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FREESEPTEMBER 2013
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When you takethe longer route –
just because you can. SwiftTHAT’SNOW
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By BRIAN McLEANIt was a case of beat us if you can for the Clarendon High first hockey team who went through this past season unbeaten against their traditional oppo-nents.
The team’s only loss was a 1- 0 defeat at the National All Girls' Festival held in Parktown, Johan-nesburg, where they finished second.
Sitting in a semi-circle ready to be interviewed, were team captain and centre-midfielder Rebecca Pope whose mother Cheryl coached the team, vice captain and centre-half Luche Klaasen and star player and left-half Carin Luiters.
The three were unanimous the highlight for them was their 2-1 win over Eunice who they described as being their fiercest opponents along with Collegiate.
So what was the secret of their success?"Said Rebecca who is in her final year: "As a team
we all got along so well. Because we were a young side people were inclined to judge us but all the seniors played their part.
"We not only respected each other as players but also as people and everyone played their part in that when the chips were down every player came to the party.''
It's not surprising then that Clarendon are now ranked the second best girls' school team in the country. As a team they scored 30 goals for with only a meagre three against.
"Our goalkeeper Nadia Naidoo was often out-standing as the last line of defence but in the end it was a fantastic team effort when it came to protect-
ing our goal, pointed out Carin.With the team's youngest being striker Erin Sims
in Grade 9 and the rest of the first team players in either Grade 10 or 11, a solid foundation has been laid for others to follow.
"A lot of players will return next year so hopefully this year's team has set the example,'' said Luche.
All three started playing hockey at a young age with Carin and Luche, who attended Stirling Primary, having played together in every team for nine years.
Both Rebecca and Luche have made the SA U18 A team, Carin the SA U18B team with Brittany Reddy making the U16 tournament team.
Asked how her mother reacted after coaching the team to such a successful season? Rebecca quipped: "She’s very proud and cries a lot.''
They are simply the best
Jumping for joy following their national selection are, from left, Carin Luiters (SA U18B), Luche Klaasen (SA U18A), Rebecca Pope (SA U18A) and Brittany Reddy (SA U16A squad).
The Clarendon High first hockey team which is graded as the second best in the country is back row from left Lillian Jasson, Nadia Naidoo, Luche Klaasen, Caylyn Greyling, Sarah Hartley, Giorgia Boucher, Jayne Day. In front from left are Carin Luiters, Samantha Craniey, Brittany Reddy, Erin Sims, Regan van Welie and Rebecca Pope (captain).
WELCOmE to the sixth edition of the School Sports Extra magazine and we sincerely hope you enjoy the read.
The team has been immensely encouraged by the many emails of encouragment we have received in which readers have complimented us on the magazine.
We have also been contacted by more and more schools and parents alerting us to possible stories and we thank them for going out of their way.
Once again we are also grateful to our advertisers, many of whom have decided to re-advertise or sign up for a three month period for without them this initiative would not be possible.
The crossword puzzle supplied by Selborne’s Jeff Fetting continues to be popular and we are pleased to announce our second winner is michael mills who wins R100. Our first ever crossword winner Alexa Brown is pictured on this page.
Also, our sports star of the month has been decided and after a lot of in-depth discussion, we are happy to announce the award goes to South African Schools’ U18A loosehead prop and Selborne first teamer Thabani mtsi. Well done on your selection and enjoy your sponsored R250 voucher.
The achievements of the Clarendon High first hockey team and the Grens High first netball team who have accomplished so much this season are deserving of mention as are the squash exploits of Hudson Park’s Bianca Brown.
We like to think we have some revealing stories in this edition and once again encourage those in charge of sport and cultural activities to contact us if they think they have a team or achiever that deserves mention. Remember you are our eyes and ears.
Lastly, we know how hard the teachers and admin staff of all the various schools work and we hope they will enjoy the upcoming school holidays.
