Newsletter Term 1 # 3 2 February 2018 St Andrew’s COLLEGE Nec Aspera Terrent
To the Andrean Community
"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing". Stephen Hawking
There is no more quintessentially African a sound, and no more beautiful a bird to watch in full flight than the African Fish Eagle. How extraordinary that such majesty and beauty can combine with such power and strength to create such a highly skilled hunter.
And how even more extraordinary that this mass of 3kg can use its 2m wingspan to propel it up into the swirling thermals, hold position, and drop like a stone at just the right moment, that a hapless fish can change from enjoying a languid swim to being eagle supper in a second.
St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 And how extraordinary again that the very laws of gravity that are designed to draw that mass of eagle to the ground, give it the downward acceleration that allows it to swoop, dive, and soar.
A foolish eagle would denounce gravity, complaining that for a creature that is designed to fly the skies, gravity is restrictive and limiting. It is a clever eagle indeed that is able to appreciate that it is the limitations of gravity that give it its capacity to flourish.
And so it is in a school. For although no-one really claims to enjoy rules, discipline, and structure, only a fool can not see that it is those limitations that give our boys the true freedom to flourish. There is no contradiction - boys flourish in an environment that is fair, firm, and predictable. And so, as tedious as it may seem at the time, discipline at a school gives our boys the structure that they need to fly, the wind beneath their wings.
Which is why a boy needs clear boundaries - loving parents and teachers who are parents and teachers, not best friends and not obsequious approval seekers, for boys have, and need, their own friends. A boy needs natural, understandable consequences that are not knee-jerk reactions to a surprise lapse, that he may know, intuitively and without need of reassurance that although he has messed up or crossed a line, he is unconditionally loved and considered worthy and capable. Accountable, certainly, and with consequences, certainly, but worthy, always.
For it is our dream that each boy will find his unique giftedness, and flourish. To do so, he needs of course an environment of unconditional love, but more importantly, the absolute freedom provided by the limits of discipline.
God bless Alan Thompson [email protected]
St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 ACADEMIC AWARDS FOR 2017 The annual academic award is made up two sets aggregate of marks should be 70% of marks, viz the November Exam Order and the or above. Promotion Mark. • Boys need to achieve the required 6 subjects are used in all Grades for the aggre- average aggregate in both the Exam gate: Order and Promotion Mark. o To achieve Honours, the average • In Grade 8 & 9 it is the 6 Core Subjects aggregate of marks should be 80% viz. English, First Additional Language, or above. Mathematics, Natural Science, History and o To achieve Colours, the average Geography aggregate of marks should be 75% • In Grade 10 & 11, it is English, First or above. Additional Language, Mathematics plus o To achieve Merit, the average the next best three subjects, excluding LO: GRADE HONOURS COLOURS MERIT
Luke Barker Stuart Christie Daniel Bradfield Jacob Erasmus Gabriel da Motta Jared Ferreira Miles Jackson Matthew Grunewald Benjamin Fleming Mfundi Leta Nicholas Holmes Samuel Francis Africa Matshingana Dylan Marx Arran Hepburn Rowan Rosenberg Ross Mullins Cameron Holmes 8 James Stadler Dominic Owen Ayomide Israel-Akinbo William Stewart Kai Lublinkhof
Libhongo Mazwana
