AMDG ’ WEEKLY

SPORTS AND CULTURE Compiled by St George’s students

Vol. 20 Issue 05 14 February 2020 Edited by Mr. A H Macdonald

CRICKET vs BASKETBALL

1st XI (T/20 match) – Friday 7th February vs St John’s College St George’s 99-9 Lomagundi 100-4 (Dan Myers 2-23) U14A Won 8-2 U16A Lost 21-25 Results: - Lost by 6 wickets U14B Lost 6-10 U16B Lost 10-11

th U14C Won 8-2 U16C Won 7-0 Saturday 8 February U15A Lost 13-23 2nd team Lost 14-21 st All matches rain affected and reduced to 25 overs. U15B Lost 8-14 1 team Lost 62-87 U15C Won 5-4

1st XI U14 vs St John’s College St George’s 195-5 (E Bawa 79. M Gwese 62) Lomagundi 94-3 (T Chisango 2-30. E Bawa 2-11. T Manyeza 2-3) A team - It was a very tough game but the boys showed their true colours and Results: - won by 101 runs managed to win the game 12-2. We had 4 points from E Chivasa and M Mungwadzi and 2 points from A Tamangani and A Chingwecha. U16A St George’s 127 all out (A Chifamba 31) By A Tamangani and E Chivasa. Lomagundi 128-9 (A Chipunza 3-20. M Chimhini 2-22) Results: - lost by 1 wicket B team - The game was hard but as the boys showed great determination. We knew we should win. St John’s tried to make a comeback but soon all hope was U15A lost as they were slowly losing with the final score as 10-6 in our favour. Well Lomagundi 133-9 (M Ndoroh 2-23. T Magaya 2-23. P Kasumba 2-27) played ‘B’ team. St George’s 104-8 (T Magaya 25) Results: - lost by 29 runs By D Manneh

U14A C team - It was a good game as it was the first game for the ‘C’ team to showcase Lomagundi 116-8 (T Bakari 3-15) their talent. We were able to win the game 8-2. It was a slow start but we were St George’s 117-8 (H Patel 27*. M Chitongo 17) able to come back to win the game. There were some good goals by E Mukaratig- Results: - won by 2 wickets wa, and good set plays by the ‘A’ team together with a 3-pointer by D Cornillius

U15A's lose again combined with some good defence by T Maunze to make it a great win for the team. Well done. It was good to get some match practice. Playing a T20 as a result of rain delays, 's lost the toss again and bowled first against Lomagundi. Once again, one batsman did most of By T Maunze the damage with 67 runs and, once again, he enjoyed several lives as he U15 Tournament at Peterhouse was dropped 3 or 4 times! Gundi completed their 20 overs on 133-9, a very gettable target. The best bowlers were Ndoroh (2-23), Magaya (2- Pool matches Vs CBC Won 17-7 23) and Kasumba (2-27). Vs H.I.S Won 14-2 Vs Watershed Won 8-2 After losing an early wicket, Muhammad and Chikumba batted nicely to Quarter finals Vs Eaglesvale Won 14-7 reach 44-1 after 9 overs, leaving Saint's well-placed with plenty of Semi-finals Vs Peterhouse Won 14-7 Finals Vs St John’s Lost 5-13 batting to come. Then in the space of 3 overs Saint's lost 5 wickets to slip to 48-6! Magaya and Mandiwona stabilised the innings with a part- Overall position: 2nd Place nership of 29 runs in less than 3 overs with Magaya doing most of the Vs Prince Edward damage. Unfortunately he was caught for 25 chasing runs and any hope of victory disappeared. Mandiwona and Shenje had a spirited unbeaten U14A Won25-2 U16A Lost 18-27 partnership of 23 runs at the end to give the Saint's innings a semblance U14B Won 9-8 U16B Won 10-0 of respectability, but it was too little too late and the home side finished U15A Won 17-8 2nd team Lost 12-24 29 runs short on 104-8. U15B Won 12-6 1st team Lost 33-61

Very disappointing, and the aura of saving the game against Falcon 3 weeks ago is well and truly gone! TENNIS vs Peterhouse By Mr P d'Hotman (Coach) U14 Won 10-2 U15 Lost 0-12 WATERPOLO at CBC U16 Lost 3-9 1st team Won 7-5

U15A Fredwilson Tournament U17A Collins Cup The tennis 1st team played well on Friday managing to secure a 7-5 victory over Vs Won 13-3 Vs Peterhouse Won 9-4 Peterhouse which had been causing major upsets by beatable some formidable Vs CBC Won 8-5 Vs St John’s College Lost 3-8 teams lately. Peterhouse arrived late causing us to change the normal set up to Semi-finals vs CBC Won 9-5 Quarter-final vs Falcon Won 6-5 play short sets to 6 instead of the normal best of 3 sets. This put some pressure on Finals vs St John’s College Lost 2-9 Semi-finals vs Hellenic Drew 5-5 our players as they knew they had to make it count in only one set. Victory had to (won on penalty shoot-out) st Finals vs St John’s College Lost 3-6 be secured and indeed it was. The 1 team are looking to their next encounter against Watershed, making full use of practice sessions to improve and perform Friendly Match better as they march forward in the season.

