsy player who want to succeed and is prepared to work hard to achieve it. He is far too ten e about his play, which has led to his natching at the ball as a keeper and playing half hots as a batsman. Go out there and play!

v Alexandra Alexandra 161/9 (Bowditch 5/69) Wynberg 47/8 Draw v Langa Langa 68/10 (Wylie 3/ ,WiJloughby 3/22) Wynberg 72/1 (Wylie 22 no, Wil on 22 no) Won by 9 wickets

Askew ( enior pro, medium pace bowler - 11 wickers @ 23) His strength is hi yorker and hi nagging accuracy - both of the e were lo t thi year in hi desire to emulate MaJcolm Mar hall. Another trength i that he can move the ball both way. A flaw i hi (eeming?) ability to fight back when the chips were down.

v Bishop (55 over game) Wynberg ]23/10 (Mulholland 34, Bowditch 24) Bi hop 104/10 (Whitehead 4/14) Won by 19 runs 105


Bowditch (middle-order bat - 166 run @ 14; off!>pinbowler - 20 wickets @ 22) Lack of elf-confidence still hamper hi progress. On his day, his all-round kills and ability are a good a any ch lboy in the country - witne the We tville game. He i capable of playing hots all around the wicket, but hi back-lift makes him vulnerable to the yorker. He can bowl earn, off and leg ~pin. He love fielding. The future is his.

Byron is to ucceed consi tently, he will have to learn to dominate spin. Kallis (opening bat - 224 runs @ 17; earn bowler -12 wickets@ 17) A talented player who, when he gets stronger, will bring great joy to follower of Wynberg cricket. Tn batting, he is a little loose outside off tump, and hi back foot hots need to be traighter. His bowling action is immaculate. Touch wood, but r have yet to ee him drop a lip catch!

Wylie (upper order bat - 307 runs @ 2 ; 14 wickets@20) He ha the highe t core of the year 0 far - 65 vs Kear~ney. A player of immen e talent but little discipline in that he lo e concentration very ea ily. A good player of spin. Competent in all facet of the game.

The following have also pla ed for the 1 t Xl thi year: RBate, PWilson, Hud on, W Dickson. So far thi year, 1st XI caps have been awarded to DBowditch (all-rounder) and LWylie (batting).

Willoughby (left-arm opening bowler - 23 wicket @ 14) Problem with hi knee affected hi delivery tride, leading to an incon i tent line. A our main strike bowler, he has hown the ability to move the ball both way and is our leading wicket-taker. ow he mu t work at getting his fielding up to Wynberg 1 t Xl tandard.

2ND XI CRICKET Thi wa a remarkable sea on for the ide, with superb performances all round. We started off by losing badly to SACS and Rondeba ch in a limited-overs day, but managed excellent re uIt against both ide later in the term, beating SACS deci ively at the end of the term. There wa a notable improvement all round in the performance of the team as the ea on progre ed. The strength of the ide la in their ability to apply them elve fully at crucial stage during the day, thereby turning unfavourable po ition into favourable re ults. Our batting wa orid, with Andrew Hare providing us with a sound start on many occa ion. He ha good technique, but n eds to work on hi running between the wicket. The upport was there from Mark Turvey and Robert Bate. Th highlight of the batting sea on wa undoubtedly Robert Bate's century against Wind or, which resulted in hi promotion to the 1st team. The bowling wa generally accurate, although the opening pair tended to try to bowl too quickJy without concentrating on a good line and length. The highlight of the ea on wa Wayne Dick on' incredible last over against Rondebo ch, which included a hat-trick when Rondeba ch were ix wickets down. Both David Wil on and ichola Hudson were effective with the ball, but unfortunately there was a lack of consistency from both player. ichola Hudson, in particular,

Fletcher (upper-order bat - 111 runs @ 12) A determined bat man who never give hi wicket away easily. Play ahead of his pad at time, which ha led to his undoing. Strong on his leg, where he ha cored most of his runs. When he gets physicall tronger, he will be scoring many runs. Munro (middle-order bat - 179 run @26) Commendably, Michael believe that the ball i there to be hit and he has demoli hed many a bowling attack. He must learn not to go for hi hots too early. He alohas to iron out a technical fault of leaning back when he drive. Won the award la t year for the mo t promising player - now he mu t produce the goods. Whitehead (inswing bowler -12 wickets@ 11) He trie as hard a anyone and wa rewarded for hi tenacity against Bi hop (took 4 wickets). Andrew mu t now work at hi away- wingers as well. In hi batting, a predominant right ha cost him his wicket all too often. He has a safe pair of hand in the outfield. MulholJand (opening bat - 234 run at 20) A predominantly front-foot player who like the ball to come on to the bat. A good driver, he has played ome very attractive inning thi year. If 106


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ha great potential, but need to apply himself more fully. The fielding was generally good, with e cellent catches being taken both by Michael Munro and Craig Condie behind the tump! I would like to express my appreciation to Paul Wilon, who did an excellent job in leading the side, and to all the parents who supported o faithfully throughout the ea on.

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Results of matches played: s Rondebo ch 3rd Xl: Rondebo ch 146 for 6 (WiIloughby 2-23) Wynberg Bl (Harris 38, Brown 25) Lo t by 15 run vs Bi hop 3rd XI: Wynberg 164 (Shuman 60, Harris 35, Schultz25) Bi hop 165 for 6 (Shuman 3-13) Lost by 4 wickets vs Plum tead 2nd XI: Plumstead 10 for 9 (Marais 2-1 ,McCormick 21, Schuman 2-12) Wynberg 32 Lost by 76 runs

3RD XI CRICKET Fourth Term 1990 The team had a disappointing season, winning only 1 of their 6 fixtures. Although po sessing a fair amount of talent, few of the player came off, and many bat men gave their wickets away unnecessarily. Some of the better batsmen were A Shuman, A Whitehead, C Schultz, G Mulholland and R Brown. A Harri and S Marais were two fine all-rounders who both knew how to score runs in a hurry. The bowling attack wa pearheaded by C Leipold and A Harris, with support coming from S Marais, B Dixon, S McCormick and G Mulholland. JMerri alway gave of hi be t, both as an opening batsman and as a wicketkeeper where he distinguished him elf by di mi ing 7 bat men (6 caught, 1 stumped) in a single inning against We terford 2nd XI.

vs Pinelands 2nd Xl: Wynberg 76 Pinelands 79 for 2 Lo t by wicket v We terford 2nd XI: Wynberg 104 (Schultz 30) We terford 38 (Ma raj 4-4, Harris 3-7, Leipold 2- ) Won by 66 run v Settler 2nd 1: Wynberg 74 (Lindemann 19, Merri 17) Settler 76 for 9 (Harri 5-19, Leipold2-22) Lo t by 1 wicket 107

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4TH XI CRICKET

The 3rd Xl this year wa considerably weaker than the previou year's side, with some of the player having been promoted to the 1 tand 2nd Teams. The side wa thus compo ed chiefly of young (Std 8) player, who no doubt will develop as player.

The 4th team had a good season. The side is captained by WManning, who doe a fine job as captain. All player tried hard and did their be t al all time, which led to a great team spirit. Players who show promi e as bowlers and who have helped us out of one or two tricky situation are A Clark, L Era mus, S McMa ter and K Sutherland. Our best batsmen were S Marai, B Parkin and S Zeederberg.

Lindemann wa by far the best batsman and deserved hi promotion to the 2nd Team later in the term. Brown, Parrott, Marais and Week consistently scored runs, while Weber, KeJroeCooke, Marais, Di on and Weeks took most of the wicket.

All involved in the ide were well motivated and a pleasure to coach. Thank you.

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vs Pinelands 2nd Xl: Wynberg 76 (Zeederberg 2 ) Pineland 78 for 1 Lost by 9 wickets

UI9 MIDWEEK CRICKET The fir t term saw the introduction of an exciting new form of cricket de i ed to encourage the novice and ca ual midweek player to come out nnd derive the ma imum enjoyment out of the game. A limited 21-over format i u ed, where even or more bowler bowl a maximum of three over each. A bat man may only bat until he ha scored 25 runs, when a compul ory retirement i enforced. He may return to the crea e if all other 10 wicket have fallen in order to bat further within the span of 21 overs. By the middle of the term 23 boy made up the quad as the popularity of the new format took hold and new pread about the mo t enjoyable new cricket. Seven midweek matches

v Bi hop 3rd Xl: Wynberg 10 (Weeks 20) Bi hop 109 for 7 (Weeks 2-18) Lost by 3 wicket v CBC 1 t XI:C B 1-45(Lindemann 3-24, Mulholland+-24) Wynberg 97 for (Lindemann 40) Lo t by 4 runs vs Herzlia 1 t XI: Her7lia 1 for 8 (Weber 3-24, Weeks 2-10, Lindemann 2-19) Wynberg 76 for 9 (Brown 21) Lo t by 5 run v<;Edgemead 1 t XI: Wynberg 102 for 7 (Weeks 23 not out, Brown 22) Edgemead 106 for 6 (Marais2-21, Kelroe-Cooke 2-23) Lo t by 4 wickets v Plum tead 2nd XI: Wynberg 160 for 9 (Marai 45 not out, Mulholland 34, Weeks 21) Plum lead 119 for 7 (Marais4-22, Grisdale 2-23) Won by41 run v Rondebo ch 3rd XI: Wynberg 9 (Marai 31) Rondebosch 92 for 3 Lo t by 7 wickets

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were played and one Saturday fixture against Bishops, which ended in a re ounding victory for Wynberg. Four matche were won and four lo t. Our best batsmen were Alberts, with an average of 14,6; Stead (13,5) and Van Druten (11,3). McLaughlin was a steady opening bat in all the matches. The bowlers who never really had a chance to really ettIe down and find a good length nevertheless acquitted them elve admirably. The bowler who fared best were Wylie, who took 6 wickets in 12 over with an average of 6, ,and Le Roux, taking wickets in 10 over with an average of 2,8. Sixteen bowlers were used in the matches and all the boy had a go at wielding the willow with varying degree of ucce . The large squad presented no problems. Turn were eagerly taken in repre enting the chool, with keen support at practice from those sitting out the current week. This group form a broad base of potential talent, and provides upportive depth for the enior ide .

Results: vs We terford 26-1-91 WBHS 90/70 (Denne 20, Rookledge 20, Barnard 16, Stander 14) We terford 128/6 (Kalt 3/40, Wells 2/34) Draw v SACS 2-2-91 Limited Over Tournament WBHS 69 all out (Denne 25, Johnson 12, Well 11no) SACS 90 all out (Denne 2/17, Kalt 2/19) Lost by 21 runs v Bi hops 2-2-91 Limited Over Tournament WBHS 79/9 (Rookledge 29 no, Barnard 14) Bishops 78/8 (Well 3/6, Rookledge 2/11) Won b 1 wicket v Pinelands 9-2-91 WBHS 65/2 (Johnson 21 no, Well 21) Pineland 64 all out (Denne 2/6, Deney Rookledge 3/24, Wells 2/13) Won by 8 wickets

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The U15A cricket team i relatively ine perienced, but through hard work, ha improved quite con iderabl . The team was well led by Justin Rooklcdge and Lyall John on. My sincere thank to all the parent who have helped us in so many way and to Mark Well, who helped with umpiring. The bowling has been ound and the ground fielding very good. The batting ha not been of a con i tentl high tandard, and the biggest di appointment ha been the number of vital catches dropped.

ch 23-2-91 all out (John on 32, Well 24, Denne 15, Barnard 13) 12 /7 (Denne 4/38)

v Plumstead 2-3-91 WBHS 10 / (Wallace 30, Denne 32, Barnard 15, Stander 14) Plum tead 4 all out (Kalt -t/10, Rookledge 3/13) Won b 60 run 109


v Bi hop 9-3-91 WBHS 113/5 (Wells 32, Rookledge Beer 21 no) Bi hops 1 3/7 (Kalt 3/31) Draw

Henshilwood Under 1SA. Gosney wa a fearsome opening bowler and O'SuIlivan, Gerber and Karpinski also got amongst the wickets. Jones wa an attacking opening batsman, while Copeland made the highest core of the term (97). Field improved as a wicket-keeper, and Robertson, Glen and Wilsnagh made strides as cricketers. The team was captained by Matthew Karpinski.

