HEADMASTER’S MESSAGE The world that we live in is changing rapidly. It is hard to even imagine what the requirements for a child in school may be in five years. We do know that technology is evolving incredibly quickly and it is unlikely to resemble what we know currently. Maybe every child will have a tablet and lessons; notes and homework will be done on that, then mailed through the intranet back to the staff. This already happens in many places and it will come to us - sooner rather than later.

In the UK, education is moving away from the modular approach of examinations, back to the full year's work being assessed. The number of subjects a student takes at 'A' Level is likely to increase – more in line with the Baccalaureate type syllabus and exams.

All of this is likely to come about – but even more than this, it is the all rounded young person who is being sought by all professions. They are looking for the person who can reason, who has social skills, who cares about the environment and the people around them; the person who is able to be positive in the toughest situation; the person who is good to be around and who can work with MR R W QUERL and for anyone at anytime; the person who is well turned Headmaster - out and cares about his or her well being and who is “presentable” in every way. expected of our youth - not necessarily from an academic How then do we begin to produce this young person? standpoint but from a common sense, problem solving I believe it is simple – get onto the conveyer belt, do what and communication standpoint. Applied Maths, English, you are already doing, well, look around for anything Science and all the other subjects will be the order of the new, grab onto what is good and disregard the frivolous day, with thinking skills incorporated into a general and gimmicky things. Ensure that all the good basic exam paper, to separate the “wheat from the chaff”. principles are adhered to, even if they are somewhat old fashioned. Aim, as we have and always will, for as high a These are my predictions and my advice would be simple standard as we can, regardless of how much it stretches – stay in Africa where the resources are. Become involved us and how far out of our comfort zone it takes us. in tourism, mining or agriculture and “reach for the stars” – we can get a lot closer now than we have ever been able What will school be like in ten years time? “Soft skills” to – to the stars that is. will rule – not a lot will change in terms of children attending school. The amount of information available R W Querl and expected will quadruple and even more will be Headmaster

1 CONTENTS

List of Board Members Governance 4 Accountancy Clubs & Societies 92 Chairman’s Speech Speech Day 6 Adventure Club Clubs & Societies 93 Head Master’s Address Speech Day 8 Angling Society Clubs & Societies 95 Guest Speaker Speech Day 11 Art Club Clubs & Societies 97 Head Boy’s Speech Speech Day 15 Chess Club Clubs & Societies 98 Prize Winners Speech Day 16 Club Clubs & Societies 99 List of Academic Staff Staff 20 Computer Club Clubs & Societies 99 List of Admin Staff Staff 21 Drama Club Clubs & Societies 100 List Ancillary Staff Staff 21 Junior Debating Clubs & Societies 100 Staff Notes Staff 23 Etiquette Society Clubs & Societies 101 Falcon Office Staff 25 Falconry Clubs & Societies 103 Falcon Office Staff 25 Interact Clubs & Societies 104 Meet The Staff Staff 26 Mylne Society Clubs & Societies 105 School Boy Leaders College 28 Natural History Club Clubs & Societies 105 Adventure F1 College 30 Natural History Club Trip Clubs & Societies 107 Adventure Course F2 College 31 Novices Clubs & Societies 109 Leadership Course L6 College 32 Photographic Club Clubs & Societies 110 Global Young Leaders Quest Society Clubs & Societies 112 Conference College 33 Shooting Club Clubs & Societies 112 Astra Challenge College 34 Snake Club Clubs & Societies 114 St John’s Course College 35 Speakers’ Circle Clubs & Societies 115 Student Support Team College 37 Stock Market Club Clubs & Societies 115 Marketing College 38 Technology Club Clubs & Societies 116 Library College 40 Toastmasters Clubs & Societies 117 Chapel Notes College 41 Woodsmoke Club Clubs & Societies 118 Pumula Camp College 43 National Representatives Sport 120 College 44 Athletics Sport 120 Sanatorium College 46 Sport 122 Willie Sibanda Clinic College 47 Sport 125 House Reports Houses 50 Cross Country Sport 132 Soft Skills In Education Academic 63 Golf Sport 133 The 21st Century Classroom Academic 64 Hockey Sport 134 Academic Results Academic 66 Karate Sport 138 Academic Cup Points Academic 68 Rugby Sport 139 The National Institute Of Soccer Sport 148 Allied Arts Literary Squash Sport 153 Competition Awards Academic 69 Sport 155 Girls’ College Literary Tennis Sport 158 Festival Awards Academic 73 Tour De Falcon Sport 160 Environmental Management Water Polo Sport 162 Trip Academic 75 Sportsmen’s Dinner Guest French Class Tour To France Academic 77 Speech Sport 166 Inter-House Quiz Academic 78 Guest Speech Leavers’ Dinner 168 Design & Technology Academic 79 Head Boy’s Speech Leavers’ Dinner 170 Art Culture 81 Quest Africa Quest 173 Cultural Festival Culture 82 Chairman’s Report Old Boys 177 Inter-House Singing Culture 83 Old Boys News Old Boys 178 Robin Hood Culture 84 Old Boys Events Old Boys 179 Music Culture 87 Peregrination Old Boys 181 The Septet Culture 89 Obituaries Old Boys 183 Christmas Carol Service Culture 90 Acknowledgments Falcon College 186

2 The Board of Governors with Mrs Willie ‘Rongorongo’ Sibanda Mr D Mutambara, Mr H Dhana, Mr T Moyo, Mr A Campbell, Mr P Ncube, Mr R Querl, Mr A Lucas, Mrs Sibanda, Mr A Laing, Mr A Coulson, Mr H Leared, Mr P Ward BOARD MEMBERS

CHAIRMAN ABJ LAING

MEMBERS A F COULSON A D R CAMPBELL H D DHANA H A LEARED T T MOYO D MUTAMBARA P NCUBE P R WARD S DOOLABH W I HALE A J de N LUCAS S B REID P G MAVROS T F M TANSER

HEADMASTER R W QUERL

CEO J B MCTAGGART

ACTING DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION L M WATSON

CHAIRMAN OF OLD BOYS M LASHBROOK

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SPEECH DAY CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS

Mr and Mrs Cannon, Headmaster and prevarication and broken promises, as Mrs Querl, Ladies and Gentlemen. well as breach of written legal agreements, by our former Mining Mr and Mrs Cannon will be formally Partners. introduced later, but I would like to personally welcome them both back to The result is that an anticipated million Falcon and to say how pleased I am that dollars or so has simply not materialised. they accepted our invitation to join us Last year we were subjected to a $100,000 today. bank fraud, this year we are short of $1m. At Speech Day in 1960, the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Sir Robert However, despite this, we have still Tredgold, announced that the new achieved much, including the boarding house would be called George installation of a new state-of-the-art Grey. In doing so, he stressed the MR A LAING kitchen which is the envy of other CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD importance of the 'George'. This was schools, completion of the Design and because there were other 'Grey' Houses in , Technology Centre, acquisition of new 7 tonner, a 4 and this one would be set apart. George Grey was a tonner, and other vehicles, ongoing small building flamboyant, romantic character possessing all the projects, re-surfacing of roads, improvement to boys' qualities of high adventure. Ultimately he was killed by houses, construction of a workers' clinic, and an a lion, and his brother Charles was killed by a buffalo. improvement to staff packages which exceeded the Also on this occasion, the Headmaster announced that annual fees increase. Paul Cannon would be appointed first Housemaster of George Grey House. There is general acceptance of the fact that parents cannot afford endless increases in fees, even though the current The founder pupils in George Grey were drawn from the fees are too low to effectively run the College. It is for this other four houses. One would imagine that the other reason that we have worked tirelessly during the course Housemasters would hardly recommend their best of the year to source external funding. The revenue academics and athletes, and thus, again, one might which is yet to materialise, is just one of several efforts imagine, they probably sent across the worst of what they that are ongoing, and I have no doubt one or more of them had. This of course is hotly denied by those who were will materialise very shortly. We have streamlined the transferred. service supply in the kitchen for next term, which should translate into substantial savings. We have also In fact one of them is seated down here this substantially raised the skill levels and expertise in our morning...Yes, you! (Mr Tim Tanser) Accounts Department.

I hope the Australian Ambassador is not here today. But More detail is included in the portfolio which you have has anyone ever realised how much George Grey and found on your seats today. Australia have in common? The phenomenal success of the Quest project to date has · They both have the same colours now manifested in a planned enrolment for next year of · They both claim the colour is gold not yellow about 45 students. Not only has Quest realised its own · They were both founded on citizens of dubious financial independence after only three years of ability operation, but as it has now come of age, it is expected to · And they were both guarded by 'cannons' make a meaningful and material contribution to the College in the future. In short, the Quest experiment has But there, fortunately perhaps, the similarities end. For been a huge success. whilst George Grey at least won the Inter-House singing this year, Australia seemed to win nothing at the Unfortunately the disappointment around delays in Olympics. implementation of our grand plan this year has resulted in frustration, particularly in the minds of staff who feel Today's address is one of the most difficult I have ever that promises in regard to housing renovation and had to prepare. In fact, I am very envious of the salaries have not been kept. That this translated into a Headmaster who will be able to report on an excellent breakdown of trust and even allegations of impropriety year all round. was most unfortunate. I am sure that the Staff will only Managing the College's finance and administration has feel most relieved when they see tangible developments proved to be extremely difficult. Much of the in all areas that affect them personally. The Board is fully anticipated mega development which I spoke about last committed to addressing every difficulty to the best of its year has had to be put on hold, through circumstances ability, and I really hope that the irritations of this year beyond our control. In a nutshell, this is due to serious will be overcome shortly through visible improvements.

6 What about next year? How do we in Zimbabwe measure up? The Headmaster and I have both been privileged to listen The world population median age is 28 years. In to two key speakers during recent months. The first was Zimbabwe it is 19 years. Think about that. One year from Dr Greg Mills, former director of South Africa's Institute now, you who are leaving today, will be over the average of International Affairs, who addressed the Quest age of this country. Unemployment is , we are students; the second was Dr Jane Hofmeyr, CEO of told, at about 90%. People have no jobs yet have to walk ISASA, the Independent Schools Association of South 2 kilometres for a $2 bucket of water. Taxis are stopped Africa, with a membership of almost 700 private schools. 14 times at road blocks between Harare and Kadoma. Is this not a recipe for anger? Both spoke of the immense potential of this region, and of Africa in general. Africa possesses 60% of the world's And then the technology. Everybody seems to have a uncultivated arable land. And we're going to need it, for mobile phone. In fact Africa has the highest density of by the year 2050, Africa's population will have reached 2 sim cards registered per head of population. Facebook, billion, far exceeding both India and China. The future with over 1 billion users, is now the world's largest prosperity of this Region is in our own hands; we can use country. Speed texting on mobile phones might become it or lose it. an Olympic sport.

But both speakers also warned of the dangers of poor Next year Zimbabwe will hold elections. We all know governance, and discussed the abundance of moral what that means. In fact there seems to be nothing in this bankruptcy centred on crime, corruption, violent country that we do not fight about. Not only do we fight aggression and acrimonious public discourse. over our own Constitution, but we fight over the draft; we even fight over how to draft the draft and who will draft President Nyerere of Tanzania described Zimbabwe as the draft. the jewel of Africa. President Chissano of Mozambique Next year will call for patience and restraint, a better urged Governments to demonstrate a commitment to understanding of each other's views in a more tolerant democracy, transparency, accountability, poverty environment. Our mission at Falcon will be to maintain reduction and equitable distribution of wealth. Why do an oasis of excellence and caring, setting an example to we ignore them? On the distribution of wealth, Drs Mills others as a beacon of hope. We need to work harder and, and Hofmeyr spoke of the urgent need for all against the odds, achieve what we had hoped to achieve communities to reach out to the less fortunate, and here at this year, and more. Falcon the Headmaster is championing the cause of greater community participation. In closing, may I congratulate the Headmaster and Staff, and indeed the whole College, on a most successful year. Drs Mills and Hofmeyr both spoke of the Arab Spring I single out the Macdonalds who are retiring after a ignited by three simultaneous fuses, namely an combined total of over 80 years service to the College. abundance of youth, high unemployment, and Fortunately they will be retiring on campus. I thank all technology. those who have administered the College and Quest, in particular Mr McTaggart, and members of the Board of The Youth contributed the energy and the frustrations, Governors who have given up much of their time. the Unemployment contributed the anger, and the Technology co-ordinated it all. Thank you.

7 SPEECH DAY HEADMASTER’S ADDRESS

Mr and Mrs Cannon, the Chairman of the Board Mr Andy playing for Zimbabwe and one of those players has Laing, Board members, invited guests, parents, the boys played for Zimbabwe men. Our junior players have done of Falcon: really well, both at U17 and at U16 level.

2012 has been an excellent year for the College. Our exam Tennis - this has really made very good progress this past results at O, AS and A level were as good as they have year with boys being chosen to play for Zimbabwe. We ever been, our sport has been amazing and we have have also had more exposure for our players achieved much in other areas as you will hear. participating in tournaments both in South Africa and in Harare. We really are now able to be competitive At O level, 100% pass rates were achieved in both throughout the country. chemistry and physics and an overall pass rate of 89% was achieved. At AS level, 100% pass rates were achieved Rugby – the 1st XV did very well and came second in the in chemistry, design and technology and art and design. National League. We had several boys represent The overall pass rate at AS was 79%. At A level we Zimbabwe schools at U19 level, at U17 level and at U14. achieved 100% pass rates in English literature, history, The 1st XV lost only two games locally. The 2nd XV won physics, chemistry, accounts, design and technology and the National League, and our junior teams held their art and design. There was a 93% pass rate in maths, with own. the overall pass rate for A level of 89%. These are outstanding academic results considering that every boy Hockey - we had an exceptional season with the 1st XI at Falcon writes a full set of exams. I really do commend winning the Top Schools Tournament for the third year in the staff for these results as they are the ones who are a row. They really did play some magnificent hockey. We responsible for driving the academics in the College. I had boys chosen for the Zimbabwe U19, U18 and U17 would also like to single out Mr Tendeka Matatu who is sides. The 1st X1 toured South Africa and took part in the our Director of Studies. I believe has done a very good job Michaelhouse Festival where they played top South indeed. African schools – winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. The junior teams also excelled, and we have a great Before I move off academics I would like to relate a couple deal to look forward to on the hockey field. of incidents out of the classroom. In a geography lesson a small boy was asked what 'hail' was, and he very Soccer - again we had an exceptional season with our gleefully answered, 'Hard boiled rain'. boys winning the Top Schools Soccer Tournament. This really has been an exceptional year with all teams doing I overheard a conversation on a bus trip recently when very well. Several of our boys were chosen in the CHISZ one boy said to another that his teacher talks to himself. schools' team which will play in the UK in the new year. He then asked if the other boy's teacher did that. 'Yes,' he said, 'but he doesn't realise it. He thinks we are actually Golf - this area of our sport has come on in leaps and listening.' bounds and we won the Inter-Schools Tournament in the first term and in the third term. Two of our players have Our sporting results have also been outstanding, and I will give you an overview of these to illustrate my first sentence.

Cricket - our first X1 was unbeaten in the first term, and while they haven't done particularly well this term, they had a memorable victory against St George's and against CBC where we won the game by a huge margin. Seven boys in various age groups scored 100 runs against our local rivals CBC which has to be some sort of a record.

Water polo - the first team won the Inter-School tournament in the first term and won the initial Inter- School tournament this term. We also won the Crusader Shield which is the premier water polo tournament of the year. At junior level our boys have not done quite as well, but in the last few weeks they have made incredible progress thanks to some external, dedicated coaching.

Basketball - our boys travelled to South Africa and competed at the top level and most certainly were not disgraced locally. We haven't done as well as we should MR R QUERL have, but several of our players have had the accolade of Headmaster - Falcon College

8 been chosen to play for Zimbabwe in the holidays in a its potential. By 2025 one in four young people triangular tournament. One of these boys has been worldwide will be from sub Saharan Africa'. These two chosen to play in the Junior World Championship in statements which in some ways are pretty scary, suggest Thailand. These are exceptional results and I would like that this Africa of ours may be 'the place'. However I'm a to thank Mr Paul Kersten who really has made a firm believer that the future lies in Africa. With European difference to our golf at the College. The facility at the economies and elsewhere in turmoil and bitter conflict entrance gate we hope will also contribute further to the being experienced in Syria and Afghanistan, surely boys' progress. Africa is where one wants to be. Squash - this continues to flourish and the introduction of an external coach coming out to the school for two days a Why do I say this? Simply - because Africa is our home. It week has made a big difference to both the interest and has without a doubt, huge potential in areas that the the standard of our squash. We had two boys represent world really needs development in. We have huge Zimbabwe, one at U14 and one at U19 level. The courts resources in mining and in agriculture. The tourism being refurbished has also made a big difference to the industry in our part of the world surely holds much that interest generated amongst the boys. A father was heard sets us apart from anywhere else. The young people do to say to his young man, 'I hear that you skipped school not need to look further than our continent and in fact our today to play in a football game.' The son replied, 'No I region, in order to develop themselves and fulfil their didn't, and I have the fish to prove it.' dreams. We really do need to take responsibility for our own offspring rather than shepherding them off to other I would also like to comment on Cultural aspects of the parts of the world, where they would have to change their school. I believe that music is in very safe hands and the whole mindset and persona. I believe that our young development of that side of our young people never people are suited to here. What does that mean? Firstly ceases to amaze me. There are many boys in our College you've all read the slogan 'Africa is not for sissies'. There who play the guitar and other musical instruments and is no question that that is exactly right. Those really hot the vocal side is quite amazing. The Inter-House singing October days are testimony to that. But it is about much was once again a major event with a very high standard of more than that. It's what we teach our boys in school. It's singing. Our school play 'Robin Hood' was a success and the 'soft skills'. This is the new buzz word that makes so the music in it was appreciated by many. There has been much sense. It is sometimes referred to as 'Emotional much involvement in this side of the school, to the point Intelligence'. It's something that our school has been where we have decided to do a smaller production in the doing inadvertently for years. I'd like to mention just a new year as it put a great deal of pressure on both boys few of them, that we think are important and we continue and staff alike. Chess, Debate and Toastmasters are alive to persevere with. and well and we continue to take the lead, with tournaments and conferences. Negotiation - a soft skill right at the top of the list. I have a classic example of a young man who had done something Our school sent a group of boys and a member of staff to wrong and was now facing the wrath of his Housemaster. France on a' French experience'. They spent a week in a His first words were, 'So could we talk about this, Sir?' as French school and did all the 'touristy' things, including a the cane came out. It suggests to me that at a very young visit to Paris Disney. They came back with great age our boys learn the art of negotiation, in a good way – accolades as to how they handled themselves on their negotiation with that traffic officer is a major example, trip. but we hope it doesn't involve our boys too often. Ernest Bevin said, 'The first thing to decide before you walk into Woodsmoke climbed the Andes and got to a peak 5435m any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says no'. above sea level. Not only did they do this trip, but they raised funds in order to do it and did much of the What about Independence - an individual's organisation themselves. They biked from one side of our independence? It is another soft skill that is bandied country to the other in a relay as a fund raising event. At around that adds a great deal of value. A young man in a one point in the mountains, they were in temperatures of boarding school faces independence right at the outset. -27 degrees. This leads me into the next part of this He has to stand on his own two feet, he has to make a presentation. plan, he has to get by. He learns very quickly that while he may get some help, for the most part it really is up to him. I honestly believe that the boys in the College are What he puts in, he gets out. becoming more aware of the less privileged, and the Housemasters have taken up the mantle of each house What about a Sense of Responsibility? I guess some attaching itself to a particular charity and working for the people call it very old fashioned but we still rely heavily charity throughout the year. on young people being responsible for their peers to I would now like to turn my attention to a particular issue some extent. For a person to earn respect and learn what it which I believe we should all be thinking about. I'd like to is like to be in charge at a very young age, is in my mind, quote Mr Greg Mills who visited the College recently. He vital. One also has to make decisions, which can runs the Brenthurst Foundation and their mission is to sometimes be really tough and then to live with those strengthen African Economic performance. decisions, whether they are good or bad. This is all good ‘In half a century of independence, Africa has not realised learning for life.

9 At the outset of preparing this speech, there were sixty Novices Society. Their service to this school has been soft skills mentioned and I have chosen just a few things magnificent and I really do salute them. They are being like teamwork, which are instilled in young Falcon boys replaced by Ross and Kayala Waghorn. Ross is an Old right at the outset, both in dormitories and in competitive Boy who played first team cricket and was the tennis games. One of the other areas that fascinates me is the . We look forward to their arrival. value of 'Volunteerism'. I believe that this skill is Julie Fleming has also resigned, after being back on the something that is disappearing in our modern youth. It's staff for two years. I thank her for her input in the a kind of service that one gets oneself into, not for any Geography department, on the hockey field and in the gain but because it may help someone, somewhere, area of athletics. sometime. I would like to extend my grateful thanks to the College I started with a quote from Greg Mills and where we are prefect body and of course the Head of School. I have headed in Africa. I'd like to finish this part with a couple thoroughly enjoyed working with them and while more things that he made me aware of. I wonder if people latterly we have had a few issues I hope that they have know that 30% of the globe's natural resources are vested learnt something and that they will remember the College in Africa's landmass, as is 60% of the world's arable land. I once they become successful people. There is no doubt in am not for one minute suggesting that Africa will grow my mind that they will be successful somewhere out into something fantastic in no time at all, but what I am there, one day. saying is that by the time our young people currently in school are employable, we will be some way towards the The Chairman, the Executive Committee, the CEO and upswing in Africa as this is where the resources are. the Board: these are people who work tirelessly for the College for no reward. The combination of their expertise At the end of a year like the one that we have just had, and business sense have been invaluable to the school. I there are so many people to thank for their input into really do believe that this group of people are fantastic Falcon College. I have already mentioned my teaching and we all owe them a great deal of gratitude. staff who I rate highly. Their involvement and participation in so many areas besides their teaching, is To the parents - I believe that we are singularly fortunate what stands them apart from others. Our tours for both in how supportive our parents are. Over the years we cultural events and sport, the duties in the boarding have seen the support become stronger and stronger. This houses, officiating at sport, the hosting of guests to the is what contributes greatly to the Falcon family and how College and Tutoring are just a few of the things they do. this College is different from many of the other A Headmaster stood up recently and said that there are educational institutions in our country. I thank you; I no school masters of this kind left. I beg to differ. I would applaud you and ask you to continue with more of the really like to extend my thanks to those who look after same in the years to come. our grounds, the water and other maintenance needs. Falcon is very self sufficient, but one realises when one I would like to end with a quote from Mario Andretti. I goes outside of the College how important water and think of this every time I am in a situation thinking, 'Well, electricity are – things we are very grateful for. The how am I going to get all this done.' kitchen, the san and housekeeping are areas we also take for granted. I am very grateful to you all. “If everything seems under control you're not going fast enough.” There are two staff leaving the College – Gatsemane and Rumbi Katsande - and I wish them all the best in the I would like to thank my wife Martha who has the perfect future and thank them for their input into Falcon College. answers and is a great support. She says, 'Write things They have contributed in many facets of school life down and work through them one at a time.' outside of their teaching of Economics and Geography and Ndebele respectively. Gatsemane has been in charge I thank you all for listening. of soccer and golf and been a key person in the Student Support Team. Rumbi has helped in the tuck shop and as a tutor.

The Macdonalds, Gordon and Heather, are retiring. It is very difficult to go through the areas that they have contributed to over the past 43 odd years as there are so many of them. Gordon has coached hockey at first team level, cricket at age group level and of course started Quiet Waters. He has taught geography and environmental studies. He has been a Housemaster, the Second Master and the Headmaster. They have run the Etiquette Society. Heather has taught English, been the Head of Department and run the Library. They have also run the

10 SPEECH DAY GUEST SPEAKER - MR P CANNON

Mr Chairman, Members of the Board, Headmaster and In September 1958, I was in Cape Town, just back from Mrs Querl, Parents, Staff and Boys of this great school, Oxford, wondering what to do with my life. A telegram Falcon College: (do you remember them?) arrived from 'Digger' Wells, Acting Headmaster of Falcon, founded four years I hadn't intended saying anything about my time in previously. It read: "Teaching post available; come on George Grey, though founding it was one of the most next train; salary £900 a year". So I did, arriving in suicide exciting experiences of my life, but I feel I must respond to month, October. It was my first job. I was 23 years of age. the Chairman's remarks regarding our first intake of The school roll was 250 boys. For the next nine years, I boys: the quarter who came from Oates were easily revelled in living on this campus where, in Falcon Old chosen because I was Oates Housemaster and I could Boy Nigel Pegram's words: "Our eyes were burned by the choose 'wisely'; Dougal Turner was Housemaster of splendour of the flamboyant trees, and cooled by the Founders and a good friend, and he made certain I got a jacarandas, and our sense of smell was gladdened by the sound quota. But Hervey and Tredgold!? Some strange fragrance of the frangipanis". Like thousands who have people came from them! However, I have to tell you that passed through this place, Nigel loved Falcon - despite within a short time, we'd licked them into shape at being regularly thrashed for smoking - and later he took George Grey - though Ted Marais will say that nobody in his acting talents, learnt here, to Oxford University, to George Grey was up to scratch until he took over nine or London's West End, and to Broadway. so years later! In any history, either personal or institutional, there are I find it almost impossible to compare objectively, the warts as well as beauty spots. My start at Falcon was Falcon College I knew some 50 years ago, with the nearly disastrous. I was House Tutor in Oates. On my amazing place Wendy and I have explored in the past day very first night here, I rushed to House prayers (do you or so, because, on the surface anyhow, the two entities still have them, I wonder?), which were to be taken by my seem so very different. In the 1960s, we had the bare Housemaster, 'Digger' Wells. I'd put on my best suit to basics, but Board members, staff, parents and boys down make a good impression and as I ran out of my flat, I was the years have had the enthusiasm, the passion, the vision looking sideways to see if any boys had yet assembled in to develop that place of dreams into this place of Oates. The next moment, I was up to my neck in the excellence. In the Book of Proverbs, we read: "Where fishpond which used to be there, with my head peeping there is no vision, the people perish". At Falcon, it seems, out of the water, terrified in the darkness, while the there has always been a Maxi, a Megavision! And maybe prefects strolled past, only a few feet away. Hurriedly, I that is what is common to the Falcon of then and now: climbed out, rushed indoors, changed into my second teamwork, optimism, innovation. suit, and ran to prayers where I stood in a puddle which dripped from my sodden underpants, praying that no- Winston Churchill once said: "A country that ignores its one would notice. past cannot properly appreciate its present or plan its future", and I think the same can be said about any institution such as a school or family.

I have a feeling that the Headmaster invited me here today because there is probably nobody else still alive who was on the Falcon staff when I arrived to teach here. Everyone else is dead. Sobering thought! I began thinking about what I was going to say to you, round about 24 September - which is Heritage Day in South Africa, a public holiday when we are encouraged to braai with friends, drink a beer or two and contemplate our national heritage and origins. It occurred to me then, that I might talk to you about certain aspects of Falcon College's heritage, and therefore I want to mention briefly, a few incidents and people who, I believe, years ago defined what this school might eventually become: they laid the foundations of this amazing place. Many I mention were seemingly quite ordinary and unimportant, yet all played their part, in an indirect sort of way, in influencing your lives too. So I'd like to take you back to the 1960s, to the decade of the 'Fabulous Four', John, Paul, George and Ringo - The Beatles - and I would ask you, as in the title of John Lennon's arguably most popular pop-song of all time, to - MR P CANNON 'Imagine'... Guest Speaker

11 Past calamities? Who would have thought that Falcon College would recover from the inadequacies (a euphemism, I fear) of our first three leaders. 'Tank' Carey, the founding Headmaster, was a truly wonderful Head of and of Falcon, according to many, many of his pupils, but when Graham Lord arrived here from Eagle at the age of 13, he was one of nine boys called to give evidence against Carey in the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court, resulting in Carey spending a year in prison. Graham wasn't a prefect at Falcon. Since his schooldays, he has had many best-selling novels and biographies published. Like fellow-Falcon Barry Wilson, he lives for much of the year in Nevis in the West Indies - but unlike Barry, hasn't built an Olympic-sized swimming pool there. Barry wasn't a prefect here either. One reason for mentioning these two men is that you've Mr Laing, Mr Querl & Mr Cannon never had to be a prefect or a brilliant sportsman or a prize-winner at Falcon to be successful later in life. As it oblivion, had it not been for his sound common sense, his happens, Barry is the youngest of three Wilson brothers. integrity, his courage to act against those of doubtful His oldest brother, Geoff, was Falcon's first Head Boy; values. His brief term of office was a watershed in the brother Derek was a wonderful Head Boy in 1960. All history of this school, a bridge between much that was three went up to Cambridge and all have had extensive faulty before his arrival, and honest and professional international financial success. I can't resist telling you behaviour thereafter. that some years later when Derek and I were both working in Harare, he plotted and planned and Adversities? The death of Peter Rodda in March 1961 was eventually succeeded in arranging that I and his secretary certainly one. After supper one evening, there was an met 'accidentally'. Her name was Wendy. We married a enormous explosion in Oates House; my rooms were year later. nearby and I rushed across. Peter and two others had been pilfering chemicals from the lab for some time. Setbacks? 'Digger' Wells springs to mind. Cricket was his Holding a metal bottle between his legs, Peter had been first love: his coaching methods were emulated by those compressing these substances into the container which who followed him, resulting in Falcon producing many had exploded, leaving him with ghastly injuries. He truly excellent players. 'Digger' it was who organized the never lost consciousness. Senior Oates boys sat with me. planting of all fields with grass, and he designed the Together, we talked to him, tried to calm him, hugged systems whereby the water in the long-disused mining him - before he was taken to Bulawayo Hospital where he tunnels was pumped out to establish verdant lawns and died. playing areas; Falcon has much to thank him for. However, after the sudden departure of Falcon's second Falcon boys were again at their dependable best in a Headmaster, Ashley Brooker, 'Digger' was Acting Head crisis, when one afternoon in 1965 in the George Grey for a while until the arrival of the new Head, H H Cole, workroom, David Henman threw down his pen onto his who came here, most successfully to steady the ship that homework essay and went for a walk on the Falcon was Falcon. estate that he knew so well - and vanished forever, At the end of the first term of 1960, the boys having all left despite the widespread scouring of the bush by Falcon for the holidays, the staff gathered in the then-library for boys, the calling in of clairvoyants, and Peter Steyn and the usual final staff-meeting. Cole came in. Dramatically, others being lowered down innumerable mine-shafts in he announced that he had ordered 'Digger' to leave attempts to find him. Later, his father had him declared Falcon immediately on account of his rank disloyalty to legally dead. Again, the compassion and determination him. Cole went out. Wells entered and made an of Falcon folk was inestimable at that time. impassioned plea for support against the Headmaster. There was a prolonged, electric silence. Eventually, Now to people who underpinned modern Falcon ... 'Digger' said: "Thank you for listening to me, gentlemen. I For me, Dougal Turner has pride of place amongst all the bid you farewell," and he left the room and the school. I men and women I worked with here. As you know, he think that was the most riveting incident of my teaching was Headmaster from 1962 till 1984. During this time, the career. Cole gave me the task of running Oates in place of Central African Federation was dissolved (1963) and in 'Digger' and warned me, that such was Wells' popularity that same year, Nelson Mandela was jailed for life; with the boys, a pupil-revolt might occur the following Malawi and became independent in 1964 and Ian term. It didn't, thank goodness, because the boys were Smith declared UDI in 1965. In 1966, Botswana became persuaded that the good of the school was more independent, the liberation war began in this country in important than the individual. 1971/2, Angola and Mozambique gained their independence in 1975, the Lancaster House Conference I believe that Falcon is enormously indebted to H H Cole agreed to a ceasefire and majority rule in Zimbabwe in for stabilising a school that could easily have sunk into 1979, and the country became independent under Robert

12 Mugabe in 1980. What extraordinary skills, together with part of a sexy schoolgirl (so it says in 'The Falcon' dogged determination and wisdom must Dougal Turner magazine of that year). Years earlier, she had taught have employed to lead Falcon through the maelstrom of Wendy at Eveline High School! those difficult times! About the massive contributions of my brother-in-law, He believed that Falcon could not simply stand still and Peter Steyn, I shall say nothing. Not only does everyone wait for events to unfold. Maybe he agreed with the old at Falcon know that everything connected with Chinese proverb: "A peasant must stand for a long time ornithology, wildlife, photography and environmental on a hillside with his mouth open, before a duck flies in". awareness at Falcon stems from his leadership here in the "We mustn't be afraid to take risks, to experiment, and in 60s, but he stood on this spot exactly a year ago and had education, to be in the vanguard of new methods and every opportunity then to describe his work! ideas," said Dougal. The incredible variety of clubs and societies has for long Everything I know about modern Falcon indicates that been a vital feature of Falcon's education. In the 60s, all this school's leaders continue to heed Dougal's advice staff and the majority of boys were massively involved in and to remember Charles Darwin's conclusion that the a plethora of extra-mural activities which, then and now, fittest win because they succeed in adapting themselves make Falcon unique - I dare to say - amongst Southern best to their environment. A mind is like a parachute: it African schools regarding opportunities for lateral works best when it is open. I urge all of you here to live thinking and doing. with open minds, not with ones that are closed to change and to alternative action. I would like to suggest that the foundations of the culture of hard work that permeates modern Falcon, were laid in In the 60s, sport was the great uniter and morale-builder the 50s and 60s. This fledging, little school in the bush, for this small school. We staff continually quoted which is what it then was, spawned some outstanding President Eisenhower's story of the picture depicting a academics who certainly set high standards for all huge, vicious-looking bull-mastiff getting very much the subsequent Falcons to strive towards. In the 60s, not only worse of a fight with a much smaller dog. The latter had did many go on to places of tertiary learning in Southern his large opponent by the throat. The caption below the Africa, but at least fifteen Falcons went up to Oxford, picture reads: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight that Cambridge and other top universities overseas. One such counts, but the size of the fight in the dog". was Gil Cottrell, the outstanding Head Boy of 1962, and Excellent rugby coaches such as Peter Lanyon, Andy before his premature death a few years ago, a mover and Ward, David Millard (a Cambridge 'blue') and shaker regarding the future publication of Falcon's particularly Monty Woolley worked manfully to history. Another was Robert Jackson who, in the mid-60s, improve our results. Ralph Oxenham, 1st XV captain and won an Open Scholarship to Oxford University where he Head Boy in 1959, was the first of countless gifted rugby gained a First in History at St Edmund Hall where his players. Falcon colleague, Fred Holroyd, got a First in Physics. Robert became President of the famous Oxford Union In cricket, we produced some brilliant players. One was Debating Society, defeating his Falcon contemporary and Adrian Gardiner who later founded the best private friend, Robin Adams, to the post. Their rivalry resulted in game reserve in the world, Shamwari, in the Eastern Falcon College making headlines in many British Cape. Probably most skilful of all was Fred Goldstein, national newspapers, putting the spotlight on this Rhodes Scholar, who went on to captain Oxford unknown bush school. Also, Robert was the youngest University for two years, while also getting a First Class ever person (I mean in hundreds of years) to be elected a degree in maths. Board member, Tim Tanser was a Fellow of the prestigious All Souls College. Later, he bowler and batsman of repute; regarding House matches, served as a Cabinet Minister under Prime Ministers John thank goodness he was in George Grey. Major and Margaret Thatcher. He and his wife continue to visit Southern Africa most years. When he thanks me At hockey, Falcon was successful from the start. With for teaching him History at Falcon, I remind him that coaches Glynne Jones, Kit Carson Garth Monseair, Jimmy when I marked his essays, it was only his punctuation Nisbet and Gordon McDonald over the years, we that I could improve on. couldn't fail to be. Many of their products later played provincial or national hockey. Before I end by telling you two brief real-life stories, I'd like to say, Mr Chairman, that I've always been fascinated Modern Falcon owes much to David Hunt who taught by the ironies of life - things which happen that are the English here from 1959 to 1970. He produced numerous opposite of what one predicts. I'm also amazed by how Oates House plays, school plays and concerts. He it was events occur, that earlier were thought to be impossible. who did so much to generate a love of music in the school. Together with Rev. David Stevens, he also helped to In 1986, when South Africa was rapidly becoming establish the chapel as an important part of Falcon's life. ungovernable because of anti-apartheid violence, who In his staff plays, he invariably took the lead. These were would have thought that a little over three years later, the farces which had the boys rolling in the aisles. In ANC would be unbanned and Nelson Mandela would be 'Happiest Days of Your Life', Marilyn Marais played the released from prison. I certainly didn't when, at that

13 year's prize-giving at the school where I was Zambia, Nyerere of Tanzania, Banda of Malawi. To cut a Headmaster, I related the fable of the Sultan's horse long story short, when Robert left Falcon at the end of that (probably a Dougal Turner story originally!). A Sultan year to go to Oxford, he was banned by the Rhodesian had sentenced two men to death, but added: "If either of government from ever setting foot in this country again. you can make my horse talk, that man will be set free". As But - the damn horse talked, so to speak, because 16 years one of the men was being dragged through the streets later, when Lord Soames led his group of British next day to be beheaded, he saw the other man - free! negotiators to Harare to talk peace, who was his right- Frantically, the doomed man shouted: "What did you tell hand man whom he brought to advise him? Robert the Sultan, because I told him it's impossible to make Jackson of course! horses talk?" "No", said the free man, "I told the Sultan that I can teach horses to talk, but I need a year to do so, A final word to those of you who will shortly be leaving and the Sultan let me go". With a glint in his eye, he this great school. In March 2013, God willing, about 30 of continued: "You know, a lot can happen in a year - the us who matriculated at Bishops 60 years ago in 1953, will horse can die; or the Sultan can die; or who knows, be meeting at that school with wives and partners, to perhaps I can even make the bloody horse talk!" celebrate, reminisce and give thanks, not only for the lives we've lived, but to remember our years at the school that The Sultan fable should be remembered by any of us gave us the foundations and values on which to build our when the future seems hopeless and there appears to be futures. I say 'God willing' as a lot can happen in 4 no chance of success. The fable could certainly be linked months, let alone a year! Leavers: when you, too, come to Robert Jackson. Politically, he was very left-wing. As together in 60 years time, perhaps right here - in the year Cosmos Club secretary, he was always badgering me to 2072 (wow!) - may you be as grateful as I am for the invite black speakers which I twice did - almost unheard multitude of life-moulding experiences you had at this of at that time when there wasn't even a single black pupil extraordinary place, Falcon College. In Shakespeare's at Falcon. 'Tempest' we are told: "What's past is prologue. Everything that has happened to you in the past has been In Robert's final year, Dougal Turner was visited by Ian a preparation for the wonderful life that lies ahead of Smith's security police. They told him they'd been you". I say to you... go get it! opening Robert's letters because, aged 18, he'd been having a personal correspondence with some of Africa's anti-Rhodesian leaders: Nkrumah of Ghana, Kaunda of Thank you so much for inviting us here.

14 SPEECH DAY HEAD BOY’S SPEECH

Firstly I would like to start off by thanking Mr Cannon for Watch out for quick sand - the snares in the journey a wonderful speech. I really feel that hearing from a always seems to appear when you least expect them. You fellow man of Falcon is something special. I say fellow need to pay close attention to where you tread during and not former because you never really leave Falcon. crucial periods of the journey. An elderly black man came You may leave the gates but your soul stays with the up to me and said, “You know we're crossing the College. It really is difficult for someone to come up and Zambezi right?” So I looked at him puzzled, and trying to give a speech on something totally different, and yet he be polite, nodded. He then continued, “But you also need made it seem so easy. to understand that there's a crocodile in the water, and you can't afford to fall asleep right now. Stay alert.” It was “Tony” let out a battle roar as he flung “Les jnr” over the only moments later that I realized that he was giving me nearby frame. There would be no better time than this, so advice that I would need my whole life through, that “Simbi” struck out, narrowly missing “Rooster's” head there are times when you will need to “produce the with a pillow. All the while “Logic”, “Goody two shoes”, goods” so to speak, and it may not be smart to launch into “Know it all”, and “Tattletale” stood aside, mindful of the a precarious situation, the same way it isn't a good idea to chaos that was about to ensue… this could be the scene dive into a river full of crocs. from the latest James Bond Movie, and none would be the wiser, but it's not. This actually was 2007, form one dorm, Don't forget to enjoy the good times - it's so easy for us to Founders House, about half way through the year. We get engrossed in the search that we forget to stop and weren't actually in a battlefield, we just thought we were. appreciate where we are at the present moment. Part of And of course we were punished for making noise during the thrill of the search is the actual journey, and if we don't rest, but in our defence it was a hot day. enjoy it, then it may not be worth it.

Good morning Mr and Mrs Cannon, honoured guests, Be grateful. Towards the end of every journey, one is board members, staff of Falcon, ladies and gentlemen, always thankful to those who lent him a hand when and fellow men of Falcon. In 2005 I was told by my needed. And as I near the end of mine I find myself parents that I would be schooling at Falcon College. Yes, overwhelmed with thanks; to God, without whom I they told me I would be coming to Falcon; I had no say in would not have had the talents and opportunities I have. the matter. That must have been the best To my family - a mother who was always there to talk to 'voluntary/compulsory' decision I have ever made. Like and a father who stood beside me making sure I was on all good things in life though, it didn't start off as easily as the straight and narrow. I imagined. And if you told me on the first day of school To an older brother who paved the way for me and a that a few weeks later I would be in trouble for messing younger brother who means the world to me. around during rest, and yet still be smiling about it, I To aunts and uncles who've urged me on when I needed would have believed it, I would have believed you. it. To Mr Querl and Mr Fleming for guidance, and to the staff of Falcon, for endless hours of entertainment (I Our journey through Falcon can be likened to the honestly started to believe that sometimes they do the insatiable search for hidden treasure. During your search you are confronted with many situations, and it is your decisions during these situations that determine how close you get to finding what you are looking for.

For instance, there will be illusions, times when things seem much easier than they are. That's when I advise you to step on the gas. If things really are as easy as they seem, then it won't be a problem, but if they turn out to be much harder than they initially seem (which will happen quite a few times, trust me), then you're much better off. One of my form mates tells a brilliant story of how during adventure course he was tasked with making the morning cereal for the group. Being a man with a sweet tooth, he proceeded to pour one and a half kilos of the white substance he thought was sugar into the mixture. Turns out it was salt. He managed to produce the illusion of a good breakfast because it certainly didn't taste like it. There will be distractions - something we tend not to want to acknowledge. We may get distracted, and even get lost sometimes. It's best to keep our cool in these situations, refocus on the goal and plough on in the right L K SIBANDA direction. Head Boy - Falcon College

15 things they do because they know we are watching). To To those remaining, like all quests for hidden treasure those members of staff who became aunts and uncles, to there is a . It presents itself to you in the form of the those who inspired me, to those who made it clear when men who've walked the path before you and the tales they felt I was off the rails, and to those who seemed to they have to tell. So soak it up, listen good and get to adopt me for a period of time, I extend my heart-felt know where the important landmarks are, but most gratitude. importantly take the route planned by those before you and modify it a bit. Don't just take all the advice you get, And to the men of Falcon, the upper sixes in particular, challenge it. Head off the well beaten path and carve your Brothers, we've run a long race. We've fought, we've own. Sometimes the solution you seek will not always be argued, we've suffered but most importantly we've had the most logical, and it's the best to keep an open eye. As fun. As we head out into the world I give you words of a Steve Jobs said, “stay hungry, stay foolish.” poem that has constantly inspired me. A poem by Rudyard Kipling, called 'If'. In the last stanza he says, and In the end you realise that the treasure you've been I quote; searching for wasn't buried in dirt, or hidden in the depths of the sea. It wasn't even lodged in your brain. You ” If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, conquered giants, and obliterated obstacles to find that Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch, the treasure you seek has always been branded on your If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, heart, in the form of the emblem we wear on our chests If all men count with you, but none too much: that has come to stand for who we've become. If you can fill the unforgiving minute So in the words of Virgil himself, “Look to your new With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, found courage young man for that is the way to the stars.” Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!” Thank you

SPEECH DAY PRIZE WINNERS

Machaya TS Oostindien JM Mderede TK Form 2: Form Prize: Kersten JR Good Work Prizes: Mafi PRK Oatley RJ Mugona M Randell HA Mugwara TN Tabvuma K Ndlovu MT Form 3: Form Prize: Versfeld BP Good Work Prizes: Beahan LK Kontemeniotis X Dhlamini TA Manton BI Foyn A Nxumalo A Subject Prizes: Mrs Cannon awarding D Nyatsanza Form 4: Form Prizes: English Language & English Literature: Bhasera SC Geography: Mambinge ASA Form 1: Environmental Management : O'Hagan MJ Form Prize: Freeth JT History: Allard JC Good Work Prizes: Bakkes-Bunting KW Mathematics: Jhani VE Mushoriwa B Physical Science: Bhebhe M Garakasha KM Mathematics, Biology, Accounts & Business Studies: Noach M Sururu I

16 Combined Science: Karakadzai TE Information Technology: Chiofa N Design & Technology Graphic Products: Rosenfels RC Design & Technology Resistant Materials & Art: Small MR Physical Education: Watson BM Art: Masimira WM

Form 4D: Form Prize: Erasmus BL

Form 5A: Form Prize: Gross HK

Form 6L3: Form Prize: Mlotshwa V

Form 6: Lower Six English Language, English Literature & Geography: Peall DF L K SIBANDA English Language: Nyatsanza D & Oatley AC Head Boy - Falcon College Environmental Management: Swales HM Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry Geography: Banda S & Physics: Kersten TP Environmental Management: Blignaut CL Accounts: Walker K Business Studies: Mawere CT Business Studies: Blatch BJ Mathematics & Accounts: Ndlovu TK Design &Technology Product Biology: Mason BA & Moyo NP Design & Art: Mashange B Physics & Chemistry: Sibanda LK Design&Technology Graphic Design & Technology Product Design: Bristow TJ Products: Armstrong SM Design &Technology Graphic Computing: Masanga T Products: Hawthorne BR Physical Education: Coleman GR Information & Communication Technology: Gwate H Form 6: Upper Six Special Prizes English Literature & Geography: Moyo MVS Junior Ndebele: Kersten JR & Magonya N

FALCON COLLEGE PRIZE WINNERS 2012

17 Drama Prize: Mason BA The Agg-Manning Floating Trophy for Drama: Nhlamba GN Music Prize: Sibanda LK Deelan Doolabh Trophy for the Best Musician: Banda S & Ndlovu TK Baveer Doolabh Trophy for the Best Guitarist: Ndlovu DDD Brebner Cup for Verse: Nare RHS Natural History Prize: Moyo NP Mary Taylor Cup for Junior Conservation: Follwell BD Rob Laing Memorial Shield for Conservation: Swales HM Masimira Cup for Painting: Langley BJ Woodall Cup for Drawing: Machibaya JK

M MLAMBO Sports Man Of The Year

Junior Art: Versfeld BP Junior Current Affairs: Ndlovu TE Senior Current Affairs: Ndlovu TK Junior Reading: Dhlamini TA Senior Reading: Swales PS Junior Best Speaker: Chikwete MT Senior Best Speaker: Ndlovu TK

B MASON Deputy Head Boy - Falcon College

Robinson Cup for the best Design & Technology Project: Bristow TJ & Blignaut CL Kim Margesson Memorial Trophy: Sururu I The Thomas Prize for Sixth Form Science: Sibanda LK The Astra Award: Form 1: Winskill N Form 2: Hinmers SW & Kersten JR Form 3: Masimba JT Form 4: Nare RHS Form 6L: Fraser GA & Nyatsanza D The Astra Trophy: Form 6U: Sibanda LK The Mumbengegwe Trophy: Chida T The Fotheringham-Edwards Trophy for Sport: Mlambo MA The John Lamb Trophy for Sport: Ullrich WDJ The David Whaley Memorial Trophy: Mason BA The Neil Todd Trophy: Mason BA The Governor's Trophy: Nhlamba GN The Headmaster's Trophy: Sibanda LK SPEECH DAY The Greaves Trophy: Sibanda LK Falcon College The Headmaster's Prize: Sibanda LK

18 19 ACADEMIC STAFF

R W Querl BA (Phys Ed), HDE (Rhodes) Headmaster D J M. Fleming BA, UED (Rhodes) Geography Second Master J F Shaw BSc (Hons), PCE (London) Maths Senior Master T Matatu BSc (UBLS) Grad CE (UZ) Computing, ICT Director of Studies O C Fernandes BSc, Grad CE (UZ) Biology, Science Housemaster (Chubb) Z J Makurumidze BSc with Education (Bindura) Maths Housemaster (Founders) D N L Grant BA (Unisa) History Housemaster (George Grey) R Khumalo BEcon (Rhodes) Business Studies, Geography Housemaster (Hervey) P Heymans BSc (Chemistry, Biochem) (Wits) Physics, Science Housemaster (Oates) W A J Randle BA (Hons) (Lancaster) Biology, Science Housemaster (Tredgold) G Armstrong MA (Edin), Dip Ed (Oxon) Maths A C Bancroft Dip Ed (TTC London) Design & Technology C Ferreira Dip Ed (Hillside) Music Music J Ferreira Diploma in Multimedia Design (Damelin) History J Fleming Dip Hons (Sports Science and Management) (London) Geography C Guthrie BSc (Agric), HDE (Natal) Chemistry, Physical Science, Combined Science R B Harrison BA (Hons) (Dunelm) History, English J Heymans BA (Phys Ed) Pretoria, UED (Natal) Physical Education, Afrikaans N Heymans HPD (UCT) Geography B Heymans BA (English, Psychology) (Wits) English G Katsande IAC Fin Acc, Dip Acc, LCCI, CE (Kwekwe Poly) Accounts R Katsande Dip Ed (Morgenster) Geography, Ndebele D Kelly BSc (Hons) (Natal), PGCE (UNISA)" Science, Travel and Tourism, Environ. Management S Khumalo Dip Microtech, ICDL Computers S Langley Dip Ed (Hillside), TEFL (Cambridge) English, Art G A Macdonald BA (Hons) (Natal) PCE (London) (FRGS) Environmental Management H A Macdonald BA (UCT), PCE (London) English, Library, Careers F T Majuba Dip Ed (Hillside) Physical Education, History J Makola Dip Ed (Belvedere) Design & Technology E Maradzike BA (French, Physics) (Amherst College) Maths T H McGovern Dip Ed (Hillside) Maths A Moyo BSc (ZOU) Group Dip - Public Relations (LCCI) Geography, Environmental Science E Moyo BSc (ZOU) Science, Biology I Museba BSc (SSC), B.Ed (UZ), CE (UZ) Maths M Ncube M Ed (Chem) (Cuba),CCNA, CISCO (Nust), PGD (ZOU), Adv ICDL Computers S L Ncube M Tech (Ed) (TUT), CE (Belvedere) Design & Technology S Ncube Dip Ed (Gwanda) Ndebele S P Ndlovu BA (UZ), PGDE (ZOU), Cert In Counselling (Contact) English, Life Skills S V Ndlovu BSc (ZOU) Science, Physical Science Treasure Ndlovu BA (UZ), Grad CE (UZ), Post Grad Cert (Copenhagen) English T Ndlovu Dip Ed (Hillside), Dip (University de la Reunion) French S B Nyathi B Tech (UP), Dip Ed () Business Studies B Randle Geography, Art J Stewart BSc (Rhodes) Art A F Watson BA (Unisa) A C E Geography, History, Counselling

20 ACADEMIC STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

21 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

J McTaggart CEO D Widdop Director, Quest Africa; Falcon College Trust A Widdop Financial Manager, Falcon College Trust L Watson Acting Director of Administration J Gous Bursar P Stewart Manager, Estates G Moyo Manager, Maintenance N Van Rooyen Manager, Projects R Erasmus Manager, Stores/Workshop D Carlsson Manager, Administration R Shearing Secretary, Headmaster J Bancroft Secretary, Transport & Administration L Van Rooyen Kitchen Liaison Representative S Bryant Sister, Sanatorium Z Tshuma Sister, Sanatorium C Zulu Sister, Willie “Rongorongo” Sibanda Clinic M Phiri Bookkeeper G Smith Accounts Clerk S Ndlovu Accounts Clerk M Tabvuma Debtors Clerk A Carlsson Wages Clerk L Jones Bulawayo Office S Hawthorne Harare Office W Schultz Quest Africa C Schultz Quest Africa

ANCILLARY STAFF

L Brown Computer Technician Z Mguni Supervisor, Human Resources S Dube Supervisor, Housekeeping A Dube Supervisor, Transport L Mudzvena Storeman V Ncube Buyer J Ncube StoresClerk L Mpofu Kitchen Stock Clerk R Dziva Stores/Data Input Clerk J Ncube Assistant Supervisor, Housekeeping M Mpofu Assistant Librarian J Moyo Assistant Supervisor, Laundry P Nkala Telephone Operator K Sithole Telephone Operator T K Ndebele Senior Driver J Gumbo Driver D Mhonyera Driver D Khumalo Driver E Nyoni Driver M Moyo Messenger/Shopper R Mpofu Messenger R Ndebele Tuck shop/Bushtick Pub

22 STAFF NOTES

Keith Barlow was here for much of the second term helping with rugby training and conditioning, and in the third term we had the assistance of Jarrett Cocks. These young people are always a welcome addition to the staffroom and their participation in many and various areas is Mrs R Shearing much appreciated.

