12 Advertising & Newsdesk: (046) 624-4356 Find us on Facebook 25 November 2021 TALK OF THE TOW NThe city is renowned for itseducational institutions, forbeing the national seat ofthe judiciary and for itscultural eventsmakhandafestival citywith SID PENNEYSend your news of local eventsand achievements, or of anyissues you might be having tosidp@imaginet .co.zaor call (046) 624-4356picture © bernard mackenzie / 123RF.comGRAEME PLAYER FOR SAGraeme College’s Aphiwe Mnyandahas been selected as a member of theSouth African U19 cricket squad totour the West Indies, as well as the U19Cricket World Cup.Graeme deputy headmaster Greggvon Molendorff said of Mnyanda’sselection: “We are excited for him, butalso so proud. Aphiwe is incrediblyhard working but is also such a greatambassador and role model for anyyoung cricketer. He has done superblywell for Graeme with both bat andb a l l .”KRUSE TO MASERU …Eastern Province Athletics hasextended its congratulations to thethree EP athletes who have beenincluded in the South African squad tocompete at the African Union SportsCouncil (AUSC) Region 5 YouthGames in Maseru, Lesotho, fromDecember 3 to 12.One of them is Emma Kruse of theDiocesan School for Girls (DSG) inMakhanda (Grahamstown), a talentedmiddle-distance track athlete who hasachieved considerable success in the800m and 1500m events.The other two EP athletes are AnkeSerfontein and Wernich van Rensburg,while Jessi Kahn is one of the coaches.MARKET ON THE HILL …The annual “Christmas Market” takesplace this Saturday, November 27 onthe hill at PJ Olivier High School. Onoffer in the school hall will be a varietyof stalls offering arts, crafts, bakedgoods, treats and gifts, plus a foodcourt and entertainment. The marketopens at 10am and runs until 3pm.NOT IN THE MOVIES THIS TIME …No doubt back in the 1980s, 1970sand earlier, His Majesty’s Theatreowner/manager Target Sonne and hispredecessors would have shownnumerous bank and business robberymovies on the establishment’s largescreen.Well, the real thing happened lastweek when the SA Post Office, currenttenants of the ‘HM’ building in HillStreet, was robbed on Wednesdaymorning when the manager arrived forwork between 7am and 8am. She wasforced by four armed men to open therear door to the premises and then thesafe.With an undisclosed amount ofcash now in their possession theymade their getaway in a vehicle thatwas later found abandoned a fewhundred metres away from the scene ofthe robbery. Police are investigating.STEPPING DOWN …In an e-mailed message to Makhandaresidents last week, committeemember and former chairman PhilipMachanick stated that with his electionto the Makana City Council he isrequired to step down from theMakana Residents’ Association (MRA)committee. This is required in terms ofthe MRA constitution.Machanick said that being incouncil gives him “other options” fortaking up issues. He stressed that astrong civil society is essential undercurrent conditions. “I look forward toMRA calling all of our council toaccount and carrying on with itsoversight role,” he added.MRA aims to represent the interestsof all residents of Makana andMakhanda.RESURFACING …A section of Hillsview Road to thesouth of Makhanda was recentlyresurfaced by the same companyresurfacing CBD streets. It is puzzlingthat this road should be retarred aheadof the section of High Street fromB i rch ’s to beyond Cawood Street, avery busy thoroughfare that is currentlyin a poor state of repair.UPGRADE UNDERWAY …Commuters driving betweenMakhanda and Port Alfred will havenoticed by now that the verges of theR67 are being cleared and levelled byheavy-duty machinery which at onestage was parked at the side of the roadover a weekend.Not too long ago the weeds, grassand bushes alongside the road werereaching heights of up to two metresand posing a threat to traffic safety.Mostly that’s all gone.This marks the start of a muchneededand long-awaited multimillionrand upgrade of the road.IT WORKS …The writer was