The DHS Herald

28 February 2020 High School Issue 06/2020 Head Master : Mr A D Pinheiro Well Done to the DHS Swimmers!

Contents Well Done to the DHS Swimmers 1 Well Done to the DHS Swimmers! cont’d 2 The 2020 swimming season was one highlight being the three U15 victories Chasing Mandela’s Rainbow 2 of great excitement. The boys started in the D&D Gala. Extra Mural Results 3 the season slowly and gained In total, the swim team participated in KZN Schools Jazz & Rock Music momentum as we progressed. Huge two warm up galas and competed in Festival @DHS 3 emphasis was placed on the technical the four competition galas. The result Weeks Ahead 4 aspects of each stroke and with that at the Alan Burt Gala was we were able to eliminate any This Weekend’s Fixtures 4 disappointing, but from thereon the possible disqualifications. boys posted brilliant results: Water Polo Fixtures 4 Elite swim coach Mrs D McLeod Alan Burt Gala Lunch Time Concert ‐ Grade 10 continued working as the Head Coach Music Class on 3 March 4 1st Westville and she was assisted by Mr M Nixon‐ nd KZN Schools Jazz & Rock Music 2 St David’s James. Both added immense value to rd Festival 5 3 Pretoria Boys the programme and the results were 4th Glenwood evident. Every swimmer gave 100% in Upcoming 5th St Stithians the events. 6th Kearsney Events The team was very well led by 7th DHS Breydon Remley. His administration at 8th Maritz College  Cricket / Water the galas was excellent. 9th King Edward VII Polo / Basketball 10th Parktown Boys vs Northwood The Championship Gala was a  U14 Rugby Trials fantastic event and all races were very Westville Invitation competitive. The final placings were 1st Westville  Test Day Routine as follows: 2nd St Benedict’s  Moms Com 3rd Grey College 1st Swales 114 Meeting 4th St David’s 2nd Payne 97 5th Affies  Lunch Time 3rd Langley 84 6th Clifton Concert 4th Blackmore 58 7th DHS  Special Assembly 5th Grice 50 8th Hilton for Mr Norton 6th Campbell 32 9th Kearsney

 Athletics KZN 10th Glenwood In the interschool galas, the junior age Champs 11th groups again added incredible value  Internal Rugby 12th Northwood to School’s swimming team. These age Trials @ DHS groups were regular top two finishers KZN Top Schools  PAC Auditions in their respective events, the 1st Westville

Page 2 of 6 The DHS Herald Durban High School Well Done to the DHS Swimmers! cont’d 2nd Clifton U15: Taegen McCarthy, Keyontae 3rd DHS Raynard, Kegan Olivier, 4th Hilton Awande Nkunzi 5th Kearsney U16: Connor Carson, Thapelo 6th Maritz College Ramoholi, Yasheer Maharaj, 7th Northwood Vuyani Ncube, Sabelosethu 8th Glenwood Mlaba 9th U17: Breydon Remley, Samuel Spooner, Warren Griffin, D&D Gala Mahle Makhanya, Le‐shae 1st Westville Naicker, Travis Burke, 2nd Clifton Miguel de Paiva 3rd DHS U19: Adam Mohamed, Rowan van 4th Kearsney/Glenwood Rooyen, Swelihle May, 6th Northwood Ntando Mpuqa, Sinqobile Regular Swimmers: Simamane U14: Brendan Visser, Matthew Hunt, Blake Davison, Marnu S A La Marque Koekemoer, Callyn Kinsey Head of Aquatics Chasing Mandela’s Rainbow Phendulani Buthelezi, Head Prefect This compelling and moving and Captain of Rugby in 2017, documentary has been selected for features in a film which is premièring 16 film festivals, has won the in KZN at the Suncoast Cine Centre Audience Award for the Best Cinema on 6 April. Documentary at the Cinema At the Edge in Santa Monica LA in the USA, This award winning movie was has won the Best Education filmed during the course of 2017 and Challenge award at the Helsinki parts of the movie were filmed at Education Film Festival DHS as the film crew followed International, screened in October Phepsi around. It features three 2019 as the gala night film of the school children from , Toronto South African Film Festival one of whom was Phendulani. and in November 2019 it was judged Phepsi is now a 3rd year engineering the Best Message winner in the student and a member of the Sharks youth section at an International rugby team. Audiovisual Film Festival in Venezuela. It has been bought by Chasing Mandela’s Rainbow was two TV broadcasters in Europe directed and produced by Gary E (Sweden and Germany) and will be Janks. broadcast worldwide in four languages (English, German, Spanish “Mandela's South Africa has been an and Arabic). The trailer for the movie unrelenting struggle between can be seen at: utopian hope and painful reality. https://vimeo.com/294382384 Three school students, aided by their teachers, want to join the All DHS Boys, Old Boys, Parents and success story this country was Staff are invited to purchase tickets meant to become, post‐Apartheid. to attend the KZN Premiere on They strive for recognition, dream of 6 April. Mr Janks assures us: “It their place within a society, meant definitely will everyone connected to work for all. Their dissimilar with DHS feel very proud!” backgrounds and battles illustrate why Mandela's vision never quite Details on how to book tickets for materialised and is still, a haunting the movie will be provided closer to and illusive rainbow.” the time.

