AMDG SAINTS’ WEEKLY SPORTS AND CULTURE

Vol 18 No 5 6th-12 February 2018 [email protected] Edited by Mr A H Macdonald

ATS SENIOR DEBATE TOURNAMENT 09/02/2018 to 10/02/2018

On Friday the 9th of February St. George’s College was privileged to host the third edition of the prominent ATS Senior Debate Tour- nament. There was a sharp juxtaposition between the gloomy and wet conditions outside to the intense and fierce exchange of argu- ments inside the debating venues.

The tournament fielded 20 schools from all over the country and hence fielded a myriad of different debating ability, style and strate- gy. Adjudicators had to fulfil the arduous task of granting a winner after each debate. All teams had to go through four preliminary rounds and win in order to have enough points to break into the semi-finals. After four rounds of overwhelmingly high standards of debating across the board, the following teams faced each other in the semi-finals:

St. George’s College vs Christian Brothers’ College St. John’s College vs Petra High School

An inspiring performance from the St George’s College team comprising of Ankush Chohan, Alvin Chafa-Govha, Dumiso Johnson- Brickhill and Kuziva Zvokuomba resulted in their progression to the final against Petra High School. Room temperature doubled as the complete passion of the dragons blazed and melted the Petra delegation in the final debate and the home team was pronounced the champions.Overall, it was perhaps the most organised and exciting ATS tournament since its inception and there was a remarkable increase in the quality of argumentation produced from all schools.

Kudos go to the St. George’s debate team for their huge success as well as to Mr. Paulser for working tirelessly in arranging the event and Mr. Murondoti for comprehensively training the team to be winners. It must also be recognised that Dumiso Johnson-Brickhill was awarded a certificate and medal for being ranked the 6th Best Speaker of the tournament. Well done to our fine gentlemen and we wish them success in the future tournaments.

By : Kuziva Zvokuomba

Falcon Cultural Festival

On Friday the 9th of February the college sent a team of creatives from multiple disciplines to Falcon College to participate in the Annual Falcon Cultural Festival. Keith Peter - Art. Marcus Steele - Dance. Simbarashe Mandoza - Drama. Kudzai Tembedza - Vocals. Kudakwashe Chidyagwai - Instruments.

Not only did all the boys do very well in the festival but most also performed in the talent show. Keith Peter performed an original rap, Kudakwashe Chidyagwai and Kudzai Tem- bedza performed in a band and Simbarashe Mandoza did a solo drama performance.

The gents had fun while representing the College and also interacted with lots of other creatives which benefited them in many ways. Kudakwashe Chidyagwai got an award for his excellent performance (and they all got an 8 hour bus ride back to Harare). All in all a great weekend. By : K Peter Discipline Against Age / Team Result Basketball St John’s College U14A Lost 8-11 U14B Won 10-4 U14C Won 6-4 U15A Won 11-8 U15B Lost 11-12 U15C Lost 5-6 U16A Lost 11-22 U16B Lost 11-16 2nd Team Won 19-15 1st Team Lost 47-49 Mid week Westridge High U14A Won 30-4 U15A Won 23-9 U16A Won 37-9 (but lost on technicali- ty) 1st Team Won 84-22

Cross Country at Lomagundi Interschools Meeting Boys overall 1st Prince Edward 117 pts 2nd Lomagundi 370 pts 3rd St George’s 477 pts 4th Gateway 574 pts 5th Watershed 619 pts 6th Hellenic 707 pts DQ Peterhouse Eagelsevale Goldridge

Waterpolo U15 Fred Wilson Tournament at Falcon College Falcon U15A Won 5-3 Hellenic U15A Lost 2-5 Quarter-Finals Peterhouse U15A Won 5-1 Semi-Finals St John’s U15A Lost 2-6 3rd/4th Play-Off Falcon U15A Won 5-3 Overall position 3rd place U17 Collins Cup Tournament at Falcon College Hellenic U17A Lost 2-6 Falcon U17A Lost 1-5 Lomagundi U17A Won 7-1 St John’s U17A Lost 5-7 Peterhouse U17A Won 3-1 Overall position 5th place

Swimming Mashonaland selection for National Championships U14 M Chaniwa, M Ngwenya U15 S Madziyire, B Nhekairo U16 N Hungwe Open V Mjimba

Rowing RAZ National Regatta Results 1st places x 7 2nd places x 6 3rd places x 5 Winners of the RAZ Shield Overall pts St George’s College