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v SACS 16-3-91 WBHS 79/9 (De Beer 20 no) SACS 155/8 (Wells 5/25) Draw Top batting average: Innings otout Topscore 21" Cde Beer 3 3 1 32 W Denne 2 29" J Rooklcdge 7 32 LWell 32 LJohnson 8

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The Under15D cricket team had the misfortune of lo ing all its five midweek matche , and it did eern they were olltclas ed by the A or B side they were pitted again t. However, they continued to practi e and play the game with a good deal of enthusia m. In the bowling department Mllnro was the only uceess tory, with a tally of nine wickets for forty runs in the five matche . Other such as Robert on, Goode, Leary, Stringer and Un er failed to attack the tump with any real dedication or eonsi teney. The batting was omewhat better, with Munro again doing well to ore 27 runs, Leary with 2 to hi credit, Goode with 17, Meyer 14 and Wannerton 13. But run llch a the e were not enough to win matche . Leary and Goode hared the captaincy and did their best to weld the players into a cohesive team - their effort were appreciated, if not altogeth r rewarded.

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Catche: L John on (8), W Denne (3), J Rookledge (2), R Wallace (2), M Kirkman (2), B Deney (2), B Stander (1).

UNDER ISB CRICKET The inability of our bat men to build an inning and the number of no-bail and wide bo\! led bv our bowler were the two main factor which ~ade the cason uch a lean one. The team ha to learn to apply thernse(\'e and tart to "think" the game through. Terence Ryan improved a a captain as the a n progre ed. With the amount o( talent In the team, we should do better, but the boy will then have to tart believing in them elve . The highlight of the ea on was the match again tOFMalan. We won this match bone WIcket, with three ball to pare in the la tover. Here Caril de Beer' knock of 47 not out wa a plea ure to watch. He clinched vIctory (or Wynberg with three consecutive four.

UNDER 14A CRICKET It i many years !:>inceWynberg has been fortunate enough to field uch a talented U14 cricket team. What make it all the more enjoyable to coach the e boy is their enthu ia m and willingne to learn. They also have an exceptional sen e of team loyalty; it i a pleasure to ee boy of this age putting the team intere t before their own. Our objective in the U14 division is not to win game!:>but to teach the boy the correct basics and to help them to enjoy playing. In order to do thi we believe that everyone in the team mu t b involved. Here Warren van der We thuizen, our captain, ha played an invaluable role. He i willing to give all bowler a chance to bowl, witch the batting order and change fielding po ition to keep all our player happy.

UNDER ISC CRICKET The UnderlSc team performed very well during the first term, winning ix out of even matches. The only match lo t wa again torman 110


Our batting is extremely powerful, 08 only being needed once to bat this eason. 0 doubt the highlight of the season was Mark Barham's magnificent 100 against Rondebosch (he batted the whole innings), but useful contribution were also made by Gavin Stofberg, Adrian Goslett, Simon HofmeYT and Craig White. As with the batting, we are fortunate to have a penetrative and varied bowling attack. Any team that can boast with four right-arm earner , a left-arm seamer, an off-spinner and a leg pinner, is bound to be able to bowl ides out. The fielding wa an area of concern to start with, but as the season improved, this aspect also improved tremendously. Our wicket-keeper, Jake Bester, was probably the most improved fielder. The parents have, as always, been most loyal supporter and provider of tea, cakes and other refreshments.

UNDER 14C CRICKET The U14C Cricket XI had good win throughout the season. They played and practised with enthusiasm and dedication which, together with marvellous team pirit, saw them through many a close game. The side consisted of A McCrae, R Jefferson, M D'Oliviera, G Crone, G Kelly, W Williamson, P Gordon, W Weitsz, M Holland, P Kirsten, R Scott, BPaton, G Coetzer. C.E.

CROSS-COUNTRY Again Wynberg teams dominated the leagues, winning the U15 and U17 league and being placed second to Bishops in the U19 league. However, trong competition from SACS (U17) and Westerford (V15) kept the athletes under pre ure. Wynberg wa awarded the trophy for the best school in the Peninsula - an award we have received since 19 5. At home, good results were recorded in the inter-house relay and in the ma sinter-house race. The 4 3km relay was won by Rhodes (Senior) and an Riebeeck (Junior) in time of 39:14 and 43:5 re pectively. Fa test times of the day went to D Milne (8:56 record) and M Arbuthnot (9:43 record). As usual, the day of the mas race was overca t, with rain threatening. DMilne won the senior 6km event in 19:29 (record) with M

UNDER 14B CRICKET The Under 14B cricket team had a most enjoyable and succe sful first half of the ea on. The side played positive and attacking cricket, thank mainly to captain Mark Coetzee, who led hi team to great height . It has been a pleaure to coach the ideo My thanks must also go to the parent for their enthusiastic upport and e pecially to Mr Brown for umpiring. P

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FIRST GOLF TEAM Bnck rou: G. Scott, M. Secchia, 1. orgarb, A. Cyprianos, D. Grobbelaar. Frollt row: W. Patton, Mr R.e. Algie (Headma ter), D. Mathews, Mr D. Bromberger

(Ma ter-in-Charge), D. Barnard. Arbuthnot winning the junior 4 km race in 14:02. The winning house was De Waal. Cape Schools' Week was ho ted by Wynberg during the June holiday. Our team, con i ting of 0 Milne, L Coltham, M Dew, 0 Pereira, M Arbuthnot and R van Breda ran e tremely well to fini h econd in all three events to a strong Grey side. 0 Milne ran the fastest time in each race. o Milne won the Western Province UI7 title and was chosen to represent We tern Province at the SA Cross-Country Championships in Alberton. At thi event he finished 60th, which is a reasonable achievement. At the end of the season the following awards were made: Mo t Promising Junior: R Stofberg and M Rainbow. Mo t Promising Senior: M Dew. Team of the Year: Cape Schools' Week Team. Colour : L Coltham, R Lloyd, W van Eyssen, W van Kets, R van Breda, M Dew and 0 Pereira. Honours: 0 Milne. Special mention must be made of the coaching staff, Mes r M Moore, T O'Reillyand G Taylor who put in a lot of their time and energy. Wynberg's name ha become synonymous with cro -country, thanks to their efforts.

GOLF Golf at Wynberg has had mi ed fortunes in 1991. The Fir t Team played nine games, of which it won three (against Milnerton, Herz}ja and Rondebosch Seconds) and lo t ix (against Bergvliet, Bishops, Edgemead, SACS, Rondebo ch and Fish Hoek). In mitigation it hould be noted that the SACS game was only lost by 1 stroke, while the strong Rondebosch 1st Team was the winner by a mere 7 troke. Wynberg's top core on this occasion and for the season was a par 36 by David Barnard. The First Team wa captained by David Matthews, who had the best season average of 41 over nine holes. Colour were awarded to David as well as to David Barnard, Dirk Grobbelaar, Marc Seccrua, Gordon Scott and Wayne Patton. Ian orgarb missed colours, having come to Wynberg only in the third term, but he is a promising player. The Second Team had an excellent season and won the Second League South. Of even league games played, they lost the first to Settlers! by one point, drew the second with Bishops and then proceeded to win the remaining five games (again t Edgemead, PinelandsI, Herzlia, TygerbergI and Table ViewI). Two friend lies again t Rondebosch and Fish Hoek were also won by dear margins.

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The Second Team owes its ucce to players it hared with the Fir ts, such n Patton, Grobbelaar, Kenny Sutherland and Alex Cypriano , but al 0 to stalwarts uch as Bradley Gordon, Steed Duncan-Smith, Mark Mawman and Stephen Knipe. Finally, Wellington and De Waal are to be congratulated on taking the fir t two places in the Inter-Hou e Competition, and Wayne Patton on winning the chool Champion hips. We also wi!>hDavid Matthews the best of luck in the WP Schools' Championships.

competition, giving the school a lot of positive publicity. The UISA team won the annual UIS tournament, retaining the trophy Wynberg won last year. Several teams had very good records. The econd team lo t only one game (to orman Hen hilwood in the fir t term); the UIS and UI4C teams were unbeaten, and the U14A and U14D each lo t two game . Generally, the type of hockey that Wynberg teams played reflected the high quality of coaching most are receiving. Wynberg wa well represented on the provincial front. Liam Beattie and Paul Revington were selected for WP Schools' A', David A kew, Sean Sinnott, Paul Wilson and Wayne Denne for WP'B', and Michael Fletcher, jason Mallory and Wayne Dickson for WP'C'. Peter Blyth (captain), Robert Fowler and james Crone represented a Fal e Bay UIS team. Revington was awarded honour, while blues went to Beattie, A kew, Sinnott, Wilson, Denne and Dickson. Simon Crone umpired at the Schools Interprovincial Tournament for the econd year. The following awards were made: Con tantia Cup for Achievement - PRevington; Bromberger/Clark hield for Contribution to Hockey

HOCKEY Hockey at Wynberg has once again been of a very high tandard. There were nineteen team, the same a la tyear. ine teachers and seven tudents were involved in coaching hockey. We are particularly fortunate to have the quality of old boy who have been willing to come back and coach junior teams. The sea on has been a successful one. The fir t team won the Puma Cup and the 7-a- ide

1ST Xl HOCKEY j. Mallory, T. Good, L. Beattie, P. Wilon, W. Denne, B. van der Westhuizen, S. mnott. Front row: D. A kew (Vice-captain), Mr R.c. Algie (Headma ter), P. Revington (Captain), Mr M. Ru hby ( oach), W. Dickson.

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- PRevington; Most Improved 1st Team PlayerJason Mallory; ick Pattenden Memorial Trophy for Enthusiasm - Sean Sinnott; Mo t Improved U15A Player - Robert Fowler; Most Improved U14A Player - Gareth Coetzer. Thanks to all the parents who upported their son on the hockey field; al 0 to Mr Dixon and Mrs Crone and all the mothers who helped in the tuckshop; Mr Cooper and Mr van Rhyn for their work on the field , and to Mr Algie for his continued support of hockey.