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Warriors receive welcome boost
The Beaconhurst Warrior first rugby team is back row, left to right Buntu Yawa, Otto Kubuli, Chad Jackson, Sanele Velelo, Marcus Caldwell, Odwa George, Paul Schon-fieldt, Mfezeko Khondlo and Onga Vellem, In front, from left are Phillip Stanford, Xhanti Qina, Anga Gashe, Yandisa Maqando, Owethu Twaise, Darren Milne, Buhle Booi and Lilithu Daniels.
THE Beaconhurst School's first rugby XV, known as the Beacon-hurst Warriors, received a much welcome boost when they received two sets of Canterbury rugby jersies along with kit bags and T-shirts compliments of Beacon Bay Retail Park.
According to Retail Park's public relations and market-ing manager Natelie Kriel, the jerseys will be worn by the
team for years to come and the Beacon Bay Retail Park will be there to support the team along the way.
The school will be hosting their first Warriors day on au-gust 31 after the original date of August 24 was found to clash with another sporting event. The day will include stalls, rugby matches and fun for the entire family
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From August 4-18, I was once again privileged to be appointed by the South African Rugby Union as the team doctor to the SA Schools' U18 rugby team.
In the two weeks they played three Test matches. The first Test was against
England, who are the current Five Nations U18 champions. The English, as well as the Wales and the French teams, have been playing together since U16 level.
The SA Schools' team met on the Sunday and had their first training on the monday morn-ing. The team was coached by Chris Oc-
tober and assistant Roean Bezuidenhout with special input from dawie Theron and Jacques Nienaber.
With three days of training we were able to beat the English 17-13. We then travelled to George where we played the French U18 side. We also managed to beat them in a tight match.
The last match, played in Worcester, was played against Wales. This was also a tight match but we managed to win with one point 14-13.
I am glad to report that the SA Schools' rugby system is one of the best in the world – if not the best. Since my involve-ment they have never lost a Test match. Our boys are better skilled and more physical than their European counterparts, due to our physical conditioning and skills level. I am thankful to report that there were no serious injuries to the SA team. Well done to the boys and keep up the hard training.
Investing in Eastern Cape youth
THE B-Strong Foundation a registered non-profit company was founded by Brett Armstrong and has six functioning directors.
The Foundation has numerous goals but its main objective is to make a difference in the lives of others through the introduction of sport in previously disadvantaged areas.
There are various different projects under the Foundation from fund-raising drives such as the an-nual 48-hour charity spinathon, benefit golf days and fun run events to winter clothing drives, stationery proj-ects and food exchange programmes.
The Foundation has
a strong sports development programme which includes 14 sporting codes. The initial area of concentration is the introduction of sport through life orientation during school hours and the enhancement of current sports education and coaching at schools in the after-noon. This includes support to both sporting clubs and official sports federations.
The Foundation currently focuses on projects in the Eastern Cape, with secondary projects in Cape Town, Namibia and Tanzania.
The final stage would be the identification of potentially talented young sports stars and to add them into our development pro-grammes.
“As a Foundation we are fortunate to have the support of Super-Sport and are the accredited Let’s Play organisation for the Eastern Cape, which is really fantastic and allows our sporting clinics and events to have the added benefit of enhanced support by national sportsman and women, and be televised.
We are also grateful to have the support of many corporate spon-sors and contributors. We are involved in 29 schools and currently interact with approximately 18 000 children. Our primary focus is that of junior schools, as we believe we can have the most impact.
We are also proud to be associated with ASC Gottingen, based in Germany and Weltarts. We have the support of 32 young German volunteers in our Eastern Cape programme. They work for one year at a time and directly with schools,’’ said Brett.
For more information, check out www.b-strong.co.za or contact Brett on 043-726 3116.
B strong foundation member, back, with some of the many children the B Strong Foundation are helping. Picture Supplied
By BRIAN McLEAN
Have squash racket, will travel and that’s exactly what Hudson Park High squash star Bianca Brown has done.
Not only has she visited the United States, Canada, Australia and maylasia all in the name of squash, her latest adventure was to Warsaw, Poland, where Bi-anca attended the World Junior Individual Team Champion-ships during July.