in Cape Town a coupleof weeks ago and did a fair amount ofwalking in the southern suburbs –lower Constantia, Plumstead and DiepRiver areas. There were still quite a fewblue election posters attached toelectricity poles, and one of them inparticular caught his eye. It read:“Cape Town works. Let’s do more.”During the four-day stay in thesouthern suburbs, and taking a ‘hopon,hop-off’ bus tour, not one potholewas spotted, not one stray donkey norPORT ALFRED BRIDGE CLUBBBO Pairs event Wednesday, 17 November 2021Board 6 Dealer E, E-W vulnerable. No 79748Sometimes it seems that the computer used toprepare hands tries to go out of its way to makelife difficult for us hapless bridge players. Northhas to find a response to South’s 1NT bid andmust evaluate the gleaned information. Southhas 12 -14 points and, presumably, only one ortwo spades, but a balanced type of hand. Youhave a ‘six loser’ hand with a good spade suitand five low level diamonds, but only 6 highcard points; so how do you respond? Your optionsare to rebid spades, or to bid diamonds.Either bid indicates the fact that you are unbalancedand do not accept a ‘no trump’ contract.Can you risk a jump to the ‘three level’? You know that the opposition have atleast 20 points, so game is unlikely. Bidding 2S cuts out any potential biddingfrom your opponents, so regretfully this is the prudent option. Isn’t it gallingto then find that it is possible, as the cards lie, to make game in spades?¹ One brave player bid 2H with the Easthand; admittedly having previously passed;but to make this bid vulnerable, at the ‘twolevel’ with a suit headed by the jack may notendear you with the more forthright type ofpartner!Results2D+3; 2S+1; 2S+2; 2S+3; 3H-2Results for Wednesday’s pairsN-S 1st E Clayton & M Newport……..56.9%2nd J Faulkner & D Newson……..56.3%E-W 1st K Botha 7 A Osinski…............58.1%2nd L Williams-Jones & M Nel…..56.9%2nd Y Stacey & G Macleod……...56.9%❝He has done superbly well forGraeme with both bat and ballcow, but instead plenty of clean, wellgroomedneighbourhoods.Just saying.HER FIRST BOOK …Last week the Good Shepherd PrimarySchool family in Huntley Streetexperienced the exciting news thatone of its teachers, Ms Winky Zuma,released her first book, “The Power ofYour Decisions” which sends out astrong message with a Christian aura toreaders.In dedicating the book to hermother in KwaZulu-Natal, Zuma said:“Consider the decision you recentlymade, or the result of a decision youmade a year ago. What fruits did ityield?”At Good Shepherd the authorhanded over a copy of the book toprincipal, Mr Manie Cronje, alsosigning it for him. Copies of the bookcan be purchased at Good ShepherdPrimary School in Huntley Streetwhere the author will gladly signcopies.SOME PAINT REQUIRED …One would think that city councillorsand senior municipal officials whofrequent City Hall would ensure thatthe pedestrian crossing between theCity Hall and the old Muirhead &Gowie building (now Clicks) would bepainted every couple of years or so,keeping it visible to motorists.For some time the ‘zebra crossing’markings have been hardly visible.Surely the said councillors andofficials would have noticed that bynow. It’s a busy crossing, after all, andwe don’t want an ‘incident’, do we?GOOD TIMES IN THE GARDENS …Two teenagers who have completed noless than 349 parkruns between themwere at it again on Saturday, joining 90other runners and walkers for theirweekly dose of parkrun in Makanabotanical gardens.Cee-Jay Porthen has completed 169parkruns and was first finisher onSaturday in a new personal best time of20 minutes 26 seconds. Fellowteenager Harry Weissenberg hascompleted 180 parkruns and alsorecorded a PB on the day.First lady finisher was TamzinGriffith in 28 mins 11 secs. Personalbest times were achieved by Porthen,Weissenberg, Lutando Ntelezi, RuvaChidziva, Elizabeth Tendayi, DanielCzeredrecki-Schmidt, Megan Starbuckand Sean Butterworth.John Haydock completed his 100thparkrun, Zani Siqwede