AMDG ’ WEEKLY SPORTS AND CULTURE

Vol 17 No 32 3rd-9th October 2017 [email protected] Edited by Mr A H Macdonald

Cricket HIGH SCHOOLS PUBLIC SPEAKING NATIONAL FINALS 1) 1st XI (50 over match) Peterhouse 235-9 (P Mugore 3-28 K Tigere 2-16) St George’s 236-9 (D Myers 132* M Davies 22) This national event was held in at Chaplin High School Result : Won by 1 wicket on Thursday the 28th of September 2017.

2) U16A (50 over match) All competitors were top representatives of their respective Peterhouse 259-5 provinces around Zimbabwe and our very own Kuziva St George’s 100 all out (T Kadyautumbe 32) Zvokuomba represented Province in the event. Result : Lost by 159 runs Unfortunately, the event got to a start an hour later than it was supposed to but this managed to give the speakers more time to 3) U16B (2 x T/20 matches) socialise and mentally prepare themselves for the competition. 1st innings Peterhouse 128-4 (A Mutendera 1-10 T Marowa 1-16) When it came to the speaking, the standard was of a fairly high. St George’s 120-7 (D Wenyika 36 R Norman 16) 2nd innings St George’s 109-6 (D Wenyika 13) Kuziva Zvokuomba stood out with his speech titled ‘For The Peterhouse 103-3 (J Mudiwa 1-6 N Chamanga 1-15) Why?’ which had the audience laughing their lungs out and Overall result : Lost by 7 wickets learning a myriad of relatable life lessons. The Impromptu Speaking round was a country mile better than 4) U15A (50 over match) the prepared round as speakers all spoke with fluency through Peterhouse 316 all out (A Manga 5-62 T Gondomukandapi 2-42 strain and were able to develop their ideas with confidence. D Chipangura 2-42) Kuziva Zvokuomba excelled in this round as well alongside a St George’s 289 all out (E Bawa 166 A Manga 20 T Wushe 25) few other speakers. Result : Lost by 27 runs Overall, the crowd had their eyes on Kuziva and the contest- 5) U15B (2 x T/20 matches) ants, both juniors and seniors were sure of his victory but in the 1st innings Peterhouse 119-4 (P Chisango 2-9 T Kuture 1-15) end the results were as follows: St George’s 88-8 (C Mabheka 20) 2nd innings St George’s 69 all out (T Kuture 40) 1st Stanley Chivanga St. Faith (Manicaland) Peterhouse 47-0 2nd Isabel Gwindiri Minda High School (Matebeleland South) Overall result : Lost by 10 wickets 3rd Kuziva Zvokuomba St. George’s (Harare) This is a great step for public speaking at St. George’s and a 6) U14A (50 over match) bigger step in Kuziva Zvokuomba’s orating development and Peterhouse 338 all out (T Chisango 3-40 M Raja 3-24) wallet content as he walked away with a prize of $90. Well St George’s 229 all out (M Garande 40 T Chisango 30 M Raja 31) Done! (M Gwese 29 T Lusiyano 29) Result : Lost by 109 runs

7) U14B (2 x T/20 matches) 1st innings St George’s 105-5 (P Chikukwa 24 S Chopera 18 D Zambuko 17) Peterhouse 160-4 2nd innings St George’s 91 all out (H Bikoko 21) Peterhouse 41-2 (P Chikukwa 2-23) Overall result : Lost by 8 wickets Interschools Swimming Gala Results

Freestyle Breaststroke IM Relay Medley Relay Butterfly Relay up Roll pts Total

Butterfly Butterfly Relay Breaststroke Relay Freestyle Backstroke

U14 50m 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 95

Pts 6 6 7 8 8 16 16 16 12 U15 50m 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 5th 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd

