SPORT ARTICLES: 2002

Paul Rooser wins SA u/14 tennis title 28/10/2002

Hernu Redelinghuys (grade 8) won the SA u/14 singles title in Bloemfontein during the September holidays. Tennis enthusiasts foresee a bright future for this young star.

Paul van Rensburg also took part at the South African Tennis Championships in Bloemfontein and obtained a seventh position in the u/16 category. Together with his Paul Roos doubles partner, Juan Vermeulen, they obtained a second place in the u/16 doubles category at the Free State Championships.

SA Schools' Champions, PRG, win Tri Nations Tournament 26/9/2002

The South African Schools’ Champions, Paul Roos Gymnasium, were invited to play in the Tri Nations Tournament between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia after the International Schools’ event in Scotland was cancelled.

The tournament was played at Windhoek Country Club in Namibia. The competition between the 3 nations included combined scores between the 4 u/16 and 4 u/18 players selected by each country. As they were not eligible to win the main event, the Paul Roos team set about beating all the other teams in the u/18 section.

The Paul Roos players were: Oliver Bekker, Pieter Coetzee, Philip Gerber and Wynand Snyman. All these players except Wynand Snyman are members of Stellenbosch Golf Club and play for Boland. Wynand plays for Southern Cape and is a member of the Mossel Bay Golf Club.

The four players showed tremendous golfing ability and determination. Their positive attitude helped them to go into the second day with only one game behind Zimbabwe. Oliver Bekker had an outstanding tournament. He shot a level par round of 72 during the morning round of the Singles Medal, giving his team a great start; as did Pieter Coetzee when he defeated both Zimbabwe and Namibia.

The two were foursome partners and proceeded to be unbeaten in their morning games on the second day. They had comfortable wins of 6-5 vs Zimbabwe, 6-5 vs Namibia and 3-2 vs South Africa. Coetzee had an excellent game on the final day against one of S.A.’s finest juniors, Heinrich Pistorius.

Philip Gerber played impressively on the afternoon of the Singles Medal. He fought back with birdies to finish his round with a level par 72 beating all his opponents (having been 7 shots over par after the first couple of holes!)

Wynand Snyman’s excellent scores in this round also helped the S.A. Schools side to be 2 games ahead of all the other teams going into the final day.

Gerber and Snyman were foursome partners. They combined very well and still managed to win despite the pressure caused by one opponent getting a hole-in-one on the second last hole. Snyman played his best golf on the last day. He was well under par inspite of a tough game.

The South African Schools’ champions won the tournament with a staggering score of 17-13 against the official South African side, 22-10 against Zimbabwe and 26-6 against Namibia.

The South African national team won the Tri Nations overall event with a score of 97 points to Zimbabwe’s 63.

PRG gholf team best in Southern Africa! 26/9/2002

In February of this year Paul Roos Gymnasium won the SA Schools' Championships, organised by the S.A. Golf Foundation. The winning school normally travelled to Scottland to take part against the best schools of various other countries. Unfortunately the sponsors of this event withdrew, so that it could not take place in 2002.

The team consisted of Wynand Snyman, Oliver Bekker, Pieter Coetzee and Philip Gerber (although Philip had left our school earlier this year, he still had to play for this team because the S.A. Golf Foundation insisted on it) and between 22 and 24 July they competed against under 18 teams of South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Paul Roos obtained 65 points, while the South African, Namibian and Zimbabwian teams could only score 28, 17 and 35 points respectively.

It is therefore safe to say that Paul Roos Gymnasium has the best gholf team in Southern Africa!

Hat Trick for Paul Roos Tennis 2/9/2002

The first tennis team of Paul Roos Gymnasium took part in the Marilie Moolman Tennis Tournament which was held in Cradock on the weekend of 22 Augustus 2002. It was the first time this tournament was held and it was attended by Waterkloof High School, Grey College and Cradock High School. Girls teams from Waterkloof, Eunice High School in Bloemfontein, Hoër Volkskool from Graaff-Reinett and Cradock High School also took part.