Results of Matches

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Founder's Festival Potchef troom Boy' High Pretoria Boys' High Brebner Pearson Westridge Queens College Parktown

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Alexander Road Festival (Port Elizabeth) Grey (PE) St Andrew (Graham town) Grey College Alexander Road Selborne

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Paul Revington wa an out tanding captain who motivated the ide extremely well and led by example. He played a very big part in the team' ucce . Winning the Puma Cup wa obviously a highlight of the season. Although they did not play particularly well in the quarter-final (Bishop 2-1) and semi-finals (Bergvliet 1-0), they outplayed Paarl Boy (4-0) in the final. Having won the Puma Cup the previous week, the team played with confidence in the annual 7-a-side, eventually beating Bi hops ]·0 in the final, scoring 15 goal in even games without conceding a goal. In the Indoor Hockey tournament, the team did well, and were unlucky to lose 2-1 to Bi hop in the emi-finals.

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3-0 3-0

5-0 8-0 2-2 1-2

The fir t team practised on the Astroturf once a week, on average, which obviously paid dividends on the Puma Knockout Cup as well a in confidence and !>kills. Wynberg won ten of the eleven matche they played on A tro, lo ing only to Parktown in the pre-season tournament. The team truggled on a poor urface, a can be een from the re uit in the Alexander Road tournament in Port Elizabeth, where matches took place on rugby-field type field, and in the matche against Fairmont and SACS. Compared to Wynberg fir t tearns of the pa t few ea on , this team knew where the goals were, a evidenced by the fact that they averaged in exce of three goals per game. However, mi ed opportunitie still co t u!>victorie in a few game, notably against Rondebosch, Bishop and Selborne. The t am had a good nucleus of fine player who regularly repre ented the fir t team la t year. Competition for place was fierce, and the team had a lot of depth. Two players were elected for the WP' A' team, four for the 'B' team and three for the' 'team.

Trevor Good winding up to hit the clearace (Photo: A. Louwren , Photographer) 116


Wayne Dickson (32; 32) Left-half. Wayne always played with commitment and urgency. A left-half he cover-defended e tremely well and generally tackled well, although he allows players to beat him on his left too frequently. He used his reach well, and his distribution was generally good. Picked to WP'C. Paul Wilson (24; 41) Centre-back. Although he often ended up on his knees when tackling at the beginning of the season, his tackling improved steadily. He supported attacks well and recovered weJl in difficult positions. In the pressure games, hi distribution became erratic. He hardly missed a ball the whole sea on. Picked for WP'B'. Michael Fletcher (30; 30) Right-half. At the beginning of the season, Michael's basics were good and he tackled reasonably well. His tackling became stronger and he has been more confident in an attacking role. As a result of a niggling injury, he wa low on the turn. He tended to put himself under pre sure by not keeping the ball on his tick. Picked for WP'C.

Michael Fletcher twirls the stick during the Founders' Tournament (Photo: A. Louwrens Photographer) ,

Jason Mallory (27; 49) Ja on mi ed the PE tour through illne s, but pla~~d every other game, and in a variety of po lhons. He move quickly with the ball and has a good shot at goal. His best games were at left-wing and centre-forward. When playing link he tends to be guilty of 'ball-watching' and tends to commit in the tackle. He must also learn to keep the ball on his tick rather than pu h it ahead when under pressure. Picked for WP'C.

Most memorable goals: Wayne Denne's goal against Paarl Boys in the Puma Cup final and Sean Sinnott's diving goal against PinelaJlds. Worst game: St Andrews, on a rugby field.

PLAYER PROFILE (number of matches this season; total number of matches for first team)

Paul Revington (31; 83) Centre-link. Paul had an outstanding season for Wynberg. Hi work rate far urpa ed that of any ot~er player in the team, and his urgency and dnve hfted the play of those around him. On A tro, especially, his skill were of a very high standard. Hi peed off the mark, change of pace and direction and balance are all attribute which go toward making a good hockey player. Hi tackling improved a the eason progres ed. Repre ented WP' A' for the econd year.

Liam Beattie (23; 23) Goalkeeper. Liam was a certainty for the WP Schools' team, and was picked as the reserve goalkeeper for the SA Schools camp. Hi performance in the 7-a- ide tournament was outtanding. He didn't always maintain a high level of motivation, and wa al 0 vulnerable on the right foot. Trevor Good (29; 37) Sweeper. Trevor worked very hard at hi game and improved throughout the sea on. Hi distribution, in particular, improved immensely, and he tackled well on Astro. At times he did thing without thinking, which can be crucial in the la t line of defence.

Wayne Denne (29; 29) Link. Wayne is a very versatile player who i at home in the links or in the defence. He reads 117


Paul Revington looks to Van der Westhuizen for support

the game well and his anticipation i thu good. He is also a trong tackler. Hi di tribution i generally good, but he is sometime guilty of trying to hit the ball 'through' defender . He mu t also avoid the duel in midfield when this i unnecessary. Picked for WP'B'. Robert Bate (24; 41) Left-'A.;ng. Robert cored some fine goal for the fir t team, mainly through imply being 'goalhungry', and because he read the cros from the nght welL He was unable to command a regular place in the fir t team, a he failed to de elop a change of pace and tends to run in a very upright po ition with the ball too close to hi feet, a erious flaw, e pecially on A tTO. Robert would have been a regular in mo t other school fir t teams. David Askew (32; 7 ) Link. David made hi debut for the fir t team in 19 8, but never really fulfilled the potential he showed then. David hated playing on gras, especially a bad gra field. On Astro, if given a little room, he had the ability to split defences, running deceptively quickly with the ball. He had the ability and confidence to keep po eion if no pa. wa available. Hi tackling, though, wa oft and, although he scored ix goals, he never had a good hot from the edge of the circle.

Midfjeld tussle during practice

throughout the sea on, as did hi topping. Although he did core some very good goal , namely again t Pineland and Queen, he mis ed the goal far too often when shooting from the edge of the circle. Sean alway gave 100~ for the team and fully deserved hi selection for WP'B'.

Sean Sinnott (27; 44) Right-wing. Sean wa a powerful right-wing in the sense that he wa difficult to top once moving. Hi stick work continued to improve 11


Results (Wynberg scores fir t)

Brandon van der Westhuizen (27; 27) Striker. Brandon was always goal-hungry and was often at hand to pounce on the loo e ball in the goal area. His control wa good and hi stickwork improved through the eason. He wa fitter in the first half of the sea on than the second, which obviously affected his work rate. While scoring several good goals, he mis ed a few "sitter", and must be more re olute in the tackle.

v Oude Molen Avondale Rondebosch Westerford Bishops Bergvliet Pineland Edgemead SACS Milnerton

5-2 3-1

1-5 0-2; 7-} 2-1; 3-3

5-1 1-1

7-0 1-2; 0-2 4-2

2ND HOCKEY XI Summary The second hockey ide had a uccessful ea on by anybody's standard, losing only one match. The side grew in both confidence and skill as the year progres ed and were without a doubt the strongest econd side in the ape Peninsula. An indication of the depth of Wynberg's hockey is that many of the second ide players could play first team hockey at other schools. Simon Crone wa captain and was ably supported by Cerald Bailey. The side played ome memorable hockey with victories against Paul Roo (15-0) and Plumstead (11-0) coming to mind. The ide al 0 achieved succes at the seven-a- ide tournament, lo ing to the fir tide in the quarter finals. The boys had a matur approach to the game and never gave up and although players changed through the year the ide alway remained a team. The econd side wa the most pleasant ide 1 have had the honour to coach. Team: A Lipp, C Bailey, J Bayly, J Heath, 1 Mills, Ra mu en, S Crone, 0 Cri dale, A Loubser, R Fletcher, C Hardre -Williams, J Pentzhorn, C Moir, B van der We thuizen, and RBate.

P 13

W 7

o 3

L 4

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3

23

Team BCowling (c), SAnderson, CScott, RPalo, DDoughty, lLiddle, ALaub er, )MilIs, ADreyer, SZeederberg, ACyprianos, RCarter, WIeRoux, JPentzhorn, RFletcher, KRobin on. H. ten

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4TH HOCKEY XI The 4th hockey team had a very succe sful eaon. The term wa ably led by Kevin Bacon. The pirit and dedication of the team wa evident during the fir t half of the sea on, when they remained unbeaten. They beat Plum tead 9-0 and Rondebo ch 5-2. The highlight of the ea on wa playing the curtain call to the 1st team game under floodlight on a Friday evening. On the Founder' Day weekend we drew 3-3 ""ith SACS in a thrilling game.

3RD HOCKEY XI

Team: K Bacon (c), W le Rou , 0 OHi , A Berning, A Dreyer, Thore en, B Dixon, Marie, R David on, 0 Wyley, 0 Doughty, K Robinson, J Power.

The third hockey team had a di appointing seaon in that they did not fulfil their potential. Unfortunately the econd half of the ea on wa cut short by the weather and repealed cancellation by the oppo ition. The team wa captained by Bruce Cowling, who did well in bringing the team togeth rafter a low tart to the a on.

Coal- corers: K Bacon - 15; ABerning Di on - 6. P 14 119

W 9 1

o 4

L 4

CF 7

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CA 17


5TH XI HOCKEY

UNDER 15A HOCKEY

Under the capable leader hip of Michael Small, the 5th team had many victories, but suffered some defeats as well. Unfortunately, owing to many injuries in the higher teams, the team was reshuffled quite often, which co t them two or three matche . Adrian Secchia is definitely the mo t improved player of the ea on, and with the help of the other able back, Miles Kennedy, defended our goals against the onslaught.

The U1SA hockey team had a dream season this year, going the whole ea on without losing a match, and winning the U15 Tournament at the end of the season. Their record of one draw and thirteen wins is a fair reflection of the way they dominated this age group in the We tern Cape. All the players have very good individual skill and have learned the benefit of upporting one another on the field. However, one or two players stand head and shoulders above the others, notably the captain, Peter Blyth, who was also chosen to captain the False Bay U15 side; the goalkeeper, Wayne Merri, who conceded only goals the whole ea on); the sweeper, Robert Fowler, who hardly every mis ed a tackle; and the centre forward, Tyrone Thornson, who found the net no fewer than 26 times in 14 games. Jame rone, the vice-captain, and Robert Fowler were al 0 elected to play for the False Bay side. Other regular in the ide were Jason Gordon, a tigeri h right wing who never gave up, Keith Trail!, who e individual skills have improved remarkably since la t year, Mark Coetzee and Dalia Tacon - both very safe and dependable halve; Gary Brown, a half who probably improved his game more than any other player during the ea on, and Shane Copeland, a left wing who left many defenders flat-footed with his stickwork. Robert Fennessy (centre-halO, Michael Beattie (Link) and James Well (forward) also repre nted the side. The team wa unfortunate to lose 0-1 in the emi-finals of the U15 Indoor Tournament, as they had the better of Bergvliet but failed to core from two penalty rucks. Goal corer for the 14 game during the eason were Thorn on (26), Blyth (8), Gordon (8), Crone (4), Copeland (3), Fennes y(2), Traill (2), Beattie (1), Fowler (1), Wells (1).

