Reflections from

the Rector’s Desk

Dear Parents, Old Greys and Friends of The Grey We are experiencing an ‘action-packed’ start to 2015! Best wishes to all members of The Grey Family for a successful, happy and healthy year. May all we do continue to be in the best interests of The Grey and those we serve. This is also our School Governing Body election year – and we will need to find some additional, suitable candidates amongst our Parent Body to fill a number of vacancies. Many thanks to those who have already expressed an interest and who have made themselves available.

MR DIETER PAKENDORF – RECTOR : 1977 – 1992

Our esteemed former Rector passed away on Thursday 12 February. His funeral was held on Wednesday 18 February in the Lutheran Church, Cape Town City centre. Dieter’s incredible support and love for his school continued long after his retirement – and this with his good wife, Maureen, as ever, at his side. And so it is hugely fitting that his ashes be interred in the wall of the Memorial Quad alongside former Rectors of The Grey – this to be done in May, before our Friday Reunion Assembly, and in the presence of the School, members of the Family and all assembled Old Greys and Friends. The numerous tributes which have poured in from Old Greys all over the world bear ample testimony to the fact that he made a massive impact on a generation of Grey boys and that his masterful hand guided many to success.

MATRIC RESULTS 2014

We were generally very happy with the academic performance of last year’s Matrics. Congratulations to them and congratulations to Director: Academic Studies, Mr George Symons, and all members of our academic staff.

ACADEMIC AWARDS DINNER

Our annual Academic Awards Dinner was held on Thursday 16 January to recognise and acknowledge our ‘top achievers’ in each grade – all based on 2014 results. Dr Merrick Bryans (Old Grey – Class of 2005) was our Guest Speaker and delivered an excellent address to all assembled on this prestigious occasion. We were also delighted to screen a video clip of 2 of our Old Greys being capped by UCT Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price, at a recent Graduation Ceremony – Dr Gordon Audley (Old Grey and Dux

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ACADEMIC AWARDS FROM NOVEMBER 2014

NEW AWARDS: FULL COLOURS: Grade 11: Josh Parker, Ryan Holdstock, Ross Anderson, David Baker-Effendi; Stanley Davenport, HP Duvenhage, Bram Thorpe and Kofi Nyarko. HALF COLOURS: Grade 11: Stuart King, Matt King, Dominic Hill, Jarryd Barnard, Greg Kotze, Tyler Archibald, Jateen Nagar, Ross Edwards, Jason Haggard, Mohammed Allie, Ross Annear and James Burmeister. RE-AWARDS: FULL COLOURS: Grade 11: Jason Evezard, Ruan Bellingan, Anthony Abrahamson, Arno du Toit, Gary Kibble, HP Huisamen, Travis Clarke, Stefan Ungerer, Zalin Strydom, Hans Putziger, Dylan Warwick and Tiaan Coetzee. HALF COLOURS: Grade 11: Bryce Howarth, Jason Howarth, Josh Loyson, Matthew Nom Chong, Tristan Comley, Reece van Oudtshoorn, Hanno Minnaar, Stefan Minnaar, Kyle Hibbert, Michael de Marco, Mvume Mdidimba, Rory Clarke, Ryan Burmeister, Joshua Naidoo, Kendal Wright, Liam Roodt, Ben Keeton, Lee Stevens, Pierre Stemmett, Dean Rishworth, Nathan Starbuck, David Rowley, Caldwyn Lewis, Theo Swart, Joshua Newton, Josh Wiggill.

