hockey : parents meeting

28 October 2011
Dear Parents
PARENT CIRCULAR 32/ 2011
FINANCE: There is an amount of R1 335 303-46 outstanding for school fees for October/November
2011. We earnestly request that all parents and persons responsible for the payment of school fees please
settle their accounts as soon as possible.
Hostel fees are payable from January to Ocober and should have been paid by the 7th of October – however
there is still an amount of R70 130-00 outstanding. Parents must therefore understand if their children are
refused admission to the hostel if their account is in arrears. Letters advising parents that their application for
re-admission to the hostel was unsuccessful due to unpaid accounts have already been sent.
All accounts in arrears wll be handed over to our attorneys for collection. No account will be carrie dforward to
2012.
THE GRADE 8 AND 9 LEARNERS HAVE NORMAL SCHOOLING UNTIL THE
6 NOVEMBER 2011. They were issued exam time-tables on Tuesday. Please be
advised that grade 8’s and 9’s begin exams on the 7th November 2012.
PRIZEGIVING FUNCTION
The annual prizegiving held on Tuesday was a great success and many of our learners were rewarded for
their hard work throughout the year. We are proud of our learners. We wish to thank the organisers for their
effort to make this a success.
SPORT: HOCKEY : PARENTS MEETING
All hockey parents are invited to attend this important meeting which will be held on Monday the 31 st October
2011 at 17:30 in the staff room. At this meeting we will select a parents committee for 2012. We were
blessed with a successful season on 2011 and trust that we can move forward and build on the successes of
2012.
SWIMMING: Vossies win Top 10 gala
On Thursday 20 October 2011,Ben Vorster competed in the annual Top 10 Gala in Limpopo and defended
their title as winners. The Vossies did well and besides winning a number of records were broken- the results
are as follows:
Leander Steenkamp (B open) 50m Breast stroke (34,76) 34.10; Ockert Maritz (U=BU/15) 50m Backstroke
(30,24) 29,70; Japke Engelbrecht (G U/16) 50m Backstroke (32,14) 32,07; Wessel Ludick (B Open) 50m
Backstroke (29,75) 29,63; BU.15 Freestyle Relay (1:52,86) 1:49,86 B U.15 I.M. Relay (2:07,29) 2:05,38
Hoërskool Ben Vorster 594; Hoërskool Piet Potgieter 554;
Hoërskool Ben Viljoen 483; Hoërskool Merensky 454;
Hoërskool Pietersburg 435;
We congratulate the swimmers on a great performance as well as the coach Mr J Grobbelaar.
Friendly gala at Menlopark :Vossie-swimmers do Tzaneen proud
Hoërskool Ben Vorster swam in an invitation gala held at Menlopark. The following schools took part:
Potchefstroom Gymnasium, Paarl Gymnasium, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Waterkloof, Ben Vorster, St.
Andrews, Afrikaans Hoër Meisies, Pretoria Boys High, Oranje Meisies. Of the country’s best swimmers took
part.
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34 records were established and the following records were made by Vossies. :
Carla Nel; GU/14 Backstroke.; BU/14 Freestyle relay; BU/14 I.M. Relay ;
Iseldri Janse van Rensburg; BU/15; 50m Breaststroke ; Ockert Maritz; BU/15 50m
Backstroke; 200m I.M. BU/15 Freestyle relay.; BU/15 I.M. Relay
Japke Engelbrecht; BU/16 50m Backstroke Hendus J van Rensburg; B U/17; 50m Freestyle
BU/17 Freestyle Relay.
Hoërskool Ben Vorster won 2 gold, 6 silver en 12 bronze medals. Die final scores were as follows:
Hoërskool Menlopark 359; Hoërskool Ben Vorster 249;
Potch Gimnasium 172 Paarl Gimnasium 169 (Kaap)
Oranje Meisies 157 (Freestate) Paul Roos Gimnasium 142 (Cape)
We are proud of our swimmers you did really well.
Rugby: Ben Vorster Buffalo’s win 7’s tournament
The past Saturday the development 7’s team of Hoërskool Ben Vorster, the Buffalos, played in a 7’s
tournament at Capricorn. The team was: Trevor Nkwamba, Floyd Ntimane, Jinx Molapo, Theo Mahlo,
Surprice Mathebula, Thoke Maebane, Thepiso Mahasha, Vukosi Mabuza,
Grant Pinto, Jino Moya, Peter Mashego and Don Mlondobozi, the Captain.
The team performed very well especially considering that there were a number of U15 and U 16 players
who played against U18 teams. In the group play-offs the Vossies beat Settlers 53 – 0, DZJ 24 – 0 and
Northern Academy 50 – 0, In the semi-final they beat Capricorn 42 – 0. In the final they played Settlers
again and won 50 – 0. The Vossies scored 219 points and zero points were scored against them Well
done!
ATHLETICS: FRIENDLY MEETING: : ROB FERREIRA: 29 OCTOBER 2011 : The
Vossie athletics team will participate in this meeting and we wish them the very best.
FINESSE 2011/2012: The annual Finesse day was a great success and attended by many mothers
and daughters. We wish to thank the organiser Mrs Lepart for all her hard work.
VYFSTER BOYS HOSTEL: Vyfster Boys are reminded to vacate their rooms as the hostel will
once again host markers for the matric marking session.. The hostel parents committee will meet on Friday
28 October 2011 to plan for the following year – any queries can be directed to Mr Pohl at 082 7520 615
Should you wish to become involved in the parents committee please contact Dr P Scholtz.
TOEKIE VORSTER GIRLS HOSTEL: Congratulations to the girls who were awarded prizes at
the annual prizegiving. We are busy equipping a computer centre at the hostel for the use of the girls to do
assignments. There are still outstanding re-application forms and we ask for their return asap. We also ask
that the parents support our Christmas Gift project for the Letaba School for the Disabled. We would like
each girl to bring at least one present. The girls are in the process of finalising rooms for 2012.
IMPORTANT DATES : 4TH TERM (Subject to change)
28 October Dance Academy : Concert
29 October Dance Academy: Concert
Athletics: Rob Ferreira
4 November Sport: 7’s Rugby : Konka Championships
7 November Academics: Exams Gr. 8 - 12
9 December Handing out of reports 09:00 – 10:00
18 January 2012 School reopens for learners
Kind regards
P E SWART
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