Paul Roos het Grey Kollege met 7 wedstryde teenoor 2 gewen en daarna met Waterkloof afgereken deur 6 van die 9 wedstryde te wen. Cradock Hoërskool, wat tans onder die top 5-tennisspanne in Suid- Afrika gereken word, die was laaste aan die beurt. Met nog een dubbelswedstryd oor was die telling 4 wedstryde elk.

Die Paul Roos nommer 1-dubbelpaar, André Grobler en Paul Janse van Rensburg, het in die laaste dubbels-wedstryd teenoor DJ Broeksma, tans die nr 1 o/18-speler in Suid-Afrika en Turner Hewitt, seun van die legendariese Bob Hewitt, te staan gekom. Na 'n titaniese stryd waarin die Paul Roosers 5 potte teenoor 6 agter was, het die Paul Roosers voor 'n tuisskare Cradock ondersteuners die wedstryd in 'n naelbyt-einde met 8 potte teenoor 6 gewen. Paul Roos wen dus Cradock Hoërskool met 5 wedstryde teenoor 4.

It was the third major victory this year for the Paul Roos side. They also won the Kearsney College Tournament in February as well as the Wayne Ferreira Tournament in May. What makes this an even greater achievement, is the fact that the Paul Roos side is a relative young team which includes a grade 8 player as well as two grade 9 players.

The Bob Hewitt trophy was presented to the team by Bob Hewitt, himself being a winner of 14 Grand Slam titles during the sixties and seventies, during a formal dinner function. The cup was won by Hewitt in Beirut, Libanon in 1969 and was donated to Cradock High School by him.

PRG Equestrian Stars 13/9/2002

Jac Pietersen and Francois du Toit showed true equestrian skills at the South African Amateur Championships in Kimberley.

Jac obtained a 2nd place on the back of Maytime Mistress and two 7th places (category 16 years, on Longview's Return; as well as category Overall Champion on Maytime Mistress).

Francois achieved a 2nd place in a youth category on Jean O Jean.

PRG Hockey 25 provincial players! 13/9/2002

Paul Roos was ranked fourth on the latest Internet Schools' Hockey Rankings. Having no less than 25 provincial players, PRG can really be proud of this achievement.

The following Boland statistics are proof of the force PRG hockey has become in this region: u/18 Boland A : 8 players Boland B : 1 player u/16 Boland A : 6 players Boland B : 3 players u/14 Boland A : 6 players Boland B : 1 player

4 Paul Roos Duathletes in Western Province Team 13/9/2002

Four Paul Roos athletes were chosen to represent Western Province in Pretoria at the South African Duathlon Championships on 3 and 4 August.

They took part in the following age categories: Guillaume du Toit (16 - 17 years) Pieter Wehmeyer (18 - 19 years) Tielman de Villiers (18 - 19 years) John du Toit (18 - 19 years)

Horse-riding Western Province colours for a junior 13/9/2002

Horseman Johan Pretorius was chosen as member of the Western Province Junior endurance team. They took part in Fauresmith at the national Endurance Race Championships.

Brothers Jurgie and Werner van Zyl excel at SA Judo Championships 27/8/2002

Jurgie and Werner van Zyl were once again elected as members of the Boland Judo Team that took part in the SA Championships in Port Elizabeth between the 1st and 6th of July.

Both of them participated in higher age groups this year: Werner as a 13 year old in group 3 (13 - 14 years) and Jurgie as a 17 year old in group 5 (17 - 19 years).

Jurgie and Werner were only eliminated in the semi-final round. Their achievements have been as follows:Werner achieved a 4th place in the individual item and Jurgie a 5th place. Jurgie was also a member of the Junior Men A Team that received a gold medal.

Boland has won all four floating trophies for team competition this year. Six teams have been entered in seven categories and they have won five gold medals and one silver medal.

These achievements are unique seeing that eleven provincial teams as well as teams from Mozambique and Zimbabwe, have taken part in the competition.

Athletics News flashes / Achievements 27/8/2002

Pieter van Breda achieved his personal best - a height of 4,83m in the pole-vaulting event at the World Junior Qualifying Athletics Meeting in Stellenbosch. It is the best achievement by a junior pole-vaulter in SA in the past eight years. Unfortunately Pieter's achievement only just misses the qualifying height for the World Youth Championships.