STAFFING

Both Mesdames Ina Meaker and Mariette Schreuder have been officially ‘boarded’ and are no longer with us – their official documents of approval came through early this year. Both have served The Grey, over many years, with distinction. We took our leave of them at an assembly held on Friday 27 February. Mrs Amore Kember (Afrikaans and Accounting) has re-joined the Grey Staff and Afrikaans Department. The other Afrikaans post has been filled by Mrs Celesté van Vuuren (ex-Framesby and with Honours in Afrikaans from the NMMU). Mr Brent Janse van Rensburg, Director of Rugby, departed our shores to take up a position with the Lions Franchise – and is presently in the process of returning to Port Elizabeth where he has accepted an appointment with the Kings. Mr Tim Fraser will coach the 1st Rugby XV, together with his back-up team. The appointment of a new Director: Rugby will be considered in due course. Mrs Pam Thomson and Mr John Clarke are at their posts, despite still undergoing treatment and being on medication – both remarkable colleagues! We welcomed Mr Francois Holder to the staff this year – he is our new Biokineticist. Mr Tyrone Green (Old Grey – Class of 2011) has joined the staff as a ‘Learnership Student’. Mr Beän van Eeden (ex- Brandwag) has joined Meriway as a resident Junior Housemaster. We congratulated Mr Byron Schmidt on the announcement of his recent

Reflections from the Rector’s Desk 2015-03-06 Page 3 of 12 engagement. Mr Greg Thomson has notified us of his intentions to ‘spread his wings’ and to travel abroad where, hopefully, he will secure a teaching position. He will take his leave of us in June. This English post will be advertised shortly.

‘BODAS’

We have a full Boarding Establishment of close to 150 ‘Bodas’. Our new intake of 30 Grade 8’s arrived on Monday 19 January for their orientation programme. New parents and their sons were all welcomed in the Hostel Dining Room at 09:30 on the same day. We are delighted with a number of improvements made to our Boarding Establishment during the December break – ablutions, painting of corridors, sanding and varnishing of floors, etc.

GRADE 8 CAMP – WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY – FRIDAY 23 JANUARY

Our Grade 8’s were transported to Van Staden’s River Mouth for their annual camp and all 191 returned safely and intact at 13:00 on Friday 23rd – Hallelujah! Many thanks to Grade Head, Mr Pieter Rademeyer, for his arrangements, Pastoral Head, Mr John Clarke, and all Staff and Prefects for accompanying the ‘troops’. Mrs Sue Atherton was, again, magnificent in looking after the ‘inner man’! Our Prefects are to be congratulated on the manner in which they managed our new intake. Our Grade 8’s of 2015 are a great group of young men.

CAMPUS PROJECTS

Numerous Campus Projects are taking place – the outbuildings (domestic quarters and store rooms) of the Hostel are being converted into much-needed changing rooms; several structural changes have also been planned for the area adjoining the Music Block and ablutions. A new electronic Waterpolo scoreboard is in the process of being completed and, after the construction of our new Spectator Stand, a new Rugby scoreboard will also be placed on the Sports’ Office side of the Philip Field. A new Sight Screen for the Pollock Oval is also ‘work in progress.’ Our Estate Manager, Mr Danny Daniel, and his team are to be commended for the immaculate campus surrounds in which we find ourselves.

OLD GREYS – STAFF WELCOMING

We are most grateful to President, Mr Bryan Knox, Executive Chairman, Mr Ian Pringle, and members of the Old Grey Exco for hosting this gathering on Monday 26 January – always a great opportunity for good fellowship as we introduce new members of staff to our Junior Grey colleagues. We continue to value the excellent relationship that exists between our schools.

PARENT- PREFECT DINNER

A most enjoyable evening was held on Thursday 29 January in the Rectory Garden together with our newly-appointed Prefects and their good parents. It was on this occasion that we reaffirmed our support for our Leadership Team as they approach the challenges which lie ahead.

Reflections from the Rector’s Desk Page 4 of 12 2015-03-06 OLD GREY AND PROSPECTIVE NEW PARENTS GATHERINGS

The first of our PR outings was held on Wednesday 4 February at the ‘Angler and Antelope’ Guest House in Somerset East. What a great turn-out of positive prospective parents and Old Greys! It was a pleasure and privilege being in their good company! Well done to Mr Ian Pringle for his organisation and to Messrs Bryan Knox (Old Grey National President) and Lindsay Pearson (Headmaster) for their valued input. It was also my pleasure to meet with our Old Greys in East London – this on Friday 13 February at the East London Golf Club.