P

W

9

4

D 1

L 4

GF 17

GA 21

6TH XI HOCKEY This side had a successful 1991 ea on. They di played good spirit and team work. Led by Ali dair Eddie, the team was alway ready to work hard. Greg Pentz played hard and often created goals out of unlikely situations. Hilton Rus ell, Gareth Beaumont, Gunther Hahndiek, Michael Wilson, Mark Batchelder, Craig Kemp, Carl Kie ser, Ju tin Tamlin all improved their game steadily throughout the sea on, e peClallytheir po itional play and work rate. Sean Meuwe e made ome excellent core in goal, but was al 0 caught out of position quite often. A pecial word of thanks to the parent who upported and transported the team faithfully week after week. P 11

W

L 31

GF 26

GA 12

7TH HOCKEY XI This side played with little tangible ucce s. They lo t every match. However, they earned the re pect and admiration of all who watched them play. Mo tly mismatched again t much tronger ides, they never I t heart, always trying harder. The result of this was a teady improvement in their play, a decrease in the goal difference and an ever-enthu ia tic side. The mo t improved player were Christian Evan and Mark Dunbar. Thank to the parents for upport and transport. P 10

W

L

o

10

GF 2

Results vs Paul Roo : WO 5-0 Plum tead: WO 6-0 Rondebosch: WO 4-2 Fairmont: WO 4-2 Bishop : WO -0 Bergvliet: DREW 0-0 Pineland : WO 4-2 Langa: WO 5-0 SACS: WO 3-1

GA 31 120


Milnerton: WO Langa: WO 4-0 SACS: WO 6-0

5-0 5-0 7-1

played great kill in combining with a hardworking Mike B attie at left link. On the leftwing, raig Beautement was always a danger to the opponent' defence. The team' re ults would have been vastly different if it were not for the superb goal-keeping of Myles Lord. The team did not only have a good sea on, bul also enjoyed their hockey and showed the enthu iasm that will take many of them to great heights in the hockey world.

Indoor Tournament (goal scorers in brackets): vs Fairmant: DREW 1-1 (Thomson) Bishop : WO 2-1 (Gordon, Crone) Pinelands: LOST 0-1 Milnerton: WO 2-0 (Blyth, Thom on) Camps Bay: WO 5-0 (Blyth 3, Thomson, Gordon) Fish Hoek: WO 7-0 (Blyth 4, Gordon 2, Traill) Muizenberg: WO 5-0 (Blyth 4, Crone) Bergvliet ( emi): LOST 0-1

UNDER lSC HOCKEY The boy' motivation and pride in this team made coaching really enjoyable, and, as they came to terms with the nece sary skills and under tanding of the game, many an enjoyable afternoon was spent on our hockey fields. The boys built up a trong channel unit in their play, and it wa the team-work within these channel that made the forwards (Keith, Brent, Bryan, Rodney), the links (Mei, Carl, Stephen) and the defence (Paul, Alan, Sven, Damon, Mark) so effective, and definitely a team to be reckoned with. Everyone under toad the re pan ibility attached to their po ition in relation to all 11 players, and I mu t congratulate all of you on yOUI invaluable contribution to the team. We were all very proud to come through the eason unbeaten, having worked hard for our re uit . Many thanks to the parent who supported us throughout the eason - your upport i alway appreciated by the boys and the coach. Team members: Paul Staal (Captain), Rodney Jenkins, Stephen Aaron, Keith van Heyningen, Brent Mar hall, Bryan Kelly, Carl Hochfelden, Mei Gib on, Sven Seeliger, Alan Kemp, Damon Morgan, Mark Russel!.

Outdoor Tournament: v Pineland : DREW 0-0 Wynberg B: WO 2-0 (Thom on, Blyth) Table View: WO 5-0 (Beattie, Bl th 3, Gordon) Tafelberg: WO 5-0 (Thom on, Blyth 3, Gordon) Rondebo ch (quarter final): WO 2-1 (Thomson, Blyth) Pinelands (semi final): WO 2-0 (Thomson, Blyth) Bergvliet (final): WO 1-0 (Thom on)

UNDER 1SB HOCKEY The U15B's had an extremely ucce ful ea on this year. They were one of the strongest side in the B league in the Province, and could easily have taken on many of the teams in the A league. The reason for their performance can be attributed to their enthusiasm and e cellent team pirit. The team wa led by Andrew Hillier, who alway played a solid game at centre-half. Stuart Bailey, who played at sweeper, displayed outstanding tackling ability. At right-half Brett Glen often initiated many attacks with e cellent tickwark. He wa upported b a hard working and creative right-link, Mark dos Santa. Thi combination wa completed by Rodne Jenkin who, a right-wing, often outpaced the oppon nt to et up many goals. Mo t of the goal were cored by James Wells with hi penetrating run at goal. Charles Hey, with his hooting ability, supported James in this goal- coring role. On the left, Robert Fennessy always dis-

Goal : For 50; Against 7; Drawn 1.

UNDER lSD HOCKEY The Under 150' really enjoyed their practice and game, and developed their hockey km . This wa evident in the fine kills exhibited by Ju tin Barry, Anthony Blak and Brett Simon; al 0 by Paul Boden, Gabriel Moncada and Graeme McKellan, who were the pivotal links of the team. The hard tackling by OUI trio of backs, Robert Rimmer, Warren du Toit and Grant 121


these three tart playil\g for a men's club, they will toughen up and become really competent players. Up front we aw the skill of Chris Potterton who wa upported by Mervyn Lewis, Donovan Cooper and the captain, Bryan Watson. All four picked up many goal.

Kingwill, was commendable. Our olid final line of defence: sweeper Simon Frye, and "Brick Wall" Douglas Morri on, also played very well. My thanks to Cabriel for doing a fine job as captain. On behalf of "the Team" a special thank you to the parent for supporting us and for giving lifts to the games.

P 14

UNDER 15E ANDFHOCKEY

W

1 U15F

P 7

W

o

4

L 3

CF 43

CA 12

UNDER 14B HOCKEY In early March it wa already evident that thi team had potential, and together with their enthusia m, this lead to out tanding results. Ali tair Scott performed a mo t thorough job in leading the team through the fir twinter term, but when he wa promoted with top goal corer and natural striker Mervin Lewi , thi ta k was handed over to Warren van der We thuizen, who did well. Warren and Dominic Bright were trong defender, with many an oppo ing attack ending on their tick. This re ulted in a few boring game for goalie Miljenko Gabric, who nevertheless gained confidence with each outing. Out ide halves eil Lennon and Clynn Zeederburg revealed great kill and gave good back-up support to their link Stephen Wo Iff, Craig Dreyer and Marc Seeliger, who all had good eye for the ball, beating their opponent on numerou occa ion. Donovan Kennedy read the game well and supplied the forward with uperb pas e . In turn, the forward, namely hris Ralph, Marko d'Oliviera, Bruce Thorison and Bruce Fenne y, combined well to penetrate the opposing defence with ea e, resulting in a high goal tally.

Re ults: P

D

Indoor Tournament: Semi-finalists. Outdoor Tournament: Rained off.

Being the only Under 15E and F team in the Penin uIa we truggled all ea on against strong oppo ition. We lo t mo t of our matche , but we were not always heavily beaten. In fact there were a number of clo e cores and e en an impre ive 4-1 victory in one of the E team matches. We were sorTy to lo e James Kipling, our F team student coach, at the beginning of the 3rd term. We wi h him a peedy and complete recovery from hi erious motor accident and thank him for his service this eason.

U15E

W 7

L 7

PF 6

PA

L 7

PF

PA

o

26

22

UNDER 14A HOCKEY In 19 5, no mcmb r of the then U14A had ever played hockey. In 1991, every player came into the U14A team a an e tabli hed play r. Thi meant that concept uch a u e of space and leading off the ball could be tarted earlier than u!>ual. lt wa an enthusia tic A team. Seven of them gave up two days of their holiday to attend a coaching camp, and hardly a aturday went by that a member of the U14A wa not at Hartleyvale watching and picking up tip from the Men ' League. Alwyn McCrae wa a valuable a set in goal hi quick reflexes and good ball kill promise a great future. The defence was held together by Matthew Bailey and Ali tair cott, while the mo t improved player in the side, was Careth Coetzer. Adrian Go lett terrori ed opp ing defence from right-half (he could be a good player when he learn to hit con i tently) and Matthew Mabin, Bruce Wilsnagh and Leigh Keanlyall howed an abundance of talent. Once

P 12

W 11

L

CF

1

4

CA

5

UNDER 14C HOCKEY The team were an enthu ia tic bunch who enjoyed their matche and played ome very attractive horYpv during the eason, evidence of which can bL ''CI\ ill the f.lct that they remained unbeaten. Thl. 'layer:. combined well and formed a formidaL unit tbt never gave up. It wa this quality that ~'..."T\l'd ti e team many fine win. Score uf 7-0 :lgam ....t Rondebosch, -0 122


against Westerford, and 5-0 against Bishops were certainly highlights of the sea on. The team also developed an admirable team spirit during the season. This enthusiasm made for very enjoyable practices, and it wa a pleasure to coach this side. There is an abundance of talent in this group, and with a little hard work and dedication a lot can be expected from these players in the future. Regular team members: A Leighton, I ixon (c), J Taylor, B Creyvenstein, A Clark, A Preston, B Clark, J Ra)), A Halgryn, B Fennessy, S Biden, M Williamson, C Smith, M d'Oliveira, C. Potterton.

unabating enthusiasm throughout the season, despite runs to Kirstenbosch and the like which did not meet with a great deal of popularity! evertheless the runs did build team spirit and fitness, and showed the rugger boys that there's more to hockey knockers than meets the eye! Success was variable, mainly because the sides rarely remained constant from week to week. A number of boys moved up early in the season, others near the end, and the rest shuffled in between. In all, the E side had a better season than the F's, winning most of their matches and losing the rest in closely contested games. The only seriou defeat took place at the hands on Muizenberg, who fielded a pack in a different league altogether. Play was stopped early in the interests of good health! Players of note in the ide were Logan, Wilenberg and Kemp in the forward line and Stofberg and Edwards in defence. Sadly, the E's lost mo t games because of an inability to finish off otherwise good movements into the opponent' circles. The F's were definitely a social side and after a few matches it became clear that playing for enjoyment rather than winning would have to be their lot! (Most defeats were of alarming proportions - double figures - so it was no surpri e that victorie, no matter how small, were cau e for great jubilation. Kingpins of the F's were ewdigate, Currer and Carew. Owing to bad weather a large number of games were cancelled toward the end of the season and things tended to fizzle out rather than end climactically. Therefore to tho e who played, I hope you enjoyed it and wi h you good fortune in the next season. Finally, a big word of thanks to a)) parent who helped with lifts and supported matches, and especially to MrWillenburg, who e voice wa often at the fields to take over when mine could take no more!

UNDER 14D HOCKEY Thi team had a very uccessful ea on. All players showed full commitment. The team won all their matches, except for two, which were played again t A ides. It is very difficult to ingle out any particular player, a the team played together very well. Brett Urquhart captained the side well. The upport of the parents was a motivating force for the player. P

10

W

o

L

~

3

CF 46

CA 10

UNDER 14E AND F HOCKEY The Under 14 sides have h 'en a real pleasure to coach thi sea on and apart from getting up at the crack of dawn on winter Saturdays to umpire matches, I shall mi s the practices. The e were made enjoyable by the boy ,

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1ST RUGBY XV 3rd row: R. Davies, A. Pope, R. Scott, P. Theron, B. Herbert, D. Bowditch, e. Badenhorst. 2nd row: R. Myrdal, e. Prin , A. Pegge, M. Home (Line man), M. Munro, L. Wylie. Front row: G. Pfister, Mr K. Pretorius (Coach), L. Radaelli (Captain), Mr R.e. Algie (Headmaster), Truter (Vice-Captain), Mr . Ellis (Ba&line Coach), M. Hutton.