Winning two of her five matches, Bianca said she was relieved after winning her second game as many of
the players left without winning a single game.
“After winning I felt really great and it did a lot for my confidence,’’
she said."The competition was very tough as many of the play-
ers, although young, were semi-profes-sionals already on the
senior circuit. The up-side is that I really learnt such a lot.
"It's not that my opponents had the better shots but they are groomed to be patient and make fewer errors. They are also extremely fit
IN SHAPE: Selborne College Grade 11 pupil Joshua Botha won the U18 Division of the Mr Border Body Building Competition in East London recently. Joshua started taking an interest in body building at the beginning of 2012. In April 2012 he won his first completion, the EP Classic Friendly U18 title.“This is a difficult activity because it combines intensive training with discipline and a strict diet. The most important thing is to have a strong head. You must be mentally there to make it. It is also a balancing act to combine training with school work,” Joshua said. Joshua plans to do body building after he finishes school and to make the SA team in five years. Picture supplied.
Clarendon Primary School pupil Kristen Stockenstrom, 9, who dances with the Roxburgh Highland Dancing Studio, recently took part in the South African Highland Dancing Championships held in Benoni. She was the overall winner of the Ally Conchie trophy for Beginners, winning two gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. Kristen also came third in the Scottish National Beginner’s section which incorporated all ages.
So much promise
Have squash racket, will travelwhich also counts in their favour,'' she points out.
Bianca said the most important thing she learnt was patience, to keep playing and not rush things and to use the opportunity when it
arrived to hit the winner.Bianca hopes to be off to the
British Open at the end of the year which is the biggest tournament for open juniors and second only to the World Championships.
Hudson High School squash star Bianca Brown doing what she loves best
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Samuel Burger plays the drums, Nathina Pakade the trombone and david Kesner the guitar and together, the three Stirling High School musicians are all jazzed up.
Nathina only started play-ing the trombone for the first time in August while in Grade 8 on the advice of Alan Webster, head of music.
"I first tried vocals, then mr Webster said I should try the trumpet and when that didn't quite work out, I turned to the trombone.
"I try to practice two to four times a week but want to study medicine on leaving school so I suppose the trombone will become something of a hobby,'' she said.
Sam, also in Grade 11, started on the drums seven years ago after his three brothers, all into music, said they needed a drummer for their band.
"A good jazz drummer needs a sense of rhythm, a good feeling for music and possess confidence. most
drummers try and copy the style of other drummers but not me.
"And if all goes well I think I would like to stay in the music industry but not sure what side.''
david, in Grade 12, started messing around with the guitar at around six-year-old. His brother Calvin used to play rock and david wanted to be like him.
"But I think I got my musi-cal talent from my mom Celeste who plays the piano. A guitarist must be versatile and be able to change to different styles of music.
"While I would like to start my own band I would also like to study biology but music remains food for the soul,'' he said wisely.
As a group, the three tour a lot. In September they will play and stage workshops in durban, Bloemfontein and Johannesburg and also attend the Hilton music Festival.
The last word comes from Alan Webster who tells all his students music is the biggest team sport ever.
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In the July school holidays each year 350 students from around South Africa travel to Grahamstown for the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival. They come to meet each other and learn about jazz because the Standard Bank Jazz Festival – part of the National Arts Festival – offers a vibrant international array of top musicians.But they also come to vie for a position in the Standard Bank National Schools Jazz Band, where 17 of the country’s best young jazz players get to work together and perform at the festival. This year’s National Band was conducted by Dr Ian Darrington from Wigan, Britain, who has nearly 40 years of experience in jazz education and an MBE in recognition of that work. Most of this year’s band came from Cape Town, but East London was well represented by two Stirling students – Sam Burger (drums) and Nathina Pakade (trombone) – in the National Band and another – David Kesner (guitar) – selected for the National B Band. All three acquitted themselves excellently and loved the experience of being up with the nation’s best young jazz musicians.