Pts 6 6 5 5 4 14 16 12 12 80 U16 100m 3rd 2nd 5th 50m 4th 4th 3rd 4th 5th 2nd

Pts 6 7 4 7 5 10 12 10 8 69 U17 100m 4th 4th 4th 50m 4th 4th 4th 5th 4th 4th

Pts 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 8 10 63 U20 100m 2nd 5th 1st 1 min 50m 5th 1st 3rd 5th 4th 13,19sec 3rd

Pts 7 4 8 6 4 16 12 8 10 75 Roll up (2 from 4th 10 each age group)

10 Total pts 30 28 29 31 26 66 66 54 52 10 392

1st places x 8 Overall Results U14 - 50m Butterfly B Nhekairo 1st St John’s College 474 pts Individual Medly B Nhekairo 2nd CBC 417 pts Medley Relay 3rd St George’s College 392 pts Butterfly Relay 4th Hellenic 362 pts Breaststroke Relay 5th Peterhouse 331 pts U15 - Butterfly Relay 6th Kutama College 177 pts U20 - 100m Backstroke V Mjimba 7th Eaglesvale 118 pts

2nd places x 5

Table Tennis St George’s vs Peterhouse Boys

The road to Peterhouse Girls is a drive worthwhile taking. To experience some of the country’s most beautiful and scenic sights was a memorable experience. Each side of the well maintained road was filled with attractive grasses and the exquisite multi-hued beauty of the indigenous trees made the flora, or epoch, a breath-taking sight. We were greeted by at least thirty girls and boys although we were playing the boys only. The eleven St George’s participants were spoilt to play in a large, well built building which could cater for seven table tennis tables, although we only used five of them. We were very envious of their facilities. The boys played superbly and we came away feeling very jubilant with a win of 10-1. Although play was competitive our boys proved their skill and that their play was a cut above.

U14 Score U15 Score U18 Score N Fleetwood– Bird 3-0 Tn Kambani 3-0 B Sawadya 3-0 C Somasse 3-0 G Mhembere 3-0 Tb Kambani 2-1 T Sampambadze 3-0 T Majena 2-1 T Tambanewako 1-2 N Senzanje 3-0 J Kabambe 3-0 (B Sawadya 3-0) Won 4-0 Won 4-0 Won 3-1 Overall Won 10-1 ST GEORGE’S VOLLEYBALL U16 SAINTS WINS TROPHY

St George’s College U16 Volleyball Team, under the guidance of Head Coach Spencer Chitate, triumphed over a group of hard fighting School Volleyball Teams to win the annual Peterhouse U16 ATS Volleyball Tournament in an exciting fashion on Saturday, 7 October.

Schools present were; Peterhouse, Christian Brothers College, Bernard Mzeki College, St John’s Col- lege, Cherutombo, St George’s College, St John’s High School, Prince Edward, Churchill, Marondera High and Kutama College. All schools had B teams and as a result all teams were split into 3 pools with pool A hosting the top teams of each school.

Any thoughts that St George’s boys would be nervous were quickly dispelled by a successive hammering of Peterhouse, CBC, BMC and St John’s College in the first round, winning 2-0 in all their matches. In the other pools, Cherutombo A and B were demonstrating their much feared attaching prowess by wiping every other team.

In the Quarter Finals, St George’s clinically dismissed Cherutombo B with amazing passing and hitting moves. Genius Mbambu of St George’s was attacking fiercely from all corners, and the score ended 2-0 in favour of St George’s. Big surprise was St George’s went on to face the much feared Cherutombo A team in the Semi Finals. This was undoubtedly the match of the tournament and all other games were briefly stopped. By this time it was to everyone’s expectation that the winners of this semi will obviously win the final against Peterhouse or BMC. However, Cherutombo attacking boys had no answer for Isheanesu Mauchi of St George’s who was blocking each and every attacking attempt. The super serves from Honour Mukushi of St George’s proved difficult to return and the combined team effort was spectac- ular right to the end. St George’s College won 2-1.