Rosy Shearing began the year as the new secretary to the Mr and Mrs D Fleming headmaster and she made it quite clear from the start that It is not often that we have weddings at Falcon, but we she was going to immerse herself in Falcon affairs. This had one in April, when Dave and Julie Fleming were has been done with great gusto, and many of us owe married. It was a joyous occasion celebrated by many thanks to her for help in all sorts of ways. We hope she members of both families and old friends and we all again and her husband and two small sons will thrive here. wish them every happiness in their life together. Nick and Louise van Rooyen came to us from Chinhoyi, There have been several changes to staff this year so that it Louise to help out in housekeeping and liaising with the has been quite difficult to keep track! New to the teaching catering department among other duties, and Nick to join staff was Elvis Maradzike who has come to teach Maths. the maintenance department. Also in the maintenance He joined the staff yoga group and managed to put many department is Rod Erasmus, who came from Victoria of us to shame with his astonishing suppleness, being Falls. able to master advanced poses in no time at all. Gladys Doba was replaced in the third term by Lindsay Tracy McGovern returned to the classroom and it was Williams as the caterer for Servcor. She had a busy term good to see her back. with all sorts of events, but she sailed through all those challenges with colours flying and we have had all sorts Graham Armstrong found that he was not retired of new gastronomic treats to sample. completely after all, and it was comforting to see him still in the classroom, and breathing life once again into the Bryan Ray is a Milton Old Boy who played rugby for Snake Club. in his youth and also coached the national U20 rugby side. He is a national bowler and has played all We also had the services of several 'Gap' students. In the over Africa in the past few years. He also went on tour to first term we had Rob Knaggs (son of Charles, a Falcon New Zealand in 2008. With his sporting background Old Boy) and Will Mackenzie. Rob left at Easter, though Bryan is a valuable addition to the College as Sports Will stayed on and Rob was replaced by Ollie Pike. Both Administrator. Will and Ollie helped out covering some teaching as well as their other duties, and Will even made an appearance on the stage in 'Robin Hood'. They were a great asset and were much missed when they left us.

Mr W Mckenzie & Mr R Knaggs Mr B Ray

23 Mrs Chilufya and Mrs M Querl Mr and Mrs W Randle

Richard Harrison enjoyed half a term's leave in the very trying circumstances to finally reach his goal, and second term. His parents were celebrating their golden we and his family are very proud of Doctor Ndlovu! wedding anniversary, and so it was a perfect time for Richard to visit the UK, which also gave him the chance to In the middle of the year it was a great shock and sadness visit his brother and his family, and in addition, to see for us all when Kobus Ferreira, following a second several friends of Falcon and Old Boys. He returned successful knee operation to alleviate awful arthritic pain, looking suitably refreshed. died suddenly in Harare. A moving chapel service was held to pay tribute to him, and to show solidarity with his Another retirement cottage is being built to grieving family. accommodate Joan and Tony Bancroft, although they are not as yet retiring. The front of the house faces across the Gatsemane and Rumbi Katsande bade farewell to the Esigodini Valley, looking out over the farm where Tony College at the end of the year. They are moving to the spent time as a boy. And thus he has come full circle! International School in Mafeking. They will both be much missed and we wish them well in their new adventure. Dave Grant had a sabbatical in the third term to give him the time to complete the writing of the history of the Gordon and Heather Macdonald came to the end of their College. The history is due to be published to coincide service at the College, but are fortunate to be able to stay with the diamond jubilee of the College, and we all look in their home, and to perhaps still contribute in some forward to reading the history. measure to activities in the College, while also having the time to pursue new interests. Tabs Ndlovu, husband of Trish, was awarded his Doctorate earlier in the year. He had worked hard under Heather Macdonald

Mr G Katsande, Mrs R Shearing, Mrs R. Katsande, Mr J. Shaw, Mr F. Majuba and Mrs P. Ndlovu

24 FALCON OFFICE BULAWAYO

The Falcon College Bulawayo Office is situated at 129 Josiah Tongogara Street between 13th and 14th Avenues. The office is here to provide a link between the parents, the College and the boys.

We are available for parents to drop off parcels for the boys or if parents have any queries.

Over the past year the office has grown, incorporating Falcon Marketing run by Michelle Keefe and The Falcon Foundation with Lesley Sanderson.

With its convenient location in the heart of Bulawayo, it is an ideal place for parents and friends of Falcon to book tickets for productions and functions which the College holds each year. Mrs M Keefe, Mrs C Jones and Mrs L Sanderson

It is a busy and friendly office and our doors are always relationships with our Old Boys and their families across open. the world.

Lyn Jones This is an exciting project for the College and is expected to enhance and accomplish the goals for future The Falcon Foundation was formed in May 2012 and the expansion. process of building the database is underway. This will facilitate new associations and establish Lesley Sanderson FALCON OFFICE HARARE

The Falcon Harare Office is a vital link between the College and Parents.

Sue Hawthorne has run the Office for the past four years and is there to assist the College with procurements and the Parents with a wide variety of requests.

Situated in Milton Park in Harare, the Office is perfectly situated for Parents to make their school fee, bus and exam fee payments as well as dropping off forgotten items to get to their boys down at the College.

The Falcon Old Boy's Association is also run from the Harare Office whose aim is to locate and connect with Old Boys Worldwide. Mrs S Hawthorne

25 MEET THE STAFF FALCON COLLEGE - ESIGODINI

During the year, our teams do quite a bit of travelling to worked for the College as does his son, Thembani, who is sporting events at other schools throughout the country assistant mechanic - three generations! That's a .They can rest and enjoy the trips, thanks to our wonderful achievement! The College thanks Anel for his committed team of drivers lead by Transport Supervisor, loyal service and wishes him many more years of service. Mr A Dube Mr Z Mguni

Anel started working at the College in March 1971 at age 16 as a gardener for Mr Newbould. He later joined the kitchen, where he moved through the positions of dishwasher, stores cleaner, waiter, and senior waiter. Whilst in the kitchen Anel was encouraged by the then caterer, Mr Macintosh, to obtain his driving licence. He Zibusiso Mguni, popularly known as Zee, started his successfully passed his driving test for Class 4 in 1992 and working life at Falcon as a domestic gardener. In January became a part time driver for the kitchen whilst 2003 he became a telephone operator, a position he has continuing with his waiter duties. The College excelled in. Zee's warm, friendly and helpful attitude to recognized his ability as a driver and facilitated the staff soon made him a popular choice. His ability to obtaining of his class 2 drivers' licence in 1997. The mediate in inter–personal disputes was recognized and following year in 1998 he was offered a job as a driver. he was often asked to assist in resolving various matters, Towards the end of 1999 the College sponsored Anel to not only by staff but by fellow workers. In recognition of enable him to obtain his Class 1 drivers' licence to drive Zee's potential and his commitment to the College, he College buses. He successfully passed his test in February was appointed Human Resources Supervisor in 2000 and became a junior driver. When Mr J Mpofu, the September 2011. Human Resources Management is a then Senior Driver retired, Anel was promoted to the challenging skill but we have no doubt that Zee will help position, which he held until 2011 when he was promoted the College in its bid to have a satisfied and efficient work to Transport Supervisor. Anel has 40 years service with force. the College. He is married to Sibongile Mpofu and they have 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls. His father Naison also Dennis Carlsson

26 27 SCHOOL BOY LEADERS

COLLEGE PREFECTS

W. ULLRICH, G.NHLAMBA, K. WALDER, A. SENDERAYI, R. BUTLER, A. MUIL, L.K. SIBANDA, B. MASON, T. CHIDA, R. HYSLOP, D. GIBBONS AND T.K. NDLOVU

HEAD OF SCHOOL - Leroy Sibanda DEPUTY HEAD OF SCHOOL - Brett Mason (Head of Hervey) HEAD OF FOUNDERS - Tapiwa Ndlovu HEAD OF GEORGE GREY - Alva Senderayi HEAD OF OATES - Dale Gibbons HEAD OF TREDGOLD - Warwick Ullrich HEAD OF CHUBB - Keagan Walder COLLEGE PREFECTS - Alan Muil Tafadzwa Chida Ryan Hyslop Graham Nhlamba Ryan Butler

28 SCHOOL BOY LEADERS

HOUSE PREFECTS

CHUBB FOUNDERS GEORGE GREY HERVEY OATES TREDGOLD

Walder K** Ndlovu T.K** Senderayi A** Mason B** Hyslop R** Ullrich W ** Chida T** Butler R** Muil A** Bhebhe R Gibbons D** Nhlamba G** Armstrong M McLintock D Gotore K Connery M Chuma N Mlambo M Madonko S Moyo, TML Kamhuka N Shoniwa P Machibaya J Dlodlo S Mutambara J Mtetwa B.M.L Madamba T Ndlovu DDD Matina G Cripps M Taruvinga C Bydawell C Moyo MVS Chilufya K Randell B Langley B Rowe T Coleman G Riley I Mawere C Randell S Moyo N Ganyani TB Tomlinson D Mlambo E Jongwe T Dube R Swales P Banda S Reid K (** Denotes College Prefects)

SPORTS CAPTAINS

SPORT CAPTAIN Athletics S.K. Chilufya Basketball J. Mutambara Cricket T. Ganyani Cross Country S. Madonko Golf N. Chuma Hockey W. Ullrich Rugby L.K. Sibanda Soccer T.M.L. Moyo Squash T. Rowe Swimming P. Swales Tennis B. Langley Waterpolo C. Bydawell

29 ADVENTURE COURSE FORM 1

These courses followed the same tried and tested formula followed in the previous 18 years with only minor alterations. Most alterations involved making the initiative tests a bit easier in order to give the less outdoor orientated boys of the modern era a better chance of succeeding! Gadgets such as Ipods, mobile phones, computers, DVDs, and social networks such as Facebook and Whatsapp, combined with an urban upbringing are not conducive to producing robust boys capable of swinging on ropes, leaking boats across dams, crossing electric fences, climbing hills, cooking on bush fires and, most significantly, being able to use their initiative in outdoor situations.

30 ADVENTURE COURSE FORM 2

If Falcon is to continue to produce well rounded young Form 2 Adventure Course - Reach for the stars men then this type of activity must be sustained and possibly even expanded. Perhaps Quest facilities and staff could be included in these programmes, going forward.

As an aside, it is interesting to observe that there is a pattern between the most successful dormitories on the Form 2 Adventure Course and the subsequent leaders of the school 4 years later.

Will Randle

Form 2 Adventure Course

Form 2 Adventure Course - Rescue Challenge

Form 2 Adventure Course

FORM 1 CHRISTIAN COURSE

31 LEADERSHIP COURSE L6 TRIP TO CHIMANIMANI

Amongst Falcon School boys, if something that the week more strenuous and more of a challenge than happened last week or last year meets with their their predecessors, even though they were subjected to approval, it becomes a tradition! So in the same way the the same team building and individual mental and Lower 6th trip to the Outward Bound School in the physical exercises. Many of the boys found themselves Chimanimani Mountains, during the first week of the well out of their comfort zones and battled to come to school year, has become a 'tradition', certainly in the eyes terms with taking an early morning swim in Tessa's Pool, of the staff hierarchy. spending a night out on the mountain and simple and abseiling. This year's outing followed much the same pattern as the inaugural visit in 2011. This group almost certainly found It has to be said that with the coaxing of the instructors and the Falcon staff the majority of the boys conquered most of their fears, particularly of heights. The Pamper Pole (involving an interesting 'leap of faith'), Jacob's Ladder (team work and strength) and the Sphinx (a daunting 50 metre climb and abseil) tested all of them and it was pleasing to see that virtually everyone completed these testing tasks.

Those exercises deemed 'easier' usually required careful planning by the team, and it was here that those with leadership qualities usually stood out. Raft building Unfortunately the general impression given out by this group of future leaders was that most of them were merely going through the motions – 'because we have to' – rather than embracing the concept, enjoying the challenges and being out of school for a week! With any luck, by the time this article is published, this group would have gelled into a strong unit of competent leaders around the College.

Dave Fleming

Hiking

Jacob’s ladder Abseiling the Sphinx

32 GLOBAL YOUNG LEADERS’ CONFERENCE The feeling of solid ground under your feet after 16 hours high in the sky, the pleasant chatter and greetings from customs officials (a first for us Zimbabweans) and the lightning fast 'wifi' connections were all blatantly obvious signs we had finally arrived in the “first world”. As we casually strolled through the state-of-the-art facility that is Washington's International Airport, our first call of duty was a taste of the famous Starbucks coffee then a tiresome bus ride to our “home away from home”, the Sheraton National Hotel. With air-conditioned rooms (on most days it was hotter than any October afternoon at Falcon) and luxurious double beds, this was a pretty drastic contrast to the sheet covered walls and bed frames back at school. T Chida and T Kersten After the tedious registration we were subjected to an awkward meet-and-greet session with other scholars Lincoln, Roosevelt and Jefferson. We also had the from around the globe prior to a lecture, not that different opportunity to pass through the Holocaust Memorial to the one we hear before fixture free, about how to Museum which was a very eerie experience as the represent ourselves in an appropriate manner. Later that museum is set up in such a way that you walk in the evening was our first Leadership Group Meeting, what footsteps of someone who survived the Holocaust and we called LGM's, which we attended in our separate saw all the devastation that was caused. It was also rather country groups. Travis Kersten was a member of the awkward as there were many German students in the Russian federation, Tanaka Chida a member of Turkey GYLC group. They were, however, surprisingly open and Daniel Nyatsanza a member of Brazil. The point of and even mentioned to us how they openly discuss the these meetings, we were told, was to be as preparation for war and learn about it in school, which is very difficult, as the UN Security Council and Global Summit simulations the one mentioned, due to the fact that many of his which would be held further into the conference when, as classmates had family members who were Nazi's and our different country groups, we would get to debate on directly responsible for many deaths. resolutions for global diplomacy. These sessions were After four days in Washington it was time to move on to also used for briefing and debriefing on certain speakers the “Big Apple”, New York City. We stopped over for that we had heard from during the day. lunch in Philadelphia for a famous Philly cheese steak Whilst we were in Washington for the next four days, we and spent a few hours exploring the historic streets where would get the opportunity to listen to a variety of US democracy was born. After a visit to the liberty bell speakers all from different walks of life including and congress hall we were off again to our final diplomacy in the Middle East as well as global economics destination at St John's University in New York City. and finance. My outright favourite of the speakers was Dr The following day involved a trip to Ellis Island and the Gary Weaver, a professor at the American University, Statue of Liberty as well as a Broadway show and dinner who spoke to us about cross cultural communication and in Times Square as we adjusted to our new environment how important this is becoming in modern society, with in the big city. However our fun was short lived and the people from many different countries and religions all next day it was back to LGM's as we began to prepare for working and living in the same place. He showed us how the global summit. We were privileged in the way that we important it is to be understanding of certain people's actually got to hold this simulation in the UN actions as it may be a result of their culture, one which headquarters' building in seats where global diplomats, you are not used to and have never experienced before. presidents, prime ministers and other great leaders had Whilst in Washington we visited many war memorials sat before us. In fact during our simulation, a few which included the World War II memorial, the Korean politicians spent their tea break observing our simulation War memorial and the Vietnam War memorial, as well as as we were situated directly across the hallway to their the memorials of many presidents of the US including summit meeting! Our final official day in New York City involved a trip to Fifth Avenue, lunch in the Rockefeller Centre, a guided tour of the UN headquarters, exploring Time Square and the farewell dinner cruise/party where we got to 'let loose' and mingle, as we cruised around the Manhattan shoreline. Goodbyes were made, friend requests sent and numbers given, as we all went our separate ways to our different corners of the globe, where we would use these skills learned at GYLC to become better leaders in our own country, community and school. D Nyatsanza, T Kersten and T Chida Travis Kersten

33 ASTRA CHALLENGE GRADE 6 BOYS

This was a new idea that we had as part of our Marketing drive for Falcon. We decided that it should be different from the regular sports festivals that we had done in the past. We aimed at getting the top six primary school boys from each school through the gates of Falcon. We hosted Ruzawi, Bryden, Whitestone, Lilfordia and Barwick at the event.

The Astra Challenge Winners

Once we had targeted a group – grade 6, we set about creating activities that would suit them. We needed to cover all aspects of our ASTRA and we needed to test them in a fun way, so that the school boys and their parents enjoyed themselves at Falcon.

The aspects that we set up, to be covered in this event were: General Knowledge, Teamwork, Art awareness, B Mason - Deputy Headboy Computer skills, Musical awareness, Critical thinking and basic Etiquette. We believe that by covering these skills we would show the young people and their parents given time. The Challenge held on Friday evening was that we are not just interested in academics and sport, but 'Minute Mania', which involved 'Minute to Win It' type the whole individual. activities. A great deal of fun was had by all.

A few examples of the Challenges carried out are as The Music Challenge involved each team bringing a pre follows: arranged musical item to the event. Another interesting The Art Challenge took place in the Art Room where each one was 'Outside the Box' where teams had to do several team was given an opportunity to create a collage of their things – including repairing a puncture and changing a own design, around the theme that was set. They had to bicycle tyre; making an omelette and scaling the use all sorts of material, from seeds to string, to create Climbing Wall. The final Challenge was based on their picture of a butterfly. Another challenge was called Etiquette where the boys had to set the table and proceed 'Computer Whizz', which involved boys knowing their with their dinner – all being scrutinised by a panel of way around a computer and doing a particular task in a judges!

D Nyatsanza and Luke Hay L Sibanda, B Mason with

34 The Astra Art Challenge - Barwick The Astra Art Challenge - Ruzawi

The $10,000 prize, sponsored by Kingdom Bank for a beforehand. The winners this year were Whitestone, and deserving child at the winning school, made it they can be proud of the achievement, as it really does worthwhile and I am quite sure that we will see many suggest that they get an all-round education and are more teams wanting to compete in the future. The learning some of the soft skills that we teach, at their challenge for us is going to be creating new and school. interesting challenges for each year of the competition, so that no one learns what will be required of them R W Querl

ST JOHN’S COURSE AT QUEST

35 Many teachers were involved in the St John's form two course which was hosted by Quest in October 2012. Falcon teachers presented modules to the boys which included: Debating, Falconry, Shooting, Science, Geography, History, English, Maths and Music. All of the academic subjects were presented either in the form of a practical or a lesson that had an outdoor emphasis. We are very fortunate as teachers to have so many and varied facilities available for our use in teaching, not the least being Quiet Waters on our doorstep. It was quite a novel

Matopos Trip

experience for many to present a lesson in the open air surrounded by the sounds of nature. The St John's boys made mention of many of these lessons Paintball in their final presentation to their parents on the eve of their departure from Quest. It can be said that they were a resounding success even though at times, particularly towards the end of the two week period, the boys were so fatigued from their physicals that they struggled to concentrate through the lessons.

This course has added yet another dimension to teaching at Falcon and having been on the whole, a success, we look forward to future courses of this nature which involve visiting students.

Woodworking Debbie Kelly

Dredging weed out of the Mbonisa Weir

36 STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM

Members: Mrs C Guthrie Mr G Katsande Mrs S Khumalo Mr R Khumalo Mrs H Macdonald Mrs P Ndlovu Miss A Watson

The Student Support Team is a group of staff members who are committed to helping students adjust to life at Falcon and also to cope with the many myriad problems that young men face during the course of their school careers. Everyone experiences times in life where a helping hand, a sympathetic ear or a concerned individual helps to smooth a rough road. This is especially true in a boarding school environment where parents are not always immediately available. A number of the SST members are involved in counselling, but most notably Mrs P Ndlovu, Mrs S Khumalo and Mrs C Guthrie. Mr D Darby, a pastor from with a strong desire to help young people and many years of experience in counselling, comes to Falcon once a week for two days. He has worked hard to remove the stigma associated with counselling and this is beginning to have a positive impact. PASTOR DOUG DARBY

Whilst this is the core function of the Student Support Team, we are also involved in more practical aspects of a an allowance or not, rests with the Cambridge Examining student's career at Falcon. Mr G Katsande works closely Board. with Mrs Felicity van der Ruit and Mrs Emma King in administering the Cognitive Assessment Tests for both A few boys availed themselves of the opportunity to have Form Two and Form Four. These tests are designed to extra help in certain subjects. In the third term there was a help students make informed choices regarding their significant increase in the number of boys requesting subjects for O and A Level. Form Fours were tested in the help with study methods. Hopefully these lessons have first term and Form Twos in the third term. borne fruit.

Mrs Lyn McElvaine, an Educational Psychologist from Sadly, we say goodbye to two members of our team this Harare, visited Falcon in the first term to undertake year. Mrs H Macdonald will be retiring after many years testing of various students. Mrs McElvaine is qualified to of valuable service, both to the Student Support Team diagnose learning difficulties and her individual reports and the College, and Mr G Katsande will be moving to are then used to request extra time or other special another teaching post in South Africa. Our warmest allowances in the public exams. It should be stressed regards go with them. however, that Mrs McElvaine's report is simply a recommendation and the final decision whether to grant Amanda Watson

37 MARKETING

Mrs C Davies And Mrs M Keefe

Onward and Upward! up and down the boundaries! It is wonderful to have the “little guys” around the school on that weekend and the That was the motto of the marketing team this year and camaraderie and interaction between them and their what a year it has been! It was our mission to showcase hulking, senior chaperones, is a pleasure to watch. Falcon at its very best, by doing the very best, for the very best, with the very best. Earlier this year we also attended the International High Schools Expo in Gaborone. This is the third year that we Our calendars have been extremely busy with some have attended this prestigious event and rubbed functions overlapping into others thereby gaining shoulders with some of the top schools on the sub- maximum exposure, positive interest and rewarding continent. Falcon College is the only Zimbabwean feedback. school to exhibit and our stand was continuously busy with interested parents and boys. The Expo is a great medium to showcase our College and resulted in valuable spin off thereafter.

Robin Hood and his merry men had us very busy in the office toward the end of the first term. Once again, the Bulawayo Theatre recorded sold out performances. Falcon College productions are a massive hit in our community, a great marketing tool and well worth the hard work!

Open Day Guests

A glorious Matabeleland day heralded this year's Open Day in early February. A light shower the night before left everything crisp, clean and sweet. The Day was very well supported with a record number of attendances – 333 in total visited the College on that day. With the help of a great team, the event ran smoothly and some great feedback was received from potential parents.

That same weekend was the 7th Annual Primary Schools Cricket Festival. This is always a popular event with Primary schools around the country. 12 schools attended the event which was won by Ruzawi, after a nail-biting final against St John's. It had supporting parents pacing Tour of the College

38 The middle of the year saw the Marketing Ladies back in Botswana, but this time in the far west of the country in Maun. Maun is a great town with a lovely little primary school but no high school. Their hospitality was outstanding and once again we were proud to introduce Falcon College to their community. The interest shown was very rewarding indeed with future applications already on our books.

Mrs M Keefe

standard – parents are spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting a high school. As Falcon College goes from strength to strength and continues to improve on its Open Day already high standards, so the Marketing Team doubles their efforts to stay ahead, think ahead and produce a These visits to primary schools all over the country and dynamic service to prospective and existing Falcon beyond our borders have proved crucial in our marketing families. campaign. Time and time again, results have shown that the quality of education in this country is of such a high Michelle Keefe

Junior Schools’ Cricket Festival Winners Junior Cricket Festival

Potjie Competition (Old Boys Weekend)

39 LIBRARY

This has been a quiet year with regard to accessing new The Library continues to be well-used throughout the books, but I do hope there will be more in stock in early day, and I believe that many boys find it both a restful 2013. We did receive a few from the UK early on in the place to spend time during the busy Falcon day, and also year, but most have either been donated by parents, boys a centre of enjoyment since they have come to understand and staff, for which I am very grateful, or they have been the pleasures of reading. Many different meetings are sourced locally, but these prove to be expensive. regularly held there and so it is important to ensure that it is always a pleasant and well-appointed venue. The Library did have the use of two Kindles which were each loaded with several books. They initially proved to I would like to thank the Assistant Librarian, Mr Mandla be very popular, particularly with junior readers and Mpofu for his efficient day to day running of the Library, they were in great demand. The initial enthusiasm wore and for his endless patience with schoolboys who can off after a while, and requests for them became more sometimes be rather trying. Many boys however, manageable. There are plans to have more available next regularly use the library and he is always there to help. year and I hope they will have newer titles added. He also had the extra task of dealing with the kindles and keeping them charged, and I am most grateful to him for The Old Boys in the UK once again renewed the that. subscription to The Times of London, and we are all greatly indebted to them for that, since the newspaper is Alan Muil has been the College Prefect who has assisted very popular with the boys – especially the sports us this year, and I would like to thank him for his support sections, but not exclusively – and several staff use them and help in hunting down missing books. for teaching purposes. Once our Internet connections are more secure, the Old Boys will look into an electronic I have run the Library for most of the last ten years which subscription which will mean we all have access to daily has been a great pleasure for me and I will miss it. I would up to date news. not have been able to operate very well, especially in those difficult years a while back, were it not for the We continue to have subscriptions to a wide range of generosity of many people to whom I extend grateful magazines which cater for many different interests and I thanks. Special gratitude must go to my husband Gordon intend to expand these a little more in 2013. The for all his support and help which I have greatly valued. magazines are well-thumbed every month, which is most encouraging. Heather Macdonald

Pupils enjoying books and E-books

40 CHAPEL NOTES

Wednesday evenings offer the Midweek Service with one of the Christian Leaders giving the talk and once again they have done very well in this regard. I would still like to see more variety at this service but I am almost always impressed by the words of the speaker. Once a month on a Wednesday evening we hold a service of Holy Communion taken by a leader from a local church or Pastor Darby. On Sunday the services are taken by members of staff or visiting speakers. Again once a month, the service is a full School Service with the whole school attending. I remain very thankful to the many people who are willing to come out to minister at Falcon with their support and ideas too.

Sunday services usually run to a theme for the term although in Third Term speakers were able to choose their own topics. In First Term our theme was “Know God” and in Second Term “Faith in Action.” In Second Term, Craig Roberts of Zambezi Holidays

As I have probably noted before, one chapel year often resembles another. That is at least on the surface and it is not intended to sound like monotony! As the Bible records, “Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). The weekly programme and service formats have been unchanged but it is their effects on those who attend which really counts and that is not always immediately obvious. Sometimes we might wish that is was! When you are dealing with people, life is always interesting and challenging. I believe that is the way God intended it to brought a team down to Falcon for five days of meetings be. and interaction with the boys. They entered fully into Falcon life and I am sure they made a positive impact during their visit.

Third Term saw the annual Form One Christian Camp take place in Quiet Waters, once again co-ordinated by Mrs Guthrie with help from the Christian Leaders. Generally the Christian Leaders have had a good year, ably led by “Triple D” Ndlovu who has managed to keep them and me on the right track. The Midweek Band has also worked hard and, as ever, played an important part in the worship in many Chapel services. Senior members such as Graham Nhlamba, Leroy Sibanda, “TK” Ndlovu and DDD Ndlovu will be moving on. I do thank them for their commitment over the years but there are some promising younger boys stepping up to fill their shoes. I would also like to record my appreciation to Mrs Guthrie and Mrs Ferreira for their input to the music in Chapel.

41 Many staff are involved one way or another and their Pastor Darby has run some discipleship classes over the support is always important whether it is speaking or course of the year and Sister Philippa from Sacred Heart leading at any of the morning or evening services or has prepared some boys for Roman Catholic taking Christian Groups on a Sunday evening. Every confirmation. contribution is important in the spiritual life of the College. A final note of two special services should be made. In July a memorial service was held celebrating the life of At the risk of omitting people who should be included I Mr Kobus Ferreira and on the last Sunday of the 3rd add special mention of Mr Nyathi, Mr Ndlovu, Mr Term, Mrs Ferreira put together the Christmas Carol Fernandes, Mr Grant and especially Pastor Darby whose service. support, advice and encouragement are always particularly pertinent. Richard Harrison

J Wiggill B Langley

42 PUMULA CAMP & PICNIC SITES

take into account all the upgrading which will have been done.

Game has been attracted to the campsite area by the provision of lucerne, kindly donated by Brigitte Randle, and by the placement of game nuts in strategic areas. A feeding trough has been added to the spot, and these measures resulted in visitors to the campsite regularly seeing game in the immediate vicinity. Most frequent were duiker, , zebra, and giraffe, but other species such as bush pig, baboon, vervet Umtswili Chalet monkey and wildebeest have also been recorded. Pumula Camp has been busy this year with the chalets Undoubtedly, the most exciting animal visitors have being used for most week-ends during term times by been the leopards. On one occasion, an impala ram was parents, visitors from other schools and Old Boys. In killed in the campsite near the gazebo, dragged across the addition, several large school groups have made use of road and then consumed over a few days by a large male the campsite. These included the girls taking part in the leopard. On another, parents staying at Umnondo were Cultural Festival; Whitestone Grade sixes who were treated one night to the sound of a leopard stealthily involved in an ecology outing; the Falcon F1 Christian moving around outside their quarters. group; the Falcon F2 Adventure Course; and the St John's F2 pupils who were involved in the Quest outdoor My thanks go to a number of people who assist in the courses for two weeks early in November. running of the campsite. Joan Bancroft continues to do a wonderful job taking bookings and collecting fees, while A few improvements have been made through the year. John McTaggart made available the funds which were The two most important were the provision of portable needed for a variety of projects undertaken through the solar lamps to all five chalets, and subsequently, the year. My wife Heather continues to support me with fitting of fixed solar lights to Umnondo and Chelicuti. It is good ideas and advice, while Rosy Shearing, the hoped that the exercise will be on-going so that the other headmaster's secretary, shows great interest and chalets and their ablution units can be lit with solar enthusiasm in the park itself, being a frequent visitor powered lights in 2013. The large concrete surface built with her family. Finally, the two camp attendants Sindiso and used by the first Quest intake in early 2010, has been Mguni and Patrick Mpofu, have worked hard keeping turned into a dining area with concrete tables and the chalets and surrounding gardens clean and attractive. benches; it has the capacity to accommodate over 50 They have also done an excellent job at the picnic sites, pupils at once. A kitchen and serving area has also been and I thank them for all their efforts. added. Gordon Macdonald There are plans for this facility to have a thatched roof erected over it, to be completed next year. In addition, the upgrading of the open air gazebo, started this year, will mean there will be a sixth chalet with a separate shower and toilet.

There are also plans for improvements to be made to the picnic sites. The most urgent will be the building of a toilet for Mbonisa, since because of its close proximity to the College and the attractions of Mbonisa Weir, this is the most utilised of the picnic sites. Funds permitting, the bush shower at Fish Eagle Retreat will be completed, and one will be built at Mbonisa, which will increase the comfort for campers at these sites.

A footbridge over Mbonisa Weir, close to the picnic site, has been started by William Schultz and it is planned that it will be completed by the 2013 intake of Quest. This will make the Homan Bird hide easily accessible, to which end the hide, which is in need of renovation, will be upgraded early in 2013.

Fees charged for the chalets have not been increased for Pumula Camp Fire the last two years, but there will be an increase in 2013 to

43 QUIET WATERS

Quiet Waters has suffered a very dry season thus far, Funding, and therefore labour, was in short supply for and everyone is anxiously waiting for some good rains Quiet Waters this last year, which affected what could to fill the weirs. The Quest Weir has been dry for many be achieved over and above any regular maintenance. months, and Mbonisa Weir is now very low. We have still managed to maintain the game fence, and Fortunately for the wildlife, all the water holes have erected extra droppers along the northern boundary had a steady supply of piped water, and this year two where any game that might escape would stand little new ones were introduced. chance of survival for very long. Several new tracks have been introduced, and some of the Quest members Our wildlife populations have remained relatively erected a tree stand and a hide. Gordon MacDonald static once again, although we have two new Giraffe completed his stone sign post project which is quite calves and one new Wildebeest calf thus far, since comprehensive. introducing a bull late last year. Kudu continue to come and go, but still prefer to spend more time in the During the latter part of the dry season supplementary Wilderness Area and Southern Paddocks. The larger feeding was initiated, but on the whole we lost very predators have also been in Quiet Waters fairly little game due to the dry season conditions. frequently, and then departed for extended periods of time, but other than tracks, no visuals have been made More recently, road works in the form of additional for quite some time of the leopard and hyena that come bolsters, repair of previous bolsters, road clearance, and and go. Bushbuck populations are still good, but drainage rejuvenation has taken place in preparation Impala numbers are down, with an imbalance of rams for the rains. to does.

We intended to progress with some extensive bush clearing this last season, however labour was in short supply and the Quest schedule did not allow much time for the 2012 intake to contribute in this area. We did manage to get in some burning before any worthwhile precipitation occurred, which has already produced a new flush of green grass, which the grazers are very pleased about. This helped to remove much of the ground level dead material but reduction of bush encroachment by this action was limited, as there was not enough material to aid the required hot burn without major burning of the tree canopy. Hopefully timing and conditions will be better next year.

44 New development has taken place at Quest in the form Whitestone, the Wildlife society, the cultural event of a recreation/general purpose structure. We hosted participants, and an increase in parent visitors from 108 St John's College boys in October. Besides the more numerous schools besides Falcon, both residing in Quiet conventional school studies, St John's were kept very Waters or just visiting for day trips and picnics. busy outdoors and besides practical wildlife studies, also contributed to the upkeep of Quiet Waters, which Thanks go to all those who assisted in many different included weed clearing in Mbonisa Weir, and bush ways to maintain and participate in the different areas clearing in the northern section of Quiet Waters. We that make up Quiet Waters and we pray for a good rainy thank the Falcon staff involved in this endeavour, and season which the park sorely needs. special mention should be made of the contribution afforded by Debbie Kelly and Barbara Heymans, which Will Schultz consisted of much extra work in addition to their normal duties.

Other development included the completion of two more tented chalets at Quest and it is intended to construct shelter over the central communal area at Pumula camp this year, which should make staying there during the wet season more pleasant, as well as providing shade in the drier months. We have built the base structure for a bridge across Mbonisa Weir to Homan Hide and will designate the completion of this project to a group of Quest enthusiasts in 2013. Besides this, the hide itself is scheduled for a revamp.

Besides St John's, Quiet Waters and the camps within its bounds, continued to host our regular visitors, such as

45 SANATORIUM

This has been a relatively calm year for the San, with no huge dramas or incidents.

In January of this year we opened the Willie Sibanda Clinic. This clinic serves the workers of Falcon College and their families and plays a vital role in getting medical help to these people as quickly as possible. The clinic is managed by Sr Chipo Zulu, who comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience, having worked in the Government sector for thirty years.

We continue to cover the various sporting events as well as the new activities and the first race that was held in the third term. Sister S Bryant and The Falcon First Aiders

The First Aid Club continues with its training of First Aid cadets who assist us at fixtures like rugby, hockey and soccer. These boys play a very valuable role in assisting at the field side, but sadly the membership to this extra mural activity seems to be dwindling.

Sr Sue Bryant

46 WILLIE SIBANDA CLINIC OPENING

The Board of Governors with the widow of the late Willie ‘Rongorongo’ Sibanda.

We are here today to pay our respects to a fine, loyal He retired at the end of May 2011, completing 45 years of member of our Falcon community by officially naming continuous service. He was re-engaged on contract until this new clinic the Willie 'Rongorongo' Sibanda Clinic. his death in April 2012 at the age of 64.

The Falcon Board, prompted by Mr Patrick Mavros, He was a trusted man and he was the first cashier of the realized that there was an urgent need for a clinic to cater Community Bar when it was opened in 1972 and assisted for the health needs of the Falcon workers and the in that capacity during the next ten years. community surrounding Falcon College. We approached the Beit Trust who granted us a portion of the He was also well known within the Esigodini construction costs which enabled us to start the building. We are grateful for their contribution.

The Board allocated funds for the completion of the clinic, have equipped the facility and employed a qualified nurse, Sister Chipo Zulu, and her assistant Grace Gumpo. We thank Sister Sue Bryant for all she has done in getting the clinic up and running and for her continued supervision.

Willie Sibanda was born on the 5th January 1948 in the Wenlock area of Gwanda district. He came to work at Falcon in September 1966 at the age of 18. He worked in the maintenance department as assistant to the plumbers, electricians and carpenters. In 1988 he undertook a course at the Polytech and qualified as a Skilled Worker Class 3 Plumber. He became head plumber and was the only one who really knew the outlay of the antiquated water reticulation system of the College. He was hard working, reliable, always prepared to make a plan in Mrs W Cannon, Mrs Sibanda and Mr P Cannon emergencies and never hesitated to work after hours.

47 community. Outside of working hours, at weekends and holidays, many of us in the district used his plumbing skills in our homes and businesses. We admired him for his reliability, willingness and good humour.

Because of the very Sister C Zulu nature of his work, everyone knew Willie. One couldn't help but like this gentle giant of a man, who was quick to make friends with all who came into contact with him. It is not surprising that he was selected by his fellow workers to have this clinic named in his memory.

Alastair Coulson

Mr A Coulson speaking about the late Willie ‘Rongorongo’ Sibanda

Mr A Coulson and Mr P Cannon

48 49 CHUBB HOUSE

Housemaster: O Fernandes Tutor: R Harrison Assistant Tutors: S V Ndlovu; S Langley; E Maradzike Other Staff: J Heymans; N Heymans; A Bancroft Head of House: K Walder Prefects: T Chida; M Armstrong; S Madonko; J Mutambara; C Taruvinga

Chubb House maintained its good academic record this year, coming first in the Academic Cup and 2nd in the Send-Up Cup. In other areas, we were strong in Junior Competition. With our prize money we bought a second Waterpolo, Squash, the various Athletics events and in TV for the junior end of the hostel and we bought and Cross Country. We were also fairly strong in what I refer paid for a dual view, HD decoder. There are lots of plans to as the 'alternative' sports like Shooting, Adventure currently in the pipeline to improve the entertainment Course and the inaugural Triathlon Competition. facilities in Chubb. Hopefully this last event will be included in the Tattersfield competition in the future. There were many The Chubb House renovations have stalled completely. outstanding individual performances and I would like to Last year we needed four studies to be brought up to the commend the following on being selected to represent standard of the other studies and for the Form 1 and 2 their country: K Walder (Rugby), T Rowe and C Friend (Waterpolo), J Kersten (Golf and Squash), T Brannigan (Angling), J Mutambara (Basketball) and M Madhombiro (Cricket). R Nare was also awarded Honours and a trophy for his poetry in the Allied Arts competition.

This year our attempt to support or contribute towards a Charity could have been better. Our Newsletter has been reduced to twice a term, before the 2nd Fixture Free weekend and then before the end of term. The fundraising efforts for the House were minimal and the only money we received was from the Old Boy's Association for winning the inaugural Potjie

50 dormitories to be renovated to the standard done in the other hostels. Unfortunately, nothing has been done in these areas. What has been done was the construction of ten extra studies plus a showering and ablution area with a 200l solar geyser. This will undoubtedly relieve the pressure for studies for public exam students. It is my plan to use this new section to house Form 4 students who would not be able to have their own studies in the main hostel.

I would like to thank my staff for their support and assistance throughout this year. Their dedication and professionalism made my job a lot easier and I really do appreciate their input. Finally, to the prefect body of 2012: you have done a good job. A lot was expected of you and after periods of testing, you all came out on top. I commend you for a job well done. I would also like to take this opportunity to commend T Kersten who is the Head of House for 2013 and C Friend who was also made a college prefect. I look forward to working with you and your prefect body next year.

Orlando Fernandes

CHUBB HOUSE

1st Row: Dikanifuwa S, Shiridzinodya N, Blignaut J, Mateketa T, Wellock E, Smit J, Njanike T, Mukusha D, Sindaza S, Lynton-Edwards S, Sola A, van Rooyen S, Lardner-Burke R, Madhombiro M, Ncube R. (Missing is Whitehead J) 2nd Row: Blignaut C, Rowe T, Mrs S Langley, Griffin A, Mutambara T, Walder K, Mr. O Fernandes, Chida T, Mr. R Harrison, Taruvinga C, Armstrong M, Mr. S Ndlovu, Madonko S, Mr. E Maradzike, Boshoff T 3rd Row: Madyegasva T. Madonko T, Wallet P, Brannigan T, Conolly M, Fuzwayo B, Smit N, Carrelo A, Kersten J, Magonya N, Takawira M, Nembaware I, Tabvuma K 4th Row: Mwale P, Ngwenya T, Matondi T, Mashangu K, Landrey D, Fumia L, Mazorodze M, Banhamombe T, Beahan L, Schultz M, Muzamhindo N, Stellenberg R. 5th Row: Katsokore T, Mathe T, Zhou T, Franceys J, Bhebhe M, Nare R, Ndlovu N, O'Hagan M, Gross G, Mambinge A. 6th Row: Gross H, Masanga T, Mashange B, Friend C, Gifford A, Kersten T, Matondi T, Dhafana T, Chida T.

51 FOUNDERS HOUSE

Housemaster: Mr Makurumidze ZJ years. Coming 3rd in both the 2011 O and AS level results Tutors: Mr Katsande GK; Mr Matatu T; was a good start to the year although the AL results were Mr Moyo A; Mrs Kelly D disappointing. We ranked 5th in that department. In the Ass Tutors: Mrs Moyo E; Mrs Katsande R Send Up and Academic Cups we came 3rd, proving the Head of School: L K Sibanda House still has strong academic ethos. We improved tremendously in the cultural front and coming 1st in the Head of House: T K Ndlovu Inter-House quiz was a major achievement. Special House Prefects: Gwate H, Butler R, McLintock D, mention must go to the Septet members who tirelessly Moyo T M L, Mtetwa B L, Bydawell C organised and coached the House. Our set and choice (term 1 and 2), Coleman G (term 1 and 2), songs were beautifully sung and the 3rd position was a Ganyani T B (term 1 and 2), Jongwe T well-earned triumph. Well done to the whole House. In (term 1 and 2) public speaking, the junior and senior speakers, Chikwete K and Sibanda L spoke well to secure top spots in their individual categories, but overall the House came second last due some poor communication. The Chess team came third.