Stirling High School musicians who are making a name for themselves in the music world are, from left, David Kesner (guitar), Nathina Pakade (trom-bone) and Sam Burger (drums).
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When Alex Odendaal started cycling late last year he weighed 100kg. Since then he has lost 25kg and is a much fitter young man who aims to become a profes-sional cross country and marathon cyclist.
The Selborne College student, 16, and his father decided to start cycling in September 2012 with the aim of losing weight and get-ting fit.
“Before I knew it we were cycling 20km every day from monday to Thursday. We have moved our rides up to 35km per day and on Saturday’s and Sunday’s we do 80 to 100km each day,” Alex said.
In June this year he contested his first official cycling race and came first in the U16 age group at the 80km Knysna Oyster Festival. The event is an official seeding race for the famous Cape Argus
race. “I want to become a profession-
al over events of 100km so I must start training with professional cyclists. my dad and I have already started building and fixing racing bikes ourselves. my dad rides a soft tail bike which is more flexible. my hard tail bike is lighter and is built for speed but it is harder on the body.” Alex said.
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Flightless Australian bird Spare this and you spoil the child A nearby University – Settler Country A long poetic composition Not the truth Before CD’s this was a record Boys school in Queenstown School in City of Saints Act as this to visiting school International system of Units East London has one of these A huge expanse Used to play snooker Only girls school in East London Used to fish in rivers with School built on Old East London horseracing coursePrimary school named after village it is in.Found on lawns in the morning A poem intended to be sung Abbreviation for Student Council Boys and girls Schools Will knock you out this gas. Identical to original Nothing Found at the centre of a tropical storm Not a donkey but an! Afternoon
JUNIOR surfer michael monk is following in his father Wayne’s footsteps. Wayne is the current SA masters title holder.
michael, 15, who is a grade 10 pupil at Selborne College, is currently in fifth place on the SA U16 surfer’s log. He start-ed surfing eight years ago and is an active member at the Border Surfing Club.
michael has contested four junior com-
petitions in durban this year. aiming for the stars, michael finished 17th compet-ing at the SA U20 Championship. Later this month he will compete in the SA U17 Championship, an event he finished sixth in last year. It stands to reason that he has a winning chance at this level
michael rates the waves at Nahoon Reef in East London highly but he con-
fesses that nothing beats the quality of the waves at Jay Bay.
“The waves at Jay Bay are always varied and there is a wave for everybody includ-ing beginners. my dad and I surf together most days after I finish school. I hope to follow in his footsteps.”
michael plans to run a surfing shop when he finishes school.
Michael Monk who is making a name for himself on the junior SA surfing circuit. Picture by Louie Wolf Riding the
crest of a wave
“We had a wonderful trip to Knysna during the holidays where I trained in the forest for the The Hulls and Back event in Cape Town,” Alex said.
Alex hopes to qualify for the UCI Junior World Championships
as soon as possible. He follows a strict diet which excludes all sugars and takeaway food. Alex also does gym work and plays social squash at school.
“Although I am busy I never neglect my schoolwork,” he said.
Cycling has changed his life
Although Alex Odendaal only started cycling last year, he aims to become a profes-sional cross country and marathon cyclist. Picture by Jetline Ac-tion Photo's.
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Our SPoRTS STAR oF THE MoNTH for the July edition of School Sport Extra is Selborne first team and South African Schools’ U18A loosehead prop Thabani Mtsi.Thabani made the position his own after moving from flank to loosehead while playing for the Selborne second team under coach Max Norman.Thabani is the recipient of a R250 voucher which can be spent at OK Foods, Cambridge.
Big cash boostTHE formation of the Raptors is a sports initiative that was established in the North Eastern side of East London.
This venture, which includes learners from Abbotsford, Beaconhurst, Gonubie, Lilyfon-tein, merrifield and Sakicamfa in Nompu-malelo, is to give the smaller and disadvan-taged schools of this area a platform to play against some of the bigger schools in the Eastern Cape.