her 50th, andRoss Marriner has two to go to his200th.Parkruns are held at 8am eachSaturday from the entrance to ‘Th eBots’ in Lucas Avenue.COACHING TWO SPORTS …Kingswood College’s director of sportPieter Serfontein has been appointedto coach at provincial level in twodifferent sporting codes.Serfontein, coach of the Kingswood1st girls’ waterpolo team, has beennamed coach of the Nelson MandelaBay U15A girls’ waterpolo team thatwill compete in the inter-provincialtournament in Cape Town nextmonth.He has also been appointedassistant coach for the EasternProvince U17 Sevens rugby squad.IN THE SQUAD …Kingswood Junior School pupilsMegan Sheard, Casey Williamson,Emily Poultney, Iviwe Ntloko and KateWilson (non-travelling reserve) havebeen selected to represent the EasternProvince U13A girls’ waterpolo teamat the SA inter-provincial tournamentin December.GRAEME WINS T20 TOURNEY …Scoring victories over KingswoodCollege and St Andrew’s College,Graeme College won the annualShaw/Brown T20 cricket tournamentfor 1st teams on Kingswood’s Ganefield at the weekend. Graeme beat StAndrew’s by five runs and emergedvictorious over Kingswood by fourw i ck e t s .Summarised scores:Graeme vs St Andrew’s – G ra e m e109 all out (Liselihle Maphekula 59;Joe Wostenham 2/18, Chris Birrell2/24). St Andrew’s 104 all out (ZackMickelwright 28, Jurie Norval 26;Aphiwe Mnyanda 3/18, ChristianoJasson 2/16, Viwe Gana 2/16). Graemewon by five runs.Graeme vs Kingswood –Kingswood 120 all out (Oscar Welsh40, Brad Goss 20; Connor Pieterse 2/5,Christiano Jasson 2/16, Viwe Gana2/22). Graeme 123 for 6 (OnosizoNtinga 38 not out, Mihlali Kobese 19;Brad Goss 3/16, Oscar Welsh 1/16).Graeme won by four wickets.A VERY GOOD WEEKEND …Okay, so it all happened almost afortnight ago and the writer was away,but mention must surely be made ofthe incredible performances put in byGraeme College’s cricketers in theirmatches against Kingswood JuniorSchool, Kingswood College and StAndrew’s Prep.Of the 14 fixtures played againstthese schools, Graeme won 11, losttwo and tied one, this the U9 team withKingswood. There were many superbindividual performances too.Centuries for Graeme wereachieved by Athandile Feni 106 (U15Av Kingswood) and Rhys Wiblin 100(U13A v Kingswood).Half-centuries were recorded byConnor Holder 85 not out (U11A vKingswood); Chris Zimmerman 84 notout (U13A v St Andrew’s); LupheloMdyesha 71 not out (U14A vKingswood); Bukho Munyadzwe 71not out (U11B v St Andrew’s and 61(U11B v Kingswood); Gino O’Brien 65not out (U11B v Kingswood); AvuMnandi 56 not out (U11B vKingswood); Chris Zimmerman 54(U13A v Kingswood); James Muir 52(U11B v St Andrew’s); Enrique Strydom52 (U13A v Kingswood); Murray Tyson52 (U15A v Kingswood); and RhysWiblin 52 (U13A v St Andrew’s).Taking five wickets each forGraeme in the junior and seniordivisions were Julian Boy 5 for 6 (U9Av St Andrew’s); Elgenio Oerson 5 for 8(U13B v Kingswood); Murray Tyson 5for 9 (U15A v Kingswood); and ViweGana 5 for 55 (1sts v Kingswood).A STREET NAMED ROBERTS …There are so many words to describethe talented, affable and very popularTalk of the Town reporter Rob Knowleswho died so suddenly three weeks ago.He was remembered last Thursdaywhen the newspaper’s staff proceededon their annual end-of-year function,this time up the Kowie River on LadyBiscay operated by Kowie RiverCruises.This week I thought I wouldremember Rob in my weekly “Streetsof Makhanda/Grahamstown” item, ifyou don’t mind.Roberts Street up there between theold railway station and KingswoodCollege was named after John Roberts,Commissioner from 1858 to 1861. Aninteresting fact is that Kingswood’sGane field was previously known asRoberts Vlei.The closest I could get to Knowleswas Knowling Street, just belowSugarloaf Hill. No first names arestated on the list of street names, butMr Knowling was a Councillor from1947 to 1950 and schoolmaster at StAndrew’s College for about 40 years.IN THE WATER …Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) pupilsselected