Robert Parker Oliver Rose Zachary Rugamba Kofi Semane Dhruv Suchak Luke Taylor John Torcida GRADE HONOURS COLOURS MERIT Elliot Apps Reece Galloway Lukhanyiso Bomela Philip Beynon Mpanju Kabushenga Nicholas Brotherton Matthew Ferguson Duncan Meldrum James Brown Brady Henaghan Jacques Menagé Joshua Cowen James Houze Alexander Plumbridge Christiaan Diedericks Haydn John Robert Shone James Flower 9 Robert Kirkpatrick Joel Vides Ayakha Mahashe James Mackenzie Ross Nagel Brendan Mouritzen Kirk Nevay James Mullins Liam Nisbet Matthew Schaefer Thomas Richardson Jonathan Shamwana Jonathan Shema Michael Stavridis James Sparks Justin Stoddart Thomas Stavridis Matthew Thompson Jordan Van Der Meulen Michael Velloza GRADE HONOURS COLOURS MERIT Dylan Bowker James Duthie Brayden Barratt St Andrew’s CollegeCraig Macpherson Ryan Ford Viwe Cimi Joshua Million Merrion Gess Hamadziripi Haruperi Alexander Pezarro Sebastian MacIntosh Benjamin Kroon 10 Ignus Potgieter Christopher Poole Evan Rennie Peter Voges Daniel Roodt Stephen Ross James York Lunga Sizani Thomas Spiro Daniel Stijkel
Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 GRADE HONOURS COLOURS MERIT Elliot Apps Reece Galloway Lukhanyiso Bomela Philip Beynon Mpanju Kabushenga Nicholas Brotherton Matt Ferguson Duncan Meldrum James Brown Brady Henaghan Jacques Menagé Joshua Cowen James Houze Alexander Plumbridge Christiaan Diedericks GRADE HaydnHONOURS John RobertCOLOURS Shone JamesMERIT Flower 9 Robert Kirkpatrick Joel Vides Ayakha Mahashe JamesLuke BarkerMackenzie Stuart Christie RossDaniel Nagel Bradfield BrendanJacob Erasmus Mouritzen Gabriel da Motta KirkJared Nevay Ferreira JamesMiles MullinsJackson Matthew Grunewald LiamBenjamin Nisbet Fleming MatthewMfundi LetaSchaefer Nicholas Holmes ThomasSamuel Richardson Francis JonathanAfrica Matshingana Shamwana Dylan Marx JonathanArran Hepburn Shema MichaelRowan Stavridis Rosenberg Ross Mullins JamesCameron Sparks Holmes 8 JustinJames Stoddart Stadler Dominic Owen ThomasAyomide Stavridis Israel- Akinbo Matthew Thompson William Stewart Kai Lublinkhof
Jordan Van Der Meulen Libhongo Mazwana
Michael Velloza Robert Parker Oliver Rose Zachary Rugamba Kofi Semane Dhruv Suchak Luke Taylor John Torcida GRADE HONOURS COLOURS MERIT Elliot Apps Reece Galloway Lukhanyiso Bomela Philip Beynon Mpanju Kabushenga Nicholas Brotherton Matthew Ferguson Duncan Meldrum James Brown Brady Henaghan Jacques Menagé Joshua Cowen James Houze Alexander Plumbridge Christiaan Diedericks Haydn John Robert Shone James Flower 9 Robert Kirkpatrick Joel Vides Ayakha Mahashe James Mackenzie Ross Nagel Brendan Mouritzen Kirk Nevay James Mullins Liam Nisbet Matthew Schaefer Thomas Richardson Jonathan Shamwana Jonathan Shema Michael Stavridis James Sparks Justin Stoddart Thomas Stavridis Matthew Thompson Jordan Van Der Meulen Michael Velloza GRADE HONOURS COLOURS MERIT Dylan Bowker James Duthie Brayden Barratt Craig Macpherson Ryan Ford Viwe Cimi Joshua Million Merrion Gess Hamadziripi Haruperi Alexander Pezarro Sebastian MacIntosh Benjamin Kroon 10 Ignus Potgieter Christopher Poole Evan Rennie Peter Voges Daniel Roodt Stephen Ross James York Lunga Sizani Thomas Spiro Daniel Stijkel
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St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 WORK TROPHIES MICHAELMAS TERM 2017 Congratulations to the following Houses for win- In Grade 10, Upper has won it from Mullins at the ning the Work Trophies, which are based on the end of the year. Espin won it in the first term. aggregated Application Marks for each Tutor In Grade 11, Espin has retained the trophy after Group: wrestling it away from Armstrong in the Trinity Term. The Mullins five year long grip on the Work Trophy And congratulation to Espin for breaking Mull- is finally broken. ins’ stranglehold on overall points for Application In Grade 8, 9 and 10 the Trophy has changed Marks. hands every term this year. In Grade 8, Espin won it in the Easter Term, Mul- GRADE 8: Merriman lins in the Trinity Term, and in the Michaelmas Term Merriman has claimed it. GRADE 9: Espin
The same thing has happened in Grade 9, with GRADE 10: Upper the trophy passing from Graham to Upper earlier in the year, and then to Espin. GRADE 11: Espin
SIR HENRY STRAKOSCH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS - 2018 Sir Henry Strakosch donated money to College to encourage and reward excellence in Science and Maths. Once a year, the Headmaster allocates a Strakosch Scholarship to each of 2 Grade 11 and 2 Grade 12 boys at his own discretion. The Schol- arships this year are worth R 10 000 each.
Congratulations to the following boys who have been awarded this prestigious Scholarship.