As a house, Founders continues to have boys doing well in the academic section. A good number of boys walked away with academic prizes on speech day and the details are mentioned in the appropriate section. A record number of junior and senior sportsmen were selected for the provincial and national teams this year and these deserve special mention. These are listed below:

Name Provincial National Butler R Hockey U18 Hockey U18 Bydawell C Rugby U18 Rugby U18, Water polo U18 Angling Chikwete K Athletics T Zvobgo at the Astra Challenge Chinaka K CHSZ soccer The House system is clearly one of the strengths of the Dhana BL Tennis U18 College. The Tattersfield Cup being the most prestigious Fraser G Cricket U18 cup in the College, is a measure of a house's all-round Rugby U18 achievement. With the Inter-House competitions as Godfrey B Squash U13 Squash U13 fierce as ever this year, the Tattersfield Cup changed Keefe A Cricket U16 Tennis U16 hands between Founders and Tredgold several times Tennis U16 Cricket U16 during the course of the year. The house had to wait until Keefe R Hockey U17 the last assembly of the term to find out the overall Machaya T Rugby U14 Rugby U14 winner for the year. Founders members can rightly feel Mazango T CHSZ soccer proud of their house this year for coming 1st , proving to Michelson B Water polo U15 Water polo U15 be the most balanced house in the College. Moyo TML CHSZ soccer Mushati T Basketball U17 With a good number of sportsmen in the junior and Ndlovu TE Athletics U16 Noach MN Rugby U14 senior section of the House, the win came as no surprise Cricket U14 as we did well in all major team and individual Inter- Scheepers R Tennis U16 Tennis U16 House sports except for senior tennis. We were ranked in Sibanda LK Rugby U18 Rugby U18 and the top two in most activities, with Tredgold being our sevens main rival. Six first positions, six second positions and Sibanda MZ Basketball U17 five third positions in the twenty-four sport categories Small DW Squash U14 Polo crosse U14 was an outstanding achievement. As a House, we pulled Small M Hockey U17 Hockey U17 our weight in places where expected and even where we Polo crosse U16 had never really been known to perform such as TK Ndlovu Hockey U18 Hockey U18 swimming. Coming 3rd was a major achievement and we Ushewokunze M Rugby U17 Rugby U17 hope we finally broke the jinx in that area. All this would Van Breda C Hockey U17 not have happened without the organisation of the L6 Van Breda L Swimming U14 Swimming U14 group who were tasked with the overseeing of all Inter- Walker K Basketball U18 House activities. Worsley J Cricket U18 Rugby U17 Rugby U17 The House's driving motto was “teamwork can make the whole, worth more than the sum of its parts” and indeed Managing the house has been challenging. A number of this proved to be true. our Forms 1's took longer than the usual to settle into the system. However, the group come has back strongly Our academic and cultural areas propped us up and we towards the end of the year. The Form 2's found deservedly came 3rd overall, our lowest in the last three themselves struggling in the Adventure Course as they

52 support and involvement over the year. The parental support in all spheres has been encouraging. Material, financial and support for the Houses' annual fundraiser were good and the initiative to renovate the House is a welcome development. Thank you to all involved. I would like to make special mention of the Old Boys who also popped in and made their presence felt. Hearing what they have to say about their time spent in the House is always a pleasure. Last but not the least, I thank the boys, for their efforts in all spheres of Falcon life.

At the end of term, we bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Katsande who are leaving the College for greener pastures. Their invaluable support in the House will be could not agree on anything. It was a big learning curve greatly missed and as a House we wish them happy for them and hopefully next year they will work as a unit. landings. The third formers and the exam candidates did exceptionally well, balancing their academics with all Finally I would like to congratulate Greg Fraser, as the other commitments. Such a spirit is what the House next Head of School from Founders House. Tapiwa needs and I hope this will prevail in the year to come. Zvobgo takes on the role of Head of House and I am sure Well done to you all. he will be well supported by a team of keen prefects. It remains a thrust within the House that boys are allowed In a successful year like this, there are many people to 'find their space' within the group and live peacefully involved and as such there are many people to thank. I and in cooperation with the other members of the House thank my fellow Housemasters for their invaluable while fulfilling their potential. I am sure the new prefect support and advice and the House staff, House prefects body will agree and embrace the thought. Another year, and the Head of the House for their efforts in the running another challenge! of the House. It has always been a pleasure to meet the Founders parents and I thank you for your continued Joe Makurumidze FOUNDERS HOUSE

Top row: (Left to right) Chinaka K, Locke CI, Fraser GA, Zvobgo TRJD, Mabobe MN, Nyamana WK, Walker K, Chitima C, Mderede CA, Kidia K, Mlotshwa V Fifth row: Mazango T, Worsley JP, Sururu I, Nyandoro SK, Mazango M, Gilmour B, Mushati TA, Zonde N, Matukutire T, Sibanda MZ, Ushewokunze MN, Van Breda CH, Small MR, Keefe RD Fourth row: Mtetwa BL, Scheepers RP, Gumede L, Makuwaza T, Magure TN, Machaya PJ, Butler CPO, Follwell BD, Choto AT, Chikwete MT, Keefe AD, Ross BP, Munemo WP, Gwate H Third row: Mafa P, Small DW, Ndlovu TE, Davies MN, Zvinowanda C, Tshuma WB, Mugona M, Michelson B, Mcnab MD, Mahachi TA, Zvobgo TAZ, Moyo EE Second row: Mr G Katsande, Mrs D Kelly, Moyo TML, Ganyani TB, McLintock D, Jongwe TM, Sibanda LK, Ndlovu TK, Mr ZJ Makurumidze, Quinter PI, Dhana BL, Butler RA, Coleman GR, Mr A Moyo, Bydawell CJ, Mrs R Katsande Bottom row: (Left to Right): Mderede TK, Oostindien JM, Noach MN, Gilmour L, Muramba PP, Kawadza TJ, Zvinowanda M, Machaya PJ, Mokuele LM, Van Breda LH, Mushariwa T, Mutero T, Godfrey BJ, Grihault C

53 GEORGE GREY HOUSE

Housemaster: Mr D N L Grant The most important achievements of George Grey House Tutor: Mr I Museba in 2012, in my opinion, remain achieving 2nd place in the Assistant Tutors: Mr A Mutape; Ms A Watson Academic Cup competition and winning the Send Ups Staff: Mr J Cocks; Mrs C Ferreira; trophy. The core business of any school remains academic Mr B Ray input. A place in the top two in the College's premier College Prefects: A Senderayi (Head of House); academic event is an important achievement - but in the A Muil case of 2012, this placing was definitely achieved through House Prefects: T Bristow; K Gotore; effort and not just through academic talent. The winning N Kamhuka; T Madamba; of the Send Ups trophy is the evidence that justifies this M V S Moyo; I Riley; statement, as many of the boys who achieved tuck shop D Tomlinson vouchers for the number of send-ups that they achieved were not placed in the top 3 in their classes. I commend the House for the academic effort in 2012.

Mr D Grant, A Senderayi & Mr P Cannon George Grey House enjoyed a positive and productive year in 2012. Certainly there were disappointments, and the House is definitely not strong in general terms on the sports field - although we have managed to remain a force on the College swimming scene. However, House spirit remains strong and I do not believe that George Grey can be accused of giving up at any time.

It is also gratifying that George Grey House came first in the cultural component of the Tattersfield Cup scoring. The winning of the Inter-House Singing Competition was a memorable achievement. The House also came first in the component embracing challenges outside the mainstream of College activities. The George Grey House victory in the Tour de Falcon cycling event was a notable achievement in this context. George Grey House was placed fourth in the Tattersfield Cup for 2012.

The maintenance of a strong and positive House spirit is George Grey's greatest assurance that they will continue to make a strong contribution to Falcon College in the next few years. House spirit has always been a feature of George Grey and I remain entirely satisfied that it is as strong as ever.

The staff and boys of George Grey House extend our most sincere condolences to Cecile and Jan Ferreira on the passing of their husband and father, Kobus, during the year. We thoroughly enjoyed Kobus's all too brief association with the House. We honour the memory of a D Coetzee fine man with a heart as big as his smile.

54 I would like to s u r r e a l t h a n k t h e experience to George Grey b e o n t h e prefect body for periphery of the job that they everything did during the t h a t w a s year, and to happening. I wish all our would like to leavers every thank Mr Isaac good fortune in Museba most the future. I also sincerely for thank every taking over the member of staff reins of House t h a t w a s mastership for attached to this term and George Grey for doing such during the year. Three generations of house masters - Mr P Cannon, Mr D Grant & Mr T Marais a good job for I've fully us. appreciated the job that they do for the House. 2013 will bring any number of challenges. George Grey is fully capable of meeting them all and maintaining high The 3rd term was a strange experience for me as I was on standards in every area. We look forward to those sabbatical to complete the writing of the history of Falcon challenges and remain confident that 2013 will be a good College. Although I was around in an advisory capacity, year for us all. and continued to do a duty evening during each week to stay in contact with George Grey - it remained a slightly Dave Grant

GEORGE GREY HOUSE

Back Row : K.Mayihlome, A.Oatley, C.Charsley, N.Nell, G.Mafurirano, T.Furusa, S.Armstrong, A.Leared, N.Dhlodhlo,K.Mayihlome. Row 4 : R.Oatley, B.Ndlela, M.Strydom, M.Sibanda, T.Masiri, A.Vera, B.Staddon, C.Bray, H.wood, M.Dodington,N.Nell,V.Janhi, C.Mangezi, R.Rosenfels, G.Strydom,I.Munikwa. Row 3 : T.Singano, P.Nhunzwi, D.Makunike, B.Manton, J.Blatch, D.Coetzee, P.Ruswa, T.Mabhudhu, R.Herbst,A.Magagula, K.Manhando,T.Dhlembeu, K.Sherriffs. Row 2 : E.Kadzere, T.Madamba, I.Riley, M.Moyo,Ms. A.Watson, A.Senderayi (Head of House), D.N.L.Grant Esq (Housemaster),A.Muil (College Prefect), I.Museba Esq.,K.Gotore, A.Mutape Esq., N.Kamhuka, Mrs. C.Ferreira,T.Bristow,D.Tomlinson. Row 1 : J.Freeth, A.Ruprecht, M.Mabhena,P.Mafi,S.Dodington, J.Stone, S.Hammond,B.Nyathi,P.Dhlamini,J.Charsley,I.Collett, R.Sherriffs, T.Mabhudhu,M.Stone,E.Paunganwa,T.Choruma,K.Schultz,L.Herbst,T.Gotore.

55 HERVEY HOUSE

Housemaster: M R Khumalo in by the boys, changed our fortunes around and we came Tutor: J Makola 3rd in the Inter-House Athletics Relay competition and Assistant tutors: T Ndlovu, S Khumalo, J Stewart, then we rounded off the first term with an incredible S Ncube, S L Ncube, J Ferreira performance on Founders Day, that saw the boys Head of House: B A Mason rewarded with the Founders Day trophy, that the House Prefects: R Bhebhe, C Mawere, had not won for years. This summed up the character M Connery, P Shonhiwa, and attitude of the House throughout the year. We were P Swales, D D D Ndlovu, able to come in the middle of all the Inter-House events, K Chilufya, K Reid, E Mlambo, but it was evident that the House's efforts academically R Dube, L Herscovitz needs to be looked at very carefully in the coming year, to help the house maintain consistency with all other house events.

There were a lot of individual achievements by the boys and it is important to mention some of these: Name Provincial National MMcBean Polo Cross T Nenhunzi National U14 Cricket C Pritchard Swimming B Mhuriyengwe Athletics Basketball, Rugby S Bhasera U17 Rugby B Watson U17 Cricket Hockey A Viljoen Hockey K Bint Hockey K Chilufya Athletics P Shonhiwa CHISZ Soccer K Reid Rugby R Bhebhe Rugby T Mujuru P Swales Captain of Falcon Swimming. Hervey House has had an exceptional year as a whole. J Masimba Astra Award (F 3) B Blatch Individual Squash Champion My appointment as the Housemaster of Hervey was indeed an honour. The House turned 56 (its inception This has been a really rewarding year for the House and I was in 1956) making it one of the oldest houses in the would like to thank my supporting staff, who made my College starting with a mere 31 boys. This year the total job a lot easier in every possible way. I thank the boys for number rose to 71 young men eager to take the House to your efforts. To my wife, I thank you for doing all the greater heights.

The house started off the year under the leadership of a very motivated U6 that took it upon themselves to steer the house into what was going to be a successful year, mainly in the internal systems and hierarchical structure that was implemented from day one.

We had a slow start in the Inter-House Cross Country events coming last in all events. Thereafter, the amount of effort in the House training sessions and extra hours put

S Bhasera

56 daunting administration duties and being a mother to all leadership of Brett Mason. He led by example at the helm the boys. To the form ones, I congratulate you on and I hope your lessons learnt in the last six or so years finishing off your first year as proud Hervey boys and it's will remain with you. It will be a daunting task to emulate good to see that there was a 0% turnover and not one of and surpass what has been achieved this year, but I look you have hinted at leaving. To the upper sixes, I sincerely forward to 2013. thank you for your resilience and dedication to making the difference, as the hierarchy of the house under the Rodwell Khumalo HERVEY HOUSE

Top row: T.Madondo, F.Maidwell, A.Ngorora, K.Bint, D.MacIntosh, S.Musarurwa, B.J.Blatch, K.Hewitt, H.Swales, A.Viljoen, J.Wiggill, T.Mujuru Fifth row: B.Watson, K.Karakadzai, M.Rautenbach, D.Mjumi, S.Bhasera, B.T.Mhuriyengwe, D.Mpofu, B.Chapeyama, A.Bennie, N.Chiofa, S.Ncube, Fourth row: Miss T. Nldovu, J.Masimba, G.Fari, M.Bwerinofa, T.Dlamini, A.Foyn, C.Pritchard, B.Muntanga, A.ngorora, R.Madimure Third row: Mrs J Stewart, D.D.D.Ndlovu, T.Mugwara, S.Maringa, B.Botes, E.Mlambo, T.Dube, C.J.Burger, T.Rance, P.Shonhiwa, S.Hove, J.Viljoen, Mr J.Ferreira Second row: S.Banda, Mrs.S. Khumalo, K.J.Chilufya, P.T.Shonhiwa, R.S.Bhebhe, Mrs S.Ncube, R.Dube, B.A.Mason, MR.R.Khumalo, P.Swales, Mr.S.Ncube, K.Reid, L.Herscovitz, M.Connery, C.Mawere, Mr.J.Makola Bottom Row: Z.Mugwara, B.T.Mushoriwa, M.Kermer, J.Zuze, G.Nhari, L.Sibanda, K.Bakkes-Bunting, W.Swales, K.Garakasha, H.Miti, M.McBean, T.Cunha, T.Nenhunzi, F.Crowther, T.Duri

57 OATES HOUSE

Housemaster: Mr P Heymans Tutor: Mr J Shaw Assistant Tutors: Mrs C Guthrie, Mr S Nyathi, Mrs J Fleming, Mrs B Heymans, Mrs H Macdonald Staff: Mr G Macdonald College Prefects: R W Hyslop (Head of House), D Gibbons (College Prefect) House Prefects: J K Machibaya, G S Matina, N Chuma, B P Randell.

Form Ones 2012

This has again been a good year for Oates. At the risk of appearing to be a sore loser I must point out that with 63 boys we were the smallest house by a significant margin. Admittedly we did not cover ourselves in glory in the post the best “A” level results and I am happy with our Tattersfield Cup stakes, coming tie fifth with Hervey, but performance in this area. We also managed a third in the we still managed some very pleasing performances. Cultural Part of the competition, coming first in the Oates came tie third in the Academic Cup though we did Chess.

It was in the major team events such as the galas, athletics and cross country where we struggled. Although we managed to do relatively well in the senior cross country events, we still were placed sixth overall. In the other team events such as cricket, soccer and waterpolo. we were placed third and I was particularly pleased with this result. One of the highlights was winning the senior Inter- House cricket.

I have again been very pleased with the house leadership and it has been a pleasure to once again have two College Prefects in Oates. I would like to thank my prefects and also my seniors for what I consider to be a well run year. It must be said that Ryan Hyslop has been a perfect counterpart especially because of his placid laid back manner. I have been very impressed with the approachability of all my senior boys – I never felt that they were not totally on-sides and I was especially pleased that they attended to their duties right up until the end of their year. Once again I have had great support from the staff who help out in Oates and I would like to thank them all most sincerely.

B Randell Pierre Heymans

58 OATES HOUSE

Back Row (l to r): Matshe M, Machibaya MT, Wardley DH, Ngozo S, de Vries TH, Peall DF, Mtswedu M, Marchussen OD, Nyabereka SI, 5th row (l to r): Dhana JC, Bahlangene V, Williams BD, Hwenjere RE, Erasmus BL, Randell CM, Gumede TBA, Tapera-Gamanya T, Allard JC, Masimira WM, Mhlanga ZT 4th Row (l to r): Randell SM, Burke CJA, Matshe SM, Kontemeniotis X, Starch KV, Sibanda AF, Kanyekanye SM, Mandaza GA, Schlachter JJ, Mpofu TT, Razunguzwa NT, Zhuwarara BF 3rd Row (l to r): Mrs J Fleming, Sutton CS, Rousseau KR, Bingley AR, Mawire TS, Randell HA, Mavunga LJN, Ngozo SK, Matshe D, Kwari MS, Mrs C Guthrie, Jemuce T 2nd Row (l to r): Chikondo T, Mr J Shaw, Chuma N, Mrs B Heymans, Hyslop RW, Mr P Heymans (Housemaster) Gibbons D, Mr S Nyathi, Machibaya JK, Randell BP, Matina GS Front Row (l to r): Harrison T, Dhana EC, Chiramba RN, Hickey AC, Brice EA, Winskill N, Rowe S, Munyonga KE, Kundiona C, Learmonth MC, Razunguzwa N, Zinyemba C, Sibanda P, Hoard JS

59 TREDGOLD HOUSE

Housemaster: Mr W A J Randle academic potential, Tredgold boys are no worse off than Tutor: Mr F Majuba those in other Houses. Our A level results last year were Assistant tutors: Mr M Ncube; Mrs T Ndlovu the second best in the school. Nevertheless we cannot be Mentor: Mrs P Ndlovu complacent and measures to enhance our academic Head of House: W Ullrich performance will be introduced next year. College Prefect: G Nhlamba House Prefects: M Mlambo; S Dlodlo; N Moyo Results on the cultural front were varied. The singing competition didn't go our way, in spite of practising a great deal, but then won the debating with considerable panache. We also had a lot of boys involved in the school play, Robin Hood.

In September the House did a twenty kilometre sponsored walk in aid of the Dorothy Duncan Home for the Physically Handicapped and Blind. Just under $1000 was raised. It is intended that this sort of charitable contribution will continue in the years to come.

The House remains in a reasonably good state of repair although some parts are beginning to show some wear and tear and will need a facelift within a couple of years. The orchard is intact and has produced the odd lemon but growth of most of the trees is slow.

Time management has always been a challenge to the young, but in recent years at Falcon, access to internet, cell G Nhlamba phone communications and social media sites has made Tredgold remains in good spirit. In sport, the House it even more difficult to get right. Recently one senior dominated Inter-House events, both in major sports and Tredgold boy said that during the holidays, when he is the majority of minor ones. The 'triple crown' of wins: not regulated, he can spend up to 10 hours a day using his Relay Day, Swimming Gala and Founders Day continued various gadgets and accessing social media sites! It to be elusive. Last year George Grey beat us at the gala, would not be unreasonable to say that even at school a while this year Hervey 'pipped' us on Founders Day! In huge amount of time is 'lost' in this way. the Tattersfield Cup we were placed second to Founders House by 11 points, dragged down by our relatively poor Undoubtedly high tech gadgets and social media sites academic performance. However, 20% of the House have are here to stay and will remain a huge part of modern been National sports representatives! life, so a challenge for staff in Tredgold next year and in the long term is to help the boys get the balance right and While academics may show a worrying trend, I remain ensure academics, appreciation of the outdoors, exercise confident that when it comes to reaching their full and normal social interaction do not suffer unduly.

Founders Day Champions

60 20km Walk For Charity M Cripps

I would like to thank the House Staff for the contributions that they have made to the House over the year and also to thank the Upper 6 for all that they have done and wish them all the best in their lives ahead. Our special thoughts and prayers go to Martial Cripps, one of our leavers, who was diagnosed with Leukaemia during his A level exams. The latest news is good and we pray that he makes a full recovery.

Will Randle TREDGOLD HOUSE

Top row - (From left to right): R. Manemo, J. Jackman, B. Scheepers, G. Fargnoli, R. Rochat, D. Nyatsanza, S. Hammond, F. Dollar, B. Sargeant, E. Wasara Fifth row: E.J Mhlanga, T. Mujakachi, Zakeo, M. Swannick, B. Stoddart, Justin Zietsman, M. Waugh, S. Pretorius, J. Muchativukwa, Kwidini, T. Jones, W. Dlodlo Fourth row: A, Nxumalo, D. Mazvimavi, K. Karuwo, L. Fargnoli, E Nxumalo, S. Synder, B. Mutanga, Jordan Zietsman, T. Potera, B. Taylor, N. Mashanyare, J. Campbell, Mr. S. Ncube Third row: Mrs. T Ndlovu, J. Bryant, K. Eksteen, A. Chabata, M. Ndlovu, D. Mushaka, D. Lenton, J. Mulambo, M. Mazvimavi, K. Chisare, Tadiwa. Mhonde, S. Hinmers, D. Sargeant, Mr. W. Mackenzie Second row: Mrs P. Ndlovu, S. Dlodlo, S. Chiwaka, P. Silundika, N. Moyo, J. Kurewa, G. Nhlamba, W. Ullrich, Mr. W Randle, B. Langley, Mr. F. Majuba, B. Hawthorne, R. Dos Santos, M. Mlambo, M. Cripps, Mr. O. Pike Bottom row: A, Stodart, L. Mushaka, M. Manemo, T. Catterall, R. Scheepers, T. Chiremba, C. Mupeso, D. Mann, M. Synder, L. Dube, Z. Moyo, G. Chivasa, ABSENT - R. Johnston, T. Mhonde

61 62 SOFT SKILLS IN EDUCATION

Wikipedia refers to Soft Skills as:- into play more and more as decision making, thinking in situ and making rational decisions on A sociological term relating to a person's EQ what information one has, is vital. (Emotional Intelligence Quotient); the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, A boarding environment provides a perfect micro- language, personal habits, friendliness and environment where young people are required to optimism that characterize relationships with other make decisions based on the information that is people. Soft skills complement hard skills (part of a available at the time. Success and failure occur and person's I Q), which are the occupational provided one learns from these situations, one goes requirements of a job and many other activities. forward.

So that's what they are – how then do we ensure our The teachers are the facilitators of the process and scholars are getting these skills taught in all classes the managing of these situations is very delicate. and in the extramural programmes on a daily basis? One has to give a lot to gain a little in these situations and a bad reaction can destroy the gaining of a Firstly, l think that boarding institutions have a useful skill. greater opportunity to teach and expose their pupils to soft skills. Things like honesty, reliability, Yes, there is a risk but one risks much to gain a lot personal integrity and ability to follow regulations and to mature with as many soft skills as possible. are all taught in a boarding environment. My desire is to keep our micro-life environment as These soft skills enhance an individual's interaction real as we can. We take risks to let these soft skills with his fellow man, fellow worker and generally in emerge, as young people grow in our boarding the community that they live. school environment.

As one gets higher up the educational ladder, the corporate ladder or even society – these skills come R W Querl

Mrs D Kelly & Form 1 Boys

63 THE 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM Let me begin by quoting from the British secretary for drastically. Born into the digital age, the learner of today Education, Michael Gove (January 2012): spends an awful lot of his time out of school using a The fundamental model of school education is still a digital device; be it a smart phone, an iPod, an iPad, a teacher talking to a group of pupils. It has barely changed computer, an e-reader, a television or other electronic over the centuries, even since Plato established the device, and the list is growing. The centuries-old earliest “akademia” in a shady olive grove in ancient educational system has become irrelevant and Athens. completely inappropriate for these students, the digital natives. It was never designed to cater for them in the A Victorian schoolteacher could enter a 21st century first place. The digital natives are being exposed to an classroom and feel completely at home. Whiteboards increasing number of gadgets and technology than was may have eliminated chalk dust, chairs may have never thought possible. This is having a profound effect migrated from rows to groups, but a teacher still stands in on the way they learn. Any educationist will tell you that front of the class, talking, testing and questioning. meaningful learning will only take place if the learner is But that model won't be the same in twenty years' time. It actively involved in the learning process, which has to be may well be extinct in ten years! within their experiences. The digital natives can only be actively involved in the learning process if the learning is Technology is already bringing about profound driven by technology and the culture of technology is transformation in education, in ways that we can see what precisely their experiences are all about. before our very eyes and in others that we haven't even dreamt of. In the 21st century digital natives will learn by using the power of modern technology. The power of this To confirm what was said I decided to browse the internet technology will be used to learn anything, anytime and for pictures of a Victorian school in session. The pictures anywhere. Classrooms are no longer defined by the revealed that the classroom of today is remarkably confines of rigid walls. 21st century strategies will similar to the Victorian school. Indeed little has changed require an evolution far beyond the 19th century. The in as far as the model of a teacher is concerned. teaching should become student-centred and must infuse technology into the learning experiences if it is to be This begs some questions: Why has the paradigm of a relevant. It must also emphasize higher-order thinking teacher not changed over the centuries despite huge skills. advances in technology? Why has there been such a mind-boggling inertia and delay to the inevitable change But the new technology still faces a great deal of and which way should we go in the 21st century? In resistance from educators. This is understandable order to answer these questions we need to look at the because instinct often dictates that we do things the way type of learner in the 21st century, the current teacher and we've always done them and teachers being digital his role, the desirable characteristics of a 21st century immigrants will have that natural instinctive inclination. teacher, the technological gadgets that will be available to We also have this strange problem of digital immigrant the 21st century learner and the technologies that will parents raising digital native children and digital need to be deployed in the classroom. immigrant teachers instructing digital native children.

Marc Prensky, an internationally acclaimed speaker, We can easily identify three types of current teachers. writer, consultant and innovator in the field of education Firstly there are those teachers who have not embraced and learning has identified the core of the matter. the use of technology in the classroom and wish to remain According to Marc Prensky the students of today are born compliant with the centuries-old model. These teachers and raised in a culture of technology and are what will resist change and try to rationalise their resistance to Prensky refers to as digital natives. Conversely the vast change. Fortunately this lot of teachers is fast becoming majority of teachers at this point in time were not raised in an anachronism, and their days are numbered. They will the digital age. They are, to all intents and purposes, certainly become obsolete in the next 20 years, if not digital immigrants, according to Prensky. Parents also earlier. join the ranks of the digital immigrants. This has created Secondly there are those teachers who are willing to a digital divide where students are digital natives and incorporate the technology into their teaching but use the teachers and parents are digital immigrants. Prensky technology in what are essentially teacher-centred suggests that we have to close this digital divide for the approaches – much of the new stuff to teach the old ways. sake of the students otherwise the student and the teacher Such teachers have accepted change but are reluctant to will become totally incompatible and with time may give up their instinctive traditional approach to actually become mutually exclusive, frightening as it education. might be. Finally there are those teachers who have fully embraced While the paradigm of the teacher has not changed since the use of technology in the classroom and now resonate the days of Plato through the Victorian era to the present well with the needs of the digital natives. Such teachers day, students of the 21st century have changed have successfully closed the digital divide between the

64 digital natives and the digital immigrants. These teachers direction. Work has started on the essential have the desired characteristics of a 21st century teacher. infrastructural projects to ready ourselves for teaching in The mobile revolution has dawned upon us. There is now the 21st century as we strive to close the digital divide a large range of learning devices that offer portability and between the digital natives and the digital immigrants. ease of use and are becoming affordable. These are now The centuries-old paradigm of a teacher standing in front readily available to the 21st century digital native. of a class with a chalkboard behind him/her and verbally Examples are Notebooks, mobile phones, iPods, tablets churning out information will belong become an such as Kindles and iPads, e-readers, PDA's, and a lot anachronism at Falcon College. more are coming onto the market. We are determined to ensure that a teacher from the Mobile learning technologies offer educators and Victorian era visiting Falcon College in the not-too- students a more flexible approach to learning. The distant future should feel completely out of place. mobile learning technology can be used everywhere; in the classroom, in the hostel studies, in the gardens and Tendeka Matatu even on the bus going to Harare on a fixture-free weekend. Most mobile devices now enable internet access, and this is great.

It will be important for each student to have an internet- ready device that he or she can work on anywhere and at any time. It is important that computers become personal to each learner. With the advent of cloud computing the devices need not have huge processing powers as long as they have high-speed connection to the cloud where the storage of data and processing will take place. The range of digital devices that can be deployed in a 21st century classroom is large and here I have listed some of those that are considered essential at this point in time. · A WIFI (wireless network) covering the whole school will be needed. Devices such as mobile phones and tablets should be able to access the internet from the classrooms and elsewhere. This will be vital if the rigid walls of the traditional classroom are to give way to the global village offering on-line resources, collaborative learning and social networking. · Interactive boards powered by short- throw multi-media projectors should A Viljoen L6 replace the chalk board or the whiteboard. The multi-media projectors should have internet connectivity via the WIFI and should support HDMI. · Student Response systems, also known as clickers enable students to give their responses individually. The teacher is able to identify which students have learnt the material being taught and can be used in formative assessments. · Audio-enhancement systems are useful for enhancing all sounds in the classroom. The speakers integrate all sounds from video streaming, movies and video clips. · A document camera will be needed to project a student's work, pictures, etc just like the erstwhile overhead projector.

Falcon College has embraced the digital age in all aspects of the curriculum. Though we may not have gone far enough at this stage, we are certainly moving in the right B Langley U6

65 ACADEMIC RESULTS

ADVANCED LEVEL RESULTS

4 Passes 2 Passes Leroy K Sibanda (3A, 1B) Alan CR Muil (1A, 1B) Tapiwanashe K Ndlovu (3A, 1B) Pascal I Quinter (1B, 1C, 1e-AS) Bongani L Mtetwa (4B) Warwick DJ Ullrich (2C, 1e-AS) Craig Jason Bydawell (1C, 1D, 1d-AS) Justin K Machibaya (1C, 1D) 3 Passes Bryn J Langley (1C, 1D, 1d-AS) Njabulo P Moyo (2A, 1B) Travis D Boshoff (1C, 1E, 1d-AS) Tarquin J Bristow (1A*, 1B, 1D) Gregory R Coleman (1C, 1E, 1c-AS) Tonderai Madamba (2B, 1D) Tyler D Rowe (1C, 1E, 1d-AS) Brett A Mason (1B, 1C, 1D) Levi Herscovitz (1D, 1E) Simbarashe S Banda (1B, 1C, 1D) Kingsley B Reid (1C, 1E) Hlalefang Gwate (1B, 1C, 1D) Phillip M Silundika (1C, 1E) Cyril Mawere (1B, 2D) Matthew I Connery (2D, 1e-AS) Benjamin P Randell (1B, 2C) Ian L Riley (1D, 1E, 1e-AS) Simon M Randell (1B, 1C, 1D) Martial H Cripps (1D, 1E) Mziwakhiwe VS Moyo (1B, 1C, 1E) Phillip S Swales (1D, 1E) Sindiso DM Dlodlo (3C) Tafadzwa T Chida (2E, 1e-AS) Takunda A Chikondo (2C, 1D) Blair Dhana (2C, 1D) 1 Pass Ryan W Hyslop (2C, 1D) Calvin L Blignaut (1C, 1c-AS, 1d-AS) Tafadzwa R Madyegasva (2C, 1D) Alistair R Griffin (1C, 2d-AS) Chester Taruvinga (2C, 1D) Sifiso S Madonko (1C, 1c-AS) Tanaka G Kurewa (2C, 1E) Barry R Hawthorne (1C, 1d-AS, 1e-AS) Tinotenda M Jongwe (1C, 1D, 1E) Matthew Armstrong (1C, 1d-AS, 1e-AS) Ngoni J Kamhuka (1C, 1D, 1E) Dean ND Tomlinson (1C) Graham N Nhlamba (1C, 1D, 1E) Ryan A Dos Santos (1D, 1c-AS) Kundai W Gotore (1C, 2E) Dale Gibbons (1D, 1d-AS) Dumezweni DD Ndlovu (3D) Keagan R Walder (1D) Robin S Bhebhe (1D, 2E) Alva Jnr Senderayi (1E, 1c-AS) Ryan A Butler (1D, 2E) Bradley Tinashe Ganyani (1E, 1e-AS) Simbarashe Chiwaka (1D, 2E) Devyn Mclintock (1E, 1e-AS) Gerard S Matina (1D, 2E) Eshmael Mlambo (1E, 1e-AS) Jonathan T Mutambara (1D, 2E) Thando ML Moyo (1E)

AS RESULTS - OCTOBER 2012

4 Passes Mutsa D Mtswedu (1c, 1d, 2e) Travis P Kersten (2a, 1b, 1c) Moses N Mabobe (2d, 2e) Daniel F Peall (2a, 1b, 1d) Aiden C Oatley (2d, 2e) Daniel Nyatsanza (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) Bongani TP Mashange (1a, 1b, 1c, 1e) 3 Passes Frank I Dollar (2b, 1d, 1e) Stewart Murray Armstrong (2b, 1c) Tanaka A Chida (1b, 3c) Takudzwa W Matondi (2b, 1d) Tamuka Masanga (4c) Keegan A Bint (2b, 1e) Takunda K Furusa (1b, 2d, 1e) Benjamin J Blatch (1b, 1c, 1d) Greg A Fraser (1b, 2d, 1e) Kieran S Hewitt (1b, 1c, 1e) Stuart Craig Coetzee (1b, 1d, 2e) Rocky C Rochat (1b, 2d) Andrew B Leared (2c, 2d) Anthony P Ngorora (1b, 1d, 1e) Chase J Charsley (2c, 1d, 1e) Tapiwa RJD Zvobgo (1b, 1d, 1e) Cameron Ian Locke (1c, 2d, 1e) Giovanni H Fargnoli (1c, 1d, 1e) Kelvin Chinaka (2c, 2d) Carl Chitima (1c, 2e) Tashinga T Mhonde (2c, 1d, 1e) Christopher C Friend (2d, 1e) David G MacIntosh (1b, 3e) Tapiwa T Madondo (2d, 1e) Keith M Walker (1c, 3d) Mbuliswa V Matshe (1d, 2e)

66 Tatenda A Mujuru (1d, 2e) Garikai V Mafurirano (1d, 1e) Kieran S Hewitt (1b, 1c, 1e) Ronald N Manemo (1d,1e) Takudzwa W Matondi (2b, 1d) Stewart K Ngozo (1d, 1e) Oscar D Marchussen (2e) 2 Passes Kwanele CL Mayihlome (2e) Joshua D Jackman (1b, 1c) Michael AT Mlambo (2e) Hunter M Swales (2c) Brendon Slade Sargeant (2e) Andre M Viljoen (2c) Deon H Wardley (2e) Shaun S Hammond (1c, 1e) Nicholas AD Nell (1c, 1d) 1 Pass Tafadzwa Dhafana (2d) Ndimenhle I Dhlodhlo (1d) Matthew T Machibaya (2d) Romeo N Dube (1d) Krishna T Kidia (1d, 1e) Simbarashe I Nyabereka (1d)

IGCSE EXAM RESULTS

10 C Grades or better scored Colin A Bray (2B, 5C) Ibrahim S Sururu (6A*, 3A, 1B) Thomas P Wood (3B, 4C) Victor E Janhi (4A*, 5A, 1B) Bruce D Stodart (3B, 4C) Takudzwa S Katsokore (3A*, 5A, 2B) Emmanuel J Mhlanga (1B, 6C) Michael R Small (3A*, 4A, 3B) Zibusiso T Mhlanga (2A*,5A, 3B) Mbongeni Bhebhe (3A*, 1A, 3B, 3C) 6 C Grades or better scored Tawedzerwa DU Zhou (8A, 2B) Michael O'Hagan (1A, 1B, 4C) Victor Bahlangene (5A, 4B, 1C) Jordan C Dhana (2B, 4C) Denzel Mjumi (1A*, 3A, 6B) Sandiselwe Ncube (2B, 4C) Jack Allard (3A, 6B, 1C) Stanley K Nyandoro (6C) Advent SA Mambinge (4A, 6C) 5 C Grades or better scored 9 C Grades or better scored Takudzwa E Karakadzai (1A, 1B, 3C) Stephen M Bhasera (6A*, 2A, 1B) Christiaan KA Mangezi (1A, 1B, 3C) Ralph E Hwenjere (3A*, 4A, 2B) Chase van Breda (2B, 3C) Keith Ndlovu (2A*, 4A, 3B) Brian Mhuriyengwe (1B, 4C) Wayne T Dlodlo (1A*, 5A, 2B, 1C) Nathan LD Nell (1B, 4C) Rekopantsoe HS Nare (3A, 5B, 1C) Nkosilathi B Ndlovu (1B, 4C) Tinashe J Matukutire (2A, 5B, 2C) Neville T Zonde (1B, 4C) David MN Mpofu (2A, 6B, 1C) Charles M Randell (2A, 4B, 3C) Tawanda T Zakeo (1A, 6B, 2C) 4 C Grades or better scored Sebastian P Pretorius (1A, 5B, 3C) Masimba W Masimira (1A*, 3C) Michael J Marriott-Dodington (4B, 5C) Tinashe Tapera-Gamanya (1A, 3C) Tatenda Masiri (2B, 2C) 8 C Grades or better scored Gareth William Strydom (2B, 2C) Nigel Chiofa (4A*, 2A, 2C) Matthew N Ushewokunze (4C) Tumeliso C Mathe (1A*, 4A, 2B, 1C) Marshall Mazango (4C) Branden M Watson (3A, 4B, 1C) Tasimba I Munikwa (4C) Thabani BA Gumede (1A, 7B) Ryan C Rosenfels (1A, 6B, 1C) Jordan K Franceys (1A, 5B, 2C) 3 C Grades or better scored Brandon D Williams (1A, 5B, 2C) Guy H Gross (1B, 2C) Andrew R Bennie (1A, 2B, 5C) Rory D Keefe (1B, 2C) Mathew T Waugh (1A, 2B, 5C) Brighton T Chapeyama (3C) Tinotenda Mujakachi (1B, 7C) Arnold P Kwidini (3C) Heath K Gross (3C) 7 C Grades or better scored Alexander J Gifford (3C) Mzingaye Z Sibanda (1A, 5B, 1C) Aubrey J Vera (3C)

67 ACADEMIC CUP POINTS

The Academic Cup points competition provides every Points are also awarded for the top three positions in class student at Falcon College with the opportunity to as follows: contribute points to his house by performing well in the Position in Class Points Mark Orders.This is to encourage boys to score high 1st 3 marks in their assignments, tests and exams. The house 2nd 2 that performs best in the mark orders wins the 3rd 1 competition. Therefore the maximum each student can score for his This is how the points are determined: at the end of each house for a mark order is 10. term a composite term order is drawn up for each class. To ensure fairness, the raw scores are weighted to nullify The order is based on the mean score of all the subjects the the effect of the different numbers of students in the student does. In addition to the term order, composite houses. exam orders are similarly drawn up for all the classes in the second term, and for classes not writing public exams Tendeka Matatu in the third term.

The point(s) awarded for each mean score are as indicated below: Mean Score% Points 65 and above 7 60-64 6 55-59 5 50-54 4 45-49 3

40-44 2 T Zvobgo & 30-39 1 G Fraser

Academic Cup points for the year 2012 are as follows: HOUSE FIRST TERM SECOND TERM THIRD TERM GRAND TOTAL POSITION Mark Orders Mark Orders + Mark Orders (All Forms) + (All Forms) Exam Orders (All Forms) Exam Orders (Forms 1,2, 3&4D) Chubb 425 843 628 1896 1st George Grey 408 783 613 1804 2nd Founders 418 773 587 1778 3rd Oates 401 736 598 1735 4th Hervey 381 728 596 1705 5th Tredgold 395 696 548 1693 6th

68 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLIED ARTS LITERARY COMPETITION AWARDS

HONOURS college that had started the project. Sullivan found her - fascinated by her ideas that time was tangible and could “An Important Date” be moved like anything else. He was a visionary and he Branden Versfeld (3A) also had cash. He pulled her out of college and began funding her research. That was thirteen years ago. She “What is time but an illusion of the mind and its brushed her long blond hair out of her eyes as the traffic surroundings? Our brain wanders through it, pulled by moved forward again. the continuous flow, never changing pace. Time is constant, it never changes and although we may think A silver BMW pulled into the research complex and certain times vary one from another, they do not. Time is made a bee-line for the testing block. Barker stepped out not what our brains perceive as memories, we live of the car and entered the large grey building. Moving through events.” This is taken from Dr. Sam Sullivan's through all the security checkpoints, she made her way to speech at the unveiling of a new technology, one which the main test lab. The matrix was as usual in the middle of was to alter the future forever but not before it changed the room. She re-traced the path Sullivan had taken only the past. moments ago and found herself standing slack-jawed beside him in the sealed room. There on an aluminium The lab technician raced over the linoleum floor through bench lay a young man, his neck twisted in an awkward the corridor. His loafers squeaking with every step, he position, his eyes had sunk back into his head and blood came to a skidding halt at the threshold of Dr. Sullivan's was congealing around a large wound above his left eye. office. He reached out a trembling hand and gingerly Barker recognized him immediately, his name was Adolf knocked. “Sir?” he said in a trembling voice. “They're Hitler. back.” “What have you done?” gasped Barker. “And?” came a deep questioning voice. “Re-written history,” said Sullivan proudly. Barker “You need to see it for yourself, they succeeded. The time slapped him hard across the cheek. machine worked and…” “Do you realise the repercussions of your actions, you've “It is not a time machine!” boomed Sullivan in rage. “It's killed Hitler. Right now history is unravelling. The events an event matrix. How many times… never mind I'm on of the past are changing as we speak. The matrix was my way.” meant for research not murder.” “Of course sir.” The intern turned and left as quickly as he “He was a murderer. Taking his life saved millions. He could. The doctor hadn't been himself recently. It was the was one of history's greatest tyrants, Suzie don't you s...?” stress, and the lab technician had no intention of being Barker cut in again, “Never call me Suzie.” caught in one of the doctor's mood swings. Sullivan “I'm sorry, I forgot. But look at it this way. If history does emerged from his office like a hermit from its shell, his change, wouldn't it be for the better?” once handsome face now shrunken and grey. His “No, you can't take a support column out of a building intelligent eyes carried the weight of many nights and it and expect it to stay strong. Time is going to collapse and was beginning to show. He made his way briskly to the kill us all.” test lab; his strong athletic build carried him effortlessly “Enough!” he screamed. “I'm calling a press conference; over the floor. He came to a stop outside the screening the world will see the matrix tonight.” room, flashed his ID, and then entered the test lab. There He stormed out and left Barker alone with the lifeless it was, no larger than his torso, its shiny carbon fibre outer body of Hitler. shell glinted in the dim light. No control knobs or buttons, it was remotely operated and its surface was seamless. The crowd's applause was deafening as Sullivan The matrix was beautiful but at that time its beauty was concluded his speech. Barker was just another face in the irrelevant – he needed to see what it had produced. He crowd. She scoffed at Sullivan's pride. It wasn't even his moved towards a sealed door marked “AUTHORISED creation. But she still couldn't shake her underlying PERSONNEL ONLY”. He punched in the access code terror that something terrible was about to happen. She and the door hissed open. What he saw inside would watched Sullivan shake hands with the president and she change his life. suddenly felt ashamed at her own jealousy and self pity. When the ringing started, she knew Sullivan's mistake Suzanne Barker was caught in the Christmas traffic again. had reached the present. It grew louder until it It had been getting progressively worse over the last few threatened to burst her eardrums. She saw everyone in days. Now, December 21st, four days before Christmas, it the auditorium clutching their ears. Her vision started to had never been worse. Her work load at the lab had pixilate and her hand disintegrated before her eyes. Her almost doubled. Earlier in the week they had begun head was assaulted by sharp bursts of pain and in testing the matrix. Today had been the conclusion to the amongst everyone's screams she heard her own. Time testing, a field exercise. Barker did not know the full and space were collapsing. A hundred years of history details; however, Sullivan had specified the early 1900s. flashed before her eyes, a century of civilization lost as a She was on her way to see the results. The traffic eased up great void consumed it all. Then everything was black. a bit and the snaking road slithered forward. It had been Barker's theories and research while she was still in I've been working on a new theory, imagine time as a

69 record, spinning around as the song moves forward. HONOURS Damage it, however, and a certain part of the record will keep repeating itself and that got me thinking – taken “If Only” from the journal of Suzanne Barker, 23 November 2012. Victor Janhi (4A)

The lab technician raced over the linoleum floor through The mist of dreams long forgotten the sterile corridor. His loafers squeaking with every step, condenses on a mind once fresh and hopeful, now dead he came to a skidding halt at the threshold of Dr. and rotten. Sullivan's office. He reached out a trembling hand and Its chilling touch awakens slivers of shame, gingerly knocked. “Sir?” he said in a cracking voice. for it is self alone, self to trust and self to blame. “They're back.” But hope could have been in vain. HONOURS AND TROPHY for when not realised she leaves behind a haunting stain. Is it enough to have faith? The question daunts in his “If Only” brain. Rekopantsoe Nare (4B) Misery mumbles throughout his soul and the mist turns to rain. Distance has no meaning to this my heart. I try to forget but that I can't. In his garden of dreams, the roses are gone but the thorns A river of doubt floods this darkling mind. Answers I desperately search for but blindly can't find. remain. Contempt, resent, pain and sorrow. For it is always the same, there is no rainbow after the The hope of today engulfed by the shadow of tomorrow. rain, but a ferocious flood filling him with regret, So what does it mean to be alive? Dislodging drowned dreams he aimed to forget. A soldier in this – the frontline of mankind. If it is purpose that drives us, Brought to the same place again, Then what is our purpose? where the world seemed his to gain. To live to die or to die to live. Excitement and anticipation turned to dismay. But the answers I search for, no mortal book can give. If only he had leaped across the great canyon of risk, to reach the side where fulfillment lay. For I am a writer, a moulder of words My words take flight like angels or birds HONOURS Never underestimate me if only you knew What this ink and paper can really do. “Moments that took my breath away” If only you knew that with this hand and pen, Stephen Bhasera (4A) I will one day seize the day, Carpe Diem. Often in life I do not realise Why do I not conform to your laws? The beauty all around me, I hardly say Why do my ideas break free from your grammatical But sometimes mere words cannot exercise doors? The power of those moments that took my breath away Of only you knew why I walk this empty street. If only you knew this avenue of broken dreams. Above that Ancient river, the mighty Zambezi, we soared Distance has no meaning to this my heart. From that plane I looked down and to my astonishment I try to forget but that I can't. saw There in all her grandeur and majesty she misted and roared The Victoria Falls, she commanded my awe

At first, I thought it couldn't be real, Did they call my name or should I wake up from this dream? The Zimbabwe Rugby Team, me? It couldn't be, But later I would realise, it was as real as it did seem

And then my little cousin Gabriella We all held our breath as she came into this world, that moment surreal A miracle in her own right, science said she hadn't a chance And in complete defiance she emerged the winner in that R Nare ordeal

70 So then I go on in life to think of the one who gave his life 1ST CLASS To save mine from eternal damnation And the first time I heard of Jesus Christ “I stood in line…” The key and road to salvation. Ralph Hwenjere (4A)

She looked at me, for the very first time, I stood in line outside the club with my heart pounding. Her beauty surreal, I could not escape her gaze Would they allow me in with my fake identity card? It My heart, it pounded with undeciphered rhythm or was not long until I got to the front of the line. I looked rhyme nervously at the bouncer whose piercing eyes gave me a I knew that she'd be mine, forever, always. head to toe look before he let me in. Sheepishly smiling, I You see, life, it controls us, it twists and turns us at will took back my identity card and charged into the lively Sometimes against our consent, sometimes to our dismay crowd with a new mission in my head. But once in a while it gives us the blessing still Of our share of moments that will take our breath away. The club's atmosphere was electrifying and filled with young college students dancing to the crude music that HONOURS proved to be a trend in this country. It disturbed me and made me feel like there were a thousand fire ants “Savage Defeat” Branden Versfeld (3A) crawling inside my nerves. I was used to the soothing classical volumes they played back in Russia. This, Her toes curl in pain, however, did not stop me from my objective and I She grunts as the bed sheets fly, immediately got my mind back into the moment. Possessed by a raging storm She battles the pain, she's losing the fight I ventured deep into the sweaty crowd, turning my head at all sorts of angles to find him, Dale Dickens, the son of Slowly, surely, she struggles on. the U.S. army general commander. The strange setting of Pushing hard then shrieking, agony. She needs to win, she must succeed. the club proved to be a distraction and I could not help She must try to push on. myself – I had to stop and stare a bit. The club had four balanced balconies, one on each wing. In the middle She clutches at her hair, where I stood was the dance floor, with luminous lights Her crimson body writhes and winds blinking all over it from the roof. I looked at the wings Her instincts tell her to push again. And again, the agony. again and fortunately spotted him, sitting in one of the couches which seemed to be of VIP status because of their The mother-to-be fights on. scarlet fluffy look. It did not surprise me to see him She gets a grip, focus. lodged there. It just sickened me to the last bone, but soon One final shove, then the pain stops. it was to be all over. The flooding relief that it's gone. I slowly got up the flight of steps that led to the second Then horror and a new pain. floor, to my next victim. They all called me a serial killer One in her heart, scouring her soul. They hand her her baby – he's gone. back in Russia; they all thought I was demented. Even the Lifeless – savage pain, now cruel defeat. authorities were not on my side. What they did not realise was that I was doing them all a favour, getting revenge for all the harm these “leaders” of the U.S. had done to our beloved Russia. I had done this ten times before and I was well beyond getting sweaty palms and goose-bumps about something that I was clearly born to do - killing!

