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From The Principals Desk
May 2017 Volume 1; Issue 19
Fourways High School
Fourways dance crews took 1st and 2nd place in School vs School at the Battleground Dance
Competition which took place on Saturday 13 May 2017.
Dexterous 1st Place Fatality 2nd Place
Dear Parents and Legends, As we end a very busy term, exams start and we need to focus on giving of our very best. A few tips:- Make notes in colour and review your notes often. Go through the exercises in your books. Do old papers. Ask your teachers for a breakdown in the number of marks per section. Teach your younger brother or sister, failing them teach your dog! Remember, learning is a time-consuming exercise, but it is worth it. Go home straight after exams, so that you can prepare for the next day. School resumes for all students on 26 June, as exam papers are checked and teaching will resume. (Please be aware that this is compulsory) Reports will be issued – 30 June. Parents are to sign for them.
Gwendolyne de Bruyn
GENERAL
GIRLS HOCKEY (6 May 2017)
The following girls were selected for the district D10
hockey teams and played in the Inter Districts tournament on Saturday 6 May 2017:
D10 U18A team N Smith E Haupt
T Johnson J de Pinna
D10 U18B team
K Cawrse A Kilfoil
S Krumples J Kyle
P Andrew
D10 16A team C Scott
J van der Brugghen K Kesting
D10 U16B team P Witkoei
N Willard
M Verwey
D10 U14A team T Scott J van Staden
D10 U14B team H Cooks L Ebels
C Aldous B Porter
Grade 9 pupil Brooklyn Miles was placed 2nd at the Arnold Cup for trampolining on
the 6th of May 2017.
GIRLS HOCKEY: Under 18 teams selection
Congratulations to the following girls who have been
selected to represent South Gauteng at the IPT's and
Festivals during the June/July Holidays:
Under 18 B: Jamie de Pinna Angela Kilfoil
Under 18 C: Erin Haupt Natalie Smith Tayla Johnson
Under 18 D: Shaylee Krumples
Fourways pupils, parents and staff congratulate you on your selections.
Congratulations to the following girls who have also been selected to Southern Gauteng
hockey teams for 2017:
Under 16: A team - Caitlin Scott B team - Jade van der Brugghen D team - Pearl Witkoei and Kelly Kesting
Under 14: A team - Jada van Staden B team - Tamlyn Scott
DEBATING
Congratulations to Andrew Bradfield who represented Gauteng overseas in Slovakia at the Bratislava Schools
Debating Championship.
Andrew' s team came 10th overall with Andrew finishing
42nd out of 136 speakers from 11 different countries. He
was further invited to attend National Trials for the South African Junior Debate team. Well done!
GENERAL
1st Team Netball Kit Handover
From left to right: Mrs L Clay (Coach); VCayla Goncalves; Nicole Watson; Elena Renton; Madeline
Nemacha; Mr Garth Davies (Incredible Connection); Brittney Kotze; Mr J Ramphele (Coach);
Mr Steve Middleton (TP Link); Kendall Gow; Gabi dos Santos; Chloe White;
Taylor Van Musschenbroek and Ms A van Staaden (Teacher in charge of Netball)
PHOTO CREDIT TO G M TURNER
BRYANSTON DERBY DAY
Under 15A Hockey : drew one all
U15A Rugby win 21-0
2nd team win 56-0
1st XV win 33-12
BODEN TEAM
Back row (from left to right): Ms P du Toit (Manager); Campbell Johnstone;
Tristan Nel; Franko Tchilingirov; Conner Spence; Michael Papachrysostomou; Owami Chimanyi;
Travis Krumples; Michael Mashele; Nicholas Whitehead and Mr D Bell (Coach)
Front row (from left to right):
Cameron Rudolph-Furweger; James Boogaard; Joel Munjanja; Jonathan Pienaar;
Luca Rakic; Dean Selesnick and James Fitzsimons
Match shirts sponsored by TRSS Reaction
The BODEN TOURNAMENT took place at St Stithian’s College from 12 to 14 May 2017
AITKEN & BODEN
The AITKEN Tournament took place at the Randburg Astroturf from 12 to 14 May 2017
Photos credit to S Richardson
AWARDS
Media Centre Service
Merit Awards:
Thabisa Mcanyana Kayleen Govender
Sinethemba Lubelwana Mikayla Pillay
Team Awards: Phumla Ngwenya
Atiyah Ganie Leliandray Ndlovu
Lavender Muyengwa
Full colours:
Matthew Lemmetjies
Hospitality Sharenda Mncube—Full Colours for Service
Ellinah Mokwena—Half Colours for Service
Team Award for Service
Tinotenda Mandibatsira
Tatum Marais Aidan de Klerk
Michell Chiremba