Page 3 of 6 The DHS Herald Durban High School Extra Mural Results KZN Schools Jazz SWIMMING ‐ D&D GALA U14B DHS 130 all out & Rock Festival Braum 59, Bogacwi 37 The DHS Swimming team put in an WBHS 131 all out Tickets are now available to purchase outstanding performance at the 2020 Nair 3/10 for the KZN Schools Jazz & Rock Music D&D Gala today. The boys were able DHS lost by 1 run Festival on 20 and 21 March. to secure a third place, with the U15 U14C DHS 92/9 age group winning three of their five WBHs 94/5 Performing at the festival, which is events. DHS lost by 5 wickets hosted by DHS and organised by Head U14D DHS 60 all out of Music, Ms Natalie Rungan, will be: Final Points and Positions: WBHS 61/2 1st Westville 153 DHS lost by 8 wickets The Black Lapels 2nd Clifton 107 U14E DHS 21 all out Rowan Stuart 3rd DHS 90 WBHS 22/2 Ernie Smith 4th Glenwood & Kearsney 69 DHS lost by 8 wickets Afrosoul 6th Northwood 57 KZN Schools Bands and Natalie Rungan BASKETBALL vs WESTVILLE CRICKET vs WESTVILLE Go to Quicket to buy your ticket online: DHS Westville st https://www.quicket.co.za/events/99 1st XI DHS 145/9 1 63 41 155‐kzn‐schools‐jazz‐and‐rock‐music‐ Stride 48, Nel 33, Ramanand 2nd 12 24 rd festival‐2020/ 31 3 6 49 WBHS 146/5 16A 28 38 DHS lost by 5 wickets 16B 42 8 2nd XV DHS 144 All Out 15A 5 28 Mackerdhuj 34 15B 27 39 WBHS 261/9 15C 2 35 Winnaar 3/67 14A 38 17 DHS lost by 117 runs 14B 12 14 3rd XI DHS 66 all out 14C 14 13 Wingrove 34 14D 31 10 WBHS 63/2 DHS lost by 7 wickets ROWING ‐ VCL SPRINTS U16A DHS 62/10 WBHS 63/2 The DHS Rowers participated in the DHS lost by 8 wickets 2020 RMB VLC National Sprints U16B DHS 54 all out Regatta in Germiston, Gauteng on WBHS 55/1 25 and 26 January. DHS lost by 9 wickets U16C DHS 24 all out Their results were as follows: WBHS 25/0 DHS lost by 10 wickets Rowan van Rooyen placed 3rd in Race U15A DHS 191 all ou5 100 (Heat 2) with a time of 4:52:94. Chinniah 65, Ruiters 64 WBHS 267/4 Lifah Mhlongo and Luyanda Koboka DHS lost by 76 runs placed 5th in Race 138 (Heat 1) with a U15B DHS 61 all out time of 4:18:65. WBHS 62/4 DHS lost by 6 wickets Rowan van Rooyen and Chris U15C DHS 96 all out Landman placed 3rd in Race 139 (Heat WBHS 97/8 2) with a time of 3:53:57. DHS lost by 2 wickets U14A DHS 101 all out Londa Zungu and Awande Ndlovu WBHS 106 all out placed 8th in Race 140 (Heat 3) with a DHS lost by 5 runs time of 4:07:79. The DHS Rowers in action at the VCL Sprints