Schalk Pienaar took part in the World School's Youth Gymnastrade in Caen, France, as captain of the SA Team. Unfortunately he stumbled over the last hurdle and fell. The 4X100m relay team of which Schalk was a member achieved a second place and set a new South African record.

Old Boy Ter de Villiers performed excellently in Europe. After winning races in Belgium and Spain, he also won the 400m hurdles in Geneve, Switzerland, in a time of 49,28 sec. It was the best achievement of his career as well as the best achievement by a South African this year.

Rugby News Craven Week Players 27/8/2002

The following players represented the WP U/18 team at the Craven Week:

Schalk Ferreira Johann Snyman Nico de Villiers Fanus Buys Matthew Kretzmann Mark Esterhuyzen

Mr Frans van Niekerk was the coach of the WP Team that won the final competition against Free State to be crowned as the Craven Week champions. After the conclusion of the Craven Week he was also elected as coach of the SA Academy Team that will compete in two tests against France and Wales.

Mr Jacques Hanekom has once again been elected as coach of the WP U/19 Team that won the trophy under his training last year.

The following players have been elected for the WP Platteland U/18 Team that took part in a tournament in Worcester during the first week of the June holidays:

Hendrik Meyer Omri Olivier Neil Scholtz Albert Louw (He could unfortunately not attend the tournament due to an injury.)

Grey Results 28/8/2002

Rugby

19A GREY [8-19] 19B GREY [22-5] 19C GREY [8-17] 19D GREY [8-8] 19E GREY [7-3] 19F GREY [17-26] 19G GREY [7-0] 19H GREY [0-43]

16A GREY [3-29] 16B GREY [6-10] 16C GREY [12-27] 16D GREY [0-17] 16E GREY [7-0]

15A GREY [12-3] 15B GREY [5-7] 15C GREY [0-5] 15D GREY [0-37]

14A GREY [19-0] 14B GREY [17-17] 14C GREY [7-20] 14D GREY [7-27] 14E GREY [0-22]

GESPEEL/PLAYED: 22 WEN/WON: 6 VERLOOR/LOST: 14 GELYKOP/DREW: 2 TELLING/SCORE: 172 / 342

Hokkie/Hockey

19A GREY [2-2] 19B GREY [2-2] 19C GREY [1-0] 19D GREY [0-0] 19E GREY [1-1] 16A GREY [2-0] 16B GREY [1-3] 16C GREY [2-1] 16D GREY [1-1] 16E GREY [0-0] 14A GREY [1-1] 14B GREY [0-1] 14C GREY [3-0]

GESPEEL/PLAYED: 13 WEN/WON: 4 VERLOOR/LOST: 2 GELYKOP/DREW: 7

Waterpolo WEN/WON: 7 - 3

Muurbal 0/19 VERLOOR/LOST 0/15 WEN/WON

Bergfiets/Mountain Biking WEN/WON

Landloop/Cross Country WEN/WON

Tennis 0/19 VERLOOR/LOST 0/14 WEN/WON

Debat/Debating WEN/WON 1 VERLOOR/LOST 1 GELYK/DRAW 1

SKIET: SENIORS & JUNIORS VERLOOR/LOST

STRAND >>> RESULTS 28/8/2002

Rugby vs. Strand 24 Aug.2002

19A STRAND [36-22] 19B STRAND [61-3] 19C STRAND [65-0] 16A STRAND [46-6] 16B STRAND [41-5] 15A STRAND [77-0] 15B STRAND [26-7] 15C Som. Col. B [10-14] 15D STRAND C [10-24] 14A STRAND [52-12] 14B STRAND [52-0] 14C STRAND [51-0] 0/16-0/17 Gekomb. span klop Merchantson Castle van Skotland: 48 - 12. Bogenoemde span was verlede seisoen die Skotse Skole Kampioen.