NEW PARENTS SOCIAL AND WELCOMING

This gathering of New Parents to The Grey took place at 17:30 on Thursday 5 February in the de Waal Hall – thanks to so many of you for attending . We look forward to a healthy and enjoyable partnership for the next 5 years.

OPEN EVENINGS

Prospective parents and their boys were provided with the opportunity of visiting our School on the evenings of Tuesday 17 February to Thursday 19 February – I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity of meeting so many great families. Thank you for considering Grey High School as your No1 choice for the furtherance of your son’s education! A fantastic ‘vibe’ was especially evident on the Thursday evening when our Grey Junior parents attended their ‘Open Evening’!

MATRIC PARENTS INFORMATION MEETING

Many thanks to the majority of our Matric parents who attended this information meeting on Monday 2 March. I thoroughly appreciated the positive interaction and fantastic ‘vibe’ that was so evident. Thank you all for your continued support – may this be a superb year for our Matrics together with you, their good parents!

OTHER RECENT RESULTS AND SUCCESSES

SPORT AND ACHIEVEMENTS

A number of our Staff and Grey men were involved in sporting activities during the December break – both at school and provincial levels. festivals in which our teams participated included: Colts A – Queenstown; 2nds – Graaff-Reinet; and our 1st X1 – our own Festival on the Grey campus. Well done to Mr Neil Bielby for his superb organisation, together with his team of staff and helpers. Our annual Rowing Camp was held in Port Alfred – I was, again, impressed with the involvement of our parent body and all coaches. I also attended the ‘capping ceremony’ of the EP Waterpolo players towards the end of last year – most ‘capped’ were Grey boys! Jason Evezard and Jeremy Ward were selected to the SA U19 Schools’ Waterpolo Squad – we are proud of these men.

Reflections from the Rector’s Desk 2015-03-06 Page 5 of 12 Our 1st Rugby and Hockey Squads have also been hard at work preparing for the season which lies ahead. Our Hockey men will be departing our shores on 20 March for an exciting 10-match tour to the UK – they will return on 4 April. Congratulations to Mr Brent Keevy (Chairman), and his hard-working committee who have so efficiently raised funds for this cause. Our 1st XV will be participating in the Rugby Day to be held on Saturday 28 March – the scheduled programme is as follows: 08:00 Union High vs Cambridge High 09:10 vs Hudson Park 10:20 Queen’s College vs Pearson High 11:30 vs Brandwag 12:40 Kingswood College vs Marlow 13:50 St Andrew’s College vs Nico Malan 15:00 Graeme College vs Dale College 16:10 Grey High vs Bishops

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS AND

Our Inter-house Athletics meeting was held at the Varsity track on Tuesday 27 January. We did not allow light drizzle during the day to dampen our spirits. The ‘Bodas’ were, once again, in fine form, and emerged as convincing winners! Congratulations to Mr Louis du Plessis for his organisation and to all staff and back-up teams for their assistance. Our Swimming Gala was held at the Newton Park Pool on Monday 9 February. Our EP Swimming Officials were, once again, superb in the professional manner in which the gala was handled. Mrs Lucille Mather is to be thanked for all her arrangements, together with Swimming House Captains. Congratulations to Lang House on securing overall victory! Thanks to Parents and Supporters for your attendance at these events.

AIR-RIFLE SHOOTING

 Despatch High School: Tristan Comley led the pack victoriously. Jacob Dirsuwei shot his personal best and finished in 3rd place. An enthusiastic team showing promise for the season.