U14A Vs Peterhouse Won 5-4 By T Mumvuma (Captain) BADMINTON CROSS COUNTRY – Interschools Meeting at Arundel St George’s A

Pool A matches Vs Bernard Mizeki Won 3-0 JUNIORS MIDDLES SENIORS TOTAL Vs Queen Elizabeth Won 2-1 234 pts 182 pts 202 pts 618 pts

Vs Ellis Robins Lost 1-2 Vs P.E 3-0 Semi-finals Vs Lost 1-2

Overall position: 3rd place Overall Results ST George’s B 1st place P.E (179 pts) 6th place St George’s College (618 pts) nd th Pool B matches Vs Bernard Mizeki ‘B’ Lost 0-3 2 place Peterhouse (260 pts) 7 place MCC rd th Vs Westridge Won 2-1 3 place Lomagundi College (444 pts) 8 place Watershed th th Vs Mabelreign Girls Lost 1-2 4 place 9 place Wise Owl th Vs Kutama College Lost 0-3 5 place Gateway

The B team did not manage to get past the group stages.

ATS SELECT VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

U16 U20 ing champions, The Knights, capitalised on this with big hits from our power Vs MCC Won 2-0 Vs MCC Won 2-0 hitter I. Mauchi and precise sets by our captain, G. Mbambu. The second set was Vs CBC Won 2-0 Vs CBC Won 2-0 even easier with good service by T. Tambanewako and T. Tembo to kill them off Vs Peterhouse ‘A’ Won 2-0 Vs Wise Owl Won 2-0 in quick fashion. Semi-finals vs Peterhouse B Won 2-0 Semi-finals vs St John’s High Won 2-1 Finals vs BMC Lost 0-2 Finals vs St John’s College Won 2-0 SGC vs MCC (2-0) - The second game started immediately after the first game. Awards presented for: Awards presented for: It was a bit more challenging with the based team having good blockers Best blocker – P Sonono Best Attacker – G Mbambu MVP – I Mauchi and fast service. However, it did not seem to put the team out of rhythm. The ball moved back and forth and provided entertainment for the spectators in- The following players were selected for the ATS Touring teams for their respec- volved. Small pockets of space were utilised effectively by H. Mukushi to edge us tive age groups: closer to the knockout stages. U16 U20 A Forseen G Mbambu SGC vs Wiseowl (2-0) - We had this team as our last group game. It was a G Musaka I Mauchi E Tagarisa T Shamu chance to introduce our two external students who exhibited promise in training P Somomo T Ngwenya sessions prior to the tournament. F. Moyo did well to provide sets for our I. E Murawo T Tambanewako Mauchi and G. Mbambu to smash the ball into Wiseowl's side of the court. R Mukandiona S Mukungwa R Njazi Strive, the other external, was immaculate as his slow serves proved to be prob- T Chiware lematic for the opponents as well as his surprising spikes on the second ball that S SHara P Chikukwa caught Wiseowl not alert. The Knights topped the game and were looking to face St. John's Emerald Hill in the Semi Final. U16 Semi Final-SGC vs St. Johns Emerald Hill (2-1) - Quite evidently, the hardest On Saturday the 8th of February our U16 boys competed in the ATS SELECT game of the afternoon. The opponents’ strongest attributes were their serves VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT U16 and U20. and spikes as well as blocks. They managed to stifle and frustrate The Knights in Our boys were looking to do their very best as they had not been in the best of the first set as they narrowly win. A few tactical changes and the introduction of form lately and that's exactly what they did today. the libero, T. Ngwenya, gave Saints more confidence to win the second set as G. Mbambu was moved from setter to hitter with T. Shamu being tasked with feed- Our boys played their first group game against MCC and we won comfortably to ing the attackers. It didn't take long before the team adjusted and the hitters win 2-0. They continued with this momentum to win their next to games against maximised points along with improved court coverage to win the second set and CBC and Peterhouse A respectively with score line of 2-0 each. only just manage to take the third set. From a spectator’s point of view, the grit Next up was the knockout match against Peterhouse B in the semi-final and our and determination of the Knights were tested and they managed to come out on boys played extremely well to beat Peterhouse 2-0 thanks to some good serving top before heading to the final with St. John's College. and good blocking by our team. Final- St George's College vs St John's College (2-0) The final was the last match and it was against a very good BMC team. In the There was a lot on the table heading into the final. The basketball team had been final our boys gave it their all and despite their hard work they lost 0-2 to BMC. defeated by the Rams the day before so this match was a way to avenge the Despite the loss in the final our boys played extremely well and special mention Wolves. It was a gift that the Knights thoroughly loved. It was not as tense as the must be made of Praise Sonono who won best U16 blocker at the tournament. semi-final and it was evident that they enjoyed the match. G. Mbambu shined Congratulations to our boy's for the runner's up finish at the tournament. The with lethal blocks as well as I. Mauchi with mesmerising jumps that preceded a following boys made it into the U16 ATS Volleyball Touring Team: A. Forssen, G. thumping hit. St. John's were overwhelmed by the Knights and simply could not Musaka, E. Tagarisa, P. Sonono, E. Murawo, R. Mukandiona, R. Njazi, T. Chiware, find a way to beat this charged up team. S. Shara, P. Chikukwa The ATS Volleyball Tournament ended with the hosts taking the trophy. G. U20 Mbambu took the individual award for Best Attacker and I. Mauchi took home the coveted Most Valuable Player of the tournament award. The ATS select team SGC vs CBC (2-0) - After our first opponents Wiseowl had a late arrival, we which will tour in April 2020 was selected and G. Mbambu, I. Mauchi, T. Shamu, proceeded to our second game with Christian Brothers College. Their style of T. Ngwenya, T. Tambanewako and S. Mukungwa were chosen. A truly successful play was elementary with few spikes and many free balls. The hosts and defend- day of volleyball... SWIMMING Gala held at St John’s College SQUASH