Boys Tennis Joshua Mollentze—Half Colours for Tennis (service to Tennis) Team Award for Tennis
Joshua Mollentze
Michael Huang
Kyle Comins
Thorbjorn Ottesen
Eunsu Hong
Ivan Low
Junior Colours for Tennis
Kyle Comins
Eunsu Hong
Boys Tennis continued
Merit Certificate for
dedication and commitment
Matteo Rakic
Ezra Wowor
Lunga Dittrich
Fabien Chiotti
Morgan van Tonder
Michael Pringle
Ryan Pepper
Jamie Rheeder
Vuyo Manana
Reuben de Kooker
Luca Rakic
Tapo Mhango
Dylan Colyn
Ryan Wittman
Michiell Prinz
Makapane Khoza
Peter Iliev
Nicolas McNiven
Girls Tennis
Team Award Junior Colours
Jordyn Poyurs
Leigh Pottek
Micaela Santangelo Ashley Santangelo
Emma Fitzsimons Rebaona Shabane
Jasmin Russell
Fiona Germenis Giorgia Hoeksra
Jemma Frazer
Cayla Crew
Nina Ottesen
Chloe Greig
Samantha Van Heerden
Eunha Hong
Kimia Khanyile
Cayla Crew
Nina Ottesen
Chloe Greig
Amy Irving
Katherine Boyd
Megan Boyd
Merit Certificate for dedication
and commitment
AWARDS
Cricket Scoring
Jamie-Lee De Pinna— Full Colours for Service Half Colours for Service
Merit Certificate for dedication and commitment to Service
Angela Kilfoil
Caitlin Scott
Paige Meek
Taryn Khan
Robyn Erasmus
Skye Goodman
Kiara Govender
Thuli Madumo
Kamogelo Moratele
Saabiqah Khan
Cricket
Full Colours
Team Award for Cricket
Junior Colours for Cricket
Matthew Gouws
Nicolas Mitchelmore
Callem Hume
Joshua Mollentze
Codi Niewenhuys
Kyle Dornan
Jordan Edwards
Jathin Chotkan
Brendan Maidment
Maurice Ramarumo
Brandon de Lange
Graeme Webster
Trace Pfortner
Brendan Maidment
Maurice Ramarumo
Brandon de Lange
Graeme Webster
Jayden Steedman
Keenan Prinsloo
Dean Burrows
Junior Colours for Cricket
Merit Certificate for
dedication and commitment
Dean Selesnick
Jonty Pienaar
Connor Smit
Travis Krumples
Kamohelo Ngobeni
Ethan Pearsall
Alex Marais
Luke Renton
Cameron Neilson
Matthew Marais
Khenso Makelana
Brody Sims
Fidel Solomons
Mihlali Peni
Connor Coulson
Caleb Johnstone
Daniel Coetzee
Phumlani Mchunu
Emile Wienand
Sachin Naidoo
Ethan Atkinson
Matthew Scheepers
Andile Sangweni
Christian Walser
Lithemba Macuba
Devin Hume
Dylan Grant
Thuto Tong
Benjamin Greenwood
Sayegh van der Merwe
Naledi Thaane
Tumelo Pooe
Ronewa Lithole
Jack Walther
Tristan Cheesman
Dylan Robinson
Nathan Carstens
Claudio da Silva
Owami Chimanyi
Mollen Matsane
Calvin Jean-Jacques
Suzette Klingenberg
Byron Carstens
Matthew Karam
Jordan Berry
Nicholas Bowes
Armand Maharaj
Mitchell Neilson
Andrew Park
Joshua Vallun
Merit Certificate for
dedication and commitment
Suzette Klingenberg
Byron Carstens
Matthew Karam
Jordan Berry
Swimming
Full Colours Half Colours Team Award
Tamarin Nel
Shania Richardson
Tylor Andrew
Lauren Fletcher
Matthew Riley
Paige Andrew
Daniel Ferreira
Tarryn Campbell Shannon Martins
Keegan Claase
Aidan Kilfoil
Wesley Smit
Alistair Bywater
Kyle Johnson
Faith Lindeque
Brittney Kotze
Dylan Stainforth
Matthew Kok
Kendall Gow
Sian Furniss
Alex Burford
Erin Haupt
Kerrith Booysen
AWARDS
Swimming continued
Junior Colours
Thomas Venables
Taine Richardson
Katelyn Fletcher
Nadia Stolarczyk
Tristan Nel
Ryan Wittman
Connor Nery
Kai Hichert
Mark Taylor
Casey Bylett
Jenna Martins
Jenna Fiebiger
Jasmine Ferreira
Joshua Flanagan
Trenton Davey
Rebecca Kernot
Kian Backos
Declan Backos
Frances Kernot
Shannon Martins
Aidan Johnson
Caleb John
Chloe Greig
Morgan Peché
Joseph Pritchard
Caprice Joseph
Erinn Bosch
Jordan Kelsey
Keegan Sampson
Dieter Buissisine
Cayla Crew
Caitlin Hamilton
Cole Blomkamp
Brooklyn Miles
Micaela Eriksen-Miller
Bradley Kavanagh
Tayla Gloss
Bianca Botha
Rhyss Agar
Tristan Potgieter
Jordan Gray
John Coleman
Broc Mills
Tarryn Niewoudt
Colby Gerber
Jordan Kernot
Layla Valente-Brown
Swimming continued
Merit Certificate for dedication
and commitment
OPEN RUGBY SEASON
The 1st XV rugby season is the final time where the
matric boys will play for their school. Some of them may continue to play club rugby and some varsity
rugby, but for others this will be the last time they will put on a pair of rugby boots! Regardless of what the
boys’ future plans may be, every 1st XV player feels
proud and privileged to play in the “Reds” jersey and is determined to leave a legacy with the boys who aren’t
in matric and for the next team to follow.