The lights suddenly blacked out leaving me blind from the continuous flashes that went into my eyes when they were on. I got a feeling I hadn't had in years and that was fear. I stopped to wipe the salty sweat that dripped into my eyes and mouth. At that moment I opened my eyes and the flashing lights were back on, but this time they came from the outside and crept their way through the windows. They were blue and red and this only meant one thing - the police.

71 I was never a fast athlete back in my school days, but I This was the end of me, wasn't it? Like every other serial gave all my energy to my limbs and ran for my life. I killer, I would die in the insignificance of a death penalty, thought I had escaped it all in Russia. I thought that the but like I said earlier, I was not a serial killer, I was on a fake identity card, the slevish accent and complete make- mission and I would not be telling my story right now if I over barred me from the police. It seems as if I was wrong was dead, would I? all along. Numerous shouts from the police echoed the dark, thick- 1ST CLASS aired walls of the club. The sound of hundreds of teenagers screeching like rats being slaughtered drowned “If Only…” my thoughts. I continued running swiftly, barging Takudzwa Katsokore (4A) everything in my way. Perhaps I should have remained calm and blended in with the rest of the crowd who If only love itself really did love softly seemed wary and confused about what was going on. Sincerely alienating its annoying brother, insecurity Merely evading its eluding sister, envy I was so close to the door when a plump police officer Purely resisting its loathed twin, passion landed on me with the intention of possibly breaking all While literally listening to parents, trust and honesty of my bones, to leave me paralysed to the tips of my If only love in loneliness did not befriend common faith fingers. Soon it was a whole pile of bodies on top of me If only pain did not rain so hard shouting and screaming in my face. I couldn't hear a thing Sprinkling thoughts with dripping fearful effects as I was blocked from hearing what they were trying to Watering minds with flowing undirected hate say by the sound of the police siren blasting my ears. Then Flooding hearts with wavering winter woefulness I realised there was a dark figure emerging from all the Blowing the strong stressful storming, dampening chaos. There he was, the General himself, Chuck Dickens daunting despair slowly walking towards me with his well built figure and If only pain was the luminous rainbow of it all distinct beard. He had a cheeky smile on his face that almost seemed innocent if it was not for the ugly red scar If only happiness bloomed more often to light that ran down his face. Springing out euphoric dares in life Flowering many zealous flares in time “You tried to kill my son, Ralph, now I kill you,” he said in Colouring in hopes covered by fire a cold greeting as he spat in my face and I felt a hard blow Strangely growing gathered glowing wishes indulged by that knocked me out instantly. joy Of only happiness blissfully nourished in this land of Serial killers usually find themselves dead through the barren despair death penalty, and the situation for me was not any different. After three gruesome jail-spent months, I found If only life itself really was darkness 'Kryptonite' myself in a leather strapped chair tied down tightly with Faking fantasies of fun and exhilaration no room to move an inch. There was a dim white light Drenching dreams of hope and prosperity flickering every now and then right on top of me and it Exploding endeavours of riches and wealth seemed to hang loose from the ceiling. Abruptly I felt the Shadowing odd ominous oxymorons which only darken shock of a massive current flowing through my body and souls the light seemed to have fallen right on top of me, leaving Of only life dreamt then night's darkness would cease the room in complete darkness. existing

6th Form Chemistry

72 GIRLS’ COLLEGE LITERARY FESTIVAL AWARDS

HONOURS his head with the barrel of my gun, hitting him in the temple and knocking him out with the blow. I dragged “The Gatekeeper” him beside the hedge, taking his clothes in exchange for Bradley Erasmus (4D) mine; I then handcuffed him to the rear axle of my car and left with the sound of voices approaching. I woke to once again look at the four grey walls of my prison cell. The sun was blatantly shining through the Johnnie and his two bodyguards got into the backseat of cold steel bars of my “window” and only one thought the car and with their destination in mind, I set off onto a came to mind: to get out of Michigan Correctional dirt track a few kilometers out of the city. I slowed the car Facility, alive. There were four prison guards to each of down, near to a halt and turning around, fired eight the eight fences, two sentries to each of the four giant rounds into his bodyguards, four to each person, grabbed guard towers and the two gatekeepers. Every guard and Johnnie as he was getting out and cocked the pistol to his sentry, armed with a 7.62 mm NATO FN rifle was ready head. I then threatened to beat him until he was ready to to shoot at the first sign of trouble. talk to the police, to which he finally agreed. With a sudden urge of anger, I knocked him out with the barrel Twenty minutes later I was changed into my prison issue of my revolver. overalls with civilian clothes underneath; I was ready to make a break for it at our lunch hour in the yard. The clink He later woke up in the interrogation room with a and clank of keys in my door welled up a tingling policeman and me at the other end of the table. Johnnie sensation in my stomach and legs. I was let out into the later admitted to his crimes and was sentenced to life in yard and over the dying green grass I walked, out toward prison without any chance of parole. I, on the other hand, the fifteen foot wall and hopefully, freedom. The next was paid an excess of two hundred and fifty thousand thing I knew I was running, running towards the gate and dollars as compensation for spending three and a half gatekeepers as the FN rounds tore up the ground next to years in jail. me. I reached the gate as I had expected, just as the guards ran out. They saw me too late, as each of them crumbled HONOURS in front at me from a blow to each of their heads with the oak stock of their rifle. I ran into the guardhouse, pressed “The Gatekeeper” the gate button and ran for freedom. Nigel Chiofa (4A)

As I got to the main highway, I caught a taxi to my It was dead silent in the dimly lit room. The arrival of brother's house where I could dispose of anything I didn't Jarrod had been long awaited with millions of rumours want to be seen with. My other purpose was to collect my surrounding the reason for his visit. .45 Colt revolver from him. He was just leaving when I pulled up to his house. He was driving his Lexus and out The silence had been broken by a crack as the ancient oak of the corner of my eye, I saw my Range Rover with doors creaked open and in he strode. Besides the metallic silver paint. He eventually let me in to change thrashing rain and of the wind, only his footsteps and burn my clothes and he gave me a fresh pair, a could be heard. The vicious wind forced the trees to bow shower and shave. After cleaning myself up I got out to in the presence of Jarrod. He stood at the head of the room my car and left to go to the person's house that set me up with his big trapezius muscles rippling through his shirt. for jail, for robbery and car theft. His name was Johnnie “Bring me the Gatekeeper.” This man was responsible for Bilko. He was a multimillionaire and had 24 hour security bringing new recruits to the vampire cult. around his house which was more like a mansion. As if on cue, Jason Faulks swaggered in with a physique I arrived at his house just as the sun was setting behind which struck fear in every man. “Gatekeeper, I am in need this concrete jungle of the city and saw his security of a woman whom I shall make my wife and I entrust you guards armed with sub-machine guns. I switched off my with the mission to find that woman for me.” engine and waited for precisely the right time, when the guards went into their guardhouse. It happened sooner “It is a great honour, and I do not wish to disappoint. than I had expected. I started the V8 engine, which roared However, I have only one question.” to life and set my lights on the gate. The gatekeepers came out firing as I hit one of them with my door and the other “Yes, what might that be?” with the headlight, putting them out of action. I parked my car under a tree in the yard and hid behind a hedge “Would you like her turned or would you wish to do very quickly. Then, just as I was hoping for, he pulled up that?” at the front door. “You may have the privilege as my appreciation for your Johnnie's limousine was parked outside the front door, outstanding work.” With that Jason vanished into the his chauffeur standing next to the car; I stalked the gloomy night and over cascading rivers as the pelting rain chauffeur as a leopard would do to its prey. I lashed out at still slapped the flowers and trees.

73 As the sun rose, Jason took refuge in a hotel right in the shortcut, turned into an alley. He held her tight as the heart of town and sat at the window, watching all the moonlight shone upon her face, making her look even women at his mercy. It took all his heightened senses in more angelic. He drowned in the beauty of her eyes and his search to see if she smelled right, spoke properly and was suddenly filled with ambivalence, doubting himself, had the capacity to satisfy Jarrod. thinking what a waste it would be to turn her into a monster. He pulled away from her realizing that he didn't The day was fruitless but as night blanketed the earth, have the stomach for it and in an attempt to grab onto him this would allow Jason greater access to claim his prize. she cut her arm on a piece of trailing wire. After two hours of trial and error his good looks and charm finally got him somewhere. Her name was Helita Suddenly his eyes were bloodshot and his heart raced. and she had jet black hair, luscious lips and the body of a The smell of her blood had awoken the animal within. swimsuit model. The blood on his arm caused his fangs to spring out and he hissed like a snake. Sensing danger, Helita chose to He could smell her pure, blemish-free blood and had to scream but he was too quick and he smothered her before use self-discipline to overcome the temptation. sinking into her shin and feasting upon her. He was careful not to kill her, but she might as well have been He then offered to walk her home and, claiming to know a dead as he carried her limp body over his shoulder.

A Viljoen L6

74 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TRIP MALILANGWE CONSERVANCY

In mid May the Lower 6th Environmental Management coincide with the recording of 2012 data. The boys were class, accompanied by Mr Gordon Macdonald, Mrs given the parameters for assessment, and they had the Debbie Kelly and Mrs Heather Macdonald went on a field opportunity to assess accordingly the tree damage in a trip to the Malilangwe Conservancy in the South-East few selected areas. Dr Clegg emphasised to the boys the Lowveld. The journey there, by bus, took a little longer real need for the careful management of elephant in any than would be usual, since the group had to go via Gweru enclosed wildlife area, and they gained valuable insights in order to pick up boys who had travelled back from into the complexities of this management. One of the Harare, where they had been involved in sport. The important factors to be noted was that the 'carrying deviation did however, mean that we could pass through capacity' of elephants in an area is a concept complicated the beautiful area between Gweru and Mashava, via by the vastly different vegetation types in an area and the scenic Shurugwe. different feeding habits of cow and bull elephants. The visits to the different areas selected by Dr Clegg were We were accommodated at Hakamela Education Camp, enlivened by some spectacular game viewing in a very which is a luxuriously appointed camp with comfortable beautiful part of Zimbabwe. rondavels, ablutions and eating area, all surrounded by lush Lowveld plants. There is also a building outside the Dr Barson and Dr Nhiwatiwa are involved in an on-going immediate camp area which was used for laboratory monitoring of the water quality of the Chiredzi River, work and lectures. The purpose of the visit was for the which runs through the Conservancy. Dr Nhiwatiwa boys to undertake fieldwork in the spheres of aquatic required the boys with him to collect water samples science, parasitology and ecology. Their tutors were Dr which were later analysed in the laboratory back at camp. Bruce Clegg, Ecologist at Malilangwe, and Dr Maxwell However, they had the opportunity to use all of the Barson and Dr Tamuka Nhiwatiwa, both from the equipment which was needed to measure the chemical University of Zimbabwe Department of Biological properties of the water collected at each site. They had the Sciences. The field trip lasted from 13th to 17th May, and chance to learn about a variety of sampling techniques the days were packed with action. used in the field. They were also required to record their findings on score sheets and then they were assisted in The boys were divided into two groups, one with Dr identifying in the laboratory, using the dissection Clegg, the other with the two UZ scientists. After each microscopes, the macro invertebrates that had been group had performed a series of tasks, they then collected in the samples taken. The Chiredzi River is swapped, so that everyone was involved with the being subjected to pollution which is the result of different disciplines. agricultural activities in the area, but also pollution emanating from Chiredzi town – both raw sewage Dr Clegg involved the boys in studying the impact of disposal and waste from a tannery - so that this research elephant on four tree species in the Conservancy, which is of great importance. had proved to be particularly vulnerable to the impact of elephant. This is on-going research, the study having Dr Barson is involved in studying the health of fish by commenced in 2008. Two hundred individual trees had assessing which type of parasites they are carrying, and been selected in the Conservancy, to be assessed for how many. All this data is important in making a damage every two years. This field trip was timed to judgement on the health of the Chiredzi River water. Fish

75 can be affected by parasites attached to them externally people who demonstrated to us their many skills. They (exoparasites), or they can be affected by endoparasites showed how humans depend on their ecosystem for which are found in many internal organs. Parasite loads survival, and impressed us all enormously with their on and in fish can give an indication of the health of the adaptability to their harsh surroundings, and just how fish which is often related to water quality. Boys who skilful they were in the making of pots and other worked with Dr Barson were required to set gill nets in important utensils. They ably demonstrated their the Malilangwe Dam and also to set Fyke traps in the intimate knowledge of plants and animals and their uses Chiredzi River. The species of fish caught were identified in a variety of essential strategies for survival in a harsh and then taken back to the laboratory for examination for environment. parasites. This involved checking the fish externally and removing Everyone on the field trip enjoyed the experience of the parasites which were then studied through the visit to Malilangwe and learned an enormous amount, microscopes, and also the dissection of some species of and we were all very sorry to leave an area of such great fish. The laboratory work undertaken was fascinating beauty and diversity. It is to be hoped that the boys and the boys soon became absorbed – not to mention learned a great deal about the rigours and demands of horrified – by what they found and saw! These groups scientific research, and that this knowledge would be of also had exciting game and bird viewing in the rich benefit in conducting their own studies for the prescribed habitats they ventured into. project work in their A/S course.

All students were exposed to the scientific expertise of We were all extremely grateful to Mrs Kelly for having their tutors, and were able to experience firsthand several organised the visit, and to Dr Clegg, Dr Barson and Dr methods of the collection of data in the field. They also Nhiwatiwa for their expertise and the way in which they learned valuable lessons about preserving, recording and conveyed their passions for what they did. We were fed interpreting data. sumptuously by the staff at the camp, and thanks go to Mrs Tracey Fouche, London and the rest of the staff who On the final afternoon of the field trip, we visited the hosted us in such style. Kambako Living Museum where we spent a fascinating couple of hours in the company of a group of Shangaan Heather Macdonald

D Mpofu F4

76 FRENCH CLASS TOUR TO FRANCE

On Friday 3rd August 2012, twelve boys went on an Day two: This started off rather slowly as we had lessons educational trip to France. Our trip began at Girls' College in the morning. For most of us it was strange because the at 4.00pm where we set off on an Intercape Coach. We teachers were much more sympathetic compared to the encountered an unpleasant episode at the beginning of teacher here at home. On the first day, the lessons were our journey when we had to spend four long hours difficult because the teachers were speaking French only. waiting in the queue on the South African side of the Beit However, with more time we got to understand them and Bridge border. We arrived at the Oliver Tambo lessons became more fun. Later that day we went back to International Airport at about 10.00am, where we had our the beach where we had sailing lessons. At first it was breakfast and eventually our lunch and we got to know challenging because of the wind and the waves but after a while we got used to the way the little boats moved. It our various colleagues from Girls' College and Midlands became much easier to sail and l must say that for all of us, Christian College. Finally the time for the long awaited it was a first. In the evening we had a braai and fun departure on an Emirates Airways flight to Dubai entertainment. arrived. We landed in Dubai at 6.00am local time and had a good two hours shopping at the airport while we waited Day three: We had lessons in the morning and after lunch for our connecting flight. We left for Nice on another we went shopping then to the beach. In the evening we Emirates Airways flight at 10.30am and arrived in Nice at were entertained in the cafeteria with a dance-off and 2.30pm. We then had a half hour long trip to Campus unfortunately our group lost in an enthralling contest. Horticole where we were to stay for a week. Day four: We had another four hours of French lessons in Day one: After a restful night, we began our day with an the morning. After lunch we hopped on the bus in the assessment to determine each individual's level of French glaring sun and blistering heat and we journeyed to the after which there was a guided tour of the town. After Aquarium Marineland. We split up into groups and lunch, we went out to the beach and spent the rest of the explored the park, watching dolphins, sharks, polar bears day there. The evening was entertaining, we got meet and killer whale shows. Thereafter we went back to other students of different nationalities in a game called campus where we had a relaxed evening talking and Speed Dating. playing with friends.

77 Day five: After lunch we went on the train to Cannes, the Dame, the famous avenue Les Champs Elysee, the city that is famous for its Film Festival and one place to see amazing Hotel de Louvre and the Eiffel Tower. We then the rich and famous of the world. We admired the multi- had dinner and a cruise on the Seine River. This was billion euro boats and the film festival theatre. This place followed up by a climb up and spectacular views from the proved to be very expensive especially in the 'new town' Eiffel Tower. We got back to the hotel at about midnight, area. In the evening we had a brilliant pool party. exhausted.

Day six: We woke up to do our packing as we were Day eight: We spent the whole day at Eurodisney. We leaving the Cote d'Azur region that day. We boarded the went on as many rides as we wanted and most of us High Speed Train (Train de Grand Vitesse) – destination - enjoyed the exhilarating roller coasters and obviously the PARIS, the City of Love. We arrived in Paris in the evening food! and we checked into a three star hotel. Day nine: In the morning we did some last minute Day seven: After a lie-in we went on the metro to Mont shopping at souvenir and gift shops. That evening we Martre, the oldest district in Paris. It was amazing to walk travelled to Charles de Gaulle International Airport and down the narrow twisting streets and the cobbled roads. left behind the city of dreams. I must say that we have so We did some shopping in souvenir shops. Most of us many wonderful memories made on this trip, as it was found ourselves being tempted to buy a glass Eiffel Tower more than just French, it was also friendship, laughter and full of cognac (for our parents of course). We were then a lot of fun. taken on a guided tour of the magnificent City Of Love. We went on to see the Arc de Triomphe, the famous Garnier Opera House, the stunning Cathedral de Notre Callum Burke, Form 3A

INTER-HOUSE QUIZ

The Interhouse quiz is a very from the Forms 1, 2 and 3. The team should comprise at popular event held during least one Form 1, one Form 2 and one Form 3. the last week of every term. For the Senior Quiz each house is represented by a team The event is held in two of four students comprising at least one Form 4, one sessions, Junior and Senior Lower Sixth and one Upper Sixth student. with each session lasting In both the Junior and Senior Quizzes each question is about an hour. The Junior Quiz is held over three presented verbally to the participants and is also flashed Rounds while the Senior on a screen using a multi-media projector. Quiz is held over two The most popular questions with the participants and the Rounds. audience are those in the category Sites & Structures, For the Junior Quiz each National Flags and Animals. house is represented by a Mr T Matatu team of four students drawn Tendeka Matatu

Results for the 2012 Quiz are as follows: HOUSE FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND THIRD ROUND GRAND TOTAL POSITION Founders 199 228 119 546 1st George Grey 198 211 113 522 2nd Oates 183 227 98 508 3rd Hervey 180 174 101 455 4th Chubb 181 182 89 452 5th Tredgold 145 197 80 422 6th

78 DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

T Bristow Falconry Bell Press

The Design and Technology [DT] department and indeed, Falcon College, is proud of our star student, Tarquin Bristow.

Tarquin excelled in Design and Technology exams for a record three years. He obtained an A* symbol in the November 2010 IGCSE Design and Technology exams, an A symbol in the November 2011 Advanced Subsidiary D&T exams and a record A* symbol in the recent November 2012 Cambridge Advanced Level D&T Product Design examinations.

This is no mean achievement and for him to have set this record as an individual, he excelled in the acquisition of both knowledge, skill and in the understanding of concepts and approaches to designing. He also excelled in the design analysis and synthesis in addition to having displayed a high level of acumen in the practical implementation and evaluation of the proposed solution to his identified design situation.

His achievement as a 'star technology student' is admirable and it is hoped that it will be a source of inspiration to both current and future Design Technology students in the college.

Studin Ncube HOD: Design and Technology

D Tomlinson B Stodart A Leared C Blignaut A Muil

C Van Breda M O’ Hagan T Mujuru R Keefe C Bydawell A Gifford

79 80 ART

R Rosenfels F4 G Strydom F4

J Machibaya U6 R Herbst F3

W Masimira F4 M Mtswedu L6

81 CULTURAL FESTIVAL

This is an annual event which was started by Sue Sindiso Nyathi, who teaches at Falcon and is a talented Wigham 18 years ago. The theme was 'We Rock' and we vocalist, and I hosted the choral workshop. We were certainly did that. Many schools came to support this blown away by the wonderful vocal ability of the singers. event and the talented students came well prepared. The This group featured a medley of Queen Songs which programme was easy to follow and workshops were well were accompanied by the Falcon band. planned by our hosting tutors. Each school brought six pupils and they were allocated to the following six The goal of the weekend was for the workshops to workshops according to their preference: prepare performances for the final Sunday Concert. Drums of Peace hosted the music workshop this year in Saturday was jam-packed with events. The day started afro-contemporary rock style - a true mixture of genres. off with the second workshop followed by The Street (They also entertained us with their exhilarating high Fair, which took place in the Avenue in front to the energy performances at the concert and fair). Turner Hall. There were various activities which students could join i.e. singing, art, face painting Kim Barow and Heather Watson, teachers from Girls' competitions as well as various fun games. College, hosted the dance workshop in an aerobatic rock style. They stunned us with an amazing performance. The remaining third workshop took place that afternoon. Kim's comment after the weekend was over was that she Rehearsals followed and the excitement started to “had the time of her life”. increase as they prepared for the evening concert. It was opened by the exhilarating rhythms of the Drums of Thabs Ndlovu hosted the creative writing workshop. He Peace, followed by a fun concert which was organised by is a renowned writer and teacher who is based at Wits the Falcon committee. The show included some of the University. He imparted his writing skills and other schools' talented performers as well as some of our knowledge to the students. Their readings and very own Falcon talent. performance were very moving. Our Grand Finale was the Rock Concert in the Turner Styx Mhlanga hosted the ever popular drama workshop. Hall. It was a great success. All six workshops performed He is a world renowned playwright. Their performance in true 'Rock' style. We all enjoyed the performances was up-beat and filled with excitement and fun. tremendously and were very sad when it was all over and we had to say our good byes. The only consolation was Shamilla Aasha is a gifted art teacher from Dominican that there would be another Falcon Festival next year. Convent in Bulawayo and she lifted our spirits with her inspirational artistic rock display. Cecile Ferreira

B Langley U6

82 INTER-HOUSE SINGING

This is an occasion not to be missed as every Falcon boy 3. Founders participates in this competition. Choice Song KEEP HOLDING ON from Glee The evening started with a delectable Cheese and Wine Conductor B Ganyani party which took place outside the Library. This was Captain T Zvobgo organised by Michelle Keefe and the PA group. Well done! 4. George Grey Choice Song HEY SOUL SISTER by Train While we were wined and dined, the Academy of Music Conductor T Bristow Band consisting of Benjamin Chiwakira, Bongumenzi Captain A C Oatley Ndlovu, Trevor Shava and Vusisizwe Ndebele entertained us with magical melodious music. 5. Oates Choice Song WHAT I KNOW NOW by Our Judges this year all teach at the Academy of Music The Backstreet Boys and we were very honoured to have them judge this year. Conductor S Nyabereka They were: Sarah-Kate Waugh: A vocal teacher who is a Captain M Matshe very accomplished Grade 8 singer and Voice trainer; Vusisizwe Ndebele: A Bass and Lead guitar tutor. He 6. Hervey holds a Master of Music Degree from Wits University; Choice Song STAY THE NIGHT by James Blunt Benjamin Chiwakira: A drum teacher who is the lead Conductor T Mujuru drummer of Word of Life International and has Captain A Viljoen performed at many popular occasions.

All six houses had to perform a set song and a song of The Septet's performance was very entertaining. The their own choice. The set song for 2012 was “Will You be boys were: L Sibanda, T Ndlovu, G Nhlamba, G Fraser, T There!” which was originally sung by Michael Jackson. Zvobgo, J Jackman, V Mlotshwa and S Ncube . They Once again the houses fought it out, and the question was performed 'Teenage Dream' by Katy Perry and 'One who would become the 2012 Inter-House Singing Love' by Bob Marley while the judges deliberated. The Champion of Falcon? suspense was tangible. The houses performed in the following order:

1. Tredgold Mr Querl gave the vote of thanks and announced the Choice Song DRIVE by Train winners of the Galloway Cup of 2012. They were the Conductor G Nhlamba ecstatic boys of George Grey. What a super evening Captain J Jackman which was enjoyed by all.

2. Chubb Choice Song PARADISE by Coldplay Conductor C Taruvinga Captain T Matondi Cecile Ferreira

83 ROBIN HOOD - PRINCE OF THIEVES

The production, The Lion King has done wonderful The boys began the road to the Gala performance with things for culture at Falcon. Amongst the many accolades intense dance practice. The choreography was done by and praises it received, it has also set a benchmark for the Falcon's very own Graham Nhlamba and Neville Zonde. standard of future productions. Robin Hood was a major To help guide these two enthusiastic young men, were success and the standard was on a par with The Lion the highly talented Mrs Kim Barow and Mrs Sue Stone. King. A lot was learnt from The Lion King and that made The dancing was a phenomenal success and it is evident a huge impact on the high standard achieved in Robin that Falcon boys have definitely got 'the moves'. Choir Hood. and singing practice also started from day one, led by Mrs Cecile Ferreira and accompanied by the Falcon Band. The The idea for Robin Hood came from Mr Will Randle who construction of the props was led by Mr Studen Ncube suggested the idea of using 'The Prince of Thieves' story and his team of Design and Technology students. All the line. After a lot of research and hours of work put into the props were built entirely by the boys. The material orders script, the musical version of the Hollywood blockbuster for Robin Hood looked more like a stadium was born, featuring new and popular music from various refurbishment bill. The art department, led by Mrs Jacqui artists such as Nickelback, Bryan Adams, Linkin Park, Stewart and Mrs Sally Langley, organised the painting Taio Cruz, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi and many more. and decoration of the props. Mrs Cecile Ferreira Robin Hood also boasted a live band with four guitarists, undertook the massive task of creating the majority of the two bass guitarists, two keyboards, drums, backup various costumes which numbered 120 in total. Once singers and a full choir. The sound was professionally again Mrs Adi Campbell produced some magnificent done by Prosound and this company followed the cast costumes along with Mrs Norma Heymans. Quest Africa from Bulawayo to Harare. The props were a lot bigger also jumped onto the band wagon when they and the special effects were a story of their own. The volunteered to create our bows for the show. Alan and production saw the use of six UV lights, two strobes, a Sue Bryant took the cast for archery lessons as the arrows plasma ball, sixteen explosive fireworks, a smoke had to be accurate to avoid hitting the audience during machine, twenty life-size steel swords, bows and arrows the productions. During Drama Club, and with the newly and other massive props. completed full size steel swords, the boys practised and

84 mastered their sword fighting techniques. The fights Falcon have broadened their educational range making witnessed on stage were well rehearsed and the boys the phenomenal shows a part of Falcon life. Next year we were hitting the swords together at full power. The might perform “Ice Age” which is a similar story with Crusaders and Saracens would definitely have feared the turning a blockbuster film into a musical stage savage fighting reputation and ability of the Falcon Boys. production. I would like to thank every boy, parent and The logistics for all the behind-the-scenes work was done member of staff for their invaluable contribution. A by a team consisting of Mr Jan Ferreira, Mrs Cecile special thanks to the Headmaster, Mr Reg Querl for his Ferreira and Mr John McTaggart. Mr Will Randle invaluable support. The Randle family were the beating eventually undertook all the responsibilities himself. The heart of this production and I sincerely thank them. My lights were solely the responsibility of Andrew Leared final thanks goes to Mrs Cecile Ferreira for her sleepless who did an exceptional job. The sound effects were done nights of extra work which turned into a sleepless term, by the talented Pascal Quinter and his protégé, Ethyn that she carried on with 'for the love of the game'. She Dhana. Backstage was a huge undertaking and the team made the play work and was undeniably brilliant with was led by Ian Riley. her input into the boys' lives. With the calibre of talent and the natural Falcon positive attitude, next year's Robin Hood was not without its own drama within the production will carry on from where Robin Hood left off camp. There were no injuries what-so-ever, from the and make Falcon an impressive cultural centre in the sword fighting to the explosions, to the archery and to the country. massive props, but there were a series of events that tested the heart and determination of the Falcon men and Jan Ferreira staff. The first casualty was when Mrs Norma Heymans Director had an accident and broke her leg. The next hurdle to cross was that of Mrs Cecile Ferreira who had to escort and support Mr Kobus Ferreira for his knee operation in Harare. Finally I then suffered a broken arm which also needed an immediate operation. Once again the heart of the staff and cast shone a new light into the Matabeleland sky and Mrs Brigitte Randle and Mr Will Randle stepped up and took over the reigns. The show was tested in every department but exceeded expectations and was a major success. The standard was possibly a higher standard than that of the Lion King. A big thank you must always go to the support of the Falcon marketing team who carried the news of the production to the doorsteps of the public.

85 ROBIN HOOD - PRINCE OF THIEVES CAST

Robin G A Fraser M Mazango Azeem G N Nhlamba J K Franceys Sheriff L K Sibanda Gisbourne R H S Nare Extras Marian Lucy Randle Abdul/Celt/Hand Maiden/ Little John T J Bristow (Backstage) Backstage G R Coleman Will Scarlet B A Mason Peter/Hand Maiden/Celt/ Duncan T A Dhlamini Backstage C Bydawell Friar Tuck JT Masimba Celt/Backstage O D Marchussen Fanny Mrs S Khumalo Backstage R A Dos Santos Sarah Mrs B Randle B T Mutanga Witches T Tapera-Gamanya K T Kidia B D Williams B P Randell S Ngozo I L Riley Merry Men S B M Snyder (Backstage) S M Randell B M Watson (Backstage) Servant B D Taylor K T Chisare Horse C J Burger T E Ndlovu R L Mhute J M Blatch King Richard Mr R Knaggs J M R Campbell Director/Locksley Mr W McKenzie Wulf PJ Wallett Lights A B Leared Guards N Zonde Directors Assistant/Sound/ M N Ushewokunze Bishop P I Quinter S K Nyandoro Villagers/Prisoners P W Nhunzwi V Mlotshwa M Mabhena M H Mhuriyengwe Celts/Villagers/Choir P R K Mafi B Murowanidzwa M N Davies T Singano L K Beahan B Ndlela Sound Assistant E C Dhana T Mazango Scribe A S A Mambinge

86 MUSIC

During the first term there were intensive band, vocal and choral rehearsals which were set up to prepare for the 2012 Robin Hood production. Rehearsing took place on an individual group basis and later in the term, the band and back-up singers joined the Robin Hood cast in the Turner Hall. The boys put in many hours of hard work to perfect the back up singing and accompaniment.

These rehearsals are of particular importance as the boys learn how to play and sing the songs at performance level. It is very much like acquiring match experience in sport. It became very obvious that all those boys involved in the play had raised their game considerably by the time that the production was staged.

Left To Right: Back Row: B. Nyathi, K. Garakasha, K. Bakkes-Bunting, T. Nyanike Front Row: S. Sindaza, N. Muzamhindo, M. Mcbean

were S Banda- keyboard, Z T Mhlanga – drums, bass guitar - D Ndlovu and rhythm guitar - S Ncube.

During the next two terms of this year we continued to have individual guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboard, drum and vocal lessons. These lessons went well and the boys have enjoyed their music. I am always amazed at

From Left To Right Back Row:- D.D.D. Ndlovu, S. Banda, S. Ngozo, T.K. Ndlovu. Middle Row: C. Burke, Z.T. Mhlanga, C. Randell, R. Hwenjere, S. Ncube Front Row: N. Muzamhindo, J. Schlachter, T. Ngwenya, H. Randell And Mrs. C. Ferreira.

All this hard work paid off as the boys performed exceptionally well in spite of many challenges. The Robin Hood band was lead by T K Ndlovu who had played the Keyboard in Lion King. He was the only boy who had ever performed in a band in front of an audience before. S Banda, the second keyboard player, had started taking piano lessons in 2011 and had progressed so much that he was able to play. This was an amazing achievement. The drums were played by Z T Mhlanga who really had “the touch and the power”. The Bass Guitar playing was shared by two very talented players D D D Ndlovu and R Hwenjere. Lead Guitar was played by S Ncube who is a singer in the Septet as well. He really “dared” to make a difference to the impact of the band. From Left To Right The rhythm guitarists were C Randell, C Burke, J Back Row: D.D.D. Ndlovu, M. Schultz, S. Ngozo, J. Schlachter, Schlachter and H Randell. K. Manhondo. Middle Row: C. Burke, K. Sherriffs, H. Randell, K. Eksteen, K. Schultz And Mrs. C. Ferreira The Falcon band played at our annual speech day and Front Row: J. Oostindien, M. Kermer, R. Lardner-Burke, L. Gilmour, this was very a good performance. The boys in this band A. Stodart And J. Freeth

87 Form Ones singing the school song

Left To Right: Back Row: S. Banda, J Masimba, C Burke, T Dhlamini, T Ngwenya, R Scheepers Front Row: B. Godfrey, S. Hinmers, S. Matshe, T. Mahachi, H. Miti, J. Oostindien how the boys still find the time to attend music lessons in spite of their various commitments in the afternoons.

The boys performed at various occasions throughout the year and I am very proud of their achievements. Well done and keep it up.

Cecile Ferreira Band and Choir practice - Robin Hood

EJ Mhlanga F4

88 THE SEPTET

This year was unique in that we had our head boy Leroy Sibanda in the group. The mere fact that the head boy was in the group added a lot more importance to the Septet in the eyes of the younger boys. We had two other college prefects in the group as well. They were Graham Nhlamba and T K Ndlovu. These boys also added extra impact to the importance of the Septet. We lose all three of these boys this year and wish them well for the future.

The upcoming seniors are Greg Fraser, who has been in the group since Form 3 and is now well experienced, especially after having performed as Robin Hood in this year's production and Tapiwa Ndlovu who joined the group in form 4 last year and has made a great impact on the group.

Sandiselwe Ndlovu has been in the group since Form 3. He joined last year but it was not noticeable that he was new to the group as he is such a talented singer and musician. It is really great to have him on board. The newest members of the group are Joshua Jackman, a From left to right Lower 6 who has a very mellow voice which blends very Front Row: S. Ncube, C. Ferreira, T.K. Ndlovu easily, and a reserve Vuyelwa Mlotshwa who is in Lower Back Row: G.A. Fraser, G. Nhlamba, L.K. Sibanda, J.Jackman, 6. Being a reserve is not easy. However, he has always T. Zvobgo been faithful to “the cause” and has often helped us out. The group sang at various occasions this year. I made a point of trying to create more venues for them to sing at. This year we made a point of having seven boys in the The most memorable performances were at the Septet, as the name of the group indicates. This was Bulawayo Music Festival earlier on in the year, the Inter- difficult to achieve because the boys have so many “Irons House Singing competition and at my husband, Mr in the fire” and I often found myself saying, ”Thank Kobus Ferreira's memorial service. Thanks to the boys for goodness for our reserve, Vuyelwa Mlotshwa” who was their effort. Well done for a very successful year. often called upon as well as our keyboard player Simbarashe Banda. Cecile Ferreira

89 CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE

This year I set out to create something different in which I boys sang the scriptures with true inspiration and beauty. could maximise the Falcon Boys' vocal talents by setting J Masimba and B Manton played the drums while H music to most of the scripture readings. This was a great Randell played the rhythm guitar. They brought a lot of challenge but a worthwhile endeavour. life to the service. Well done boys.

Many hours were spent preparing the songs and Finally the newly chosen Septet sang a Justin Bieber song; rehearsals started with great gusto straight after the 'Under the Mistletoe' which they sang the song to public exams had commenced. Usually we start perfection. The theme of this service was “This child, is rehearsing earlier but this year was different because the the Saviour of the World” and we ended off with a special songs took a long time to write. Nevertheless, it was a prayer of healing for Martial Cripps. very enjoyable and uplifting experience. Cecile Ferreira I was pleasantly surprised by the response I got from the boys who volunteered to sing in the Christmas Carol choirs. 25 form ones, 25 form twos and 35 form three boys volunteered to sing in their respective choirs.

'The Word of Life” was sung by a very nervous group of form ones who really gave a great performance. Our Falcon Staff's pre-school children entertained us with a very amusing performance of 'Baby Jesus'. The staff Choir sang a calypso song called 'The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy', followed by the form two choir who sang 'This Child'. The song was well executed as they used an echo technique to add more impact to the song. Thabo G Fraser and T Zvobgo Dhlamini did the welcome and read the scripture readings. The form three choir sang 'O what a Gift'. It was a joy listening to them with their sheer volume of true sound. Those boys can sing!

The scripture songs turned out much better than I had expected. The songs were very difficult to sing because scripture verses are not in musical form. However, the

Little drummer boys

Form 3 The Septet

90 91 ACCOUNTANCY

Chairman: Gwate H spiritual beliefs and values have always guided her in her Vice Chairman: Ndlovu DDD work and life in general. She told the boys that there were Secretary: Mtetwa BT different routes into Accountancy, one of which, as in her Treasurer: Kadzere ET case, is to learn on the job and climb up the organisational ranks. Another route is the university route or via This year membership grew slightly from 22 last year to accounting firms like Deloittes. She emphasised that it 25 this year. The club membership is exclusive to L6 and was imperative for survival in the accounting field to be U6 boys studying Accounting as one of their subjects. The highly principled, trustworthy and honest, good with main objective is to enlighten members about the figures and above all, have the ability to work under opportunities available to them in the field of pressure. Accountancy. I would like to thank the steering committee members for During the course of the year we convened several their efforts in organising the club meetings we have held meetings which proved to be very educational and this year. insightful to the boys. The highlight of the year's meetings was an address to the club members by the Mrs Closing quote: ''Education is the most powerful weapon Joanne Gous, who is currently the Falcon College Bursar. which you can use to change the world'', Nelson Mandela. Her address to the boys was both informative and emotional as she chronicled her working life spanning 25 Gatsemane Katsande years of 'working with numbers'. She narrated how her (Club Master)

W Masimira F4

92 ADVENTURE RACING CLUB

This club was formed at the beginning of the second term and proved to be popular with all age groups. It has attracted a diverse range of boys including main line sportsmen. It meets on Friday afternoon for training and then again on Sundays for races. Members of the club have discovered that it is a tough sport and is not for the feint hearted. Several boys joined and then opted out when they realised the level of commitment required.

Much of the club activity revolves around . To get things started, the club inherited some Ekhaya bicycles from Quest. These are not ideal for the rough terrain around Falcon but have served well and will continue as introductory bikes. If boys enjoy the club and wish to pursue the mountain biking to a higher leve,l they need to provide their own bikes. About 15 boys have brought their own bikes, which are secured along Adventure Racing is a multi discipline sport and with the Ekhayas in the old weights room near the squash incorporates a lot of skills and activities including: courts. This also acts as a bike workshop where repairs trekking, running, , , swimming, and maintenance take place - something that the boys , , rock climbing, bouldering, have had to learn about rapidly. abseiling, kloofing, canyoning, water jumping, raft construction and any other challenging activity that race organisers can design. In adventure racing, competitors have to be prepared for the unexpected, night or day. Over the 2 terms that the club has been operating, the boys have experienced a fair number of the activities described above. However lack of equipment has been a constraint. The good news is that bids have been put into the budget for next year and it is hoped that the club will become far better equipped over the course of 2013. The other important thing about Adventure Racing is that it is a team sport. The team dynamic is a crucial part of successful racing as was discovered by the two teams that entered the Adventure Challenge for Schools in Zambia during December.

Inter-House Triathlon was reintroduced in the third term as part of adventure racing. Triathlon used to feature at Falcon but stopped when staff members Pete and Heidi Cunningham left about 10 years ago. This year it was a short off road event, involving a 500m swim in the pool, a 12 km cycle to Sacred Heart and back and a 4km run around the College. It was run as both a team event and an individual event and involved 40 boys. Chubb were clear winners of the former while in the individual events, A Gifford and R Herbst won the senior and junior individual events respectively.

Adventure Challenge for Schools 2012 The club was invited to enter a team into the annual Adventure Challenge for Schools 2012. This challenge, which is for under 19 year olds, in teams of four, has been running for 15 years in South Africa and is usually hosted by Stanford Lake College. This year a Zambian School, Chengelo, who have a strong outdoor activities programme, were selected to host it.

93 Ten teams took part, three from South Africa, five from Zambia and two from Falcon. It took place around the Mulungushi Dam and associated gorges east of Kabwe in central Zambia, a fine area for adventure racing. The event lasted four days and was really well organized. Our two teams, which had to include one girl (drawn from our affiliated girls school Girls' College), were named the Bushtick Warriors and Bushtick Gladiators. Warriors: B Randell (Captain and U6), A Gifford (L6), H Day two started with a cycle race to the hydro electric Gross (L6), Tilly Randle (ex GC) power station and continued with a descent, in an ancient trolley, to the bottom of a 300m gorge, much deeper than Gladiators: M Dodington (Captain and F4), G Gross (F4), the Zambezi gorge beneath Victoria Falls. There teams R Herbst (F3), Lucy Randle (F3) had to undertake various challenges in the gorge including a very difficult river crossing beneath a The teams travelled in Falcon transport to Victoria Falls. waterfall, which intimidated even the most experienced There they took over a well equipped overlander truck racers, before racing out of the gorge and cycling back to generously provided by a parent, Mr Garth Pritchard of the boat club. Rhys Herbst found energy for climbing out African Adventures. On the way up and on the return of the gorge by persistently touching an electric fence! trip, the teams were kindly hosted by Musikili School near Mazibuka. This was arranged by another parent, Mr Days three and four were the Grand Challenge, an Clint Eksteen. From there Mulungushi Dam was a unsupported race. The start, scheduled for 0430hrs was straightforward six hour haul. Incidentally the dam was delayed for an hour due to a severe electrical storm. The built in 1923 to provide hydro electricity to the mine at first stage was an 8km orienteering race around the Broken Hill and is in good order to this day. dam. Warriors were second out of the water, mounted The Challenge was centred on the boat club. their bikes and headed off with all their overnight kit and to the next task. This was raft building and a 1km race down the Mulungushi River. After that they had to cycle 15km, clamber down another gorge and set up camp at a river confluence. That night they had activities including preparing 'mtshema', the Zambian equivalent of sadza. The next morning the race continued with scrambling up the river, further water based tasks and then another steep climb out of the gorge. Warriors were the first out and led for all but the last 2km of the subsequent 20km cycle. At the end of the cycle they had to trek along the lake shoreline in order to find a four man canoe and which then had to be paddled 6km to Day one saw the teams off on a rotation of ten where their bikes had been left. There they had to build a different activities and initiative tests. These included raft system to carry all four bicycles 6km back across the kayaking of which we had no experience, (apparently dam to the club house and finish. It was their Ben Randell paddled his canoe backwards), a technical inexperience at raft building that let the Warriors down. mountain biking circuit which saw Michael Dodington Their raft dragged too much and in spite of heroic crash and destroy his front wheel, fire making without paddling by A Gifford and H Gross, they were passed by matches or lighters, cliff jumping, traversing, rock two more experienced South African teams in the very climbing, an obstacle course and two practical initiative final stages of the race. They finished a gallant 4th. type tests. At each location teams were issued a raw egg Meanwhile on the lake shore the Gladiators took a brave (so ended up with 10) which they had to care for through navigational gamble that paid off and allowed them to all activities until the end of the day! overtake the third South African team (who claimed they were 'genius navigators') to finish in an unexpected 5th position. All four days of the Challenge counted towards the final positions. Overall, Warriors came 4th and Gladiators 6th. These were excellent results. Physically our teams were strong but lacked technical experience and were beaten only by teams/schools that have been racing for many years: Chengelo , Stanford Lake, and Helpmekaar. The whole experience was undoubtedly a tough but very worthwhile and enjoyable challenge. The Bushtick team members are already talking enthusiastically about training in the new year in preparation to win gold in South Africa next year!

Will Randle

94 ANGLING SOCIETY

Chairman: C Bydawell (Founders) Stone J B (George Grey) and Branningan T (Chubb) Committee Member: T D Boshoff (Chubb) distinguished themselves by being selected to represent Zimbabwe in the U16 Light Tackle team due to fish in a The first meeting of the year was held in the Resources tri-nation tournament at Loskop Dam at the year end. Centre and attended by sixty-six members. Two diverse (Stone who has been a National representative for the topics were covered – Mr N van Rooyen gave an past four years was selected to Captain the team). In informative talk on local Bank Fishing and this was addition Strydom G W (George Grey) was included in a followed by a video presentation about the “Sardine Zimbabwe Bank Angling team and Bingley A R (Oates) Run” off the Natal South Coast. was selected to represent Zimbabwe as part of a Junior

M Conolly D Mann K Eksteen J Stone

A Stodart B Follwell B Godfrey B Meredith

95 Bass team which participated in a competition held at Thanks must be recorded to the Commodore and Claw Dam during the December holidays. members of the Ncema Boat Club for allowing the Falcon Angling Society to utilize their excellent facilities for both During the first term the two main events were the legs of the inter-house fishing competition. The final Bulawayo Light Tackle Club Barbel Competition held at placings in this event are recorded below: Inyankuni Dam. In this competition Strydom M S was House Round1 Round 2 Final Place Tredgold 15 631 646 1 awarded the prize for the biggest fish in the junior section. George Grey 301 0 301 2 The first leg of the Inter-House fishing competition also Hervey 289 0 289 3 took place at the Upper Ncema Dam. Chubb 0 161 161 4 Founders 0 145 145 5 Oates 0 0 0 6 In an Easter “fun” competition held at during April. A Falcon team comprising Strydom G W (Captain), As overall winners of the 2012 inter-house competition Stone J B, Strydom M S and Stone M C (all George Grey) the Tredgold team was awarded the Adam Bryan were overall winners. Memorial trophy. The Strydom Cup (presented by the Strydom and Beahan families in memory of Chris), for the The highlight of the year was the visit to Claw Dam most improved angler during 2012 was awarded to sponsored by a group of parents and friends from Stodart A R (Tredgold). Kadoma and organised by Mr and Mrs Gilmour. Both pupils and staff (seventeen in all) enjoyed the event to the Thanks must go to Mr J Makurumidze for his help with full and were exposed to a unique angling experience at a the Falcon Angling Society during the year and also to Mr venue which was second to none. We are grateful for the A. Mutape for his support at our various functions. generous support of parents and friends alike and are excited at the prospect of this becoming an annual event. Tony Bancroft

S Hammond A Stodart

96 ART CLUB

In the first term of 2012, the Junior Art Club was once again actively involved in the making of props for the school play, “Robin Hood”. Boys in Form 1 and 2 made foyer displays for the Bulawayo Theatre and 7 Arts Theatre in Harare, with their interpretation of medieval swords, shields and 'wanted' posters. At one stage, Tyler Brannigan and Matthew Connolly were lying on top of coloured paper while we created silhouettes of their body shapes and transformed them into Knights of old.

Form 3 boys stippled paint onto fabric so as to create the illusion of bricks on the turret towers of the castle…all

20m of fabric! After that the fabric was glued into place onto the massive frame that was eventually seen on the stage. The number of blisters on fingers from boiling hot glue was not funny, but the effect was amazing!

The 2nd term was much quieter in comparison, in which the exploration of different media in a more relaxed, controlled classroom environment was able to take place, with the boys choosing to do their own pictures.

The 3rd term was hectic again, with all exam classes from Form 3 and above in the art studios every day for six weeks. They were finishing their coursework, completing examination preparation and trying to stay on top of the pressure of Cambridge exams.

We can say that a good year was had by all and much was achieved.

Sally Langley

97 CHESS CLUB

The club started the year by attending the Girls' College Open tournament. This was Benjamin Randell's first match as the president of the club. He managed to take the club to a higher level this year.

In that tournament the team won its fair share of points and although they did not win they were awarded a certificate of attendance. The team then went on to play friendly matches against Dominican Convent, Gifford High School, CBC and Girls' College.

