Saints' Weekly

AMDG SAINTS’ WEEKLY SPORTS AND CULTURE Vol. 19 No 27 27th September - 3rd October 2019 [email protected] Edited by Mr. A H Macdonald Cricket vs Hellenic Academy Volleyball – St John’s High U20 Tournament U14A (T20 Test Match Format) 1st team vs Wise Owl Won 2-0 Hellenic 1st Innings:- 133-2 vs St John’s High Won 2-1 St George’s 1st Innings:- 105-7 (T Magaya 29) vs H.I.S Won 2-0 Hellenic lead by 28 runs vs St John’s College Won 2-0 Hellenic 2nd Innings:- 120-9 (T Mangena 3-6) Overall results 1st – St George’s College St George’s 2nd Innings:- 112 all out (T Mangena 25) 2nd – H.I.S Overall Result: lost by 36 runs 3rd – St John’s College 4th – Wise Owl U14B (T/20 Match Only) Hellenic 60 all out (T Chipunza 2-5. A Chikumba 1-7) Awards Best Attacker – C Mukandiona St George’s 63-2 (A Chikumba 24*. T Chipunza 10) Most Valuable Player – G Mbambu Results: - won by 8 wickets St George’s College Volleyball team started off the tournament with a bang against their first opponents Wise Owl winning 2-0 straight. This was U14A (T20 Test Match Format) a very easy win with an onslaught of attacks coming from Calvin Mukan- Hellenic 1st Innings:- 111-3 diona and Isheanesu Mauchi. Excellent balls were being dished out by St George’s 1st Innings:- 67 all out (M Patel 20) their setter and Captain, G Mbambu. Hellenic lead by 44 runs They then went on to face their current biggest rivals, St John’s High. Their opponents pressed their attacks on St George’s from the beginning Hellenic 2nd Innings: - 91-8 (g Ditima 3-5. K Petersen 2-7)) putting the Knights on the defensive. The Knights failed to reverse the St George’s 2nd Innings: - 125-9 (G Ditima 33*. M Patel 24) momentum and counter attacks effectively and as a result conceded the first set 15-11. The second set went better than the first with the team Overall Result: lost by 10 runs attacking a lot more now with brilliant sets coming from G Mbambu which were then converted into points by Mukandiona and Mauchi. St George’s U16A (T/20 Test Match Format) went on to win 15-11. The match went on to a deciding set which was St George’s 1st Innings: - 128-6 (T Matimbira 42. T Chisango 20) eventually won by St George’s 15-6 in a sweeping fashion. st Hellenic 1 Innings: - 113-7 (B Kashangura 2-16. T Lusiyano 2-18) The last two games played were against St John’s College and Harare In- St George’s lead by 15 runs ternational School. The Knights not letting the momentum down, went on to effectively dismiss the two teams 2-0 each. nd St George’s 2 Innings: - 161-6 (T Matimbira 56*. T Lusiyano 25) St George’s College’s first team, for the third year in a row, were crowned Hellenic 2nd Innings: - 127-7 (T Chisango 2-15. P Chikukwa 2-14) champions once again Overall Result: - won by 3wickets st Basketball vs Gateway 1 XI (T/20 Match Only) Hellenic 130-5 (E Bawa 2-26) U14A Won 10-5 St George’s 132-4 (D Myers 61*. E Bawa 25. G Chirawu 22) U14B Lost 2-3 Result: - won by 6 wickets U15A Won 29-13 U15B Won 18-7 Waterpolo – Crusader Shield National Tournament at Falcon College U16A Won 17-4 U16B Won 25-6 1st team vs St John’s College Lost 7-15 2nd team Won 42-13 st vs Falcon College Lost 5-15 1 team Won 63-33 vs Peterhouse Won 13-6 vs CBC Lost 6-14 st vs Hellenic Lost 3-13 1 Team – CHISZ Top 8 Tournament at St John’s College U15 Friendly Matches vs Hellenic Won 8-3 Warm-up match vs Goldridge Won 28-14 vs St John’s College Lost 5-6 Semi-final vs St John’s College Won 25-23 Final vs CBC Won 50-43 U14 Friendly Matches vs Hellenic Lost 3-5 Our first team were the overall winners of the CHISZ Top 8 Basketball vs St John’s College Lost 3-6 Tournament. Badminton – St George’s Tournament Team List Group Stages 1st couple 2nd couple 3rd couple Overall Result 1st couple: T Mharapara/R Banda Vs Girl High School Won 15-11 Won 11-4 Won 15-2 Won 3-0 Vs Allan Wilson Lost 6-11 Won 11-7 Won 11-7 Won 2-1 2nd couple: C Tapererwa/P Shiripinda* Vs Bernard Mizeki Lost 4-11 Won 11-9 Won 11-9 Lost 1-2 Vs Prince Edward Won 11-2 Won 11-9 Won 11-9 Won 2-1 3rd couple: T Matewe/U