GRADE 11 Alexander Pezarro Dylan Bowker
GRADE 12 Jonathan Gouws Daniel Erasmus Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 Sustainability project: St. Andrew’s College has committed itself to work- Six enthusiastic Grade 11 students (Peter Voges, ing towards the vision of an “off-grid” campus by Ryan Ford, Ignus Potgieter, Grant Leach, Dylan 2030. This gives us twelve years to tackle the chal- Bowker & Logan Smit) make up the group that lenges that face us on the road to such a vision. have taken on the challenge of water reduction, food security and energy efficiency. This past We have broken these challenges into the Sustainability project: Monday their project started in all earnest when following key areas: they attended Martin Ficks, Practical Aquapon- ics site in Salem in order to get an introduction to • Waste Aquaponics. St. Andrew’s College has committed itself to working towards the vision of an “off grid” campus by . his gives us twelve years to tackle the challenges that face us on the road to such a vision. • Food The next step for the group is to design and build e have broken these challenges into the following key areas a system that can be housed in one of the science • Water classrooms before the April holidays, and within aste budget. The medium term goal is to experiment Food • Energy with plants and fish during the Trinity Term and ater then to exclusively supply one item of fresh pro- nergy duce to our kitchen. A small step, and important one, towards our aspirational goal.
Below are the boys visiting Practical Aquaponics in Salem. They were introduced to various systems and arrangements and some underlying biologi- cal and physical concepts by Mr Martin Fick. They were accompanied by Mr Pienaar and Ms Human.
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We are due to meet with Republic Metering next week for the much anticipated first report to iden- tify and realise real savings as well as isolating opportunities for potential where behaviour and operations could change to reduce cost. I wonder which House used the least electricity……?
On the right a Republic metering technician is installing a meter in Blackburn Lodge (Merriman House) during the December holidays. Jacques Pienaar Choir Camp Report The 2018 Chapel Choir Camp was held at the will soon be ready to perform what they’ve learnt. idyllic Corals Rest at Chappies Cushion, a perfect The 2018 Chapel Choir is looking stronger than setting to learn the years’ repertoire. ever and a great year of music-making is predict- The large choir of 95 boys were introduced to a ed. variety of music from Sacred and Secular pieces Thanks must go to Mr Stuart-Watson for assisting to Pop and African songs. Big, flashy pieces were on the camp and to Mr Mkula and Mr Evaan Fer- chosen for this years’ repertoire to show off this reira (OA) who assisted with part practices and to massive choir. the boys for an enjoyable and memorable camp. The process of learning new music is becoming Mr J Heynsen better each year as was evident at this years’ camp. Choral Director The boys learnt the new pieces in record time and
St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 Impressive music exam results
The Matric Music class of 2017 achieved outstand- pected) but having 83 percent of the candidates ing results: five A symbols and two B symbols. Sta- achieve a Merit pass (over 75%) or above is truly tistically, one of the best performing departments. excellent. Congratulations to all those wonderful musicians. We miss you already! The fact that more than a third of the musicians (36%) achieved distinctions is simply astounding The Staff of the David Wynne Music School are and testament to dedication and hard work on also bursting with pride after the external music the part of both students and teachers. Most of the exam results were published. candidates received their certificates in Assembly this week. Congratulations to the following music A 100 percent pass rate is pleasing (and ex- pupils on their excellent results:
NAME RESULT/CERTIFICATE Taine Hartzenberg Initial Grade Piano Wesley Donald Initial Grade Piano with Merit Christopher Birrell Initial Grade Bass Guitar with Distinction Ronan Kennedy Grade 1 Drum Kit with Distinction Neo Mangena Grade 1 Drum Kit Likhona Rulashe Grade 1 Drum Kit Rory Williamson Grade 1 Drum Kit with Merit Scott Ritchie Grade 1 Piano Liam McNaughton Grade 2 Piano with Merit John Marshall Grade 3 Piano with Merit Aidan Reynolds Grade 4 Flute with Distinction John Atkinson Grade 4 Grade Drum Kit with Merit Jacob Erasmus Grade 4 Saxophone with Merit Daniel Cotton Grade 4 Piano with Merit Haydn John Grade 5 Clarinet with Merit Ben Terry Grade 5 Cello with Merit Daniel Erasmus Grade 6 Piano Matthew Thompson Grade 6 Piano with Distinction Yalusa Mayosi Grade 7 Piano with Merit Gabriel Walsh Grade 7 Singing Jack Torres Grade 8 Singing
Mike Skipper Director of Music
St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 Shark attack survivor motivates pupils After hearing Caleb Swanepoel speaking at the Caleb is a fourth year drama student at UCT, and International Round Square Conference in Cape shared some lessons that he had learned in ad- Town last year, Oscar Liss and Sanele Mboto in- justing to life with a prosthetic leg. He spoke about vited him to speak to College. “making friends” with your disabilities (and eve- ryone has a disability of some sort), rather than He spoke inspiringly about how adversity unlocks raging against it; he spoke about the importance a love of life and an appreciation for both the sim- of laughter and humour in coping with difficulties; ple things in life, as well as the profound experi- and he shared the acronym that he had lived by ences. He talks of himself as a shark attack survi- since a young boy, and had seen him through this vor, rather than a shark attack victim, after he lost sudden and traumatic life experience, viz. his leg to a great white shark while surfing in 2015. I A D O Y (It all depends on you).