U14 U15 U16 U17 Open st nd th th th Backstroke relay 1 2 5 5 5 C team vs Chisipite A Lost 2-3 Breaststroke relay 3rd 2nd 7th N/S 7th Butterfly relay 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 5th D team vs Chisipite D Lost 2-3 Freestyle relay 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd B team vs Peterhouse B Lost 1-4 Medley relay 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 6th Roll up relay 5th B team vs Peterhouse C Won 4-1 Overall we were placed 4th with 181 points behind Peterhouse who had 184 points.

INTER HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Standards Competition 2020 POINTS : 1st STD = 4 pts 2nd STD = 3 pts 3rd STD = 2 pts 4th STD = 1 pts AGE RAW TOTALS ADJUSTED SCORES

(RAW TOTALS X ACTUAL RUNNERS) B G H J B G H J ADJUSTED SCORE = NO OF BOYS IN AGE U14 39 52 42 44 GROUP 29.25 50.15 39.00 40.85 U15 49 42 42 54 45.00 32.70 33.85 46.70 U16 81 70 70 79 70.00 58.35 54.45 65.20 U17 32 41 32 38 26.50 35.75 20.25 35.65 U18 OPEN 48 43 46 46 40.25 35.15 33.90 42.15 TOTALS 249 248 232 261 211.00 212.10 181.45 230.55 OVERALL POSITIONS 3rd 2nd 4th 1st

INTER HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY FINALS COMPETITION 2019 Top 10 Runners per house (Top 8 runners to earn points only) INDIVIDUAL RESULTS TEAM TOTALS AND POSITIONS Pos Name Hse Time B G H J 11m10. 1st B Shambare G 42s TEAM 184 240 192 202 U14 11m10. 1st G Mnaba B 42s POS 4th 1st 3rd 2nd 11m10. 2nd J Nyambi G 44s 3rd T Ndlovu H 11m50s 4th M Mungwadzi B 11m57s U15 1st N Mhuka G 16m43s TEAM 214 192 214 165 2nd N Muchada H 17m02s POS 1st 3rd 1st 4th 3rd T Nyahasha J 17m03s 4th T Zuze G 17m31s U16 1st M Ngwenya G 19m14s TEAM 238 192 181 161 2nd K Tsumele H 20m22s POS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd A Mukoyi B 22m15s 4th A Musendekwa B 22m18s U17 1st T Changunda H 26m05s Team 149 242 197 176 2nd B Nhekairo J 26m07s POS 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd J Mukuku G 26m11s 4th J Happi G 26m40s Open 1st T Kambani B 27m32s TEAM 228 208 199 144 2nd D Maonga H 27m40s POS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd C Gwangwadza B 28m30s 4th T Manyeza B 30m20s OVERALL TOTALS 1013 1074 983 687 OVERALL POSITIONS 2nd 1st 3rd 4th

Well done to all the Houses for an overall average to good turnout and attendance from most age groups. Thank you to Mr L Paulser, Mr T Gwariro and all the other Staff who assisted to make the event possible especially with the disruptions due to rain.