ANGLING

 Jesse Botha, Ben Keeton and Murray Keeton represented the EP Junior Angling Team at the National Champs. Murray Keeton was placed 7th in the U16 division and was selected as the Reserve for the National U16 Team. Ben Keeton and Jesse Botha were members of the EP U21 Team that won the National Championships. Congratulations to these men. Reflections from the Rector’s Desk Page 6 of 12 2015-03-06 ATHLETICS

 Zonal Athletics: Grey won 40 of the 55 events. We had excellent performances from Michael-John Paddock, Bulumko Nthuthu, Peter Hillmer, Uan Tait, Dylan Finlay, Waqar Solaan, Gerik Rautenbach, Bonga Mosola, Bradley Odendaal, Mathew le Roux, Aidan Tuohy and Caldwyn Lewis.  PE High Schools’ Athletics: This meeting was held over 4 days. Grey athletes achieved 27 1st places and 63 top 4 positions. The athletes placed in the top 4 qualifed to compete at the next Metro High School Meeting. o 1st places: Aya Bulembu, Arnold Coetzee, Jacques Coetzee, Michael- John Paddock, Dumisa Ngcivana, Luke Smuts, Aidan Dugmore, Dylan Finlay, Gerik Rautenbach, Tristan Scholtz, Waqar Solaan, Jonathan Cherrington, Bonga Mosola and Bradley Odendaal. Aidan Tuohy ran a commendable 10,7 in the 100m to be placed 2nd. This is a SA qualifying time.  Metro High Schools: The following were placed in 1st positions: Aya Bulembo, Michael-John Paddock, Jaryd Evans-Riche, Dumisa Ngcivana, Aidan Dugmore (x2), Thomas Ferreira, Dylan Finlay (x2), Gerik Rautenbach (x2), Waqar Solaan, Bradley Odendaal, Bonga Mosola (x2), Matthew Wells and Aidan Tuohy.

BASKETBALL

 Congratulations to Old Grey, Reece Prinsloo (2009), who was selected to represent at the Afro-Basketball and All Africa Games earlier this term.

CRICKET

CRICKET RESULTS 2015 – TERM 1 TO DATE Summarised table: Played Won Drawn Lost 1ST XI 10 5 3 2 2ND XI 11 7 3 1 3RD XI 4 1 2 1 4TH XI 4 2 0 2 5TH XI 4 1 0 3 6TH XI 5 5 0 0 7TH XI 5 1 0 4 Colts A 11 9 2 0 U15B 4 4 0 0 U15C 4 4 0 0 U15D 4 3 0 1 U14A 7 2 2 3 U14B 4 1 0 3 U14C 5 5 0 0 U14N 5 4 0 1 U14O 4 3 0 1 Reflections from the Rector’s Desk 2015-03-06 Page 7 of 12

1ST XI results: St John’s – Zimbabwe – Won by 6 wickets Affies – Match Drawn St Stithian’s – Lost by 42 runs High School – won by 38 runs Rondebosch Boys’ ( 2-day game) – Lost by 35 runs Grey College – Match Drawn Bishops – Won by 4 wickets Paul Roos – Won by 6 wickets Paarl Boys’ – won by 187 runs Graeme College – Won by 8 wickets

Our 1st XI travel to Queenstown for our encounter against Queen’s College on Saturday 7 March and then play St Andrew’s in Grahamstown on Sunday 8 March. T20 Cricket: St Andrew’s School – – Lost by 8 wickets Alex – won by 9 wickets Pearson – lost by 5 wickets

Cricket Hundreds: Keegan Cooke – 2nd XI vs Somerset College: 107 Jose Smith – 2nd XI vs Stirling: 106 Matthew Breetzke – 1st XI vs Durban High School: 153 not out Richard Felton – 6th vs St Andrew’s College: 151 not out Stanley Davenport – 6th vs St Andrew’s College: 152 not out