Hokkie/Hockey vs. Hugenote, Overberg, Vredenburg

19A HUGENOTE [10-0] 19B OVERBERG A [2-1] 19C VREDENBURG A [1-2] 19D HUGENOTE B [1-0] 19E OVERBERG B [1-2]

16A HUGENOTE [8-0] 16B OVERBERG A [4-0] 16C VREDENBURG A [1-3] 16D HUGENOTE B [3-1]

14A HUGENOTE [10-0] 14B OVERBERG A [4-1] 14C VREDENBURG A [2-2] 14D HUGENOTE B [1-3]

0/16A KLOP MILNERTON 3 - 1 IN DIE WP UITKLOP -

Marthinus van der Vyver to World Junior Athletics Championships 15/7/2002

Athletics South Africa (ASA) is to send a team to the 2002 IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships. This world event, which is held for the under 20 age category (athletes of 19 years and under) takes place in Kingston, Jamaica from 16 - 21 July 2002.

The South African team consists of 20 athletes (13 boys and 7 girls). Marthinus van der Vyver, star athlete of PRG and silver medal winner in the 110m hurdles race at the 2001 World Youth Championships, is the only Boland athlete to have been chosen for this team. He will take part in the 110m hurdles and the 4x100m relay races after excellent performances in the 100m (10.48 sec) and 110m hurdles (14.31sec). Marthinus made a comeback after a disappointing season in which he suffered from several injuries.

"Although the team selected is smaller than the 2002 team, it does reflect a combination of medal contenders for this year's championships and medal prospects for the world championships in 2004. These championships will therefore serve as part of their preparation towards 2004, and we are confident that this team will make us proud," said Carl Preller, chairperson of ASA's Elite Coaches Coordinating Committee.

The team leaves for Jamaica on 10 July and returns to South Africa on 24 July.

RUGBY vs. BOLAND LANDBOU • 22 JUNE 2002 22/6/2002

19A] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [14-21] [19B] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [26-21] [19C] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [3-3] [19D] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [22-12] [19E] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [51-3] [19F] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [27-3]

[16A] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [31-3] [16B] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [58-0]

[15A] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [0-0] [15B] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [60-0] [15C] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [42-14]

[14A] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [22-0] [14B] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [40-9] [14C] vs. BOL.LANDBOU [32-0]

RUGBY vs. RONDEBOSCH • 8 JUNIE 2002 8/6/2002

[19A] vs. RONDEBOSCH [43-15] [19B] vs. RONDEBOSCH [32-0] [19C] vs. RONDEBOSCH [19-7] [19D] vs. RONDEBOSCH [45-0] [19E] vs. RONDEBOSCH [95-5] [16A] vs. RONDEBOSCH [31-3] [16B] vs. RONDEBOSCH [22-14] [16C] vs. RONDEBOSCH [19-7] [16D] vs. RONDEBOSCH [46-3]

[15A] vs. RONDEBOSCH [27-0] [15B] vs. RONDEBOSCH [36-0] [15C] vs. RONDEBOSCH [24-5] [15D] vs. RONDEBOSCH [17-5] [14A] vs. RONDEBOSCH [53-0] [14B] vs. RONDEBOSCH [43-0] [14C] vs. RONDEBOSCH [39-0] [14D] vs. RONDEBOSCH [37-0]

HOCKEY vs. RONDEBOSCH • 8 JUNIE 2002 8/6/2002

[19A] RONDEBOSCH [2-0] [19B] RONDEBOSCH [0-1] [19C] RONDEBOSCH [1-3] [16A] RONDEBOSCH [2-0] [16B] RONDEBOSCH [1-1] [16C] RONDEBOSCH [7-0] [16D] RONDEBOSCH [2-1] [14A] RONDEBOSCH [0-0] [14B] RONDEBOSCH [3-0] [14C] RONDEBOSCH [8-1]

Profile PRG star athlete Schalk Pienaar 5/6/2002

March: Winner of the 110m Hurdles race, Boys u/18, at the USSASA National Championships in Germiston. Schalk set a new SA Schools' record (13.38sec. electronic time) and was named best track athlete of the Championships.

April: Winner of 110m Hurdles race, boys u/18 at the ASA National Championships in Pretoria. Despite the fact that he tore a ligament over the last hurdle, he still won the race in 13,74sec. electronic time.

May: Chosen as member of SA Youth (u/18) team to compete at the Southern Region Youth Track and Field Championships in Windhoek, Namibia. The SA team consisted only out of 13 athletes - 8 boys and 5 girls)

June: Member of SA Schools' Team taking part at the ISF Athletics Gymnasiade 2002 in Caen, France. This time the team consists of 22 athletes: 13 boys and 9 girls.