Mangera Vs Ellis Robins Won 11-5 Won 11-3 Won 11-3 Won 2-1 Congratulations to C Tapererwa and P Vs Mabelreign Girls Won 2-1 Shiripinda who won all their matches on the day. Semi-finals vs Mabelreign Girls Won 15-10 Won 15-7 Won 2-0 Finals vs Bernard Mizeki Lost 12-15 Won 15-11 Lost 11-15 Lost 1-2 Overall Position: 2nd place (Runners-up) Cricket 1st team vs Hellenic Academy CRICKET Tribute to Mr R Macdonald First-ever U15A loss to Hellenic! This was the 1st team’s penultimate match for our very successful year that we Playing a T20-format, but with each team getting 2 in- have had in 2019. In this match, although it rested mainly on the shoulders of nings, Saint's hosted Hellenic last Saturday. After winning the the three tried and tested Zimbabwe U18 players; D Myers, G Chirawu and E toss and asking the visitors to bat first, Saint's bowled reasona- th bly well to restrict the Hellenic batsmen to only 47 runs for the Bawa to guide the team home to victory (in the 19 over) by 6 wickets, it was a loss of 2 wickets in the first 10 overs. The remaining 10 overs very closely fought match. Hellenic weathered the storm in their batting in- went for 64 runs with the 3rd wicket falling off the last ball of nings and had a commendable middle order partnership that gave them a re- the innings leaving Hellenic 111 for 3. A disappointing feature covery from the 3 early wickets that fell to our seam attack. was that Saint's dropped about 5 catches during the innings. Then it was a measured and controlled batting performance by St George’s Saint's got off to a flyer with Patel scoring 9 runs off the 1st over that carried us through to our victory, with of course our top batsman D Myers but when the leg spinner opened from the other end, warning there at the end to up the tempo and run rate just when we needed it to give bells rang. Wickets fell regularly and before one could say 'bat us victory. However, credit to all the team for their effort! sensibly', Saints were all out for 67! Patel top-scored with 20 To date, the 1st XI have played altogether this year; 28 matches (in both 50 and Saint's faced a deficit of 44 runs on the 1st innings. over and T/20 formats) won 20 and lost only 7 with one match rained off. To In this format, the 2nd innings starts with the batsmen who did have won our own CABS T/20 and be the runners up of the St John’s Ram Slam not bat in the 1st innings, and this proved to be to Saint's ad- T/20 is credit to our 1st XI, led by G Chirawu – who has certainly led from the vantage. The Hellenic run-rate was even slower than the 1st innings and, with better bowling, the visitors could only muster front as a brilliant All Rounder. 91 for 8 in their second 20 overs. Pick of the bowlers was Ditima Of course this has been under the guidance of Mr Rhett Macdonald who has st (3 for 5 in 3 overs) and Petersen (2 for 7 in 2 overs). Added to been 1 XI cricket coach since 2014. Credit must go to the encouragement and the 1st innings deficit of 44 runs, this meant that Saint's had to innovation Rhett has given these players, especially the recognition and score 136 runs to win the game. Apart from another useful acknowledgement of junior players to come up and get experience and expo- innings of 24 by Patel, the top batsmen once again succumbed st sure at 1 team level. Much of this has been done with Denford Kumundati to leave Saint's at 73 for 7 before Shariff joined Ditima for an who has been more than a suitable understudy and assistant to Rhett. excellent 8th wicket partnership of 44 runs to take the score to He has shown commitment and dedication to his team through the good years 117 before Shariff was run out, 19 runs short of the target. Diti- and the difficult years and it is very sad to bid him farewell at the end of this ma tried his best but ran out of overs 10 runs short and Saint's term. We wish him and his fiancé Kim all the best in their future endeavours finished on 125 for 9 with Ditima unbeaten on 33.

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