He spoke movingly about the people who had helped him survive: his brother who swam back to him while he was being savaged by the shark and pulled him from the shark back to the shore; the NSRI who were on the scene within 15 minutes; his family, and his occupational therapist.
St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 Grahamstown welcomes Rob Caskie ‘As human beings, we have grown up with story- telling, yet with the entertainment options avail- able today, the ancient art is being lost. Audiences love being swept up in a great story and enter- tained in the theatre of the mind. Life happens in the narratives we tell one another. A story can go where quantitative analysis is denied admission: our hearts’. Rob Caskie is a story teller extraordinaire and he believes that it is in situations of adversity that we reveal our true strength. His telling of the stories of the Battles of Isandlwana and Rourke’s Drift have captivated audiences around the world and he brings to them so much more than the historical facts. He makes the events come alive and draws from them the most wonderful personal stories of leadership, courage, choice, victory and defeat. Such is his reputation that he has spoken to audi- ences around the world and has had the honour The DSG and St Andrew’s College History de- of addressing the Royal Geographical Society in partment are thus delighted to announce that the London, to full houses – no mean feat. ‘amazing raconteur and story teller’ Rob Caskie, will be visiting our schools and will give a talk on the Battle of Isandlwana to the public. We are con- vinced that this is an opportunity not to be missed and that we are in for an amazing evening!
Date: 8 February 2018; Time: 18:30 Venue: Centenary Hall, St Andrew’s College Tickets: Adults: R150, scholars and university student: R75. Tickets and further information: Gary Frayne [email protected]
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COLLEGE SPORT
Dear All from relative obscurity to win the Man of the Match award on debut against India with match figures The last couple of weeks of sport has really re- of 7/90, this as a replacement for the injured Dale minded me about the unpredictability of sport in so Steyn. After a scintillating 4-3 win by Liverpool FC many ways. Whilst sometimes this leads to frus- over all-conquering Manchester City, Liverpool tration with ourselves or the teams that we play in then went down 1-0 to the lowly Swansea City a or support, sport would not have the appeal that it week later, followed by defeat to West Bromwich does without this uncertainty. Albion in the FA Cup!
With the Austral- What is certain about College sport going into this ian Open just year is that there will be plenty of highs and lows, being complet- there will be plenty to celebrate, there will be times ed, with Roger when we rue missed opportunities, there will be Federer and frustration and heartache over selections but at Caroline Wozni- the same time aki prevailing, great joy when the number of there are oppor- matches that tee- tunities presented tered on the knife and taken. On edge of game Tuesday we had and match points Caleb Swanep- won or lost after oel, an inspira- hours of slogging tional young man it out with an opponent, it was touching to see who had survived both champions in tears as the enormity of their serious shark at- achievements hit home. tack by a Great White whilst surf- The Blitzbokke steamrolled their way through the ing, talking to the World 7’s Series event in Sidney last weekend, school. He had only to get completely outplayed by Australia in a number of very the Final. powerful messag- es for us all. The one that stuck out for me was The Proteas, who had been so dominant in the to make friends with whatever challenge that you test series against India, winning the series, fal- are faced with and find a way to deal and live with tered at the last as the Indian bowlers produced it. He also emphasised the importance of having an outstanding days performance to take the last a sense of humour, being able to laugh at yourself 8 South African wickets for a mere 53 runs and and making sure that you look for the enjoyment clinch a face-saving victory. Lungi Ngidi came in what you are doing.