Schalk was selected as captain of this team - a very special honour for this excellent athlete.

Athletics Schalk Pienaar and Jarryd Botha excel 3/5/2002

Athletics SA has included Schalk Pienaar in the South African team that will participate in the Southern Region Youth Championships in Windhoek on 18 and 19 May.

Along with Jarryd Botha, Schalk has also been included in the SA USSASA team that will compete in Caen in France between 26 May and 4 June.

PRG athletics maroon machine 24/5/2002

Some interesting facts about the achievements of the Paul Roos athletes are: Paul Roos is the school with the highest number of athletes in a provincial team: no less than 9. Between these star athletes they brought back 7 South African medals:

Schalk Pienaar: 2 x gold for 110m hurdles, 1 x bronze for 4x100 relay Marthinus van de Vyver: 1 x silver, 100m Pierre Pieters: 1 x bronze, 4x100m relay Pieter van Breda: 1 x gold, 1 x silver for pole vault u/20

Two athletes, Marthinus van de Vyver and Schalk Pienaar, were included in SA teams.

25 Paul Roosers in Boland Hockey Teams 25/5/2002

25 Paul Roosers were chosen to represent Boland in their respective age groups during the June holdays at the interprovincial tournaments.

Congratulations to the following players on achieving provincial colours for hockey:

Under 18: Under 18: (Boland A) (Boland B) Charles Lee Gideon Jacobs Gareth Milford Peter O’Kennedy Brad Page Greg Page Wium van Kerwel Clive Terwin Petrus Maree

Under 16: Under 16: (Boland A) (Boland B) Paul Jordaan Luan Reineck Kenneth Brettenny Arno Verburg Harold Brettenny Rudy Lombard Philip Gous Jacques Loubser Ludwig Gericke

Under 14: Under 14: (Boland A) (Boland B) Jacques le Roux André de Klerk Shaun McIntyre Joe van Zyl Franco Fernandes Nicol Roos Gerrit Nieuwoudt

Karate/Kickboxing Springbok medals 24/5/2002

Two PRG pupils were members of the SA Karate/Kickboxing team that competed against stiff competition in New York, USA during the past three weeks. The highlight of the tour was the last competition at Fort Lauderdale where they were up against some of the best international sportsmen in these disciplines. The individual achievements were as follows:

Heinrich Janse van Vuuren (Grade 9) was elected captain of the Junior SA side and took part as a black belt contender.

New York vs SA: 1 x silver, 2 x bronze, 1 x 4th place Fort Lauderdale Gold Coast Classic International Martial Arts Championships: boys u/16, 4th place

Iaan van Niekerk (Grade 12) took part as purple belt contender.

New York vs SA: 1 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronze Fort Lauderdale: 1 x gold, boys u/18

Best tennis team in South Africa! 21/5/2002

Seven Paul Roos tennis players participated in the tenth Parktown Wayne Ferreira tennis tournament that was held at the Ellispark tennis courts in Johannesburg. This tournament enjoys the status as the only premier tennis event for high schools in South Africa. The tournament facilitates the participation of the strongest tennis schools throughout the country and covers all regions of the country. Schools qualify to participate through play-offs in the different regions. This year more than 40 schools entered the play-offs. Schools also particpate in 2 sections: the A section being the stronger of the two.

Friday morning the Paul Roos side was up against Benoni High School. Paul Roos beat the Benoni side convincingly 8 matches to 1. In the afternoon Paul Roos played Cradock High School, whose players practice at a tennis academy. They were quite tough opponents and thanks to the inspiring support from the other players and a superb effort from, amongst others, Jean Stipp, the Paul Roos side managed to win 4 of the 6 singles matches. The three outstanding doubles matches were played on Saturday afternoon, and Paul Roos managed to beat the Cradock side with a total of 6 matches against 3.

Saturday morning we were up against Waterkloof. Waterkloof had been the winners of the tournament for more than 5 years. We used our reserve, Paul Janse van Rensburg, who played an outstanding match - winning the tiebreaker. After a few tough matches, the Paul Roos side managed to beat Waterkloof for the first time ever with quite a convincing result: 7 – 2.