The team headed for Harare to attend the St John's College annual chess tournament. The competition there was quite tough and the boys were thrilled with the trip. In their respective groupings, Falcon juniors came 8th and the senior team 9th, both out of 16 schools present. The team was accompanied by Mrs Randell and she was very supportive of the boys and teachers present.

During the second term the club held a tournament on the 2nd of June, which was attended by the CHISZ schools around Bulawayo as well as St John's College, Kyle the contest. The team played very well, only to lose in the College and Midlands Christian College. Again, I would last round to St John's College who were the first like to thank the Randell family, who donated a shield for recipients of the shield. The tournament is now an annual event and attendance is expected to rise.

Around the school, the Inter-House competition was won by Oates. Benjamin Randell won the trophy for the best player of the year and Ethyn Dhana was the junior champion. Congratulations to you both.

Since the membership is increasing every term, the club is going to give more room to the juniors in their first year so as to give them a chance to learn the game. The club also hopes to attend many tournaments and expose the players to more challenging matches.

B Randell Evangelista Moyo

98 CLIMBING CLUB

The club has seen a revival this year, with a fair number of new members keen to challenge themselves against the verticality of the wall and to develop the definition of their forearms! N Moyo, A Gifford and H Gross have remained the stalwart core of the club and have enthused a large number of other junior boys.

During the 3rd term, members of the Adventure Racing Club attended, either as part of a race or in preparation for the Adventure Challenge for Schools, held in Zambia during early December. Their preparation paid off as almost all completed the Zambian climbing challenges successfully.

Abseiling also took place and now that some serious cliffs have been discovered at Nyankuni dam, some field trips there should happen in 2013.

Will Randle

COMPUTER CLUB

Computers never cease to be a motivator to our school- computer technology. Advantages include online going age groups. Consider Facebook with one billion services, such as online banking, online bookings and users, and now it is Whatsapp! This shows that nothing online shopping. All these services simplify our lives can be done without knowledge of and the skills to use both at work and at home. However, there is always a flip computers. Most accessories these days are side to every coin. Food for thought - what are phishing, computerized and certainly street life cannot be complete pharming and hacking? Are you safe in the presence of without this technology. these?

Currently, all business deals, formal or informal can be Boys had the job of discovering what these are and how done in the comfort of our homes, thanks to computer they can be prevented. They surfed the internet for technology. This technology is irresistible to both the information about these activities from all available youth and adults, yet there is a need to educate our youth sources. They sometimes found the information funny on some of the evils involved in the use of computer but mostly found it educational. technology.

The third term was mainly spent educating the boys Maxwell Ncube about both the advantages and disadvantages of I/C Computer Club

99 DRAMA CLUB

JUNIOR DEBATING

This year has been a good one for Junior Debating. They also had to master the skill of putting forward We started off the year with a strong and a persuasive argument, even if they were not sure enthusiastic board, headed by Thabo Dhlamini. We that their own personal principles agreed with the had the largest group of Form Ones that the club has motion that they were debating. We did take some seen in a while and all of them very good natural time out to do some fun things like teaching each speakers. After getting over the initiation process, other long and unusual words. I found this the club settled down to training. We started with particularly amusing because the boys had to figure the British Parliamentary Style, which provided us out not only how to describe the word, but also how with much amusement as the idea of being called a to pronounce it. This was a clear indicator of those government with ministers gave a few of our Form that spend hours with their noses buried in books. Three's rather large egos. The Form Ones also found themselves in their element and they soon Special thanks must go to the following individuals: developed their own unique modus operandi for Thabo Dhlamini – for providing a solid foundation debate. for the club and being able to withstand pressure from his peers; Takudzwa Ngwenya – for cheerfully The Karl Popper method was the next method that whipping the miscreants into shape; Mufudzi we tackled and this seemed to throw the boys off a Chikwete – for his unwavering dedication to the art bit. Not being able to spend more time on research of debate. To the rest of the Board Members – thank left them feeling a bit vulnerable at first, but they you for a great year and keep at it. soon found that they had to learn how to rely on their own general knowledge to get the job done. Sihle Khumalo

100 ETIQUETTE SOCIETY

The next meeting covered the etiquette of email correspondence, cell-phone use, 'netiquette' and the importance of observing the rules of operating in cyberspace, taking heed of possible dangers. Much valuable discussion arose from these topics. A bottle of 'Falcon Red' was opened to celebrate the 80th meeting of the Society, and the wine, despite having been stored for several years, proved to be perfectly palatable.

Dealing with the problems arising from the use of bad language, and the poor etiquette which this involves, took up the first part of the next meeting. Later, members were required to write a reply to a formal invitation. Everyone's attempt was listened to and then the correct wording of such a reply was discussed, and a copy of this was handed out for further reference.

A very practical meeting followed. On this occasion the boys were given a recipe for some rather unusual bread rolls which had been baked for the meeting, and which they later sampled. There was some discussion on cooking with yeast and the satisfaction which this can provide. Then members were introduced to the skills and tools required for carving roast meats, and following a Front row: T. Chida, T.K. Ndlovu, J. Machibaya, T. Kamhuka demonstration on a lamentably small chicken by the Middle Row: R. Butler, N. Moyo (Chairman), G. Macdonald (President), president, some boys put their new-found skills into B. Randell (Treasurer), G. Nhlamba practice. There were some interesting results, but most Back Row: B. Mason, S. Sibanda, S. Randell, A. Muil, R. Hyslop, who tried showed some degree of competence. The meat B. Langley carved then went down very well with the bread rolls. President: G A Macdonald The members were given a challenge to undertake the Chairman: N P Moyo cooking of the rolls, and to show off their carving skills at Secretary: B P Randell home. They left the meeting armed with the recipe and a Treasurer: R A Butler guide to carving.

The first meeting of the year was held in January, and to The first meeting of the third term was devoted to start with, the constitution of the Society was explained to discussing skills required in interviews. Members were members. Each member then told the group a little about first required to write down their first five most himself after which the main business of the meeting got under way. This was devoted to the president explaining the history of wine making, where wines come from around the world and the types of wines which are produced. Some literature on the subject had been compiled and then members were able to sample a Chardonnay and a Sauvignon Blanc, two famous wines. The members were taught what qualities they were to look for in wine; the 'legs', the aroma, the after-taste, the colour - these were terms being bandied around with increasing confidence!

The next meeting was a visit to The Stables Winery in B Langley Miss M Randle Bulawayo. We were all warmly greeted by Mrs Frances Randell and Mrs Debbie Dunn, who were conducting a wine tasting for the society. It was, as always, a most pleasurable occasion, and the boys were introduced to a wide variety of different wines, and given the chance to practise their new-found tasting skills. They were expertly guided by our two hostesses into the realms of wine and everyone learned a great deal in a most enjoyable way. We were all, as ever, indebted to the two ladies for their great hospitality. T Chida and Sister S Bryant

101 whom have been guests of honour in the past; Alan and Sue Bryant and Rosy Shearing. There was a buffet dinner, and the carving of the roasts was done by three accomplished society members. Waitering was expertly done by volunteers from the form four group who were at the College for the weekend. There were lots of toasts, good wishes and photographs to record a memorable occasion, with plenty of Victorian poses! important rules for successful interviews, and they The Chairman, proved to have some very sensible ideas. A handout on Njabulo Moyo, and the interview skills was distributed and the contents were Secretary, Ben Randell discussed. The president explained that there was to be were awarded an Astra Challenge at Falcon involving grade six children Citations for their from various primary schools. The parents' organising sterling work in committee had asked that there be a component helping the president involving the Etiquette Society, and so a plan for how this to run the society. was to be done was drawn up, and the five participating members were chosen. This is the last report for the Etiquette The final meeting of the year, and also the final meeting Society to be written by involving Gordon and Heather Macdonald, was held at L Sibanda a Macdonald. The the beginning of November. Various matters concerning society was begun in the annual dinner to be held in a few weeks' time, were 1999, and it has been our great pleasure to have been finalised. This was followed by a demonstration about involved. We have thoroughly enjoyed the close contact place settings at a dinner table, and there were some with groups of exuberant and interesting young people, interesting solutions offered to the problems posed in this and we hope that the society will continue to have a place exercise. As has become customary at the ends of in the College. meetings, wine was offered to members to sample and to comment on, and this time to toast the future of the Heather Macdonald society.

The Astra Challenge ended with the participating pupils being set the task of setting their table, eating their dinner and then tidying up afterwards, on all of which they would be judged. It was quite a daunting assignment since it came at the end of a long day, and had to be completed in front of staff, parents and accompanying chaperones, as well as under the eagle eyes of the Etiquette judges. It was a great success and both pupils and judges conducted themselves with great aplomb.

The annual dinner of the society was a huge success. The guest of honour was Tilly Randle, who had recently returned home after spending several months in the UK. She spoke eloquently and warmly about her wonderful experiences at the school where she had worked and also her travels, and most importantly, shared with everyone what she had learned from the whole adventure. Guests included Tilly's parents, Will and Brigitte Randle both of Mrs H Macdonald

102 FALCONRY

This year has been the year of lessons. Unfortunately the lessons learnt in falconry are usually brutal and final. Falconry is such a good discipline for young people because it is so demanding and with very little latitude for short-cuts. None of the boys managed to fly their birds through the whole season although Chris Friend came close but lost his African “Star” - Peregrine Goshawk near the end of the season. Two birds were killed by a genet during the holidays and one bird, an eyas devastating this season and seldom initiated a chase Ovambo, died after becoming entangled after bating at without securing the quarry. The limited rain and the perch. Yet another bird, a male African Goshawk, was therefore reduced cover meant that she was even more tethered too close to a female and was killed by her. The effective than last season. I had some great fun with my old Wahlberg's Eagle “Tequila” was killed by someone once inter-mewed captive bred Peregrine Falcon. I lost when he tackled some free ranging poultry near that this bird for four days at one point and was able to recover person's home. her using information learnt from one of our neighbours through Mr Querl. Needless to say her recovery was a I cannot emphasise strongly enough how much careful very exciting event. management the sparrowhawks require. I am far more comfortable with the less experienced boys handling African Goshawks and Gabar Goshawks. Unfortunately it is statements like this which mislead young falconers into believing that these birds are not as exciting to fly as the more delicate species. Having said that, we have a strong nucleus of new boys hoping to fly birds next season and two senior boys whom I would rate as very competent and who will obviously be able to provide good advice to the new falconers. Again I am hopeful that we are poised to have a good season. As I type this we are preparing to attempt collection of eyas birds for some of the new boys – a very exciting time!

Mr Querl and I managed some very exciting and enjoyable falconry. Mr Querl flew his once inter-mewed passage Black Sparrowhawk. This bird proved absolutely Julius - Juvenile Lanner Mr Querl has had some success in one of the breeding pens and has managed to produce a young Peregrine. He will take up and train this bird in due course and so promises to have another active season in 2013. I have collected a new eyas Lanner Falcon to fly next season from a site nearby here known as “Three Fingers”. When I mentioned this to Mr Peter Steyn (Falcon Staff 1961 – 1970) in an e-mail to him recently, he told me that Patrick Mavros (Falcon Old Boy) collected an eyas Lanner from the same site in the early 1970's. Some things don't change and the continuity of the Lanners that have been at “Three Fingers” for at least 40 years is a special reminder of this.

Jake, The Pointer Pierre Heymans

103 INTERACT

Falcon College takes the national events seriously and we do try to recognize each one. Through the club we managed to donate some fruit trees which the club planted at Carlisle Primary School during the National Tree planting day, which is the first Saturday of December each year. The club also managed to visit the home of the blind in Bulawayo where we donated cakes and sang to entertain the residents. I would like to thank the septet for agreeing to take to the stage for this event. Finally, the Interact soccer jam was a success.

This year the Interact Club was run by a board which comprised; the Head Boy, Deputy Head Boy, some heads of houses and school prefects. One could be forgiven for thinking that, that was one of the best teams ever and we were all geared up to see wonders from such a top brass Interact Board. However this was not to be the case as these boys had too much on their hands and as a result did not achieve much. First, the major fundraising The incoming Board for 2013 headed by J Matondi activity, the Interact dance was postponed from first term (President) and T Kersten (Vice- President) is geared up to second term. Come second term, it become hard to find for big things to come during their term of office and we a free slot in the calendar when most senior boys would are all looking forward to that. be available because many were heavily involved in rugby, hockey, soccer and other areas, not only as first Austin Moyo team players but also as Zimbabwe representatives, Interact Patron furthermore the crucial mock exams could not be impinged on. All of these factors contributed to the dance not taking place. The Valentine's Day fund-raising effort, monitored by the Board President Brett Mason also had limited success.

However despite these shortfalls, the club managed to conduct a litter sweep along the road from Falcon College to Esigodini. We also sourced some old clothes for donation to the under-privileged members of our society. The dedicated club members and also some members of staff donated towards food hampers that were given to the old peoples' home at Moth King Haven in Esigodini as well as Sacred Heart Homes, where orphans are resident.

104 MYLNE SOCIETY

President: Mr D Grant meetings and that 2013 will be a beneficial year for Chairman: T K Ndlovu everybody concerned. Secretary: T Chida Members: L Sibanda, B Mason, D Gibbons, The highlight of the year was probably the occasion when R Hyslop, K Bint, C Charsley, T A Chida, we took a revered previous President of the Society and G Fraser, T Kersten, B Matshe, N Moyo, his wife – Ted and Marilyn Marais - to lunch at the D Nyatsanza Cattleman Restaurant in Bulawayo. This was a very enjoyable interlude. The Mylne Society of 2012 enjoyed a pleasant year. It was It was gratifying to note in the final meeting of the year, an interesting group to work with. At times it seemed as that the concept of being a member of the Mylne Society though they were just going through the motions and still means a great deal to the young men of Falcon preparation for meetings was often left until the last College. Looking at the names that will take the traditions moment - or so it seemed. When the meetings took place, of the Society into the New Year, there is definitely however, they were invariably thought-provoking and potential for a dynamic year ahead of us. I am confident usually very worthy exercises. The bulk of the new that the Mylne Society will maintain its place as the members joined the Society relatively late in the year - premier Society in the College in 2013. purely through force of circumstances. I am sure that they quickly grasped the requirements for stimulating Dave Grant

NATURAL HISTORY CLUB

2012 has seemed to race by with alarming speed and the one and who will be leaving school at the end of this year. Natural History club has not accomplished all that we We single out here, Tarquin Bristow, Ben Randle, Njabulo would have liked in this year. Membership has ranged Moyo and Barry Hawthorne, all of whom have in some from about 80 members to approximately 35 in the third way or another contributed tremendously to the term and it is becoming increasingly apparent that many knowledge and development of the younger members of Falcon school boys battle to prioritise their extra-mural the club. We hope and trust that the seeds of knowledge commitments. Having said that, we are very grateful for about all things natural that have been sown during their the input and commitment from the stalwarts of the club, time at Falcon, will germinate and grow into a passion for some of whom have been members of the club since form the environment.

105 Walks in Quiet Waters as a club have been few because of the commitments of the Falcon school boys, but many of our members spend time as individuals on bush in the park and always report back to us on their sightings. During the full moon period in October, we conducted our annual game count on Quiet Waters and each group of boys, of which there were six, sighted and recorded some animals. While there were not enough boys participating in the count to cover the whole area of the park and certainly many of the counters confessed to sleeping through some of the counting period to make this an accurate sampling of the animals on Quiet waters, it does give us an idea of some of the movements of the animals. Sadly, one of the groups who were on the game count came across the carcass of a dead baby giraffe, perhaps a fatality of the very dry period that we had been Knowledge about trees and birds of Falcon and the experiencing prior to the late October rains. surrounding areas has again been a focus for the club members this year. School boys at Falcon are blessed to be surrounded by amazing fauna and flora both in the school grounds and in Quiet Waters and we certainly do not have to travel far to learn about natural history. With the changing seasons at Falcon comes a change in the bird species recorded here and it has been our intention to stimulate an interest in ornithology amongst the members of the club. Latterly, we have taken note of the migrant species that have arrived on the campus, most notably, the cuckoos. These are quite secretive birds and the only way to confirm their presence seems to be by call identification.

The identification of trees on the campus is an on-going The highlight of the year for the senior members of the exercise and with the change in seasons comes the change club was undoubtedly the trip to Malilangwe in foliage of the trees and flowering and fruiting. We Conservancy in April (see additional report). We are hope that in the long term, we will be able to build up a very grateful to the staff at Malilangwe for making this photographic portfolio of some of the trees on the campus trip possible. It is our intention to take another group of and how they change throughout the year, for boys to Malilangwe in 2013 as we have yet to even scratch identification purposes. the surface of all that Malilangwe has to offer in terms of geology, fauna and flora.

As teachers in charge of the Natural History club, we are both aware that many of the boys who join the club, do so because it is mandatory for them to join at least two clubs at the school, but we are of the opinion that if we can just sow a seed of interest in the natural environment amongst the boys, then it is a job well done. Those boys who are passionate about all things natural, are an inspiration to us and we thank them for their interest in and support of the club.

Carolyn Guthrie and Debbie Kelly

A few members of the club have managed to attend talks given at the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo about a number of topics, ranging from art work in the museum to edible insects. The Natural History Museum is on a drive to stimulate interest amongst the Bulawayo public and our club has joined the “Friends of the Museum” in support of their endeavours. The curator of Entomology at the Museum, Ms Kudzai Mafuwe came out to Falcon and presented a very interesting talk to the boys on insect sensory organs.

106 NATURAL HISTORY CLUB FIELD TRIP TO MALILANGWE, APRIL 2012

The Malilangwe Conservancy, adjacent to Gonarezhou National Park, was the destination for our annual Natural History club field trip in 2012, taking eight boys accompanied by Mrs Kelly and Mr and Mrs Guthrie. The main purpose of this trip was to witness the de-collaring of some elephants in the National Park.

From the moment of arrival at Hakamela Education Camp at Malilangwe, our mission was to rendezvous with Mr McTaggart who was flying his helicopter with the darting team in search of the target elephants. The first afternoon was pleasantly spent on the banks of the Runde River in Gonarezhou while we waited for news of sighting of a collared elephant to be darted for the collar to be removed. The collars on the elephants in an elephant, which is a delicacy in that culture) and a Gonarezhou will be removed in order for the GPS satellite game of touch rugby in the Runde River more than made tracking equipment on the collars to be refurbished. The up for our disappointment at not having witnessed an collars had been on the target elephants for just over 2 elephant darting that first afternoon. years. Sunset reflecting on the Chilojo Cliffs (“ Chilojo” in Shangaan refers to the pink underside of the mouth of The next two days were equally disappointing in terms of just not being able to witness an elephant darting simply because of the location of the elephants at the time of darting them and inaccessibility for the land cruiser. The weather also conspired against us in that the Chiredzi and Runde rivers came down in flood, preventing the vehicle from crossing over to the south western side of the park where some of the de-collaring exercise took place. The consolation prize for all was a short flip in the helicopter with Mr McTaggart, an exciting way of viewing animals.

The disappointment of not witnessing the de-collaring was tempered by a few great days spent exploring some of the Malilangwe conservancy in the company of scouts

107 Evenings were spent writing up about our discoveries of the day, after a delicious dinner provided by the staff of Hakamela. This also included an informative talk by Mr Mark Saunders on the background of the Malilangwe Conservancy Trust.

and Mr Mike Ball who is in charge of anti-poaching on the conservancy. We also had the privilege of close sightings of white rhino. Another highlight of the trip was an early morning spent radio-tracking collared cheetah with Mr Kim Wolhuter who has habituated a family of cheetah on the conservancy in order to be able to film them. A trip around the captive breeding centre of the conservancy to view specifically selected animals for their horn size was an eye-opener. Mr Guthrie, our resident Professional Hunter, had to be restrained in his enthusiasm about the trophy sizes of some of the animals that we observed!

The Natural History club is hugely grateful to Mr Saunders and his staff at Malilangwe for hosting us in such a welcoming manner, for providing us with amazing information about the area and the fauna and flora therein and also for accommodating us in such luxury at Hakamela. We are also very grateful to Mr McTaggart, Dr Chris Foggin and Mr Hugo van der Westhuizen for allowing us to tag along with their darting forays. Mr Guthrie, as has become the tradition for our trips, provided us with protection during our Malilangwe Conservancy has such diverse vegetation walks in the bush. He shared his amazing knowledge and habitat types and in our four days there, we were able with us and drove his land cruiser in pursuit of the to identify many different tree species, one of which, the helicopter with a skill and at a speed unequalled in the ironwood ‘Androstachys johnsonnii’, is only found in the Dakar rally! To him, we are also very grateful. south-eastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe. The minutiae seen while walking in the bush are often the subject of many Carolyn Guthrie and Njabulo Moyo fascinating discussions and this trip was no different from others in this regard. A dead lion sighted on one of our walks also presented an opportunity for close observation and discussion, as did all of the many species of mammals and birds that we observed, not the least being Lichtenstein's Hartebeest which are only found in this area in Zimbabwe.

108 NOVICES

President: Heather Macdonald and the evening away from school was a very pleasant Chairman: S C M Bhasera one. Secretary: I S Sururu I introduced members to the controversies of evolution at Following the very successful trip made by the the next meeting, when I showed them a film on the work Woodsmoke team to South America at the end of 2011, a and theory of Charles Darwin. Presented by Sir Richard group of the participating boys together with Mr Will Attenborough, the film made clear scientific claims for a Randle, were our guests at the first meeting of the year. It good understanding of the theory of evolution, and much was an extremely interesting meeting, since each of the of what was explained was something of an eye-opener boys gave us a presentation on a particular aspect of the to many members. There was some discussion at the end, expedition to the Andes, while Mr Randle provided the but not as much as would have been desired because of connecting commentary. We were treated to some time constraints. spectacular photographs, and there were many questions at the end of the session. Because of the sudden change to the end of term dates, the last meeting of the second term did not happen. Only The second meeting was really an exercise in the in September was the next meeting held when the society members learning something of the society and its was addressed by Gordon Macdonald. He outlined the president. But first, each member was required to give a history of Quiet Waters, how the conservation area came good account of himself, and speak about aspirations, into being and how and why it was developed. Many of interests and to answer questions. I then told the group the members were not well informed about this something of my life here at Falcon, and something of the important facility belonging to the College, and history of the College. It was an unusual format for a consequently there were quite a number of questions. meeting, since everyone was required to participate and it was a successful one. The braai held later in the term was also an opportunity for members to voice their views about the role they hope A short film made by Richard and Bookey Peeke, about they will play in the future of the College as they an orphaned Honey Badger which they had rescued, and approach the end of their schooldays. There was some which they brought up and rehabilitated into the wild, discussion, but what was interesting was that some was shown to the boys at the next meeting. While being thinking does not change, concerns being voiced being fascinating, the film also provided much amusement as almost identical to those expressed decades ago! The we watched the antics of a charming but ferocious evening was generally a successful one, though the animal. (This was the 150th meeting of the Society.) president would have wished for better punctuality!

An outing to belatedly celebrate the 150th meeting of the I have run Novices for more years than I can remember, society was embarked on next. My husband Gordon and I have enjoyed being involved with a society which Macdonald, Rodwell Khumalo, one-time member of was such a flexible one. I am especially grateful to all the Novices himself, and his wife, Sihle, were guests for the guest speakers who have come to address us over the evening. The celebration was held at Umnondo chalet at years, and for the input of my various chairmen and Pumula Camp, and took the form of a simple braai, secretaries. followed by the cutting of a rather large chocolate cake. The cooks who volunteered for duty did an excellent job, Heather Macdonald

109 PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB

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The year started off R Rochat enthusiastically enough with sixteen members, all of whom showed a keen interest in the activities initially. But as time went on it was obvious that a number of the members were really only there so that they could say that they belonged to a

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110 I Riley club. By the beginning of the third term membership was down to eight with a few of those only making the odd appearance.

Despite this drop in membership, some I Riley good photographs were taken with some of the more interesting of them being displayed at Speech Day, which A major problem this year has been to find a convenient time slot for club drew some complimentary remarks meetings. Fitting in with all the other activities these boys are involved in from parents. Several photographs from is very difficult. However, a new approach is planned for next year, which members were also used in the will hopefully provide enough flexibility to attract more members to the Headmaster's weekly newsletter, so Club. gradually more exposure is being experienced by members. My thanks go to Justin Machibaya for his perseverance and willing assistance throughout the year and for his steady stream of photos. He was our expert on Photoshop and he has with any luck passed on a fair amount of his knowledge to the other members. Rocky Rochat was also a prolific contributor with a particular bent towards wildlife. The other surviving members of the club were: Ian Riley, Mathew Machibaya, Rory Keefe, Nathan Nell, Charlie Randell and Thomas Wood.

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111 QUEST SOCIETY

Staff member in charge: Treasure Ndlovu riveted with information about growing regions in Africa Members: Sibanda L K (President); and how staying young and innovative is advantageous Chida T (Secretary); when it comes to exploiting virgin markets. The members Bhebhe R; Butler R; Connery M; were delighted when he said, “We need to learn the rules Gibbons D; Hyslop R; Mawere so that we know how to break them properly.” C; Moyo N P; Mtetwa B; Muil A; Towards the end of the year we began to apply the Ndlovu T K; Nhlamba G; knowledge learned from the various speakers and Mason B, Leroy Sibanda instead of inviting speakers to come out and speak to us we held the meetings ourselves. This turned out to be The year started off in a splendid fashion, with very thought provoking because regardless of the fact excitement among all members of the society. Our aim that we had all heard the same information, we had this year was to prepare ourselves for the real world, so to interpreted it in different ways and our application of the speak, and thus we got successful businessmen to come concepts learned varied widely. Overall we learnt not and speak to us on various issues. I believe the highlight only from the speakers who came out, but also from each of the year was the meeting we had in first term with Mr other in a business sense and I believe we thus achieved H Leared as the guest speaker. The meeting was held at our aim for the year. the Quest Africa facility in Quiet Waters. It was a real eye opener with Mr Leared managing to keep the society Leroy Sibanda

SHOOTING CLUB

Mr Norman Armstrong and the other members of the HQ1 Brigade Rifle Club for hosting us. Team: J Allard, M Armstrong (Captain), T Boshoff, M Dodington, F Dollar, B Erasmus, S Hammond, K Kidia, A Leared, M Rautenbach and C van Breda. Various other boys joined early in the year but did not make it to the end. New recruits for 2012 were again required to write an entrance test and were selected based on the results of that test.

The results of the Inter-House Shooting Competition for 2012 were: 1st: Chubb 185 2nd: Oates 178 3rd: George Grey 174 4th: Founders 164 5th: Hervey 163 6th: Tredgold 136

Back Row (L to R): C van Breda, J Allard, M Rautenbach, F Dollar, A Leared Middle Row (L to R): Mrs B Heymans, B Erasmus, M Dodington, K Kidia, Mrs D Kelly Front Row (L to R): M Armstrong (Captain), T Boshoff

In the first term, we were invited to join the HQ1 Brigade Rifle Club for a day of shooting at Woolendale range. Ten boys took part and shot with .22 Heavy rifles over a distance of 25m and performed very well. C van Breda was the top shot for Falcon in this category, coming third overall (out of 24 entrants) against the seasoned Rifle Club members. They also shot .308 over 100m and our top scorer there was T Boshoff, who came 6th overall. The theme for the day was “Hostages” and the boys were required to shoot at various targets containing hostages and their captors, without shooting any of the hostages. A lot of fun was had by all and we are extremely grateful to

112 M Dodington

The results of the Marksmanship Competition for 2012 her help at the range, for the long hours standing in the were: sun while the boys shot and for allowing the boys to use 1st: M Dodington 1280 her rifles from time to time. 2nd: B Erasmus 1196 3rd: T Boshoff 1113 Barbara Heymans

A new award was established this year, for the Most Improved Marksman and this was won by K Kidia.

Again the fight for the top marksman position was a fierce one and those with less commitment proved to be no match for those who attended regularly. Two second hand rifles with telescopes were purchased for the club so we now have three telescopes in use. We hope to buy another two telescopes next year so that we have a full complement of five on our top five rifles. Quest Africa hosted some boys from St John's College in the third term and each boy had the chance to shoot on our range. We gave them a talk on safety and basic handling, as well as the parts of a rifle. Each boy shot ten M Rautenbach rounds. There were some excellent results but what was most interesting about this exercise was the level of commitment and patience shown by our club members in coaching some boys who had never handled a rifle in their lives. A special thank you in this regard must go to Bradley Erasmus and Michael Rautenbach. Frank Dollar, Shaun Hammond, Michael Dodington, Travis Boshoff and Andrew Leared also gave up their free time to help out.

Four new recruits have been accepted for 2013 and they are: D Coetzee, S Coetzee, B Follwell and C Locke. I look forward to seeing them perform on the range next year. Thank you to Mrs D Kelly for amongst other things, all

113 SNAKE CLUB

sprinkling with rain. I was called to the San for a small spraying (spitting) cobra. Frogs were hopping around, also looking for food. The cobra was under an ornamental log against a San wall – we coaxed it into the open away from pot plants and pinned and bagged it, folding over and tying down the top of the bag. I was gathering together my equipment when I felt a needle prick – instinctively I moved my hand and the prick became a single, shallow scratch which I encouraged to bleed. The short, needle-like fang has a very fine capillary which runs down inside the fang and then forwards in an 'L' shape so that venom can be sprayed forwards (mainly defence) or injected for killing. The venom exit is above the fang point and mine was a shallow scratch. There was The Culprit - My First Ever Spitter To Bite Through A Bag no stinging to suggest envenomation but I did play it safe. Of interest, I drop or flick a snake into a bag, gather the In January 2012 we had to start rebuilding 'Snakes' from top, shake the snake to the bottom then slide my hand scratch. Our dry conditions had reduced protective cover over the bag so I can fold over the top and secure it. Only and left the bush pretty dead and devoid of food so that later did the cobra have a go at me (when touching the snake numbers had dropped and sightings and captures bag), the first time ever in many years of working with have been very limited. Significantly, virtually all of our snakes. (The process is quite different with mambas as captures have been evening or night snakes – most have a they are renowned for biting through bags). vertical pupil, as with a cat for night vision and some had started foraging before dusk in desperation. Most had We have had one other similar incident - a puff adder weak, under-weight bodies. had been aggressive during capture and much later the Inevitably, spitting cobras topped the list of catches – we have released five elsewhere and retained the two largest and they are overcoming their natural shyness and eating openly. The rather secretive puff adder comes next – again we had mainly smaller specimens, light in body mass. These had to be fed up and again released elsewhere. Several small and relatively harmless frog- eating night adders were simply moved away from people. Heralds also need small frogs and are not nearly as common as before – we will retain our two larger specimens. We have not recorded an egg eater for many years and yet this year has yielded three (both Common and Eastern).This delightful, secretive snake only takes in the contents of small birds' eggs and has to survive most Our First Egg Eater About To Take On A Large Pigeon Egg of the year when small birds' eggs are not available. In bag was held above the tie-off point and a boy's shadow drought conditions it is assisted at Falcon by watered moved across the hanging bag. The snake obviously felt gardens with suitable shrubs for garden birds to nest in. threatened and struck, with both long fangs hooked through the bag and squirted two jets of yellow venom One minor snake incident is worth mentioning. After Speech Day the evening was dark with clouds and it was onto the floor. To me, the normally gutless spraying cobra and the normally placid puff adder must have both been on edge being in an unnatural environment i.e. a bag and, perceiving a threat, each reacted defensively. There is no such thing as “it never happens”. A Herald Snake, Rather Lean, Caught A Jumble Of Spitters Released Back Into The Wild Graham Armstrong Whilst Hunting For Frogs

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Staff member in charge: Treasure Ndlovu The first term started well with a few debates versus our Members: Sibanda L K (President); local rivals Girls' College, Masiyephambili High School, Moyo N P (Vice President); Convent and Petra High School, all of which went Mason B (Secretary); splendidly with most debates falling in our favour. A new Chida T (Treasurer); method of debate was then introduced to the club in the Kamhuka N (Disciplinarian); second half of the term in the form of the British Ndlovu T K (Chief Researcher); parliamentary style. This style requires four teams per Dlodlo S; Gumede T; Hwenjere debate divided into opening and closing government and R; Janhi V; Mathe T; Matondi T; opening and closing opposition, as compared to the Matshe M; Mhonde T; Nare R; traditional Karl Marx style of debate (consisting of two Nyatsanza D; Zvobgo T teams of three) which we had subscribed to for the past Leroy Sibanda few years. As a result there was a reduction in the number of debates for the rest of the year. The year was greeted with much enthusiasm from the board members of the society, which consisted of L K We took the opportunity to focus on improving the Sibanda as president, N P Moyo as vice president, B standard of debate within the society itself. We hosted a Mason as secretary, T Chida as treasurer, T K Ndlovu as series of mini in-house debates where club members were head researcher and N Kamhuka as disciplinarian. We required to speak on the given topic, and afterwards a had plans to do a debate tour of Johannesburg, which member of the board would evaluate the session and would expose us to not only much fiercer competition, make corrections where necessary. The board and I felt but also to different mind-sets and radical trains of that this was very beneficial to the club and will stand thought. Unfortunately not all plans come to fruition as them in good stead in the coming year. expected as we found it difficult to plan the route and to establish effective communication between us and our Overall I feel that the year went well and the lessons learnt would-be opponents. This comes as a clear indicator that in Speakers' Circle will have real life application and give debate is still growing throughout the world and not only members an advantage in years to come. in our country. Hopefully such a tour will be possible in the near future. Leroy Sibanda

STOCK MARKET CLUB

the world of the stock market. The online stock exchange game faced many difficulties as usual, as the internet was very slow, therefore not giving us the opportunity to fully exploit it. The main objective, which was to invest funds in the real world, did not go as planned. The goal was to invest into a company locally and gain experience. Making a profit or loss was not part of the entire objective although it would have been great to make a profit. The whole idea behind this project was for us as students to learn about the value A Senderayi, TM Jongwe, Mr ZJ Makurumidze, RS Bhebhe, CT Mawere of money and possible ways to try to make money once out of school. Unfortunately the organisation and co- Board: Bhebhe R (Chairman); operation from fellow club members wasn't substantial Mawere C (Secretary); enough leading to us withdrawing from this project. Jongwe T (Treasurer); The club is still growing though and we have not given Senderayi A (Sergeant of Arms) up on our dreams and ambitions. I hope the board of 2013 Mr Z J Makurumidze (Patron) will be able to learn from our mistakes and hopefully make necessary improvements. The club is destined for At the beginning of the year, the club had great ambitions greater things and all that is needed is for its potential to such as investing funds into the real world of investment, be fully utilised. 2013 promises to be a good year. The inviting guest speakers from various jobs, internal newly elected board already has its plans underway. We growth and to continue trading stocks through the online welcomed the new board and to date the new elect game. chairman, B Blatch, has made contacts with influential In the first term we were able to get some advice and help brokers from different investment companies. We hope from Kingdom Bank which was very beneficial to the they will point us in the right direction. club. Mr Mlambo from Tetrad Holdings also came down from Harare to give us an interesting presentation about Robin Bhebhe

115 TECHNOLOGY CLUB

The fabrication of a collapsible bridge provided yet another good example where the club members skills were put to good use, thereby benefitting both the club members and the College. Effort, skill and purposefulness were combined to make Robin Hood a success. B Mashange, N Dhlodhlo and K Bint played a leading role in the cutting, shaping and fabrication of the small axes whose shape had been designed and developed by T Bristow.

Every club member got involved in the construction of the swords as fifteen swords were required for the play. This provided an opportunity for the boys to shape metals in their cold state and to fit handles that met both ergonomic and aesthetic requirements.

Tarquin Bristow had to single-handedly construct the skeletal frame for the horse by using malleable and ductile galvanised iron wires. He gained a lot of skill from brazing the wires to a robust structure that was then covered by the Art department for its final appearance.

B Gilmour and K Bint constructed the fire box that had Front: (L-R ) M Ndlovu, G Fargnoli, K Kidia, SL Ncube, K Bint, electrical connections to give the impression of a portable NI Dhldhlo, fireplace. A container for fireworks was also made to help Second Row: KW Karuwo, N Mashanyare, R Herbst, D Wardley, contain fire and smoke on the stage. Here the properties C Pritchard, of acrylic plastic were considered for a transparent but Third Row: P Mwale, M Rautenbach, S Coetzee, NAD Nell, C Locke, M O' Hagan durable material. Back: M Swannack , D Gilmour, B Mashange, M Armstrong, A Leared, C Blignaut The second and third terms saw the club use the sessions The first term of the year saw the Technology Club for the implementation of their coursework projects. The working with limited time to meet the deadline to boys who had been involved in making props for Robin produce props for the Robin Hood play. The major Hood in the first term, used the knowledge and skill they contributions of the club to the play's success included the had gained to solve their design problems. I thank the construction of the castle, the bridge, the fabrication of boys for their contributions in the cultural, technical and swords, axes, the witch's light stand and the horse. art aspects of the school.

The construction of a huge castle that could quickly be Club Members: assembled and dismantled for easy transportation T Bristow (Captain); C Blignaut; M Armstrong; provided a rich and interesting design situation for the M Blatch; S Coetzee; N I Dhlodhlo; B Erasmus; boys. The club members came up with several designs L A Fargnoli; A Gifford; H Gross; D Gilmour; S Foyn; before the most practical one was selected for modelling A Griffin; R Herbst; K Kidia; L Herbst; D Landrey; and development into a prototype size. The construction C Locke; NAD Nell; M Mashange; M Ndlovu; of the structure provided a practical situation where the M J O' Hagan; C Randell; C Pritchard; M D Rautenbach; boys had to apply their learnt skills in the welding and M Small; B Stodart; M Swannack; C Van Breda; fabrication of portable, adjustable and stable structures N Mashanyare; K W Karuwo; P Mwale; K Eksteen; for use on the stages in the school hall, Bulawayo and R De Vries; K Bint Harare theatres. A Leared, M Swannack, C Blignaut, G Coleman and B Gilmour contributed outstandingly in this task. Studin Ncube

116 TOASTMASTERS

Various topics for 2012 included: 1. Rising from the Ashes 2. The Consequences of our Actions 3. Pride, Passion and Inspiration 4. Going Green - Changing the World 5. Romeo's Serenade

It was interesting to see how much creativity the members of the Society possessed as Topic Sessions varied from debates to quiz challenges and court cases. I must commend all the Toastmasters for maintaining a high level of interest and etiquette. The year also presented some challenges as several complications led to the cancellation of the Toastmasters Conference. Some of the issues centred on communication with other participating schools. However, the Fundraising Committee managed to raise sufficient funds for the Toastmasters' Dinner held at Bulawayo Club in October. The evening was well spent with the ladies of Girls' College, as everyone enjoyed themselves. The guest speaker was Mr Midlane, a parent of an ex Falcon Boy. He enlightened the Society with wise words and shared his experiences on competing in gruelling physical challenges around the world such as Iron Man. We were truly inspired.

Back Row: B Mtetwa, W Ullrich, K Reid, N Kamhuka, M Bhebhe, A memorable night was capped off by the induction of N Dhlodhlo the 2013 board. Daniel Nyatsanza was announced as the 3rd Row: T Chida, LK Sibanda, C Bydawell, D Gibbons, B Langley new President with Frank Dollar taking over as the 2nd Row: D Nyatsanza, N Moyo, Mrs J Stewart, TK Ndlovu, B Mason Secretary. Iphile Dhlodhlo will act in the capacity of Front Row: C Friend, T Dhafana, T Chida, T Madondo, F Dollar Pubic Relations Officer. The outgoing 2012 board gave Mrs Jacqui Stewart, the Toastmasters Patron, a token of appreciation on behalf of the Society. A year, in which expectations were high, did not disappoint as the Toastmasters of 2012 surpassed these I would like to thank Njabulo Moyo, the Secretary and expectations. The winds of change swept through the Brett Mason, the Public Relations Officer, for their Society as the Constitution was amended. It was decided diligent assistance throughout the year. Their efforts that a fining system would be implemented to keep up were evidently fruitful. Finally I wish the 2013 discipline in the Society. Some felt the pinch earlier on in Toastmasters Society an enjoyable year and may they the year but this proved to be a success with the discipline continue to strive for excellence. during meetings improving dramatically. As is tradition, the meetings were conducted in the H B Dugmore Tapiwa Ndlovu Memorial Library once every month. 2012 President

M Machibaya L6 J Machibaya U6

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After the major expedition to the Andes in 2011, the club had a quiet year. Only two trips were undertaken, one in Matopos from Mtshebezi dam to Diana's pools and one locally in the Wilderness area. Next year will be busier combining with Adventure racing activities.

Will Randle

118 119 NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

5th Row: S Madonko, R Butler, R Bhebhe, C Bydawell, T Rowe, R Hyslop, A Senderayi, L Sibanda, K Reid, B Langley, D Gibbons, M Mlambo, W Ullrich, K Walder, J Chilufya 4th Row: G Strydom, J Worsley, B Watson, A Viljoen, O Marchussen, G Fargnoli, B Blatch, C Friend, D Peall, K Bint, T Dhafana, C Charsley, T Ndlovu 3rd Row: S Pretorius, M Swannack, N Nell, T Wood, Mr. J Ferreira, Mr. B Ray, S Bhasera, J Allard, M Small, F Dollar, D Wardley 2nd Row: R Scheepers, N Mashanyare, A Keefe, C Pritchard, R Herbst, L Fargnoli, D Lenton, B Michelson, J Kersten, R Oatley, M Davies, T Brannigan, J Stone, 1st Row: L Van Breda, T Machaya, R Scheepers, W Swales, T Catterall, N Winskill, J Mupeso, T Mabhudhu, M Madhombiro, T Nenhunzi

ATHLETICS

Back Row: K Bint, C Chitima, J Zietsman, A Gifford, D Nyatsanza, D Mpofu, B Scheepers, B Chapeyama, C Charsley 2nd Row From Back: R Makuwaza, K Mashangu, M Ushewokunze, M Mazorodze, S Pretorius, B Williams, B Mhuriyengwe, M Dodington, M Small, N Chiofa, B Watson 3rd Row From Back: N Muzamhindo, L Fumia, D Landrey, T Mabhudu, S Snyder, M Chikwete, N Razunguzwa, K Starch, SK Ngozo, S Madonko 4th From The Back: S Chiwaka, N Chuma, P Swales, A Muil, K Gotore, Mrs J Fleming, K Chilufya, Mr I Museba, M Mlambo, R Hyslop, E Wasara, LK Sibanda, T Jemuce Front Row: M Noach, C Mupeso, IA Collett, T Potera, D Mukusha, S Sindaza, R Scheepers, TE Ndlovu, W Munemo, T Chiremba, K Schultz

120 2012 was yet another successful athletics season for Falcon College athletes. Captained by K J Chilufya, the boys gave an excellent account of themselves at all levels. After a busy few weeks of competitions, a total of seven school records were smashed.

The year started with a team of athletes representing their school in Louis Trichardt, taking part in the Northern Provinces of South Africa meeting. We were unable to take all of our top athletes due to other sporting commitments, but this small team of boys returned with 49 places in event finals, 4 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze medals. This is an excellent achievement for so early on in the year. C Charsley Founders Day was action packed and exciting and as always, brings the best out in Falcon athletes, which is evident in the final results. There were seven records broken with Hervey winning Founders Day by a narrow margin over Tredgold.

In closing, it is very encouraging to see a strong junior athletic group progress and excel throughout the year. This high level of competition between them bodes well for the future of Falcon athletics. The list of thanks that come to mind for those involved in making this season a memorable one would take another few paragraphs but a short special mention must be extended to Mr P Stewart who I am sure was sleep deprived and lost a few K Chilufya, Mrs Chilufya (Guest of Honour Founders Day) and M Mlambo kilogrammes running backwards and forwards preparing the faultless grounds and everything else that We then moved on to participate in the cluster, district accompanies these events. Thank you too to Mrs M and finally the NASH Interprovincial athletics meeting. Querl, whose dedication and high standards ensured These events are for the U16 – U18 – U20 age groups. In excellence at every meeting, Mr I Museba whose the preliminary cluster meeting, 35 boys participated - enthusiasm and support is invaluable, Mr J Heymans, Mr winning 17 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals, F Majuba and Mr S V Ndlovu for their individual resulting in 31 boys being selected to represent the coaching and assistance to the team and the Falcon staff district in the next round. The Matebeleland South Inter- for coaching house athletics and the officiating of events. Districts meeting was held at Falcon College. The It makes any meeting held a pleasure! Catering staff are efficiency and resounding success of this meeting can be put under enormous pressure during this first term and I attributed to so many people, namely to an enormous thank them for their input. The San sisters are to be amount of preparation undertaken by Mr Stewart and his thanked for not only dealing with incidents on the ground staff, Mrs M Querl who tirelessly kept the respective days, but also fielding a continual flow of proceedings on track, Mr P Heymans precise computing injuries and woes on a daily basis. administration, the Falcon staffs' outstanding officiating of the events, Mr R Khumalo who had the stressful task of Athletics Awards : running the Inter-Districts Cross Country events Colours: K Chilufya, K Gotore, R Hyslop, S Madonko, simultaneously, and last but not least the San sisters M Mlambo whose job on the day, nobody envied. 50 Club: S Banda, K Bint, B Chapeyama, C Charsley, Needless to say once again Falcon Athletes stood proud at the end, with a total of 30 boys being selected to B Mason, M Mazorodze, B Mhuriyengwe, D Mpofu, represent the Matebeleland South Provincial team in J Mutambara, S Pretorius, B Scheepers, P Shonhiwa, Plumtree. L Sibanda, K Walder, D Wardley, E Wasara

In between the above mentioned athletics meetings, we Julie Fleming of course held our own very exciting and important fixtures. Inter-House relay day as always, was a hard fought contest with Tredgold coming out as winners. Unfortunately much to the disappointment of the boys, the Inter-Schools relay event to be held at CBC was cancelled due to rain and the full fixtures programme made it impossible to reschedule. The Inter-School invitational was held at Falcon and our school team managed a fine performance, winning the event with noteworthy individual results all round. As usual the M Mlambo, K Gotore, K Chilufya and K Walder LK Sibanda

121 BASKETBALL

From Left To Right-seated G.N. Nhlamba, L.K. Sibanda, J. Mutambara (cpt), Mr I.Museba, G. Matina ( Vcpt), T.M.L. Moyo, A. Senderayi From Left To Right-standing B. Mhuriyengwe, N. Chuma, K. Walker, S. Chiwaka, D. Nyatsanza, R. Bhebhe, J Machibaya, R. Nare, T. Masanga

1st Team During term three we struggled with balance on the court The team for 2012 was made up of mostly of U6 boys. We having lost our captain, J Mutambara, to a rugby injury started on a high note, going to Watershed and winning during term two. We brought in our juniors and the games there. The boys played very well and in the struggled with chemistry, culminating in our losing to afternoon we moved across to play Peterhouse. Our boys Watershed at Falcon. played with typical 'Falcon Fire' and we led from the start and then lost our momentum in the dying minutes of the We then went to Top Schools in and were last quarter to lose narrowly to Peterhouse. Back home placed in the same pool as Peterhouse and Churchill. We we continued with our traditional fixtures, where we lost both pool games and went on to play placement came out tops. We then started to prepare for the St John's games. We won the two games to finish 9th overall. We U19 tournament held in Johannesburg. also lost A Senderayi to injury and came back home to host our annual Carvalho trophy. With a predominantly Our boys struggled to get started and we lost our first junior side we played well to make the finals, where we game. We lost some of our games narrowly and there lost to Nkulumane in a very tightly contested match. were games we could have taken. We did win two good games and came back home to re-organize ourselves. We We played some good games and I was fairly happy with then took part in the annual tournament, where we the results. We could have done better but the team qualified to go to the Top Schools Tournament that was struggled with chemistry in term 3 after the loss of our held at Peterhouse during our first fixture free in term starting players previously mentioned. We hope 2013 three. will bring us good fortune as we move to play in the CHISZ group.