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Last weekend our Rowing Club hosted a very successful Eastern Cape Sprints Regatta at Port Alfred. The venue turned out to be a very good one and conditions were favourable. Our boys once a again did themselves proud, dominating most events against their Eastern Cape rivals. The presence of Rhodes University crews gave our senior crews some much-needed competition whilst the junior crews had very pleasing perfor- mances in their respective age-groups. (See full report below). Whilst the venue was moved from Settlers Dam because of the low water levels, the success of this regatta makes it likely that Port Alfred will remain the venue for this event going forward. This weekend the U14 boys will travel down to Port Elizabeth to take part in the Grey High School U14 Regatta on the Zwartkops River,
where they will gain valuable experience.
The Basketball Club had a very successful out- ing to play in the PE Comets Tournament. All four teams, 1sts, 2nds, U16A’s and B’s enjoyed good success and it was good to be part of a well-run, competitive tournament of this nature. This week- end they will be playing fixtures against Kingswood College in a local derby.
Last Friday the 1st Team Tennis side played against Kingswood College in the Knowling Shield and secured a comfortable 4-1 win, although a num- ber of the matches were very close. The 2nd Team beat Kingswood 3-1, whilst the U15A’s had a close match with Kingswood ending 5-5 with the last two matches being washed out. This week the1st and 2nd Teams will take on Grey High School in Port Elizabeth, whilst the U15A’s will play Grey here in Grahamstown on the Rhodes courts. On Monday the 1st Team will take on Marlow Agricultural High School from Cradock on the Rhodes Courts.
Last weekend we had a number of boys swim- ming in the A League gala in Port Elizabeth for the Aquabear Club with great success. The cur- rent group of boys are regularly breaking school
St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 records and this past weekend was no exception. School records were broken as follows: Josh Ors- Last weekend the 2nd Team, U15A and U14A Wa- mond 17 years 400m freestyle, 100m butterfly ter Polo teams took part in the Grey High School and 50m freestyle, Craig Macpherson 16 year old Quadrangular Tournament. This was a very use- 200m breaststroke, Martin Wolmarans 15 year old ful outing for all the teams and they all performed 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke, Oliva Lange well. The U15’s ended top of the pile whilst the 14 year old 200m breaststroke and Joss Hemp- U14’s beat Grey, a real confidence booster! The el 14 year old 200m freestyle, 100m freestyle as 2nd Team will be playing in the Pearson High well as the 50m butterfly. Josh and Martin each School National 2nd Team Tournament this week- swam three colours times. These are outstand- end, whilst the U15A Team will play in the Grey ing achievements by this group of swimmers. All these swimmers will be competing in the Uiten- hage Gala this Saturday in what is considered to be a “fast” pool. Unfortunately inclement weather led to the postponement of the Graeme College Long Course Gala scheduled for Wednesday this week and we will await a future date for the event.
The Cricket Club took on Selborne College last week with weather winning the day in all the fix- tures being played in Grahamstown. After starting the day in showery weather, a tremendous thun- derstorm struck town around 11h00 and within a short space of time all the fields were flooded. A High School U15 Tournament in PE. The rest of good 50mm of rain fell, which has done wonders the Club will be involved in fixtures in Grahams- town against Selborne College, Graeme College, Alexander Road High School, Kingswood College and Pearson High School. This should be an ex- citing outing for all concerned.
Our Golfers will take on their Kingswood College rivals on the Belmont Course this Friday afternoon for Grahamstown and the surrounding area. in a fixture which we hope will become aregu- The games that were played in East London were lar feature on the calendar. The course should be all completed, with the 2nd XI having Selborne in great condition after the recent rain. The Row- 8 down in there run chase with 50 odd runs to ing Club will be going down to Port Alfred for the get, the U14A’s playing out to a tame draw after weekend to prepare for the Selborne Sprints and Selborne did not leave them much time to bat, and Buffalo Regattas next weekend. the U14B’s having a comfortable outright victory. This weekend the Club takes on Kingswood Col- Once again an action-packed week. I trust that lege, with the 1st XI game starting at 09h00 on you will all have a wonderful weekend. Gane Field at Kingswood in a declaration format. Pete Andrew Director of Sport St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018
