Term 1 #2 25 January 2019 NewsletterCollege St Andrew’s College

To the Andrean Community

It is not often that one gets to be quoted, and less often still that one is able to utter quoteworthy words before the school year has actually formally started, yet Guy Rushmere, in welcoming our Newboys at the Chapel service last week, managed to be sufficiently inspirational to achieve that honour here. (It was, “If you have the choice incidentally, quite a good week for Guy – going on as he did to score 122 not out between being right and in his match against Selborne.) being kind, choose to be kind” Kindness is something of an endangered species in this competitive world that conditions us to view our daily interactions as exchanges of power or transactions - Guy Rushmere, 2019 of value. Not only is kindness rare, but it is also misunderstood. For many equate kindness with ‘softness’, a sort of pleasant, ineffectual disposition that invariably gets stomped on by an angry world – to be successful (so such erroneous thinking goes) requires toughness, and toughness is brusque, aggressive, and, well, unkind.

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WEEK AT A GLANCE It is, of course, a fallacy that kindness is a weakness. The ability to stand one’s ground, to be tough when the going requires it, and through all of that be kind, Friday 25 January: is the greatest strength of all. For in kindness there is recognition of the other, there is recognition of the worth of the other and, importantly, there is deep Basketball U14, U15 and 2nd Tour ro recognition of the self. For if one knows one’s self and is at peace, one has the Johannesburg until 27/1 emotional capital to invest in the other. Basketball U16 and 1st - PE Comets Tournament in PE until 27/1 Unkindness is borne not from a position of strength. Instead, it flows from that 12h00 - Golf vs Grey HS (H) place inside one that is feeling threatened, uncertain, inward looking. A place 15h00 - 1st team to of introspection borne of self-doubt, of trying to store up self-worth selfishly Paul Roos untill Sunday 27/1 because of a secret sense of deficit. In this neighbourhood of the mind, unkindness (Stellenbosch) lives just down the road from bullying. This sort of outside-in thinking stands in contrast that state of maturity where one lives from the inside out. Saturday 26 January: Irish psychologist, Tony Humphreys, in his book “The Mature Manager” puts it Cricket vs (H) thus: “The [person] who leads from the inside out is fully aware that his ability Rowing Settlers Sprint Regatta (Port to put that aspiration into practice is dependent on the extent to which he Alfred) manages self, it is dependent on his sense of his own dignity and worthiness, TSA Mini Series to 27/1 on his possession of a strong belief in self and on his willingness to continue to (Grahamstown) explore his own giftedness and potential”. In short, we cannot effectively lead, Water Polo vs Woodridge (A) relate with, or manage others until we truly know our selves.

Monday 28 January: And in that ‘knowing’ grows kindness. Life is not always easy, bad things can happen to good people, and it is certain that we will need to have tough Tennis: Knowling Shield vs conversations from time to time if we are to exhibit any form of leadership Kingswood (A) along life’s journey. To understand that in spite of all of those things the most fundamental of Andrean qualities is the brotherhood that binds us together; to Tuesday 29 January: understand that we can still recognise the inherent worth of each-other, and be kind. Tennis vs Kingswood (H) God Bless Wednesday 30 January:

Graeme Long Course Gala Alan Thompson 14h00 - Cricket (Various matches - H) [email protected] 16h00 - Water Polo, Grahamstown league (H)

Thursday 31 January

Water Polo Pearson 2nd Team Tournament to 3/2 15h00 - Water Polo St Andrew’s Shield U19 Tournament to 3/2

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COLLEGE LIFE

Newboy Walk

The annual Newboy Walk took place in cool but sunny conditions from Boknes to the Bushmans River Mouth on Sunday. One hundred odd Newboys, their prefects and a good contingent of staff were dropped off at the beach at Boknes where group photos were taken before heading off towards the Diaz Cross and Kwaaihoek Point. The low tide made walking conditions comfortable although some would have found the 10km beach walk quite taxing. On arrival the group enjoyed a braaied lunch and water melon with some time to relax before having a swim in the Bushmans River and boarding the buses back to Grahamstown.

Pete Andrew

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St Andrew’s College is aware of the current water situation in Grahamstown. The boys have made a positive response to help save water. There have been various talks to the boys about their water usage and it has come to mind that showering is where one could make the biggest impact. Buckets have been placed in the Mullins House showers which are being used to flush toilets and to water lawns. The rest of the houses will follow this trend soon.

Ignus Potgieter

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CULTURE

Open Mic Night To Kick Start The Musical Year The first Open Mic of the year was a huge success. It was a performer forgot the words or suffered from stage fright, closed weekend so the night was well attended by an even the audience would sing along until the performer could mix of DSG and SAC pupils. It was a wonderful opportunity gather themselves again. for friends to catch up after the holidays and exchange war stories while listening to the amazing talent on exhibition. It There were a number of performances from learners was a relaxed environment with fires going, hot chocolate in Grade 8 up to Matric. Performances ranged from musical and doughnuts to aid in the cold weather. It also provided a ensembles to solo poetry recitals and even rapping. The safe place for learners to experiment and express themselves cultural prefects, Lucy Schlebusch and Lisakhanya Maqula in a judgement free space with much support from their can be commended for their help in organizing and running peers. the event. Enormous thanks must also go to the teacher in charge, Mr Jayson Flanagan for his tireless enthusiasm. The audience can be commended on their performance etiquette and cheerful spirit. There was dancing in the crowd, pizzas being delivered and shared among friends, and if a Mike Skipper Director of Music

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Cooking Club The first session of the Cooking Club took place on Thursday evening with the boys producing some impressive looking Beef Wellington’s, with lemon and feta green beans!