Bowling: Jonathan Draai – 1st XI vs Affies: 5 for 29 Bryce Howarth – 2nd XI vs Rondebosch 2nd: 10 for 11 Nicholas Fowler – Colts A vs Rondebosch U15A: 9 for 27 Matt Biggs – Colts A vs Glenwood U15A: 5 for 6 including a hat-trick Uan Tait – 3rd XI vs Priory 1st: 6 for 24 Hilton Krige – Colts B vs Victoria Park U15A: 5 for 8 Alex Draai – Colts A vs Paarl Boys’ U15A: 7 for 15 Lutho Sipamla – 1st XI vs Paul Roos: 5 for 29 Daniel Matyzsak – Colts D vs Framesby U15B: 6 for 7 André Nel – 6th XI vs Woodridge 4th: a hat-trick Joe Rooyakkers – 6th XI vs St Andrew’s College: 6 for 28 Hilton Krige – Colts B vs St Andrew’s College: 6 for 12

INTERHOUSE:  Juniors: 1st Vipan; 2nd Thurlow; 3rd Noaks; 4th Meriway; 5th Tie: Lang & Johnson  Seniors: 1st Meriway; 2nd Noaks; 3rd Vipan; 4th Thurlow; 5th Tie: Lang & Johnson  Overall: 1st Vipan; 2nd Tie: Noaks & Meriway; 4th Thurlow; 5th Tie: Lang & Johnson. Reflections from the Rector’s Desk Page 8 of 12 2015-03-06

HOCKEY

 Old Boy, Chad Cairncross, won his 1st SA International Cap when he played for South Africa against Austria.

GOLF

 The Grey 1st Team is leading the Provincial League Championship by six shots going into the final round. We wish our boys all the best for their final round.  Andrew Jeffrey won the PE Open Golf Championship in January with a score of 73. He is also leading the individual standings of the Provincial League Championship by one shot and the final round will be a very closely contested affair. We wish him every success to be the first Individual winner of the Provincial League Championship.

ROWING

 EC Sprints Challenge - St Andrew’s Rowing Regatta: Grey competed against St Andrew’s, Selborne, Clarendon Girls’ , Zwartkops Rowing Club, NMMU Rowing Club and Rhodes Rowing Club. We came home with 5 wins, 17 2nd places and 9 3rd places.  U14 Regatta: Hosted by Grey, this was a great success with Grey winning the Victor Ludorum for the most points won – 45 points. Selborne scored 36 and St Andrew’s 20 with ZRC at 12. The Victrix Ludorum was won by ZRC with 15 points and Clarendon with 5 points.  Buffalo Regatta: This is the only regatta where schoolboys rub shoulders with Olympians and Gold Medallists. The U16’s attained their goals and made all their boat class finals. Results: U16A Sculler – 5th; U16A Double – 2nd; U16A Pair – 3rd; U16A Quad – 3rd; U16A Four – 4th and U16A Eight – 6th.  Selborne Regatta (over 500m): U15A Sculler – 4th; U15A Double – 4th; U16A Double – 5th; U16A Pair – 2nd and U16A Eight – 5th. SQUASH

 FNB Squash Festival hosted by St Andrew’s: vs St Stithian’s won 5-1; vs Northcliff lost 1-5; vs St Andrew’s lost 2-4; vs St Dunstan’s College lost 1-5; vs Kearsney – matches not completed due to load-shedding. Our very own Russell Horn remained unbeaten at the Festival. We were the team with the youngest players and were certainly a force to be reckoned with.  Dave Hodgson Squash Festival: vs Kingswood – lost 4-2; (13-7 in games); vs Graeme College – won 6-0; (18-2 in games); vs Selborne College – won 5-1; (15- 6 in games) and vs Queen’s College – won 6-0; (18-6 in games).