Nombulelo hosted a friendly match vs the St Andrew’s College 3rd basketball team on Wednesday the 24th of January. The team, playing in their second match of the season against the very skilled Nom- bulelo U16 A team were comprehensively out-played, never at any stage showed any sign of giving less than their best. The atmosphere of a packed school quad, surrounded by what seemed like a vast crowd overlooking the court from passages and upstairs balconies was like that of game seven of the NBA play-offs when the teams are tied up at three games each. The sporting atmosphere of support for both teams when they scored was a great pleasure to witness. St Andrew’s 3rd, 4th and 5th teams will be sharing a coaching clinic with the Nombulelo teams on the 6th of February on their court, and we will continue to work hard for the first win of the season.” Cricket vs Selborne College
The Grahamstown matches were abandoned due U14B vs Selborne College to the rain, but the East London matches went the Selborne College 74 all out (Xolela Hoyi 3/10) full distance. The U14B’s had a superb win and St Andrew’s College 187/9 declared (Nicholas the 2nd XI pushed for victory in the final over with Lake 47) Selborne holding on for a draw. Selborne College 90 all out (Jamie More 4/4) St Andrew’s College won by an inns and 23 runs The U14A’s showed great energy throughout the day in their drawn match and Mr Jackson was Batting highlights proud of their efforts. Well done to the 2nd XI for Nic Brotherton 57 receiving extremely positive feedback from the Nick Barlow 65 Selborne staff for the manner in which they played Kirk Nevay 41 the game. James York 37* James Sparks 60 2nd XI vs Selborne College Priyank Patel 31* St Andrew’s College 194 all out (64.5 overs) (Nic Nic Rogan 50* Brotherton 57, Nick Barlow 65, Kirk Nevay 41) Nicholas Lake 47 Selborne College (141/8) (51 overs) (Miles Danck- Cameron Holmes 40* werts 3/30, Andy Clucas 4/36) Zach Micklewright 48 Match drawn Bowling highlights U14A vs Selborne College Miles Danckwerts 3/30 Selborne College 208/5 declared Andy Clucas 4/36 St Andrew’s College 90/3 (Zach Micklewright 48) Xolela Hoyi 3/10 Match drawn Jamie More 4/4
St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018 St Andrew's host successful Sprints regatta The 2018 rowing season got off to a great start MacRobert and John Kelly, Elliot Apps and Rich- at St Andrew’s College’s home regatta, The Set- ard Morris respectively in the B pairs. Sliver in the tlers Sprints. This year the event was hosted on Coxed Fours and great racing in B singles Sculls the Kowie River. and Double sculls.
This Henley ‘knock-out’ style racing attracted an In the Eights division, St Andrew’s boated three overwhelming number of entries with 313 boats in crews. The Under 16 eight showed good promise 142 races for the 25 events on offer. challenging Rhodes for much of the race but where The new St unfortunate to be elimi- Andrew’s Un- nated by the varsity crew. der 14 group The College A crew held had an incred- off a good challenge from ible start with Nelson Mandela Univer- all the crews sity to progress to the final. progressing The excitement came from through to their heat three where an excel- relevant finals. lent start and high tempo Gold was tak- saw the St Andrew’s B boat en in both the finish half a length up on A Quad and A the Selborne’s first eight to Octuple, with qualify for the A final. The A silver in the final, a local affair with Rho- B Octuple, B The St Andrew's U14 crew with their first medals for col- des and two St Andrew’s and C Quads lege in the u14 A Oct and u14 A quad races. eights was hotly contested. The college A boat came The St Andrew’s Under 15 squad showed that out with a solid start reaching 45 strokes per min- their hard work had paid off and they managed to ute, holding good rhythm and tempo. However, challenge the dominance of their previous rivals, settling too early cost them dearly as Rhodes sus- Grey High School. The highlight was the combina- tained their high rhythm into the second minute to tion of Jacob Erasmus, Afrika Matshingana, Libo- pull ahead and claim the win. ngo Qina, Daniel Bradfield and cox Oliver McKay, finishing a length clear of the competition to claim There was nothing to be disappointed about; all gold in the A quad. Silver was won by the St An- three eights put in a solid performance and qual- drew’s A octuple and C quads, whilst the doubles ity experience was gained by each of the College and B quad made it through to the semi-finals, but crews rowing up a division. These are good prep- fell short of progression. arations for all our rowers ahead of the Buffalo Re- gatta in two weeks’ time. Due to the lack of competition in the Under 16, Open and Senior events, these events were merged to create more competitive racing for all involved. In the Senior A division James Waddell, Dane van Duren and Jason Thomas all represented in the Single Scull. James progressed through to quarter finals, Dane fell short in the semis and in an excit- ing race Jason finished a bow ball behind Rhodes to take silver. Jason and Dane later joined forces in the double scull where they cruised through the progression to claim gold. Dane van Duren and Jason Thomas, winners of the Other highlights for St Andrew’s included gold in men's double scull, seen here with rowing coach the B fours as well as silver and bronze by James Chris Holliday. St Andrew’s College Nec Aspera Terrent 2 February 2018
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