The season started with trials which were held over a period of two weeks. With plenty of talent, choosing a
first team was not an easy task for the coaches. We
were lucky enough to have a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even a 4th team which shows the level of ability and commitment
from our players. A weekend training session followed where the boys were put through their paces both
technique and fitness wise.
Our season started off with a very brief tour down to
Clifton in Kwa-Zulu Natal. It was literally an “in and out” tour with one game being played and FHS losing
41-5. They had some work to do. The next weekend
the North Area trials were held at Fourways High and sadly they were beaten by a very impressive Trinity
House side. They consoled themselves with the fact that the Trinity team have been playing together since
primary school! However, as a 1st XV team, this was not a good enough excuse.
CBC Boksburg was their first league game and the boys were ready to put some points on the log and achieve
their first home victory. The team came out firing! Set
moves worked, determination was evident and at the end of the game Fourways came away with a 44-7 win.
A great start to the league games!
The April school holidays were upon us and the 1st XV
squad headed down to Port Shepstone, KZN for the Sportweni rugby festival. The team had a very
successful tour winning all three of their games. The team had found their heartbeat and were keen to get
back to business with regards to their league fixtures.
Their next two matches were friendly encounters, not
counting towards the league but providing good game time and experience. They narrowly lost against
Sutherland, however, they came back with an tight 18-10 win over Potchefstroom Boys at home. Northcliff
was their next league game. They are always a tough
side to play, with strong rivalry, but Northcliff were stronger than Fourways’ 1st XV on the day who left the
field defeated! The boys needed to dig deep, focus more on their game plan and bring the desire and
belief that they could and would be victorious. Bring on
Heronbridge College!
Wednesday afternoon at FHS, the boys were ready and
it was obvious in their body language. After the 1st XV
of 2016 narrowly lost to Heronbridge on their home ground, the boys were ready to show them that at
home they weren’t a force to be reckoned with. They played with pure heart and willpower to push towards
the try line and in the end we won 41-21. 2nd league game victory! Then the traditional rivals of Bryanston,
the big derby day, however not a league match. Once
again the boys were ready and wanted to prove that FHS has what it takes – outwit, outplay and outlast!
And they did just that...they beat Bryanston 33-12.
With only two league games left and a place in the
league final up for grabs, our 1st XV boys are motivated and working hard to see the season finish victoriously.
The team spirit is high and the boys are all encouraging each other to be the best that they can
be. An anonymous quote says “All the talent in the world won’t take you anywhere without your
teammates.”
Editorial by: Reiley Walther
CROSS COUNTRY
The cross country season came to an end this week and it has been a year of mixed results for our team. We had a large group of runners participating and the spirit was fantastic. And a successful team is not possible without great coaches – so a big thank you to Mrs Maritz, Mrs Mason-Rabe, Miss Winson, Mr De Wit and Marcel Viljoen, not to mention our very motivating and stand-up team captains, Caleb Johnston, Ivan Low, Elle Noel and Penny Masondo!
The season kicked off over the Easter weekend with a number of runners attending the sports festival at St Stithians. Grade eight junior girl, Nadya Stolarczy, gave us a taste of things to come with an awesome display of her running fitness. She was the first junior girl home both in the fun run, completed in the rain on the Thursday evening, as well as the relay event on the Saturday morning!
As the season progressed the numbers grew and the performances improved. A total of 659 runners from 23 different schools participated this year, and Fourways was represented by 8 junior girls, 13 senior girls, 14 junior boys and 18 senior boys.
After the six league meetings were completed, the junior girls proved to be the strongest group from our school by ending fourth on their log. The junior boys were sixth (their best performance being second), senior girls sixth as well (best performance fourth), and the senior boys, who had the toughest and largest age group, still came in fifth, and that after two top three performances through the season.
We are also very proud of our four runners who qualified for Northern District colours: Nadya Stolarczy , junior girls (9th at districts) Lungisa Masondo, junior boys (27th) Erin Haupt, senior girls, (9th) Nicholas van Zyl, senior boys (32nd) A big congratulations to our two ladies who both finished in the top 10 in their respective age groups with all three districts represented!
The season was wrapped up by an excursion by some run-ners to a trail run through the lion park. Yes that’s correct – the lion park! In addition to tiptoeing through the reserve they also had to brave the cold weather but once again our team proved how tough they are by completing the 8 km and 12km courses. Meanwhile Mrs Maritz and Mrs Mason-Rabe was not far behind and also represented Fourways at the event!
Well done to all our runners and all the best for the athletics season in the third team!
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