The final was greeted with aching muscles and the air of underlying, electric excitement and anticipation. It was, to everyone’s delight, a storybook ending for St George’s College who trounced an already panic stricken BMC team in the Tournament Final. The game ended before it even started and Genius Mbambu and Isheanesu Mauchi were named Most Valuable Player and Best Blocker of the tournament respectively. Final score 2-1.

After the game, Saints Volleyball T.I.C, Mr. Maposa was lost for words but he managed to say “that was a very pleasing result and probably the best we have had in a long time. I am proud of the whole team”.

Cricket Golf

Saints lose after gallant run-chase St George’s 1st team played St John’s College as part of the inter-schools golf league on Monday 9th Octo- Peterhouse batted first and had a fantastic start with 2 big ber at Royal Harare Golf Club. partnerships up front of 125 and 118 runs respectively. They were aided and abetted by some average bowling and field- The results were as follows : ing and when the 2nd wicket fell on 243 in the 40th over Saints were looking at a mammoth chase. Then 7 wickets Player number (Ranked) fell for only 43 runs before a final partnership of 30 took Peterhouse to 316 all out - still a huge ask! Manga was the Name Score only bowler who stuck to his task and bagged 5 for 62 in his allotted 10 overs. Chipangura and Gondomukandapi each 1 W Geach Won 2 and 1 picked up 2 wickets for about 40 runs in 6 overs. Saints batted after lunch and Bawa was soon in after 2 S Ebrahim Lost 3 and 2 Chikopa lost his wicket early. He had partnerships with sev- 3 Y Parbhoo Won 1 up eral batsmen, namely Mutendi (47), Zuze (31), Manga (66) and then a big one of 99 runs with Wushe for the 7th wick- 4 M Moosa Lost 3 and 2 et. This took the 's score to 260 for 6 and an unlikely win had become a real possibility. Even when Wushe went 5 T Ncube All square out after scoring a valuable 25 runs, while Bawa remained a 6 M Jackson Lost 1 down win was still on the cards. Unfortunately Bawa was finally caught and with the score on 276 for 8, still 40 runs short of the target, the final 2 wickets fell for Saints to finish on 290 So after a valiant fight St George’s just lost 3 1/2 to 2 all out, 27 runs short. Bawa scored a magnificent 166 runs 1/2. Well done to go with the 3 half centuries that he has already scored for to all the boys for competing so hard and giving of Saints in the 6 matches that he has played this year! their best.

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Discipline Against Age / Team Result Cricket Peterhouse 1st XI Won by 1 wicket U16A Lost by 159 runs U16B Lost by 7 wickets U15A Lost by 27 runs U15B Lost by 10 wickets U14A Lost by 109 runs U14B Lost by 8 wickets Basketball St John’s College 1st Team Won 54-30 2nd Team Won 24-6 U16A Won 34-32 U16B Lost 16-17 U15A Won 26-23 U15B Lost 11-30 U14A Lost 5-6 U14B Lost 5-8 U14C Won 10-2 Volleyball U16 ATS Tournament held at Peterhouse Pool matches Peterhouse U16A Won 2-0 St John’s College U16A Won 2-0 CBC U16A Won 2-0 BMc U16A Won 2-0 Quarter Finals Cherutombo ‘B’ U16A Won 2-0 Semi Finals Cherutombo ‘A’ U16A Won 2-1 Finals BMC U16A Won 2-1 Awards MVP (CAPT) G Mbambu Best Blocker I Mauchi Swimming Interschools Gala 1st St John’s College 474 pts 2nd CBC 417 pts 3rd St George’s College 378 pts 4th Hellenic 362 pts 5th Peterhouse 331 pts 6th Kutama 177 pts 7th Eaglesvale 118 pts Waterpolo U19 National Crusader Shield Tournament held at St John’s College Peterhouse 1st Team Won 10-2 Falcon 1st Team Lost 2-7 CBC 1st Team Lost 5-5 pending shootout Hellenic 1st Team Won 7-5 St John’s College 1st Team Lost 4-8 Zimbabwe U19A selection 1st Team C Rensburg / C Tomlinsom 1st Team NTR C Duffield