Volleyball Bernard Mizeki U15 Won 2-0 U16 Lost 0-2 U17 Won 2-0 1st Team Won 2-0

Table Tennis Juniors vs Peterhouse Lost 1-3 Seniors vs Peterhouse Won 3-2 Cross Country

Held at Lomagundi College Peterhouse Boys Peterhouse

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U15 Boys Pts 210 186 283 113 177 23 186 156 Pos N/A 7 5 8 2 4 1 5 3 N/A U17 Boys Pts 141 266 264 80 124 30 186 226 Pos N/A 4 8 7 2 3 1 5 6 N/A Open Boys Pts 259 223 160 177 64 105 237 Pos 7 5 N/A 3 4 N/A 1 2 6 N/A Totals 574 452 707 370 301 117 477 619

Positions DQ 4 DQ 6 2 DQ 1 3 5

Congratulations to the following on outstanding placings in their age groups :

U14 K Tsumele 12th U17 C Mabeko 12th Open P Mharadze 6th C Dhire 12th D Maonga 14th

Cross Country at Lomagundi

On Friday the 9th of February the Cross Country Team travelled to Lomagundi for the Final Meet of a season plagued by inconsistency. The U15 and U17 boys struggled on a difficult course, in wet weather. Both age groups finished a disappointing fifth but there were some notable performances from K. Tsumele U15 and C. Mabeka U17 who both finished 12th. The Open boys who had been impressive all season finished second with every runner finishing in the top 30. Captain P.Mharadze who finished 6th show- ing consistency, after having previously finished 7th and 8th at Arundel and Water- shed. Special mention must be made to C. Dhire who finished 12th and was also very consistent throughout the season. Overall the season was bit disappointing because we could not string good individual performances into team performances.

By : P.Mutiti

Athletics

Simbarashe Maketa (U18) attended the ‘’Puma sponsored school of speed com- petition’’ in Durban. He got past the heats with a time of 21.39s for 200m which is currently the second fastest U18 time in the ‘world’ this year. He won the final in 21.47s as well as being the best overall athlete at that competition.

Well done to him. We look forward to seeing more success this year when we compete in Interhouse and Interschool's events after half term! Rowing Results from the RAZ National Regatta Badminton St George’s v Harare International School Men’s A Single 5th D Maonga Doubles 6th M Temple 1st Couple R Banda & C Hewitt P 2 W 1 L1 Mens A Double 3rd D Maonga M Temple

Men’s B Single 1st T Chidawanyika 2nd Couple K Mutowo & P Maposa P 3 W 1 L 2 3rd N Heally 3rd Couple Men’s B Double 1st T Chidawanyika N Heally P Hove & C Tapfumaneyi P 4 W 2 L 2 Men’s C Single 2nd T Mataranyika 4th Couple 5th T Mudanga T Matewe & T Matewe P 2 W 1 L 1

6th P Mazike Other Mixed Couples 7th T Chitongo T Matewe & I Ncube P 1 L 1 I Ncube & S Mimana P 1 L 1 Men’s C Double 2nd T Mataranyika T Mudanga 4th P Mazike F Nyikavaranda Singles R Banda P 1 W 1 5th T Chitongo F Kangande C Hewitt P 2 W 1 L 1 Tawana Matewe P 1 L 1 Men’s C Quad 1st J Nyagato T Chitongo T Mudanga Tadiwa Matewe P 1 W 1 T Mataranyika F Kagande

3rd A Thomson P Zuze K Thondolana Overall score : Played 18 matches. P Mazike F Nikaveranda Won 8 lost 10

Men’s D Single 1st T Nyamakura 2nd G Fore

3rd S Shara

4th J Nyagato Men’s D Double 1st T Nyamakura T Matimbira Tennis 2nd G Fore Z Bere Harare Provincial Boys Trials

3rd S Shara B Mudzviti Congratulations to the following who Men’s D Quad 1st T Siwela S Shara Z Bere made teams : B Mudzviti G Fore U19 Harare ‘B’ M Musanhu U19 Harare ‘B’ P Wakatama 2nd T Nyamakura T Matimbira Maruza J Nyagato B Mudzviti U19 Harare ‘D’ M Mundangepfupfu U19 Harare ‘E’ M Muroi Novice 1st Z Bere 2nd T Mudzviti At the time of printing the U15’s selection had not been finalised. 3rd Maruza The following boys were in contention : M Raja, R Peters, T Gudo and T Majena Overall St George’s Boat Club retained the RAZ shield for the Top Boys School in Rowing for 2018. Well done to all our Rowers!