Isaac Museba

Basketball Awards :

Honours: G Matina, J Mutambara Colours: R Bhebhe, T Moyo, G Nhlamba, D Nyatsanza, A Senderayi, L Sibanda 50 Club: K Chinaka, S Chiwaka, N Chuma, J Machibaya, T Masanga, B Mhuriyengwe, R Nare, K Walker

J Mutambara - Captain G Matina - Vice Captain Best Basketball Players: G Matina, J Mutambara

122 U16 The season was filled with exciting moments and the team had fun. School boys must enjoy the sport to continue training and at junior level the main thrust of sport is to develop skills. I had a rare opportunity to work with players of great diversity in terms of talent but we managed to work in harmony and bring about some decent results. The boys had a rich vein of energy; they arrived at training promptly and were always willing to go the extra mile. The most challenging aspect of this team was to manage to formulate a playing philosophy with them. The parents were an integral part of this group as was the school administration which supported us and we were able to play against all the top opposition in the country. This put the record straight and we know our strengths and weaknesses as we approach the senior level. There is a saying that goes, “Sometimes when you lose, you win and when you win you lose.” I strongly agree with this statement because as a team we might not have accumulated accolades and trophies but we gained in character, we improved in self esteem and we managed to raise our technical ability for future assignments.

There were twenty four boys who attended training sessions. This led to the introduction of the B team so that all may have the opportunity to play. We played a total of twenty five games the whole season and up to twenty two players managed at least once to play for the A team. This year we also had as many away matches as we had home ones. The team managed to travel up north and play some More importantly special mention goes to fellow staff crucial games. members in the Basketball family who stood with us and supported us morally and technically. I am indebted to the following parents for their unwavering support: Mr and Mrs Mafa for attending all Squad : T Banhamombe, home and Bulawayo matches to encourage the boys; Mrs M Bwerinofa, Matshe who assumed the organizing Chairperson role T Dhlembeu, L Fumia, for our team; Mr and Mrs Razunguzwa, Mr and Mrs S Kanyekanye, Bwerinofa, Mr Machaya and Mrs Banhamombe. We P Machaya, P Mafa, appreciate your invaluable support. We won eighteen R Makuwaza, out of twenty three games. G Mandaza, T Matondi, S Matshe, N Muzamhindo, T Ngwenya, A Nxumalo, E Nxumalo, N Razunguzwa, P Ruswa, A Sibanda, K Starch

SV Ndlovu

U15 This year the team managed to post wins in most of the matches played, notably wins away at Mzingwane High school, Ihlathi High School and Founders High school. These schools have of late given us good competition outside our usual opponents in town – the likes of CBC and Petra.

We opened the season in the first term by taking part in the U15 Basketball tournament hosted by St George's and the boys gave a good account of themselves to go all the way to the quarter finals. We won most of our matches in the first term although I cannot say the same about our performance in third term when we lost to Watershed D Nyatsanza (home) and St John's College (away).

123 I would like to thank my captain for the year, Shonhiwa P, Starting players were: for all his efforts. Outstanding players this year were J Mupeso (Captain, playmaker), Shonhiwa P, Mhute R, TshumaW and Moyo E. K Motlhale (base), T Kawadza (base), T Chiremba (wing), P Muramba (wing) and L Sibanda (base). Squad: P Shonhiwa (Captain), E Dhana, T Dube, Other squad members were: G Chivasa, G Nhari, N Garakasha, N Magonya, T Mahachi, S Maringa, K Garakasha, J Oostindien, T Njanike, M Manemo, T Mhonde, R Mhute, E Moyo, J Mulambo, I Nembaware, T Mderede, N Shiridzinodya, K Munyonga, H Miti, W Tshuma, T Zvobgo R Chiramba, N Razunguzwa, L Dube, K Bakkes-Bunting and T Gotore. Gatsemane Katsande Finally I would like to thank Mr Sikhumbuzo Ndlovu for organising the fixtures and Mr Isaac Museba for all the U14 logistics and technical advice in all aspects of Basketball This year has been a very successful year for the U14 during the year. I hope the boys will continue to play, basketball team and I am delighted by the determination have fun in the sport and improve their skills as U15 and unity of purpose these young lads showed to this players next year. Well done on a good season. game of basketball. It was therefore no surprise that these boys managed to win most games this season and lost Austin Moyo only three games to St John's and Watershed (twice) who are currently Zimbabwe's top schools in basketball. We Summary of results ended up as losing finalists in the U14 annual tournament held at CBC, losing to Watershed. This was considered PWDL progress considering that in 2011 we came fourth in our 1st 27 13 0 14 pool in the same tournament and failed to proceed into 2nd 2 2 0 0 the next round. The captaincy of J Mupeso was sound and U17 16 13 0 3 I thank him for his outstanding leadership both on and off U16 A 25 18 0 7 the court. He led by example hence the outstanding U16 B 1 1 0 0 results. D Nyatsanza played a pivotal role in assisting me U15 A 18 10 0 8 with the coaching of these boys and I thank him most U15 B 2 2 0 0 sincerely for according us his time and selflessly U14 A 21 15 0 6 imparting his knowledge of the game to his juniors. U14 B 5 2 0 3

U17 Basketball Team

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CRICKET 1st XI Back Row: T T Madondo, B M Watson, GA Fraser, KB Reid, ACR Muil, MJ Dodington, AB Leared, JP Worsley, BL Mtetwa [Scorer] Front Row: RA Butler, WDJ Ullrich, Mr DNL Grant, TB Ganyani [Capt], Mr RB Harrison, MAT Mlambo, RW Hyslop

The Cricket scenario at Falcon College remained both thank the San Sisters and their team of first aid men for the busy and productive in 2012. The fortunes of each assistance and attention that they have provided during particular age group can be located in the appropriate the cricket seasons. Thank you, Zoe and Sue. sections that follow, but it is true to say that the cricketers of Falcon College maintained the traditions that have The scorers (and on Main Field – their scoreboard been built up over the decades. The important point at operators) also provide an essential service which is often this time is to remember and acknowledge all of those overlooked. Falcon College thanks all the scorers, and people who make it possible for these young sportsmen also Richard Harrison for his initiative in identifying and to indulge their pleasure every weekend. training scorers.

Pete Stewart and his groundstaff have performed an The College would especially like to thank the ZC Coach outstanding job in 2012 - a year of terrible drought that for Matabeleland, Wayne James, for the time and effort saw a rainy season of about 9 inches of rainfall followed that he put into travelling to Falcon to assist with by a mild winter and no sign of the drought breaking at coaching. Wayne's contribution was outstanding. We the time of writing. To achieve the quality of pitches and also thank the Matabeleland Tuskers for their initiative in outfields that have been maintained under these organising coaching visits from their players. I circumstances is the finest single tribute to this team of particularly thank Dave Houghton for getting this men. All the cricketers of Falcon College record their initiative going. The College cricketers have definitely gratitude for the efforts. benefited from their input, and on several occasions it has had the happy effect of bringing recent old boys and The caterers, Servcor, members of staff back to the College. operating under the auspices of Gladys Doba Due to a peculiar set of circumstances at the College in and Lindsay Williams, 2012, former member of the Falcon staff, Richard Brebner, have also done the College came back into the extramural fold to coach and umpire proud during the course of the Under 16A team during the year. Falcon thanks him the year. Schoolboys often for his time, and particularly for honouring his seem impervious to the commitment to spend hours on the road to umpire away rigours of harsh sun and matches. He received considerable assistance from Glenn heat, but definitely they Querl when he was available, and we thank him for his have been sustained in services. their endeavours through the juice and teas that have The members of staff who gave of their time to take T Ganyani - Captain been provided. We also practices during the week, often travel many hours with

125 them on a bus for the fixtures and umpire in the summer and fielding - particularly in the seam attack, which heat to enable the Falcon College cricketers to pursue a combined some good pace and bounce with accurate sport that they love, are deserving of the thanks of every backup. At the start of the year, the spin attack looked cricket lover at the College. Without them, standards threadbare, with skipper Ganyani the only experienced could not be maintained, no matter what degree of talent spin bowler. As it turned out, the spin attack more than is imported into the College. In this context there are three held its own. Ganyani produced some effective spells, members of staff that are deserving of special mention. and Warwick Ullrich deserved commendation for Jan Ferreira has not only coached the under 15B side, but making the transition from being the 2011 wicket-keeper has also run the senior Social Cricket League that has to a very successful off spin bowler in 2012. provided genuine entertainment for those boys who have not made the teams. Orlando Fernandes has shown The usually appeared fragile. At the start of the outstanding commitment to the Third XI and it is now a year it appeared that we had one genuine First XI genuine nursery for talent as F4 and L6 boys climb into batsman and several potential First XI batsmen. A great their more senior years. Will Randle has continued to deal depended on how those promising players serve the crucial Under 14 age group, despite his developed. It is probably accurate to say that the situation increasing involvement with adventure racing. The prevailed throughout the year. Most of the top order sincere thanks of Falcon College goes to you in particular, batsmen produced some good innings, but only Michael as well as to all the coaches at the College. Falcon College Mlambo achieved any consistency. He had an Cricket can go into 2013 with confidence, thanks to your outstanding year recording a century, coming within one efforts. run of another century and achieving six half centuries. Coupled with his fine fielding, his contribution was vital Dave Grant and he thoroughly deserved his Honours award. Ryan Butler was the only other batsman to achieve two half 1st XI centuries during the year. The Cricket 1st XI of 2012 was something of an enigma. At their best they achieved some fine victories. However they were also capable of underperforming lamentably - often when they had moved out of their “comfort zone”. For this reason, in the same year the same team recorded Falcon's heaviest victories in memory over St George's and CBC, while also being destroyed by and performing poorly at the St. John's T20 event. The strength of the team appeared to lie with its bowling

M Mlambo and R Hyslop - Inter-House cricket

The fielding was usually of a high standard, the only real exception being the game against St. John's (Johannesburg) at the schools Cricket Festival - where we dropped three catches, but they were all vital. Some outstanding catches were taken during the year, and the ground fielding was usually a pleasure to watch. Andrew Leared shook off some 3rd term complacency to finish the year a most effective wicket-keeper/batsman.

In the first term, conditions suited our seam bowlers and no side managed to dominate us with the bat. This kept our slightly fragile batting within range of any totals that were scored against us, but this was the term for traditional cricket and a series of draws were recorded. It is ironic that in a drought year, rain prevented the completion of the two-day Peterhouse game when it was poised in a tantalising situation in the first term.

In the hot, dry conditions of the 3rd term, flat tracks largely nullified the Falcon seam attack and we faced bigger totals. This was particularly true in our games against St John's Johannesburg and St Benedict's at the Schools' Cricket Festival in the August holidays, and although we salvaged a draw against St Benedict's we

126 chased too many runs against St John's. We then travelled Critique of 1st XI players 2012: to Kyle College where they took full advantage of a lackadaisical and complacent performance to inflict a T Ganyani (Captain): He has always tried hard. He made solid defeat on us. We appeared to learn the appropriate some important contributions with the bat and the ball lesson, and came back to bat, bowl and field extremely without being consistent – perhaps affected by the cares well against St George's and CBC to record very of Captaincy. A feature of the year has been that he has impressive wins. A feature of both of these games was taken some memorable catches. We thank him for his solid opening partnerships of 40 - 50 runs which took the contribution. immediate pressure off the remainder of the batsmen. We W Ullrich (Vice Captain): He has made a strong then managed to salvage a hard earned draw against contribution. He deserves real commendation for Peterhouse, who dominated the two-day game but failed converting into a most effective spin bowler. He played to finish us off. Falcon deserve credit for fighting hard in some useful innings and fielded brilliantly. the second innings in particular. This team ended its M Mlambo: He batted consistently well, and only self career with a workmanlike victory over Milton. discipline stood between him and the top run scorers in a calendar year that the College has produced. His fielding The team participated in two fine tournaments that have was always reliable. He has produced a commendable 1st become fixtures on the Zimbabwe schools calendar - the XI career. St George's T20 and the St John's T20 events. At St R Butler: He came closest to Mlambo in achieving George's, the team performed creditably and did not consistency as a batsman. He deserves commendation for enjoy the best of fortune - but gained favourable mention becoming an important and effective seam bowler for for some very sportsmanlike behaviour at important this team. He has had a good year. moments. This is to the real credit of the team. The K Reid: He has lacked consistency but has still made a highlights of the event for Falcon was defending a useful contribution with the bat, and he deserves credit relatively small total against Churchill, and an innings of for agreeing to move into the opening batsman slot. It is a 96 against Petra by Kingsley Reid. Unfortunately, for fact that whenever we achieved a useful opening some inexplicable reason, the team underperformed at partnership we achieved a decent score. the St John's event - perhaps they had become complacent R Hyslop: He was plagued by injury and illness, on the back of their fine victory over St George's - and particularly in the third term. When fit he is a most then could not make up the lost ground after the first effective opening bowler and it was unfortunate that he game. This form of the game has become an important did not get the opportunity to maximize his potential this component of school cricket in Zimbabwe and we enjoy year. the opportunity to perform in these events. A Muil: He made fine progress in the first term and became a genuine 1st XI opening bowler. His injury So the 1st XI of 2012 failed to achieve consistency, but they problems in the third term meant that he was never able did achieve some fine moments. Mr Harrison and I hope to achieve the same rhythm and fluency. This was and trust that they enjoyed the year, learned from their particularly bad luck for him and for the team. Like experiences and that they all maximize their Hyslop, he deserved to end on a higher note. performances and enjoy their cricket fully in the future - K Walder: He was another whose cricket progress was whether at Falcon or out in the wider world. To ended prematurely by injury. He made a useful paraphrase former South African captain Jackie McGlew contribution in the first term and his left arm seam - played worthily, Cricket is the greatest game there is. bowling provided effective variation to the attack. We

2nd Team - Cricket

127 hope his shoulder operation will enable him to resume (86), Dodington (60), Blatch (91) and Coleman (70). his bowling career in the future. Significantly my captain, Greg Coleman, batted very A Leared: He emerged as the established wicket keeper. competently in his last match for Falcon after I had placed He came out of a complacent spell in the third term to a fair amount of pressure on him to do this. Despite the finish the year a very competent gloveman and an lack of five wicket hauls, there were impressive bowling increasingly promising batsman at this level. He has a big spells from Wardley, Mazango, Peall, Madondo, role to play next year. Hammond, Dodington and Zietsman and others. Having G Fraser: He did enough with bat and ball to finish the four leg-break bowlers in the squad bolstered the year a useful all rounder with the potential to be a fine 1st bowling options and sometimes made decision making XI player next year. He deserves credit for taking the in terms of bowling choice a little challenging. We are opportunities that were presented to him. losing virtually no players at the end of this year and so T Madondo: In the third term he began to make the should have a strong nucleus to build on next year. transition into a genuine 1st XI all rounder that we need for next year. We look forward to consolidation of his Squad: G Coleman (Captain), S Banda, K Bint, B Blatch, potential in 2013. C Bray, W Dlodlo, M Dodington, S Hammond, B Watson: He has the potential to become a fine 1st XI T Madondo, O Marchussen, M Mazango, T Mazango, opening bowler. He gained good experience this year and D McLintock, M Mtswedu (scorer), D Peall, R Rosenfels, produced some pleasing spells. He has a fine attitude to B Sargeant, A Viljoen, D Wardley, J Zietsman the game and to his role. His batting potential could start to come through next year. Pierre Heymans J Worsley: He did not quite take his opportunities this year, but he gained good experience and his talent is 3rd XI evident. He should do well next season. B Blatch: He has the potential to become a dynamic 1st XI This was a strong side who won all their matches barring player if he commits himself to doing so. a close loss to St George's. We recorded our biggest total S Hammond: He came into the team late in the year and against CBC and against Peterhouse, although down six performed creditably. He has the potential to become an players (who were playing for the 2nds or were injured), effective leg spinner at this level. and starting off with batsmen who had not had much of a B Mtetwa: He was an efficient, accurate and unassuming chance this season, we still managed a comfortable win. team scorer capably using the linear scoring system Our match against St George's could have gone better if providing detailed records for the team. our top order batsmen had performed and if the captain had put more thought into his bowling order. He Cricket Awards preferred to keep an expensive bowler on, yet stopped the bowler who had already claimed four wickets. Our Honours: M Mlambo top batsmen this year were: B Sargeant, D McClintock, M Colours: R Butler, T Ganyani, R Hyslop, W Ullrich Connery and C Bray. Our top bowlers this season were: S 50 Club: M Dodington, G Fraser, A Leared, T Madondo, Coetzee (especially in the third term), W Dlodlo, B B Mtetwa, A Muil, K Reid, K Walder, B Watson, J Worsley Mashange and D MacIntosh (very erratic but once he got Best Fielder Trophy: M Mlambo going he was very effective). I would also like to mention M Connery, the captain of the side, who in general did a Provincial and National Honours good job and set a good example. Zimbabwe U19: M Mlambo Zimbabwe U16: A Keefe Squad: M Connery (Captain), C Bray, S Coetzee, W Zimbabwe U14: T Harrison, M Madhombiro, Dlodlo, R Keefe, A Kwidini, C Locke, D MacIntosh, B T Nenhunzi Mashange, K Mashangu, M Mazango, D McClintock, V Matabeleland Tuskers U18: G Fraser (Captain), Mlotshwa, P Mwale, B Sargeant, B Stodart, N A Leared, T Madondo, B Watson, J Worsley Mashanyare Matabeleland Tuskers U16: A Keefe (Captain), J Campbell, J Masimba, R Scheepers Orlando Fernandes Matabeleland Tuskers U14: F Crowther, T Harrison, M Madhombiro, T Nenhunzi, M Noach, N Winskill

Dave Grant

2nd XI This year has been a very successful one. Apart from a loss by 9 wickets to St George's in the third term due to an impressive display of batting from our opponents, we lost no other matches. The team had depth both in bowling and batting although interestingly no-one in the team made a century or took a five wicket haul. However there were half centuries from Marchussen (50), Wardley U15 cricket team practice

128 SENIOR SOCIAL CRICKET LEAGUE U16B The Senior Social Cricket League was in full swing as the The season started off badly. Our first two matches were boys from both the 'Bullfrogs' and the 'Breamfish' terrible losses at the hands of our perennial rivals, St competed for the title of the SSCL title. It is an afternoon George's and Peterhouse. The losses left the team with where some of the less fortunate cricketers who don't damp spirits. This, however, we took positively and it have a spot in the 3rd XI come together and still have the helped us realise our weaknesses. Firstly the team relied opportunity to experience team spirit and an afternoon of on a few reasonable batsmen and secondly our few good ball sports. The format of the game and the set rules allow bowlers unfortunately had no backing from the fielders. all players equal opportunity to express their talents. It These discoveries were not new to the coach as these were has been a wonderful year for the young men and I the same problems the side had at U14 level and to make thoroughly enjoyed being a part of it. matters worse, some of the better players had decided to quit cricket for basketball. The side had to use the Jan Ferreira available players, 13 of them who willingly signed to play in the 2012 season. Faced with these problems it became a U16A mountain of a task to coach, let alone play our Harare arch The team had a good year with some satisfying rivals whose play made us look like mere amateurs. Not performances against the major schools like Peterhouse, surprisingly our most relied on bowler disgracefully St George's and St John's. The highlight for me was our deserted us on the last match to play basketball. game against St John's in the first term. The match was closely contested with Falcon losing by one wicket in an I want to believe the boys did get better as a team, each exciting finish. Cricket won the day and both sides boy chipping in and in the last game at CBC some good acquitted themselves in the true spirit of sportsmanship, catches were witnessed as we took our local rivals to the playing some exciting and entertaining cricket. cleaners. I hope the team carries the newly acquired confidence into the senior sides next year. The side was ably captained by S Snyder who led by example and who turned in many fine performances Squad: B Taylor (Captain), P Machaya, T Magure, with both bat and ball, particularly in the third term B Manton, T Mawire, M Mugona, B Muntanga, T Rance, where he scored freely on most occasions. He was ably K Sherriffs, M Strydom, B Versfeld, P Wallett supported in this department by his opening partner, A Keefe. Joe Makurumidze

Perhaps the team's main weakness was a fragile middle order. If the opening batsmen did not achieve a platform U15 A to build on, our middle order tended to collapse under This was a very enthusiastic group, which produced pressure by trying to score off good balls instead of mixed results in the season, winning 7 of the 14 matches digging in, waiting for the bad ball, and helping to played, in all the versions of the game. Although the team achieve a defendable score, or reach the winning total. failed to register any victories against the traditional giants of school cricket (Peterhouse, St John's and St There is a plethora of bowling talent in this side, George's) throughout the year, the players' particularly in the spin department. The team was lucky determination to win saw some of them mature and grow enough to have useful off and leg spin bowlers to call on. with every game. Apart from individual achievements, Mention must be made of J Masimba and R Scheepers in the boys demonstrated constant team spirit and good this department, both of whom were able to achieve sportsmanship throughout the season. Kersten proved to prodigious turn, and who could hold up an end for be the most consistent player of the season chipping in lengthy periods, as well as take wickets. C Butler proved with both the ball and the bat, his best batting to be a very useful opening bowler. He generated a lot of performance being the 47 against St George's. Other pace and was also able to bowl economically without notable batting performances came from McNab and giving away too many extras which is so vital in limited Ndlela who both scored half centuries during the course overs cricket. of the season. The team's captain, Connolly, led from the Overall the U16's enjoyed their cricket and integrated front with 46 runs against the traditional rivals well as a team, always playing the game in the right spirit Peterhouse. Hoard's batting was also a significant and with great determination. I wish them all success contribution through his patience and his ability to keep with their cricketing futures in the very competitive his wicket. environment of the open age group. Finally, our thanks to Glenn Querl who coached with me The bowling had a lot of options. Sargeant proved to be a during the year. The team benefited greatly from his useful off spin bowler with regular wicket taking expertise and his knowledge of the game. deliveries. His 5 wicket haul against the Peterhouse was the peak of them all. McNab's pace always proved to be a Squad: S Snyder (Captain), J Blatch, C Burke, C Butler, handful for most of the batsmen and he had a devastating J Campbell, D Coetzee, M Dlodlo, L Gumede (Scorer), spell against Churchill in the St John's T20 where he got 6 A Keefe, J Masimba, T Ndlovu, R Scheepers, J Zietsman wickets with 3 coming in the last over to win the match by 5 runs. Bingley also showed a lot of promise as a line and Rich Brebner length bowler. Eksteen had a very good season as a

129 U14 Cricket wicket keeper with probably one of the best takes of the difficult for boys, who have had so much done for them season during the CBC match. Commendation must also on the field at junior school, to arrive at a senior school go Meredith and Hinmers whose enthusiasm and good and find themselves having to make decisions, such as catching was an added bonus as far as competitiveness field placings and bowling changes, without as much was concerned. help. The 2012 team was no different and by the end of the year was working as a unit and making decisions for Squad: M Conolly (Captain), A Bingley, T Brannigan, themselves. Their results were sound, but not M Davies, K Eksteen, S Hinmers, J Hoard, J Kirsten, spectacular. If they continue to progress as they have this M Kwari (Scorer), M McNab, B Meredith, B Ndlela, year, they will be a very competitive Falcon team in the D Sargeant, C Sutton years to come. One of their strengths is their spin attack which comprises the leg spin of T Nenhunzi and L Fidelis Majuba Mushaka and off spin of M Madhombiro and E Wellock. Seam attack has improved considerably with M Noach U15 B coming to the fore latterly. S Sindaza, a superb athlete, This year was a very successful year. The improvement has great potential to become a really quick pace bowler. from when they arrived to their final match was N Winskill has captained the side throughout and astonishing. Dikanifuwa and Sutton have really shone developed his own all round game nicely over the year. with the bat, proving to be really mature and exceptional M Madhombiro had an outstanding season with the bat batsmen. Mateketa has dazzled many batsmen with his scoring 3 fine centuries, a tally that has not been achieved swing bowling and was rewarded with the most wickets at this level for a long time. T Nenhunzi has great this season. The standard of the group was very high and potential with the bat; his timing is outstanding. The their ability to pick themselves up and learn from their middle/bottom order batting is still a bit weak but mistakes saw them claim an unbeaten season in the 3rd towards the end of the year, once the youngsters had term, pulverising the cricket favourites such as St learn to appreciate the value of forward defence and the George's, Peterhouse and St John's by convincing 'leave', started to hang around and score runs. L margins. I am honoured to have been a part of their Mushaka, M Snyder, A Moyo and E Wellock are worth cricketing careers and I have no doubt that they will go mentioning in this regard. I look forward to watching the far and will become successful cricketers. progress of this team as they move through the age groups. Squad: B Botes, J Bryant, A Chabata, K Chisare, S Dikanifuwa, S Hove, M Kermer, S Lynton-Edwards, Squad: N Winskill (Captain), E Brice, F Crowther, P Mafi, T Madonko, T Mateketa, D Mushaka, R Ncube, P Dhlamini (Scorer), T Harrison, T Machaya, S Ngozo, K Rousseau, S Rowe, A Ruprecht, C Sutton, Madhombiro, A Moyo, D Mukusha, L Mushaka, J Viljoen T Nenhunzi, M Noach, S Sindaza, S Snyder, E Wellock

Jan Ferreira W Randle

U14 A U14 B Some of this group of boys arrived bearing good This year was a very disruptive year for the U14 B's. In the cricketing pedigrees, while others less so. It is often first term they only managed to play a few games due to difficult for boys from so many different schools to come bad weather, and not having a permanent coach during together and perform as one coherent team. It is also the course of the year did not help.

130 However, the team showed great character by making they generally enter enthusiastically into the coaching the best of every opportunity. This was shown in the and practice games. The highlight in Third Term for the match against St George's in which they lost the first Mini League boys was no doubt a match they played game by 7 wickets but turned it around in the second against the visiting St. John's group staying at Quest. The game and won by 7 wickets. I have enjoyed coaching this Falcon Mini League boys played valiantly, scoring 103 side, even for this brief period of time. They are a talented runs to St. John's 163 - a commendable effort considering group and with some structure next year, I believe they some of the St. John's boys play for Mashonaland! could be a tough team to beat. I wish them all the best for 2013. Elvis Maradzike

Squad: S van Rooyen (Captain), E Brice, T Choruma, J Freeth, B Godfrey, L Herbst, M Learmonth, SUMMARY OF RESULTS T Mabhudhu, T Machaya, D Mann, M McBean, T Mushariwa, B Mushoriwa, L Mokuele, T Mutero, PWDLA J Whitehead 1st XI 14 7 4 2 1 2nd XI 5 4 0 1 0 J Cocks 3rd XI 5 4 0 1 0 U16 A 11 8 1 2 0 JUNIOR MINI LEAGUE CRICKET U16 B 5 2 0 3 0 The Junior Mini League cricket operates to give boys who U15 A 11 4 0 6 1 don't make the school teams a chance to play some U15 B 6 5 0 1 0 cricket. Because of the inevitable clashes with other U14 A 12 5 0 5 2 sports some of the boys can only attend erratically but U14 B 5 2 0 3 0

M Mlambo batting - Inter-House Cricket

131 CROSS COUNTRY

Back Row: W.P.Munemo, E.J.Mhlanga, D.J.Landrey, C.P.O.Butler, R.D.Herbst, L.Fargnoli, K.K.Mashangu, P.J.Wallett Front Row: M.R.Small, A.J.Gifford, S.S.Madonko, MR M. R.Khumalo, N.Chuma, K.Bint, B.Williams

The 2012 Cross Country season proved to be a fitting start against us. Falcon won the junior event convincingly and to yet another successful sporting year at the College. came second in the senior event. Overall, the event was won by Falcon, closely followed by Mzingwane. The first event was the Inter-House relay event. This was a well contested event at both the junior and senior levels Special thanks go to Pete Stewart and his ground staff for of the race. R Herbst (Form 3 George Grey) was the fastest the maintenance of the different courses run and to the junior runner, while S Madonko (U6 Chubb) won the Staff members who were involved with officiating and senior race. The overall winners were Founders House, marshalling. while George Grey House took the junior team trophy and Oates House took the senior team trophy. Thanks go to the Captain of Cross Country, Sifiso Madonko, for his organisation of event days and his The main Inter-House Cross country event was, as services to the discipline of Cross Country in his last year always, competitive, with an overwhelming turnout at the College. from the boys and very few off- sport slips, which made the event a resounding success. Overall, the event was Cross Country Awards won by Chubb House. 50 Club: K Bint, N Chuma, A Gifford, K Mashangu, E Mhlanga, M Small, B Williams The Falcon Invitational Cross Country event saw Colours: S Madonko Mzingwane High School, Christian Brothers College, Petra High School and Milton High School competing Rodwell Khumalo

S Madonko - Cross Country Captain

132 GOLF

A Team: N Chuma (Captain), T Kersten, J Kersten, Highlights of the year J Allard B Team: T Banhamombe, I Nembaware, C Burke, 1. Kersten J was selected to J Campbell represent Zimbabwe in the U15 World Junior Golf The golf club has grown from strength to strength over Championships that were the course of the year, both in terms of the numbers of held in Thailand in registered junior golf players and in terms of competing November where he did on the Inter-Schools front. A considerable number of himself, the school and the junior golfers (mainly Form 1's and 2's) joined the club at country proud when he the start of this year, seeing the total complement of the came 14th out of 30. junior membership increasing to fifty five. 2. Allard J was also selected to play for Zimbabwe in On the Inter-Schools front, Falcon College opened the the Tri-Nations golf N Chuma - Golf Captain year by participating in the Inter-Schools golf tournament to be played in Harare in December 2012. tournament at Royal Harare where we came second out of nine schools. Jack Allard and Justin Kersten posted Golf Awards for 2012 some competitive net scores in the A Division and the 50 Club: J Allard stableford division also performed well. St John's hosted Colours: N Chuma, T Kersten the tournament. I would like to thank Chuma N for his efforts in assisting In the second term CBC hosted the Inter-Schools golf me run the club in terms of organisation and motivation competition at Bulawayo Country Club. A total of eight of the junior members. I also need to make special schools competed. The Falcon A team played very well mention of Mr and Mrs Kersten, who I should thank for coming first in the net score (tied with St John's), Kersten J their unwavering support of Falcon junior golf and all winning the best individual net score award. The B team their efforts in running Matabeleland Junior Golf came third in the stableford division. activities.

Due to exam commitments for most of the team I wish every success to Falcon junior golf in years to come. members, we did not participate in the Inter-Schools golf tournament in the third term. Gatsemane Katsande

GOLF TRIP TO THAILAND WORLD JUNIOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Zimbabwe was one of twenty countries taking part in this truly international event. Justin Kersten (F2) competed in both the team and U15 Sections. The team came 12th overall and Justin came 14th out of 30 in his age group.

Conditions were both hot and humid on a course that required concentration, discipline and accuracy. Played over four rounds, Justin's performance included moments of inspiration and anguish, but his final day score of 72 was up there with the best in the world.

The standard of golf was amazing. Australia won the tournament with their top U15 boy scoring 6 under par after an exciting 5 hole playoff against Thailand.

For Justin, this was an unbelievable experience, one that should boost his confidence ahead of the Tri Nations against Malawi and Zambia in Harare at the end of the year.

Paul Kersten J Kersten

133 HOCKEY

Back Row: DH Wardley, TB Ganyani, SS Madonko, BJ Langley, BJ Blatch, MA Mlambo, MI Connery, AM Viljoen Middle Row: RA Butler, WDJ Ullrich [Capt.], Mr FT Majuba, RW Hyslop, TK Ndlovu Front Row: DF Peall, KA Bint, OD Marchussen, TA Mujuru, TSJ Jones

1st Team powerhouse names of St. David's, St Charles', St John's, St Team : W Ullrich (Captain), K Bint, R Butler, T Ganyani, Alban's and St Andrew's in attendance. The general R Hyslop, T Jones, B Langley, S Madonko, O Marchussen, performance on the whole was very impressive, showing TK Ndlovu, D Peall, A Viljoen, D Wardley a lot of improvement from the previous tours. The team played 6 matches in total, winning two, drawing 3 and This year's hockey first team was probably at its peak losing one. The boys put up sterling performances after 2 years of structured and systematic development against St. John's College (Joburg) and St Alban's College that focused on tactical and technical growth in all areas of Pretoria in the first two matches drawing 0-0 and 1-1 of the game. Once again it was important that we set out respectively. All in all the team rose to the occasion and our goals and priorities and started the season with the matched their elite opposition man for man in all areas. aim of achieving these goals. The growing use of the Ultimately the season proved to be one of the most Astro turf led to an increased demand for players to be successful in years. The team's dominance and its able to adapt to both surfaces and at the same time infuse strength throughout the season was underlined by its the essential ingredients of a top side - physical strength, winning goal margins including impressive 3-0 victories speed, endurance, against St. John's College (Harare), CBC, Petra and tactical awareness, skill Peterhouse. The only defeat came at the hands of St and flare. This set the George's after a testing period of 4 matches in 4 days basis for a very consequently succumbing to fatigue in that fourth match. prosperous season, winning all but two of the Our bid to regain the Inter Cities trophy for the first time 22 games which were since 2008 was probably the only unachieved goal. The played locally. team was eliminated at the quarter final stage by Peterhouse through a new system of one-on-one The first target was to see shootouts after being deadlocked one all at the end of the an improved tour match. However the goal of being the best team performance at the in the country was a perfect culmination to a season that independent festival had already produced some of the best hockey in years which was held at and the historic milestone achieved by the skilful captain Michaelhouse in April. It Warwick Ullrich who scored a record 35 goals in one W Ullrich - Hockey Captain had the usual season. Once again the Falcon side dominated the U19

134 Matabeleland A side which successfully defended its title Chikondo who developed tremendously with every at the Khumalo hockey stadium. It featured 9 players in performance. I would like to thank Godwill Mamhiyo the starting eleven and all went on to be selected for the and Will Mackenzie who gave valuable assistance in Zimbabwe Under 19 sides. coaching the side.

However, the successful defence of the Super 12, a Team : M Connery (Captain), B Blatch, T Chikondo, tournament which features the best schools in the W Dlodlo, G Fargnoli, S Hammond, K Kidia, A Leared, country, for the third time in a row was the icing on the N Mashanyare, E Mhlanga, M Mlambo, T Mujuru, cake. In the final, the 2-0 victory against Hippo Valley S Nyabereka, B Sargeant, D Wardley, B Watson High School brought the best out of the best players in schoolboy hockey, playing for the best schoolboy team in Fidelis Majuba the country. A big thank you must go to our sponsors RAM Petroleum whose huge input contributed massively to the team's success in 2012.

Awards Honours : R Butler, R Hyslop, B Langley, T Ndlovu, W Ullrich Colours : K Bint, T Ganyani, S Madonko, O Marchussen, D Peall 50 Club : B Blatch, M Mlambo, T Mujuru, A Viljoen, D Wardley

National Colours Zimbabwe Men : W Ullrich Zimbabwe U21 : O Marchussen, D Peall Zimbabwe U19 : S Madonko Zimbabwe U18 A : K Bint, R Butler, R Hyslop, O Marchussen, T Ndlovu, Zimbabwe U18 B : D Peall, A Viljoen, D Wardley Most Improved Senior Hockey Player : B Langley

Fidelis Majuba

2nd XI 3rd XI The second team had a very successful season in 2012, Traditionally this group is considered to be the breeding playing 10 matches and winning all of them with ground for future 2nd team players, and even some first convincing margins, including a 3-2 win against St. team players, being a useful stepping stone up from the John's, 4-1 against Peterhouse and a 6-1 thrashing of St, age groups. However, in order to fulfil this role it is George's. The team was a blend of youth and experience necessary to have matches against other school teams, so and combined well in terms of speed and skill. The that skills learned on the practice pitch can be tested out defence was marshalled by the captain Mathew Connery, and honed. Unfortunately only one such game (Milton with the skill and physical strength of Viljoen and 2nd XI were beaten 3 – 0) was arranged this year which Wardley making a difference in the midfield whilst the was hugely disappointing for the boys, several of whom prolific goal scoring of Mujuru, Mlambo and Blatch kept disappeared to take up other sports. the opposition on the back foot for the entire season. It is very difficult to maintain enthusiasm in such There were also some good performances from the up circumstances, and to build team work impossible, as and coming young players like, Mashanyare, Watson, individual players tend to become more and more selfish. Dlodlo and Mhlanga. Commendations must also go to However, for the most part the boys seemed to enjoy their Fargnoli, Sargeant, Kidia, Nyabereka and the goal keeper hockey, though some of the more talented players often

135 showed their frustrations with those of lesser ability. No U16B squad : C Burke (Captain), R Herbst, G Mandaza, strong leader emerged from the group, though Nicholas K Manhando, J Masimba, M Mugona, W Munemo, Nell was given the responsibility of Captain and leader of E Nxumalo, P Ruswa, T Rance, K Starch, B Taylor, the warm up sessions, which he did well. P Wallett Those players who should be contenders for higher Most improved junior hockey player : W Munemo honours next year are M Small, the Nell brothers, S Coetzee, R Keefe, C Locke and D Mazvimavi. Other 3rd Julie Lindner team players were B Mashange, K Mashangu, C van Breda, D Makunike, P Mwale and V Mlotshwa. Making up the rest of this fairly large group were: T Banhamombe, T Madyegasva, G Gross, M Bhebhe, T Zhou, T Katsokore, T Mathe, I Sururu, S Nyandoro, L Gumede, A Choto, S Kanyekanye, T Mpofu, B Zhuwarara, R dos Santos, B Hawthorne and K Hewitt.

Dave Fleming

U16 Once again the U16 Hockey sessions attracted a large total of players and good attendance, which ensured keen competition for team places. Emphasis was placed on positional play and the ability to work as a team rather than an individual, when selecting the squad. Players' U15 skills and fitness were nurtured during the practice The 2012 season saw a large number of boys in this age sessions. group. Competition for places was good, thus keeping the standard of hockey at a competitive level. The group The team had a favourable season, one that was however was very fortunate to have input from one of our junior punctuated with cancellations due to factors beyond our masters, Mr Will Mackenzie, who was young and control. This led to a loss of urgency in their games, after enthusiastic and had a very good knowledge of the game. the weeks without fixtures. I would like to thank the I thank him very much for his efforts and the umpiring of Falcon 3rd and U15 hockey teams for the matches played most of our matches. We were also assisted by Mrs P against them during this time. Without these matches, continuity would have been even more difficult to Ndlovu, as well as D Peall and T Mujuru, to whom I am maintain. most grateful. It meant that the players received a good amount of input and attention throughout the season. The season started very well with the team winning matches convincingly. The players were disciplined and Under 15A determined. The first loss 3-2 was an away match to St The team was ably led by Devon Sargeant, playing at the John's. In my opinion, although one could attribute this back in the sweeper position. They have the potential to set back to lethargy due to playing within minutes of be a very good side and showed pleasing progress arriving after a long bus journey, I can confidently add through the season – especially in Defence. They let that they did not play to their potential, with the game themselves down on occasions by not sticking to the plan deteriorating in regards to tackling, positional play and and capitalising on scoring opportunities, but they will defence. get this right with experience.

As the season progressed, what really stood out was their P Mafi had a good season in goals with M Connolly and B willingness to learn. Their understanding of playing as a Ndlela being key players in the defence. A Bingley, R unit solidified along with their talent and discipline. They Oatley and T Madonko played a supportive role at the really pulled together, making the last match played back with the group making a very sound defensive unit. against Peterhouse, notable and a pleasure to watch. P Shonhiwa played a pivotal role at centre link with J All members of this U16 group improved in leaps and Hoard and S Hinmers making very pleasing progress on bounds with good sense of positional play and a the link line. The links did contribute to the goals scored capability of dictating the pace and pattern of the game. but need to learn that they too need to take the By the end of the season players were extremely opportunities on offer and not only rely on the forwards confident and pleased with their hockey skills. It has been to do the shooting. We utilised a number of forwards who rewarding and a pleasure to work with this group of U16 played on a rotational basis. M McNab, K Eksteen and T hockey players. I am certain they will achieve even Brannigan took up their positions on the wings, whilst T greater things on the hockey field in the future. Mhonde and B Meredith played in the centre. I would like to see these forwards get a better understanding of their U16 A squad : J Campbell (Captain), C Butler, L Fargnoli, positional play and thus be more effective. They did make L Fumia, A Keefe, D Landrey, P Machaya, S Matshe, progress but will need to learn to take the 50/50 chances T Ndlovu, T Ngwenya, S Snyder, M Strydom and put games beyond doubt.

136 I enjoyed coaching this group and look forward to understand and trust each other's skills and positional watching their progress as they grow up. play.

Regular players: D Sargeant (captain), A Bingley, By the end of July, the squad were running into position T Brannigan, M Connolly, K Eksteen, J Hoard, S Hinmers, when they were off the ball, so as to support the structure T Madonko, P Mafi, M McNab, B Meredith, T Mhonde, and shape of the newly learnt “systems” type of hockey B Ndlela, R Oatley, P Shonhiwa, M Sutton required at high school. It was amazing to watch solid, consistent and structured hockey starting to develop at Under 15B the grass roots level of the school. A number of boys played in the team through the season and in so doing, had a successful season, losing one Defence was solid in its formation, and we were lucky to match to Peterhouse by a narrow margin. They are to be gain the amazing perception of Machaya and Chivasa commended on these efforts and certainly indicated a who were able to read the game and consistently break good depth in the age group. The team was led by M down the opposition's attack. “Man–to-man” marking Davies, who always gave of his best and was very was a skill that really needed a lot of practice; when play organised as the captain. The highlight of their season changed sides with a fast square ball, the boys were was the win at St John's, where they really put it together caught off guard. and had an excellent game. Key players in the defence through the season were P Dhlamini, our goalie, J On the offence, however, this U14 team had more than Kersten, R Oatley, K Chisare and M Mazvimavi. M enough opportunity to score a higher percentage of goals. Kwari came into the team part way through the season Sadly, not enough aggression was seen in the circle so as and must be commended on his efforts. They were ably to use the second phase as a scoring opportunity. supported by the links with M Sutton, M Davies and S Opportunities were lost and chances were missed. Maringa showing a good understanding of their role in the team. The forwards showed a lot of promise with S The highlight of the season for many was to play for the Rowe, T Brannigan and K Eksteen being the pick of the first time at the Khumalo Hockey Stadium on the Astro forwards. M Sutton also took to the field, on a couple of turf against Midlands Christian College. When not occasions, in the centre forward position and scored vital involved in the play I had to smile at boys standing in a goals. A number of these players will certainly step up stationery position, just bouncing, and bobbing on the and be a force to be reckoned with in the future. turf – feeling the sponge through their feet! The valuable lesson learnt on this day was the necessity of first time Players who represented the team: P Dhlamini, stopping, then the accurate control and release of the ball J Kersten, I Nembaware, R Oatley, M Mazvimavi, to another team member, so as to keep possession. K Chisare, M Sutton, M Davies (Captain), S Maringa, B Meredith, A Ruprecht, S Rowe, T Brannigan, H Randell, I felt the best match of the season was against Peterhouse, E Dhana, M Kermer, M Kwari and although a 1-1 draw, both teams played their best so as to make the most of their chances. The sportsmanship Martha Querl and team spirit from both sides was great to see. Captain Nick Winskill had an outstanding game, pulling the team together and keeping them all focused.

The toughest match was against Eaglesvale. They were bigger, brawnier and more physical than us, so we did well to hold them to a 1-1 draw. It was touch and go for the forty minutes of the game.

Under 14B Squad : J Freeth (Captain), T Catterall, I Collett, L Herbst, M Madhombiro, M McBean, L Mokuele, B Mushoriwa, R Sherriffs, N Shiridzinodya, M Snyder

T Mhonde This team had the biggest spirit and the largest hearts, to play a game of hockey that was always entertaining to U14 watch.

Under 14 A The defence were small compact players and seemed to Squad : N Winskill (Captain), G Chivasa, J Freeth, never tire in their efforts to deliver the ball up to the T Harrison, T Machaya, M McBean, C Mupeso, T Mutero, forwards. M Noach, J Oostindien, K Schultz, S Sindaza, E Wellock However, in this group, the forwards were all strong boys who grew very quickly this year. Because of their Developing into the 2012 U14 Falcon side took longer fast growing shoe size, they often over ran the ball, fell than normal this year. It seemed to take forever to down or couldn't get their feet around the ball to shoot.

137 One of the boys grew a shoe size every month! Nonetheless, with their love of ball sports and a new found Falcon Spirit, this team was a delight to watch and always entertaining! Thanks to Joshua Freeth (Captain) for keeping the side upbeat and motivated them through his determination and strength to never give up.

Sally Langley

Summary of Results PWDL 1st XI 28 21 4 3 2nd XI 9 9 0 0 3rd XI 1 1 0 0 U16 A 7 5 0 2 U16 B 4 4 0 0 U15 A 7 4 2 1 U15 B 4 3 0 1 U14 A 8 4 3 1 U14 B 4 2 1 1

KARATE

This club was started at the request of a student and the first training session was held on the 8th of February, with the attendance of eight students ranging in skill level from white belts to a brown belt. Training took place on a Wednesday afternoon at Falcon and then the students were taken to a training session in Bulawayo on Monday evenings. This ensured that they were exposed to the techniques and expertise of black belt teachers as well as interacting with karate students of different skill levels. The first term proved to be challenging as there were problems with finding a venue for training and the play, Robin Hood, competed for the time and energies of some of the students.

However, by the second term things had settled down somewhat and although attendance was still erratic, there was a slightly larger and more committed group participating in the club. Training sessions were, and still are, held in the High Performance Centre. Unfortunately, not all of the more experienced and higher graded students were as committed as I would have liked and a few of these dropped out in the course of the year.

The third term has seen the overall numbers within the club remain the same although individuals have come and gone. There is a central core of six students, mainly from Chubb House, who have remained loyal to the club and I thank them for their support.

Improvements have definitely been noted and one or two students have been singled out by the black belt teachers in Bulawayo as showing signs of promise. Our first grading is likely to be in the second term next year and I look forward to seeing the boys reap the rewards of their hard work. M Shultz, B Fuzwayo and N Smit Amanda Watson

138 RUGBY

Back Row: AR Bennie [Stats], CC Friend, RS Bhebhe, ACR Muil, JM Zietsman, GS Matina, JT Mutambara, BA Mason, D Nyatsanza, L Herscovitz, DG MacIntosh, EK Kadzere Middle Row: KB Reid, D Gibbons, LK Sibanda [Capt], Mr RW Querl, KR Walder, Mr DNL Grant, CJ Bydawell, A Senderayi, B Scheepers Front Row: MH Cripps, MN Ushewokunze, TT Madondo, GA Fraser

1st Team Our second game was against , who once again were worthy opposition. They had some The first XV had a really good season in 2012. There was elusive backline players and were good opponents in the the game against St George's where we dominated and tight phases of the game. We also managed to win this had opportunities but simply did not win the game. I game 39 - 0, and again had an opportunity to look at know that one makes one's own luck, but I really do different combinations before facing St John's in our final believe that we were unlucky. The game against game. Churchill at the end of the season was without doubt an anomaly. We did not play very well and most certainly The St John's game was a very tight affair with Falcon eventually winning 19 - 14. It was a really good way to didn't deserve to win. The boys' heads appeared to be in start the season and most certainly the game brought in another place. the crowds to Prince Edward. The three victories at Cottco most certainly set up the season. Our season began with the Cottco Festival at Prince Edward. Our first game was against Botswana U19. Our team now seemed quite settled although we had a While they provided some reasonable opposition and dearth of loose forwards and we had to convert some of their forwards were really big boys, it was a good them to the tight five. Our front row, which we worried opportunity for us to have a look at the entire squad. We about going into the season, seemed settled and well able won the game 39 - 0. to cope.