Having beaten Benoni, Cradock and Waterkloof, and winning 21 of the 27 matches, we qualified for the final which was to be played on Sunday morning. We were up against Kearsney College, whom we beat in the final of the Kearsney tournament earlier this year. Since the tournament, Kearnsey imported two new very good players.

It was evident that the Paul Roos side was up against stiff competition. We lost the first four matches and were 0 - 4 down. George Carstens and Casper Steenkamp were still playing and won their respective matches. But we were 2 – 4 down. The only lifeline the side had, was to win all three doubles matches which seemed like an impossible task. Kearsney only needed to win one match to win the tournament.

After a team talk, the three doubles pairs went onto the courts. The first doubles match was easily won with a result of 8 games to 2 games. Shortly afterwards Paul Roos won the second doubles match with a result of 8 games to 3. All the pressure was on the third doubles, which was the deciding match of the tournament. The first team to reach 8 games would win the tournament.

The games went from 1 all to 7 all and the teams had to play a tiebreaker. George and Eckhardt managed to win the tiebreaker with 7 points to 3 - to win the match 8 games to 7 with absolute outstanding and dedicated play.

Paul Roos managed to turn a 0 – 4 down situation around and beat Kearsney College 5 – 4. The focus of the side, their fighting spirit and their school pride paid off and Paul Roos was officially crowned the best boys’ tennis team in South Africa. What makes this even more outstanding, is that it was the second time they received this honour after having won the Kearsney tournament in February this year.

Phil Conradie to World Championships 3/5/2002

Phil Conradie, a Grade 11 pupil in PRG, will be taking part in the World Championships for Radio Controlled Cars which take place in Pretoria between 6 and 10 May 2002.

The Championships were to have taken place in 2001, but had to be postponed to 2002 as a result of the American crisis on the eleventh of September.

Jappas Mocke 4/5/2002

Jappas Mocke, Grade 11, will be leaving for Daytona Beach in Florida to take part in the Rescue 2002 World Lifesaving Championships. Although he is still in the under 19 age category, Jappas is officially ranked as number 8 on the senior South African ranking list. He is considered one of South Africa's top 15 Ocean Warrior Lifesavers.

PRG Boland Squash players 3/5/2002

The following Paul Roos squash players were included in Boland squash teams: u/19: Steven Goodwin (number 2) Nico Huysamen (number 12) u/16: Sean Young (number 6)

Mr C. van Vuuren SA Biathle veteran to England 3/5/2002

Mr Coenie van Vuuren, Geography teacher at Paul Roos Gymnasium, has been selected as a member of the South African Biathle team that will take part in the International Biathle World Tour Competition to be held at Weymouth, England on 29 June 2002.

WP u/18 canoeing champion 26/4/2002

Erhardt Joubert made a clean sweep at the Western Province Open Canoeing Championships that were recently held at Eikendal. The u/18 team won all the K2 events, in the process beating even the u/21's. Erhardt himself was first over the finishing line in all the K1 events. He will take part in the SA Trials and South African Schools' Championships in Natal and Gauteng from 25April to 6May.

SA Lifesaving Championships 26/4/2002

Gerhard Duvenhage, a Grade 9 pupil in Paul Roos Gymnasium, took part in the National Lifesaving Championships during March this year. He was awarded 1 bronze and 2 silver medals. At these Championships he also shattered an old Western Province record.

Paul Roos's Star athlete represents SA 26/4/2002

Marthinus van der Vyver, USSASA Junior Athlete of the Year for the 2001 athletics season, has excelled again. He was chosen for the South African Schools Athletics team that will take part in the COSSASA Games held in Gaberone, Botswana from 1 - 5 May 2002. Marthinus will star in the 100m event.

SA Champion u/17 Wrestling 8/3/2002

Alastair Siegelaar took part in the South African Wrestling Championships held in Pretoria on 23 February. He achieved an excellent first place and is subsequently ranked the number one u/17 cadet in South Africa. Alastiar will soon be competing on international level as member of the South African u/17 Wrestling team.