to represent Nelson MandelaBay at the inter-provincial swimmingtournament in Cape Town next monthare: Josie Apps and Courtney Repinz(U19A); Ella Boonzaier and Wendy-Mae Turner with Natalie Morris nontravellingreserve (U16A); AmeliaBrown, Kayleigh Clayton, Amie Jennerand Anna Pinto with AvuyisiweDyaphu non-travelling reserve(U15A); and Abigail Holderness,Khwezi Jacobs, Mia Jenner, KimberlyKabiri, Lucy Rutherfoord, JessicaStevens and Angelique Myers (U14A).REPRESENTING …Graeme College player Viwe Gana hasbeen selected into the Eastern ProvinceU19 cricket squad, and Murray Tysonand Onosizo Ntinga to the EP U16squad. Meanwhile, four Graemeplayers have been included in the EPU17 Rural cricket squad – EthanBeyleveld, Athandile Feni, MureedFritz and Christiano Jasson.PROMISING …Graeme College’s Mallett Cup for themost promising junior cricketer of theyear has been awarded to Rhys Wiblin,and the Federated Timbers Shield forthe most promising junior rugby playerto Erin Stevens.LEADERSHIP …The Searle Trophy for leadership in theGraeme College junior school hasbeen awarded to Andrew Muir whowas also awarded the O’Ke n n e dyTrophy for the Grade 7 Dux scholar.INCOMING HEAD …At the induction ceremony of the 2022prefects in the chapel at St Andrew’sCollege last week, the outgoing headprefect Malibongwe Mkosi handedover the head of school blazer toincoming head Nicholas Lane.OUTSTANDING …Graeme College’s MC Marais Awardfor outstanding achievement in theacademic, sporting and culturalspheres in the junior school has beenmade to Leroy Adriaan and RhysWi b l i n .SELECTED …Matthew Collett of Kingswood Collegehas been selected to represent theEastern Province Rural U16 cricketteam for the inter-provincialtournament in December.IN THE TEAMS …Jean-Luc Basson of Kingswood Collegehas been selected to represent theEastern Province U16 cricket team,while Darius Govender has beenselected as non-travelling reserve forthe EP U19 cricket team.TWO OCEANS BACK ON TRACK …Good news for long-distance roadrunners is that after a two-year hiatusnecessitated by the Covid-19pandemic, the Two Oceans 56kmultra-marathon takes to Cape Town’ssouthern suburbs on Sunday, April 17next year. The Two Oceans 21km halfmarathonwill be held on Saturday,April 16. The date for the opening ofentries will be announced shortly.Meanwhile, an early qualifyingrace for the Two Oceans ultra is theNelson Mandela Bay 1-City Marathonin Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) onSaturday, December 4, starting andfinishing at the Fairview race course inGreenbushes. Enter online atw w w. w e b t i ck e t s . c o . z a
TALK OF THE TOWN 25 November 2021 Advertising & Newsdesk: (046) 624-4356 Find us on Facebook 13Splish Splash Music BashWhen the annual Happy Hoursconcert was cancelled last year,parents and pupils missed it. Butthe concert returned this year witha colourful, joy-filled flourish. Themiddle group concert was calledSplish Splash Music Bash, featuringsinging sharks, jellyfish, crabs,fishermen and other seasidecharacters. There were old nurseryrhymes to sing along to, along withother familiar tunes with somefunny new lyrics. JON HOUZETtook pictures.SHARK TEARS: The sharks want friends but no one likes their appetiteSTAR OF THE SEA: Everyone marvelledat the bright yellow starfishHEY POLLY WIGGLE: The frogs sing a song familiar to many ofthe parentsREELING THEM IN: The fishermen pull in a good catch and alsosang about fishing for JesusJELLYFISH TWIRL: The jellyfish sing about having no spinebut still show how beautiful they areWE’RE NOT MERMAIDS: Five rainbow fish sing a new song to the tune of three blind miceOLD CLASSIC: The sailors go to sea to see what they can seeSHELLFISH DANCE: The orange crabs met and danced with asnailCOUNT THEM: One song helped the youngsters learn that anoctopus has eight tentaclesSONG OF THE WHALES: The whales showed theirmovement in the water with ribbons
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