Page 4 of 6 The DHS Herald Durban High School Weeks Ahead Friday 28 February Thursday 5 March Cricket vs Northwood Test Day Routine : AFRFA/ZULFA @ Staff Social 11h15‐12h20 Durban High School st 255 St Thomas Road Rugby : Voortrekker Night Series : 1 Athletics ‐ KZN Secondary School Musgrave XV, U16A Champs : 5‐7 March 4001 Senior Debating @ DGHS : 14h45‐ Saturday 29 February Phone: 18h00 (031) 277 1500 Cricket / Water Polo / Basketball vs Northwood (h) Friday 6 March Fax: Vega Vibe (Lewis) (031) 277 1555 Special Assembly for Mr Norton : DC Thompson Hall : 13h00 E‐mail: Sunday 1 March Athletics ‐ KZN Secondary Schools [email protected] Rugby ‐ U14 Trials @ DHS : 08h30‐ Champs : 5‐7 March 11h00 Inspired by our past, Saturday 7 March Committed to our future Tuesday 3 March Internal Rugby Trials @ DHS Test Day Routine : Test @ 11h25‐ 12h30 Sunday 8 March We’re on the Web! Moms Com Meeting : 13h00 : Bill Bouldering Round 4 & Finals www.durbanhighschool.co.za Payn Boardroom Lunch Time Concert : Grade 10 Music Tuesday 10 March Class : 13h40 : CSMC Performing Arts Competition (PAC) Auditions : 10‐11 March Water Polo Wednesday 4 March Rugby vs Voortrekker (Chukkas) : 1st Thursday 12 March Fixtures XV, U14A, U15A, U16A, 1st XV Performing Arts Competition (PAC) Rehearsals : 12‐19 March WATER POLO vs NORTHWOOD (h) : This Weekend’s Fixtures Saturday 29 February CRICKET vs NORTHWOOD : Friday 28 February

Team Time Venue Overs Team Time Venue U16A 09h00 R Smith Oval (a) 20 1st 10h45 DHS U15B 14h30 Pollock Oval (a) 20 2nd 10h00 DHS U14B 09h00 Whitfield Oval (a) 20 15B 09h30 DHS U14D 14h30 Danville 1 (a) 20 14B 09h00 DHS U14E 14h30 Danville 2 (a) 20

CRICKET vs NORTHWOOD : Saturday 29 February Lunch Time Team Time Venue Overs 1st XI 09h00 Theobald Oval (h) 50 Concert - Grade 2nd XI 09h00 R Smith Oval (a) 50 U16B 08h30 Crusaders 1 (h) 30 10 Music Class on U16C 08h30 Crusaders 2 (h) 20 3March U15A 09h00 Pollock Oval (a) 50 U15C 09h00 Danville 2 (h) 20 U14A 09h00 Whitfield Oval (a) 50 U14C 08h30 Danville 1 (h) 20

BAKSETBALL vs NORTHWOOD (h) : Saturday 9 February 2019 Team Time Venue Team Time Venue 1st 12h35 Court 1 2nd 11h30 Court 1 3rd 10h30 Court 3 U16A 11h30 Court 2 U16B 10h30 Court 2 U15A 10h30 Court 1 U15B 09h30 Court 1 U15C 08h30 Court 1 U14A 09h30 Court 2 U14B 09h30 Court 3 U14C 08h30 Court 2 U14D 11h30 Court 3 U14E 08h30 Court 3

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