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than in previou year. We were unable to field a Sth team for the fir t time in many year. On the other hand, there were more U16 and U1S, while the U14's remained more or les constant. The mo t uccessful group were the U1S's, followed by the UW . The attitude of the school to rugby is that it i a game to be enjoyed and the accent in coaching is on the development of kills. Our teams are generally able to match their counterparts in all chools and have a good reputation for fair play and sportsmanship.

RUGBY 1991 Rugby at choolboy level ha been under iege from the media and certain prominent personalities for ome year, and a a re uit has undertandably, yet unfortunately, become unpopular amongst parent in general. Despite this, the game i till floud hing at Wynberg, and with the introduction of the new Jaws and a far more favourable pre s coverage of late, I feel ure that it will go from strength to strength in the ne t few years. The game has 0 much to offer a choolboy and i of great educational value, contributing to the social, mental and phy ical development of the players, teaching them to work with other, to win and lo graciou ly, and to accept discipline and develop loyalty. The 1991 ea on ha been one of mixed fortune. The U19 division has been a relatively weak one, with the number of player fewer

My grateful thanks are due to the following: our dedicated group of coache who spent many hour on the practice fields: 1st XV K Pretoriu 2nd XV V Polden P Kriel 3rdXV 4thXV A ro U4


U16A U16B U16C U16D U15A U15B U15C U15D U14A U14B U14C U15D U14E

J De Waal WStanford MCowdry C Pearse D Ru ell WFish DGodden S de Witt and R Connellan D ienaber PUpton and P Roodman L Hoefnagels M Horne G Hill.

22 2nd XV 16 3rd XV 16 4th XV 15 U16A 16 U16B 13 Ul6C 13 U16D 8 U15A 15 U15B 11 UI5C 15

8

7 5

4 11 9 6 3 7

6 10

11

4 9 5 6 8

1 1 0 0 2

344

4 9 9 3

56 198 229 162

138 214 201 127 218

(MW)

11

10

1

0

276

90

113

7

3300

3027

Awards for 1991 Brian Steyl Cup - the most improved U19 player - K Sutherland. De Villiers Wahl Cup - the most improved U15/U16 player - Clinton Misdorp. Aznel Fine FloatingTrophy - the most improved U13/UI4 player - Jascn Parsons. Denni Fagin Memorial Cup - Senior rugby team with be t points for /point again t record - U16A captain - M Turvey. Dennis Fagin Memorial Cup - Junior rugby team with best point for/points against record - U15D captain - Steven Ruffell. Eric Tasker Cup - Interhou e rugby - awarded for Junior Interhouse only in 1991 - Van Riebeeck. Rugby Blues - Mark Hutton, Luca Radaelli, Gavin Pfister. Rugby Colours - Leslie Wylie, Clayton Prins, Rhys Myrdal, Michael Munro, Denni Bowditch, Riddian Davies, Garth Truter, Andrew Pope, Barry Herbert, Peter Theron, Charl Badenhorst, Ryan Scott.

Provincial representation We tern Province Schools: Mark Hutton. Western League: Gavin Pfi ter.

Records for 1991

1 tXV

16 14 14 15 13

TOTAL 243 122

- Mr TCooper, Mr Jvan Rhyn and their band of ground men for always preparing our facilities. - Mr G Taylor and Brent Tipping for organising our first aid. - Dr Gordon, for giving up so much time to be available in case of any seriou injuries at our home games. - the parents for opening up the tuck hops, for transporting their sons and generally giving moral support. - the Old Boys and friends of the school who gave us so much support. - the referees for enabling our games to take place. - tho e coaches who, in addition to coaching, carried out other administrative duties: - Mr Polden - march and practice balls. - Mr Kriel - entertainment, helped on occasions by Messrs Blom, Cowdry and Hill. - Mr Russell - referees. - Mr Stanford - sand and water. - Mr Pretorius - programmes and pres. - The choolboys who willingly helped coach other boys. In particular, Michael Home and Fernando Badiali.

Played Won

U15D UI4A U148 U14C U14D U14E

Old Boys rugby matches

Lo t Drawn Point Points for against 244 347 14 o 135 257 o 9 113 245 11 o 104 264 11 o 334 127 o 5 196 76 3 1 186 193 7 o 67 1 0 5 o 170 124 7 1 170 104 5 o 290 140 5 o

Six games were played again t Old Boy teams on Wedne day 4th September. As usual, the e games were played in very good spirit. For the record, the Old Boy won all the game, although the re ults are relatively unimportant. The Old Boys 1st XV were represented by Wayne Freimond, Dean Godden, Chris Gregory, Andrew Wylie, Mark Pfister, Bruee Sharp, Mark Olivier, Ian Melliar, Gay Byrne, Warren Mar, Andrew Jones, John Harri ,Chri Pearse, Adi Badenhorst and Rory Cole. The result of the 1st team game wa 24-12. 125


half Dennis Bowditch liad the safest hands around and liked to play a running game. Michael Munro and Rhys Myrdal were very hard-tackling, afe defenders in mid-field. The fast Clayton Prins played on the right-wing, while Andrew Pegge, Rhys Myrdal and Stephen van Rhyn all shared the left-wing spot. The following players represented the Fir tXV in 1991: Luca Radaelli (Captain - 20); Garth Truter (Vice-captain - 20); Leslie Wylie (21); Andrew Pegge (lO); Clayton Prin (20); Stephen van Rhyn (6); Michael Munro (l4); Rhys Myrdal (20); Dennis Bowditch (22); Mark Hutton (13); Andrew Pope (19); Ryan Pureveen (9); Riddian Davies (16); Gavin Pfi ter (21); Wayne Webner (5); Peter Theron (16); Ryan Scott (22); Barry Herbert (20); Charl Badenhorst (15); Ian Campbell (6); Philip Lautenbach (5); Stuart Marais (4); Ali tair Keytel (2); Ja on Lee (1); James Bail (1); Lyndon Heggie (1); Bruce Harrod (1) and Stephen Mdntyre (1).

1ST XV RUGBY ot much was e pected of this year's team, as they were very inexperienced. As the season progressed they matured and produced e cellent, attractive running rugby. It was with this adventurou pirit that they were able to beat Paarl Boys (9-6), Paarl Gym (15-12) and SACS (16-12). However, they did not always produce the quality that they are capable of and lo t some matches in the beginning of the season that hould have been won. Here the King wood, Hugenote and Strand game are prime exam-

Re umé of Results v Oakdale Agricultural College (4-13) The ine perience of thi team wa di played in thi hard opening encounter. Ba ic error till being made and weakne es displayed. Denni Bowditch' fir t match and did much to improve the rhythm of back. Fine try by Rhys Myrdal. v Huguenot High, pring (7-15) Lack of confidence in own ability di played in defen ive fir t haH, attacked too late. Clayton Prin cored beautiful try on the blind ideo Leslie Wylie played an e cellent match. \' Tygerberg High (9- ) Much scrumming practice during the week paid dividend in that we crummed Tygerberg into the ground. Good di play by the whole team, with Clayton Prins scoring an e cellent try after a well executed grubber from Luca Radaelli.

First team coach, Mr Pretoriu

pie Yet they had two historic win which will remaIn with them for ever, namely the two game that really mattered in our lS0th year again t Rondebo ch on our big day at ewlands and on the Founder' weekend in the pre ence of Old Boy from all over the country. The pack of forward, pearheaded by Gavin Pfi ter, developed into a very trong unit. The front row of Andrew Pope, arth Truter and Rlddian Davie was never beaten; the lock Barry Herbert and Peter Theron were strong crummager ; whIle the loo e-forward har! Badenhor t, Gavin Pfister and Ryan Scott complemented each other and did far more than theIr hare of the forward ' work. The bac~ were led at centre by the adventurou and highly competitive Luca' Radaelli. Mark Hutton wa good enough to be elected tor th Craven Week team at crumhalf, while the n -

v Kingswood College (10-13) Good defence by backs kept King wood at bay. Forwards held their own again t a ma ive pack. Started to take Kingswood on too late in match. Ryan Scott brought off two brilliant cover tackles. v President High (9-27) Murphy' Law wa appli d - everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. Thi inadequate dISplay was not worthy of them. 126


Line-out against SACS

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v Muir College (12-4) A good di play in very difficult condition. Wynberg adjusted better to the muddy condition. vs Grey (9-22) A lack-lustre display with very Httle to be proud of.

v Dale College (4-17) A much better display. Knowing that we have Httle to lo ,we ran every ball outside our own area, which led to attractive rugby vs Stellenbcrg (12-15) In a match marked by hard contact rugby, Stellenberg pulled them elves together excellently in the econd half to core an unexpected win against Wynberg. Wynberg backs played attacking running rugby. v DF Maléln (12-20) Once again a good performance. Backs impresive with their running off the ball, while Charl Badenhorst, Ryan Scott and Gavin Pfi ter played extremely well. vs Paarl Gym (15-12) In our midweeek game at Wynberg we up et the highly-rated Paarl Gym by coring two trie to one. Leslie Wylie cored two magnificent tries. \' Bishop (4-2 ) The coreline i not a true reflection of the game. W,. were much more in the game than reflected by the core. v Rondebosch Boy' High School (6-14) In an evenly conte ted match Wynberg was very unlucky not to have won. The forward played very well and once again the back ran aggressively. v Hottentot Holland High (1 -19) Both team battled to play running rugby in ver windy conditions. Referee blew club rule and confu ed the pia er . Clayton scored a great try through hard, aggres ive running. vs SACS (16-12) Wynberg held all the ace . The pack, pearheaded by Gavin Pfi ter, produced quality bail for the backs, who were always willing to pread it to the wing. Le lie Wylie once again produced a very poli hed performance crowned by two tries.

Rhys Myrdallooks for the gap (Photo: Argu Publications) v Rondebo ch Boy , High (16-12) A great di play by the team, who put in everything they had to win thi memorable game at our 150 Celebrations at ewlands. Garth Truter hooked tv.'o tighthead in his fir t game in that position. Gavin Pfi ter played him elf into Craven Week with hi great display. v Brackenfell High (4 -0) A very good win. Everybody was involved, and everything eemed to click. Bac played particularly well, with both centre ~etting up the wings. Clayton Prins scored four tries. v Paul Roo Gymna ium (3-60) Paul Roo~ overwhelmed u in all pha es and we had no an wer to the hard-driving Paul Roo fonvards, e pecially their loose forwards. v Boland Agricultural School (12-9) A gutsy di play by the whole team. They rally had to work hard for a victory, which they really deserved. Excellent try by Le lie Wylie clinched the match. v Strand High (3-9) In an ill-tempered match at the Strand, Wynberg went down narrowly. A feature of their play was their ne\'er-say-die attitude. v Paarl Boy , HIgh School (9-6) What an upturn for the books! The team really got tuck in. Luck helped a bit, but what a magnificent performance! Luca made a very brave deci ion in the final minute b taking the tap penalty to play for a win in tead of a draw. Running the ball re ulted in a try by Clayton Prins, with Dennis Bowditch converting. v ACS (6-10) Although we were the better team it wa a ca e of SA making fewer mi take and eizing their few chanc .