LK Sibanda - Captain of Rugby

139 The first game of the season proper was against Prince a broken ankle. The game could have gone either way Edward (away), which is never an easy task. The travel right to the end. While we appreciate that one cannot win and playing on the Jubilee Field is always a little all of the time, it was felt by many that we had played the daunting, especially as the whole school turns out. Our more attractive and positive rugby. We lost this game 21 – boys played really well and while the game was very 24. tight right to the end, we managed to eke out a victory. Prince Edward had also had a very good Cottco We then played at home. This was tournament, so it was significant that we managed to win our first home game and while we won the game the game. Some good open rugby entertained the crowd comfortably, we battled initially to get some rhythm. at this fixture. The score in this game was 23 – 15. Some outstanding individual performances got us over the line in this game, but it most certainly was not our best Our next game was against our local rivals CBC at game of the season. A great deal of credit must go to Hartsfield in Bulawayo. We dominated the encounter Lomagundi for the spirit that they showed in the first part right from the outset and never allowed the opposition of the encounter. We won this game 35 – 0. into the game. We ran in some very good tries and produced a really solid team performance. As a result of Our next game was against St John's College. We had of this, every boy from Falcon who was eligible, was course beaten them at the Festival in Harare, and now selected to play for Matabeleland the following weekend. they were coming to play Falcon, at Falcon. I really do The score in this game was 34 – 0. believe that this perhaps was our best game of the season. Our boys combined well and really produced some fine The National Trials were at Peterhouse this year and after running rugby to win the encounter fairly comfortably. two days of rugby seven of our boys were chosen to play The game was played in a good spirit and the contest for the national U18 team. They were Kingsley Reid, upfront was fierce. Not having beaten St John's for the last Brandon Scheepers, Leroy Sibanda, Alva Senderayi, couple of years, it most certainly was satisfying for the Craig Bydawell, Dale Gibbons, and Keagan Walder. This team. We won the game 24 – 15. really was an amazing feat and I commend all the boys who were chosen to play for Zimbabwe, as they all Our boys then went off to Craven Week and deserved their selection. Jonathan Mutambara was unfortunately for us, we had to play Pretoria Boys High extremely unlucky not to have made the side and then who were on tour in Zimbabwe. The first XV, without was very unfortunately injured and did not play again in seven players playing against one of the top sides in the season. South Africa, is most certainly a daunting task. While we Our next match was against St George's in Harare and it were given a lesson in rugby by this very good team, our was billed by many as the major game of the season. I boys never gave up and continued trying right to the end. believe that it did live up to its reputation, and was We were delighted to be able to host Pretoria Boys and I incredibly entertaining, with no quarter given from believe that they enjoyed their stay. We lost the game 71 – either side. It was in this game that we lost Jonathan with 0.

140 Our rugby game against Petra didn't materialise and we competitive agenda, but in really good spirit. We won the played against Milton at Hartsfield instead. A great deal game 29 – 22. of credit must go to the Milton boys as they knew what they were up against, but proceeded to play their hearts Our final game of the season was against Churchill in out. We played them without the Craven Week players Harare. This game was an absolute disaster for us. We and we finished the game with no sixth formers on the had been told that schools would close early and if we field, which was great preparation for 2013. The Falcon were to play this the game we would have to do so on a team really did play as a unit and never stopped running Wednesday afternoon. We decided that it was important the ball, in what was a very entertaining encounter. to finish our fixtures in the League as best we could and so Mention must be made of the kicking by Edward we travelled up to Harare on Wednesday morning to Kadzere, who did not fail with a conversion on that day. play in the afternoon. As I said at the outset of this report We won the game 88 – 13. the boys simply did not arrive with the right mindset and we were given a good lesson in rugby from a side that had The team then went down to Kyle College to play an got better and better as the season went on. We lost the encounter that was always going to be fierce and game 50 - 8. competitive. One realised at the outset on arrival at Kyle, that they had billed this as an encounter that they could In the final analysis of the Stanbic League, the 1st team win. We dominated the game right from the outset with finished 2nd behind St George's. our forwards, but came under a great deal of pressure The team was ably led by Leroy Sibanda and he was often when they started to run the ball. Very sadly one of their an inspiration to the rest of his men. Keagan Walder was players was sent off in the game and the game ended with the vice captain and played full-back. Sadly he suffered a spectator getting involved in a skirmish on the side of an injury early on in the season, from which he never the field when our player was flung into the stand. While really recovered and so was not able to fulfil his potential. we won the game fairly comfortably it most certainly did The front row of Nyatsanza, Reid and Bhebhe really did not leave a very good taste in one's mouth. I was very 'come of age' and produce some outstanding surprised at the lack of discipline at Kyle on the day. We scrummaging towards the end of the season. It was won the game 21 – 5. interesting to note that Robin Bhebhe was selected for the Zimbabwe U19 team in the August holidays. The locks of Our next match was against our archrivals, Peterhouse. Scheepers and Mason were formidable and were This team had been getting better and better and I do not outstanding in both the tight and loose play. Both of these believe that we were making the progress we should young men carried the ball into contact with great effect have. This was always going to be a close encounter and and often. Our loose forwards of Sibanda, Matina and we came from behind to win the game with an impressive Senderayi were a potent combination and often appeared flurry at the end. A great deal of credit must go to our when no one in the opposition was expecting them. At boys for digging deep in this encounter and finding some scrum-half, Bydawell was always a force, not only with form right when we really needed it. As always, between his passing game but his breaks and physicality. these two schools, the game was played with a fierce Madondo at fly half was a fine pivot, but he never really

Zimbabwe Representatives - Craven Week Falcon 7’s

141 found the same form that he had produced in the to create a dramatic season that reflects great credit on the previous year. He did suffer from minor injuries players from two teams – the 2nd XV and the 3rd XV. throughout the season. Our centres, Zietsman and Gibbons were a fierce combination and created many The season began inauspiciously with a narrow defeat to opportunities in midfield. Our wings of Mutambara, Prince Edward. The loss was entirely due to lack of the Ushewokunze and Kadzere were always a force to be required focus resulting in some needless errors on our reckoned with and many of our tries this season were part. This trend carried over into the next fixture against scored on the wing. Fraser came onto the field often for CBC. The side should have known better. The game was the 1st team at full-back and made a huge difference, not a league fixture because the various provincial age having already played for the Greyhounds. He will most group trials were being played and our Under 17 players certainly be a force to be reckoned with in 2013. Friend at were required for those trials. Despite the fact that we had lock had several starts for the team as did Herscovitz on lost three important players to that trial and two others to the flank. the 1st XV, the side was complacent – something one can never be when playing these opponents on their home The team was a very easy one to work with and while I ground. They paid the price with another narrow loss. feel they could have achieved an unbeaten season locally, Some hard talking was required. The team responded in what they did achieve was outstanding and I commend the best possible way and never looked back. Arrogance them for it. was replaced by reality and commitment in every respect. Their next game was against St. George's at that Awards venue and they produced one of the finest all round 2nd XV performances this coach has witnessed in many years Honours: C Bydawell, D Gibbons, E Kadzere, K Reid, of coaching the Greyhounds. The side was on its way to B Scheepers, A Senderayi, L Sibanda, K Walder eventual victory in the Stanbic league but there was still a Colours: R Bhebhe, B Mason, J Zietsman long way to go. 50 Club: G Fraser, C Friend, L Herscovitz, T Madondo, G Matina, J Mutambara, D Nyatsanza, M Ushewokunze

Most Improved 1st XV Player: B Scheepers Most Valuable Tight Forward: B Mason Senior Tackling Cup: A Senderayi Most Promising 1st XV Back: D Gibbons

Reg Querl

2nd Team The Greyhounds enjoyed a memorable season. The simple fact is that they won the 2nd Team division of the Stanbic Super 9 tournament. The story of the victory is not as straightforward as that and all the elements combined

142 J Worsley A Muil The side had a tough road to the top and only achieved This is best illustrated with three examples involving this in the last game of the season. At least five times they crucial games. For the St. John's game the side had new came from being two tries behind to win – once with the players in very important positions who came through in last move of the game. This indicates real determination a gruelling encounter, despite losing another key player and team spirit and these were undoubtedly the to injury during the first half. In the vital home game outstanding characteristics of this side. The team earned, against CBC the side was missing no less than eleven of and thoroughly deserved, ultimate triumph because the the usual starting line up. In the game that won the league players would not lie down. – the last game of the season against Churchill at Churchill – the side was missing ten of the starting line The major difficulty that remained was continuity – up. To win under such circumstances shows real which makes the maintenance of morale and team spirit a character. notable achievement for the players in leadership situations. They deserve real credit for this aspect of the At this moment one reflects again on the contribution of season. Captain Alan Muil, vice captain Greg Coleman the 3rd XV to the Greyhounds. This has been mentioned and senior players Martial Cripps, Greg Fraser and in previous Greyhound reports. This year this Phillip Swales deserve special mention in this context. contribution was beyond price and the Stanbic Trophy Only twice in the season did the side that so dominated would not have come to the College without the the St. George's game manage to take the field. Demands contribution of the players who came into the side and from the 1st XV, injury and winter term illnesses all took performed so well. This reflects well on every aspect of their toll. The replacements all stepped up when they 2nd Game Rugby at Falcon and I congratulate the were required to do so and this augurs very well for coaching staff and players sincerely. rugby at Falcon over the next couple of years. 2012 was a great season for the Greyhounds in so many ways. Victory in the Stanbic League was gratifying but to this writer it was incidental. What made the season memorable was the manifestation of many positive ingredients. The players were honest enough to face up to (and redress) the shortcomings that brought them face to face with reality at the start of the season. They were determined enough to overcome many obstacles and to come from behind more than once to win. They took a depleted side into an away match knowing they had to win to secure the league – and they achieved it. The 3rd team players who came into the side all did so as though they belonged there. These are the elements that made the 2012 Greyhounds a side to remember. For this reason I am not going to single out any players for individual praise. They won their trophy as a team and that is how we should remember them.

The following were the players who did Falcon Rugby proud as Greyhounds in 2012: A Muil (Captain), G Coleman (Vice Captain), S Bhasera, A Muil (Captain of 2nd XV) & LK Sibanda with the Stanbic Schools’ R Bhebhe, T Boshoff, C Charsley, K Chilufya, Rugby League Trophy M Cripps, G Fraser, C Friend, T Gumede, L Herscovitz,

143 N Kamhuka, T Kersten, D MacIntosh, G Mafurirano, R Manemo, D Mclintock, B Mhuriyengwe, S Pretorius, C Pritchard, S Randell, I Riley, R Rosenfels, T Rowe, S Staddon, P Swales

Dave Grant

3rd and 4th VX 2012 was again a successful season. The 3rd XV only lost to St George's in a match where the score-line belied the entertainment value of the game. The 4th XV remained unbeaten until their final match against Peterhouse where they lost narrowly again in a well-contested match. In all the matches both sides showed admirable H Gross, T Gumede, H Gwate, R Hwenjere, J Jackman, application and I was impressed with our ball retention T Jemuce, T Karakadzai, T Kurewa, T Madamba, and recycling which improved through the season. As is G Mafurirano, T Masanga, T Matondi, C Mderede, to be expected there were a large number of boys that T Mujakachi, S Musarurwa, R Nare, S Ngozo, were used through the season. I would like to make M O'Hagan, S Pretorius, C Pritchard, R Rochat, special mention of Ian Riley who proved to be an R Rosenfels, T Rowe, S Staddon, B Stodart, H Swales, outstanding captain of the 3rds not only on the field but M Swannack, D Tomlinson, M Waugh, J Wiggill, also in the tedious area of organisation and I thank him B Williams, T Wood, T Zakeo, T Zvobgo for this. Pierre Heymans 3rd/4th team squad : I Riley (Captain), C Blignaut, T Boshoff, C Bray, B Chapeyama, N Chiofa, C Chitima, M Dodington, F Dollar, R Dube, A Gifford, K Gotore,

144 U16A U16B The U16A team had a fairly good year, coming third in The U16B team started the 2012 season with great the Stanbic League, and winning ten out of the thirteen expectation, hype and excitement. The boys were hungry games they played. They had a relatively slow start, and and ready to make their season a truly memorable one. It went to Cottco somewhat unprepared, through no fault started out with an away drawn match against Prince of their own. At Cottco they suffered one of their defeats Edward followed by a bang against CBC with 11 tries at the hands of the diminutive Mbare Academy team, the scored in the encounter, conceding 1. These were best coached junior team I have ever seen. They important games as we had to play St John's a week later demonstrated to us what can be achieved by fearless and playing against St John's, on their home field in defence and total commitment. Harare, is no easy assignment. However, we were well prepared and were in no way intimidated by the The College forwards held their own against all opposition. Although we lost 5-27 in the closely contested opposition and, while no other pack dominated them in game, we had our opportunities, which we unfortunately the tight phases, there was a recurring tendency to go could not convert into points. Had Gary Mandaza not static on mauls and rucks. We also initially had trouble knocked the ball on whilst crossing the try line 5 minutes with accuracy in throwing the ball into the line-outs, but into the game, things could have been very different. this was soon resolved. Mention must be made of the Drawing first blood would have set the tone for the game. tireless work by Daniel Landrey, who was a flank to In our next important game against St George's, like St gladden any coach's heart. Ed Nxumalo produced some John's, we had our opportunities. The result 5-10 to St powerful surges, and Ciaran Butler was sound in the line- George's, was a bitter pill to swallow as we had the game outs. 'New boy' Mugona produced sure possession from in our hands for the best part of both halves of the game the line-outs and 'Beast' Muntanga was a ferocious time but the dying moments of the second half saw the competitor in general play, and an asset to the team. boys slip up on defence and let in one of the softest tries of the season. The midfield leaked a breakthrough and a It was something of a struggle to find a suitable simple overlap led to a simple try to St George's. After scrumhalf, but in the end Ngwenya filled the void very some stern words behind the posts, the boys looked effectively. Adam Keefe showed signs of becoming a pumped up, but obviously in the wrong way; a second good fly half, displaying all the skills needed in this very and decisive try was scored against us. This shifted the demanding position. And when Starch was given the balance and we had to defend the whole way. slightest space on the left wing, he mostly ended up behind the try line. Shaun Snyder showed great promise We had to go back to the drawing board but from the start at fullback, regularly delivering towering touch finders, of the season it became obvious that we were always and generating telling counter attacks from the rear. He going to be at a disadvantage with the small backline that led the team in a calm and mature way. He will be a force we had. We would have to compensate for this and play a once he has caught up with this exceptional physical different type of game which utilised our bigger, but growth. quicker, forwards. With mobile locks and quick loose The following boys played in the team, or did bench duty: forwards we were well suited to a more expansive game S Snyder(Capt.), D Landrey(V/Capt), L Beahan, C Butler, where the ball would be run by the forwards and only J Campbell, L Fargnoli, R Herbst, A Keefe, P Machaya, G offloaded to the backline when the space was created. Mandaza, J Masimba, S Matshe, M Mugona, B The loose trio of Mandaza, Fargnoli and Blatch were Muntanga, B Mutanga, N Muzamhindo, T Ndlovu, T effective in this type of game, as they all enjoyed being Ngwenya, E Nxumalo, N Smit, K Starch, A Sibanda, M given the freedom to link with the backs and run with the Sibanda, R Scheepers and J Zietsman. ball. They did, however, on many occasions forget about the basics and play too loose resulting in a lot of our ball Johan Heymans being turned over in the ruck situation. Mandaza always

145 ensured quick, clean lineout ball at the front of the U15 lineout. There is no doubt that the U15 squad has come a long way this term. We began the season a little ragged and had a While the backs were small, they were always very strong fair amount of catching up to do with some of our basic on attack with Masimba, Fumia and Machaya proving a skills. On the pitch we lacked structure and purpose and handful for the opposition when given time and space to often made things much harder for ourselves. Since then run into. Razunguzwa was one of the better finishers on we have become an entirely different setup altogether. the wing. Given the ball and the freedom to express The boys soon realised what they needed to work on and himself, he had the potential to score from any position trained hard to improve where they could. Their on the field. improvement was more than evident in the matches that Ruhan Scheepers was undoubtedly the unsung hero in followed throughout the term. In training, we were the team. He started the season as the first choice scrum committed for the most part and had our heads in the half. However, after various concussions he was forced to right places, but the boys must all remind each other not move into fly half to avoid as much contact as possible. to get too distracted at times. He soon adapted to his new position bringing some much needed creativity and vision to the backline. The most The A team had mixed results but they must take comfort difficult decision to have to make all season was the one in the fact that they have great talent in their side. This to bench Campbell for the final game against Peterhouse talent will prove itself in the seasons to come, but it just as we decided that we needed to play a more physical, needs to be used correctly as they continue to improve direct game that day. Like a miracle, everything went in and grow. We approached every game with the proper our direction. The team was able to use its set moves and attitude and remained committed until the final whistle the backline players linked superbly with their forwards no matter what the final outcome. The boys will have leaving the Peterhouse side mesmerised. The result, 22- learned far more this season from some of the games they 10, was a well-deserved win and, as it turned out, a good lost, than from the games which they won and this will way of ending the season. definitely prove itself in the future. Any end of year report is not complete without thanking a few people who helped make this team such a joy to coach. Firstly, I would like to thank the 16A coach, Mr Heymans senior, for the combined sessions and Jan Ferreira who always took his time to come and help especially with the lazy ones; the few parents who came in now and again to watch our matches and finally I must thank the boys who represented the team this year, who turned up to every practice, gave it their all and improved immeasurably. Their willingness to prove the doubters wrong and achieve some memorable wins was a joy to watch as they grew as individuals and as rugby players. They were a fantastic group of boys, who were always up for a good time, both at practices and at matches (whether this helped them or not!) and I'm sure many have happy The B team can come away from this season with much to memories to savour as they go off now into the senior be proud of. They have also treated every match with ranks where I am positive all will make a big impact sincerity and desire, and the rewards have been obvious. either for the 3rd or 4th team and the spirit of the Bumble We soon found our structure and gelled well in the pack Bees will endure! and in the back line. Despite often having a large point gap between us and our opposition, in our favour, we Squad : L Fargnoli (Captain), J Blatch, C Burke, continued to play attractive, flowing rugby and made J Campbell, K Chikwete, D Coetzee, L Fumia, R Herbst, sure that we only relaxed when the final whistle blew. P Machaya, R Madimure, A Magagula, T Magure, G Mandaza, K Manhando, J Masimba, S Matshe, B Mutanga, N Muzamhindo, N Razunguzwa, R Scheepers, M Schultz, B Taylor, B Versfeld

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146 The one C team game was also a great success and the The B team was considerably weaker than the A team. It boys that played made the most of their chance to play a was difficult to get them to play as a team. There were a competitive game. number of good individual players which characterised their style of play. Members of this squad who We have relished the opportunity to coach a group of represented the A team at some point in the season were: young sportsmen with such raw talent and have really Madhombiro M, Collett I, Snyder M, Mutero T, Cunha T, enjoyed spending time with them on the field. We wish Freeth J and Mushaka L. them the best of luck in the coming seasons. A Team: N Winskill (Captain), E Brice, T Catterall, A Team: M Conolly, S Dodington, M Hinmers, J Charsley, L Gilmour, T Harrison, T Mabhudhu, M McNab, T Mhonde, P Mhute, J Mulambo, L Mushaka, T Machaya, D Mukusha, C Mupeso, M Noach, S Ngozo, R Oatley, D Sargeant, P Shonhiwa, T Zvobgo R Scheepers, K Schultz, S Sindaza, J Zuze

B Team: A Bingley, T Brannigan, A Chabata, K Chisare, B Team: J Blignaut, R Chiramba, I Collett, F Crowther, M Davies, K Eksteen, J Hoard, S Hove, J Kersten, T Cunha, J Freeth, L Herbst, R Lardner-Burke, C Kundiona, M Kwari, D Lenton, T Madonko, S Maringa, M Learmonth, M Madhombiro, D Mann, M McBean, L Mavunga, B Michelson, B Ndlela, K Rousseau, S Rowe, Z Moyo, L Mushaka, T Mutero, T Nenhunzi, D Small, C Sutton, W Swales, W Tshuma, P Dhlamini J Oostindien, R Sherriffs, N Shiridzinodya, J Smit, A Stodart, M Snyder, L van Breda, E Wellock, Oli Pike and Bryan Ray J Whitehead

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Other Rugby Awards

Most Promising U16 Player: D Landrey Most Improved U15 Player: M Kwari Most Improved U14 Player: N Winskill Junior Tackling Cup: S Hinmers

Summary of Results PWDL 1st XV 14 11 0 3 2nd XV 10 8 0 2 3rd XV 7 6 0 1 U14 4th XV 5 4 0 1 The A team was potentially the best in the country, U17 1 1 0 0 beating Peterhouse by margins greater than St George's U16 A 13 10 0 3 and St John's beat them by. However, this side failed to U16 B 8 4 1 3 play with the intensity required and as a result lost crucial U15 A 9 3 1 5 matches. Mabhudhu T, Catterall T, Scheepers R, Winskill U15 B 7 6 0 1 N, Machaya T and Mupeso J all made the Zimbabwe U14 U15 C 1 1 0 0 Craven Week side. N Winskill captained both the Falcon U14 A 10 7 0 3 and the Zimbabwe sides. U14 B 6 3 0 3

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147 SOCCER

Top Row: T. Dhafana, M. Mazango, T.J. Muchativukwa, T.D. Mushati, M. Sibanda, Z.T. Mhlanga, E.K. Wasara, K. Chinaka Middle Row: M. Armstrong, T. Chida, Mr. G. Katsande, T.M.L. Moyo, Mr R Khumalo, P. Shonhiwa, P. Silundika Bottom Row: T. Mazango, M. Matshe, M. Mazorodze, K. Karuwo

Overall, the 2012 soccer season was a successful one as all Inter-House Soccer Results: teams, from juniors to seniors, managed to fulfil all the Juniors : Founders calendar fixtures, posting good results. Seniors : Founders

The senior teams were very successful this year with the Individual Soccer Awards: highlight for the first team being the winning of the Most Promising Junior Player: Matshe S CHISZ soccer trophy to wind up the term. I would say Most Improved player: Muchativukwa J that this was an extraordinary performance by an Best Player of the Season: Shonhiwa P ordinary team. I say so because young lads, the likes of Karuwo K, Mazorodze T and Muchativukwa J 'stepped Honours: T Moyo, P Shonhiwa up to the plate' to spearhead the onslaught on the much Colours: T Mazango, K Chinaka, M Matshe, E Wasara fancied Watershed team during the CHISZ soccer finals 50 Club: M Armstrong, T Dhafana, K Karuwo, and made sure that Falcon College won the trophy. For T Makuwaza, M Mazango, M Mazorodze, Z Mhlanga, these chaps I can only say that the sky is the limit and thus T Muchativukwa, T Mushati, Z Sibanda, P Silundika, the future of Falcon Soccer is quite promising. The second C Taruvinga team won most of their matches this season, save for a couple of draws. CHISZ Select squad : K Chinaka, K Karuwo, M Matshe, The junior soccer teams T Mazango, T Moyo, P Shonhiwa largely had a good season with the A sides winning Gatsemane Katsande most of their matches. I watched a number of matches they played at home 1st Team and I can safely say that the The 2012 season proved to be a challenging but very 'grassroots level' of Falcon rewarding season when compared to previous years. The soccer is solid. I thank all the team was made up of a talented but inexperienced group soccer coaches for their of boys in all areas. Careful analysis of results will show efforts this season and hope that there were a lot of very closely contested games, that next year will be an even signalling the team's ability to be forceful and effective in TL Moyo - Captain of Soccer better one. attack and in defence.

148 Our season started with our traditional trip to the heartfelt thanks to our 2nd team coach, Mr G Katsande International School of South Africa during the April who will be leaving us for South Africa. His holidays. We played in a seven-a-side tournament and administrative skills were second to none, on and off the came 4th out of the 11 participating schools. We went on pitch. We wish him all the best for his future endeavours. to win the plate competition after being knocked out by the defending champions, Waterford High School. Rodwell Khumalo

The main season was indeed a success. We did very well CHISZ Soccer Tournament against some of the top sides in the country. We narrowly The 2012 CHISZ Soccer tournament was a special lost to a very strong Price Edward side by two goals to occasion for Falcon College in that we not only hosted it one. We went on to claim a well deserved draw away successfully, but went on to win the trophy after against St George's and we won both games against dismissing the defending champions Watershed 2 -1 in Peterhouse. There is no doubt in my mind that the three the finals. What a sweet home triumph! games we lost could have gone either way and the margins did not exceed a two goal difference. A total of twelve schools took part in this year's The highlight of the season was being crowned the tournament. These were Goldridge College, Hillcrest winners of the annual CHISZ Soccer Tournament. After College, The International School of South Africa (ISSA), winning three and drawing one of the group games, we Kyle College, Lomagundi College, Midlands Christian went on to meet the International School of South Africa College, Peterhouse Boys, Petra, South Eastern College, in the quarter finals and won 2-0. We met Peterhouse in Watershed College, Westridge College and hosts Falcon the semi finals and won 1-0 and continued to the finals College. against the defending champions, Watershed College. The final was indeed a reflection of the entire season. We In the Group stages, teams competed in two groups of six. came back from being a goal down to win the game 2-1 in It was interesting to note that the two groups were fairly normal time. It was a well contested match that showed the team's character and maturity in all departments.

For the second year running it is important to acknowledge the discipline and organisation of this group. Thando Moyo and Pride Shonhiwa, as the captain and vice captain, together with the senior body of the team, led by example at practice and on game day. It is important to also mention the unfortunate injury to Tafadzwa Chida that kept him out for the entire season. Tafadzwa would have been playing in his fourth season, but we were fortunate to benefit from his valuable contributions in the coaching department which helped the team a great deal. I would finally like to extend my

149 balanced in terms of strength and competition with Group A consisting of Falcon College, Kyle College, MCC, Goldridge, Hillcrest, and South Eastern College. Group B was made up of Lomagundi, Peterhouse, Watershed, ISSA, Petra and Westridge.

The school boy soccer extravaganza was in full swing by Thursday, 2nd August with many goals having been scored by the end of the Group-stage games. The quarter- and semi-final games were also hotly contested with several games having to go to penalty shootouts in order to separate teams.

The final day of the tournament saw Falcon College playing against the 2011 winners, Watershed. Falcon had always made their intentions clear because, up to this point, they had had a fine run by winning all their matches from group stages up to the finals. Watershed seemed to have settled in during the first half and they The team also played beautiful football when we opened the scoring through a penalty. In the second half dispatched Goldridge 4 -2 in a home game in June with Falcon emerged from the breather a changed side. With Sibanda M and Makuwaza T contributing to the scoring. young Kumbirai Karuwo marshalling the midfield, and, A number of the second team players upped their game with the hard running Mazorodze spearheading the as the season wore on and the following need a special attack, Falcon were soon dictating the pace of the game mention as most improved players from Charisma: resulting in two brilliant goals being scored, and in the Muchativukwa J, Sibanda M, Makuwaza T, Mazorodze process Falcon was crowned the 2012 CHISZ soccer M and Mhlanga Z T. champions. Well done to coach R M Khumalo and the boys for making us all proud. Special thanks go to Mr R M Khumalo for being my coaching mate at the San field. I should say 2012 was one Gatsemane Katsande of the most fruitful years in Falcon soccer. I also wish to thank Chuma N and Armstrong M for their leadership as 2nd Team senior members of the team. The 2012 soccer season was a successful one as the team won all matches this year, save for a couple of draws. We I look forward to next season with much anticipation. managed to eke out draws against our big rivals, drawing 0-0 against CBC, 1-1 against MCC and 1-1 against Squad: Armstrong M, Tapera T, Mtswedu M, Mtetwa B, Peterhouse Boys. Chuma N (C), Chida T, Ndlovu N, Mazango M, Mabobe M, Sibanda M, Nhlamba G , Makuwaza T , Vera A , One of the highlights of the season was a crucial and Mangezi C, Chiwaka S, Dhana J, Mpofu D, Mhlanga Z T, warrior-like performance by the lads when we managed Choto A. to beat Prince Edward 2 -0 in their backyard. This was our first match of the season – a sweet victory indeed for us. Gatsemane Katsande

150 U15 The term started with a loss, which was a good lesson to both the coaches and the players, to discover and exploit their potential to the maximum. The discovery phase took the team to a new level characterised by good victories, such as 6 - 3 against Gifford, 5 - 2 versus Lomagundi and 4 – 1 against the perennial rivals CBC. Players such as M McNab, P Shonhiwa and new boy B Meredith shone in most of the matches, and would have won several 'Player of the Match' awards if the accolades had been presented!

Credit goes to the whole team for their unwavering attitude, even in times of loss. The parents' support is also worth mentioning. They followed the team wherever U16 they went. Winning or losing, our parents never gave up. 2012 was a successful season for the U16 Soccer team. We thank you for all your support. Although we drew our first games against CBC, our boys generally dominated all departments. We went on Below are the teams that made our season a happy one: to post emphatic wins against Mzingwane and A Team: Michelson B, Nembaware I, Mafi P, Oatley R, Northlea. This set the tone for the rest of the season as Mushaka D, Shonhiwa P, Mhonde T (Captain), Meredith we went on to beat Gifford in their own backyard. B, Ndlela B, McNab M, Chabata A, Mulambo J, Ncube R, Lomagundi also suffered the same fate as the other Zvinowanda C, Zvobgo T schools. Sadly, CBC managed to record a win against B Team: Dodington S, Maringa S, Magonya N, Ruprecht our A team which was our first loss to them since 2008. A, Bingley A, Sargeant D, Hoard J, Sutton C, Moyo E, Mabhena M, Chisare K, Dikanifuwa S, Nhunzwi P, It is worth noting that most of our players demonstrated Mateketa T, Hinmers S, Kwari M growth in the game. Sikhelela Matshe's development was phenomenal and we were assured of a well-manned right Maxwell Ncube and Austin Moyo wing. His pace and ability to think and execute well- placed crosses were commendable. Nigel Razunguzwa had the best finish as testified by the fact that he was the top goal scorer for the season. Panashe Machaya commanded the defence for both the A and B teams and did a splendid job. Combined with Brian Muntanga, the defence was virtually impenetrable.

U16 A and B squad: C Butler, M Bwerinofa, T Dhlembeu, L Fumia, P Machaya, R Madimure, T Magure, P Mafa, B Manton, J Masimba, S Matshe, T Matondi, T Mawire, M Mugona, W Munemo, B Muntanga, N Muzamhindo, A Ngorora, T Ngwenya, E Nxumalo, T Rance, N Razunguzwa, K Starch, K Tabvuma

Treasure Ndlovu/Artwell Mutape U14 This year's under 14 soccer team, which was affectionately known as “Real Madrid” named after a Spanish La Liga outfit, played extremely well. The team was made up of a group of energetic and talented boys. The most important aspect of this team was their 'philosophy '. They believed in each other, hard work and team work. Team cohesion was very strong and gave them the extra ability to score goals. The training sessions were always every player's priority and they came on time.

The team played all their local games on Fridays but this year the team had a rare opportunity to travel to Lomagundi College in Chinhoyi on a Saturday. The match was the toast of the season as they had a glut of

151 goals winning 6 - 0. There was a rotating captaincy role B Team: Brice E, Choruma T, Godfrey B, Harrison T, Miti based on the behaviour of the player on the previous T, Moyo A, Mugwara Z, Mukusha D, Mushaka L, match and preceding week. The captaincy role brought Mushariwa T, Mushoriwa B, Razunguzwa N, about a sense of responsibility and built in the players a Shiridzinodya N, Sola A, Stone M, Zinyemba C leadership trait. The parents were always behind the team and they organized an U14 tournament hosted at S V Ndlovu Falcon College. Twelve teams contested for the several accolades on offer. The team tasted its first defeat in the final of the tournament where they bowed out in a Summary of Results penalty shootout after a 1 – 1 draw to neighbours PWDL Mzingwane High, a team they beat 5 – 1 during the 1st 27 17 7 3 season . The B team was always an oasis of talent as those 2nd 9 4 5 0 players who excelled in the B team got promoted to the A 3rd 1 0 1 0 team on a weekly basis. U17 1 1 0 0 A special thanks to all parents who supported us during U16 A 8 4 2 2 the tournament and in all matches. U16 B 7 3 2 2 A Team: Chiramba R, Chiremba T, Chivasa G, Kawadza U15 A 8 5 1 2 T, Learmonth M, Machaya P, Mokuele L, Munyonga K, U15 B 7 2 3 2 Mupeso C, Nenhunzi T, Noach M, Paunganwa E, U14 A 8 5 3 0 Sibanda L, Sibanda P, Sindaza S U14 B 6 1 1 4

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152 SQUASH

T Rowe - Captain of Squash Boys U14 (16 player draw) J Kersten 1st A Ruprecht 3rd J Bryant 4th S Hinmers 6th K Eksteen 7th S Hammond 8th P Mafi 13th

Boys U16 (16 player draw) T Ngwenya 6th T Mwale 7th K Mashangu 8th N Smit 10th P Wallett 11th

Boys U19 (8 player draw) - Held between the 23rd and 30th January as most of the players were away on a Leadership course. B Blatch 1st T Rowe 4th T Kersten 5th Back Row: T. Kersten, T. Boshoff Front Row: B. Blatch, Mr. J. Makola, T. Rowe T Boshoff 7th N Moyo 8th TERM 1 ZIMBABWE JUNIOR CLOSED SQUASH The number of boys taking part in squash continues to CHAMPIONSHIPS grow. This year we had 64 pupils who signed up for This was held over Half Term (17th to 19th February squash. Since these boys have other sports as their 2012) for the first time in Bulawayo. Unfortunately only a number one sport this makes it very difficult to organise handful of Falcon players took part: fixtures; nevertheless these boys get instruction at least twice a week. Boys U19 (24 player draw) B Blatch 12th, T Kersten 22nd, N Moyo 24th MATABELELAND CLOSED TOURNAMENT The Matabeleland Closed tournament was held over the Boys U14 (16 player draw) first weekend of January in Bulawayo and Falcon entered J Kersten 2nd a fairly large number of players in the different age groups. See results below: Boys U13 (16 player draw) B Godfrey 8th Boys U13 (24 player draw) K Schultz 2nd, B Godfrey 4th, L Herbst 5th, I Collett 11th, ZIMBABWE REPRESENTATION R Johnston 12th , R Sherriffs 13th , E Brice 14th , J Smit Justin Kersten was selected to play for the Zimbabwe U14 15th, T Catterall 16th, D Mann 17th, M Learmonth 18th team which took part at the South African Inter-

153 provincials at which Zimbabwe came third with Kersten McTaggart, Mr Fernandes, Mr P Heymans, Mr Makola, winning 6 matches and losing 2. Mr Gwidzima and Mr Khumalo coming almost twice a week for doubles squash. Term 2 Winter league: Falcon entered three teams in this year's Squash awards Matabeleland Winter League: Falcon A- 2nd League (B 50 Club: T Boshoff, T Kersten, T Rowe Blatch, T Rowe, J Makola, J McTaggart/O Fernandes); Colours: B Blatch Falcon B – 3rd League (T Boshoff, S Hammond, M Senior Inter-House: 1. Chubb Mtswedu, N Moyo); Falcon C – 3rd League (J Kersten, P 2. Hervey Heymans, T Mwale, T Ngwenya, A Ruprecht, and any 3. Oates other players from the juniors available). Falcon A came 4. Tredgold 2nd in their league, Falcon B and C third and fourth 5. Founders respectively. The standard of play and the enthusiasm 6. George Grey amongst the players was encouraging and generally the teams did very well. Junior Inter-House: 1. Chubb 2. Hervey Term 3 3.Founders Although this is an exam term there was a hive of activity 4. Oates at the Squash courts especially on Wednesday and 5. George Grey Thursday afternoons. The highlight of the term was the 6. Tredgold “Back the Bid 2020 World Squash Day Tournament” which was held at the courts (20th October 2012) with Senior squash championships: B Blatch well over 20 players taking part. This was in support of (runner-up T Rowe) the World Squash Federation's initiative to get support Junior squash championships: J Kersten among the member countries for Squash to be an (runner-up T Ngwenya) Olympic sport in year 2020. I would like to thank Mr Langton Gwidzima for helping It was a fun tournament with two teams, Team 2020 and with coaching every Wednesday and Thursday of each Team Squash, each with 17 players, comprising teaching week. The focus in 2013 is not only numbers of squash staff, administration staff, college prefects and school players but more National representation at all age boys. Each person played a match for 20 minutes, the groups. person with highest points winning. Team 2020 beat Team Squash 788 points to 652 points. These results were Summary of results sent to a control centre at the World Squash Federation to PWDL come with one Global result. A social braai followed this A team 12 9 0 3 event. B team 8 3 1 4 C team 10 2 1 7 Social squash among staff in the evenings continues to grow, with Mrs Guthrie, Mrs Kelly, Ms Watson, Mr Jonathan Makola

C Van Breda F4 B Mashange L6

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Back row (L to R): A Oatley, S Ngozo, C Friend, G Fargnoli, T Rowe, G Coleman, C Charsley, C Bydawell 3rd row (L to R): M Sibanda, L Beahan, L Fargnoli, M Swannack, M Dodington, R Herbst, C Pritchard, J Schlachter, D Landrey, N Nell 2nd row (L to R): Mrs B Heymans, S Ngozo, S Lynton-Edwards, C van Breda, B Michelson, W Swales, T Brannigan, R Oatley, S Hammond, Mrs M Querl Front row (L to R): L van Breda, I Collett, T Catterall, T Machaya, P Swales (Captain), J Charsley, L Gilmour, J Mupeso, R Lardner-Burke

Four boys represented Matabeleland at the Senior Our next gala was the 'A' division Inter-Schools gala at National Swimming Championships in the 1st term. Les Brown Pool in Harare. There is plenty of competition They were: L Fargnoli, R Herbst, C Pritchard and L van at this event as we swim against St John's and St George's, Breda. All four were selected to swim for Zimbabwe, L both very strong swimming schools. The boys performed van Breda at Level 3 (the highest level) and the other three well, with Levi Fargnoli winning the 50m Butterfly (U16) at Level 2. Medal awards at the Nationals were as follows: and the 200m Individual Medley (U16). Our U14 relay Gold Silver Bronze team won the 200m Butterfly relay and our U17 team won L Fargnoli 1 (relay) 3 (indiv) the 200m Breaststroke event. We finished 2nd and 3rd in C Pritchard 2 (relays) 1 (indiv) 2 (indiv) several other individual and relay events. L van Breda 1 (relay) 2 (relays) 2 (indiv) Results: 1st St John's 459 The following medals were won at Level 2 in Polokwane: 2nd St George's 422 Gold Silver Bronze 3rd Falcon 378 L Fargnoli 1 1 2 4th CBC 335 R Herbst 1 5th Peterhouse 298 C Pritchard 2

L van Breda swam very well at his Level 3 gala in Port Elizabeth, but the competition was stiff and he did not win any medals. Our first gala of the 3rd term was the Inter-Schools Relay Gala which Falcon hosts every year. This gala was well supported this year with five schools participating. Results:

1st Falcon 232 2nd CBC 202 3rd Girls' College 142 4th Petra 140 5th Convent 78

155 6th Hellenic 281 Ryan Ashby Trophy 7th St Ignatius 106 (Open 50m Butterfly) Bydawell C 8th Kutama 89 Davies Cup (Open 100m Breaststroke) Bydawell C We also hosted the local Inter-Schools Individual Gala Chris Strydom Memorial Cup this year and managed to win it after losing to CBC last (Open 200m Breaststroke) Swales PS year. Four records were broken on the day, all, strangely Brandon Strydom Memorial Trophy enough, were breaststroke relay records. CBC broke the (U18 50m Butterfly) Friend CC U15 record, while Falcon broke the U16, U17 and U20 Cartwright Cup records. (U15 Individual Medley) Oatley RJ Results: Glen Cup (U17 Individual Medley) Pritchard CW Cowen Cup 1st Falcon 572 (Open Individual Medley) Rowe TD 2nd CBC 511 Ashby Cup (Most Points – U14) van Breda LH 3rd Petra 343 Prince Trophy 4th MCC 225 (Most Points – U15) Oatley RJ Jack McKechnie Cup Our next event was the Inter-House Individual Gala. (Most Points – U16) Fargnoli LA Fourteen records were broken, with L van Breda (U14) Ashby Cup breaking three, L Fargnoli (U16) breaking four and R (Most Points – U17) Pritchard CW Herbst (U16), C Pritchard (U17), C Friend (U18) and G Mirtle Shield (Most Points – U18) Friend CC Fargnoli (U18) each breaking one. The three relay records Turner Cup were broken by Founders (U14), George Grey (U15) and (Victor Ludorum – U20) Rowe TD Tredgold (U18). Beahan Family Trophy Results: (Most Points – Relay Events) George Grey Pownall Cup 1st Tredgold 570 (Winner – Inter-House Gala) Tredgold 2nd George Grey 555 3rd Founders 476 The Inter-House Relay Gala took place near the end of the 4th Chubb 466 term and this proved to be an extremely closely contested 5th Hervey 372 event with George Grey winning by only one point. 6th Oates 338 Results:

Other Awards - Inter-House Individual Gala: 1st George Grey 97 Abrams Cup (U18 50m Backstroke) Fargnoli GH 2nd Tredgold 96 Brendan Ashby Trophy 3rd Chubb 72 (Open 50m Backstroke) Rowe TD 4th Hervey 59 Cartwright Cup 5th Founders 52 (Open 100m Freestyle) Rowe TD 6th Oates 39

156 M Swannack EJ Mhlanga N Nell We also participated in a Junior Invitational Gala at Girls' the Matabeleland Championships at the end of College, where we were teamed up with Girls' College November. The medals won at this event were as against CBC/Chisipite and Hellenic (mixed boys and follows: girls team). There were thirty four events in this gala and twenty five records were broken, seventeen of them by Gold Silver Bronze Falcon. L Fargnoli broke four records, R Herbst broke one Beahan L 2 and the remaining twelve were broken by our various CatteralT 1 relay teams. Fargnoli L 4 4 3 Results: Herbst R 1 Oatley R 1 3 2 1st Falcon/GC 217 Pritchard C 1 6 2nd CBC/Chisipite 204 van Breda L 4 3 1 3rd Hellenic 122 Philip Swales was the swimming captain this year and 50 Club 50 Club Re-Award was helpful in marshalling the swimmers at various N Nell C Charsley Inter-School galas as well as organising 'white rat' helpers M Swannack for most of the home galas. C van Breda Colours Colours Re-Awards The beginner swimmers were coached this year by Mrs C Bydawell C Friend Sihle Khumalo and her assistants, Mrs Rumbi Katsande G Fargnoli P Swales and Mrs Sam Ncube. Mrs Sally Langley juggled a large C Pritchard group of non-team swimmers and I thank her for her help in that area, as well as attending some Friday night galas A varying number of boys (up to a maximum of twenty in Bulawayo and officiating at home galas. one in the third term) took part in club galas held in Bulawayo on Friday evenings. Nine of them competed in Thank you to Mrs Martha Querl for all her help with coaching sessions, accompanying the boys to Bulawayo club galas and many other areas of organisation.

Mrs Lorna Riley came out once a week to coach the team swimmers and also drew up training programmes for the boys to follow. She coached our boys at Friday night galas, accompanied us to away galas and lent valuable support at home events. I thank her for her commitment.

Again, Mrs Niki Oatley has been the referee at our home galas and I would like to thank her very much for her invaluable help. I am also very grateful to all the Falcon staff who worked as officials at the galas.

Mr Pete Stewart and his team have done a great job, as P Swales - Swimming Captain usual, in keeping the pool sparkling which was a challenge in the third term after the pool was emptied and re-surfaced during the August holidays.

G Fargnoli Thank you to Nick van Rooyen for the maintenance work he has done in and around the pool. Mr Bryan Ray was a great help in the third term in all preparations for galas and I thank him too.

M Swannack Barbara Heymans

157 TENNIS

Standing: S. Ncube, F.I Dollar, T. Dhafana, B.D Williams, N.I Dhlodhlo Seated: B.D Randell, B.J Langley, Mr A.K Mutape, S.M Randell, B.L Dhana

1st Team Tennis Awards: Honours: B Langley Team: B Langley (Captain), F Dollar, S Randell, S Ncube, Colours: B Dhana, F Dollar, S Randell B Williams, T Dhafana, B Dhana, I Dhlodhlo, B Randell 50 Club: T Dhafana, N Dhlodhlo, S Ncube, B Randell, B Williams 2012 proved to be a very good year for all of our tennis teams. During the first term, our 1st team went on a tour U16 of South Africa. We took part in an interprovincial This is a very talented group of players. Their tennis tournament in which all South African provinces played. improved greatly throughout this season. Their Although we lost all our matches, our boys really played enthusiasm and determination has been refreshing. We well and gained a lot experience playing against only lost one match against Prince Edward this season seasoned South African players. and our first and second couple were undefeated in 2012. The team varied weekly as we had a lot of talented boys to During the third term we achieved considerable success choose from each week which was delightful. This augurs in all aspects of the game in the league, interprovincial well for our senior teams in the next couple of years. and national selections. We played well all season and only lost to Prince Edward in the Mim Du Toit Team: C Butler, T Dhlembeu, T Dhlamini, A Keefe, tournament. It was a closely T Mabhudhu, R Madimure, K Manhando, J Masimba, contested match which saw A Ngorora, T Ngwenya, T Rance, R Scheepers, M Schultz five of the singles matches go to three sets. We remained U15 undefeated in our local league. Once again, over 40 boys registered for tennis, and it took a complicated arrangement to accommodate them all. Four of our boys were selected Invariably, the real beginners, as well as the more to represent Zimbabwe at U16, competent players suffer. Still, it can be safely stated that U17 and U19 level which was a most of the boys knew more about the game at the end of great achievement. They were the term, than they did at the start. B Langley (U19), F Dollar (U17), R Scheepers and A There is a core of very promising players. They had B Langley - Captain of Tennis Keefe (U16). limited exposure in match situations, as most of the

158 matches they did play were not particularly taxing for Summary of results them. This is a great pity, but it is hoped that the players concerned will have opportunity later on to spread their PWDL wings. 1st 17 5 1 11 U16 A 10 8 1 1 Team: M Connolly (Captain), A Bingley, M Davies, S U15 A 5 4 1 0 Dikanifuwa, J Hoard, M Kermer, M McNab, B Meredith, U15 B 1 0 0 1 D Mushaka, T Ndlovu, H Randell, T Rowe, D Sargeant, D U14 5 4 0 1 Small, A Ruprecht, C Sutton

Artwell Mutape and Johan Heymans U14 The year 2012 was a very fruitful one for the young boys as the A team won all its matches. Unfortunately, our B team lost to Girls' College A side, in a close match. The team is full of boys who are passionate about the game, most notably M Noach, T Mabhudhu, L Herbst, B Freeth and M Learmonth.

Team: J Freeth, L Herbst, M Learmonth, T Mabhudhu, T Mderede, L Mushaka, T Mutero, M Noach, J Zuze

Inter-House Competition

Senior 1. Tredgold 2. Oates 3. Hervey 4. Chubb 5. George Grey 6. Founders

Junior 1. Founders 2. Tredgold F Dollar 3. Hervey 4. Chubb 5. Oates 6. George Grey

Senior Individual Championships

Winner: B. Langley Runner up: S. Randell

Junior Individual Championships Winner: A. Keefe S Ncube Runner up: R. Scheepers

S Randell S Randell B Langley B Williams

159 TOUR DE FALCON

A record number of 454 entries were received this year (in The ladies of the Parents' Committee, with the assistance 2011 there were 436). A new off-road route was selected, of Lee McNab, provided bacon and egg rolls, tea, coffee partly in response to police concerns from the previous and lunches and Flying Eagles ran the technical side of year over the safety of riders due to large numbers, and the race. In order to conduct the prize-giving at a partly to provide off-road cyclists with a more interesting reasonable time, a cut off time of 12:15 was introduced. route. This year the Tour was also used to raise awareness and funds for Painted Dog conservation. Jeremy Borg, FOB Orlando Fernandes and his team of staff once again and owner of Painted Wolf Wines in the Cape, provided transported the cyclists and water point attendants. The bottles of wine for prizes and a raffle. Jeremy rode from ground staff ensured that everything was ready at the Maun to Hwange as a Painted Dog fundraiser and then College for the cyclists and supporters alike. travelled to Bulawayo to ride in the Tour de Falcon. Our thanks go to the many people who so willingly Peter Rollason and members of T S Matabele were on donated their time, fuel and prizes for this venture. We hand to officiate at the Ascot start and provide traffic look forward to your support and participation in 2013! control along the route. Elite and off- road riders were started ten minutes after the other sections. Peter Ward

160 161 WATER POLO

Standing from left: M Swannack, H Swales, G Fargnoli, C Friend, D Tomlinson, C Charsley Seated from left: P Swales, T Rowe, Mr C Kesson, C Bydawell, M Cripps

1st Team back shots also caused a lot of damage to the opponent's This has been a stunning season of success! You cannot goals. talk of victories this year at Falcon College without mentioning the 1st Team Water Polo. The result was the crowning of the Falcon College team with the 2012 Crusader Shield. Congratulations to all The first big victory was over St John's College at CBC on concerned. Congratulations to Tyler Rowe for being the 5th February 2012: a match won 8 – 7 after extra-time. named the Player of the Crusader Shield Tournament The winning goal was scored by Philip Swales, from his and to Craig Bydawell, Gio Fargnoli, Chase Charsley, own goal line on the stroke of the last second of extra Christopher Friend and Tyler Rowe for being selected for time. No wonder the coach, Craig Kesson had no time to take his cell phone from his pocket or the straw hat from his head before diving into the pool in jubilation!