Two sporting codes are involved, namely hockey for girls and rugby for boys. Both codes include one senior team each while rugby also includes two U15 teams.
According to the Beaconhurst sports office the boys and girls are dedicated during train-ing and are ready for some matches during the third term of 2013.
With every new project there will be prob-lems with sponsorship the biggest obstacle but thanks to Clive Berlyn, CEO of Caltex (Eastern Cape) in conjunction with the Bea-con Bay service Station, they have come on
board as the main sponsor providing cash for clothing and transport.
“We want to express our gratitude to Clive Berlyn, Pat Kelly, Greg Bind and Richard Bind for their generosity and faith in the Caltex Raptors and hope we will have a long and
fruitful partnership,’’ a spokesperson said. Added good news is that next year the
Raptors hope to add netball and cricket to their existing sports codes as well as intro-ducing U21 rugby as well as a netball team into the Saturday netball league.
Caltex CEO Clive Berlyn proudly displays the Raptors jersey. He is flanked by Pat Kelly, far left, Raptors first team rugby captain Sibulele Lokwe, Angus Pietrucci captain of the U15A team and U15B captain Daniel Botha. Gregory Bind, also of the sponsors is on the far right.
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Donè leads from the frontBy BRIAN McLEAN
Grens first team netball captain donè muller speaks with pride when talking about her team.
Not only did her side lose only one league game the entire season (to Kingsridge) they went on to beat Nico malan and Brandwag to be crowned the Eastern Cape champions before heading off to represent the province at the national champi-onships.
donè, who used to do high jump and still attends dance les-sons, said her team were all firm friends who got along well.
"We play for one another and laugh and joke a lot so there's
always a good vibe within the team. Oh, and goal-keeper Anelde Grobler is always full of jokes which helps,'' she said.
Grens first team coach Arlien myburgh agreed, saying team spirit was excellent and the side trained hard three times a week. Special training sessions were also held before a big game.
"The team has come a long way and next year we will have seven of the current nine first teamers return-ing,'' Arlien pointed out.
unfortunately donè will be leaving at the end of the year and hopes to study at Stellenbosch.
Coming from a sporting family where her mother reneè represented Transvaal at korfbal and her father Robert was a wickkeeper and track athlete, donè, who also captained the first team last year, spoke about the need for dedication.
"One can have all the talent in the world but you need to be dedicated in what you do and always put in the necessary time,'' she said.
Having started playing netball in Grade one while at Beaconhurst Primary, her position was wing-defence but she later switched to goal-defence and has represented various Eastern Cape Schools' teams for the past five years.
Asked for her opinion about the national champion-ships where the best of the best clashed, donè said opposition players tended to be taller and physically stronger who never backed down.
The Grens High first netball team that travelled to Johannesburg to participate in the National Netball Tournament is back row, from left: Kayla Vorster, Melodine Jacobs, Anèlde Grobler, Donè Muller (cap-tain), Anri Erasmus. Front from left are Megan MacKenzie, Lindemie Claassen, Zaandri van den Berg, Eloïse Webb (vice-captain). Grens netball captain Donè Muller leading from the front
Hudson Park High has, and will continue to produce many sports stars and one of them is hockey player, Cheneal Raubenheimer.
Following the recent U18 inter-provincials staged in durban, Cheneal not only made the south african u18 A tournament team, she was also drafted into the South African U17 Youth Olympic squad which next year hopes
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to qualify for the Youth Olympics to be held in China.
"When I first heard about the Youth Olympics I immediately set it as my goal. I knew I could make it but at the same time there was so much talent to choose from.
"When my name was called out at the end of the inter-provincial I must admit I felt so proud as I had really worked hard to improve my game and it all paid off,'' she said with a smile.
The first time Cheneal, a Hudson Park first teamer, held a hockey stick was at age 10 and as she pointed out, she has never let go of the stick ever since.
Cheneal, an attacking mid-fielder who has twice represented Border
at U16 level, said she doesn't come from a hockey family. Her brother Jason is an all-round sportsman but has never played hockey, her mom Vivien was an athlete and played net-ball, while dad Joseph played rugby.