Re umé of Games My congratulations to the player who worked o hard throughout the ca n to make it memorable for all involved. AI 0 to Mark Hutton and Gavin Pfi ter, who were elected for the WP 128


Jubilation after the victory again t SACS

Craven Week Team and WP League Team re pectively. Thank you to the parents for their upport, to Mr Vince Polden for hi advice, and to Mr Clark ElLi for coaching the back 0 well. To the players, thank you for a great sea on.

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The downfall of the 2nd V wa that we were unable to convert po e ion into point, a the match again t Rondebo ch proved. Player who improved tremendou ly thi year were S Beaumont and P Lindeman, while S Opie' enthusiasm brought a revival to our crumming. Other players who e contribution to the 2nd V were very valuable were J Lee, a good, olid centre; the loose-fo,""vard trio of B Harrod, K Sutherland and P Lautenbach; A Lewis, e p cially in the 2nd term and our trymachine Svan Rhyn, who cored 9 tries this eaon. Injurie to key players uch a J Parrott, L Heggie and J Ball also had an effect on the team. L Lewi contributed the mo t point this seaon, namely 70, and together with P Gerber i the only player who played all 17 matches. P Lautenbach pro ed to be a good leader and my thanks go to him for hi advice and help during the ason. I hould like to thank Mr Pretoriu , Mr Elli , Mr Kriel and all th parents for their upport dunng the past ea on. La tly, I should like to thank all the pIa er for their commitment, enthu ia m and lo alt to the port, and to me a coach.

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The level of skill of all the players was exceptionally high, which must be attributed to good coaching in the lower divi ions. The forwards played with a great deal of determination, their major strength being crurnmaging. We lacked a second good line-out forward, the major burden being borne by Alistair Hill. The team did, however, adapt well to this weakness. Perhaps the major weakness was our inability to keep the ball alive. The backs cored ome memorable tries, but tended to be suspect under pre ure. When they had some space in which to move they were devastating. A player who must be mentioned is Robin Buck, who scored some classic wing tries during the season. Marc Turvey and Julian Malan led the team well, and the parents were most loyal supporters and transporters. A word of thanks must also go to Mr Stanford and the B team for their loyal upport during the season.

3ROXVRUGBY Thi was not a particularly uccessful season from a statistical point of view. everthele , the team seemed to enjoy the eason and, on occasions, played with a lot of determination, which led to attractive rugby. Certainly the match again t SACS during the 1st term is a fine example, during which seven tries were cored. I have nothing but praise for the spirit and attitude shown by this team during practices and matche. Their enthusiasm made coaching such a pleasure, although this team was often di rupted due to players being promoted. Special mention must be made of the following player: Byron Mulholland (Captain), who always led the side by fine example; "the always present front row" of Stephen Penny, Fanbelt Campbell and Dawson; Gloyne the towering lock; Keytel; Hud on; Mawman, Schultz and Thoma hoff all made valuable contribution . A special word of thanks must go to Mr Cro for always being ready, willing and able with hi 4th team ("corridor side"). The parent mu t also be thanked for their much appreciated support throughout the ea on.

J. de W. UNDER 168 RUGBY Under the excellent leadership of Wayne Love, the team enjoyed a successful eason. The boy "Vere alway willing to try their best, which made it a pleasure for me as coach. The team functioned as a unit, therefore it is difficult to single out anybody. It was plea ing to ee the boys "filing" in for the Ateam, and doing so with confidence. The match again t Paul Roos was a highlight. We won the game 11-8, and in so doing were the only victorious Wynberg side. The best rugby wa , however, played again t SACS (33-0) and Rondebosch (28-0). I would like to thank the parents for their support during the season - it was appreciated.

P.J.K.

4TH XV RUGBY This was a tremendou ly pirited team, consi ting mainly of boys who had originally decided not to play rugby this eason. During the first half of the sea on Grant Thomashoff led the ide by example, and Shane Walter took over the ca ptaincy for the econd half of the season. Thee cardinal rule for the team wa that if you couldn't make a po itive remark to a fellow player, then you hould not make a comment at all.

Summary of the ea on: P WOL PF PA 13 9 1 3 196 76

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W.5. UNDER 16A RUGBY UNDER 16C AND 0 RUGBY

Due to an inexplicable lo s of form in the second half of the ea on and some bad luck with injury to key players, the team did not fare as well as we had hoped Hti year. De pite ome disappointing lo ses the team did, at times, produce rugby of a very high standard and scored some memorable tries.

This was a somewhat frustrating season for both ide, which often had to play against B sides. Many thanks go to Chri Pearce, who was an invaluable help, and to captains Grant Johnson and Gareth Mulholland, of the C and 0 teams respectively. 130


I enjoyed the season and hope the same is true for the players. Certainly, some gave of their very best and improved their game dramatically.

fidence in his own ability. Amongst the forwards, Brandon Malherbe and Stephen Barnard always featured prominently, and pecial mention must be made of the excellent work done by Donovan Ryan in the tight phases. Finally, a word of thanks to Warren Fish for his help and enthusiasm in coaching the forwards. The keen and willing support of all the parents was also much appreciated and is always pleasant to see.

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UNDER lSA AND B RUGBY

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This has been a season of mixed fortune for bath teams. The A team was well led by Chris Raubach and Lyle Johnson. The ide played pirited rugby, but unfortunately lost several matches by e tremely close margins. Kicking was a major weakness, as there a no reliability. Unfortunately there was certainly a lack of commitment at times. Concentration on the field wa also a major cause for concern. We scored 31 time during the eason (from 15 matches). Towards the end of the season the backline looked extremely dangerous, with both Oeneys and Arbuthnot receiving plenty of good ball. Lyle John on is an extremely talented player - a strong runner and olid on defence. He certainly led by example and always played with extreme determination and commitment. The forwards worked well together, and I was pleased with their general good control, especially in the loo e phases. Special mention mu t be made of the three loose forwards, Chris Raubach, Bruce Salt and Brent Mills, who all covered an extr mely high work rate, were alway early to the breakdown point and ready to set up the second phase. The B team improved tremendously during the eason. From a lack-lustre beginning in the early part of the season, they settled down well, playing a good pattern of open rugby. The highlight of the season for the B team must have been the away game again t Rondebo ch. From being 7-16 down at half-time and playing into a tiff north-westerly, they pulled out all the stop to win the game 20-16. Graeme Dunbar ha aU the attribute of an A team player; he i gut y in the tackle and di plays an ability to read the situation well. He distributes the ball well to his backline. The most improved player in the B team ranks was Layne Manley, who al 0 ha great potential, but need to develop more con-

This team had an enjoyable, uccessful sea on, displaying plenty of spirit and commitment in beating teams such a Ronebosch, Bi hops, SACS and Paarl Boys' High. The only real disappointment wa the poor performance against Paarl Gym where we deservedly lo t by 10-21. .The team had no fewer than three captain because of promotion to higher teams. The e were Brent Stander, hristopher Kalt and Gavin Meyer, all of whom performed admirably. The team consisted of M Theunissen, A Ra slnne, B Stander, M Templeton, J Ling, J Rookledge, C Kalt, M Kirkman, J Ba ter, M Laithwaite, A Wannerton, P McIntyre, G Nagel, A Wakeham, J Munro, P Templeton, 0 Meeue, C alan and G Meyer. Many of these players have the potential to go far in the game. The most improved player was undoubtedly Paul Templeton, who made great stride a a lock during the eason. One of the major contributing factor to the uecess of the team was undoubtedly the enthuia tic and e cellent coaching of one of our tudents, Mr Dean Godden. O.G.

UNDER 150 RUGBY Far and away the trongest UIS0 team in the We tern Province and playing mainly C and B team and ome A tearns of maller school , the o team won the cup for having the be t point for/again t record in the VI4 and VIS diviion. The potential of the team i high, but the realiation of thi was limited by a lack of di cipline, and a flippant and elfi h attitude on the part of a few player. 131


Towards the end of the season the team's defence and handling skills were most impressive. The team had several captains during the season, including Mark Kirkman - extremely unlucky not to play consistently for a higher team, Chris olan and Stephen Ruffell. Regular players in the team were: R Dorsett, C Parker, 0 Shelley, S Kahn, M Faure, M Karpinski, G Leary, J Field, S Thompson, M Kirkman, M Chellew, V Fletcher, I orgarb, S Anziska, A Wakeham, T Baxter, W Faure, 0 Sillifant, D Langmann, C olan and S Ruffell.

into the fullback position. Who could ever forget his tackling against Paarl Boys. Shaun Beukes, Paul Winter, Simon Hofmeyr and Darren Smit always gave their best to the team. D..

UNDER 14B RUGBY Towards the end of the season these boys played very good rugby and it was quite evident that they thoroughly enjoyed their last three games. Luke Baker, Antonio Bruni and David Thomas, until his injury, proved to be able captains. Wayne McKenzie, Gareth O'Brien and Gavin Stofberg are talented players who will go far. Marc Douglas developed into a useful tight forward. Julian Thomas, Lyle Bowditch, Franco Maritz always gave of their best. Who will ever forget Luke Baker's charge down the sideline like a first class wing and Jake Bester's runaway try which was never scored against Paarl Boys'? It is memories like this that will make us remember this team.

R.P.C.

UNDER 14 RUGBY In this 150th year the U14 division showed great promi e for the future. Boasting 5 teams, equalled only by Bishops, it seems as if the injury scare is not as damaging to the sport as previously believed. We had a reasonably successful eason, but more important is that the boys had the chance to improve their skills and knowledge of the game. Thanks must go to the coaches, Me r Pieter Roodman, Luke Hoefnagel and Michael Home for their dedication and commitment.

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UNDER 14C RUGBY

UNDER 14A RUGBY

The Under 14C rugby team had a succe sful ea oh, e pecially in the second half, and remained unbeaten. After an indifferent first half (we lost mainly to other schools' B teams) in which we made careless and unnecessary mi take, the side realised that running the ball was the answer. We eventually scored 47 tries in total, with Mark Faivelewitz, captain and wing, scoring 20 of them. This feat would not have been possible had it not been for his team mates. It i alway good to see fifteen-man rugby, and I am sure that each and every boy thoroughly enjoyed playing for the C' . My thanks must go to the boys for making it such a pleasurable and memorable season and to all the parent for their loyal upport.

This team had an unfortunate season. There is a wealth of talent in the ide, but they were unable to put it together. They were unlucky to meet up with a Paarl Boys' ide and a Paul Roos side which are the best these schools have had in the last five year. The team showed character and never gave up. After winning the first two games of the season, then losing three in a row and drawing the next game it became apparent that we lacked the ability to capitalise on the weaknes of other teams. In the third term the boys played positive rugby and ended the term by winning 2 of the 6 game and narrowly losing 3 including the game against Bishop where we led 7-0 with 7 minutes to go. Ja on du Preez and Marius Roodman proved to be very strong leaders who led by example. Craig White, Liam Brown and Chris Baister forms a formidable front row, while Ja on Parson i perhap the mo t improved player in the side. Paul Jooste developed into a more than useful scrumhalf and Morné Truter fitted well

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UNDER 14D RUGBY Std 10 Trevor Good beat Paul Wilson. Std 9 Conrad ScI1Ultzbeat Lee Era mu and Duncan Rawkins. Std 8 Werner Si.issman beat Michael Chellew and Craig Priday. Std 7 Richard Wallace beat Grant Acutt and Brent Stander. Std 6 Antonio Bruni beat Terenee Ryan, Jake Bester and Luke Baker

The U14D rugby team had an enjoyable ea on, with mixed fortunes. The empha i al practice this year was on ball skills, as many of the boys are till under 14 next year. It was pleasing to ee the D's running the ball with great success throughout the season, even though this and poor tackling often caused their downfall. Thanks must go to Michael (Sakkie) Horne for his enthusiasm and dedication. A final thank you mu t also go to all the parents for their upport during the season.