Paul Roos team wins SA schools' gholf title 11/3/2002

For four consecutive years Paul Roos Gymnasium has been representing the Boland schools in the South African Golf Foundation's National Schools Championship. Last year at Vereeniging, PRG came second. This year the tournament took place at Germiston, but unfortunately the game had to be stopped due to a thunderstorm. The best score for the 17 holes played up to that stage (instead of the normal 36), was taken. Paul Roos's team consisted of: Philip Gerber (+1 handicap), Oliver Bekker (+1 handicap) and Wynand Snyman (2 handicap). For the first time in the history of PRG golf, we were nominated as the best golf team out of all the schools in our country. Philip Gerber (2 shots over par) was nominated the over all winner of the tournament. In the past the best school used to tour to Scotland to compete against the best schools worldwide. Unfortunately this tournament does not exist anymore and PRG will tour Namibia.

Under Water Hockey Stars 25/2/2002

HJ Strauss en Eugene Joubert were selected as members of the Boland A-side and represented their province at the Interprovincial Underwater Hockey Tournament. It took place between 14 - 16 February 2002.

When the South African u/18 side was announced afterwards, HJ Strauss was included by the judges and he will represent South Africa later on in 2002.

WP Lifesaving champions 25/2/2002

Harry Nowers and Gerhard Duvenhage were included in the WP Lifesaving team. They will compete at the SA Lifesaving Championships to be held in Durban between 6 and 10 March.

SA u/18 Ice Hockey Player 25/2/2002

Daniel O'Hanlon (Grade 12) has been selected for the u/18 National Ice Hockey team. He will represent South Africa at the u/18 World Championships which will be held in Lithuania from 5 to 9 March 2002. The team leaves on the third of March.

Three new black belts for karate students 25/2/2002

De Wet Nagel, Neil Immelman and Craig Kean were awarded black belts at a recent Boland grading test. Very few students have the perseverance to continue training up to black belt level. Craig Kean was singled out for his dedication and considered to be a very worthy holder of the rank of shodan, 1st dan. The shodan grade is awarded by the International karate-do Goju-Kai and is therefore internationally recognised.

Paul Roos wins Kearsney Tennis Festival! 4/3/2002

The first tennis team was invited to take part in the prestigious Kearsney College Tennis Festival in Durban between 22 and 24 February. Only 8 of the best tennis school teams in South Africa are invited to compete in this annual event. It was the sixth consecutive invitation that the Paul Roos team received - and after having been in the second overall position in 2000 and 2001, they eventually did it this time!

The scores were as follows: PRG vs Maritzburg College 9-0 PRG vs Grey Bloemfontein 6-1 PRG vs St Stithians 8-1 Final: PRG vs Kearsney College 5-1

An exhausted, but very proud squad and their coach Mr Gerrie Berner arrived at Cape Town International on Monday afternoon. They were met at the airport by the Rector, Mr de Jager.

Swimming first SA bronze for Paul Roos 12/2/2002

Swimming star Jarred Botha achieved third place in South Africa for the men's 200m backstroke at the SA Championships in Durban. A truly amazing achievement - and a first for PRG.

At the Western Province Championships, Jarred Botha achieved no fewer than three first places: 100m backstroke Open, 200m backstroke Open, 50m butterfly Open

Other Paul Roos swimmers who excelled at these championships were Gary Wood, Eduard Delport, Luan Reineck, Merwe Benade and Willem Roux.

The Maties under 16 relay team consisted of 4 Paul Roosers. In some of the most exciting relay races of the Championships, they won three silver medals, missing gold by the proverbial split second.

Powerlifting Champion 12/2/2002

Neil Scholtz (grade 12) received a gold medal at a Development and Inter-Club Powerlifting Competition held on 1 December 2001 in Somerset-West. In the under 19 age group (82,5kg division), he managed to lift more than the Western Province record with the following lifts: squat: 147,5kg, bench: 90kg, deadlift: 155kg

First XV Ireland tour 28/1/2002

26 rugby players and two coaches left for Ireland on Wednesday 5 December. They toured Ireland and won all their matches against some of the strongest Northern Ireland school teams. Those interested may find further information on the team and their tour by clicking on the link below. www.cybermart.co.za