Scott Jackson

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SPORT

Dear All

Things have got off to a fast start and most boys have been involved in some form of sports competition already this term. I hope that those that are new to College are starting to find their feet and that they are settling into their new team and sporting environments.

Last weekend saw the Water Polo Club playing a series of festival games in in the early season Grey High School Festival, whilst the rest of the Club Guy Rushmere were involved in local fixtures at home. The 1sts, U15As and U14As played fixtures against , Paul Roos Gym and Grey High School. The U14s featured really well, the U15s found the going a little tough, whilst the 1sts blew a little hot and cold. This weekend the whole Club will be involved in a mix of opportunities. The 1st team squad are travelling to Paarl and Cape Town for a series of training games involving the best that the Cape can offer. They will play a host of games on Saturday in Paarl before finishing off with games in Cape Town. This should prove to be ideal preparation for the SAC Shield Tournament which we host next weekend. The Tournament has attracted a number of the top schools in and promises to produce some outstanding polo. The 2nds, U15A and U14A sides will play games against Kingswood College this afternoon, whilst the balance of the Club will travel through to on Saturday where Priyank Patel they will play a series of matches against a range of schools.

The Cricket Club took on Selborne College last Saturday. The games in East London were played in gale force conditions making matters difficult for the players. The 1st XI batted very well to set up a competitive declaration of 230/5 at lunch, with Guy Rushmere compiling a masterful 122 not out. He was well-supported by Matthew Schaeffer who scored 51. The Selborne openers were extremely solid but never picked up the rate to allow them to launch a bid to win. The result was a fairly frustrating draw with Selborne on 140\4 when the game was called. Whilst a number of other games ended in draws, the balance of the spoils were shared by the two schools. In the 2nd XI game James York scored an excellent 121, whilst Priyank Patel got a quickfire 128 for the 4ths and Thomas Wostenholm took 5\34 5ths

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for the 3rds. On Wednesday the 1st XI played the first of their CSA T20 knockout games against Port Alfred High School. An aggressive batting performance by the College boys saw them post 229\2, Guy Rushmere again cashing in with an excellent 113 and Nick Barlow blasting 71 not out, before restricting PAHS to 92\7. They will now go on to play the winners of and Kingswood College. This weekend the Cricket Club will take on Grey High School which should prove to be a testing encounter for all our teams. The 1st XI are due to play on Lower Field starting at 09h00 in a declaration format.

Last Friday the Golf Team travelled down to Port Elizabeth to play Hoërskool DF Malherbe on a windswept Humewood Golf Club Course. The College boys coped better with the trying conditions than their opponents and ran out comfortable winners.

Our Tennis boys played a senior match vs Selborne College last Friday, with both teams missing their top players. It turned out to be a really well-matched affair with the scores even in matches and it was only on a games count out that College prevailed. The U15s travelled through to play Selborne in East London where they found the going tough in windy conditions. On Sunday the 1st Team did exceptionally well to beat Kingswood College, Graeme College and Union High School to retain the coveted Settler’s Cup Quadrangular trophy.

This weekend the Rowing Club play host to the Settler’s Sprints Regatta down at Port Alfred on the Kowie River. With the Settlers Dam being near-empty we have been forced to move all our water training to Port Alfred. This will undoubtedly give us some advantage as we take on the best that the can offer. This is an ideal opportunity for all our crews to get some race experience ahead of the Selborne Sprints and Buffalo Regattas that come up in a couple of weeks’ time.

The Basketball Club has a big weekend with the 1st Team, the U15As and U14As travelling to Johannesburg to take on a number of the top schools in Gauteng. This opportunity will provide great experience for these boys and coaches as we seek to expose them to a broader offering of Basketball. The 2nds and U16As will travel to Port Elizabeth to play in the PE Comets Tournament and we expect them to come away with encouraging results.

It was really great to hear news of one of last year’s matriculants, Nic Richardson, who was selected for the South African Polo Team to play in a once off test against Ireland that South Africa won 5-3. What makes this all the more remarkable is that Nic has been at College for the past five years and his opportunities to pursue his polo career have been limited. Well done, Nic!

All in all it has been a good start to the term and we look forward to this weekend’s activities. I hope that those of you that are able to follow your boys have a great weekend.

Kind regards

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Cricket Colours were awarded to Callum Francis, left and Guy Water Polo Co-Captains for 2019, Matthew Hillary and Rushmere Connor Stulich

Ignus Potgieter with the Settlers Cup

Captain of for 2019 is Craig Macpherson, with Martin Wolmarans serving as Vice-Captain.

St Andrew’s 1st Tennis captain, Ignus Potgieter, right, and Nic Richardson vice captain Dylan Bowker

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Information Information Evenings Evening

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