SWIMMING

 Uitenhage Gala: Jaden Delport: 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals; Nicolas Adam: 1 Gold, Silver and Bronze; MC Burri: 1 Silver and Bronze; Credence Pattinson: 6 Golds and 1 Silver. He was awarded the Dick Cherrington Trophy for the 200m Freestyle. Reflections from the Rector’s Desk 2015-03-06 Page 9 of 12  Spar River Mile took place at Sundays River. Our top ten results are: o 2nd Byron Lockett (Old Grey); 3rd Nicolas Adam, 7th Credence Pattinson, 8th Greg Kotze and 10th Seth de Swart. Grade 8’s who kept pace with the top swimmers were: Cody Coombe-Davis, Chris Engelbrecht and Kyle de Lange. o Our Open Water Swimmers did well at the recent Bellbuoy Challenge – a 5km race at Pollock Beach. 9th MC Burri; 11th Nic Adam; 16th Kuno Boettiger; 23rd Kendal Wright.

TENNIS

 Nico Malan: 1A won 3-1; 1B won 4-0 and 1D won 3-1.  League Matches vs Pearson: 1A won 4-0; 1B won 4-0; 1D won 3-1. 1C vs Muir College won 3-1.

WATERPOLO

 U14 Jason Murray Tournament: U14A’s participated at Selborne College. In the 1st round they played Port Rex and won 17-0; vs Selborne 14-1; vs Stirling 15-2. In the play-off match against Pearson, Grey won 15-1. The final match was against Selborne where they finished as worthy winners by 6 points to 1. Matt Easton scored 23 goals and captain, Ricky King, was involved in 11 assists. At the back Stuart Grenfell and Reece Audie worked hard and often robbed the opposition of possession.  U15 Grey Waterpolo Festival: our home-based Festival was superbly organised by Mr Andrewe Hayidakis with the support of our loyal Mr Luke Crawford. Our 15A’s cruised through to the semi-finals where we went down narrowly to Selborne after a tense penalty shoot-out in extra time. Our U14A’s played against St Andrew’s U15A winning 5-3 and suffering a narrow loss of 2-3 against Selborne.  U15 Port Rex Waterpolo Tournament: Our U15A’s played against Grey College (12-2) and Kingswood (14-0). In the quarter-finals they played against Hudson Park and won 7-2; the semi-final against Selborne was also won (4-2) and they won 8-2 in the final against St Andrew’s. They scored 46 goals and conceded only 8.  1st Team Port Rex Knockout Tournament: Grey scored 25 goals and conceded only 5. They played against Kingswood (6-0), Selborne (8-0), Hudson Park (4-1. In the semi-final a fine victory of 3-2 was recorded against Selborne and the final against St Andrew’s was emphatically won, 4-2.  1st Team Grey College Festival: Results: St Peter’s (9-2); Reddam (6-5); Northwood (4-3); Quarter-final vs Clifton (3-6); Play-off vs Northwood (7-6); Play- off vs Reddam (8-5). Result: 5th place overall out of 16 teams.  1st Team Vides Tournament hosted by Selborne College: Our 1st Team played round-robin matches recording the following scores: vs Selborne Collegians (13- 3); vs Northwood (12-4); vs Hudson Park (8-2); vs St Alban’s (11-6). (Captain, Jason Evezard, was announced as Player of the Match). vs St Charles (12-0) and vs Stirling High (9-1). In the semi-finals Grey played Selborne, the match ending with a penalty shoot-out which was won by Selborne 2-0. In the 3rd/4th

Reflections from the Rector’s Desk Page 10 of 12 2015-03-06 play-off our 1st Team defeated St Andrew’s 9-3. Jason Evezard led his team superbly, with great support from Keegan Weidmann and Matt King.  1st & 2nd Teams: St Andrew’s Shield, Grahamstown: o 1st Team vs Selborne (5-2); vs Westerford High (4-2); vs Stirling High (10- 5); vs Glenwood (7-9). Quarter-final vs Reddam House – Grey won the penalty shoot-out (4-3). In the semi-final vs Selborne – Grey deservedly beat Selborne 4-3. In the final vs St Andrew’s we had a convincing (9-3) victory. Matt King was exceptional and he, Jason Evezard and Keegan Weidmann were included in the Tournament Team – a richly deserved honour for these men. o 2nd Team vs Graeme College 1st – won (22-1); vs Pearson 2nd – won (16-0) and vs Port Rex won (15-0). The quarter-final was against Kingswood 1st where Grey went down narrowly (2-3).  2nd Team Oakhill Chukka Waterpolo Festival: 2nd Team: vs Camps Bay 1st won (8-1); vs Woodridge 1st won (8-0); vs Pinelands 1st won (6-4); vs Wynberg won (8- 0); vs York 1st won (10-1); vs Parklands 1st won (14-1); vs Fish Hoek 1st won (10- 2) and vs Oakhill 1st won (9-1). Ross Edwards was voted as Grey’s most valuable player. Grey scored 73 goals and conceded only 10 goals.