A number of top players were not available, due to other commitments, but tho e who did play enjoyed ome good squash and were forced to realise how unfit they were. This year ha been a year of growth and development for Wynberg squash. We have reentered the Super League (after dropping to the A league for one year and totally dominating it), and have been able to cope with a very young ideo We have had Darren Breed and Steven Arm trong (both Wynberg Old Boys playing fir t league squa h) coaching the senior on Monday and the Junior on Thursday. The first team, with two Standard 7, truggled in the Super league, but managed to win one match each round and gain valuable experience. The econd team, including the rest of the

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SQUASH What a joy to be able to u e four court for the fir t-term Standard Championships. We played a round robin type knockout, with the fir t round winners playing at the new Bill Bowden Pavilion courts and the loser at the top court. The final re ults of the games played between the daily winners were:

SE lOR SQUASH TEAMS mann, D. Rawkm , R. Smith, G. Ruffel, P. Wil on, T. Good, S. Winton. 211d row: B. Parkin, G. Acutt, A. Bruni. FrOllt row: R. Wallace, Mr J. Louw (Manager), L. Erasmus, Mr R.e. Algie (Headma ter & Manager), . Schultz (Captain), Mr B. Greenwood (Coach and Ma ter-in-Charge), B. Stander. 3rd row: W. S

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U1SA team, were near the top of the Aleague, the third team struggled in the B league, while the fourth and fifth teams were near the top of the 0 and E leagues respectively, each winning all but 1 match in the econd round, while the E team won their league in the first round of matches. Our UISB team was unbeaten in the U1SC league. The Under 150, E and F teams were all in the top 2 or 3 places in their league . In the knockouts, the leagues were combined and reorganised and the enior teams each reached the semi-finals, but were beaten. The UISA team won the U1SA League Knockout Cup, while the UISB, C and 0 teams were unlucky to be beaten in the semi-finals. The UnderlSE team won through to the finals, but were beaten.

Many thanks to Mr Algie, Mr J Louwand Mr RusseIl for managing and transporting squash teams all over the Peninsula, and especially to MrAlgie for hi efforts in organising the first team for the second half of the sea on with Mr Connellan and Mr de Waal. Mr Russell's help with the victorious UISA team and support for the first and second teams through the season has laid a firm foundation for the future. Parental help cam from Mrs Baister, who regularly helped the Ul5C and 0 teams, and Me rs Oeney , Goode and Jefferson and especially Mr Bruni, who looked after the econd team on a regular basis. Their willingness to transport and look after teams wa very welcome. Student help from Rory Reid was a great help. Support from Mr de Waal and the Wynberg Old Boy' Squash Club made for a fulfilling eason for milny of the top 10 players when they played in the men's league team.

[n the age group champion hip finals, Antonio Bruni beat lake Be ter for the U14 up. Brent Stander beat Grant Acutt and Werner Suss man for the UIS Cup. Lee Era mu beat Brent tander for the U16 Cup and Brent Stander surprised Conrad Schult7 (who had beaten Lee Era mu in the preliminaries) to win the Open up while still in Std7. The Hammond Trophy for the mo t improved player and sport man wa awarded to Brent tander, whose dedication wa an e ample to all. qua h Colour were awarded to Conrad Schultz, Lee Era mu and Richard Wallace. everal other players played for the fir t team, including Michael Munro, Brent Stander, Clayton Botha, Bryn Parkin and Grant Acutt, but did not achieve the 60% of matche needed for Colours - our thanks to them all, and all other team members and reserves for helpmg squash at Wynberg.

Under New Management After starting squash at Wynberg in 1973, Mr Greenwood has run Wynberg School squash and much of the WP chool squa h league for the past 19 seasons a well a being involved in the SA School squash committee. He felt he "eeded a change and will be taking over badminton from Mr Jonker, who is retiring.

SWIMMING Our wimming team has had a fairly succes ful eason, having won almo t every boys' league gala. Grant Thomashoff was elected a our wimming captain and proved to be a positive leader. Jason du Preez wa elected for the Western Province Schools' team. Paul Miglietta and Alan Chitty were representatives in the Western Province B team. Jason du Preez managed to et a new Western Province Under14 SOmetre butterfly record and wa al 0 placed fir t in thi event at the South African Championship. At the annual inter-house swimming gala, Jason, in helping his hou e, Van Riebeeck, to take the overall fir t po ition, managed to et three new record. Franko Maritz aloset a new record. Paul Miglietta was awarded the Under19 trophy for the enior wimmer who scored the mo t point for hi hou . Re uit of the Annual Inter-hou e Swimming Gala are a follow:

The Interhou e Championship once again included two senior and two junior from each house. The results were extremely close, with 2 point eparating the top 3 tearns 'and the other close behind. Wellington were first, followed by Rhodes, Littlewood, Van Riebeeck and De Waal. The Junior School make good use of the court on Wedne days and play their matche early on Friday. The only day free for practice and challenge i on Tuesday, and unfortunately non-team member have not had much opportunity to play during the week. They join the aturday League each aturday from hOO and a regular band queue up early to welcome Mr Louwand ee who can be fir t on court. They invariably have to be pri ed out of the court later on when Mr Louw ha to leave. 134


SWlMMING TEAM , F. Maritz, S. Opie A. TI\Omashoff, D. Cuff, B. Quarmby, R. Smith, D. Durrett. 211d row: M. Lewi , G. Greeff, K. Trail, B. Denys, B. Bracken, D. Harvey, L. Bracken, L. Johnson. FroIlt row: J. du Preez, P. Miglietta, Mr R.c. Algie (Headma ter), G. Thomashoff (Captain), Mr A. Cross (Coach), A. hitty, J. Malan.

3rd row: A. Keytel, J. Cumming

Under14 lndividua! Medley (4 x 25m) 1 t: J d u Preez (01:08:23) ew Record

Under 16100 m Free tyle Ist: J Malan (01:04: 0) Record: R Opie (00:57:30) 19 7

Under16 Individual Medley (4 x 25 m) 1 t: S Woodley (01:12:13) Record: S Keyter (01:04:00) 1985

Under 19100 m Freestyle 1st: P Miglietta (01:03:92) Record: S Keyter (00:-5:60) 198

Under 19 Individual Medley (4 x 25 m) 1st: P Miglietta (01:09: ) Record: S Keyter (01 :02:50) 1987

Under 14 100 m Breast troke 1st: M Lewi (01:29:50) Record: A Cape (01:15:30) 1976

Under 14 House Medley Relay 1 t: Van Riebeeck (01 :05:53) Record: Wellington (01:02:50) 1984

Under 14 25 m Butterfly Ist:J du Preez (00:12:88) ew Record

Under 16 Hou e Medley Relay Ist: Van Riebeeck (01:01:67) Record: Wellington (00:55:70) 198

Under 16 200 m Free ty!e Ist: P Templeton (02:43:30) Record: G Mansen-Smith (02:05:40) 19 6

Under 19 Hou e Medley Relay 1st: Wellington (00:58:95) Record: Wellington (00:55:70) 19

Under 19 200 m Free ty!e 1st: P Miglietta (02:22:0 ) Record: M Wiederkehr (02:05:70) 1984

Under 14 100 m Free ty!e 1 t: J du Preez (00:59:40) ew Record

Under 14 25 m Free ty! 1 t: F Maritz (00:12:92) ew Record 135


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Under 16 200 m Brea tstroke 1st: 0 Ryan (03:16:49) Record: A Cape (02:42:30) 1976

Under 19 House Relay (4 50 m) 1st: Littlewood (02:03:51) Record: Wellington (01:50:30) 1984

Under 19 200 m Breaststroke 1 t: A Chitty (03:04:81) Record: A Cape (02:35:40) 1977

TENNIS 1991 ha again been a very ucce ful year for Wynberg tenni . It wa fitting that our 1 t team hould have won the Premier League in our 150th celebration year. What made thi out tanding achie ement even more noteworth wa that it wa achieved without defeat. Thi i the fir t time in the history of the league. It is indicati e of the depth of tenni talent at Wynberg, a si boy played for the four-man team during the ea on. The are: L Radaelli, R Egerer, C Kruger, M Hutton, P Blyth and J Rookledge. The other tearns also achieved excellent re ults.

Under 14 Hou e Rela (4 25 m) 1 t: Wellington (01:00:00) Record: Wellington (00:55:20) 1984 Under 16 House Relay (4 x 25 m) 1 t: Rhode (02:0 :3 ) Record: Wellington (01:47:50) 1984 Under 16 lOOm Brea t troke 1 t: K Trail (01 :24:77) Record: Kcytcr (01:09: 0) 19 5

Premier league Wynberg I t league wmnel3 1 t league Wynberg 2nd 3rd 3rd league Wynberg 3rd 2nd 4th league Wynberg 4th 4th ~th 6th league Wynberg 5th 7th league Wynberg 6th league winners th league Wynberg 7th 3rd 9th league Wynberg th 2nd Std 6A league Wynberg Std 6 team 3rd

Under 19100 m Brea t troke 1 t: C Thoma hoff (0 I:23:75) Record: C Ri (01: 11:90) 19 3

Open 400 m Free tyle I t: J du Pree7 (04:39: 3l Record: A Pearse (04:1 :T) 19 6

Three of our boy, R Egerer, C Kruger and P Blyth, repre ented WP again t Boland in the annual cia h.

nder 14 lOOm Ba k troke I t: 5 Raab (01:2 :10) Record: R Opie (01:14:30) 19 5

The chool ingle tournament wa won by R Egerer, who beat C Kruger In the final.

Under 16100 m Backstroke Ist:] Malan (01:19:02) Record: Ke, ter (01:05: 5) 19

VOLLEYBALL Under 19100 m Backstroke 1 t: Opie (01:16:31) Record: Keyter (01 :01:77) 19

Thi i the econd year that volleyball ha been pia ed officially as a chool port. The ear began rather di mally for the 21A t am. They ended fourth in the league and fourth in the annual tournament. The U21 B team won mo t of their matches in their league. They matured a a team, and began to play excellent olleball. The U16A' , however, dominated their league from the beginning and remained undef ated. Ob erver were impr ed that thi team, mo t members of which had received coaching onl ince April, should have beaten ide ,...·ho e

Under 1650 m Butterfly I t: L John on (00:31: ) Record: R pi (00:2 :33) 19 7 Under I 100 m Butterfl 1 t: 0 OUITet (01 :13:75) Record: R Opie (01:03:73) 19 137


FIRST TE

'IS TEAM

J. RookJedge. R. Egerer (Captain), Mr G. Eva (Coach).

Back rall.': P. Blyth, C. Kruger, R. Smith, Frollt row: Mr R..

Algie (Headmaster),

FIRST VOLLEYBA LL TEAM Back row: . Watkms, M. Aaron, . Vonck, X. Fazakerley, R. Volan. Front row: Mr R. . Algie (Headma ter), A. Whitehead (Captain), Mr C. Eva (Coach).