But what does she like about the game?
"It's a team sport. We attack, de-fend and generally play as a unit and when it all comes together that's the nice part,'' she said.
She adds: "A striker needs to be creative and able to vary their mode of attack when in the circle and accuracy when shooting at goal is crucial.''
Has she ever been hurt, I ask. "Lots and lots of times and stitches as well,'' she says with a laugh.
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I arrived at Nahoon Primary for interviews and was met by sports co-ordinator Linda Bessenger.
Trailing behind her was a bevy of young sports stars, all dressed in tracksuits and ready for their pic.
Among the group were gymasts Caitlin Higgs, Charné Strijdom and Angelique Roodt who have all been selected to represent the Eastern Cape Gymnastics team.
At recent trials Angelique came first (Level one, 6 years), Caitlin sec-ond (Level one, six years) and Charne ninth (Level two, 9 years).
Then there was Grade 4 student Si-moné Smit whose about to turn 10. She's a badminton player of note as well as an athlete who does hurdles and shotput.
"It's fun to play, she says, holding firmly onto her badminton racket.”
Simoné was selected to represent Border at the U13 inter-provincial championships held in Bloemfontein where the Border team ended third out of eight provinces.
Simoné then played in the SA In-dividual Championships at U11 level where she finished third, pocketing a bronze medal in the singles matches and bronze in the girls’ double finals.
Simoné was also selected as the number four player for the U11 South African badminton team.
What makes these achievements more remarkable is that Simoné is in Grade 4 and only 10-years-old.
Waiting patiently for his turn was Grade 7 pupil Adriaan Venter who is in love with cycling.
Adriaan represented the Eastern Cape team in Oudtshoorn recently where in the lap event he finished sixth.
Surprisingly, he only took up cy-cling a year ago after his grandfather Willie gave him his bike after a bad fall.
"I really like cycling and mostly train every weekend where I cover
Adriaan Venter doing what he loves best ... cycling
Simoné Smit who is making her mark in badminton
Nahoon Primary gymnasts, from left, Caitlin Higgs,
Charné Strijdom and Angelique Roodt
at least 30km a day. I want to cycle as long as I can.”
"It's a very hard sport where you have to trust your bike more than yourself,'' he said wisely.”
Also an athlete, he does javelin and discus and play rugby as a left wing.
Cheneal gives it stick
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HartleyvaleBy BRIAN McLEAN
Three young Hudson Primary School sportsmen have made the South African U13A hockey side and could not contain their happi-ness when interviewed by School Sport Extra.The three, right wing Anele Makon-golo who last year made the South African B side and who coach Reece Basson believes can go all the way, right half Caden Baupotic and left wing Troy Mynhardt had this to say:Caden: "I was excited and happy and had a huge smile on my face.''Troy: I was also excited. My dad Ar-rie was there and he shook my hand and told me well done.''Anele: "I was happy to make the A side but want to stay humble.''Commenting on the inter-provincial played in Cape Town at Hartly-
vale where the Border side went through unbeaten to earn gold, the three agreed the last day was the toughest."On that day we had to play both Eastern and Western Province but we beat them both 2-1 to earn gold, said Troy proudly.Border were coached by Malcolm Mopp who the boys described as a nice coach who was very proud of his team.Selborne were named the toughest opponents among East London schools, Grey (PE) and Queen's the toughest from the outlying areas and Eastern Province the most dif-ficult opponents at provincial level.The three are a talented bunch. Troy swims, does water polo and plays rugby, Anele plays rugby, cricket and does athletics, while Caden is a cricket all-rounder who prefers hockey.
The Border U13A hockey team won the inter-provincial tournament, held in Cape Town during the June holidays. They received gold medals for their achieve-ments and were ranked the number one provincial team in the country. The three Hudson boys who were apart of this team were, from left, Caden Vaupotic, Troy Mynhardt and Anele Makangolo.