INTRA-MURALS

 Fizzers for Food (Charity) Project: 1014 cans were collected during the week. The House positions are: o 1st Vipan; 2nd Johnson; 3rd Noaks; 4th Meriway; 5th Thurlow and 6th Lang. o In the challenge between Grey Pulse, SCA & Community Service, Grey Pulse collected the most, totalling 155 tins.  Debating: o beat Andrew Rabie. Sipho Ngcizela was the winner in his group. o Grey hosted the PE & Uitenhage Schools’ Debating League with 20 teams debating the subject: “Celebrities get away with Crime”. Grey came against Newton Tech and won comfortably. Jan le Roux was announced as Best Speaker.  Showtime Awards: Devon Allers (Matric 2014) won the prize for Best Actor and James van der Merwe (Grade 9) won the prize for the Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.  Grey Man of the Week: o Lukholo Nelani was awarded a certificate for going beyond the call of duty in assisting a parent in a manner that far exceeded expectations and setting a wonderful example to the rest of the school. o - Player of the Year 2014.  Grey Photography: Ruan Bellingan and Ross Pyle were placed in the Top 10 of the National Canon Schools’ Photography Competition in 2014. They each won a camera kit worth over R6000. The School was also given equipment including a camera and printer to the value of R65000 due to the high standard of entries in last year’s competition.  Inter-house Redenaars Competition: o Junior 1st Additional Language: Richard Porter

Reflections from the Rector’s Desk 2015-03-06 Page 11 of 12 o Senior 1st Additional Language: David Masterson o Junior Huistaal: JP Kleynhans o Senior Huistaal: Hein-Pierre Duvenhage. o House Positions: 1st Meriway; 2nd Vipan; 3rd Johnson; 4th Noaks; 5th Thurlow and 6th Lang.

 Rocco de Villiers at Grey Rocco de Villiers recently performed at Grey High and once again proved to the audience why he is the piano maestro of South Africa! A big thank you to the Grey Pulse boys for their excellent work in setting up and cleaning the hall, and for the many other tasks ‘behind the scenes’. The concert was in aid of MTR Smit Children’s Home, and with the auction held on the night, we managed to raise R20 000 towards this worthy cause.

 Grey Wine Tasting A most enjoyable Wine Tasting was held on 18 February in our hall where 20 of the biggest vineyards in South Africa supplied wonderful wines to taste and buy. Thanks to so many for your support – we will definitely build on this next year.

 Afrikaans Grey presented their second annual Afrikaans workshop for teachers in the on 7 February. It was a very worthwhile course where presenters shared important subject matters. Nearly 100 teachers from as far as East London, Cradock and Burgersdorp attended the workshop. Well-known writer, Annelie Botes, also entertained the teachers with some interesting stories from her school years.

 Dare 2 Dance What a FANTASTIC evening organised by Hein-Pierre Duvenhage! Lots of talent, good food and great company. The audience was entertained to excellent dancing moves by our dancers and the 3-course meal was also a highlight. Well done to Mrs Ruth Lyon and our Grey Voices who performed so slickly as part of the programme.

Thank you ALL for your wonderful support and for all that you continue to do for and mean to The Grey.

NEIL R CRAWFORD 2015-03-05

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