The second part of the season amassed even greater achievements. Falcon College won all of its friendly matches. We participated in the invitational tournament held at St John's College where there were seven schools, Falcon College, St John's, St George's, Lomagundi, CBC, Peterhouse and Prince Edward. Falcon came top in this tournament.

The most exciting and important tournament was the Crusader Shield which was held at Falcon College from the 13th to 14th of October 2012. Most of the players have what it takes to succeed in the game. Christopher Friend, Craig Bydawell and Chase Charsley used their speed up CRUSADERS SHIELD CHAMPIONS front; Martial Cripps and Philip Swales, the goalie, were Standing from left: M Swannack, D Tomlinson, L Herscovitz, P Swales, H Swales, C Friend, G Fargnoli strong in defence, denying the opposition the chance to Sitting from left: T Rowe, C Bydawell (Captain), score. Gio Fargnoli's left hand shots and Tyler Rowe's M Cripps, Mr C Kesson (Coach), C Charsley

162 M Cripps C Friend

the Zimbabwe National U17 Team to travel to South The U17 water polo squad for 2012 season was a very Africa in December 2012. small one with only 13 players in total. This group trained with the 1st team in all their practices throughout the year To our parents - thank you and this, to a certain extent, did not allow for individual for all your support. Finally, coaching as the group was too big. It appears the problem many thanks once again to of creating an extra training slot for the U17 age-group is Mr Craig Kesson for hours going to be around for some time. spent coaching and travelling with the team. The starting seven was made up of the players listed below and the rest played for the B team. The B team played and won all their matches against CBC, Petra and C Bydawell - Captain Maxwell Ncube Girls' College in both 1st and 3rd term 2012.

UNDER 17 WATER POLO TEAM AT ACCORSI CUP Back row; N Nell, M Rautenbach, R Herbst, A Carrelo, M Sibanda, C van Breda, M Swannack Front Row Kneeling; L Beahan, D Landrey, L Fargnoli, C Pritchard, G Strydom

163 A team: A Carrelo, L Fargnoli, D Landrey, N Nell, U15 C Pritchard, M Rautenbach, M Swannack The 1st term saw a number of talented new form 1's B team: L Beahan, S Bhasera, M Sibanda, N Smit, joining the ranks of the established U15 players. The lack G Strydom, C van Breda of fixtures allocated to our B side was very disappointing and we hope that the 2013 calendar is rectified in this The A team, which I must say is a very young side (all but department. 3 players will play U17 in 2013) had mixed fortunes. They won all their domestic fixtures convincingly against CBC The A team however experienced good results and Petra Boys but found the going tough against throughout the year with a total of only four losses. The opposition from Mashonaland. matches against CBC and St John's College were often close and exciting. We experienced no losses to CBC over The start of the 3rd term season was somewhat awkward the year but succumbed to a very talented St John's side in as we didn't have water in the pool for the 1st week. A all three matches played against them. decision was made to use the City Pool in Bulawayo for both water polo and swimming training. Although it The team gained a deserved 2nd place at the Todd meant transporting the boys into town on Tuesday and Trophy, suffering only one loss throughout the Thursday, the boys had more time to train as the City tournament. pool has the capacity for all the water polo players to train. The players certainly gained in swimming fitness A number of our players were selected for the and it was easier for the coach Mr Craig Kesson to come to Matabeleland U15 squad that had a comprehensive win City pool. (10 -5) over the Mashonaland team at the Todd The water polo calendar for the 3rd term was very short tournament. (due to the external exam time table) allowing only for two fixtures, one at CBC and the other at Falcon. Those selected for Matabeleland were T Catterall, J Charsley, S Dodington, D Lenton, B Michelson, The Accorsi Cup was held at Chisipite in Harare over the R Oatley, W Swales, and L van Breda weekend of the 6th and 7th of October 2012. A squad of 12 Four of our boys were also selected to represent the players was selected and they gave a much improved Zimbabwe U15 team at the SA Schools Tournament in performance. Thanks to Mr Swannack and Mr Port Elizabeth, namely, D Lenton, B Michelson, R Oatley Rautenbach for sponsoring kit for the boys. and W Swales. I would like to congratulate the following boys: Murray Swannack for his selection as captain for the Zimbabwe The outlook for Falcon U15 water polo in 2013 looks very U17 team which tours SA in December; Nathan Nell for promising with a good nucleus of enthusiastic young being selected as the non travelling reserve. players.

We are indebted to Mr Craig Kesson for his invaluable Special thanks must also be recorded for Mr Greg time spent coaching the boys and look forward to his Michelson who assisted selflessly with the coaching of continued support next year. this team.

Jonathan Makola Bryan Ray

R Sherriffs R Scheepers

164 Junior Inter-House Water Polo: Summary of Results PWDL 1. George Grey 1st XI 23 21 1 1 2. Chubb 2nd XI 2 2 0 0 3. Tredgold U17 A 12 7 0 5 4. Founders U17 B 2 1 0 1 5. Hervey U15 A 21 15 0 6 6. Oates U15 B 3 2 0 1

Back Row left to right: S Hammond, L Gilmour, T Catterall, S Dodington, J Charsley, L Van Breda Front Row: R Oatley, B Michelson, Mr G Michelson, W Swales, D Lenton

L Van Breda

165 SPORTSMEN’S DINNER GUEST SPEECH - KIRSTY QUERL

L Sibanda, Mr R Querl, Miss K Querl & Mrs M Querl I am a sport scientist and work at the High Performance is done applying research to practical situations in Centre at the University of Pretoria. I have had the training, to improve performance. privilege of working with high performance athletes from a range of sports, but mainly tennis and hockey Being based at the High Performance Centre has meant players. My day-to-day job involves training, monitoring that I have had the privilege of watching high- and testing of athletes. performance athletes from behind the scenes and I'd like to share some insight into what it takes to be world-class. Sport today is such a competitive environment, that it is The “Oarsome Foursome” who are the South African the small details that can make the difference between a men's lightweight four rowing team that won gold in gold medal and eighth place. This is where science plays London, trained three times a day for three years leading an important role. Talent can only get an athlete so far; into London, Monday to Sunday. Their body fat, hard-work and dedication cannot be substituted but sleeping, eating, studying, socialising, hygiene and science can give you that 1% needed to be the best in the training was monitored weekly. Bridget Hartley, who world. won a bronze medal for South Africa in canoeing, moved to Hungary in order to be with her coach who was not In the recent London Olympics the difference between able to be in South Africa. This was a big sacrifice for her the first and seventh place in the men's hundred metre to be away from home in a foreign place for long periods final was 0.35 seconds while the difference between a of time. The tennis athletes I work with, train from 7.00 to gold medal and no medal was 1.21 seconds over 2000m in 10.00 in the morning and 2.30 till 6.00 every day, from the men's lightweight fours rowing race. This just shows when they are 12 years old. that you can put in all the hard work over four years to compete at the Olympics and a split second can These examples demonstrate the discipline and determine absolute success or failure. The most dedication required to be the best at what you do. successful athletes have the best combination of science Discipline comes in many forms: and hard work and the winners get the formula right on · The way in which you train each day - the day. the quality of your training will determine your success and if you train In a book called 'The Perfection Point', John Brenkus below standard you will perform below attempts to predict the fastest 100m that will ever be run standard. by man. The current 100m world record set by Usain Bolt · Discipline and what you eat - that extra is 9.58 seconds. Brenkus looked at the race in four parts: snack or lack of nutrients because you reaction to the gun, getting out of the blocks, acceleration eat takeaways too often, can make the to top speed and hanging on at the end. He also looked at difference between a good or poor climatic factors such as altitude and wind speed. He performance tomorrow. concluded that the fastest time man will be able to achieve · The way you live - is it clean and is 8.99 seconds. This demonstrates one role that science is hygienic so you are not susceptible to able to play in sport. Predicting the future helps athletes illness which will prevent you from to always strive for bigger and better goals and make training? them believe this is possible. However, most of our work · Discipline and getting enough sleep –

166 you need this in order to train as hard as play the sport and not only focusing on skills and tactics; you can tomorrow even if your being willing to put in extra time because hard work is the house-mates are staying up late to watch only way to the top; being disciplined to train with the a movie . best quality every time; using science to get yourself to a competitive level and keeping up with current training Discipline in all of these areas enables these athletes to trends. train at their best every single time with no excuses for poor performance. To the leavers, I hope you will continue to play sport in the next chapter of your life even though it will be tough This is a very professional approach to playing sport, but out there. For example, the first team rugby flank who this seems to be the direction even school sport is going in hopes to compete in South Africa is competing with the South Africa. Many of you have been on tours to South likes of Flip van de Merwe who warms up on a bench Africa this year and in most instances it is a tough task to press with 180kg's. Okay, he is a Springbok but there are compete down there. I believe that sport should be fun at many players who aren't, who have just as much talent as school but for most competitive sports people, winning he does! “Incidentally, how much does Pat Lambie makes it even more fun. I challenge you as the sports bench? 80 minutes for the Springboks!” people of Zimbabwe, to work harder to set a better standard, in order to compete at the highest level and this My advice to you is - if you want to pursue a sporting will still be fun. career or even keep playing sport as a hobby, prepare yourself well while still at school, where you have the In another book I have read, 'The Talent Code', it is clear facilities, time and guidance at your fingertips, so when that the world's sporting geniuses have not come from you venture into the world it is not such a big jump and wealthy, developed places. Many of them have come adaptation. from small communities that insist on a few good habits which get ingrained in the athletes. Russian tennis and I'd like to end with some wise words from Cara Black, Brazilian soccer are just two examples where passion for former Zimbabwean tennis player and Wimbledon the game, dedicated teachers and the will to improve champion, “If I'm not doing it, who is?” This means many one's livelihood, have resulted in some of the best athletes Zimbabweans get the opportunity to do great things and we have ever seen. Falcon is a small community in itself perform on the world sporting stages. We need to grab and I challenge you to develop these good sporting habits these opportunities every time, otherwise there is here. someone in the rest of the world who wants it more than These habits include: getting fit and strong enough to you do and will take that opportunity if you pass it by.

ZT Mhlanga F4

V Bahlangene F3

167 LEAVERS’ DINNER - GUEST’S SPEECH - GORDON MACDONALD

Mr and Mrs Querl, Mr and Mrs Fleming, Mr McTaggart, staff, parents and of course, most important of all, leavers. About four weeks ago, Mr Fleming came out of his office as I was moving towards my classroom and he said to me, “Gordon can I have a word with you?” and I thought to myself, “Oh, God. What have I done now?” So I went into his office, and he put his hand on my shoulder, and I thought, that's even worse! I thought he was going to tell me that Mr Querl says I need a haircut. At that stage I did, but I'm fairly clean shaven now. After he asked me I said to him, “Dave I'll do the speech with pleasure,” then I walked out of his office and I said to myself, “What the hell have you let yourself in for?” And later on I thought to myself, “Well I am a leaver myself, so maybe I'm the right person to talk to you guys.” There is a slight difference, because you're leaving after six years, and you're leaving the school. Mrs Macdonald and I are W Ullrich, Mr and Mrs W Randle leaving the classroom after forty four years and we won't years, outdone by Mr Randle, Mr Grant, Mr Marais, and be leaving Falcon as such. We do hope that we will be able Mr Hartley. I was 1st team hockey coach for twenty three to continue to contribute in one way or another to the years, Senior Master for three years, Second Master for wellbeing of this College. five years, Headmaster for one year, Chairman of Quiet Waters, which I started, twenty five years ago, Chairman I arrived here in January 1969. How did I get here? Well I of the 40th Anniversary Committee, which we ran for two just happened to know the right people at the right time. years, and we started the year before to plan that time. I'd Mr Tim Tanser, who was at university with me (and we just like to add here, that one of the most wonderful became firm friends playing cricket and golf together), occasions of that 40th Anniversary was when Mr had been in contact with Mr Turner, and also with Mr Fleming, who was on our committee, organised a cricket Paul Cannon who I knew very well, and who was the game between Falcon Old Boys and the rest of Zimbabwe. guest speaker at Speech Day, and they put in a good word Well, the end result of that wonderful occasion (and the for me and that's how I came to be here. I'd never coached ground was like some test match scene with tents and so in my life and I arrived here to be the first team coach at a on all the way round), was that the Falcon Old Boys' side school that was well renowned as a hockey school. I convincingly beat the rest of Zimbabwe, the captain of might add here before I go on that in actual fact, I arrived which was no other than . I started here in January 1969. The chairman of the board, Mr Environmental Management as a subject and have been Laing, and the vice chairman of the board, Mr Coulson, in charge of it for eleven years. Heather and I started the had left just before I arrived, at the end of 1968. Etiquette Society thirteen years ago and have just had our last dinner. Why have we been here so long? Quite simple. It's a bush school, and as you know, I'm a bushman, I'm told, a Was Falcon a better school then than it is now? The reasonably civilised bushman, but still a bushman. It's a answer is definitely not. It is a much better school now great place to teach in a disciplined environment. It's a than it was in those days. There were certainly lovely place to be working, to be able to fall out of bed and advantages, we had probably a lot brighter boys overall. into the classroom. Having been in Johannesburg on a Sorry, I don't mean that. We had very good school sports few occasions in the early mornings at seven o'clock teams, but overall it is a school that has matured onwards and then in the late afternoon, when it takes you immensely. It's grown in character, and perhaps more two hours get to work and two hours to get back, I was than anything else, it has grown in stature in the cultural convinced that I never want to live in a city the size of world. Thanks to people like Mrs Cecile Ferreira, we now Johannesburg. have such grand occasions such as Lion King and Robin Hood and we have groups such as the septet. So yes, it's a Brett Mason asked me just now if we have not gotten better school. bored of the same environment for forty four years. The answer is not at all. You have two alternatives, either to I'd like to give you a little interesting statistic about the leave to seek new challenges and greener pastures, or to number of sons at Falcon that have come from one family. remain within the same system, but change track as you The first one was Mr Luke Nkala who had seven sons go through, so that you don't get bored. We, of course, here. The first arrived in 1987, the last arrived in 2007 – chose the latter. Just to give you all some idea of how I that was, of course, Sub, who left last year. So, Mr Luke kept myself busy over these years, and of course Heather Nkala had sons here for twenty five years. They were all has kept herself busy as well, these are the changes I've brothers and they were all in George Grey. Coming close been through. I was head of the Geography department behind Mr Luke Nkala, was Dr Herbert HSM for thirty years; I was Housemaster of Oates for thirteen Ushewokunze – a well-known name in the political fields

168 in the early days of independence. He had six sons here. boy and captain of rugby. It so happens that my great The first arrived in 1985, the last left in 1992 – eleven bush friend was a chap called David Wilson, who also years. They were all in different houses, they all came grew up on the same mine, and we were always in the from different mothers and they all had the initials HSM – bush together, became head boy and captain of rugby at then their names were tacked on afterwards. They were Guinea Fowl in 1961. And I learnt just the other day, that all very nice guys. The youngest, Tawanda, who was at Mr Bill Avondale, now the new headmaster of St John's, Falcon with my son in Founders House (they were great was the head boy of Guinea Fowl in 1974. What a small mates) left in 1992, and of course he is now the father of a world we live in. son here - Matthew Ushewokunze. When I left school and went to university, my parents One of the things which we used to have and I'm very sad gave me a book called “Life's little instructions” – which that it ended, is a Bushtick cricket league, which we had contained a whole lot of instructions on what Mr Querl every Thursday. There were a total of six sides - five would call 'soft skills'. They are quite beneficial to the schoolboy sides and one staff side. The staff side usually leavers. There are 152 of them and I've chosen a few: won the league, not by any ill means! Compliment people where possible. Remember other people's birthdays. Have a firm handshake; not too firm Zimbabwe is a small world, particularly in the European when shaking a lady's hand. Look people in the eye. Say population. This is how small a world it was. In October thank you a lot. Say please a lot. Say sorry whenever 1895, ten girls went to the convent which opened that wrong (that is a hard skill. There are a lot of people in high year, and one of them happened to be my grandmother. places who can't say sorry). Be the first to say hello. Admit My father was head boy and captain of rugby in 1936 at your mistakes. Don't take good health for granted. Smile a Milton, while, believe it or not, Heather's father was also lot, it costs nothing. Listen to other people. Remember head boy and captain of rugby in 1936 (not at the same people's names. Be a good loser, and a good winner. Be school). So there you have the incident of two people courteous to everyone. Know when to keep silent; know marrying each other whose fathers were both head boys. when to speak up. Be quick to acknowledge those who When I went to Chaplin in form 2, the head girl in 1957 help you. Be loyal. Happiness is not based on possessions, was Norma Tolmay. Her name now is Mrs Norma power or prestige but on relationships with people you Heymans. Small world, because in 1982, Johan and love and respect. Laugh a lot – a good sense of humour Norma brought their two sons Pierre and Marc to Oates cures almost all ills. Don't be afraid to say 'I don't know', 'I house. Pierre became head of Oates House in 1985 and made a mistake', and 'I need help'. And finally, be open to I'm told also that Pierre's sister, Shelley, was head girl of new ideas. Chaplin in 1982. Pierre has now become Housemaster of Oates, and their daughter Samantha is the head girl of The two things that Mrs Macdonald and I have often said Girls' College this year. There must be a fairly strong to each other: firstly, choices have consequences. lineage there. I'm also told that Mr Johan Heymans came Whatever you choose to do, they will have consequences from a family that went to Umtali Boys' High, and they on you or other people. And secondly, my advice to guys held fairly high positions in that school as well. Mr Querl going particularly on to university is when you play, you and I both grew up on mines. I left Chaplin in 1962, play and when you work, you work and never the twain having been deputy head boy, and the captain of cricket, should meet. I'd like to ask the staff and parents to stand and Mr Querl left Guinea Fowl in 1975 having been head and do a toast to the leavers. To the leavers - all the best.

169 LEAVERS’ DINNER - HEAD BOY’S SPEECH - LEROY SIBANDA

Mr Grant told me of a young man who took his father to a Men of Falcon, you have had a profound impact on me. function, where he had been asked to make a speech, So I thought I'd go through each house and the things I've funnily enough, just as I have been. He had rehearsed his learnt from you as a group. I'll start with Chubb. When speech with his father meticulously beforehand, so they thinking of Chubb, and few names spring out: T Rowe - both knew his speech was going to go well. Now the Happy Guy, J Mutambara - Forever Clumsy, C Blignaut - young man was nervous, and when you're nervous you The Mechanic/Electrician, T Chida - Batman. sometimes forget a few things, thus when he was asked to But in general, Chubb is the house of long distance come up and deliver the speech he simply approached runners. There's this joke, something about how Chubb the microphone and said, “When my father and I arrived guys only do well at long distances because they live on here today, there were two of us who knew what I was another continent entirely from the rest of us. They say, going to say. Now, there is only one of us, and it's not Chubb boys get up at about 3.30am, pack a snack for the me.” And with that he walked off the stage. journey and head off. Where other houses call, “Get out the house!” the seniors in Chubb can be heard calling, You'll be glad to know that I haven't fully forgotten what I “Don't forget your passport!” came up to say, thus I won't have to ask Mr Grant to come up and finish off my speech for me. Good evening Oates, ah yes…Oates: J Machibaya - Couth Master, parents, staff of Falcon, and soon to be, Old Boys of T Chikondo - Whizz, D Gibbons - Red, B Randle - Falcon. I would like to start off by thanking Mr Lewis Litt. Macdonald for his words, and although I never had the They have been the Sparta of the school. I would like to pleasure of being taught by him, I was taught by his wife. believe that Sparta was a tough place to live, and those You know, I can still remember her class, and how Oates expeditions to find a packet of noodles at 2.30 in the sometimes, with a few minutes to spare, she would ask us morning come immediately to mind. On the positive to entertain her. On one fateful day she turned to Chester side, it always meant that Oates had to learn to work and said, “Mr Taruvinga, entertain me,” and to her together early on, and for that important lesson, I thank horror, he proceeded to tell her exactly what he wanted to you Oates boys. do when he left school. You would have to have been in the room to understand just how happy she was when Tredgold: B Langley - Harvey Specter, G Nhlamba - seconds later the bell rang to signal the end of the period. The Clown/Rafiki, W Ullrich - Self Acclaimed Christiano. I would really like to thank Servcor and Ms L Williams for This particular group have always been a rather weird the wonderful meals. I have always thought that if you one for me. They've said things and had moments that want to find one of the most favoured people in the have just left me thinking, “How do you manage to mess College, then you should look for the person who feeds things up that much?” or, “How are you still surviving?” the students. I would also like to thank Mrs N Heymans And that's exactly it. They did, in fact they thrived, and Mrs P Watson for the stunning décor. People as showing as I learnt early on, that regardless of your talented as they are don't always get the recognition they character it is possible to fit in, coexist, and excel when deserve. you are determined to succeed.

This year has been crazy, and it's difficult to thank George Grey: I Riley - Pig, Piggy Piglet, anything around everyone. From the outset I would like to thank God for that area, A Senderayi - Big Friendly Giant, A Muil - blessing me the way he has and giving me the Donkey. opportunity to grow in a community as supportive as the Sometimes the authoritative figure of a staff member, one I did. My mother and father must be thanked for their whom I will not name, can prevent a whole lot of things unfaltering confidence in my ability, even when I didn't from happening. I remember vividly, House Suppers share the same confidence in myself. To my brothers, two years back when a certain member of staff, who will who continue to support me, and think the best of me in remain unnamed, walked into a boarding house to find a all endeavours: I cannot tell you how special, and pillow war in full tilt, at which he was absolutely livid, as sometimes terrifying, it is to have a family that truly one would expect. A few boys found their backsides believes that you could be Superman if you tried hard warmer than usual that evening. From the George Grey enough. boys I have learnt that the best kind of freedom is one I would also like to thank all the staff for the input they with boundaries, and that once you get used to it, you can have had in my life. Sometimes you don't realise how actually achieve anything. even your habits and mannerisms have an effect on the students you teach. Thank you to Mr Querl and Mr Hervey: C Mawere - Taks the Negotiator, L Herscovitz - Fleming, for showing me that sleeping over a problem is The Jew, and appropriately next, B Mason - Adolf Hitler. not such a bad idea, as long as you deal with it promptly Ah, Mr Khumalo… Hervey the ghetto. Ok, ok, ok, maybe enough. To Mrs Querl, who taught me that when it isn't at all. I just like to call it that. I suppose their head of confused, it's always best to ask. It does not show house who unfortunately for me is a good friend of mine weakness, but confidence instead. You have all helped to will never let me hear the end of this, but I do believe that mould my future, and I will always remember that. Hervey has made a most phenomenal turnaround this

170 year. They showed the true Falcon spirit and fought Overall I've learnt that six years is long and hard, and it when they seemed down and out, reminding us all of a has to be earned and fought for, paid for in blood, sweat character we need to take out into the world. and tears. But I've also learnt that it is short and pleasant, that it will be memorable, and that it will be hard to let go Founders: R Butler - Wumbleton, T Jongwe - Eager of, but we must. We all must. And now as I close I end in Beaver, C Bydawell and G Coleman - Edd and Crash from true Falcon boy fashion, with words I find appropriate at Ice Age 4. this time, to encourage you in life: Firstly there is a rumour going around that the best hustler of the lower sixes is made Head of Founders. I Old boys of Falcon, would like to say that that is absolutely preposterous. If When will we see your likes again. that were the case then TK would not have been head of That played and won for the glorious blue and white, house. He's only the second best hustler in Founders. I've That stood against them, learnt from my dorm mates that a group united will Our foes in all areas, achieve way more than that same group divided. We may And sent them homewards to think again. have argued a lot, but once we decided on something, we did it well. Thank you.

171 172 QUEST AFRICA

Quest had a large intake for 2012 comprising of 28 We have had a number of 'top drawer' lecturers and students, which in turn required new infrastructure to speakers spend time with our 2012 intake, which have accommodate the increase in demand. We therefore included the likes of Dr Greg Mills, who is the director of added another two tented chalets and a recreation area, the Oppenheimer Brenthurst Foundation. Besides new which would free up more space for studies, lectures and visiting lecturers, we also embarked on a number of events at the main study centre. The tents were completed exercises which were different from the previous courses. for the new intake, while the Quest students took on the This included a sailing trip on Lake Kariba, which roof structure construction on the recreation area as one encompassed the use of six catamarans and several of their projects. It was completed in a tidy fashion and nights camping out on the shores of Lake Kariba, which maintained the general structural strength found in all still abounds with big game. Top guides accompanied the our main campus buildings. trip, which included Rob Finn, who built the lakeside resort on Fothergill Island, and has been a professional The technical centre now has store and work rooms that guide for many years. were utilised during the last course. This is a few steps higher up the ladder from the early days, where we Visiting Farvic Mine, courtesy of Harry Greaves (FOB), worked around a steel work bench under a shady tree. was quite an eye opener for a number of students. This We are also grateful to Andrew Brown and Brown Engineering for donating some much needed equipment to assist in the technical aspects of the course, which also helped with the introduction of more infrastructures.

We took on fewer students from South Africa and more locals during the past course, but saw an increase from other countries, which included New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK and Malawi. For 2013 there is a large increase in students again from South Africa, so competition should be healthy between the nationalities. In this regard, it is interesting to see the general approach to problems according to countries of birth and education systems. More first world members do well in areas where definite parameters are set, but the Zimbabwean students show a greater ability to deal with less predictable situations.

173 exercise, also a first, not only took us through a modern St John's was a first for us, during which time over 120 mining entity, both underground and above, but also people were hosted in a bush environment. There are into the depths of one of the older workings. Although it many to be thanked for this endeavour, but from the was scary for some, it was also very interesting and in Falcon perspective, numerous Falcon Staff (especially some ways quite beautiful. The students were required to Mrs Kelly and Mrs B Heymans), Mr Querl, and Mr spend some time not only studying, but also applying McTaggart need to be mentioned. themselves to every aspect of manual labour down in the From a physical perspective, Quest once again shafts. As was hoped, this radically improved their represented themselves well when we attended public appreciation of what privileged lives they lead. sporting meets. We 'pipped' Peterhouse at the post to once again win the U21 four day Iron Will Ecochallenge We ventured into new territory as far as hunting and event, to keep our record of winning every year since the guiding was concerned and although our Marondera trip U21 category was introduced. Will and Cindy Schultz to the Worsley-Worswick property did not provide big also won the mixed team category, and all teams entered game experience, it did provide more opportunities than finished in the top ten, with the exception of one team any previous trip with regards to hunting and learning who may well have won the whole event had they not all other aspects of this industry. This exercise also been foiled by some ambiguous ruling which cost them provided a full afternoon's trap shooting for all the boys, more points than was fitting. and both Dave and Steve Worswick and their families are Quest was asked to enter a few serious cyclists into the to be thanked for this. Richie Swemmer, also a FOB, was Tour De Falcon which in previous years we have of great assistance considering he also had other work approached as a purely sociable and enjoyable affair. We duties to attend to. complied and the result was a win in the main social section, with our top cyclist coming third overall (which A number of successful school camps were hosted by included the professional cyclists). Quest, both during and outside of the Quest core course, which kept both Quest facilitators, and students alike We entered two teams into the Chegutu Touch Bowl. very busy. They did not fare so well, but our full 15's team fared

174 better, playing a number of games through the season, students also attended to various projects within Quiet and providing ample opposition for the teams they Waters which included cleaning excessive weed out of played against. the dams, bush clearing and road works. They erected a number of blinds and assisted with supplementary On our way to attending the Iron Will event, another new feeding. We managed once again to attend a game opportunity for the students was an excursion to capture and all those involved found it very exciting as Nyanga, where activities ranged from and well as educational. climbing, to entomology, fly tying and fly fishing in the Gairezi River. Enough rods and equipment were From the project perspective, the Land Rover had further provided for all students to try their hand, and I believe a touch ups done to it and a second tractor is more than two few new fly fishing enthusiasts came about as a result. thirds complete. The first tractor Quest built has been Special thanks go to Kevin and Anne Cooke, Martin used extensively by Quest and also at Falcon from time to Charteris and the Nyanga Downs Fly Fishing Club. time, when this mode of transport was needed at the College campus. The cattle project was once again Something more unusual at the other end of the country successful and the construction team completed an was a visit to the Figtree area, where the students attractive and neat pole structure for the recreation area witnessed and experienced a full 16 span ox wagon in thatch roof. The solar team installed solar power with action travelling through the very same bushveld that the LED lights at the two chalets at Pumula. early hunters, missionaries and explorers had travelled. 2012 was again a successful year and we look forward to This year saw more work take place at Sacred Heart as our 2013 intake. part of our community service initiative and plans are underway to branch out further afield in 2013. Quest Will Schultz

175 176 OLD BOYS’ CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

2012 has been an active year for the FOB's, kicking off has enjoyed an excellent year with noteworthy with the annual golf day at Royal Harare in March. The achievements in many spheres of school life from the full field included many Old Boys and it was fittingly won more customary sporting and academic, extending to by an “experienced” team including Tim Tanser (FOB cultural activities as well. This was perhaps best and former Board Chairman) and Rob Davenport (Falcon illustrated by the fact that the Head Boy, Leroy Sibanda, parent). July saw the annual Old Boys' Weekend taking captained the Zimbabwe Schools rugby team and held place at the school. The weekend was well supported by a one of the lead parts in the school's musical production, broad spectrum of Old Boys including a strong Robin Hood. contingent from the 1992 leavers who marked 20 years since leaving school. The Kraal restaurant in Bulawayo, The end of the year marked the retirement of Gordon and operated by Founders boy “Rat” Worsley, hosted an Heather MacDonald after a career that began in January excellent gathering on the Friday evening and there was a 1969. On behalf of the Old Boys we pay tribute to the superb day of sport on the Saturday that featured immense contribution they have made to the College and victories in hockey, soccer and rugby against Peterhouse. wish them everything of the best on their retirement.

During the latter part of the year, the annual touch rugby Efforts to improve communication with FOB's are tournament at Peterhouse was held, and despite ongoing through our newsletter which is sent out every recruiting a younger and more athletic side, we still failed term. Please contact Sue Hawthorne to win the elusive “Beast” floating Trophy. There was ([email protected]) if you would like to be success for the cricketers in the T20 Old Boys' weekend as added to the mailing list. During 2013, our focus will be they at last managed to convert 'off field form' to 'on field on working more closely with Old Boys' networks in performance', winning the tournament in an event other parts of the world. Please contact us via Sue if you featuring many former national players. Congratulations are interested in playing a part, however small! to Austen Corken and his team. Mike Lashbrook As Old Boys, it has been pleasing to note that the school Chairman – Falcon Old Boys, Zimbabwe

STANDING: Mike Lowe (T), Rob Cornish (GG), Don Alexander (O), Tony Harris (H), John Roberts (F), Micky Cant (O) SEATED: Piers Harington (F), Ant Stewart (H), Forrest Hill (H), Graeme Hodder (O), 'Tich' Walker (F) SEATED IN FRONT: Meikle (H)

177 OLD BOYS’ NEWS

1960's Warren's wife still operates her own cleaning business John Fleming (Oates '60). John lives in Gloucestershire and with the mining boom around them, is very busy. and hopes to visit Zimbabwe in 2013. They have 2 daughters, the eldest Coraleigh (18yrs) is playing Water Polo full time and is part of the Australian Bryan Gallow (Founders '66). Bryan and his wife still squad, having just returned from playing for the live in Oakville, Ontario, which is 30 miles South- Australian B Team in Hawaii. She is hopefully setting west of Toronto. Bryan is in his sixth year of retirement herself up to make the South American Olympics. and enjoying every minute of it! They spend most of their time travelling, Greece, Turkey, St. Petersburg (Russia), Their youngest daughter Gabby (16yrs) is still at school in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Italy, Croatia, Perth and playing Water Polo for Western Australia and Montenegro and the U.K to see the family. Bryan's clan has just got back from the U16 National Championships. has grown over the last year with the addition of a Both girls really miss the life in Zimbabwe and travel back grandson and a granddaughter and they now have a total as often as they can. of six grandchildren, three boys and three girls…where will it end? Warren has not been back for 13 years but hopes to make a trip back soon. Quentin Mitchell (Hervey '68). Lives in Hermanus, in the Western Cape and has done so for the past 5 ½ years. Roy Dixon (Founders '86). Roy is married with two Quentin and his wife manage High Season Farm, in children and lives in Dubai. Roy is a Captain flying the Hemel-En-Aarde Wine Valley, 12 km's outside Airbus 380 for Emirates Airlines. His spare time is taken Hermanus. Quentin invites all FOB's to visit and receive up with and he has now completed three full a substantial discount! distance Ironman events and thirteen .

1980'S Graeme Dollar (Hervey '89). Graeme says he is living the Warren Abrams (Founders '85). Warren donated the good life in Australia after spending 12 years in San Abrams Cup (U18 50m Backstroke) which is awarded at Francisco – him and his wife arrived with a backpack, two the Inter-House Gala children and a container of junk! They are entrenched on Warren lives in Geraldton Western Australia and is still the Northern Beaches of Sydney, and would love to hear involved in Agriculture. He has his own business flying from any FOBS in the area. Graeme says that where they Drones (unmanned aircraft) over crops and anything else live comes a close second to Esigodini, and he can be for that matter and assessing them. These drones have found on the beach on most sunny days. Graeme normal cameras, infra-red data recorders & night vision comments that it is a pity Falcon never had surfing on them and fly off GPS for up to 17hours. He is still lessons at Ncema - he might not be so bad if he had involved in Water Polo - he no longer plays (due to health received lessons! reasons) but referees & coaches in a very strong league, with roughly 300 players involved. He is currently 2000 helping with fund raising for the Zimbabwe Junior Girls' Takudzwa Gonese (Oates '08). Takudzwa is still doing Water Polo team, coming to Perth in Dec 2012 to play in Hotel Management (undergraduate degree) and is the Junior World Championships. attached to Meikles Hotel in Harare.

R Rosenfels F4

S Nyandoro F4

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179 180 PEREGRINATION

Richtersveld National Park homeward bound

“What do you mean, 'Do you need your passport? We're crossing the border into Namibia!'”

“Of course you need it you silly bugger, didn't you read your detailed Bulletin explaining everything?”

“No, I was busy.”

“Have you got it? The plane flies to Cape Town in 30 minutes.”

“No.”

“Well you had better make a plan, and quickly. What else don't you know? Just because you came from Tredgold does not give you a licence to be a complete ignoramus” Thus began our 12th Peregrination in 14 years, quite normally – normally that is whenever Spout Thirkettle is Top L to R: Haggis Ross, Pip Longden, Spout Thirkettle, Wobs Wantenaar involved - frantic phone calls, gnashing of teeth and Bottom L to R: Rod Whyte, Bob Windsor, Roger Thomas. perfunctory remarks followed. Some hours later, the copious quantities of beer and an escalating medicinal offending document arrived miraculously in Cape Town component, bound for the dry dust of Namibia and the from Johannesburg. It's amazing what silver tongues and arid mountain desert of the Richtersveld National Park. silver wallets can achieve. This rugged trans-frontier park straddles the Orange River between Namibia and the Northern Cape and is Seven old FOBs set out at 06h00 on Guy Fawkes morning regarded as the only Arid Biodiversity Hotspot on Earth, under the watchful and envious eye of Peter Steyn, rich in desert life forms. Temperatures are extreme, 'pornithologist' and honorary custodian of the Hotpot, rainfall very rare, mountains are craggy and sharp and who had had to reluctantly withdraw due to health roads are challenging, even to 4x4's. Altitude varies from problems. We missed him, but not his Hotpot, which he 60m to 1,377m. sent as a representative. Manning these chariots of freedom were a motley Our two “experienced” and ageing Land Rovers assortment of Old Falcons in various stages of infirmity chugged off to meet the morning traffic laden with all and included Rob Wantenaar (“Wobs,” Oates 1962), Rob manner of supplies, recovery and camping equipment, Windsor (“Rosy Cheeks,” Tredgold 1962), Malcolm Ross

181 (“Haggis,” George Grey 1961), Roger Thomas (“Thomsarse,” Tredgold 1963), Pip Longden (“Longdrop,” Founders 1962), The aforesaid Rob Thirkettle (“Spout,” Tredgold 1962) and honorary FOB, by virtue of long association and provision of opposition in Inter-School sports, Rod Whyte, scion of Northlea.

Objectives: To survive, laugh, savour the magic of the wilderness, act with minimal constraint, finish the beer, get shaken about so our brains were loose on their mountings, tell stories, muck in, hurl insults, win the Gilbert Cottrell Memorial Boule Challenge, eat well, sleep under the stars and experience the mystical phenomenon of latter day male bonding. Landies on Sendelingsdrift pontoon between Namibia and the Richtersveld National Park We did all this, and more. It was rough, it was dusty, it souls stimulating thought patterns far removed from the was hot but we loved it. The stark and remote beauty of virtual prison of conventional modernity. We were close this near inaccessible wilderness permeated our very to nature, we depended on each other, we trusted, we shared, the light of a thousand stars radiated down on us from a dark but sparkling sky. We lived.

Sons of Africa. Sons of Falcon.

And with vivid memories of the stories, the jokes, the wake up calls, Timbuktu, the reassuring rattle of the diesel engines, the silence of the night, Haggis's saliva- forming aromas, the tortured chassis of the Landies and the unique camaraderie totalling almost 400 years, we drove home.

Roger Thomas Reconstructing a road so the Land Rover can get through 4 December 2012

De Hoop Campsite, Richtersveld National Park. L to R: Haggis Ross, Roger Thomas, Spout Thirkettle

182 OBITUARIES

animals and hunting early on in his life. He attended Sinoia Primary School and then Sinoia High School. My sister and brother say that they were taught two English words on the way to school where they had to go into boarding – “Yes, which means ja,” and “No which means nee.” Our parents felt that this was adequate grounding. I get a clear picture of the “Hillbillies” with all the Buitendag and Ferreira cousins who also attended the same schools. At high school Kobus excelled at sport and he represented the school in athletics (shot-put, discus, high jump and long jump), swimming, waterpolo and rugby. He proved to be a formidable force because of his size and he could run the 100 metres in 12.55 seconds. Kobus was a natural leader and he was selected as a school prefect – but he also had a love of living and fun which led to him being 'de-preed' – enough said. He left SHAUN NEIL EVANS school at the end of 1968 whereupon he completed his national service and played rugby for Llewellyn Shaun was born to Ray and Eleanor Evans in , Barracks. Zimbabwe on 20th April 1966 as the third of four children. He attended Ruwa Primary School, Ruzawi Kobus wanted to go into farming and so had to complete School and then Falcon College, which he left in 1983. He a “practical year” farming for someone else before he went on to attend the Royal Agricultural College in went to Gwebi Agricultural College in the early '70s – he Cirencester, UK. He married Kate in 1989 and returned played rugby for Gwebi and had a lot of 'fun' at college. to Zimbabwe to run his own farm in Bindura. He had Rugby formed an important part of his life and Kobus three sons, Scott 21, Dean 19 and Ross 13. He was an avid was selected to play for the 'Goshawks' but couldn't due bass fisherman and golfer, representing Zimbabwe for to his knee injuries. both and was known throughout Zimbabwe for his good heart and big laugh! At the time of his death, he was He was an honorary Scotsman at Robbie Burns functions running his own company bringing fish, shellfish and where he was renamed Kobus “Mac” Ferreira. He was cheese from the UK with his wife and two eldest sons. He godfather (peetpa) to a number of children, groomsman passed away after a short illness, surrounded by family in at a variety of weddings and an anchorman at stag nights Johannesburg, South Africa on 16th June 2011. and then… he met Cecile and got married in December 1985.

KOBUS FERREIRA They farmed in Mazoe, where both Jan and Schalk were By Albert Ferreira born in 1988 and 1990 respectively. Kobus became the family man he always wanted to be. The family moved to When I was asked to Norton, Zambia and eventually back to Zimbabwe where present this eulogy for Kobus joined Cecile at Falcon College. Kobus, I agreed immediately. I will try Kobus and Cecile were married for twenty six years to provide you with a before his passing and he was always devoted to his balanced outline of his family and happiest with his family around him. Kobus is life and leave you to survived by his wife Cecile and their two sons Jan and fill in the memories, Schalk. anecdotes and experiences you We shall all miss him. recall, about my brother who was such a great guy! INNES ROBERT HOUNSELL Kobus was born on the 21st January 1950 in Sinoia (Chinhoyi). He was named after his Buitendag Rob was a founder member of Falcon and joined the grandfather “Jan Jacobus” and coincidentally our father. College in the 2nd Term of 1954. He was in Tredgold He was the third child of Jan and Martha – Elise the eldest, House and his interests were 1st Team Rugby and Water then Hannes, followed by Kobus – 3 year age gaps. I Polo, though he played some cricket. Rob also acted in followed nearly six years later. Kobus was part of the school productions like `Arms and the Man.' Rob's second generation of pioneers who settled in Melsetter interest in English was nurtured by Dougal Turner and originally. He developed his love of the country, farming, he was later to take a degree in Linguistics and become

183 Head of the English Department of The Teachers' 1979 had sons Andrew and James (who were schooled at College in Bulawayo. Rob was a gifted teacher and Wellington College, UK), migrated to Australia in 1981 lecturer and even today many ex TTC students remember for three years to head up the Philips Brothers operation how he inspired their careers. He ran in-service English there, moved to the UK in 1984 to work as an investment Courses for teachers in Zimbabwe and was very well banker and start his own bank in 1988, was one of the known in education circles. architects of Glencor's acquisition of the Billiton Group from Dutch Royal Shell - and retired in 1995 to move Later Rob joined BP/Shell as a result of his friendship between his homes in Andorra, in France and in Napier, with another Falcon College friend, Jerry Musson. Here Western Cape. he developed all the training programmes for BP Africa while heading up the Training Department for BP/Shell. All this emanated from the foundation provided by his . His courses were said to be practical and original as he schooling and life in what was then . wrote them himself. Recently, in Harare, a business trophy was named after him in recognition of the work he Many speak fondly of their time with him at Eagle before did in the human skills of businesses all over Zimbabwe, he moved to Falcon in 1957. Here, he played U14 cricket and indeed Africa. and captained the U15A XI. The Falcon Magazine records memorable speeches he made in Debating Society Rob opened his own business, Nutac Training, in July meetings, his final year as a prefect in Oates, his massive 1989 and one of the things he did was to write and deliver input towards the drawing up of the constitution of the a very successful Leadership Programme for Falcon Mylne Society, his being awarded the prestigious College which was used in the training of the Prefects - Governor's Trophy (for Notable Service to the school) - and later used by other Independent schools in and in my opinion, the inestimable contribution he made Zimbabwe. to sportsmanship in general and to cricket in particular at Falcon, where in 1960, he captained the 2nd XI with In his early years, Rob lived in Cadiz, Spain and he enormous vitality and enthusiasm. Indeed, The Falcon continued to love that country – its language, music and Magazine of that year records that "under the exuberant history - to the end of his life. In the same way, Falcon captaincy of Morrist, this side provided stern opposition College always influenced Rob's love of wildlife and to all schools and enjoyed its games to the full, Morrist birds in particular. Many will remember too that he had a being awarded 50 Club Colours in recognition of his wide knowledge of Jazz music and loved listening to it. leadership".

In 2005 Rob and his wife came to live in Perth, Australia to In 2011, both David and his wife were diagnosed with be near family. Here too he was involved in some pancreatic cancer and were told that there was nothing management training work, and developing and writing that could be done for them. They moved to Cape Town courses until his death from Emphysema this year. This to be near their son, Andrew. FOBS from all over the was an illness he suffered through courageously for some world got to hear of their plight and many e-mailed years. David with wonderful messages of support.

Rob is survived by his loving wife Olga and his children In one of his last e-mail replies, sent out 'en masse' to Nikki and her husband Gavin Parker and their children certain FOBS, David reminisced about his life. His Brooke and Callum as well as his daughter Kathryn comment to me is worth repeating - as a reflection of his Hounsell. He will be remembered by his family and dynamism and sense of humour: "Many thanks for your friends as an engaging, vibrant man with a wonderful comments, Paul. Picture this - 1960 Oates v Founders on sense of humour and a passion for things that interested the field opposite the old San. Oates was so appalling at him. sport that I had played for the House 1st from my first year. Umpires DET and PDC (Founders and Oates Perth December 2012 Housemasters). So Morrist to Goldstein who leaves the first ball loosener. Second ball nips back and Freddie, who never moved his feet much (he didn't need to since DAVID MORRIST his hand/eye coordination was brilliant and his bulk did David Morrist died of pancreatic cancer in Cape Town on the rest) is dead and buried in front of middle and off. 9 October 2012, his wife having succumbed to the same After an appropriately enthusiastic appeal (what an disease in the same city a few months earlier on 11 May. understatement! -PDC), DET - bless his soul - says NO with a wry smile: 'doing too much, Morrist'. You can I find it extraordinary that although David had such imagine my reaction; it was after all before the days of enormous influence on his peers at Eagle School, at match referees, TV coverage - which would have been Falcon and at Natal University, almost none of them helpful - and fines for dissent (which would have been knows much about his life, career or achievements after imposed! -PDC). No need to tell you that FSG made he graduated from university - that he joined Anglo- plenty and we lost by almost as many. Difficult enough American in Oranjemund, married Hestira Coetzee, game, playing against 11... became Harry Oppenheimer's personal assistant in Johannesburg, worked for Philip Brothers in New York David ended his email: "Enough. I am delighted that you (the largest metal-trading firm in the world), in 1974 and have all done so well with your lives. I have always

184 enjoyed my friends' successes - let the tall poppies grow! fishing with his mates. He qualified as a PH in 1997 and A little adieu to you all..." hunted regularly throughout South Africa, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. He was hugely experienced and had a David's sons have decided to donate a cricket award to wonderful rapport with clients, totally committed to Falcon - to be presented annually to a boy who is not ensuring that everything was done to maximise their necessarily the best cricketer in the school, but is rather hunting experience. He was affectionately known as someone who closely embodies the cricketing qualities Bwana 'Haraka' to his Tanzanian camp staff – Swahili for with which David was imbued: vitality, determination, 'Mr Fast' – because of his constant urging to get communication, enthusiasm, optimism. everything done on time.

A heartfelt adieu to David Morrist. A man both humble and proud, compassionate yet strong, respectful and polite yet the life and soul of every Paul D Cannon party, Wayne was the original 'Mr Nice Guy'. His warm, engaging smile found instant rapport and we will always remember the jokes, the smiles and the laughter that filled WAYNE BARRY the room when he was around. Beloved husband of CLARK Cathy. Wayne also leaves dad Bruce and Vicky Clark, Mum Liz and Lewis Meal and his sister Carol and Brian On 11 July this van Blerk. year, the hunting community lost Requiem another private Under the wide and starry sky, hunter when Dig the grave and let me lie. Wayne Barry Glad did I live and gladly die, Clark, 37, was And I laid me down with a will. fatally wounded by a buffalo during a This be the verse you grave for me: hunt in Lolkisale in Here he lies where he longed to be; Masailand, Home is the sailor, home from sea, Tanzania. And the hunter home from the hill. Wayne was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on 13 March 1975 to parents Liz and Bruce Clark. He attended Falcon Robert Louis Stevenson for his high school education. A boy with a keen sense of (1850-1894) adventure, he was passionate about wildlife and the bush and enjoyed nothing more than hunting, camping and The Clark Family

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Special thanks to the following:

Photographs R Shearing R and M Querl D Fleming R Harrison J McTaggart B and S Heymans A van Rooyen B Randle Front Row Zimbabwe M Lashbrook and the Falcon Old Boys Falcon Photographic Club Falcon Parents, Staff and Boys

Collecting and Editing of Photographs R Shearing

Collecting and Editing of Sports Articles R Harrison

Proof Reading B Heymans M Querl D Kelly S Heymans R Shearing

Typing A Heymans

Cover Photography D Fleming

Cover Design R Shearing

Editor B Heymans

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