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players have been playing (or over five year. The U16B team, con i ting entirely o( beginners, did well under the circum tances. As WP Schools' volleyball i the strongest in the country, the province was invited to end an unprecedented three team from each age group to the 1991 SA Interprovincial Schools Championship held in Durban in October. The following boy were selected: U21B U21C U16A

U16B

RVoian and T Mtmday 1 Vonck, A Whitehead and S Watkins R Bayly (captain), Dolan, oetzee, W Tregurtha, ASpaun, M Jubbcr, S Woodlcy R Skew and C Mi dorp

As can be seen, the 16A team i practicall a Wynberg team, in spitc of the fact that twelve school sent boy to the initial trial. Mr Eva was the head coach of the U16 ide.

U19A WATERPOLO In 1991 C ThomashoH look o\'er from Pear e a captain, with Opie a<;vice- aptain. The fir~t team consisted of Beaumont (goalie), C Badenhor t, R Smith, A Thomashoff, D Durrett, A Keytel, B Quarmby, C Coo en, S Opie and C Thomashoff. At the beginning of the fir t term Wynberg howed their full potential and beat a trong Herzlia side 11-5. W nberg then played again t their fierce rival ACS, narrowly losing the match 5-7. Unfortunatel we later lost to the very strong Rondebo ch ide, as well a.., to Bi hop, which wa a clo e match. We attended the ides Tournament held in Ea t London and were well hosted by the Selborne Fir t Team. It wa a hard tournament, with teams playing up to 3 matche a day, but thi did not affect the team, which attained a credible third po ition out of 9 team.

1 TWATER POLO TEAM Back row: S. Boldenhor t, R. mith, B. Quarmb ,A. Thoma hoff, C. Coo en, D. Durret, A. Ke tel. Frollt row: A. Beaumont, Mr R.c. Algie (Headma ter), C. Thoma hoff (Captain), Mr M. Lamoral (Coach), S. Opie (Vice- aptain). 139


Results Selborne Dale Queen Kloof High Maritzburg CoUege Pinetown Muir Ea t London Invitation Alexandra Road High

2-6 2-9 5-6

7-2 7-5

6-3 6-3

8-2 8--t

Special mention must be made of the match against M.aritzburg College. Wynberg played a never before, with the Thoma hoffs contributing the 7 goal and S Beaumont aving ome exceptional shots. Wynberg al 0 fared well against the Selborne ideo The team participated in the Wynberg Fe tival to end the ea on, losing to Sea Point and drawing with Bishop .

Don Martyn in action ce ful, having had only 37 a opposed to 50 goal cored again them! The poor ucce rate was rather disappointing and omewhat une pected, a both ide appeared to be of a competitive tandard and certainly motivated. The problem was clearly the inability of either _ide to round off good movement with any eriou attempt at goal.

U19B WATERPOLO At the beginning of what was to be a fine eaon, the captaincy wa taken over by jMorris. The team tarted the ea on well as a well-l:1!ilanced, disciplined and committed team, boltered by U15A's movin up into the team. They produced ome very close, exciting matche , drawing to arch-rival SACS and Bi hop. They acquitted them elve very well a the only second team to participate in the Wynberg Water Polo Fe tival, and lo t narrowly to a Pint' fir t team .,l-5, drawing with Fi h Hock 2-2 and beating St jo phs 3-1. Player of note were topcorer Alvin Verdon and wing Lee Lewi . With their con i!>tency, dedication, spirit and good defence the player in the second team are ure to make their mark on Wynberg water polo next year.

U19E WATERPOLO Thi ide had a very ucce ful ea on. jame Ball worked very hard and became the trongest forward and highe t goalscorer of the sea on. Thi team al 0 fielded a number of player who e norma] sport is urfing - their natural fitne wa an a et. Bruce Harrod proved to be a very good captain, leading by example and encouragement.

U19CANDD U19F

WATERPOLO

WATERPOLO The Wynberg 3rd and 4th water polo !>ides ~ ere captamed by ampbell and jame resp ctively. either side had a pro perou 1990/91 ea on, the 3rd winning one and the 4th two of their nine gam . The 4th were marginally more uc-

Th~ .de tarted off very well at the end of 1990. They won 3 of their 4 matche .. Many pia er were ub equently moved up to higher ide to replace injured pla ers and the Fide wa 140


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1st Term 1991 The 1991 C team did not manage to improve on the record of the previous year's C team and truggled again tome unu ually trong teams amongst our traditional rival schools. However, Ihe 0 team did rather well to win 3 of their 4 games. 15C

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Gavin Pfister in control unable to fjeld a full ide for some of the matche in the econd half of the eason. They played 3 matches, winning 1 and lo ing 2. Simon rone emerged a an excellent captain and enthu iastic player. "Well pla ed" al 0 to A Eddie, 0 Knight (goalie) and Andre van Zyl.

GA

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There is room for much improvement in both of the 1991 id and it i hoped that the 41h term will produce better re uit .

UNDER lSE AND F WATERPOLO

UNDER lSA AND B WATERPOLO

January 1991 aw an enthu ia tic crow of Std6 enlering the High chool water polo league. ome had pla ed before, but mo t found Ih m elve attending regular Monda and Wedne day practice. A trong team rapidly emerged, re uiting in Tyrone Thomson, Andrew Hillier, Guy Kirton, Craig Coltham and Wade Coron progre ing up to th /0 quad. We f und our elves needing to build up another complete unit. With th po itive, c ntructive contribution from our t\ 0 1 t teamer!> (Charl and Gavin) we were soon back on target \-vith a trong quad. Between Anthony Walton, tuart Patter on, Adam Willi , Frank Holland, Ja on Parson, Grant Campbell, Ryan Minnaar, tuart Kaptein, Reinaldo do Rego, Morgan Jone , Malcolm Aldridge, J-p de illier, J Orford, ott Williams and W Buchanan we came clo e to an unbeat n track record, lo ing only our final match of the ea on to Rondeb ch. Thank to Charl Badenh r tand Gavin Goo en (and Seba tian and the Thoma hoff) for all the help and commitment to a juni rt am.

In the fir t term the A Team was unbeaten, drawing onl again t Bi hop. Th B Team won 3 oul of the 5 game, with many of the player pu hing for place in the A' . lt ha been an enorm u plea ure working with a gr up of players who are 0 willing to put in an effort and to ee them learning ital kill 0 qui kl . M warmest than ar aloe tended to hri Parce, who i proving to be a up rb coach and invaluable aide. Thank al 0 to Dale Durrett, who ha been a great h lp in coaching both side.

UNDER lSC AND D WATERPOLO 4th Term 1990 A Ihe result below indicate, il wa mixed fortunes for both teams.

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WESTERN PROVT CE REPRESENTATIVES 3rd row: R. Volans (Volleyball, Jee Hockey), J. du Preez ( wimming), W. van Ket (Biathlon), L. Kruger

(Tennis), S. Crone (Sailing) 211d row: D. Grobbelaar (judo), B. Deney (Biathlon), M. Moir (Water-Skiing), D. Wil on (Badminton), L. Coltham (Biathlon), M. Malan (Knee-Boarding), A. Keytel ( ailing), L. Purdy Oudo). Frollt row: R. Egerer (Tennis), 1. Liddie (Mathematics), Mr R.c. Algie (Headma ter), P. Revington

(Ho key), Mr K.e. Richard on (Depury..Principal),

4. Lloyd Purdy (Std 9) - J DO - WP Judo team. - 1 t WP open January 1991 (Under 48 kg). -1st WP closed May 1991 (Under 4 kg). - th SA Championships June 1991 (Under 4 kg). - 2nd Boland open August 1991 (Under 52 kg). - 3rd WP open July 1991 (Under 52 kg).

NON-OFFICIAL SCHOOL SPORTS The followmg boy ha\'e made notable achievement in non-official school ports thi year: 1. Ali tair lIill ( td 8) - J UDO - WP Judo team. - 2 ilver medal, one in WP v Boland. 2. Peter van't Hoogerhuyc; ( td 9) - JUDO - WP Judo team. - 1 gold medal in WP Champioru.hip . - 1 ilver medal in WP Open Championc;hlp - th In the A Champion hips.

M. Hutton (Rugby), M. Aaron (Ches ).

5. Grant Kennedy ( td 9) - BIATHLOl - WP BIathlon team. 6. Lee Coltham ( td 9) DUATHLO /BlATHLO - WP Duathlon and Biathlon team. - 1 t WP Junior Tnathl n.

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3. Dirk Grobbelaar ( td 9) - JUDO - WP Judo team. - 1 t WP open January 1991 (Under 40 kg). - I t WPopen June 1991 (Under-M kg). - 2nd WP clo ed May 1991 ( nd r 4-1 kg).

7 Wem r van Ket ( td 9) DUATHLO /BIATHLO - WP Duathlon and Biathlon team. - 2nd WP Junior Triathlon. 142


· Ja on Lee ( td ) - DUATHLO - WP A team.

- WP champion: belt swim and reel alarm (Lifesaving).

/BlATHLO

1 . Michael Moir (Std ) - WATERSKIING - WP team (1 t seed). -3 rd in Provincial Champion hips, Durban slalom. - 5th in ational, lalom.

9. Gavin Moir (Std 9) - SURFI G -4 th WP Longboard Championship. - WP colours for judging. 10. Ju tin Hough (Std 7) - SURFl

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- WP quad. - Boland team (reserve). 11. Michael Grendon (Std 7) - SURFl

19. Simon Crone (Std 10)HOCKEY UMPfRl G - WP colour: ational grade - SA IV.

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- 4th place Bob T competition. - WP reserve.

20. Gavin Crous (Std 6) - ANGLI

G - Set two South African angling record.

12. Matthew Moir (Std 6) - S RFLNG - WP Schools shadow squad. 13. Julian Malan (Std 9) - KNEEBOARDI

21. Jake Bester (Std 6) - SQUASH - WP Under 14A team. G 22. Alistair Keyel ( td 9) - SAIU

- WP team 1991. - 3rd SA Championship.

23. Royden Volans (Std 9) - ICE HOCKEY

14. Christopher

Fermor (Std 10) KNEEBOARDl G - WP team 1991. -3 rd SA Champion hip .

15. Marc Turvey (Std ) - KNEEBOARDI - WP team 1991.

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- WP team colours.

- Youngest player ever to be elected for We tern Province enior team. - Member of team to compete again t pringbok and touring Au man team. G 24. Greg Holrnes (Std 10) - PEAR FISHl

- WP invitation team. 16. Thoma

Karpin ki ( td 9) BODYBOARDl G/L1FESAVI G - WP colours for judging (Bod boarding).

25. Greg Holme

(Std 10) U DERWATER HOCKEY -Junior We tern Province team.

17. Alan Chitty (Std 9) -

BODYBOARDI G/UFESA ING - WP colour for judging <Bodyboarding).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Editorial Committee

The Editorial Committe wi h to expre their thanks to - Mr Rowan AIgie and Mr David Ru Il, for obtaining page ponsorship . - MrTom O'ReilI, for much of the photography. - Mr Lauren Mo er, for deciphering and typing the report 0 efficiently. - Mill Litho for their help, advice and effici nt ervice. - the Headma ter, taff and Pupils of W nberg for their co-operation and a i tance. - our page ponsor for their g nero ity.

Editor: P E Oecker Assi tant Editors: G J Hili L Kruger T O'Reilly Mrs L van Wijk

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